iain watson, bbc news, westminster. 0ur political correspondent iain watson joins us now. a lot of people agree with the actual point but they think that discipline comes before that at this point. which is interesting. jeremy corbett when he was a backbencher rebelled about 500 times against his own party, but he would say there is more expected of people on the front bench and they need to accept collective responsibility. a big ally ofjeremy corbyn‘s chris williamson broke ranks on council tax increases and he's continues to speak out. he stood down and 0wens smith should except doing the same thing. is he relaxed about in speaking out from the backbenches? he will be relatively relaxed. to some extent, ringing 0wen smith back, the leadership challenger, was a show of unity but it has been uncomfortable. i note that 0wen smith was unhappy withjeremy corbyn‘s performance in the commons on the salisbury attack. where is that now? it has calmed down to some extent, partly becausejeremy corbyn has said far more that the finger is pointing out russia. he still has questions

iain watson, bbc news, westminster. cambridge have beaten oxford in both university boat races. incing victories on the thames in the men's and women's events. john watson has all the details. the traditional duel on the thames. under overcast skies, a battle for clea rwater. cambridge started under overcast skies, a battle for clearwater. cambridge started on the south side and soon had the pick of it. calm waters and calm heads, building a lead they would never relinquished. cambridge seem to be into a period of dominance. four was of the crew powered cambridge to a course record last year and their return should an era of light blue dominance with back—to—back wins for the first time in 19 years. after defeat to oxford last year, could the cambridge crew in the men's race match that performance? go! they started strongly. with the lead comes the advantage of plotting the best course, the men's crew demonstrating power and control as they took the lead. with the tallest man to compete in the boat race at six feet ten, the levers to keep them there. cambridge taking the 2018 men

iain watson, thank you.ian city of alexandria. government officials say the city's security director was the target. his vehicle was passing by when the device went off and he escaped unharmed, but five others were injured. the attack comes two days before the presidential election. the commander of nato forces in afghanistan says russian influence is destabilising efforts to end the conflict there. generaljohn nicholson's comments come as the us steps up air support for afghan forces who, he says, are making progress against insurgent groups, including the taliban. 0ur south asia correspondent justin rowlatt reports. and there is some flash photography in his piece of. high above the mountains of north—eastern afghanistan, f—16fighterjets take turns to refuel. ..look good, nice and stable. i've got eyes on them. minutes later... disconnect. ..they‘re ready to get back into the fight, providing air cover for afghan forces battling insurgent fighters. 17 years into this war, and, says the commander of us and

iain watson, bbc news, westminster. egyptian city of alexandria. the minister survived, but two policemen were killed and five others were injured. the attack comes two days ahead of the presidential election. the headlines on bbc news: hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets across the united states for mass demonstrations in support of gun control. france will organise a national tribute for the policeman who died after changing places with hostages during yesterday's terror attack at a supermarket. the labour mp owen smith sasteremy corbyn made a mistake by sacking him from the shadow cabinet for calling for another eu referendum. sport now and we have a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. australia's cameron bancroft is caught ball tampering with his captain, steve smith, admitting that he knew. he knew in advance. he was caught on camera during day three of the third test in cape town using a piece of sticky tape to work on the ball, he then hit it inside of his trousers before being questioned by

here's iain watson once more. there could be a very simple explanation for vote leave's victory.er campaign and, well, more voters wanted to leave the eu than remain. but one of vote leave's volunteers claims that the main brexit campaign didn't play by the rules, and spent more money than was allowed. vote leave was permitted to spend £7 million but as they approached that limit they gave an additional £625,000 to smaller operations, called beleave, which is fine just so long as beleave was a genuinely independent campaign. but it is alleged it may have been nothing more than a front for vote leave itself. there was coordination, they say there wasn't but there was. beleave was set up by vote leave and until after the referendum we were constantly communicating with senior members of vote leave, being instructed by them, before and after the referendum. shahmir sanni claims that vote leave and beleave were so interlinked that they even shared the same computer drives. that level of coordination he says would break electoral law. but in a tweet, leading brexit campaign boris john

