Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has paid tribute to Durham Miners' Gala secretary Dave Hopper, who has died.

His death on Saturday came one week after he shared a platform with Mr Corbyn at the 132nd gala - one of Europe's largest trade union events, also known as the "Big Meeting".

Mr Corbyn said , externalMr Hopper was "a pillar of strength for the working class".

Mr Hopper had backed Mr Corbyn to retain control in the Labour leadership contest. 

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Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner was asked by Andrew Neil whether she will vote for Jeremy Corbyn in a Labour leadership contest.

She said she is against the contest, but will listen to the membership and the democratic process.

She did not confirm if she will vote for Jeremy Corbyn after being pressed on the issue several times.

Conservative MP Dominic Grieve and Labour MP Gisela Stuart were asked about when to trigger Article 50.

Speaking on the Sunday Politics, Gisela Stuart said the most important thing is trade agreements.

She said it should be triggered "when we are ready" but it should happen "the sooner the better".

Dominic Grieve has said he thinks it should happen when there is "some clarity" about what the scope of the ensuing negotiations with the EU would be.

He says the prime minister needs "flexibility" on the arrangement and should not be "boxed in".

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Senior Labour MP Yvette Cooper has called for a "unity candidate" in the Labour leadership race to avoid "artificial rows". 

Ms Cooper, the former work and pensions secretary, told the BBC: "I think we could end up with a general election before Christmas, so we need a unity candidate who can pull a strong team together, something that Jeremy Corbyn's not been able to do. 

"And that's why I think I don't want to see artificial rows between good candidates when we should all be pulling together." 

She added: "Owen and Angela are both very talented but we do need a single candidate." 

Adam Fleming goes for a walk in the park with Jeremy Corbyn. He talks leadership, Labour's roots, new PM Theresa May to non-politics stuff such as spending time in his allotment and learning how to play Pokemon Go.

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Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has called for "justice" to be delivered two years after 298 people, including 10 British nationals, were killed when MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine. 

A report into the incident, produced last year by investigative authority the Dutch Safety Board, found the crash was result of a Russian-made Buk missile. 

Mr Johnson said: "The definitive technical report into the disaster by the Dutch Safety Board reached evidence-based conclusions reinforcing our view that a terrible crime had been committed. 

"Justice must now be delivered. We continue to support the efforts of the Joint Investigation Team pursuing the criminal investigation which is vital to identifying those responsible and holding them to account."  

Labour leadership hopeful Angela Eagle has also been on Murnaghan on Sky News this morning. 

You can see some of what she had to say in the below video. 

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Ms Stuart says it would be "the most disastrous step we can take" to hold another EU referendum and that politicians, particularly Labour, needed to "look and search" why they were "so out of step" with the electorate on the vote. 

She adds: "They said we want to leave and they expect us to get on with the job now." 

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Ms Stuart is then asked whether she fears there will be a second referendum on the nature of the deal the UK agrees on with Europe. "Yes I do," she says. 

"I think there's a real danger those who don't like the outcome of the referendum get themselves hooked on Article 50 and all kinds of votes rather than saying there's a new reality out there and we need to deal with that it in the best interests of the United Kingdom." 

Mr Grieve is asked whether he would want a second referendum on the deal, to which he says "not necessarily". 

He says the justification for this would be if there was a "legitimate question" that needed to be put to the electorate.  

He says a referendum is a "statement at the time".

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Both are then questioned about whether there needs to be a vote in Parliament to trigger Article 50. 

Ms Stuart says "I don't think necessarily". She says the UK's EU exit is not just about the UK's relationship with the EU but also the rest of the world. 

But Mr Grieve says "we undoubtedly need a vote in Parliament". 

"The idea the government could take a decision of such massive importance to the UK without Parliamentary approval seems extremely far fetched," he says. 

Ms Stuart adds that she can see the arguments for both sides. 

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Conservative MP and former attorney general Dominic Grieve and Labour MP and leave campaigner Gisela Stuart are asked about when to trigger Article 50.

Ms Stuart says the most important thing is trade agreements. 

She says it should be triggered "when we are ready" but it should happen "the sooner the better". 

Mr Grieve says he thinks it should happen when there is "some clarity" about what the scope of the ensuing negotiations with the EU would be. 

He says the prime minister needs "flexibility" on the arrangement and should not be "boxed in".

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Asked about abuse in the party, Mrs Rayner says "any act of abuse or intimidation is absolutely disgusting".

She argues it is not something that is only happening in Labour, saying it "happens across the spectrum in politics". 

She concludes by saying: "You cannot win on democracy by abusing, threatening and intimidating the other side of the argument."