for siobhan, that denied herfamily up for siobhan, that denied herfamily up to 100 a week and just wasn'tommitment was the same. buemi have the children, they took his surname and his name is on the birth certificates. it was a family unit. they have no say in whether their parents were married or not. what child dies? that was hard. it was hard to think that my youngest was hard to think that my youngest was ten and another child who is also ten in her class, parents were married, could get that. —— what child does? the supreme court has 110w child does? the supreme court has now ruled that is wrong after a legal battle and that the current rule for bereaved parents is incompatible with human rights legislation. what siobhan has said from day one is that it's unfair and it's wrong that her children should be treated any different than children whose parents are married and the supreme court today have upheld that. they have said not only is it unfair, the current position is that to get widowed parents allowance, you must be entitled to child benefit and the deceased partner has to have

what siobhan has said is that it is unfairand her what siobhan has said is that it is unfair and herency, but from the position ofan constituency, but from the position of an independent mp. he says he is resigning the labour whip for two reasons. primarily, he says is over the scandal over the last few months. he says that the labour leadership has become a force for anti—semitism. the party can no longer excuse its toleration of anti—semitism within its ranks and it needs to regain its position as the leading force against racism. he also strikes out what he calls the party‘s nastiness of the bullying and intimidation. he says that members in local parties who believe in that sort of way need to be thrown out of the liberal party. he isa thrown out of the liberal party. he is a veteran and well—respected. how damaging will this be forjeremy corbyn? it is never good for any mp to resign the party boss michael whip, it‘s not good for the field. he‘s a senior voice within the party. the chair of the welfare and pensions select committee. he is held that job pensions select committee.

when he died from cancer, siobhan mclaughlin had to take a second job to help support their children.t's allowance was only paid to those who had been married or in civil partnerships. today, the supreme court ruled that denying this benefit to unmarried parents has breached siobhan and her children's human rights. the judges said the allowance was there to diminish the loss suffered by children, a loss that was the same whether or not the parents were married. children are innocent. children do not have a voice and it's really unjust that the government could see that two children could be treated so differently when they are both grieving, to realise that, yeah, there's only some benefits you can claim as a cohabitee, but you can't claim because you're not married. it's a bit of a minefield of the system. society is changing. while married couples are still in the majority, figures show there has been a huge increase in cohabitation. now around one in five couples with children choose not to walk up the aisle. widowed parent's allowance and the new bereavement support payment, which

mclaughlin was entitled to was a siobhan mclaughlin was entitled to wasa lump siobhan mclaughlin wass going to amount to quite a large amount of money but thisjudgment says quite a large amount of money but this judgment says cohabiting couples should be entitled to it, otherwise they are being discriminated against. one point struck me and i don't know if you've had a chance to look at the detail of this but lady hale said not every case where an unmarried parent is denied the allowance after the death of their partner will be unlawful. do you know why that would be? the eligibility criteria are as follows, i will read them to you — only the law applies to a husband, wife or civil partner, but the surviving partner has to be under state pension age, there has to be an entitlement to child benefit for at least one child that was a child with the late partner, and also the late husband, wife or civil partner had to be paying national insurance contributions so if you don't meet those criteria you are not entitled to it. there still will be a large number of couples who will meet that

siobhan mclaughlin, from county antrim, was refused widowed parent's allowance when her partner died,ut the supreme court has ruled that it breached the family's human rights. the government is now considering whether to change the law. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. a father and a partner for 23 years. john adams lived together with his family. when he died from cancer, siobhan mclaughlin had to take a second job to help support their children. she was told widowed parent's allowance was only paid to those who had been married or in civil partnerships. today, the supreme court ruled that denying this benefit to unmarried parents has breached siobhan and her children's human rights. the judges said the allowance was there to diminish the loss suffered by children, a loss that was the same whether or not the parents were married. children are innocent. children do not have a voice and it's really unjust that the government could see that two children could be treated so differently when they are both grieving, to realise that, yeah, there's only some benefits you can cla

