:00:00. > :00:09.Former Ukip leadership contender
:00:10. > :00:20.Steven Woolfe quits the party - saying it's in a "death spiral".
:00:21. > :00:30.I can no longer be part of Ukip while it is like this. There is a
:00:31. > :00:32.spiral going on that is bringing it down.
:00:33. > :00:34.The RAF helps Iraqi and Kurdish troops trying to drive so-called
:00:35. > :00:38.Islamic State from their last major stronghold in Iraq.
:00:39. > :00:45.We're now at a distance of about 300 metres from the nearest IS.
:00:46. > :00:48.positions, but this is really just the first stage of what is expected
:00:49. > :00:54.Missing toddler Ben Needham - police say he was probably killed
:00:55. > :00:58.in an accident on the Greek island of Kos 25 years ago.
:00:59. > :01:02.Also in the next hour, a victory parade for
:01:03. > :01:03.Britain's Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
:01:04. > :01:05.Thousands of people line the streets of Manchester,
:01:06. > :01:12.celebrating the most successful away Games in decades.
:01:13. > :01:15.I'm so shocked by all the people that have come out today
:01:16. > :01:38.and supported us but it's fantastic, so thank you.
:01:39. > :01:41.Good evening and welcome to BBC News.
:01:42. > :01:44.One of the main candidates for the job of UKIP leader has told
:01:45. > :01:49.MEP Steven Woolfe - recently hospitalised
:01:50. > :01:52.after a confrontation with a fellow Ukip MEP - says the party
:01:53. > :01:58.The party has been beset by controversy and infighting ever
:01:59. > :02:01.since the vote to leave the European Union in June.
:02:02. > :02:07.This was Steven Woolfe ten days ago, in hospital after an altercation
:02:08. > :02:13.He says he ended up here after a meeting in the European
:02:14. > :02:17.He asked a colleague to step outside to talk man-to-man,
:02:18. > :02:31.but he told me he never meant for it to get physical.
:02:32. > :02:35.He rushed at me, a blow to my face forced me back through the door.
:02:36. > :02:40.It was a blow that impacted me in the face, as medical
:02:41. > :02:44.I was pushed back into the room and hit my back head
:02:45. > :02:47.against the back of one of the walls that was there.
:02:48. > :02:53.Contrary to this account, the other MEP involved, Mike Hookem,
:02:54. > :02:59.has consistently denied assaulting Mr Woolfe,
:03:00. > :03:02.saying he didn't punch, push or hit him.
:03:03. > :03:04.He says he was defending himself. Mr Woolfe later collapsed.
:03:05. > :03:10.I was unconscious for some time, and there was partial paralysis down
:03:11. > :03:13.They were incredibly concerned about me.
:03:14. > :03:15.You were in hospital for three to four days.
:03:16. > :03:23.It's been a horror story. It's been quite emotional.
:03:24. > :03:26.First and foremost, when your family have no idea what's happening
:03:27. > :03:29.to you and they see a picture like that, you get
:03:30. > :03:32.Prior to this incident, you were the first person to say
:03:33. > :03:35.you wanted to be Ukip's next leader, to declare your ambitions.
:03:36. > :03:44.I will be withdrawing my application to become leader of Ukip.
:03:45. > :03:55.I'm resigning from the party with immediate effect, which fills
:03:56. > :03:59.Mr Woolfe said bitter infighting and opposing factions
:04:00. > :04:02.There is something rotten at the heart of Ukip.
:04:03. > :04:10.I think they have a spiral, some suggested it was a death
:04:11. > :04:31.I think unless someone very quickly wrestles with the issues they've
:04:32. > :04:33.got, we will see the loss of something I think
:04:34. > :04:39.Yes, the influence that they have and the goodwill of the British
:04:40. > :04:45.Emotionally, I think intellectually, it's been an incredible challenge.
:04:46. > :04:53.I had so much hope, I had so much expectation and inspiration
:04:54. > :05:01.Mr Woolfe will now be an independent MEP, while the party he's left
:05:02. > :05:07.behind seeks a new leader and a way to overcome its inner turmoil.
:05:08. > :05:19.We have been hearing from a lot of numbers of Ukip including its
:05:20. > :05:22.chairman who said that he was disappointed with the decision but
:05:23. > :05:25.disagreed with the view that the party is in a death spiral.
