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would laura wolvaardt gone, the second ball. a delivery that created uncertainty. marizanne kapp's frazzled mind saw a single where there was a run out. england on top, but you never know the value of a total till you try to make it. wisdom as old as grace himself. andrew geary, bbc news, in bristol. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. hi,jane. hi, jane. more very warm and sunny weather for many of us this afternoon. looking at yesterday's temperatures, the high temperatures we re temperatures, the high temperatures were in the east and south. high pressure in charge. we still have a high pressure with us today. however, it has moved further eastwards and allowed the winds to change direction to more south easily, pushing the highest temperatures this afternoon into the western side of the country. 27 degrees or so for parts of west and wales into north—west england. a warm day for western scotland. eastern scotland and england will be a few degrees, with the onshore
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winds. however, there is a storm brewing. this cloud is a type of cloud you often see before the arrival of thunderstorms in summertime. here are those storms moving up summertime. here are those storms moving up across summertime. here are those storms moving up across the english channel. they have arrived over the last hour across parts of south—west england. devon and cornwall and probably dorset will see the first batch of storms. otherwise, a fine and sunny day. feeling very warm if not hot. those storms will become more widespread this evening and overnight. we may well see one moving straight across the london area at about 10pm or so. it could be quite spectacular. but some of these thunderstorms could bring torrential rain, perhaps half a month's torrential rain, perhaps half a months worth or more in a couple of hours, bringing the risk of localised flooding, lots of lightning around as well. that could cause disruption to powers of lies and maybe affect transport. it will bea and maybe affect transport. it will be a warm and muggy night in the south. and we are breaks journey
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northwards through the day. easing off for a time. —— thundery outbreaks. we could see further storms across parts of wales and northern ireland, they could be really quite gnostic. it's going to be another very warm day if not hot. —— quite norcia. temperatures reaching 31 or 32 degrees, the mike davis am aware we have seen temperatures over the 30 degrees mark. —— the ninth time this summer. fresher air working through the west this thursday, bringing bursts of rain, still relatively warm at this stage across the south—east, but the cooler air will arrive on friday and at the weekend. things look pretty u nsettled at the weekend. things look pretty unsettled through friday and the weekend, sunny spells and showers, some of the show was will be quite heavy and quite a lot of cloud around as well. temperatures are little call for the time of year, particularly across western areas. in the short—term, it's those storms we re in the short—term, it's those storms were keeping an eye on. thanks,
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chris. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... an unexpected fall in inflation for the first time since last october, but prices are still rising faster than wages. that's all from the bbc news at one. so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. it's time for the sport on bbc news. england's women are attempting to reach the world cup final and the second in three tournaments. they are playing south africa, who stand in theirwake, are playing south africa, who stand in their wake, just like an and's game currently and they have just finished their 50 overs, having won the toss and decided to bat first. they have done so on 218—6. let's join patrick gearey, who is at bristol. will they be happy,
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england? i think so, bristol. will they be happy, england? ithink so, almost certainly. a beautiful day at bristol and a good day so far the england in the world cup semifinal. the young enthusiastic crowd in the cou nty the young enthusiastic crowd in the county ground for this one and england started well. they took an early wicket but the highlight of the match was sarah and taylor's excellent wicketkeeping to remove chetty. you need to look at the replays to see how good it was, excellent work again from sarah taylor. south africa did recoverfor a period. one of the breakthrough stars of this world cup, only 18, wolvaardt, she looked on she was going well but she was removed second ball by heather knight, the england captain and that wicket
