former labour leadership contender owen smith has been sacked from jeremy corbyn‘s shadow cabinet afteralling for a second eu referendum. enforcement officers working for the information commissioner have entered the premises of cambridge analytica in central london. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review. hello and a warm welcome. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? what have you been watching? interesting week, we have a psychological thriller starring claire foy by steven soderbergh, unsane. wrinkle in time, the big budget adaptation of a much—loved book by ava duvernay. and pacific rim: uprising, john boyega stars in the robotic sequel. claire foy is a big—ticket? the new film by steven soderbergh, claire foy will be very much in the shadow of an old sam fuller film, called shock corridor, an interesting, trashy, exploitation film. claire foy is a businesswoman whose life has fallen apart because she has endured a stalker, and basically, as a result of this, she has had to move towns, keep her identity quiet, ke

former labour leadership contender owen smith has been sacked from jeremy corbyn‘s shadow cabinet afterng for a second eu referendum. the head of the porton down defence laboratory categorically denies russian claims that nerve agent from the site could have been used to poison the former spy in salisbury two lorry drivers have been sentenced for causing a pile—up that killed eight people in a minibus on the m one motorway killed eight people in a minibus on the mi motorway. also this hour — president trump signs a huge government funding bill into law just hours before the third government shutdown of the year was due to start the news comes amid a flurry of resignations and appointments at the white house — we'll bring you the latest analysis. and a new museum opens in the west country dedicated to the engineer isambard kingdom brunel. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a gunman who went on a shooting spree in southern france, killing three people and injuring 16, has been killed by police. the attacker, named as 26—year—old redouane lakdim, pledged allegiance to the islamic state

the former labour prime minister, gordon brown, has called for police to investigate "criminal wrongdoing press. an ex—private investigator who was used by the sunday times has spoken about the activity he was involved in to obtain information for the paper. john ford said his methods included stealing rubbish and "blagging" or pretending to be a bank or utilities account holder. the sunday times said it "strongly rejects" the claim that it had ever commissioned anyone to act illegally. in the commons, labour called for the leveson inquiry into press standards to be re—opened. but the culture secretary stuck to his announcement made last week that the second stage of leveson should not go ahead. the fact that this activity stopped in 2010 underlines the point that the world has changed. practises like these have been investigated, newspapers today are in a very different position to when these alleged offences took place. this view is in fact strengthened by today by the example because the behaviour we discovered today was before the leveson inquiry and existing or is in place to deal wi

former labour leadership contender owen smith has been sacked from jeremy corbyn‘s shadow cabinet afteralling for a second eu referendum. the high court has granted an application by the information commissioner's office for a warrant to search the london offices of cambridge analytica. claims by russia that the nerve agent that poisoned a former spy in salisbury could have escaped from the porton down defence research facility have been categorically rejected by the head of the site. also in the next hour... we'll bring you news of a royal visit to belfast. prince harry and meghan markle continue their tour of the uk in the runup to the royal wedding. good evening and welcome to bbc news. french police have shot dead a gunman who killed three people and injured 16 others in southern france. the attacker, named as 26—year—old redouane lakdim, pledged allegiance to the islamic state group. he is thought to have killed and wounded his victims in three separate incidents which began in the city of carcassonne. he is then believed to have driven to a nearby town where he took people hostage

former labour leadership contender owen smith has been sacked from jeremy corbyn‘s shadow cabinet afterd an application by the information commissioner's office for a warrant to search the london offices of cambridge analytica. the head of the porton down defence laboratory categorically denies russian claims that nerve agent from the site could have been used to poison the former spy in salisbury also this hour — president trump signs a huge

a former labour cabinet minister said hate speech would not be tackled by technical controller platformsntry, then the most glorious and the sacrifices that were made in order to defeat an ideology where at its core had racial hatred, homophobic hatred and political hatred as well and that you abandoned the history of this country in its greatest hours by indulging in any of them and our young people should know that. the minister agreed and stressed the need to respect the right to use free—speech without forgetting how many lives have been lost fighting hatred. un investigators said it is likely that crimes under international law had been committed against a pinch of muslims in the bernese state of rakine. hundreds of thousands have fled the violence and are sheltering refugee camps in bangladesh. they now face new dangers of landslides and flooding during the monsoon season so when a foreign office minister updated the situation, he said the burmese authorities had refused to allow the un fact—finding mission into the country. despite this, through interviewing refugees in bangladesh

