scotla nd first blood to wield against scotland at murrayfield. a quick thinking trai has put the dragons ahead in the first of the weekend s six nations games. also coming up: recreating a galaxy far, far away. how virtual reality was used to create some of the most exciting effects in the latest star wars movie. that s in click at 3:30. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the former labour foreign secretary david miliband says the party is the furthest it s been from power in 50 years. he was responding to labour s by election defeat in copland in cumbria where the conservatives overturned a majority of more than two thousand to oust labour from a seat it had held for 80 years. jeremy corbyn has said he won t step down as leader. here s our political correspondent, matt cole. if these scenes in stoke, where labour held the seat, had been repeated in copland, there would be fewer questions forjeremy corbyn. but it was theresa may s tories who celebrated an historic w
commanding position in the first of the weekend s six nations games. also coming up; the national trust receives an unexpected gift, the island that inspired its creation. grasmere island in cumbria had been held in private hands for 124 years but has now been gifted to the organisation in a will. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the former labour foreign secretary david miliband says the party is the furthest it s been from power in 50 years. he was responding to labour s by election defeat in copeland in cumbria where the conservatives overturned a majority of more than 2,000 to oust labour from a seat it had held for 80 years. jeremy corbyn has said he won t step down as leader. here s our political correspondent, matt cole. if these scenes in stoke, where labour held the seat, had been repeated in copland, had been repeated in copeland, there would be fewer questions forjeremy corbyn. but it was theresa may s tories who celebrated an historic win in cumbria, turnin
scotla nd scotland break out. and a spirited second half performance at murrayfield earns scotland their first six nations win over wales in ten years. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. good afternoon. the former labour foreign secretary david miliband says the party is the furthest it s been from power in 50 years. he was responding to labour s by election defeat in copeland in cumbria where the conservatives overturned a majority of more than two thousand to oust labour from a seat it had held for 80 years. jeremy corbyn has said he won t step down as leader. here s our political correspondent, matt cole. if these scenes in stoke, where labour held the seat, had been repeated in copeland, there would be fewer questions forjeremy corbyn. but it was theresa may s tories who celebrated an historic win in cumbria, turning this rock solid red seat blue for the first time in 80 years. not for the first time, labour s former foreign secretary has spoken his mind. in a newspa
scotla nd scotland break out! and a spirited second half performance at murrayfield earns scotland their first six nations win over wales in a decade. and coming up in half and hour here on bbc news this week s edition of talking business. good evening and welcome to bbc news. tom watson, labour s deputy leader, has said the party must do better at winning over voters but he s also insisting that now is not the time to change the leadership. jeremy corbyn says he will stay on as leader. but a new opinion polljust released in the last few minutes by the sunday mirror says a third of non labour voters would be more likely to vote for the party if mr corbyn went. in a moment we ll hear from former mayor of london ken livingstone and political commentator michael white, but first here s our political correspondent carole walker. jeremy corbyn has made it clear he has no intention of stepping down. he was in stoke yesterday, where labour saw off the challenge from ukip to win
scotla nd scotland raked break out! and a spirited second half performance at murrayfield earns scotland their first six nations win over wales in a decade. good evening and welcome to bbc news. tom watson, labour s deputy leader, has said the party must change tack and do better at winning over voters but he has said that now is not the time to change leadership. speaking at the scottish labour conference in perth mr watson acknowledged the loss of a long held labour seat in copeland on thursday had been hugely disappointing. labour s leaderjeremy corbyn has said he will stay on. here s our political correspondent carole walker. jeremy corbyn has made it clear he has no intention of stepping down. he was in stoke yesterday, where labour saw off the challenge from ukip to win the by election. but he s facing questions about the party s defeat in copeland. what about copeland, mr corbyn? the tories were jubilant after seizing the seat which had been in labour s hands si