:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight at Ten, Theresa May hails a historic victory
:00:09. > :00:12.for the Conservatives in Copeland, as they sweep Labour aside.
:00:13. > :00:14.They've got a lot to celebrate - pulling off the first by-election
:00:15. > :00:19.win for a party in power in 35 years.
:00:20. > :00:24.This is an astounding victory for the Conservative Party, but also
:00:25. > :00:32.You know, Labour have held this seat since the 1930s.
:00:33. > :00:35.Meanwhile Labour did hold on to Stoke Central,
:00:36. > :00:41.It's a message about the economy, it's a message about jobs,
:00:42. > :00:52.But above all it was a message that hope triumphs over fear.
:00:53. > :00:55.We'll be asking why Ukip failed to win in Stoke,
:00:56. > :00:58.an area which voted strongly to leave the EU.
:00:59. > :01:03.The battle for Mosul - Iraqi troops enter the west
:01:04. > :01:05.of the city for the first time, to face strong resistance
:01:06. > :01:11.A nerve agent classed as a weapon of mass destruction is found
:01:12. > :01:13.on the face of the murdered half-brother of
:01:14. > :01:25.I'm live in Hollywood, amid the preparations for Sunday night's
:01:26. > :01:27.Oscars, where it might be the speeches, not the films, that gets
:01:28. > :01:30.everybody talking. And coming up in Sportsday on BBC
:01:31. > :01:33.News: The world of football reacts Jose Mourinho said he'd
:01:34. > :01:37.been let down by the Theresa May has said winning
:01:38. > :02:00.the Copeland by-election was an "astounding victory"
:02:01. > :02:03.for the Conservatives. It's the first time a party
:02:04. > :02:05.in government has taken a seat Labour had held Copeland since 1935,
:02:06. > :02:11.but the Conservatives overturned The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,
:02:12. > :02:17.described the defeat But he said he wouldn't
:02:18. > :02:21.be standing down. In a second by-election
:02:22. > :02:25.in Stoke-on-Trent Central, Labour did see off a challenge
:02:26. > :02:28.from the Ukip leader Paul Nuttall - Our first report tonight
:02:29. > :02:31.is from our deputy political His report does contain
:02:32. > :02:39.some flash photography. Sometimes party leaders seem to grow
:02:40. > :02:44.a little after a win. Theresa May's victory appearance
:02:45. > :02:50.here today told you she'd use the Tories' win in Copeland to claim
:02:51. > :02:53.she could reach people and parts of Britain no Tory leader has won
:02:54. > :02:56.over since Margaret Thatcher. This truly is a government
:02:57. > :02:58.that is working for everyone As for the idea the Tories could win
:02:59. > :03:05.too big, that good government needs good opposition,
:03:06. > :03:09.try telling them that - or her. Does Britain need a strong
:03:10. > :03:12.opposition to hold you to The opposition will do
:03:13. > :03:16.what they will do. What I'm concerned about is
:03:17. > :03:19.what the Government does, what the Conservative Government
:03:20. > :03:20.does. We are working for a country that
:03:21. > :03:24.truly does work for everyone, That's the message that people
:03:25. > :03:29.here in Copeland have heard. Did you think that Copeland
:03:30. > :03:32.would vote Tory in this way? I've been a councillor
:03:33. > :03:37.for 20 something years The Conservative Party
:03:38. > :03:46.candidate, 13,748. The first win in a by-election
:03:47. > :03:52.by any government over its opposition in 35 years,
:03:53. > :03:56.and in a place that's It's been very clear,
:03:57. > :04:02.talking to people throughout this campaign, that Jeremy Corbyn
:04:03. > :04:07.doesn't represent them. Labour folk don't like it and some
:04:08. > :04:13.feel they know a reason why. Copeland depends on Sellafield,
:04:14. > :04:16.Jeremy Corbyn has The nuclear probably had quite
:04:17. > :04:21.a lot to do with it, because Jeremy Corbyn said
:04:22. > :04:23.he didn't want it. He did do a U-turn
:04:24. > :04:27.on that, but who knows. The men have done no good
:04:28. > :04:31.when they've been prime ministers, No hope for Labour