give iain watson, is in westminster. us a sense of the t what give us a sense of the detail of what isr. yes, we have the letter here, released a few minutes ago by the board of deputies of the british leadership council, effectively accusing jeremy corbyn of issuing empty statements against anti—semitism but doing nothing to address it and more than that, that he himself has sided with anti—semites and they are planning to demonstrate at westminster tomorrow. whatjeremy corbyn has donein tomorrow. whatjeremy corbyn has done in response isn't what he's done in response isn't what he's donein done in response isn't what he's done in the past, he hasn't simply said he regrets anti—semitism or that he opposes it, instead we are getting an apology. he says he is sincerely sorry for the pain that anti—semitism has caused in what he calls pockets of the labour party and he is committed to stamping it out. this comes after criticism from some of his own mps. a facebook post from jeremy corbyn in 2012 came to light last week. he appeared to oppose the taking down of an offensive mural. he has

earlier our political correspondent iain watson the details earlier.ter has been going up, the pressure onjeremy corbyn is increasing, a week on from when labour was criticised on that facebook post from 2025 —— 2012 which was apparently depicting an anti—semitic image. a week on, the issueis anti—semitic image. a week on, the issue is still dominating. effectively, these mps and peers are asking ina effectively, these mps and peers are asking in a letterfor christine shaw cropped to be off the national executive committee, but the argument they are making is that jeremy corbyn should put his final words of the past week into action, issuing a message and video saying he'd be an ally for the struggle against and he'd be an ally for the struggle againstand —— he'd be an ally for the struggle against and —— struggle against anti—semitism. they are saying, if you are an ally, why not express your displeasure and at least urge christine shaw cropped to go? the person who organised the letter, told us this. links, jeremy corbyn didn't say she should stand d

our political correspondent iain watson reports.years, nhs staff have had their pay capped or frozen. health service unions have argued that their members are chronically underpaid and nhs managers have been calling for wage increases to improve recruitment and retention and avoid acute staff shortages. today the health secretary said the government had set aside enough cash to improve pay, without making cuts elsewhere in the nhs. the additionalfunding that the chancellor announced at budget to cover this deal, an estimated £42 billion over three years, cements this government's commitment to protecting services for nhs patients whilst also recognising the work of nhs staff up and down the country. but labour said the government's response to the pay demands of nhs staff was too little, too late. when we've heard stories of nhs staff turning to food banks. when we have 100,000 vacancies across the service, and more nurses leaving the profession than entering, when trusts have spent billions on agency staff, then this pay cap should

our political correspondent iain watson reports.years, nhs staff have had their pay capped or frozen. health service unions have argued that their members are chronically underpaid, and nhs managers have been calling for wage increases to improve recruitment and retention and to avoid acute staff sorted is. today the treasury said it had found the cash to improve pay rates without taking it from elsewhere in the nhs budget. we recognise the nhs is facing some unique pressures. we have seen a lot more patients going to accident and are you, we have seen increasing demand for services, so we seen increasing demand for services, so we have set aside that money in exchange for making sure that we reform the way the nhs is working. an agreement has been reached with the unions, which is relieved positive. most nhs staff in england have been offered an increase of average 6.5% over the next 3.5 yea rs. average 6.5% over the next 3.5 years. it is not include doctors and dentists, which is separate. hospital porters and cleaners are the low

our political correspondent iain watson is here.ment in that particular aspect of this story. tell us more. there has, reeta, briefly a bit of background, but a key political ally ofjeremy corbyn has resigned as chair of the powerful disputes panel for questioning the suspension of a council candidate accused of anti—semitism, and she has said she did not look at the evidence initially, but she said the whole i’ow initially, but she said the whole row has been stirred up to attack jeremy. the labour leader's office, knowing how politically toxic that is, perhaps suggesting that some of his supporters are downplaying the important underlying issue of anti—semitism, 44 labour mps and peers already pressing jeremy corbyn to re m ove peers already pressing jeremy corbyn to remove christine shaw cropped from the ruling national executive committee. he has no formal power to do so, but i understand that christine shaw —— shawcroft will step aside if the labour leader wa nted step aside if the labour leader wanted to. some are trying to ma

