this is bbc news — i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 4: 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 president trump supports plans for the us senate to vote to repeal barack obama's healthcare system, despite its failure to agree on a replacement. a bbc investigation finds 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. and in the next hour... the duke and duchess of cambridge continue with their tour of poland. they visit the stutthof nazi concentration camp, tens

of thousands of people died, and meet with former prisoners. how can such a pretty wife make such bad coffee? adverts that endorse gender stereotypes could be banned under new plans from the advertising good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. a report into youth custody centres in england and wales has found a staggering decline in safety at youth jails. in his annual report, the chief inspector peter clarke, said the some places were so unsafe that a tragedy is inevitable. mr clarke said that not a single establishment inspected was fit to hold a young person. in a statement, the department ofjustice said that safety of every young person is their absolute priority and that more needs to be done. earlier, peter clarke spoke to bbc

news, explaining the findings. what we mean is that the levels of violence, the perceptions of the boys and girls being held in custody, obviously the perceptions of the staff, and the reality of the violence, that this is going on in these places, we take that all into account when we make ourjudgments. we got to the point, in february this year, where we were unable to say that any of the young offender institutions or secure training centres that we inspect, we couldn't consider any of them were safe to hold children and young people. so that is what prompted me to write ministers, in february this year. i clearly want to know why it was that the state, having an accepted responsibility for my safety by placing me in custody, then seemed to be failing to meet its duty to keep me safe, secure and in conditions in which i could hope to turn my life around and eventually re—enter the community with hope for the future.

that's not what's happening at the moment. i think i made it very clear that in my view some sort of tragedy would be inevitable, unless there was some very firm action taken, to make these places safer. indeed, within four weeks of my letter there was very nearly such a tragedy at one of the secure training centres, when a very young member of staff was attacked. i've had a reply setting out the aspirations for the future, the plans the government has to improve things. i just hope that these aspirations and plans are turned into reality. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw said that the report raised some serious concerns. he wrote to phillip leigh, the minister, in february and said something has to be done about this. he's extremely worried about the levels of violence. he says there's a kind of vicious circle in these young offender institutions and secure training centres, whereby a young boy is violent, they then had restrictions placed on what they can do.

perhaps they are locked in their room for longer, they can't do various activities. security measures are put in place; that leads to them being more frustrated, which in turn leads to more violence. in a statement the ministry ofjustice have said: we will have more on this story in about 15 minutes. when we speak to jacob tass from the national association for the care and resettlement of offenders.

the rate of inflation slowed unexpectedly last month, according to official figures. consumer price inflation, the rate at which the price of goods and services bought by households rise orfall, stood at 2.6% injune, down from 2.9% in may. it's the first fall since october last year, and is partly due to lower petrol and diesel prices. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. this carpet factory in kidderminster has been stepping up production to meet growing demand, with orders up 30% from one year ago. the devaluation of the pound before and after the brexit vote pushed up the cost of importing wool to make the yarn that goes into its carpets. with higher wage costs, it can't trim much from its production process. so, it's moved its product upmarket, and convinced retailers it's worth paying a little bit more for its designs. our prices have had to go up. we've increased prices by around 2% this year. and that's been a natural consequence of increased wage costs, yarn costs and energy costs. we have had to pass that on to our customers. by and large, customers don't like price increases in a time of economic instability,

i suppose, the uncertainty that we're facing at the moment. but there's also an understanding that that has to take place. higher costs of imported raw materials caused by the drop in the pounds value is still feeding through to prices. 11 months ago, the bank of england's big fear wasn't too much inflation, but too little. and it cut interest rates to their lowest ever level. but now that's changed, there are more voices calling for interest rates to return from emergency levels back up to something more normal. the fear now is that inflation isn't temporary, and that it might become embedded. those voices will be a little quieter now that the figures have revealed some relief from rising inflation last month. between may and june, furniture, furnishings and carpets rose by i.6%. but recreation, everything from concerts to games and hobbies, dropped 0.1%. and fuel prices fell back on the month by i.i%. it looks as if inflation might be

dampened a bit by softer fuel price growth over the next few months. but underlying price pressures from post—brexit falls in sterling are still there, and they look set to continue to push inflation up a bit further as we move towards the end of the year. for now, the pressure on the bank of england to slow inflation by raising interest rates has lessened. in the city, they're still betting a rise in interest rates will be needed, but not until next march. andy verity, bbc news, kidderminster. our business presenter ben bland explained more about the steady rise of inflation since 2015. it accelerated after the brexit vote lastjune, in part because of the wea k lastjune, in part because of the weak pound. it makes importing goods from abroad more expensive. if companies face higher costs, they will pass that on in the shops to shoppers like you and me, so that is