:04:32. > :05:01.under Jeremy Corbyn? I have to back him, because I am
:05:02. > :05:04.a Labour man myself. Stoke had been a safe seat
:05:05. > :05:10.for Labour, but Jeremy Corbyn turned up keen to celebrate holding
:05:11. > :05:12.out against Ukip. It's a message about the economy,
:05:13. > :05:14.it's a message about jobs, But, above all, it was a message
:05:15. > :05:16.that hope triumphs over fear. He'd already been dogged
:05:17. > :05:19.by that defeat all day. Our party mentorship is in good
:05:20. > :05:21.heart, it's very large, very strong and we'll be out again
:05:22. > :05:24.tomorrow, and every other day, campaigning to get the message
:05:25. > :05:29.across of social justice in Britain. Yet beating Ukip in Stoke
:05:30. > :05:32.was a big relief to Labour... ..and a painful blow
:05:33. > :05:36.to Ukip and its defeated This seat was number
:05:37. > :05:41.72 on our hit list. There's a a lot more
:05:42. > :05:44.that will happen, a lot We're not going anywhere,
:05:45. > :05:47.I'm not going anywhere, so therefore, we move
:05:48. > :05:51.on and our time will come. Paul Nuttall may not be on his way
:05:52. > :05:54.out as leader, but his campaign And the question's being raised,
:05:55. > :06:00.when Ukip lost Nigel Farage, Just now Theresa May
:06:01. > :06:07.looks the biggest winner, ruling her party against weakened
:06:08. > :06:10.and divided opponents with But back to business means back
:06:11. > :06:19.to Brexit and there's The Stoke constituency was dubbed
:06:20. > :06:28.the "capital of Brexit" after recording one of the highest
:06:29. > :06:31.Leave votes in the EU But Ukip, which was running
:06:32. > :06:36.against a Remain Labour candidate Our political correspondent
:06:37. > :06:40.Alex Forsyth has been looking The morning after a hard-fought
:06:41. > :06:47.campaign brought dawning In Stoke, more than two thirds
:06:48. > :06:58.of people voted to leave the EU, but even where Brexit proved
:06:59. > :07:03.so popular, Ukip suffered defeat. People may have voted Brexit,
:07:04. > :07:06.but Brexit just doesn't mean Ukip. No, it doesn't and that's
:07:07. > :07:09.what we think Ukip's They've got no coherent policies
:07:10. > :07:18.whatsoever, whereas Labour had. Stoke's long been a Labour
:07:19. > :07:20.stronghold, a collection of West Midlands towns
:07:21. > :07:25.with a rich industrial heritage. A prime target for Ukip's leader,
:07:26. > :07:28.who is keen to prove the party can But Paul Nuttall had a tough
:07:29. > :07:34.campaign, forced to correct claims he'd lost close personal
:07:35. > :07:38.friends at Hillsborough. Senior figures say that did play
:07:39. > :07:43.a part, but insist he's Was this a Ukip failure or was this
:07:44. > :07:51.a Paul Nuttall failure? Winning by-elections like this takes
:07:52. > :07:56.time and people have to get We've been around
:07:57. > :08:01.for years, as a party. Yes, focused on one single issue,
:08:02. > :08:03.getting Britain out We're now evolving into something
:08:04. > :08:07.bigger and we have to get that This was a significant
:08:08. > :08:10.defeat for Ukip. Instead of proving it can win over
:08:11. > :08:13.disillusioned Labour voters, it's left struggling to explain
:08:14. > :08:16.what it stands for beyond Brexit. Its former leader said the campaign
:08:17. > :08:22.failed to cut through on key issues. There is a debate in Ukip
:08:23. > :08:25.as to how strong we should be We'll have to look
:08:26. > :08:30.at that and think. Were we tough enough and clear
:08:31. > :08:33.enough with the electorate? In Stoke, local Ukip members
:08:34. > :08:36.who were out on the doorstep admit the party must broaden its appeal,
:08:37. > :08:42.particularly given the Conservatives in government have promised
:08:43. > :08:44.to deliver Brexit. There's no point in trying to dress
:08:45. > :08:50.up as reasonable what was a defeat, Our number one target was to get
:08:51. > :08:59.the UK out of the European Union. That is what we campaigned for,
:09:00. > :09:02.but that was only the first goal. We have to move on and get our
