Good afternoon. The five mps who want to replace Jeremy Corbyn as labour leader have been taking questions from Party Members in liverpool. Its the first of a series of events around the country which will culminate in a new leader being selected at
the start of april. Heres our Political CorrespondentSusana Mendonca with the latest. Cheering heading in to face Party Members for this, the first hustings in labours leadership contest. The opening question how to bring a divided Party Together after its general election defeat. The whole point of the labour party was that it was established to bring together all views across the centre left of politics to become a credible force to keep the tories out of power. And yes, we will disagree, but we have those disagreements in private. Rebecca long bailey is seen as the closest candidate to outgoing leaderJeremy Corbyn. The other front is sir keir starmer, who also called for unity. We have had far too much division. I think the whole of the party wants to be united. They want to come together, so we have to end factionalism. Stop asking the question, which part of the party are you from, and start
saying, what are you saying . What i saw in the election. I went to 44 constituencies in the election and i saw big teams of labour supporters out there, drawing together, putting their differences aside. The candidates were also quizzed on their position on brexit, which is seen by some as a reason why labour lost many of its northern seats. The wigan mp lisa nandy, who opposed another referendum, said the party had airbrushed complexities about brexit. My leave voting constituents are no more racist little englanders that my friends who voted remain are liberal elitists. We should never allow the tories to divide us, young against old. Birminghams Jess Phillips also said the party needed to bring together the north and the south. Our coalition of labour voters and labour members has two very big hearts in this game. We have got to send that fight to Boris Johnson to make sure that in grimsby, he is delivering exactly what he promised on the side of a bus at the same time as making sure that in our london seats,
people feel we are not going to turn away from europe. Show me what democracy looks like this is what democracy looks like the shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry campaigned for another referendum and said labour had to unite now against the conservatives. We may well end up facing a no deal brexit and we have to take the fight to that because in the end, what unites all of us is that we have to look afterjobs and the economy because that is what we are about. As labour looks for its new leader, the candidates will be vying for the support they will need to make it to the final round of voting. Susana mendonca, bbc news. The chancellor, sajid javid, has warned manufacturers that there will not be alignment with eu rules in all areas after brexit and said firms would have to adjust. Speaking to the Financial Times he admitted that not all businesses would benefit, but he didnt spell out which regulations would be abandoned. Our Business Correspondent katy austin is at the treasury. Katy whats the reaction
been to his warning . A mixture of concern and acceptance that a clear direction of travel has been set here, and they will need to repaira been set here, and they will need to repair a it. The chancellor did not go into the specifics of which eu regulations he wanted to depart from but the message was that businesses should expect for trade arrangements to look very different in future with no alignment and that he believed the economy would still flourish. Keep manufacturing sectors see alignment is very important for jobs and competitiveness and they worry about any future trade barriers. Today, the food and drink Federation Said it saw the chancellors comments as the death kneu chancellors comments as the death knell for frictionless trade and warned prices could increase as a result, while the smmt, the uks car industry Automotive Industry association said it wanted to work with the government to come up with an arrangement that safeguarded uk manufacturing by enabling trade in
vehicles without expensive additional requirements. Boris johnson had already signalled that he didnt want to stay close to the eus rule book after brexit which the bloc would like but these comments restate that commitment, that direction of travel with eu trade talks looming on the horizon. Thank you very much. Heavy rain and thunderstorms have caused flash floods in parts of south east australia, which have been badly affected by wildfires. There have been downpours in victoria, New South Wales and queensland, dousing some of the blazes. Fires have been raging in australia since september, killing at least 28 people, destroying thousands of homes and scorching millions of acres of land. A law has been passed banning pub crawls and happy hours in three popular spanish tourist destinations in a bid to crack down on alcohol fuelled holidays. Restrictions apply to the tourist hotspots in majorca and ibiza. The Regional Government says its the first legislation of its kind in europe. Scientists say the number of people infected by the new respiratory virus that is emerging out of china is likely to be far higher than official figures suggest. Chinese official say around 45 people have been exposed but british experts estimate that the number is nearer to 1,700. Its prompted screening at airports across asia and in the us. Gareth barlow reports. This