:00:00. > :00:10.President Trump says he'll strengthen links with allies
:00:11. > :00:12.in the Pacific region following North Korea's
:00:13. > :00:17.The House of Commons Speaker, John Bercow,
:00:18. > :00:20.insists he's impartial - no matter how he voted
:00:21. > :00:23.Labour's deputy leader, Tom Watson, denies the party has been
:00:24. > :00:28.considering possible successors to Jeremy Corbyn.
:00:29. > :00:30.A group of retired bishops accuses Church of England leaders
:00:31. > :00:35.of suppressing the views of gay Christians.
:00:36. > :00:38.Also in the next hour - La La Land is named best
:00:39. > :00:48.Emma Stone won a best actress prize for her role in the musical,
:00:49. > :00:52.which picked up a total of five awards.
:00:53. > :00:57.And Caroline Frost, Entertainment Editor
:00:58. > :00:59.at The Huffington Post UK, and Tony Grew, Parliamentary
:01:00. > :01:19.journalist, are here to help me review the morning papers.
:01:20. > :01:22.Good evening and welcome to BBC News.
:01:23. > :01:24.America and Japan have strongly condemned North Korea,
:01:25. > :01:27.for test-firing a ballistic missile, the first since Donald Trump
:01:28. > :01:34.Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said it was "intolerable,"
:01:35. > :01:37.while Mr Trump said the US would back Japan 100%.
:01:38. > :01:40.The missile flew for about 300 miles,
:01:41. > :01:43.eventually falling into the Sea of Japan.
:01:44. > :01:45.This report from our Tokyo Correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes
:01:46. > :01:54.This is the launch of a Musudan ballistic missile, the same type
:01:55. > :01:57.that was fired from North Korea into the Sea of Japan
:01:58. > :02:05.Today's launch was almost certainly timed so that
:02:06. > :02:07.North Korea's dictator, Kim Jong-un, could crash
:02:08. > :02:11.a weekend party taking place on the other side of the world.
:02:12. > :02:15.President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister,
:02:16. > :02:19.Shinzo Abe, have been spending the weekend golfing in Florida.
:02:20. > :02:27.Mr Abe was not amused by the North Korean intrusion.
:02:28. > :02:29.TRANSLATION: North Korea's most recent missile launch
:02:30. > :02:34.North Korea must fully comply with the relevant United Nations
:02:35. > :02:40.In his response, President Trump seemed less certain.
:02:41. > :02:44.Even neglecting to condemn the North Korean launch.
:02:45. > :02:47.Thank you very much, Mr Prime Minister.
:02:48. > :02:50.I just want everybody to understand and fully know
:02:51. > :02:54.that the United States of America stands behind Japan,
:02:55. > :03:04.Kim Jong-un recently promised to test a much more powerful
:03:05. > :03:09.President Trump has vowed that will not happen,
:03:10. > :03:13.but it's not clear how he intends to stop it.
:03:14. > :03:16.North Korea already has short-range missiles capable
:03:17. > :03:19.of hitting South Korea, and medium-range missiles
:03:20. > :03:26.The Musudan is an intermediate range missile, which may be able
:03:27. > :03:33.The ultimate goal is a so-called ICBM, able to hit parts
:03:34. > :03:39.For more than 20 years, the outside world has been trying
:03:40. > :03:43.to stop North Korea, with tighter and tighter sanctions.
:03:44. > :03:49.The border with China remains open, and trade is flourishing.
:03:50. > :03:53.The US and its allies will now move to tighten sanctions further,
:03:54. > :03:59.and accelerate the deployment of new anti-missile systems
:04:00. > :04:04.in South Korea and Japan, but no one seems to have any idea
:04:05. > :04:09.how to stop North Korea from becoming a fully fledged
:04:10. > :04:18.Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC News, in Tokyo.
:04:19. > :04:21.Graham Hutchings from the Oxford Analytica think tank has
:04:22. > :04:24.written extensively on China and the Asia Pacific Rim.
:04:25. > :04:28.He told me it was difficult to see how President Trump
:04:29. > :04:35.And I think a fair conjecture that President Trump doesn't know
:04:36. > :04:37.quite what to do yet - after all, the administration
:04:38. > :04:43.Very noticeable, however, notable that new defence
:04:44. > :04:46.Minister James Mattis went to Seoul as his first foreign visit last week
:04:47. > :04:49.and spoke powerfully about the need to do something about North Korea.