:09:03. > :09:06.message across to people on issues But having failed to do that
:09:07. > :09:13.here in Stoke, Ukip is once again Alex Forsyth, BBC
:09:14. > :09:20.News, Stoke-on-Trent. Let's go back to John
:09:21. > :09:23.Pienaar in Copeland. Labour were relieved
:09:24. > :09:25.to hold on to Stoke, but suffered this big loss
:09:26. > :09:28.to the Conservatives in Copeland, where does that leave
:09:29. > :09:40.the party and Jeremy Corbyn? It leaves Labour and Jeremy Corbyn
:09:41. > :09:44.with good reason to worry. The Copeland by-election, on top of a
:09:45. > :09:47.thick file of opinion polls has convinced some Tories they can
:09:48. > :09:52.follow Margaret Thatcher in running away with millions of working-class
:09:53. > :09:55.votes. The danger to Labour voters not look existential, judging by
:09:56. > :10:00.Stoke. Jeremy Corbyn has time and space to prove the poles and the
:10:01. > :10:03.pundits wrong. But many of his enemies in his own party in
:10:04. > :10:06.Westminster will agree with that old colleague David Miliband who has
:10:07. > :10:10.told tomorrow's times that Labour is in worse trouble than it seems in
:10:11. > :10:16.the last 50 years and its Jeremy Corbyn's full. There will be no
:10:17. > :10:22.coup, no organised mutiny. They are saying that would strengthen Jeremy
:10:23. > :10:25.Corbyn. In the meantime they believe that Labour, as it stands, is simply
:10:26. > :10:29.too weak to win, too strong to die. Deep in the doldrums and deeper in
:10:30. > :10:32.trouble. John, John Pienaar, many thanks.
:10:33. > :10:35.Iraqi troops have entered western Mosul for the first time
:10:36. > :10:37.in their offensive to drive out so-called Islamic State
:10:38. > :10:42.West Mosul is the last IS stronghold in Iraq.
:10:43. > :10:44.They're surrounded, along with an estimated 750,000 civilians.
:10:45. > :10:47.But government forces today met fierce resistance,
:10:48. > :10:51.as they fought their way into the city from the airport.
:10:52. > :10:54.Quentin Somerville and cameraman Nick Millard were the first
:10:55. > :10:57.journalists to head in to the district of Jawsaq.
:10:58. > :11:06.The so-called Islamic State - breached.
:11:07. > :11:10.The very first Iraqi government forces roll into West Mosul,
:11:11. > :11:26.Iraqi forces are encountering heavy resistance as they
:11:27. > :11:32.It has taken them less than a week to get this far,
:11:33. > :11:35.but this is a victory two years in the making after the humiliation
:11:36. > :11:39.of the Islamic State sweep across Iraq...
:11:40. > :11:44.For these men, they realise that beyond here, beyond this
:11:45. > :11:51.neighbourhood, they are likely facing the battle of their lives.
:11:52. > :11:55.The assault started in now practised fashion, armoured columns moving
:11:56. > :12:06.These Iraqi officers plotted the route.
:12:07. > :12:22.Past some greenhouses, they said, and right into IS territory.
:12:23. > :12:24.The caliphate is shrinking, and with few options
:12:25. > :12:31.for their escape, IS is in a fight to the death.
:12:32. > :12:35.Iraq's superior firepower hasn't prevented it from suffering high
:12:36. > :12:45.So while the attack was determined, it was cautious.
:12:46. > :12:50.Standing at the breach, the Iraqi commander in charge...
:12:51. > :12:53.TRANSLATION: I don't know how long it will take to liberate this area.
:12:54. > :13:02.Our Humvees have now moved in, and we will open the road toward IS.
:13:03. > :13:05.Inside the city - signs of civilian life.
:13:06. > :13:10.But in the midst of all this no one dared leave their homes.
:13:11. > :13:13.There are three quarters of a million people in the streets
:13:14. > :13:15.beyond here, and a few thousand IS fighters.
:13:16. > :13:23.Distinguishing between the two will be very difficult.
:13:24. > :13:26.TRANSLATION: When we liberated the last village we lost a few
:13:27. > :13:32.We have taken this area in Mosul, and we will protect it,
:13:33. > :13:37.and we will not leave until we beat terrorism.
