this is about rebecca long—bailey. lead labour. this is about rebecca long-bailey. as considered the heir apparent to replace jeremy corbyn from the hard left. laura peacock before the general election was believed to be in the running there, but she lost her seat. however, there are doubts within that part of the labour party about how popular or well— known rebecca long— bailey about how popular or well— known rebecca long—bailey is. she does relatively well with focus groups from what they understand, but simple —— people simply don't know who she is, generally speaking. and she doesn't have... i think this is one of the problems labour has generally, when you look at the field of candidates, it is wide, there are a lot of people, but they don't have the background in politics. they don't have the years of experience. kier starmer was obviously very experienced as head of the crown prosecution service, so he has had a great, successful career, for example, that he is actually relatively new for politics. he has only been an mp for four years. so you have got peopl

rebecca long— bailey a clear run and she would stand as deputy. nd this array of names that have put themselves forward for the leadership so far. she is understood to have backing from unite, the union, and the leadership. on the other hand, lots of other people have put their name forward as well. keir starmer and listen andy, as well as jess phillips. —— lisa nandy. it was a dismal defeat. the trick about going forward , dismal defeat. the trick about going forward, my sense is, it will be somebody who can find a way to hang oi'i somebody who can find a way to hang on to the left manifesto, elements of it, which is very popular in the public and supported by the membership but is able to communicate that across the party. so it is not necessarily someone seen you only appeals to one faction or the other. that would be the test, to take the left policies but communicate them to coalesce the entire party and convince the public. do you have a view on who should be the next leader of the labor party? i think it is important to have good opposition

rebecca long— bailey. me but angela rayner sounds better. rebecca long-bailey. ebecca long-bailey. she is described asjeremy corbyn‘s favourite. she is the only one that make there is angela rayner but she's not seen as totally on the side... by the purists. but surely labour have lied that it is not about the members but the electorate. i think that is a big lesson to learn. labour membership is southern focused and concentrated on big cities, london. that is exactly where we are winning but it is the other parts of the country we need to focus on. some of the labour members have learned that lesson but a lot of them on social media saying that it was the media's fault that jeremy corbyn lost. we will find out over the coming months. change of leadership possibly around spring. the scottish male and boris is to go ona the scottish male and boris is to go on a charm offensive to scotland. the scottish male and boris is to go on a charm offensive to scotlandlj do on a charm offensive to scotland.” do not know how about that will go down. i do not know the scottish

the combination, it would be a combination it looks like of rebecca long— bailey be a combination it he middle ground. angelo is going up as her deputy. that's the pairing and that's what they've got to do and this is the thing that really does come through. the bbc, i have to say, horribly brilliant dead ringers radio four have got it absolutely right, the corbynistas go and we won the argument but sorry, we happened to lose the vote. it's a hopeless line of argument and with this, that with the article i've seen of andrew sparrow, they've not got off that yet. do you think she could possibly address some of the points that was raised by tom watson, the hostility. the hostility and anti—semitism? we would hope so. it's a big one but she has to go through the corbyn praetorian guard, in a funny way she's been part of it. we don't think emily thornberry and clive lewis have much of a chance. no, no. because they put their names forward , because they put their names forward, haven't they? yes, who have we got, still waiting on, has keir starmer said yes or no? he is seriously consideri

some of the names being floated, rebecca long bailey who seems to be a front runner at the moment, theyto of the man? it is quite complicated. this longer period of reflection, i think it is necessary for the labour party to really look at what has happened. actually there is a lot of things in the mix in terms of what happened during the general election but also what has happened more historically with the labour party and some of the seat and actually some of those policies like public ownership, like some of the more necessary policies that we need on real action on climate change, a popular and they are polled amongst the public so part of it may be messaging, part of it maybe the delivery and part of it is also brexit. they don't want to be making too much time, they need to be an effective opposition. but what happens next, they need to get right. if they are really serious about challenging the and 70 party in the next election, they need to ta ke in the next election, they need to take some time and there is a risk. —— conservative party was not there isa —— conservative party

rebecca bailey, bbc news.tacey is back on our screens with a one—off special tonight. james corden has been telling our entertainment correspondent colin paterson why they decided to bring it back. are you asking me to step in? what? are you asking me to... # step into christmas! # we can watch the snow fall forever and ever... james corden, i never thought this would happen. back on the set of gavin and stacey, what made you decide to do it again? it was more of a sense of i think — ruth and i thinking, why don't we just explore it, see if there's anything there, if there's a story there, it would be interesting to see where they are. we didn't tell the bbc, we didn't tell any agents or anything, we just did what we did the first time around, really, which was sit in a room and talk about it and see what we have. we used the house up here as our sort of greenroom. and look to you find in any of these houses, it is ruthjones and joanna page, relaxing between scenes. i feel like i have walked into the show, thi