:04:50. > :04:59.And now we have, in the middle of the party that is currently
:05:00. > :05:01.underway in Florida with the Japanese Prime Minister
:05:02. > :05:04.and the US president, we have this move by North Korea.
:05:05. > :05:07.Sanctions have achieved zero, as your report suggested.
:05:08. > :05:10.There's a little bit of head room still for other measures,
:05:11. > :05:13.perhaps squeezing the financial system of the dollar system, insofar
:05:14. > :05:17.as that benefits North Korea, but it doesn't look as though
:05:18. > :05:20.that is going to deliver what's required here.
:05:21. > :05:23.What are North Korea's basic motives here, do you think?
:05:24. > :05:29.And if there's one thing the North Korean state has done
:05:30. > :05:35.I couldn't say it has prospered, although the economy does seem to be
:05:36. > :05:39.in better shape as far as we can tell, than it has been for several
:05:40. > :05:40.years, but its survival is very remarkable.
:05:41. > :05:47.It's had famine, it's had succession problems and various other issues.
:05:48. > :05:52.It wants to continue to survive, it wants respect.
:05:53. > :05:58.It wants living space in the international arena and it
:05:59. > :06:00.believes that pursuit of nuclear capacity capability
:06:01. > :06:04.And what about China's role in all this?
:06:05. > :06:07.Again, bearing in mind we have this new president, Mr Trump,
:06:08. > :06:09.who has said various things about China.
:06:10. > :06:17.China does not much like what has been happening in Pyongyang,
:06:18. > :06:24.I'm sure, ever since Kim Jong-un took over there.
:06:25. > :06:27.It's conspicuous that because either he hasn't been invited,
:06:28. > :06:30.He hasn't made the customary visit to China.
:06:31. > :06:32.Customary in the sense that his predecessors did.
:06:33. > :06:35.China, however, does not want to see the collapse of that state.
:06:36. > :06:40.It has a lot vested in the security and stability
:06:41. > :06:45.It's going to be rather careful and cautious.
:06:46. > :06:48.It will be happy to open up a conversation with the new
:06:49. > :06:51.president of the United States to see what could be done,
:06:52. > :06:55.but I think Mr Trump would be well advised not to expect too much,
:06:56. > :07:03.And we'll find out how this story - and many others - are covered
:07:04. > :07:06.in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening
:07:07. > :07:12.in The Papers - our guests joining me tonight are Tony Grew,
:07:13. > :07:14.the parliamentary journalist and Caroline Frost -
:07:15. > :07:20.entertainment editor of the Huffington Post.
:07:21. > :07:23.The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, insists he remains
:07:24. > :07:26.impartial in performing his duties, despite saying that he supported
:07:27. > :07:33.The revelation has led to repeated calls for him to stand down, as our
:07:34. > :07:39.Political Correspondent Chris Mason reports.
:07:40. > :07:42.The Speaker - a role with a history dating back
:07:43. > :07:53.Sitting between the political parties, chairing debates, but,
:07:54. > :07:56.for the second time in a week, it's John Bercow's opinions that
:07:57. > :08:01.Talking to students at the University of Reading, he said
:08:02. > :08:09.This may not be popular with some people in this audience,
:08:10. > :08:18.I thought it was better to stay in the European Union than not.
:08:19. > :08:20.Mr Bercow had already irritated some by accusing President Trump
:08:21. > :08:25.I would not wish to issue an invitation to President Trump.
:08:26. > :08:28.Some MPs loved that, but his critics are repeating
:08:29. > :08:37.I'm incredibly surprised that the speaker now has expressed
:08:38. > :08:42.views on a number of issues, on Brexit, on immigration,
:08:43. > :08:48.He is incapable of impartially chairing debates in the House
:08:49. > :08:54.An ally of the Speaker told me he didn't speak out
:08:55. > :08:57.during the referendum campaign and is scrupulously fair
:08:58. > :09:06.I'm confident that John Bercow has the numbers and support
:09:07. > :09:09.across the parties to see off this attempt by a handful of crusty
:09:10. > :09:16.And those in government remain supportive too.