:13:38. > :13:43.It is the sixth day of the campaign, but in the words of one commander,
:13:44. > :13:48.The real fighting started today when they entered the city.
:13:49. > :13:55.Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, West Mosul.
:13:56. > :13:58.Police in Malaysia say the substance used to kill the half brother
:13:59. > :14:00.of the North Korean leader, at a Kuala Lumpur airport,
:14:01. > :14:02.is one of the world's deadliest nerve agents.
:14:03. > :14:05.The authorities say tests on the body of Kim Jong Nam
:14:06. > :14:08.revealed traces of VX, classified by the UN as a weapon
:14:09. > :14:16.From Kuala Lumpur, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports.
:14:17. > :14:19.Last week at Kuala Lumpur airport someone chose to attack Kim Jong-nam
:14:20. > :14:26.in full view of at least half a dozen CCTV cameras.
:14:27. > :14:31.It was a very deliberate and very public act of violence.
:14:32. > :14:44.It is the VX nerve agent, which is a chemical weapon.
:14:45. > :14:46.Kim Jong-nam was walking across this busy departures hall last week
:14:47. > :14:52.Now we know what was used to kill him - VX, one of the most
:14:53. > :14:58.Just a tiny drop, one hundredth of a gram,
:14:59. > :15:02.VX is also banned under international convention,
:15:03. > :15:05.yet someone decided to use it here, in the midst of this
:15:06. > :15:11.VX is colourless and odourless, with the feel of engine oil.
:15:12. > :15:13.Symptoms include coughing, shortness of breath,
:15:14. > :15:20.South Korea says the North started producing chemical weapons
:15:21. > :15:27.in the 1980s and has up to 5000 tonnes of stocks.
:15:28. > :15:29.North Korea's young dictator Kim Jong-un already
:15:30. > :15:34.Some think he is now sending a chilling new message,
:15:35. > :15:36.by killing his older brother with the world's
:15:37. > :15:43.They have shown that they want to be part of the weapons
:15:44. > :15:45.of mass destruction club and that they should
:15:46. > :15:48.And if we do nothing, then we're going to be
:15:49. > :15:52.This is probably far more dangerous than the nuclear weapons programme
:15:53. > :15:55.that has been much vaunted in the public over
:15:56. > :16:04.The more we learn, the more bizarre this story becomes.
:16:05. > :16:07.This is one of the alleged assassins taking part
:16:08. > :16:17.Nothing about her suggests she could be a killer.
:16:18. > :16:21.About the only thing we know for sure is that Kim Jong-nam must
:16:22. > :16:24.have died in excruciating pain, his body convulsed,
:16:25. > :16:33.Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC News, in Kuala Lumpur.
:16:34. > :16:35.Claudio Ranieri this afternoon spoke about his abrupt
:16:36. > :16:40.sacking by Leicester, saying, "Yesterday, my dream died".
:16:41. > :16:43.Ranieri led Leicester to the Premier League title
:16:44. > :16:47.But he was dismissed last night after a string of poor results that
:16:48. > :16:50.has left the side just one point above the relegation zone.
:16:51. > :16:58.At least there is still some loyalty here in Leicester.
:16:59. > :17:00.Claudio Ranieri remained in demand this afternoon,
:17:01. > :17:04.as both he and the city came to terms with his dismissal.
:17:05. > :17:10.Is there anything you would like to say to the fans, Claudio?
:17:11. > :17:18.Emotions among the neighbours running high.
:17:19. > :17:28.Having masterminded the least likely and most popular triumph ever seen
:17:29. > :17:31.in the Premier League, the Italian has become the victim
:17:32. > :17:38.Nine months ago, Ranieri was the toast of Leicester.
:17:39. > :17:48.The man who stood alongside Ranieri in the dugout was left
:17:49. > :17:53.Bit shocked, as we all were, but his tone was no different.
:17:54. > :17:59.As I say, he's very level-headed in terms of, that's football.
:18:00. > :18:01.Can you categorically say that he hadn't lost some parts
:18:02. > :18:03.of the dressing room, Claudio Ranieri?
