this is bbc news. these are the top stories developing at 11. labour leaderjeremy corbyn is to set out what he calls a radical plan for the uk economy, with an attack on "greed is good" capitalism. labour is promising to kickstart a "green jobs revolution", promising billions of pounds of investment in renewable energy. there's confusion about the fate of the whale spotted in the thames estaurary. research suggests that eating a mediterranean diet may help prevent depression — but experts say trials are needed to confirm the theory. up to 170,000 people who have had hernia mesh implants in england in the past six years could face complications, the bbc learns. i can't even sleep properly. used to sleep on my front. three hours a night if i'm lucky now. regularly take pills — i have to, to function. and a dramatic drop in the number of european eels, conservationists

hope microchipping could help understand the reason. good morning. it's wednesday 26th september. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. jeremy corbyn will promise to "kickstart a green jobs revolution" if labour wins power, in his closing speech to his party's conference. the labour leader will promise a radical plan to rebuild and transform britain, including billions of pounds of investment in renewable energy. labour is committed to reducing the uk's net carbon emissions by 60% by 2030, and to zero by 2050, and mr corbyn says 400,000 skilled jobs will need to be created. jeremy corbyn will use his leader's

speech to denounce what he'll call "greed—is—good, deregulated financial capitalism". let's go to our assistant political editor norman smith, who's in liverpool. so, apart from talking about the economy, can we expect mr corbyn‘s speech to talk about brexit? i wouldn't imagine there would be too much on that, because the whole purpose of this beach is to try and wrench the attention of this conference away from brexit and back to what i think most labour folk conference to be about, which was the alternative agenda which labour is going to set out. we will begin to get a sense ofjust how radical that might be from jeremy corbyn later today, when he will propose a massive jobs boost for the so—called green revolution, to create around 400,000 jobs, to reverse as he sees

it, the de—industrialisation that has happened in many cities and towns in the north and the midlands with the collapse of the mining industry and the steel industry. mr corbyn will propose a huge increase in the building of offshore wind turbines and solar panels and fitting every home in the country with insulated in an effort to rebuild those communities, many of which, of course, have been almost hollowed out. and accompanying that will be language designed to underscore how far his agenda is different to that of the blair and brown years, talking about how the political establishment in 2008 stretched every sinew to try and pf°p up stretched every sinew to try and prop up a stretched every sinew to try and prop up a failed economic system, language which was perhaps reflected last night, it got a bit out of hand ata last night, it got a bit out of hand at a fringe meeting where one labour mp actually suggested that what was needed was a general strike to bring

down the government. today, we've heard calls for a true people's vote, a general election. comrades, we must topple this cruel and callous tory government as soon as we can. and if we can't get a general election, we should organise with our brothers and sisters in the trade sisters in the trade unions to bring an end to this government with a general strike. applause and cheering so, a huge cheerfor laura smith. joining me is the shadow transport secretary. that sort of language, all—white, laura smith is not a frontbench person but that sort of language, doesn't it frighten many ordinary voters? the thing we're

concentrating on is, the general bit is right, it's a general election that we need to have and that is what we will be doing, holding this government's feet to the fire and demanding, following the breakdown of these negotiations, which is inevitable, they will come back with no deal or a bad deal and we will need to resolve that with a general election and we are working in the trade union movement to bring that objective around. that focus is not going to be distracted by anything else. let me put it to you, in years gone by you never would have heard that sort of argument that a labour conference, now you are a? you're not hearing that argument from the leadership of the labour party. i am not standing here making that case, i'm making the case for a general election, because we have got a situation where this government is not governing, and when you're in those circumstances, call me old—fashioned but they have got to call a general election and let the people decide how they want to

secure their exit from the european union. let's talk about mr corbyn's promise on this mean jobs revolution, let me put it to you, that's old news because ed miliband proposed exactly the same when he was labour leader. it's hardly old news when we've got an obligation to reach zero emissions in a few short decades. we need to redouble our efforts. this is a huge challenge and a huge threat pool also the most incredible opportunity for our industrial areas to make sure that thejobs industrial areas to make sure that the jobs that are created by embracing that the gender are brought home, and that's absolutely the focus of the labour party and jeremy will be speaking about this morning, i have absolutely no doubt. but how is this going to be funded, the huge expansion in green technology, by the taxpayer? well, of course it's got to be by the taxpayer and leverage in in arrive at sector money is, we've set that out in the national transformation front. these are not nice to have options, this is absolutely critical for our future

options, this is absolutely critical for ourfuture in industrial purposes and for our obligations in terms of the climate change agenda. so it is absolutely essential and we have got to move it on apace because time is not with us, we've got to look after this precious planet and we've got to get on with it. mr corbyn will be talking about the political establishment propping up the system in 2008, of course the political establishment at that time was the likes of alistair darling and gordon brown, how wise is it for the labour leader almost to define himself by knocking past labour governments which proved quite successful, tony blair won three elections? they were enormously successful and brought about some incredibly important social changes and picked up the mess left by a tory government in terms of the nhs and the education system amongst other things, so we have got an awful lot to be proud of. but we live in different times, there's a different agenda and the world has changed. there is a non—acceptance of the status quo, where there's

opportunities for value to be extracted as especially help of public services, well, the game is up public services, well, the game is up on that. people want a different type of society and we are going to deliver that. so you move with the times and that is exactly where we are. thank you very much for your time. i guess that will be the central thrust of mr corbyn's speech, that the alternative government which he says labour now represents is looking forward to a very different agenda perhaps than we have seen from previous labour governments, indeed from any governments, indeed from any government perhaps since the second world war. norman smith in liverpool, thank you very much. theresa may has renewed calls for the release of a british charity worker, as she met the iranian president in new york. the prime minister told president rouhani she had "serious concerns" about the jailing of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was sentenced to five years in a tehran prison after being accused of spying. mrs may also used the meeting to stress the uk's commitment to the iran nuclear deal. the american entertainer bill cosby has started a prison sentence for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. the judge branded the 81—year—old a "sexually violent

predator" before sentencing him for between three and 10 years. lawyers for cosby have already said they'll appeal. around 60 other women made similar allegations, but because of time limits, their cases couldn't be heard. one of his alleged victims is victoria valentino who says she was attacked by the actor almost 50 years ago. she was in court yesterday to watch him being sentenced, and gave her reaction to yesterday's events. i think we were all extraordinarily moved by... well, it was overwhelming, i'm still processing the feelings, i think we all will be for several days, may be weeks, before it really sinks in, the full import of it. this has been a long journey, for me it was 48 years ago. and i was 26 years old. it was right

after my six—year—old sun had drowned, he knew about it, he took advantage of my grief to get to my roommate, who he was attracted to. it was a very, very very difficult time for me and it set me away from my career and away from my family and the city i live in for 12 years. and sent me initially on a very self—destruct if spiral, because it compounded the grief i had the loss of my child. he had no compassion whatsoever, no empathy. hejust saw a vulnerable woman that he could manipulate and use. conservationists are waiting to see if a beluga whale in the river thames has headed back out to sea. it was first spotted yesterday feeding around barges near gravesend in kent, thousands of miles away from its

natural habitat of the arctic. there have been unconfirmed reports of a sighting this morning. 0ur correspondent simon jones is in gravesend. simon, keeping an eye on any developments and some footage has been posted this morning but i understand there is some doubt over weather or not this actually was the beluga whale? yeah, shout if you can see whale behind me! it has been a bit mysterious this morning because initially the guy who first spotted it yesterday posted pictures on social media creating a bit of a frenzy down here said that a couple of his friends on the essex side of the water had spotted the whale. then another birdwatcher posted some pictures then he said believed were the whale. and then one expert told me 100%, yes, it was the whale. but the rspca have looked at the pictures and say they cannot confirm that it pictures and say they cannot confirm thatitis pictures and say they cannot confirm that it is actually the whale. we've been down here since first light and

we're not alone here and certainly from this side we haven't seen any sighting of the whale. we can now speak to somebody from the rspca. just tell me, what do you believe the situation is? we hope that the situation is that the rael has left the estuary and gone back out to the sea. what about these apparent sightings? we cannot confirm that they are whale at all, they're very difficult to see, the images that we've seen. but like yourself we've been here for some time and the last confirm sighting was about six o'clock last night. yesterday when we saw the whale it was coming up every few minutes, so does that suggest it isn't here? it would suggest it isn't here? it would suggest that, yes. it would be exhibiting the same normal behaviour that it was exhibiting yesterday, moving around in the water as we would expect it to. it was behaving naturally and feeding normally and the fact that we have not seen any of that today would suggest that it's not in the area. i was talking about it being a bit of a mystery in

many ways, but why did it end up here in the first place thing and we believe it was following a really good food source. because there has been lots of turbulent water moving around on the planet recently, its food source, crabs and things, very lightweight, get moved around, so possibly it has followed a good food source and just found itself here. you're used with dealing with animals, that is what you do, but pretty unexpected to find a beluga whale here in kent? it is very unexpected to find a beluga whale here in the thames estuary, yes. i'm sure it would have been quite exciting yesterday, it's a very rare occurrence but it is not unusual to have wales off the coast but beluga whales, yes. if we do discover it is still somewhere in the thames and potentially getting into trouble, what is your plan senate if we believe that the animal is becoming distressed because it might be injured... although we don't believe that at the moment, we would take advice from other agencies and make advice from other agencies and make

a new plan to move forward. thank you very much the joining us to have the rspca and all of us here on the bank moment are still carefully and closely watching for the whale. it was quite easy to see yesterday but this morning, nothing yet but we will keep you hosted. head teachers from across england are writing to parents to say they're going to miss school on friday, to take part in a protest outside parliament. about 1,000 heads want to highlight what they say are unsustainable budget cuts. the government insists schools are getting record levels of funding. research suggests eating a mediterranean diet high in fruit and vegetables, nuts, grains, fish and olive oil could help prevent depression. the findings in the journal molecular psychiatry come from a review of 41 studies published within the last eight years. but experts say trials are now needed to test the theory and to learn whether depression can be treated with diet. 0ur health correspondent james gallagher is with me.

