chris mason, bbc news.n, says the party's leadership is "settled for this parliament". speaking to the bbc this morning, mr watson played down reports that labour is using focus groups to test out the popularity of alternative candidates tojeremy corbyn. he said that this was "not the time" for another leadership election. joining me is now is our political correspondent chris mason. you heard his report earlier on matters of the speaker. jeremy corbyn's future. a day doesn't go past without it being mentioned somewhere or other and put in doubt. and pretty much ever since he was first elected labour leader at the running theme has always been how long will he last? there was a conclusion, if you like, at the end of his first year in office he would last a little longer because he won again and won easily in the labour leadership contest of last summer. things then went a little quiet because the assumption was therefore he would be able to stay as long as he would be able to stay as long as he chose to. wh

tom bateman and chris mason there. coverage of the by—election results on bbc news in the next few hours. we will have all of the detail and analysis of what it means. a very important by—election and real test across the country of the mood. that's the by—election special from 12:30am tonight. iraqi security forces have made a breakthrough in their offensive against so—called islamic state in iraq's second city, mosul. they've taken the city's airport, a key staging point in the battle to drive militants from the western half of the city. our correspondent quentin sommerville was there, as iraqi government troops fought their way in. before the attack came the air strikes, rockets and artillery. it's day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, talks en route. these armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. the attack of the airport is under way. all night long we've heard coalition aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to

chris mason, bbc news, at. —— westminster.ur: donald trump has delivered on a major election campaign promise and nominated a conservativejudge to fill the vacancy on the us supreme court. neil gorsuch, from the denver federal appeals court, is a9, if confirmed by the senate, he could sit for decades. the un security council says it's concerned about the "dangerous deterioration" in eastern ukraine and called for a halt to the violence. at least 13 people have been killed since sunday, —— sunday. 0ur news review starts withjudge gorsuch. president donald trump has nominated 49—year—old judge neil gorsuch to fill the vacancy on the supreme court. there are nine members in total. the new york times website describes mr gorsuch as reliably conservative, but not someone known to be divisive. the die welt website has german reaction to comments made by donald trump's top trade advisor, peter navarro, who claims berlin is exploiting the us and other eu countries by grossly undervaluing the euro. the accusations saw the euro jump to

chris mason reports.he 1ath century. 0rder, order. sitting between the political parties, chairing debates. but, for the second time in a week, it isjohn bercow‘s opinions that have generated attention. talking to students at the university of reading, he said eu migration had been a good thing, and added... this may not be popular with some people in this audience. personally, i voted to remain. i thought it was better to stay in the european union than not. mr bercow had already irritated some by accusing president trump of racism and sexism. i would not wish to issue an invitation to president trump. some mps loved that, but his critics are repeating he must be replaced. i'm incredibly surprised that the speaker now has expressed he is incapable of impartially chairing debates in the house of commons now, and must go. a spokeswoman for the speaker told me he decided not to say anything during the referendum campaign, and is scrupulously fair when chairing debates. this cabinet minister said that was hi

chris mason, bbc news.london, hollywood and beyond came together at the royal albert hall for the baftas. as predicted, romantic musical la la land won the greatest number of awards. with me fresh from the royal albert hall is the huffington post's uk's entertainment editor caroline frost. you have recovered from the excitement, but it was jolly chilly. that struck us. every actress who was wearing minimal clothing and smiling deserves some sort of highfalutin award. it wasn't for the faint—hearted out there tonight. goodness me. let's get started. we will start with best actress. emma stone. la la land, best film and so on. we can have a little bit of the song. # city of stars, are you shining just for me # city of stars, there's so much that i can't see. not a bad song, i suppose. it got best film and everybody thought it would. not quite perhaps the success that was expected. every once in a while you getan expected. every once in a while you get an enormous juggernauts like lord of the rings or titanic.

