the don't understand what the issue with sam tarry is— sam tarry is.raordinary. it has always been the case that they can go on picket lines. john prescott went on the miners picket line in the 19805. surely williams went on a picket line. �* , ... , , surely williams went on a picket line. , , , . line. it's completely unprecedented. what is your— line. it's completely unprecedented. what is your evidence _ line. it's completely unprecedented. what is your evidence that _ line. it's completely unprecedented. what is your evidence that he - line. it's completely unprecedented. what is your evidence that he has i what is your evidence that he has been sacked for going picket line? i mean, come on! this is about giving interviews. it's obvious he was sacked for going on a picket line, and that is wrong. we are the labour party, the clue is in the name. we were set up by the trade unions, to penalise shadow ministers for going and showing solidarity with trade unions, it is wrong.— unions, it is wrong. there is speculation _ unions, it is wrong. there is

shouldn't sam tarry be allowed to stick up for his principles?ny political party, everybody understands that if you're on the front bench, you can't book yourself onto media programmes without permission and you can't make up policy on the hoof. i think that's very straightforward in political parties. i think that's pretty straightforward for any organisation or any business. and so we've got collective responsibility and that's what that's about. obviously the labour party's relationship with the trade unions is historic. they're part of our movement, they always have been, always will be. and that's why we've worked with them on things like employment rights from day one, the most comprehensive set of rights that we set out at our conference last year. so this is about collective responsibility, i think everybody understands that. sojust to be clear then, on saturday, when the strikes are next happening, if a shadow minister goes onto the picket line but doesn't have any unauthorised media appearances, is that 0k? well, look, we take each case

unions have reacted angrily to the decision by labour to sack junior shadow transport minister sam tarryne. several labour mps have also criticised the move, saying mr tarry was right to be championing the rights of workers. we're joined now by our political correspondent iain watson. first of all, train strikes continue to be divisive for the labour party? that's right, or how they react to them. they've called for the government to get involved, for a fair settlement for those who are on strike but the difficulty for keir starmer as this, he says he wants to form an alternative government to the conservatives, there should be negotiated pay settlements, you shouldn't have a official spokesmen for his party standing on picket lines. taking sides. so he has advised them not to do it and lo and behold some of them have and they have been reprimanded but in the case of sam tarry, until yesterday he was a shadow transport spokesman, labour say he has been sacked not because he appeared on the picket line but because he gave on authorised media appearances. when he was on a picket line at lo

as i said, sam tarry not aligned to the current leadership, i would say that.hy he has been removed from his post. ben, thank you very much forjoining us quickly on that one, ben wright, our political correspondent on that one. more to come stop we are going to talk more broadly about that. that is coming up in the next half—hour. we will take a look at the weather prospects. here is louise lear. good evening. quiet but fairly cloudy is the story to close out our day. the cloud acting like a blanket through the night, preventing those temperatures falling very far, and we'll see a line of scattered showers moving their way out of north wales, up into the north of england, gradually pushing towards the scottish borders and maybe into northern ireland by dawn. they will be fairly isolated, and as you can see, temperatures holding up into double figures. so it's going to be a grey start to thursday morning, those showers gradually drifting their way north and starting to become quite light and patchy in nature. elsewhere, we keep a fair amount of cloud, glimpses o

i was listening to some of those interviews sam tarry gave i those interviews sam tarry gave after ouroint he said tony blair had a better relationship with the unions than keir starmer.— relationship with the unions than keir starmer. ., , _ , keir starmer. that is right. he says he will be campaigning _ keir starmer. that is right. he says he will be campaigning for- keir starmer. that is right. he says he will be campaigning for a - keir starmer. that is right. he says he will be campaigning for a labour government and whoever the leader is but there is speculation as to whether this was an attempt to undermine keir starmer�*s leadership. there has been disappointment by some on the left of the party that keir starmer is moving away from promises he gave when he became leader, including the renationalisation of the rail industry. there is a lot of tension beneath the surface that has come to the surface. and in the conservative ranks because the conservative leader contenders are going head—to—head in the hustings in leeds. 1200 questioning rishi sunak and liz truss on any subject t

some people are saying is this an orchestrated movement by sam tarry? to another seat, get union support to it on to anotherseat, is get union support to it on to another seat, is this what this is about, is he using concerns for rail workers as a political position? that is an appalling thing to say. i have known sam for many years and he is a trade unionist through and through. all his life he has stood up through. all his life he has stood up for working people and been their voice and their advocate and he is just simply making sure their voice is being heard. we have to remember that these are people politicians often ignore and he was ensuring the focus was brought onto their plight and of course calling for a resolution. government could resolve this dispute if they sat around the table. the chancellor needs to come forward with a means to do that. this government is asleep while the country is struggling and that is where the focus needs to be. yes. where the focus needs to be. yes, and sir keir _ where the focus needs to be. yes, and sir keir s