so, this is essentially a study looking at lots of other studies ready why does it hint at or suggest that diet could be linked to depression? the idea is, lots of studies can disagree with each other but the more of them you bring together, you can get to see the bigger picture. what this says is that it wants towards people who start of healthy and with a healthy dietand start of healthy and with a healthy diet and then followed up ten years later and those people appear to have lower levels of depressive symptoms and the people who are eating the lower quality diets, higher in processed foods et cetera. so they think it is evidence leading towards the idea that you can prevent depression and possibly even treat depression using the food on your plate. what specifically is it about the mediterranean diet as it is called which they think is making a difference? well, this is not really known but there are a ideas

around the way diet affects your immune system and gut bacteria. i know it sounds crazy but both of those have a very complex dynamic relationship with the rest of your body, and including your brain function. so the idea is that they introduce cost of changes such as lower levels of information throughout the body, which change brain activity and lower rates of depression. it is still a controversial idea, let's not claim... so, which came first, then? 0ne claim... so, which came first, then? one could argue i presume that people who are more prone to depression have chosen to eat a less healthy diet, rather than it being the other way around ? healthy diet, rather than it being the other way around? just if you're ina the other way around? just if you're in a depressed state you might not be able to go out and cook a nice healthy nutritious meal, you just grab whatever you can. but i think what the research will say is that pa rt what the research will say is that part of the study was completely healthy people with no signs of depression, looking at their diet and following them through time, and

showing that people who started off eating healthy food ended up later on having lower rates of depression. that's what they say gives them the sense. . . that's what they say gives them the sense... but i would describe this study as like footprints in the snow, it kind of tells you the direction of travel but it's not the com plete direction of travel but it's not the complete picture. that's why everybody is saying, we need clinical trials to test it. and are those clinical trials going to happen? i think they will, yes. this is part of a growing idea, that eating healthy food isn'tjust good for the body, it might be good for the mind, too. so it is an active field and i think that we will get the answer, eventually. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... labour leaderjeremy corbyn is to set out what he calls a radical plan for the uk economy, with an attack on greed is good capitalism. rescue teams are on standby amid confusion over the fate of the beluga whale spotted in the thames estuary.

scientists call for clinical trials after studies suggest a mediterranean—style diet could help prevent depression. in sport, manchester united are out of the efl cup after losing 8—7 on penalties to derby county. paul pogba watched from the stands after being told by jose pogba watched from the stands after being told byjose mourinho that he won't captain the club again. the fa's technical director dan ashworth willjoin brighton in the same role in the spring. the role will include overseeing player recruitment. and rory mcilroy says it would be silly for europe's team to focus just on tiger woods as they prepare to face the usa in the ryder cup. europe are looking to win back the cup after losing it at hazeltine two years ago. i will be back with more sportjust after half past. president trump will focus on the threat he says is posed by iran, as he chairs his first meeting of the un security council today. earlier, a senior us official warned iran's rulers that there will be "hell to pay" if they harm the us,

its citizens or allies. 0ur north america correspondent barbara plett—usher reports from new york. yet again, iranians brought their protest against the regime to the un. this time, they had a new champion in the podium. iran's leaders sew chaos, death and destruction... president trump is pushing for maximum pressure on iran to make it change its ways. but iran's president was prepared — he cast the us as the rogue state. translation: no state and nation can be brought to the negotiating table by force. what iran says is clear — no war, no sanctions, no threats, no bullying, just acting according to the law and the fulfilment of obligations. 0bligations such as the iran nuclear deal, endorsed by the un but tossed aside by the trump administration.

the other world powers that negotiated the accord are not giving up without a fight. they met on the sidelines to try and keep it alive, agreeing on a funding mechanism to get around us sanctions. but longtime iran hawks who are now in the administration feel their time has come. according to the mullahs in tehran, we are the great satan, lord of the underworld, master of the raging inferno. so i might imagine they would take me seriously, when i assure them today, that if you cross us, our allies or our partners, if you harm our citizens, if you continue to lie, cheat and deceive, yes, there will indeed be hell to pay. the stark split over iran has left un members wondering what will happen at a security council meeting today, chaired by mrtrump.

formally, this meeting is about non—proliferation, but president trump has said he wants to talk about iran, he wants security council members to isolate iran for what he calls its destabilising behaviour. but so far he's the one who's been isolated, for pulling out of the iran nuclear deal. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, new york. up to 170,000 people who have had hernia mesh implants in england in the past six years could face complications, an exclusive investigation for the victoria derbyshire programme has found. some patients have been left unable to walk or work after hernia repair operations using mesh, and others have been left suicidal. but the medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency and the royal college of surgeons continue to back their use. anna collinson reports. i can't even sleep properly.

used to sleep on my front — three hours a night if i'm lucky now. regularly take pills, i have to, to function. i have so many times come close to ending it because of the pain. one in ten of us develop a hernia, the most common treatment involves a doctor pushing any bulging tissue back into the body and covering it with a piece of surgical mesh. in 2014, surgeons used a large piece to fix david ellis's recurring hernia. he woke up in pain and despite numerous visits to the doctors and pain clinics, nothing helped. he lost hisjob, and much of his mobility. the victoria derbyshire programme can reveal the nhs has carried out nearly 570,000 hernia mesh operations in the past six years alone. leading surgeons believe the complication rate is between 12% to 30%, which means up to 170,000 patients could be affected. yet we found nhs trusts in england have no consistent policy for guidelines on treatment or follow—up with patients. this doctor works in the private sector and has repaired

27,000 hernias, most of the time without mesh. she says there's a big demand for removal but few surgeons have the skills to do it. it's really very, very difficult, because the mesh is growing into the tissue, the material becomes so stiff, so sharp, that you can really hurt yourself if you touch the edge. she says 99.9% of these removals have been a success. i only have two patients so far who didn't become pain—free after mesh removal. out of 3000? yes. complications linked to vaginal mesh repairs has been called the biggest medical scandal since thalidomide. the procedure has now been partly suspended on the nhs and a review is under way. but campaigners fear the real issue is mesh, the material, not where it's placed. some hernia patients have agreed to share their stories.

that's 95... 0wen smith says doctors have told him hernia mesh complication rates aren't as common as vaginal ones. those are precisely the arguments which are being deployed by the clinicians and the companies to defend the use of tvt vaginal mesh. and my worry is that we've potentially got another scandal on our hands with hernia mesh. the uk's regulator for devices, the mhra, says it has no evidence which would alter its stance on mesh repairs. david, though, would consider himself evidence. i'm a big bloke, i've always been strong, i've always looked after everybody else and looked after... and i can't do that. i can't even hold my granddaughter, for god's sake. around 500 sexual exploitation victims in newcastle have sought help through a new support service set up as a result of operation sanctuary. the investigation resulted in the jailing of 18

people one year ago. now, for the first time, one of their victims has spoken out. she believes exploitation still exists in the city and is urging other vulnerable adults and children to come forward. fiona trott reports. havein have in the survivor's story and an insight into newcastle's grooming gangs ina insight into newcastle's grooming gangs in a victim's own words. insight into newcastle's grooming gangs in a victim's own wordsm started with two to four men the same faces. nicole, not her real name, is speaking out for the first time. then there would be more men, more drugs, more alcohol, and it would get to the point where you we re would get to the point where you were locked in the house for days. 0ne were locked in the house for days. one year were locked in the house for days. 0ne yearago, 17 were locked in the house for days. one year ago, 17 men and one woman we re one year ago, 17 men and one woman were jailed for over 160 years as pa rt were jailed for over 160 years as part of operation sanctuary. most of them were from indian and pakistani

background suggest the investigation found that on these streets young women and girls were being groomed, they were taken to party sessions and given so many drugs and drink they couldn't defend themselves against sexual abuse. nicole believes the men's cultural background played a part. they definitely did approach vulnerable english girls they thought were more wild. they'd never feed english girls they thought were more wild. they'd neverfeed their wives drugs or alcohol. for all i know they could be women from different acronyms who need to come forward. exploitation in this city still exists and this is how the police are encouraging more victims to come forward. as a result of operation sanctuary, a neutral building was set up where people can come in private and give evidence to the police. it is believed to be the first facility of its kind in the uk. since the century was launched around 500 victims have used it. many are still being supported as a

result. we're a currently working with about 75 adults and 65 children, the safeguarding response is different for every single individual and that is hugely important. for nicole, moving forward means teaching others how to recognise exploitation. when i went through it there was no warning signs. if you're sitting with one of the nurses and you're telling her that you've had six with more than five guys who are connected, that's a warning sign. and they didn't pick up a warning sign. and they didn't pick up on it. i'm more independent now. i'm not addicted to anyone or anything anymore. and i need to be there for other girls, they should just tell the police. figures suggest that more grooming offences are being reported to northumbria police, a sign that victims like nicole are still coming forward one year on. fiona trott, bbc news, newcastle. the headlines are coming up on bbc news channel.

