frank field's always been more of a loner than a plotter.ing line on welfare reform, say, too harsh for many labour traditionalists. his resignation letter will inflame the already high—octane controversy that has come to dot the labour party and undermined the authority of its leader. he condemned labour‘s leadership becoming a force for anti—semitism in british politics. "britain fought the second world war to banish these views from our politics," he said. "a culture of intolerance, nastiness and intimidation now reigns in too many parts of the party." others are critical, but less so of the leadership. it's up to all of us from the nec, labour mps, counsellors, labour party members. if you see anti—semitism tackle it, stand up don'tjust dismiss it as a smear or something we don't want to discuss. will the resignation of this veteran in the provoke a deep ' 7 there are friends and enemies of frank field will be hoping it just might. and that's perhaps the biggest question. will frank field's resignation from the labour group at westminste

we will get more on that news about frank field, the veteran mp, chairof the news about frank field,anti—semitism row. he has decided as a culture of nastiness in the labour party. in the last few minutes, he's been speaking on why he has resigned the party. i've resigned it because i wa nt party. i've resigned it because i want labour party to change, i wa nted want labour party to change, i wanted to be seen as a clearly anti—racist party and i wanted to be seen that what is going on will not control local mps. do you expect to go into this party? i don't know. i hope to be successful in this campaign, but as i let ended my letter to the chief whip, i said i hope i will be able to rejoin. you called the party and t semitic. it's almost a cry of desperation, that we must deal with the anti—semitism and we must deal with the local thuggery. what is important is that jeremy will take us into the next election. have you expect to be reconciled with the labour party? i'm hoping that this will try and change things. what do you hope and expect to happen now?|j change things. what do you

an ally ofjeremy corbyn has accused the veteran labour mp frank field of making "grotesque slurs", after he resigned from the parliamentary party because of leadership's stance on anti—semitism. meanwhile in article in his local paper, mr field urges the labour leadership to end what he calls its "racist toleration of anti—semitism". here's our political correspondent, tom barton. while things may have looked friendly, frank field and jeremy corbyn were never close political allies. and now they're even further. writing in his local paper, the liverpool echo, frank field said what he called labour's blatantly racist toleration of anti—semitism must cease. and he said the party must recognise the culture of intolerance, nastiness and intimidation that it has allowed to grow. that culture, he said, is present among labour activists in his own birkenhead constituency, who recently passed a vote of no confidence in him.

their friends and enemies of frank field who will be hoping itjust enemies of frank field who will beeld who will be hoping itjust might. and that is perhaps the biggest question. will this recognition from the labour group at westminster mean there will be more? could there even be a deep schism, in which those mps from a significant minority at westminster who disagree withjeremy corbyn, not just on europe or anti—semitism but many things, but it drives them over the edge? talk of a break at new centrist party, new grouping in british politics, has been rumbling for ramps —— for months, but those labour dissidents have been so relu cta nt to labour dissidents have been so reluctant to follow their internal dissent to open insurrection. their enemies say it's about a lack of nerve, but loyalty and nerve will be tested very ha rd nerve, but loyalty and nerve will be tested very hard in the days and weeks ahead. should energy drinks be banned for the under 18s? that's what the government is considering amid fears that they're damaging young people's health. british children are thought

frank field is a maverick.k field, he is always willing to plough his own chorus. he is one of a handful of brexit labour mps. but there are a lot of mps who find it deeply uncomfortable about the rows of anti—semitism and there are some in the labour party who are deeply uncomfortable that labour in its ma nifesto uncomfortable that labour in its manifesto endorsed delivering brexit. but a lot of those pro—european labour mps distinct from frank field think their best bet is to change party policy from within. the decision of an mp to leave their political party, often a relationship longer than their relationship longer than their relationship with their husband or wife, and a relationship as long as the relationship with their parent, is only something they break if they absolutely have to. chris mason in westminster. the headlines on bbc news... the number of people aged 85 and over needing round—the—clock care is set to double by 2035. please investigating the stabbings of a mother and daughter in solihull