:05:26. > :05:31.There are clearly people within our party who has strong views as to how
:05:32. > :05:36.the party should move forward. What Stephen said was that the party was
:05:37. > :05:42.ungovernable without Nigel as its leader. Well, Nigel is our leader
:05:43. > :05:45.right now. And we are grateful for having him in place. Once the new
:05:46. > :05:48.leader is in place, I am positive that they will unify the party
:05:49. > :05:57.behind them, whoever they turn out to be. In 2017, Ukip will saved to
:05:58. > :05:59.the British public, we are here, ready for business and this is what
:06:00. > :06:08.we stand for. Joining me now from our Westminster
:06:09. > :06:10.studio is Raheem Kassam, a former advisor to Nigel Farage
:06:11. > :06:17.and has announced he will stand You must be delighted that your main
:06:18. > :06:19.contender, the strongest contender for the leadership, is no longer in
:06:20. > :06:23.the race. I am certainly not delighted. I am a personal friend of
:06:24. > :06:27.Steven Woolfe and I regard him as a personal friend. We have exchanged
:06:28. > :06:30.text messages tonight and I have expressed my deepest sympathies for
:06:31. > :06:35.him and the position he has faced within the party. I think there can
:06:36. > :06:39.be no doubt that he has been on the receiving end of some bad behaviour
:06:40. > :06:46.from people inside the party and I extend an invitation to him that if
:06:47. > :06:51.I win at the next election, he should come back and be our
:06:52. > :06:58.migration spokesman. He has been a great asset and I am devastated that
:06:59. > :07:01.he has gone. Do you think it is that particular fight, the clash of
:07:02. > :07:06.personalities, that this stems from? He is not saying that. He is saying
:07:07. > :07:11.that the party is in a death spiral. That is why he is quitting. I think
:07:12. > :07:16.we are at half-time in a football match. We are 3-0 behind and there
:07:17. > :07:22.is a lot of work to be done. We're not in a death spiral but it is
:07:23. > :07:26.certainly not good at the moment. People need to come up with positive
:07:27. > :07:30.solutions for the party and for the country. That is what the UK
:07:31. > :07:35.Independence Party is supposed to be about. It is not supposed to be
:07:36. > :07:39.about infighting or leadership candidates making background
:07:40. > :07:42.briefing to journalists. I urge everybody at the next leadership
:07:43. > :07:46.election, even those not in the election, to cut it out right now
:07:47. > :07:50.and do what is best for this country. 52% of people voted for
:07:51. > :07:54.Brexit and we know that only with a strong Ukip opposition will it
:07:55. > :07:58.happen. It is really interesting to hear you say all of that, because we
:07:59. > :08:01.have been hearing from a number of people tonight, including the
:08:02. > :08:06.party's chairman, who seem to be in denial that there are problems. In
:08:07. > :08:10.fact, one described this as a great day for Ukip. You are being honest
:08:11. > :08:14.tonight, clearly, and admitting that there are problems that need to be
:08:15. > :08:18.sorted. In the context of being Nigel Farage's former adviser, do
:08:19. > :08:24.you think it was a mistake for him to step down so soon after Brexit?