chris mason, bbc news. says the party's leadership is "settled for this parliament". speaking to the bbc this morning, mr watson played down reports that labour is using focus groups to test out the popularity of alternative candidates tojeremy corbyn. he said that this was "not the time" for another leadership election. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent chris mason about the reports. pretty much ever since he was first elected labour leader, the running theme has always been, how long will he last? there was a conclusion, if you like, at the end of his first year in office that he would last a little longer, because, yes, he went back again and won easily in the labour leadership contest of last summer. things then went a little quiet because the assumption was that therefore he would be able to stay for as long as he chose to. what we've now got is a discussion that's been going on at westminster, both privately and then occasionally in public, about whether he may at some stage choose to sta

chris mason, bbc news.potential leaders waiting in the wings, should jeremy corbyn choose to stand down as leader. one of the party's election co—ordinators also suggested mr corbyn could leave before the expected 2020 general election. the comments came in response to the news that labour has been assessing the popularity of shadow cabinet members in focus groups with the public. emergency crews in australia are battling more than 90 wildfires burning across parts of new south wales. homes have been evacuated and roads closed. the affected areas have seen record—breaking temperatures of more than 45 degrees celsius in recent days. 14 retired anglican bishops have accused the church of ignoring the views of gay christians. in an open letter, they said an official report into the church of england's position on homosexuality didn't contain authentic voices from the gay and lesbian community. the letter comes ahead of meeting of the general synod later this week, the body which approves church law. here is ou

let‘s get some analysis on this story with chris mason, who joins us from westminster. minister talking about brexit and the lack of vision and there are concerns about what it means. what does it all mean when we hear them talking about this? it is fascinating. john major, characteristically mild mannered in his delivery but very spiky and the content his delivery but very spiky and the co nte nt of his delivery but very spiky and the content of what he had to say. painting a pretty negative picture, as he fears that, of the uk‘s future outside of the european union or at least the potential for it to be negative. to pick out, in headline terms, what he had to say in a speech lasting a little over half an hour, firstly, it is his view that there has been far too much optimism on the part of those who advocated leaving the european union and a lack of willingness and acknowledgement that there might be bumps in the road and some negatives. he is particularly critical of what he sees as an unnecessary tone to the political debate since the referendum. the desire from som

chris mason. good to talk to you. jeremy corbyn in the commons brexit vote will be sent a formal written warning but they will not be sacked. mr corbyn had ordered his mps to vote with the conservatives to back brexit. but 52 labour mps rebelled in wednesday's vote, including ilijunior frontbenchers. clive lewis, who quit as shadow business secretary over the vote, has said rumours of a leadership bid by him were "fantasy". campaigners have delivered a petition at downing street with fifty thousand signatures calling for theresa may to allow more child refugees to come to britain. thousands of unaccompanied children from syria and other warzones. 350 youngsters have been accepted for resettlement in the uk. the campaign has been led by lord dubs, who came to britain as a refugee from the nazis at the age of six. poland's prime minister is in a stable condition in hospital after being hurt in a road accident. beata shidwo was travelling in a convoy when another car crashed into her limousine, forcing it off the road. h

thank you very much, chris mason.has risen to its highest level since june 2014. and a ten—year—old boy has died after suffering serious head injuries in the topshop store in reading of the police described it as an incident involving shop furniture. the chairman of toe sheba has resigned. the company delayed issuing its results but said it was set to report a net loss of £2.76 billion in a year to march 2017. psa says it is considering taking over 0pel from general motors. losses at rolls—royce as well. its shares fell nearly 5% on early trading after it posted a record loss of £4.6 billion for 2016. rolls—royce agreed to pay £671 million to settle corruption cases with uk and us authorities and has written down £4.1 billion losses from currency related contracts. the head of theresa may's inquiry into the way millions of people work has said there is evidence businesses are using self—employment laws to avoid tax. matthew taylor told the bbc that he wanted to see a new standard of "fair and decent" work which the pu