:09:17. > :09:19.I had more than six years as Europe minister under David Cameron,
:09:20. > :09:24.and in that time I never found the Speaker was shy
:09:25. > :09:27.of calling lots of people who were critical of the EU
:09:28. > :09:32.The Speaker's job description is clear -
:09:33. > :09:38.he is obliged to be politically impartial, but, for now at least,
:09:39. > :09:40.he doesn't appear to be at much risk of being toppled.
:09:41. > :09:54.Some of the biggest cinematic names in London, Hollywood and beyond came
:09:55. > :09:59.together at the Royal Albert Hall for the Baftas. As predicted,
:10:00. > :10:03.romantic musical La La Land won the greatest number of awards. With me
:10:04. > :10:10.fresh from the Royal Albert Hall is the Huffington Post's UK's
:10:11. > :10:13.entertainment editor Caroline Frost. You have recovered from the
:10:14. > :10:18.excitement, but it was jolly chilly. That struck us. Every actress who
:10:19. > :10:24.was wearing minimal clothing and smiling deserves some sort of
:10:25. > :10:31.highfalutin award. It wasn't for the faint-hearted out there tonight.
:10:32. > :10:39.Goodness me. Let's get started. We will start with Best actress. Emma
:10:40. > :10:45.Stone. La La Land, best film and so on. We can have a little bit of the
:10:46. > :10:49.song. # City of stars, are you shining
:10:50. > :11:00.just for me # City of stars, there's so much
:11:01. > :11:04.that I can't see. Not a bad song, I suppose. It got best film and
:11:05. > :11:08.everybody thought it would. Not quite perhaps the success that was
:11:09. > :11:13.expected. Every once in a while you get an enormous juggernauts like
:11:14. > :11:16.Lord of the Rings or Titanic. You start to see them picking up
:11:17. > :11:20.everything early in the morning. They get best cleaner who happen to
:11:21. > :11:25.walk on the set. This didn't happen tonight with La La Land. All the
:11:26. > :11:32.awards were going to rivals. Even the Jungle Book and best adapted
:11:33. > :11:37.screenplay went to Lion. We thought La La Land wouldn't be so
:11:38. > :11:42.universally celebrated. But Emma Stone got best actress in a leading
:11:43. > :11:46.role. She was a very popular when. They had been sort of warned, not so
:11:47. > :11:53.political this time around. It's the Baftas, don't go so heavy on the US
:11:54. > :11:57.politics. But she talked about a time for creativity to be important
:11:58. > :12:01.and celebrated in a world that needs a lot of love. She is a popular
:12:02. > :12:14.when, a glowing actress and as time has come. -- a popular victory. Ryan
:12:15. > :12:18.Gosling, very popular, but he didn't get best actor. Casey Affleck did in
:12:19. > :12:22.a film to make you feel miserable! Ryan Gosling wasn't in the audience
:12:23. > :12:27.tonight. He had been built to appear, so perhaps he got wind of
:12:28. > :12:30.the fact it wouldn't go his way. Maybe he thought the trip was worth
:12:31. > :12:36.his time, we don't know. Casey Affleck picked up the award tonight.
:12:37. > :12:42.Very honest. A popular victory again. He hasn't been nominated in
:12:43. > :12:46.awards seasons. His role in Manchester by the Sea, which picked
:12:47. > :12:50.up the award for Best original screenplay for Kenneth Lonergan who
:12:51. > :12:54.also directed. Not want to take the family along to on a Sunday
:12:55. > :12:59.afternoon. More downbeat, but we know Hollywood loves a tear-jerker.
:13:00. > :13:11.Something to make us feel bad about. Best supporting actor. Dev Patel.