:08:25. > :08:27.Yes, actually I do. I think it was a mistake for him to step down after
:08:28. > :08:31.the general election last year and I think it was a mistake for him to
:08:32. > :08:35.step down this time also. But he has committed his life, a lot of his
:08:36. > :08:41.adult life to delivering the Brexit referendum, as you know. He has had
:08:42. > :08:44.so much in terms of stick from the opposition, so much from the media,
:08:45. > :08:51.that. However, we have to move on that. However, we have to move on
:08:52. > :08:55.and he has taken a decision. I have spoken to him today and I have said,
:08:56. > :08:59.listen, if I take over of Ukip leader, I will make you the honorary
:09:00. > :09:02.president of Ukip and I think you deserve that. The party needs his
:09:03. > :09:05.vision and influence and experience, vision and influence and experience,
:09:06. > :09:10.most of all. I think that is what we are forgetting. To the public, Ukip
:09:11. > :09:17.has been Nigel Farage and he has been Ukip. There is no point
:09:18. > :09:25.ignoring that and sweeping him away. When I announced my candidacy, it
:09:26. > :09:29.was basically to continue his legacy in the party. The people who want to
:09:30. > :09:33.cut him out of Ukip, they basically want to turn Ukip into something it
:09:34. > :09:35.is not. You have not got much time left to get this sorted. We know
:09:36. > :09:40.that Theresa May has plans to start that Theresa May has plans to start
:09:41. > :09:44.the Brexit procedure and your job as Ukip, you have said it yourself, is
:09:45. > :09:48.not to come on the BBC and talk about infighting and finding a
:09:49. > :09:53.leader or direction, your job is to make sure that Theresa May does her
:09:54. > :09:58.job. And we should always be sceptical of government, especially
:09:59. > :10:02.a government led by a Remain the declared campaigner as we went into
:10:03. > :10:05.the European Union referendum. So I do not trust Theresa May to deliver
:10:06. > :10:09.an Brexit even though there is a good team trying to deliver within
:10:10. > :10:14.the Conservative Party. But we cannot be a 1-party state. I cannot
:10:15. > :10:16.be in a country where by the Labour Party is in turmoil, Ukip is in
:10:17. > :10:21.turmoil and the Conservative Party turmoil and the Conservative Party
:10:22. > :10:25.get a free ride. It is not British to have no opposition and so Ukip
:10:26. > :10:26.must pull itself up by the bootstraps and deliver
:10:27. > :10:29.opposition. I for one will be opposition. I for one will be
:10:30. > :10:34.delighted if we can get behind a leader, all of us, and really
:10:35. > :10:42.deliver on what people want. And you have to find one first, as well.
:10:43. > :10:48.There will be coverage on the latest developments. In tomorrow's papers.
:10:49. > :11:03.Plus many others. We're looking at the front
:11:04. > :11:06.pages at 10:40pm this our guests joining me
:11:07. > :11:09.tonight at Rosamund Urwin, Columnist at the London Evening
:11:10. > :11:11.Standard and Jim Waterson, British fighter jets have
:11:12. > :11:14.been in action today, supporting Iraqi forces in what's
:11:15. > :11:16.being described as the most decisive battle yet
:11:17. > :11:18.against so-called Islamic State. 30,000 Iraqi troops and Kurdish
:11:19. > :11:20.fighters are taking part in the offensive on the northern
:11:21. > :11:23.city of Mosul, the last remaining stronghold
:11:24. > :11:24.of the extremist group. Our correspondent, Orla Guerin
:11:25. > :11:26.joined Kurdish fighters Here's her report
:11:27. > :11:34.from the front-line. At first light, the advance
:11:35. > :11:38.on so-called Islamic State. Zero hour had finally come,
:11:39. > :11:40.bringing an offensive that could decide the fate
:11:41. > :11:42.of the extremists and, We joined Peshmerga fighters
:11:43. > :12:00.from the autonomous Kurdish region. Their name means "those who face
:12:01. > :12:03.death", and they were ready Well, the offensive is now
:12:04. > :12:10.well under way. The Kurdish forces have been moving
:12:11. > :12:13.forward steadily, and we've been We are now at a distance
:12:14. > :12:20.of about 300 metres But this is really just the first
:12:21. > :12:26.stage of what is expected It could take months
:12:27. > :12:29.to drive the IS fighters First, they have to be flushed out
:12:30. > :12:49.of the villages up ahead. There were only a handful
:12:50. > :12:52.of IS remaining, but the Peshmerga Here's what happened when one
:12:53. > :12:54.attacker approached Before he could reach them,
:12:55. > :13:12.his vehicle exploded. Two more attackers were stopped
:13:13. > :13:16.by air strikes from The Peshmerga say they are
:13:17. > :13:26.fighting a global battle. They are not just fighting the Kurds