chris mason, thank you for that. iraq in 2007 has criticised proposals by the government to scrap the legal duty of care to service personnel in combat. it means they'll no longer be able to sue the government for negligence. the ministry of defence says the new scheme "will mean more generous payments to anyone injured, or the families of those who are killed in combat." our legal correspondent clive coleman reports. how old was he when he first started playing the drums? he was about nine or ten. in 2007, colin redpath's son, lance corporal kirk redpath, a keen drummer in the irish guards, died when a roadside bomb exploded next to his lightly—armoured snatch land rover in iraq. colin fought a six—year legal battle against the ministry of defence, eventually winning the right at the supreme court to bring an action against the government under human rights law. the mod's new proposals cover battle and the preparations for it. they include stopping legal claims for negligence against the mod in the courts, a no—faul

our political correspondent, chris mason, has the details.is the expensive and rather long hole in the ground called crossrail, in london. when it is finished, in just under three years, trains will zip through the capital to essex in the east and berkshire in the west. but what about the north of england? in a speech, in liverpool today, john mcdonald will say... so what could this mean for the north—east of england? for yorkshire or manchester? mr mcdonald offers very little specific detail and does not say where any extra money would come from. conservative spokesmen said labour's policy to borrow £500,000 billion would crash our economy. chris mason, bbc news we'll be getting more detail on the plans from the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, just after 8am. almost half of people who have a friend who's been diagnosed with cancer say they find it difficult to support them, with two—thirds admitting it's because they don't know what to say. that's according to new research published by macmillian cancer support to coincide with world cancer

insensitivity", and suggested there could be more resignations on the way. 0ur political correspondent chris masonnow that a press release was put out, but why have these two officials leave, because of arron banks or paul nuttall or what? it is a really good question, because there has been a movement during the day in terms of whether blame is being pinned, so this morning these two gentlemen, stuart monkham and adam heatherington, the leaders of ukip in liverpool and then the regional merseyside branch, put out a press release which was incredibly stinging about both paul nuttall and arron banks. arron banks is a very wealthy ukip donor, to put it mildly, not the kind of guy you would be headhunted by the united nations, diplomacy is not his thing. he is used to saying pretty fruity things on twitter. but his remarks in particular about hillsborough, in which he said he was sick to death of hearing about it, as really angered people on merseyside, as you might imagine, and of course these two officials found themselves caught between their allegiance to the party and their allegiance to their h

our political correspondent, chris mason, was there.n the north—west of england. the lake district. the tories gaining a seat, the governing conservative party in the uk, gaining a seat from the labour party. here in stoke, in the midlands, labour did hold on to a seat they have held since the 1930s. but with the uk independence party, a party that was a big advocate of brexit and the eu referendum that led to it, they failed to beat labour in this seat, despite about 70% of voters backing the uk leaving the eu. they fielded their leader, paul nuttall, to stand here in stoke. they failed, despite many saying corbyn is not up to the job. relief for labour. and in copeland, hugejubilation from relief for labour. and in copeland, huge jubilation from the conservatives, winning a by—election while in government, something that happens so rarely. for labour, a lot of questions, once again, mainly for jeremy corbyn. let's return to iraq now. unesco is beginning to work out exactly how much damage the islamic state group has done to the countr

dealing with each country individually will put pressure on the bloc. 0ur political corresponding chris mason has done an interview with this radio station that is to be broadcasted tomorrow. reuters has reported what he said during the last hour. the focus on the forthcoming brexit negotiations will be what the british government will be what the british government will be able to achieve or not, and what are the hopes and fears for the forthcoming negotiation. this interview offers an insight into the hopes and fears on the other side of the channel. here is a key quote from jean—claude juncker. the other countries don't know it yet, he says, but the brits know very well how they can tackle this. they could promise country capital avis, country b and 20 c something else, and the aim would be a united european front. that will be the big challenge for the remaining countries. they are part of this bloc that requires a certain amount of compromise are working together, but they have their own individual demands and desires as well. another reminder of the unprecedented scale of the challenge