is wuhan, the chinese city where the mystery virus was first identified. An outbreak that has since turned deadly. Scores of infections have been confirmed but now a team at Imperial College in london estimates the true figure is around 1,700 cases. While the outbreak is centred in china, there have been two cases in thailand and one injapan. We are not able to. To prohibit people from travelling so what we can do is detecting and bring any suspected to receive treatment from our service facility. Airports in asia and the United States have begun screening travellers arriving from wuhan. The uk team behind the study said that, while theyre concerned, it was too early to be alarmist. The virus is similar to sars, which killed almost 800 people and infected over 8,000 in 2002. It looks like the virus is closely related to sars, which emerged previously. Since sars emerged, people have been developing vaccines and drugs to see if they work against sars. The problem is this virus is different. We dont know yet if those drugs and those vaccines work. Chinese Scientists Says there has been no cases of the virus spreading between humans and that it came from infected animals at a seafood and wildlife market. But the team at Imperial College argues the possibility of substantial human to human transmission should be considered more seriously. Identifying how the virus is spread will be crucial to understanding its threat and how best to react. Gareth barlow, bbc news. With all the sport now, heres holly hamilton at the bbc sport centre. Holly. Hi. Its been a great morning for dom bess in the third test between england and south africa. Hes added three wickets to the two he took yesterday. Dean elgar was the first to fall, expertly caught by ollie pope. Lets see that again. He got a century. Bess then removed south african captain faf du plessis, again caught by pope. And he completed his first test five for, by bowling rassie van der dussen. South africa were 113 5 when rain stopped play, still 386 runs behind england. The first of the days premier league games is under way its still goalless so far at vicarage road. These two sides have
contrasting form watford are one point outside the relegation zone, but theyve won their last three games. Tottenham havent won a league match since boxing day. Roger federer has defended himself against criticism from several lower ranked players, that the top stars could have done more to support them when poor air quality affected qualifying for the australian open. Smoke from the bushfires caused breathing problems for some players but federer says he did try to intervene. What can i do . I can go to the office, i go and speak to them, and i went to them the first day when it was bad on tuesday and the next day on wednesday when it was still bad andi on wednesday when it was still bad and i told them, look, i think communication is key for all of us, for everybody, and we just need to do more because i feel like i havent gotten enough information. So, cani havent gotten enough information. So, can i go on court and say, everybody stopped play. I can try but i dont think thats going to do
much. 16 year old mani cooper is making history at the winter Youth Olympic Games in lausanne. Shes become the first british woman to compete in an olympic Nordic Combined event, which involves two completely different sports ski jumping and Cross Country skiing. 0ur reporter nick hope met up with her in switzerland. There are thrill seekers. Then there are ski jumpers, and 16 year old mani cooper is the first british woman to ever attempt this challenge at an 0lympics. Things can go wrong. It is quite scary, but then you do have jumps where it really lifts you out and then you have a smile on yourface when you land, like yes but one sport isnt enough for the kettering born teenager. Combining the two is very special. Ski jumping, you have to be explosive when youre jumping out. You have to be concentrated as well because for country skiing, you need endurance, sprint and pace so you can keep up. When you push yourself, afterwards, you feel so good. Its like, yes, i did it
it went well. Its just the next step. Now, think of ski jumping and youll probably picture eddie the eagle edwards and his iconic appearance at the 1988 calgary winter olympics. The sport may have moved on a fair bit in the last 32 years, but he still follows it closely and he had this little message for mani cooper ahead of her own historic ski jumping bid here at the youth 0lympics. Hello, everyone, eddie the eagle here and ive just heard through the grapevine mani cooper is taking part in the Nordic Combined for great britain. Have fun enjoy it from the moment it starts to the moment it finishes. Jump well, good luck, hope you do well. Thats amazing thats really cool. Really nice guy to chat to. I did jump further than him, though, on my home hill, which was quite cool. He kind of helped put the sport on the map all those years back. How much do you want to do that now, and also for women in the uk . I want to inspire little kids to start Nordic Combined. I want it to get bigger and improve and then i can get goals to go to the bigger competitions, continental cup, world cup and then the next 0lympics. Nick hope, bbc news, at the youth winter olympics. You can follow all the action from lausanne on the bbc sport website. But for the moment, it is back to you. Thats it. Te next news on bbc one is at 6 10pm bye for now. Hello. Youre watching the bbc news channel with geeta guru murthy. More now on the news that british Scientists Say the number of people infected by a potentially deadly virus emerging in china may be much higher than official figures suggest. There are nearly 50 confirmed cases, but experts from Imperial College london believe the realfigure is closer to 1700. Earlier i spoke to professorjohn