:13:12. > :13:16.Our Dev. It's looking good for the Oscars. He's nominated next month,
:13:17. > :13:19.so perhaps this victory will make the American Academy wake up and
:13:20. > :13:25.think, they need to take another look at the young man. The film he
:13:26. > :13:31.was in was Lion, the true story of an Indian boy who got lost on the
:13:32. > :13:35.trains in India, was adopted by an Australian couple, in the film they
:13:36. > :13:43.are played by Nicole Kidman and David Wenham. He tries to make his
:13:44. > :13:46.way back to the tiny village that he has dreams about still. And Dev
:13:47. > :13:52.Patel had to learn to speak in Australian accent. It was remarkably
:13:53. > :13:58.convincing and praised by natives. He said it's a family film about
:13:59. > :14:04.mothers and sons. He was very emotional, thanking his family
:14:05. > :14:08.tonight. Best supporting actress, Viola Davis. Arguably the strongest
:14:09. > :14:12.field of the night. Nicole Kidman, Michelle Williams in Manchester by
:14:13. > :14:23.the Sea. But Viola Davis triumphed. She's probably the shoo-in for the
:14:24. > :14:27.Oscars now. She went back at the global -- she won at the Golden
:14:28. > :14:33.globes as well. That film was in Fences as well. And the best British
:14:34. > :14:39.film, it is the Baftas. I, Daniel Blake, directed by Ken Loach. It's
:14:40. > :14:49.an unashamedly bleak film for all the right reasons. He won at the
:14:50. > :14:53.Cannes Festival. He was the first win of the night, Ken Loach, and he
:14:54. > :14:57.went in all guns blazing. He talks about the way the country is being
:14:58. > :15:02.run, and that creativity... He said the Oscars and all the awards
:15:03. > :15:05.seasons, the Baftas, there is room for glitz and glamour of the red
:15:06. > :15:10.carpet, but there is room for the other stuff as well. By that, he
:15:11. > :15:16.meant the film he has made, which isn't an easy film to watch, but is
:15:17. > :15:20.certainly necessary. Caroline, thank you very much indeed. You will join
:15:21. > :15:23.me again in about 15 minutes to talk about the newspapers, which will no
:15:24. > :15:28.doubt have some Bafta pictures on the front pages.
:15:29. > :15:35.Time to take a look at the headlines. The White House has
:15:36. > :15:39.responded to North Korea's latest ballistic missile test by vowing to
:15:40. > :15:45.stand by its allies in the region to deter what it calls the menace of
:15:46. > :15:47.Kim Jong-un's regime. The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow,
:15:48. > :15:52.has insisted he remained impartial in performing his duties, despite
:15:53. > :15:57.saying he voted remain in the European Union referendum. We have
:15:58. > :16:02.just been discussing, La La Land has been named best film at the Baftas.
:16:03. > :16:04.Emma Stone won best actress for the musical, which picked up a total of
:16:05. > :16:14.five awards. A busy day in sport. We will go
:16:15. > :16:29.straight to the sport centre with John Watson.
:16:30. > :16:31.Premier League champions Leicester City are facing a battle to remain
:16:32. > :16:33.in the Premier League, one season on from lifting
:16:34. > :16:36.the title, after being beaten 2-0 by Swansea City.
:16:37. > :16:39.Claudio Ranieri's side are now just one point above the relegation zone
:16:40. > :16:43.after slipping to their fifth straight league defeat.
:16:44. > :16:53.Not much to smile about when faced with a relegation battle.
:16:54. > :16:56.Claudio Ranieri's Leicester are one point above the bottom
:16:57. > :16:58.three and so are Swansea, but they are revitalised
:16:59. > :17:02.With so much riding on this game, it was all rather cagey.
:17:03. > :17:04.That was until Alfie Mawson managed to break free,
:17:05. > :17:06.the central defender showing his survival instincts.
:17:07. > :17:09.He has now scored more Premier League goals this
:17:10. > :17:12.When fighting at the bottom, timing your next move can be crucial.
:17:13. > :17:14.In first-half injury time Swansea struck again,
:17:15. > :17:17.Martin Olsson hammered in his first for the club, much to the delight
:17:18. > :17:24.The champions have failed to score in the Premier League in 2017.
:17:25. > :17:29.It took over an hour to register their first real chance.
:17:30. > :17:33.Islam Slimani's effort smothered by Fabianski.
:17:34. > :17:36.Leicester's turnaround in fortunes is baffling,
:17:37. > :17:42.A huge victory for Swansea and Paul Clement, but Leicester
:17:43. > :17:45.haven't won in the league since New Year's Eve.
:17:46. > :17:53.This is a hangover they need to shift quickly.
:17:54. > :17:55.Chelsea could've gone 12 points clear at the top.
:17:56. > :17:59.As it is, they were held to a 1-1 draw by Burnley thanks
:18:00. > :18:04.to a fantastic free kick from Robbie Brady.
:18:05. > :18:09.Chelsea extend their lead to ten points instead.
:18:10. > :18:12.Rangers are into the last eight of the Scottish Cup after coming
:18:13. > :18:16.Martyn Waghorn won it for Rangers in what was their first match
:18:17. > :18:18.following the departure of manager Mark Warburton on Friday.
