this is bbc news. the headlines at eight. the american comedian bill cosby has been sentenced to between three and ten years in prison for drugging and molesting a woman in 200a. thejudge said he is a sexually violent predator. labour warns the prime minister that if a brexit deal is rejected by parliament, she will have to go back to brussels and renegotiate. the government would then have to go back to the eu and say, "look, our parliament can't agree to this. these are the parameters that parliament wants us to negotiate on," and go back and do that. what i believe is when that deal comes back, members of parliament will obviously look at that, we'll bring a good deal back and they must remember that we are delivering on the vote of the british people. at the un, president trump delivers a blistering attack on iran, accusing it of sowing "chaos, death and destruction". also in the next hour, holding back the years.

life expectancy in the uk has stopped improving for the first time since 1982, when figures began. and a whale is spotted in the thames, thousands of miles from home, it's thought to be a beluga from the high arctic. the american tv star and comedian bill cosby has been jailed for up to ten years for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 200a. the 81—year—old actor, once the most popular figure on american tv who produced and starred in his own sitcom the cosby show in the 1980s and 90s, has been accused by more than 50 women of sexual abuse.

he'll serve a minimum of three years in prison. he'd been found guilty in april of three charges of sexual assault against the former basketball player andrea constand in 200a. sentencing him, thejudge stephen o'neill described him as a "sexually violent predator". our correspondent nada tawfik witnessed the proceedings at the court in pennsylvania. several of bill cosby‘s accusers we re several of bill cosby‘s accusers were there embracing each other and waiting for that moment. and then thejudge read out the waiting for that moment. and then the judge read out the sentence, 3-10 the judge read out the sentence, 3—10 years in state prison and immediately, bill cosby‘s defence attorneys tried to argue against the judge because thejudge attorneys tried to argue against the judge because the judge wanted to provoke —— revoke his bail. the women in that court room were hoping and said they were waiting for decades to see bill cosby taken away in handcuffs. but the defence attorneys had tried to argue against that and there is still a recess

here in court to determine if bill cosby will be leaving this courtroom in handcuffs straight to prison or if he will be allowed to remain free on bail. but thejudge has said he wa nts to on bail. but thejudge has said he wants to revoke the bail. this was just a very interesting position from thejudge in just a very interesting position from the judge in terms of his thinking here. he spoke about how this was an issue of consent that bill cosby had never had a verbal consent from andrea constand and he said "a lesser sentence would appreciate the seriousness of this crime". he underscored how serious this crime and social salt was. he said that nobody was above the law and that he heard andrea constand when she wrote in that victim impact statement how bill cosby had taken her spirit and crushed it. he also told bill cosby "i understand that a fallen angel suffers most from the fallen angel suffers most from the fall of grace. i recognise that and iam fall of grace. i recognise that and i am sorry for that". it was a powerful moment in court bill cosby

and the rest of the world learn his fate. since that update we can tell you that bill cosby has been ordered to be taken straight to prison. you can see those pictures of him being taken away in handcuffs ready to start that sentence which has been given as a minimum of three years and possibly up to ten years. the latest pictures from earlier. we spoke to criminal defence lawyer, caroline polisi, and she told us about the significance of cosby‘s sentencing. what's interesting about the bill cosby case is remember his first trial hung, then. the jury hung in the case. that was pre—harvey weinstein. come the second trial, that jury convicted him because the judge, judge o'neil, let in more prior bad acts witnesses, more women, other women besides andrea constand that came forward and said, "look, he did it to me. he did the exact same thing to me, he has a pattern and a practise and a behaviour". he was convicted.

now, i think that the 3—10 years, i think it's really a message. when you think about sentencing and no doubtjudge o'neil thought about this, you think of specific deterrence and general deterrence. and so in this case although cosby‘s lawyers argue that he wasn't a violent predator, he was classified as a sexual predator. and the judge upheld that. so that sends a message in terms of the specific nature. in terms of the general nature, this was america's dad and this shows that nobody is above the law. men are being put on notice, that this type of behaviour is criminal and to watch out. our correspondent aleem maqbool is in washington. we got a sense there from her that the real enormity perhaps of this sentencing and the significance of it within the wider #metoo movement.

absolutely huge. one of the most famous men in america at one point, certainly one of the biggest entertainers in the 80s. and just having the extraordinary image of him being led out of the courtroom in handcuffs and the hope is as you heard there but we have heard from the prosecuting lawyer in the last few moments is that other women do come forward even if it is men in positions of power, if its celebrities who have perpetrated these crimes. because it was clear that bill cosby according to a lot of his accusers and there were many more thanjust of his accusers and there were many more than just the one that ended up going to trial of course, i felt that he did feel he was untouchable and could behave precisely how he wa nted and could behave precisely how he wanted believing that he would never be brought to book. but it is incredible to give you some context to get a conviction on assault charges here in the us here because you need a unanimous verdict from thejury and you need a unanimous verdict from the jury and bill cosby,