oxford is a virologist at queen mary, university of london. He says a lot is known about the coronavirus family which could help halt its spread out of china. We know a lot about the family and that gives a lot of information. One thing we know about the coronavirus family they are not global, they re not pandemic. If anyone thinks this is going to develop into a bass pandemic, sweep around the world and affect millions of people, that is a wrong interpretation. These viruses dont act like this, theyre much more circumspect. As you said, the sars outbreak, the biggest very bright tarmac biggest outbreak we have had, there is only eight thousandths. 8000 in the world. We dont want that but we are dealing with one here that is not hugely global. We may get one coming to england on a plane,
or a couple of cases, that is whats happening around the world. A case here and there. Based on the knowledge of the family from the past, we can project this virus can be contained without vaccines and without antiviral drugs. But we are seeing it already spread outside china. And the numbers of those infected does not seem certain yet, does it . No, it doesnt. This is a mathematical analysis coming out and that is fair enough, its a bit of a guess. I know everyone thinks the maths is very precise, if you bring up the figure 1700 it is going to mean something, but i think it is guessing myself, with a little bit of extra stuck on it. I think personally there will be more than a0. There must be because i think one of the persons arriving in thailand had not been to the marketplace. So where did they get the virus from . Possibly from a person who had been. Nevertheless, i dont think the insinuation from some people that the chinese are covering up. I dont see that at all. I see science these days in china, high quality science, interacting well with the world health organization, and have done ever since the sars outbreak. It is not a bad place to be working with at all. A pretty high powered scientific community. Fair enough they are in a bit of a scramble and we are all in a scramble and we are all inevitably in a scramble, but nevertheless, i dont see this virus developing to anything huge, but it still needs attention at this stage. Better to give attention at this stage while the numbers are exceedingly low and to just wait around for them to increase. The head of nato, jens stoltenberg, has welcomed the arrival of the military alliances new high tech drones at a military base in sicily. Based on the us global hawk, the drone can carry out surveillance of an area the size of poland injust one trip. 0ur defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has been given an exclusive look at the new drones
at their italian base. Donald trump says he wants the Nato Alliance to do more. This is one way they can do that. These are the first nato owned and operated unmanned surveillance drones. The global hawk, based here in sicily, can travel halfway around the world on one tank of fuel. It can stay up in the air for more than 30 hours carrying out surveillance. And here, believe it or not, is the cockpit on the ground at sigonella airbase in a side room with a sensor operator sitting here and over here, the pilot flying the aircraft with just the click of a mouse. How do you fly . Based on the ip system. We dont have any control sticks. Its a pretty big leap forward to have our own organic intelligence, surveillance, Reconnaissance Aircraft that we dont have to rely on getting time from somebody else. Its ours so we can task it the way we want to task it. Intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance is also about understanding what is going on coastal waters. And we have seen the significant Russian Military build up over the last years. We saw how russia used force against the crimea illegally annexing crimea. If you had the capability like that in 2014, we would have been able to understand much earlier and better what was happening in crimea. But this drone is not armed. It is still primarily a military tool. And these Unmanned Systems are not without controversy, not least because they can make warfare seem more remote. They can also become a target. In fact, one of these, a us1, was shot down last year by iran and more than 100 million each. They dont come cheap. Some breaking news coming in on that ukrainian airliner that came down after the iranians mistakenly attacked it. It has been announced from an iranian news agency, according to reuters, that the black boxes of the crashed ukrainian airliner will be sent to ukraine. We have seen apologies come out of iran
for that tragic accident, in which eve ryo ne for that tragic accident, in which everyone on board was killed. A six year old boy has been found safe nine hours after he went missing at a motorway stop. He was found at Newport Pagnell services on the m1 near Milton Keynes in the early hours of this morning after a huge police operation. It included a police helicopter, officers on the ground, Fire Service Staff and members of the public. The boys father has praised everyone who helped in the search for his son, saying he is thankful to all who took part. Free sanitary products are to be made available to all schools and colleges in england, to support students who struggle to afford them. The government funded scheme starts on monday and has been welcomed by campaigners. 0ur education and family correspondent, Frankie Mccamley reports. Just over two years ago, outside downing street, campaigners gather, calling for an end to so called period poverty. The shame of our periods needs to go. Everyones got them not the first time concerns have
