this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh. these are the top stories developing at ham: two years after the death of a teenager who ate a pret a manger baguette containing sesame seeds, the coroner rules that the company's food labelling was inadequate. donald trump urges the us senate to approve his supreme court nominee after hours of dramatic testimony. brett groped me and tried to take off my clothes. he had a hard time because he was very inebriated. and because i was wearing a one—piece i have never sexually assaulted dr ford or anyone. borisjohnson sets out his own plan for brexit, arguing that the uk should "chuck chequers" and negotiate a canada—style free—trade deal instead. also this hour: a jet crashes in a lagoon off a remote island in micronesia in the western pacific. it's thought the plane just missed the runway as it attempted to land. all 47 people on board were rescued. hundreds of head teachers from england and wales protest

against what they say is the chronic under—funding of schools. and the ryder cup is under way in paris. it's evenly poised so far, as europe attempt to wrestle back the trophy from the us. good morning. it's friday 28th september, i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the coroner at the inquest of a girl who died after eating a sandwich from pret a manger has said the compa ny‘s labelling is still inadequate two years after her death. the coroner said 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse — who had a severe allergy to sesame — had been reassured by the lack of information on the packaging.

the coroner — who recorded a narrative conclusion at west london coroner's court — said he would write to pret a manger, medical health regulators and the environment secretary to demand changes to protect others. let's speak to our correspondent angus crawford who's at the inquest. tell us first of all about the four major criticisms the coroner made of pret a manger? this is a narrative verdict, talking about the circumstances leading to natasha's death. though he did reserve his strongest criticism for pate monchi. the press criticism was that the labelling in the fridges was inadequate. the law says that brett from at that time it didn't have to put the advice on this pacific

products, it sadly had to have this decker on the tales saying if you had allergies, consult staff. so at time, in terms of visibility, those stickers were inadequate. criticism number two was that it seem to have an incoherent system to monitor complaints about food. it said it could not learn from its mistakes. he also said at that time it had not properly addressed the issue of allergen labelling. and finally he was critical of the fact that the company didn't carry out a formal, internal investigation into natasha's death and what actually happened was a verbal reefing of directors. tell us war that the letters the coroner is going to be writing? this is regulation 28, under this, a coroner can write formal letters to individuals or

organisations requesting changes to prevent future deaths. he is prepared to write three separate letters, the first to press objets, this is about it monitoring complaints and allergic reactions, key thinks this is still insufficient, so he will write to ednan—laperouse. he is also going to write to medical regulators about the provision of epipen is that helped but a into the muscles that a bucket he wrote that possibly the needles on the epipen natasha used wa nt needles on the epipen natasha used want long enough and the dose not large enough. he is going to write to medical regulators to look at that. is final letter will be to michael gove at defra firm. he is

writing to him because under the present law, somebody is an site don't have to put all the information on the labelling itself. that includes your mother and father's shop down the road serving 50 people a day, making and serving the food, but it also covers pret and many other high street retailers. they sell millions of products a year. the coroner was surprised the regulations applied to both and will write to michael gove andrew quest an urgent review of the situation. we are yet to have a formal response from pret and we expect natasha's family to speak to us soon. expect natasha's family to speak to us soon. thank you very much. are pushing for a vote on president trump's supreme court candidate brett kava naugh later today. it follows dramatic testimony from the judge and a woman accusing him of sexual assault. appearing before senators, judge kavanaugh angrily denied

all allegations against him and vowed he would never give up. earlier, christine blasey ford told the hearing that she'd feared for her life during an assault by the judge 36 years ago. our washington correspondent chris buckler reports. nothing but the truth, so help you god? i do. at times, this committee hearing felt more like a court, with senators left to judge the testimony of a supreme court nominee against a woman who has accused him of an horrific attack when they were both teenagers. i am here today not because i want to be. i am terrified. i am here because i believe it is my civic duty. details of christine blasey ford's allegations had already been published. but in the hushed committee room, her words had a different impact. i believed he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most.

there was a stark difference in tone from brett kavanaugh. he didn't try to hide his anger, as he denied the allegations. my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed. he was careful in the language he used about dr blasey ford, but he attacked the process. describing it as a political hit—job that had impacted severely on his family. the other night, ashley and my daughter liza said their prayers. little liza, all of ten years old, said to ashley, "we should pray for the woman". it's a lot of wisdom for a 10—year—old. across america, people watched the highly—charged proceedings that saw democrats clash with both judge kavanagh and republican senators. i'm innocent of this charge. so

prepared for an fbi investigation? i'm innocent. you're looking for a fair process, you came to the wrong town at the wrong town, my friends. in a tweet, president trump said judge kavanaugh had shown america exactly why he had nominated him. republicans are now expected to push ahead with a boat to the committee. that is likely to lead to a full senate vote ballot next week. that is likely to lead to a full senate vote ballot next weeklj believe thejudge did senate vote ballot next weeklj believe the judge did well, gave dr ford her chance to have her say, and i think it's time to vote. the longer the nomination remains open, the more of these scholars,

anonymous and uncorroborated allegations will be made. the committee heard powerful, personal testimony, but some will argue it was ultimately drowned out by america's deep political divides. well, after nine hours of testimony, let's take a look at what happens next. the senatejudiciary committee will vote on mr kava naugh‘s confirmation. republicans are pushing for this to happen today, although the american bar association has called for a delay to allow the fbi to investigate the claims. after the committee has voted, the full senate debates the nomination and votes on it. this might happen in the middle of next week. the timing is crucial — republicans want their nominee in place before the upcoming mid—term elections, when they could lose their 51—49 control of the senate. let's get the thoughts of clodagh harrington, who's associate professor of american politics at de montfort university. thanks for your time today. first of

all, given us your assessment of the two testimonies yesterday and the rhetoric around this testimony is? it was quite a day, wasn't it? there's a need to try and transcend the he said, it she said story of all of this, because there are much bigger issues at stake. i think yesterday was a make or break day for kavanaugh and his nomination process. as it turned out, it was more make and break, he survived, basically. part of the reason he survived is that he took a very trump—like approach to the situation. dr ford was clearly an extremely credible witness and very

authentic. and then kavanaugh came in extremely angry and very defensive, clearly determined to reject all claims made against him. i think what this does is it means those who have their preconceived notions about politics and about those two individuals willjust double down in their prior suppositions and not much will change. you said on twitter we're seeing us culture war is in overdrive, there would be no winners here. what did you mean by that?” think the culture wars have been going on for decades, even back to the 1960s. there have been moments along the way that have been absolutely symptomatic of the problems. if you think back to the clarence thomas nomination in 1991 when the hand accusations made against him and the country was

absolutely torn in two, extremely divisive row says, judge thomas still sits on the supreme court bench today, so we know had that ended up. there were flash points along the way, the clinton/lewinsky investigation springs to mind, and the divisions ijust deeper and more toxic now than they ever were as people maybe but the truth and a second—rate category and it is more about the side you are on and nobody is left in the middle. we mention the american bar association has called for a pause while the fbi investigates the accusations made. what will happen if red kavanaugh‘s nomination to the supreme court is confirmed without an investigation having taken confirmed without an investigation having ta ken place? confirmed without an investigation having taken place? what will that mean for the integrity of the supreme court? the whole process now

has been so toxic. kavanaugh himself described it yesterday as a circus, and think whatever one believes, thatis and think whatever one believes, that is an accurate description of what is going on. i think the republicans are desperate to get this done and dusted as fast as possible. i think it was and am pleasa nt possible. i think it was and am pleasant surprise to hear the american bar association request this delay. ideally, what the gop will want is to get the nomination done as quickly as possible, get him in there. there be backlash, but once he's in, he's in and that is it, those posts are for life. every day that passes is another day that ta kes day that passes is another day that takes an closer to the midterms, and to co nflate takes an closer to the midterms, and to conflate those two things now would be more politically damaging for republicans. and you very much. up to 1000 headteachers from all over england are heading to downing street today as part of a protest over funding shortages.