:13:27. > :13:32.or the Shia, says this Colonel. "We want to defeat them
:13:33. > :13:37.for everyone's sake." And this is the territory IS has
:13:38. > :13:40.been forced to abandon. Any civilians were
:13:41. > :13:44.already long gone. There was little enough resistance
:13:45. > :13:47.here, but it will be a very The Kurds are supposed
:13:48. > :13:56.to clear a path to the city, But as they drive out IS, they've
:13:57. > :14:02.been adding to their territory, and what they have captured,
:14:03. > :14:06.they intend to keep - just one of the ways
:14:07. > :14:08.in which the battle for Mosul Orla Guerin, BBC News,
:14:09. > :14:41.on the front line. With me now is Professor
:14:42. > :14:52.Malcolm Chalmers, who's Why has this taken so long? It has
:14:53. > :14:57.taken a long time since Mosul fell to Islamic State for the Iraqi army
:14:58. > :15:01.to get its act together. It has taken a long time to reconstruct
:15:02. > :15:05.that capability. And also the decision to take an Islamic State in
:15:06. > :15:09.Anbar province to the west of Baghdad first also delayed the
:15:10. > :15:13.offensive. It was not until Islamic State was cleared out all the major
:15:14. > :15:19.Baghdad that they turned their Baghdad that they turned their
:15:20. > :15:22.attention northwards to the centre of IS in Iraq, and indeed the only
:15:23. > :15:27.city they still control. It has taken a while to build up that
:15:28. > :15:31.capability. But now they are on a roll and there is a substantially
:15:32. > :15:33.campaign. And there have been drones circling the city for months, even
:15:34. > :15:39.now. The Americans know an awful lot now. The Americans know an awful lot
:15:40. > :15:44.about how they are organised in that city. Is it significant that
:15:45. > :15:50.President Obama does not have long in the White House. He would like to
:15:51. > :15:55.have a result, he would like to see Islamic State out of Iraq. I don't
:15:56. > :15:59.think the timing of the operation is about President Obama's remaining
:16:00. > :16:04.term of office but clearly he would like this as part of his legacy. He
:16:05. > :16:08.will throw everything at it. They are throwing everything they can. It
:16:09. > :16:12.is very much like the operation in Libya. If you have competent ground
:16:13. > :16:15.forces allied with West Junior Power, it is difficult for an
:16:16. > :16:23.organisation like this to last forever. -- allied with Western air
:16:24. > :16:28.power. And this is the first place were Islamic State emerged, and
:16:29. > :16:33.noting their intentions. A lot of people are still asking, how is it
:16:34. > :16:36.that Islamic State grew to be so powerful, so well armed, so
:16:37. > :16:42.significant and difficult to defeat? We know it operates on many fronts
:16:43. > :16:46.as well, not just an army. They do all kinds of terrorist acts and so
:16:47. > :16:50.forth but why do they have such a difficult diary? There are multiple
:16:51. > :16:55.reasons but in the case of northern Iraq it was a reaction against
:16:56. > :17:03.Baghdad under President Maliki, which was deeply sectarian. When a
:17:04. > :17:11.relatively small number, maybe 1000 IS militants moved into Mosul, the
:17:12. > :17:14.Iraqi army fell apart because the officer had made political
:17:15. > :17:17.appointments and local people thought this was an organisation
:17:18. > :17:22.which was on the side of the Sunnis. They soon discovered the errors, as
:17:23. > :17:26.the executions group, but they got their opportunity there and they
:17:27. > :17:27.grabbed it. Professor Malcolm charmers, thank you for coming in
:17:28. > :17:30.and speaking to us. Sir Cliff Richard has told a group
:17:31. > :17:33.of MPs and peers he fears he will be "forever tainted"
:17:34. > :17:39.after being wrongly accused of sex The singer was speaking at a meeting
:17:40. > :18:02.organised as part of a campaign Steven Woolfe quits the party saying
:18:03. > :18:06.it is in a death spiral. The RAF is helping Iraqi and Kurdish troops to
:18:07. > :18:13.drive so-called Islamic State out of their last major stronghold in Iraq.
:18:14. > :18:19.And the latest on Ben Needham. Police say he was probably killed in
:18:20. > :18:23.an accident on the Greek island of Kos 25 years ago. In a moment, the
:18:24. > :18:33.new chair of the child sex abuse enquiry tells the BBC about her
:18:34. > :18:37.plans to get it back on track. It has been a big day for sport. Let's
:18:38. > :18:43.get a full round-up from the BBC Sport Centre. Here is Olly Foster,
:18:44. > :18:51.who is probably dry after watching the parade earlier.
:18:52. > :18:57.They have been playing about 15 minutes at Anfield.
:18:58. > :18:59.It's Liverpool against Manchester United.
