shadow business secretary rebecca long—bailey is also expected to announce her bid. the trial of the disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein begins in new york today, more than two years after allegations of sexual assualt emerged against him. the proceedings relate to just two of his accusers — although in all, more than 80 women have made allegations of sexual misconduct against him. he has pleaded not guilty. emergency crews in south—east australia have been able to re—open some roads, as cooler temperatures and rain have eased the crisis caused by bushfires. but authorities say the fires have only been suppressed and will become dangerous again as soon as there is another hot day and warn that the bushfires could actually continue for months. british talent has enjoyed a night of celebration at holywood's golden globes. the first world war epic, 1917, was the surprise winner picking up the awards for best drama and best director for the british film—maker, sam mendes. other british winners included taron egerton for his role as sir eltonjohn in rocketm

because your, one of your rivals, the shadow is the secretary rebecca long—bailey said the last labour manifesto was fantastic, one of the greatest offerings labour have ever had. you said in a newspaper interview yesterday you loved it, it was brilliant, it was like a fantasy football manifesto. that suggests that you not listening to those lifelong labour voters. when you look at the scale of what confronts us, in the climate crisis, for example, when you look at the levels of inequality in this country and homelessness, there is nothing short of their of a radical ma nifesto short of their of a radical manifesto which was going to change that. i will explain why. every single policy in that document individually i think would have made this country a better place to live. why do you think you suffered their worst electoral defeat since 1935? not simply because of the manifesto. in terms of the manifesto, we should not have dropped, we needed radical policy change in this country, we should not have dropped that in a six—week period. this should have happened over a 2—3 year peri

the shadow business secretary, rebecca long—bailey, has become the sixth candidate in the race to become the next labour leader. she said the party needed a proud socialist to succeed jeremy corbyn and stay true to his radical vision. she joins sir keir starmer, emily thornberry, clive lewis, lisa nandy and jess phillips in the contest. nominations for the three—month contest formally open today and the result will be announced on ath april. a convicted murderer serving a life sentence has revealed how he helped restrain the london bridge terrorist attacker, usman khan. steve gallant — pictured here with one of the victims of the attack, jack merritt, whom he worked with on training courses and described as a friend — has spoken publically for the first time about tackling khan, after his knife attack on prisoner rehabilitation conference last november. steve gallant was out on licence to attend the event and is serving a minimum of 17 years for killing ex—firefighter barrie jackson in hull 15 years ago. the chancellor, sajid javid, is to deliver a budget on 11th march — the fi