country individually will put inevitably put pressure on the bloc. 0ur political correspondent chris masonvitably refocus on the conversation here in britain on the forthcoming brexit negotiations, the excitement of that and the fear of others but this interview is an insight into the hopes and fears on the other side of the channel and jean—claude juncker acknowledging a vulnerability for the european union. there is a block of 27 sitting around a table which will inevitably run the risk of being divided. he says britain could attempt to offer something to country a, something else to country b and country c and there is a positive sense in brussels that up to now, there has been an attempt to keep brussels and the eu together and that has worked but they fear that may no longer be the case. what of the reaction here? nothing specific. the department for exiting the european union has pointed to the prime minister saying a strong and constructive relationship with the eu when we are on the outside but a reminder, not that we needed, of the scale and significance of what is to come and the

a short time ago i got the reaction from our political correspondent, chris mason in stoke—on—trent.t in the cumbrian district in the north—west of england. the tories gaining a seat, governing conservative party of the uk gaining a seat from the labour party. here in stoke, in the midlands, labour did hold on to a seat they have held since the 1930s. but that is with the uk independence party, a party that was a big advocate of brexit in the eu have done a referendum, they failed to beat labour in this seat, despite about 70% of voters backing the uk leaving the eu —— in. the big question is will be focused in the direction ofjeremy corbyn, the opposition leader of the labour party. a lot of people will recognise ukip as the party that triggered brexit. a lot of questions for them, we were told they were going to break labour in their heartland? their leader, paul muscles, tried to do that. they failed, despite the fact that so many labour mps have said that jeremy corbyn is not up to the job -- paul jeremy corbyn is not up to the job —— paul nuttall. relief for labour, big question

here's our political correspondent chris mason. the ultimate accolade on a state visit.of parliament. so this is where president trump might have got to stand and now he won't. it is the oldest part of parliament, westminster hall, dating back to the 11th century. critics say that the speaker's remarks went too far. i don't think he wants to play politics, but that is how it is being interpreted. he prides himself on being able to speak for the whole house and remain neutral. i think this... statement that he made takes him away from that position and exposes him to the accusation of hypocrisy. i invite you, mr president, to address us. there was gushing words and the hand of friendship for the president of china, despite criticism of his country's human rights record. he addressed parliament's royal gallery. but the speaker's view of president trump... 0ur opposition to racism and to sexism... good on you say some mps, what you said was music to our ears. i was in the hall at the time and brilliant. respect to him. he did a fantasticjob and articulated the way the briti

each country individually will inevitably put pressure on the bloc. 0ur political correspondent chris masonably we focus on the conversation here in written about the forthcoming brexit negotiations, the forthcoming brexit negotiations, the excitement of some and the fear of others. —— britain. at this interview is an insight into the hopes and fears on the other side of the channel and jean—claude juncker acknowledging a potential vulnerability for the eu, that a block of 27 sitting around the nation will inevitably run the risk is as being divided. he said written could offer something to country a, something else to b and c. up until now there has been an attempt to keep brussels and the eu together as one bloc and they fear that the case. they point to what the pm has said in the past about a positive and strong and constructive relationship with the eu once we are on our side. a reminder of the scale and significant of what's to come. it is just weeks to go under the uk triggers article 50 and the process of brexit begins. 50,000 people have signed a petition urging the government not

earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, chris mason it has been reported by reuters this afternoonxpressed publicly his concerns about how negotiations might go from the perspective of the european union and the 27 remaining member states. what is quite interesting is that inevitably here in the uk, we look at the forthcoming negotiations through the prism of what the british government may or may not be able to achieve, the excitement expressed by some about the possibilities and fears expressed by others. why this interview is interesting is imagining it from the perspective of brussels on the other side of the channel. whatjuncker said in his interview, the other countries don't know it yet but the brits know very well how they can tackle this. they could promise country a this, country b that and the endgame the concern in brussels. they have to maintain some semblance of a united front. conscious that that is the very nature of the european union. but also aware that individual countries around the negotiating table will have their own agendas and their own hoped for outcomes.