unions have reacted angrily to the decision by the labour leader to sack shadow transport minister sam tarryryjoined striking rail workers on a picket line. several labour mps have also criticised the move, saying mr tarry was right to be championing workers. ukrainian forces are trying to retake the city of kherson from russia. it was the first city to fall to russia in the war. now british defence officials say it is virtually cut off from other russian forces. pauladams virtually cut off from other russian forces. paul adams reports. this barrage on a key bridge in russian—controlled territory. the damage from this and earlier attacks is clear to see. yesterday, russia said the antelo ski bridge was finally closed. for moscow, it is a setback. kherson is vulnerable, separated from the rest of russian control southern ukraine by the wide river, russia needs a number of key bridges to keep its forces supplied, which is why ukraine has been hitting them. it was one of the first cities captured by the russians at the beginning of march. it fell without a fight, a significant price for moscow.

labour's shadow transport minister sam tarry has been "removed from the frontbench" after appearing onilford south mp attended the protest at london's euston station despite sir keir starmer calling on his frontbench mps to stay away. labour said he had been fired for making unauthorised media appearances. let's talk now with our correspondent in westminster damian grammaticas. the train drivers salary is for the 20 or 30 years. we negotiated modernisation and flexibility with new operators and we received the salaries in exchange for their productivity. it's with a quite significant productivity and issues that come i've been a driverfor 20 years of these were huge changes and we went in partnership with the new operators and gained the salaries. the problem for us now is the salaries are beginning to decline in value and we're going to look at the third year in real terms pay cuts. the productivity that we gave for the salaries has remained constant but the salaries value is now going backwards. so, we need them to top up backwards. so, we need them to top up the salaries to the leve

labour leader sir keir starmer said he sacked sam tarry for doing interviews without permission, andiews from the picket line in which he said workers should get pay rises in line with inflation. keir starmer has been criticised by trade unions and his own mps for the move. tory leadership candidates rishi sunak and liz truss will go head to head in the first official hustings with party members in leeds tonight. speak they will be 12 events over the next few weeks, in which they will take questions from tory party members, the only ones who can vote to choose the next prime minister full stop chris mason reports. one of the candidates to be prime minister, rishi sunak, represents a seat in yorkshire. the other grew up here. this is roundhay in leeds, where liz truss went to school. this is my homeland, this is my school. this is where my mum now lives in chapel allerton. on a visit to talk about improving digital connectivity, the internet, she also said she would improve transport links in the north of england. i know how poor the transport is and, frankly, it has not got much bett

sir keirfaced criticism after sacking the shadow minister, sam tarry, who had attended an rmt picketvivors in the us state of kentucky, where record flooding has wiped out entire communities. at least 25 people have died — although the state's governor warned the number could rise. president biden has declared the floods "a major disaster" — and there's a warning of more rain on sunday. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, has the latest. flowing water, powerful enough to sweep away entire homes. torrential rain has wreaked havoc. some areas received more than 20 centimetres in a 24—hour period. swollen streams and mudslides have torn through several communities with devastating results. people's lost their homes, can't get to theirjobs. i mean, it's devastating. this is probably the worst devastating i have ever seen. some areas are difficult for rescuers to reach because local roads have been badly damaged and are impassable. cars engulfed in the muddy waters. there is widespread poverty in the affected areas. making matters worse, tens of thousands of people are now witho

sir keirfaced criticism after sacking the shadow minister, sam tarry, who had attended an rmt picket's lionesses will attempt to make history this afternoon — when they take on germany in the final of the european championship at wembley. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has reiterated the order for residents of the donetsk region to evacuate as soon as possible. the two candidates to be british prime minister set out new promises on health and education. lincolnshire police say they are not currently looking for anyone else in connection with the death of nine—year old lilia valutyte after a 22—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of murder. lilia was fatally stabbed in boston town centre on thursday. 0ur correspondent lizzy steel sent this report. it was just around the corner here yesterday afternoon in boston central park that police arrested a 22—year—old man on suspicion of murder and he is still being questioned now. earlier in the day police issued cctv images of a man they wanted to speak to in connection with this incident. this it has been three days now since th

sir keirfaced criticism after sacking the shadow minister, sam tarry, who had attended an rmt picket are not currently looking for anyone else in connection with the death of nine—year old lilia valutyte, after a 22—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of murder. lilia was fatally stabbed in boston town centre on thursday. 0ur correspondent lizzy steel sent this report. it was just around the corner here yesterday afternoon in boston central park that police arrested a 22—year—old man on suspicion of murder and he is still being questioned now. early in the day police issued cctv images of a man they wanted to speak to in connection with this incident. it has been three days now since the tragedy that sent shock waves through this market town. nine—year—old lilia valutyte was out playing here with her sister, apparently playing hula hoop here in the centre of boston. it was around 6:20pm on thursday she was found with a stab wound and later died. since then total shock and outpouring of grief here in the community and yesterday we spoke to some of herfriends community and yesterday

