wigan mp lisa nandy is in the race.

wise are such strong support for lisa nandy?fficult question? how are you going to bring us back to power and unite the party? the overwhelming majority felt that lisa nandy was a breath of fresh air. she understands the extent of the challenge that we have a mountain to climb. she was the one with the optimism, innovation, the ideas, the creativity and a decisive result and one am proud to back subway the differences between her and keir starmer and getting his agency nominations... why do people think that she has notjust the edge right away reps from every region dow was there a stance towards a london candidate? i think in the movement, we talk too much from the prism of our own eyes. people across the uk wa nt to our own eyes. people across the uk want to see someone who they can trust, who speaks for them it has the same experiences and have been through life's challenges like they have. lisa nandy one that by a mile, we had no discussion about whether it should be a woman, it can't be a bloke not met it was none of that.

lisa nandy, the latest to throw her hat into the ring. of those people who had said over —— wigan, that she was considering whether or not to stand, and tonight she has confirmed ina stand, and tonight she has confirmed in a letter to her local paper, the wigan post, that she is indeed throwing her hat in the ring to be the next labour leader. her argument is that labour needs to focus on winning back its heart lands, areas that had voted labour for decades, and stopped doing so back in december. let me just read you one paragraph from what she says. she says, i'm standing because i know too many people in places like wigan no longer feel they have a voice in our national story. basically, she is saying that there are many parts of the country that feel disaffected with westminster politics and the best solution to that is to get someone best solution to that is to get someone like her who is representing one of those areas in to sort out that issue. i must say, just phillips who announced she was standing a couple of hours ago it has qui

lisa nandy is someone the north of england.e need for labour to regain trust in those so—called labour heartlands, those areas particularly in the north of england where labour underperformed quite dramatically at the recent election, resulting in a lot of conservative gains. she also emphasised the need for reconciliation inside the party. speaking on the bbc earlier today, she spoke about the need for unity. in the last few years, we have been riven by division and they have been difficult for every single activist, member, councillor and member of parliament in the party. i am someone parliament in the party. i am someone who parliament in the party. i am someone who comes parliament in the party. i am someone who comes traditionally from the left of the party, i work with child refugees and homeless teenagers before i came into parliament. i worked for a member of parliament. i worked for a member of parliament on the left of the party as his house in case worker, but i see the strength in all of our traditions across the p

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lisa nandy, one of those saying she will step in. give us those saying she will step in.aign. us your political take on the labour leadership campaignlj us your political take on the labour leadership campaign. i need to say this at the top of this, the daily mirror, quite a key layer in most leadership contest, like the sun is for the conservative contests. we are withholding judgement. we want to listen to all the candidates. what i‘m saying is a personal view. actually, i am quite a strong admirer of lisa nandy. i think she speaks a lot of common sense. she is very rooted in her constituency of wigan. she understands it. her majority went down in the december election. but she compared the neighbouring seats which all fell to the conservatives, she showed remarkable resilience and bucked the trend. so that one bit of a red while held up there. and, you know, she is for deeply about what labour needs to do to reconnect with communities like wigan —— red wall. and all the other ones you can think of. so the downside, the problem she may overcome our she of. so the downsi

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by the gmb is crucialfor lisa nandy.ial for lisa nandy. if nay back her she has a good chance of being on the ballot. if not she will struggle. but it is the person who did not turn up for today's meeting thatis did not turn up for today's meeting that is the most interesting, because jess phillips that is the most interesting, becausejess phillips who, said she was a different type of leader and was a different type of leader and was a different type of leader and was a critic ofjeremy corbyn's, she was a critic ofjeremy corbyn's, she was due to put her case to members of the gmb today and chose not to attend and the expectation is she will be withdrawing from this contest in the very near future. there will be a meeting with people who supported her in parliament, she will be talking through the state of campaign. but it all points in one direction for a number of reasons. first of all, she didn't have any trade union support at all. secondly that different way of getting on to the leadership ballot, getting support fr

and lisa nandy has gone against party opinion on brexit.e with labour. i told her at the time if she brought a bill before parliament that gave a role for parliament in the next stages of the negotiations i would go for it. i was consistent in that all the way through. had she brought that bill, i told her and i told my constituents i would vote for it. when boris johnson finally did, i voted for it. she voted once for borisjohnson's deal, but against in the final version. but back to that passion she's best known for. towns are now the key marginals that will be the central battle ground for the next election. i think the government has started to understand that. i think all political parties have now started to understand that. her love of towns has really taken off in some of the stranger corners of the political internet, but it is a serious one. in 2018 she co—founded a think—tank, the centre for towns, as a response to what she saw as too much concentration on cities in economic policy. that is key to lisa nandy‘s vision for labour.

