the headlines: a doctorfrom the headlines: a doctor from romford the headlines: a doctorfrom romford has been found two days to go — all the party guilty of sexually assaulting 23 leaders intensify their campaigning female patients. the 50 year though labour has a difficult day. convince patients to have in a leaked phone conversation, unnecessary checks and carried the shadow health secretary, john ashworth, says labour won't win and voters don't likejeremy corbyn. it's dire for labour. it's dire. it's a combination of corbyn and brexit. mr ashworth has apologised but insists he was justjoking. also tonight: guilty — the gp who sexually assaulted female patients, preying on their fears of cancer to carry out unneccessary examinations. hejust duped he just duped so many people, here's weaknesses, fears and took complete

advantage. new zealand volcano, six people have died. coming up on bbc news, liverpool are underway against rb salzburg as the holders try to secure qualification in the last 16 of the champions league. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. just two days to go now until decision day, and there's no let—up in the political campaigning, but it's been a difficult day for labour, with the leak of damning comments made in a secretly—recorded phone call by the labour shadow health secretary about jeremy corbyn.

jon ashworth said he couldn't see labour winning the election, their prospects are dire — abysmal — and added that voters can't stand mr cobyn and believe labour has blocked brexit. mr ashworth has apologised, but insists he was justjoshing about in the conversation. our political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest from the campaign trail. those nails might be nibbled down to the end by friday. this election matters so much in so many ways. the crowd in the cold in lancashire tried to keep warm with a song. yet it's hope, not confidence, here. i'm just hoping there is a miracle and that people are wrong and that labour people get out and vote. the tories are just not taking care of business. they're not taking care of the people of this country. a miracle will happen and, yeah, boris johnson will get his just desserts. eventually, the leader emerged. cheering.

don't get tired, get invigorated by the rain, get invigorated by the cold, get brisk in your walking, but also, knock on all those doors. and, on friday, you'll have an early christmas present. thank you very much. cheering. except, even in his home crowd, questions chase him. mr corbyn, can i ask you about jon ashworth's comments? do you agree with jon ashworth's comments that you can't win, mrcorbyn? one of his allies, jon ashworth, the shadow health secretary, was recorded by a tory friend suggesting labour can't win, and that mr corbyn could be a security risk in government. the conversation was leaked to a tory—supporting website. look, i've been going around these national places, it's dire for labour. it's dire. my strategy is to try and help as many of my colleagues back over the line. and i've been banging on about the nhs in their areas for them. but it's awful for them. and it is a combination

of corbyn and brexit. i was having a bit of banter... later, he awkwardly tried to laugh it off. you said more than once to him the situation for labour is dire. i know, because he is also saying, "0h, jeremy corbyn‘s going to win," so it's joshing around, and he's leaked it. i can't believe it. did his boss really think it was just a bit of fun? i've had a chat with jon ashworth, he called me straightaway. he is out there, campaigning for a labour government, defending our national health service and jon has my full support and i'm cool withjon, we get along great. after all this, labour seems right now only likely to square the circle if they have the snp support to put together a government. in exchange, she would say, for another vote on scottish independence. and they share a target. if scotland votes snp, we can make sure we lock boris johnson out of government. we can find an escape route from the mess

of brexit and, crucially, we can put scotland's future into scotland's hands. even if the lib dems' initial burst of enthusiasm has become a surge, every vote in the west country or elsewhere could make a difference. we recognise that this is a fight for the soul of our country, are we open or closed? are we generous or selfish? do we reach out and work with others or do we pull up the drawbridge? we can stop brexit and build a brighterfuture, thank you very much. going straight... boris johnson, though, is determined to blast through the other parties trying to block his path to a majority. subtle, he is not. nor was his dig at labour's embarrassment today. speaking at a factory owned by a tory donor. the other very relevant point that mr ashworth made was that jeremy corbyn wants to block brexit. and nor was his closing

