we will head up to glasgow where the scottish labour party is announcing its new party leader after ae to succeed kezia dugdale. let's listen in. i will then give a total combined vote at the end. in each section i will read out the total number of votes cast for each candidate and displayed the percentage on the screens. the full details of the results will be available on the scottish labour party website following this event. the result of the election, but the leader of the labour party in scotland is as follows. the total numberof scotland is as follows. the total number of eligible voters is 35,000 309. the number of eligible voters casting a vote in this election is 21,000 994. number of spoiled votes is nine. that makes overall turnout for the selection contest 62.2%. votes cast for each candidate in the registered supporters section are as follows. richard leonard 38, which represents 48.1% of the votes cast in this section. anas sarwar ai. that represents 5i.9% in this section. anas sarwar ai. that represents 51.9% of the votes cast in this section. the votes cast for each c

said that kelvin hopkins's party membership was suspended and also his membership of the labour party house of commons. the party whip was suspended while an investigation takes place into these allegations. kelvin hopkins is the latest in a series of mps to face allegations of sexual harassment in recent weeks. one labour mp i spoke too from the east of england tonight told me that he was shocked to hear these allegations. while this investigation takes place, the suspension of kelvin hopkins means that he can't sit in the house of commons as a labour mp. he will be forced to sit as an independent but he does remain the mp for his luton north constituency. a position he has held since 1997. we understand the labour party had previously received a complaint in relation to kelvin hopkins from this party activist and at the time we understand he was reprimanded by the party. that of course calls into question the labour party's statement tonight that they take all such complaints are cleanly seriously and have robust procedures in place. at this stage we haven't heard any response from

kelvin hopkins, a 76—year—old former shadow minister has been suspended from the labour party and that an incident that took place in 2014 with a young labour activist and he was addressing the labour society at essex university and it is alleged that he sent a text after saying, if only i was a0 years younger and this why he has been suspended,

and so reinvigorate the very reasons why the labour party campaigned for and, let's not forget, deliveredof scottish labour, who was elected this morning. let's go back to our main story today. large crowds of people have been marching in the zimbabwean capital, harare, and in the second city, bulawayo, to call on president robert mugabe to step down. they have been cheering the military, who placed mr mugabe under house arrest on wednesday. let's get more on this story. alex magazisa was a former adviser to the former prime minister of zimbabwe. hejoins me in the studio now. thank yourforjoining thank your forjoining us. thank yourforjoining us. while thank your forjoining us. while you have been travelling in to see us we have been travelling in to see us we have had word from writers of a couple of developments. first of all some of those protesters seen marching directly towards the presidential palace in harare, and also quotes from president mugabe's nephew who says that robert mugabe and his wife grace are ready to die for what they believe is correct. how would you interpret where

i believe so because over the past few weeks we have witnessed all of the mp '5 weather of the labour partyrties being exposed, and we saw that michael fallon resigned from the cabinet, which i think this shows that westminster is... you know, the culture is changing and they are working on it. and i am very pleased, but obviously i am still disillusioned by the labour party by how they handled this, especially the leadership, jeremy corbyn's leadership. well, that was ava etemadzadeh talking to our deputy political editor. the prominent labour backbencher jess philips has criticised the promotion of kelvin hopkins to the shadow cabinet last year after the allegation had been made, saying it "seemed wrong". well, i mean, ithink it well, i mean, i think it is probably going to be all part of an investigation but i don't think i would have promoted him, having known that this had taken place, and there was evidence because there was text m essa g e there was evidence because there was text message evidence, so i don't think i would have promoted him and i know that the victim felt a little bi