you need a unanimous verdict from thejury and bill cosby, his you need a unanimous verdict from the jury and bill cosby, his trial went to trial last year. it was called a mistrial because one member of thejury decided called a mistrial because one member of the jury decided not to convict. then they had to go through it all again and the woman in this case, andrea constand, was scrutinised in the media, she was humiliated on the witness stand. that has been very difficult for women's rights campaigners the summit. but they hope with this verdict is that the upper and of the kind of sentence that thejudge could upper and of the kind of sentence that the judge could give, that it will send a message to other women out there that they should come forward. presumably with some of these cases, what is the case here, women came forward but because of the time that passed that can be problematic. that was the key issue in the bill cosby case because there we re in the bill cosby case because there were something like 60 accusers but there was only one that felt with in 15 years were it could be prosecuted. slightly different in

different states but that wasn't the key issue. second time around, and thejudge did at least key issue. second time around, and the judge did at least allow some of those other accusers to give a character statement about bill cos by. character statement about bill cosby. he had argued, his team had argued, that he was too old at the age of 81 to be a threat to other women and also because he was so absolutely, because he was legally blind, he shouldn't serve a sentence in prison. thejudge though has dismissed all of that and decided that he may well be a threat but also as we heard earlier, as a message to others out there, for bill cosby must goes to prison. it must be a huge moment to see a huge stir go to prison. —— to prison. one of the first of the big stars named in the #metoo movement to not only be found guilty but to be sentenced and sent to prison. thank you very much. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40

this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are jim waterson, media editor at the guardian, and rosamund urwin, financial services correspondent at the sunday times. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has told the bbc that if a brexit deal secured by the prime minister is rejected by parliament, theresa may would have to go back to europe and renegotiate. his warning came after labour's shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, indicated that the party is likely to vote against any brexit deal — making it much harder for the prime minister to win a majority in parliament. and he said nobody should rule out a public vote, that included an option to remain in the eu. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, sent this report from the party conference in liverpool. i believe the european union

to be a capitalist club that is for the few, not the many! how to keep the whole crowd together. nobody is ruling out remain as an option. but wildly popular with some. despite what keir said earlier, it is a public vote on the terms of our departure. appalling to us. labour is now promising there could be another referendum and the leader would vote down theresa may's exit. do you know what no one else in the country does know yet, what the final shape of the brexit steel will be? no, i don't, all i know is this government has had 27 months to negotiate a brexit deal. can you decide now you are almost certainly going to vote against it? i have never said it, i have said we would test whatever they come back with. your shadow brexit secretary today said if "theresa may brings back a deal that fails our test,

that looks increasingly likely, labour will vote against it." he said if the six tests are not met, we will vote against the deal, we have made that clear for some months now. it is a bit more than that, keir starmer sending a strong message to the country that labour is planning to vote down the brexit deal. we have made it very clear all along. you are not pushing us to leave without a deal? not at all. this proposal agreement will make will have to go back to parliament in i suppose the next month or so. the government will then have to go back to the eu and say, "look, our parliament cannot agree to this. these are the parameters parliament wants is to negotiate on and go and do that." if labour votes down the deal with other people opposing it, the chances of leaving without arrangements which some in your party have described as a catastrophe, you have said that would be the worst deal of all, that becomes more likely. the greater likelihood is the government will collapse itself and we would have an election in which i hope the people of this country would make a choice for different a government that was serious about a relationship with

europe and series about protecting trade. if you held another referendum, you would be sticking two fingers up to 17.4 million people who voted to leave and who wanted politicians like you to listen to their concerns. we have not said anything yet. we have said all options must be considered if and when this government collapses or its negotiations collapsed. the options are still there. and if there were another referendum, would you vote leave or remain? we don't know what the question is going to be in the referendum so that is a hypothetical question. this is all hypothetical as you say yourself. as what you say yourself, the partisan talking about this all week... we don't know what the question will be so i cannot answer that. i cannot answer that question because we don't know what the question is going to be. free palestine! while the volume of support for palestine was huge this afternoon, there are still concerns the leadership has not done enough to close down prejudice towards jews.

do you wish given how long this has gone on you had handled this differently? i have done everything i can within this party to make sure we have a process. i have done everything i can in my life to oppose racism in any form. there are crowd pleasers here, too. labour would subsidise 30 hours of childcare for two—year—olds in england and three and four—year—olds as happens already. those on average or below average income would have a longer period if they wish free, others would be expected to pay and capped at £4 an hour. that could be a big expansion of the service. a very big expansion of the service and it will cost about £45 billion which we think is an investment in our children. jeremy corbyn‘s fans are here in huge numbers. the party conference is not an easy week for any leader. let alone labour and let alone now. our political correspondent alex forsyth is at the