lisa nandy is comfortably over the line. she's got 2a so far. clive lewis is really struggling. in that picture. jess phillips has the 22 required. emily thornberry is on ten. keir starmer is the man to beat. he is in front with 68 and the one opinion poll we have seen suggests he is doing well with the labour membership as well. but don't count on anything being guaranteed because, on the far side, we also have rebecca long—bailey, 26 nominations at the moment but she is the preferred candidate on the left of the party, and i would suspect that, once this campaign gets going proper, you will see a lot of work from the left of the party, the membership is more left—wing than it was, a lot of them will get by. clive lewis perhaps will struggle because he has the lowest profile with the exception of lisa nandy who was in the shadow cabinet but resigned. but she has kept her profile up. and is a prominent critic ofjeremy corbyn who has been on the front bench. jess phillips has been very prominent in the media. emily thornberry is a very prominent figure, shadow foreign secretary,

lisa nandy rebecca long billy stark there we're going to start from the the outsider to the fever so we start with emily thought 100 to one her odds no we're not even sure she'll get to the starting gate in the vote 10 days time what if she added something to this contest in a way it's very surprising that she has struggled to to make a big impact if a year ago i think most political commentators if they were asked who had a real chance of winning the leadership she would have been very much up there. and it appears that what has happened really is that kiss starmer who will talk about later has basically stolen her constituency before she even had a chance to address it so even though she is well known she has been shadow foreign secretary which is a very senior post in the shadow cabinet. has stood in a prime minister's questions which is a real test of being leader of the opposition. it appears that even almost before the race formally began she didn't have enough of a constituency of support to propel her forward and hasn't really had momentum which is of course a key element of

lisa nandy and jess phillips becomes the latest labour mps to enter the race to become the party's next leader. relief for around a thousand people as australian naval ships rescue them from the country's bushfires. a judge rules that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief and is therefore protected by law. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jason beattie from the daily mirror and olivia utley from the sun. good evening. president trump has defended his order to assassinate iran's top military commander, saying the action was taken to stop a war, and that it should have been done long ago. general qasem soleimani, one of the most powerful men in the middle east, was killed in iraq, outside baghdad airport, by a us air strike. iran has vowed "severe revenge" for the killing. its foreign minister described it as an act of international terrorism. the attack marks a major escalation in tensions between washington and tehran — and the us is sending 3,000 additional troops to the region as a precaution. here's our middle east editorjeremy bowen

asi as i say, lisa nandy will bejoining us as i say, lisa nandy will bejoining us in as i say, lisa nandyill bejoining usina as i say, lisa nandy will bejoining us in a few moments. before we talk to her, what are we expecting from keir starmer in the speech? it's very early in the morning and these are strange times we are living in and there will be no delegates there, physically listening to him. he is going to give this speech in doncaster and there is a reason for that. that's right. he wants to get away from london, and he wants to go to parts of the country where labour turned their back on him and jeremy corbyn. let's face it, it's not going to be subtle. you might as well have put up a big label behind him saying i am notjeremy corbyn, talking about new leadership, have another look at us and he feels he has to distance himself from jeremy corbyn‘s leadership and that is what this speech will try to do. people talk about security, patriotism, the country he loves and there are many who feel in the labour party that jeremy corbyn was on the wrong side of the argument and sometimes