they say the lack of money is leading to bigger class sizes, staffing cuts, reduced subject choices and a loss of support for pupils with special needs. but the department for education says there is more money going to schools than ever before. joining me now from westminster is the former schools minister and now executive chairman of the education policy institute, david laws. good morning. are both things are true — is more money going into schools, but because pupil numbers are rising that money has to go further?m but because pupil numbers are rising that money has to go further? it is quite like that. we have a divisive debate today over education funding with the education department saying schools are well funded. in some centres, that's true, but what they're missing centres, that's true, but what they‘ re missing and centres, that's true, but what they're missing and the point head teachers are making today is since 2010 and particularly 2015, the

amount offunding 2010 and particularly 2015, the amount of funding going into the school system per pupil has actually fallen, particularly in six form and the services local authorities are delivering for schools. that means since 2010, school funding per student in the system is down by about 8%. that's why we're seeing many schools running deficit budgets across the country. a report produced a few months ago showed the number of secondary schools in deficit has almost tripled in the last few years. to what extent is this going to affect academic attainment? are you seeing an impact on academic attainment in schools?” don't think we've seen that yet, it's not easy to identify an impact from the figures, but i don't think we would expect to see that yet if it does have an impact. the big changes in school funding had taken place since 2015, only a couple of

yea rs place since 2015, only a couple of years ago. the students today taking their gcses would have been in the system when funding levels were more co mforta ble. system when funding levels were more comfortable. if we are going to see an impact on current pressures, i think it would be in the next few yea rs. we think it would be in the next few years. we know in particular where at school funding can be particularly impactful in terms of results is for more disadvantaged youngsters, where school funding can make an impact on attainment. we also know quite a lot of cut is to local authorities can be an area thatis local authorities can be an area that is designed to support more vulnerable children from more disadvantaged backgrounds. so i think it would be unwise to be complacent about this. it is possible we could see draws over the next few years. on a day to day basis of running the schools, how damaging is it if we have head

teachers saying they also have to be a caretaker or a catering manager or the special educational needs coordinator of their school. if you ta ke coordinator of their school. if you take the energy of the head teacher away from that focus into other areas, does that have an impact? that's clearly a risky. the other point worth making is that while the department for education is saying schools should be able to make efficiency savings in areas like photocopying and school buildings — and it may be a few of those efficiency savings possible — for the majority of budgets, three quarters of the budget are in staff. so if you go on having funding pressures over a sustained period, the only way you can bring your budget into balance is by reducing staff. and doing that without having an impact on pupils is very difficult. particularly for sectors

like sixth forms and ft colleges that have seen really big cut is over recent years. primary and secondary schools has seen smaller cards, but look at things like sixth form colleges, they have seen cuts of about 20% in the period going back to 2010. it is difficult to find those sorts of savings just from simple efficiencies. thank you very much for your time today. a boeing 737 passengerjet has crashed in a lagoon off a remote island in micronesia in the western pacific. it's understood the plane attempted to land at chuuk international airport, butjust missed the runway. a flotilla of boats was deployed and all 47 people on board were rescued. no serious injuries have been reported. as you can see from those striking

images, local people with boats rushed to the plane to help rescue passengers as the plane began to sink. it's almost 11:20am at the back. the headlines on bbc news: two years after the death of a teenager who ate a pret a manger baguette containing sesame seeds, the coroner rules that the company's food labelling was inadequate. president trump has backed thejudge he's nominated for the united states' top court, after a dramatic hearing into allegations of sexual assault. borisjohnson has attacked the prime minister's brexit plan, saying it would "cheat the electorate" — and he's put forward an alternative strategy for a free—trade deal with the eu. and in sport, the ryder cup is well under way. team usa read in one of

the four ball matches. jordan spieth in great form. two other matches are all square. sebastian vettel was fastest in first practice ahead of the russian grand prix as he hopes to chase down a 40—point deficit in the title race. lewis hamilton was third quickest. and england's women have overtaken france to move up to third in the fifa rankings. scallop as my qualification means they move up as my qualification means they move up to their highest place for years. just two days before the start of the conservative party conference, borisjohnson has attacked the prime minister's brexit plan. he says it would cheat the electorate and represented a moral and intellectual humiliation. he's put forward an alternative strategy for a looser free—trade deal with the eu. let's speak to our political

correspondent leila nathoo, who's in westminster for us. is anything much new in this planet from borisjohnson, and let's talk about the timing? in terms of substance, there is not much new. he is restating the benefits of a ca nada—style trade deal. is restating the benefits of a canada—style trade deal. boris johnson thinks that would keep the uk too close to the alliance, the chequers plan, still under control of the european court ofjustice, and he wants what he thinks is the agreement that would liberate britain from the eu in the long run. he has a history of using his newspaper column as an alternative policy platform since he resigned from the government over theresa may's brexit strategy. but the

timing is crucial, restating the case at such length in such strong terms just a couple of days to go before the tory party gathers for and your conference, whether is sure to be lots of clashes over brexit. he is trying to rally the tory grassroots to get behind an alternative plan which many of his fellow m ps alternative plan which many of his fellow mps also supports. and he's trying to position himself as the man to lead the charge on that alternative vision for brexit. theresa may says the chequers plan is the only workable solution, keeping the irish border frictionless and she says she is determined to stick to that plan despite it being rejected by the eu. but borisjohnson despite it being rejected by the eu. but boris johnson and despite it being rejected by the eu. but borisjohnson and dozens of his fellow brexiteer mps say they can still i long the rasher envies final few weeks before the negotiations come to a head beef try and get

theresa may to change tack. thank you. with me now is our reality check correspondent chris morris. lots of economic models flying around — chequers, canada, norway — can we break them down? one of the interesting things is that all of them are essentially talking about the future, whereas negotiations at the moment of trying to sort out the divorce and what has happened in the past, you need to know where you're going to finish negotiations now. the model being talked about a lot is canada, that basically is a shorthand for a basic free trade agreement, they tied the eu has with canada. it would mean a more distant economic relationship between the uk and eu. we would be more distant but create more fiction in trade. people have looked at that

and said, shall we zip that up and go for it super canada, as boris johnson calls it, but add a variety of pluses to canada. the thing is, you will still have border checks. no matter how many pluses are at the end! the big problem with that for the uk and eu is that it won't solve the uk and eu is that it won't solve the problem of a hard border in ireland. tell us about some of the models being talked about? there are quite a few. ukraine, switzerland, turkey, most of them ruled out by the uk's red line, no free movement of people or the european quarter cuminjustice. of people or the european quarter cumin justice. so one of people or the european quarter cuminjustice. so one gets talked about most is norway. in canada means a distant relationship with the eu on trade, norway means staying close. that would mean

getting rid of the need for border checks but would still be paying large amounts into the eu budget. the trouble with norway, norway isn't in the customs union, so even norway doesn't resolve the problem of the irish border. so is there a compromise? the thing about chequers was it tried to take bits of canada, bits of norway, try and please everyone, try and solve the irish border issue and say to the eu, we have a united plan. unfortunately, it is ended up losing almost no one. one of the questions now is how to find a solution to resolve the problem of avoiding a hard border as well as saying, in the future, this roughly is the destination we're heading to, is closer to canada or norway? that is what will be debated over the next few weeks. and the next few days at the conservative party conference. thank you for

that. back to our main story — the coroner at the inquest into the death of a teenager who died from an allergic reaction after eating a pret a manger baguette has criticised the company's food labelling. 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse had a fatal reaction to sesame contained in the baguette that wasn't listed on the packaging. lets cross over to west london coroner's court where the parents of natasha ednan—laperouse are giving their reaction to the decision. we will be heading there very soon. us regulators have charged the billionaire tesla founder elon musk with fraud. he's accused of deliberately misleading investors when he claimed last month that he had secured funding to take the company private. mr musk has described the charge as unjustified. rya nair has cancelled around 250 flights today, as some of its pilots and cabin crew stage a new strike, over pay and conditions,

in six european countries. the airline has played down concerns about disruption. it says it's notified affected customers and insists the vast majority of scheduled flights will go ahead as normal. the mao in warwickshire has been closed in both directions after a crash involving three goods vehicles and a separate lorry fire. highways england warned the motorway could remain shut between warwick and henley—in—arden for the rest of the day, following the 4am pile—up. warwickshire police posted this footage on social media showing emergency crews tackling the lorry fire. our news correspondent bob hockenhull is at the scene. the result of that is the very empty road behind you. any update on when it is likely to be open again? originally, highways england were saying it would be open by

lunchtime, but they now have moved that too later in the day. we haven't got a specific time, though the advice is for motorists to avoid the advice is for motorists to avoid the area. we are a few hundred metres away from where repairs are going on to the southbound carriageway. the lorry burst into fla mes carriageway. the lorry burst into flames around 3am, some people don't this scene and described it as a vision of hell. a lot of fuel ended up vision of hell. a lot of fuel ended up on the carriageway and repairs are having to be carried out to the ha rd are having to be carried out to the hard soldier magic like shoulder and lane one. i understand the lorry hasn't been removed yet and a crane hasn't been removed yet and a crane has been brought in to help with that operation. the northbound carriageway as close as well. three heavy goods vehicles were involved ina heavy goods vehicles were involved in a crash soon after that of game, leading to the closure here because more repair work has to be carried out. the a roads and minor roads are getting clogged up as drivers tried to travel between the south east and midlands. the advice from highways

england is that people should avoid travel in this area altogether and seek an alternative route. it will certainly be chaos for a few hours yet. thank you for that update. a reminder, we are expecting to imminently hearfrom a reminder, we are expecting to imminently hear from the parents of the 15—year—old victim of an allergy after she ate baguettes containing sesame seeds from pret a manager two yea rs sesame seeds from pret a manager two years ago. at the coroner's court we have had findings from the coroner which included four major criticisms of pret. amongst those, the criticism that stickers in fridges we re criticism that stickers in fridges were inadequate in terms of visibility. these weren't stickers detailing allergen information. the coroner also said that pret had an incoherent system for bartering

complaints and also criticise the company for not having a formal investigation and written report into natasha's death. the coroner is going to be sending three letters, one to pret, he said he will be telling them he believes the approach of a company isn't good enough yet when it comes to providing allergy information to its customers. he's going to be sending one to medical regulators about epipens and specifically the length of epipens that are used on individuals with allergies i could back this is in relation to a discussion about what happened in terms of the tasha's treatment when she became ill on a flight to france. and he is also going to be writing to buckle goes about the labelling —— writing to michael gove about the labelling and allergen information. this all coming about

