tributes have been paid to the veteran labour party activist harry leslie smith, who has died in canada world war two veteran came to prominence four years ago, after giving a speech to the labour party conference about life growing up in south yorkshire in the 19205, before the advent of the nhs. harry leslie smith, who died today. a pre—fight press conference between boxers deontay wilder and the british fighter tyson fury descended into a brawl this evening. fury, who recently took two and a half years out of the sport, is bidding to win the world council boxing heavyweight title, from undefeated american in los angeles on saturday. it's been another big night in football, as tottenham hotspur beat inter milan to stay in the champions league, but it will be an uphill battle for liverpool to qualify for the knockout stages, after they lost to paris st germain. natalie pirks was watching the action. at wembley, tottenham's job couldn't have been clearer. only a win would do. the londoners were throwing everything at survival. but in an all or nothing game, it looked like spurs would ha

harry leslie smith. i am the world's old est harry leslie smith. i am the world's oldest rebel. an invalid that had to be restrained with ropes tied around her bed. my parents did everything in their power to keep marion alive and comfortable, but theyjust didn't have the money to get the best clinics, find her the best doctors, or the right medicines. there was a stream of hundreds of thousands of refugees coming south. ican thousands of refugees coming south. i can still... see them. absolutely pitiful. hungry, starving. we shouldn't be leaving anyone out, no matter what their nationality, colour, or traits are. a woman who was sexually exploited as a child has called for a change in the law, amid claims a man who raped her was contacted about the chance to play a role in her son's life. sammy woodhouse, who has waived her right to annonymity, says rotherham council approached arshid hussain even though he is in prison for raping her as a child. fiona trott reports. a survivor of child sex abuse, who says she is still fighting for her rights. i think it's disgusting, and i alw

and he called himself "the world's oldest rebel" — harry leslie smith, the activist and campaigner, hashe age of 95. and coming up on bbc news... jose mourinho says relief prompted this reaction, as a late goal secured manchester united's qualification to the knockout stage of the champions league. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a major government review of the economic impact of leaving the european union suggests britain will be poorer, under all possible brexit scenarios, than if it remained in the eu. the study predicts the prime minister's own proposals could cost the economy as much as £100 billion over 15 years, with gdp 3.9% lower. if britain leaves without a deal, it could cost the country twice as much, with gdp 9.3% lower. the analysis could complicate theresa may's attempts to sell her brexit deal to the public, with opposition and parties and scores of her own mps threatening to vote her plans down. but in the commons today she insisted her deal was the best available. here's our political correspondent, alex forsyth. on and on and on and on the deal. ye

harry leslie smith, who has died at the age of 95. and a friend of harry leslie smith. welcome. how did you first come to know him. i read a blog that he wrote he was 91 when he wrote it and i was working at the guardian at the time. and i got in touch with him and he replied within minutes. and he started to write forth the pages at the guardian and his articles went viral every single time. what was it about them? i think it was his link to the past. he had this direct experience with all of this and, he was just a complete direct experience with all of this and, he wasjust a complete radical. he called himself the order is political rabble and so it was that mix of experience and progressive —— old est mix of experience and progressive —— oldest political. i think he was charming and he is incredibly passionate and very blunt. when he really did not pull his punches. i think young people enjoyed that as much as anyone else and he was an incredibly kind person, that really cut through for people as well. clearly there is a generatio

harry leslie smith, who has died at the age of 95.he government's on forecasts for the next 15 years. theresa may insists the economy would continue to grow. a woman raped as a teenager claims rotherham council has offered the man who attacked early chance to play a role in her son's life. sidney deluged by the heaviest november rain experienced in decades with at least two debts blamed on the storm. —— two deaths. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. mild inflation has returned after shop prices rose for the first time in five years in november. hire a global cereal prices have pushed up on the price of several foods but it appears many high street retailers continue to keep clothing prices lower partly in order to compete with online stores. hmrc says the number of reported scams is up 20% over the years with criminals trying to get your personal financial data via promises of tax refunds are threats of investigation. the department is getting a staggering 85,000 reports a month. the head of cyber security said tackling