why information was expected to continue rising steeply. it's worth pointing out, prices are still going up pointing out, prices are still going up but not as quickly injune as they did in may. wages are not keeping up with this, so that creates its own dynamic. exactly, and that's what people mean when they talk about the cost of living squeeze. they talk about the cost of living squeeze. if inflation is running at 2.6%, prices increasing about rate but wages on increasing at 2%, then prices are outstripping what we are taking home. that has prompted the trade unions congress, in response to this data, to say the government must stop this cost of living squeeze. must stop this cost of living squeeze. they say many working people are caught in a advice as rising prices crashed their pay. they say britain needs a pay rise across the public and private sector. the treasury says, while it is encouraging inflation was low at this month, they appreciate some people are concerned about the cost of living. that is why they have introduced the national living wage

and cut taxes for millions of people. if you want to see how your own wages,, as far as it relates to inflation, what sort of pay rise they would need last year, there is a simple calculator on the website, you can go and type in your earnings and see how that relates to inflation. very quickly, we always link information with a possible rise in interest rates. we always talk about rising interest rates as if it's a bad thing, but for savers, they would be keen to see a rise in interest rates. indeed. we have had interest rates. indeed. we have had interest rates. indeed. we have had interest rates at unprecedented blows for some time and people aren't getting such good returns on their savings. on the other hand,

it's keeping mortgage costs down and the bank of england is unlikely to wa nt to the bank of england is unlikely to want to put interest rates up when inflation is starting to slow because their fear is if they do that, if interest rates go up and people have greater mortgage costs, their cost of living is squeezed even more, down slightly to go out spending and that might cause us problems for the economy. after enjoying the pomp of bastille day in paris last week, president trump has returned to the us to find some of his key policies under threat. his attempt to replace his predecessor's health care system have been dealt with another major blow. two republican senators have refused to back his latest plans. the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell has now said that the president will sign legislation to repeal obamaca re. richard galpin reports. on a visit to paris last week, donald trump basked in the warm welcome from french president emmanuel macron. mr trump looking reluctant to leave. and no wonder. returning to washington has meant facing once again the grim reality that his administration is bogged down by a long list of crises. top of that list, the opposition to the president's plans to abolish health—care reforms brought in by his predecessor, which have enabled more

than 20 million americans to get affordable health insurance. introducing legislation to replace obamacare was one of mr trump's key campaign pledges. the house bill ends the obamacare nightmare, and gives health care decisions back to the states and back to the american people. now, with some politicians from his own party pledging to oppose this, there's no chance the bill will be passed. and it's the same story with another controversial trump policy, which has sparked mass protests. the limited travel ban preventing muslims from several countries from entering the united states. donald] trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states... but the president's executive orders have frequently been blocked

or amended in the courts. it was just last month that mr trump made another huge announcement. the united states will withdraw from the paris climate accord... but once again, he's come under intense pressure to change his mind, from the international community and back home. particularly here in the key state of california, which has just voted to extend its laws to cut carbon emissions. plagued by so many problems, the president's approval rating has now dropped to just 36%, according to the latest opinion poll. and this after only six months in office. and, of course, there's the other growing crisis looming over the administration,

the scandal over russia's interference in the presidential election, allegedly to help mr trump reach the white house. richard galpin, bbc news. 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. nearly £20 million has been raised, and 40,000 boxes of goods have been donated. but only £500,000 of that has so far been distributed to families. tom burridge reports. this is the grenfell tower fire appeal in action. a red cross sorting centre in cheshire. donations in the green bags will be sold in red cross shops. black bags are for recycling. brand—new items will go straight back to survivors of the fire, or relatives of those who died. it's about turning all of the different donations we've had into cash, which automatically will then go to the appeal.

to appreciate the scale of donations, you have to fly through this london warehouse a week after the fire. it's estimated 174 tonnes of stuff was donated. so far, they've sorted half of it. and ten tonnes has gone back to the victims. no amount of money is enough for the loved ones of those who died. research by the bbc shows that several appeals and charities have now raised nearly £20 million. some question why only a small part of that has made it through. you'll feel that it's betraying the public‘s generosity, because they gave money to help directly those who are affected. and they're not too clear that it's happening, it's like this, so... and organisations are getting financial support. charities say the complexity and scale of what happened here means that everything takes time. the thing about these things that we've learned from the 7/7 attacks and indeed the response

to the manchester attacks, it takes longer than you might think for people to come forward to seek their funding. thelma stober lost her left foot in the london 7/7 bombings. she received money donated by the public. you are in a state of confusion. a lot of people are suffering from post—traumatic stress. you were trying to understand what has happened, the implications for your life going forward, it's changed forever. it took 15 months to distribute all of the money raised for victims of those attacks, like thelma. thelma is now a trustee of the london emergency trust. it's distributing £4.8 million of the grenfell appeal. so far, 16 people have received payments. whether donating an old top or a tenner, people have been moved to act. the challenge for charities is ensuring it all benefits those who lost so much. tom burridge, bbc news. a report released in germany, says

