" was -- was in parliament the camera. —— was in parliament today. a lot of women in this, people will look at them brown, i am is experienced, why is he paid more than a? is this a debate worth having? i applaud the bbc, for instance, of bringing it on for us to talk about tonight. that is a real quality decision to make, look at yourselves in public, and weld oi'i. at yourselves in public, and weld on. “— at yourselves in public, and weld on. —— well done. some of the matters will be lost in translation, don't let the facts get in the way ofa don't let the facts get in the way of a good story. it is fair to say, let me pick some names, if you have john humphrys or hugh edwards, that sort of quality, and experience, and a long time in the job, different parts of what you would call journalism, i can see why that by, i don't know what he is paid, i will find out tomorrow. but i can see why he is going to be paid a lot more thana he is going to be paid a lot more than a female, qualityjournalist doing thisjob, but frankly, hasn't

been around as long. i understand that. it is a shame he is a bloke because it defeats the argument, but thatis because it defeats the argument, but that is a different argument. because it defeats the argument, but that is a different argumentm gives rise to another argument, because a female presenter of the vintage ofjohn humphrys, you won't find her presenting the today programme. the real test will be, two things, one is to people on the sofa in the morning, breakfast television, both of the same vintage and experience. if we find out tomorrow that the bloke is earning more than the woman, that is dreadful. the second is, i more than the woman, that is dreadful. the second is, lam more of the bring her back and ignore her age campaign, the bbc did have a tradition of pension in off women of a certain age. let's show you the daily mail, which has a similar story. a panic at the bbc. should other organisations, as well as the bbc, tell us about who they play. other organisations, sky, itv. ..

bbc, tell us about who they play. other organisations, sky, itv. . i can rememberduring the other organisations, sky, itv. . i can remember during the mp pay, i remember question time, which was devoted to mps expenses for two weeks on the trot. one member of the audience would say, what are you paid? he said it was not their business. but from tomorrow, it is my business. but only for those over £150,000. ajax set that. to be fair, your question was about sky and itv, i don't pay their wages. the problem is, these are organisations that exist in a country which professes that it is a beacon of human rights, tolerance, diversity, and all these organisations have signed up to edicts on equality and diversity. by the way, there is something very special about this organisation in the terms of the fact that it is not a state broadcaster, but it is unique because it is paid by the

public but is not a state broadcaster. it is being forced to. but it is. there are quite a few broadcasters in the western world that won't be doing this to work. let's go to the financial times, they have this news. it is amazing... for those that don't know, a surprise fall in inflation. we have a good news economic story oi'i we have a good news economic story on the front page of the propaganda sheet called the ft. they are not even saying, despite brexit. they are not saying it. it is not there. lam are not saying it. it is not there. i am pleased and delighted. i am even more delighted for the country, because even though it is a small bit, because even though it is a small hit, it means inflation is coming down a bit. let's wait and see, what is the trend? but it means the immediate thing, the article refers to it, it takes the pressure off them pankov england to put up interest rates, because how do you deal with increasing inflation? you

make money more expensive so that people don't go out, borrow and by. it is good news. most experts think the trend is going to be upwards of inflation. of course we have all these forecasters that get it right all the time, don't we... digby, if it has dropped... you hate it, don't you. it is a current affairs programme, we need to see the other side of the argument. lots of people still feel squeezed. when they see prices rising, prices of all kinds of things, they will. spending. weeks ago, you buried the british economy. last week, you were burying the british colony. for once, it says it is alive and well. you say... i agree... 13 months ago, you

we re say... i agree... 13 months ago, you were on the fence. you didn't know if you would be a brexiteer. now you have become a standard bearer of a ha rd have become a standard bearer of a hard brexit. a standard-bearer for a country, actually. even if hard brexit... country, actually. even if hard brexit. .. i get country, actually. even if hard brexit... i get this country, actually. even if hard brexit. .. i get this feeling that so many people in this public space would love for this economy to fail. absolutely not! let's move on, let's move on, ding, ding. the financial times, rip—off fees are using credit cards. henry, to be banned. this is something i feel strongly about, because i use my credit card more than cash, especially when it comes to paying off tax bills. government agencies have been punishing you by levying fees of up to 5%. the times investigates airlines, travel agents, ticket booking websites, they are the worst offenders. if the

ban comes in, it looks like it is going to be. it could save shoppers nearly £500 million a year on including convenience stores and pubs, they will be banned from doing this. people don't know they are charged until they check out at the end. actually, digby, talking about transparency in terms of pay, this is transparency. looking at this before coming on air, we were in total agreement on this. that's breaking news! if a business is saying, i hope no one finds out. they deserve a kicking. i sincerely hope they will get one. yeah. where you have to be concerned is the credit card companies charge the retailer. if they want to pass that on, 0.6% or whatever, that is legitimate. it is different to what

