hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. today at 2.00pm — there is confusion over what the labour leadership would put on the ballot paper, if there were another brexit referendum. my my view at the moment is parliament will decide what will be on the ballot paper, we will be arguing it should be on the deal itself. the shadow chancellor tells the conference a labour government would put the water industry back under public control. theresa may faces her cabinet for brexit discussions amid pressure to rethink her plans. "we need the truth" — a public inquiry begins into the contaminated blood scandal that killed 2,500 people. an inquest hears how a schoolgirl with severe food allergies died after eating a pret a manger baguette. coming up on afternoon live — all the sport with katherine downes. all the talks about tiger woods, the comeback kid. the sport is about tiger woods! he

is back. he won at the pga tour championship last night, his first in five years. let's talk more about it at 2:30pm. thanks, katherine. and darren has all the weather — the autumn equinox can mean only one thing. there is a potential on seeing an aurora tonight and a big moon. we will take a look at that soon. plenty of sunshine around, a good weekend for england and wales. a bit wet. and and northern ireland. thanks, darren. also coming up — the most watched bbc drama for a decade. record audience figures peaked at 11 million for last night's finale of bodyguard. we'll take a spoiler—free look back at what made it such a hit. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live.

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. day two of labour conference and brexiter is once again a 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 doesn't back a final brexit deal and there is no election then labour could campaign for

another public vote. the shadow chancellor said it would be on the table. we accept the referendum, we wa nt table. we accept the referendum, we want a general election. if we can't get that we'd want some form of democratic option. that could be a people's vote. he suggested that staying in the eu would not be an option. my view at the moment is parliament to decide what will be on the ballot paper, we will be arguing it should be a vote on the deal itself. the shadow brexit secretary has a different view. he said it could be about remaining part of the european union. the meeting last night was fairly clear, it didn't wa nt to night was fairly clear, it didn't want to be prescriptive about what the question might be. the public vote question was left deliberately wide, nobody was intending on not ruling out anything. some confusion here then. some labour members are very clear. the idea that you can betray those members without giving

them the option to remain in the european union would be an absolute farce. so, views here are again divided. labour's leaders don't want to alienate supporters or campaign to alienate supporters or campaign to leave all those who want another say on brexit, so this is an attempt at compromise. the chance of another public vote on brexit actually happening is still some way off. if labour supports would only be if any brexit deal was rejected and if that didn't result in a general election. for now, much of the focus is on the government ‘s government ‘s's negotiation. today in westminster, suntory brexiteers gathered to hear an alternative to the prime minister ‘s brexit plan. instead, this free—market think tank has suggested a free trade agreement. they claim it means better global trading

opportunities. we need to take a model like this, we need to 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. that are to be had from a proper free-trade policy. it's got some prominent backers. ideas that were floated this morning has an alternative. it is an alternative the prime minister wanted to do. the prime minister will gather her cabinet this afternoon. so far she has sticking to her plan, saying the alternatives floated won't solve issues at the irish border. brexit again proving problematic for both party leaders. at labour's conference, they will be hoping to widen the debate. 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. john mcdonnell hopes almost 11 million workers would benefit by receiving up to £500 a year each in dividends. the shareholders will give their

workers the same rate as other shareholders to have a say on the direction of their company. and yes, dividend payments will be made directly to the workers from the fund. that means payments can be up to £500 a year. that is i! fund. that means payments can be up to £500 a year. that is 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. in a moment we'll hear from our political correspondent jonathan blake, who's at downing street, where the cabinet will be discussing the outcome of the salzburg summit. first let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young who joins us from labour's conference in liverpool. despite the rows over brexit, the

leadership here is very keen to show that this is a party and government in waiting. coming forward with many ideas, some are familiar about the renationalisation is of some of the utilities but radical proposals, fleshing out some other detail on how they are going to do that. let's discuss this with shadow housing minister. 0n the issue of forcing companies to hand over shares, are you worried this is going to put companies offer investment? the shares and just owned by wealthy people but by pension funds. shares and just owned by wealthy people but by pension fundsm shares and just owned by wealthy people but by pension funds. it is commonplace in the united states, one in five employees in the private sector are in this scheme. it is commonplace in other areas like germany. what works they can work here. quite self—evident, people who work ina here. quite self—evident, people who work in a company helped create the success work in a company helped create the success and the wealth, they should be able to share in that success. it

makes people more committed to the company, more productive and helps the companies start to look to the long—term and get over what we have asa long—term and get over what we have as a uniquely british problem of short term is. when it comes to the renationalisation is of some of the utilities, it could cost up to £100 billion. how can you guarantee they will be better or more efficient than private companies in doing this? and to politicising the running of those utilities? no, we're looking at the record of the water companies in england over the last ten years. £18 billion has been paid out in dividends. a lot of that will be held by private equity companies offshore. this is money going out of britain, many that could offend but into investments,

dealing with the chronic problem of water leaks. it could have cut bills. 0ut water leaks. it could have cut bills. out of the reason we want our water companies to work in the public interest, they must serve the consumers. we think public ownership, regionalwater consumers. we think public ownership, regional water companies have a better way of doing it and the public bacchus. when it comes to housing, there has been a focus on renters. the people who are renting, they are the people you want to give more rights to. we have more rights when we buy a fridge freezer then when we buy a fridge freezer then when we buy a fridge freezer then when we rent a home or flat. when we buy a fridge freezer then when we rent a home orflat. this is a market that is not working, it requires better regulation. it requires better regulation. it requires action from government to give greater security, greater control on costs. and better standards across the board. what i announced today which was a

government willing to back renters unions in the country. it is recognition that our rights are worthless if we have no way of securing them. it is true in the housing market. the sort of thing that works well in germany where you've got a million renters as part ofa you've got a million renters as part of a renters unions helps with advice, helps with taking action against bad landlords. brexit has been dominating theme. it is dominating the political landscape. there has been confusion about where labour stands now on this question ofa labour stands now on this question of a new referendum. whether they back it, whether that question would include an option to remain. where are we now? the remarkable thing in contrast with the conservatives is, we had a meeting

which was 150 strong, people with views across the spectrum, coming to an agreement. some would call it a flag. that forge. it is condemning the chaos that we have seen from theresa may. it is backing a judgment on any deal if she secures a deal based on our six tests. a commitment that if she can't produce a deal or can't get the backing of parliament behind that deal, than the vote we want is a general election. if you can't get a general election, what then? my preference would be for a general election. but when you give people the real vote and real choice. this isn'tjust about changing the plan but changing the team as well. thank you very much indeed. that's big debate on brexit will happen here tomorrow but today all eyes have been on the shadow chancellor and his proposals

for giving more power, he says, to workers. let's meet our correspondence in downing street. eu leaders have dismissed theresa may's checkers plan. they said in no uncertain terms that it would not work. that is theresa may's plan for the briton‘s future economic plan with the eu, agreed in checkers all those years ago. that weeks ago. the prime minister's spokesman told as they remain fully behind the white paper. this is the first chance the cabinet have had to hear from the first chance the cabinet have had to hearfrom the prime minister in detail about her response to the eu summit in salzburg last week. we had come out on friday saying she was

standing her ground, sticking to her guns and made it clear she felt she had not been treated with respect. we know there are shades of enthusiasm, if you like, varying levels of agreement around the cabinet table about the checkers agreement and whether it is the right way forward. it'll be a bold move for any of the cavernous members to voice their disagreement. she is facing calls from within her party to change her strategy on brexit. we heard that this morning from the institute for economic affa i rs from the institute for economic affairs think tank. they have put forward their plan for a free trade deal with the eu which will allow britain to do trade deals with the country around the world whilst also solving the problem of the northern ireland border. if the uk were to have a separate free—trade agreements with the eu. the number 10 comeback against that saying any

free trade agreement doesn't solve that problem of the northern ireland border. although there are a few customs checks there has to be checks at the border or elsewhere on goods to verify where they have come from and to verify they are genuine. it is still very much alive debate but the cabinet gathering this afternoon to speak about the prime minister's response to the salzburg summitand about minister's response to the salzburg summit and about immigration policy and how that may change after brexit. jonathan, thank you very much. 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. it's been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson is outside church house.

it happened in the 1970s when a discovery was made to help people with haemophilia. they discovered the naturally occurring blood clotting agent in healthy blood was possible to take that out of the blood and turn it into a medicine called factor eight. you needed a large amount of blood to be able to create this new medicine. the uk didn't have that quantity of blood so didn't have that quantity of blood so it looked to america where donations and payments for donations came from some including prisoners and people who were drug addicts and others. much of that blood was infected with hiv and some of the hepatitis viruses. the problem was,

in order to make this treatment you need to put all the blood together in one batch. if one sample is contaminated, it means the whole of that medicine is contaminated, that is why they believe why thousands of people here who were given the treatment then were infected with hiv and hepatitis b and hepatitis c. thank you very much indeed. the inquests into the deaths in the westminster terror attack in march last year have 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 correspondentjenny kumah has been in court at the old bailey what has the hearing been focusing on today? commander usher has been giving evidence, he is head of policing at the palace of westminster. he has been questioning some of the evidence of his own armed officers

gave to the inquest last week. he found some of it difficult to reconcile. he said he found some of it odd. the two amp officers were in a part of the palace where they couldn't see what was happening when they were on duty. they told the inquest that they were unaware of security guard —— guidelines that they should be near the gates when it was opened. come and assert explained after the attack he had a meeting with the two officers and that one brought along a map to this meeting and commander usher sang he felt that he had done this because he perhaps was potentially aware that they hadn't got the patrolling right. he also said he found it odd that the officers had told the inquest is updated daily instruction as to where to patrol and use the

map every day, it was a small rectangular area surrounded by a building and he said he didn't understand why that was a need for a daily reference. he has been cross—examined and the lawyer representing the widow of pc palmer he was fatally stabbed... he asked the commander whether no still had been left unturned. the commander and said, it was his understanding, no stone had been left unturned. he had been asked how many statements had been asked how many statements had been asked how many statements had been taken from officers had blau —— apart from the two at the pa na cea blau —— apart from the two at the panacea and he said, none. this afternoon the inquest continues and more detail about the security arrangements at parliament is due to be heard. thank you very much. you're watching afternoon live. these are our headlines: there's confusion over what the labour leadership would put on the ballot paper, if there were another brexit referendum. theresa may faces her cabinet

for brexit discussions amid pressure to rethink her plans. "we need the truth" — a public inquiry begins into the contaminated blood scandal that killed 2,500 people. in sports, tiger woods won his first pga event in five years beating the rest of the field by two shots in atla nta, rest of the field by two shots in atlanta, with the ryder cup starting on friday. serena williams says she was to move on from the controversy that surrounded her defeat at the us open. she say she doesn't know why her coaches admitted he was signalling to her on court. austria say they have found no new information about claims one of their players gruesomely abused moeen ali. they say the matter is closed. i will have more just after half past. 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. 15—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. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is outside west london coroner's court. yes, that evidence from natasha's father has been very detailed and deeply upsetting here this morning. he wrote a statement which is read in court by a lawyer describing exactly what happened when they were off on holiday. natasha had bought a ba g u ette off on holiday. natasha had bought a baguette from pret a manger. she realised her throat was sore. she said she felt fine and it is about 20 minutes into the flight when she

