simon gompertz there.xecutive is meeting this lunchtime to decide whether to adopt in full the international definition of anti—semitism. jewish groups, trade union leaders and many labour mps have urged the party to change it's stance, and defuse allegations of anti—semitism that have dogged the party leadership for months now. our political correspondent iain watson reports. these demonstrations outside labour's headquarters today underline just how controversial and emotional the party's position on anti—semitism has become. so, can jeremy corbyn detoxify a row that has raged all summer? he is on his way to a meeting of labour's ruling national executive, which will look again at how the party tackles the issue. jeremy corbyn's deputies says labour should accept all the examples of anti—semitism set out by the international holocaust remembrance alliance. i make no secret of my view that we should have the full definition, the international holocaust remembrance alliance definition to our document. i ha

simon gompertz, bbc news, southend.r the first time in 25 years. our sports correspondent andy swiss is at the national course just outside paris. welcome, this is where the first morning of the ryder cup has been predictably dramatic. it has been tight, tense, and it has ultimately belonged to the us. they lead europe 3-1 belonged to the us. they lead europe 3—1 after the morning session. even before sunrise they gathered in the thousands, a peaceful provisioning morning, but not for long. —— parisien morning. the first hole, your‘s players were cranking up the volume, the team and their fans united in decibels. the us were also in bullish mood. this is the biggest grandstand in ryder cup history, and the result was suitably sporting. 5000 around the first tee. electric. fantastic. best experience ever. amazing. i've never been to a ryder cup before and it is really fantastic. really enjoyable. you can hear all of the excitement. and this was what they had been waiting for, justin rose and john brahm, the first pair ou

simon gompertz, bbc news, st albans.night, but the stolen data did not include travel or passport details. our correspondent sarah campbell is here. it involves hundreds of thousands of transactions doesn‘t it? potentially anybody who has booked a holiday or flight in those two dates but the last two weeks, either on the website or the mobile app could be affected and bar calling it eight investigate the theft and criminal act they became aware of last night -- ba act they became aware of last night —— ba are calling it. they said many ca rd —— ba are calling it. they said many card payments could of been compromised. e—mailed by going out to ba customers come there is a national newspaper ad campaign fund for tomorrow and the message is to anybody who thinks they might be affected to contact your bank and contact your credit card provider and follow the advice. they say the problem has been resolved and the website is fully functioning again all stop the police have been contacted and this evening their chief executive

simon gompertz, bbc news. £50,000, and banned from driving for 20 months, after admitting a charge of drink driving at westminster magistrates court. the 31—year—old — who captains the north london side and the french national team — was found to be more than twice the drink—drive limit when he was stopped by police in central london in august. the v&a, the world's leading museum for art and design, is about to officially branch out beyond its london base. the v&a dundee opens on saturday, and is the centrepiece of the city's waterfront regeneration. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, has been given an advanced tour of the museum, and joins us from there now. hello. this is a first look at this new museum and it is spectacular. this building has pushed the boundaries of engineering and design. the architect, kengo kuma, has described it as a living room for the city, a place for a city to —— for people to visit, to hang out m, —— for people to visit, to hang out in, to learn from and to inspire. it's th

here's our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz.r everything, just to get a saving. older customers like this over 50s group in south end on a sex are particularly loyal. —— south end in essex. employers know it and reap more money. it means we have to poutine the effort and those who are not savvy with the internet have a lot of trouble changing from one thing to another. have a lot of trouble changing from one thing to anotherlj have a lot of trouble changing from one thing to another. i think they should give us something off, if you have been there for years. you ring the company up and they say, we will see what we can do for you, and immediately take that money off, so i'm back to what i was paying. immediately take that money off, so i'm back to what i was payinglj i'm back to what i was paying.” think that's wrong. citizens advice says the extra cost of sticking with your mortgage provider for a says the extra cost of sticking with your mortgage providerfor a year after their opening deal expires, along with a mobile contrac