frank field's always been more of a loner than a plotter.lfare reform, but his resignation as a labour mp will inflame the already high octane controversy. he described labour's leadership becoming a force for anti—semitism in british politics. "britain fought the second world war to banish these views from our politics", he wrote. "a culture of intolerance, nastiness and intimidation now reigns in too many parts of the party." others are worried about what happens next. frank may not be the last mp out the door. so, there is now, i think, a really important moment for the leadership to respond, to act, for all of us to pull together, to stop this decision by frank field turning into a full—blown existential crisis for the labour party. tonight, in his birkenhead constituency, people are predictably split. he's jumping before he's been pushed. he's a good man. he's good for the area, and he's been in a long time. so i think he should be all right and keep him as he is. i don't like the man. i don't like anything he's voted for. everything he

an ally ofjeremy corbyn has accused the veteran labour mp frank field of making "grotesque slurs", afterls its racist tolerance, and expel local activists who intimidate other members. a new treatment which could help thousands of people with severe asthma is to be offered more widely on the nhs. the procedure uses radio waves to melt muscle tissue in the lungs, which restricts breathing in asthma sufferers. at the moment, the treatment can only be offered to adults. the charity asthma uk describes the procedure as life—changing. the uk‘s biggest coffee chain, costa, is to be sold to coca cola in a £3.9 billion deal. costa is currently owned by the british pub and restaurant giant whitbread — which also owns premier inn and beefeater. the boss of coca—cola says the deal gives it new access to the hot drinks market. there are around 2,400 costa coffee shops in the uk, more than double the number of starbucks. that‘s a summary of the latest bbc news. here‘s some sport now with katherine. 78 runs from sam curran rescued england on the first day of the fourth test against india. england 01’

the veteran mp frank field, who quit the parliamentary labour party last night, says he's consideringby—election in his constituency of birkenhead. mr field has described labour as a ‘force for anti—semitism' — and says his local constituency party is now governed by a culture of ‘intolerance, nastiness and intimidation‘. allies ofjeremy corbyn have accused him of making grotesque slurs. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. i was delighted to be us... this was frank field in parliament in 1992. even back then he had already been an mpfor over even back then he had already been an mpforovera even back then he had already been an mp for over a decade. the word maverick could have been invented to describe him. he's long been very independent minded, and now having walked out of the parliamentary labour party, he is considering whether to trigger a by—election in his constituency merseyside.. whether to trigger a by—election in his constituency merseyside. a big mega step i havejust taken. i am trying to recover from that. 0ver the next weeks and months, i will obviously be t

frank field's always been more of a loner than a plotter.rm, but his resignation letter will inflame the already high octane controversy that's come to dog the party. he described labour's leadership becoming a force for anti—semitism in british politics. "britain fought the second world war to banish these views from our politics", he wrote. "a culture of intolerance, nastiness and intimidation now reigns in too many parts of the party." others are worried about what happens next. frank may not be the last mp out the door. so, there is now, i think, a really important moment for the leadership to respond, to act, for all of us to pull together, to stop this decision by frank field turning into a full—blown existential crisis for the labour party. tonight, in his birkenhead constituency, people are predictably split. he's jumping before he's been pushed. he's a good man. he's good for the area, and he's been in a long time. so, i think he should be all right and keep him as he is. i don't like the man. i don't like anything he's voted for. e

frank field has lit the paper and it has gone off with a bang. which has dominated the labour party, or seems to dominated the labour party for the past couple of months. it has been convulsed by these allegations, but frank field has not been staring in his language. he's talked about the party seen as racist, the thuggery in his own account of birkenhead and tom watson has come in and said this is a wake—up call. the telegraph said labour mps were stunned last night and warned that he could be the first of quite a few to go independent. it could be the biggest split since the s e p in 1981. will have to wait and see about this. there is also a case that this is another instalment towards the door marked exit. -- sdp. he has complained about two things. anti—semitism and also what he talks about as intolerance, thuggery within the party and in his -- in his thuggery within the party and in his —— in his constituency in birkenhead to try to remove him. i think this nastiness and intolerance that he is calling out, that is the other thing thatis c