:19:00. > :19:01.Wayne Rooney has been dropped by United
:19:02. > :19:10.18 minutes gone already between these fierce rivals but no goals and
:19:11. > :19:14.not many chances. A bit of a not many chances. A bit of a
:19:15. > :19:16.mismatch in the middle of the park. The chairman of the Football
:19:17. > :19:18.Association, Greg Clarke, has faced MP's today
:19:19. > :19:20.at a select committee hearing. He was questioned about allegations
:19:21. > :19:22.of wrongdoing in the game that surfaced in the reports that led
:19:23. > :19:25.to Sam Allardyce's sacking Here's our Sports News
:19:26. > :19:35.Correspondent, Richard Conway. Greg Clark has only been in the
:19:36. > :19:40.polls for a number of weeks but already he is having to get to grips
:19:41. > :19:44.with some of the big issues that face the Football Association. Today
:19:45. > :19:49.he was asked about Sam Allardyce's departure from the England job. Greg
:19:50. > :19:53.Clark said that his conduct had been questionable and that perhaps the
:19:54. > :19:57.next England manager, whoever that is in the longer term should not
:19:58. > :20:00.have external commercial interests and should be solely focused on
:20:01. > :20:04.winning. He also confirmed that Sam Allardyce had received a payoff that
:20:05. > :20:09.it had to remain confidential and they would always obey the law, and
:20:10. > :20:12.had consulted external lawyers before agreeing to make that
:20:13. > :20:16.severance payment. In addition to that, he talked about homophobia
:20:17. > :20:19.within football, and advised any current player thinking about coming
:20:20. > :20:24.out and revealing themselves to be gay not to do it, believing that the
:20:25. > :20:28.culture within the game is simply too vile, as he put it, to warrant
:20:29. > :20:36.it. But it is something he is determined, he says, to stamp out. I
:20:37. > :20:41.would be amazed if we had no gay players in the Premier League. So
:20:42. > :20:45.would I. I personally feel ashamed that they do not feel safe to come
:20:46. > :20:50.out. There is a very small minority of people who hurl vile abuse at
:20:51. > :20:54.people who they perceive to be different. Our job is to stamp down
:20:55. > :20:58.hard on that behaviour. I cannot give you enough of a commitment as
:20:59. > :21:03.to how much I load that sort of behaviour. And the good news is that
:21:04. > :21:07.we're not in denial. We may not have figured out how to crack it yet but
:21:08. > :21:21.there is a deep loathing of that sort of behaviour football.
:21:22. > :21:23.Sam Burgess will captain the England Rugby League team
:21:24. > :21:25.in the Four Nations series that starts later this month.
:21:26. > :21:28.It comes less than a year after his ill-fated spell
:21:29. > :21:31.He played at the World Cup with England last year
:21:32. > :21:35.but his was one of many below-par performances that saw the hosts
:21:36. > :21:40.If you really want to run a fine comb through it, I take a lot of
:21:41. > :21:44.positives out of my time in rugby union but I am aware that it was
:21:45. > :21:47.written about and reported about, and people's opinions can be swayed.
:21:48. > :21:54.There were skeleton articles written before games we played. It is funny
:21:55. > :21:57.how a couple of articles can sway the nation's opinion. But you have
:21:58. > :22:08.to understand that is the nature of the game.
:22:09. > :22:10.Tens of thousands of people have lined the streets of Manchester
:22:11. > :22:12.to cheer on Great Britain's Olympic and Paralympic teams,
:22:13. > :22:16.Between them, the two teams won a record 214 medals,
:22:17. > :22:18.both of them coming second in the medal tables.
:22:19. > :22:20.London will stage another celebration tomorrow, hopefully with
:22:21. > :22:28.better weather. After a summer spent basking
:22:29. > :22:31.in the Rio sunshine, it seemed Manchester had got
:22:32. > :22:37.the weather memo. With the fruits of their labour
:22:38. > :22:39.around their necks, selfies were the order of the day
:22:40. > :22:41.with the nation's stars. Before the parade,
:22:42. > :22:43.a chance to reflect. It's been a hard four years,
:22:44. > :22:47.training, injuries, it's been nice to stand on the podium and think,
:22:48. > :22:50.yeah, it was all for that moment. But this is Britain,
:22:51. > :22:53.of course - the weather The crowd in places
:22:54. > :22:56.not as big as hoped. But those who made the effort had
:22:57. > :23:01.a simple message for the athletes. It's been so hard to find your way
:23:02. > :23:04.around and not see people that are so excited,
:23:05. > :23:06.wearing all the flags. Supporters had clearly
:23:07. > :23:21.done their maths. 147 medals had come home
:23:22. > :23:23.with ParalympicsGB. Similarly, Team GB smashed
:23:24. > :23:28.their Olympic records, beating their The first team ever to do that
:23:29. > :23:35.straight after a home Games. For some, it was the first
:23:36. > :23:38.experience of a parade Jessica Ennis-Hill retired last week
:23:39. > :23:47.after winning heptathlon silver In my heart I knew this was the
:23:48. > :23:50.right decision and the right time to do it but it is still very difficult
:23:51. > :23:53.to actually make it public and say it.