simon gompertz, bbc news.nk of england if it will help the government to "smooth" the brexit transition. mr carney is due to step down from the role injune 2019, and told the treasury committee that he has been talking to the chancellor about his future. mr carney added that an announcement on his future would be made soon. people over 30 are being urged to take an online test to find out if they are at an increased risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke. almost two million people have already taken the test, and public health england says as many as four out of five of them have hearts which are more damaged than they should be for their age, as our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. heart attacks and strokes kill around 8a,000 people every year in england but the vast majority are preventable, according to public health england. that is why officials want everyone over 30 to complete the online test to assess their heart's health by calculating its age. we know too many people are dying prem

simon gompertz, bbc news.g that the hearings be adjourned. our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue it is unlikely they will get this drone out at this stage. the argy—bargy has been significant, not just democrats demanding this postponement of the debate because they are unhappy about these documents that they haven't been able to see and a whole bunch of them were released at about 11 o'clock last night. thousands of pages they haven't had time to look at. there were a series of protest is in the public gallery who were shouting throughout the first half an hourof shouting throughout the first half an hour of the hearing. many of them we re an hour of the hearing. many of them were removed from the public gallery by the officials, one after the other. they really, if you ever needed an indication of how polarised the political system here is, just take a look at the beginning of that hearing. they are absolutely at opposite ends of the spectrum. the merits of the man involved have barely been discussed

here's our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. what sort of scams are we talking about?. it may be a car or something like that, some piece of electronics, and that tends to happen over the internet. the worst cases when you are tricked into paying for something that you do want, like a deposit on a house or something really valuable, but you are tricked into sending the money to the wrong account. fraudsters hack into emails. in the first six months of the year there were 311,000 cases of this sort. that is probably the tip of the iceberg because a lot of people do not admit to it. on average over £4000 a case. the important thing is that 21% of the money was not refunded by the bank. so people are left high and dry with the bills. what can be done to stop it? the banks are supposed to be coming up with the cord later this week to try to head off the fraud but people will still have to shop an appropriate level of care and that still gives the banks the option to turn down requests for refunds, which has been the problem up refunds, which has been the problem up until n

proposals will affect customers on a standard variable tariff as our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz of people... this is st albans market in hertfordshire and it's likely that nearly half of them are on the most expensive gas and electricity rates their suppliers have on offer. les, who ca res suppliers have on offer. les, who cares for three special needs children, is on the costly standard variable paris now been capped and she's just had variable paris now been capped and she'sjust had a variable paris now been capped and she's just had a £30 a month increase. things like energy are just going up and up and up. what do you think about capping energy prices? i think it is a brilliant idea if they set it up a reasonable level, any bill that comes in is sickening but we are a typical st albans middle—class family yet we don't turn the heating on in winter. the cap will save money but the problem is it convey, upwards. the price cap that already exists for people on prepayment meters, that went up by £57 for the average gas and electricity bill in april. and it's going up again in oc

simon gompertz, bbc news, southend. and she was asked if the us president would call a delay to the nomination process. the sex crimes prosecutor, whom the republicans asked to come in and do the questions for dr ford respectfully, and patiently, that she would never have enough evidence in the court of law to prosecute the fbi has conducted six vets, six successful vetera ns fbi has conducted six vets, six successful veterans of brett kavanaugh successful veterans of brett kava naugh throughout his successful veterans of brett kavanaugh throughout his career. he has raised his right hand many times taking oath to the constitution and swearing to uphold the law. the most recent battering —— vetting of brett kavanaugh happened this summer, with the letter that dr ford allegedly sent to democrats asking for anonymity. that result is on the desk of every democratic senator, they need to open it and look at it, they need to open it and look at it, they will not find anything on it that casts doubt except the most hardened p