it by election featuring frank field against the labour party. w many could fall frank field? and walk over of the party. i shall stay and fight to the end. i think there is a danger that others will say that i have had enough, i'm not taking any more of this. there is a danger and if this isn't sorted then i predict that others will go. therefore, sort out, labour leadership, and very quickly. 0ne labour leadership, and very quickly. one thing is for certain, don't expect to see this again in time soon. today marks 21 years since the death of diana, princess of wales, and this week we're hearing from the winners of the diana award, an award established in the princess's memory to celebrate young people who have gone above and beyond to change the world for the better. i've been speaking to one of the award winners, tya na murray davidson. she's been honoured for her work with helping disadvantaged young people with the city gateway trust, and is young lord mayor of the city of london. i am still shocked that i was able to be nominated and to win

today, one of the party's best known mps, veteran frank field, resigned pointing to what he called "theve as an independent mp, refusing to vote along labour party lines. in a letter to the chief whip he said the labour party has become a force for anti—semitism. i want the labour party to change, i want it to be seen as a clearly anti—racist party and i want the party to be clearly seen that the local thuggery that is going on will not control local mps. louise ellman is a labour mp and is in our westminster studio. this was a scathing comment from frank field, calling the party racist, nasty, bullying, is he right? i am sad frank field feels he can no longer sit as a labour mp and his comments about the labour pa rty‘s failure to his comments about the labour party's failure to deal with anti—semitism are correct and they saddened and angered me very much. the deputy leader said it was a wake—up call for the party. the deputy leader said it was a wake-up call for the party. are you confident it will be? it should be. i hope thatjeremy corbyn realises he has not only got to say he will

an ally ofjeremy corbyn has accused the veteran labour mp frank field of making grotesque slurs after leadership‘s stance on anti—semitism. meanwhile, in an article in his local paper, mr field urges the labour leadership to end what he calls its racist tolerance. let's speak to our political correspondent chris mason. it is quite a story, this, so what has the reaction being? yes, good morning. real reaction from both sides of the argument within the labour party. chris williamson, labour party. chris williamson, labour backbencher and loyalist of jeremy corbyn, very outspoken, as mentioned, suggesting that he was grotesque in his language and was jumping before he was pushed. others very, very much leaping to the defence of mr field, saying he has beenin defence of mr field, saying he has been in the labour party for 60 yea rs, been in the labour party for 60 years, he has been an mp since 1979 and when he raises concerns around 87 -- and when he raises concerns around 87 —— around 87 —— anti—semitism he should be listened to. he wrote a article in the local paper, and a party where

in the uk, veteran labour politician frank field quits the party, saying its leadership is becoming a force for anti—semitism. also on the programme... fury in scotland as alex salmond raises £80,000 on a crowdfunding site to pay his legal expenses that are linked to allegations of sexual harrassment. energy drinks do not give you wings, they make you fat and they rot your teeth, which is why the uk government wants to stop children buying them. get in touch with us using the hashtag — beyond one hundred days. hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. search donald trump and twitter today and you will get a veritable torrent of hits. in the past few hours, the president has taken on the media, social media, the justice department, james comey and even, most striking of all, perhaps, the chiefjustice

this was frank field in parliament in 1992. decade. the word maverick could have been invented to describe him. he‘s long been very independent minded, and now having walked out of the parliamentary labour party, he is considering whether to trigger a by—election in his constituency merseyside. a big mega step i havejust taken. i am trying to recover from that. over the next weeks and months, i will obviously be thinking about that and consulting with people. getting a response as i walk around birkenhead and see what people say. the feed in so far does not suggest there is any demand for that but that‘s what it may obviously come to. it might not happen but imagine it did, a by—election featuring frank field, an mp for birkenhead and nearly 40 years, against the labour party. the very divisions at the heart of labour crystallised in a single context. plenty in mr field‘s local party came on merseyside are irritated at his full throated support the brexit, including voting but a weak government in a hung parliament. but this co

a party spokesman says, "jeremy corbyn thanks frank field for his service to the labour party."onga is going into administration after losing its battle to stay afloat. the firm's collapse follows a sharp rise in compensation claims amid a government clampdown on payday lenders. an unmarried mother—of—four has won access to a widowed parents allowance in a landmark supreme court ruling. siobhan mclaughlin lived with her partner for 23 years and after his death, had been denied money for her children. alex salmond resigns from the snp over sexual assault allegations, and faces criticism for setting up a crowdfunding page to fight the claims. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at seven, beyond 100 days will be looking at president trump's latest twitter targets. at eight, we'll be discussing the impact of the collapse of payday loan firm wonga. and at 10:40 and 11.30 tonight we'll be discussing the front pages of tomorrow's papers with pauljohnson from the guardian and helen brand from the association of