more than 500 boys at a world—famous roman catholic choir school were subjected to physical or sexual abuse between 1945 and the early 1990s. the report into the cathedral sparrows choir at regensburg, found that nearly 50 church officials and teachers at the choir school were implicated. alexander probst was a member of the choir who says he was abused during his time there. he says the abuse at the school was severe and it's impact on those affected has been long—lasting. translation: these are not 547 cases where an individual was affected once, rather this was an ongoing practice over decades. 547 children we re practice over decades. 547 children were tormented, abused, mistreated and socially harmed. they are severely traumatised to this very day. this upsets me. i thought i had

got over it, after a 17 year battle, but in fact this greatly upset me today. sarah payne was just eight years old when she was abducted while out playing with her brothers and sister. in the years that followed, her mother sara fought hard to change the law, in order to help protect other little children like her daughter. her campaign resulted in sarah's law, a child sex offender disclosure scheme in england and wales. in an interview for channel five, sarah's brother lee described the day she was taken. she went round the outside of the field, and i decided to cut across the corn to chase her, to kind of hit her off. she beat me out with the field, walked around the road, which is 100 metres, if that. by the time i was there, she was gone. so i was literally 30 seconds, if that, behind her. yeah... as i was walking up the road, whiting drove the other way in his van, gave me a little wave as he went. i remember her as my sister, 50...

it's better to remember her for putting sarah's law across, rather than a little girl that was murdered. so... that legacy she left... has made her special, notjust to me, but to everybody else. the headlines on bbc news: the government says the safety of young people in custody is an absolute priority, after the chief inspector of prisons warned the tragedy is inevitable. inflation is now at 2.6%, the first fall since october, but prices are still rising faster than wages. president trump supports plans for the us senate to vote to repeal barack obama's healthcare system, despite its failure to agree on a replacement.

and in sport, england chased 219 to win the women's world cup final, but lost openers against south africa. at the moment england are 156—5. captain heather knight and natalie sciver are out. england defender casey stoney has been ruled out of their opening match of the women's european championships against scotla nd european championships against scotland with a hamstring injury. and johanna konta has told the bbc she is working towards becoming the world number one. she is up to fourth in the rankings, after reaching the semifinals at wimbledon. i will be back with more on those stories after 4:30pm. four members of a police helicopter crew have gone on trial accused of using the aircraft to spy on people sunbathing naked, or involved in sexual activity. the case involves the south yorkshire police helicopter. it's claimed the crew spied on people on four occasions between 2007 and 2012.

a fifth officer has admitted the charges of misconduct in a public office. our correspondent, danny savage, has been giving us more details. the case started today, so as with the beginning of any trial, this is the beginning of any trial, this is the point where that prosecution outlined its case. richard wright qc said in his opening statement to the jury said in his opening statement to the jury this morning, the case concerns the use of a south yorkshire police helicopter on a number of occasions between 2007—2012. or to put it more accurately, said, perhaps it involves the misuse of that helicopter by the four defendants on trial today and a fifth man called adrian pogmore, who has admitted the charges. what did they do? the jury was shown today four videos of four different incidents over a number of yea rs, different incidents over a number of years, where the powerful camera, the video camera on the front nose of the helicopter, was used to film

people sunbathing naked in their garden or having sex. the first video showed a woman in her garden in rotherham, sunbathing naked. she is completely unaware the police helicopter is nearby, and the camera zooms in to take a closer look at her. the second video showed two naturist ‘s sitting outside their ca rava n naturist ‘s sitting outside their caravan in doncaster, again oblivious to the helicopter flying by and zooming in on them. the third was of a couple having sex on a patio, behind their house, a suburban house in south yorkshire. they knew they were being filmed, and the woman waved at the camera on the police helicopter at one point during that seven or eight minute video. that is because that couple that were having sex on the patio new adrian pogmore, one of the men in this case. he was the police observer, a police constable, was in that helicopter and he was filming what was going on. there was a fourth video of another woman, sunbathing naked in her garden.

three of these incidents, people com pletely three of these incidents, people completely unaware. the couple, they knew they were being filmed. anything else in court? let me just tell you a little about the defendants. you heard me mention adrian pogmore, he is 51 years old. he was the man who pleaded guilty to the charges of misconduct in a public office. he is not on trial. he will appearfor public office. he is not on trial. he will appear for sentencing at the end. there are four other defendants, two police defendants, matthew lucas and lee walls, and two pilots, matthew loosemore and malcolm reeves. to put their defence in brief terms, they blame adrian pogmore for what happened. but after the video of the couple having sex was shown to the jury today, the prosecuting barrister said this... "you may hope the police helicopter is chasing down criminals and keeping the community say. you may never imagine that in fact it is being used to film a pair of

swingers in the throes of sexual passion for the entertainment of the crew." the jury will have to do decide if what those police officers pilots did was a criminal offence over the course of this trial. it is due to last three weeks. three of the people filmed in those videos said they were mortified to find out the police helicopter had been spying on them. danny savage reporting there. the family of a 7 year old autistic boy with a rare condition that puts him at risk of severe brain damage are beginning a high court challenge to an nhs decision which has denied him a life—changing drug. nhs england says the effectiveness of the drug, which would cost 100 pounds a day, hasn't been proved. our legal correspondent clive coleman talked us through the case . this little boy has a rare air—conditioning called pku, meaning he cannot metabolise protein in the normal way. it restricts him to just 12 grams of protein per day. if i give you an idea that a slice of bread contains four grounds, it shows the limitation on his diet.