conference in liverpool. jeremy corbyn touching on many ideas but brexit is still dominating. jeremy corbyn touching on many ideas but brexit is still dominatingm really has since the beginning of this conference. i guess that it's inevitable because this is a huge policy for any government or as labour see themselves a government in waiting. it's come a day after day. the story of the day today the fa ct day. the story of the day today the fact that labour is saying across the board that if there were to be down the line and another vote on the brexit deal, the possibility of remain would at least be on the table. but what labour really wants isa table. but what labour really wants is a general election. the prime minister has been talking about that policy today in a trip to new york, she said it is not in the national interest to have a general election and she was also very clear that there would not be another vote on anything to do with brexit. she said the people had made that decision in

the people had made that decision in the original referendum and that had to be respected. this is theresa may talking about what proposal sheets before for brexit is the right one in her words. i believe the deer that we have put forward is one that delivers on the photo referendum. it delivers an end to the jurisdiction of the european court of adjustments and spending —— is sending vast amounts of money to the eu every year. it keeps the integrity of the united kingdom, and it protectsjobs. theresa may claiming that her proposal is the only one still on the table. of course we know eu leaders have given that a firm rejection or elements of it. what we get from both the main parties that is that they're trying to game play and work out what happens next. in the immediate term the talks with brussels will continue but people are looking at what goes on beyond that. will theresa may come back with a deal? can she get that deal for parliament and what will labour do at that point? and that is what

is crucial and i think that is what this is been such a focus of this conference. given the flavour of the mood of this evening and that the talk has switched somewhat to government in waiting, general election, a sense that there may be an opportunity for labour, how would you describe the mood music?m an opportunity for labour, how would you describe the mood music? it is certainly what they want. there isn't one person at the scabs that does not want the opportunity for jeremy corbyn to get into number ten. that is what they are hoping will happen if things go while off—track when it comes to the brexit negotiations. by think the problem for labour like for the conservatives —— conservative max is there are deep divisions over the policy impressive. divisions on how much power mps should have. those things up, but this conference. there are no rumbles in the street but i think on the conference floor some of the tensions go right down

from the top to the bottom. that is playing out. with the party was to focus on is that policy. we have heard them talk about transforming the economic model of the uk that gives more power to the people effectively. but unfortunately the divisions in the party and the thorny issue of brexit, they are inescapable. alex, good to talk to you. thanks very much indeed. let's look at the headlines are watching bbc news. the american comedian bill cosby has been sentenced to between three and ten years in prison for drugging and molesting a woman in 200a. thejudge said he is a sexually violent predator. jeremy corbyn says if parliament rejects a brexit agreement brokered by theresa may, britain will have to go back into talks with the eu to seek a better deal. in a speech at the un general assemby, president trump has attacked the iranian leadership, accusing it of sowing "chaos, death and destruction." sport now and for a full

round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah. hi there. good evening. the third round of the league cup is underway — with ten matches tonight. and manchester city have gone with quite a strong team for their visit to oxford united. david silva, gabrieljesus, riyad mahrez among the starters, 30 minutes gone. bournemouth are one up against blackburn. joe bryan has scored his first goal for fulham, they lead millwall at the den. quite a frenetic start at adams park, norwich leading 2—1 at wycombe. and of course — former chelsea midfielder frank lampard is in the dugout as manager of derby. facing his old boss jose mourihno at old trafford. that an eight o'clock kick—off. united leading that one thanks tojuan mata in the third minute. full coverage across 5 live and the bbc sport website.

well on manchester united, jose mourihno has told paul pogba he will not captain the club again because of concerns about the midfielder‘s attitude. he was told of the decision before the game and is not in the squad. in the scottish league cup, just one game goalless between hibernian and aberdeen. the build up is well and truly on ahead of this week's ryder cup in france. as europe look to wrestle back the title from the usa, tiger woods despite his great comeback win on sunday, actually hasn't got the best record in the competition and is hoping to improve that but also he's looking forward to taking on some of the younger stars, who weren't even playing when he was at his best. the younger guys were on their way in wheni the younger guys were on their way in when i was on my way out. they had never really played against me when i was playing well and it's

been what, five years since i won a golf tournament. so i have always been a tough person to beat and they have been jokingly saying that "we wa nt to have been jokingly saying that "we want to go against you". all right, here you go. boxer billyjoe saunders has been fined £100,000 and given a severe reprimand about his future conduct after a social media video from him, which the police described as sickening and just a warning there's some flash photography coming up, saunders has apologised for the video — in which he tells a woman he will give her drugs to perform a six action... to perform a sex action. the british board of boxing control has found him guilty of bringing the sport into disrepute. the fine will go to charity. it was poorjudgement on his behalf and he has a responsibility and he knows that he has... he has