quite often, the words frank and field are joined with independent—minded and that is a term of abuseso, talking about bullying and intimidation within the party. he has had quite a rough time with this constituency party. it seems so. he said that he has raised this issue for 18 months, theissue has raised this issue for 18 months, the issue of intolerance in the kind words used. coupled with the anti—semitism issue, it very serious for the party. and weighing in on that, even though he is framed as a maverick sometimes, it's going to go much deeper with the season coming. this seems to be running. some thought that your paper, the guardian would lead on that, but also the lead on the payday loan collapsing of the company wonga collapsing. i think wonga, collapsing of the company wonga collapsing. ithink wonga, one collapsing of the company wonga collapsing. i think wonga, one was only formed ten years ago and at one point had a capitalisation because they're talking about flotation in they're talking about flotation in the capitalisation of $1 billion. it had a million customers at

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the metro leads with mp frank field s decision to resign the labour whip, accusing the party's leadershipe front page of the telegraph, which says mr field quit in protest over — what he called — a culture of nastiness and intolerance . the online independent carries a picture of theresa may, showing off her dance moves on a trade visit to kenya. argentina's central bank has raised interest rates to 60 per cent, as the value of the peso continues to plummet, that's in the ft. the mirror has the story of a council worker has admitted defrauding sixty—two thousand pounds from the grenfell tower victim fund. the daily express leads with a promise from the home secretary, sajid javid, that brexit will bring back control over the uk's borders. and the guardian focuses on payday lender wonga collapsing into administration, after losing its battle to stay afloat. so, a varied set of front pages, lets see what our reviewers make of it all. it's a story that dominates quite a few of the front pages and when of labour‘s most respected longest—serving members of parliament now resigning. he stunned

thank you also frank field mp, and doris, a survivor of domestic abuse. still to come... make them successful models. we were inundated with responses and we will give you an update. and we'll speak to the alaskan flight attendant who has become famous for his safety demonstration dance. he will tell us why his social media stardom could be about to come to an end. time for the latest news. here's annita mcveigh. jeremy corbyn has apologised for appearing atan jeremy corbyn has apologised for appearing at an event alongside people who compared the actions of israel with the nazis. a holocaust survivor compared israel to nazism. he said views were expressed that he did not accept or condone. a 21—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man who was assaulted at home after being involved in a car crash. 37—year—old stephen walsh was found dead at his home in mapperley, nottinghamshire, on monday morning. the father—of—two had been involved in a crash nearby on sunday evening. police are appealing for witnesses. a conservative—run council is warning it may

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also with us labour mp frank field who is chair of the work and pensions select committee.nd clothes for the children. remind us how old your children are? my daughter is 13, my son is ten. how do you try to insulates them from this? or is it impossible? it is impossible. wejust this? or is it impossible? it is impossible. we just struggle every day. you have stopped opening the mail, why? well, not now, but i had in the past. bills were mounting up. i have rent arrears. i was in danger of losing my house and i couldn‘t cope with the pressure i was under. i‘m going to bring in alisson, sitting alongside me in the studio. alison, your scenario is slightly different in that you work, you have a good job. you get £18,000 a year in london, and it‘s not enough. explain why? i got my job when i first left university, i had worked in pubs before and when i left university i couldn't find a job. the jobcentre said they could not help me because i had been a student andl help me because i had been a student and i had not been paying in, even though i had worked since the age of 13.