in a moment we'll say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first, we leave you with a look at the weather. 0nce once again this morning we had lots of sunshine across southern parts of england but once again it was pretty chilly, getting down to 2—3 in places. but it was a beautiful art to the day here in cornwall. further north, across northern england, scotla nd north, across northern england, scotland and northern ireland, there's a bit more cloud around and still some rain and drizzle affecting northern and western areas of scotland. some brighter skies to the east of the pennines and for much of wales and easton and southern england, where temperatures could get up towards 22. tonight we will continue with quite a bit of cloud across the north, still some rain which could be heavy at times in northern and western scotland. temperatures staying up in double figures again. further south, with clear skies, those temperatures getting pretty loaded. thursday, a

bit cooler for scotland and northern ireland. eventually some sunny spells coming through. lots of sunshine further south and those temperatures getting up to 23 degrees, which is pretty good for the end of september. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: jeremy corbyn is to set out what he calls a ‘radical plan' for the uk economy, with an attack on ‘greed is good' capitalism, in his speech at the labour party conference today. labour is promising to kickstart a ‘greenjobs revolution', promising billions of pounds of investment in renewable energy. there's confusion about the fate of the beluga whale spotted in the thames estaurary. the rare mammal was first seen yesterday afternoon where it appeared to be feeding in waters near gravesend in kent. research suggests that eating a mediterranean diet with foods including nuts, fish, fruit and vegetables may help prevent depression, but experts say trials are needed to confirm the theory. and there's been a dramatic drop in the number of european eels.

conservationists say they hope microchipping could help explain the decrease. sport now, here's azi farni. good morning. frank lampard's derby county beat manchester united to reach the fourth round of the efl cup. united's paul pogba could only watch from the stands as his club lost 8—7 on penalties, having not been included in the matchday squad. the french world cup winner has been told by managerjose mourinho that he won't captain the side again this season. pogba had been standing in for the regular captain antonio valencia on occasions but has reportedly fallen out with mourinho over concerns over his attitude. so tensions at united, but it was a perfect night for derby and lampard, as nick parrott reports. one thing frank lampard learnt from playing forjose mourinho was to take the league cup seriously. winning it kick—started their success at chelsea. now, defeat to derby will pile more pressure

on the manchester united manager. initially it looked like mourinho's gamble in making nine changes would pay off, asjuan mata put united ahead. lampard in his 12th game as manager fieleded his strongest side, and fought back in spectacular style thanks to man of the match harry wilson, and more pressure from the 21—year—old saw sergio romero sent off for handball. a man down, united were soon a goal down, as jack marriott sent derby delirious, but in the fifth minute of added time, and marouane fellaini took the tie to penalties. both sides were nervous from the spot, until philjones lost his with the 16th kick of a dramatic shoot—out. mourinho was quick to console him, but it will take much more to sort out united's season. there are just two days to go until the start of the ryder cup at le golf national in paris, with europe looking to wrestle back the title they lost to the united states in hazeltine two years ago.

american tiger woods is fresh off a great comeback win on sunday. the former world number one and 14 major winner claimed a first win in five years at the tour championship in atlanta, where northern ireland's rory mcilroy faded from contention to finish in a tie for seventh. lam i am disappointed because i did not give him a better fight and i am disappointed because i did not give him a betterfight and i i am disappointed because i did not give him a better fight and i should have played better. i did not hit fairways which you need to do. it was great to see him win that the same timel was great to see him win that the same time i was disappointed with my performance and that was the main thing for me. it's great that the one and great for golf that a new week and we have a new challenge and thatis week and we have a new challenge and that is what we're focused on. we can cross live now to our golf commentator conor macnamara at the course. we should have an idea of the pairings for friday after today's practice? yes. so much debate goes into who is

going to play alongside who. the tea m going to play alongside who. the team element of the ryder cup is so unique for these players. 451 weeks of the year they are individuals. they are looking at for themselves. but on ryder cup week they are part ofa but on ryder cup week they are part of a team and it's all to do with how they get on. the camaraderie with their team—mates and a lot of strategy. we try to work out who is going to play games too. i can tell you who is practising alongside who. there are a few obvious ones. for the americans patrick reed and jordan spieth are pairing up for the practice round today. they are very good friends. then you've got more inexperienced players like to row hatton. yesterday he practised with ian poulter and today he is going out with henrik stenson. these players will be going around the course. it used to be as simple as quys course. it used to be as simple as guys who would use the same

manufacturers ball because they were used to that ball. it's more technical now. for the captains it's the biggest debate, who is going to play against two. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's return to our top story. jeremy corbyn will promise to "kickstart a green jobs revolution" if labour wins power, in his closing speech to his party's conference. the labour leader is set to promise a radical plan to rebuild and transform britain, including billions of pounds of investment in renewable energy. let's get more on this now from doug parr, who's the chief scientist for greenpeace uk. from what you have heard, would you describe these plans as radical? yes. there is a lot of good stuff in them because we do need to ramp up

them because we do need to ramp up the ambition that we need renewable energy they are talking about the sort of were going to need. the renewa bles sort of were going to need. the renewables proposition is very good. the is very good. we have got an extraordinary level of leaky homes in the uk that we need to fix. you think labour could be even more ambitious don't you? yes. we want to see more coherence around the transport because transport is now the biggest emitter of carbon across cars, vans and lorries and aviation. at the moment neither conservatives or labour have grip on how fast we need to transition out of that. nor have we really got a plan that looks like the uk can take advantage of the technology transitions that are coming. so good in some areas and could do better in others is your assessment. what about funding all

of this? labour talking this morning about some of this being public money and private money as well. what they are proposing is a huge roll—out of renewable energy. that's a good thing because what people don't realise is just how cheap renewable energy has become. 0nshore wind is cheaper than fossil fuels. so actually the labour proposition on power is probably cheaper than the government's proposition. we think in terms of the total amount of money what labour are proposing makes a lot of economic sense and it's where most countries are now going in terms of how they see the track for their economies in the power sector. there is another question about how that money is raised. we're not here to say this is how you should run the economy, we're just saying about the

environmental impacts. if they campaign the way of making that money go with whatever ownership money go with whatever ownership money they have got that is fine. we would caution about instability because we have not got five years to put all the pieces in place. we have to keep that momentum going in terms of offshore wind for example. thank you very much for your thoughts. an update now on the situation regarding the beluga whale spotted in the thames yesterday. we were talking to simon jones in the thames yesterday. we were talking to simonjones who is in gravesend earlier and he hasjust said that he has spotted the whale ina similar said that he has spotted the whale in a similar position to yesterday. i guess that is unfortunate news

because a lot of people had been hoping earlier on that it may have headed back in the direction it should be which is heading towards the arctic waters where these whales normally live. simon has confirmed that is the whale and there was some footage posted earlier today and it was unclear whether it was the whale. but confirmation that the whalers in a similar position to yesterday. we've heard from conservationists in the longer the wales stay in these waters the more difficult it becomes for it. there are rescuers on

standby. the rspca says it's ready to talk the partners in conservation and plum and to plan if necessary. but i think we can go now to simon. was it just a but i think we can go now to simon. was itjust a few minutes ago that you spotted the wheel? yes. we have been seeing it just you spotted the wheel? yes. we have been seeing itjust in that bed of water behind us. it is surfacing every few minutes or so. so the mystery is solved for the moment and mixed foods at the moment because people now know where it is so they know it has not headed up towards london but at the same time they we re london but at the same time they were hoping it would have swum away back towards the sea. they are going to be closely monitoring the situation. let's talk to somebody now who came down to look at it. what did you make of it? amazing. i walk down here most days of the week andl walk down here most days of the week and i barely see anything at all. but when i heard about the whale i thought it was sad that i thought i

have to come and see it. we have been looking for it about five hours. how long have you been here? half an hour. when you saw it what did you think? i didn't know what to think really. it's something you never ever see. it's very sad that it's here really. i hoped it would go out with the tide last night. but there is something down that so easily. it may be governed by its stomach. but it's mixed emotions because now we know it is but we would rather a way it wasn't you. because now we know it is but we would rather a way it wasn't youm should not be here at all. the outlook is not good for it. you can't chase it away anything because that would do more harm than good. the shipping obviously doesn't help.

