you're watching bbc news at nine with me annita mcveigh. the headlines: ido i do hereby declare that lisa forbes is duly elected as a member of parliament... labour sees off a challenge from the brexit party to win the peterborough by—election with a slim majority labour's candidate says she won on local issues — notjust brexit. it did come up, but not as much as people think it might have done. they care about getting a gp appointment, fly—tipping and litter thatis appointment, fly—tipping and litter that is all over the community. brexit is the defining issue of our age. labour won because they have data and because they know who they are voters are in the constituency and they managed to turn enough of them out.

the conservatives came third as theresa may formally stands down as party leader but stays on as pm for now. women who suffer domestic abuse are three times more likely than other women to develop a serious mental illness — according to new research. major changes to overdrafts as banks and building societies are told they can no longer charge fixed overdraft fees. the eighth women's world cup begins in paris today — with hosts france taking on south korea. and britain'sjohanna konta is in action at the french open this morning — aiming to become the first british woman to reach a tennis grand—slam final in 43 years. good morning, and welcome

to the bbc news at nine. labour has narrowly won the peterborough by—election — holding off a challenge from the brexit party. union activist lisa forbes took 31% of the vote, beating the brexit party's mike greene by 683 votes. the conservatives came third with 21%, while the liberal democrats were fourth with i2%. the by—election was called after the former labour mp fiona onasanya, who was expelled from the party earlier this year, was removed from the seat after losing a recall petition. more now from our political correspondent iain watson. a result that seemed to be on a knife—edge. and i do hereby declare that lisa forbes is duly elected... cheering and applause but it was labour that cut through. a narrow victory over the brexit party, a majority of 683, with the conservatives in third place. the result seemed to be on a knife—edge all night. sometimes the brexit party felt they were ahead, sometimes it was labour.

labour supporters are delighted that they've held on to this seat. although their vote has tumbled since the last general election. this a seat that used to be a two—horse race between labour and the conservatives. tonight it was a two—horse race between labour and the brexit party. they are delighted that they came out in front. brexit party supporters had high hopes but their leader, nigel farage, kept a low profile. six out of ten voters backed brexit here in the referendum but, in the end, just too few rallied to the new party. the new labour mp put her victory down to not banging on about brexit. it did come up but not as much people think it might have done. they care about being able to get a gp appointment, you know, the fly tipping and the litter that's all over the community, the police, the lack of police on the streets, drug dealing happening without fear of being caught. these are all the issues that people in peterborough spoke to me about and this is why i was campaigning on those issues. so labour hung on in peterborough, but a new party campaigning

on brexit has made a big impression butjust not enough to secure the first brexit party mp. iain watson, bbc news, peterborough. our correspondent navtej johal is in peterborough for us now. there are at least as many interpretations going on about this boat is one candidate standing in the by—election, so what is your analysis of how the panned out? absolutely, as you say, with 15 candidates for voters in peterborough to choose from there was no shortage of choice and bear in mind this was the third election in five weeks for the public here, but ultimately it was labour who triumphed and some would say against the odds, retaining a slim majority in winning byjust 683 votes ahead of nigel faraj and the brexit party. the focus seem to be on local

issues, education, health, crime as opposed to just purely brexit. but nigel farage analysis seem to be that it was still all about brexit. by any measure, brexit is the defining issue of our age. over 70% of people say it's the issue that makes them decide how they're going to vote. labour won because they had the data. they know who their voters are in this constituency, and they managed to turn enough of them out. we had energy and enthusiasm but because we're so new, we had no data at all. either way, two things happened last night. one, this result, where labour snuck in by a small number. secondly, there was a national opinion poll published last night by yougov, unbelievably putting the brexit party six points ahead in the national opinion polls. so whichever way you look at it, something very significant is happening. nigel farage still putting on a brave face there, but it was a

disappointing night for him and his party who many expected, because of the european election result would continue their momentum. for the conservatives, falling third in what has traditionally been a two horse race between conservative and labour, and the lib dems with a significant increase on their vote, tripling their vote compared to the general election. it will be interesting to see how the main parties respond to this. for example, what will conservatives think this means for the leadership prospects of the various candidates vying to replace theresa may, and what does labour think it means for how they should approach the next few months in politics. you are right. if the brexit party had one last night then there would have been potentially the momentum behind some of those candidates pushing for no deal you are running to be conservative leader or prime minister. in the end this is a parting gift for theresa may that she was not very keen on and

finishing third in the by—election, but in the meantime, for the labour party, they have scored what for many would be a surprising victory. we understand jeremy corbyn will be here later and he is expected to be in buoyant mood following the surprise victory, but in terms of what could have happened if the brexit party had won last night it would potentially have been pressure on him to change his stance on brexit which for many has been quite confusing over the last few weeks and months but instead he will be in and months but instead he will be in a very good move after lisa forbes triumph for labour last night —— very good mood. professor sirjohn curtice has analysed the figures from yesterday's by—election. he explained their significance and what they could mean for any future general election. roughly speaking what you would have expected given where the labour party stands in the national polls at the moment i'm given what happened in this constituency in the