asa information. this all coming about as a result of this inquest into the death of 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse. two years ago when she collapsed on a ba flight to nice injuly 2016 she collapsed on a ba flight to nice in july 2016 after suffering that fatal reaction to a pret sandwich. she'd be under way to a short break in france with herfather and best friend when she bought the baguette as they passed through terminal five at heathrow airport and then became ill on the flight. at the inquest at the court has been hearing from the british airways crew on the flight, the coroner has said that the on—board defibrillator was not used during the flight as it was not used during the flight as it was situated at the back of the plane, and the crew said it would be too dangerous to get it from the

other end of the aircraft when natasha went into cardiac arrest minutes before landing. here, you can see natasha's family, her brother and parents, with the photograph they have had throughout the inquest. we are now expecting to hear from the inquest. we are now expecting to hearfrom her the inquest. we are now expecting to hear from her father and mother. the inquest. we are now expecting to hearfrom herfather and mother. our correspondent angus crawford, who has been following the inquest, describing how emotional, naturally, they were, as the coroner delivered his verdict at the end of this inquest. we would like to thank the coroner, doctor sean cummings, for how he has handled natasha's inquest, and our legal team for their support throughout. we would also like to thank the public for their great kindness that they have shown, and

the media for their sensitive reporting. we would like to express our sincere gratitude to doctor pearsonjones, our sincere gratitude to doctor pearson jones, the our sincere gratitude to doctor pearsonjones, the young doctor, for his efforts to save natasha's life. it has been an incredibly difficult week for us as a family, but the process has, however, shed light on very important issues that led to natasha's death. notjust for us, as natasha's death. notjust for us, as natasha's family, but for all allergy sufferers. our beloved daughter died in a tragedy that should never have happened, and we believe that this inquest has shown that she died because of inadequate food labelling laws. we are also shocked to learn that there have been a number of previous serious allergic incidents involving sesame seeds at pret a manger before our daughter died. it feels to ask

that if pret a manger were following the law, the was playing russian roulette with our daughter's life. it is clear that the food labelling laws, as they stand today, and not fit for purpose, and it is now time to change the law. natasha's inquest should serve as a watershed moment to make meaningful change and to save lives. thank you. thank you very much. what we have learned over the last five days is the natasha died as a

result of anaphylaxis as a result of ingesting hidden sesame in a pret a manger olive, artichoke and tapenade baguette. the inquest made it clear that the lack of allergy labelling on food led to the death of a 15—year—old girl. the law, as it stands, currently treats multinational companies in the same way as a local sandwich shop. this cannot be right. we call on michael gove to take immediate action in response to the coroner 's report, and we also call upon the manufacturers of epipens to take action. the coroner found that pret action. the coroner found that pret a manger's procedures for recording and monitoring reports of problems with foods or items purchased at pret were inadequate and incoherent. we hope that lessons will be learned from this inquest, so this sort of tragedy never happens again. thank you. studio: so, the solicitorfor the

family referring to the fact that the current law means that the same law effectively applies to multinational companies as it does to local shops, in terms of food labelling. she refers to a law that was intended to make food labelling less cumbersome for small businesses, but much larger businesses, but much larger businesses can use as well. before we heard from joe patterson —— jill patterson, a short but emotive statement from natasha's father, nadin ednan—laperouse, he thanked a number of people including the coroner and the junior doctor on board the flight when natasha was taken ill, doctor pearsonjones, who tried to save her life. he said that this inquest had shed light on a

very important issue, notjust for them, as natasha's family, but for others. he said that the law was playing russian roulette with peoples lives, and he said food labelling laws were not fit for purpose. he said he hoped that this case would be watershed moment, to make a change to food labelling laws, but no one else would suffer in the way that their family had. hard—left former politician derek hatton says he has rejoined the labour party, 33 years after he was kicked out by the then—leader neil kinnock. in the 1980s, as deputy leader of liverpool city council, mr hatton set an illegal budget which exceeded its income by £30 million. it led to political turmoil in the city. mr hatton was denounced by mr kinnock in 1985 for sending redundancy notices by taxi to thousands of council workers. he was then expelled from the party for belonging to the left—wing militant tendency, which critics said made the labour party unelectable.

well, derek hatton joins us now from our liverpool studio. thank you very much for your time this morning. so, why are you back, after 33 years? why have you been accepted back into the labour party, do you think? a long time, isn't it? i don't know why i've been accepted back. the labour party has changed considerably of late and anyone who, on the back of the labour party conference last week, who is in a nyway conference last week, who is in anyway a party member or a socialist member, who has any sympathies at all for getting the tory government out, can be nothing but excited. infused. and, can actually feel that there is a bright future. i never thought that in my lifetime i would see a socialist prime minister in waiting, which is what we have got with jeremy corbyn.

waiting, which is what we have got withjeremy corbyn. i felt last waiting, which is what we have got with jeremy corbyn. i felt last week at the conference that the mood and enthusiasm, that there was a real feeling that the party was on its way forward. i think that is a fascinating time in history, one perhaps i thought i would never see. is it aboutjeremy corbyn, for you, or like labour frontbenchers? you have to remember that the 1980s is a long time ago. i also say that it is made the third 1993, when we got elected, there is nothing i would do different. now, there are probably quite a lot of things i would do differently. in those days, in liverpool, off the back of the docks closing down and the factories closing down and the factories closing down, the thatcher government taking more money away, we had no alternative but to have that sort of fight. it is different

now. studio: are you different, but you call yourself a militant still? there are a lot of analogies, because of how theresa may is making cuts to places like liverpool. i was a socialist then and now, and in those 33 years, i neverjoined or campaigned for all voted for any party other than the labour party. i was brought up to believe the labour party was the political arm of the trade union movement and i believe that now. it was encouraging to see jeremy corbyn on picket lines all the time, he is there supporting workers, working around liverpool, with fascinating housing developments there. he is a leader who is beginning to take a stand. i've never seen before. are you ambitious, still, for public office? do you have any plans for further public office? i'm 70 years old and at this moment in time i have no plans whatsoever. i'm just

looking forward to getting involved again. are you vocal in getting support ofjeremy corbyn into downing street? i cannot imagine me not being vocal wherever i am. you are right, and a big supporter of jeremy corbyn. i think the most important thing we have in front of us important thing we have in front of us is to get him elected into downing street and get a labour government and get rid of this rotten tory government we have in power. and what is your position on brexit? in your conference in the last few days, labour decided to keep their options open on a people's vote, where do you stand on that? i voted to remain, only marginally. you have to remember that the eu is not brilliant. i thought it was better to be in rather than out, just about. but since then, there have been a lot of campaigns. it is difficult, the vote was taken, a lot of lines taken by brexit and you can understand people wanting the people's vote everything that goes with it. my priority is to

see a labour government in. she is making a mess of everything she does, including negotiations. the most important thing on the agenda is to get a labour government, brexit and a number of other issues are important that this should never get in the way of that. do you support any moves to make it easier to get rid of sitting mps, especially labour mps, critical of jeremy corbyn? i've always believed in accountability, in any form of public life i believe in accountability and believe the changes made this week are good changes. it did not need any more. what we have seen this week is good. and in terms of how the party has handled everything around anti—semitism, do you think there's anti—semitism, do you think there's anti—semitism in labour right now?” spent my life opposing racism, as hasjeremy spent my life opposing racism, as has jeremy corbyn. spent my life opposing racism, as hasjeremy corbyn. i have never wandered from that position. nor has he. i think of course there are

issues that always have to be handled within the party. u nfortu nately, handled within the party. unfortunately, quite a lot of people in the press and some unfortunately within the labour party have used the anti—semitism argument as a way of having a go atjeremy corbyn. the anti—semitism argument as a way of having a go at jeremy corbyn. did you accept, though... it is very u nfortu nate. you accept, though... it is very unfortunate. do you accept, though, that some people from the jewish community and elsewhere say that they believe jeremy community and elsewhere say that they believejeremy corbyn has not handled this well? of course they do. people say thatjeremy corbyn hasn't handled a lot of things well. when you are in leadership, there will always be people who disagree with what you do. in my opinion, i do not believe there is a massive problem, i walk on the streets and people talk to me. i cannot remember the last time someone spoke to me about the problem of anti—semitism, even jewish friends of about the problem of anti—semitism, evenjewish friends of mine. but people talk to me about unemployment and low wages, bad housing, those kinds of issues. while they are

being talked about, other issues are not being talked about, which allows the tories, the press and u nfortu nately the tories, the press and unfortunately others in the labour party to distract from the real issues. you have reflected on how 30 plus years is a long time and many things are different. can i go back to the question of whether you would describe yourself as a militant? is that who you are at heart? for example, would you support a general strike? ask the questions as many times as you like, i've always been a socialist, i was a socialist then andi a socialist, i was a socialist then and i am now. would i support a general strike? it's like saying would you support something out the blue? the reality is, you do not know. if the time was right, and the trade union movement was supporting it, of course you would. but you have to rely on the trade union labour movement to support that first. before we let you go, i want to clarify your position vis—a—vis your membership of the labour party

now. we have seen reports telling the press association that you are not currently a member, is your application being considered? no, the official line from the labour party is that they do not comment on individual memberships. i understand that. the reality is, i'm a member. it is in writing and there's no question about it. derek hatton, thank you for your time. thank you very much. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... two years after the death of a teenager who ate a pret—a—manger baguette containing sesame seeds, the coroner rules that the company's food labelling was inadequate. president trump has backed thejudge he's nominated for the united states' top court, after a dramatic hearing into allegations of sexual assault. borisjohnson has attacked the prime minister's brexit plan, saying it would "cheat the electorate" — and he's put forward an alternative strategy for a free—trade deal with the eu. i'm sally bundock,