because he has severe autism as well, he simply doesn't understand he cannot eat the foods he sees other people eating and that he wa nts to other people eating and that he wants to eat. his nhs consultant has said that he wants the boy to have a drug that would help him metabolise the protein, meaning he could eat more foods with protein in it. but that rug is a very expensive, around £100 a day, and nhs england has refused to fund it, saying it is clinical and cost efficacy has not been well established. it was that decision which in court today is being challenged. it was argued by lawyers and a half of the little boy and his family that that decision was a rational and didn't take into account the welfare of the child, his best interests. if that argument is successful, it will mean the nhs has to put their best interests of the child, the child's welfare, at the child, the child's welfare, at the centre of its decision—making on

whether to allow children with these rare conditions, these very costly drugs that could have a big cost of litigation, but could also mean more children and parents who desperately wa nt children and parents who desperately want these expensive drugs get them. clive coleman. the duke and duchess of cambridge have been visiting a former concentration camp as they continue their tour of poland and germany. our royal correspondent peter hunt reports from stutthof concentration camp. this visit will have served as a reminder for the this visit will have served as a reminderfor the royals this visit will have served as a reminder for the royals on a wide audience about the recent painful past of this country. william and kate came here to stutthof concentration camp, near the baltic sea in what is now poland. it was opened by the nazis in 1939. it was liberated in 1945. more than 60,000 people died here, 28,000 of them we re people died here, 28,000 of them werejewish.

people died here, 28,000 of them were jewish. william and people died here, 28,000 of them werejewish. william and kate were shown exhibits that highlighted the appalling conditions that once existed here and they visited and paper respect to jewish existed here and they visited and paper respect tojewish memorial garden. they laid stones that an ancientjewish garden. they laid stones that an ancient jewish custom garden. they laid stones that an ancientjewish custom stretching back to medieval times. it shows people that someone has recently visited a grave, and a memorial prayer was resited. at this camp and at all the other camps, so many people died, including more than 3 million polishjewish people. that hope is that this royal visit will help to educate the young and will help to educate the young and will help to educate the young and will help to ensure that the horror of the holocaust is never forgotten. peter hunt reporting there. more now on our main story. the chief inspector of prisons in england and wales, peter clarke, has warned that youth custody centres are so unsafe that "a tragedy" is inevitable, affecting staff as well as inmates. the ministry ofjustice has responded by saying that the safety and welfare of all young people in custody is its priority and that it's boosting the number of front—line employees by 20%. with me is jacob tas,

chief executive of the social justice charity nacro. thank you for coming in. i suspect this doesn't surprise you, but the language is very strong. it is strong language from an independent inspector. so i think we should all now pay maximum attention to his cry for sorting this problem now. it's like you were saying, in nacro we are aware of the situation and have been arguing investment is required. we're talking young people and children who are locked up, for crimes they have committed. therefore we take their freedom away, but we should not take their safety away. we should build a safe environment, because lots of these young people have traumatic backgrounds, and until we have a safe environment, we can work with them to change their lives around, so them to change their lives around, so when they come out they are not professional criminals but they can be law—abiding citizens. professional criminals but they can be law-abiding citizens. you say we

should take their freedom away but there is an argument that too many young people are being put in prison in the first place. is that your experience? the experience... we have been successful in the country now over the last ten years to reduce the number of young people we lock up. it used to be 3000, it's now less than 1000. unfortunately, over the past one and a half years, and recent statistics, we have seen it go up. we're very concerned about that. but in essence, we have been in reducing the number of children and young people in locked up. that isa and young people in locked up. that is a positive development. the fact they are in an unsafe environment and our independent inspector is now saying, as we are all saying, that this is unacceptable, really requires a change and not more words but investment in resources. that is clearly what peter clarke is saying. he says the tragedy is inevitable. what do you think... what form would

a tragedy take? i hate to think. he referred, there was an event a few months ago where a guard was attacked. it was very serious, by a young person. this could take any form. any of these forms, young people being hurt or staff who do their work being hurt, is entirely unacceptable. there is also no need. this is not part of our philosophy in the country, it's not part of what we think is right. we have a democratically chosen law system. we punish people and send them to prison, which is a very stark measure, particularly for young people, very traumatising in itself. that's the moment we should engage with them to turn their lives around, instead of leaving them in u nsafe around, instead of leaving them in unsafe environment. the ministry of justice says they take the safety of inmates as a priority. are we talking about more money? is that the essence of the problem here?|j

think the essence of the problem here?” think the work that nacro does with young people and also we have been pa rt young people and also we have been part of a big research project, and what it shows is it is not only money. it does need and require staff. the ministry ofjustice have permitted to 20% more staff, to train them it's protocol and a relentless focus on rehabilitation, working with these young people, believing in them and giving them the chance to turn their lives around, both in prison, prepare for community. that is the work that nacro does, through the gate, in the community and also through education being provided in some of these youth offending institutes or secure training centres. jacob tas, good of you to come in. thank you. it is livening up out there. chris fawkes has the details. it has been a very hot day actually.