:18:19. > :18:20.And Scottish Cup holders Hibernian will face a fifth-round replay
:18:21. > :18:24.after a goalless draw with Edinburgh rivals, Hearts.
:18:25. > :18:27.This weekend's Six Nations action culminated in defeat for Scotland
:18:28. > :18:33.The Scots hadn't won there since 1999, and that losing
:18:34. > :18:37.streak was extended to ten straight matches as they lost by 22-16.
:18:38. > :18:49.Home of a rugby team built around a 150 stone pack.
:18:50. > :18:51.When faced with such an obstacle, Scotland decided the best option
:18:52. > :18:53.was to distract them and then sneak around.
:18:54. > :19:00.In this battle, the French Goliath had the slingshot in the form
:19:01. > :19:06.With France now ahead, the battering ram set to work.
:19:07. > :19:09.With every charge, they knew the Scottish wall would weaken.
:19:10. > :19:10.Eventually somewhere a crack would appear.
:19:11. > :19:14.Gael Fickou spotted it, breathing space.
:19:15. > :19:17.The gap began to seal up once more, two penalties for Finn Russell,
:19:18. > :19:23.Scotland were back within two at the break and gave chase
:19:24. > :19:28.Tommy Seymour took a punt, and his luck was in.
:19:29. > :19:35.Now a chance for two easy extra points.
:19:36. > :19:38.Finn Russell's kick would have been emphatic in football
:19:39. > :19:47.France took their chance, 16-16, less than 15 minutes left.
:19:48. > :19:50.The French urged to the line, they went to the brink, no try.
:19:51. > :19:58.They kept on queueing up Lopez, who knocked them over.
:19:59. > :20:04.In the land of the giants, Scotland's task was simply too big.
:20:05. > :20:07.Ireland's women have seized control of the women's Six Nations
:20:08. > :20:08.following a bonus point victory over Italy.
:20:09. > :20:12.They won by 27 points to 3, Hannah Tyrrell scoring a superb solo
:20:13. > :20:15.That secured the bonus point, which means they top the table
:20:16. > :20:18.with two wins out of two, ahead of England who've also won
:20:19. > :20:22.In the rest of the day's rugby, Wasps moved five points clear
:20:23. > :20:24.at the top after a 35-35 draw with Exeter.
:20:25. > :20:28.There was a total of ten tries scored, with Exeter down to 14 men.
:20:29. > :20:30.In the Pro12, Treviso lost to Leinster and Connaught beat
:20:31. > :20:46.Fourteen retired Anglican bishops, have accused the church of ignoring
:20:47. > :20:50.In an open letter they said an official report into the Church
:20:51. > :20:52.of England's position on homosexuality, didn't contain
:20:53. > :20:59."authentic voices" from the gay and lesbian community.
:21:00. > :21:01.The letter comes ahead of a meeting of the General Synod,
:21:02. > :21:03.later this week, the body which approves church law.
:21:04. > :21:11.Here's our Religious Affairs Correspondent Martin Bashir.
:21:12. > :21:16.If the Church of England was tempted to believe that its recent report
:21:17. > :21:20.on same-sex marriage had settled the matter, then this letter
:21:21. > :21:23.is an indication that the issue is still tearing at the heart
:21:24. > :21:29.The peace of the Lord be always with you.
:21:30. > :21:33.The letter says that the House of Bishops report, which maintains
:21:34. > :21:36.that marriage is between a man and a woman, is not
:21:37. > :21:44."Our perception is that while the pain of LGBT people
:21:45. > :21:47.is spoken about in your report, we do not hear its authentic voice."
:21:48. > :21:50.One of the signatories says that members of the LGBT community have
:21:51. > :21:56.Of the people that entered those conversations,
:21:57. > :22:01.knowing that they would have to reveal themselves
:22:02. > :22:04.in a circumstance in which that might carry a price,
:22:05. > :22:09.in terms of their life and career, and they feel that what's come out
:22:10. > :22:13.here is a betrayal in the specific sense, that their
:22:14. > :22:20.For some attending morning worship in Leeds, it's time for same-sex
:22:21. > :22:28.The community of LGBT people has not been fully heard.