started to fear that feel a reaction. herfatherfirst gave her a injection but that didn't work. they went to the toilet on the pain where he gave her a second injection but she complained she wasn't able to breathe. although a call was put out on the plane for a doctor, a doctor was on the plane and came forward and try to assist, natasha slipped into unconsciousness. they tried to resuscitate but it wasn't until the plane landed and was met by paramedics that they tried again to resuscitate natasha with medical equipment but couldn't do anything to help. to underlinejust equipment but couldn't do anything to help. to underline just how harrowing this account was, the lawyer who read it on behalf of natasha's father broke down in tears himself. but then the father himself gave evidence. he answered questions and spoke to the barrister who was

representing pret a manger. he apologised for going over this detail against. the most important thing is that the truth is known here. when the coroner asked him about administering that second injection, whether that is effective, her father said injection, whether that is effective, herfather said he was lucid. i did it like a soldier with perfect execution. they had grown up with natasha's allergies from when she was six months old. it wasn't as notts, theirfamily she was six months old. it wasn't as notts, their family diet she was six months old. it wasn't as notts, theirfamily diet had to be controlled. he said they took controlled. he said they took control of everything. there is this question about the labelling in pret a manger, whether it is good enough. the sesame in that baguette wasn't listed on the packaging and there was no information in the store to help them work out what was in that product. that is more evidence to be had here. the inquest is expected to go on all week. 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 kavanagh 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 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 ramirez that he exposed himself in front of her at a drunken party when they were students. but the white house is backing his nominee. he has 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 precedents on this before and in this case they have done their duty and right now the only people they will determined who is telling the truth in this issue are the united state senators. some are reminded of anita hill's treatment by republican senators almost 25 years ago. she too 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. judge kavanaugh, what is your response to the allegations? judge kavanaugh insists he has done nothing wrong

but the issue will not go away. this lawyer says he is representing another woman with allegations against him. 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. don't do that. please, don't do that. don't move. stay still. and the number one drama of 2018 so far — a peak of 11 million people tuning in to the episode last night. final warning, raise your hands! its competition on itv, an adaptation of vanity fair, reached 2.2 million people.

david, 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, who wrote line of duty, which everyone loves, august bank of a weekend, two episodes, the first 20 minutes are so addictive, you're in. everyone started talking about it, 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. i think it shows how healthy the linear channels are. the thing is, david/dave, 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. time for a look at the weather. darren hasjoined us with darren has joined us with a very... tell me about this picture. we are talking aurora. this was a weather watch picture taken in the shetland islands on saturday night when you saw this beautiful colours that were shown in the aurora borealis. shouldn't you call it the aurora borealis? give it its full

name. i was working up to it! it is the ending! wait for the ending! are we going to see tonight? this map shows where you are likely to see the aurora borealis. we get the red colours their competitors the greater the likelihood. again, maybe tonight, the four north of scotland could see the aurora borealis. have they got the right weather conditions for its? we need clear skies and we need darkness. the problem is, tonight, we're going to have one of these. it is a harvest moon. we've just have one of these. it is a harvest moon. we'vejust had have one of these. it is a harvest moon. we've just had the autumn equinox over the weekend. the harvest moon is the full moon nearest to the autumn equinox. you

know why it is called the harvest moon, don't you? no, idon't actually. go on! be the experts, thatis actually. go on! be the experts, that is why we have to use year. this was the time they used to bring in the harvest. it is as simple as that. what the moon did, it created more light and lengthened the day for them to bring in the harvest ready for the winter. i overcome placate matters. we need clear skies and we need darkness. that is there to provide quite a lot of light. and, the problem is, we've also got a lot of cloud heading into northern part of scotland. it is a tenuous one today. we've got high pressure in charge of the weather snow storms in sight. but just around this

the weather snow storms in sight. butjust around this area of high pressure we will have this atlantic influence and the weather front will be arriving. for most of us today, what a beautiful day. blue skies, we will see stronger winds and rain coming into scotland and northern ireland. warming up a bit for england and wales. there is the aurora once again. this is what we have seen over the past few hours or so. have seen over the past few hours or so. we are seeing a few showers coming to northern ireland, scotland and the far north west of england. there is a good deal of sunshine elsewhere. those temperatures are higher than they were after a wet weekend that we had across southern pa rt weekend that we had across southern part of the uk. a lovely afternoon to come. temperatures will fall quickly this evening. particularly in england and wales. you can see we've got this breeze coming in from the atlantic. it will blow more cloud in particularly to northern pa rt cloud in particularly to northern part of scotland. the lower

temperatures are likely to be across england and wales. you can see two or three degrees in towns and cities. we could get a touch of frost in rural areas. it will warm up frost in rural areas. it will warm up quickly in the sunshine. different story for scotland and northern ireland, these weather front are now starting to arrive. there may be some early sunshine but the cloud will increase as the wind picks up across northern ireland. then that arrives in scotland in the afternoon. most over the hills of western scotland. england and wales will still be dry. the breeze will be stronger. gusts of 50 even 60 miles an hour in scotland. 13 or 1a degrees. probably warmer for england and wales. looking ahead over the next few days, high pressure in the south, across the north we've got these weather front running in every now and again. most of the rain will

be in the north west of scotland. these weather front moved southwards on thursday. wednesday for scotland and northern ireland could get warmer. then it cools off after that. you can see how it cools off on friday for cardiff and london but before then, 22 or 23 degrees. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: senior labour figures have given contrasting statements about the party's stance on another brexit referendum. shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said a future labour government would take the water industry back into public control and create new regional water authorities, run by local councils, workers and customers. downing street insists the cabinet remains fully behind theresa may's brexit policy in the face of growing calls within her party to change direction a public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal has begun in london. 2,500 people died after being given blood products infected with hiv and hepatitis during the 1970s and ‘80s. the father of a teenager who died

after an allergic reaction to a pret a manger baguette, has spoken of his "indescribable" pain at the start of an inquest into her death. sport now on afternoon live with katherine downes, and all the talk in the sporting world today is tiger woods wnning again. he has been beset by injury and personal scandal. now he is very much back in the running. it is remarkable, a lot of talk today about whether it is the greatest sporting comeback of all time. i don't think it qualifies as that but it is definitely the best sporting comeback of recent years. last year, the narrative about him was all about the fact that we would never see him play his best golf again. 2009, those personal transgressions as he referred to them, the

extramarital affairs, the divorced from his wife, then back surgery that saw him leave golf for a couple of years, he said he stayed in bed for two years just to recover and eve ryo ne for two years just to recover and everyone said, we will never see tiger woods back at his best again. gradually he has worked his way back. he was in contention at the open, at the us pga, the two majors in the second half of this year, and the tour championship isn't a major win, it's just the tour championship isn't a major win, it'sjust a pga the tour championship isn't a major win, it's just a pga tour event but he beat the world's best to win and he beat the world's best to win and he looked back to his best as well and a big thing about this is he is and a big thing about this is he is a superstar, the tiger effect, the crowds following him, golf has its superstar back. and the ryder cup is coming soon. that makes it all the more exciting, university usa starting on friday we saw more exciting, university usa starting on friday we sanustin rose, the number one overtaken by dustinjohnson when the new rankings today. he won the fedex, a 7.5

million in his back pocket. rory mcilroy was playing with tiger yesterday, he didn't play so well yesterday, he didn't play so well yesterday, but they are the favourites to win. it's going to be an absolute fantastic contest and tiger taking that form into the ryder cup where he is a wild card pick for team usa in paris and her golf correspondent iain carter is there. both captains will arrive here for news conferences and we know that tiger woods is going to be top of the agenda but there is a massive sense of anticipation about this ryder cup. officially, this will be the first of ryder cup in which each of the top ten players in the world will be competing. they're either american or european, very strong teams and tiger woods is playing his first ryder cup since 2012 really adds a substantial excitement.

we will bring you the latest from the press conferences in paris later on. away from tiger woods, serena williams says she is trying to move on from the meltdown that overshadowed the us open final. the grand champion lost to the japanese player after a fiery confrontation with the umpire which she blamed on sexism. she calls a thief and a liar. she was docked. the argument began when he issued a warning because the coach admitted he had been helping her. williams said she had not seen the french and make a gesture and the subsequent admission that he did help was a confusing moment. 0ne moment. one of the most prestigious awards in football, this year there will be a women's winnerfor the in football, this year there will be a women's winner for the first time. the football magazine which awarded to the best player of the year says

creating a women's prize was a logical step. a shortlist of 15 will be released in october. they will get their prize alongside the men. the prestigious fief up player of the year award is tonight. cristiano ronaldo is on the list alongside liverpool. no sign of lee non—messy —— lionel messi. liverpool. no sign of lee non—messy -- lionel messi. he won the champions league, he got in the final of the world cup with croatia and he was certainly their most important player to the season he had was phenomenal in terms of success. cricket australia say they found no new information on claims that one of their players racially abused

england's moeen ali during the ashes. it was re—examined after moeen ali wrote about it in his book. the australian board has now closed the matter. that's all the sport for now. speak to you in a bit. more from catherine throughout the afternoon. darren will be back with more on the weather. let's cross to the labour conference in liverpool. the labour party conference is taking place. we'll hear from the shadow work and pensions secretary margaret greenwood. there has been a lot of talk about brexit and a party's stands. the conservatives are rather divided over which theresa may should do with her checkers plan —— chequers

plan. a message from john mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor today at the conference in liverpool, saying something rather different about the form that a potential further referendum on brexit would be like. rather at odds, commentators have been saying. we'll go back to liverpool in a few moments and hear from margaret greenwood about what labour would do regarding a universal credit benefit and other benefits. 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 45ft waves nearly 2,000 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 the 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. let's cross to the labour conference in liverpool. we can hear from the shadow work and

pensions secretary margaret greenwood. 0ver greenwood. over 4 million children growing up in poverty, over1 million people forced to go to foodbanks and thousands falling out of the system altogether because the processes involved in making a claim arejust too complex. this cannot go on. the government must stop the roll—out of universal credit and fix its many flaws before it causes any more hardship. at the centre of the tory‘s social security system is the heartless sanctions regime, a sanctions regime that claims to help people into work that lasts but that really does so, that leads to increased ill—health and for some, destitution, and which punishes someone destitution, and which punishes someonejust destitution, and which punishes someone just because they missed the bus on the way to thejobcentre or

even because they attended a job interview. the impact can be devastating. the average sanction is the loss of one month's money and a sanction can be as long as three yea rs. sanction can be as long as three years. this government is leaving people feeling demoralised and undermined instead of valued and supported. anyone of us could find ourselves on the receiving end of callous regime because, of course, any one of us could be made redundant, become ill, experienced relationship breakdown or find ourselves caring for a loved one. instead of providing stability and social security, the government is tearing away the safety net that should be there for any of us should we need it. under the tories, our social security system has lost sight of its purpose. they say that driving people into work will address poverty and improve the economy. regardless of the quality