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster.from our political correspondent, tom bateman, in around 15 minutes' time. new research suggests that more than 600,000 people in the uk are at risk of sudden death from a faulty heart gene. the british heart foundation says that's that's far more than previously thought. the charity is calling for more research to help detect and treat the conditions. more importantly, we need to find how these genes increase your risk, and whether we can develop treatments that block the effects of the faulty gene and prevent this happening. we need to research to find more genes, understand how they work and develop treatments that will save lives. ministers have been urged to "get a grip" on the issue of health tourism in a damning report by mps. the public accounts committee says the system for recovering cash from patients visiting from overseas is "chaotic" and they say more needs to be done to identify and charge those who leave the nhs with unpaid bills. elaine dunkley explains. with budgets u

here's our political correspondent, chris mason.s been speaking in the last hour. when someone has romped home to a historic victory, they have the right to see their vision through. you should not get rid of them just because the results are not going their way. but you are not here to listen to me talk about claudio ranieri. all of us need to have a long hard look at cells and find out what is not working. we should not be facing questions about whether we can retain seats we already hold. ourjob at the next general election is to gain over 100 seats. keeping what we have is supposed to be the easy pa rt what we have is supposed to be the easy part and here in scotland, we have seen what happens when labour —— labour's long—term supporters stop voting labour. we can't afford to have that happen in england as well. i have said at a lot recently. this is not the time for a leadership election. that issue was settled last year. but we have to do better. we cannot sustain this level of distance from our electorate. from our natural su

here's our political correspondent, chris mason. the ultimate accolade on a state visit. carpet and the chance to address both houses of parliament. so this is president trump might have got to stand and now he won't. it is the oldest part of parliament, westminster hall, dating back to the 11th century.” don't think he wants to play politics, but that is how it is being interpreted. he prides himself on being able to speak for the whole house and remain neutral. i think this... statement that he made takes him away from that position and exposes him to the accusation of hypocrisy. ininvite you to address us “— hypocrisy. ininvite you to address us--i hypocrisy. ininvite you to address us —— i invite you to address us. there was gushing words and the hand of friendship for the president of china, despite criticism of his country's human rights record. but the speaker's view of president trump... our opposition to racism and to sexism... good on you say some mps, what you said was music to oui’ some mps, what you said was music to our ears. i was in the hall at the time an

here's our political correspondent, chris mason.y corbyn went to stoke yesterday to look and sound like a winner. his man had won the by—election there, activists were delighted, but labour's vote slid in stoke and the party suffered a cumbrian humbling 140 miles north in copeland as the conservatives triumphed. enterfrom new york the man people in the labour party see as the best leader they never had, david miliband. he now runs a charity, the international rescue committee, and this is not the first time he has been a public doom monger about his party and jeremy corbyn. labour, he told the times, had now lost support among what he called its core base. but those loyal to the leader say it is not alljeremy corbyn‘s fault and add... i would actually like to talk about issues and what it is that makes a difference to people's lives and what makes a difference to people's lives is having the sort of government that will address the concerns of people that have some solutions. this government does not and we need to make clear that w

travellers from the rest of the world are processed through another. 0ur political correspondent chris masonis this tied to the will for leaving the european union? do these mps see an opportunity opening 7 these mps see an opportunity opening es. these mps see an opportunity opening they these mps see an opportunity opening up? yes. they point out, look how it is designed at the airport at the moment, you arrive at the uk and there are does two channels. they argue that after brexit things are going to change. exactly how they change in the context of people coming from the european union, we don't quite know. but they believe it isa don't quite know. but they believe it is a quick win for the nut —— in the uk to say something early on in the uk to say something early on in the brexit process about what happens to people arriving from the commonwealth. they say it can happen at the same time as the brexit negotiations because those countries are outside of the european union. before they get onto any conversation about visas, it is more about how it works for people arriving from the common

