janet davey told on to lewisham east and south london for labour ina lewisham east and south london foracated by heidi alexander, who had come to work for the london mayor. will the member wishing to take a seat please come to the table? janet davey took her vows to the table? janet davey took her vows and received the traditional warm handshake from the speaker.|j disarmingly, sincerely and truly declare and a firm that i be faithful and bear true allegiance to her majesty queen elizabeth, her heirs and successors, according to law. janet davey, the member for lewisham east. and we finish where we started, with the house of lords. as peers defeated the government on the eu withdrawal bill, mps were discussing whether the lord should be abolished altogether. at least 170,000 people signed a petition on a referendum of getting rid of the lords. the debate was led a conservative paul scully, who voted for brexit. isjust not appropriate for brexit. isjust not appropriate for the upper house to be thwarting the will of the people, to be coming back and getting us to consider wrecking amendm

and the top story here in the uk: labour's janet daby has won the lewisham east by—election.lection was triggered by the resignation of heidi alexander, after she resigned from parliament to work for mayor of london sadiq khan. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. president trump is ready to impose ta riffs president trump is ready to impose tariffs on china, so will beijing retaliate? and what will old school videogame tetris look like in the virtual future? we speak to a vetera n virtual future? we speak to a veteran games developer. good morning, welcome to asia business report, live from singapore, with me, mariko oi. and we start with that trade spat between the world's two the guest economies, as us president donald trump appears to have followed through on his promise and imposed tariffs on about $50 billion in chinese goods. and, according to some news reports, we will find out the full list of products later this friday. this news comes as the us dollar experienced one of its strongest daysin experienced one of its strongest days in mont

the by-election in lewisham east. janet da by research into it.e campaign. the by—election is an interesting barometer of how things are going. i'll admit, interesting barometer of how things are going. i'lladmit, i have a interesting barometer of how things are going. i'll admit, i have a soft spot for the lib dems. but on a low turnout that actually saw a very impressive swing. they won just 4.4% of the vote at the last election. the now they have moved up to second place from the tories. —— 0.4% of the vote. i think there is a quiet comeback that vince cable in his quiet way is overseeing. it says a lot about what people are thinking, i think, lot about what people are thinking, ithink, in lot about what people are thinking, i think, in the country. this was a seat that had voted largely remained. so maybe not surprising the lib dems would do well in that climate. —— remain. the lib dems would do well in that climate. -- remain. the lib dems feel anxious because of the remain thing. it is a conjugated issue. the people who come out to vote are

and the top story here in the uk: labour's janet daby has won the lewisham east by—election.

and at one, lewisham east has a new mp.ection with 50.2% of the vote. finally, returning to the dramatic walkout by the snp leader ian blackford at prime minister's questions. 0ne labour veteran wanted a little more clarity as to the exact nature of his punishment. well, as a bit of an expert on being thrown out... laughter. can ijust explain to you, mr speaker, that there are various ways of throwing people out? one is, obviously, everybody can follow. it's never happened in my case. secondly... secondly, it is possible for somebody, sent by the speaker's office to the room upstairs, which i inhabited, and he said to me, "on reflection," the speaker said, "you can stay." that's one difference. and the other is, sometimes you are barred from the house, but not from the building. so which was it? the speaker confirmed ian blackford had been excluded from the whole building. in fact, one of my colleagues later spotted him holed up in pret a manger. 0ther cafes are available. and that's all we've got time for. don't forget the

labour has won the parliamentary by—election in lewisham east in south london, but with a greatly reducedturnout. its candidate, janet da by, was elected with a majority of more than 5,000, compared with the 21,000 secured by her predecessor in last year's general election. the former mp heidi alexander quit the commons to work for the mayor of london, sadiq khan. the americanjustice department has released a long—awaited report into the way the fbi handled an investigation into hillary clinton's emails. she claims it contributed towards her losing the 2016 presidential race. the report accuses the former head of the fbi, james comey, of being insubordinate but not politically biased. chris buckler reports from washington. james comey is a man who has been criticised by both sides of america's political divide. hillary clinton believes the former fbi director played a part in her losing the presidency, and he was subsequently fired by president trump. during the 2016 campaign, mr comey was in charge of an investigation into hillary clinton's use of a private e—mail server. crowd: lock her

labour has won the parliamentary by—election in lewisham east in south london, but with a reduced majorityda by, was elected with a majority of more than 5,000, compared with the 21,000 secured by her predecessor in last year's general election. the former mp heidi alexander quit the commons to work for the mayor of london, sadiq khan. a memorial service will be held at westminster abbey this lunchtime to remember the life of professor stephen hawking. his ashes will rest alongside other greats of british science, such as charles darwin and sir isaac newton. ben ando reports. theoretical physics is one of the few fields in which being disabled is no handicap. it's all in the mind. ben ando: though his mind was trapped in a body racked by motor neuron disease, but professor stephen hawking's ideas opened up new worlds and found answers about the very origins of the universe. so, if you reverse time, the universe is getting smaller. right. his life was depicted in the film, the theory of everything, with eddie redmayne playing stephen hawking. but while well—known in scientific circles since

labour has held its parliamentary seat in lewisham east in a by—election.turned out to cast their ballot. remember the row about hillary clinton's emails? she claimed it was one of the reasons why she lost the 2016 presidential election.. now the americanjustice department has released a long—awaited report into the way the fbi handled it all. it accuses the former head of the fbi, james comey, of not following normal rules, but it says he was not politically biased. our correspondent, chris buckler, has more. james comey is a man who has been criticised by both sides of america's political divide. hillary clinton believes the former fbi director played a part in her losing the presidency, and he was subsequently fired by president trump. during the 2016 campaign, mr comey was in charge of an investigation into hillary clinton's use of a private e—mail server. lock herup! it became a deeply contentious issue. and this new report finds james comey was insubordinate and made serious errors injudgement in how he handled that enquiry. but the fbi says there the

labour has won the parliamentary by—election in lewisham east in south london — but with a reduced majoritympared with the 21,000 secured by her predecessor in last year's general election. the former mp heidi alexander quit the commons to work for the mayor of london, sadiq khan. the italian prime minister giuseppe conte is in paris for talks with president emmanuel macron, which are expected to focus on immigration. their working lunch came close to being cancelled, after the two countries traded angry words over italy's refusal to accept the rescue ship aquarius. our correspondent hugh schofield is in paris. this almost didn't happen, but they have come to some sort of a detente. a nasty atmosphere earlier this week when the italians decided not to allow this boat to dock in an italian port. french president emmanuel macron came out with a reaction that first of all got them angry in rome, saying it was a cynical and irresponsible thing to do. that didn't go down well. even worse came from a spokesman for his party who said what the italians had done made him physically sick. this is not

the polls are now open in lewisham east for a parliamentary by—election triggered by the resignation into the afternoon with lighter winds and the sunshine emerging. we‘re looking at wind gusts this morning of perhaps as high as 35 to 40 mph, that‘s enough to bring down leaves and small branches in places, perhaps a bit of light and patchy rain too, but following the rain the skies will clear with lots of sunshine and feeling fresher than recent days, not quite as humid, top temperatures of 21 or 22. much lighter winds as we head to the end of the day, and the winds will remain light through the night. the skies will be clear for the most part and we‘re looking at temperatures dipping down to eight or nine rurally, cooler than last night. into tomorrow, pretty nice day, should stay dry, sunny spells, highs of 22. watch out for a few showers on saturday, though. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now it‘s back to the breakfast team. the first anniversary of the grenfell fire. good morning from west london. commemorations have begun to remember the 7