or suitability of those jobs. the tories have failed to deliver. nearly 4 million people are in insecure work and millions of working families and in poverty. we know that the majority of people wa nt to know that the majority of people want to work, but we also know that the sanctions regime is failing. that is why the next labour government will scrap the tories‘ punitive sanctions regime in its entirety. we will rebuild our social security system we will rebuild our social security syste m fro m we will rebuild our social security system from the principles on which it was founded, supporting people rather than policing them and alleviating poverty rather than exacerbating it. instead of punishing people, we will empower them and we will use the resources currently being squandered on sanctions to provide high—quality career sanctions to provide high—quality career and employment services in

communities across the country. we will make sure that people can access the skills, training and opportunities they need to thrive. for the young people starting out in life, the parents and carers going back into the workplace, and for the experienced workers looking for a new direction in later life. that's the real way to deliver the workforce that will transform our economy. this has never been more important. artificial intelligence and automation are already bringing profound change to our working lives. new technology offers new opportunities but it also presents challenges. we need a highly trained workforce and an environment in which people are able to update your skills throughout their lives —— update their skills. today, i am promising a complete change in direction. we will end the hostile

environment that the tories had created by completely overhauling our social security system. we will rebuild it and restore dignity at its heart. the skill of our ambition means we cannot its heart. the skill of our ambition means we cannot do its heart. the skill of our ambition means we cannot do it alone, so over the coming months, we will be inviting submissions for proposals ona inviting submissions for proposals on a social security system based on compassion and respect rather than distrust and stigma. 0ur compassion and respect rather than distrust and stigma. our vision of the future is one in which the talents of each and every person i developed in a way that enriches their lives and our communities. a future in which everyone who can work is able to play their part in transforming our economy. a future too in which social security is there to provide stability and support for any of us, should we need it. together, we will create a social security system we can all be

proud of so that together we can rebuild our economy and create a society for the many, not the few. thank you very much, margaret. conference, we will be taking a numberof items conference, we will be taking a number of items this afternoon including the contemporary composite is on in work poverty and the school system. studio: a short and sweet explanation from the shadow work and pensions secretary margaret greenwood at the labour party conference in liverpool about how a labour government would approach the issue of benefits. in particular, she said they would stop the roll—out of universal credit going any further until they had fixed the floors that they feel are in the system and she also talked about the need to scrap what she described as

the punitive conservative regime when it comes to imposing sanctions on benefits claimants. 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. the mounting cost of fertility treatment means more women are looking for sperm donors online. limited nhs treatment is available, or if you ve the cash there are expensive private clinics. going online can save thousands — but as tonight's inside out reports, risks to women have led one fertility doctor to call for sites to be shut down. in the world of online sperm donation, women are engaging with unknown men who may use pseudonyms and are often faceless. 26—year—old sarah from yorkshire has decided to go it alone. i am single and not really wanting to kind of find a man and go through the traditional route. this is one of the sites that i use. there are nearly 4,000 members on this one. wow. any sperm she finds this way is free, which is a big attraction to someone who is desperate

to become a mum but cannot afford private treatment. i have seen several of these sites, all with this terminology... ai — artificial insemination, and ni — natural insemination. that is unprotected sex with a stranger. there have been a few idiots that you really wouldn't want to interact with them because they do harass you or kind of send you images you really do not need to see. so, who are these men and why are they offering their sperm for free on social media? one north east donor told me his motives are entirely altruistic. when i started to see children born and got the first few photos, i realised how happy i was making people. dan, not his real name, says he has had six successes from his donations and has another child on the way. so, which method do you actually preferfor sperm donation? artificial insemination. it isjust easier — no ties, less complications. but even though dan seems

to have the right motive, sarah's experience has been very different. she was shocked to find out the truth about the man she met online. ultimately, it turned out that he was married and that he had actually had a vasectomy, so he was no way viable at all. it made me feel like i could not trust people on the site. there's no proof of who you are on there. you literally sign up and you start messaging straightaway. experiences like hers mean there are serious concerns about how many women are using such forums and who is looking after them. in the ideal world, i would love to see them shut down because i think women's safety and welfare has to be paramount here. what dangers do you think that women potentially face? none from me, but speaking from experience, the biggest danger is men who have not used these sites before. and you can find out more

on this story on inside out tonight, bbc one north east and cumbria at 7.30. 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 1,100 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. time for a look at the weather... the weather looked government looks

very different from last week. most police government places will be enjoying the sunshine under the high pressure. we will find more cloud coming into the north and west and these systems will eventually topple into northern areas around the top of the high pressure so over the next few days, more cloud in scotla nd next few days, more cloud in scotland and northern ireland. england and wales, sunny and warming up. it was a chilly start this morning. for most of us, light winds, very pleasant this afternoon, more cloud across the northwest, one or two light showers across northern england and northern ireland, temperature is 14 to 17 celsius, an improvement on the weekend. this evening, temperatures fall sharply. we still have this atlantic flow coming into northern ireland bringing more cloud and across scotla nd bringing more cloud and across scotland so it will be as cold last night we had temperatures of minus two celsius in northern ireland. the

lowest temperatures are across england and wales, these are the lowest numbers in towns and cities. we could see a touch of frost in rural areas. probably the coldest night of the week ahead. we will find weather fronts encroaching into the northwest so picking up the wind, blowing in more cloud into northern ireland into scotland, a bit of rain at times, most of the rain developing, west of scotland, not much increased in scotland and drierfor england not much increased in scotland and drier for england and wales are mostly sunny. 0ne drier for england and wales are mostly sunny. one of a breeze and that will be a feature of the weather in the west and northwest of scotland, gusts of 50 or 60 miles an hour. still quite mild, 1314 celsius, but in wales, winds get lighter, possibly nudging 18 celsius. high pressure across southern part of the uk over the coming few days, these weather fronts toppling around to bring rain, mainlyforthe fronts toppling around to bring rain, mainly for the northwest of

scotland, that weather front heading southwards but little or no rain on that. there probably will be muttering over the next few days for edinburgh or belfast. cooler for cardiff and london but before then in the sunshine, temperatures of 21 or 22 celsius. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 3.00pm — there's confusion over what the labour leadership would put on the ballot paper, if there were another brexit referendum. my view at the moment is parliament will decide what will be on the ballot paper, we will be arguing it should be on the deal itself. the shadow chancellor outlined how a labour government would put the water industry back under public control. theresa may faces her cabinet for brexit discussions amid pressure to rethink her plans. "we need the truth". a public inquiry begins into the contaminated blood scandal that killed 2,500 people.

an inquest hears how a schoolgirl with severe food allergies died after eating a pret a manger baguette. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. all the talk is about tiger woods. chance of usa rang around atlanta yesterday as tiger woods won is first to for five years. thanks, katherine. and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. darren has all the weather. good afternoon. no storms inside this week. the weather looks very different to last week. plenty of blue skies and sunshine for england and where. but we will see wetter weather for scotland and northern ireland. more details later on. also coming up, if you're getting bodyguard withdrawals we've gotjust the thing — doctor who is back for a new series

and we'll have the latest from a red carpet preview event. hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. 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. day two of labour conference and brexit is once again a 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 doesn't back a final brexit deal and there is no election then labour could campaign for another public vote. the 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'd 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 that parliament to decide what will be on the ballot paper, we will be arguing that it should be a vote on the deal itself. the shadow brexit secretary has a different view. he said it could be about remaining part of the european union. the meeting last night was very clear, it didn't want to be prescriptive about what the question might be. the public vote question was left deliberately very wide, nobody was intending on not ruling out anything, certainly not ruling out remain.

some confusion here then. some labour members are very clear. the idea that you can betray those members without giving them the option to remain in the european union would be an absolute farce. so, views here are again divided. labour's leaders don't want to alienate supporters who 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. for now, much of the focus is on the government's negotiations. today in westminster, some tory brexiteers gathered to hear an alternative to the prime minister's brexit plan, the one they want her to ditch.

instead, this free—market think tank has suggested a free trade agreement with much looser ties to the eu. they claim it means better global trading opportunities. we need to take a model like this, we need to grasp the brexit prize and we need to act properly for the enormous benefits that are to be had from a properfree—trade policy. it's got some prominent backers. ideas that are being floated this morning show there is a real alternative. it is the alternative the prime minister originally wanted to do. the prime minister will gather her cabinet this afternoon. so far she is sticking to her plan, saying the alternatives floated won't solve issues at the irish border. brexit again proving problematic for both party leaders. at labour's conference, they will be hoping to widen the debate. 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. 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 on the direction of their company. and yes, dividend payments will be made directly to the workers from the fund. that means payments can be up to £500 a year. that is 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. in a moment, we'll hear from our political correspondent jonathan blake,

who's at downing street, where the cabinet is meeting to discuss the outcome of the salzburg summit. first, let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young who joins us from labour's conference in liverpool. there's been a lot of attention on the rows and difficulties the labour has over brexit. that is another side to this conference which is the party trying to lay out policies to show it is ready for government. they are saying they want her general election as soon as possible. they want to be in power. today, particularly the show a chance of trying to show he has got a lot of ideas and he is ready to implement those ideas, they are at the stage where they have thought it through and it is something they can't deliver. this discussed this with the founder of labour leave, john mills, who is a businessman as well. let's start with the business

side of things. john mcdonnell coming forward with radical ideas, talking about companies having to hand over some of the equity to the workers. what do you think of that? there are potential problems with this sort of project but i think don mcdonnell is thinking outside the box, he's looking at ways of getting productivity up. —— john mcdonnell. we need ideas. we've had ten years weather has been no increase in living standards for most people in the country. that is a dire situation fresh thinking that ....ij think situation fresh thinking that ....i think it is a good idea. what about the renationalisation of utilities like water companies? some are saying, what is the guarantee that it is being run by councillors and workers, it is going to be more efficient or better than what is happening now? i am not sure it is

good portion of the growth rate and increase productivity and living standards for people which is the top priority. there were problems when these organisations were in public ownership, about investment levels, they are run by councils which are short of money. something has to be done to make sure the investment continues. there are problems that need to be resolved here. the cost of the renationalisation will be high. you are in the minority as a labour member who is pro—brexit. where do you think the party has got to love the idea of keeping open the option of another referendum ? the idea of keeping open the option of another referendum? is that something you are in favour of? i am much more in favour of that ban the party committing itself to holding a second referendum. nobody knows what the outcome will be. it is going to bea the outcome will be. it is going to be a referendum car but this is going to be before after we leave

the eu? are you going to be able to extend article 50 to extend the period where you put a referendum where we are still in? there are so many unknowns. i think the labour party is better to keep its options open. i would welcome that. there are open. i would welcome that. there a re lots of open. i would welcome that. there are lots of brexiteers who say this idea of another referendum is obviously a ruse by many to try and reverse the brexit process. that is not something you want presumably?i think it is undemocratic but it is a huge danger to the labour party because may baja ‘s marginal seats in wales and the north where people voted heavily for me. it is a real risk of alienating those people. if it looks as if the labour party ‘s position excel to make sure the referendum isn't coming down. that