euro election two weeks ago so the first and crucial thing to realise is that the brexit party, according to the polls, is a significant player and on average are pulling in about 25% and that 25% is about seven points down on what the brexit party achieve in the national european elections. given that they got 37% of the vote in the constituency in the euro election of peterborough then we would expect them to get 30% last night but in them to get 30% last night but in the end they ended up at 29. the labour party, although it's only running at about 23% on average in opinion polls, that is nine points up opinion polls, that is nine points up on what it achieved in the european election and if you add nine points to the 22 that the labour party we should have got in the euro election, you end up at 31, which is exactly what labour got. that 31% is the lowest share of the vote that has ever been sufficient

to wina vote that has ever been sufficient to win a by—election in post—war electoral history so here in fact is a resort —— results that gives clear evidence that what the polls have told us about what the legacy of the european elections is for westminster is actually roughly right and that is a picture that says that the brexit party is a substantial challenge are running around a quarter of the vote but its less tha n around a quarter of the vote but its less than it got in the european elections and that means in many places, if you were to achieve that ina places, if you were to achieve that in a general election, it could still lose out narrowly in many a constituency, just as it did in peterborough, but equally it also shows that the conservatives who ran third, they did better than the european elections but even so the 26% drop in the vote compared to the general election of two years ago was clear evidence of how the brexit party is doing damage to their

prospects in the general election and the conservatives will have to deliver brexit before they can face the electorate. meanwhile the liberal democrats doing better than two years ago, down a bit on where they were in the european elections so they were in the european elections so they equally can't expect to do quite as well as they did in the european elections, but they are significant player and at the moment across the uk, for westminster we have four parties all of whom are not that far apart from each other and now we wait to see over the course of the summer whether this legacy of the european election remains in place or whether support for brexit and maybe for the liberal democrats does fall away but at the moment a very clear legacy, not as dramatic as the european election, but more than enough to disturb the regular rhythms of british 2—party politics. theresa may officially stands down as leader of the conservative party today.

she announced her resignation last month, but will remain in downing street as prime minister until her successor has been chosen. the race to find the next leader officially begins next week, although eleven mps have already announced they will be running for thejob. we can go to westminster now and talk to our political correspondentjessica parker. it has been a big week for the prime minister, obviously the state visit of donald trump and her part in that and her part in the d—day 75th anniversary celebrations on the factory is stepping down as leader of the party almost seems like a low— key footnote of the party almost seems like a low—key footnote to weak, doesn't it? it will be very low key. there isn't going to be a big moment today and theresa may is not going to walk out and make a big speech on the steps of downing street. downing street said it has already happened. what we may get and it's not clear whether we will see it are an exchange of letters between theresa may and the chairs of the backbench

1922 committee and so announcing her resignation as conservative party leader but it is important to stress what it means. theresa may will stay on as prime minister until her successof on as prime minister until her successor is chosen and until she goes to see the queen to hand in her resignation and she is staying on as prime minister, still in charge of the time being but a lot of people would suggest she is now essentially a lame—duck prime minister and she will even be acting leader of the conservative party till the process of choosing her successor is finished. the issue that has been her undoing, brexit is putting pressure on other conservatives. the ones who were opposed to no deal and they are facing fresh challenges, so tell us more about that. there are two figures to talk about here, dominic grieve, the former attorney general, he has had something of a battle with his local conservative association and thejustice secretary, david gauke in trouble

with the local conservative associations with the stance on brexit being seen as too soft and to clearup, brexit being seen as too soft and to clear up, the local association of dominic rubel discusses future and an activist, they are planning to vote to change his mind orforce him out down the line. if his party are seen to have no place for mps like himself, it does speak to a wider pressure in the conservative party and they do seem to be taking a strong line on brexit and important to say that none of these meetings 01’ to say that none of these meetings or motions can automatically see these mps removed but it does put pressure on them as individuals. so the leadership candidates will be

looking at the result of the peterborough by—election and considering, how do they move forward , considering, how do they move forward, do they try to do more brexit than the brexit party or take a different tack? you will have seen many times that when results come in people tend to interpret them in different ways and often in a way that may be suits the argument they have already been making. i noticed borisjohnson has already have already been making. i noticed boris johnson has already tweeted this morning saying that follow the peterborough by—election it is clear that the conservatives that they need to be out of the european union by the end of october, but nigel farage suggested that today the result shows we are entering a new phase of a four party or five party system and the message you're sending is, if you vote tory in an area like peterborough, you get labour and therefore a jeremy corbyn government so that is message he will push and from the conservative perspective what they will try to do is concentrate on getting the new leader in place, trying to get