apologised and apologies can be accepted. you can't let things like that happen as a boxer and a high profile sportsmen not to take advantage of people and hopefully he will be the behind him. he is facing a serious fine and i can't think of a serious fine and i can't think of a biggerfine. that is where a serious fine and i can't think of a bigger fine. that is where we are at. meanwhile tyson fury and deontay wilder will come face to face on monday when the venue for their match up is announced. the pair will fight in december — and fury‘s promoter frank warren has admitted that its happening sooner than he would have liked, but that fury was adamant that he is ready. he also said that contracts wouldn't prevent fury from facing world champion anthonyjoshua in april, if he beats wilder. the netherlands dominated the women's individual time trial at cycling's road world championships in austria. annemiek van vleuten retained her title in innsbruck finishing the 17 mile course almost 30 seconds quicker than her compatriot anna van der breggen. the dutch podium was completed by ellen van dijk. britain's alice barnes

and hayley simmonds could only manage to finish in 22nd and 23rd place. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10:30. sarah, thanks so much. see you a little bit later. in a speech to the un general assembly in new york, president trump has attacked the iranian leadership, accusing it of sowing "chaos, death and destruction" across the middle east. donald trump also accused china of unfair trading practises and said america was rejecting globalism, in favour of patriotism. our north america editor, jon sopel, reports. when roads are closed for you and red lights really aren't a thing, there's not much excuse for being half an hour late for a journey of less than a mile. but donald trump missed his speaking slot this morning and made himself even later by stopping to talk to reporters on his way in. but when it did get under way, he made bit of a victory lap, with unexpected consequences.

in less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america's so true. laughter. didn't expect that reaction, but that's ok. the audience just giggled. us presidents are occasionally reviled, sometimes adored, but they are rarely laughed at. last year, he threatened to destroy north korea and taunted "little rocket man". what a difference 12 months makes. the missiles and rockets are no longer flying in every direction. nuclear testing has stopped. i would like to thank chairman kim for his courage and for the steps he is taking, though much work remains to be done. today it was iran in the crosshairs, america having pulled

of the nuclear deal, he called on nations to isolate iran's rulers and support its people. not quite a cry for regime change, but it's clear where he stands. iran's leaders plunder the nations resources to enrich themselves. and to spread mayhem. across the middle east and far beyond. and this america first president rounded the international criminal court of the world trade organisation. ——w world trade. hejustified his trade war against china. and then set out a vision, starkly at odds with the internationalist audience listening to him. we reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. and on immigration, and to those refugees fleeing persecution, donald trump said, stay at home. "and to make your own countries great again." that was heard and icy silence.

and the only time his speech was interrupted was with laughter. you get the impression that the un doesn't much like donald trump and it is a sentiment that is probably reciprocated. our correspondent laura trevelyan is in new york. it is lunch for the world leaders. donald trump heard giving litres edition of his worldview. perhaps thatis edition of his worldview. perhaps that is not gone down very well. well, i think the world leaders and a better and un diplomats are not used to donald trump and know his view of the world. they know that while there is a more collective one with more belief in multilateral institutions, and his is about america first and sovereignty and thatis america first and sovereignty and that is the he outlined today. but as one the men said to me "well, at least there were no new villains the speech". last year you mirror member

last year it was rocket man can jump -- kim last year it was rocket man can jump —— kimjong last year it was rocket man can jump —— kim jong ill. last year it was rocket man can jump —— kimjong ill. here now and —— he is now in talks with the president. the villains in the speech were iran, venezuela but to some degree those pre—existing villains. i think for a those pre—existing villains. i think fora trump those pre—existing villains. i think for a trump speech standard, this one went more or for a trump speech standard, this one went more 01’ less as for a trump speech standard, this one went more or less as expected by the audience. laura, thanks very much indeed. if you're a woman living in the united kingdom the average life expectancy is 82.9 years. for a man it's 79.2. but for the first time in more than 30 years — those numbers have stopped going up. in fact in some places they've gone down. for girls and boys born between 2015 and 2017 in england the growth in life expectancy has come to a halt but for children born —— but for children born in scotland and wales it has dropped slightly — byjust over a month and there's

been a similar fall for boys born in northern ireland. our scotland editor sarah smith reports from glasgow which has the lowest life expectancy in the uk. jonah, marvin and emiliano hopefully enjoy long and happy lives. but born last year, they are more statistically likely to die younger than babies born before them. it's a bit of a shock for their mums. yes, it's pretty sad. and it reinforces the need to educate our children and do the best we can and make sure they know how to look after themselves. i don't picture life expectancy going down and he might not live as long as older kids and if we have subsequent kids they might not live as long. in the glasgow's necropolis the headstones illustrate the city's history of early death rates. it's still a place where people die younger than anywhere else in the country. scotland has the lowest life expectancy of any of the uk's four nations, and what is troubling about the figures is that they show that the first time that life expectancy

is decreasing, meaning people in scotland and wales can actually anticipate dying younger. in the three nations where life expectancy has declined, scotland is at the bottom, where her baby boy born the bottom, where a baby boy born between 2015/17 is expected to live till 77 and just over 81 in the case of females. in northern ireland, it's now 78.1; years for males and just over 82 forfemales, the same for women in wales, just over 78 for men. in parts of the uk life expectancy is going down. now it is really dramatic. my argument has been that the health of the population tells us something very important about how well we are meeting the needs of the population and health is getting worse, that means something is going terribly wrong. politicians will argue over what is going wrong. poverty, austerity