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really changed momentum for south africa. they couldn't get any momentum going, couldn't score any i’u ns momentum going, couldn't score any runs and england took control of the match from there and they will feel this total is easily gettable, given that they have won the last six matches but you never know how good a surfaces until both teams have batted on it. that is an old piece of cricketing wisdom that may heed but they will feel they have one footin but they will feel they have one foot in the world cup final against either australia or india. yana konta has told the bbc she is working towards becoming the world number one. the latest rankings have herup at number one. the latest rankings have her up at fourth after reaching the semifinals at wimbledon, where she lost to venus williams. konta is the first british woman to reach the last four at the all england club in 39 years. romelu lukaku has scored his first goal in a manchester united shirt in a friendly against real salt lake, withjose mourinho claiming "i love everything he
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does". it was the £75 million signing's first game and he held united come from behind to win 2—1. not all good for his team, antonio valencia was sent off and juan mata was forced off with an ankle injury. casey stoney has been pulled out the opening match of the women's euro championships against scotland tomorrow. she has been withdrawn as a precaution with a hamstring injury. the lionesses are hoping to have a good tournament and to improve on their third place at the 2015 world cup. the girls have said we have had bronze, we have had silva so we are just after that goal. but it is not going to be an easy task, it will be difficult and will take a lot under there will be lumps and bumps along the road but it is about getting through those hurdles and hopefully, it will be worth the reward. ahead the spanish football federation has been
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arrested as part of a corruption scandal. villar is one of a number taken into scandal. villar is one of a number ta ken into custody scandal. villar is one of a number taken into custody in spain, arrested on suspicion of embezzling funds. there are reports his son gorka has also that arrested. he is a form of and uefa vice president. great britain have two athletes through to the final of the 200 metres t54 at the world para athletics championships. megan maguire finished four in his heat the disqualification has seen him sneak in. sammy kinghorn, who already has won gold in the t 53 200 metres came second in her 400 metres heat to reach tomorrow night's final. that is all the sport for now, you can find out more on all those stories on the bbc sport website and keep up—to—date with the cricket from bristol. much more coming up in the next hour. relatives of a woman shot dead by police, in minneapolis,
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are demanding more information about why she died. justine damond, an australian living in the us, made an emergency call on saturday night to report a disturbance near her home. she was shot by one of the responding officers. tom donkin reports. cry to help that horribly wrong. shortly before midnight on saturday, police in minneapolis received a report about a possible sexual assault. 40—year—old justin damond made the emergency call, explaining a crime is under way in an alleyway close to her home in a quiet suburb of the city. two officers arrived and shortly after, one of them draws her weapon, fires, hits and kills justine. how and why she was shot dead remains a mystery. police have said little except that the incident was tragic and they are investigating. thank you to those of
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you who are here. justine damond was due to be married in august. she is an australian who moved away from family in sydney to be with her fiance in minnesota. they all are 110w fiance in minnesota. they all are now grieving her sudden loss. justine was a beacon to all of us. we only ask that the light of justice shine down on the circumstances of her death. the death ofjustine is a loss to everyone who knew her. she touched so everyone who knew her. she touched so many people through her loving and generous heart. she was a teacher of so many in living a life of openness, love and kindness. as her loved ones mourned her death, they also pressed police to reveal information about wide—body cameras worn by the officers were not turned on during the incident, a call echoed by the city's mayor.|j on during the incident, a call echoed by the city's mayor. i have a lot of questions about why the body cameras went on, questions i hope
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and anticipate will be answered in the next few days and i share those questions with the community. the two officers who responded to the 9/11 call have now been placed on leave. in a tweet, their chief of police say she has asked for an accelerated investigation so answers can be provided quickly to help many come to terms with this heartbreaking tragedy. adverts showing women cleaning up — or men failing at household chores — should be regulated more strongly. the advertising standards authority says commercials that endorse gender stereotypes can be socially irresponsible. we will debate this in just a moment but before we do so, just a few examples. # she's a lady # 0h, she's a lady # talking about... at least someone knows how to treat you right. fresh off the griddle.