been raised about the affordability of sanitary products, specifically for girls from lower income families. Research has found nearly a third of teenage girls in school or college have or know someone who has been impacted by poverty, period poverty, with more than half admitting they have missed lessons due to periods, because of things like cramps, embarrassment or affordability. Ultimately, if you are facing impossible decisions, struggling to make ends meet, trying to decide whether to pay your rent or heat your house, then actually, the question of buying menstrual products, although they are completely essential, actually really becomes a second tier priority. From monday, all primary schools, secondary schools and colleges in england will be provided with free period products for their students. The move follows scotlands announcement last year to spend £4 million on a Similar Initiative and in wales, just over £3 million was announced earlier this month to supply girls in primary
and secondary schools with sanitary products. Frankie mccamley, bbc news. Earlier i spoke to emma holtam from the phs Group Specialists in health care hygiene. They are providing the sanitary products that are going to go into schools. I asked her how the scheme will work. All schools on monday will receive an email from phs. All they need to do is click on the link in the email, takes them to a really simple online portal, online shopping, add what they want to that card from a really wide range of products. We have a brand new warehouse in the West Midlands stacked to the rafters with millions of period products and they add what they want. We will then deliver them directly to the school site within five working days and when on the school site its about making them readily available for the pupils when they need them. And its not necessarily your responsibility, but have you been working with schools on how to distribute these products so that, you know, girls are not worried . Absolutely. Weve been working in partnership with the department for education. Well be sending some guidance to schools about the best way to make the products available to to the girls when theyre in the school. And its about making them available in a number of places. So its the easiest way possible for a girl to access it without causing a big deal about it. So presumably in girls loos . Yeah and some of them put them in the nurses office, in the offices, sometimes in the in the classroom and under the desk or in a drawer. So its just about making sure this is less of a big deal. These products are available, which is really, really important for tackling the issue of period equality and making sure girls
can go to school, even if they have got their period. It shouldnt really matter, should make a difference. People might be surprised that given these products individually are not that expensive to buy, that people in this country cant afford them. It is a real issue. Absolutely, that is the case. There are many families in the uk where they have a choice of either putting food on the table or buying period products. Sadly, that is the issue that some people face. And imagine if you are a girl in a family. And for so many days out of every month, you cant go to school because you have got your period. Sadiq khan says he wants put london on a par with scandinavian capitals by making it a Carbon Neutral city by 2030, if he is re elected as mayor of the capital later this year. Mr khans strategy to go Carbon Neutral forms part of what he calls Green New Deal for london, which he would roll out during a second term. Speaking earlier sadiq khan said london needs be ambitous in order to make the city greener. We face in london, across our country and around the world a climate emergency. Weve seen in london the consequences of the air quality crisis and we need to take action thats ambitious. What ive announced today is a new green deal for london with a plan to get us to Carbon Neutral by 2030, using the power of city hall, the dynamism of the private sector and the voluntary groups to work together. To meet this target. The alternative is not worth thinking about. Its very ambitious, though, that date. How will that be achieved . Just think of all weve achieved over the last three and a half years in london. People thought i couldnt bring in the ultra low emission zone. Weve done it and weve seen a reduction in nitrogen dioxide, but also in particular matter. People said we can stop buying diesel double double decker buses. Weve done it on electric buses and on the hydrogen buses, a hybrid. Weve started only given licenses to zero emission capital taxis, electric taxes. People said i couldnt do it. Weve started in london encouraging even more people to walk, cycle, use, Public Transport or retrofitting buildings. We this week launched a new power company, london power, 100 renewable energy. Look, its gonna be hard. Im hoping the government will work with us to make sure its a success but its in on all of our interests. Both our generation, the next generation. People across the globe. Its time for the government to wake up. I intend to be well on that to be the greenest city Going Forward and the greenest ever. I need londoners support. Help me lobby the government to do their part as well. What impact could this have on the heathrow . I think a new runway at Heathrow Airport is catastrophic. It is catastrophic for air quality, for Noise Pollution doesnt make economic sense, let alone environmental sense. The Prime Minister promised that he would lie in front of a bulldozer to