siobhan mclaughlin, from county antrim, was refused widowed parent's allowance when her partner died, supreme court has ruled that it breached the family's human rights. the government is now considering whether to change the law. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. a father and a partner for 23 years. john adams lived together with his family. when he died from cancer, siobhan mclaughin had to take a second job to help support their children. she was told widowed parent's allowance was only paid to those who've been married or in civil partnerships. today, the supreme court ruled that denying this benefit to unmarried parents has breached siobhan‘s and her children's human rights. the judges said the allowance was there to diminish the loss suffered by children, a loss that was the same whether or not the parents are married. children are innocent, children don't have a voice, and it's really unjust that the government could say that two children could be treated so differently, when they are both grieving. to realise that, yeah, there's only some benefit you can claim as a

at a news conference, siobhan mclaughlin said that the news was fantastic. kissing on the rights of the children born out of wedlock and how they haven't got a voice. they actually do have a voice and we have changed it. the current position is that to get widowed parents allowance, you have to be entitled to child benefit and the deceased partner has to have paid enough national insurance. but, crucially, you have to have been married or in a civil partnership. today's judgment could mean other non—married parents have been missing out. sarah cripps' partnerjames died of a stroke in 2015, leaving their three children without a father. he had been the principal breadwinner and was up—to—date on his national insurance contributions. but because they weren't married or in a civil partnership, she too missed out on a widowed parents allowance. he was their father in every way. i feel he is now not being treated as their parents and the children aren't allowed his contributions. this would have been money that james would have paid through his national insurance

siobhan's victory puts pressure on ministers to change the rules.o do is to act very quickly so that as many people can benefit from this as possible. in future, thousands more cohabiting couples may gain the same financial rights as those who are married. emma vardy, bbc news. earlier i spoke tojo edwards who is a specialist in family law and the former chair of resolution — the nationalfamily laywers association. the supreme court did not have sent a clear signal to government that this issue very urgently needs to be looked at and it is discriminatory against unmarried couples, for them and particularly for their children, to be left without this in a fit when one of them dies. and this potentially affects a huge number of people around the country. potentially affects a huge number of people around the countrym potentially affects a huge number of people around the country. it does potentially affect a huge number of people. you have mentioned pete that this fix already, about 3.3 million cohabiting couples and about 2.5 million of those depende

this could change it siobhan wins the case?tch closely on. however, whether there is appetite in parliament to change thing is a different issue. —— things of. if it isa different issue. —— things of. if it is a children's benefit, she asked why shouldn't it apply if you have children, why should apply if you are not living together and you have children? is that the issue on the family unit of that. so this is for children, in that circumstance, but you are right. —— of that. if you are not living together, it still impacts the child. even separated pa rents a re impacts the child. even separated parents are a unit, so that should flow through. again, it is lead you limit it, how do you contain it and educate on who is entitled to this benefit and who isn't? thank you very much. you can email us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk, or share your thoughts with other viewers on our facebook page. and you can tweet about today's stories using the hashtag bbcbreakfast, or follow us for the latest from the programme. time now to get the n

next is siobhan o'connor against a familiar foe.n the match. but today she finished a disappointing fourth. there was better news in the diving. grace reid and her partner taking silver. it was only the second time they competed together. it is the last day in the swimming pool tomorrow. one last chance for a show of strength. and staying with the championships, dina asher—smith today spoke of herjoy at taking the 100 metres title — with a new british record time — in berlin last night. she said she couldn't believe it, and praised the support of her family, as our correspondent, ade adedoyin, reports from germany. surely the happiest woman in british athletics. a brilliant smile after a brilliant performance. 24 hours on, she's still struggling to come to terms with it all. yeah, 10.85 then, i honestly can't believe it. i can't believe i ran that kind of time! you know what i'm saying? it was a lifetime ago when a british woman last won the 100 metres gold at the european championships. dorothyjust beat the german girl. the year 19