brexit resolve and from this result it looks like they won't exactly be rushing to the prospect of a general election until the issue is resolved one way or another. jessica, thank you very much. some breaking news coming in in relation to the bomb planted under a police officer is car in northern ireland last weekend. the dissident republican group, the new ira, is claiming responsibility for planting the bomb. the device was discovered ata the bomb. the device was discovered at a golf club in east belfast and removed by bomb disposal experts. in a statement to a newspaper using a recognised code word, the new ira said it was behind the attempted attack and two cars linked to the incident were found on fire in north belfast subsequently and one of the vehicles was fitted with dublin number plates and as a result the police have begun a cross—border

investigation, so that is coming in from our island correspondence that the dissident republican group, the new ira has claimed responsibility for planting a bomb under a police officers car last weekend. labour claims a narrow win in the peterborough by—election — beating the brexit party by six—hundred—and—eighty—three votes women who suffer domestic abuse are three times more likely than other women to develop a serious mental illness — according to new research. major changes to overdrafts will come in to effect next april — with fixed overdraft fees scrapped. less tha n less than an hour to go before johanna konta plays in the semifinal of the french open hoping to be the first woman to reach the final air from the uk since sue barker. defensive errors cost england as they lost 3—1 to the netherlands and

they lost 3—1 to the netherlands and the five —— semifinal of the nation's league last night. they will face switzerland in a third—place play—off in the women's world cup begins today with france taking on south korea later. england ta ke taking on south korea later. england take on scotland in their opening group game on sunday. more to come on those stories later in the hour. women who suffer domestic abuse are three times more likely than other women to develop a serious mental illness, according to researchers at birmingham university. data collected anonymously by doctors also suggests the scale of violence against women by partners is hugely under—recorded. lauren moss has more. it is described as an insidious crime that affects one in four women in england and wales. now new research suggests that domestic abuse is not only unrecorded by doctors, but victims are also three times more likely to develop a mental illness.

we know that over half of women that have experienced physical or sexual violence will meet the diagnostic criteria for at least one mental health disorder. that can range from stress and anxiety to ptsd to serious mental health conditions. domestic abuse was recorded in just 0.5% of more than 90,000 anonymous patient records, far lower than crime figures indicate. researchers say this could be the tip of the iceberg and are calling for a better screening process. one of the reasons why this piece of work is so important is with such significant underreporting, gps and health professionals and primary care can do a lot to support survivors of domestic abuse and this could possibly mean then a huge cohort of women with a serious unmet mental health need who we could support. the royal college of gps say doctors are highly trained to understand the signs of domestic abuse but often it can be well hidden. earlier this year the government published its draft

domestic violence bill. charities hope that these findings could influence future policy and raise awareness about the women suffering in silence who may not have been getting the help they really need. the financial watchdog has ordered banks to overhaul the way they charge for overdrafts. the financial conduct authority says the reforms are needed to fix, what it calls, "a dysfunctional market". one change will mean banks and building societies are stopped from charging more for unarranged overd rafts. our economics correspondent dharshini david is with me now, to tell us more. the financial conduct authority calling it the biggest overhaul in a generation so explain what is happening first of all. basically, these are big changes for people who go overdrawn and that might notjust be the vulnerable or the low income

amongst us because it even happens a lot amongst middle—class people as well where you go overdrawn, whether you have agreed it or not with your bank and you are effectively borrowing money from your bank. the financial conduct authority say that £21; financial conduct authority say that £2.11 billion that banks make from overdraft currently comes from 1.5% of customers, overwhelmingly from deprived areas and they say they wa nt to deprived areas and they say they want to do something about it. there are two types of overdraft, authorised and unauthorised and that is when you agree with a bank that you will go overdrawn and you will know what you will be charged for that overdraft. the main problem for many people arises when you get into an unauthorised overdraft charge. people go further and they get charge a lot of money and they often do not know what they are being charged so what they are saying now is that banks will not be allowed to charge a different rate for unauthorised overdraft for authorised ones and they will ban banks from charging a fixed daily rate, the £5 a day you might see on

your bank statement, or monthly rates for unarranged overd rafts. they are also putting pressure on lenders to only charge fees for refused payments in line with the actual cost to lenders. what they are doing is bringing it in line with what people can afford and the average payment now is £5 per day and they are planning on bringing it down to 20p and that is if you're overdraft is £100. on the face of it, good news for people who use an overdraft facility, whether it is authorised or not. but the suspicion will be that the banks have to claw back the money some other way. so what are they saying? the bank still have to make a profit on the 2.4 billion a year they were making from overdraft according to the financial conduct authority is is a lot of money so the question arises about how they make the money otherwise and in terms of what the banks are saying, these changes coming into effect in april next year, we kind of knew about them already and banks have already starting to make