rebecca bailey, bbc news.have been busy doing something else. four stranded deer who were rescued from a river in greater manchester have been named dancer, prancer, dasher and blitzen in homage to their sleigh—pulling cousins. daring dasher escaped and swam upstream, but the other three were reluctant to follow. they were all eventually saved by the rspca and fire service in a rescue that took four hours. nice to have a christmas story with a happy ending. let's see if there is happy with the news. good afternoon. merry christmas. this christmas day has not disappointed. the weather has given us disappointed. the weather has given us something of a gift. a lot of dry weather and some spells of sunshine. feels like something of a christmas miracle after the rain recently. if you are thinking about that afternoon stroll to work off some of that christmas lunch, scenes like this will greet you. there is a lump of cloud out west. that is tomorrow. we don't have to worry about it yet. clear skies overhead for the

rebecca bailey can explain. cheering. wows spectators with his water—skiing skills on the potomac river in virginia. i thought it was really cool. it was really cool, it was definitely worth it. santa and food and drinks — you can't get better than that. he's always had an incredible ability to defy the space—time continuum, which could explain how, whilst all this was going on... ..almost 600 santas were riding the waves at cocoa beach in florida. looks like david hasselhoff‘s got nothing on santa. meanwhile, in kosovo, he was seen abseiling down the walls of a children's hospital with batman, spider—man and superman. cheering. also spotted injapan — five paragliding sa ntas. but luckily, it looks like his love of extreme sport hasn't got in the way of deliveries. cheering. merry christmas! rebecca bailey, bbc news. i think the surfing santa gets my vote. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. after all the rain we have been having lately, today's weather felt like something of a christmas m

rebecca bailey's been taking a look at what he's been up to. cheering.iver in virginia. i thought it was really cool. it was really cool, it was definitely worth it. santa and food and drinks — you can't get better than that. he's always had an incredible ability to defy the space—time continuum, which could explain how, whilst all this was going on... ..almost 600 santas were riding the waves at cocoa beach in florida. looks like david hasselhoff‘s got nothing on santa. meanwhile, in kosovo, he was seen abseiling down the walls of a children's hospital with batman, spider—man and superman. cheering. also spotted injapan — five paragliding sa ntas. but luckily, it looks like his love of extreme sport hasn't got any way of deliveries. cheering. merry christmas! rebecca bailey, bbc news. don't be trying that at home. none of that abseiling or surfing. just keep its —— chilled. coming up, film critic mark kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year in review 2019: the year in film. that's after the weather with ben rich. i won't be going anywh

rebecca long— bailey chances. angela rayner is also possible. rebecca long—bailey is interesting. . the rebecca long—bailey's chances depend on how strong the backlash is against corbyn sm and the corbyn easter have heard across the country have corbyn himself and that left—wing push has gone down appallingly. how can the labour party possibly win with any of those people? there was an interesting piece about how they knew, months ago, from digging into this exit poll, they knew that 42% of people didn't vote labour because of people didn't vote labour because of corbyn and only 17 because of brexit and the blaming that. activists have doubled down on it being brexit and the media's fault. a studentjournalist, being brexit and the media's fault. a student journalist, i being brexit and the media's fault. a studentjournalist, i saw a thread on twitter and they said 17 reasons and it didn't mention it. can be labour party be steered back to the centre or are the levers of power in the hands of the left wing people. will the centrists join the labour party to influence the outcome? wi

rebecca bailey, bbc news.. we will try that later. now the weather. hello. after the wet weather lately today feels like a christmas miracle. blue skies and sunshine for the rest of this christmas day. it looks fine if you're heading out for a stroll later on. on the satellite picture you can see this lump of cloud to the west. that will change things a little tonight and into boxing day. temperatures in single digits this afternoon. with some late sunshine and clear skies after dark. that will allow some fog to form, particularly in central and eastern england. some of that could be quite dense for a time. as you go through the night, the fog will tend to lift because we will see more cloud rolling in from the east. the breeze will pick up and outbreaks of rain in northern ireland and the south—west of england. further east and north another chilly night. that will get down below freezing for a time. for tomorrow we see this frontal system pushing its way eastwards a cross frontal system pushing its way eastw

but also if they had just gone on with rebecca long bailey and angela rayner, two corbyn like went backhey are women, it would be nice to get more women, it would be nice to get more women in high—profile jobs in parliament, but nevertheless, if you're going to put corbyn straight into the position and keep going him in five years time, you will get another kick in, because that's not where the country is. we met i know you want to move on, but i do need to push back on that slightly. you will notjust to to push back on that slightly. you will not just to point out that the thing about the labour policies are that that they are incredibly popular. there overwhelming public support. biggest landslide defeat since 1939. the party failed to persuade the public of their capacity to implement them. he makes with the public solids? no, i'm not saying it's theirfault, public solids? no, i'm not saying it's their fault, it's a failure of the labour party, however, when you look at the policies, i'm sorry, i don't make up these statistics. they are overwhelmingly popular, re—nationalization, hig