prevent a third runway. Hes a man who doesnt break promises, so im sure it wont happen. A law has been passed banning pub crawls and happy hours in three popular spanish tourist destinations in a bid to crack down on alcohol fuelled holidays. Restrictions apply to the tourist hotspots of playa de palma and magaluf in majorca and san antonio in ibiza. The Regional Government says its the first legislation of its kind in europe. Earlier i spoke tojonathan smith from abta which represents travel agents and tour operators, who told me whats planned. So the local authorities have decided to put in some restrictions on these areas which relate to party boats, pub crawls, the errors whereby drinks can be sold. To crackdown on anti social behaviour in those times. Do you welcome in . We welcome certain aspects of it. We have been calling for steps to encourage irresponsible drinking for many years, and weve been working with the Foreign Office on balcony safety, for exa m ple. With the Foreign Office on balcony safety, for example. I think there may be some unintended consequences for some holiday makers, couples and
families for example, who may be staying in hotels that may be affected by this too. Surely it is just common sense to try and limit too much Alcohol Consumption . Well, wed always promote responsible drinking. Ithink wed always promote responsible drinking. I think one of the things is, when people go abroad, especially if they are young, they might not be used to what to expect. Quite a lot of the time the measures of drinks are sold in the sort of resorts are quite a lot larger than here, so it is quite a difficult situation and i think this will affect local businesses, it will affect local businesses, it will affect travel agents and tour operators in the uk that sell holidays out there. So you think people will presumably want to go somewhere else that does not have the sort of bang . I think if people are looking for that kind of holiday when they go abroad, they may well look for other destinations and resorts, and that will harm local businesses. Although, if this ban are businesses. Although, if this ban a re successful, businesses. Although, if this ban are successful, it could be extended, i guess . It could be. It
isa extended, i guess . It could be. It is a five year trial and im sure there are other places and destinations that will be looking at how successful this is. How many of the tours that go to these areas are british . Certainly san antonio and magaluf are very popular for brits. These steps arent specifically aimed at brits at all, they are aimed at brits at all, they are aimed at brits at all, they are aimed at all holiday makers that visit these islands. And in terms of the level of Alcohol Consumption, why are the authorities saying that this is actually really necessary because mac is it of damage to properties or watches that they are trying to stop . I think the people that live in these areas have been pushing on the local authorities to ta ke ste ps. Pushing on the local authorities to take steps. Tourism is an extremely important part of the local economy, though, so this will affect other people that live there that run businesses in these resorts. A bike thief in barnsley got more than he bargained for when he was tackled by a 72 year old great grandmother. Mari parker wrestled the stolen Mountain Bike from the six foot tall thief,
who was forced to flee empty handed. 0livia richwald reports. This is the moment great grandmother mari parker tussled with a 6 foot man who tried to sell her a stolen bike. 72 years old and five foot three, mari fought with him for 60 seconds. We got right out into the road, halfway up the road and he was still hanging onto it, so was i. The bike, with over £1000 had been stolen from a 13 year old boy. It was spur of the moment, knowing the young boy was coming back for his bike. So i was thinking that i will not let go because he is on his way to collect his bike. Mari has worked at her son daniels antique shop for four years. She suspected the bike was stolen and quickly checked on a local facebook site. Mother and son then showed the man the website and told him the bike
was being confiscated. But when daniel left the shop a short time later, the man returned to retrieve the bike. But thanks to maries courage, it was eventually returned to its rightful owner. You are being called a hero. How does that make you feel . I dont think i am. I just dont like the thought of somebody stealing, especially from a 12 year old boy, by force, taking his bicycle, his pride and joy, that in my eyes was just so wrong. The boys grandfather says the family was relieved to get the bike back. He was absolutely over the moon. He did not expect to see it again. He just thought that that was it. That it was gone. What a wonderful woman. The bravery. She has really gone out on a limb. A 23 year old doncaster man was arrested in connection to this matter no charges were brought. Mari has continued her Crime Fighting crusade and has since apprehended other shoplifters,
proving she will not give up