they are weakened mp lisa nandy and the birmingham mpjess are weakened mp lisa nandy and the birminghamred that they will be standing. i think from lisa nandy we can expect to see an emphasis on the so—called labour heartlands, those parts of the country, particularly in the north of england where labour performed unexpectedly badly at the recent general election, she will make a case of somebody representing one of those community she will be especially well—placed to make labour's case to voters there. i think forjess phillips, she is a long—standing critic of jeremy corbyn, so she will be appealing to those members of the labour party who want to see a clean break from the current leadership. she will be arguing that as an independent minded mp she can be the fresh blood that labour now needs to rebuild. of course the slightly strange thing about this konta so far is that the two front runners, the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer and shadow business secretary, rebecca long—bailey, have yet to formally declare that they will be standing. but we do expect them to both declare in t

lisa nandy.u've said i've heard for the last decade and i think brexit was the straw that broke the camels back in ex coalfield communities like mine, but it has been a long time coming. we have to be clear about our values and be honest with people. we want to make deep, transformative change in the country and we believe in public ownership and we should be clear about that. we want compassionate society where we are decent and kind to people, especially people facing adversity and that have difficult lives, but we also need to show a level of respect to people, and when we are asked a question and said it was up to you, we should have been respectful of the answer. i'm somebody who campaigned for remain and wanted to remain and if i'm honest, i want to remain now, but i accepted the fact that we lost the argument and when we promised in 2017 we would leave the european union with a deal, we should have gone and fought for the deal and agreed the deal and got on with it andi agreed the deal and

lisa nandy, for me.or reflection on the labour party, if in 2020, or in 2025 by the next election, that we've never have had a female leader. what is it you like about rebecca long—bailey? it is the policies. she knows her stuff about how to make the policies work. keir is steady and sensible. and i know sensible isn't terribly appealing, but i think it's what we need. you know, we've had some pretty mad ideas. and a lot of disappointment, really. disappointment has all too often been labour's predicament. choosing a new leader and deputy is a chance, at least, to start to change the mood. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, bury. our top story this evening. after talks at sandringham the queen says she supports prince harry and meghan‘s wish for a more independent life. and still to come — will flybe keep flying? reports that europe's largest regional airline is seeking an emergency bailout. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, james hook calls it a day. we look back at his fantastic rugby

labour backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillips join the contest to become the party's next leader.isa it is a collection of speeches made bya it is a collection of speeches made by a swedish climate change activist? what is her name? sharon. greta thunberg. when greta became sharon! the climate—change campaigner gets in on thejoke and changes her twitter name. and in half an hour, the travel show looks at how tokyo is preparing to welcome disabled tourists for the 2020 paralympics. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq, and all but essential travel to iran, after tensions continue to escalate in the region. it comes as washington sought to justify the killing of iran's top military commander, qasem soleimani, by saying he was plotting attacks against us targets — and was caught in the act. general soleimani was killed in an american air strike at baghdad airport on thursday night. in a televised address, mr trump said he had taken action to stop a war, not start one, and was not seeking regime change in iran. david willis reports. american officials say the air s

we have also had lisa nandy joining the race. against it. nandyjoining the race. it is interesting, because park pitch is very different. she is an outside london mp, and the way she is pitching it is not actually for labour to get back into power, they need a leader who is in touch with the ball beyond the m25. yes, others and the race, which hasn't officially started, but other people are making a very different argument. as you mention, lisa nandy been very clear that labour needs to elect a different kind of leader, somebody who is much more in touch with the former heartlands in the north of england and elsewhere, in the midlands, and that can make the case more effectively, that labour is on the site of those people who voted for them in the past and saw them self voting conservative in the last election. jess phillips also on the centre—left of the party, and has criticised jeremy corbyn and the past, setting herself apart as someone past, setting herself apart as someone who past, setting herself apart as someone who comes past, sett

it would be lisa nandy for me. if in 2020 or 2025, by the next election, that we'll have never had a female leader. what is it you like about rebecca long—bailey? it is the policies. it is entirely the policies. she knows her stuff about how to make policies work. keir is steady and sensible, and i know sensible isn't terribly appealing but i think it's what we need. you know, we've had some pretty mad ideas and a lot of disappointments, really. disappointments all too often have been labour's predicament. choosing a new leader and deputy is a chance, at least, to start to change the mood. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, bury. it's almost a week since iran retaliated after its senior general, qasem soleimani, was killed by an american drone strike. iran fired dozens of missiles at air bases housing us and coalition forces in iraq. one of bases hit was in irbil — and the other at al asad — where our correspondent quentin somerville was the only british journalist to be taken by the american—led coalition to witness the

