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organisation in a will. and later on bbc news, dateline london. foreign correspondents in london will cast a critical eye over the weeks big news stories. that s coming up at 11:30. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the former labour foreign secretary david miliband, has said that the party is further from power than it has been at any time in the past 50 years. in an interview with the times newspaper, mr miliband said he was deeply concerned about labour s future underjeremy corbyn, after the party lost the copeland by election to the conservatives. here s our political correspondent, chris mason. jeremy corbyn went to stoke yesterday to look and sound like a winner. his man had won the by election there, activists were delighted, but labour s vote slid in stoke and the party suffered a cumbrian humbling 140 miles north in copeland as the conservatives triumphed. enterfrom new york the man people in the labour party see as the best leader they never had, david mil ....
from here he could view the island that inspired him to help create the national trust. now, at last, that island is part of the trust s portfolio, to be preserved and enjoyed by everyone for ever. i have a picture of grass near. this was earlier today. it has been pretty wet in cumbria, a lot of puddles and water around. more rain at the moment as well. quite mild, but windy. the wind easing of the some extent. a couple of bands of rain sinking to the south away from scotla nd rain sinking to the south away from scotland and northern ireland, where you will end the day with sunshine and a cool appeal. the rain will be heavy over the hills, notjust across north west england but south wales for a time. it becomes like apache, petering out overnight. more wet and windy weather arriving in the north west overnight. many places will start drive. may brighten up a touch here and there. it will be wet from most of the day in scotland and northern ireland. severe gales running ....
in syria s third city of homs, killing dozens of people. some reports put the number of dead at more than a0. also coming up: the national trust receives an unexpected gift. the island that inspired its creation. grasmere island in cumbria has been held in private hands for 124 years but has 110w private hands for 124 years but has now been gifted to the organisation ina now been gifted to the organisation in a will. 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 store, where labour held the seat, had been repeated there would be few ....
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 hist ....
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, ....