former labour leader of course. his first interview on the subject to us this morning. we would like your experiences. a world away from your dayjob, tell our audience what it is you are launching and what you wanted to achieve. i'm in glasgow for a responsible finance forum, i want to launch the end high—cost credit alliance and it is to create a fairer deal for the people who find themselves unable to access mainstream credit and a fairer deal for the company is trying to help those people out, to try to give them the best deal possible. it is double tracked. and you have been made aware of the effect of this kind of high cost credit on friends and family, i gather? over the last seven, eight years, when you have a little bit of celebrity, like i do, you get asked to come and support different projects and one of the things that has kept coming up is this issue around household debt and high cost credit. i started to see it with friends and family members and the burden that is, the stress it puts on your health,

former labour leadership contender owen smith has been sacked from jeremy corbyn's shadow cabinet aftere site could have been used to poison the former spy in salisbury two lorry drivers have been sentenced for causing a pile—up that killed eight people in a minibus on the m one motorway killed eight people in a minibus on the m1 motorway. also this hour — president trump signs a huge government funding bill into law just hours before the third

russia, to be fair, needed not draw and sacked parallel, but in answer to a question from the former labourrtainly right. he said it is right to say that they will promote russian interests at the world cup, anti—competitive way that adolf hitler did that in the 1936 berlin olympics. russia has said borisjohnson is poisoned with hate. the danger is that he strengthens the hand of eu countries who believe that britain has overrea cted to the attack in salisbury, and there will be in intervention at the summit tomorrow, and she is essentially going to reflect the uk view that russia is now a strategic enemy, and not a strategic partner of the european union. she is going to say that the salisbury attack was an attended murder, using an illegal chemical weapon, indiscriminate and it was reckless. and she will say that this was a challenge from russia that is going to india for years, and as one number ten russia that is going to endure for years, and as one number ten official has said, the russian threat now does not respect borders and as such we are all at risk. is she actually making a cal

corbyn is coming under renewed pressure to remove christine shawcroft from labour's ruling national executive entirely. former, ignorance is no excuse. some mps say this is about a much bigger issue. it is quite rightjeremy asked miss shawcroft to stand down from chairing the disciplinary committee, there's no way she could continue to do that, but her position is not the main issue, the main issue isjeremy made a good statement this week finally promising action against anti—semitism. we now need to see that action. anyone guilty of anti—semitism in the labour party must be expelled. supporters ofjeremy corbyn said the issue of anti—semitism is being used by opponents inside and outside his party to destabilise him, but there is a growing realisation more needs to be done to tackle the underlying problem. iain watson, bbc news. the justice secretary david gauke has ordered a review of cases where prisoners are released directly from high security prisons. it follows the high court ruling overturning a parole board decision to release the serial sex attacker john worboys. the boa rd's chairman nick hardwick w

theresa may was crossing the country to say that britain had a bright future outside the eu — it was former laboured to leave the eu: will there be a second referendum? a group has launched a campaign online — called best for britain and they have the term #finalsay which is trending in london on twitter. although remember — most people aren't on twitter, and london is much more anti—brexit than the country as a whole. jonathan blake in westminister. tony blair is being much more and you brexit compared with the leader of the party he used to be in charge with —— much more anti—brexit. of the party he used to be in charge with -- much more anti-brexit. yes, he thinks it is a bad idea, and he has set out a potential road map of how brexit could be stopped, potentially with a vote in parliament against the deal that the government reaches with brussels, and maybe even a second referendum. his interventions are divisive, some welcome him coming forward as he has done several times, arguing the case that it should not happen and doesn't need to happen, but there will be many more people who say that h

lord sugar, a former labour peer, shared the image with his 5.5 million twitter followers and respondedo stamp out anti—semitism within the party. more than 100 flights from stansted airport were cancelled last night after a shuttle bus caught fire outside the terminal building. a normal service has resumed this morning but some passengers are unsure when they may be able to fly. earlier, the chief 0perations 0fficer explained why they had to make the decision to send travellers home. smoke was blowing into and across the terminal and it was very difficult to see where it was coming from when you were inside. it went very dark and obviously their first thought, as it always is, is the safety and security of our passengers and we were immediately thinking, where is the safest place we can get them to in the terminal? that happened to be air side, causing conflict between people who had been properly screened through security and people who hadn't, meaning we couldn't let anyone fly if we were unsure if they had been mixing with people who have not gone through proper security protocols.