we speak to the mp for wigan lisa nandy about her bid to become leader of the labour party.ockadoodle doo — the giant new art installation gracing a skyline in yorkshire. the giant new art installation england the giant new art installation prepare to face wales twickenham england prepare to face wales at twickenham tomorrow needing a win to keep alive their hopes of winning the title in the six nations. good evening. in the last few minutes it's been confirmed that a second person has died from coronavirus in the uk — he was an elderly man with underlying health who was in hospital in milton keynes. the number of people in the uk now infected with coronavirus has risen again, to 164, up from 116 yesterday. that's the biggest increase in a single day so far. the government is to spend another £46 million to try to deal with the virus, including more money to find a vaccine and to develop a rapid test for the disease. around the world there are now more than 100,000 cases, of those more than 100,000 cases, of those more than half, almost 56,000 people, have recovered. but mor

from right to left, lisa nandy is comfortably over the line with 24.miling as much as he is in that picture. exactly. jess phillips has the 22 required, so she is fine. emily thornberry is on ten. keir starmer at the moment is the man to be, out in front with 68. the one opinion poll we have seen suggests he is also doing well with the labour membership as well. but do not count on anything being guaranteed. because on the far side we also have rebecca long—bailey, 26 nominations at the moment, but she is the preferred candidate of many on the left of the party. i would suspect that once this campaign gets going proper we will see a lot of work from the left of the party, the membership is more left—wing than it was in the past, and a lot of them will get behind rebecca long—bailey. clive lewis is the one with the lowest profile, with perhaps the exception of lisa nandi who was in the cabinet then resign, but then she kept following things up with helping towns around the country and was a prominent critic ofjeremy corbyn. jess phillips has been very p

it'd be lisa nandy for me.on on the labour party if in 2020, or 2025, by the next election, that we'll have never had a female leader. what is it you like about rebecca long—bailey? it is the policies, it is entirely the policies. she knows her stuff about how to make policies work. keir is steady and sensible. and i know sensible isn't terribly appealing, but i think it's what we need. you know, we've had some pretty mad ideas, and a lot of disappointments, really. disappointment has all too often have been labour's predicament. choosing a new leader and deputy is a chance, at least, to start to change the mood. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, bury. it is almost a week since iran retaliated after its senior general qasem soleimani was killed by an american drone strike. iran fired dozens of missiles at air bases housing us and coalition forces in iraq. one of bases hit was in irbil and the other at al asad, where our correspondent quentin sommerville was the only british journalist to be taken by the american—led

but obviously keir starmer is way out in front it looks increasingly difficult for either lisa nandiailey to catch him up. the theory put forward by andrew giese in this piece is he thinks there is still a way that lisa nandi might win if she manages. she gets first and second preferences and voting. laughter. when two. he is saying that if lisa manages to over ta ke saying that if lisa manages to over take rebecca to get in the second place, she could pick up enough of the second preference balance votes from rebecca to then overtake keir starmer and they think that is her path to victory although he says he is still thinks that is unlikely to happen. do you think there is any chance of keir starmer not when?” think, it is very hard to poll labour party members. that's not winning. we don't really know who they are. my husband is going to be voting and we had literature from keirstarmerand voting and we had literature from keir starmer and rebecca long bailey, nothing from lisa. i don't know is that it's just us or suggest a carcampaign is know is that it's just us or suggest a car