i will let you get back. the rspca have just told us there is no plans at the moment to try to get the whale to head out towards the sea. at the moment they are going to leave it to its own devices. a bold has been out there monitoring the situation. teams are on standby should they feel it's necessary. they are ready but at the moment they are just watching the situation. there will be some disappointment amongst those teams that the whale has not been swimming back out to sea. but at least now the mystery is solved for the moment and the whale is still out there. britain is a nation full of under confident speakers,

according to a new study by a speech intelligence company called gweek. apparently filler words such as like, basically and innit are considered to be the most annoying, and they make us seem less intelligent and lacking in people skills. we spoke to people about this earlier and here are their thoughts. like. in general most people don't speak very well especially with the internet and social media. people use like quite a lot. it's one of the things i always pick up on in lectures. we do use them too much. it's easy to use those words rather than put together a structured sentence. perhaps individuals are less confident in public in van thieves to be because there are few

opportunities to do it. it might be the influence of social media. opportunities to do it. it might be the influence of social medial think we use those words because for some reason silences are a bit awkward. joining us now is james bryce, he is a linguist and a communication analyst. he's also the ceo at gweek, the tech company that released the report on the most annoying words. i hope i am not going to use any! take us through the what those words were? well, so, like. we are often not ready to speak when we start our sentences. we find something witty began throwing. when people are chitchatting in conversation that's fine but when we get into situations

like an interview or when you are presenting, often we start speaking before the month is ready and we cloud up and you get embarrassed about it. i get nature doesn't like about it. i get nature doesn't like a vacuum so we want to fill it with something. it's finding that sweet spot between saying something natural and not using it too much. we have a huge responsibility to teach people in the right way. there is no right away here but what happens in conversation is a default. when it is put —— a strike that sweet spot between remaining clear and the real us. you have to be clear but be consistent. how much of these patterns of speech are driven by text messaging and so on?

at least we like to communicate with each other. i don't know whether using text has an influence on how we speak but what is definitely missing is how we teach young people communication skills. there are principles and rules just like the written language has but in schools we don't speech speech and location skills. we were chatting about this this morning and talking about teenagers using the word like almost as if it was a punctuation. some children that age might say it is an rematch. we would not want to strip it out very natural circumstances but it's not a very firm learning ground for more pressurised situations. when that interview accou nts situations. when that interview accounts or when you're in that sales pitch or on that first date, monitoring the way you are coming across and being clearer that is

going to strike this week spot in the listeners heart and mind. we are all speech intelligent but we need to understand what's going on with speech and how to maintain clear but authentic. you mentioned not many schools are teaching this. some schools are teaching this. some schools have public speaking clubs and so on, would you like to see this being taught as a skill in schools on a more formal basis? absolutely. there are as many rules in speech and community and as the written language. there are some different environments of speech. we have to unleash this amazing power we have. thank you for coming along to talk to us. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news: labour leaderjeremy corbyn is to set out what he calls a ‘radical plan' for the uk economy, with an attack on ‘greed

is good' capitalism. rescue teams are on standby amid confusion over the fate of the beluga whale spotted in the thames estuary. scientists call for clinical trials after studies suggest a mediterranean—style diet could help prevent depression. in the business news: the cold weather earlier this year meant more call outs for the aa, increasing its costs and cutting its profits. pre—tax profits were down 65% for the first six months of this year. it also described the uk's "pothole epidemic" sparking a 15—year high in callouts. the fashion retailer, boohoo.com has seen sales and profits soar in the first half of the year. revenues were up 50% with profits up 22% to £24 million. its brand prettylittlething was the standout winner for the firm, revenues there were up 132%. america's central bank,

the us federal reserve, is expected to raise interest rates for a third time this year, as the country's economy shows no signs of slowing down. rates are likely to go up to cool inflation and that has a knock—on effect around the world. 0nline fashion retailer boohoo has reported strong half—year profits after seeing strong growth in its fast fashion brands. revenues were up 50% to £395 million, pre—tax profits were up 22% compared to the year before. boohoo said use of its social media content had grown dramatically. samantha dover, senior retail analyst, mintel. that pick—up on this thought of using social media. yes. it's

becoming a really important part of any fashion retailer's communication with customers. we are constantly on our phones and looking at social media platforms. it's part of the purchasing journey. people are looking for innocent —— inspiration. when you think of the word but as a brand you think of fast fashion, things that i going to come in and out of fashion quite quickly so it crucial that the supply chain is fast. they have been continuing to increase their production cycles so they can get new trends online as quickly as possible. that's been a key element of their growth. they are looking at building height around their collections and that's important. pretty little thing is one of its brands. and that was a

standout performer with revenues of 132%. it's a smaller brand so it's got more room for growth across all of its brands they've had that real understanding of exactly what their customers want but on top of that how to communicate with their customers. what will other retailers learn from this? i think it'sjust their willing to experiment and they are constantly trying new things and pushing the boundaries. that's raising the expectation of the customer. thank you very much. in other business news: nike's ad campaign featuring colin kaepernick has sparked "record" engagement and is boosting sales, according to the firm's chief executive. the campaign has been a big success for nike despite causing controversry for featuring mr kaepernick, the american football player who refused to stand during the national anthem in protest of police

brutality and racism. oil prices are on the up, with brent now above $82 a barrel. the us has vowed to keep the market ‘well supplied‘ despite sanctions on iran which could affect supply from the country. iran is one of oil cartel 0pec‘s biggest producers. but despite the rise in oil prices, asda is cutting petrol prices. the supermarket chain, which is in merger talks with sainsbury‘s, said it is lowering the price of unleaded petrol by 2p to 126.7p per litre. some have speculated it could be the start of another supermarket petrol price war. a quick look at what the numbers are doing. aa, its shares are down after

that worrying result of the bad weather which meant more calls up. —— call—outs. all of that leaving the ftse 100 —— call—outs. all of that leaving the ftse100 up. we can now speak to sally hamilton, director of the whale and dolphin charity 0rca, whojoins me from southampton. are you concerned by the news of the whale is still in the same spot? yes. it's quite worrying. it's worrying it has not headed out to the north. do you think this means

the north. do you think this means the whale is unwell or that it‘s lost and unable to find its way? we simply don't know at the moment. there are three possible reasons. it's either carrying an injury or an illness. and has become disorientated. 0r it's just illness. and has become disorientated. 0r it'sjust got lost by following a food source. 0r thirdly, a natural environment pressure has forced it down south. 0bviously pressure has forced it down south. obviously the longer it stays there the more worry you become. is there a reasonable chance the whale will find its own way back in the direction it needs to go or do you think it can benefit from some human assistance? the experts are at the scene and are monitoring the situation. the key is to ensure that the whale is not disturbed and carries on feeding. it needs to

consume 2% of its body weight so as long as it carries on feeding we are hopeful it will make its way out of the thames. in terms of human activity around it, what‘s the best advice you can offer that gives the will the best chance? the vessels need to keep away because if it stops feeding because of vessel disturbance that is a concern. and how long do you think the whale can survive in a reasonably good condition in the thames estuary? they can feed on fish and other invertebrates so the food that is found there is also found in the arctic where waters —— where it should be. but they are very social animals and they travel around in pods so it's more the fact that it's a solitary animal outside its range.

we‘re just seeing the whale appear in the live we have as we‘re talking to you. we are seeing some really clear shots of the whale breaking the surface of the water. let‘s hope this whale is coping well with being in the thames estuary but will eventually find its way to where it needs to be. sally hamilton, thank you very much. we are now heading to liverpool. we knowjeremy corbyn is about to make his leaders address very soon to the party‘s annual conference and norman smith our assistant political editor is there. a big speech and a big focus on renewable energy and the economy. it's a huge moment for

jeremy corbyn to try and sketch out a very different labour agenda and a break with the old neoliberal economics of the pound —— the tony blair years. he‘s hoping to create 4000 jobs for a so—called green revolution which is designed to try and bring jobs back to some of the economies. a quick word before you going? nojoy in getting mr corbyn‘s thought before he goes into the speech. it‘s become an architecture of party conferences to have the leaders walk when they walk in very purposively ahead of their conference speech. he is going in with some of his shadow cabinet. trying to convey the unity of the

shadow cabinet. there has been a fairamount of shadow cabinet. there has been a fair amount of division between members of the shadow cabinet over that issue of brexit with different members of their shadow cabinet saying different things about the possibility of another referendum. jeremy corbyn this afternoon i think we‘ll try and wrench the agenda back from the divisions of brexit and tried to get that message over that labour is an alternative government in waiting. raise yourself, room originally suggests this speech could be up to 70 minutes long so by my calculation it crashing straight through the 1pm news. it‘s going to bea through the 1pm news. it‘s going to be a long one. thank you very much. norman smith that the labour party conference in liverpool. 0f norman smith that the labour party conference in liverpool. of course we will bring you that speech from jeremy corbyn live when it begins. we will see whether he mentions rech