temperatures reached 28 celsius in a number of areas. around hampshire, dorset, anglesey, there is liverpool and north—west england, western scotla nd and north—west england, western scotland as well. that kind of low 80 ins terms of fahrenheit. but look at these, here comes some storms coming into south—west england and this clump will work into the london area as we head through this evening. arriving at 9pm or 10pm. these storms could be spectacular. they have got loads of lightening in them and that could cause some problems. we could see power cuts from the storms and also the amount of rain we see from them will vary, but some of the heaviest could bring us over half a month's but some of the heaviest could bring us over half a months worth of rain. there is the scope for localised surface water flooding and standing water out on the roads. quite dangerous travelling conditions. the storms ease off on wednesday, but as the heat of the day builds, we will see further storms breaking out on wednesday across england and wales. temperatures reaching the low 30s.

that's your weather. hello. this is bbc news with simon mccoy. the headlines at 4.32pm: the chief inspector of prisons warns that the decline in youth centres in england and wales will make a "tragedy" "inevitable". inflation has unexpectedly fallen to 2.6% injune. it's the first fall since october 2016 although prices continue to rise. the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell has said that president trump will sign legislation to repeal obamaca re. it comes after two republican senators refused to back his latest plans. duke and duchess of cambridge continue their tour of poland today. the couple visited the former concentration camp where they met five holocaust survivors which they described as "shattering". the bbc finds 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.

the advertising regulator is looking at introducing new rules to put an end ads which portray stereotypical gender roles. it's time for the sport. england have reacted well to losing both their openers and remain on course to chase down a relatively modest target to reach the women's cricket world cup final. they need 219 after restricting their opponents to 218—6 in their 50 overs in bristol. lauren winfield and tammy beaumont are both out, but england are moving along nicely at 100—2. along nicely at 166—5. england defender casey stoney has been ruled out of their opening match of the women's european championship against scotland. stoney wasn't expected to start, but withdrew from training as a precaution with a hamstring injury. the lionesses are tipped to have a strong tournament and will be hoping to improve

on their impressive third place at the 2015 world cup. we have had a bronze. we have had a silver. we are after that gold now, but it's not going to be an easy task. it is going to be difficult and there will be lumps and bumps along the way, but as a team we're together and it's about pulling together and it's about pulling together and it's about pulling together and getting through them hurdles and at the end hopefully it will be worth the reward. former chelsea captain marcel desailly believesjohn terry can play football for another two seasons at least. he's 36—years—old now and after nearly two decades with the club has joined aston villa on a free transfer and desailly, who moved to stamford bridge in the same year terry made his debut, was asked how his old teammate's future looks now he's no longer a chelsea player. very good. nobody should blame him because he has gone to another club. i think he still wanted to play football. he's still fit. you can see on his social media. so, and he's going to be the captain and this team

will need him and he will show that he can play another two seasons for him to retire peacefully, he has done his duty and maybe come back as a coach because i can see that he's very, very motivated to continue in this business. the head of the spanish football federation has been arrested as part of a corruption investigation. angel maria villar was one of a number of people taken into custody in spain and it has been reported he was arrested on suspicion of embezzling funds. media reports indicate his son, gorka, has also been detained. villar is also both a fifa and uefa vice—president britain'sjohanna konta has told the bbc that she's working towards becoming world number one. the latest rankings have moved her up to four after she reached the semi—finals at wimbledon where she lost to venus williams. konta is the first british woman to reach the last four of at the all england club in 39 years. these championships and this time

around where i managed to get far in around where i managed to get far in a grand slam like i was at home at wimbledon. ifelt like a grand slam like i was at home at wimbledon. i felt like i a grand slam like i was at home at wimbledon. ifelt like i did a reasonable job with my team and with myself on digesting it. i felt i really appreciated each day. and each experience that i got and i got, i was fortunate i got such great matches and a few battles during this year's wimbledon. emotionally it was an incredible experience. gou to the play in front ofa experience. gou to the play in front of a home crowd who were so supportive and so living every single point with me which is quite overwhelming. it's quite an experience when you have thousands of people cheering for you in quite an intimate setting. so, i think emotionally i digested it. i think

definitely after every event, but especially like a slam and if you're fortu nate to especially like a slam and if you're fortunate to make it towards the latter stages, it is tiring so i enjoyed relaxing a little bit and trying to switch off. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. thank you very much. if you are a commuter on southern rail, guards are to stage a fresh strike on 1st august in their long running dispute over staffing and driver—only trains. that's coming in from the rmt. other strikes announced and drivers involved in that dispute. guards, 1st august, they are staging a fresh strike. 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. here are a few examples.