or lifestyle, but in a deprived part of glasgow i met men in their 80s who are beating the statistics. 89. what is the secret that you have managed to stay alive so much longer than the others? i've always done exercise and drank guinness. you know what i mean? the good news, and there is some. more men than ever before are living to 100 years old. let's speak to jon date who is the head of external affairs at the international longevity centre. the ilc is a uk specialist think—tank which looks at the impact of an ageing society and what that means for government policy and businesses. thanks very much for coming in. what do you make of these figures initially? can we be sure that they are sort of spot on? well, i think the first thing to say is this is

just one set of figures from one organisation. although it is a big headline grabbing stat that life expectancy may have stalled, i think we need to wait and see and actually look at all the other data and find out if this is actually a trend and if this is going to continue. one thing we have seen over time is that the increase in licence back and see that we have seen over recent years has slowed down quite substantially. —— life expectancy. different people in the uk has seen different benefits. we tend to look at the gender difference and geographical differences. is it easy to then say why that is happening and what is at play? as well as those two differences as you mention, i believe income is another big reason for the disparity between life inspect and see. so you see richer people tend to live much longer than people tend to live much longer than people on lower incomes. one staff to give you is that men from the 10%

of most deprived neighbourhoods are 4.4 times as likely by the age of 44 than the men from the 10% of the richest areas. there is actually quite a big difference and wealth is a big impact. you have seen the poorest women see wife expectancy fall from 2007—2016. poorest women see wife expectancy fall from 2007-2016. if you try to unpack this and we don't know that this is necessarily stop what you said that it is slowing down, we are seeing a trend, what figures are at work? there are number of different reasons to predict how long someone will live. things like how happy they are, social connections have an impact on their life expectancy as well as access to public services whether you can get good health care

and care and how well people take ca re of and care and how well people take care of themselves in general. there are care of themselves in general. there a re lots of care of themselves in general. there are lots of different factors that impact how long people live. i think one reason that people are speculating could be a recent for falling life expectancy is cuts to public services and i think there is certainly a reason to think that could have an impact on life expectancy. i would say that is not the whole picture so if you take greece for instance, they have had big budget cuts in recent years and 30% of the health budget has shaved off the health budget that actually we have seen life expectancy in greece continued to rise. so i would say that public services do not tell the whole story but they definitely i think could account for a substantial part of that. just a final in paris for thought if you would, we sort of assume that it is slowing, should we mind or is it wrong to assume that we will carry

on living longer and longer? not to say that we will keep going until we are 120, what is right for us as human beings if we are quite poorly but still alive. we can't go on living forever and ever. i think one of the things that is most important is actually healthy life expectancy. and how long people will live in good health rather than spending a long period of collaborative life in bad health. it would be great to keep monitoring the figures. thanks for talking to us. thank you. what's up for talking to us. thank you. what's up at the weather. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. today turned out very differently depending on where you spent it. southern areas have quite a lot of sunshine. further north and west, it was cloudy, it was wet. we had some pretty brisk winds as well. but to go through this evening and tonight, we will keep that cut across northern ireland, scotland down into northwest england, it is going to remain pretty mild. you can see the yellow, even orange shades here on our temperature chart whereas further south we are under clear and starry skies that

will again be quite chilly but maybe not quite as chilly as it was last night but some spots in the countryside towards the east will once again get very close to freezing. and the split fortunes will continue into tomorrow. the best of the sunshine towards the south, a bit of cloud for north wales, northwest england, northern ireland some spots of rain. should cheer up a little bit here through the day. northwest scotland continuing to see outbreaks of rain and a strong breeze. east in scotland some brightness and some walked, 21 degrees in aberdeen and a similar temperature across parts of southwest wales and southeast england. warmer still in the south on thursday but all of us turning cooler and fresher as we head to the weekend. and hello this is bbc news. the headlines the american comedian bill cosby has been sentenced to between three and ten years in prison for drugging and molesting a woman in 2004. thejudge said he is a sexually violent predator. jeremy corbyn says if parliament rejects a brexit

agreement brokered by theresa may — britain will have to go back into talks with the eu to seek a better deal. in a speech at the un general assemby, president trump has attacked the iranian leadership, accusing it of sowing "chaos, death and destruction." life expectancy in the uk has stopped improving for the first time since 1982, when figures began. the leader of the democratic unionist party, arlene foster, has been giving evidence to a public enquiry about a badly mismanaged energy scheme that led to the collapse of the northern ireland assembly. the cabinet has been discussing what should happen to immigration after brexit. they have agreed in principle that highly skilled workers from all over the world should be prioritised and eu nationals should not be given preferential treatment.