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chatter nearly there. it doesn'tjust happen by magic. behind every great christmas, there is mum. cavemen grunt well, let's discuss, shall we? with me is the writer and broadcaster tremendous harkness and joining us by webcam is rachel bell, a campaigner for the group not campaignerfor the group not buying it. what do you make of the idea that the asa says we should just be
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thinking about this whole issue a little more carefully. i think they should stick to looking into factual adverts and when people say this bread will cure cancer. who elected the asa to tell me what is a good role model. i think the idea that i am going to blindly follow whatever is represented in an advert is much more demeaning and corrosive than the idea that women do more of the housework or whatever you choose to put in an advert. rachel, we don't have to believe it all and anyway, it is not the asap backjob? have to believe it all and anyway, it is not the asap back job? well, gender stereotypes have a huge influence on shaping attitudes, so i think they have a lot of power, a lot of adverts and the media hold a lot of adverts and the media hold a lot of adverts and the media hold a lot of power in shaping the way people think about themselves, the way they see women. and i think women, as the asa is a public body with obligations to the public sector, equality duty and child
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protection, it does have a role in having responsible codes that can really reduce harm and are accountable to social responsibility. it's not about offe nce, responsibility. it's not about offence, it's about harm, social responsibility. timandra, can there be an argument for... you say you're yourself, you are not influenced, but we are all sitting here discussing it and we are adults. what about for much younger people? do we really want adverts in 2017 that say girls should aspire to be a ballet dancer and a boy should aspire to be an astronaut? because there is nothing wrong with the girl wa nted there is nothing wrong with the girl wanted to be an astronaut and a boy wanting to be a ballet dancer. of course not but who decides what is a good role model and what isn't? isn't that about equality? people saying to children at school saying you can go out into the world and be anything you want to be, don't we wa nt to anything you want to be, don't we
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want to give them that? absolutely, but who decides which might look at how attitudes have changed in the past. we are currently celebrating 50 yea rs past. we are currently celebrating 50 years for it being illegal for men to have homosexual relationships. that change didn't come about because the asa of the day said, you know what, we should be showing gay relationships. they we re be showing gay relationships. they were all about saying that will cause offence, but somehow, we did change our mind and decide there oughta equality. it is much harder to cultivate a critical attitude and if we don't like the way the world are shown, it is up to us to go and change it. rachel, it is the job of pressure groups to try and shift social attitudes. well, we do have a role. as part of our campaign, we campaign against gender stereotyping as harmful. gender stereotyping is very divisive and fuels unhealthy relationships, so it actually feeds into sexual violence if we are
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telling boys and men that they can't show a motion, to be aggressive or sporty, and women are ready showing value if they are sexualised and i think we definitely need diverse role models. women and girls need to see different role models and differentjobs to see different role models and different jobs to believe see different role models and differentjobs to believe they can aspire to that as well and at the moment, there are growing up with the wallpaper of sexualised images and pornography. teens are the biggest consumers of pornography and it's impacting on the way they see themselves, their sexuality, so we need a whole melting pot of representations of girls and women and boys and men and at the moment, we've got domestic and sexualised models of women and yoghurt eaters as the lime's share of representations and men are often portrayed as a bit emotionless and a bit dim and i would like to see more men in caring and responsible role
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is doing parenting, because that is what i am seeing in my daily life andi what i am seeing in my daily life and i would love to see more of that on adverts. but if we are worrying about the message we are giving out to young people as well as adults, isn't much more worrying message that whatever you see, you will imitate blindly? human society has always gone through changes and changes in attitudes, generally for the better, and that has generally beenin the better, and that has generally been in spite of and not because of people in authority saying here is a good role model, here is a bad role model. it's not about people imitating, is it? it's about the picture it builds upon society in this country as a whole and it is a drip, drip overtime, this country as a whole and it is a drip, drip over time, isn't it? but if the picture of society is we are at the mercy of whatever we are shown in an advert, that is much more demeaning to both men and women. rachel, your finalthoughts on this. is this a sledgehammer to crack a nut? is this not the right organisation to perhaps be doing it,
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that we should perhaps be having a mature debate in society about all of our roles, men, children, women, everybody? absolutely, but the media is all powerful and young people and teens consume hours and hours of media every week, they are really influenced by what they see around them. look at big tim blaming and rape myths, people enjoy and believe that women deserve to be raped because they are dressing sexually or have been sexualised or they are drinking. —— victims blaming. that is why they believe they can only dress like that to be valued or get noticed. we have to look at attitudes and how they are impacted by the media andy drury shapes outages and how people see themselves and how they aspire to be people —— impacted by the media and how it shapes our views. we haven't