in the past, there has been a degree of friction between the two and the scottish labour party has been the past of the uk party and there has been friction in previous leadership. richard leonard well placed to do that given that he isa well placed to do that given that he is ajeremy well placed to do that given that he is a jeremy corbyn supporter, but thatis is a jeremy corbyn supporter, but that is something he has to now do. from glasgow, thank you very much. the government is considering a tax on single—use plastics that are used in packaging and polystyrene takeaway boxes. the chancellor, philip hammond, is expected to use next week's budget to announce a consultation on the measure to cut waste and pollution. an estimated 12 million tonnes of plastic enters the oceans each year, and residues are routinely found in fish, sea birds and marine mammals. joining me now is the environmental campaigner and founder of the environmental consultancy group green gumption uk — dr paula owen. thank you forjoining us. what do you think about this consultation and possible tax? it is fantastic

scotland is a critical battle ground for the uk wide labour party. west where labour lost byjust 60 votes in the last general election. ifjeremy corbyn is ever to make it to downing street, labour need to start winning seats like this one in scotland. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. a painting attributed to leonardo da vinci depicting jesus christ has smashed all records after being sold at auction in new york. $400 million is the bid. and the piece is sold! the painting known as ‘salvator mundi' or ‘saviour of the world' was sold for a final price of £340 million to an unknown bidder. leonardo da vinci died in 1519 and there are said to be fewer than 20 of his paintings in existence. the biggest archaeological museum in the world is due to open next march near the pyramids at giza on the outskirts of cairo. the grand egyptian museum will be home to the complete contents of the tomb of king tutankhamun, which are being brought together for the very first time. and it's hoped the new museum will deliver a desperately—needed boost for the egyptian touri

the labour party are facing a substantial challenge in scotland.e snp and the tories. they are going to have to fight hard to even regain their place as the official opposition in the scottish parliament. and they are going to have to win a lot more scottish seats ifjeremy corbyn is ever going to form a government in westminster. on our way out, the departing leader kezia dugdale has sprung a surprise. she is to appear on i'm a celebrity, get me out of here, a decision that has been sharply criticised of members of her own party. sarah smith, bbc news. malcolm young, co—founder and guitarist of the australian heavy metal band ac/dc has died aged 64. he founded the group in the 1970s with his brother angus, retiring more than forty years later to receive treatment for dementia. the band were best known for albums highway to hell and back in black, and were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2003. in a statement on the group's website, they described malcom as ‘a perfectionist' who ‘with enormous dedication and commitment, was the drivin

whatever the truth of the allegations, carl sargeant‘s death has created shockwaves in the labour partynt the day in cardiff. today was the first chance for labour assembly members to gather and reflect on the death of their colleague and sign a book of condolence. since devolution, this assembly has been subject to its share of intrigue and crisis but there has never been anything like this. just down this corridor on the right—hand side, carwynjones, the welsh first minister, is having, i think it's safe to say, the most difficult political meeting of his career. he's having to explain to his colleagues and answer questions from them about this matter, why he took the decisions that he did. the immediate timeline of this tragedy begins last friday at 12.50pm. carl sargea nt tweeted that he was standing down as a minister. "i look forward to returning to government," he said, "0nce my name has been cleared." but a0 minutes later the welsh first minister, carwynjones, began a reshuffle of his team and a spokesman for mrjones told the bbc that mr sargeant had not resigned but had in fact

is the party did up the labour party. is the party did upfor the labour party. ty did up for dealing with the volume of allegations? yes, i think that we have a lot in it to improve. we recently passed a new sexual harassment policy which is a huge step forward for us but it does not go far enough. it does not introduce an independent body away from politics to deal with these complaints so that is a huge reason why people have not been coming forward. it is something we need to look at. you wrote an e—mail to the nec and jeremy corbyn and in it you say there are people who still do not want to complain. you know of more members who want to complain but do not feel as though they can. and that this is not a rarity. they area and that this is not a rarity. they are a lot of rumours and i have been in positions myself will wear i have been hiked inappropriately. remarks made towards myself and i know, as fantastic as they are, staff members dealing with these complaints and ultimately the nec dispute body which will dispute over them, it puts you off from making a