that's just rebecca long—bailey, left—wing and very cold at night. of nominations from mps and they will have to get 10% of the parliamentary party to nominate them in order to be on the ballot paper, she would do very well on that basis. 0k, thank you very much. a lot of pressure within the party to try to find the right person. when you try to satisfy lots of different parts of the party, it is a tricky task for one person to do? a lot of people will be looking at the timetable because jennie a lot of people will be looking at the timetable becausejennie formby, who of course heads the national executive committee has set the timetable starting at the beginning of january. a lot of people would have liked that to have been brought forward to before christmas. the one thing the more centrist, moderate members want is the membership reopen. those who want to say in where the labour party goes next, not just those momentum where the labour party goes next, notjust those momentum members, that they get some say in who was chosen next on the fears they

we will definitely see, ithink, angela rayner, emily thornberry, rebecca long— bailey, angela rayner good election campaigns. they were sort of put forward, promoted very heavily by the leadership. but i think it is going to be interesting to see what any moderates do. if someone to see what any moderates do. if someone like jess phillips going to put her name forward? would she have a chance ? put her name forward? would she have a chance? what did the membership, what is the membership of the labour... you are having a conversation before a came here, what is the fluidity of the membership of the labour party, the membership of the labour party, the members are quite sketchy. the 300,000 corbynistas will vanish overnight. don't know how many are still there, don't know how many will be rejoining of a lot of more moderate members, will the will be rejoining of a lot of more moderate members, willthe nec will be rejoining of a lot of more moderate members, will the nec do chicanery with the free state and sadie free state is now the minute the exit poll landed? these things are up fo

one is rebecca long—bailey, the favourite of john one is rebecca long—bailey, the favourite ofjohn mcdonnelln. i think the bigger chance for labour is all these people, i can't see any of them having a chance of getting borisjohnson next time. if you look at where labour is now, it is in a worse position than it was after its defeat in 1983. it took the party 14 years to get back into power after that. four years as a long time in politics. these days it is. labour could be... it would be huge if they came to an election victory after the defeat... they are talking about being out of power for a good decade. if you look at that electoral map that you have there, nearly the whole of england is conservative. the only part of the country that have held labour our cities. they lost to scotland, most of regional parts of the country, i can't see how you can win a majority without having to get back into those places where labour is totally kaput at the moment. and that takes us on very kaput at the moment. and that takes us on very neatly to scotland and the battle for the united kingdom begins,

it is most likely to be rebecca long—bailey or angela rayner. likely lisa nandy will run. so much in the last ten years that all of the young people who were out door knocking and gave up so much of their time will not want... they were very happy with the manifesto and they will not want to return to a period where they weren't party members and they felt that blair and brown had abandoned so many young people and working class communities. who do you think the tories would most fear out of that selection, there is and riders? the tories would find it most tricky dealing with a jess phillips type character or keir starmer, someone who in keir starmer's case has the incisiveness and argument and does not have jeremy corbyn's flaws orjess phillips, someone who can really resonate and browse on twitter, the populace generally. does it matter if it is a remainer? somebody who is instinctively doubt that we have learned two things from jeremy corbyn's attempt to straddle the divide and brexit, it is hard in a way because there are those labour are leavers instinctively in a se

rebecca long bailey has made her picture leadership. here it is now. corbyn but is being seen as the heirtojeremy jeremy corbyn but is being seen as the heir to jeremy corbyn jeremy corbyn but is being seen as the heir tojeremy corbyn is going to talk about progressive patriotism. i have no idea what that is. i don't know. we all agog to know that means but it's interesting, we'll have to wait and see for this to be confirmed, that heard deputy will be andrew rayner, the shadow education secretary at the shadow education secretary at the moment and it would create a female working class joint ticket and a mancunian one at that because i think as you are saying in the first half, with this win elections? i'm fascinated by progressive patriotism. it's a mantra. isee this, and i'm an observer, i don't do mainstream uk politics but i am deeply involved and interested. this is the product of the ed miliband, £3, £5 membership vote. you have a mass membership which is driven by momentum and so mass membership which is driven by momentum and so on. mass membe