is the dilemma forjeremy corbyn and the labour leadership because they know that many of their mps on the remain side but they were millions of labour voters who did want a brexit. that is the tightrope they are trying to tread. let's go to downing street whether cabinet is discussing the salzburg summit. this is the first time the cabinet has met as the prime minister came back from that eu summit in salzburg where she was told in no uncertain terms by donald tusk that it simply will not work. the prime and as they came back and made that statement on friday from number 10 behind me here saying she felt she hadn't been

treated with respect. it is up to the eu to come forward with plans and proposals and to explain exactly the concerns they have with the tech is agreement. she is sticking to that as the government ‘s's strategy for the uk's featured relationship with the eu after brexit. number 10 said the cabinet remain fully behind the white paper. but alternatives have been put forward. the conservative brexiteers who are not keen on the chequers agreement have been putting forward an alternative plan this morning backing a report from the institute for economic affairs, which is based around a wide ranging free trade agreements between the uk and the eu. they say it will solve the problem of the northern ireland border and allow the uk to trade freely with eu whilst signing free trade deals with other countries. number 10 comeback on that and say it simply would not

solve the problem of the northern ireland border because customs checks, which would be eliminated, they still had to be checks at the border. the cabinet will be hearing the prime minister has to say about her reception that she received from eu leaders in salzburg and if some mps are perhaps wondering whether this is the time for cabinet ministers to speak up and gently persuade the prime minister or call on her to change tack, that'll be a bold move just a week or so ahead of the conservative party conference. after the prime minister's rebuttal to the eu when she returned from salzburg last week. that'll be part of the discussion in cabinet today as well as a discussion on immigration. the home secretary will be speaking about that. he will be setting out plans as to how immigration will change in the uk after brexit. we're expecting a

trickle of all sorts of information and papers that will set out how the government ‘s's preparing for an orderly exit in the event of a no deal. this is the next set of papers which the government will publish with advice and guidance to people and businesses on how to prepare for a no—deal brexit. all this talk of exactly what the uk's featured relationship with the eu will be, time is running out and the risk all the chances of a new deal brexit are perhaps getting higher as time goes by. it apart and for exiting the european union has been publishing every couple of weeks what they call technical notices, they have set out how mobile phone roaming charges will work, how driving licences and passport and other things might work in future and today we will hear more of that with more advice to people and businesses on how the government expects to prepare for a no—deal brexit. government expects to prepare for a no-deal brexit. thank you very much

indeed. 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. it's been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. 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. 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 kavanagh is socially conservative on issues like abortion and could tilt the balance of the court for decades to come.

let's speak now to our washington correspondent gary 0'donoghue. kyle is, what is this latest claim? it isa kyle is, what is this latest claim? it is a second woman who has come forward in an article in the new yorker and she details what she says happened in her first yorker and she details what she says happened in herfirst year of university at yale. this is 35 years ago. she says in a dormitory party there, she was present and brett kavanaugh there, she was present and brett kava naugh exposed himself there, she was present and brett kavanaugh exposed himself to her and it was unwanted contact between him and her. the difficulty with this is it is admitted in the article but this will woman, deborah ramirez, took time to recall the details and whether brett kava naugh took time to recall the details and whether brett kavanaugh was actually present or not. working on it and

thinking about it and talking to her lawyer, she is clear she says that is what happened. it has been flatly denied by brett kavanaugh, he has called it a smear campaign against him. the second accuser is a big problem particularly because we are due to hearfrom problem particularly because we are due to hear from the first accuser, christine blasey ford, this coming thursday. very, very difficult for the republican leadership to agree to hear from the republican leadership to agree to hearfrom her the republican leadership to agree to hear from her and the republican leadership to agree to hearfrom her and somehow not find a way of not hearing from the second accuser as well. accusations that the democrats are making political capital out of this. yes. this has been a partisan process and it has become even more so. process and it has become even more so. 0ne process and it has become even more so. one of the white highs counsel is this morning saying this was a left—wing conspiracy and donald trump himself talking about it being

totally political, as he put it, the accusation. they are attempting to stick by their nominee. it is becoming increasingly problematic. the supreme court is due to start sitting in a week's time. it can start setting, there is no problem but the longer it takes for brett kavanaugh to get nominated, if he does get nominated, the more cases he is going to miss will be able to vote on in those hearings. all these things are difficult. another big things are difficult. another big thing is the mid—term elections, the democrats potentially could take control of the senate. if the word to ta ke control of the senate. if the word to take control, after christmas they control the table in terms of nominees and votes are things like that. that is something the president and the white house and conservative voters out there, evangelicals, desperately don't want to happen. thank you very much. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines — there's confusion over

what the labour leadership would put on the ballot paper, if there were another brexit referendum. theresa may faces her cabinet for brexit discussions amid pressure to rethink her plans. "we need the truth" — a public inquiry begins into the contaminated blood scandal that killed two and a half thousand people tiger woods has won his first pga eventin tiger woods has won his first pga event in five years. the ryder cup sta rts event in five years. the ryder cup starts on friday. serena williams says she wants to move on from the controversy that surrounded her defeated the us open. she says she doesn't know why her coach admitted he was signalling to her on court. australia say they found no new information about claims one of their players racially abused england batsmen moeen ali during the 2015 ashes. they say the matter is closed. i will be back with just after 3:30pm.

the inquests into the deaths in the westminster terror attack in march last year have 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 reporterjenny kumah has been in court at the old bailey. commander usher has been giving evidence. he is head of policing at the palace of westminster. he has been questioning some of the evidence of its own armed officers gave to the inquest last week that he said found difficult to reconcile. the two armed officers we re reconcile. the two armed officers were ina reconcile. the two armed officers were in a part of the policy at when they couldn't see what was happening when the attack happened. they told the inquest that they were unaware of security guidelines that said they should be near the front gates when they were open. they said they

took daily instructions to patrol the yard according to a map on the wall. commander as explained after the attack he had a meeting with the two officers and that pc ashby brought along the map to this meeting and commander usher said he felt that perhaps pc ashby had done this because he was perhaps potentially aware that they had not got the controlling right. he said he felt it all be officers had told the inquest that they took daily instruction as to where to patrol and use the map every day, it was a small rectangular area surrounded by a building and he said he didn't understand why there was a need for daily reference a stop today, commander usher has been cross—examined. the lawyer representing the widow of pc palmer, the officer who was fatally stabbed, he asked the commander whether no stone had been left unturned in the post—attack review. the commander and said, it was his understanding

no stone had been left unturned. he was asked how many statements were taken from officers other than pcs ashby and saunders about protection in palace yard. he said, none. this afternoon the inquest continues and more detail about the security arrangements at parliament is due to be heard. the new series of doctor who returns to bbc one on sunday 7th october, and the 13th doctor, jodie whittaker, is in sheffield today for an exclusive screening of the first episode. where our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba joins us from now. the 13th doctor, but the first woman. yes. they are all here on the red carpet in sheffield where we the 13th doctor appears. we also have the right and sjogren of this

series. he was the creator of broadchurch. doctor who has been a big head since it came back but has fallen off slightly in recent years. the headline figure wasjodie whittaker being appointed as the first female doctor. it made headlines all over the world and has been seen as a real step forward in terms of inclusivity. that isn't just in front of the camera. behind the camera, when it comes to the directing and writing team, we've got more people of colour, more women because the man in charge feels that is important to making the show relevant to people in the 21st—century. it is going over to sundays from its traditional saturday night slot. we've had a big success on saturday night slot. we've had a big success on sundays in the past because it has seen some of the biggest ratings successes. shows like sherlock went out on sundays.

the biggest show of last year, blue planet was also a sunday night family show. for many people it isn't a bigger surprise that doctor who is going over to sundays. last night we saw a drama that has invigorated audiences all over the weekend —— uk, bodyguard, becoming the most successful show sims banter nappy. sunday night is become the new saturday night. that is going to bea new saturday night. that is going to be a screaming after the red carpet. —— screening. it will air on october the 7th. it an era that we are told it is all about the box set, people are willing to gather around something that is old—fashioned linear tv watching it as it is

transmitted, it is down to the quality of what you are offering. it is down to the quality, don't other things as well. with bodyguard, a lot of the reason people wanted to watch it as it is read out is because it has become pa rt read out is because it has become part of the national conversation, people did not want to be spoiled on social media because it is a series with twists and turns. because some of those plot developments and performances were so of those plot developments and performances were so bold and shocking, people didn't want to feel they were missing out. that quality along with the, oh my gosh, you won't believe what happened, has persuaded people to watch bodyguard as it entered. perhaps persuaded people to watch bodyguard as it entered. perhaszodie whittaker and the team are hoping some of that approach will rub off to if there are particular shocks in store, audiences can enjoy them at

the same time. people can read about them on the internet or newspapers. we have to wait and see what will happen there. they are confident the move to a sunday night is a good one and the show will flourish for family audiences. we will have to wait and see. a huge amount of interest in the new series and in jodie whittaker in particular. thank you very much. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. hello there. it looks pretty good week for england and wales. scotland and northern ireland seeing some stronger winds, a bit more cloud and perhaps some rain at times. but a lot of dry weather through the rest of the day. plenty of sunshine around, decent enough temperatures after that cold start. one or two showers continuing mainly across scotland. those will fade away, skies will fall very quickly underneath those clearing skies. we got this atlantic breeze thickening cloud later in northern ireland bringing some cloud into scotland, so not as cold as it was last night here. those are the numbers in towns and cities. for rural parts of wales, the midlands and southern

england, you may get a touch of frost. it will warm up quickly and the sunshine. a lovely day to come across most of england and wales. we've got the wind picking up through the day and will draw in more cloud, outbreaks of rain for northern ireland into scotland. wettest in western parts of scotland. windy as well, gusts of 50, 60 miles an hour perhaps in the north west of scotland. the breezy conditions for england and wales and in the session, temperatures widely 17 degrees, possibly a high of 18 celsius. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: senior labour figures have given contrasting statements about the party's stance on another brexit referendum. shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said a future labour government would take the water industry back into public control and create new regional water authorities, run by local councils, workers and customers. downing street insists the cabinet remains fully behind theresa may's brexit policy in the face of growing calls within her party to change direction. a public inquiry into

the contaminated blood scandal has begun in london. 2,500 people died after being given blood products infected with hiv and hepatitis during the 1970s and ‘80s. the father of a teenager who died after an allergic reaction to a pret a manger baguette, has spoken of his "indescribable" pain at the start of an inquest into her death. the series, which has kept audiences guessing — and gossiping — on a weekly basis last night became the most successful bbc drama for a decade. we'll be talking bodyguard and the secrets to its success. sport now on afternoon live with katherine downes, and all the talk in the sporting world today is tiger woods winning again. is it that big a deal? he has won 14 majors, 80 pga tour titles. he really is one of the

greatest players of all times. that is why this is such a significant comeback. for a decade, there was very little rivalry, he dominated golf, and says he has been gone, golf, and says he has been gone, golf has been a bit lost, it hasn't had a superstar and what a fall from grace he had. because of all that success grace he had. because of all that su ccess te n grace he had. because of all that success ten yea rs grace he had. because of all that success ten years ago, grace he had. because of all that success ten years ago, 2009, those personal transgressions that came out in the papers after he crashed his car outside his own house, it turned out he had been having extramarital affairs, he and his wife ended up divorcing, then there was all the injuries as well, the back surgeries, knees, bad knees, and he said himself he was worried that he would never play golf again. he said he spent two years in bed simply recovering, so he did return in november, that was a big deal, but to see him back on top and beating the very best in the world, because he did, justin rose, number one, dustinjohnson,