:23:54. > :23:56.The messages and the support I've had over the years has been
:23:57. > :23:58.incredible, so I can't thank you all enough.
:23:59. > :24:06.For some, those experiences are just beginning.
:24:07. > :24:16.Five-time gold medallist Ellie Simmonds inspired GB's
:24:17. > :24:18.youngest medallist - Ellie Robinson - and friends
:24:19. > :24:24.El beat me in some of the races and I am not happy about that
:24:25. > :24:27.but hopefully it will change in Tokyo, but I support my team-mates
:24:28. > :24:29.and the whole of Paralympics GB and Olympics GB.
:24:30. > :24:32.We are a great team and proud to be British.
:24:33. > :24:47.Quick update from Anfield, still goalless between Liverpool and Man
:24:48. > :24:54.United. More for you in the next hour.
:24:55. > :24:56.It's taken 25 years but now police investigating
:24:57. > :24:58.the disappearance in Greece of toddler Ben Needham believe
:24:59. > :25:03.Speaking in Kos - where they've been carrying out an extensive search -
:25:04. > :25:05.South Yorkshire Police say an accident remained "the most
:25:06. > :25:06.probable cause" of Ben's disappearance.
:25:07. > :25:08.Danny Savage recently spent time on Kos following
:25:09. > :25:14.He was the little boy who vanished on a Greek
:25:15. > :25:21.25 years on, police are now certain that Ben Needham was accidentally
:25:22. > :25:27.For the last three weeks, British police have been conducting
:25:28. > :25:31.a new search on Kos for any trace of him, working on the theory
:25:32. > :25:33.that Ben was run over by a bulldozer and buried
:25:34. > :25:44.It is my professional belief that Ben Needham died as a result
:25:45. > :25:46.of an accident near to the farmhouse here in Iraklis, where
:25:47. > :25:55.But police have unearthed a vital item, indicating
:25:56. > :26:00.It is our initial understanding that this item was in Ben's
:26:01. > :26:04.possession at or around the time that he went missing.
:26:05. > :26:07.The recovery of this item and its location further adds
:26:08. > :26:10.to my belief that material was removed from the farmhouse
:26:11. > :26:14.on or shortly after the day Ben disappeared.
:26:15. > :26:17.The last time I saw Ben, he was playing just
:26:18. > :26:24.Ben Needham's grandad telling reporters in 1991 about the last
:26:25. > :26:27.The family searched for him for weeks.
:26:28. > :26:35.I've just got to keep that hope, for Ben's sake, cos we love him
:26:36. > :26:44.And so began a campaign that took over Kerry Needham's life,
:26:45. > :26:47.but when police returned to Kos this time, she reluctantly accepted
:26:48. > :26:52.I don't think the police would have given this information if it
:26:53. > :27:02.The new leads in this investigation proved to be correct,
:27:03. > :27:04.but this will shatter Ben Needham's family, who always hoped
:27:05. > :27:15.It seems nearly certain now that Kerry Needham has endured 25
:27:16. > :27:30.Fourteen teenage migrants from the so-called jungle camp
:27:31. > :27:33.in Calais have arrived in the UK under a new Home Office fast-track
:27:34. > :27:37.The children - aged between 14 and 17 - were taken to a visa
:27:38. > :27:40.and immigration centre in Croydon where they were to be assessed
:27:41. > :27:49.before being reunited with relatives already in Britain.
:27:50. > :27:56.In her first interview, the new chair of the child sex enquiry has
:27:57. > :28:01.told the BBC she has no intention of limiting its scope. Alexis Jay is
:28:02. > :28:11.the fourth chair of the enquiry. She was speaking to consonants.