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talked about porn and sex ads in national newspapers, that they need to appropriately restrict. yes, you are right to suggest there is an awful lot more we could discuss but we have to leave it there, sadly. thank you, rachel bell and timandra harkness for being here, albeit briefly. i know there is more we could debate but also, just tell you we will be talking about this story inafew we will be talking about this story in a few minutes, in fact, because in business news, we'll hearfrom ella smiley, who wrote the report for the asa. so we will have all of the business news in the next few minutes but first, a reminder of the headlines. inflation has slowed unexpectedly to 2.6% injune. it is largely a result of lower fuel prices. the prime minister has urged senior ministers to show unity around the cabinet table as she tells them to keep details of their discussions private. and the chief
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inspector of prisons has warned that youth custody centres in england and wales are so unsafe that a tragedy is inevitable. hello, this is the business news. well, as we havejust hello, this is the business news. well, as we have just been hello, this is the business news. well, as we havejust been hearing, inflation has fallen for the first time since october, two 2.6%, but prices are still rising faster than wages. inflation has gone up sharply since britain voted to leave the eu, partly because the pound fell, which makes it more expensive to buy goods from abroad. adverts that show men messing up household tasks, leaving women to do the cleaning up, could soon be banned by the advertising watchdog. it is cracking down on ads that peddles stereotypical gender roles. it says it generates costs for the economy and society. insurance premiums have gone about their fastest rate for five years,
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according to the industry. they are up according to the industry. they are up 11% more expensive than they were this time best year, meaning the average policy now costs £484 per year. this could put pressure on the government to scrap plans which would boost pay—outs to accident victims but also raise premiums. ok, let's get more on that clamp down on sexist advertising. the regulator wa nts to sexist advertising. the regulator wants to stop ads that try and sell us wants to stop ads that try and sell us things by pandering to gender stereotypes. ella smiley wrote the report for the advertising standards authority and joins me now. thank you forjoining us. what sort of ads are we talking about? so what the report tells us is their certain kinds of gender stereotypes when repeatedly depicted over time have the potential to affect people's assumptions and expectations about how they should behave or look according to their gender. so what
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are looking at are those specific types of gender stereotypes we have identified in the report. we will be looking to draft new standards to prevent those stereotypes appearing in ads in the future. who is going to make that judgment? in ads in the future. who is going to make thatjudgment? well, as always, the asa holds to advertising codes authored by the industry and what happens is those codes are drafted to prevent ads from misleading, harming or offending and then the asa willjudge individual complaints on a case—by—case basis, taking into account the overall context taking into account the overall co ntext a nd taking into account the overall context and content of each ad. so you are relying on the public to come forward and say, hey, this is a stereotype? that is generally how it works, yes. you have mentioned in the report that there are specific costs to the economy. how do you quantify that? we have taken a really wide view, looking at different types of evidence and we have gathered statistics of their
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gender inequality in society in general and if you are cited in the report but there are even more out there which talk about the kinds of figures that the economy is potentially missing out on through gender inequality and the potential benefit to the economy of really pursuing gender equality in all professions. is there a sense in which perhaps the advertising industry might think, hang on, we are making our own judgment industry might think, hang on, we are making our ownjudgment as industry might think, hang on, we are making our own judgment as to what sells to the demographics. are you curbing that? i think this move today needs to be seen in the context of everything happening in the industry. it is part of a developing picture where we have seen advertisers doing the research themselves and challenge gender stereotypes in their ads and the report enables us to drill down onto the kind of stereotypes about the harmful so we can ensure the regulatory framework is appropriate and within that, creativity can
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flourish. thank you forjoining us. a look at some other stories in business. netflix says it now has about 104 million subscribers, half of them outside its home of america. it says investing in shows like house of cards and orange is the new black and new movies is really paying off. the final design of the new plastic £10 note is going to be unveiled by the boss of the bank of england mark carney. this is him with an earlier version. the new notable a picture of jane austen and should be available from september. he will soon be held tojudge should be available from september. he will soon be held to judge the punctuality of your train journey to the minute. that is thanks to shake by the industry's trade body. at the moment, the train is said to be on time if it arrives within ten minutes of arrival but now punctuality is to be measured much more tightly. let's have a quick look at the market. not a great day,