because he did, justin rose, number one, dustin johnson, the because he did, justin rose, number one, dustinjohnson, the new number one, dustinjohnson, the new number one up today, rory mcilroy, these are major winners themselves as tiger woods back on top. gough needs it superstar. it is called the tiger effect and the crowds following him down the 18th fairway just shows what a big star he is. we got the ryder cup starting later. yes, it's my favourite tournament in golf, in sport even. the atmosphere at the ryder cup is something else and hype just beginning now as we get into ryder week and tiger taking that form into the ryder cup where he will play for team usa, facing a europe side including justin rose who won a $10 million bonus for winning the pga's tour season long fedex cup competition yesterday at atla nta a m fedex cup competition yesterday at atlanta am aware tiger won the title and despite a busy few months for both players, the us captain thinks they will still have plenty to offer in paris. tiger and justin rose have played in so

tiger and justin rose have played in so many of these that they understand the physical and mental demands of this event and they will paste themselves, they will prepare accordingly and the trick for us not knowing the golf course quite as well as getting that preparation in and learning the golf course, yet also try to conserve some energy and get ready for some possible 36 holes on friday and saturday. serena williams says she's trying to move on from the meltdown that overshadowed her us open final. the 23 time grand slam champion lost to the japanese player at a fiery confrontation with the umpire carlos ramos that she later blamed on sexism. she has called him a thief and a liarand sexism. she has called him a thief and a liar and was docked again. the tom aggar began when ramos issued a warning for her coach patrick admitted he had been helping her from the players box. william said she had not seen him make a gesture to watch and said his subsequent admission is really confusing moment. the ballon d'0re is one of the most

prestigious awards in football and for the first time this year there will be a woman's weather as well as a man's. the 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 0ctober female players will be released in october with a specially selected group of women's football experts picking the winner. the prestigious fief a player of the year award is tonight. cristiano ronaldo is on the list alongside liverpool's mo but there is no place for lionel messi. gareth southgate has given his support to the man who helped knock england out of the world cup. he was outstanding against us but that's not only reason. he ran government won the champions league with real madrid. he got to the final with croatia and he was certainly the most important player. this season he had was

phenomenal in terms of success. cricket australia say they have found no new information that one of their players racially abused moeen ali during the 2015 ashes. the allegation was investigated after the first test in cardiff but was re—examined after moeen ali wrote about it in his book. they are board has now closed the matter. that's the bought for now. —— that the sport for now. 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. don't do that. please, don't do that. don't move. stay still. and the number one drama of 2018 so far —

a peak of 11 million people tuning in to the episode last night. final warning, raise your hands! its competition on itv, an adaptation of vanity fair, reached 2.2 million people. david, 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, who wrote line of duty, which everyone loves, august bank of a weekend, august bank holiday weekend, two episodes, the first 20 minutes are so addictive, you're in. everyone started talking about it, 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 forjoint viewing. i think it shows how healthy the linear channels are. the thing is, david/dave, 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. rich preston, bbc news. if you haven't watched it yet and don't want to know any spoilers, turn down the volume now, as entertainmentjournalist caroline frost is with me to discuss the series. what did you make of the bodyguard? the whole thing. there are purists

out there, there is now a subsection of fine ship and they would say it is not as good authentic as line of duty. but it had all those elements, a six political backdrop we are used to in politics that it's a very familiar world's ——. you didn't know what to make of the romance and then you've got the classic who done it and everybody was talking right up until yesterday, who done it? you are you putting your money on? it is compulsive, addictive viewing. the promotion, it felt like every week was the finale. was the figures given for the first week, the double episode, then the bbc quite likely thought, let's get behind it, let's throw all our resources at this. it is clearly becoming a jewel in the crown and quite rightly, that

worked. even the people who hadn't watched it were told, go and catch up watched it were told, go and catch up and they did and by last night i think we topped 11 million plus some pretty impressive. what didn't work for you? the only thing i would say and this is nit—picking is that because of that piece of narrative and that real suspenseful drama that we had all those cracking actors in supporting roles and perhaps, i would argue, the likes ofjena mckeag didn't quite get enough airtime and so you didn't dig into her hinterland and they are painted in shades of grey and we didn't necessarily go down each of those characters in any detail, but as i say, because of the frenetic, hectic pace and suspense, he wasn't going to be able to fit all those things in. but there's a hint that there could be another series. how wise is that? just because you had a real success with the one? we know many writers have followed by the wayside when it comes to try to repeat the

magic, but i would say that he has form, we have seen line of duty go from strength to strength and with the central conceit of a bodyguard, a close protection officer, he can now take that character into celebrity protection, overseas businessmen protection, oligarchs, so businessmen protection, oligarchs, so suddenly they're all these different worlds leaders need to just repeat himself and hope the magic formula repeats itself once again. we get doctor who back on the screens soon again. we get doctor who back on the screens soon with the first female doctor. jodie whitaker has said, no big deal, being a women is not a genre, by clearly it is a time to celebrate. it is a change in the kingdom and a queen is now on the floor and we should mention as well that as well as her taking the 13th doctor, we've also got a brand—new writing team being helmed by the man

behind broad church —— broadchurch. jed was also a short run and it means you have taken the show from inception right through to the screen, it means you get the last word on casting, script, production, it is your vision and your liver die by that vision and it does mean that when you're watching it, you're very much in the hands of chris, one man's thinking and creativity. he has tried to bring in a lot of diversity, not just has tried to bring in a lot of diversity, notjust in front of the camera diversity, notjust in front of the camera but behind it. this is the age, we are embracing all these different things and realising that if we go all male and pale, it's not going to be relevant to a huge number of the audience and that you are depriving yourself of cracking talent so quite rightly, in that position of mainstream influence, he's done the right thing. 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 45—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. a father has told an inquest about his teenage daughter's final moments after she ate a baguette from pret a manger. 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse suffered an allergic reaction on a british airways flight from heathrow two years ago. jamie robertson is here. in a moment, he'ill be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the government is publishing its latest guidance on how to prepare for brexit if there's no deal. there's confusion over what the labour leadership would put on the ballot paper, if there were another brexit referendum. "we need the truth" — a public inquiry begins into the contaminated blood scandal that killed 2,500 people.

here's your business headlines on afternoon live. shares in thomas cook have fallen by almost a quarter after a sharp drop in its annual profit forecasts, and it's blaming this summer's heatwave. it said it had led to "higher than usual levels of discounting" in august and september to lure people abroad when the weather was so good at home. labour would force all large firms to give shares to their workers worth up to £500 a year — each — according to shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell. at labour party conference today he set out planned "inclusive ownership funds" where firms will have to put 1% of their shares every year up to a maximum of 10%. energy company total has announced a major gas discovery off shetland. initial tests at a site on the glendronach prospect indicated there could be about one trillion cubic feet of gas which could be extracted. labour's plans for water companies.

labour has announced plans for a publicly—owned water system in england, run by local councils, workers and customers. the labour party has said if elected it would nationalise water, electricity and the railways. the level off from the late 80s to today. 0ver the level off from the late 80s to today. over the whole period, they not quite sharp. the water industry would say, it is because of the enormous amount of investment left behind by the nationalised industry. to get theirfacts to get their facts right about nationalisation,, scottish water is

largely nationalised. northern ireland. welsh water doesn't have any shareholders so we're really talking about england here. joining us now is michael roberts, chief executive of water uk, which represents the major water and waste water services. why should you stay privatised? why should water companies in england stay privatised? the model isn't broken. you referred to the heavy investment, £150 billion over the la st investment, £150 billion over the last 30 years, which has delivered lower leakage levels at a time when, as you rightly said, bills are roughly the same as the mid—90s when you account for inflation but what is more important, companies of axis admitted plans which talk about the most ambitious problems to reduce leakage in the last 20 years. more

investment to improve services. i think the question that remains unanswered by plans to nationalise water companies is, i would water companies in public ownership slug it out with the calls for schools and hospitals, which are more pressing for the nation? that's easy to answer, they would borrow on the market and probably borrow at a lower price because they would have the backing of government. when you've got the british government behind you, you can borrow at a low price, lower than you could. two things, first of all, experience of the nationalised industry before the 19805 the nationalised industry before the 1980s is that government of all colours did not invest sufficiently when they had the option. that's before and that's very specific. what mr mcdonnell said is it's not going to be like the past, not like the 1970s and 80s, it will be new and exciting ways of nationalising

industry. you cannot look back to what it was to say this is how it is going to be. looking forward, the question has to be whether the public would be able to invest in water and or the other things which the government expects investment in. the quid pro quo is that the private sector delivers efficiency which offset the cost, and wider sector has been able to improve the service well keeping bills fair and which are set to fall in the future incidentally when she take inflation into account —— when you take inflation into account. you represent what operations across the uk and in scotland it is largely still publicly owned. is there a difference between the way the scottish people receive their water and a way that we receive our water in england? scottish what is a great

company and has done a greatjob. —— scottish what are —— scottish water. i'm not saying companies can be run in the private sector but there are questions at the moment which remain unanswered. mike roberts, thank you very much indeed. there has been a jump in oil prices. saudi arabia had a meeting this weekend and said they are not going to increase supply to reduce prices. saudi arabia say they do not control prices at all but on the other hand,

donald trump has been saying, please bring down the prices. your allies. he didn't say that russia, he said to saudi arabia. he said, do something for us. here's is slightly a victim of his own foreign policy because he has been taking out sanctions against iran, consequently no one wants to buy anything from iran, no one wants to buy oil from iran, no one wants to buy oil from iran because they could be a victim of action orface iran because they could be a victim of action or face repercussions from the united states, so as a result the united states, so as a result the uranium supply is drying up and asa the uranium supply is drying up and as a result of that, the prices going up, but at the same time donald trump would like prices down and he has asked russia and saudi arabia to do something about it and they say now at the moment, that is why the prices going up. let's look at the markets. thomas cook had a very bad year.