said and there has been a lot of discussion about during the conference. the headlines are coming up. the moment we will say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. you are watching bbc news. this is bbc news. these are the top stories developing at midday. labour leaderjeremy corbyn is to set out what he calls a "radical plan" for the uk economy, with an attack on "greed is good" capitalism. labour is promising to kickstart a "green jobs revolution", pledging billions of pounds of investment in renewable energy. jeremy corbyn promises to bring skills and security to britain‘s forgotten communities with a 400,000 jobs boost. we‘ll have the speech

live here in liverpool. theresa may will address the united nations general assembly in new york later today. the inquest into the death of a teenager who died after eating a pret—a—manger baguette containing sesame hears from the crew onboard the flight where she collapsed. also coming up, the beluga whale found far from home. fears for the health of the animal that‘s still swimming in the thames estuary this lunchtime. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. jeremy corbyn will promise to "kickstart a green jobs revolution" if labour wins power, in his closing speech to his party‘s conference. the labour leader will outline

a radical plan to rebuild and transform britain, including billions of pounds of investment in renewable energy. labour is committed to reducing the uk‘s net carbon emissions by 60% by 2030, and to zero by 2050, and mr corbyn says 400,000 skilled jobs will need to be created. jeremy corbyn will use his leader‘s speech to denounce what he‘ll call "greed—is—good, deregulated financial capitalism". let‘s go to our assistant political editor norman smith, who‘s in liverpool. watching jeremy corbyn arrived for that speech just a few moments ago, norman? big moment for mr corbyn, when he will try to set out a radical agenda for a very different sort of labour government. and at the heart of that will be this idea ofa the heart of that will be this idea of a greenjobs revolution, the plan basically, to bring jobs back to

those parts of the country, in the north and the midlands, which were so hard—hit during the closures of steel yards and coalmines to provide newjobs, skilled jobs, steel yards and coalmines to provide new jobs, skilled jobs, well—paid jobs, unionised jobs, through government money going into hundreds of new wind farms, talking about a sevenfold increase in the number of offshore wind turbines, a trebling in the number of solar panels and equipping every household in britain with new installation, all this designed to breathe life back into what mr corbyn regards as forgotten communities. and part of it is trying to say that the labour party he leads is very different from that of the brown blair years, and people talk about the political establishment during gordon brown‘s premiership propping up the failed economy with support for the banks

during the financial crash in 2008. so it will be if you like a call corbyn speech with plenty of red meat and some of that red meat got a little too red last night at the conference when one labour mp actually suggested that what was needed was a general strike to bring down the government... today, we've heard calls for a true people's vote, a general election. comrades, we must topple this cruel and callous tory government as soon as we can. and if we can't get a general election, we should organise with our brothers and sisters in the trade unions to bring an end to this government with a general strike. applause and cheering so, huge applause for sarah smith

there, with the shadowjustice secretary standing by her as well and applauding her as well. party officials have sought to play that down, saying it was a moment of excitement and high energy and a general strike is absolutely not party policy. but nevertheless it gives you a feeling of some of the language at this confidence and the determination that this labour party should represent a radical change of direction not just should represent a radical change of direction notjust to previous governments but to previous labour governments but to previous labour governments and that was the point being made earlier by the shadow transport secretary. they were enormously successful and brought about some incredibly important social changes and picked up the mess they‘d buy a tory government in terms of our nhs and our education system amongst other things. but we live in different times, there is a different agenda and the world has changed. there is a non—acceptance

of the status quo, where there‘s just opportunities for value to be extracted as leaked out of, public services at every turn. well, the game is up on that, people want a different type of society and we are going to deliver that, you move with the times, and that‘s exactly where we are. i hope mr corbyn has got his throat lozenges with him because it is going to be a long speech, we are told it could stretch to 70 minutes. we know are not already about what is going to form the guts of the speech, what we don‘t know is how much of it will focus on the issue which has dominated so much of this conference, muggy brexit. i am guessing that mr corbyn will not wa nt to guessing that mr corbyn will not want to dwell too much on that because the tensions and divisions within the party over exit have been made painfully apparent this week between the likes of keir starmer, who‘s been trying to shuffle the party more towards an acceptance of

another referendum and the possible remain option and then some of the big unions saying, knock on your nellie, that is going to alienate many, nellie, that is going to alienate any nellie, that is going to alienate many, many traditional liberal supporters. interesting areas like immigration for labour as well, we haven‘t really heard too much from the labour party about that. so the speech interesting notjust for what is in it but what‘s not in it. that speech coming up there is but we think about quarter past 12 and we will bring it to you live when it begins. european diplomats are meeting in brussels this afternoon to continue discussing their preparations for brexit including the possiblity of a no—deal. 0ur brussels reporter, adam fleming, is live in brussels. what can we expect from the discussions today? so, this meeting is taking place this afternoon between the ambassadors, the permanent representative to the eu,

from the remaining 27 member states and they will be speaking to the deputy secretary—general of the european commission, which is the organisation which is running the brexit talks and they‘re going to talk about what they call preparedness, planning for all outcomes from the brexit talks. we‘ve seen a note which has been circulating around the member states for a couple of days which states they need to step up the intensity of the negotiations because a continuing uncertainty over weather there will be a brexit deal at all and also weather it will be ratified, in other words passed by the british parliament and by the european parliament as well. there is an intriguing statement in the note as well, it talks about the need for political choices about the extent to which you have to mitigate the effects of no deal. now, eu diplomats have told me not to get too excited about that but i think that small little phrase will be interpreted as brussels opening the doorjust a little bit to maybe doing mini deals with the uk in the event of no deal, which is something

that michel barnier, the chief negotiator has always dismissed and said would not be possible. so a little chink being opened up there in the eu‘s armero when it comes to no deal, suggesting that maybe they would be prepared to do things so that the no deal scenario is less bad for both sides. and it feels a deep at it is just the reporting, the amount of reporting, but it does feel as though we‘re awaiting for discussions now of the no deal scenario, much more than we were before? yeah, everyone on both sides isa before? yeah, everyone on both sides is a bit shellshocked about what happened in salzburg last week at that informal meeting of eu leaders, where theresa may‘s plans for the economic partnership after brexit we re economic partnership after brexit were pretty dramatically criticised by donald tusk, the president of the european. both sides i think want to step back from the brink and make it look a bit less dramatic than it appeared at the end of last week. but the is we‘re no clearer about

how the far forward the talks are going. dominic raab has not been back to brussels yet. there is a big summit of eu leaders due in the middle of october, and there‘s now discussions about weather to bring that forward by one day to give them more time for that crunch brexit moment. and we have had a post today from a polish member of the european parliament who chairs the constitutional affairs committee in the parliament, she is not exactly a household name but she will be one of the people who will have to steer the final brexit deal through the european parliament because meps gets to vote on it as well. she‘s very critical of the british government is a she‘s and her message is that you‘ve got to chuck the chequers plan for a single market and a free—trade area in goods but not services, she says the plan will not work. she is also concerned about the fact that the last time michel barnier and dominic raab spoke, it was by phone rather than in person. so she wants to see

more political engagement from politicians on the british side. an inquest into the death of a 15 year old girl who died after eating a sandwich from pret a manger — has been hearing from british airways cabin crew. who died after eating a sandwich from pret a manger has been hearing from british airways cabin crew. natasha ednan—laperouse who had a severe sesame allergy, collapsed during a flight from heathrow to nice, and died within hours in 2016. we can now talk to our correspondent, dan johnson, from outside west london coroner‘s court. what have the crew been telling the inquest about this tragic case? one of the crew on that flights from heathrow to nice has described how, 30 minutes from london, he was approached by natasha‘s father, saying that she was having an allergic reaction and that he needed to give heran

allergic reaction and that he needed to give her an eppy pen injection. now, the witness says, as that was being done by herfather, he went forward to the flight deck and said to the captain that there was a medical emergency on board and he described a system called midi link which is available to flight crew, a system of medical advice that can be obtained from a hospital on the ground, a connection to give them advice on board and he suggested to the captain that they should seek that advice but the captain said that advice but the captain said that the plane they were flying didn‘t have a satellite phone so they would only be able to do that by long—range radio and that would be more complicated. during this time natasha‘s condition worsened and the witness was asked by a doctor who had come forward to help whether he could assist in preparing and adrenaline injection to give natasha after her father had used the epipens that he was carrying. the witness said flight crew are not

trained to prepare injections so he was not able to help with that. he was not able to help with that. he was asked if the defibrillator on the plane was used, he said, we couldn‘t get it because we were giving cpr at the front of the plane, the defibrillator was at the back and they were only minutes from landing in nice, where paramedics sadly could not save natasha. bbc two we‘ll be joining our colleague now on bbc two politics live... we would like to welcome viewers from the news channel to our live coverage ofjeremy corbyn‘s speech, which we are expect in the next five minutes or so, although these things tend to run a little bit late, she says from bitter experience! i would like to welcome laura kuenssberg, the bbc political editor, what are you expecting him to say?l the bbc political editor, what are you expecting him to say? i think it will be a tub thumper, i think it will be a tub thumper, i think it will be a tub thumper, i think it will be vintage corbyn the hall, for