changes. we had comments from uk finance and they said that overdraft provide a convenient way for customers to soothe their cash flow and there is a competitive market with over 96 products and they urge people to speak to their bank and organise an overdraft in advance to make sure payments are honoured. in the last few minutes the leade of the labour party, jeremy corbyn, has been giving his response to labour's narrow win in the peterborough by—election. he was asked whether he was concerned by the fall in labour's share of the vote in the constituency. we had a fantastic candidate, campaign and the people of peterborough rejected austerity and rejected the no—deal brexit offered by the brexit party. i am delighted andi by the brexit party. i am delighted and i congratulate lisa forbes this morning. iam and i congratulate lisa forbes this morning. i am on my way to peterborough to tell her that in person and she will be a brilliant mp. does this show that there needs

a second referendum for labour question market shows that we have support all across the piece and across the country and we are ready for a general election whenever it comes and we will stop the tories taking this country to a no—deal brexit with all the threats to jobs that come with that. theresa may resigns as leader today. i don't know who the new leader is going to be. it seems to be a choice between no deal, no deal, no deal and no deal as far as i can understand it. our position is that there has to be good trade relations with europe in the future, whatever the relationship is in a political sense but there also has to be a government in this country that deals with the issues of inequality, inequality and injustice. we need investment in education, and our children's future and that has a big resonance and we are ready for a general election whenever it comes, and you know what, we are going to

win it. the brexit party had only four weeks of campaigning, so are you concerned about how close it was? our party campaigned very hard and we had unbelievable levels of hostility through much of the mainstream media in the campaign but the doorstep message on the message in the community carried the day and thatis in the community carried the day and that is what little power is about. we have beenjoined by labour mp andy mcdonald to further digest the results of last nights by—election victory for his party. good morning. obviously labour are very pleased by that wind because it was a tough fight. your candidate said she won by focusing on local issues but you nearly lost because of labour‘s handling of brexit, didn't you? well, we won, we didn't nearly lose, we won quite clearly against a very difficult political backdrop. brexit is there at the heart of this but it's also about the other issues confronting people

in their daily lives in terms of policing, social care, schools and the environment those were issues resonating on the doorstep but brexit is absolutely the key issue of ourtime and brexit is absolutely the key issue of our time and the party that came forward with the singular response to that, which is to leave the european union with no deal on the 31st of october did not prevail. the labour party did. and we are now moving into a new phase with a succession of tory candidates wanting to be the next prime minister who want to take as ever further to the right and a harder form of brexit is the competition between them. that would be an utter disaster for us and that is the only deal available. we have tried to mitigate and ameliorate the impact of leaving the european union but it hasn't been successful so we are looking down the barrel of a straight choice, no deal or remain and that has to go to the people and we have to have a referendum on that issue and let the people make their

minds up. mr mcdonnell, ifi may interrupt, labour has taken a while to definitively put out that view, hasn't it, about another vote and whether three years on from the european referendum whether people have changed their mind or not, so i wonder whether this result last night and over the course of the night and over the course of the night is our correspondent said sometimes it looked like the brexit party was about to win and at other times labour were more confident and of course labour won the day, but does this allow labour to say that it can compete in other constituencies by focusing mainly, chiefly, on local issues or now does the party have to come forward and say absolutely clearly and get the message across that it would back another vote? it is both. we've got to be crystal clear about our approach to the brexit issue and we have got to put forward our argument about the rejection of austerity to

make sure we are investing in communities, restoring those local services, so it is all of those things but we have to get that message across that coming out of the european union without a deal would be catastrophic for our economy, no deal means no steel, no chemicals, no nissan, no ford, no honda and that is what will result from crashing out of the european union and the evidence is there. this is not fear mongering or scaremongering. this is the reality. already chemicals and polymers companies on the continent are making preparations for the opportunity that a no—deal brexit presents to them and that means jobs there, it doesn't mean jobs presents to them and that means jobs there, it doesn't meanjobs here, it meansjob losses. there, it doesn't meanjobs here, it means job losses. there is a big debate as to what extent, depending which party you are from, to what extent brexit is responsible for the

significantjob extent brexit is responsible for the significant job losses we've extent brexit is responsible for the significantjob losses we've seen across a number of sectors in recent times but do you think we are now in a situation where we are more than a two party politics, which is what nigel farage has been contending. is the uk no longer about two party politics and is there a big fight between labour and the conservatives and the brexit party and indeed the lib dems as well? let's see what the brexit party comes forward with. thus far we have been told they are keen on breaking up the national health service and nigel farage's position is he wants to move to an insurance —based system and reduce workers' rights. ann widdecombe wa nts to workers' rights. ann widdecombe wants to put gay people into programmes to correct them or wait for some sort of scientific resolution of their condition. is that really the sort of country we wa nt that really the sort of country we want in the united kingdom in the 21st century? i think not. i think people treasure their national

health service and treasure our inclusive relationships across all sections of society and that should be rejected, but the economic downturn, they are kidding themselves if they think it is anything other than catastrophe coming for millions of people across the nation and for them to try and present it as otherwise is a com plete present it as otherwise is a complete and utter falsehood and over the weeks and months as we approach october that will be continuously exposed and companies like ford who are closing bridgend, yes, of course it's a difficult scene for the automotive industry as it migrates towards electric vehicles, but my goodness, we should be in the vanguard of the movement, but what is happening is companies are drawing in and relocating elsewhere because of the uncertainty and the downside that brexit brings to us. that is the inevitable reality, and when those industries, those sectors will face such considerable barriers to trade then we are inflicting such devastating