message to the country. the same as on day one. we've only got 48 hours to get this thing done. i want you now to reflect on the gravity of the choice we have before us. i've never known a moment when the choice before us was so clear and so stark. even the tories' bus, though, tonight, faced its own obstacles with climate protesters gluing themselves to the vehicle. by their own admission, the conservatives are not yet home and dry. this has definitely been a tricky day for the labour party rather for the tories, tricky for the embarrassment ofjon the tories, tricky for the embarrassment of jon ashworth's remarks which were never meant to be in the public domain, but tricky because the ring true with some of the conversations you hear in private from labour candidates around the country who talk about the struggles they have on the doorstep and also the concerns we have heard from some voters in some parts of the country who worry about jeremy corbyn‘s leadership. we know

he has a very enthusiastic core of supporters but there is no question his leadership is an issue for many people inside his party as well as for vote rs, people inside his party as well as for voters, many of whom still have not made up their mind. just that there is almost final moments in this campaign, the issue of his leadership that has been hanging around for years for him as a problem with his own party is coming blasting back into this election campaign just when he blasting back into this election campaignjust when he needed it least. the shipping industry is preparing to bring in new checks on goods going from mainland britain to northern ireland, as a result of the prime minister's brexit deal. throughout the election campaign, boris johnson has denied there will be checks between the mainland and northern ireland. our economic editor faisal islam has the story. the fairies and that traverse the irish sea loom large in particular claims of getting brexit done by

january and implemented by december, and that the deal involves no checks between great britain and northern ireland in particular. there will be no checks on goods going from db to ni or ni to gb. a memo seen by the bbc has cast doubt on both of these claims, there memo clearly lists delivering facilities for high levels of checks and controls as one of the number of challenges for delivering the brexit deal in northern ireland by the end of next year and that such checks involve security, social and economic impacts. ireland's deputy pm felt the need to clarify the matter from his country's perspective. the eu has made it clear they want to minimise the impact of checks on goods coming from db into northern ireland but at the same time goods coming from great britain into northern ireland will need to have

some checks. it is not about the odd check, these leaked documents refer to high levels of checks and controls which requires new facilities, border inspections, posts. the question is exactly where they will be and whether it is impossible to do than by the end of 2020. there are several freight crossings that currently require no paperwork or checks. i have been told freight shipping and port authorities are making plans to make these new checks in great britain on exit. plans discussed recently to deal with checks include diverting freight through liverpool or stranraer and setting up mobile pep-up stranraer and setting up mobile pop—up laboratories to test experts at smaller ports. right now we are looking at new administration procedures, new it, potentially port infrastructure and i2 procedures, new it, potentially port infrastructure and 12 months is probably a stretch. the pm points to the already limited checks for

example on livestock imported into northern ireland from scotland. his argument is only goods destined for the republic of ireland and the eu single market will need to be checked. the industry is rather bewildered that when it wants clarity on investing in new infrastructure projects the pm has denied during the campaign they will even be needed, raising high scepticism about the pm's self—imposed brexit deadline of the end of next year. the green party says it will scrap student tuition fees, and write off debts for graduates who paid £9,000 a year. speaking at an event in central london, the party's deputy leader amelia womack said that education is a public good that should be free for life, and called the current fee system in england "eye—watering". the brexit party leader has urged leave supporters to "vote tactically" in certain seats. speaking at his final news conference ahead of polling day, nigel farage called on traditional labour supporters to vote for the brexit party,

in seats he claims the conservatives are unlikely to win. he said borisjohnson‘s so—called "oven—ready" brexit deal would leave britain with "years of indigestion". this election has stood out for the anger and bitterness between politicians and directed at them by the public. the police have received almost 200 reports of incidents during three weeks of the campaign. and new figures obtained by the bbc suggest the levels of online abuse directed at candidates of all parties and their teams has escalated as the campaign has gone on. our special correspondent lucy manning has this report. my office was graffitied again last night with more homophobic slurs. a snapshot of the election, plymouth‘s labour office. a brick breaking a window of sunderland's labour hq. iain duncan smith's campaign building targeted. another death threat against labour's ruth smead. a tory candidate alleging he was assaulted.