the labour party are facing a substantial challenge in scotland.ehind the snp and the tories. they are going to have to fight hard to even regain their place as the official opposition in the scottish parliament. and they are going to have to win a lot more scottish seats ifjeremy corbyn is ever going to form a government in westminster. on our way out, the departing leader kezia dugdale has sprung a surprise. she is to appear on i'm a celebrity, get me out of here, a decision that has been sharply criticised of members of her own party. sarah smith, bbc news. air accident investigators are trying to find out what caused a light aircraft and a helicopter to collide over buckinghamshire yesterday afternoon — killing two pilots and two passengers near the village of waddesdon. captain mike green was conducting a flight captain mike green was conducting a flight in —— captain mike green was conducting a flight in -- flight captain mike green was conducting a flight in —— flight instructor course at the time of the crash. his company said it was an honour

statement sent by the party in the last hour, saying on the basis of allegations received by the labour partylvin hopkins has been suspended from party membership and therefore the labour whip while the investigation takes place, and kelvin hopkins is the labour mp from luton and has been since 1997. a supporter ofjeremy corbyn. we are not clear about what these allegations are but clearly they are serious enough for the labour party to have taken a serious enough for the labour party to have ta ken a pretty swift serious enough for the labour party to have taken a pretty swift piece of action, to suspend kelvin hopkins party membership. the statement says the labour party takes all such complaints extremely seriously and has robust procedures in place to deal with them. this comes off the back of a number of days of rumours and allegations circling westminster about the behaviour of certain mps and ministers, most significantly so far, last night we saw the defence secretary michael fallon resign and gavin williamson, the chief whip, appointed in his place today. as our correspondent reports

clive lewis has strongly denied groping a woman at the labour party conference in september. allegations that have come to light in the past week are wide—ranging, from a touch on the need to accusations of rape and party officials are braced for what could come next. as the claims and counterclaims mount up of veteran of british politics has called for balance, saying this unfolding sex scandal is becoming a witchhunt.” do not think anyone would seek to defend rape or sexual abuse. in the context there is no proof that i can see yet of any wrongdoing, how does a member of parliament refute that? it isa a member of parliament refute that? it is a witchhunt. political parties wa nt to it is a witchhunt. political parties want to be seen to be acting quickly. theresa is may due to meet party leaders on monday to discuss the way forward. a culture change is taking place in british politics that many say is long overdue. police in new york say they have a viable case against the hollywood producer, harvey weinstein. the announcement came after an actress, paz de la huerta, made cl

>> i'll take no lecture from the labour party. on being tax avoiders and tax evasion. 160 billion pounds as a result of actions taken by conservative big government. 75 new measures to deal with tax avoidance and tax evasion and i'm pleased to say that recently, hmrc won an important case on tax avoidance in the supreme court which means a further 1 billion pounds coming to the united kingdom.he may talk about tax avoidance and tax evasion in this government but it's amajor request . >> the speaker predecessor blocked a eu wide proposer for a public register of trust and the ticonservative mps have voted down labor amendments that deal with tax avoidance.mister speaker, when it comes to brexit, this government is in a shambles. order. order. far too many members on both sides of the house in a frenetic and frankly outlandish party, both sides, he should seek to imitate the zen -like calm and statesmanship of the father of the house. [laughter] i have much in common with zen, mister speaker. mister speaker, 17 months, i understand

the labour party are facing a really substantial challenge in scotland. behind the snp and the tories. they will need to fight hard to regain their place is the official opposition in the scottish parliament. they will need to wina scottish parliament. they will need to win a lot more scottish seats if jeremy corbyn is ever going to form a government in westminster. on her way out, the departing leader, kezia dugdale has sprung a surprise. she is to appear on i'm a celebrity get me out of here, a decision sharply criticised by means of her own party. david cassidy is suffering from multiple organ failure. here's in a hospital in florida. a spokesman for the singer who rose to fame in the sitcom the partridge finely as he is conscious and surrounded by family. he was admitted to hospital earlier this week. the lebanese politician saad hariri, who shocked his country when he resigned as prime minister, says he will return to beirut within days. mr hariri announced he was standing down while in saudi arabia a fortnight ago, and he hasn't been home since. he