in the business news... could tesla be facing a future without elon musk? the us securities and exchange commission has filed a lawsuit accusing the tesla boss of securities fraud. tsb and hsbc are hit by computer glitches. tsb says users of its smartphone app and internet banking were having difficulty logging in. hsbc said about 50% of mobile users were having trouble connecting — it's the latest in a string of it outages for the high street banks. the competition and markets authority says it will carefully consider concerns that loyal customers are being ripped off for mobile, broadband, savings, home insurance and mortgage deals. us billionaire and tech entrepreneur elon musk has been charged with fraud by financial regulators. they allege the boss of tesla deliberately misled

investors this year when he tweeted that he planned to take the electric car company private by buying back its shares. mr musk has called the action ‘unjustified' — saying he has always acted in ‘the best interests of truth, transparency and investors‘. the charges could see him barred from running a public company. billions of dollars were wiped off the value of tesla shares. joining us now isjim edwards, founding editor of business insider uk. give us your take on the s e c's findings? this is like a textbook case of how not to ac0. if your company is public, and you trade in the same way as tesla, you have played duty under american law not to say anything false. not tell lies about how your company is doing, where it is going all who acquires it. it is a type of market

manipulation. if the allegations are true from the sec, then that is what he did when he said he secured funding to go private when in fact, allegedly, he had not. tesla have been quick to protect their boss, but the board was heavily criticised for not bringing him in. what does it mean if they do go ahead, the sec, and say that elon musk can no longer be in charge of that company? it would be an extraordinary move, elon musk built the company from nothing. he is the one who got all the initial investment. he is very much the face and figurehead, and the founder, of the company. removing him would be huge. the company itself would still exist, and continue to make cars, obviously. but, the danger, the hidden mystery of tesla, is what is really happening with its finances. this company is growing revenues

that burning through huge amounts of cash. in the last reporting period, it lost over $1 billion. one of the u na nswered it lost over $1 billion. one of the unanswered questions that investors and stockholders have about tesla is why it is burning so much money, and can it turn the situation around before it goes bankrupt? is it another example of a billionaire boss, like elon musk, in charge of a public company when really they should run private companies? his position would be more secure if it was privately owned and he only had to deal with his board and private investors, if as a private holding he controlled the rest of the company his position would be more secure but, having said that, investors, whether private or public, they have same interests. the they want the company to be sta ble the they want the company to be stable and grow, and they want their money back. elon musk is in charge of his investment and making random accusations about child abuse at the

jewish divers rescuing the thai cave voice, he makes jokes —— at the thai divers rests. thank you very much forjoining us. let's ta ke thank you very much forjoining us. let's take a look in more detail at the accusation that loyal customers in the uk are being ripped off for mobile, broadband, savings accounts, home insurance, mortgage deals, you name it. it will all be investigated by the competition body. it follows a super—complaint from citizens advice which says customers who stick with their supplier are losing on average nearly £900 per person. joining us now is james plunkett, executive director of advice and advocacy, at citizens advice bureau. the cna say that they are looking into your super complaint, what are you hoping for? we are hoping that

they take action, and tell us if they take action, and tell us if they think it is a problem. it worth saying upfront we do not take this kind of action, a super complaint, likely. we've only use this option four times, likely. we've only use this option fourtimes, and likely. we've only use this option four times, and one of those was ppi, we reserve it for a serious problems only, and as for the issue of the loyalty penalty, long serving customers who have not switched, they end up paying 30, 40, 50% more than new customers the same product at the same company. we think it is down to the cma to look at this problem in detail. you call it a systematics gamboa others would say that companies are just making profits, we all know to switch and shop around, is it not up to the customer to take action? we wouldn't have the problem were a not for the gap that the customer pays. if it we re gap that the customer pays. if it were ten or £20 a year it would be reasonable, but the numbers are much

greater. to customers in their 90s came to see us, they had not switched their insurance in years, they were paying £1000 per year on their insurance more than they needed to. those numbers qualify for the label "scam". what you expect companies to do? we expect the industry to step up, some companies are better than others on this and say consumers if you are shopping around at a price comparison website committees could save £900 across these markets but it is down to the regulator, ultimately, to look at the problem. it is so widespread and the problem. it is so widespread and the numbers are so large and so many honourable people, particularly the elderly, are being hit. james plu nkett elderly, are being hit. james plunkett for citizens advice paire, thank you. markets across europe are in the red. the big losers across the board

are the banks, with the likes of hsbc, barclays and lloyds all down in london. this all in reaction to the italian budget announced late yesterday that was more exuberant than markets hoped with concerns about what this means for italy's bulging debt levels. some real concerns about that in the market at the moment. annita, back to you. special events are taking place across bbc tv, radio and online for bbc music day — a celebration of the power of music to change lives. one way we know music can have an impact is in soothing the signs of dementia and alzheimers, and today the bbc launches a new music memories website to connect patients with the songs they love, as our entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. lorna whittaker lives with dementia.

but one thing that always puts a smile on herface is music. that was an old one! for the last eight years and lillyburn care homejust north of glasgow, they've been creating music playlists for each resident with dementia, made up of their favourite songs. lorna, you seemed to enjoy that singing there? well, i do! what kind of memories is it bringing back? all these nice ones. and the results have been startling. medicine can be a quick fix for people, perhaps with dementia, but for lorna in particular, we try music before medicine. music has helped bring about a 60% drop in the use of sedating drugs in the care home, and playlists are being prescribed by gps. this is actually being treated as seriously as medication? yeah, because we realise it's a big

issue with people with dementia, and if we can control their distress and agitation, it makes a big difference to their quality of life. to help people create playlists for loved ones with dementia, the new digital platform, bbc music memories, has been launched to tie in with bbc music day. it's really good, isn't it? i know. at a monthly dementia cafe in hamilton, school pupils were showing couples, one of whom has dementia, how easy the platform is to use. i'll say to him, "where are your slippers?" and he'll lift a cup, he remembers these kinds of things, no problem. i would recommend anybody who's going to visit someone in a care home, hospital or going to see theirgran, get it out, have a wee play,

have a wee listen, and particularly listen out for the tv theme tunes. and this is only the beginning. a commission of health and music experts is calling for every person in the uk with dementia to have their own playlist by the end of 2020. that's a nice cheery one, isn't it? let's have a look at the weather now. simon isn't across the newsroom , now. simon isn't across the newsroom, i know that, but we are going to simon! what do you have for us? a long way to go across the newsroom. good morning. we have a rather cloudy start to the day in southern parts of the uk. still, cloud hanging around across southern england. as you can see from our

weather watcher in hampshire, a grey start of the day. for many of us, some sunshine. this isjust start of the day. for many of us, some sunshine. this is just outside the newsroom in salford quays, the sun glistening off the manchester ship canal. that is the case in england and wales, in southern areas, we have sunshine, more in the way of cloud moving into northern scotland. some showers here. a different feel to the weather. a north, north—westerly wind. bringing ina north, north—westerly wind. bringing in a chilly air mass. temperatures are in a chilly air mass. temperatures a re low in a chilly air mass. temperatures are low as a result, 15 degrees, the warmest of the weather is down towards the channel islands. the breeze picks up across scotland. quite a bit of cloud here. otherwise, lengthy and clear spells mean that it will turn chilly. we haveif mean that it will turn chilly. we have if you light blues here.

temperatures in the countryside for england and wales, temperatures in towns and cities are about three to 6 degrees. a chilly start the weekend that sunshine in england and wales. cloud thickening in scotland and northern ireland. some showers, longer spells of rain moving in across the day. quite a breezy day. these are the wind gusts, at 45 miles an hour in northern areas. not as strong as in southern areas. a lot of sunshine here. temperatures of 13 or 14 degrees in the north, 17 or 18 of 13 or 14 degrees in the north, 17 or18 in the of 13 or 14 degrees in the north, 17 or 18 in the south but by sunday, this weather front moving southwards. not much rain associated with this weather front, but it will bring in more cloud on sunday, compared to saturday. a risk of showers here and there, especially in northern scotland. frequently moving in from the north, it feels a bit more still as we go into sunday. nine of 12 degrees in northern areas. 14 to 16 degrees further

south. high pressure dominates things next week. this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh. these are the top stories developing at midday: the parents of a 15 year—old girl who died of an allergic reaction to a pret a manger baguette demand a change in laws on food labelling. it's a change in laws on food labelling. clear that the f( laws, it's clear that the food labelling laws, as they stand to date, are not fit for purpose. and it is now time to change the law. natasha's inquest should serve as a watershed moment.

donald trump urges the us senate to approve his supreme court nominee after hours of dramatic testimony. borisjohnson sets out his own plan for brexit, arguing that the uk should "chuck chequers" and negotiate a canada—style free—trade deal instead. a jet has crashed into a lagoon off a remote island in micronesia in the western pacific. all 47 people on board have been rescued. also this hour: heading to downing street to demand more cash — hundreds of head teachers from england and wales protest against over what they describe as the chronic underfunding of schools. and the ryder cup is under way in paris. it's all very even at the moment as europe attempt to wrestle back the trophy from the us. good afternoon.