rules upon ourselves that it beggars belief that we would want to volunteer and embrace such an environment. it's not too late for us environment. it's not too late for us to draw back from the brink and let the people make that decision. when we analyse the labour vote from last night, down 17% on the last general election, were you trying to woo lib dems voters and green party voters, natural remainers with the argument that if you vote for us, tactically, you will keep the brexit party out. was that a big part of the fact that you won last night? i'm not so sure that was in play. we we re i'm not so sure that was in play. we were trying to tell it as it is to people and listen to their concerns andi people and listen to their concerns and i think that is what resonated. brexit is a huge issue, but all of the other domestic matters also were very much in play in the peterborough by—election and that is why lisa was so successful, because

she was able to listen to those concerns and make the argument that labour had the correct responses to this failed programme of austerity which is punishing everybody in every walk of life other than the richest in our society who are immune from it, as they would be from a catastrophic crash out of the european union. they would be ok. we need to be talking to the 99% who are being adversely affected because of domestic policy and those that will be affected, the same 99%, the ones who would suffer from any economic downturn on an industrial scale that will inevitably follow a no deal crash out. andy mcdonald, thank you very much for your time this morning. we will be hearing from layla moran and getting her reaction as the liberal democrat in a few minutes.

now let's find out what is coming up in the victoria derbyshire programme. we will have more on the fallout from the peterborough by—election and we will be joined by environmentalist ben fogel, who is encouraging all of us to give up one item of single—use plastic on world ocea ns item of single—use plastic on world oceans day. will you do it? let us know. now it's time for a look at the weather. things are looking mixed as weather. things are looking mixed as we head through the weekend. today we head through the weekend. today we have wet and windy weather waking up we have wet and windy weather waking up from the south. a big area of low pressure will be dominating our weather, so that is being as heavy rain and gusty winds and later in the day, some thundery showers. not everywhere is sing adverse weather. scotla nd everywhere is sing adverse weather. scotland and northern ireland are sunny for a good part of the day. but for england and wales, you can see that rain working northwards. most of us will see wet and windy weather, those winds are

strengthening through the afternoon. this evening, the rain becomes heavier in the south. thunderstorms, hailand a lot heavier in the south. thunderstorms, hail and a lot of rain in a short space of time across southern england, as well as gusty winds. still windy and showery on saturday, but things look a bit dry and a touch warmer by sunday. hello, this is bbc news.

the headlines: lisa forbes is duly elected. labour sees off a challenge from the brexit party to win the peterborough by—election with a slim majority. labour's candidate says she won on local issues — notjust brexit. it did come up, but not as much as people think it might have done. they care about being able to get a gp appointment, the fly—tipping and the litter that is all over the community. brexit is the defining issue of our age. labour won because they had the data. they know who their voters are in this constituency, and they managed to turn enough of them out. the conservatives came third as theresa may formally stands down as party leader, but stays on as prime minister for now. women who suffer domestic abuse are three times more likely than other women to develop a serious mental illness — according to new research.

major changes to overdrafts — as banks and building societies are told they can no longer charge fixed overdraft fees. the eighth women's world cup begins in paris today — with hosts france taking on south korea. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. well, as we've been discussing already this morning, labour has won the peterborough by—election in a closely—fought contest with the brexit party. nigel farage's party, which was hoping for its first mp, lost by just 683 votes — pushing the conservatives into third place. the liberal democrats came in fourth. the turnout was just over 48%. earlier this morning on bbc breakfast, talking to my colleague charlie stayt, brexit party leader nigel farage gave his reaction to the labour victory. it was neck and neck. labour won by a few hundred votes.

we are the new kids on the block and we launched only eight weeks ago today. it's a big showing. this was a two—horse race in this constituency. it was us against labour. if a few more conservatives had realised that if you really want brexit and you want to stop jeremy corbyn, in seats like this, unless you vote for the brexit party, labour are going to win. that will be a theme of politics that moves on from here. what i am certain of is that the old certainties of two—party politics are now broken. very interesting listening to labour's lisa forbes, who won. she said that she tried to effectively stay away from brexit and concentrate on issues that people told her really mattered. when am i going to get a doctor's appointment, when are the bins being collected, all of those things. actually, that was the reason that she won this by—election. do you accept that? do you accept some of what she said, which is that those things remain important? no.