the crowd gets. but at any conference what they‘re trying to do build up their offer, to use that terrible politicaljargon, their offer to the country. as we know jeremy corbyn believes very, very deeply that britain isn‘t fair and he believes very deeply that he‘s got some ideas to make it a fair place, to fix that injustice at the think that is what we will hear woven throughout the speech, and more of what we have heard recently, calls from the tories to get out of the way, to try to force a general election. labour knows really it is not in their gift, it is not up to them, but they‘re trying hard to build this narrative around that. 0ne build this narrative around that. one thing we discussed earlier is, is it more important to talk to the people here in the hall, to the party, or is it more important if they‘re talking about a general election, if to go over the heads of conference and appeal to the country? as a former adviser this was the question we grappled with. you get a unique opportunity to get into people's living rooms, it is an

important communication message. i thinkjeremy corbyn will important communication message. i think jeremy corbyn will want important communication message. i thinkjeremy corbyn will want to do both. he is very much of the party members and the party faithful so he will want to throw out some old time religion but he also knows this is an important message. if i was him i would hope he would get a very sensible message about brexit out of the country as well, because that is such a big political theme right now. and we will see what he says on that question. why are you here primarily, because you‘re not a labour party member and this is very much about members and activists...? i‘m a labour voter and i am much about members and activists...? i‘m a labourvoterand i am here much about members and activists...? i‘m a labour voter and i am here to be convinced just like anyone else. the reason i‘m here is that i‘m interested in what movement politics are. the labour party has transformed and i think that the centre of energy is really coming from the members. what has been really striking over the last week is the people i have been with are mostly quite young but ordinary people, they‘re not hardened politicos, they want a really robust

and nuanced policy discussion, and it is not just and nuanced policy discussion, and it is notjust corbyn loyalists, who people who are critiquing policy platform from the left, from a libertarian perspective and i think generating some really creative ideas. what right do you have to comment on what the party is doing when you‘re not even a member? comment on what the party is doing when you're not even a member7l think that i‘ve never claimed to speakfor the think that i‘ve never claimed to speak for the party and i think that i‘ve never claimed to speakfor the party and i imagine lots of people in the leaders office would be very relieved about that. i‘m just here to look at this change ina i‘m just here to look at this change in a democratic participation. this is one of the really interesting things this week, and although the co nfe re nce things this week, and although the conference seems much more at ease with itself than it has done for the la st with itself than it has done for the last few years, when you talk to people yard part of momentum or senior parts of the union or the party, behind closed doors there's a big argument concerning about where

the powerbase really lies now. we know the unions have put the brakes on what momentum was really hoping for, sojeremy on what momentum was really hoping for, so jeremy corbyn on what momentum was really hoping for, sojeremy corbyn has got some of his changes but not everything and that is the powerplay that is going on. i think you're totally right that it feels more at ease with itself but that‘s because the row is less between what they would have called the moderate mps and corbynistas, becausejeremy corbyn is very much in charge of his party, and now it is between different power bases? i think there is some truth in that i think there has been a bit of yield on both sides. i think in terms of a lot of the leadership, as they‘ve got close to power, i think they‘ve started to think about speaking to the public a bit more and becoming much more professionalised. and i think for the moderates, or the progress side of things, we see that actually having this huge swell of brilliant, talented young people like ash getting involved in the movement is

actually a good thing as well. laura, we‘rejust being actually a good thing as well. laura, we‘re just being told that jeremy corbyn is meeting michel barnier on thursday, just to turn things back to brexit — how significant do you think that is? remember michel barnier has had lots and lots and lots of meetings with all sorts of people, he‘s made a big feature of his door being opened. so there has been a lot of contact on all sides. and remember michel barnier even metjacob all sides. and remember michel barnier even met jacob rees—mogg. however, this is part of what labour has been trying to push, that they area has been trying to push, that they are a credible alternative to being on the other side of the table from the eu. and i think although labour has had struggles over to where to position themselves this week on europe, that is something they all agree on, they want to show, whether its keir starmer orjeremy corbyn or john mccole or any body else, they wa nt to john mccole or any body else, they want to show that they would be up to the room and doing the negotiations. -- john mccole. they

wa nt to negotiations. -- john mccole. they want to say that they could do better. of course the opposition party are going to say that but also they would pick and mix bits of the eu, which is what the eu doesn‘t like very much! you said you hope you‘re going to hear a sensible, i think was the words you used, offer from jeremy corbyn — what do you mean, when it comes to brexit?l hope he would reiterate what keir starmer said on the platform yesterday... and actually i was at a small business event with john mcdonnell yesterday afternoon and he very much supported the line which keirstarmer very much supported the line which keir starmer said, that actually, we will keep everything on the table, we would prefer a general election, if if that doesn't happen and there isa if if that doesn't happen and there is a second referendum we're not taking anything off the table, including the remain option. taking anything off the table, including the remain optionl taking anything off the table, including the remain option. i think you might be waiting a long time if you might be waiting a long time if you thinkjeremy corbyn is going to say that from the platform. you thinkjeremy corbyn is going to say that from the platforml you thinkjeremy corbyn is going to say that from the platform. i know that our, where political viewers will be interested in the that that line was not in keir starmer‘s

original script that would have gone party headquarters. so not ruling out remain was something he inserted at the last minute. as you say, all those political nerds out there, we have our very own who is going to be following the speech and finding out exactly whatjeremy corbyn says and whether it is completely true. there he is working away preparing himself for the speech. we will come back to him afterwards, when we will also be talking to the shadow chancellor. you wouldn‘t expect that necessarily from jeremy corbyn but there will have to be something to wrap up what has been a lack of clarity, i think? but whether it will be very important to know whether he matches the same kind of tone that others have about brexit. when we sat down for our interview with jeremy corbyn yesterday, he was overtly lukewarm about the position that keir starmer had cajoled the leadership to get to. on whether that‘s preparing formally to vote down the deal, keir

starmer‘s big headline yesterday, we asked jeremy corbyn about that and he said, nothing has really changed, i haven‘t said that... he was really trying to... not playing it down but his body language and his attitude. i asked him if there were another referendum, would he vote to remain? he wouldn‘t answer it. but about 90% of people here would be on the streets campaigning for it. of people here would be on the streets campaigning for itl of people here would be on the streets campaigning for it. i think in his heart he has always been deeply eurosceptic and that is no surprise, he's a man who is authentic on things. but he is also authentic on things. but he is also a man who is bidding up party democracy at the moment. so the fact that he is listening to members is something which i hope will keep him on the right path on this. but john mcdonnell always said that they had to respect the spirit as well as the letter of the referendum and a lot of people you will have been talking to at the world transformed i presume would have liked to see another referendum ? presume would have liked to see another referendum? actually i was talking to people who said that what

they wanted was a balance between being country facing and between being country facing and between being membership facing and what they wanted to negotiate between that tension between the social coalition in terms of the country, which could include both remainers and leave voters, and being outward facing, is this tiny space in the middle, which is, lets create some space forjeremy middle, which is, lets create some space for jeremy to middle, which is, lets create some space forjeremy to show leadership. i have got a kind of unpopular thing to say which is that i think this strategic ambiguity, and i think it has been strategic... do you think it has worked? i think it has, so far, because we've got the tories and labour roughly neck and neck in the polls. and i think what labour are working on is that balance that comes with a general election. i think they would be unwise to race ahead and pin their colours to the mast to sue, because they're having to assemble quite a volatile electoral coalition. and if it was tony blair who had done this, he would be called a master of bringing

people together. i completely agree with ash and i think whatjeremy corbyn has done is triangulation that would make even tony blair blusher! and ed miliband! indeed!m is the great british fudge, that is basically what we've had. the worst outcome for the leadership this week would have been to have the party splitting on the conference floor with different emotions coming out, all those agonies on sunday night, the one day of the year where we have to explain to our viewers all of the mechanics, they got to a compromise and it went through overwhelmingly on the floor. and what i know the leadership were worried about was having people going in different directions. yeah, there has been somejeering and going in different directions. yeah, there has been some jeering and a bit of unhappiness on the floor when people have been talking about brexit but in terms of what went down on paper, the party voted for something that they could all agree on. and this is something the conservatives have not been able to do mostly because they don't do motions in the same way! it isjust

one directional speechmaking! the party will want to be leaving liverpool today with a settled view. some people are still saying this and that but there is a general consensus, and i have spoken to people from all across the party over the last 24 hours a day broadly, people are in a much... they leave much happier than they arrived. we don't know what is go to happen when everyone gets back to westminster, day by day, all of the political parties are having their elastic bands stretched as far as they possibly can. so, these divisions are going to be on display again, that‘s the reality but i ee, again, that‘s the reality but i agree, the leadership has been able tojuggle the agree, the leadership has been able to juggle the cups of water and not quite have a terrible disaster this week. but as i say it‘s going to be really interesting to listen to jeremy corbyn‘s tone when he‘s talking about brexit. .. and his body language. and exactly what does he say? keir starmer yesterday delighted the hall, probably the biggest... was he shocked himself by