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so keir starmer, rebecca long—bailey, lisa nandy, and jess phillips will get onto the next stage. only got the backing of four mps. you need 22 to get through. emily thornberry, a prominent person in the shadow cabinet, only has ten as well. when she spoke to andrew marr earlier, she did say she was confident. let's have a listen. can you do it? yeah, i think so. i mean, what has happened has been that we have only had a week to get the nominations in. there is a large number of mps who haven't nominated yet, and many of them have wanted to speak to their party members, they wanted to go to the hustings, and think about this, because obviously it is a really important decision. but from the conversations i have had this weekend, i am fairly confident that as long as i don't get any slippage, i will be fine. i will get across the line, and you know, then we will move onto the next stage. it is a long contest and it will have its ups and downs. and i have been a slow starter, but i did start from a standing start after the general election. now one of the issues that has been discus

we've had two backbenchers, just phillips and lisa nandy.ting rebecca long—bailey who is thought to bea rebecca long—bailey who is thought to be a favourite ofjoni corbin and the existing labour leadership. there will have to be some pruning before they get a leader. thank you very much. time now for a look at the weather. phil avery is at the map. hello. a fairly quiet weekend of weather continues apace for many parts of the british isles for the rest of today. still a weather front close by to the north of scotland, so thick cloud there, bits and pieces of rain on the rather more noticeable wind here than will be the case elsewhere and the cloud are just thick enough across the high ground in western england and wales for the odd spot of rain not amounting to much. a relatively mild afternoon but not a great deal changes through the evening. perhaps the rain quits nursing past scotland overnight, and with a fairly com plete overnight, and with a fairly complete cloud cover, temperatures holding up, ten. i'll start to the new day on monday.

and wigan mp lisa nandy has also joined the race and said the job should go to someone from what she called the neglected areas of labour's heartlands who could win back the trust of the party's traditional voters. political correspondent nick eardley has more. the wigan mp was another one of those people who had said over the christmas period that she was considering whether or not to stand and tonight she is confirmed, in a letter to her local paper, the wigan post, that she is indeed throwing her hat in the ring to be the next labour leader. her argument is that labour needs to focus on winning back its heartlands, areas that had voted labour for decades and stopped doing so back in december. let me just read you one paragraph on what she says. she says, "i'm standing because i know too many people in places like we can no longer feel they have a voice in our national story." basically, she is saying that there are many parts of the country they feel disaffected with westminster politics and the best solution to that is to get someone like her, who has represented one of those are

and lisa nandy has gone against party opinion on brexit.r it. when boris johnson finally did, i voted for it. she voted once for borisjohnson‘s deal, but against in the final version. but back to that passion she‘s best known for. towns are now the key marginals that will be the central battle ground for the next election. i think the government has started to understand that. i think all political parties have now started to understand that. her love of towns has really taken off in some of the stranger corners of the political internet, but it is a serious one. in 2018 she co—founded a think—tank, the centre for towns, as a response to what she saw as too much concentration on cities in economic policy. that is key to lisa nandy‘s vision for labour. she wants to move power out of london and build what she calls a red bridge, to reconnect labour voters across the country. helen catt reporting —— and tomorrow we‘ll look at another candidate, sir keir starmer. the latejustin fashanu has been inducted into the national football museum‘s hall

long—bailey seen as the other leading contender, in the ‘20s, as are the prominent backbenchers lisa nandyhillips. still struggling to make up numbers, the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry saying yesterday she was confident she would get over the line, no doubt having last—minute conversations with her parliamentary colleagues to make sure she gets the required numbers by that deadline of 2:30pm. and clive lewis, if there is anyone who looks like he is in danger at this stage, it is him, the shadow treasury minister, just four nominations, one of whom is himself, for leadership of the labour party. he was asked this morning whether he was still confident he could make up numbers and he said he had faith in his colleagues. we will see how much faith they have in him when that deadline comes at 2:30pm and we will find out which candidates are going through to the next stage in this contest. at this stage, it is mps who get to decide. that changes in the later stages. as we have seen before everything can change at that point. there are three phases to this contest for labour leaders

the wigan mp lisa nandy said the role should go to someone from what she called "the neglected areas" back the trust of the party's traditional voters. and jess phillips, the mp for birmingham yardley, has also joined the race. on a visit to grimsby, she said the party needed a leader who could "take on" borisjohson and who was willing to "try something different". i'm standing because i think that we need more honesty in politics, and the labour party has got to be honest with itself, it's got to be honest with the country that if we can lose seats like grimsby, something has to change. more of the same won't cut it. ethical veganism — where people avoid all animal products and exploitation — is a philosophical belief and is therefore protected in law. that's according to an employment tribunal in norwich, ruling on the case of a man who claims he was sacked by the league against cruel sports for his ethical veganism. our legal correspondent clive coleman is with me now. jordi casamijana says that when he told his employers that some of their pension funds were invested in companies