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not a lot... the ftse 100 look at the market. not a great day, not a lot... the ftse100 has reacted to the news about the fall in inflation which means the bank of england is less likely to raise interest rates. it has led to a slide in the pan, which has been boosting the shares of companies' exports overseas. that is it from me, back in an hour. ididn't me, back in an hour. i didn't know that about trains, within ten minutes question mark we should have the headlines at ten past on that basis. thank you very much. more business news in the next hour. buying a knife over the internet should become more difficult under new government proposals, which aim to restrict children's access to weapons. people in england and wales would be required to collect their purchasing person and show id. a similar proposal is already being considered in scotland. tom symons reports. this is the sharp end of the battle against
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knife crime in britain. police in birmingham make yet another stop and find yet another knife. without good reason, it's illegal to carry anything bigger than a three inch penknife. but these are the sorts of knives police in london have found or had handed in, including a so—called zombie night, shown here to the home secretary. why? it's illegal to buy a knife if you are under 18. 16 in scotland. but some young people are getting them delivered. the plan is to change the law so knives purchased have to be picked up in person with ide. some types of knives can't even be sold or passed around. police may also get stronger powers to seize them.|j wa nt get stronger powers to seize them.|j want to make sure we extend the power of the police to take away these dangerous knives and make them less available to young people, so we can start to break that cycle of
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danger and violence that is so blighting communities. started rising. scotland is already considering the changes proposed today in england and wales. this young man did not suffer a serious injury, despite being stabbed, but every knife on the streets can result in at least one life lost. much more coming up here on bbc news from 2pm with simon. right now we will catch up with the weather prospects, he is chris. hello. we have more of that warm sunshine to come for the rest of this afternoon for most, but not quite all of the uk, as we will see ina quite all of the uk, as we will see in a moment. looking back to yesterday, the highest temperatures we had were across eastern and southern parts of the country, the area of high pressure in charge of our weather. the same area is with us our weather. the same area is with us at the moment but has slipped further —— little further eastwards and has changed the wind direction, so we have these east — south—east
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lives, which will push the hottest air across western and southern parts of the country, where things will be cooler than yesterday down the eastern coasts. so that is how the eastern coasts. so that is how the temperatures are looking. what about the weather? look at this weather watcher picture. this cloud here, we often get it in some time before the arrival of thunderstorms and those thunderstorms are on the way. here they are driving northwards across the english channel, two plums, one has already arrived across south—west england and this second one looks like it might be heading into london around 10pm —— two clumps. i will caveat things with these storms are quite ha rd to things with these storms are quite hard to predict but nonetheless, storms will drive northwards and eastwards as we go through the night and there is a good chance of catching a spectacular one in london around ten o'clock. the showers will be quite heavy in places, we could have half a month's of rainfall in the space of a couple of hours so localised flooding as possible and lots of thunder and lightning, so we could see disruption in terms of power and transport to watch out
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for. into wednesday, those storms continue their journey for. into wednesday, those storms continue theirjourney northwards. a mighty sovereign short time but then the heat of the day tends to build again and will start to see some further nasty storms breaking out across england and wales, heavy rain probably affecting parts of northern ireland and scotland. it will be hot and humid tomorrow, temperatures peaking at 31 or 32 across eastern counties of england, making it the ninth day so far this summer we have seen temperatures over 30 degrees. temperatures will come down a bit on thursday, still relatively warm across eastern areas of england put it. to feel fresher and further west, a lot of cloud from the atla ntic west, a lot of cloud from the atlantic bringing some heavy bursts of rain across northern ireland, wales and south—west england. that u nsettled wales and south—west england. that unsettled look will continue on into friday and the weekend, with becoming pretty widespread across all parts of the british isles, so frequent showers, quite a lot of cloud and sunny spells in between but these temperatures are a few degrees lower than we would expect
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at this time of the year, so it will feel on the cool side across north—western areas especially. that is your weather, goodbye for now. this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 2pm. appalling conditions in youth custody centres make a tragedy inevitable, according to the chief inspector of prisons, who says he's staggered by the decline in standards in england and wales. inflation is now at 2.6% — the first fall since october — but prices are still rising faster than wages but prices are still rising faster than wages. president trump's efforts to replace barack obama's healthcare system suffers another setback as some of his own senators refuse to back his latest proposals. a bbc investigation has found that only a fraction of the money donated to the grenfell tower fire appeal has so far reached survivors, or relatives of those who died. improvements in life expectancy almost grind to a halt in england, a leading health academic says austerity may be having an impact
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