sir keirfaced criticism after sacking the shadow minister, sam tarry, who had attended an rmt picketn lincolnshire are continuing to hold a man they arrested yesterday afternoon on suspicion of murdering a nine—year old girl. sarina wiegman lillia valutyte was stabbed while playing in a town centre street on thursday. today, police have been searching near the scene of the killing. jake zuckerman has the latest. if this is the house. back police in boston today searching in back gardens and drains, just a few hundred yards from where on thursday evening nine—year—old lillia valutyte was killed. meanwhile, a house opposite boston central park remained cordoned off as forensic investigators worked inside. this is a town where all too often the focus has been on the divisions between different communities but this tragedy has cut across those boundaries. it’s tragedy has cut across those boundaries.— tragedy has cut across those boundaries. �* , , , , boundaries. it's terrible, yes. i don't know— boundaries. it's terrible, yes. i don't know how _ boundaries. it's terrible, yes. i don't

sir keirfaced criticism after sacking the shadow minister, sam tarry, who had attended an rmt picketrrently looking for anyone else in connection with the death of nine—year old lilia valutyte, after a 22—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of murder. lily was fatally stabbed in boston town centre on thursday. lizzy steeljoins us from lincolnshire. i wonder if you could tell us what the latest is please? lots of flowers there behind you, tributes as well. it flowers there behind you, tributes as well. ., , , flowers there behind you, tributes as well. . , , ., ., as well. it was 'ust around the corner as well. it was 'ust around the as well. it wasjust around the corner here yesterday - as well. it was just around the l corner here yesterday afternoon as well. it was just around the - corner here yesterday afternoon in boston central park that police arrested a 22—year—old man on suspicion of murder and he is still being questioned. earlier in the day police issued cctv images of a man they wanted to speak to in connection with this incident stop of course it has been three days s

sir keirfaced criticism after sacking the shadow minister, sam tarry, who had attended an rmt picketps. the national drought group is considering tough restrictions. paul murphy reports. they are half the size and there are half as many. andrew branton's potato crop has been hit hard by the driest growing season in more than a0 years. by the time you've peeled it or done anything to prepare it, you won't have much left. this corner of england supplies veg to the nation. but andrew says this year's harvest is nothing less than a disaster. there's just no way that crops in the uk can cope with the climate we've had this year, lack of water, intense temperatures. you can't reverse this process. and this isn'tjust yourfarm, andrew. we can be confident this is replicated throughout the east of england in similar crops. absolutely, yeah. and of course the east of england grows predominately most of the uk's crops of this nature. the scorched landscape tells some of the story, though we are not yet in an official drought. yorkshire water says its supplies are slightly lower than normal and

interestingly coinciding with the sacking of sam tarry, but maybe we'll come to that later on. 0'gradyling for a general strike, but these underlying principles of workers being able to withdrawal labour in response to not being treated fairly? it withdrawal labour in response to not being treated fairly?— being treated fairly? it would be frightening for _ being treated fairly? it would be frightening for the power - being treated fairly? it would be frightening for the power of - being treated fairly? it would be frightening for the power of the | frightening for the power of the unions to be curbed by these rules if you're the head of the tuc, you wouldn't want that at all. frances 0'grady says the trust plans to curb union rights will spark resistance rivalling the strike of 1926, talking about the strikes of a century ago as if they are fresh and everybody�*s minds. the fact of the matter is on both sides, this is what they live for. the unions live for this kind of sparring, and grant shapps is talking about a 16 point plan intended to complete thatcher's unfinished business. the

well, someone who was at a picket line with striking bt and 0penreach workers is the labour mp sam tarry the hoof". left—wing supporters of mr tarry say it was because he joined striking rail workers on a picket line. here is mr tarry speaking earlier today. people working in btr in an outrageous situation where a chief executive had a 32% pay rise and people working in bt call centres are having to have food banks put in situ in the call centres. what is going on at bt is outrageous, out of touch, top executives ramping up their pay and ordering workers for their pay and ordering workers for the union members unable to put food on the table for the kids. share the union members unable to put food on the table for the kids.— on the table for the kids. are you disappointed _ on the table for the kids. are you disappointed no _ on the table for the kids. are you disappointed no members - on the table for the kids. are you disappointed no members of - on the table for the kids. are you disappointed no members of the | disappointed no members of the labour front bench are joining you here on

for an inflation level pay rise for workers and that hadn't been the official labour position but sam tarry the workers and he said the labour party in his view needed to be backing those sorts of people so it was a complicated position of the labour and psyche head said he —— said keir starmer has said he views his front bench team as a government in waiting and government should be about to try to solve the problem and step back if i find a solution. now let's turn to the us — because there's a lot of talk about a report in us media about the former president donald trump. it was reported by the washington post. "thejustice department is investigating president donald trump's actions as part of its criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results." that's according to four people familiar with the matter. it adds "prosecutors are questioning witnesses before a grand jury, and have asked in recent days about conversations with trump, his lawyers, and others in his inner circle." no former us president has ever been indicted for criminal conduct. and donald trump is a potenti