:22:29. > :22:32.I think that's a terrible sadness in terms of the broad
:22:33. > :22:38.So long ago people could change their mind about slavery,
:22:39. > :22:43.Why can't they realise that we are real people
:22:44. > :22:46.But for evangelical Christians, even those who might
:22:47. > :22:50.be same-sex attracted, the critical issue is not
:22:51. > :22:58.inclusiveness, but obedience to scripture and tradition.
:22:59. > :23:02.The teaching of the Bible is that we are all broken in different ways.
:23:03. > :23:05.All of us are broken in our sexuality in fact, whether it's
:23:06. > :23:11.We'll have sexual desires we need to say no to for the sake of our
:23:12. > :23:19.The House of Bishops has called for a change
:23:20. > :23:25.That will be put to the test on Wednesday when members
:23:26. > :23:27.of General Synod will debate the issue.
:23:28. > :23:36.Labour's deputy leader, Tom Watson, says the party's leadership
:23:37. > :23:40.Speaking to the BBC this morning, Mr Watson played down reports that
:23:41. > :23:42.Labour is using focus groups to gauge the popularity
:23:43. > :23:44.of alternative candidates to Jeremy Corbyn.
:23:45. > :23:46.He said this was "not the time" for another leadership election.
:23:47. > :23:54.Earlier I spoke to Chris Mason about the reports.
:23:55. > :23:57.Pretty much ever since he was first elected Labour leader,
:23:58. > :24:02.the running theme has always been, how long will he last?
:24:03. > :24:06.There was a conclusion, if you like, at the end of his first year
:24:07. > :24:08.in office that he would last a little longer, because, yes,
:24:09. > :24:15.he won again and won easily in the Labour leadership contest
:24:16. > :24:19.Things then went a little quiet because the assumption was that
:24:20. > :24:22.therefore he would be able to stay for as long as he chose to.
:24:23. > :24:26.What we've now got is a discussion that's been going on at Westminster,
:24:27. > :24:28.both privately and then occasionally in public, about whether he may
:24:29. > :24:31.at some stage choose to stand down, rather than being toppled
:24:32. > :24:36.But as you say, Tom Watson appearing on the Andrew Marr Show this
:24:37. > :24:39.morning, insisted that the second leadership election win
:24:40. > :24:42.for Mr Corbyn has cleared the issue and that he will stick around
:24:43. > :24:51.We had a damaging second leadership election.
:24:52. > :24:54.So we've got an uphill struggle ahead.
:24:55. > :24:57.The polls aren't great for us, but I'm determined now that we've
:24:58. > :25:02.got the leadership settled for this parliament, that we can focus
:25:03. > :25:04.on developing a very positive, clear message to the British people
:25:05. > :25:12.We could hear in Tom Watson's tone there the position that Labour
:25:13. > :25:15.finds itself in as a party, talking about an uphill struggle.
:25:16. > :25:18.Looking at the opinion polls, and we should always insert
:25:19. > :25:21.the caveat that opinion polls so often recently have proven to be
:25:22. > :25:23.spectacularly wrong, but Labour are a country mile behind
:25:24. > :25:30.The polls could still be very wrong and they would still be behind.
:25:31. > :25:34.Enter Ian Lavery, who is a Labour MP, who appeared on Radio
:25:35. > :25:39.He is their new campaigns coordinator.
:25:40. > :25:41.And he said something that didn't quite chime
:25:42. > :25:47.So, in the context of these upcoming by-elections in Copeland in Cumbria
:25:48. > :25:50.and in Stoke-on-Trent, he said the party was pretty
:25:51. > :25:52.confident, but he talked about the potential loss of either
:25:53. > :25:54.of those seats that Labour has held pretty much forever,
:25:55. > :25:56.as potential hiccups, which is arguably to understate
:25:57. > :25:59.the significance of a Labour loss for them there.
:26:00. > :26:02.He then said, and it's a very interesting quote, this.
:26:03. > :26:06."There's plenty of leaders to pick from if and when Jeremy decides
:26:07. > :26:10.of his own volition that it's not for him at the election.
:26:11. > :26:14.That isn't the case at this point in time."
:26:15. > :26:18.So he was floating publicly the idea that Jeremy Corbyn could choose,
:26:19. > :26:21.as he says, of his own volition, that he might not want
:26:22. > :26:26.And that is to articulate something publicly that occasionally Labour
:26:27. > :26:36.This is a guy, by the way, who has been in post as the campaign
:26:37. > :26:42.It's not usually the kind of language you would use publicly
:26:43. > :26:44.to describe the potential shelf life of your boss.