it's friday 28th september, i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the father of 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse — who died after suffering a fatal allergic reaction to a pret a manger sandwich — says the inquest into her death should serve as a watershed moment to make meaningful change to save lives. the coroner, in recording a narrative conclusion at west london coroner's court, said the compa ny‘s labelling was inadequate. he said he would write to pret a manger, medical health regulators and the environment secretary to demand changes to protect others. let's speak to our correspondent angus crawford, who's at the inquest. natasha's father saying that the law currently was playing russian roulette with people's slides, a

powerful statement? regard voice he has been deeply concerned all along that the current law is not fit for purpose. and that current law treats the corner ship which makes food and sells it directly to the customer is being treated exactly the same as pret a manger, which sells 218 million items every single year, which now seems to be the focus of the inquest. it has been a distressing week for the family, in these pictures that are being released to the media of natasha on that aircraft. she has had since the age of two serious allergies to sesame and other things. she carried two epipens wherever she went. she bought a sandwich from pret but the laws at that time didn't require allergen information on the sandwich or the fridge. all the needed was a

sign saying if you have allergies, please ask staff. we have heard distressing information about 20 started to have a allergic reaction on the plane and it escalated. epipens and motormouth resuscitating the years, and doctor on the flight helps, but nothing could be done to save her life. after the hearing, natasha's family spoke to the media and we'll now come from her father. our beloved daughter died in a tragedy that should never have happened and we believe this inquest has show and that she died because of inadequate food labelling laws. we're also shocked to learn there have been a number of previous serious allergic incidents involving sesame seeds at pret a manger before our daughter died. it feels to us

that if pret a manger were following the law, then the law was playing russian roulette with our daughter's life. it's clear the food labelling laws as they stand today are not fit for purpose and it is now time to change the law. natasha's inquest should serve as a watershed moment to make meaningful change and to save lives. you can hear very serious accusations from natasha's father, he says the law was buying russian roulette with his daughter's life. just before his statement pret a manger gave a statement of their own. they apologise for what happened and we heard from the ceo. we're deeply sorry for natasha's

death. we cannot begin to comprehend the pain the family have failed and the pain the family have failed and the grief they will continue to feel. we've listened to everything the coroner and natasha's family have said this week. and we will learn from it. all of us at pret wa nt learn from it. all of us at pret want meaningful change to come from this tragedy. we will ensure that it does. the question is what happens next? the question is what happens next? the coroner is going to write three important the coroner is going to write three im porta nt letters the coroner is going to write three important letters under regulation 28 of the coroner's rules. the first will be to pret to request the augment their complaints system so they learn from other incidents

involving allergies and complaints. also to health regulators and the manufacturers of epipens on the length of the needle and amount of adrenaline contained within them. you will also write to michael gove to say now was the time to look at food regulations and ask why is a local corner shop treated at the same way as someone like pret, which sells something like 218 million items every year? thank you very much. republicans on the us senate judiciary committee are pushing for a vote on president trump's supreme court candidate, brett kava naugh, later today. it follows dramatic testimony from the judge and a woman accusing him of sexual assault. appearing before senators, judge kavanaugh angrily denied all allegations against him and vowed he would never give up. earlier, christine blasey ford told the hearing that she'd feared for her life during an assault by the judge 36 years ago. our washington correspondent chris buckler reports. nothing but the truth,

so help you god? i do. at times, this committee hearing felt more like a court, with senators left to judge the testimony of a supreme court nominee against a woman who has accused him of an horrific attack when they were both teenagers. i am here today not because i want to be. i am terrified. i am here because i believe it is my civic duty. details of christine blasey ford's allegations had already been published. but in the hushed committee room, her words had a different impact. i believed he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most. there was a stark difference in tone from brett kavanaugh. he didn't try to hide his anger, as he denied the allegations. my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed. he was careful in the language he used about dr blasey ford,

but he attacked the process. describing it as a political hit—job that had impacted severely on his family. the other night, ashley and my daughter liza said their prayers. little liza, all of ten years old... ..said to ashley, "we should pray for the woman". it's a lot of wisdom for a 10—year—old. across america, people watched the highly—charged proceedings that saw democrats clash with both judge kavanagh and republican senators. i want to know what you want to do. i'm telling the truth. i want to know what you want to do, judge. i'm innocent. i'm innocent of this charge. then you're prepared for an fbi investigation? they don't reach conclusions, you reach the conclusions. no, they do investigate questions. i'm innocent. you can't have it both ways, judge. if you're looking for a fair

process, you came to the wrong town at the wrong time, my friend. in a tweet, president trump said judge kavanaugh had shown america exactly why he had nominated him. republicans are now expected to push ahead with a vote at the committee. that's likely to lead to a full senate vote next week. i'm optomisitic, i thought thejudge did well. we gave dr ford the chance to have her say, and i think it's time to vote. the longer the nomination remains open, the more of these scurrilous, anonymous and uncorroborated allegations will be made. the committee heard powerful, personal testimony, but some will argue it was ultimately drowned out by america's deep political divides. well, after nine hours of testimony, let's take a look at what happens next.

the senatejudiciary committee will vote on mr kava naugh‘s confirmation. republicans are pushing for this to happen today, although the american bar association has called for a delay to allow the fbi to investigate the claims. after the committee has voted, the full senate debates the nomination and votes on it. this might happen in the middle of next week. the timing is crucial — republicans want their nominee in place before the upcoming mid—term elections when they could lose their 51—49 control of the senate. let's speak to our washington correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan. hello to you. first of all, in terms of this called for the confirmation to be delayed until after an fbi investigation, how likely is it that that could happen? pretty unlikely there is going to be an fbi

investigation into the claims made by christine blasey ford, because thatis by christine blasey ford, because that is something we democrats have been asking for several days and thatis been asking for several days and that is something we republicans have rejected. the american bar association are also calling for this, because they don't believe simply having christine blasey ford and brett kavanaugh, the man she is accusing, it share their evidence is accusing, it share their evidence is a comprehensive look at these allegations. they believe other people should be called to testify, the friends christine blasey ford sabre also present during the alleged incidents and other people who could corroborate some of the story. but republicans want to press ahead, they say it is important to them they get another conservative justice on the supreme court, said they are trained to get that vote slated at 9:30am, the votes could happen any time after that. they wa nt to happen any time after that. they want to proceed as soon as possible. this means the fracture in us

politics grows even wider? and we should explain to our uk audience how significant this supreme court seat is. i covered the 2016 election campaign and many people who perhaps didn't like donald trump's style on the republican side voted for him because he promised to bring in conservative supreme courtjustices to the supreme court, he ready did that with your gorsuch, and after another vacancy has promised to bring another in the place of brett kavanaugh. many bring another in the place of brett kava naugh. many people bring another in the place of brett kavanaugh. many people said they would vote for donald trump because they wanted a conservative supreme court justice, because they wanted a conservative supreme courtjustice, because the supreme courtjustice, because the supreme court has the final say on many laws here in the us, things like game marriage —— things like gay marriage, gun laws and abortion and that comes to the heart of american

divisions. that is why supporters of the democratic front party want to do everything they can to make sure brett kava naugh is do everything they can to make sure brett kavanaugh is not confirmed in this role. thank you. a boeing 737 passengerjet has crashed in a lagoon off a remote island in micronesia in the western pacific. it's understood the plane attempted to land at chuuk international airport butjust missed the runway. a flotilla of boats was deployed and all 47 people on board were rescued. the headlines on bbc news: two years after the death of a teenager who ate a pret a manger baguette containing sesame seeds, the coroner rules that the company's food labelling was inadequate. president trump has backed thejudge he's nominated for the united states' top court after a dramatic hearing into allegations of sexual assault. borisjohnson has attacked the prime minister's brexit plan,

saying it would cheat the electorate, and he's put forward an alternative strategy for a free—trade deal with the eu. sport now. the 42nd ryder cup is well under way in paris. the favourites, team usa, lead in one of this morning's john watson is at le golf nationalfor us it's pretty tense out there but there has also been some beautiful golf. it's all beautifully set up heading

into the weekends, but it is the united states have the first point on the board at the end of day one. that's bring you the pairings that have gone out in order today. justin rose was out first. all is square into the 18th. justin rose has puts approach shot into the water. it is approach shot into the water. it is a difficult hole, could prove costly for europe. that's bring you that point i was telling you about, rory mcilroy was up against dustin johnson and rickie fowler, the american pair with three up with three to play. dustinjohnson with a brilliant tee shot, putting the first point on the board winning 4&2. the european parent were in trouble against speed and thomas, managing to stage a come back, it

was endives square beforejustin thomas produced a brilliant birdie, so america one up on that one with a few holes to play. protest, and arie and tommy fleetwood were up against tiger woods and patrick reed. impressive stuff from francesco molinari, a birdie at the 11th, and a birdie at the 12 as well, all square in that match. united states with one point on the board, 1—0 up in one of the other matches, we will see how costly that shot from justin rose will prove. we see how things are going, but this is the first time it has been held in france, the crowd having effect on the players? i think it was interesting to see what the crowds are going to be like, because around 40% or so have gone to french nationals. would you