# she's a lady. # at least someone knows how to treat you right. from kfc. here we go! it doesn'tjust happen by magic. behind every great christmas there is mum. with me is craig jones, director of communications at the advertising standards authority.

what's the problem? we have commissioned an 18 month study. some gender stereotypes are harmful in advertising. that's not to say that all gender stereotypes are harmful. so what this is not about is putting an end to any images of men doing diy around the house or women cleaning around the house. but the research spoke to young people and adults and parents and what they told us was that some harmful images do kind of... hang on, you use the word, "harmful" aren't you overstating it? actually you've over reacted ? if overstating it? actually you've over reacted? if you're saying it doesn't work as an advert, the advertisers will pull it anyway if it doesn't work for them? well, what we found there, is an independent piece of research. we found that the drip, drip effect of portrayals of gender roles and characteristics can narrow opportunities and aspirations amongst young people and as children and parents have been part of

telling us that. so, an example would be a certain career or a certain activity which is suggested in an ad to bejust the certain activity which is suggested in an ad to be just the preserve of boys or just the in an ad to be just the preserve of boys orjust the preserve of girls and some of the other examples we have put forward include women having their house thrashed by the rest of the family and having sole responsibility for cleaning it up themselves. the other example we have used today is dads trying and failing to do basic tasks around the house or in parenting and men and women have told us that these images can have a big effect on young people and how they see themselves and how the world sees them. have you lost your sense of humour? is that really what's at the heart of this? anybody looking at the adverts, they may have a smile, they get thejoke is it is having a go at those stereotypes that you are saying shouldn't be shown?” understand that. know a lot of lot

of adds are creative and ap ture attention because they are funny. but what we have done is tried to identify that small sub set of ads that have really harmful stereotypical images and we have received some interesting words of support from people. a good example of where the harm is, to your last question, was an engineering body came forward during our research to tell us they think that the fact that young women are never portrayed as engineers. we have had dads groups come forward and say they are tired of dads being portrayed as useless around the house. this is about honing in those areas where more diverse images would help. what i'm missing, if they felt that, they could advertise, couldn't they? there are ways around and the accusation is that you are now getting involved in a political

issue, that you know, you're going all pc and that's not something the advertising standards authority is about? well, no, it's not, but that's not what's driving this intervention. we have been around for 55 years. we have regulated misleading advertising. that accou nts misleading advertising. that accounts for # 72% of the complaints we get about bad ads, but we have done harmle advertising. the public‘s definition of harmful advertising depends on checking in on what real people are telling us about what they think about images and ads and the kind of attitudes that's driving. we have had these pa rents that's driving. we have had these parents and these young people independently conducted research coming forward and telling us that this is limiting people's career choices, their choice of study and their choice of what they grow up to be in life. it's right to do something. isn't there a generational issue. we are showing ads from decades ago that nobody would think of making them today. what was acceptable then is not

a cce pta ble what was acceptable then is not acceptable now and the same will be the case in five, ten years from now. that the whole picture changes. advertisers are perhaps more aware of that than any of us and they will adjust. they don't need to be told. well, everything you said is right and that's why we wanted to check—in through this research on what prevailing attitudes in society are. an example is that we have regulated other forms of an example is that we have regulated otherforms of gender an example is that we have regulated other forms of gender stereotypical advertising for sometime. we've banned unhealthily thin models in ads and acted where there is bad body image messages getting across or sexualising women. there was a gucci ad and a recent one with a very thin model. we have acted there and banned the ads because we are sure there is harm there. this research confirmed we were right to do that, but it has gone further in saying where we have typically not acted in the past which is on the idea of gender roles and characteristics that there is harm

in terms of what people grow up to be and the careers that they have.” get that. but when did you last sit—in front of the telly with friends and family and laugh at an advert and say gosh, i shouldn't have laughed at that, isn't that what we are getting into? an important point here is there are lots of really good example of ads portraying diverse images. i'm not sure to suggest this is a problem across the ad industry. i have seen great examples of advertisers who are make ago big thing of diversity and choosing to portray people in diverse ways, but what we are interested to do here is acting to raise standards in that small part of the advertising landscape where there is a problem. it will be a targeted intervention, just on this harm, because advertising isn't the only contributing factor to people failing to meet their potential in life, but we found that it is a factor so we think it is right that advertising acts and that's why we are creating a level playing field through brood introducing the