:26:45. > :26:47.And any names, a few names are around.
:26:48. > :26:53.The names that tend to float to the surface, Angela Rayner,
:26:54. > :26:55.Rebecca Long-Bailey, two Shadow Cabinet ministers.
:26:56. > :26:57.They were the subject of some discussion in
:26:58. > :27:01.It is the suggestion that there has been some internal
:27:02. > :27:03.succession planning going on, and some focus groups,
:27:04. > :27:06.where the party assembles a group of typical voters and shows them
:27:07. > :27:09.videos of various people and says, what do you make of these people?
:27:10. > :27:12.Labour have been pointedly saying that these focus groups were not
:27:13. > :27:14.about succession planning, it was normal, conventional party
:27:15. > :27:17.policy to do this kind of thing behind the scenes.
:27:18. > :27:20.Clive Lewis is the other name that is mentioned.
:27:21. > :27:24.He resigned from the Shadow Cabinet last week over those Brexit
:27:25. > :27:32.So, yes, yet again, the speculation about who might be the next leader
:27:33. > :27:45.of the Labour Party seems to be underway.
:27:46. > :27:47.The award-winning jazz and pop singer Al Jarreau has died
:27:48. > :27:50.in a Los Angeles hospital just days after announcing he was
:27:51. > :27:54.Jarreau was acclaimed for his versatility,
:27:55. > :28:05.winning seven Grammy Awards across jazz, pop and R categories.
:28:06. > :28:12.It has been cold plate in most places. Will the weather cheer up in
:28:13. > :28:18.the next few days? -- it has been cold of late.
:28:19. > :28:24.I'm sure we are crying out for something more like spring. Good
:28:25. > :28:27.news, we can wave goodbye to scenes and temperatures like this. Come the
:28:28. > :28:32.middle of the week it will feel much more like it with sunshine and
:28:33. > :28:36.milder weather. The message is, slowly but surely over the next few
:28:37. > :28:41.days it will turn more mild. But we're not there yet. Another chilly
:28:42. > :28:45.night out there, brisk easterly wind with dampness around, particularly
:28:46. > :28:48.later in the night across northern England and eastern Scotland. Clear
:28:49. > :28:53.skies emerging across southern counties as we end the night, cold,
:28:54. > :28:57.but not as cold as it has been recently. Tubic as of four or 5
:28:58. > :29:04.degrees, and a bracing start as you step out in the morning. --
:29:05. > :29:08.temperatures off. Sunny but windy with gales out west in the south.
:29:09. > :29:11.Further north, it will be a struggle to brighten things up, especially
:29:12. > :29:15.across the more northern and eastern parts of England and Dublin to
:29:16. > :29:23.Scotland as well. Some dampness holding temperatures down to four or
:29:24. > :29:28.5 degrees across north-east ingot. A bit of a question over how quickly
:29:29. > :29:32.it will brighten up through parts of Wales, the Midlands and eastern
:29:33. > :29:38.counties. If it stays cloudy, it will stay chilly. Further south, a
:29:39. > :29:43.transformation from the dole weekend conditions. But it will be windy.
:29:44. > :29:47.You have to factor that in. Particularly windy across western
:29:48. > :29:52.coasts and the headlands. 50 or 60 mph coming from the east and their
:29:53. > :29:56.warnings from the Met office. Into Monday night it will stay windy. By
:29:57. > :30:00.Tuesday morning, this chap appearing from the south-west, a front
:30:01. > :30:03.bringing showery outbreaks of rain across south of England and
:30:04. > :30:10.south-west Wales. For the rest of us, a dry day on Tuesday. How much
:30:11. > :30:14.sunshine is open to doubt. It's a lot milder further south and west.
:30:15. > :30:17.As we head towards the middle of the week, the front that saunters across
:30:18. > :30:21.the country bringing the odd shower and another one that will bring
:30:22. > :30:24.heavier and possibly thundery showers as well. Some showers around
:30:25. > :30:29.through the middle of the week but sunshine as well and most of us will
:30:30. > :30:31.turn dry by Thursday. For all of us it will be much milder than it is
:30:32. > :30:33.right now.