sir keir starmer, rebecca long bailey, jess phillips and lisa nandy have the required number of nominationsf at least 22 of their fellow labourmps and meps. registered supporters — who are not full party members — will have 48 hours from 14th to the 16th of january to secure a vote by paying £25. the ballot will be open from 21st february to the 2nd of april. with the results announced two days later on the 11th days later on the 11th april. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent nick eardley who gave a rundown of the six candidates who are looking to replacejeremy corbyn as labour leader. just to take you through how they are all doing. clive lewis has got four. he is not smiling like he is in that picture. keir starmer at the moment is the man to beat. he is far out in the lead on 68 and the opinion poll we have seen suggests he is doing well with the labour membership as well. but do not count on anything being guaranteed because on anything being guaranteed because on the far side we also have rebecca long—bailey. 26 nominations at the moment, but she is the preferred candidate

let me say a little bit about nandy.stagram since she was like 6, 7 years old. playing the drums that well. and she is friends with lenny kravitz, she is friends with all the rock stars, and she does covers of their songs. and i think lenny kravitz sent her a guitar too. she is incredible, follow her. >> definitely she is an inspiration. a lot of people are out on those streets who are nandy. >>> next, to the nation's pandemic pause extending the reign of the nation's queen. >> miss america 2020, camille schrier, is set to make history as the first woman to hold the title for two years. >> the miss america organization has announced the 2021 competition is being postponed due to the impact of the nationwide lockdown. the 2021 season will be the 100th anniversary year for miss america. so this is unprecedented. two years as queen. i'm glad you clarified which queen we were talking about. >> miss america. >>> next to walt disney world calling in the stormtroopers. >> our parent company, disney, has enlisted the help of the

labour backbenchers, lisa nandy and jess phillips join the contest to become the party's next leader.'s time for the travel show. i'm paul carter, i'm a journalist and i have come here to tokyo to experience its culture, its sights and smells. like a lego cityscape, it doesn't look real. it's much bigger than i was expecting. a lot more, for want of a better word, gold. i have come as any other western tourist could come and do, but i have also come here as a disabled person, to experience all of those things through the eyes of someone who might have some difficulties getting over some of those problems, getting around. ifeel like i'm... ifeel like i'm done for the day already and i haven't even got anywhere yet. tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. and next year, it will play host to the olympics and paralympics. japan expects a record a0 million visitors in 2020, including many disabled travellers. so i want to find out how prepared its capital is to welcome an influx of foreign visitors, especially people like me. i was born without any lower arms or leg

legal theory at oxford university and general editor of the indian law review in new delhi karuna nandi advocate at the supreme court of india and an international lawyer and here in doha today chandra assistant professor of government at georgetown university welcome to the program that we did contact india's ruling party the b j p but no one was available to join the panel now i'd like to begin in new delhi with you karuna nandi can you just explain to us what this citizenship lore is and why critics of it think it's so controversial well in iran the citizenship amendment law actually now essentially changes the nature of citizenship and what it does is that a distinguishes between people on the basis of religion so it's it's completely contrary to the land use on which this country was founded on the values on which the entire constitutional are just the preamble which mentions the word secular but the entire constitution is framed what it says is that refugees from particular countries. everyone you know from every religion except islam pretty much will be admitted under certain con

lisa nandy talking about not just heartlands disappearing.e voters? —— but the hounds. of course everything has now changed because of the coronavirus. the political landscape has changed, look at the way this will be announced, with an e—mail but also huge sums of public money after yea rs but also huge sums of public money after years where the public purse was tightened and now being pumped into the economy to save people's businesses and jobs. that goes alongside the huge amount of money going into public services. that will be a very different dynamic going on in the next few months and yea rs. going on in the next few months and years. i do not think anyone thinks this is something which will disappear quickly once the battle eve ryo ne disappear quickly once the battle everyone hopes to win against the virus itself has been won. then they have to think about the long—term impact of the upheaval in the economy so that will be a huge challenge. it was interesting that on the dayjeremy corbyn stops being the labour leader that boris johns