:18:04. > :18:07.But what I would say is there was a lot of frustration
:18:08. > :18:10.because of results, but he hadn't lost the dressing room.
:18:11. > :18:13.But the ruthlessness of the dismissal has shocked even
:18:14. > :18:15.those who've spent a lifetime in the game.
:18:16. > :18:17.Former Leicester star Gary Lineker didn't just present Ranieri
:18:18. > :18:22.He paid a very public price for doubting the team's success.
:18:23. > :18:28.I'm not ashamed to say that last night when the news
:18:29. > :18:32.I shed a tear for Claudio, I shed a tear for football
:18:33. > :18:36.Ranieri's barely believable triumph last season won
:18:37. > :18:39.admirers across the world, but since then the euphoria
:18:40. > :18:44.The champions are languishing one point above the relegation zone.
:18:45. > :18:46.Leicester's Thai owners said the club was in crisis
:18:47. > :18:50.and with Premier League survival on the line, decided to act.
:18:51. > :18:56.50% of the fans want him sacked because of results, but for me,
:18:57. > :19:00.To come back to find out he's been sacked after last
:19:01. > :19:05.Ranieri's former rivals, meanwhile, were struggling to understand.
:19:06. > :19:11.There's a few strange decisions in 16, 17.
:19:12. > :19:21.Tonight, Ranieri said his dream had died.
:19:22. > :19:24.Even if his former club now stays in the Premier League,
:19:25. > :19:26.his dismissal, for many, will forever be
:19:27. > :19:30.Ranieri's remarkable story restored faith in sport and now
:19:31. > :19:54.A woman who died after being hit by debris in yesterday's storm has been
:19:55. > :19:59.named as Tanya Martin. Storm Doris brought winds of nearly 100 mph,
:20:00. > :20:01.causing power cuts and travel chaos, as flights were grounded and train
:20:02. > :20:03.services disrupted. A man has been jailed for six years
:20:04. > :20:06.for killing an innocent bystander with a single punch
:20:07. > :20:08.in an unprovoked attack. Trevor Timon, 31, admitted
:20:09. > :20:11.the manslaughter of Oliver Dearlove in Blackheath in south-east London
:20:12. > :20:13.last August, but was The judge said the "senseless"
:20:14. > :20:16.attack had caused "untold misery" A former suspect in the murder
:20:17. > :20:22.of the black teenager Stephen Lawrence has been jailed
:20:23. > :20:24.for drugs offences. 41-year-old Neil Acourt received
:20:25. > :20:25.a six-year sentence. He was described as the "man
:20:26. > :20:30.at the top" of a drugs ring which supplied cannabis worth
:20:31. > :20:32.?4 million to addresses Past problems are continuing
:20:33. > :20:40.to haunt the Royal Bank of Scotland. The bank, which is over 70%
:20:41. > :20:43.owned by the government, warned today that it made a loss
:20:44. > :20:46.of nearly ?7 billion last year. That's three times more than
:20:47. > :20:50.the loss they made the year before. Simon Jack takes a look
:20:51. > :20:57.at what's happening at RBS. Not so much a lost decade,
:20:58. > :21:00.as a decade of losses. Since then, ?4 billion,
:21:01. > :21:06.?1 billion, ?2 billion, ?6 billion, ?9 billion,
:21:07. > :21:09.?3 billion, ?2 billion, For the ninth time in a row,
:21:10. > :21:20.fines and compensation for sins of the past have laid waste to any
:21:21. > :21:23.profits made, and further cost-cutting could mean
:21:24. > :21:26.thousands of job losses. I have not put a number
:21:27. > :21:30.out and I won't. My view is, always talk
:21:31. > :21:32.to our people first There will be job cuts
:21:33. > :21:35.in this organisation. There has to be, given that over
:21:36. > :21:38.the next four years we will take ?2 billion of costs out of this
:21:39. > :21:41.organisation to reshape it But that is not going
:21:42. > :21:49.to happen quite yet. You will eventually see a coherent
:21:50. > :21:51.UK retail and commercial bank But we're still a long,
:21:52. > :21:57.long way away from that. Even in RBS's own plans,
:21:58. > :22:00.we are four years away, and their own plans
:22:01. > :22:07.have a degree of hope. I did not expect to still be
:22:08. > :22:12.here in 2017 reporting on yet It was not supposed to take this
