getting a response as i walk around birkenhead and see what people say.uggest there is any demand for that but that's what it may obviously come to. it might not happen but imagine it did, a by—election featuring frank field, and mpfor by—election featuring frank field, and mp for birkenhead and nearly 40 yea rs, and mp for birkenhead and nearly 40 years, against the labour party. the very divisions at the heart of labour crystallised in a single context. plenty in mr field's local party came on merseyside are irritated at his full throated support the brexit, including voting but a weak government in a hung parliament. but this constituency as a whole back brexit. frank field also said labour displayed in tolerance and nastiness and was a party where anti—semitism is more than tolerated. he's obviously lost the confidence of his members, and he's now getting his excuses in, it seems to me, and throwing around grotesque slurs which have no basis in reality. that's a very reg retta ble" in reality. that's a very regrettable" and i think, to frank's career.

that culture, he said, is present among labour activists in his own birkenhead constituency, who recentlyd a vote of no confidence in him.

there are 70,000 electors in birkenhead. i‘m notjumping 70,000 electors in birkenhead. because i want to see changes. farfrom this is done because i want to see changes. far from jumping, i this is done because i want to see changes. farfromjumping, iam this is done because i want to see changes. farfrom jumping, i am the member of parliament for birkenhead, i would like to be able to rejoin at some stage, the labour party. i would be fighting the next election. i want to do that as a labour candidate. if not, i will be an independent labour candidate. the electorate will decide. i‘m not jumping anywhere. the people coming out with the silly old phrases, which they do all the time, we ought to be listening to what people are saying. as far as i understand it, you are not allowed to remain as an mpfor you are not allowed to remain as an mp for more than two weeks if you have resigned from the party, if you are not following the party whip. what are you go to do?” are not following the party whip. what are you go to do? i rose yesterday when i spoke to the chief whip, isa

frank field, the labour mp for birkenhead since 1979.e few mps that campaigned in favour for brexit. perhaps the few mps that campaigned in favourfor brexit. perhaps best known as the man best known as by tony blair after the 1987 general election to think the unthinkable on health care reform. there are respected, the current chair of their welfare and pensions select committee. have written a letter to the chief whip of the labour party. in this letter, he said he will resign has membership. sitting instead as a labour mp but continued to sit as an mp. he also meets a clear that he will remain a member of the labour party. more generally, he says he's not leaving the party for good. perhaps you will be able to kick up the labour were again he says that is not a position to be able to maintain, partly over a row in recent months or anti—semitism. and his letter, he says that the leader of the ship of the party has become a force for anti—semitism. he also talks about a wider culture of nastiness, bullying and intimidation within the mem

getting a response as i walk around birkenhead and see what people say. for that but that‘s what it may obviously come to. it might not happen but imagine it did, a by—election featuring frank field, an mp for birkenhead and nearly 40 years, against the labour party. the very divisions at the heart of labour crystallised in a single context. plenty in mr field‘s local party came on merseyside are irritated at his full throated support the brexit, including voting but a weak government in a hung parliament. but this constituency as a whole back brexit. frank field also said labour displayed in tolerance and nastiness and was a party where anti—semitism is more than tolerated. he‘s obviously lost the confidence of his members, and he‘s now getting his excuses in, it seems to me, and throwing around grotesque slurs which have no basis in reality. that‘s a very regrettable end, i think, to frank‘s career. the question is how many could follow and walk out of the parliamentary party. i shall be staying and fighting. i shall fight to the last and the end. there

frank field has been the mp at birkenhead since 1979 and he sits on a giant majority.field has hinted it is not impossible, imagine we get to a by—election in which frank field was on the ballot paper and the labour party was on the ballot paper. you would have an argument around the local labour party who are frustrated with frank field's keenness on brexit. he voted for brexit, arguing he is not representing the views of local labour party members, but you would have frank field saying, yes, i am representing the views of the constituency i have represented for over a0 yea rs constituency i have represented for over a0 years would voted for brexit. a by—election would crystallise so many of the arguments within the labour party into one particular seat, but the ramifications will extend far beyond that part of merseyside and would be watched keenly around the country. this is frank field talking to the bbc this morning and entertaining the idea of a potential by—election. and entertaining the idea of a potential by—election. it is a big enough step to have to resign

tonight, in his birkenhead constituency, people are predictably split. pushed. he's a good man. he's good for the area, and he's been in a long time. so i think he should be all right and keep him as he is. i don't like the man. i don't like anything he's voted for. everything he's voted for, i've been against. the labour veteran recently lost a vote of confidence in his local party, and tonight a senior corbyn loyalist is saying he should stand down as an mp and face a by—election. but, whatever happens, he's likely to be forced to quit labour altogether. so could this be the beginning of a wider schism, taking more of those who disagree withjeremy corbyn over the edge, perhaps towards a new centrist group that has been talked about for months. for them, centrist group that has been talked about for months. forthem, it centrist group that has been talked about for months. for them, it is a test of old loyalties and nurse topic tonight's labour's deputy leader tom watson call this a wake—up call for big shadow ministers loyal tojeremy corbett are keeping