that was due to good weather. nobody wa nted that was due to good weather. nobody wanted to go abroad and they had to discount their holidays. rangoold is up 5%, ftse, not very much. we're getting lines in from reuters about what the british government would do in the event of them not meeting a deal with the eu 27 i the end of the discussion. we urge you to leave the eu at the end of march next year —— we are due to leave the eu. the brexit haulage paper says in particular, agriculturalfood goods may not be able to enter the eu

except via a border inspection post. they would expect eu countries to reciprocate in granting permission to uk airlines to continue operating in the event of no deal. there has been all sorts of talk about whether food would be allowed in and out or whether we would run out of food at some point, whether they would be lots of lorries stuck as they try to come in from continental europe and whether the planes would be able to fly across european airspace. the haulage paper also goes on to say that in the event of delays caused by increased checks at eu ports, the uk government will implement contingency arrangements to manage the flow of traffic across the uk. further communication will be issued in the autumn. when it comes to try to ta ke in the autumn. when it comes to try to take your pets abroad, they have to take your pets abroad, they have to have passports to come in and out of mainland europe, they would continue to go on holiday with you or over to the eu but they would

probably be —— there would probably be extra requirements in place. they also say that if the eu doesn't recognise the uk's aviation security standards, passengers and luggage would probably have to be rescreened if you change planes, catch another flight if you change planes, catch another flight at a european hub, sojust if you change planes, catch another flight at a european hub, so just a few of the lies that are coming out at the moment of how we would cope in the event of no deal being arrived at. they will be more trickling out. we will return to it when we get more. time for the weather. the weather looks very different from last week. we have seen blue skies in the south. we will find more cloud coming into the north and west and these systems will eventually topple into northern areas around the top of the high pressure

so over the next few days, more cloud and winds and rain scotland and northern ireland. england and wales, sunny and warming up. it was a chilly start this morning. for most of us, light winds, very pleasant this afternoon, more cloud across the northwest, one or two light showers across northern england and northern ireland, temperatures 14 to 17 celsius, an improvement on the weekend. this evening, temperatures fall sharply. we still have this atlantic flow coming into northern ireland bringing more cloud and across scotland so it won't be as cold last night when we had temperatures of minus two celsius in northern ireland. the lowest temperatures are across england and wales, these are the lowest numbers in towns and cities. we could see a touch of frost. probably the coldest night of the week ahead. we will find weather fronts encroaching into the northwest so picking up the wind, blowing in more cloud into

northern ireland, into scotland, a bit of rain at times, most of the rain developing, mainly western scotland, not much in eastern scotland and drier for england and wales are mostly sunny. one of a breeze and that will be a feature of the weather in the west and northwest of scotland, gusts of 50 or 60 miles an hour. still quite mild, 13—14 celsius, but in wales, winds get lighter, possibly nudging 18 celsius. high pressure across southern part of the uk over the coming few days, these weather fronts toppling around to bring rain, mainly for the northwest of scotland, that weather front heading southwards, little or no rain on that. there probably won't be much rain over the next few days for edinburgh or belfast. cooler for cardiff and london but before then in the sunshine, temperatures of 21 or 22 celsius. hello, you're watching afternoon live.

today at 4.00pm — the government publishes its latest guidance on preparing for brexit if there's no deal including flights in and out of the uk and road haulage. theresa may faces her cabinet for brexit discussions amid pressure to rethink her plans. there's confusion over what the labour leadership would put on the ballot paper, if there were another brexit referendum. my view at the moment is parliament will decide what will be on the ballot paper, we will be arguing that it should be a vote on the deal itself. "we need the truth". a public inquiry begins into the contaminated blood scandal that killed 2,500 people. an inquest hears how a schoolgirl with severe food allergies died after eating a pret a manger baguette. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — katherine. tiger woods back on form. he is. the

timing could not be betterfor team usa with the ryder cup starting on friday. we will hear from both team ca pta i ns friday. we will hear from both team captains from paris at half—past. thank you very much. thanks katherine. and darren has all the weather. look at the strange lights in the sky. i've not had to manage! i will explain what that means later. we will have time for a look at the weather. also coming up, if you've got bodyguard withdrawal smptoms we've gotjust the thing — the doctor's back and she's a new one. we'll have the latest from the red carpet. hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. the labour party conference will vote tomorrow on a motion that there is guidance for driving in the

eu after brexit if there is no deer and for taking pacts on holiday. 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 afternoon 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. day two of labour conference and brexit is once again a 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 doesn't back a final brexit deal and there is no election then labour could campaign for another public vote.

the 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'd 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 that parliament will decide what will be on the ballot paper, we will be arguing that it should be a vote on the deal itself. the shadow brexit secretary has a different view. he said it could be about remaining part of the european union. the meeting last night was very clear, it didn't want to be prescriptive about what the question might be. the public vote question was left deliberately very wide, nobody was intending on not ruling out anything, certainly not ruling out remain. some confusion here then. some labour members are very clear. the idea that you can betray those members without giving them the option to remain

in the european union would be an absolute farce. so, views here are again divided. labour's leaders don't want to alienate supporters who 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. for now, much of the focus is on the government's negotiations. today in westminster, some tory brexiteers gathered to hear an alternative to the prime minister's brexit plan, the one they want her to ditch. instead, this free—market think tank has suggested a free trade agreement with much looser ties to the eu. they claim it means better global trading opportunities. we need to take a model

like this, we need to grasp the brexit prize and we need to act properly for the enormous benefits that are to be had from a properfree—trade policy. it's got some prominent backers. ideas that are being floated this morning show there is a real alternative. it is the alternative the prime minister originally wanted to do. the prime minister will gather her cabinet this afternoon. so far she is sticking to her plan, saying the alternatives floated won't solve issues at the irish border. brexit again proving problematic for both party leaders. at labour's conference, they will be hoping to widen the debate. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in liverpool. we canjoin we can join her we canjoin her now.

there has been a big discussion about brexit but labour saying the leadership they respect the result of that referendum and i think you can detect some reluctance on the pa rt can detect some reluctance on the part ofjeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell to really commit to a new referendum on the terms of the deal or even on staying in or leaving all over again. there are very, very many members of the labour party who would like to see a new referendum. most discussed this now, i am joined by the founder of the remaining labour. there was a meeting last night, this is all about trying to come up with something to put in front of conference tomorrow on the idea of another referendum. what happened? it is a meeting of labour party delegates from all over the country and the leadership were represented as well. the idea was to

come together and agree what would be discussed on tuesday. i was there asa be discussed on tuesday. i was there as a delegate but also the founder of remain labour which is a campaign to change labour party policy so we return to the position of advocating remaining in the labour —— european union. i think it is a significant step forward for our campaign and all those who want to see a change in policy. firstly, the motion said the labour party will support a full participation of a single market. then critically as well we now have this clear statement is we're going to keep all options on the table including a public vote which is ultimately what i want to see. the crucial thing is, what would the question asked if there were another referendum? john mcdonnell doesn't think staying in the eu should be an

option. it is obvious where his instincts are. it'd be as if you are that original result. it is clear to see what was agreed. there was a tax put forward by the leadership saying options are a public vote on the terms of brexit. there could be a referendum between no deal and some deal. that piece of text was deleted, that is crucial. what we are relieved that left with is a public vote and all options on the table. i public vote and all options on the table. lam public vote and all options on the table. i am happy about that. what do you say to those people who are saying, there were millions of labour voters who voted for brexit, there are many areas of england where constituencies voted out. it look like you are just trying to rerun the first referendum. so much has changed since 2016. we were promised three and £50 million a

week for the nhs and that has evaporated. trade deals around the world have not materialised. people have the right to look at what is being offered to them and the opportunity to change that opinion. what is extravagant is the mood was dramatically more pro—european and we're starting to see that in polling. we're starting to see significant shift in public opinion andl significant shift in public opinion and i think that is going to grow as we get to crunch point. then many people, even those who voted who said we've got a honour that. we do have to leave and it is about how we leave. if they were to be a second vote there should be the choice but to people. i do think that it be the right choice. opinion polling says a slight majority of people would vote is to remain. amongst labour voters thatis is to remain. amongst labour voters that is 86% of labour party members. there has been a big shift in the

mood in the labour party here at conference. thank you very much indeed. that is part of the problem thatjeremy corbyn is wrestling with, wanting to stay true to those brexiteers who voted for labour and voted to leave but also trying to keep onside very many labour mps who think now is the time to call for another referendum. 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 it's been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. 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. 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. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson is outside church house. what has been happening there today? the proceedings have wrapped up but this afternoon they gathered assembly here of families heard from the chair, the man leading this enquiry, and he welcomed what were more than 500 victims and their families here. he said he wished they didn't need to be so many of them but that is the nature of this tragedy. he quoted from others saying it has been described as a catastrophe a tragedy, the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. he explained the next three months would be used taking oral evidence from witnesses. he promised

people would be put at the heart of this inquiry, it'd be open and transparent independent of government and he stressed frightened of no one in the conclusions it gave. sophie, thank you very much. 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. 15—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. but evidence from natasha's father has been detailed and deeply upsetting to hear this morning. he wrote a statement that was read out bya wrote a statement that was read out by a lawyer. natasha had bought a

ba g u ette by a lawyer. natasha had bought a baguette from the pret a manger at heathrow airport, she had eaten it in the air but i noticed her throat was sore straight afterwards. she took some medicine for dealing with her allergies if she noted any symptoms. she said she felt fine, they got on the plane and its 20 minutes into the flight when she started feeling a more severe reaction. the statement described how her first gave her an reaction. the statement described how herfirst gave her an injection to try and subside the symptoms but that didn't work. they went to the toilet on the plane where he gave her a second injection but she complained she wasn't able to breathe. although a call was put out on the plane for a doctor, a doctor was on the plane and came forward, and tried to assist natasha slipped into unconsciousness. the traitorous hesitated and it wasn't until the plane landed and met by paramedics they tried to resuscitate natasha with medical equipments but couldn't

do anything to help her. to underline how harrowing this account was, the lawyer who read it on the half of natasha's father broke down in tears himself. but then, her father gave evidence. he spoke to the barrister who was putting questions about half of pret a manger. that's barrister apologised to having to ask these questions, for forcing to having to ask these questions, forforcing him to go over this detail once again. he said, ask away, the most important thing is the truth is known. when the coroner asked them out at administering the second injection, whether that is affected, her dad said, he was lucid and said! affected, her dad said, he was lucid and said i didn't like a soldier with perfect execution. they had grown up with natasha's allergies from when she was six months old. it wasn't as nuts, theirfamily from when she was six months old. it wasn't as nuts, their family diet had to be controlled. they took care with everything that she ate and thatis with everything that she ate and that is why that is this question from the family about the labelling

in preta from the family about the labelling in pret a manger, whether it was good enough. they say the sesame in that baguette wasn't listed on the packaging and there was little information in the store to help them work out what was in that product. there is more evidence to be heard here and the inquest is expected to go on all week. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines — the government publishes its latest guidance on preparing for brexit if there's no deal — including flights in and out of the uk and road haulage. theresa may faces her cabinet for brexit discussions — amid pressure to rethink her plans. there's confusion over what the labour leadership would put on the ballot paper, if there were another brexit referendum. tiger woods has won his first pga to in five years. the ryder cup is starting on friday. serena williams says she was to move on from the controversy that surrounded her defeat at the us open. she says she doesn't know why her coat has

admitted he was signalling to her on court. australia say they have found no new information about claims one of their plays racially abused moeen ali during the 2015th ashes. they say the matter is closed. i will have more on all those stories just after half past. the inquests into the deaths in the westminster terror attack in march last year are continuing this afternoon. khalid masood was shot dead by police after fatally stabbing pc keith palmer and ploughing into and killing four pedestrians on westminster bridge. let's get more from our reporterjenny kumah, who's at the old bailey in central london for us. cherezov has been happening there today. there's been more questioning about the security arrangements at parliament. last week we have from the two armed officers who were on duty at that time. they weren't aware of security guidelines which said they should be near the gates when they were open, during the