you don't accept that at all? no, because there were local council elections which took place in peterborough on the 2nd of may. all of those things being talked about at local council levels. there is no question that they matter to people's lives. by any measure, brexit is the defining issue of our age. over 70% of people say it is the issue that makes them decide how they are going to vote. labour won because they had the data. they know who their voters are in this constituency, and they managed to turn enough of them out. we had energy and enthusiasm but because we're so new, we had no data at all. either way, two things happened last night. one, this result, where labour snuck in by a small number. secondly, there was a national opinion poll published last night by yougov, unbelievably putting the brexit party six points ahead in the national opinion polls. you were very quick to dismiss that notion that in a by—election,

as this was, or possibly in a general election, people would still be going on, "am i pro or anti brexit?" does it not give you pause for thought that if you are a single—policy party, then when it comes to a vote in a constituency, that isn't what people are going to do. does it not make you pause for thought on that? i repeat, it is the defining issue of british politics. do people care about other things? yes. when they voted here in peterborough on may 2nd in the local elections, were these the issues they voted on, who they believed to be the most competent to look after the roads and litter? of course they did. as time comes on and we head towards a general election, then of course i will talk more broadly about many other big national issues. but for now, until brexit gets decided one way or the other, this will define everything. well, the liberal democrats secured around 12% of the vote

in the by—election, up 9% on the 2017 general election. let's talk to the liberal democrat mp, layla moran, who is in oxford. are you pleased with your showing? we absolutely are. we were never expecting that we were going to win this by—election. this is a seat that voted 60% leave and even back in the ‘80s at the height of the alliance between the sdp and the liberals, that was always going to bea liberals, that was always going to be a tory— labour marginal. the fact that we increased our vote in the circumstances by 9%, translate that across the country and that is hundreds more seats for the liberal democrats. white mica but it does demonstrate how difficult it is going to be for you to crack constituencies like this, you look at the eu referendum vote, and voted to leave my 61%. so it is going to bea to leave my 61%. so it is going to be a huge challenge. what do you away in terms of efforts to make

further inroads in this type of constituency? a couple of things. first of all, we are never going to expect to win peterborough, but it does bode well for other seats that perhaps had a different balance of leave and remain. we learned a lot in that campaign. we built infra structure on the ground and hopefully, that will one day translate into local government seats. but more broadly, there are a lot of remain voters who voted for labour in that constituency to stop the brexit party getting in. that is partly why labour won. the fact that labour are now going around the country saying, that means that no one ca res country saying, that means that no one cares about brexit, that is just not true. there are huge numbers of remain voters who are going to be angry that the labour party are not taking from this that they need to deliver the people's vote they promised on the doorstep. the country is divided, we know that. it looks to me like the dividing line is clearer than ever. an insurgent brexit party that by the way, it's interesting that they didn't manage

to get over the top, given how well they did it in the europeans, but also given the controversy over the labour candidate and anti—semitic remarks. the fact that they didn't make it over the top is interesting. what we have left is this extreme division, and it is more evidence that what we need to get through this impasse is a people's vote. so in your opinion, there was a significant amount of tactical voting with natural lib dem voters moving to labour to keep the brexit party out. i put this to andy mcdonald, the shadow transport secretary, a moment to go, and he said that wasn't really in play as far as he was concerned. that is not what we were hearing on the ground. we think the natural vote for remain was higher and more people would have voted for us, but in this first past the post system, you are forced into these hobson's choices. 69% of people in that constituency didn't wa nt people in that constituency didn't want theirmp, people in that constituency didn't want their mp, route which goes to show how split the vote is between

different parties. for the labour party to just dismiss all the remain voters, who were trying to make sure the brexit party didn't win, is a gross miscalculation on their part. they now need to come fully on board with a second referendum, deliver the people's vote. that is the only way they will recover all of those votes. but i don't think they were there it and it will be our party that benefits. layla moran, thank you. the award—winning american musician, drjohn, has died of a heart attack at the age of 77. he was an influential member of the new orleans music scene, and created a unique blend of blues, pop and psychedelic rock that won him six grammy awards. he had an american top ten hit in 1973 with "right place, wrong time". he was inducted in to the rock and roll hall of fame in 2011.

tributes have been paid by many members of the music world. on twitter using the hashtag drjohn, on twitter using the hashtag #drjohn, blondie lead singer debbie harry shared this picture of herself alongside the six—time grammy winner ringo starr posted a picture of the two of them together saying: god bless dr john, peace and love to all his family i love the doctor, peace and love. the musician melissa etheridge was another artist to share a photo saying "rest in funky peace #drjohn, you were one of a kind." here is a quick look at what you are reading and watching on the bbc news app. this is numberfive on the must read list. it is about a large ebola outbreak in africa, but these are becoming the norm, says the world health organization. this is from our health and science because bond and james gallaher, explaining that the world is entering a new phase

where outbreaks of deadly diseases like ebola are the new normal. the democratic republic of congo is currently dealing with the second largest ever outbreak, just three yea rs largest ever outbreak, just three years at the world of‘s largest outbreak ended. the world health organization said countries and other bodies need to start preparing for a new deadly epidemics. and the story at number one in the most watched is inside the city liberated from militants. this is the city in the philippines. in may 20 —— 2017, jihadists loyal to the islamic state took the city of marawi by force. government forces have now liberated the city, but many people are displaced and much of the city is in ruins. this story tells the story of what has been going on there. that's it for today's morning briefing. sport now...and for a full round up,

from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good morning. johanna konta is due out on court at roland garros in the next 20 minutes, as she takes on marketa vondrusova for a place in the french open final — she's hoping to become the first woman since sue barker to win the competition. our tennis correspondent russell fuller is there. yes, i think the semifinals will be played today, but where they get through uninterrupted? very murky skies. spits of rain, but not enough to prevent them starting on time. to hannahis my third grand slam semifinal. she lost the first two to angelique kerber and venus williams.