our education correspondent elaine dunkley is at a sixth form college in birkenhead. elaine. it was heaving in here with stu d e nts earlier it was heaving in here with students coming to collect their results. today has been a big day of hopes and dreams, celebrations and tea rs. hopes and dreams, celebrations and tears. for many of the students two yea rs of ha rd tears. for many of the students two years of hard work came down to how they prepared for a final exam. two years of hard work for a life changing moment. for many, the wait was over. for changing moment. for many, the wait was over. foi’ some, changing moment. for many, the wait was over. for some, the waiting and just gone. i got b,b,c and u nfortu nately i just gone. i got b,b,c and unfortunately i needed to get three as but at the end of the day it is what it is and hopefully i can try to get into my insurance which is manchester met. there have been major changes in a—levels in england with a move away from coursework and as—level is no longer contributing to final marks. we are basically on a new specificati

tonight, in his birkenhead constituency, people are predictably split.e's a good man. he's good for the area, and he's been in a long time. so, i think he should be all right and keep him as he is. i don't like the man. i don't like anything he's voted for. everything he's voted for, i've been against. the labour veteran recently lost a vote of confidence in his local party, and tonight a senior corbyn loyalist is saying he should stand down as an mp and face a by—election. but, whatever happens, he's likely to be forced to quit labour altogether. so, could this be the beginning of a wider schism, taking more of those who disagree withjeremy corbyn over the edge, perhaps towards the new centrist grouping that's been talked about for months? for them, centrist grouping that's been talked about for months? forthem, it's centrist grouping that's been talked about for months? for them, it's a test of old loyalties and nerve. tonight, labour's deputy leader tom watson call this a wake—up call. shadow ministers and mps loyal to jeremy corbyn are so far keeping

he's talked about the party seen as racist, the thuggery in his own account of birkenhead and tom watsonlabour mps were stunned last night and warned that he could be the first of quite a few to go independent. it could be the biggest split since the s e p in 1981. will have to wait and see about this. there is also a case that this is another instalment towards the door marked exit. -- sdp. he has complained about two things. anti—semitism and also what he talks about as intolerance, thuggery within the party and in his -- in his thuggery within the party and in his —— in his constituency in birkenhead to try to remove him. i think this nastiness and intolerance that he is calling out, that is the other thing thatis calling out, that is the other thing that is reminiscent of the 1980s in what is being talked about, david once it is mentioned as having supported frank field through this. —— david blunkett. he has asked to deal with those issues for the last 18 months that he hasn't been given any confidence that that intimidating environment has been addressed. tom watson called it a wak

getting a response as i walk around birkenhead and see what people say.here is any demand for that but that's what it may obviously come to. it might not happen but imagine it did, a by—election featuring frank field, and mp for birkenhead for nearly 40 years, against the labour party. the very divisions at the heart of labour crystallised in a single context. plenty in mr field's local party came on merseyside are irritated at his full—throated support the brexit, including voting but a weak government in a hung parliament. but this constituency as a whole back brexit. frank field also said labour displayed intolerance and nastiness and was a party where anti—semitism is more than tolerated. he's obviously lost the confidence of his members, and he's now getting his excuses in, it seems to me, and throwing around grotesque slurs which have no basis in reality. that's a very regrettable end, i think, to frank's career. the question is how many could follow and walk out of the parliamentary party. i shall be staying and fighting. i shall fight to the last

i will be in birkenhead. people will talk to me. the labour party longer than jeremy corbyn have. anyway, i was grateful for his thanks. no, i haven't. i delivered my letter to the chief whip. he is in charge of the labour mps in the commons. when i spoke to him, he was busy in his constituency, so i spoke to him on the phone. he is in london today and i will speak further today. thank you very much for your time this morning. that was frank field. thank you very much. coming up, we'll get the weather with nick. we are going to talk cricket with mike. what is on your. . . ? i have been eating ice cream. laughter. ice cream for breakfast. do you normally wear your ice cream?” ice cream for breakfast. do you normally wear your ice cream? i like to get stuck into my ice cream. what is this about? i will explain in a moment. eating ice cream while watching the cricket in southampton, especially when england rely on the young star, sam curran, to rescue them — he is six years younger than them — he is six years younger than the rest of t