mr lewis has denied the allegation and he has not been suspended by the party. labour will appoint an independent organisation to offer confidential support to anyone affected by sexual harassment. meanwhile, for the conservatives, theresa may has issued the party's own new code of conduct. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, reports. step—by—step, one by one, in one party, then another and today, a young labour activist with more allegations of sexual misconduct in politics. her story has added to a crisis unlike anything westminster has seen. ava etemadzadeh tells of a labour mp 15 years her senior, kelvin hopkins, who she says subjected her as a labour—supporting student to inappropriate treatment again and again. the first incident happened on campus and he hugged me very tightly and rubbed himself against me. he made me feel extremely uncomfortable and it was a revolting act. the second incident was in parliament, when i went to have a political conversation with him and he told me that, "let's not talk about politics, do you have a boyfriend?" he also said

electing richard leonard as their leader marks a left turn for the scottish labour party.ry means they will now follow a more radical agenda. there is now a settled consensus established around a radical policy agenda for the scottish labour party of extending public ownership, tackling inequality and poverty, a more progressive taxation system. applause. hello, ben, it's richard leonard... richard leonard was only elected to the scottish parliament last year. he is a yorkshireman who has spent his adult life working in scotland as a trades union organiser and he is a committed corbyn loyalist. there are times in the past where it has appeared that the scottish labour party has looked to pick fights with jeremy corbyn. i certainly will not be doing that. we cannot afford the luxury of splits and divisions. we need to work together and i am determined that the scottish labour party, from whom today i have received a mandate, will be working closely and in step withjeremy corbyn and the entire labour party. anas sarwar, the defeated candidate in a fractious race, says the pa

the labour party are facing a really substantial challenge in scotland.ed to fight hard to regain their place is the official opposition in the scottish parliament. they will need to win a lot more scottish seats ifjeremy corbyn is ever going to form a government in westminster. on her way out, the departing leader, kezia dugdale has sprung a surprise. she is to appear on i'm a celebrity, get me out of here, a decision sharply criticised by members of her own party. nasa says it has launched the first ofa nasa says it has launched the first of a new generation of advanced weather satellites which could help predict or natural disasters in the future. free, too... one. and lift off. the spacecraft has a powerful set of sensors to monitor the surface of the earth and atmosphere. nasser says the information will be available to scientists around the world and will help predict and monitor battle hazards like forest fires, droughts, hurricanes and rising sea levels. an original drawing of the comic book hero tintin has sold for nearly half a million dollars a

political parties such as labour are actually handling these allegations? political parties is in the same as having women with power and authority. as an outsider from the labour party, and the same goes for the other big parties, if women were able to exert their influence and speak out this wouldn't be such a scandal. if people did speak out at the time they would be dealt with informally. it isa they would be dealt with informally. it is a sign it is becoming a big scandal, more revelations, that there is a lot below the surface that these women have not been able to deal with, haven't been able to raise informally, or they have raised it and it has been suppressed. this code of conduct that everyone has talked about, the tories have announced it on their website, labour are talking about their code of conduct, do you think that will work in such a unique place as westminster? they aren't employees and the question is, who is in the position of authority? ultimately the party leaders. in any organisation we see as employment lawyers sometimes you have a

the labour party has set out grievance procedures, agreed earlier in the summer. ave an independent and transparent grievance procedure. one that they can go to outside of political parties. remember, this is something that has been pointed to from all sides, the party structures for dealing with any complaints are, themselves, a deterrent to people coming forward, because they believe they will not get a fair hearing, or believe they may not want to appeal to people who are possibly friends with the person they are accusing. as well as the internal party procedures, this code of conduct, the way of dealing with complaints, there will be on monday a meeting between theresa may and other party leaders on monday to agree to a wider mechanism that can be put in place in westminster to help people that want to come forward outside their political party structures. you say the parties are trying to get their houses in order, nonetheless today, we have more allegations about the conservatives, sir michael fallon, and a labour mp suspended. yeah, so the labour party is un