but next up is siobhan—marie o'connor in the 200 metre individual medley and she is up against an allsiobhan on the map but world and olympic champion katinka hosszu always seems to be one step ahead. today she was just too strong again, o'connorfinishing a disappointing fourth. there was better news in the diving. mixed synchro pair grace reid and ross haslam took silver on the 3 metre springboard in what was only their second time competing together. from newbies then to seasoned pros. it's the last day in the swimming pool tomorrow — one last chance for a show of strength. natalie pirks, bbc news, glasgow. 3,000 people have attended commemorations at amiens cathedral in north—eastern france marking the centenary of the battle that turned the tide of the first world war. the battle of amiens lasted just four days, but it was one of the most successful for the allies, of the whole conflict. theresa may and the duke of cambridge were among those who paid tribute to the fallen, and hundreds of descendants of the troops that took part were also there. let's join sophie raworth, who's in

fantastic performances from molly wright and siobhan finneran, who plays the mother. a bit of british society which, you think you've seen it all, you haven't. and a quick look at the best dvd. a big change of pace here! i'm going for peter rabbit, which is out. not anything immediately to do with beatrix potter, which i always found a bit twee, be honest. this is james corden voicing beatrix potter's fluffy—tailed hero, and i think he does it rather well. i think it's funny. it got terrible reviews when it came out, including from me, and i've since seen it with my kids and i think it's really funny. they love it, it's got a lot of energy, and it's kind of anarchic and funny, and very well done in many places, with lots of characters for the animals. it's a very funny film, and i'm sorry i gave it a bad review in the first place. i'm retracting that and saying it's good. jason, you've changed your mind. thank very much indeed, jason. that is it for this week. thank you for watching the film review. bye— bye. good morning. weekend weather coming up, but first, let us

siobhan mclaughlin lived withjohn adams, her partner of 23 years, and their four children, until hisys the family is being discriminated against because the couple never married. researchers are suggesting that the daily commute could be treated as part of the working day because so many people check their e—mails on the way to and from the office. they say the growing availability of internet access has effectively extended the working day with extra unpaid hours. they say that employers could rethink what they count as "working hours". england's schools are facing a severe teacher shortage, according to the education policy institute. the independent think tank says as well as teacher shortages, students face bigger class sizes and there are more subjects being taught by staff without a relevant degree. it suggests targeted pay increases could combat the recruitment problem. theresa may is announcing a security pact with kenya, on the final day of her tour of africa. she's already visited south africa and nigeria in an effort to increase trade. britain will build a cyber centre in

she pulled her way back to claim the gold and unfortunately for siobhan, she finished a disappointing she said life goes on and we go again. a brilliant gold for her. over in edinburgh, it was a mixed day in the diving pool. a brilliant silver in the synchronised pair on the three metre springboard for grace reid and ross. it was only the second time they had competed together but a power dies —— a disappointing guys meant she finished fifth. two—time olympic silver medallist has switched sports. she will be going in the ten k open water swim but there is a strong field including the world champion and the olympic champion so she will have her work cut out for her. over in berlin, the city co—hosting the championships, great britain's tim duckworth was leading the decathlon after eight events. he's competing in the javelin now and has the 1500m coming up tonight. our sports reporter ade adedoyin joins us now from berlin, ade the javelin isn't duckworth‘s strongest event of the ten is it? no, the second day he is not supposed to be very strong. a lot of people expected him to fall away

siobhan mclaughlin lived with her partner for 23 years and after his death, had been denied money forhildren. alex salmond resigns from the snp over sexual assault allegations, and faces criticism for setting up a crowdfunding page to fight the claims. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at seven, beyond 100 days will be looking at president trump's latest twitter targets. at eight, we'll be discussing the impact of the collapse of payday loan firm wonga. and at 10:40 and 11.30 tonight we'll be discussing the front pages of tomorrow's papers with pauljohnson from the guardian and helen brand from the association of certified chartered accountants. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm holly hamilton. coming up in the next half hour: big problems for england in southampton. i'm live is at an senate where england are trying to turn things around after a desperate start in the fourth test against india. i'll be reflecting on today's champions