swastikas on an snp leaflet and a tory candidate confronting a voter alleged to have abused his campaigners. now, sod off! don't shout at young females who work for me. new figures seen by the bbc show online abuse has been rising throughout the campaign. in the first week, researchers found nearly 18,000 abusive replies to candidates. that's kept coming up and, in total, over the first month of the election, the team found candidates received nearly 93,000 abusive tweets. the escalation was mostly aimed at conservative candidates. police chiefs have been getting daily reports from across the country, after they issued advice to all candidates to protect themselves and not to canvass alone. luke pollard in plymouth has had to remove homophobic abuse from his campaign office for the first time. do you think the level of abuse directed at candidates has changed the nature of campaigning? because of the toxicity

of this particular action, it's something we're having to take more and more seriously. and i think that has changed the way that we will campaign. notjust in this election, but in the elections in future years, as well. in west yorkshire, one of andrea jenkyns' volunteers was chased with a sledgehammer. in the lead up to this election, i mean, i've had people inscribing out, three weeks ago outside my office wall, saying, "andrea, please kill yourself", we've had a guy arrested who threatened to come to my office and beat me up. so, have you had to change the way you're campaigning during the election? we'll deliver on a night time, myself and the team, but we won't canvas on a night time. and a teenage campaigner was abused. this guy came up to him, tore the leaflet up in front of him, called him the c word. the snp's lisa cameron believes she's been targeted for her christian beliefs. this election campaign i've already had people online, particularly over the halloween period, calling me a witch and a monster. it makes people feel on edge all the time, the fact that you have to be

constantly apprehensive about where you're going, hypervigilant for danger. sarah wollaston defected from the tories to the lib dems. the abuse followed her. there are a minority of people who want to be very aggressive and i think that's obviously increased over time. but also in between elections as well. the sheer volume of this. the national police team coordinating these threats say candidates and activists have reported nearly 200 incidents to them over three weeks of the campaign. half are being formally investigated. it's sometimes a question why anyone wants to get voted in here. lucy manning, bbc news. a gp from romford in essex has been found guilty of sexually assaulting 23 women. manish shah preyed on patients as young as 17 and their concerns about cancer to carry out invasive intimate examinations for his own sexual gratification. our health editor hugh pym reports.

patients thought he was trusting and caring, but dr manish shah was today found to have breached that trust — guilty of sexual assaults on six patients. similar verdicts concerning i7 others at a previous trial couldn't originally be reported. he had carried out vaginal and breast examinations which were in breach of medical guidelines. he duped so many people. he used their weaknesses, fears and just took complete advantage. but not one time did i actually think that he was doing anything untoward. the court heard that the experience of the celebrity jade goody, who died of cervical cancer, had been mentioned to patients by dr shah is a reason for having smear tests. the prosecution said dr shah had exploited the fears of patients about cancer, and with a sexual motive. one was 17. he had falsely noted in medical records that patients had requested the examinations.

a former patient who wasn't part of the trials alleged she had similar experiences. before an appointment i would just be thinking, he'll probably do an internal, he'll probably find a reason. he found a reason, and that's what i noticed, i think. but he's a doctor and you trust them and your gut instinct tells you something is not right, but you can't put your finger on it and you can't go accusing a doctor. dr shah worked at this east london practice. he was reported in 2013, police were called in and he was suspended. an nhs spokesperson said sympathies were extended to the victims and anyone concerned was urged to contact the helpline. police sources have indicated this is one of the biggest cases of its kind involving one doctor. it does raise questions about the oversight of gp practices. a lawyer has told the bbc he intends to start civil legal action, seeking compensation on behalf of some former patients.