whether rebecca long bailey or others can do that... angela rayner...in a position to do it, i doubt it. i would like to see if that cooper, i think she ticks all the boxes and i think she ticks all the boxes and i think she ticks all the boxes and i think she is a conciliatory character and it has to be someone like that, who has general appeal across the spectrum. —— yvette cooper. away from politics, though this is a political story. the guardian, the chinese state broadcaster arsenal versus man city match, because of a tweet a tweet from a player who was pro— the dozen week in it, this is china showing that —— the uighur minority. week in it, this is china showing that -- the uighur minority. you know, china have tried to get into football and they have a number of clu bs football and they have a number of clubs that they invest in over here... they are huge audiences in mainland china. they have everton and southampton, so this has to be listened to. you have to have some sympathy with mesut ozil, he is a turkish muslim who plays for germany, and h

becoming deputy leader of the labour party in the upcoming leadership contest, paving the way for rebecca long—baileyads with comments made by the archbishop of canterbury who's spoken out in support of the royal family in the wake of the scandal surrounding prince andrew. the mirror says a luxury private jet used by the royals came within ten feet of crashing into an illegal drone as it approached a british airport. and the sun leads with a story about lottery winner steve thomson, who's doing his christmas building jobs for free after his euromillions win. a variety of front pages, but politics never far away, a variety of front pages, but politics neverfar away, is that? rachel, let's start with the daily telegraph, and a picture of boris johnson welcoming some of the new 109 conservative mps to westminster today. johnson to enshrine 2020 brexit in the log, perhaps we will come to that in just a moment, but in terms of the photograph, what do you think we can expect from these new conservative mps in the conservative government, in terms of tone and substance? well, i can't tell. that's precisely

would you then support rebecca long—bailey? lesson? would you then support rebecca long— bailey?” he very early stages and by the way i am not standing. no—one is asking that but a lot of people thinking of sending for this that and the next thing and i want to play my part, i think some of us made a strategic error of our own back into thousand 16 after the referendum result, sort of stormed out. the first thing we have to do is bea out. the first thing we have to do is be a really good opposition. people before the general election we re people before the general election were saying you're not much shape as an opposition, how can you be good asa an opposition, how can you be good as a government. 0ne an opposition, how can you be good as a government. one thing that stinks for the new government, the culture secretary saying i cannot be bothered to stand for a constituency but stays on in the government. you are referring to nicky morgan and we will ask that question of michael gove. thank you for clearing up the fa ct gove. thank you for clearing up the fact about whether you w

stand up and say no to that or say, we have got to be a broad church and allow momentum and rebecca long—baileythe corbyn message if that is the way the leadership goes? i'm trying to work out... it is a fair question. do you have to be of one voice or is it good to have rebellion in a party? i think two things, three things to change. one is on the economy we need to make sure our policies are credible to secondly on our world view, people need to know we will stand up for our country and its defence and security and thirdly we need to get rid of racism, particular anti—semitism, from our ranks. in terms of the answers, all i would say is that through our history, know one person, no one tradition in the labour party has a monopoly of virtue and wisdom so we have to come together and in a way that the libs are frankly what was promised but never delivered, kind agenda politics, a genuinely democratic party and includes policy making but i think the next labour leader has to be someone who can bring together a broad based team that can take this result on the chin, offer a vision of change. at

rebecca long bailey, lisa nandl already. sn't need to be a woman? i would like to have a woman, yes. why? | would like to have a woman, yes. why? i would like the labor party to elect a woman as its leader because i think that we need to show that we understand that women have every capacity to lead our country. we have had great leaders of the labor party, we can have great leaders in the future. many people you mention could fit that bill but it is not just about the person. it is also about that ideas. we have been banging on about the places outside london that need investment. we can make a positive case for the labor party in the future, notjust bemoaning what the tories have done to this country, bad though that is, we have got to have a positive view about where we are going as a country. stephen, have you made up your mind, you have to unite the party about the person you think it should be? i haven't made my mind up either, although i agree it would be excellent if the next leader were to bea excellent if the next l

i think the frontrunner is rebecca long—bailey, who has been anointed as the corbynite successor byjohnnt to keep policies like public ownership of the railways, higher taxation of top earners and so on. given the specific issues around people not voting labour because ofjeremy corbyn, the personality, the man, how difficult will it make it for those candidates seen as the heirs ofjeremy corbyn? those candidates seen as the heirs of jeremy corbyn? it is potentially a hindrance but i thinkjeremy corbyn was popular with labour members, i think they will feel he wasn't —— was unfairly treated by the media, that he had personal baggage from his past in the 1980s, if you like, the fresher corbynite candidate, they may think might win afairy hearing. candidate, they may think might win a fairy hearing. john mcdonnell try to avoid that when interviewed by andrew marr, he said i own this, i ta ke andrew marr, he said i own this, i take the blame, i think that is him partly trying to ensure that the wider shadow cabinet, of which rebecca long—bailey is one, are not tainted by the defeat. labour

