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Also tonight. One of the tiny victims of the mother and baby deaths scandal at a Hospital Trust in shropshire. Now more than 200 new families have contacted an inquiry looking back over decades. This has been allowed to go on for too long. Its been ignored for too long. Millions are urged to make sure their voice is heard as the midnight deadline looms to register to vote in next months general election. More than £105 Million Pounds the builder and shop worker who scooped the euromillions jackpot and now find themselves on britains rich list. I still cant get my head around the amount. I mean, one would have done, but ive got 105. And coming up on bbc news. We will have sports day with all the reports, news and features from the bbc sports centre. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has insisted there is no place for anti semitism in modern britain and said those guilty of such racism have been brought to book. He was speaking after the chief rabbi accused him of allowing anti jewish racism to take root within labour, and questioned his fitness to be Prime Minister. In an unprecedented break with convention, rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said he felt compelled to intervene because the very soul of our nation was at stake. The archbishop of canterbury backed the rabbis comments. The Muslim Council of britain went on to accuse the conservative party of denial and deceit over the issue of islamaphobia. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. It is entirely different from anti semitism. This it is entirely different from anti semitism. This argument it is entirely different from anti semitism. This argument has been raging for more than three yea rs. Been raging for more than three years. It burst into the Election Campaign today. Since jeremy years. It burst into the Election Campaign today. SinceJeremy Corbyn has been in charge, there have been co nsta nt has been in charge, there have been constant accusations that labour has allowed racism against jews constant accusations that labour has allowed racism againstjews to creep in. Right in the middle of his contest he is right back in the middle of it. A leader of one of the countrys main religions actually warning against a vote for labour. Writing in the times the chief rabbi says, jews have watched with incredulity. Labours handling of the issue is incompatible with the British Values of which we are so proud. The rabbi suggests a new poison sanction from the very top has taken root. With extraordinary timing Jeremy Corbyn was also due to attend labours race and faith manifesto today. A set of plans to improve the lives of black, asian and ethnic minority people. But an hour later than planned, after the choir had entertained the audience, he took the stage. There is no place whatsoever for anti semitism in any shape or form, or in any place whatsoever in modern britain, and undera Labour Government it will not be tolerated in anyform government it will not be tolerated in any form whatsoever. I want to make that clear. You are an apologist. His critics do not believe he has been clear enough, from trouble with Ken Livingstones old remarks about hitler, some of Jeremy Corbyns own past associations, and twojewish Jeremy Corbyns own past associations, and two jewish female mps are leaving in protest. Associations, and two jewish female mps are leaving in protestli associations, and two jewish female mps are leaving in protest. I ask those that think things have not been done correctly to tell me about it, talk to me about it, but above all engage. I am very happy to engage with anybody. The tories are all too happy to condemn labours position in this campaign but have their own problems with islamaphobia. The Muslim Council of Great Britain accusing them of being deceitful and in denial with a blind spot to that kind of racism. We are having an enquiry to all forms of prejudice. Abroad enquiry, but not one with specific allegations of islamaphobia. Anyone who has any islamaphobia. Anyone who has any islamaphobia or any prejudice is out first bounce. The liberal democrat leader said the rabbis warning should not be ignored. We should ta ke should not be ignored. We should take very seriously the concerns of a community in our country that is generally feeling unsafe and think about what that says about our politics, that that is because of the politics of a leader of a mainstream party. Why does the chief rabbi think you are not fit for office . The problem forJeremy Corbyn is not just office . The problem forJeremy Corbyn is notjust the frenzy office . The problem forJeremy Corbyn is not just the frenzy this has created in the Election Campaign, but that this was a problem that became evident soon in the party after he took over, and many inside the Labour Party Think he has not done enough to close it down. The labour leader has long said he is doing everything he can. There is little sign of this ugly moment in our politics and that it is atan moment in our politics and that it is at an end. So, whats been the reaction of voters in theJewish Community after the chief rabbis unprecedented intervention . Our special correspondent, lucy manning has been finding out. Rabbi Jonathan Romain was a step ahead of the chief rabbi. Last month, he was the first rabbi to