emily, you are from doctor who magazine, do you know who it is? i honestly do not know. so few people know, it is a big top—secret. whoever it is, they have massive shoes to fill. taking over from peter capaldi, he has been such a good doctor and an established actor. whoever it is, i imagine they are feeling quite nervous now. for over 50 years, the person playing the doctor has always been two things, white and male. many will be disappointed if that again turns out to be the case. others say they should simply cast the best performer available. fans will find out who has the role later today. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather. yesterday was a pretty cloudy day with rain to be heard but today, things are brightening up from the north. but for the sunny spells will be. but the southern half of the

janice baker cloud, producing a bit of rain, moving further south. it threatens the odd spot of rain at wimbledon, with some extensive load cloud. some good spells of sunshine behind that with aberdeen as high as 25-26d. in the behind that with aberdeen as high as 25—26d. in the south—eastern corner. that clears out into the channel overnight. then overnight temperatures don't drop too far, about 1a temperatures don't drop too far, about m for cardiff and london. monday looks like a decent day with lengthy skills going micro spells of sunshine, with highs of middle and upper 20s. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines... the chancellor philip hammond has refused to say public sector workers are overpaid compared to private sector workers — but believes

their generous pensions means they receive a premium. mps are considering tougher sentences for people convicted of acid attacks — after there were more than 400 offences in england and wales in the six months to april. eight people have been killed, and at least 49 were seriously injured in a stampede that broke out after a football match in senegal — reports say a wall collapsed as supporters tried to leave the stadium. now on bbc news. with the women's us open golf taking place this weekend, as part of the bbc women's season of sport, sarah mulkerrins travels to the us to examine the history of women's involvement in golf in, ‘driving change — golf's battle for equality‘. i get a lot of threat letters on my life.

i couple of times they tried to run me off the highway as i was driving. i really did feel like my life was in danger. growing up, golf was not for us. you look like you don't play golf. what is the local golf? as far as they were concerned, we were trash, so that's all we deserve. golf — for many a hobby, for some a career, but not so long ago, if you were black or a woman, it wasn't even an option. in the usa, until 1961, the professional golfers association had a caucasian—only clause. until then, black players had to play in their own events. for women, their first players association was set up in 1950, yet it was only in 2014 that one of the oldest clubs in the world, the royal and ancient, voted to admit female members.

so how far has the sport come in embracing race and gender diversity? williamj powell, or bill as he was known, was born the grandson of slaves in alabama in 1916. he moved to ohio in a teenager and played golf at his school and college. in 1916 he returned from serving in the us air force during the second world war. but he was banned from the all—white public courses in the area. with the world of golf all but closed to william powell, he had his own vision, a course open to all. in the 1940s this was an old dairy farm. he spent two years working at night as a security guard. by day, he hand—seeded this course. in 19118 it opened. william powell was a pioneer, and he was watched on by his daughter renae.

my first memories of hitting golf balls were standing with my dad. hitting with a little cloud that they have. i was around four years old, and was hitting golf balls and trying to hit them down to where the creek was, the water. this is a picture of my mum and dad. which hole was that one? this was number three green, and number three comes down here. and we're standing on the first tee, and behind us is number three green. and your mother play golf as well, didn't she? my mum did. my dad got us all involved in the game. my mum used to talk and tease, she would say that when i was a little girl i wanted to run out and play and she would say, come back in! and then ijust continued to play the game. the lpga really had not started until 1950. ijoined the tour in 1967. at that time there were a lot of tensions in our country. sometimes we would go

into restaurants and they would serve everybody but me. and my roommate on tour, a canadian pro, a few years ago she said, i used to wonder why would go to restaurants and they would serve everybody else but us. isaid, sandra, i didn't want to tell you it was because you were a canadian. i didn't want you to feel bad! but things like that. i remember going home crying telling my parents the first time i got a threat letter on my life, i thought they would tell me to come home, and they didn't! i thought, wow, evidently they don't think somebody is going to jump out from behind a tree and shoot me. is that what the letters were saying? no, they would just say, dear n, if you know what's good for you, you better get out of here. things like that. i went out a director and showed him the letters and he said, there is nothing we can do about it.