here‘s our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz.o use one is being cut. the uk‘s diminishing ranks of free—to—use cash machines still number more than 53,000. but in the five months tojuly, 1300 closed — 76 of them disappearing even though they were supposedly protected. link, which coordinates the network, has tried to protect free machines in remote areas by persuading banks to pay a higherfee per withdrawal to the operator, but some have been removed anyway. in 21 cases there wasn‘t even a post office nearby to get cash over the counter. if consumers keep using cash less and less, then yes, atm numbers will keep going down. and what link needs to do is make sure that it doesn‘t come out of quiet, rural, remote areas. and if we find we can‘t do that, then we will need to go and ask for help from regulators and other policymakers. behind this threat to some people being able to take out the cash they need, lies a big business battle between the banks and the independent operators of a lot of the cash machines like this one. now reg

proposals will affect customers on a standard variable tariff as our personal finance correspondent simon gompertzles, who cares for three special needs children, is on the costly standard variable paris now been capped and she's just had a £30 a month increase. things like energy are just going up and up and up. what do you think about capping energy prices? i think it is a brilliant idea if they set it up a reasonable level, any bill that comes in is sickening but we are a typical st albans middle—class family yet we don't turn the heating on in winter. the cap will save money but the problem is it can vary, upwards. the price cap that already exists for people on prepayment meters, that went up by £57 for the average gas and electricity bill in april. and it's going up again in october, it will be £1136 which is what happens if you have a variable price cap. the new wider price cap starts at that same level but beware, it can be pushed up as well. we cannot control what it costs to produce energy. what we can assure is we will charge a fair price, if costs rise or fall the price cap will rise t

our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz and personal finance expert jasmine birtles will betly ——at 1130. to get involved , you can text your questions to 611211, email to askthis at bbc dot co dot uk — or on twitter using the hashtag bbcaskthis. a trade war between the world‘s two largest economies has stepped up — with the us imposing new taxes on thousands of chinese products worth £150 billion. the higher import tariffs will apply to almost 6000 items, marking the biggest round of us tariffs so far. shanranjit leyl has more. president trump is wasting no time increasing the pressure on beijing. these new tariffs come into effect next week in the 10% to be levied will rise to 25% next year. to allow american business a chance to adjust and looked the new chains. and even as these tariffs target hi—tech goods like networking equipment, it‘s left off some items. key among them, smart watches, seen as a concession to apple, if china were to retaliate, this statement comes with a dire warning. the amount of things taxed will include everything that china exports to the usa. p

here's our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz.ge of 90. iam afraid i am afraid my brother is resting. perhaps you'd better come in the. —— perhaps you'd better come in. she was best known for her sultry image, husky voice and comedy roles, in a career spanning seven decades she also took on major stage roles in plays by shakespeare and henry james. the time is 12 minutes past six. the thing that you call fungi —— keep fung in is called a fungorian. —— fungarian. it is definitely fungi. i tell you who is eight fungi, jimmy anderson! victory over india was secured, alistair cooke had a brilliant day and yesterday, just at the end, just aboutjimmy. he has been an incredible player over the years for england. lots of people saying test cricket, is that the format to take it forward? certainly in this country this test has been incredible, it has been amazing. jimmy anderson is now the most successful fast bowler in test cricket history. he sent mohammed shami's middle stump spinning at the oval yesterday to take him to 564 test wicket

simon gompertz, bbc news, southend. elon musk with fraud. financial authorities say that he deliberately misled investors earlier this year when he sent out tweets suggesting he wanted to take the electric carmaker back into private ownership. mr musk said the action was unjustified. shares in tesla plunged over 10% after the announcement. borisjohnson has set out his own plan for brexit, arguing that the uk should ditch the government's current plan and negotiate a canadian—style free trade deal with the eu instead. the former foreign secretary has written a newspaper article in which he describes theresa may's chequers strategy as "a moral and intellectual humiliation". his comments come as the conservative party prepares for its annual conference, which starts on sunday. there's a warning that people on low incomes are being pushed into poverty when they face criminal charges because of the restrictions placed on legal aid. the law society say those earning the minimum wage are finding themselves struggling to make p