[laughter] i also want to pay tribute to my friend harry leslie smith. harry passed way in canada this morning. he also serve in the war and was an irrepressible campaigner for the rights to refuging for and for our national health service and was passionate about the thprinciple for healthcare for all. we thank him for his life and work. on sunday the foreign secretary said of their brexit deal it mitigates most of the negative impact. can the prime minister tell us which of the negative impacts it does not mitigate? [laughter] >> theresa: i'm sure that the whole house will wish to pass our condolences to the family and friends of harry leslie smith. what we see behind the analysis that we have published today and indeed the chancellor recognizes this morning that our deal is the best deal available for jobs in ouray economy that allows uso heartburn the referendum and realize the opportunities of brexit. this is -- does not show we'll be poorer in the future than we are today. no, it doesn't. it shows we'll be better off with this deal. what would make

harry leslie smith — who's died aged 95. time for a look at the weather, with helen willetts.morning, passed on a scale of can see if kerry arranged so it is going to be pretty miserable if you're heading out of the next two hours. standing water on the roads and windy, already we are turning our attention here at the weather centre, this next mass of clouds and the atlantic which is tomorrow speued the atlantic which is tomorrow spelled of what was their potentially stormy. a travel advisory for you. winds gusting up to 50, 60 mph, maybe more across scotland. and then again tomorrow, england and wales getting the brunt of those strong and gusty winds. that's how it looks for this evening, rain across northern parts and quickly being blown away as that strengthening south—westerly wind pushes up into northern isles and we get a brief window of dry weather and more frame comes in by the morning, at least it is mild. however the will be quite a lot of fog around them already that spray is standing water returns to the road first thing in the morning and this wind will pick up. i

the raf veteran, author and campaigner harry leslie smith — who called himself the ‘world‘s oldest rebel past week, thousands of well—wishers had sent their support after learning he was critically ill in hospital. kevin maguire — who‘s associate editor at the daily mirror — met harry leslie smith and joins us now from westminster. what impacts did he have? he was a guiding light. he was a thread going back to the 1930s and the great depression when there was no health service. he remembered what life was like then and how people like him build a better britain and a better world. he felt late in his life we we re world. he felt late in his life we were going backwards. poverty was returning, the health service was being run down and he hated the abuse of refugees and he wanted to do something about it. he wanted to stand up and be counted and show a better world was possible. people warmed to him. he had a twitter account with more than 230,000 followers. did he change anything in terms of changing minds because of that great life experience he had?” think austerity in the last few yea

and harry leslie smith who passed away only this morning. and an irrepressible campaigner for the rights of refugees and the welfare state in the national health service. he was passionate about the principle of healthcare for all as a human right. we thank harry for his life and work. before and secretary said of their brexit deal it mitigates most of the negative impact. prime minister tell us what to mitigate? >> can i first of all, i am sure the house wishes to pass condolences. what we see behind the analysis we published today and the chancellor recognizes this morning, our deal is the best deal available for jobs in the economy that allows us to honor the referendum and the opportunity of brexit. the analysis does not show we will be poorer in the future. it shows better off with this deal, what would make an impact on the economy for the future would be the polities of the right honorable gentlemen for borrowing higher taxes, the biggest writ to our economy is the right honorable gentleman and his shadow chancellor. >> on the same da

the world war two veteran harry leslie smith — who described himself as the world's oldest rebel — has14 he rose to prominence as a left—wing activist, after giving an impassioned speech about his life and the status of the national health service. losing some of our greatest. it was chess' equivalent to football's penalty shoot—out. the competition to crown the world chess champion, reached it's nail—biting finish today. but in the end, norwegian three—time title holder, magnus carlsen managed to fend off the challenge of his american opponent fabiano caruana. the showdown came after a record—breaking streak of 12 drawn games. the 620 nations will meet in buenos aires on friday — and among the world leaders attending is saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman. he landed in buenos aires on wednesday amid controversy over the killing of saudi jourrnalist jamal khashoggi and the ongoing war in yemen. one of the concerns to the hosts at this week's summit is venezuela. the country's economy has been in recession since 2014 — its economy has shrunk by a third since then and there a

about the death of and these were his words the world's oldest rebel you may not have heard of harry leslie smithbut in his british government he was a social justice warrior unlike any other a world war two veteran he fought them against poverty against and the immigrant sentiment he passionately supported the u.k.'s national health service he wrote five books he's been recording podcasts in his later years he had a huge social media following through his twitter page at harry's last stand and it was around a week ago november twentieth he tweeted this bugger of a day had a fall and now i am in hospital it's nothing just low blood pressure but signing off for the next few hours after that his job his son john took over the account essentially live tweeting his father's final days with posts like this strong grip temperature normal he battles on hash tag i stand with harry and then on the twenty eight this at three thirty nine this morning my dad died i am an orphan i stand with harry again as the hash tag so why the fascination with hairy legs this way for maybe it's because the fact he lived th