with me is our political correspondent iain watson. where is all this going?resting question, the numbers of people signing this letter is going up, the pressure on jeremy corbyn is increasing. it's a week on from when labour mps were criticising him when this facebook post came to light where he seems to be defending —year—old detecting a seemingly anti—semitic image. a week on “— seemingly anti—semitic image. a week on —— defending your role. it is now —— a mural. the mps are saying, jeremy corbyn need to put his words into action over christine shawcroft, he says he is an ally against anti—semitism and they say, 0k, against anti—semitism and they say, ok, if you are an ally, why don't you express your displeasure and at least urge... he does not have the power to do this under labour's rules but urge christine shawcroft ago. the person who wrote this letter told us why. who thinks that ifjeremy corbyn didn't said that she should stand down, that it wouldn't happen? nobody. you know, this is about action. we've had enough letters, enough words to paper nelso

senior official over her handling of a complaint about anti—semitism. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonffectively for questioning the suspension. she said she apologised and had not looked at the evidence but ina and had not looked at the evidence but in a now the leader twitter and facebook today she said that this i’ow facebook today she said that this row has been stirred up to attack jeremy corbyn. the leaders offers know—how politically toxic that is because it could suggest that some of his own supporters are downplaying important underlying issue of anti— semitism and 44 mps are pressingjeremy issue of anti— semitism and 44 mps are pressing jeremy corbyn to remove christine from the national executive committee. he has no formal power to do so but as i understand it tonight, christine shawcross is willing to step aside the long as the labour leader asks her to do so. appears to mention, many have never been supportive of jeremy corbyn. they have tried to make this an acid test forjeremy corbyn. effectively to say we have had strong words against anti—semitism and what we need to

iain watson, bbc news.h court ruling overturning a parole board decision to release the serial sex attacker john worboys. the boa rd's chairman nick hardwick was forced to resign yesterday but says the ministry ofjustice should also take responsibility for failings in the case as our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. asjohn worboys remains inside waiting for a new parole hearing, outside in the political arena, the row over his case continues. the head of the parole board has been forced out of his job by the worboys shambles. in the commons yesterday, the justice secretary, david gauke, admitted mistakes in his own department, but made clear he thought the blame for the mess lay at the doors of the parole board. and this morning, he raised more questions about its performance. john worboys has been in wakefield, a top security category a prison. the minister is now asking for a review of six cases where offenders were freed straight from category ajails. the now ex—head of the parole board mad

council, has accused mr corbyn of ignoring the community's concerns. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson in westminster, where he told us more about that letter. he are world cricket's governing body says the sport needs to take a hard look at itself, after the ball tampering scandal that's engulfed the australian team. the captain, steve smith, has been banned from playing in the final test match in south africa after he admitted knowing about a plan for a team mate to manipulate the ball in a way that is against the rules of the game. australia's prime minister malcolm turnbull has said he's ‘shocked and disappointed' and there are still questions for the wider leadership of the team. this report now from our correspondent in sydney, phil mercer. he thought he he shared his country's disappointments. it seemed com pletely disappointments. it seemed completely beyond belief that the australian cricket team had been involved in cheating. after all, our cricketers are role models, and cricketers are role models, and cricket is synonymous with fair play. on social media there was more disb

terms increase over three years from this deal is expected to be small. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonfor the past seven years, nhs staff have had a pay cut or frozen. health service unions have argued that the members are chronically underpaid and nhs managers have been calling for wage increases to improve recruitment and retention and void staff shortages. the treasury said it had found the cash to improve pay rates without taking it from elsewhere in the nhs budget. we recognise the nhs is facing unique pressures. we see an increasing demand for services. we have set aside that money in exchange for making sure that we reform the way the nhs is working. an agreement is being reached with the unions which is really positive. most staff have been offered an average of 6.5% over the next three years, not covering doctors and dentists, the least well off staff would get the highest percentage increases, up to 29% over three years. hospital porters and cleaners, the lowest nhs pay band, could see salaries rise from around £15,000 per year to more than £18,000 over three years. a £2000 i

here's our political correspondent iain watson.. they may well have run a better campaign and more voters wa nted better campaign and more voters wanted to leave the eu than remain. but one of their volunteers claims that the main brexit campaign didn't play by the rules and spent more money than was allowed. vote leave was permitted to spend £7 million, but as they approached that limit, they gave an additional £625,000 to smaller youth focused operation called the leave. it is alleged that that campaign may have been nothing more than a frightful vote leave itself. there was coordination. they saidi itself. there was coordination. they said i wasn't but there was. it was set up vote leave until post—referendum we were constantly communicating with the lead senior members, seeking advice on being instructed by them. but before the referendum as well as after. shabbir sani believes that the two organisations were so interlinked that they even shared the same computer drives, and that level of coordination, he said, would break elec