angelique kerber and venus williams. a different proposition today, a bit ofan a different proposition today, a bit of an unknown quantity. they have played twice before, but how will the world number 38, who is more of a natural clay court than konta, cope with her first grand slam semifinal? it certainly feels like things are opening up for konta, given that simona halep is the first big name to be knocked out. that was a outstanding victory yesterday. i find it so difficult to pick a winner of the women's singles. konta has an excellent chance, no question, but so do the other three players who are in the draw. anisimova could win. but then again, it could well be konta. it makes it very exciting and wonderfully unpredictable. it does indeed. russell, many thanks for that. the women's world cup kicks off in france later with the hosts taking on south korea

before scotland and england begin their campaigns when the two sides meet in nice on sunday. jane dougall is there — lots to look forward to... beautiful conditions, we hope we get the same with johanna beautiful conditions, we hope we get the same withjohanna konta in paris later, but so much to look forward to. yes, we are here in this because both the england and scotland caps have their bases here. and both the teen hotels are just across the road from the speech, so not a bad place for the player to have some down time. but it all starts tonight in paris at the parc des princes, where the hosts france take on south korea. it is sold out, said thousands will watch as the hosts play them. france are one of the favourites of the tournament, possibly because so many members of their squad playfully on. but england are definitely the favourites for the tournament as well. they arrived on tuesday and trained on wednesday, and there is a genuine belief within the camp that they can go at least one better than

four years ago in canada, when they got to the semifinals. as for scotland, this is the first time they have ever qualified for a world cup, so theiraim they have ever qualified for a world cup, so their aim is to get into the group stages, and they face each other on sunday. a huge amount of interest in britain for that match. but no one can discount the world number ones. the usa are certainly the favourites overall for this tournament. they are such a dangerous side and they raise their game in tournaments. the difference between this world cup and previous ones is the visibility and publicity, almost 1 million ones is the visibility and publicity, almost1 million tickets have already been sold. it all sta rts have already been sold. it all starts tonight in paris. cabbages live on the bbc. moore from going to come before that big game —— coverage is live on the bbc. that opening match between france and south korea is live on bbc one tonight — kick off at 8 o'clock. england against scotland is also on bbc one on sunday, kick off in nice at 5 o'clock. and don't forget every world cup

match live across the bbc. and there's been a huge amount of optimism around the england men's team ever since their run to the world cup semi finals last year. but a 3—1 extra time defeat to netherlands saw them knocked out of the nations league semi finals. john stones gifting the dutch the lead after it finished 1—1 all in normal time and then with just a few minutes to go ross barkley also made a costly mistake in his own box. the result means the netherlands play portugal in the final, england have a third/fourth place play off with switzerland. and that's what the back pages have gone for this morning. the guardian says england gave it away. the express goes with "stones rolls over for the dutch". whilst the mirror says england sank like stones. couple of stories to bring you from chelsea this morning. they've gone to the court of arbitration for sport to appeal their two window transfer ban. they're currently now allowed to buy new players until the end of january next year, and failed with their first appeal to fifa. it's all to do with an investigation into signing foreign

meanwhile, eden hazard is on the verge of leaving chelsea. he's expected to complete a move to real madrid in the next few days in a deal worth around £88 million. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11.15. the us has been steadily increasing its military presence in the middle east since the beginning of may, when the trump administration said it needed to send a clear message to the iranian regime that any attack on united states interests — or on those of its allies — would be met with what it called "unrelenting force." our defence correspondent, jonathan beale has been granted access to the uss abraham lincoln, one of the american aircraft carriers now stationed in the gulf. america is flexing its military muscle. right up close to iran.