say that france is a typically golf playing nation? it seems that they're embrace what the ryder cup is about, the experience of atmosphere of the crowds here. we know can get raucous at times, and the players feed off that. on the first tee this morning, we've was over 6000 fans packed into the grandstand, the largest aromatic up in the ryder cup. an incredible atmosphere. we think that is probably reflective of what we can expect over the next couple of days. the usa now have another point on the board, so 2—0 to the good against europe in those opening for ball matches. it is the foursomes this afternoon, a lot more pressure falling on the players to back—up their team—mate victor back if they produce a good shot, they will feel the pressure to do again. we expect

another raucous atmosphere come this afternoon. thank you. you can keep up afternoon. thank you. you can keep up to date with all the ryder cup goings on on the bbc sport website. the former foreign secretary referred to a number of models in place of the chequers plan. all of them are talking about the future, whereas negotiations are trying to sort out the divorce at the moment, what has happened in the past, but these are connected and as

you need to know we are going in order to finish negotiations now. the first is canada, shorthand for a basic free trade agreements, the type the eu has with canada. it will meana type the eu has with canada. it will mean a more distant economic relationship between the uk and eu. we would be more independent but they would be more friction in trade. so some people have looked at that and said sure we go for super—canada, or people are riding of writing classes to canada. the trouble is you will still have border checks, even with a souped up version of canada. the matter how many classes are on the name! the big problem for that is according to the uk and the eu is it will not solve the problem they have sworn to resolve, no hard border in ireland. we'll come back to that, but let's talk about some of the other models back we have a ukrainian,

switzerland, turkey, models, most have been ruled out by the uk red line of no free moment of people, no role for the european court of justice. so the one that gets talked about the most is norway. if canada means a distant relationship with the eu in trade, norway stays as close as possible. that would get rid of the need for border checks, but it would mean we would still be paying large amounts into the eu budget. the trouble with norway is norway isn't in the customs union, so even norway doesn't resolve the irish border problem. so is there a compromise? the thing about chequers is that it try to take bits of canada and norway, try and please everyone, try and solve the border issue and say to the eu, we have a united plan. unfortunately, it's ended up losing almost no one. how do they find a solution in the next

few weeks to resolve the problem of the hard border as well as saying that, in the future, this is roughly the desperation we are heading to. is slightly closer to canada or norway? that will be debated in the coming weeks. rya nair has cancelled around 250 flights today, as some of its pilots and cabin crew stage a new strike over pay and conditions in six european countries. the airline has played down concerns about disruption. it says it's notified affected customers and insists the vast majority of scheduled flights will go ahead as normal. up to 1000 headteachers from all over england are heading to downing street today as part of a protest over funding shortages. they say the lack of money is leading to bigger class sizes, staffing cuts, reduced subject choices and a loss of support for pupils with special needs. but the department for education says there is more money going to schools than ever before. let's speak to our education

correspondent elaine dunkley, who is at the protest in central london for us. the head teachers say they've been relentlessly reasonable, but let's not forget they're angry too? they certainly are, they've come here to issue a stern warning to the governments. they've delivered a letter to number 11, warning that current budgets are unsustainable and it's current budgets are unsustainable and its leading to a lack of resources , and its leading to a lack of resources, a shortage in staff, at a time when education is struggling to recruit and retain staff. they're also talked about things like not being able to provide choice on the curriculum. i'm joined by being able to provide choice on the curriculum. i'mjoined bya secondary head teacher. we're used to head teachers being in assemblies, not an protest. what are

theissues assemblies, not an protest. what are the issues you're concerned with?m isa the issues you're concerned with?m is a lack of total funding. budgets have been strapped for seven years, i have a school of 1700 students, my school has increased by 250 students over the last ten years. my starving hasn't increased. i think that tells you that really any increase in the educational budget are being gobbled up educational budget are being gobbled up by educational budget are being gobbled up by inflation and costs. this protest stretches down parliament street, did today, what are the realities in the classroom for these teachers? the classes are getting bigger, the curriculum is being cut, we are using our pupil premium budget to support the main school budget. all schools are cutting wherever they can. we got to the point were we can't cut any more. quite often we are told to make

efficiency savings, those efficiency savings has been made and we are at a critical time when schools are not able to set sustainable budget. the government i think they have invested record amounts, by 2020, 40 £3 billion, and this is one of the best—funded education systems in the world. this is not the picture you're painting? that is likely disingenuous from the government, technical editor say there are another half a million students in education. of course budgets are higher, inflation is higher, but the money is not getting down to schools and were not able to recruit teachers. the government to buy their own admission had failed to meet recruitment targets for teachers that a mid—last five years. we're ina teachers that a mid—last five years. we're in a crisis situation. this is a perfect storm in terms of funding and teacher recruitment and we are keen the government listens. where not a radical bunch of people, this is the first time i have ever taken

pa rt is the first time i have ever taken part ina is the first time i have ever taken part in a demonstration. we really wa nt part in a demonstration. we really want the government to listen and notjust come out want the government to listen and not just come out with the same rhetoric that education is being funded at record levels. thank you for joining funded at record levels. thank you forjoining us. the government has said standards are improving in classrooms but head teachers as saying in real terms they are struggling to make ends meet. thank you. us billionaire and tech entrepreneur elon musk has been charged with fraud by financial regulators. they allege the boss of tesla deliberately misled investors this year when he tweeted that he planned to take the electric car company private by buying back its shares. mr musk has called the action unjustified and the board say they're fully confident in his leadership of the company. kim gittleson reports from new york. it all began as it so often does these days, with a tweet. this one

had two problematic words — funding secured. the problem? according to the us regular letters, elon musk didn't actually have the money. in fact, you can even gotten around to asking any investors to put up the cash. sing you have funding when you don't, well, according to the sse, that is the definition of fraud. and no—one, they say, gets away with that. even charismatic space explorers. neither celebrity starters or a rib edition provide protection from the law. elon musk has called the lawsuit and justified and said he is deeply saddened and disappointed. but mr musk‘s credibility with investigators is wearing thin, especially after he smoked marijuana ona especially after he smoked marijuana on a radio show and provoked a libel suit battery sent e—mails to a journalist accusing a british cave

diver of being a paedophile. and the tesla itself has been struggling to meet production targets. when you add a fraud lawsuit from america's financial regulator, it's add a fraud lawsuit from america's financial regulator, its and often make even mr musk‘s biggest fans to wonder if the tesla co—founder‘s wild ride is about to come to a screeching halt. the m40 in warwickshire has been closed in both directions after a crash involving three goods vehicles and a separate lorry fire. highways england warned the motorway could remain shut between warwick and henley—in—arden for the rest of the day following the 4am pile—up. warwickshire police posted this footage on social media showing emergency crews tackling the lorry fire. now it's time for a look at the weather. breaking news — adam price has been declared the new leader of plaid cymru. that has just

been announced in the last few seconds. he was one of two challengers to leanne woods, who has led the party since 2012. adam price, justin last few moments, declared as leader and i think we can hearfrom him. he speaks welsh. well, mr price had called for change in the party. he said this change couldn't be put off. joins the welsh assembly in a by—election in 2013, previously a reporter for bbc wales. and he has just

previously a reporter for bbc wales. and he hasjust been previously a reporter for bbc wales. and he has just been declared previously a reporter for bbc wales. and he hasjust been declared in previously a reporter for bbc wales. and he has just been declared in the last 30 seconds as the new leader of plaid cymru. one of the two challengers to leanne wood who has led the party since 2012, saying she would welcome the challenge. that announcementjust would welcome the challenge. that announcement just made, as would welcome the challenge. that announcementjust made, as you can see, in cardiff, in the last few moments. and we are going to be hearing more on that leadership contest hearing more on that leadership co ntest a nd hearing more on that leadership contest and the announcement of adam price as the new leader of plaid cymru ina price as the new leader of plaid cymru in a few minutes. now we look at the weather. a much fresherfield a much fresher field things today. we've seen a good deal sunshine around and further sunshine through afternoon. on the satellite, more cloud this afternoon. clearing through nicely. more cloud in northern ireland and scotland, some

sunshine. the odd shower. dry and bright weather in england and wales but feeling fresher than it did yesterday. temperatures a maximum of 17 degrees in the south and in the low teens further north. tonight, strengthening winds in scotland. outbreaks of rain in the far north. try with clear skies, a touch cooler. a cool but bright start to the day. a good deal of sunshine around. in northern ireland and scotland, outbreaks of rain in the north—west. blustery in the north, high pressure in control in england and wales. good spells of sunshine, temperatures a maximum of 18 celsius. this is bbc news.