worth pointing out that the labour party is also split over europe, isn't it?our party is also compromised in that many of their mps represent constituencies that absolutely want to leave the eu but at the end of the day they aren't the ones in power. rachel is right, if it is limited to a two—year transition deal, then that ultimately isn't a plan to derail brexit but if the plan to derail brexit but if the plan behind it is actually to delay and delay as much as we can, to hang onto the two year transition and maybe we can make it last longer, then you are looking at something more sinister. i guess mps should be upfront. there are some people like ken clarke and a number on labour benches who feel that it is going to benches who feel that it is going to bea benches who feel that it is going to be a disaster. you can deal with that honesty but it is people who are hedging their bets and trying to pushit are hedging their bets and trying to push it into the future because it lacks transparency. interesting that these cross—party alliances are being formed. in

i don't think that what happened to her in the labour party isn't exactly the same if she was in another haven't been trained ina because certain people haven't been trained in a party, it's because certain people haven't been trained in a party, its access the ball to not report this? -- it a cce pta ble ball to not report this? -- it acceptable to not report this? what is the victim didn't want you to tell them? would is the victim didn't want you to tell them ? would you is the victim didn't want you to tell them? would you then break her confidentiality? we do not know what has happened. actually, i do know. what i know is that culturally, in all sorts of organisations, people don't know how to handle these things. the labour party is culpable andi things. the labour party is culpable and i am not here to let them off the hook, i will push them co nsta ntly the hook, i will push them constantly to the hook, i will push them co nsta ntly to im prove the hook, i will push them constantly to improve their processes but i think we have to be very careful before we sit there and say, i wo

spear, the labour party is isolated and they are standing alone, standing alone in opposition to the recommendation from the experts, the industry, the industry organization have all come around to support this initiative as one -- >> there's an ongoing enough right now in the island and some of the solemn states have debated for more than four years relieving at and refusing to leave the compound. they're asked to move out in the rest of the committee and some of them say they are unsafe and the government png and they area days until it closes. can you provide an update on how many asylum-seekers will be left behind after the 31st of october and what will happen to them and will the government continue to provide these asylum-seekers in line with human conventions of appropriate medical and healthcare, torture and trauma support and security services? >> mr. speaker, i think the honorable member for her question. i appreciate the opportunity to provide her with that again today in relation to the situation that she is aware that they announced earlier this year that the regional pr

the sunday times meanwhile says that a member of the labour party has died after apparently taking his life amid allegations of sexual misconduct. the mail on sunday alleges that there are links between boris johnson and michael gove‘s bid to persuade theresa may to take a tougher stance on brexit and a russian tycoon. and finally the sunday express reports that meghan markle is being guarded by royal protection officers as the palace prepares to announce her engagement to prince harry. let us begin our review today. the mail on sunday, it's all about michael gove and boris johnson, probably the two leading brexiteers. they wrote a letter to the prime minister secretly trying to get her to ta ke minister secretly trying to get her to take a tough stance on brexit. what is this link, alleged link with the russians? this story, it's a multi—layered story and you need to have a lot of background knowledge of who is who in think—tanks. have a lot of background knowledge of who is who in think-tanks. and a lot of music too. in order to be able to understand it. the bare bones seem to be the

i am ashamed that this could happen in the labour party.ens up and down the country, in all walks of life, but we in the labour party hold ourselves to a higher standard. we want to do things as well as we possibly can and this is not the way to proceed, this is not the way to behave. many people have said this is a long time coming. there is no human resources department in westminster, they are self managing. but how do you prove these historical allegations? many people comparing the culture of westminster to being like an old boys' club. they say a light has been shone on that culture and it will be forced to change. but as to how you prove these allegations, we are in a grey area. any body is set up to tackle grievance procedures will have to look at that tricky issue of where inappropriate conduct moves to sexual harassment and perhaps abuse. in some cases it will be clear—cut and obvious, in other cases it will be more difficult, a grey area to pinpoint. lots of people are questioning when flirtation becomes wanted or unwanted ? how