lord sugar, a former labour peer, shared the image with his 5.5 million twitter followers and respondedsm within the party. two british men believed to have been members of the islamic state cell known as "the beatles", have complained they can't have a fair trial because the uk government has stripped them of their citizenship. alexander kotey and el shafee elsheikh, whose group are thought to have murdered more than 20 hostages, spoke to reporters in northern syria after being detained by kurdish fighters in january. they described the execution of hostages as "regrettable". more than 100 flights from stansted airport were cancelled last night after a shuttle bus caught fire outside the terminal building. a normal service has resumed this morning but some passengers are unsure when they may be able to fly. earlier, the chief 0perations 0fficer explained why they had to make the decision to send travellers home. smoke was blowing into and across the terminal and it was very difficult to see where it was coming from when you were inside. it went very dark and obviously their first thoug

corbyn is coming under renewed pressure to remove christine shawcroft from labour's ruling national executive is entirely. former john baxter said stepping down from chairing the plan is not enough. some mps say this is about a much bigger issue. is not enough. some mps say this is about a much bigger issuem is not enough. some mps say this is about a much bigger issue. it is quite rightjeremy asked christine shawcroft to stand down from chairing the disciplinary committee, no way she could continue to do that, but her position is not the main issue, the main issue isjeremy made a good statement this week finally promising action against anti—semitism. we now need to see that action. anyone guilty of anti—semitism in the labour party mightjust be anti—semitism in the labour party might just be expelled. anti—semitism in the labour party mightjust be expelled. supporters ofjeremy corbyn said the issue of anti—semitism is being used by opponents inside and outside his party to destabilise him, but there isa party to destabilise him, but there is a growing realisation more needs to be done to tackle the underlying

that angered a labour former cabinet minister.disgraceful decision by the government yesterday to keep secret the source of the £105,000 donation to the leave campaign via the dup, meaning the public have no idea where this money came from, what more can she and in the electoral commission do to ensure we have full transparency in our electoral and democratic system7 the commission welcomes the existing order, which will provide for the first time information about donations and loans received by parties in northern ireland. but the commission also wants to see transparency of donations back to 2014 as parliament envisaged and would support the third order to provide a full transparency back to 2014. there are more than 500,000 miles of underwater cables that carry much of the world's web traffic. at the end of last year, the head of the armed forces, air chief marshal sir stuart peach, said the military had prioritised the protection of the uk's cables because of the threat posed by russia. this was after warnings that any attack

former labour leadership candidate liz kendall says, "a truly terrible day when @boardofdeputies & @j: labour mpjohn mann is with us now. he sasteremy corbyn needs to "cleanse the party of the cancer of anti—semitism". of course we also wanted an mp with us this morning who would defend the labour leader — but none would talk to us this morning.. we're alsojoined by karen pollock from the holocaust educational trust. welcome to both of you. thank you for coming on the programme. in your view, john mann, is your leader jeremy corbyn anti—semitic? view, john mann, is your leader jeremy corbyn anti-semitic? what jeremy corbyn anti-semitic? what jeremy corbyn anti-semitic? what jeremy corbyn is failing to do. you think i don't know, i don't think... you don't think so? it's for him to explain his actions on that mural but what i do know is he has failed to ta ke but what i do know is he has failed to take action on removing anti—semites from the labour party. there are an increasing number of them who have joined, there are an increasing number of them who havejoined, explicit anti—semite