with me is our political correspondent iain watson. a bit more on the background first.ce the first stories about labour and anti—semitism appeared, with some labour mps having a go atjeremy corbyn for an old facebook post from 2012, a p pa re ntly old facebook post from 2012, apparently opposing the taking down ofa apparently opposing the taking down of a mural depicting a stereotypical anti—semitic image. he has since apologised. he has been under pressure ever since. what made it worse was what happened with christine shawcroft. she stood down as chairman of that panel. nonetheless, she is still in the ruling national executive committee. what has happened is that around aa labour mps what has happened is that around aa labourmps and what has happened is that around aa labour mps and peers have written to jeremy corbyn, asking for her to effectively be turfed off almost immediately. what made matters worse was that she went on facebook in a now deleted post and said this whole i’ow now deleted post and said this whole row is being stirred up to attack germany. those c

iain watson reports.eremy corbyn, a leading figure in momentum, the grassroots group set up to support his leadership. she has resigned from chairing labour's dispute panel, the party that looks at breaches of party rules. she sent this e—mail opposing the suspension of council candidate, saying, i am concerned hear about... he says he is a lifelong anti—racist and he posted an image privately which may not have been genuine for discussion and debate and after the e—mails to the times, christine shawcroft this statement. i sent this e—mail before being aware of the full information about the case. i had not been shown the image of this abhorrent facebook post. i'm deeply sorry for done so. she has admitted her mistake, she did not look at all of the evidence, and as soon as look at all of the evidence, and as soon as she did, she resolved her position and stood down. she has learned her lesson. why is this potentially damaging forjeremy corbyn? his internal opponents are questioning hisjudgment. corbyn? h

our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster.e in need health service have seen it had backed i% and frozen before that. we over public sector pay was lifted last september for police and prison officers. particularly costly for the government. over the next three yea rs. the government. over the next three years. that is just on average. lower paid years. that is just on average. lower pa id staff years. that is just on average. lower paid staff would benefit more. doctors and dentists are covered by separate pay review body. effectively, people such as hospital porters would get far more than hospital managers as percentage increase. it could be as high as 20% for some staff. this is agreed by unions and staff themselves but unions are likely to endorse this. it could cost the government around £4 billion and come with quite a high cost. the crucial thing is from the health service workers point of view, they are not having to do things that would be suggested. such as losing a days pay. we should say the average of around 6% c

europe and north america. the ideas, which use iain watson unlikely places. unlikely places. but in europe time that we have things others are fighting for. are fighting for. much, as always, for your contribution. contribution. and thank you for being with us. being with us. that is dateline london for this week. london for this week. back at the same time in one week. you can tweet us your comments on the programme. from all of us, goodbye. particularly across england and wales. top temperatures around the mid—teens. and the rain, bringing this mild air from spain and portugal. of scotland and the northern isles again, wintry over high ground. and to east anglia. mist and fog. across parts of the country during sunday morning. will and there will be sunshine around. will turn dry here through the afternoon. and some could be heavy and perhaps thundery. will be scotland and northern ireland. a milder day for you. 10-11. not so mild across england and wales on saturday. to england and wales. an area of low pressure moving through the english channel. further north and west should be largel

proper redress. a claim that he bullied a former private secretary. 0ur political correspondent iain watson. in touch with them. suggestion to the contrary is untrue. untrue. the prime minister had full confidence in john bercow. thank you. of staff in england. he will provide extra funding to meet the higher costs. our health editor hugh pym is following this story for us. how close is close? are we near a deal? deal? i think we are in terms of what we're being told. what we're being told. but i think it could be a week or so. it could be a week or so. will take place instead of the budget, it would happen by them. budget, it would happen by them. question is what deal will now be done? done? pay rise over three years that will enable them to retain staff. enable them to retain staff. worry about recruitment, filling gaps in the rotors for nurses. gaps in the rotors for nurses. want to steal and the unions want a deal above 1%. —— want a deal. the figure has been agreed. figure has been agreed. what could it be? it be? unions would agree to change working giving up a day's annual leave. gi