our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz and personal finance expert jasmine birtles will be we've been talking about the mysterious death of russian businessman alexander perepilichnyy, who collapsed in november 2012 while outjogging in surrey. an inquest into his death is due to end this week, and this programme has learned that the government will be able to keep some key details secret, including whether the businessman had ever had links to the british security services. jim reed has the background to this extraordinary case. in 2012, a russian businessman was found dead on this estate. alexander perepilichnyy was aa years old. an inquest into his death is just about to finish. he was jogging up a hill. a couple of residents nearby found him, including a chef, who tried to administer first aid to him. what police didn't know that day was that he was about to give evidence in a majorfraud case linked to russian organised crime. the us financier bill browder, once a major investor in russia, was the victim of that alleged fraud. i believe that alexander perepilichnyy was m

with me now is our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz.ery fast, £145 million is up 44% compared to last year and everyone probably know someone who has been scanned in this way, where someone tricks you, the first form is that someone tricks you on the internet, probably, into paying for something that is not bad. it might be a car or something alecjohn, you pay and nothing arrives. the other more frightening form, they are usually bigger forms of money involved, is wary fraudster hacks into an e—mail accounts, you getan e—mail hacks into an e—mail accounts, you get an e—mail asking to pay for something which you are biking and which is real, but the money then goes to the fraudster‘s account, which could be something as bad as paying the deposit on a house, it could be £20,000, £30,000. on average it is more than £7,000. a big problem, something the banks really need to deal with. is it's their responsibility? that is the big question, and in most of those cases it is the individual victim having to foot the bill, because the banks are s

simon gompertz reports.und 250 flights today, as some of its pilots and cabin crew stage a new strike, over pay and conditions, in six european countries. the airline has played down concerns about disruption, saying it has notified affected customers and insists that the vast majority of scheduled flights will go ahead as normal. a report for the law society warns that people on low—income is our pushed into... anyone earning above £17,000 a year does not get legal aid... researchers are warning that half of the world's kilauea populations could be wiped out within 50 years unless more is done to tackle toxic chemicals in oceans. experts say the waters are particularly contaminated around the uk and brazil. the toxins are seeping into the oceans, affecting the reproductive capability of the orcas. what did you think about that extraordinary hearing in the united states, nine hours of testimony from both sides? if you have seen it and you have got any thoughts that you would like to share, get in touch with

let's talk to our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz.r, but thenit twice, so bad for the trader, but then it later turned out that the consoles themselves had an error that day. what has happened is that lloyds ca rd net that day. what has happened is that lloyds card net have refunded eve ryo ne lloyds card net have refunded everyone and their happened by yesterday, so you could say little damage done, but it really highlights how much we depend on these technologies nowadays. i'm not saying banks didn't get things wrong in the past, that tended to affect you or me or a handful of people but now with one glitch there can be thousands, or even potentially as we saw with tsb, millions of people affected by this technology problems. dealing with them quickly is something that is at a premium. was it quick enough for people to have been double charged on wednesday and only paid back yesterday? nearly a week? i think some people were a bit panicky about what happened to the accounts and they might say no, so it's important to get it done qui

here‘s our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz.or, but some have been removed anyway. and in 21 cases there was not even a post office nearby to get cash over—the—counter. if consumers keep using cash less and less, then, yes, atm numbers will keep going down. what link needs to do is make sure that it doesn‘t come out of the quiet rural areas. and if we find we can‘t do that, then we will have to go and ask for help from our regulators. the regulatorfor cash machines, the psr, says it‘s concerned, and will force link to do more. one possible solution might be to allow link to run its own cash machines, paid for by the banks. scotland‘s first ever design museum comes to dundee this weekend. dundee‘s v&a museum of design is the first branch of the v&a outside london. it‘s a remarkable coup for the small city on the east coast of scotland which is better known for the beano and marmalade than its artworks. our correspondent andrew anderson is there this morning. welcome to dundee‘s new living room. that is how the architect describes