our latest headlines... the parents of a 15 year—old girl who died of an allergic reaction to a pret a manger baguette have demanded a change in laws on food labelling. donald trump urges senators to approve his supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, after thejudge denied accusations of sexual assault. borisjohnson sets out his own plan for brexit, arguing that the uk should "chuck chequers" and negotiate a canada—style free trade deal instead. around 1,000 head teachers from england and wales protest against what they say is the chronic under—funding of schools. more now on the news that the coroner at the inquest into the death of teenager — who died from an allergic reaction after eating a pret a manger baguette — has criticised the company's food labelling. fifteen—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse had a fatal reaction to sesame contained in the baguette that wasn't listed on the packaging. holly shaw is an allergy nurse with allergy uk — she'sjoins us via webcam from sicup. thank you very much for taking the

time to speak to us today. a number of criticisms of the coroner made of pret, including that its food labelling in fridges, where sandwiches and baguettes are contained, was not clear or obvious enough. what do you take away from this coroner's verdict? well, we support the recommendations that these regulations need to be reviewed. the allergic person or customer visiting these outlets need to have accurate and clear information on what is contained in a food so they can make safe choices. and we heard natasha's father so that the law played russian roulette with his daughter ‘s life and said that food labelling laws were not fit for purpose, would you go as strongly as bad? would you

ee, you go as strongly as bad? would you agree, that they are not fit for purpose? we support the current regulations are inadequate, that large retail food regulations are inadequate, that large retailfood business regulations are inadequate, that large retail food business outlets, serving very high turnovers of customers, need to step up to the mark and provide accurate allergen labelling for customers to make an informed choice. people need to understand that allergy is a very real thing and there can be very severe consequences as a result of not getting accurate information. there is no cure for allergy avoidance of the food that you're allergic to, information is really important for the choices that people need to make, for those who live day—to—day with food allergies. ido live day—to—day with food allergies. i do not know if you keep a record or compile complaints from people who say that they have bought an item of food in a shop, whether a

sandwich shop or elsewhere, and they have suffered an allergic reaction because something they are allergic to has not been labelled as being contained in that food item? we do not keep statistics on that kind of information, but we do take course to our helpline at allergy uk and those who contact us as a patient organisation supporting those with allergies, food labels are a very important part of how people make decisions on what they eat. we need to be mindful that the ingredients in food labels can change from time to time. even when somebody has previously eaten a food, that they we re previously eaten a food, that they were safe to the allergens in that, food stew change, labelling is an important part of managing a food allergy on a daily basis. we saw the response from pret a manger today, they say they have listened carefully to everything that

natasha's family said at the inquest and are promising a meaningful change. i'm sure that you would encourage all companies who are selling food to re—examine their food labelling policies, even before, if there is to be a change in the law, they would not wait for the law to say that they must do this, but they would do this voluntarily? absolutely. the communication is key, in the way that allergen information is portrayed to customers, when they request that information, it is so important. it is the breakdown in communication that often leaves people stuck. that is where we have problems with regards to allergic reactions and unfortunately, in this case, the severe consequence of that. holly, thank you for speaking to us today. oli shaw, and allergy nurse with allergy uk. —— holly shaw. hard—left former politician derek hatton says he has applied

to rejoin the labour party, 33 years after he was kicked out by the then—leader neil kinnock. in the 1980s, as deputy leader of liverpool city council, mr hatton set an illegal budget which exceeded its income by £30 million. it led to political turmoil in the city. mr hatton was denounced by mr kinnock in 1985 for sending redundancy notices by taxi to thousands of council workers. he was then expelled from the party for belonging to the left—wing militant tendency, which critics said made the labour party unelectable. earlier i spoke to derek hatton, who says thatjeremy corbyn has inspired him to rejoin the labour party. i never thought in my lifetime i would see a socialist prime minister in waiting, which is what we have got with jeremy corbyn. i felt last week at the conference, the mood and the enthusiasm, there was a real feeling that the party was on its way forward. i think it is a fascinating

time in history. one that i perhaps thought i would never see. is it aboutjeremy thought i would never see. is it about jeremy corbyn, thought i would never see. is it aboutjeremy corbyn, for you? or is it people like labour frontbencher dawn butler, using your 1980s slogan, it is better to break the law than break the poor? the 1980s was a long time ago, it was made a third 1993, the time i got elected, there's probably nothing i would do different. on may the 3rd this year, there are quite a few things i would do differently as the world is different. liverpool was different, with the docs and factories closing down. the government taking more and more money away. it was at a time when we had literally no alternative but to have that sort of fight. the situation is different now. would you describe yourself as militant still? there is a lot of analogy, with how theresa may is treating government cuts in places like

liverpool. i was a socialist then in liverpool. i was a socialist then in liverpool and i am a socialist now. in my 33 years and neverjoined or campaigned for all voted for any other party than the labour party. i was brought up to believe the labour party was the political arm of the trade union movement and i believe that now. it was encouraging to see jeremy corbyn on picket lines all the time, he is there supporting workers. you can see that we have a leader who is actually beginning to ta ke leader who is actually beginning to take a stand. i have never seen it before. are you still ambitious for public office? do you have plans for the public office? i'm 70 years old and at this moment in time i have no plans whatsoever. i'm just looking forward to getting involved again. you intend to be vocal in terms of your support of getting jeremy corbyn into downing street, is what you're saying? no, you are right,

i'm a big supporter ofjeremy corbyn but the most important thing we all have in front of us now is to get him elected into downing street and a labour government, and get rid of this rotten tory government we have in power. and what is your position on brexit? at the annual conference in the last few days, labour decided to keep their options open on a people's vote, where do you stand on that? i only marginally voted to remain. the european union is not brilliant. i felt that it is better to be in rather than out. it is a difficult one, the vote has been taken. a lot of lines were taken by brexit. you can understand people wanting the people's vote and what goes with that but my priority is to see a labour government in. derek hatton speaking to the earlier today. banks, insurers and phone companies are facing an investigation into how they treat long—standing customers,

after citizens advice said being loyal was costing consumers more than £4 billion a year. the charity has lodged a "super—complaint" with the competition and markets authority. it means the cma now has 90 days to come up with ideas for dealing with the issue. here s more from our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. it's an effort, shopping around every year for everything, just to get a saving. older customers like this over 50s group in southend in essex, are particularly loyal. providers know it and make more money. it means we have got to put in the effort and those of us who aren't savvy with the internet have a lot of trouble changing from one thing to another. i think they should give us something off if you have been there for years. i phone the company, they say yes, we will do something for you and immediately take that money off until i am back to what i was paying and i think that is wrong. citizens advice says the extra cost of sticking with your mortgage providerfor a year after their opening deal expires, along with a mobile contract, broadband, home insurance

and shrinking interest on savings, woudl add up to a loyalty penalty of £877 if you carried on with all them. here, there's support for the charity's super—complaint, which forces the competition authorities to take a look. well, that's exactly the problem. it is unseen. most people are not aware they're paying this loyalty penalty, if they were they would take some action to switch. this is basically a systematic scam where companies are taking advantage of the fact that we are not paying attention and are ripping us off on the basis of that. there are new rules coming in for mobile phone charges, plus a price cap on energy bills. but citizens advice wants more controls and less reliance on simply telling people to shop around. simon gompertz, bbc news, southend. after yesterday's dramatic testimony, the us senatejudiciary committee is due to decide whether to support brett kavanaugh‘s nomination as a supreme courtjudge. the decision will set the future

direction of lawmaking in the us. cbs news has been speaking to president trump's special counselor kellyanne conway — and she was asked if the us president would call a delay to the nomination process. the sex crimes prosecutor, whom the republicans asked to come in and do the questions for dr ford respectfully, and patiently, that she would never have enough evidence in the court of law to prosecute the fbi has conducted six vets, six successful vetera ns fbi has conducted six vets, six successful veterans of brett kavanaugh successful veterans of brett kava naugh throughout his successful veterans of brett kavanaugh throughout his career. he has raised his right hand many times taking oath to the constitution and swearing to uphold the law. the most recent battering —— vetting of brett kavanaugh happened this summer, with the letter that dr ford allegedly sent to democrats asking for anonymity. that result is on the desk of every democratic senator,

they need to open it and look at it, they need to open it and look at it, they will not find anything on it that casts doubt except the most hardened partisan. —— heap provided evidence as to his qualifications and temperament to be on the supreme court. kellyanne conway. jen taylor was diagnosed with bone cancer after developing a lump on her topjaw. she had to undergo a 16 hour operation to remove half herface. her face was then rebuilt using bone from the shoulderblade. as you can see from these pictures, jen decided to photograph her incredible recovery as her appearance was restored. she's been sharing her story joanna gosling on this morning's victoria derbyshire programme. icame i came over quite hectic, it was not the usual, well, there is no usual when it comes to cancer or treatment. it was monday to friday, 24 hours a day, connected up to this stuff. the amazing thing about the

way ucla does this with patients with this extent of chemo, you get backpacks. you feel like backpacks and bags with all of your chemo and water, send you up into the nhs hotel next door, and you have the ability to, as much as you can, live and feel like you are not lying in a hospital ward. it kept me going, really. having that. and you went from that into this surgery, and going into it, what were you told to expect? you are told the details, before you go into surgery you have to sign off, they explained what they were going to do. you know they will cut out the cancer, cut part of your jaw and shoulder, will cut out the cancer, cut part of yourjaw and shoulder, but you never know what they're going to do until you get in there. did they not know the extent of how much they would cut away? until they get in and cut it out, they thought they may have to cut my face, i was very lucky

when i woke up to find they had not. it's just amazing, but a lot of things, like this may happen, this may not happen, we cannot tell, they prepare you for everything. you wake up prepare you for everything. you wake up and your whole face has been taken out here... said they did not cut out your facebook removed the bone and lead? they've removed the roof of my mouth, incredible. they thought at one point they would have to cut into my nostril but i'm very lucky they managed not to do that. they took the bone, muscle and blood supply from your shoulder to reconstruct it. everything happened in one operation? yes, unfortunately for me my first operation, part of it failed so i was rushed back into surgery to take the vein from my leg and reconnect that up through my neck. because of the flap, what they call it, started dying. they rushed