but some business leaders fear that raising the bar and allowing in fewer low—skilled eu migrants could damage the economy. our home editor, mark easton, reports from corby.. our home editor, mark easton, reports from corby. corby has been described as england's fastest—growing town. thousands of eu migrant workers, particularly from poland, have seen its population and its economy expand rapidly in recent years. thank you very much indeed. it is fair to say the prosperity of this town is reliant on often low skilled workers from europe, but the pace of change has also created real tensions here. with government ministers suggesting special treatment of eu workers will end with brexit and a squeeze on low skilled migration, do the people of corby think that is good or bad for the town? i think it is a good thing. because i think we have got enough unskilled workers. we could do fair enough with people that have got skilled

but i think we have got more than enough of our own. they bring more money in as well as us, we have got a load of people that work in care in our place at work. eastern europeans. and they do the amount of stuff that we do. it would be detrimental to the town. i talked to a neighbour the other day who was at the job agency and he is looking for 600 jobs skilled and unskilled and he cannot get anyone. the corrugated shed that typified corby‘s economic expansion already struggle to find the people they need because of a slowdown in european migration. in this one, the boss says making it more difficult to recruit would pose real challenges. 50% of our workforce is migrant european workers. so that is, if you take those away from us, we are going to be struggling to find good people. why don't you try not british workers? we will train at anybody who comes to work for us, we get very few people from the uk wanting to work in this environment.

corby‘s migration has been a study for analysts at the ippr think tank who reckon the god and's proposed analysts at the ippr think tank who reckon the goverment‘s proposed limits on low skilled migrants would mean many potential workers from the eu could not get a visa to work in the town. our estimate would be about 80% of the people living in corby today from the european union would not qualify to be working, to work in corby in the future. corby‘s steel industry was forged from the imported muscle and sweat of scottish labour. when that declaimed, new growth came with arrivals from eastern europe. now this resilient town, like many, may have to reinvent itself for a new chapter. there's a whale in the thames — a beluga whale normally found in the high arctic. its proved quite difficult to see at times — as you can tell. but it was spotted near gravesend in kent this afternoon.

conservationists say it's thousands of miles from home and may well be in trouble. robert hall reports. thousands of miles from the arctic, just 24 from the centre of london. when a bird watcher on the salt marshes east of gravesend caught a glimpse of a white shape just offshore, he couldn't believe his eyes. one of the rarest of sightings. within hours, the news had spread across social media, bringing whale spotters out on to the river banks for a glimpse of the visitor. ever since i arrived, i saw a glimpse of it and it's been surfacing once every 15 or 20 minutes. seeing the beluga whale, which i've never seen, never ever imagined i would see in britain, let alone virtually in london. patrols from the port of london authority have helped to keep vessels clear and enable wildlife experts to confirm this was indeed a beluga. the advice from us is to, for the navigators

particularly, to keep an extra eye out and keep their distance from the animal. last time a whale strayed into the thames back in 2006, rescuers failed to save its life. the hope tonight is that the outgoing tide will carry this unusual tourist to safer waters. well we have anna bunney in our southampton studio. anna is the education co—ordinator at orca, a charity dedicated to studying and protecting whales and dolphins in uk and european waters. how worried should we be about the swale ? how worried should we be about the swale? i think we should wait and see how the story progresses. then inhabit closer waters and so, all the relevant authorities and organisations are keeping an eye on the swale, and we just have to wait

and see hopefully bewail wellhead backout on the tide. and as we know, the well is a long way from home, is it easier to to work out what might have brought the whale down here? it easier to to work out what might have brought the whale down here7m is hard to set the stage, it could be one big factor a combination, the animal could have been following pray but the animal could also be injured, maybe it might be a disease or ill, and that can infect the local ecosystem. the navigation system maybe a little bit off, it's going to affect the animal. it has been separated from its path, usually bearing quite large pots, but the key is to keep an eye out for it, and is amazing see really. people are genuinely so excited to have a chance to see such a beautiful creature, the hope is that this whale will find its own way

back out to sea, but if that does not happen, is there ways of encouraging it? what a shame, i think we have lost the line there. you can see lovely pictures we've got up the beluga whale, we are trying to see if he can get that line back, but let's return to southampton, you're about to say whether it is easy to encourage the whale to move. because we do not wa nt to whale to move. because we do not want to distress or upset at. the thing is for people to be watching from shore and obviously not harassing the animal any more. it's actually illegal in uk waters to harass these animals, and making sure people keep a good distance. we have our friends at the marine life

rescue, highly trained to deal with situations, but actually they are known to be stranded and can't survive for a little while and for the tide to take them back out again. —— can survive. and the authorities will be alluded hopefully get the the pictures we've got make it look quite little because we are only seen that surface every so often from a long way away, but give us a sense of what a beluga whale would be like up close. the amazing creatures, as you said already, they usually live in the arctic, european, russia, greenland and canada as well, thousands of miles away from home and they are extremely interesting creatures, they're called the canaries of the sea because they make really interesting noises and have a

bizarre way of communicating. they are great animals to see them an opportunity for people of the uk to see this animal in the wild. hopefully before he gets safely on his way home, thank you very much for being with us. fighting her way toa for being with us. fighting her way to a bad communication to southhampton, but great to hear from her. one of the victims of the contaminated blood scandal that has claimed almost 3000 lives since the 1970s has called for those responsible to be prosecuted. as victims, families and lawyers made their opening statements at the inquiry into infected blood, the scottish government was heavily criticised for not being a key participant in the inquiry. accusations were also heard about attempts to destroy official documents. here's our health editor, hugh pym. thejudge heading the inquiry has clearly struck the right note with those present. good morning, all. applause sir brian langstaff has said he wants to put people at the heart of the inquiry. thank you very much.