chris mason in stoke has it. was the leader of the opposition saying?bour press office in jeremy corbyn's name. he's saying, labour's victory in stoke is a decisive rear rejection of ukip's politics but our message was not enough to win through in copeland. in both campaigns, labour listened to thousands of voters on the doorstep. both constituencies, like so doorstep. both constituencies, like so many, have been let down by the political establishment. to win power, rebuilt and transform britain, labour will go further to reconnect with voters and break with the failed political consensus. now i think what's interesting is that the whispers were earlier this evening, if labour were to hold the seat here in stoke, thatjeremy corbyn would leap on a train tomorrow lunchtime and would do some sort of victory parade through the city centre and of course, if he goes ahead and does that, you can guarantee what every single question will be thrown at him. it won't be a single thing about stoke, it will be about what has happened in copeland. it will be interes

let's speak to our political correspondent chris mason who's in westminster. he house of commons speaker and why is this so controversial? will this make any difference? it'll difference. he is one of the key people. yes, the lord speaker also has a role of the speeches made in other parts of the parliamentary estate, as it's known. we will get a statement from that speaker later today. it would seem very, very, very difficult now for president trump to be able to come to parliament, given whatjohn bercow has said. it was an incredible moment. i was in the press gallery. the prime minister had just left and the chamber was thinning out. my mind was wondering to what the cup of tea and then mr bercow said it darkly about. this in a role that is meant to be impartial, a of party politics. we normally hear him saying, "order, order". then we heard him get more and more passenger at leaving mps completely surprised —— passionate. there was applause but others were very, very frustrated and has said that mr bercow said way beyond what he is required to do. i bet you

let's speak to our political correspondent chris mason at westminster.e and to realise that this investigation wasn't fit for purpose? that is a question being asked by campaigners at westminster who have been pushing the government to do something pretty radical as far as ihat is concerned. johnny mercer, the chairman of the defence subcommittee that has been looking into this and has published its report today to coincide with the government announcement, it broke forward the publication of the report once it got wind of the fact that michael fallon was going to say something, he has been arguing for some time that the government needed to act in this regard. the mod say that the case involving phil shiner had to work its way through and then to be struck off before they could react in this way because thatjudgment undermines so many of the cases that we re undermines so many of the cases that were pending and on its books. what is really striking, picking up from your conversation with colonel kemp, is that the argument being made by johnny mercer him

chris mason is in stoke. let's see if chris managed to catch what he was saying.k and all the way to their car lobbing questions in their direction. to be fed paul nuttall he did stop and take quite a lot of questions in a big puddle just over there by the desks for a couple of minutes, before we got into the rolling maul situation of following him all the way out of the car park. we didn't have a vast amount to say. he took half a dozen or so amount to say. he took half a dozen or so questions. lots of questions about hillsborough, about the stuff on his cv, about the sense from some that he was seen as something of a figure of fun because of the cumulative effect of the various calamities that he faced in questions he faced during the campaign. he said he would come back and fight again. he re—emphasised this point that you could have been making all night, that this was number70 21ukip's making all night, that this was number 70 21 ukip's target list back in 2015, he tried to brush off the idea they had to win a seat like this to pick up the line of questioning

been a debate as well today on the brexit process, but has also been going on, some letters join chris masong. it can be a curious place. i was sitting in the press gallery, the prime minister had been giving a statement about that summit in malta the other day, that was beginning to wind up, and the chamber was thinning out. there was then a 15 minute discussion about whether the clerks of the house, senior civil serva nts clerks of the house, senior civil servants who advise the speaker, should have to wear weeks in the chamber. you might think that things could barely become more procedural oi’ could barely become more procedural or potentially mundane. —— have to wear wigs. then a point of order from a labourmp wear wigs. then a point of order from a labour mp and moments of real drama with the intervention of the speaker, he could not have been more pointed in his views he did not want to see president trump in this building addressing both houses of parliament. he said he was strongly opposed to the idea, even before president trump's migrant ban, as the speaker discredit and he was ev