mike kilbride the last speaker in birkenhead. 0ur correspondent andy moore is at ucas headquarters inhat is happening there today, andy. a very busy day indeed at ucas, the busiest day of the year, with 50 extra staff manning the phones and answering social media, and there is the social media tea m media, and there is the social media team behind me answering queries on facebook, instagram and twitter. you will get a lot of figures today and some hot off the press from half an hour ago. so far the social media tea m hour ago. so far the social media team have answered about 577 queries and on the other side of the room behind me you can see those answering the phone. they have dealt with nearly 3000 calls so far. the total number of courses in clearing is over 30,000 and the top searches at the moment our medicine, law, economics, psychology and computer science. the way clearing normally works is that if you do not get the grades you thought you might, if you can't go to your top university and you come through to hear to find a place, it might be thought it was a buyers market for

thank you, elaine, in birkenhead.ation in charge of the admissions process. not everyone wants to go to university. we'll talk about that later. andy, how many places are going to be available through this clearing process, which is a process of stu d e nts clearing process, which is a process of students who don't get the grades that they were hoping for? we've got an indication that there will be quite a few places available, ucas say they will be places on 30,000 courses, some at the top universities in the russell group, some will offer cash incentives. it seems to be a buyer's market in terms of the students at the moment. the number of students has gone down a little in terms of the numbers going on to uk degree courses, you'll get a lot of facts and figures today. ucas says there are 411,000 students taking place so far, down 1% on last year, perhaps an indication that there are fewer 18—year—olds in the population at the moment although universities still want to attract those students and still want the tuiti

it is clear that the voters in birkenhead are happy with frank field.do not ta ke majorities. let me tell you do not take you to what the deputy leader of the party tom watson has been saying tonight, that this decision of his two resign the party whip is a major wake—up call. "we cannot afford to lose people or such weight and stature" and this reflects the deep divisions in the party and the sense of drift engulfing us. pretty strong words from the deputy leader of the party. they are. i think most of the party. they are. i think most of these actually do want to stay in the labour party. it is almost impossible to try and force labour to ta ke impossible to try and force labour to take anti—semitism more seriously when you are outside of it. i think that in the past month we have seen a very concerted effort from the leadership team, from all mps and even a lot of party members to try and stamp out anti—semitism in the party. they are accepting it is a bit hobbled. an increasingly members are reporting other people who are claiming to be labour membe

let's talk to elaine dunkley who is at a sixth form college in birkenhead.itially get the grades that i wa nted initially get the grades that i wanted but when ucas opened i had a place at the school i wanted. so many hurdles, just waiting to see if you got the place. between 6am and eight in this morning was possibly worse than all of the exams put together! it was, i know what i have got, i don't know if it's good enough. and then when ucas opened, i think they could hear me screaming! you did really well, tell me.” agree with emily, it makes you really nervous. i woke up at six o'clock, just refreshing the page until the results came up. i was really pleased, i got into the cause i've been wanting since a long time and the grades i wanted so i'm really happy. your parents are sitting behind you, they are delighted, aren't they. it's been a big journey. i'm very thankful to them, they've done everything they could, i can't thank them enough, and thank the college as well. it's beena and thank the college as well. it's been a great story, basically. you hav

he has been the mp for birkenhead since 1979. thatjob since 2015 and he is a high profile mp, not least because of in the aftermath of labour‘s landside victory, he was appointed by tony blair as the minister for horse welfare reform. he was given a mandate to think the thinkable. that didn‘t go so well and he lasted in thejob one year or so. in didn‘t go so well and he lasted in the job one year or so. in the end, he was a vocal critic of tony blair in the back benches of the labour party during that period in government. he‘s certainly one of the better—known labour mps. he ta kes a the better—known labour mps. he takes a different line from jeremy corbyn on many issues and he is unsung from the rest of the party as well. he has a keen pro—brexit mp. he‘s one of the four mps who has consistently voted for a harder brexit than many of the rest of the party. i think as far as the leadership and membership is concerned, this is a significant moment. it is worth pointing out that he‘s not a popular figure the left of the labour par

elaine dunkley, bbc news, in birkenhead.portant that stu d e nts firstly it is important that students choose a course that is right for them. that's what we've done, created a simple model that uses social media in the way stu d e nts uses social media in the way students communicate asking them questions like what is their favourite youtube channel, their favourite youtube channel, their favourite celebrity, their favoured and books, so we can look at their a nswe rs and books, so we can look at their answers and identify the type of course that might suit them. so you already have the model depending on their answers. what do learn from what youtube channel is someone's favourite? for instance if it focuses on sport they might be more suited to a sport related a health—related course. if it perhaps focuses more on celebrity, lifestyle and so on it is something else they can be diverted towards. it is ensuring students make the choice right for them. i think when we started today some students did not get the grades they w