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normally farmer frank to lamont would be out in the fields at this time of year but nothing is normal about the summer of two thousand and eighteen instead he's out watering the trees and plants in the village it's a battle that could still be won he's already lost the battle in his fields. that's all i did a lot of these temperatures and make you want to get up there just to get enough water to the fields would be. this is what his fields look like right now the harvest is done that's normal for this time of year but what the drought has done to the fields is anything but normal the cracks in the ground are up to eighty centimeters deep there's no point in planting fresh seeds in soil like this. large that they would need would you to usually the deeper sorrel is very absorbent and you can store a lot of water but this year you can see by these enormous cracks that it's not possible in flood money and the sun in the winter is so extreme that the soil starts drifting apart that's too good and. we need at least fifty to seventy millimeters of rain before we can do anything with this so

field. but it think it was important that frank knew i wanted to do other stories but that my passion fruit drink stories about immigration, stories with mexico. actually how it ended up for the first time covering stories out of chicago, because of amnesty and because of these issues. >> speaking of stories, in the beginning of the book when you decide to uproot yourself and relocate to philadelphia, you say you were there by telling her father story, our story. in this day and age what power does the art of storytelling hold, and is that a disintegrating fading art or do think it's become stronger just in different forms? >> i think storytelling is just as important as it was back then. we are trying to figure out how to tell that story. but, i mean, look, i come from a bureau come with 13 people in mexico city at one point. we are down to one, and that's me and i'm in chicago right now. so i mean obviously the economics, the industry has changed dramatically. but whether you agree with president trump on this positive family separation, whether that's a yes or a no doesn't matter. i thin

the a's taking the field in a couple of minutes, looking to secure another win tonight. >> they are. frankhe a's i guess you could say, overachieving to the max. but it would be nice if a few more people started showing up, right? take for instance last night. check out the stands in the background there. they are just two games out of first place. 10,400 people showing up. >> that's it? >> yeah. a7-six thriller right now, and then actually following the game, as you see the a's working out, getting ready to take on the mariners again tonight, hopefully in front of a bigger crowd. the excellent third baseman, i mean, this guy is tearing it up. three doubles tonight. it would be nice to see a few more people out here to perform in front of, considering how great we are playing. bob melvin was asked about chatman's remarks earlier today. >> just wants to play in front of a big crowd. we've had terrific crowds earlier this year. the giants series, obviously, the free game, and guys like playing in front of big crowds i don't blame them. just trying to encourage the fan base to come out. >> of

frank sinatra, fred allen and jack benny. also boxing the triple crown college football, baseball above all. if ever an agent screamed american exceptionalism on the field, the set and the screen, it was fdr 's. inexhaustible. the president, bestowed what we still dubbed the war.on d-day, 1944, he gave a moving prayer over network radio. america congregates, a parish minister in october campaign for 1/4 term, he visited famed -- field in brooklyn for the first time. i follow the dodgers he told the crowd. as beloved as a flatbush regular. and now i hope to come back and see them play. the president, first baseball visit to the field on opening day 1945. depression long over. world war almost won pugh would have been a great event even for a republican. baseballs public face throughout the land. roosevelt often said i love it. america would have and as to the last baseball game he saw the flashes 1941. thereafter his time spent on baseball dwindled. as he focused on the war. in early 1945, fdr reported to congress, he looked like death but death of course -- if you could separate the office and demand. on april 12, roosevelt suffered a cerebral hemorrhag

fields. they don't like us, they really don't like us. ainsley: frank, what's wrong with that?ng him. what's wrong with loving america? >> exactly right. well,s that the point. that's the dividing line of the identity politics of left and donald trump. you look at what trump is saying, he does not distinguish between different types of people between races or anything like that. is he solidly pro-american all the way through that's how you understand his idea about healthcare. he said i want row peel it and replace iting with beautiful. and then congress got in the way. >> frank, thank you so much for being with us great op-ed. >> thank you. ainsley: you are welcome. the economy is booming under president trump. our next guest says is he not worried it will help democrats. really? stick around for that plus, for king and country, hanging out in the kissinger corner. they are gearing up to perform live for our all-american summer concert series up on the stage. ♪ ♪ now it's as easy as pie. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine

field is an amazing story. this was once the site of a frontier wn called new philadelphia. it was founded in 1836 by a man known as free frank mcworter, who was born into slavery, then bought his own freedom and came here. it's thought to the firsta founded by a black man before the civil war. free frank sold lots in the town to raise money to buy other members av of his family out of y, and new philadelphia became a thriving mu iracial community. time team has been invited to join the research already going on here and to investigate a new area of this once-forgotten town. we e going to look for evidence of the schoolhouse, a building that would've been