and the wigan mp lisa nandy has alsojoined the race, and said thejob should go to someone from what sheled "the neglected areas" of labour's heartlands, who could win back the trust of the party's traditional voters. our political correspondent nick eardley has more. the wigan mp was another one of those people who had said over the christmas period that she was considering whether or not to stand, and tonight she's confirmed, in a letter to her local paper, the wigan post, that she is indeed throwing her hat in the ring to be the next labour leader. her argument is that labour needs to focus on winning back its heartlands, areas that had voted labour for decades and stopped doing so back in december. let me just read you one paragraph on what she says. she says: "i'm standing because i know too many people in places like wigan no longer feel they have a voice in our national story." basically, she is saying that there are many parts of the country that feel disaffected with westminster politics, and the best solution to that is to get someone like her, who has represented one of those

he's the fifth mp to enter the contest, with prominent backbenchers lisa nandy and jess phillips alsor leadership bids in the past 2a hours. theyjoin the shadow treasury minister clive lewis and the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry — who have previously announced their intention to stand. two lorry drivers have died in a crash on the mi. the motorway was closed for hours in both directions between flitwick and milton keynes after the incident just before 7am yesterday morning. it was reopened northbound this afternoon, but police say the southbound carriageway will remain shut until further notice. sir rod stewart has been charged by police in florida, after he allegedly punched a security guard at a hotel. a police report says the altercation occurred after the singer and his son failed to gain access to a private event on new year's eve. he'll appear in court next month. councils in england have urged the courts to impose biggerfines to tackle the growing problem of fly—tipping. the local government association says there were more than a million offences last year, but onl

lisa nandi, thank you for your time.iend of the late convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, is due to appear at a bail hearing in new york by videolink in the next couple of hours. ghislaine maxwell is facing charges of trafficking underage girls for the convicted sex offender who died in prison on 10 august last year. maxwell faces up to 35 years if convicted. she denies all the charges. we're joined now from los angeles by gloria allred, who's representing i7 ofjeffrey epstein's victims. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. do you think elaine maxwell has got any chance of getting bail at today's hearing —— ghislaine maxwell? i think it is a close call, and the reason is that the government argues that she is a flight government argues that she is a flight risk. the defence argues that she is not a flight risk, that she should be, because of covid—i9 and other reasons, under house arrest with strict conditions like she can't travel, she must live in new york, not in new hampshir

lisa nandi has talked about the labour party moving headquarters out of london two. —— lisa nandy.s in aid to the country's tourism industry to help it recover from the impact of the bushfires.scott morrison's announcement comes as heavy rain has helped put out many of the burning fires in the states of queensland and new south wales. but further rain is forecast in victoria bringing with it a threat of flooding. more than a dozen fires are still burning in that state with firefighters battling to contain a blaze in the mountain region which is 15 times the size of manhattan. the bbc‘s phil mercer is in sydney and has more on the extreme weather changes. the weather is so capricious and changeable and unpredicatable in the extreme. we have had very heavy rain in the last couple of days in parts of eastern and southern australia. parts of queensland have received more than 300 millimetres of rain so it is a welcome relief for a country in the grip notjust of a bushfire crisis but very serious drought as well. some of the fire affected regions have not received as much rain as the au

the gmb union today came out in support of lisa nandy.ued a legal warning the new delay for the boeing 7117 max jet is thought to be of a software floor. it was grounded back in march of 2019 after two deadly crashes in which 346 people lost their lives. the duke and duchess of sussex have issued a legal warning after the latest photographs by paparazzi were published around the world. prince harry and his wife meghan say photographers are now permanently camped outside their home in canada. sophie long is on vancouver island. this is what meghan and harry moved to canada far, a peaceful life by the pacific coast. but they said they found photographers hiding in bushes and an alarming level of paparazzi activity around the home they are staying in. pictures were published around the world of meghan out walking yesterday. she was with their young son and two dogs and looked happy and relaxed as she waited for harry to arrive. but the couple say she did not consent to being photographed. their legal team said the paparazzi have set up a per

