mr miliband is not the only one being critical of labour in print.rticle for the new statesman magazine, dave prentis, the leader of the union unison, says copland was a disaster. and whilst not pinning the blame onjeremy corbyn, he does say that since his election as leader five months ago, he does say that since his election as leaderfive months ago, labour has not risen edge closer to setting up has not risen edge closer to setting up shop here in downing street. that said, for the most part the unions are still with jeremy said, for the most part the unions are still withjeremy corbyn. said, for the most part the unions are still with jeremy corbyn. this is not about one person. it is about as reconnecting with our grassroots. it is about getting the working class fought back and by defeating ukip in stalker, we have successfully done that because we we re successfully done that because we were told we could not. so, let us share our were told we could not. so, let us share oui’ successes were told we could not. so, let us share our successes wor

mr miliband is not the only one being critical of labour in print.an article for the new statesman magazine, dave prentis, the leader of the union unison, says copland was a disaster. says copeland was a disaster. and whilst not pinning the blame onjeremy corbyn, he does say that since his election as leader five months ago, labour has not risen much closer to setting up shop here in downing street. that said, for the most part the unions are still with jeremy corbyn. this is not about one person. it is about us reconnecting with our grassroots. it is about getting the working class vote back and by defeating ukip in stoke, we have successfully done that because we were told we could not. so, let us share our successes, work and get back into government where we should be. and labour's current deputy leader says he does not agree with mr miliband either. i do understand the point he is making. we are in very difficult times and we need to change tack in order to make sure that we can build a winning coalition for the next general election, whenever t

labour's deputy leader says he does not agree with mr miliband.stand the point he is making that we are in difficult times and we need to change tack to build a winning coalition for the next general election. holding stalker has tempered the potential for other attacks onjeremy corbyn and his strongest critics have held off calling him to quit following the catastrophe in copland which is just as well because he is insisting he is going nowhere. several news organisations, including the bbc, have been barred from entering a press briefing at the white house. the new york times and cnn have expressed concern over the exclusion of their reporters — calling the decision unacceptable — while the bbc has said it is seeking clarification. president trump's spokesman, sean spicer, was challenged about his decision. reporter: are cnn and the new york times not in here because you're unhappy with their reporting? why are they not in here? because we had a pool and then we expanded it and we added some folks to come and cover it. it was my decision to expa

mr miliband was speaking after the party lost the copeland by—election to the conservatives.e to recapture the city of mosul, islamic state's last major stronghold in iraq. the white house has excluded several major news organisations, including some it has openly criticised, from a briefing held by president trump's spokesman. mr trump has been angered by what he's described as fake news items published by some media outlets. three men had been charged with slavery offences following the discovery of a cannabis farm in wiltshire. they are due to appear in court in swindon today and will also face charges of conspiring to produce cannabis and extracting electricity without permission. the cannabis had a street value of over £1 million. 20 rooms were converted for growing the planned within the disused 1980s bunker. an island which inspired the foundation of the national trust, has been gifted to the conservation charity after more than a century in private hands. sitting in the middle of the lake district, grasmere island was left to the trust by its former owner in her will.

mr miliband was speaking after the party lost the copeland by—election to the conservatives.heir battle to recapture the city of mosul, islamic state's last major stronghold in iraq. the white house has excluded several major news organisations, including some it has openly criticised, from a briefing held by president trump's spokesman. mr trump has been angered by what he's described as fake news items published by some media outlets. scottish labour are hosting their annual conference in perth this weekend, but attention is focused on the london mayor saddiq khan who is due to address delegates later. this morning, he tweeted extracts of his speech in which he will say, "nationalism is as divisive as racism". but the comments have received a strong backlash on social media. 0ur political correpsondent nick eardley is at the conference in perth for us. before we get onto what has been happening, what has been the reaction to saddique khan's comments? well, the scottish labour leader is trying to find her answer to the scottish independence question so she is talking about a

mr miliband was speaking after the party lost the copeland by—election to the conservatives.rganisations, including some it has openly criticised, from a briefing held by president trump's spokesman. mr trump has been angered by what he's described as fake news items published by some media outlets. iraqi forces have continued to make progress in their battle to recapture the city of mosul, islamic state's last major stronghold in iraq. also coming up: the national trust received an unexpected gift, grasmere island in cumbria, the island that inspired it creation. sport now and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. good morning. it is one of the key matches in the six nations this afternoon with both scotland and wales trying to bounce back from defeat. patrick gearey is already in place at murrayfield. it has been a decade since the scots last beat the welsh, but the fans have got a feeling that this could be the day to put that right? it could be. we have got all sorts of musical accompaniment. we have got a pipe band and guitar band and a bag

in an interview with the times newspaper mr miliband said he was deeply concerned about labour's futureemy corbyn after the party lost the copeland by—election to the conservatives. here's our political correspondent chris mason. jeremy corbyn went to stoke yesterday to look and sound like a winner. his man had won the by—election there, activists were delighted, but labour's vote slid in stoke and the party suffered a cumbrian humbling 140 miles north in copeland as the conservatives triumphed. enterfrom new york the man people in the labour party see as the best leader they never had, david miliband. he now runs a charity, the international rescue committee, and this is not the first time he has been a public doom monger about his party and jeremy corbyn. labour, he told the times, had now lost support among what he called its core base. "i am obviously deeply concerned that labour is further from power that at any stage in my lifetime," he told the newspaper. but those loyal to the leaders say it is not alljeremy corbyn‘s fault and add... i would actually like to talk about issues an

in an interview with the times newspaper mr miliband said he was deeply concerned about labour's futureemy corbyn after the party lost the copeland by—election to the conservatives. jeremy corbyn went to stoke yesterday to look and sound like a winner. his man had won the by—election there, activists were delighted, but labour's vote slid in stoke and the party suffered a cumbrian humbling 140 miles north in copeland as the conservatives triumphed. enterfrom new york the man people in the labour party see as the best leader they never had, david miliband. he now runs a charity, the international rescue committee, and this is not the first time he has been a public doom monger about his party and jeremy corbyn. labour, he told the times, had now lost support among what he called its core base. "i am obviously deeply concerned that labour is further from power that at any stage in my lifetime," he told the newspaper. but those loyal to the leaders say it is not alljeremy corbyn‘s fault and add... i would actually like to talk about issues and what it is that makes a difference to people's

has led people to think that mr corbyn could be vulnerable and there is considerable disquiet in the party over his whole handling of the brexit debate. one of ed miliband'sne of ed miliband's closest aides stu woodward has just put upa closest aides stu woodward has just put up a tweet after last night's vote. " no space this feels a bit like monty python and the holy grail when the black knight has had his limbs cut off and says, all right, we will call it a draw. "a we will call it a draw. " a lot of labour people think mr corbyn has taken the wrong approach to brexit by backing mrs may's bill. norman, thank you. the us senate has backed one of president trump's most controversial cabinet nominees, jeff sessions, as attorney general. more than 30 years ago, mr sessions was denied a post as a federaljudge when he was accused of racism, allegations he has always denied. he will now take charge of thejustice department and more than 100,000 employees, including 93 us attorneys. new laws introduced last year to protect tenants in england from so—called revenge evictions aren't working, according to mps and housing lawyers. a bbc freedom of information requ