attack they will in another part of the yard. they weren't able to respond when the attack happened, when pc palmer was fatally stabbed to death. today, the head of security at parliament has been facing questions. commander escher. the lawyer of pc palmer's family said the attitude of the metropolitan police has been to pass the buck. they said pc palmer was standing at the gates with batten and spray when he was confronted with a terrorist armed with two nights. it is entirely predictable occurred. the metropolitan police failed to have the necessary arrangements in place. during questioning, commander usher said as faras during questioning, commander usher said as far as he was aware the

majority of officers, armed officers, were aware of the rules which said they should be near the front gates but he said he disagreed that they fail to protect keith and he feels officers would have done what they did on the day which was to move towards the perimeter gate where khalid masood had crashed his car. he feels that they would have moved away from the front gate anyway. thank you very much. reports in the us suggest that man overseeing the mueller investigation into allegations of collusion between the trump campaign and rusia has been summoned to the white house and expects to be fired by donald trump. deputy attorney—general rod rosenstein has been overseeing the investigation since his boss, attorney—generaljohn sessions, ruled himself out of doing so because of his links to the allegations. 0ur correspondent gary

o'donghue is in washington. there is a lot of confusion around on days like this. what we understand is that the deputy attorney general is on his way to the white house expecting to be fired. what we heard earlier on days he had verbally resigned tojohn kerry in the expectation he was going to be fired. we haven't had any former word that he's been fired or that he's resigned. as things stand, it looks like things are moving, since a significant movements. why does it matter? rod rosenstein is the man who oversees robert mueller‘s investigation. it is an investigation of the present

has railed against ever since it was established last year and he has railed against rod rosenstein as well as the man who oversees it. if he is removed, the president has the power to put someone in that position in the department to oversee the robert mueller‘s investigation and that could change the nature of the downwards pressure robert muellerfrom the nature of the downwards pressure robert mueller from above in terms of how quickly and how soon he wraps things up. and what kind of information is released to the public. someone else will have two provide oversight but who? that is some talk that the solicitor general could be that but it is worth bearing in mind, the president can't take someone who has been through senate confirmation. a lot are political appointees in very senior positions in the administration have to go through a process of confirmation by the united states senate. he could take someone united states senate. he could take someone who's been through that process for another job and someone who's been through that process for anotherjob and put someone who's been through that

process for another job and put them in thatjob overseeing robert mueller‘s investigation. you can think of a scenario where the president who hates this investigation, hates it absolutely despises the way it has been handled, the fact it exists at all, he could find someone who would try to bring this thing to a conclusion in short order. put pressure on robert mueller to wrap things up and get on with it. that is on the table asa get on with it. that is on the table as a possible outcome. we're waiting for that rod rosenstein is actually being fired or is resigning or neither of the above! thank you very much. we will unravel it at some point. 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 kavanagh is socially conservative on issues such as abortion and is likely to tilt the balance of the court towards the right.

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 45—foot waves nearly 2,000 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 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. time for a look at the weather. here's darren. i have a lovely picture. this is the aurora borealis. starting well! there has been a whole. we've had all these charged particles whizzing from the centre was the earth and hitting our magnetic field and getting drawn to the polls which is why you see these

lights. all these charged particles they are very excited. it looks like a crown? no. you mean the... what? i was getting all scientific. i was talking about excited particles and what they do when they are excited, they give off energy in the form of light which looks like a crown in the sky. you have to look in the distance, look north, that is not a cloa k, distance, look north, that is not a cloak, look north any will be able to see perhaps the northern lights. this was saturday night. we've got these bright colours. the red is where you will be able to see. you can look far enough and you might be able to see it tonight. it is less likely than it was on saturday

nights because we've lost some of that activity. we need two things, don't we? clear skies. and darkness. have we got that? no. we've got a harvest moon. they were lit up by an 999 harvest moon. they were lit up by an egg moon. this is the full moon closest to the autumn equinox. we have that over the weekend. it is lighting up the sky and we also got more cloud coming into northern scotland. i can never believe that you can always have everything. it is either the lights all the moon. which would you prefer? i would prefer the northern lights. you have

to get up and move and travel. let's move on. high pressure is in charge which you would expect to see clear skies but around the top area of that weird drawing in atlantic winds and the weather systems will be heading towards northern parts of the uk. the next few days we'll see some stronger winds and a bit more cloud and drink for scotland and northern ireland. warming up for england and wales where we have seen the best of the sunshine. a few showers in ireland but mostly scotland. light showers, a scattering. otherwise, a great deal of sunshine around and temperatures higher than the weekend but that is not too difficult. maybe 17 degrees. those temperatures will fall quickly this evening. a lot of cloud will melt away. clear skies, this evening. a lot of cloud will melt away. clearskies, like this evening. a lot of cloud will melt away. clear skies, like twins, temperatures dropping except for

scotla nd temperatures dropping except for scotland and northern ireland where we've got the atlantic air and that means more cloud. it was minus two in northern ireland last night. these are the temperatures for towns and cities. we may get temperatures just below freezing in rural of wales. but i pressure is still in charge for england and wales tomorrow. these weather systems coming in from the atlantic and at the same time the wind will pick up. it draws in more cloud, patchy rain for northern ireland in the morning. not much for eastern scotland, it is over western scotland. it will be windy. these are the guest speeds. we could be up to 60 mph. a little bit more cloud for northern mole parts of england. it is starting to get warmer. these weather systems

running across northern areas of the uk and owl, most of the rain will be in scotland. that's weather front sinks southwards. we got cooler, fresh air. but we've got any area of high pressure behind it. not much for eastern scotland nor for northern ireland. a warm day on wednesday and it calls. the warmth last longer across england and wales. probably, we will find temperatures up to 23 degrees. that is pretty good for this time of year. deputy attorney general

this is bbc news. our latest headlines: theresa may faces her cabinet for brexit discussions as the government publishes its latest guidance on preparing for brexit if there's no deal — including flights in and out of the uk and road haulage. meanwhile, at their conference in liverpool, senior labourfigures have given contrasting statements about the party's stance on another brexit referendum. shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said a future labour government would take the water industry back into public control. it would create new regional water authorities, run by local councils, workers and customers. there are reports that us deputy attorney general rod rosenstein has resigned in anticipation of being fired by president trump. nhs patients who contracted hiv and hepatitis from contaminated blood products imported from overseas have demanded answers at an inquiry which has opened in london. a father has has been telling an inquest how his daughter died after eating a baguette from a sandwich shop. natasha ednan—laperouse, who was 15, suffered an allergic reaction on a british airways flight

from heathrow two years ago. sport now on afternoon live with katherine downes and all the talk in the sporting world today is tiger woods winning again. we are alla we are all a bit guilty of writing off tiger woods. i year ago, the whole narrative was common will never see whole narrative was common will never see tiger woods play his best golf again —— the narrative was we will never see tiger woods play his best golf again. he had various transgressions as he called them, the breakdown of his body, three back surgeries, the latest one coming last year and not only that but his loss of self belief, his confidence. he admitted that he may not ever play competitive golf ever again and you could see that when he

made his return to golf in november, that steeliness that you could a lwa ys that steeliness that you could always rely on tiger woods to deliver the prize had gone. gradually it has come back. even at the open, there was still wobble about him, but that is what has made this win at the pga tour championship in atlanta quite special, not just the fact that he won but how he won, completely unflappable, two shots clear of the field and tiger is back. and the ryder cup resumes this week. even people who don't follow god have a great time. yes —— people who don't follow golf have a great time. i don't think i've ever experienced an atmosphere like the ryder cup, the singing and chanting, and

whoever wins, the fans are just really worth going to see if you ever get to go to a ryder cup. ominous for europe is that tiger ta kes ominous for europe is that tiger takes that good form into the ryder cup. good news for europe is that he hasn't got a great record at ryder cup golf but he will face a europe side including justin rose who won a $10 million bonus for winning the pga tour season long fedex cup and despite a busy few months for both players, the us captain thinks they will both have plenty to offer when the action gets under way in paris. tiger and justin rose, they have played in so many of these, they understand the physical and mental demands of this event and they will pace themselves, they will prepare accordingly and the trick for us not knowing the golf course quite as well is getting that preparation and learning the golf course, yet also trying to conserve some energy into —— and get ready for a possible 36

holes on saturday. serena williams says she's trying to move on from the meltdown that overshadowed her us open final. the 23 time grand slam champion lost to the japanese player at a fiery confrontation with the umpire carlos ramos that she later blamed on sexism. she has called him a thief and a liar and was docked again. it began when ramos issued a warning for her coach patrick admitted he had been helping her from the players box. william said she had not seen him make a gesture the ballon d'0re is one of the most prestigious awards in football and for the first time this year there will a woman's winner as well as a men's. the 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. the prestigious fifa player of the year award is tonight. cristiano ronaldo is on the list alongside liverpool's mo but there is no place for lionel messi. gareth southgate has given his support to the man who helped knock england out of the world cup. he was outstanding against us but that's not only the reason. he won the champions league with real madrid. he got to the final with croatia and he was certainly the most important player for them. the season he had was phenomenal in terms of success. cricket, australia say they have found no new information that one of their players racially abused moeen ali during the 2015 ashes. the allegation was investigated after the first test in cardiff but was re—examined after ali wrote about it in his book.

the board has now closed the matter. that's the sport for now. in th last hour, the government has published its latest guidance papers on the impact of a no—deal brexit. around 20 documents have been published, covering a range of topics including vehicle insurance, flights to and from the uk, and taking pets abroad in the event of a no deal. let's get more on this now with our reality check correspondent chris morris. a lot of it is to do with movement between here and mainland europe. they are part of bureaucratic language saying it won't happen, but some will be quite alarming for sections of business such as aviation, there are a few report on what happens in the event of no deal to aviation. in terms of flights to and from the uk, one of the report

says if the uk leaves the eu without a deal in march 29 —— march 2019, the airlines would lose access to the airlines would lose access to the eu saw in the flights would be grounded. we heard philip hammond in the past tell a parliamentary committee that this is a possibility in theory. what these papers are doing is, if there is nothing to replace what we have at the moment and we leave us no deal at all, then in terms of aviation, it would be very difficult to see an immediate aftermath —— in the immediate aftermath —— in the immediate aftermath of that happening, flights taking off and landing. what about haulage? one of the report is about haulage? one of the report is about haulage permits. a licence for drivers to drive across europe and where the stuff in the back of the lorry is goods, the drivers are providing a service and at the moment you can just drive across the

european union without any permits. 0ne european union without any permits. one of the report has been issued today and we're still going through all the detail of this, it's that you would need a permit in the future. i think people have known that. but the number of permits available will be severely limited and where this is beginning to impact people pretty soon is haulage workers will have to apply to the government for this particular permit from november 2018, only two months away, and the government is not saying this will happen but in the event of no deal, you need to make preparations pretty soon. the government accepts demands for those permits will exceed supply and there are thousands and thousands of british hauliers that rely on being able to cross into europe unimpeded. 0ne able to cross into europe unimpeded. one of the papers is about pets. yes, if you got pets this really