our political correspondent, chris mason, is in london. what is likely to be announced?tand he will say it is time the north gets a look in. labour says they the start of the next decade, figures will show capital spending per head in the south of england is double that in the north. he says that that it is time that changes. he says if labour is in government, it will put in a measure any bias that will be looked into. it would look at how the spending happens. labour suggesting different these could be employed. it is not entirely clear. the conservatives say that labour's central economic age of £500 billion will involve an awful lot of borrowing which would cost jobs awful lot of borrowing which would costjobs and crash the economy. i surejohn mcdonald costjobs and crash the economy. i sure john mcdonald will oppose costjobs and crash the economy. i surejohn mcdonald will oppose that. we will be talking tojohn mcdonald after eight. three past and present employees from the electronic monitoring service, which fits offenders with tags, have been arrested by police. th

here's our political correspondent chris mason.yn went to stoke yesterday to look and sound like a winner. his man had won the by—election there, activists were delighted, but labour's vote slid in stoke and the party suffered a cumbrian humbling 140 miles north in copeland as the conservatives triumphed. enterfrom new york the man people in the labour party see as the best leader they never had, david miliband. he now runs a charity, the international rescue committee, and this is not the first time he has been a public doom monger about his party and jeremy corbyn. labour, he told the times, had now lost support among what he called its core base. "i am obviously deeply concerned that labour is further from power that at any stage in my lifetime," he told the newspaper. but those loyal to the leaders say it is not alljeremy corbyn‘s fault and add... i would actually like to talk about issues and what it is that makes a difference to people's lives and what makes a difference to people's lives is having the sort of government that

more on this from our correspondent, chris mason.ng any different messages coming from those like jacob who supported leaving the european union? the last ten minutes proves that number ten's desire and we heard from a source that the country and government wants to move on from the language of leave and remain, well, good luck with that! if you compare and contrast the contribution of jacob from compare and contrast the contribution ofjacob from sirjohn major before. two men from the same party with diametrically opposed views on the european union and in microcosm that is the country at large, 48, 52 in a referendum and the government's task to bind the country together and take us on a journey towards the exit door of the eu which keeps people for brexit happy and reassures those like sir john major who fear there may be more negatives associated with brexit than positives. i think having watched all of the speech, it was quite negative and doom laden in terms of his fears for how brexit might turn out. he did not say definitely i

our political correspondent, chris mason, has the details.xpensive and rather long hole in the ground. when it is finished, trains will zip through the capital to essex in the east and berks in the west but what about the north of england? in a speech, today, john mcdonald will say... so what could this mean for the north—east of england ? so what could this mean for the north—east of england? for yorkshire oi’ north—east of england? for yorkshire or manchester? mr mcdonald offers very little specific detail and does not say whether any extra money would come from. a spokesman said labour ‘s policy to borrow half £1 trillion would crash our economy. we'll be getting more detail on the plans from the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, just after 8. three past and present employees from the electronic monitoring service, which fits offenders with tags, have been arrested by police. the sun newspaper claims the investigation relates to allegations that some staff in london were paid by offenders to deliberately fit the devices too loosely so they

an open mind on the possibility of mr trump addressing parliament. 0ur political correspondent chris masonade on a state visit. the red carpet and the chance to address both houses of parliament. so this is where president trump might have got to stand and now he won‘t. it is the oldest part of parliament, westminster hall, dating back to the 11th century. critics say the speaker‘s remarks went too far. i don‘t think he wants to play politics, but clearly that is how it is being interpreted. he prides himself on being able to speak for the whole house and remaining neutral. i think this statement that he made takes him away from that position and exposes him to the accusation of hypocrisy. i invite you, mr president, to address us. there were, after all, gushing words and the hand of friendship for the president of china, despite criticism of his country‘s human rights record. president xi addressed the royal gallery. but the speaker‘s view of president trump... 0ur opposition to racism and to sexism... good on you, mr speaker, say some mps, what you said was music to oui’ ears. i was in t