della, whose son died as a result of his haemophilia treatment, was one of those who spoke. we have an inquiry with a judge and a team who are totally committed to bringing out all the truths and untruths of this terrible tragedy. thanks, guys. applause and then, unusually for a public inquiry, there was a hug from the judge. michelle had transfusions in the 1980s, but had no idea she was infected with hepatitis c by contaminated blood until three years ago. she wants those in authority held to account. those responsible for this historic and horrific tragedy, which has lasted decades, must be identified! applause they must be held responsible for the consequences

of their actions and prosecuted, if necessary. a lawyer for some of the victims and their families told the inquiry there were reports that civil servants had deliberately destroyed documents to try to draw a line under the disaster, including the private papers of a secretary of state. there's frustration the scottish government has opted not to play a full part in the inquiry. it's really important that scotland engages with the actual process that it then has to follow up on, which is why we've been so surprised that they're holding back at this stage. the scottish government says it's reviewing its level of participation. other than that, campaigners seem reassured by what they've heard. the headlines on bbc news. the american comedian bill cosby has been sentenced to between three and ten years in prison for drugging and molesting a woman in 2004.

thejudge said he is a sexually violent predator. jeremy corbyn says if parliament rejects a brexit agreement brokered by theresa may — britain will have to go back into talks with the eu to seek a better deal. in a speech at the un general assemby, president trump has attacked the iranian leadership, accusing it of sowing "chaos, death and destruction." an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. back now to the labour conference in liverpool — and as we've been hearing, jeremy corbyn has told the bbc that any brexit deal brought, back from brussels by theresa may, needs to pass labour's six tests for future prosperity. mr corbyn has been speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg, who began by asking him if he had

any sense of what the final shape of the brexit deal will be. noi no i don't, i know they've had months to negotiate the brexit deal, has not done so and how it represents people in communities that voted to leave or remain, but a lot of people are worried about theirjobs and the economic future of this country and therefore we have six tests and which willjudge this, a getting back to parliament. if you do not know yet the shape of the final deal, how he decide now that you're almost certainly going to against it? i've never said that. isaid we to against it? i've never said that. i said we would test whatever they come back with against these six tests that we put down. if she brings back a deal that fills our

test, we will vote against it. you may call for different to anything week ijust may call for different to anything week i just said? how is that different to what i have just said? he said if the six tests are not met, we will vote against the deal. it is a bit more than that, keir starmer sent it very clear message. . . we have made it very clear all along that our tests are on access to the market, a customs union, appropriate regulations that protectjobs, environment and consumer rights, and of course an end to the speculation of the border between northern ireland and the republic. the six tests you set out last year are about their migration, strong collaboration with the eu, predicting security, workers' rights and having the same benefits as the single market, that is not precisely what you just outlined. we have the six tests, you have read them out, but my general point is it is about ensuring we have a trade relationship with europe that protects jobs. the manufacturing industry

is already under great stress, jaguar land rover have gone under a three—day week, others have made investment decisions to go elsewhere and many are worried about the supply chain in both food processing industry and heavy industry. if you are still genuinely going to compare the final deal with the six tests, why make such a public pronouncement today that you are planning to vote against the deal? keir starmersaid, and i repeat, we would test what the government says against the six tests we put down and vote accordingly, and he has made the point that the government, in 27 months of negotiating, has not come up with anything near to those results that we want. and by then making it clear it is very likely you would vote against a deal, aren't you pushing us actually towards what you have said, what many others have said in the labour party, aren't you pushing us towards leaving without a deal? not at all. this proposal that the government will make will have to come back

to parliament, in come i suppose, the next month or so. that will be the point we make that decision. the government will then have to go back to the eu and say, look, our parliament can't agree to this, these are the parameters parliament wants us to negotiate on, and go back and do that. but there is no mechanism for that to happen actually, you can't guarantee that would happen, and it is the case if you are saying it is very likely will vote down a deal, if labour votes down the deal with other people opposing at too, the chances of us leaving without arrangements, which some in your party have described as a catastrophe, you have said that will be the worst deal of all, that becomes more likely. the greater likelihood is that the government would collapse itself, and we would have an election in which i hope the people of this country would make the choice of a different government that was serious about the relationship with europe and serious about protecting trade. and everybody here in liverpool absolutely want there to be a general election, but you can't guarantee that will happen and it is the case,