the labour mp for derby north, chris williamson, is a former shadow minister, and a close ally of theo fire owen smith. owen smith wrote an article that was against the labour party settled position in relation to brexit, and on that basis, if you will speak against the collective view of the shadow cabinet, then i'm afraid you have to go on to the backbenches. i stepped down from the front bench myself a couple of months ago because i wanted to speak on a wider range of issues. i wasn't able to do that whilst being on the front bench, and so i decided to be an out rider, if you like, on the backbenches, and that is what owen can now do for the peak and speak up for the things he feels passionately about. when you take a front bench role, you have to accept collective responsibility. that was chris williamson, the labour mp for derby north. a reminder that this coming thursday, it marks one year to go before the uk leave the eu. throughout the week, we will put your questions to a range of experts. it is for 15 pm. the headlines: hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are attending ra

vladimir putin and the russian state are found to be involved in the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. the labourtoday that england's participation in russia "ought to be in question". the fa's position is that international relations with russia are a matter for the government, and there are currently no changes to their world cup plans. well, the former fa executive director david davis said he believes a boycott would only be worthwhile if other nations backed england. iam against i am against boycotts by one country u nless i am against boycotts by one country unless the international community gives its positive and practical backing, and that means yes, france, and spain and germany and other countries ideally also support that action. then you make a difference. my action. then you make a difference. my worry is that if one country like england says we are not going to ta ke england says we are not going to take part in a world cup, one other country will replace us and the country will replace us and the country that will be damaged and will be most upset by what has happened is called en

they urged the labour leader suspend a former senior official, christine shawcroft over her handling o the mp who was the lead signatory, siobhain mcdonagh the labour mp for mitcham and morden. explain to us what you wanted to achieve with the letter. i want to askjeremy corbyn to take action, to require christine shaw croft to stand down —— shawcross. supporting someone come and —— imagine supporting someone who denies that the holocaust happened. kind ofa denies that the holocaust happened. kind of a civil war inside the party, an agenda that is not strictly about anti—semitism but different political factions. jeremy does not believe that. he wrote he would be militant against anti—semitism in the labour party. we are saying, start, but your money where your mouth is. a party spokesperson has said there are processors, it is not up to the leader to sack people off the national executive committee. who believes ifjeremy corbyn said to christine, i am sorry, you have to stand down, that she wouldn't do it. we are talking about someone standing for labour in an election who denies tha

last night, the labour leader issued a new apology ahead of a public protest in westminster demanding action. several of the party's own mps also took part in the protest, while formerpeople who have been victims of sexual harassment at work. the equality and human rights commission says it's uncovered truly shocking examples of abuse in the workplace. it's recommending measures which include a new statutory code of practice for employers, and a ban on non—disclosure agreements in certain circumstances. a report looking at the response to last year's manchester terror attack will be published at midday. the independent review was commissioned by the mayor of greater manchester, and has taken evidence on how emergency services reacted, how the media reported events and how families of the victims were treated. 22 people were killed in the explosion last may. police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann are to get more money for the search. the home office says it will provide the metropolitan police with further funding. the three—year—old vanished from the family's holiday apartment in the algarve in may, 2007. a security guard is among five people arr

striking a very different note, a former british prime minister the labour politician tony blair todaye dangers of brexit. and he called for eu immigration rules to be reformed to encourage british people to change their mind and stay in. let's just remind ourselves of an extraordinary week when the brexit debate became even more heated. labour would seek to negotiate a new, combrinck sieve uk— eu customs union. a customs union would remove the bulk of incentives for other countries to enter into comprehensive free trade agreements with the uk. with fair and equal access to a very large, rich eu market, if you're going to give that up market, if you're going to give that up for the promise of some bilateral deals with markets that are much less important to us is like giving up less important to us is like giving upa less important to us is like giving up a three course meal for a packet of crisps. the island of ireland will be protected and a hard border will be protected and a hard border will be protected and a hard border will be avoided. ireland has to be covered by the union cust

