the motorway goes through it, no—one stops in port talbot.d it would be... if it were a person, it would be a person thatjesus would have dealt with. but the interesting thing for you, you insists you are not religious you do this play and then you, yourself, for example, take on the moneylenders in wales. and you set up this end high cost credit alliance. yes, well i suppose what happened, the passion happened in 2011, and as a result of that, and me becoming more connected to these different groups and organisations in the town, and having a sense of what it is that keeps communities alive, in very challenging circumstances... i wanted to stay connected. obviously, and they wanted me to, you know, talk about them, have a photograph, because the other experience i had over the 2.5 years, or whatever it was, developing it, i would come to the town and then go away, and come back, and go away. and each time i came back i would notice that something had gone. something had disappeared, that some service had been cut, so i was very aware of the

sian lloyd, bbc news, port talbot.ce of a vip paedophile ring has repeated his claims in court that he was raped by a former head of the british army and byjimmy savile. police launched a £2 million investigation after carl beech said he was one of several children sexually abused by a group that included leading figures from the british establishment. he denies 12 charges of perverting the course ofjustice and one of fraud. postal ballot papers will be sent to around 160,000 conservative party members at the end of this week so that they can choose the next prime minister. will it be borisjohnson orjeremy hunt?

the latest, from near port talbot.ermany's defence minister ursula von de leyen, who's been nominated as european commission president, is in strasbourg to meet members of the new european parliament who will vote on her appointment. the parliament has this morning elected the italian socialist david sassoli as its new president. adam fleming is in strasbourg. busy morning for everyone there, bring us up to date. such is the hunger and the rumour mill, the speculation that she is here already, she has been smuggled in a side door, on her way, not here yet, but we definitely know that she will be meeting some of her allies from the centre—right european people's party, a group of right—wing parties from across europe, in about one hour's time, so we may see her but we may not hear from her. hour's time, so we may see her but we may not hearfrom her. —— hour's time, so we may see her but we may not hear from her. —— we will definitely see her. the next stage in the process of becoming the president is securing a majority

i share your opinion on the remarks about the incident in port talbot.l, i have done everything i can to ensure that we leave with a deal. i can say i voted to leave with a deal that the textjobs. he cannot do this because he's voted three times for no — deal. cannot do this because he's voted three times for no - deal. the prime minister should be aware that her deal was rejected three times by the house. you might think about an alternative method of doing things. a confidential cabinet note apparently said that the government is not properly prepared for no deal and other trusts have warned that it will pose a major threat to nhs services. make uk, representing uk manufacturers, recently said that there is a direct link of politicians talking up the prospect of no deal and british firms losing custom overseas and people losing their jobs. custom overseas and people losing theirjobs. 0ur make custom overseas and people losing theirjobs. 0urmake uk custom overseas and people losing theirjobs. 0ur make uk guilty of confected hysteria or are they speaking

two rail workers have died after being hit by a passenger train near port talbot in south wales. police say the men, aged 58 and 64, were wearing ear defenders at the time and couldn't hear the train approaching. sian lloyd reports. this is where two men, aged 58 and 64, lost their lives this morning. the rail workers had been wearing ear defenders and didn't hear the train approaching. emergency services were called and treated a third worker for shock. inside the train, passengers waited. four hours later, the 180 people on board were allowed to leave and taken away on buses to a nearby station. thank god that nobody on the train, the train didn't turn over. the people on the track, i think they were workmen, i'm not sure, and they were killed. the first thoughts have to be to the family of the deceased and the other person who was injured and equally, i must say, to the driver. this is the main line between swansea and london. the train had not long left port talbot when the accident happened just before ten o'clock this morning, in conditions very much like this. good visibil

two railway workers have been killed after being hit by a train near port talbot in south wales. in court that he was abused atan claims in court that he was abused at an army base as a child. today teachers, parents and financial experts will gather in parliament to campaign for financial education to be included in the primary school curriculum. it's already included for secondary school pupils. research by the money advice service shows that money attitudes and habits start to develop at the age of seven, and campaigners say it's a crucial time to start children on a positive financialjourney. we can cross to susannah streeter, who is at a sheringham primary school in east london. hello, yes, it's back to the classroom for the business needs this afternoon. i am at sheringham primary school and east london manor park, and instead of numeracy this afternoon, it is a my bank session. they are learning all about saving and spending and debt and interest, and spending and debt and interest, and financial priorities. let's have and financial priorities. let's have a listen in. what