from nairobi kenya and joining me from the other side of the continent is my colleague helen hello siobhan and hello to kenya and the one welcome to our viewers. at the conservation foundation in lagos nigeria thanks to our panel african and european environmentalists. here's what we have coming up on the show today. this week we'll be heading to south africa to find out what's being done to help endangered sea horses. will go to rwanda to meet a woman who creates jewelry from waste. and then we will show you a pretty odd school solution to the problem of water hyson in. sea horses mysterious and magical marine animals but threatened with extinction in many parts of the world scientists in south africa trying to do something to save the tiny cute creatures then developed a method to observe them in the ocean. see horses are incredibly well come of. that protects them but makes it hard for researchers to find them and tell them apart. scientists in south africa have found a way of marking the animals by implanting harmless fluorescent tugs under their skin that helps them identify and truck

fantastic performances from molly wright and siobhan finneran, who plays the mother.all, you haven't. and a quick look at the best dvd. a big change of pace here! i'm going for peter rabbit, which is out. not anything immediately to do with beatrix potter, which i always found a bit twee, be honest. this is james corden voicing beatrix potter's fluffy—tailed hero, and i think he does it rather well. i think it's funny. it got terrible reviews when it came out, including from me, and i've since seen it with my kids and i think it's really funny. they love it, it's got a lot of energy, and it's kind of anarchic and funny, and very well done in many places, with lots of characters for the animals. it's a very funny film, and i'm sorry i gave it a bad review in the first place. i'm retracting that and saying it's good. jason, you've changed your mind. thank very much indeed, jason. that is it for this week. thank you for watching the film review. bye— bye. some sunshine yesterday but today is a slightly different story, outbreaks of rain, this weather watcher picture from

my name is now it's i mean been in city nigeria and i'm joined by my colleague siobhan mumbai in kenya alicia hello everybody if you're interested in the embattlement so.

siobhan mclaughlin lived with her partner for 23 years and after his death had been denied money for a protest in chemnitz in germany organised by the far—right after a man was murdered last weekend, allegedly by immigrants. police in the city have arrested two suspects from iraq and syria, who have been charged with manslaughter. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are helen brand, who's chief executive of the association of certified chartered accountants and pauljohnson, the deputy editor of the guardian. will continue both. thanks for being with us again. —— welcome to you both. most of tomorrow's front pages are now in. the metro leads with mp frank field's decision to resign the labour whip, accusing the party's leadership of becoming "a force for anti—semitism in british politics". the same story makes the front page of the times. but the paper also reports on school sports days, which it says are becoming more about the "taking part", and less about the "winning". the online independent carries a picture of theresa

they have current england players, alex greenwood, siobhan chamberlain, and they get under way this weekendeague cup on sunday, and that will be one very big game. we can expect a couple of thousand fans at the match at tranmere for that. big first game coming up, but i guess manchester united fans, fans of this women's team, they will have to wait well for the big successes the club expects, the likes of european titles, of course because they are not even in the top division year. this sort of preparation, how are they feeling about i guess the short to medium term? in every interview so to medium term? in every interview so far the manager has been asked her targets for the first season, and she has said, "we don't really have big targets. yes, the club are investing good money, we have put together this good squad, but we are not under pressure from the club to achieve anything specifically, however, " achieve anything specifically, however," she says, "it would be very nice to be promoted." the only full—time setup in the second division, the fact they have current england players in t

siobhan mclaughlin from county antrim lived with her partner for 23 years and they had four childrenho has been investigating government support for bereaved families for more than a year for this programme. anna, can you first of all give us a bit more detail about what exactly happened yesterday? as you mentioned, siobhan mclauchlan was with her partner the 23 years, four children, and he died in 2014. she applied for the widowed parent‘s allowa nce she applied for the widowed parent‘s allowance and found that the because she wasn‘t married or in a civil partnership, she wasn‘t entitled to it. that benefit was up to £117 a week, and charities say that with that benefit, it could be the difference between the remaining pa rent difference between the remaining parent having to work a second job or being able to stay at home with their children who are grieving. so yesterday the supreme court ruled siobhan‘s human rights had been breached, and she wanted access to the benefit. she said the allowance exists because of the responsibilities of the deceased and survivor towards their chil