me back in. i had a 16 hour and then a ten hour surgery. you took pictures of yourself, why? was that for others or you? when i was first diagnosed, i was very much about being open with everything. i started a blog and had instagram photos. i want people to understand the reality of what this is. you see me now and you don't know what i'd been through, i wanted people to understand that. i thought it was important to have that. as time went on and! important to have that. as time went on and i was taking them, it became an important part of my recovery. day—to—day, you don't think anything has got better. you are still sitting there, swollen, with all of these problems. you could be thinking, this will never get better. but then i'd take a photo and go, my god, i have come so far. the headlines on bbc news: two years after the death of a teenager who ate a pret a manger baguette containing sesame seeds, the coroner rules

that the company's food labelling was inadequate. president trump has backed thejudge he's nominated for the united states' top court after a dramatic hearing into allegations of sexual assault. borisjohnson has attacked the prime minister's brexit plan, saying it would cheat the electorate, and he's put forward an alternative strategy for a free—trade deal with the eu. brazilians head to the polls next weekend in the first round of elections to choose a new president. the frontrunner is jair bolsonaro — often referred to as brazil's donald trump — who supporters say is the only politician who can save the country from chaos and spiralling crime. his main opponent is fernando haddad, from the left—wing workers party. our south america correspondent katy watson reports now from porto alegre, where bolsonaro has huge support. this part of brazil is full of

tradition. these gauchos, as people are known here, are proud of their rural heritage and roots. conservative values matter. you can see at ap —— you can see it at brazil's oldest gun club, people here are fed up. they are taking aim at the state of the country and learning how to defend themselves in the absence of a government able to protect them. this man shows me a video. four months ago he was held up, if he had not shot back at the attackers, he says, he has no doubt they would have killed him and his wife. translation: the words order and progress are written on the brazilian flag. there is total disorder and chaos in this country. we have reached a rule it. it is practically civil war. dempsey says this is the only person who can save brazil —jair this is the only person who can save brazil — jair bolsonaro. the far

right politician has won millions of fa ns right politician has won millions of fans with promises of gun laws. even from his hospital bed, where he is currently recovering from a stabbing,jair currently recovering from a stabbing, jair bolsonaro has been making his trademark gun gesture. he is controversial, he said. —— he said he would rather have a dead sun than a gay one. but this all washes over his supporters. translation: than a gay one. but this all washes over his supporters. translatiosz the only way forward for our country. he is honest and clean with political experience. he represents security, and we need change. jair bolsonaro has a cult following, nicknamed the legend by his fans, his opponents described him as a danger to democracy. brazilians are all fed up with the same thing, corruption, crime and a slowing economy. few politicians have an a nswer economy. few politicians have an answer on how to solve them, which is why perhaps the people here want something new and radical to shake

things up. but his approach to politics does not sit comfortably with everyone. he is different, and thatis with everyone. he is different, and that is why i worry. he is not afraid to say what he thinks, and what he thinks is bad for women and 95v what he thinks is bad for women and gay people, and trans people, and black people. i worry about this. back at the gun club, new member casierra is perfecting her shop. she is pretty upbeat about the future and looks to the us as an example of what to follow. translation: trump is changing the us, isn't he? people are resistant to change as they are out their comfort zone. trump is seen as controversial but i think he's doing a greatjob. jair bolsonaro will do the same. but brazil is bitterly polarised. these are the most uncertain elections in decades and, depending on who wins, the future for these brazilians is

pretty unclear too. killer whales are at serious risk because of persistent chemical pollution in the environment, researchers have warned. a new study suggests the long—term viability of more than half of the different orca groups around the world is now in question. the scientist fear some populations, such as those around the uk, gibraltar, brazil, and japan, are almost certainly doomed. victoria gill reports. the ultimate marine predator is falling prey to an invisible threat — manufactured chemicals lingering in the ocean. polychlorinated biphenyls, or pcbs, that were once used to heat—proof everything from electrical components to paint and glue, are leaching into the marine environment and are found at toxic levels in the bodies of killer whales. the pcbs alone, no other threat, just the pcbs alone, is enough to cause the extinction of more than half of the world's killer whale populations, which is really devastating, really. this is a killer whale apocalypse. polychlorinated biphenyls

are extremely stable, heat—resistant chemicals. they were used in a huge range of products, including paints and sealants, until research revealed them to be toxic. they were widely banned in the 1980s. their legacy, though, has proven just as toxic. the un estimates that 14 million tons of pcbs have yet to be disposed of safely, and they may still be leaking from landfill sites today. in the ocean it's killer whales, apex predators, who suffer the worst consequences. it's killer whales' position at the very top of the marine food chain that leaves them particularly exposed to these chemicals. killer whales eat everything in the sea from penguins to seals to even other species of whale and because pcbs are everywhere in the environment, they're in every marine animal, so each contaminated meal is another dose of these chemicals. they are also transmitted from mother to calf, pollution passed from generation to generation.

but, while this study forecasts a bleak future for many killer whale populations, scientists hope it will also provide a catalyst to clean up this chemical legacy, ensuring that populations that escaped it will continue to thrive. victoria gill, bbc news. special events are taking place across bbc tv, radio and online for bbc music day — a celebration of the power of music to change lives. one way we know music can have an impact is in soothing the signs of dementia and alzheimers— and today the bbc launches a new "music memories" website to connect patients with the songs they love — as our entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. lorna whittaker lives with dementia. but one thing that always puts a smile on herface is music. that was an old one!

for the last eight years and lillyburn care home just north of glasgow, they've been creating music playlists for each resident with dementia, made up of their favourite songs. lorna, you seemed to enjoy that singing there? well, i do! what kind of memories is it bringing back? all these nice ones. and the results have been startling. medicine can be a quick fix for people, perhaps with dementia, but for lorna in particular, we try music before medicine. music has helped bring about a 60% drop in the use of sedating drugs in the care home, and playlists are being prescribed by gps. this is actually being treated as seriously as medication? yeah, because we realise it's a big

issue with people with dementia, and if we can control their distress and agitation, it makes a big difference to their quality of life. to help people create playlists for loved ones with dementia, the new digital platform, bbc music memories, has been launched to tie in with bbc music day. it's really good, isn't it? i know. at a monthly dementia cafe in hamilton, school pupils were showing couples, one of whom has dementia, how easy the platform is to use. i'll say to him, "where are your slippers?" and he'll lift a cup, but he remembers these kinds of things, no problem. i would recommend anybody who's going to visit someone in a care home, hospital or going to see their gran, get it out, have a wee play, have a wee listen, and particularly listen out for the tv theme tunes. and this is only the beginning. a commission of health and music experts is calling for every person

in the uk with dementia to have their own playlist by the end of 2020. that's a nice cheery one, isn't it? music memories, colin paterson with that report. in a momentjane hill has the one o'clock news, but first let's have a look at the weather with lucy martin. hello there, a much fresh appeal to the weather today. especially across england and wales, temperatures have taken a england and wales, temperatures have takena dip. england and wales, temperatures have taken a dip. it comes with a good deal of blue skies, this photo sent in from deal of blue skies, this photo sent infrom a deal of blue skies, this photo sent in from a weather watcher in st peter port, guernsey. plenty of blue sky in this gorgeous photos sent in bya sky in this gorgeous photos sent in by a weather watcher in penrith, cumbria. we do see dry and bright

weather through the rest of today. this area of high pressure is firmly sitting across the uk. but as we go through the evening and overnight, we start to see things turning that bit windier in scotland, a risk of showery outbreaks of rain further north in scotland. but elsewhere, a good deal of clear skies. that allows temperatures to fall away. your chilly night, a touch of frost in the countryside for england and wales, the odd patch of mist and fog. the north west holds on to warmer temperatures, we have some cloud and strengthening a breeze. but we are looking at a chilly night. a fine and bright start to tomorrow, a good deal of sunshine first thing. it spells of sunshine tomorrow, cloud increases from the north—west, in northern ireland and scotland, patches of rain in the north—west as well. temperatures not particularly warm, highs of 14 degrees in the north. more like 16

or 17 degrees in the north. more like 16 or17 in degrees in the north. more like 16 or 17 in england and wales. overnight saturday into sunday, this weather front works further south and east. not a good deal of rain on it, the odd patch though of drizzle here and there. it starts the day on sunday, across northern parts of wales and in northern england. gradually sinking south and east through the day on sunday, breaking up through the day on sunday, breaking up as it does so. sunny spells developing, some showers pushed north and west. a brisk north—westerly breeze. looking cooler as we move into sunday, temperatures largely in the mid teens. as we move through the weekend, it isn't looking too bad. a good deal of dry weather. north and west with outbreaks of rain. blustery there and some sunshine, particularly on saturday across england and wales. pret a manger is heavily criticised by a coroner for inadequate labelling after the death of a 15—year—old girl who suffered an allergic reaction to one of its sandwiches. the family of natasha

ednan—laperouse have just released footage of her on the plane before she fell ill. her father says labelling laws played russian roulette with his daughter's life, and that urgent change is needed. it is clear that the food labelling laws as they stand today are not fit for purpose and it is now time to change the law. natasha's inquest should serve as a watershed moment. pret a manger says it will ensure "meaningful change"