before the lady --dash mike labour party. on the second comments. on the second issue referring to the issue that is staying in eastern nigeria. the condolences of the whole house. he also asked me i'm very happy to do so. i'm done so a number of occasions. we are very clear. in relation the common travel area will continue to operate as it has since 1983. there are goods and services across the border. we would not see a hard border introduced. yesterday the foreign secretary said there could be no a border that would be unthinkable. they've had 217 months to come up with an answer to this question and there's still no answer to the question there is another person that doesn't think the negotiations are going to will and that is the right armor member. it was a very enthusiastic campaign. he finds time to the be the chief global strategist for charlie to see in investments. as the uk is hitting the brakes. does the prime minister take advice. and does she that she agree with him. we had been engaging fully in the negotiations in relation to northe

what do you make of how the two parties, labour and the tories at the moment, how they have dealt with? it's been, the scale of the allegations against mps in both parties has been very different until the kelvin hopkins situation last night, really. it had been conservative mps primarily, for instance michael fallon, resigning as defence secretary, the biggest scalp so far. mark garnier at the weekend, an investigation into him and also into damian green. senior figures, serious allegations. labour had managed to avoid much controversy until last night with kelvin hopkins being suspended, as helen mentioned. and now today the questions have been atjeremy corbyn's door because he pointed kelvin hopkins to his shadow cabinet la st kelvin hopkins to his shadow cabinet last summer after being made aware that hopkins had been reprimanded by the whips office over these allegations from 2015. both parties right now are trying to firefight as best as they can because these allegations are coming thick and fast. the clive lewis one is literally only just happened. fast. the clive lewis one is

the labour party is isolated. they are standing alone, standing alone in opposition to the recommendation from the experts, the industry, the big users, the industry organizations have all come around to support this initiative as well that will deliver real -- deliver reliable, 4 -- host: some of the asylum-seekers at matus island for more than four years are refusing to leave. the compound is being shut down. some say they are unsafe. the government is urged to find a solution. >> we might just reset the clock. >> the clock will start. on the fourth of september this year, you told parliament at question to him that there would be 200 asylum-seekers filenet to be refugees moved to another detention center in png. there are eight days. until menace center closes. can you tell us how many asylum-seekers will be left behind after the 31st of october? what will happen to them? and will the government will carenue to provide medical , torture support, and security services? >> the minister for immigration and border

kelvin hopkins, a 76—year—old former shadow minister has been suspended from the labour party and that whip is suspended from him after an incident that took place in 2014 with a young labour activist and he was addressing the labour society at essex university and it is alleged that he sent a text after saying, if only i was a0 years younger and this why he has been suspended, he then allegedly rubbed himself against her. by the event in the daily telegraph the woman reported it to the whip‘s office twice before he was made a shadow cabinet minister. so if that is to be believed, then the whips knew about this. also eva reported it in december 2015 injune hopkins was appointed to the shadow cabinet. but he had been reprimanded by the office and the leader knew. the report to the leader's office was yes, he has been reprimanded, but the matter had been settled and the only information they knew at that stage was that he sent this text saying if only i was a0 years younger. it was only today that the further information came that he sent a text saying he wanted to meet outside the forma

this is just part of what the parties are doing, labour has published its procedures in the summer. is a wider push, theresa may will meet party leaders on monday from across the house of commons to discuss further independent transparent mechanisms whereby people can make complaints outside party political structures, because this has been one of the main accusations that the structures a re one of the main accusations that the structures are a deterrent to people coming forward because people are afraid ofjeopardising their careers and they are afraid that the people they may complain to maybe friends 01’ they may complain to maybe friends or colleagues of the person they are accusing. there is a cross—party push, this issue is clearly affecting all parties, there is a cross— party affecting all parties, there is a cross—party push to try now i get some independent transparent mechanisms in place to try and make things better for people going forward. thank you very much. just after half past five i will be talking more about this story, i will be talking to a woman who worked as a