rebecca long bailey, who was very under lyme. arty. lisa nandy, very moderate, in terms of the way she has conducted herself asa of the way she has conducted herself as a labour of the way she has conducted herself asa labourmp. of the way she has conducted herself as a labour mp. she is still mulling over but thinking very seriously about throwing her hat in the ring. it is incredibly exciting, actually, the names that are being considered seriously as the next leader of the labour party are predominantly women, and a lot of northern women besides. there would be a real opportunity to have a debate of the ideas and vision that will take this country for what was not lisa nandy, a potential successor to jeremy corbyn. going back to the conservatives, one phrase jake berry used, he said this will be a northern focused government, which is something many people in this pa rt is something many people in this part of the world would say they have not heard from a conservative for a long time. indeed. roger, thank you very much. our ne

the closest candidate tojeremy corbyn‘s machine is rebecca long—bailey.rs, it's the 500,000 or so members they have to convince when the contest starts proper injanuary. my own preference is for becky long—bailey, but i think it's welcome that the members are going to have a real choice. it could be a choice between many, not few. other mp5, like jess phillips, lisa nandy and yvette cooper may run as well. the scale of labour's loss here is onlyjust really sinking in, and at labour hq, there is a long list of questions that beg hard answers. first, can the party avoid slipping into a bitter blame game over what went wrong, before a healthy discussion over who and what might be next? it might be five years before labour has another chance on the doorstep at the next general election, but time may not automatically be a healer. without doubt, for labour, there are many wounds to put right. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show: i'm in the uk to see up close how one of the nation's most iconic landmarks is getting a much—needed facel

unfortunately for me, i have the perfect fit, which is rebecca long—bailey. —— u nfortu nately. which i think she is perfect, very personable, highly intelligent, red—hot and economic. and she is not a londoner, which i think for some people that is going to mean a lot. i have huge admiration for her. can i read you a couple of messages from the viewers? helen says, you may have lost the electoral battle, but you are conquering the most important one. you have probably won by releasing the stress that would have gone with the job. i had by releasing the stress that would have gone with thejob. i had breast cancer 23 years ago and after undergoing a lumpectomy and radiotherapy, i change my life and myjob. i went back to my musical roots and i am now a songwriter and lyricist, full of hope and free of cancer. that is lovely. tj says, he wa nts to cancer. that is lovely. tj says, he wants to send you all good things in the world. anna says, full of admiration and sympathy for you. julian says, i am watching an ident coad and victoria derbyshire and fuming at the way this decent woman has

labour's shadow business secretary, rebecca long—bailey, is thought to be considering a joint ticketdow education secretary, angela rayner, possibly running as her deputy. other possible names in the hat include the mp for wigan, lisa nandy, jess phillips — the mp for birmingham yardley, and the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer. he's told the bbc he is "seriously considering" running to be labour leader, saying it was time for the party to return to being a "broad church". 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. good morning. let's talk first of all about what tony blair has been saying. he knows a thing or two about winning elections and he has delivered a really blunt message this morning. i have heard tony blair deliver numerous speeches criticising jeremy corbyn, criticising jeremy corbyn, criticising his brexit policy. i have never heard him doing such a demolitionjob on the have never heard him doing such a demolition job on the labour party. blu ntly, demolition job on the labour party. bluntly, the demolition job on the labour party. blu ntly,

rebecca long—bailey says she's considering standing to replace jeremy corbyn as the leader of the labour shadow business secretary says labour's "compromise solution" on brexit and and a lack of trust among voters was partly to blame for its election defeat. now, we both love a dog walk, don't we? and having a chat. and then these things came together. back injanuary, i went on one with our winnie which led to a pretty incredible story. yes, dan met tony foulds in endcliffe park in sheffield. tony was just a boy when a plane carrying 10 us servicemen crash—landed in the park back in 19aa. for years tony has tended the memorial, and he told us he wanted the men to be honoured with a fly—past on the 75th anniversary of the crash. a few tweets and a few phone calls later... well, many of you watched what happened. we've been to catch up with tony to look back on what turned out to be a memorable year. this is where i was when i spotted you nearly a year ago. yeah. i don't know why, but ijust... we stopped and we had a chat. we had a chat. we saw this plane circle, it was just over the rooft

my preference is for rebecca long—bailey, but i think its welcome that the members are going to havee, the battle for labour's future is under way. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is in westminster. what do you think is the significance of tony blair's intervention given that he is not perhaps universally loved within the labour party? yes, and how he has not exactly stayed silent on his criticism of the parties leadership and its stance on brexit. having said that, this was a pretty blistering attack. he described the ma nifesto blistering attack. he described the manifesto as 100 page wish list that had fooled nobody. he said his concern for the future was that the only people speaking the language of reality while those who didn't aspire to lead the party. tony blair does know a thing or two about winning elections, notjust holding those at northern heartlands and real labour heartlands but also picking up seats, the sort of one that are seen as must wins for labour on that are seen as must wins for labourona that are seen as must wins for labour on a path to power, places