the bbc was among the first media to fly onto the uss abraham lincoln since its hasty deployment here to the arabian sea. a response, says the trump administration, to credible threat from the iranian regime. an aircraft carrier loaded with war planes is the most potent symbol of american military power and sailing close to iran, just over the horizon, this is notjust a deterrent, it is a warning too. the carrier and its dozens ofjets have also beenjoined by long—range b—52 bombers, as well as hundreds more troops in the region. the us insists it is not looking for a fight. but to iran, this all looks like sabre—rattling on steroids. so whatjustifies this response? i am absolutely convinced

the intelligence was credible and that is why we're here. iran was going to do something bad, was going to attack us forces? there was credible intelligence, and that's why we're here. what would happen if iran did do something? there would be immediate consequences. they are not revealing any more details about that intelligence and, whatever the thread, this is also part of a concerted effort to try to force iran to change its behaviour. the trump administration has already turned its back on an international deal on iran's nuclear programme, and stepped up sanctions instead. the message now is confrontation and that includes, if necessary, the use of military force. we are not looking for war. our key mission is deterrence. we are trying to add stability. however, if the united states is attacked, if our interests are attacked, then we will respond with unrelenting force. with tension simmering,

the biggest fear now will be miscalculation by either side, one possible reason why so far this aircraft carrier has not sailed through the narrow strait of hormuz, the closest point to iran. jonathan beale, bbc news, on the uss abraham lincoln. breaking news from the metropolitan police in relation to their investigation of the fire at them for power. the met police say 13 interviewed under caution have been carried out as part of that investigation into the fire at g re nfell tower investigation into the fire at grenfell tower and they say more are scheduled. the head of the new york police department has apologised for a notorious police raid on a gay bar that took place 50 years ago. it led to riots and was a major catalyst for the gay rights

movement. injune 1969, new york police raided the stonewall inn. the trouble is reported to have begun when a lesbian — who was being arrested — shouted at others, "why don't you do something?" the police commissioner has said the force's actions were wrong, pure and simple. a rather unusual court case in france has been delayed, in the hope that both sides can reach an entente cordiale. gareth barlow has the details. cockerels are the emblem of france, the sound that accompanies sunrise. but in one french village, two—year—old maurice is at the centre of a court case. translation: my clients just want peace and tranquillity. this is a secondary residence. they are retired. they want to be able to sleep until a normal time in the morning, and they would like the rooster in question closed in at night, as it is usually daylight that triggers the rooster‘s crow. at the heart of the argument that

maurice greets each morning a little too early to allow a lie—in. not so, says his owner. translation: he doesn't sing any more, actually. we have been wondering why. it's been said that he sings all the time, morning until night, which is not true. it has been proven be false. on thursday, the legal proceedings were delayed, maurice at home in his coop rather than in the dock. the hope now that both sides can settle out of court. maurice's case of mirrors a wider issue across french society, the sense of a growing gap between urban and rural france. while the outcome of the lawsuit is still uncertain, if maurice wins, he will surely have something to crow about. the discovery of three new frog species is exciting scientists in australia. researchers discovered the frogs in mountains that stretch

across west papua in indonesia and papua new guinea. the pinocchio frog is named after a distinctive spike on its nose, while a parachuting cousin has webbing on its tiny fingers that is used for gliding. another newly discovered species that lives high in the trees has been called the cheeky monkey frog. researchers of queensland museum say they can imagine this elusive amphibian laughing at them as they searched for it in the forest. now it's time for a look at the weather. we have got a spell of wet and windy weather to come in the next 24 hours. it's already started moving into southern counties. you can see it on the radar from this morning, gradually pushing its way north through today. this wet and windy weather is courtesy of this area of

low pressure. it is working its way north today and tonight. so i wet rush hourfor some of north today and tonight. so i wet rush hour for some of us this morning. the rain will continue to push north across northern england and into parts of central and southern scotland later in the day. further north in northern scotland and northern ireland, some sunny spells and the chance of one or two showers. we will see clearance behind their own further south. and with some brightness, that comes with some brightness, that comes with the risk of heavy and thundery downpours. if you catch one of those, there could be some disruption, spray on the roads and localised flooding. it will also turn increasingly windy, the black circles showing the wind gusts, gusts of 40 mph possible for southern parts of the country. this evening, the area of low pressure

continues to push north, and it continues to push north, and it continues as we go through tonight. overnight, the winds will strengthen. showers elsewhere. as we move into tomorrow, we will see further cloud around to begin for northern and central areas. there will be further showers in spells of rain. there will be more brightness further south, but also the chance of some showers. it is looking like a blustery day across the board. if you have outside plans, be aware of the winds. that area of low pressure sta rts the winds. that area of low pressure starts to work its way towards the north—east as we move from saturday into sunday. it means sunday is looking more settled. the winds will be lighterfor looking more settled. the winds will be lighter for sunday. still a chance of seeing some showers, particularly first thing in the

north and west. the showers become more widespread as we move through the day. but the winds will be lighter and the temperatures are not doing too badly. rain will move through in the next 24 hours.

hello, it's friday 7th june, it's 10 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. labour has narrowly won the peterborough by—election beating the newly formed prexit party by 683 votes. we had a fantastic candidate, campaign, and the people of peterborough rejected austerity and rejected the no—deal brexit being offered by the brexit party. the seat used to be a narrow race between labour and the conservatives, but this time the tories trailed in third place. we'll ask what the result means for the main parties. yesterday, the adolescent services part st andrew's healthcare unit in northamptonshire was put into special measures following a damning report. we'll get reaction from the family of a woman being looked after in a different part of the unit.

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