the i chooses to focus on the labour party's investigations into allegations made against its mps. ill change later, but currently focusing on labourmp later, but currently focusing on labour mp clive lewis. the daily express talks about harriet harman on its front page. it says the former deputy party leader repeated an anti—semitic joke on former deputy party leader repeated an anti—semiticjoke on television. the guardian says the cost of brexit will mean an extra £930 on household food bills as the price of staples is set to rise in the event of the uk leaving the eu without a trade deal. the ft ‘s top story is the row brewing at the london stock exchange over the departure of its chief executive, saying he is being forced out against his wishes. lastly the daily mirror features the accusation of sexual assault made by a female trainer against a top jockey. so those are your front pages. martin, what was that shake for? every paper has a variant on the same theme, people who in positions of power are behaving badly. one story, different protagonist, basically. we start with the t

they will be sadly missed by all of us, particularly in the labour party who they serve so well for their entire lives. mr. speaker, in 2010 the labour government intervened through hmrc to shut down isle of man scheme used to import yachts into the european union, and thus avoid tax. a similar scheme has recently been expos relating to the import of business jets into the isle of man. so can the prime minister assure the house that hmrc investigates these new allegations diligentl diligently? >> the right honorable gentleman has made an number of references and discretion and i will address all of them. on the first point, it is absolutely essential and he is right that we have processes that political parties have processes to do with allegations of misconduct, also that obviously we have miniscule code and proper investigations take place against the miniscule code where that is appropriate. but i believe it is also crucial for everybody working in this parliament, be the work you for a member of parliament, for the house authorities or a journalist working in this parliament, that the

that is with in the labour party backbench. to make sure that they are dealt with. as for the labour leadership in the question of whetherjeremy corbyn should have promoted mr hopkins to the shadow cabinet, well, we put those questions doing today and he didn't give as any response. good morning, mr corbyn. thank you from tomorrow, goodbye. did you know about the allegations against mr hopkins, mr corbyn, before you promoted into the shadow cabinet? leave them alone! thanks. we were aware of the allegations against mr hopkins, so? goodbye. now, we have tried to contact kelvin hopkins today. we have no look, he's not answering his phone or his door at his home in the constituency here so we still wait to hear what his view is on these allegations. 0k, tom, thank you for that. tom barton in luton north. and joining me now in the studio is the leader of the women's equality party. i'd like to get your take first on the allegations surrounding kelvin hopkins and the question of his promotion after this allegation be made. yeah, i t

carl sargeant was removed from his welsh cabinetjob and suspended by the labour party but his familynever given details of the allegations against him and was unable to defend himself. mrjones said he had acted correctly and by the book, as our wales correspondent sian lloyd reports. carl sargeant, a former welsh government minister, who was sacked from his job and suspended from the labour party on friday, amid harassment claims. anything to say about carl sargeant, first minister? carwynjones, the man who took that decision, left his home this morning not giving anything away. en route to the senedd to face fellow labour assembly members for the first time since the death of their colleague. facing criticism about how he handled the investigation from mr sergeant‘s family and from within his own party, there were questions over carwyn jones‘ position. he'd promised a statement, but this wasn't a time for him to resign. we were all very shocked by what happened last week. there is great hurt, anger and bewilderment. carl was my friend. in all the years that i knew him i never had a

well, some of the leaders of the labour party rin some of the leaders of the labour party ri n west someest bromwich tonight. we're going to hear from jeremy corbyn shortly but at the moment at the podium, john mcdonnell, shadow chancellor, listen in. inspired by young women like that, absolutely. applause some of you may have seen the budget debate yesterday. 0r some of you may have seen the budget debate yesterday. or maybe seen clips from that debate on twitter or on facebook. what the tories did to impede the debate was that they organise themselves in parliament in the way i've never seen before. it was leaked in the telegraph a few weeks ago. they put together what they call a killer team of young tory mps and some older ones as well, sitting in the steps of the gangway, standing up by the bar of the house, so that when jeremy spoke they shouted, they screamed, and they shouted, they screamed, and they abused. now i, jeremy corbyn andl they abused. now i, jeremy corbyn and i have been friends for nearly 40 years. he's one of the mildest i know. one of the most gentle and kindest pe