a group of labour mps has urged jeremy corbyn to suspend former disputes panel chair christine shawcroftonal executive committee, as the row over anti—semitism continues. now on bbc news — the travel show. my name is tony giles, i'm from england, i'm totally blind and severely deaf in both ears and i'm travelling around the world trying to visit every country. we're in the old city! israel is country 120 force of will —— israel is country 124. i see a place with my senses, by the sounds, by the smells, by the textures. the hustle and bustle of people shouting, by this, buy this, come on look at this! i feel the atmosphere, the energy, the buzz! i was born with my eye condition, i don't have any vision apart from sunlight sensitivity. and i've gradually gone deaf as i've got older and i gradually gone deaf as i've got olderand i am now gradually gone deaf as i've got older and i am now 80% or severely deaf in both ears and i use digital hearing aids. i travel alone, because it's the biggest challenge i can get the travelling by myself... excuse me! i get to interact with more people. if i

a group of labour mps has urged jeremy corbyn to suspend former disputes panel chair christine shawcroftparty's national executive committee, as the row over anti—semitism continues. now on bbc news, injanuary 2017 finland began a bold social experiment. the government started paying a basic income to 2000 unemployed finns. it's free money, with no strings attached. in this special programme we follow the stories of four recipients of the money to see if the scheme has helped them get back into work. injanuary 2017, finland began a bold social experiment. the government started paying 2,000 unemployed finns basic income. they each get a guaranteed 560 euros a month for two years. it's free money — it comes with no strings attached. you could say that basic income is money for free, because you don't have to fulfil any conditions to get it. basic income is an idea that has gained some high profile champions, from facebook chief mark zuckerberg to elon musk to bernie sanders, and this experiment is being closely watched by policymakers around the world. we've been following four people who

a group of labour mps has urged jeremy corbyn to suspend former disputes panel chair christine shawcroftnational executive committee, as the row over anti—semitism continues. and personal details from 150 million users of popular health app my fitness pal have been accessed in a major data breach. now on bbc news... weather world. the team discover how meteorology has helped to shape the royal air force, which is celebrating 100 years since its formation. this time we are marking 100 years of the royal perforce. and where better than here at raf brize norton? nick and i have been finding out about high ground operations work with air traffic control in times of severe weather to keep this crucial airbase operational. and i will be in norfolk sharing some of my experiences of being an operational forecaster at an raf base. also, crippling cold, uk and of europe falls victim to the beast from the east. freak freeze... of europe falls victim to the beast from the east. freakfreeze... the flood that turned to ice. how a weather disaster can strike as if from nowhere. the storms that can swee

a group of labour mps has urged jeremy corbyn to suspend former disputes panel chair, christine shawcroft from a murder at sea, new evidence shines light on the porthole mystery. this is bbc home service...

a group of labour mps has urged jeremy corbyn to suspend former disputes panel chair christine shawcrofte party's national executive committee, as the row over anti—semitism continues. now on bbc news it is time for click. a lot has happened on facebook since you last looked in — and that's an understatement. it is the week the world got a wake—up call. it is the week the world got a wake-up call. the row over facebook and the misuse of data... a data yes, associated with the trump campaign has been suspended... we willingly let facebook, google and other companies access our personal data, and in return they give us personalised services, for free. personal information is valuable to people but for a long time now we have wondered just how valuable? but ever since these companies started amassing our data, the clock has been ticking. in 2008 we showed you how you and your friends' facebook data could be accessed by a rogue facebook application, without consent. in 2011, a researcher warned that if computers could analyse enough facebook data from enough people will, they could spot conn

a group of labour mps has urged jeremy corbyn to suspend former disputes panel chair christine shawcroftthe party's national executive committee, as the row over anti—semitism continues. now on bbc news it's time for a special audience edition of brexitcast. hello, it's adam fleming here with chris mason. we are here in the bbc radio theatre, with 300 friends! hello everyone. and the reason we are doing it, it's a year to go until brexit. here we are with the arena spectacular! brexit means exit. the people voted and they have to get on with that. the process which i can only describe as a dog's exit. hello. and welcome to another edition of the podcast. we are in the bbc radio theatre, and the extraordinary thing, i don't know if you feel the same, as four, meant to be used to going on the telly and the radio, the notion that people are watching and listening, it's quite something else when there are people in front of us, opposed to us imagining that you might be yawning. you are actually here. i have just spotted all our bosses sitting in the balcony! hello. we are being watched on bb