take a stand, writing to his maidenhead congregation, telling them to vote for any party who could defeat labour. I have never intervened in political life before, certainly not in terms of an election, but ijust felt that the situation with labour had got so poisonous and dangerous that really i had to take a stand. He represents a different, more liberal strand ofjudaism than the chief rabbi, but shares the concerns. For the first time jews have been looking over their shoulders. It isjust something we are not used to. I was born in britain, im a british citizen, britain is my home, my values. Never has a party made me feel different. DespiteJeremy Corbyn saying anti semitism is vile, many britishjews have been concerned about delays in dealing with complaints, his appearance alongside anti semites and remarks he has made. Some, likejonathan liss, who works for a pro european organisation, things labour has been slow to respond, but it wont affect their vote. Is labour an anti Semitic Party institutionally . Is Jeremy Corbyn anti semitic . I dont think that the evidence stacks up. I would vote for labour as a jewish person in the way that i would vote for labour whatever ethnicity i have because i believe in labours policy platform, because i think that labour will deliver a progressive government for all. Lord dubs, a labour peerfled the nazis because his father wasjewish and he was given sanctuary in britain. I have a lot of respect for the chief rabbi and i have worked with him and campaigned on behalf of child refugees and i have worked with the jewish child refugees and i have worked with theJewish Community on behalf of child refugees. I think he has gone too far, and i am sad about that, but i think he has got over the top today. That, but i think he has got over the top today. At the jw3 Community Centre in london there was support for the chief rabbis intervention. Lisa joseph has voted labour, likes his policies, but wont this time. Do you think it is right for rabbis to get involved in an election like this . Well, like you said, it is unprecedented. I dont know if its right or wrong, ijust know that its necessary. It is absolutely necessary to Say Something this time around. I am so worried about this election. Ben paul also usually votes labour. We are on the precipice of a potential anti semitic Prime Minister with a wholly anti Semitic Party and i think the world needs to wake up and see Jeremy Corbyn and the labour party for what it is. If that means the chief rabbi getting involved in politics, then so be it. There are cases of anti semitism and racism in other parties, but Jewish Community leaders believe labour is institutionally anti semitic, that its leadership and its structures have notjust failed to deal with the issue, but have enabled it as well, and those who call it out are accused of smears. Mr corbyn says there is no place for anti semitism, but somejews feel there is no place for them in his party. Lucy manning, bbc news. And our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg is in westminister just how damaging is this for labour and Jeremy Corbyn . There are concerns about other parties and other Political Parties have had to get rid of some of the candidates they were hoping to stand in this election because of offensive remarks they made in the past that have been uncovered through the course of this campaign. But this feels like a different order for two reasons. First of all, for a chief rabbi, a leader of a majorfaith in this country, to feel, when they normally stay above and beyond politics, that he had no choice and to intervene in such a dramatic way is something that we cannot find another example of in recent political history. That context really matters when religious leaders of all faiths try extremely ha rd to leaders of all faiths try extremely hard to stay beyond the political fray. Here we have the chief rabbi feeling he has no choice, but basically to warn the country against voting for the labour party this time around. Second, it is of a different orderfor this this time around. Second, it is of a different order for this reason, whatever you make of the charges that have been put here, whatever you make of the concerns expressed, this is a problem the labour party has been dealing with for a long time, sinceJeremy Corbyn has been in charge. Although he has always said he takes this extremely seriously and is doing as much as he possibly can to stamp it out in the party, he just has possibly can to stamp it out in the party, hejust has not possibly can to stamp it out in the party, he just has not been able to close it down. For many voters that may well raise a question about his ability to take a firm grip with issues that are tricky and challenging. The former conservative deputy Prime Minister lord heseltine is urging tory voters to back liberal democrat or independent candidates in next months election. Lord heseltine said that his partys brexit policy would damage the economy and britains standing in the world. The liberal democrats say theyll crack down on single use plastic if they win the general election. The party wants to eliminiate non recyclable, non essential, single use plastic within three yea rs. Their proposals include implementing a Deposit Return Scheme and ending plastic exports abroad by 2030. And tonight andrew neil has the second in his series of interviews with Party Leaders hell be speaking to the labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn at 7. 