it is a matter of the arithmetic, the sums in the house of commons, if labour is inevitably almost going to vote against this deal, it is more likely we would move towards a situation where we might crash out. we are the opposition party, ourjob is to challenge and question the cover, to speak up all those people around the country, the manufacturing industry, worried about their own future and all the supply chain jobs that go with it. i think we are absolutely right to demand this of the government. what are we supposed to do? keep quiet and say nothing and leave it to the incompetence of this government and the looking over the shoulder policies of liam fox and company of how they would do a deal with america? if there was another referendum, would you vote lead or remain? we don't know what the question would be in the referendum, so it is a hypothetical question. it is all hypothetical, what the party has been saying... we don't know what the question will be so i can't answer that. i can't answer that question

because we don't know what question will be. but many members here this week are desperate for you to say i would campaign to stay in. what members are desperate for here is to challenge this government what it is doing, on its incompetence and that is exactly what we are doing. you saw our hall, there are people from different communities, different backgrounds, and they are very united on us challenging this government, on the economic strategy this party is putting forward. hardly any teenagers who've spent time with foster families or in care homes go to university. it's a stark fact — just 6 per cent take up university places and the drop out rate once they're there is high. now campaigners are calling for more support and help for those known as care leavers. ashley john—ba ptise has been speaking to two young students who've been in care about their experiences of trying to get to university. my name's tolu and i'm

a care leaver. my biggest concern about starting university is how i'm going to cope financially. hello, tolu, nice to meet you. tolu's 19 and went into foster care at the age of five. i need suitcases because i only have one. and i also need, like, a laptop, books and bedding. it's quite tough seeing all my friends, like, prepare for uni and how their parents will drop them off. i'm scared that i'm going to be so lonely there because i always wished that i had a family that i could just go home to. ten years ago, i left care and started university, and i can remember as if it was yesterday the emotional and financial challenges of starting uni as a care leaver. from meeting tolu, it's clear that not much has changed. i'm amy and i'm a care leaver and i'm just about to go to university. i'm super excited and also a bit nervous. 19—year—old amy has chosen to stay on with her foster mum karen in york. she's now off to study at liverpool university.

karen, how are you feeling? erm, nervous. yeah. i don't want her to leave me. it isjust massive. it's a massive part of my life. but i know that i've always wanted to go to uni. before i even met you, i knew i wanted to go. yeah. but without your support, i don't think i would have gone. i've got that somebody that loves me unconditionally. that's the most important thing in the world. i've started! are you ok? yeah. it's clear that for amy, having a supportive foster mum makes a world of difference. now she's a few days into the start of term. i've loved every second of it. i feel like it's a honeymoon period. yeah, and there's nothing different about me. there's not an arrow on my head saying, look who you are. yeah, it's amazing really. i feel like i'm part of the uni now. tolu started at queen mary university of london — a little nervous, but resilient. ijust feel like i'm not going to be as smart as everyone else.

i feel like if you really have this passion and desire to go to university, go. like, don't let your circumstances or anyone tell you otherwise. tolu and amy are the lucky ones, but many other care leavers still struggle to make it to campus. yeah, that sounds really good. thank you. police are used to emergency call outs — but they usually involve human beings. in peru, officers have come to the aid of two rather different creatures — found lost and bewildered, in a rural town. lebo diseko has the story. eight search and rescue of a different kind. on the trail of two runaways. a pair of penguins found wandering the streets of the town and taken in by people nearby. when i found the penguins, and taken in by people nearby. when ifound the penguins, one had wire wrapped around its foot, i kept it

at my brother in laws house for three days, but they were not eating anything i do not have time to watch them, so i called the local police. the officers collected the two rather disorientated looking birds, named after comp to the mac cartoon characters. it's not the first time bertha been found on the streets, just by the pacific ocean. but these pa rents just by the pacific ocean. but these parents served but these pair have certainly, they're not being looked after by officers of the forest and wildlife service before being released back into the wild. now it's time for a look at the weather one day on the calendar but does not very different days of weather, this was hastings, a little earlier on

but that was the scene for the weather watcher earlier today. outbreaks of rain. wendy is well, through tonight, part about west england north wells but particularly scotla nd england north wells but particularly scotland will keep cloud and parts of rain, but he stay mild, double digit temperatures, chilly night, but maybe not as strong as last night, and the soppy stick to get very close to freezing. tomorrow is a chilly start, but a bright start. cloud for north wales, spot of rain but things should, with some showers from the east of scotla nd with some showers from the east of scotland here, we'll get some sunshine, similar temperatures for the south, on thursday and all of us turning cooler as we had later in the week. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the us comedian bill cosby hasjust been sentenced from 3—10 years for drugging and molesting

a woman in 2004. at the un — president trump launches a scathing attack on global institutions and says america will always act in its self interest. we reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. in the uk, the opposition labour party have voted in favour of a brexit motion that backs the possibility of a second referendum. and in portugal — a 400—year—old shipwreck has been discovered — it's being called the