in the past hour, seven mps have resigned from the labour party in protest atjeremy corbyn‘s leadership and his approach to brexit and anti semitism. the seven who are calling themselves the independent group include chuka umunna, angela smith, mike gapes, gavin shuker and ann coffey. at a news conference in westminster, chris leslie said the party had been hijacked by the far left. chuka ummuna called for mps from other parties tojoin them. fundamental changes needed. now, the last few years have shown the established parties are simply not up established parties are simply not up to this challenge. they can t be the change because they have become the change because they have become the problem. they have failed to provide the leadership and clear direction which the uk desperately needs. they are deeply divided, they have failed to fulfil their duties with the competence the public rightly deserves, we have put their party political interests before the national in
this morning. a cold start in the south, very mild as we push further north, sunshine in the south. more in15 north, sunshine in the south. more in 15 minutes. it is wednesday 26 september. our top story: the american entertainer bill cosby has started a prison sentence for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 200a. the judge branded the 81 year old a sexually violent predator, before sentencing him for between three and ten years. lawyers for cosby have already said they will appeal. nada tawfik has the details. reporter: mr cosby, any comment, sir? this will now be the image that defines bill cosby‘s life, in handcuffs and headed to prison to pay for his crimes. for decades, he led a double life, and the man affectionately referred to as ‘america s dad will now be classified as a sexually violent predator. it is a moment his victims never thought possible. outside of court, they celebrated. this is just going to show victims that they can make it through, and th
inside the arena described a stampede as panic spread. we have been treating this as a terrorist incident and we believe at this stage the attack last night was conducted by one man. right now the prime minister is chairing a meeting of the government s emergency committee, cobrament her home secretary, amber rudd described it as a barbaric attack. screaming, shouting, just people mad, chaotic rush to the nearest exit. suddenly something really hot just flew over us and landed behind me and my mum and my sister and then we all like dropped to the floor. this morning we are live in manchester and we will be talking to people who were at that concert. those young people, those teenagers, who were targeted by a suicide bomber. a lone man at this stage, as far as the police know, who exploded a device in the foyer of the manchester arena just after ariana grande finished her concert. we ll get reaction from the police and from local politicians and from people who live and work i
make a statement in parliament. making a splash the swimmers braving winter waters to help scientists in the battle against dementia. good afternoon. the welsh government has announced is it s introducing a short national lockdown. what they re calling a ‘firebreak‘ will begin at six o clock on friday evening and will run until the 9th of november. people in wales will be asked to stay at home and all nonessential retail will close. pubs, bars and restaurants will be restricted to takeaway service only and households cannot mix in any location. the first minister mark drakeford said the objective was to break the chain of infection . our wales correspondent tomos morgan has the details. as autumn turns to winter, there s a sense of deja vu in wales today as the prospect of another national lockdown becomes a reality. we know that, if we do not act now, it will continue to accelerate and there is a very real risk that our nhs would be overwhelmed. over the weekend, the c