30 here on bbc one, and you can also watch on the bbc iplayer. More than 200 new families have contacted an inquiry into mother and baby deaths at a Hospital Trust in shropshire since our latest report on the scandal last week. Investigators were already looking at over 600 cases spanning decades where newborns and mothers died or were left injured while in the care of the shrewsbury and telford Hospital Trust. 0ne expert says this mayjust be the tip of the iceberg. 0ur Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. Just a few hours after these photos were taken in april 2016, Pippa Griffiths became seriously ill and died. An inquest found she could have survived had staff from the shrewsbury and telford Hospital Trust acted faster. The culture, the cover ups, the lies. And thats what ultimately coast our daughters death. For pippas parents, a leaked report into failings at the trust has been another reminder of the terrible events around their daughters death. Weve got to relive it over and over again. I mean, three and a half years now, and its. Its still. We are still in that place. We are just one case as well. Yeah. Many more. And more parents are joining caley and colin griffiths. Ive been told that in the last week, at least 200 new families have come forward. Thats in addition to more than 600 cases dating back a0 years that the enquiry team are already looking at. It worries me that lessons havent been learnt, and despite the fact so many of our clients have been told that lessons will be learned, policies will be put into place, its written in their investigation reports, and yet the same mistakes keep happening again and again. One of the most worrying aspects of this leaked report of events here at the shrewsburyand Telford Trust is the sense that weve been here before. So much of what happened has echoes of the scandal that engulfed the Morecambe Bay Maternity Unit when mothers and babies also suffered avoidable deaths. And that raises disturbing questions about what might be happening elsewhere. These are not two separate one offs. These point to underlying, systemic failure that might be widespread. The man who headed the investigation into the Morecambe Bay scandal warns more nhs trusts could risk repeating the same catastrophic mistakes. The notion that it could never happen here is one of the most dangerous ones that an nhs trust can have. The truth is, there are points of learning from all of these things that everybody should be looking at and learning from. And families are still living with the consequences of terrible failure. Chrissy didnt want to be identified, but her son was left with a brain injury after complications during birth. Babies now that have got brain injuries that are going to affect them for the rest of their life. They are not going to grow into the child and adult that they could have grown into. Itsjust not fair. They took that away from us. They took it away from parents, they took it away from me. Ijust think somebody needs to find out exactly whats going on and stop it. Families like the griffiths dont expect to hear from the Investigation Team until late next year, but with fresh cases still emerging, they may face a much longer wait. Dominic hughes, bbc news, shrewsbury. The time is. Quarter past six. Our top story this evening Jeremy Corbyn insists theres no place for anti semitism in modern britain after the chief rabbi launches an attack on his handling of racism againstjews. And coming up theyre now richer than footballer gareth bale and rock star ronnie wood. Steve and lenka thomson win the £105 million euromillions jackpot. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news. As Manchester City get set for Champions League action this evening, forward Raheem Sterling starts talks about a new long Term Contract with the club. Throughout the Election Campaign, bbc news will be looking closely at the places where the election could be won and lost. Today were in south west wales, and clive myrie is in haverfordwest in pembrokeshire for us. Clive. Yes, sophie, im here in Castle Square in the heart of Preseli Pembrokeshire constituency. A Rural Farming Community at the mercy of the elements and, some have told us, disconnected politicians. Well, this is a marginal seat which has been held by the conservatives since 2005 but in the 2017 election their majority was cut to just 314 votes. So this is a key target seat forJeremy Corbyns labour party. When it came to the brexit vote, the result was decisive, with 57 in favour of leaving the european union. For a key constituency where so much rides on the opinion of farmers, we wanted to know exactly whats on their minds in the last few weeks of this campaign. Steady, thatll do. This land feeds us. Steady, thatll do. This land feeds us. It is pasture, livestock, and neil perkins, a son and steward of this soil, is forming in challenging times. It is a constant worry all the time, going through all the figures and seeing how we will make it through the next month and keep going, really. Margins have always been tight, but neils fear is that welsh lamb could flood the uk market, driving down prices, if there is no post brexit trade deal with europe. Two hours drive away, at the ro