the strength of the ovation and people getting to their feet?l spoke to him last night at the there party and he said he feels very confident about what he said and he says that he's done so much work with the leadership... the things he's moved the leadership? absolutely and the event i did with john mcdonnell yesterday afternoon, he praised keir starmer, he really praised him. but there is still, despite keeping people in the hall mainly happy and the compromise liverpool, there are millions of people who are potential labour voters, or have been, who voted to leave the european union. they‘re not the majority of labour voters, we know the majority of labour voters are remainers but there will be, they‘re already has been, unhappiness on the part of the unions, but for lots and lots of voters in constituencies which were really strong leave constituencies, thinking, how on earth can you do this? we're not really going to know

that until the next general election. 0ne that until the next general election. one thing you have to bear in mind, fora lot of election. one thing you have to bear in mind, for a lot of voters, brexit is not the number one issue, so it is not the number one issue, so it is possible to be a leave voter and also think, i'm really sick of austerity and who is going to give me the best deal for getting rid of austerity? also the socialist component of what is being offered byjeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell, as the economy taken enough of a roll this week or has it been overshadowed by brexit?l roll this week or has it been overshadowed by brexit? i think it has and that is the era we are in, we are in an extraordinary political climate. they have had punched through on some of their policies, the front—page story about childcare policy today... there has not been anything else, that would not be the case. but certainly brexit has been dominating. but love it or loathe it, we are in the middle of an enormous political change. actually i don't think it is because brexit has overshadowed it, i think it's because the centre has shifted in politics. two years ago ifjohn

mcdonnell gave a speech like he did, it would have been greeted with weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. whereas now, he looks like a very authoritative figure, a legitimate figure and the thing is, what corbyn's labour has done his win the argument on economic terrain, it's the social and cultural vision which is being contested and i think how we make sense of this is going back and look at 1979, thatcher won the economic arguments first before the social and political vision was won later down the line. i'm going to have to let you go because you‘re going to the wall, because they‘re playing the wall, because they‘re playing the video. it is a good time for laura to escape. they‘re playing that video, which usually means we are only a couple of minutes away from jeremy corbyn taking to the stage. there‘s diane abbott, shadow home secretary. john ashworth, he was sitting next to us just hear, of course. looking with great anticipation it seems, waiting for jeremy corbyn! i‘m going to move my other guests up a little bit closer

to me. just before the speech starts. and there is rebecca long—bailey, the shadow business secretary. emily thornberry is singing! they‘re enjoying it! what‘s it like in the few minutes just before the leader gets up? it's really exciting, actually. the atmosphere in the hall is always a look in, no matter which part of the party you‘re from, it‘s a big moment and it‘s a big speech to make. the expectation and the emotions are high and it is always a massive thrill to be in the hall. what about you, how many of these speeches have you, how many of these speeches have you heard? one! last year! i've got to be honest i got really teary at the speech last year, when he was describing a woman who became part ofa describing a woman who became part of a trade union because she had seen some of a trade union because she had seen some fish and chips rapped in a newspaper about you union

organisation and i don't know if it was a three—day hangover but i got really teary! corbyn is good at that moment is where he brings it down to this very tangible, very emotionally touching level of communicating politics and i hope for some of those moments today. you do need to be able to engage with the audience ata be able to engage with the audience at a personal level. you do, is interesting, of the hall is big and you need to be a brutal projects to all of these people but you also need to try and make a connection, you need to tell stories and give some passion and lots of clap lions and a fewjokes at the beginning... which is where you would come in, of course! i have had some nightmares trying to prepare jokes for leaders in this whole! on that note, there is the labour leaderjeremy corbyn, he has just entered the hall, shaking hands with some of his colleagues. there‘sjohn mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor, he will be going tojoin us the shadow chancellor, he will be going to join us after the speech. everyone‘s standing up to greet him. there is the deputy leader tom

watson, who we spoke to yesterday. everybody, obviously, excited to hear from the labour leader. everybody, obviously, excited to hearfrom the labour leader. 0ur guests hearfrom the labour leader. 0ur gu ests have hearfrom the labour leader. 0ur guests have helped build some of the atmosphere. let‘s go inside and listen to the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, gave his annual conference speech. the speech is expected to be about an hour. it was long last year. but i‘m told he will restricted to 60 minutes. thank you conference for that fantastic welcome. i want to start ina way fantastic welcome. i want to start in a way you would want me to start by thanking the workers, the fantastic by thanking the workers, the fa ntastic staff by thanking the workers, the fantastic staff at this conference centre. all those that work in the hotels and centre. all those that work in the hotels a nd restau ra nts centre. all those that work in the hotels and restaurants across liverpool and a really big thank you to all the labour party staff who

make this whole conference possible and run it so well. thank you to all of them. and a huge thank you to the people of liverpool. it isa it is a fantastic city and you have made us so welcome this week as you a lwa ys made us so welcome this week as you always do whenever we are in liverpool. thank you for the spirit and humourof liverpool. thank you for the spirit and humour of liverpool. if i could also do this, i want to say a big thank you to all of my family for the support they have given me and the support they have given me and the help and advice they give me. there is always a great deal of

advice being given. there is always a great deal of advice being givenl there is always a great deal of advice being given. i would also like to give a big thank you to my wife. and congratulations to conference to all of you on what i think we can all of you on what i think we can all agree on has been a great conference. a conference of a labour party that is ready to take charge. to start the work of rebuilding our divided country. this year we mark the centenary of the representation of the people act which saw 8

million women getting the vote for the first time along with 5.5 million working class men. we now have more women members of the labour party than the entire membership, male and female, of the conservative and liberal democrat party put together. and we mark that centenary withjennie party put together. and we mark that centenary with jennie formby as party put together. and we mark that centenary withjennie formby as our new general secretary. i have known jennifer many years. her integrity and termination, they are real assets to our party. sincejenny took over we have registered significant electoral successes. in may we saw the only bit of blue in greater magister turn red as labour won back trafford council. i know

there is a bit of liverpool and manchester rivalry. and it can become a bit of a thing so i will just say this, there is not a single conservative council on merseyside either. and not a single tory councillor in this great city of liverpool. and across the country we have built on the gains made in the general election. we won back plymouth in the south—west. in the north we weren‘t kirklees. and we had our best council results in london since 1971. in scotland as

well, labour is once again offering a message of hope and real change. the choice is clear. investment and afairer the choice is clear. investment and a fairer society under labour torre —— austerity and the tories. we have also been raising more money for our party but not a penny of our funds came from a dodgy donor or a shady businessman‘s club. alimony comes from hundreds of thousands of people across the country who believe in what we all stand for so i don‘t have to play tennis with an oil dark in order to

keep the party organisation running. labour trades in hopefully many, not favours for the few. 0ur mass membership is not just favours for the few. 0ur mass membership is notjust the source of funds of course. that membership and our millions of affiliated trade union members are the voice their workplaces and their communities and with our new immunity organisers we will anchor everything we do in people‘s day—to—day experiences. that is our strength and together we are going to change britain. those of you with eagle eyes may have noticed that not everyone is entirely happy about all of this. it turns out the billionaires don‘t like this one bit. now, it could be

because we‘re going to clamp down on tax dodging or maybe because we don‘t fawn over them at cocktail parties or it could even be because tom watson has been campaigning for a second part of the leathers and enquiry to be set up. —— let us in. something the last prime minister promised but failed to deliver. we must stand we will protect the freedom of the press to challenge unaccountable power. journalists from turkey and columbia are being imprisoned, harassed, sometimes killed by governments and powerful

corporate interests. just for doing theirjob of trying to find out corporate interests. just for doing their job of trying to find out the truth of the oppression that happens in their societies. but here the free press is far too often allowed to smear the powerless and not take on the powerful. you challenge their propaganda privilege by using the mass media of the 21st—century, social media. and we will do it in traditional ways as well. on the doorstep, at the school gates, in the town centres so that people know there is a labour party that. that for them and is ready to rebuild and transform britain. next

year, marks the 200th anniversary of the massacre when 15 peaceful demonstrators were killed and hundreds injured on the streets of manchester. 0ur troops sent in by the tories to suppress the struggle and democratic rights. the poet percy shelley wrote about it and that was the origin for the many not the few. among those killed was a man named ashworth and a woman named sarahjones. man named ashworth and a woman named sarah jones. in the man named ashworth and a woman named sarahjones. in the next labour government our very ownjohn as hworth government our very ownjohn ashworth and sarah jones government our very ownjohn ashworth and sarahjones will carry on the struggle to extend democratic rights. hopefully they would become

martyrs in the process! and we will honour the heroes by being true to their cause with a labour party fighting for democracy and against poverty and discrimination. if we are to get the chance to put these values in government we are going to need unity to do it. 0ur movement has achieved nothing when divided. the only winners have been the rich and the party of the rich, the conservatives. real unity is raced on the freedom to disagree and debate and then come together around a democratic decision as we have done this week. so we need to foster a greater culture of tolerance and an end to abuse online

and in person. we must learn to listen a bit more and shout a bit less. to focus on what unites us, to accept losing a vote while maintaining the right to pick up the debate again. we are on a journey together and we can only complete the journey together. our party must speakfor the the journey together. our party must speak for the majority of our country. labour is a broad church and can be broader still. i want to lead in that spirit, after all i appointed john mcdonald despite him being a liverpool fan! and andrew going who supports manchester city.