rebecca long bailey has made her pits for leadership. here it is now.ct criticism of corbyn by is seen by some as an heirtojeremy of corbyn by is seen by some as an heir tojeremy corbyn. of corbyn by is seen by some as an heir to jeremy corbyn. she is talking about progressive patriotism. what does that mean? we are all agog to know that means, but we will probably have to wait and see. her deputy will be angela reina committee shadow education secretary at the moment. it would create a female, working—class joint ticket. they both have some overlap. but what are your thoughts, robert? progressive patriotism. what does it mean? it's a typical mantra, i see this, iam mean? it's a typical mantra, i see this, i am an observer, i don't do mainstream uk politics, but i'm deeply involved and interested. this is the product of the ed miliband vote, you have a mass membership which is driven by momentum and so on. i think she doesn't have a snowball‘s chance in what is it to wina snowball‘s chance in what is it to win a general election outright in the uk in th

rebecca long—bailey says she's considering standing to replace jeremy corbyn as the leader of the labourwriting in the guardian, the shadow business secretary says labour's "compromise solution" on brexit and and a lack of trust among voters was partly to blame for its election defeat. you are right up to date with all of the latest news. now, some of the biggest names in sport sit down to relive the key events of the year, in review 2019: the year in sport. 2019 was the year of british world champions. commentator: she is going to take the gold medal! dina has done it! ..of world cups... ..in cricket... ..netball. .. ..football. .. ..and rugby union. a year when new stars emerged... a dream debut for the 15—year—old. ..and others refused to go away. the top seed triumphs in the longest final in wimbledon history. a year when barriers were knocked down... who gets gold ? he does it again! ..of landmarks we thought we'd never see... the first man to run a marathon in under two hours. ..of champions no longer waiting... an absolutely incredible performance from judd trump to win his first

rebecca long-bailey's profile is not high enough, the theory goes, she has been deemed the hair apparenthair apparent tojeremy corbyn, the preferred candidate. john mcdonnell has rather backed away from this now, though. the hard left of labour is asking who else could we possibly put forward? some people were hoping for angela rayner but she is more of a moderate in many of her views, and does occasionally say things which are quite pro the policies of tony blair. however, the end avery may throw his hat in the ring and he is a former miner and is pro brexit, but he is waiting to see —— the end avery. that would clearly split the ha rd left if avery. that would clearly split the hard left if that did happen, and there are many candidates who are looking like they may well run like emily thornbury —— the end avery. there is a brutal line that emily thornbury has been sending texts to collea g u es thornbury has been sending texts to colleagues over christmas and they we re colleagues over christmas and they were taking her because out of politeness, so many of them might go behind keir s

she has been endorsed by rebecca along bailey. ——long—bailey.e announced on monday of tuesday next week and we expected to run until march. iraqi security forces have fired tear gas at thousands of militiamen protesting at the us embassy in baghdad. crowds of demonstrators attacked the american embassy in baghdad during a protest against us air strikes on an iraqi militia group. the national living wage is to rise by more than four times the rate of inflation. the rise takes hourly pay for people over the age of 25 to £8.72 from april. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity explained who will benefit from this. well, strictly speaking, its 2.8 million people who will benefit directly from the national minimum wage, living wage, going up. but also some people above them will benefit because their wages bumped up to maintain the differential between the two. so several million people, but remember, there are 32 million people in the workforce and not all of them by any means will benefit, so if you look at what's happened since 2008, people on th

rebecca long—bailey is being touted as he continuity candidate.be out of power for 20 years for stop they have got to move to the centre if the want to have any chance of beating the tories within the next ten years. and, do you think they will move to the centre? this whole piece is an interesting spread, it illustrates they can't even acknowledge what went wrong, or be in any position to be able to tackle the issues. one of the things we were reading before we came in here was the letters being sent to people who lost their seats because the leadership did not give them the support it needed. these are basically in personal letters which somebody has just printed. that is a sometimes a look at the bottom from jeremy corbyn singh, so sorry for the result, thanks for all your work. not even banks, tts. this is what the leadership is good doing to these mps. the infighting is so great, i cannot understand how they can be in any position where they need to tack toward the centre, but though they even need to know how? while the corbyn's, there are a