i thought these people are going to kill me and there's nothing they can do about it. ‘cos i really thought something would happen. but it didn't. one of the great players, and hall of famers, i had walked into the hotel and they had lost my reservation, and cathy said, we all stay, or we all walk. those individuals knew me before ijoined the tour, and everybody... i had no problems with players on the tour. it was the outside. yeah! she was there in the heart of racism and discrimination. and, you see, that kind of thing had just become institutionalised in this country, because even the country set up laws against us. i had some inkling of probably the challenges that she would have

had, but you never got a hint of that from her. she never talked about it until you fully set down and had a real heart—to—heart discussion. it was not something she would ever show, that that was part of her history or even her father's history. iadmired herspirit, but she was able to stay out there, because i'm aware of the cruelty that she experienced. i thought about so many people that had come before me, and i always felt very strongly that we all stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. there were people who did so much to allow others, to give others freedom. helen webb harris was one

of those who paved the way. a schoolteacher and wife of a doctor, she was tired of staying at home while her husband played golf. so helen, along with 12 friends, founded the wake robin ladies club in 1937, the first african—american women's golf club in the usa. the only place they could play was a three—hole golf course down at the the washington monument. and they were taunted by white teenagers, threw rocks at them. and of course they were called names, and all kinds of things. but they persisted. the battle began here in washington, dc. 80 years ago this was a rubbish dump, full of broken glass, rusty tins and old tyres. the ladies were campaigning for the desegregation of public golf courses, but in 1938, they were given this.

they were collecting trash on this course, and even when they built the course, they had to play over glass bottles and cans. it's not so bad to me that it was put on a trash dump, they should have tried to take away the trash. but you see, as far as they were concerned, we were trash, so that's all we deserved. it was a dump, but they embraced that dump, and they were going to make that dump their own. and they came out here with much pride and conviction to make this work for them. after langston, the wake—robin ladies continue to push for the opening of all courses in washington, dc, and in 1941, the district confirmed they would do so. their battle for equality didn't end just there.

they were also part of the movement to force the pga to drop its whites only rule, which it did in 1961. knowing where it started, all of the historical individuals who have come through this course, and i think i probably have ridden by langston many, many times before becoming a member of wake—robin, and not fully knowing all the history of langston. my name is elizabeth rice mcneill, and i've been in clubs 60 years. -- 67 —— 67 years. i came to washington, dc from pennsylvania. i lived with my auntie, and she took me to church. and the church i went to was sarah smith's church, and sarah smith was a golfer. one of the charter members of wake—robin golf club. i went to her house to a meeting, and she had a big piano with these

huge trophies on it. and i was fascinated by that. so we got a bunch of young girls together, and we formed a little club. they called us "robinettes, and we had about 18 young girls who started out playing golf. i had never heard of golf before, and i got hooked on it. elizabeth rice mcneill is a unique individual all her own. how many times where you champion here? 13 times. is it right you have six holes—in—one. i've had six holes—in—one in my golfing career. that's phenomenal! it is, it is. we don't have any weak women in this club. we've had good, principled women, good leaders, that have kept this club going all these years. eight decades after that first

meeting, inclusion and support are still at the heart of their mission. the helen webb scholarship honours the memory of their founder by supporting young woman dreaming of turning professional. as a girl, as a young female trying to play, it is difficult because there aren't that many, especially african—americans. itjust tears me apart, you know, that there really aren't any, and just not what happened between the time of renee and on. they kept pursuing even when it was tough, and that's what i'm trying to do, as hard as i can. these ladies just helped me so much. in 1962, tennis great gibson became the first african—american woman to complete any lpga tour. renee powell followed in 1967. it took another 28 years for the next black player