it seems astonishing to my clients that he was able to behave this way for so many years without anyone raising questions. we know he was in practice for a number of years, but these assaults continued over a number of years, therefore they have to answer that question as to why questions were not raised internally. his clients weren't involved in either of the trials. sentencing of dr shah will take place in february. hugh pym, bbc news, the old bailey. the time is 6.15. our top story this evening. ina in a leaked phone conversation shadow health secretary jon in a leaked phone conversation shadow health secretaryjon ashworth says labour won't win. still to come. . . says labour won't win. still to come... some strong opinions in yorkshire about thursday's vote. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, chelsea face a potentially season—defining clash with lille in the champions league —

as they try to secure their place in the last 16. six people are now known to have died in new zealand after yesterday's volcanic eruption. to have died in new zealand more than 30 people are being treated in hospital — among them two british women. almost all the injured have severe burns. eight others are missing — presumed dead. dozens of people were exploring white island, new zealand's most active volcano, when it erupted. shaimaa khalil is in the nearby town of whakatane. have recovery teams been able to get onto the island yet? so far they haven't been able to get close to the island. police have been trying to launch drones with specialist equipment to measure gas levels to deem it safe and that hasn't been possible because of wind and ash conditions. this is a waiting game in what has become a very difficult recovery mission.

it looks like the surface of another planet. this is white island hours after its devastating eruption. it's dangerous for this rescue helicopter and for those looking for survivors. officials have said there is a 50% chance of another volcanic blast in the next 2a hours. eight bodies remain buried on this ash—covered rock. one of the paramedics who originally helped move the injured to safety described the scene. it was quite an experience. like, i've seen the chernobyl mini—series, there was just... everything was just blanketed in ash. it was quite um... quite an... an overwhelming feeling. mary scully lives close to the whakatane harbour. she's been on a trip to the volcano on white island with a local guide who is also a family friend. hayden marshall—inman was on the island when the volcano erupted. he died of his injuries.

he's a lovely guy, hayden. i've known hayden since he was primary school age, going through the swimming club, and all the things, soccer, all the things the kids do. he was the same age as our son. mary says her community did not see the island as a threat. you've got masks, you know, you wear your helmets, your glasses, you're all kitted out, there's a lot of safety things beforehand. and i suppose the fact that it hasn't erupted before, we've got a bit... we just took it for granted. health officials say those who are being treated in hospitals across the country have suffered severe burns. two british women are among the wounded. today, new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, visited some of the injured in hospital and thanked those members of the emergency services who were first to respond. for years, thousands of tourists have been coming here, getting on these boats,

to reach the scenic white island. but after this disaster, there are already questions about weather warnings of volcanic activity are being taken seriously and whether people's safety is being compromised. new zealand police have launched an investigation to look into the circumstances of the deaths and injuries on white island. an active volcano that has long been a tourist attraction has now turned into a site of utter devastation. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, whakatane. greenland is losing ice seven times faster than in the 1990s. the assessment — by team of 96 polar scientists — suggests the rate of ice loss is enough to push global sea levels up and put more people at risk of coastal flooding. our science editor david shukman is in madrid for this year's un talks on climate change, and sent this report. as the world heats up,

the great ice sheet covering greenland is under threat. huge blocks of ice have always broken off in the summertime, but this process is accelerating. i've seen for myself how melting ice is sending massive torrents of water to the ocean. more and more of the ice is falling as temperatures rise. now a major new study using data from satellites has calculated how much of greenland's ice has disappeared. the areas marked in red are where melting has been most extreme, and the scientist who did the research was shocked. it's quite depressing, really. um... the ice sheets have been heated by, in greenland's case, by the oceans and the atmosphere for several decades and it's got to the state that we're in today. it's going to get worse not better and it's going to continue for decades.