as you can see there is a lot of unity around the shadow cabinet. we are winning the public debate, we have defined the new that is where our party can stand united. this summer was our party can stand united. this summer was tough. hours is a party of equality for all, a party that has pioneered every progressive initiative to root out racism from our society. but conference, being anti—racist means you have to listen to those communities suffering scrim nation and abuse. i believe we are all stronger from listening and and abuse. i believe we are all strongerfrom listening and learning from each other. thejewish people have suffered a long and terrible history of persecution and genocide.

i was humbled to see that in a memorial to his ego when i visited the nazi concentration camp in the czech republic. the row over anti—semitism has caused immense hurt and anxiety in thejewish community and in the labour party. but i hope and believe we can work together to draw a line under it. i say this to all the jewish community, this party, this movement, will always be applicable campaigners against anti—semitism and racism in all its forms. we are your allies. a next labour government would

guarantee whatever support necessary to ensure security, as we would for any other community expedience in his full behaviour and physical attacks. we will work with jewish communities to eradicate anti—semitism both within our party and in society. with your help i will fight for that with every breath that i possess. antiracism is integral to our very being. it‘s part of who you all are. it's being. it‘s part of who you all are. it‘s part of who we are, of who i am. so conference, i would accept anything like that when we are

attacked by tory hypocrites who accuse us of anti—semitism one day then endorse hard right government then endorse hard right government the next day. 0r or when they accuse others of racism while they work to create a hostile environment for all migrant communities. we can never be complacent about the scourge of racism. race hate is a growing threat that has to be confronted, not just here threat that has to be confronted, notjust here in britain but across europe and the united states. the far right is on the rise, doing what they always do, blaming dues, muslims, migrants for the failure of

a broken economic system. its victims include the windrush generation who helped rebuild britain after the war and then were thrown under the bus by a government that reckoned they were votes to be had by pandering to prejudice. they hostile environment policies, shameful brainchild of the current prime minister led to the scandal of british citizens being deported, detained and left destitute. this is a nasty, cynical politics that demeans our whole a nasty, cynical politics that demea ns our whole country. and the tories still have not learnt. this week they received a

letter from the anti—semitic hungarian government thanking them for their solidarity at the same time the rest of europe were uniting in being appalled by what the hungarian government has been doing. 0ur party will never stay silence in the face of growing islamic phobia whether from the far right, on the streets or the former foreign secretary‘s disgracefuljibes at muslim women. labour will work to bring communities together. it is only through the unity of all our people that we will deliver social justice for anyone. conference, changing

that we will deliver social justice foranyone. conference, changing our country is long overdue. every month this government remains in office, things get worse. evidence of the failure of privatisation is piling up failure of privatisation is piling up day after day. what has long been a scam is now a crisis. just look at the last few months. the birmingham prison had to be brought back into public ownership after the chief inspector of prisons described it as the worst he had ever visited. the privatised probation service on the brink of meltdown. the next secretary of state forjustice will understand. 0n the railways the east coast franchise has collapsed for the third time in a decade. bailed out yet again by the taxpayers. you get on a train at king‘s cross and you never know who will be running the train by up the time you get to edinburgh! andy mcdonald our

transport secretary will end this shambles. and the giant privateer karelian has gone bankrupt. sank in a sea karelian has gone bankrupt. sank in a sea of reckless greed leaving hospitals have built, workers dumped on the dole, pensions in peril while the directors continue to stuff their pockets with bonuses and small businesses in the supply chain to kevin losses and all went bust. —— heavy losses. and speaking of bank —— bankruptcy the tories are now extending it into their own backyard. a conservative government and concerned local constant —— panthers have pushed northampton over the edge putting vital services at risk. eight years of destructive

austerity and excessive outsourcing have left eye that cancels teetering on the precipice and this government must be held to account for their social vandalism. it is labour councils and other labour —— over —— only labour councils that are taking steps to protect people and we must thank them for it. thank those councillors for the work they do day in day out. privatisation and outsourcing and now a national disaster zone and labour is ready to call time on this racket. we will rebuild the public

realm and create a genuinely mixed economy for the 21st—century and after a decade of austerity the next labour government will confront the challenge of rebuilding of public services. this year marks the 70th anniversary of the nhs, labour‘s proudest creation. and it stands as a all over the world to those fighting for universal health care. free at the point of need. its founder, aneurin bevan, inspired by the collective health provision is home town described their free health service as pure socialism. we all contribute through our taxes so that it‘s there for all of us whenever we need it. but this

conservative government has pushed our nhs into crisis with more people waiting long to see a doctor and over 4 million people on hospital waiting lists. and as we were discussing earlier there is a mental health crisis to causing real pain and anguish. a woman named angela wrote to me recently and said my mentally ill daughter was told she would have to wait 12 months to get an appointment with an appropriate therapist. as a mother i am at my wits end to know how to help her any more. i would wits end to know how to help her any more. iwould hate wits end to know how to help her any more. i would hate it to become another suicide statistic. this has to stop and under labour it will. we will deliver real parity of esteem for mental health services to protect people like angela‘s daughter. then there is the scandal of the

tories 6 billion cuts to social care leaving 400,000 fewer older people receiving care. too many of our older people condemned to live alone and isolated, often ending up in amd through neglect and then unable to leave hospital because it‘s not safe. posterity is putting the strains on the nhs to. one in five homes in england are now unfit for human habitation. 120,000 children are living in temporary accommodation. as john healey are living in temporary accommodation. asjohn healey has pledged we will put a levy on those with second homes. think of it as a solidarity fund. a solidarity fund

for those with two homes to help those without any home at all. and labour will embark on the biggest home building programme in half a century. meanwhile, for too many people social security has become a system of institutionalised bullying and degradation. the tories have created a hostile environment for disabled people. hundreds of people from all over the country right to me about it every week. people like richard who says this. "my wife was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 20 yea rs diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 20 years ago. a few months ago we were told she needed to reapply for his

independence payments. she had an assessment by somebody who was not medically trained. we have now been told that all the benefits will be stopped. " he told that all the benefits will be stopped. "he adds, "i told that all the benefits will be stopped. " he adds, "i have tried to be her rock but the stress and suffering i can see my wife going through is so very cruel and i have had to have myself on antidepressants. quote". but labour is ready to put fairness and humanity back at the heart of our public services. as i and abbott told us yesterday, he can‘t keep people safe on the cheap. that is reflected in the fears of people like ruth who told me we had an increase in our council tax to pay for more lease but we have no playstation. the only increase we‘ve had is in the crime rate. ruth‘s

fears are not unfounded. violent crime is rising while police numbers have fallen to their lowest level for 30 years. the chief constable of bedfordshire says we do not have the resources to keep residents safe and no one seems to be listening. well, labour is listening. we will put another 10,000 police officers back on our streets. playing a vital role in tackling crime and making people safer. but if we want to reduce crime, more police are only part of the solution. every study tells us that investing in young people and communities is key and crime thrives during economic failure. so under labour there will be no more left behind is and no more forgotten

communities. we know the earliest yea rs communities. we know the earliest years a re communities. we know the earliest years are a crucial time to open up children‘s life chances. yesterday i visited the greenhouse nursery in liverpool and heard their experiences and talked to the children. but across the country nurseries can‘t make ends meet, youth clubs are closing, decent early years education without risk of becoming privilege, families most in need and not even entitled to it and many who struggle to claim it because of the systems fragmented and underfunded nature. this government is limited childcare pledge has turned out to be free in name only. so today i can announce that labour will make 30 hours a week of free childcare available for all to, three and four—year—olds. three and four—year—olds.

and we will provide additional subsidised hours of childcare on top of the free 30 hour allowance free for those on the lowest incomes and capped at £4 an hour for the rest. labour will also invest in the people who care for and educate our children. we will raise the standard of childcare across—the—board with a ten year plan to shift to a graduate led workforce and improve the pay and skills of all childcare staff. with a new national pay scale for all with a new national pay scale for a ll early with a new national pay scale for all early years workers starting at

£10 an hour. this is an investment and a pay rise for a workforce 90% of whom are women and 85% of whom earn around the minimum wage. patchy support for childcare is holding back too many parents and families and the life chances of too many children. this universal free high—quality childcare will benefit parents, families and children across our country. driving up standards for childcare will make the vital difference for millions of our children. labour is offering a long overdue change that will transform people‘s lives and meet the