standards to raise performance across all levels. theresa may has told her most senior ministers that there's a need for strength and unity in the country and this should begin at the cabinet table. at a meeting this morning, the prime minister also urged for discussions in the cabinet to be kept private after a series of leaks. i spoke to our chief political correspondent vicki young, and asked her what she thought was happening. theresa may of course knows that she has been weakened by that general election result and so there is speculation about a future leadership contest. there is speculation about what kind of brexit the uk is going to have and that is all mixed together in a cocktail shall we say of a lot of gossip going on around westminster. now after last week's cabinet meeting versions of it appeared in the sunday newspapers, what theresa may is hoping today after these words to her colleagues is that the same thing won't happen again this weekend. she has said that she wants to have an open style of policy discussion. she thinks that means there are better decisions made by the government,

but she said that cabinet colleagues cannot have those discussions with they are not private and she said that the shenanigans over the last weekend basically mean that some cabinet colleagues have not been taking their responsibilities seriously. so this is a call for unity. it's very clear that she wants them to go off on holiday, have a nice lie down and come back and be much better behaved. just how likely is that vicki young? i think it's quite unlikely actually, simon. i think where we are at the moment is they know that she is weakened. really the thing that is focussing their minds maybe and bringing some unity is the prospect of another general election which most tory mps do not want. they fear that labour, jeremy corbyn, might well win that. others though look at the situation and say you cannot keep theresa may there. she is weakened. everyone knows she is going to go sooner or later and it might as well be sooner and let's move on. i don't think we are quite at the stage of full

blown leadership contest, but once we come back in the autumn, once they all get together at their conference in october, then, of course, anything could happen. a leading health academic has warned that improvements in life expectancy have almost "ground to a halt" in england. sir michael marmot, from university college london, says the rate of increase has halved since 2010. he says it is entirely possible that austerity is affecting how long people live, but the government says its policies are not responsible, as sara smith explains. for years, we've been getting, well, older. for a century, average life expectancy has been rising. in england, it's now 83 for women, 79 for men. but the author of a study at the institute of health equity says he's deeply concerned that increases are now levelled off. and that while he can't make any firm conclusions, what he describes as miserly health and social care spending could be contributing.

it's entirely possible and i think it's an urgent that we try and sort that out, that they try and work out if it has and if it has, it's yet one more argument why we should be more generous in our social expenditure, if we want to address the quality of life of older people and if we want to address inequalities in health at all pages. historically, for every five years later you were born, you'd expect a year longer life span. it was 3.5 years for men. but since 2010, life expectancy has increased a year every ten years for women and every six for men. care for older people was particularly pressing, said sir michael, because of the increase in those with dementia, who would need more, not less funding. when this woman's father developed the disease, she says the family struggled to get the support they needed to have him looked after properly. by the time we started to make headway with them and they put together a package for us,

unfortunately, for us, his condition had deteriorated so badly that he became quite sick and was admitted to hospital. people are dying in a way that they shouldn't be because of that lack of support. that needs addressing, we're in affluent country. we should be able to support people with dementia as well as we support people with cancer or heart disease, we're not doing it and it's about time we started to provide that support. by the department of health says more money is going into the nhs and social care. that life expectancy continues to rise. in a moment a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first the headlines on bbc news: the government says the safety of young people in custody is an "absolute priority", after the chief inspector of prisons warns a tragedy is inevitable. inflation is now at 2.6% — the first fall since october, but prices are still rising faster than wages. president trump supports plans for the us senate to vote to repeal barack obama's healthcare system, despite its failure

to agree on a replacement. hello. i'm egon cossou. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. it's been a disappointing day here in london with banking stocks leading the markets lower despite the boost to exporters from the lower pound. let's have a look at some of the factors at play. carillion has won another new contract this time from the ministry of defence. they're worth a total of £158 million. royal mail shares also did well. it showed healthy revenues, boosted by an increase in political mail during the election and a strong performance overseas. we also had some surprising news on inflation which fell to 2.6% in june. joining us now is michael hewson, chief market analyst,

at cmc markets. michael thank you for joining michael thank you forjoining us. inflation, what a surprise. yes, indeed. but i think if you looked at what oil prices have been doing over the past few months, maybe you shouldn't have been and i think the key factor here is the fact that the pressure on wages, the gap between wages and inflation appears to be now narrowing in favour of wages. ultimately we saw an increase in wages last week to 2%. jumping up from april's1.7% and we have seen a significant decease in inflationary pressure, cpi from 2.9% to 2.6%, while it is encouraging, i think it is too early to hang out the flags because retail prices are still trending at around about 3.8%, but certainly it is a step in the right direction. one of the down sides to it unfortunately has been a sharp

decline in the pound today. what do you think this says about the prospects for a rise in interest rates ? the prospects for a rise in interest rates? well, i thought it was unlikely before the numbers came out. i think it's even less likely now. the markets were pricing in a 50% probability that we might get some form of tightening measures before the end of this year. the probability of that has deceased by 20%. there was never really any prospect of a rate hike in august. i think it has become less likely that we will see one before the end of this year. but i wouldn't rule it out. this is just this year. but i wouldn't rule it out. this isjust one this year. but i wouldn't rule it out. this is just one data this year. but i wouldn't rule it out. this isjust one data item this year. but i wouldn't rule it out. this is just one data item and the pound is still above the levels that it was this time last week. let's turn to royal mail. let me ask you, when was the last time you posted a letter? a very long time ago! exactly. i think posted a letter? a very long time ago! exactly. ithink that's posted a letter? a very long time ago! exactly. i think that's the biggest problem that the royal mail is finding with respect to its letters division. the parcels business is doing better. the