a group of labour mps has urged jeremy corbyn to suspend former disputes panel chair christine shawcroft

a group of labour mps has urged jeremy corbyn to suspend former disputes panel chair, christine shawcroftfrom the party's national executive committee, as the row over anti—semitism continues. now on bbc news, 70 years on from a murder at sea, new evidence shines light on the porthole mystery. this is bbc home service... james camb, a deck steward on the liner durban castle, was today charged with murder on the high seas of miss eileen gay gibson, the actress who disappeared from the ship during a voyage from south africa to britain. in other news, the shortage of water continues following the long dry spell... it was here at winchester‘s great hall in march of 1948 that one of the 20th century's most sensational murder trials took place. it had everything you would expect to find in an agatha christie novel. a dashing steward, a beautiful actress, a death on the high seas. but no body. the steward was charged with murdering the 21—year—old actress and pushing her out of the porthole. no trace of her body was ever found. and now, for the first time, we have unprecedented access to the act

details about their investigation into the suspected poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. with speak to chris bryant of the laboureen pressing for further information on the incident. beyond 100 days will be looking at the fallout over trump's aluminium and steel import tariffs, after his economic advisor gary cohn quits. and we'll be discussing tomorrow's front pages in the papers with our guests, political commentator jane merrick, and the deputy political editor of the sunday times, caroline wheeler. so lots ahead. stay with us on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh woozencroft. our main headlines this evening. i'm hugh woozencroft. can tottenham get make it eight wins in a row at wembley to claim a place in the last eight of the champions league? new zealand beat england by five wickets to take the one day series into a decider. and taulupe faletau returns at number eight for wales, he'll captain the side as one of ten changes for this weekend's six nations clash with italy. good evening, clearly a lot of numbers to crunch this evening, and will we be l

joining us now is labour mp and former chair of the jewish labour movement, louise ellman.e has to act danny huston root out the anti—semitism that is within the labour party. it is just heartbreaking to see it but he has to do something about it now, words won‘t be enough. to do something about it now, words won't be enough. just reading his words, you will know him but maybe not all of you as well. he says he wa nts to not all of you as well. he says he wants to be clear he will not tolerate any form of anti—semitism thatis tolerate any form of anti—semitism that is in their movement and they must be stamped out from the party. this goes to the heart of the issue. what would you like to see him do? you say actions, but what? first, actions have to be taken many cases of anti—semitism which are waiting to be heard by the labour party and he has to stamp on those members of the labour party who keep saying that allegations of anti—semitism area that allegations of anti—semitism are a smear againstjeremy corbyn‘s leadership. even this morning i had an e—mail that says that t

the former shadow northern ireland secretary 0wen smith says he'll continue to oppose labour's positioneen sacked byjeremy 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.

the russian state are found to be involved in the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury at the weekend. the laboure in question". but the fa's position is that international relations are a matter for the government. the more likely option is, the dignitaries, the suits not going to moscow, saint petersburg and the rest. will that affect the russians? not really. will it make people feel better that there is some symbolic gesture ? perhaps. away from football, the big race of the opening day of the cheltenham festival, the champions hurdle was won by buveur d'air, the odds—on favourite. the nicky henderson—trained horse, ridden byjockey barry geraghty, has nowjoined some ofjump racing's greats by winning back to back stagings of the prestigious race. a seventh champions hurdle for henderson and for the ownerjp mcmanus. the great thing about today was that he found himself in a battle for the first time in his career really. it has all been easy for him. today he had to fight and hejolly did, he was great. he put his head down. it is tough out there today. the ground is testing. meanwhile ruby wals

business news this hour, but first, the headlines on bbc news: a row in the labour party as a frontbencher is removed from her post. former from her post. formerfootballerjamie carragher has caught on camera spitting towards a 14—year—old girl. i'm jamie robertson — in the business news... the bid to take over the british engineering giant gkn has been ratcheted up. melrose industries, a company that specialises in taking over and restructuring businesses, has upped its offer to £8.1 billion pounds. this it says is a final offer. gkn makes parts for boeing 737 jets and black hawk helicopters, volkswagen and ford cars. record numbers of customers are switching electricity supplier. more than 660,000 people changed in february, the highest number yet. energy uk said the figure was 60% up on a year ago. over one million customers have switched so far this year. heathrow airport had a record 5.lim passengers in february, up 2.4% on last year. larger, fuller aircraft from south asia and latin america were behind the increase, with passenger traffic from south asia up 12.7%. the airport also trumpeted a 19th consecutive month o

