brexit developments and that story involving dame margaret hodge.hill snow. fairly clear skies at the moment across the uk. this area of cloud is developing in the south west, low pressure currently developing. through today, it will move northwards, this weather front will bring some rain for the end of the day. for many of us, it is dry and bright. that cloud will increase in the south—west, brain putting in at lunchtime. further north, still some rain for the north—east of scotland. north—western scotland should remain dry this afternoon with sunny spells. wintry showers across the grampians this afternoon. sunny spells in northern ireland compared to this morning. showers in northumberland, durham and cumbria. northern england, midlands, south east england, dry for the day with sunshine. that cloud and rain will continue to push northwards this evening. the wind will increase especially across wales and the south—west. the far north of scotla nd south—west. the far north of scotland remained dry with clear spells, but turning chili. elsewhere, t

the labour mp, dame margaret hodge, expresses fresh concerns about how her party is handling accusationsf anti—semitism. what is so awful about this is that jeremy always proclaims zero tolerance of anti—semitism. ministers head back to brussels to try and secure legally—binding changes to theresa may's brexit deal — ahead of another vote by mps next week. a crisis in confidence in canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, with the resignation of a second cabinet minister, following a corruption scandal. i would like to thank my grandma. my sister. speakergreen my lover. the first cervical screening advertising campaign in england is launched, as the numbers of women attending welcome to bbc newsroom live. iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. the most senior police officer in britain, cressida dick, says there's a link between violent crime and cuts in police numbers — after the prime minister suggested there's no direct correlation between cuts and certain crimes. it comes after two i7—year—olds were killed in separate incidents in london and greater manchester. cressida dick, who's the metrop

the labour mp, dame margaret hodge, expresses fresh concerns about how her party is handling

the jewish labour mp dame margaret hodge expresses fresh concerns about how her party is handling accusationsof anti—semitism. when

it has got a bit personal, with veteran labour mp dame margaret hodge suggesting that lord falconer bombardedts to the breakdown interest between mr corbyn and jewish labour mps, which may be irreparable. meanwhile, the conservatives are dealing with accusations of islamophobia? their former chairman, syed abbasi, said the party is in denial about islamophobia and is gripped by islamophobia. she says there are 50 cases which the party has not taken seriously, most recently involving a prospective conservative council candidate in harlow, peter land, he was readmitted to the party after a series of anti—islamic tweets, one of them saying islam is like alcoholism, the first step to recovery is to admit you have a problem. despite that, he was readmitted and allowed to stand as a council candidate. this lunchtime he has decided to stand down from that position and resigned from the conservative party, but it points to curious symmetry with a labour party leadership under pressure over over anti—semitism and the conservative party under pressure about islamophobia. our top story this lunchtime. b