:28:12. > :28:14.What went on here is one of the reasons for the public
:28:15. > :28:18.So, this is what we are talking about.
:28:19. > :28:28.He grew up in one of the houses making up St Leonard's
:28:29. > :28:30.Children's Home in Essex, now occupied by families,
:28:31. > :28:35.They used to pay visits to the children in the dormitories
:28:36. > :28:39.But he is pessimistic that the public enquiry will ever
:28:40. > :28:44.The way it is now, it is never going to come out to its final
:28:45. > :28:52.10-15 years' time, ?150 million of taxpayer's money,
:28:53. > :28:59.To find out most of the people you are going after are now dead.
:29:00. > :29:01.Its chair, Professor Alexis Jay, is under pressure
:29:02. > :29:07.Today, she gave her first interview in this job and this response.
:29:08. > :29:10.We have no intention to propose that any aspect of the terms of reference
:29:11. > :29:19.But we do intend to use different models and ways of working
:29:20. > :29:24.That means fewer public hearings like this one.
:29:25. > :29:38.The details yet to come but it may anger some groups.
:29:39. > :29:41.The enquiry occupies a floor of this London office block and is currently
:29:42. > :29:43.made up of 13 mini enquiries and reports, covering
:29:44. > :29:45.all of these topics, from churches to children's homes.
:29:46. > :29:54.To do all of this, the enquiry has to act a bit like a court,
:29:55. > :29:57.questioning witnesses and establishing facts
:29:58. > :30:01.but also like a therapist, supporting victims as they give
:30:02. > :30:07.evidence and, like a think tank, developing policies for the future.
:30:08. > :30:10.There's so much to do that some of its critics say it should
:30:11. > :30:12.concentrate on the future, and not the past.
:30:13. > :30:15.I treat with some scepticism the calls to forget the past
:30:16. > :30:18.because only by understanding the lessons we can learn from that
:30:19. > :30:20.and the possible feelings and cover-ups that might have taken
:30:21. > :30:23.place in certain institutions will we go forward with confidence.
:30:24. > :30:32.But the enquiry is increasingly haunted by its own past problems.
:30:33. > :30:36.The resignation of Dame Lowell Goddard as chair in particular.
:30:37. > :30:43.Tomorrow, Alexis Jay will be questioned by MPs about that.
:30:44. > :30:46.The end of this enquiry - 2020 at least - still looks
:30:47. > :30:58.Now time for a look at the weather. We have seen some heavy showers
:30:59. > :31:06.today, but also some pleasant sunshine. What we will notice is it
:31:07. > :31:12.will turn chillier, with a cold front spreading down from the
:31:13. > :31:15.north-west. A band of heavy and squally showers making its way down
:31:16. > :31:19.across England and Wales. Behind that, temperatures the will be
:31:20. > :31:23.falling. We could see a touch of frost in some eastern glens of
:31:24. > :31:28.Scotland by morning. Showers in the west and a stream of showers running
:31:29. > :31:35.down into north-west England and they will become more widespread
:31:36. > :31:40.later on in the day. There will be some sunshine in eastern Scotland
:31:41. > :31:45.and southern and central areas. But it will feel chilly. Temperatures
:31:46. > :31:52.eight or nine in Scotland and northern England. We keep the chilly
:31:53. > :32:00.feeling this week with some patches of fog and frost as well.
:32:01. > :32:02.Hello. This is BBC News.
:32:03. > :32:06.Ukip's Steven Woolfe has quit the party.
:32:07. > :32:09.The MEP ended up in hospital earlier this month after a row
:32:10. > :32:19.I can no longer be a part of Ukip, not whilst it's like this,
:32:20. > :32:24.there is a spiral that is bringing it down.
:32:25. > :32:28.The Iraqi Army and Kurdish fighters advance towards Mosul at the start
:32:29. > :32:31.of an offensive to recapture the city from the so-called
:32:32. > :32:36.British detectives say they now believe that missing toddler
:32:37. > :32:39.Ben Needham died in an accident 25 years ago on the Greek
:32:40. > :32:46.And thousands of people line the streets of Manchester
:32:47. > :32:49.for a victory parade in honour of Britain's Olympic