a group of labour mps and peers has urged jeremy corbyn to suspend former disputes panel chair christineparty's national executive committee, as the row over anti—semitism continues. now on bbc news, withjust 12 months to go, what do voters make of the progress towards brexit? we've been to coventry, where just over 55% of people voted leave, to meet a group of leavers and remainers to find out. they were selected for the bbc by the research company britain thinks and our political editor laura kuenssberg was listening in for this special brexit panel. for all the political shenanigans, brexit was a decision taken by the public. what you are about see is not scientific but a slice of opinion, a flavour of the conversations that you, we are all having around the country about brexit with one year to go. i will ask you, thinking about brexit, don't think about this too hard, but just think of the first three words that come to your mind. when you think about brexit. and write them down for me. you've got one? is everybody done? great. what did you put down? i put lies. because going toward

labour party. louise ellman was at both. she's also a former chair of the labourjewish movement.what was your sense of that? there was a lot of concern expressed in the plp at the stake —— state the labour party has now reached. it's absolutely unprecedented for the mainstream jewish community to feel they have to take to the streets to protest against anti—semitism in a major political party. do you sense now, because of what's happened in the last 2a hours, that we're at a turning point and the party is at a place where it can get to grips with it? jeremy seems to have had a great difficulty in recognising left anti—semitism, he understands it from the right, but not left—wing anti—semitism, and the test now is about what he will actually do. what he must do it immediately is to tell his supporters to stop making allegations of anti—semitism or smears against his leadership. they must put a stop to that immediately, and then he must make sure that all those outstanding cases of anti—semitism that have not been heard through the labour party are acted on quickly. do you think th

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

here, the former shadow northern ireland secretary, owen smith, has said he will continue to oppose labour'sr he was sacked for calling for a second referendum on the terms of the final leave deal. mr smith said he believed jeremy corbyn wanted to adopt a more euro sceptic approach, which he believed would damage the country's economy. he said he was speaking up for the majority of labour party members on the issue of brexit. labour members have been speaking out strongly. we passed a resolution at conference last year that was, frankly, exactly the same as what i said in my article. and members across the country have been contacting me before and after my sacking to say that this is what they believe. the vast majority of labour members support us taking a much tougher stance against brexit, and that's what i think jeremy corbyn and the leadership of the labour party need to do. the information commissioner's office says it will assess material gathered after its staff searched the headquarters of cambridge analytica — the company accused of taking data from facebook users without their co

the former shadow northern ireland secretary, owen smith, has said he will continue to oppose labour'ser he was sacked for calling for a second referendum on the terms of the final leave deal. mr smith said he believed jeremy corbyn wanted to adopt a more eurosceptic approach which he believed would damage the country's economy. he told bbc breakfast that mr corbyn was not speaking up for the majority of labour party members on the issue of brexit. labour members have been speaking out strongly and members across the country have contacted me before and after my sacking to say that this is what they believe in the vast majority of labour members support is taking a much tougher stance against brexit and that is what i thinkjeremy corbyn and the leadership of the labour party need to do. earlier chris mason came into the studio and i asked him why he had sacked owen smith. firstly he wrote an article, he cannot blame this on encountering a pesky reporter like you or me being asked devilish questions and blurting something out that he later regrets, oi’ something out that he later regret

said they were concerned all very concerned about the impact labour shortages would have on their businesses in 2018 and beyond. 0ne formerht british workers to come and work on his farm. in six years, he did have one who applied and lasted precisely two and a half weeks. so, we're not going to find, in the uk market, jobs market, people who are going to replace all of the people who are working in a seasonal capacity at the moment. the uk production of fruit and vegetables is a great success story for our country. it is a growing industry that we should be supporting. but, unless we fix this labour shortage, prices will go up, fewer people will be able to afford british fruits and vegetables. that growth may well reverse and we will see a share of the fruit and vegetables that we consume that we currently consume british produce be replaced by imports. the strong feeling that i've had during these discussions, both in the select committee and the appg, was that an ideologicalfervour for brexit amongst certain ministers and with... we voted to stop freedom of movement and that is our approach, no matter what evidence we h