the labour party's position as well, that will entail significant job losses. what is important is not only do we have a robust regime but absolutely, the humanitarian efforts that we make to try to alleviate the terrible conditions in yemen. we are the fourth-largest humanitarian donor and the second-largest to the un field and i would remind him that the involvement of the saudi's in this conflict came at the request of the legitimate government of yemen and united nations security council backing. that is why we support a conflict supported by the un security council and i would hope the right honorable gentlemen would have some respect for the security council. >> rebecca powell. >> the ambition is welcome, struggling to get on the housing ladder and displaying its part, good places to live, energy efficient, sustainable drainage, even where we have challenge, for these. we must have the right rose in the development and with my right honorable friend agreed policy infrastructure fund is key to unlocking funds for vital roads like the spine road. >> my hono

did or said ten or 15 years ago that may well look very different today, and as we see now, the labour partya result of that he has now been suspended from the party membership. thank you. the culture secretary has told bbc news that it is vital public money is spent on the arts because it benefits the whole country. they we re benefits the whole country. they were discussing the long term effects of the uk city of copter programme. the government says it is committed to spending more in the regions. the uk's city of culture title was always sold on creating a long—term legacy for hull and the surrounding area. today, including money to promote the city's maritime heritage. you only have to look at what the city of culture has brought to hull, the pride in the city. the fa ct to hull, the pride in the city. the fact the council have said they are absolutely committed to keeping a commitment to culture is a fantastic thing and! commitment to culture is a fantastic thing and i am really looking forward to this in the north. but there are some who believe part of there are some who believe part

case i cannot comment on individual cases but we must ensure the system does notjust apply to the labour partyobjective and deals with these cases and importantly it gives people confidence, and we are talking largely about giving women confidence that they can work here in safety and that is what we should where people can report and also an element of advice and assistance and thatis element of advice and assistance and that is happening now. when all political parties meet, my view was there should be an element of independence in there, particularly of support, so people can feel confident in where they can report these things and also how it can be dealt with but i hope to get agreement on that quickly. john mcdonnell speaking there at the labour regional conference which is happening in blackpool. let's speak to sir alistair graham, the former chairman of the committee on standards in public life. we go back a few years to the days ofjohn major and all the rest of it when his government was struggling with allegations of sleaze and the solution was to bring in an independent voice. did i

the former leader of the scottish labour party, kezia dugdale, has been explaining her decision to appearady started forming bonds and the programme likes to throw in new contestants to dislodge those bonds. that's right, they are getting in to well. sushi and iain lee are coming into the camp, we have already seen people eating bugs on such things, she will ta ke eating bugs on such things, she will take part in bush tucker trials and the challenges. she won't be given any special treatment, basically. shall we listen to kezia, she has talked about why she is going into the programme. i am kezia, best known for leading the scottish labour party in scotland, and a memberof the labour party in scotland, and a member of the scottish parliament. people have seen me dealing with rats and snakes in my time. i am tougher than people think, you don't get to the top in politics about having a tough skin. ijust think the jungle will be a whole heap tougher. she's not the first politician to do this kind of thing. no, not the first politician and reality tv, most famously, most disturbingly for me

rather than the past, get these cross—party talks under way, try to get the system reformed here at westminster and perhaps inject into it as we heard from the labour phillips there, inject this idea of independence, that people can go beyond the party whips, go beyond the party machines and have their concerns, allegations treated seriously. thank you for now. an army sergeant accused of trying to kill his wife by sabotaging her parachute has begun giving evidence. victoria cilliers suffered multiple injuries when her parachute failed to open during a jump in wiltshire in 2015. emile cilliers denies all the charges. duncan kennedy is following the case at winchester crown court. what's the court been hearing so far today? well, emile has only gone into the witness box in the last 30 minutes or so. he has been questioned by his defence barrister. she's trying to get a picture of what his life was like before all these alleged events took place, about how he did training in the army, where he became a physical instructor, and how he was married toa instructor, and how he was married to a woman called carly and their life really in the army, him trai