what's happening in greenland has implications right around the world. since 1992, 3.8 trillion tonnes of ice have melted from it and ended up in the oceans. that has raised their height by 10.6 millimetres, which doesn't sound much but for every extra centimetre of sea level, up to 6 million more people are put at risk of flooding — and more melting will make things worse. siren. a warning siren on a winter night six years ago as the coast of lincolnshire was flooded. imagine how much worse it could be with an even higher sea level. all this is being discussed here in madrid at the un climate conference. countries are arguing over how to stop heating up the planet. amid all the delegates, a leading scientist tells me there is still time to reduce the gases that are causing the melting. if you cut emissions significantly, you really can limit the impacts from sea level rise. whereas if you continue to emit

on a path that we are now 01’ even more severe, that will actually have really severe impacts in the future. so, there is the chance to make a difference? there is a chance, yes. don't give up hope. campaigners from oxfam highlight the dangers of rising seas, and say world leaders are failing to respond. david shukman, bbc news, madrid. back to thursday's vote. and common to all general elections, it's likely to be determined by a small number of key seats around the country. john pienaar has been to yorkshire, to the labour held seat of wakefield and the tory marginal constituency of pudsey. not long now... iwon! they laugh. but who's thrilled about december the 12th? the parties, the leaders? so, guys, who's excited about christmas? yes. who's excited about the election? no. he laughs. it's not so long back that we had austerity,

and then austerity gave way to the magic money tree, the magic money tree has given way now to the magic money forest and it's... where is this money going to come from? you don't believe a word anyone says? no. and he was voting tory. here in labour wakefield, you can see how thinking has changed. jeremy corbyn i think is the best thing that's happened to the labour party, but, but, iam not voting labour this time because they have not promised to come out of europe. simple as that. so you're going to vote for someone else? liberal democrats. what do you say to him? he's not going to vote labour. he's stupid, he's very stupid. we don't want silly old boris in at all! just here, you can see that ties to parties have broken down and the old loyalties to parties, whether its regional or whether it's by class, they were breaking down even before brexit came along and swept them away. enjoy your lunch.

even a town like wakefield — labour since the 1930s — could change colour. and as for brexit, most people tend to tell pollsters now they'd rather remain. respect for the referendum, yes, but this nation—defining decision could in the end turn on weariness — a desire to change the subject and move on. you can see there's some slightly older boys... football teams often command more loyalty than political parties. brexit has split the country, split families. my two sons are both staunch labour fans and jeremy corbyn fans, and me and the wife, we're going to be voting tory, er, conservatives. for me, it's about brexit. i think that we voted to come out and we didn't. there's been all sorts of excuses made. bad weather could put people off voting. many won't bother, though for britain's future voters

here in tory marginal pudsey and everywhere, homelessness and housing policy, law and order, the size and role of the state, all up for grabs and yet many still haven't decided. i will be voting, but at the moment i don't know who to vote for because i don't like either of the leaders. and ultimately, it'sjust about cost of living and making it easier to run my business. so often you hear politicians compared to children, playing games — but this election is no game, is it? the way people vote, whether they vote at all, it will change and shape the country we live in — and the country they are growing up in. john pienaar, bbc news, pudsey. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. the wind has made its presence felt today, causing travel problems for high sided vehicles and some rough seas as well. we also had a lot of rain around. this is the radar, you

can see this band of rain moving east and contained within it we've got something cool a squall line, a short sharp burst of very heavy rain accompanied by squally winds pushing eastwards at the moment. pretty poor travelling conditions is that passes over where you travelling conditions is that passes over where you are. travelling conditions is that passes over where you are. generally quite a wet evening but further north and west, the skies are starting to clear and it's turning colder. showers are pushing in from the west, some of those are wintry over higher ground. the show was wintry to low levels for a time across some parts of scotland. quite a chilly night as well, feeling particularly chilly given the strength of the wind. still be quite breezy is beginning to tomorrow morning. sunshine and showers, shower is moving from the west towards the east, some heavy and thundery with some hail and some wintriness over higher ground. another windy day particularly for western coasts and

the far north. wind in excess 60 mph. no great shakes with temperatures... on thursday, another area of rain, some heavy rain particularly in the south, bumping into cold air producing some snow over higher ground. another windy day in the south—west, mild here but chilly and staying unsettled as we head to the end of the week, fiona. 00:29:32,464 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 now it's time for the news where