international division is helping and it has brought it welcome respite from the concerns that it is having with respect to its pension discussions with the unions and i think that's why it's higher today. let's move on to carillion. another big contract for them. what does this say about the long—term future for the company? i think it's encouraging. it's more encouraging thanit encouraging. it's more encouraging than it was two days ago. the problem with carillion is not so much the fact that the company is in trouble t has a significant cash flow problem. ultimately, it needs money and on going load of money coming in to keep itself going. its order book is the not problem. the problem is the long—term contracts hose customers are not paying out in order to keep the business going. hopefully the regeneration and the clear out on the balance sheet will help in that regard, over the course of the past couple of days a 40% rise in the share price off the low

is encouraging that maybe investors think the worst is behind them. it is probably too early to tell at the moment. that's it from me. back to you, simon. the cost of insuring a car has risen to its highest ever level. the association of british insurers says the price of the average policy has gone up by 11% in a year to £484. the body is calling on the government to introduce a new system for calculating compensation payments. we will mo more at 5pm. now, if mps in the house of commons disagree they debate, but not in taiwan. scuffles broke out in the taiwanese parliament as the opposition, the kmt, opposed an infrastructure bill put forward by the ruling party, the dpp. fights are a common place in the taiwanese parliament with the opposition often seen brawling the only way to prevent legislation they oppose, by blocking a vote on it. the stand—offs can last for hours, even into the middle of the night! legislators even take delays in

eating meals! snow, driving winds and plunging temperatures might not conjure up images of your perfect wedding day. but for one british couple, antarctica proved to be the ideal location for a white wedding. tom sylvester and julie baum got married at the rothera research station on adelaide island to the west of the antarctic peninsula. the bride's dress had orange fabric from an old tent and their wedding photos were taken in temperatures of minus nine degrees celsius. both got cold feet! chris fawkes has the weather update. we have had the hot weather today and that's giving way to something more sinister. yes, we have got big storm on the way. actually those

storms have arrived across parts of sweption, but it has been a hot day. temperatures have reached 28 celsius across a number of areas. but we are concentrating on the storms. here they are. a couple of cells at the moment. one is with us across south—west england and another one that's coming across the channel that seems to have london's name on it. it might get here at 9pm or10pm. name on it. it might get here at 9pm or 10pm. some of the storms could be lively as well. we have had some thunder and lightening across south—west england. more of this to come as we go through this evening and overnight because the storms are going to get much more widespread. now, we could have some particularly lively storms. lots and lots of lightening in these. so we may get some power cuts. it could affect power supplies and there is the risk of localised flooding. some of the heaviest

storms could bring us half a month's rain if not more over the space of a couple of hours. the amount of rain we get from the storms is going to va ry we get from the storms is going to vary significantly. some areas won't get so much rain at all. as we go into tomorrow, the initial batch of storms works northwards whilst easing in intensity. so there will be something of a lull, but then further storms break out later in the day. perhaps across wales and northern england seeing some of the heaviest. northern ireland turning wet with heavy downpours as well. a hot and wet with heavy downpours as well. a hotand humid wet with heavy downpours as well. a hot and humid day. look at the temperatures, up to 31 or 32 celsius making it the ninth day this summer that we have reached over the 30 celsius mark which is exceptional really. heading into thursday, fresher air will be working in across the uk, but we will have heavy downpours. so things turning more unsettled. a fresher feel to the weather extending into most areas, but still warm locally across parts of east anglia and south—east england. heading into friday and

indeed the weekend, low pressure is in charge. it will bring a lot of cloud in charge. it will bring a lot of clou d ofte n in charge. it will bring a lot of cloud often and there will be heavy showers around as well. temperatures quite disate pointing really for the time of year, 16 celsius, 17 celsius in belfast and a 21 celsius for belfast. we are seeing the weather change to cool and fresher conditions, but more unsettled conditions, but more unsettled conditions towards the end of the week and the weekend. that's your forecast. today at 5 — there's a stark warning conditions in youth custody centres are so appalling, a tragedy is inevitable. the chief inspector of prisons for england and wales, says assaults and self—harm are rising, while standards dramatically fall. we were unable to say that any of the young offender institutions or secure training centres that we inspect — we couldn't say that any of them were safe to hold children and young people. peter clarke escaping in respect of

all youth offending institutions. what can be done? the other main stories on the bbc news at 5... there's an unexpected fall in the rate of inflation to 2.6%. but prices are still rising faster than wages. the parents of an autistic boy with a rare genetic condition, go to the high court to force the nhs, to offer