the former shadow northern ireland secretary, 0wen smith, says he'll continue to oppose labour's positionemy corbyn from the front bench, for saying there should be a referendum on the terms of any final deal. mr smith believes the party leadership should be speaking out more forcefully, about what he sees as the economic risks of leaving the eu. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. the show of unity was relatively short lived. 0wen smith failed to topple jeremy corbyn as labour leader in 2016 butjoined his shadow cabinet lastjune. he was sacked for being out of step on the eu when he called for a second referendum on the final deal. it was a bit of a surprise, not least when other members of the shadow cabinet said similar things and haven't been sacked. we need, at the end of this process, to trust the british people once more to make a final decision on whether they are content with the real terms of brexit. curiously, last november the shadow cabinet member diane abbott told her constituents she'd argue for the right of the electorate to vote on a final deal. but she staye

the curiosity is that what 0wen smith said in the guardian article isn‘t surprising to students of 0wenents of owen smith's politics. of which there are many(!). of which i am one, asa there are many(!). of which i am one, as a nerd! i covered the leadership race two years ago, where 0wen smith challenged jeremy corbyn for the post and owen smith is a committed europhile. but last summer, he took a dig around jeremy corbyn‘s top table. the convention of so—called collective responsibility is that you sing from the hymn sheet of party policy, whether you agree with it or not. how does labour square that with this letter that was also in the public domain since diane abbott sent it to her constituents, which appears on the guido fawkes website and she says in it that although the government voted on moving the brexit bill to the next parliament restage, labour will continue to push for the many and not the few. i will argue for the right of the electorate to vote on any deal that is finally agreed. that is tricky from team corbyn‘s perspective. that isa from team corbyn‘s perspective. tha

he's been replaced by tony lloyd. 0wen smith has reacted to the news on twitter.sacked byjeremy corbyn for my long held views on the damage brexit will do to the good friday agreement and the economy of the entire uk. those views are shared by labour members and supporters and i will continue to speak up for them, and in the interest of our country." jonathan blake joins us jonathan blakejoins us now from westminster. did that come as a surprise to mr smith? well, judging by his reaction, possibly. as you read out there, the tweet that he put out within a few minutes of us learning he had been sacked sounds quite determined to continue to make his views clear. they are views that are his views clear. they are views that a re reflected by his views clear. they are views that are reflected by many other labour members of parliament. this has happened after mr smith spoke out and wrote a piece in the guardian, publicly disagreeing with the pa rty‘s publicly disagreeing with the party's official position on brexit and disagreeing with party leadership, suggesting that

is he right to sack 0wen smith over europe? no.asure ofjeremy corbyn's grip on his party that he sacked someone with pro—eu views swiftly without causing a serious split. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. cambridge have beaten oxford in both university boat races. the light blues won convincing victories on the thames in the men's and women's events. john watson has all the details. the traditional duel on the thames. under overcast skies, a battle for clea rwater. cambridge started under overcast skies, a battle for clearwater. cambridge started on the south side and soon had the pick of it. calm waters and calm heads, building a lead they would never relinquished. cambridge seem to be into a period of dominance. four was of the crew powered cambridge to a course record last year and their return should an era of light blue dominance with back—to—back wins for the first time in 19 years. after defeat to oxford last year, could the cambridge crew in the men's race match that performance? go! they started strongly. with the lead c

jeremy corbyn has sacked his shadow northern ireland secretary, 0wen smith, after he went against labour new eu referendum. the move has prompted criticism from several labour mps, some of whom criticised jeremy corbyn for the support he gave six years ago to a mural artist whose work has been seen as anti—semitic. 0ur political correspondent chris mason joins us now. chris, what has the reaction been to jeremy corbyn‘s decision? there is a lot that the labour party is contending with. good morning, what this is done is prized over the paint can if you like a flavour divisions. we've always known they have existed within the parliamentary labour party and remember all of those news stories over the last couple of years with resignations and backbiting, public squabbling at one stage so many resignations in one day that we lost count of them but since the general election there has been relative calm, at least publicly. not since the sacking of 0wen smith last night, described by peter hain a former northern ireland secretary of the terrible stalinist purge. what had he done? he had gone

thank you, we will talk to liam byrne from the labour party later as well. 0wen smith has said he willainst brexit, despite being sacked from the labour front bench for disagreeing with party policy. last night he was dismissed as the shadow northern ireland secretary byjeremy corbyn, after calling for a second eu referendum. several labour mps, including chuka umunna, have questioned their leader's decision. 0wen has been a superb northern ireland shadow secretary of state, his views on the european union, he is advocacy of a people's vote on the breakfast deal is, his advocacy of us think —— staying in the single market and customs union were vocal positions he held before his appointment in june of last positions he held before his appointment injune of last year. so it's quite bizarre that he should be sacked from his post. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in marches around the world today calling for tighter gun controls in america. the main rally in washington will include survivors of last month's school shooting in florida. last night the usjustice depa

who died of his injuries after swapping places with hostages during yesterday's terror attack. 0wen smithbeing sacked from the labour front bench over the issue. of spectators to the london river's banks, with people coming to watch this year's boat race is expected to bring in thousands of spectators to the london river's banks, with people coming to watch both the men's and women's races. and in half an hour in dateline london, jane hill and the panel discuss whether it's time for tougher regulation

he's described as a hero. 0wen smith says he'll continue to argue against brexit, despite being sackedr the issue. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah. hello. let us begin with the boat race as 0xford hello. let us begin with the boat race as oxford and cambridge universities go up later in the annual boat race. 0xford are just behind in the overall standings when it comes to the men's race but cambridge have dominated in the women's race. john watson joins us live from the course. what can we expect today? i think the organisers will be pleased that conditions are set there because this race has not a lwa ys set there because this race has not always gone without a cup. last year you might remember that a piece of world war ii 0rdinance washed up on the banks in the race nearly didn't go ahead and two years ago there we re go ahead and two years ago there were terrible conditions with the cambridge women's boat almost thinking. it is fair today so exciting times. helen gloverjoins me now to preview the race. sarah was saying there that cambridge

i was there at the weekend after 0wen smith was sacked. you cannot do it in your own party against racists in your own party against racists in your own party against racists in your own party, what else can you do? i have said our very existence asa do? i have said our very existence as a party is that thread with this and it will take time, if it's buried away inside the party in terms of turning us rotten to the core, that's what happens if you fail to do with racism, he has not gotten rid of these people, i am calling on him to take a properly done that is a starting point but it isa done that is a starting point but it is a very big starting point, throw them out and threw them out immediately and very publicly, if he does not, he will come to rue the day. baikal e-mails and says jeremy corbyn is not fit to lead any party u nless corbyn is not fit to lead any party unless it's based in moscow. tony says i agree withjohn mann, any incident of anti—semitism in labour should mean whoever does it gets booted out at blaming jeremy corbyn f