the wife of a former minister under vladimir putin, had paid £160,000 in a conservative party auction to play tennis with him. did the tennis game actually happen? it did. but the labourition on the salisbury attack now seems much closer to the government's than it was in the middle of last week. putin has questions to answer because this is highly likely this could have been a state execution. but, what we don't do in this country is that we don't leap to conclusions without the evidence. tomorrow, international specialists from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons will arrive at porton down to start their own independent analysis of wattel left yulia and sergei skripal fighting for their lives. daniel sandford, bbc news. vladimir putin appears to be heading for another six years in power as voting has ended in the russian presidential election. exit polls show him taking 74% of the votes. 0ur moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg reports. it looked more like a show than an election. russian polling stations providing free entertainment to boost the turnout. inside, you could cast a ballot and cast an eye at the art. pride of place here, reserved

the former shadow northern ireland secretary, owen smith, has said he will continue to oppose labour'sd for calling for a second referendum on the terms of the final leave deal. mr smith said he believed jeremy corbyn wanted to adopt a more eurosceptic approach, which he believed would damage the country's economy. he said he was speaking up for the majority of labour party members on the issue of brexit. (tx sor next) labour members have been speaking out strongly. we passed a resolution at conference last year that was frankly exactly the same as what i said in my article. members across the country had been contacting me before and after my sacking to say that this is what they believe and the vast majority of labour members support is taking a much tougher sta nce support is taking a much tougher stance against brexit and that is what i thinkjeremy corbyn in the leadership of the labour party need to do. let's talk to the labour mp for derby north, chris williamson. thank you for being with us this lunchtime. do you understand why owen smith is saying something that diane abbott ha

with the opposition labour party coming out in favour of closer ties with the eu, and two former primeith politicians and voters alike to think again. the politician left with carrying out the results of a referendum that has divided britain like no other issue in decades, said the country was facing a crucial moment. thank you. few would disagree. there have been protests across slovakia after the killing of an investigative journalist and his fiancee. jan kusiak‘s work alleged links between the italian mafia and figures close to prime minister robert fiso. he denies any wrongdoing. the biggest demonstration was in the capital, bratislava, from where our correspondent rob cameron sent this report. they came in their thousands, braving subzero temperatures, united in grief at the killing of a journalist. this was the largest protest here for many years. a sign that what began as a local tragedy has become a national crisis of leadership. the moral responsibility for the deaths is the government, for sure. they should have resigned straight after as it happened, but they haven't so far.

but the opposition labour party coming out in favour of closer ties with the eu, and two former primeope and pleading with politicians and voters alike to think again. the politician left with carrying out the results of a referendum that has divided britain like no other issue in decades, said the country was facing a crucial moment. thank you. few would disagree. large parts of europe are seeing severe weather, we will have more on that shortly. but first here in britain heavy snow is causing crashes, closing schools, training railand air crashes, closing schools, training rail and air passengers as well as motorists. the army has been called in to help. denisa allertova law. for the last 2a hours, the m62 between west yorkshire and manchester has been a disaster zone. multiple pile—ups litter the carriageway. one driver filmed this early today. dozens of vehicles written off. i'm trying to get to an old people's home to get the heating on. i've been stuck out here since three o'clock this afternoon. there was some respite at this local petrol station that helped people through the

with the opposition labour party coming out in favour of closer ties with the eu, and two former primeand pleading with politicians and voters alike to think again. the politician left with carrying out the results of a referendum that has divided britain like no other issue in decades, said the country was facing a crucial moment. thank you. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: as hollywood prepares for the oscars this weekend, one of its top stars on sexism in the movie business. first the plates slipped gently off the restaurant tables, then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched on her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans have successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i heard the news earlier and so my heart went bang, bang! the constitutional rights of these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united states, and they should be protected, even in the right to test them out, so they don't get th