there are also looking at a more charismatic leader, maybe a woman, summerlike rebecca long bailey.ion. people were not able to take in a lot of the changes. some people in the left are recognised that also has to be a different presentation of the policy evenif different presentation of the policy even if they believe the direction of the party is correct. could we see a widespread change of what labour looks like, thinking of the faces, becausejohn labour looks like, thinking of the faces, because john mcdonald labour looks like, thinking of the faces, becausejohn mcdonald says he will not be part of the cabinet. do you think this is what the party does need? from john mcdonnell's point of view, some people on the left wa nted point of view, some people on the left wanted him to stand as party leader. he was the driving force behind momentum. he seems to have made a decision that when a new leader comes along, that he will step aside because he wants to change the generational shift in labour party and see preferably a woman, a younger generation, changes in the main frontbench. w

this haughtiness comes from, there was a meeting with the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, and rebecca long—baileypped back from the campaign. knives have been placed in backs. there are other people in the fray as well. emily thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, had been sending text messages over christmas to colleagues, and they were taking calls out of politeness rather than anything else. we don't know what is going on but clearly the knives are out. it doesn't look good for the labour party. lucy, who is your tip for the labour leadership? at the moment it seems that keir starmer is canvassing a lot of support but as this story points out, we are seeing the left of the party arguing about their candidate. we could seejess phillips come up with more support and we have the first mp in the sunday times declaring support for her, siobhan mcdonagh. keir starmer looks in the lead at the moment but it could be because others are biding their time to announce their campaigns. i am sure we will hear a lot more about that in 2020. this is interesting, the bbc interview on greta thunberg, the 16—

the shadow business secretary, rebecca long—bailey, says she's considering standing in the labour leadershipter its election defeat, partly blaming the result on the party's stance on brexit. police searching for the missing firefighter anthony knott say they still have no idea where he went after he was last seen. the father of four, from kent, disappeared on 20th december, after going to a pub with friends in lewes in east sussex. a chinese scientist, who sparked international controversy when he claimed he'd created the world's first gene—edited babies, has been jailed for three years. a court in shenzhen found professor he jiankui guilty of violating a government ban on conducting experiments on human embryos. our correspondent stephen mcdonell gave this udpate from beijing. we found out about this today when this court in shenzhen released its findings regarding he jiankui and two of his colleagues after a secret trial. now, to some extent, we can understand why this trial might have been secret because you can imagine the individuals who are involved, the people who've done the testing

figures thought to be considering a leadership bid among the existing shadow cabinet there are rebecca long bailey emily thornberry here starmer and angela raina and from the wider party to support for past critics of korban such as jess phillips lisa nnamdi yvette cooper and clive lewis the timetable and the rules of the contest will be decided by the party's national executive committee body still dominated by corbin supporters the reasons why labor's vote collapsed are very. and they are disputed in the party's response in fact its very future depends on perhaps 2 crucial questions firstly to the party membership put aside internal factional differences to choose a leader who can accurately identify the relevant problems and tackle them and secondly do any of the potential candidates for leadership have the talents and the skills for that task paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. result 0 these are the top stories iraq's prime minister is warning of dangerous consequences after u.s. strikes in his country and in syria they targeted an iranian backed group killing $28.00 of its fighters and wash

the shadow business secretary rebecca long—bailey says she's considering standing in the labour leadershiphe said labour had to rebuild trust after its election defeat, blaming the result partly on the party's stance on brexit. the headlines on bbc news: the government says it's "seriously concerned" about the fairness of a trial in which a british teenager was found guilty of lying about being raped by a group of men in cyprus. police investigating the deaths of a british father and his two children, who drowned in a pool in spain on christmas eve, say it was an accident and that the case can now be closed. a volunteer firefighter has died battling wildfires in australia, as temperatures exceeded a0 celsius in every single state in the country. the ousted head of renualt, carlos ghosn, has reportedly left japan where he's been under house arrest, awaiting trialfor corruption. it's reported mr ghosn arrived in lebanon. the news has come as a suprise because mr ghosn‘s strict bail conditions would seem to prohibit him travelling abroad. the circumstances around his departure from japan are

the shadow business secretary rebecca long—bailey says she's considering standing in the labour leadershipspaper, she said labour had to rebuild trust after its election defeat — blaming the result partly on the party's stance on brexit. a volunteer firefighter has died battling wildfires in australia — as temperatures exceeded a0 celsius in every single state in the country. the most dangerous blazes of the last 2a hours have been in the state of victoria, where conditions hampered efforts to evacuate 30,000 residents and tourists. more than 900 homes have now been destroyed, with strong winds and another day of scorching heat forecast on tuesday. from sydney, shaimaa khalil reports. this is what scorching temperatures, strong winds and thunderstorms have done to vast areas of the state of victoria. with blazes rapidly expanding and firefighters rushing to control them. as the temperatures soar to the mid—40s and the winds change direction, some fires were too fast and too big to contain. officials said the wind—driven flames were racing towards the coast and had moved faster than predict