to arrive, in 1995. since then others, most recently mariah stackhouse, have all made it. eight african—american women in 67 years. there are situations where you just genuinely feel uncomfortable, and you feel you need to get out of that situation. people staring at you, wondering whether you work there, not actually golfing in the adjournment, or asking where you're from. i get the occasional, "are you tiger woods‘ niece?" it's not that they don't mean to be discriminating or rude or anything, but sometimes people will think, oh, just because you're african—american... but thankfully i'm in a generation where it's not too horrible as to what renee had to go through all those years ago. it's making strides. i believe it has a long way to go,

because still i go into a store and i have a golf outfit on, and you meet people that say, "i didn't know that minorities play golf. like, you look like you don't play golf." well, what is the look of golf? you're right, it is a male, caucasian—dominated sport. and i think that right now it is getting better, which is inclusion. i think that's the big thing. inclusion and having access to the game. and not onlyjust getting started, but continuing to have the opportunity to go ahead and think, you know what? i want to do this professionally. and if it works out, great, if not, i will work on the golf industry. so i think it's getting better. it's slow progress, but it is progress. get in, get in. oh!

playing out here, with a course that has so much history, and playing with renee, it is so inspiring to me. every time i see her and the others, sadena parks, mariah stackhouse and the others, it is great to be around them because first off there are great people, they have great characters, and we all have something in common. being the next one to make it on tour. in 2015 renee powell was again making history. after the breakthrough vote to allow female members into the royal and ancient, she was one of the first women to be invited. to me it is the highest honour one can ever get, the old course! the royal and ancient, where golf began, right there! to be one of the first seven women that was selected from around the entire world was absolutely amazing. and to me also it was a win in a sense for women.

it was a win in a sense for african—americans and my family. so when i actually walked through the door as a bonafide member, it was like all these other women were walking with me and my whole family was going with me. it's just amazing. i'm so appreciative of that membership. but it is all due to all the fact of the sacrifices that my family had to make. to be a part of something that is real history, and the fact that it was your family or your parents, your brother that made that history, yeah. and i'm the one that really gets a chance to benefit from it. 0n the face of it, golf has come a long way to ridding itself

of the explicit barriers towards minorities and women. but how many implicit barriers remain? let's say you managed to play the sport as a youngster and perhaps go to college on a scholarship. you're good enough, so you look to make it a career and turn professional. how difficult is that? for anya alvarez, it proved very tough. for me personally it was a struggle just to find sponsors. that was one main reason that i decided to stop playing was because i was just exhausted of having to ask people for money. i had played decent, i had finished third at a european tour event at the beginning of the year, i had made the cut at the us open, so i felt like i had proved myself as a player in many regards where i was hoping that someone would take a chance on me, and i was barelyjust covering my expenses.

it is several thousand dollars a year just for entry fees. and then you are looking at paying your caddy, up to $2000 a week, and then flights, rental cars, hotels if you cannot find host housing. it can range from $50,000 to $75,000 a year, just the expenses itself. and that puts much pressure on me, and took away the joy of playing because i was constantly worrying how to pay for the next element. if i don't pay well, how will i pay rent? how will i live outside my golf expenses? and ijust decided for my mental health and wellbeing it was better to step away from it rather than put myself into debt as i know other girls had done. in 2016, 15 female golfers earned over $1 million in prize money on the lpga tour.

110 male golfers crossed that mark on the pga tour. the biggest chance of earnings comes in the majors. combined, they offer $17.8 million in prize money, with the us women's open offering the largest amount. this year it has increased to $5 million in total and is one of the most important events of the year. 80 years after helen webb harris founded the first black women's golf club in the usa, the oldest major for women, the us open, is being criticised for being held here. we are at trump national in bedminster, newjersey, owned by donald trump. there have been calls to have the major moved or boycotted because of his derogatory comments towards women and minorities. i knowjust from talking with some people within the usga that they didn't want it there, and it was

a really tough decision. there was a lot of backlash against it, and there still is. understandably so because a lot of people are justifiably upset it is being held there. the fact they say they can have this event at a trump course because they are apolitical and because trump is not technically violating the rules that they have established about eligibility for holding tournaments, and that is that the course does not have discriminatory policies or practices against minorities and women, and i maintain that what trump has done and said violates the spirit of the rule. in response, the us golf association told us that: the association also wanted to pay

tribute to renee powell, a pioneer, they say, who forged new paths of diversity of inclusion in the sport. a story important to us. when you look at women's sport in general, controversy seems to be the driving factor of when coverage is given, and this is something that is going to take away from just focusing on that playing of the players that week because it will be a huge part of the discussion that this is donald trump's course and what that means, that it was held at his golf course. it is becoming a very political issue that i know a lot of players wish it had not become. if you're struggling to keep your tour card at that point and you're in the open, and you are dead last on the money list, you have to do what you have to do. you've got to eat!