:22:13. > :22:18.long to fix, and the fact that it has shows that no one really knew
:22:19. > :22:21.just how big a mess the world's biggest bank at that time
:22:22. > :22:26.had got itself into. In 2008, the government of the day
:22:27. > :22:28.announced an emergency ?45 billion bailout to prevent
:22:29. > :22:31.a complete collapse. Could things have been
:22:32. > :22:36.done differently? With the benefit of hindsight,
:22:37. > :22:39.it should have been fully nationalised and broken up and used
:22:40. > :22:44.in the national interest. But the taxpayer is now stuck
:22:45. > :22:47.with the losses and it could be some years before it can be returned
:22:48. > :22:50.in a way that taxpayers The bank is much healthier today
:22:51. > :22:55.but with more losses yet to come, it seems certain we will be marking
:22:56. > :22:58.a full decade in the red This Sunday, the film industry's
:22:59. > :23:08.great and good will celebrate La La Land, a tribute
:23:09. > :23:13.to Hollywood itself, is widely expected to do well,
:23:14. > :23:15.as is the coming-of-age film The ceremony is no stranger
:23:16. > :23:20.to controversy, and this year is set Will Gompertz is in Los Angeles
:23:21. > :23:38.and joins us from the red carpet. I am watching the preparations being
:23:39. > :23:42.made for the Oscars ceremony, which I think is going to be fascinating,
:23:43. > :23:47.not so much for the movies, which are great. We know all about them.
:23:48. > :23:51.But what might the winners say on this very public stage about the
:23:52. > :23:55.world as it is now that will be memorable, that will capture the
:23:56. > :24:00.times? In the past, there have been some crackers and some real howlers.
:24:01. > :24:05.I went to find out what makes a winning Oscar speech.
:24:06. > :24:07.Oscar night in Hollywood, with the motion picture industry
:24:08. > :24:10.agog to know the winners of those coveted awards.
:24:11. > :24:12.Once upon a time, going up to collect your Oscar
:24:13. > :24:16.You shook a hand, smiled politely and maybe offered a brief remark.
:24:17. > :24:21.But then Marlon Brando upped the speech making game in 1973
:24:22. > :24:23.without saying a word, and asking a Native
:24:24. > :24:31.He very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award.
:24:32. > :24:36.And the reasons for this being the treatment of American Indians
:24:37. > :24:53.In these politically charged times, this could be a vintage year
:24:54. > :24:56.for memorable Oscar winners' speeches, if those making
:24:57. > :25:01.First of all, you have to start with the hallmarks of what makes
:25:02. > :25:06.You have to speak with authenticity, you have to speak from the heart.
:25:07. > :25:09.You have to connect to the material and the moment.
:25:10. > :25:12.I sincerely hope I will always be a credit to my race
:25:13. > :25:18.My heart is too full to tell you just how I feel.
:25:19. > :25:27.OK, so anybody going up on stage to pick up one
:25:28. > :25:30.of these on Sunday night - except theirs will not be
:25:31. > :25:32.made out of chocolate - is being told to keep their speech
:25:33. > :25:36.It is, of course, a live show, so theoretically
:25:37. > :25:39.Except the organisers have a humiliating weapon they can
:25:40. > :25:42.deploy, which is to ask the band to strike up and drown
:25:43. > :25:50.It's an awful feeling, because I don't make that
:25:51. > :25:54.The director tells me, "OK, get them off".
:25:55. > :26:00.A classic example of how not to do it, and that would be
:26:01. > :26:02.Michael Moore's example when he received the best
:26:03. > :26:04.documentary award for Bowling for Columbine.
:26:05. > :26:06.There was a great amount of negativity about George Bush,
:26:07. > :26:10.His attack, though, was so personal, so clearly biased,
:26:11. > :26:13.that he was almost booed off the stage, even though
:26:14. > :26:18.nothing that he said was necessarily inaccurate.
:26:19. > :26:21.This year, the Academy has asked the winners to deliver
:26:22. > :26:24.That, or possibly face the indignity of hearing
:26:25. > :26:35.Will Gompertz, BBC News, Los Angeles.
:26:36. > :26:39.Now on BBC One, time for the news where you are.