there is rebecca long—bailey, but does she want the job?weight, a center ground pro—european, which could put some off. emily thornberry is a strong performer, and looks ambitious. then lisa nandi, young, left—leaning, looks like another contender, and jess phillips, outspoken, combative, maybe the wild card of the contest. jeremy corbyn's heading for a quieter life, to his admirers, a heroic loser, to critics, the man who consigned labour to a fourth term out of office. they will all be fighting over labour's future before jeremy corbyn's even out of sight. john pienaar, bbc news. nicola sturgeon says borisjohnson has no right to stand in the way of another scottish independence referendum after her party made huge gains — winning 48 of scotland's 59 seats. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, looks at what the snp's victory means for scotland and the united kingdom. posing with some school kids this morning, nicola sturgeon has one clear demand — that their political future be decided by scottish voters. she believes that winning 80% of the

the shadow business secretary, rebecca long—bailey, says she's considering standing in the labour leadershipbuild trust after its election defeat — partly blaming the result on the party's stance on brexit. the hollywood actress sharon stone has outed herself as looking for love on a dating app after revealing she was blocked by the bumble. her account was barred after several other users thought her profile was fake. the basic instinct star tweeted about it and asked bumble not to shut her out of the hive. if you fancy your chances of scoring a date with the actress you'll be pleased to hear bumble have duly responded and she's back on the dating app. the 16—year—old campaigner greta thunberg has called on the british government to ensure that crucial climate talks in glasgow next year succeed in combating global warming. she's been talking to the bbc at the end of a year in which she became known around the world for spearheading a youth movement pressing for more action on climate. mishal husain went to stockholm to meet her. she's the girl who galvanised the children to go on strike from

whether it should be a women, somebody like rebecca long bailey.cies. some agree with these radical policies on nationalisation, for example, but disagree during the election, thick and fast, so rapid that people couldn't take in what they were talking about. people on they were talking about. people on the left at least recognise there has to be a different presentation of the policies. is there a possibility that we could see quite a widespread change in terms of what labour looks like? john mcdonnell has said that he will not be part of the cabinet, do you think that this is what the party does need — all change? from john mcdonnell, point of view, there were some talk on the left of people wanting him to stand as party leader, some people think that he could be interim leader if jeremy corbyn went. but he seems to have made a decision that when a new leader comes along, he will step aside because he wants to change the generational shift in the labour party. he preferably wants to see a women 01’ party. he preferably wants to see a women or som

the closest candidate tojeremy corbyn‘s machine is rebecca long—bailey.ecky long—bailey, but i think it‘s welcome that the members are going to have a real choice. it could be a choice between many, not few. 0ther mps, like jess phillips, lisa nandy and yvette cooper may run as well. the scale of labour‘s loss here is onlyjust really sinking in, and at labour hq, there is a long list of questions that beg hard answers. first, can the party avoid slipping into a bitter blame game over what went wrong, before a healthy discussion over who and what might be next? it might be five years before labour has another chance on the doorstep at the next general election, but time may not automatically be a healer. without doubt, for labour, there are many wounds to put right. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. there have been mass protests outside the stadium in barcelona ahead of a game with real madrid, which was postponed back in october because of widespread demonstrations then over the jailing of nine catalan separatist leaders. the barcelona fans and the

the shadow business secretary, rebecca long—bailey, says she's considering standing in the labour leadershipust after its election defeat — partly blaming the result on the party's stance on brexit. the 16—year—old campaigner greta thunberg has called on the british government to ensure that crucial climate talks in glasgow, next year, succeed in combating global warming. she's been talking to the bbc at the end of a year in which she became known around the world for spearheading a youth movement pressing for more action on climate. mishal husain went to stockholm to meet her. she's the girl who galvanised the children to go on strike from school, and people of all ages to march, pushing for more action to control a warming world. it's a mission that has taken greta thunberg around the globe, becoming a distinctive but also a divisive figure. i haven't really grasped what's happened during this last year. i am being listened to, and we climate activists are being listened to, but that doesn't mean that what we are saying is translated into action. she spoke at the recent cop25 un climate ta

the closest candidate tojeremy corbyn's machine is rebecca long bailey.so members they have to convince when the contest starts proper injanuary. my own preference is for becca long—bailey, but i think it's welcome that the members are going to have a real choice. it could be a choice between many, not few. other mps, like jess phillips, lisa nandy and yvette cooper may run as well. the scale of labour's loss here is onlyjust really sinking in, and at labour hq there is a long list of questions that beg hard answers. first, can the party avoid slipping into a bitter blame game over what went wrong, before a healthy discussion over who and what might be next? it might be five years before labour has another chance on the doorstep for the next general election, but time may not automatically be a healer. without doubt for labour, there are many wounds to put right. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. the time is coming up to 20 past six. top story this evening. britain's dementia crisis — millions of people may be forced to become carers for loved ones