the wigan mp, lisa nandy, and jess phillips, who represents birmingham yardley, both said they wantedtrust in labour and win back voters in its traditional strongholds. this takes the total contenders to four, with others expected in the next few days. our political correspondent john owen is here. the big question ahead for labour now. that's right. these are two fairly high profile figures to have entered into the contest. in terms of what their respective pitches are likely to be to the labour electorate, jess phillips has been a vocal critic ofjeremy corbyn in the past. she has a reputation as an independent minded mp and a campaignerand independent minded mp and a campaigner and she will present herself as someone who is willing to ta ke herself as someone who is willing to take the fight to the conservative party, particularly in those northern seats. similarly lisa nandy will want to emphasise the need to appeal to the so—called labour apartments, those parts particularly of the north of england where the labour party performed unexpectedly badly at the last election resulting

he's the fifth person to put themselves forward after lisa nandy, emily thornberry, clive lewis and jesselements to his campaign. keir starmer today, coming out all guns blazing, he was on andrew marr a short while ago, we will come to that in a moment, but also this article in the sunday mirror, a campaign video. two bits to the message. one is about how labour cannot bury its head in the sand, it needs to reconnect with voters. but also, interestingly, keir starmer saying that labour mustn't get rid of all of those radical policies likes social security reform, that sort of stuff. you know, a green deal on climate change, more powers for trade unions. i think he will have two questions to answer, though. one of them is whether he is a bit too london and whether labour need somebody from outside of the capital. and also brexit. he was very, very closely linked to labour's brexit policy. here he is on andrew marr a short while ago on that labour brexit policy. people wanted clarity and leadership, but i actually... what was coming up on the doorsteps and what the teams were telling me, i

sir keir starmer, rebecca long—bailey, jess phillips, lisa nandy and emily thornberry managed to getive lewis withdrew after failing to make that mark. registered supporters, who are not full party members, will have 48 hours from tomorrow to thursday, to secure a vote, by paying £25. the next hurdle for the candidates is to gain the backing of 5% of constituency labour parties, or affiliated groups, such as trades unions. that process begins on wednesday, and lasts until friday the 14th of february. full party members will be able to cast their votes between 21st of february and the 2nd of april. the result will be announced two days later, at a special conference on the 11th of april. we can speak to our chief political correspondent vicki young. at westminster, and vicki which we make of this line—up than? at westminster, and vicki which we make of this line-up than? this is a long process and the point to make is that this is only the beginning, they still have to get over that second hurdle of getting the support of trade unions or local labour party activists. it's going to be

the wigan mp, lisa nandi, who opposed another referendum, said the party had airbrushed complexities my leave—voting constituents, are no more racist little englanders than my friends who voted to remain our liberal elitist, and we should never allow the tories to do that, to divide us, young against old. birmingham'sjess phillips also said the party needed to bring together the north and the south. our coalition of labour voters and labour members has two very big hearts in this game. we have got to send that fight to borisjohnson to make sure that in grimsby he is delivering exactly what he promised on the side of a bus, at the same time as making sure that in our london seats, people feel we are not going to turn away from europe. tell me what democracy looks like. this is what democracy looks like. the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornbury, who campaigned for another referendum said that labour had to unite now against the conservatives. we may well end up facing a no—deal brexit, and we have to take the fight to that, because in the end, what unites all of us is that we have

lisa nandi, clive lewis, emily thornberry, jess phillips as well.next few weeks. tens of thousands of independence supporters in scotland marched through the centre of glasgow earlier today. the organisers, all under one banner, say around 80,000 people took part in this, the first of a series of marches, the group plans to hold across scotland over the coming year. the uk government has said it does not support a further vote on independence. gillian sharpe reports. ac of saltires on the streets of glasgow. it took more than rain... their route going from the west end to glasgow green. we have come here today because we feel that really there's no choice now for scotland but to be independent. we are completely on a different track from england, totally. the march is well under way now. the organisers say they just weren't going to let the weather put them off. this is scotland, after all. but a rally due to be held at the end of the event has had to be cancelled. to day's event was billed as an emergency march organised in the wa ke emergency marc