and earlier we asked our frankfurt financial correspondent only bartz what kind of a signal that siobhan and deutsche telekom are sending to any company doing business for the u.s. has a problem it's just too dangerous so there's just too much at stake as you suggested the iran business it's an important growth fracture for many companies yes but in terms of total volume of pales in comparison to what's at stake if people lost access to the u.s. market or were subject perhaps to fines totaling billions that's been that's been imposed before by by the united states and companies like could which a bank or the deutsche impose a have accepted and when you look at this particular example the deutsche telekom all it says deutsche telekom but they have a huge a u.s. subsidiary but just. took over another company to become even bigger it's one of the biggest players in the telecommunications market in the united states there's billions at stake thousands of jobs. already bars to frankfurt to stock exchange turkish finest minister has assured international investors that the country will emerge

fantastic performances from molly wright and siobhan finneran, who plays the mother.d a quick look at the best dvd. a big change of pace here! i'm going for peter rabbit, which is out. not anything immediately to do with beatrix potter, which i always found a bit twee, be honest. this is james corden voicing beatrix potter's fluffy—tailed hero, and i think he does it rather well. i think it's funny. it got terrible reviews when it came out, including from me, and i've since seen it with my kids and i think it's really funny. they love it, it's got a lot of energy, and it's kind of anarchic and funny, and very well done in many places, with lots of characters for the animals. it's a very funny film, and i'm sorry i gave it a bad review in the first place. i'm retracting that and saying it's good. jason, you've changed your mind. thank very much indeed, jason. that is it for this week. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast, with chris mason and sally nugent. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the family of the airport worker who stole an

we started the day with siobhan and her four—year—old son. he has dwarfism.ng to be able to get there. and i could see services down the pipeline were going to diminish, and i thought i can‘t take that risk. i am going to have to move now before it happens. just too tee miles from the park is cou nty just too tee miles from the park is county hall, where all these funding decisions are made. do you actually useit? decisions are made. do you actually use it? of course i do. i believe i have a responsibility to lead, and i think that is what myjob is. have a responsibility to lead, and i think that is what my job is. they have projected an overspend of 12 million pounds until the end of march next year. in somerset, we've got a number of problems, additional problems. a large number of retired people, older people, we‘ve got a lot of children in our care, and getting older, with more complex needs. so we‘ve got some real strains on our finances, needs. so we‘ve got some real strains on ourfinances, and we don‘t doubt that at all. strains on ourfinances, and we

we started the day with siobhan and herfour—year—old son, lorcan. he has dwarfism.uld see services down the pipeline were going to diminish, and i thought i can't take that risk. i'm going to have to move now, before it happens. just two miles from the park is county hall, where all these funding decisions are made. do you actually use it? of course i do. i believe i have a responsibility to lead, and i think that is what myjob is. they have projected an overspend of £12 million until the end of march next year. in somerset, we've got a number of problems, additional problems. a large number of retired people, older people. we've got a lot of children in our care, and getting older, with more complex needs. so we've got some real strains on our finances, and we don't doubt that at all. but somerset aren't alone. northamptonshire is the first to admit financial disaster, and it is estimated that one in ten larger authorities in england are draining their reserves. in the most recent year, something of the order of £1 billion was taken by councils out of their reserve

siobhan is here with us to explain more but firstly, introduce us to several? andjump on quite difficult because they will all try and jump on the scales at the same time. can we try and weigh.? and the same time. can we try and weigh. ? and you the same time. can we try and weigh.? and you share the same time. can we try and weigh. ? and you share this data with zoos weigh. ? and you share this data with zoos around the world? we do, we share it on a database and all the information we get will be shared throughout the world with other zoos as well as conservation efforts in the wild as well. obviously, it is not proving easy to weigh several! they've only got another 18,000 animals to go! now it is time for the news and weather where you are. hello, good morning. yesterday we got to 27 celsius in lincolnshire but we will not see temperatures like that for a good few days because it is turning much cooler and fresherfor because it is turning much cooler and fresher for many of us over the next few days. there will be a mixture of sunshine and showers. this mor