that's the simplest way to say it. you have to look out for yourself, and at that moment make sure that you are still going to be able to live your dream. the battles for some continue, but now there is a generation enabled and inspired by helen webb harris and the wake—robin ladies, by bill and renee powell, by their vision and determination to open up the world of golf. i didn't have somebody to be inspired by that looked just like me. all i watched was tiger woods. i feel that is great for young kids know that they have some girls to look up to that are still young and later down the road, maybe 30 years from now, they will be following in our footsteps. our own governing bodies don't tell stories, and in fact, they suppress a lot of history.

stories of people overcoming, stepping up, doing what's right. making sure these kind of important stories about golf and about the evolution of golf need to be told. until we get the numbers up within the organisations that govern golf, i don't think it's going to change dramatically. because i think a lot of things start from the top. look at the board of directors for all the golf organisations, and they are mostly old white men. we need to be in those positions to actually advocate for change. but they are not asking us to be on the board, they're asking their buddies to be on the board with them. and as a result, not much changes. i truly feel that everybody should play golf.

it is such an incredible sport and i have gained from it. we want the world to know what we are capable of. and not be denied the god—given rights that we all have. we've got a mixed bag across the uk today after a dull day yesterday, we have brighter weather spreading down from the north, that's where the spells are. further south, a bit more in the way of cloud. that produces rain, into the midlands and

wales, down towards the south west, one 01’ wales, down towards the south west, one or 2000 scotland, some good spells of sunshine as well. this is oui’ spells of sunshine as well. this is our main weather front, continuing to drift south. it offers the risk of rain towards wimbledon, maybe at silverstone as well, further north it's a lovely afternoon, spousal sunshine. breezy in northern scotla nd sunshine. breezy in northern scotland and made a few showers but most of the rumours have sunshine. i9 most of the rumours have sunshine. 19 degrees in aberdeen and belfast, low 20s in england. the main mother fund the south, pretty grey in the south and west, low cloud and fraud humid. awarm humid. a warm day at wimbledon, fairly humid, a lot of cloud, the risk of rain later on today. as we headed to the evening, there's that wea k headed to the evening, there's that weak weather front heading south, taking in patchy rain. it dries up

and clears up behind it. some rain in western scotland overnight but mostly dry with clear skies, not vertically told overnight, 14—15d in cardiff and london, 2011—12 in scotland. glasgow ‘s overnight, a good deal in london, a fine summer day. showery in the northern isles but a decent day for the most of the uk, with winds and sunshine and temperatures will respond. a warm day, 24 for aberdeen and belfast, cardiff could go high as 27 or 28 in the south—eastern corner. fine weather on tuesday but on the southend west, it looks like there's going to be some flowers developing, they moved north, tuesday night into wednesday. some of those could be on the heavy side. the tablet has come down by a good view degrees by thursday, a changeable few days

ahead. go to the bbc weather website to keep up with the details, that's it from me for now. this is bbc news. the headlines at eleven. the chancellor philip hammond defends his position and criticises cabinet policies were briefing against him. public sector workers on average paid about 10% more than private sector workers. neighbour paid melted the private sector workers? they are played about a 10% premium. acid attack offenders could face life sentences as a new review looks into classifying corrosive substances as dangerous weapons. a lot of victims have said that really their life has been ruined, so really their life has been ruined, so why are there not light sentences to really make sure that the whole

system really responds urgently and thoroughly to this appalling crime? also in the next hour — just who will be the new dr.