on his website during an interview on a radio station in liverpool. 0ur political correspondent chris mason for paul nuttall, he is from merseyside and he isa nuttall, he is from merseyside and he is a liverpool fan. he has been coming under some scrutiny in the last couple of days about whether or not he was actually at hillsborough on the day in 1989, something he has long said he was. there was an article in the guardian that cast doubt on that. it is the context in which he did an interview with radio city talk in liverpool and he said he was disgusted at the claims in the guardian but he was then presented with a press release on his own website. it would appear there were at least two website press releases that made this claim about the loss of close personal friends. we have one of them here that we can show you, in which he is reacting back in august 2011 to the ongoing story at the time about whether or not there would be a hillsborough enquiry and he describes what happened in south yorkshire as an appalling tragedy when 96 liverpool fans, including close personal friends of mine

ultimately allow theresa may to trigger article 50 of the lisbon treaty. 0ur political correspondent chris masoneports. heading home into the winter's night after nearly 12 hours of debate. midnight in westminster with another afternoon of discussion to follow today. this is a debate with fire and passion. with some long speeches. and some very short ones. the speaker: drjulian lewis. thank you, mr speaker. in my opinion, the people have decided, and i'm going to vote accordingly. laughter. that eight second speech best sums up the mood of mps however they voted in the referendum. this is a process that needs to be triggered. we need to do it soon and the public of this country expect us to do it. but not everyone is convinced. the new government have acted as though the vote in the referendum gives them carte blanche to engineer the most extreme kind of arrangements for the uk leaving the eu. she is one of a few dozen labour mps who could vote against starting brexit, but ministers are confident they'll win easily because many mps who passionately campaigned for remain will support starting the

our political correspondent chris mason reports.ng home into the winter's night after nearly 12 hours of debate. midnight in westminster with another afternoon of discussion to follow today. this is a debate with fire and passion. with some long speeches. and some very short ones. the speaker: drjulian lewis. thank you, mr speaker. in my opinion, the people have decided, and i'm going to vote accordingly. laughter. that eight second speech best sums up the mood of mps however they voted in the referendum. this is a process that needs to be triggered. we need to do it soon and the public of this country expect us to do it. but not everyone is convinced. the new government have acted as though the vote in the referendum gives them carte blanche to engineer the most extreme kind of arrangements for the uk leaving the eu. she is one of a few dozen labour mps who could vote against starting brexit, but ministers are confident they'll win easily because many mps who passionately campaigned for remain will support starting the brexit proce

mason wins 93-70. just eleven wins last season. v tech on the road at pit. they don't have chris clark after a knee injury. not a place you want to be right now and good luck to him with that knee. that is never a good thing. the second half tied a at 57. justin it really, that's the shot of the night. a minute to go, robinson on the break. drills the, hokeys in front by one. the pitneys a three to tie. no good. a try again, watch this, no. it doesn't happen. another miss virginia tech rallied in double digits, they win 66 to 63 and that is a look at sports for now. march madness on the way. > getting close. > thank you, sir. we'll be right back. z29kuz zstz y29kuy ysty > already. right now it is the final night of the westminster dog show. this dog doesn't want have to do anything with what's going on tonight. and the st. bernard said i'm going to bed. tonight, good reaction, did i investor working group, boxers are great dogs. we're still awaiting word who is going to win best in show. it seems like the favorite is the german shepherd. >> you got it? >> no, not yet. wait. any c

mason wins 93-70. just eleven wins last season. v tech on the road at pit. they don't have chris clarklark after a knee injury. not a place you want to be right now and good luck to him withhim that knee. that is never a good thing.thin the second half tied a at 57. justin it is good. really, that's the shot of the night. a minute to go, robinson on the break. drills the, hokeys in front by one. the pitneys a three to tie.e. no good. a try again, watch this, no. it doesn't happen. another miss virginia tech rallied in double digits, they win 66 to 63 and that is a look at sports for now. march madness on the way.ay. > getting close. > thank you, sir.> we'll be right back. for all those pokers, prodders, shuckers and sniffers, all giant produce is triple checked. we're focusing on fresh... ...so you don't have to guess. my giant. ♪♪ know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from know you can craft an investment plan as strong