matters to you. the pet passport you have in the eu in the event of no deal, which the government says it is trying to avoid, those pet passports would no longer be valid and should the uk become what is called an unlisted third country, then pet owners intending to travel to the eu would need to discuss preparations for travel with a vet at least four months in advance of the date of travel. if you want to travel there on the 30th of march 2019, the day after we are due to leave, you would need to start talking about that to your vet at the end of november, so among other bureaucratic language, these aren't papers which give you solutions, they are kind of technical warnings about what could happen. the government is trying to say, don't panic, but these are things that could happen and until you know that there's a deal, for a lot of businesses, and consumers, if you're taking a dog on a cat to europe,

these are a lot of things you're going to have to start to think about. what struck me is there aren't any answers. is not a process which is designed to produce a nswe rs , which is designed to produce answers, it a process which is designed to say, don't tell us we didn't warn you. let's keep it sensible, i think the government is saying to businesses, but here's what you need to do. there has been a lot of criticism that these reports should have come out much, much our to give and consumers time to prepare for the possibility of no deal. the government was my position is, working for a deal, hopefully we will get one in november, but it has go to parliament and be approved on the eu side as well so the problem is, well these reports aren't the worst case scenario, until you know there is no worse case scenario, you got to prepare for it. given that businesses always say we want certainty, i much certainty is contained in these warnings? —— how much certainty? the only certainty

is that according to the government in the event of a pure no deal, when nothing is negotiated to take the place of the eu membership, it will be very, very difficult in the for businesses. a lot of people on the government side say, if there isn't going to be an overall deal, we'll try and do side deals either individually with eu countries with the eu itself to keep things going, but my understanding of the eu position, quite legalistic one, is that they have said we will not have talks and discussions with the uk about preparations for no deal before the 29th of march. we, the eu, will take our own unilateral contingency measures to preserve our interests but we're not going to have negotiations about side deals before the uk has left and become a third country. chris morris, thank you very much. 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. don't do that. please, don't do that. don't move. stay still. and the number one drama of 2018 so far — a peak of 11 million people tuning in to the episode last night. final warning, raise your hands! its competition on itv, an adaptation of vanity fair, reached 2.2 million people. david, 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, who wrote line of duty, which everyone loves, august bank holiday weekend, two episodes, the first 20 minutes

are so addictive, you're in. everyone started talking about it, 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 forjoint viewing. i think it shows how healthy the linear channels are. the thing is, david/dave, 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. the business news in a moment.

first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. there are reports that us deputy attorney general rod rosenstein has resigned in anticipation of being fired by president trump. theresa may faces her cabinet for brexit discussions as the government publishes its latest guidance on preparing for brexit if there's no deal, including flights in and out of the uk and road haulage. there's confusion over what the labour leadership would put on the ballot paper if there were another brexit referendum. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. russia and saudi arabia have ignored calls from the us to increase oil production and the price of brent crude oil has jumped above $80 a barrel, the highest level since 2014. meanwhile, the threat of american sanctions on iran restricting supply, also putting upward pressure on prices. shares in thomas cook have fallen by almost a quarter after a sharp drop in its annual profit forecasts and it's blaming this summer's heatwave.

it said it had led to "higher than usual levels of discounting" in august and september to lure people abroad when the weather was so good at home. versace, the italian fashion house founded by gianni versace 40 years ago, looks as though it is going to be bought by michael kors. reuters is reporting that the us fashion group has agreed to buy the italian firm in a deal worth about £1.5 billion. oil prices have hit a four—year high of close to $81 a barrel after saudi arabia and russia rejected calls by donald trump to increase production. it is to do with the prospect of supply and demand. venezuela has all been pretty tight in the last year so been pretty tight in the last year so because things are getting worse in venezuela and yesterday we had

russia which is non—0pec and saudi arabia which leads 0pec, will probably keep levels going up despite mr trump saying they ought to be increasing supply in order to bring prices down. they're saying, it's not up to us, that's just the way it is. gas fields being discovered? yes, won't tell you cubic metres, which is quite a lot! —— 1 trillion. it is in shetland in the north sea. what's extraordinary as we thought the shetland area and the north sea area was declining as an oil and gas field. but it keeps giving us surprises. joining us now is jasper lawler,

head of research at london capital group. this gas find in the north sea is the gift that keeps on giving, isn't it? good afternoon. it is, this is a real result for total but it is nicer these oil companies because since oil prices crashed, they have been trying to invest in new fields and it is costly to do so. it is helpful when the north sea producers are find the size of this because the infrastructure that exists is already there to take advantage of its not only is it huge find, an unusually large fine for the area, but you've already got the infrastructure therefore the area, hence the cost is low to get the gas out of the ground. with the oil price close to $81 a barrel, i would

imagine as the price got higher and higher and even of saudi arabia restricted supply, you would always have those shiel projectors coming out of the woodwork —— shale gas producers, but that doesn't seem to be happening. what's interesting is itsjust be happening. what's interesting is its just not happening be happening. what's interesting is itsjust not happening at the pace that was originally envisaged. i think there was a lot of pain in that area of texas, that basin of america that was really going gung ho, some companies are very overextended and they went quite there, able to take full advantage when prices dropped. a lot of those companies still struggling, not able to get the funding to increase the production as they might have, hence in the markets, we are falling back to look at the traditional players like opec and given these sanctions on iran, less supply from there, given the opec meeting at the weekend, were they not making up for that shortfall,, not increasing

production. this gold manager between rangoold and barrick, it's £14 billion worth of a merger. it's big. it's a huge deal. it's significant. the price today around 5%, but the context of things, the share price is down 30% this year. not surprising when you look at the price of gold which is down 9% but it is typical for this industry, during boom times, these companies tend to overproduce to take advantage of those high prices but they tend to overdo it and then when you have the gold price following, suddenly production isn't quite there so they are looking to other means to increase profitability away from production, in this case it's a merger. one last question on thomas cook, they say it is because of the

weather because everyone wanted to stay at home. i'm a bit suspicious of that. you think it's because people in the uk don't have as much money and people in the uk have a very wea k money and people in the uk have a very weak pound ? money and people in the uk have a very weak pound? i think there are a range of factors contributing to it andl range of factors contributing to it and i would argue that the share prices down 25% today, this was not a well—received results but it is down 50% over the year so there are clearly broader problems at hand here, just the hot weather in the uk and not on whether —— northern europe. it will tend to book cheap holidays, they can arrange themselves over the internet. there are some areas like that promise to qu bec into, that hasn't worked out and has been less popular on the re ce nt and has been less popular on the recent poisoning will not have helped the longer term booking cycle but short—term bookings has played a factor. thank you very much indeed.

rangoold up 6%, thomas cook has dropped, unsurprisingly. and i think jasper is right about the long—term problems within the tourist industry. a sudden jump problems within the tourist industry. a suddenjump in problems within the tourist industry. a sudden jump in the last 20 minutes. fitzy, down a touch as your .5% —— ftse. the public are being warned not to approach a goat—antelope that has escaped from a zoo in devon. specialists and police officers are searching for the female mountain—dwelling west caucasian tur, which broke free from paignton zoo earlier. it is thought to be in clennan woods at goodrington. the zoo said the animal is "probably pretty stressed" and people are being urged to call police if it is spotted. the new series of doctor

who returns to bbc one on sunday 7th october, and the thirteenth doctor — jodie whittaker — is in sheffield today for an exclusive screening of the first episode. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba gave us more details from the red carpet. jodie whittaker, next of the writer and short run of this series. he is known to many because he was the creator of the crime drama broadchurch and it is hoped he can bring that writing an editorial magica doctor who —— magic to doctor who. the headline figure wasjodie whittaker being appointed as the first female doctor on doctor who. it made headlines all over the world and is being seen as a real step

forward in terms of inclusivity. but of course that inclusivity is not just in front of the camera. behind the camera in terms of the writing and directing team, we got more people of colour and more women, because the man in charge feels it is important to make the show releva nt to is important to make the show relevant to people in the 21st—century. let's hear dominic rabb talking about the contingency papers if the uk should leave the eu without a deal. we have a positive discussion about our future with immigration to ensure we have an overlooking country boosting productivity but also that we deliver on the referendum, taking back control, have the systems in place to achieve that. did all the cabinet ministers across the table continue to back chequers after what happened last week? we will hold our nerve and the

clear that there are no credible intelligence —— no credible alternatives. we certainly intend to progress negotiations in northern ireland and we intend to progress that shortly. 0n zero notices, you said people shouldn't be scared and your government is taking control but there are very serious changes to haulage, to airline travel, even to the pets being transferred over the channel. should people be changing the way that they act and invest right now? the point of these technical notices and be published 24 today, it total of 77, is from aviation to motor insurance to taking your pet abroad, the quality—of—life issues people care about. yes, there is short—term disruption but we are giving the

guidance and information so everyone knows what they need to do well in advance so that even though there are some risks to an ordeal scenario which is not what we want, we continue to pursue and negotiate a deal. —— a no deal scenario. time for a look at the weather. the weather looks very different from last week. we have seen blue skies in the south. most places will be enjoying the sunshine under the high pressure. we will find more cloud coming into the north west and these systems will eventually topple into northern areas around the top of the high pressure so over the next few days, more cloud and winds producing rain for scotland and northern ireland. england and wales, sunny and warming up. it was a chilly start this morning. for most of us, light winds, very pleasant this afternoon, more cloud across the northwest, one

or two light showers across northern england and northern ireland, temperatures 14 to 17 celsius, an improvement on the weekend. this evening, temperatures fall sharply. we still have this atlantic flow coming into northern ireland bringing more cloud and across scotland so it won't be as cold last night when we had temperatures of minus two celsius in northern ireland. the lowest temperatures are across england and wales, these are the lowest numbers in towns and cities. we could see a touch of frost. probably the coldest night of the week ahead. we will find weather fronts encroaching into the northwest so picking up the wind, blowing in more cloud into northern ireland, into scotland, a bit of rain at times, most of the rain developing, mainly western scotland, not much rain in eastern scotland and drier for england and wales are mostly sunny. one of a breeze and that will be a feature of the weather in the west and northwest of scotland, gusts of 50 or 60 miles

an hour. here, still quite mild, 13—14 celsius, but in wales, winds get lighter, possibly nudging 18 celsius. high pressure across southern parts of the uk over the coming few days, these weather fronts toppling around to bring rain, mainly for the northwest of scotland, that weather front heading southwards, little or no rain on that. there probably won't be much rain over the next few days for edinburgh or belfast. cooler here by thursday, cooler by friday for cardiff and london but before then in the sunshine, temperatures of 21 or 22 celsius. today at five: the labour conference is set to consider

backing the call for another referendum on brexit. at the conference in liverpool, delegates prepare to vote on a motion tomorrow, but the shadow chancellor says it should be on the terms of a brexit deal, not on eu membership. we a cce pt we accept the last referendum, we wa nt we accept the last referendum, we want a general election and if we cannot get and we want some form of democratic option, that could be a people's vote. also at the conference, labour outlines plans to take the water industry back into public ownership, and to force private companies, to give shares to employee ownership funds. and, in downing street, the cabinet meets, as more details are released, of plans for a no—deal brexit.