sian lloyd, bbc news, port talbot. a man accused of lying about the existence of a vip paedophile ring has repeated his claims in court that he was raped by a former head of the british army and byjimmy savile. police launched a £2 million investigation after carl beech said he was one of several children sexually abused by a group that included leading figures from the british establishment. he denies 12 charges of perverting the course ofjustice and one of fraud. postal ballot papers will be sent to around 160,000 conservative party members at the end of this week so that they can choose the next prime minister. will it be borisjohnson orjeremy hunt? 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has been to canterbury — which the conservatives held for decades until 2017 — to find out who tory party voters there are planning to pick. in sunny gardens, pubs, homes or meeting halls, tory members gather to choose who to send to downing street. in sunny gardens, homes and meeting halls, tory members gather to choose who to send

the service had just left port talbot and struck the workers near margam. in both directions. the question now for investigators, in broad daylight and good conditions, how could two people lose their lives? angus crawford, bbc news. our transport correspondent tom burridge is following the story and joins us now. first, how common are incidents of people being hit or potentially narrowly avoiding being hit on the line. near misses are not really unusual and they are reported and investigated almost in the same way by the rail accident investigation branch as this incident will be but fatalities have become very rare on the rail network. then after ten yea rs, the rail network. then after ten years, for example, only six rail workers have been killed, either contractors or employees of network rail, as in the case of these two people who are sadly killed this morning. safety has improved over the last couple of decades. the safety record has improved a lot. safety protocol is strict. i've experienced it when we have been filming on the rail network. that is

two rail workers have died after being hit by a passenger train near port talbot in south wales.y the men aged 58 and 64 were wearing ear defenders at the time, and couldn't hear the train approaching. our wales correspondent sian lloyd reports. this is where two men, aged 58 and 64, lost their lives this morning. the rail workers had been wearing ear defenders and didn't hear the train approaching. emergency services were called and treated a third worker for shock. inside the train, passengers waited. four hours later, the 180 people on board were allowed to leave and taken away on buses to a nearby station. thank god that nobody on the train, the train didn't turn over. the people on the track, i think they were workmen, i'm not sure, and they were killed. the first thoughts have to be to the family of the deceased and the other person who was injured and equally, i must say, to the driver. this is the main line between swansea and london. the train had not long left port talbot when the accident happened just before ten o'clock this morning, in conditions very much like this.

second network rail operator that was killed by a train yesterday whilst working on the line between port talbote space we need to grieve." mike lewis was 58. gareth delbridge, 6a, known as "gazza", was an "absolute staunch" kenfig hill rfc supporter and was well known at the club. the second man to have died in the accident, his name has now been released. one in ten people admitted to hospital in the uk is dependent on alcohol, according to a new study. researchers at king's college london are calling for universal screening for alcohol—related problems and more trained staff to offer support. last year, the nhs announced plans to put care teams into the hospitals with the highest alcohol—related admissions. more than a million people living onjapan's southern island of kyushu have had to leave their homes as torrential rain continues to cause disruption. the extreme weather has raised the risk of floods and mudslides, with authorities warning that a major disaster could happen at any time. last year, 200 people were killed after heavy rain devastated the west of the country. the headlines on

. 0ur reporter matt murray is near the scene in port talbot.what we know at the moment. this happened just before ten o'clock this morning when the great western train hit to network rail workers and resulted in their deaths. just to give you geography of where we are, we are about a mile outside of court talbot and this is the closest we can get to the train which hasn't moved since ten o'clock this morning so if we zoom in, you should be able to see the train behind me. about ten minutes ago there was quite a lot of activity with the engineers and emergency workers actually helping passengers off the train who had been on there for nearly three hours. i understand that one carriage has been evacuated but the rest of the train and passengers are still on board at the moment. we have heard from one passenger who told us that when the accident happened on the train hit and killed these workers, that nobody on board was actually a there had been an accident. the passengers who have been taken off the train have been put on a bus just by the port