it says in the article, where it says, a lot of people justify 2.5% because that is what it costs, they say, for each credit card transaction because it reflects staff and it system costs. that was a government department, a dvla in swansea saying i have made £42 million. this takes us on smoothly to cars, and the dvla. let's talk about mercedes, according to the telegraph. 3 million the sadie ‘s ca rs recalled telegraph. 3 million the sadie ‘s cars recalled for an emissions fix. quite a big story. mercedes based in germany, so every mercedes—benz car sold in this country in the last six yea rs sold in this country in the last six years will be recalled, or since 2011. this is the fake emissions results scandal. a bit like the volkswagen scandal, costing

millions. people will receive letters to bring their cars in. it will take an hour to change this particular piece of kit and it will be free of charge. lam going be free of charge. i am going to save you here, i think at the moment, they are saying, "this kit isn't working in the way we said it would. so can we change it free of charge?" when you said the words, they have been at it, fixing it, that is an allegation as we speak. i am not sure anyone has found them guilty yet. they are being recalled. i have saved you an oil spill. 3 million cars, ifi was sitting in woakes boer, the home of bw comic i would think, why only me? let's move on to the cabinet.

they have their lovely family photo today. they are happy and smiley. we have all been there. the wedding photograph of auntie alice, and your mother tells you to smile. that is this grinning together photograph. 0f this grinning together photograph. of course, at the moment, the government is in disarray, it is all being done in anonymous briefings. the prime minister is saying in a bubble, you are all in the frame. philip hammond, saying, yes, for yourjob. it is this constant lampooning of the political class from which i find very refreshing. i am not part of the brittle class, are you? i thought we were both independent —— the political class. what do you think about the rows within the cabinet? is it people

ganging up on philip hammond? within the cabinet? is it people ganging up on philip hammond7m within the cabinet? is it people ganging up on philip hammond? it is a lot of people jostling for position. and also disagreeing honestly about brexit, about austerity. if you theresa may, you would think, divide and rule. wait, hold your space, get through the summer recess, and hold your space, get through the summer recess, and draw their fire. and actually, let the media do what the media do, which is put up rumours all the time and frustrate the opposition into not... henry, how deep are the divisions? long—term, they are terminal. looking at this picture... terminal for who, the conservatives? of the theresa may? the conservatives if there is a general election. define terminal for the conservatives, do you mean general election? you believe there will be a general election? if there is... in the next two years. he is not alone in thinking that. why call a general

election in the middle of brexit. thinking that. why call a general election in the middle of brexitm might be taken out of their hands. we will see, like so many issues. henry, digby, many thanks to you, as ever. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, seven days a week at bbc.co.uk. that is it from us. goodbye. hello. a change is taking place in our weather. and the change has already been dramatic across some parts of the country, south—west england, especially west cornwall, torrential rain, vicious thunderstorms, and these storms quite hit and miss, spreading across the southern counties of britain. particularly intense storms to the

west of london. that is how the lightning looked early on for a weather watcher in plymouth. as the thunderstorms continued through tonight and into tomorrow, there is the risk of disruption and localised flooding, the bbc local radio station is worth tuning in to to keep up—to—date during breakfast time tomorrow morning. as we go through the rest of the night, the showers and storms moved erratically northwards. some places will scape as they are dry. other places will see rain in a short space of time, frequent lightning, and hail. scotla nd frequent lightning, and hail. scotland will stay largely dry. quite a messy picture tomorrow. bands of showers and thunderstorms continued to track northwards. further storms work into north wales and north—west england later on. all the while, turning soggy across northern ireland. at the same time, warmth and nudity in place for in east anglia —— humidity. 32 degrees,

more cloud further west, and across north wales, perhaps later into north wales, perhaps later into north west england as well, further very intense downpours and thunderstorms. there that in mind if you are travelling. storms across scotland, very wet in northern ireland through the afternoon, the odd flash of lightning here as well. as we go through tomorrow evening, tomorrow night, we will see the various areas of rain, moving eastwards, and eventually, as that happens, and we get into thursday, we will be left with westerly winds, bringing fresh air. the change in our weather will be complete by this stage. spells of sunshine and not a bad day on thursday. look at the drop in temperatures, 17—22. as we moved out of thursday into friday, it looks like wet weather in places, further spells of rain to take us into the weekend. we stick with the cooler, fresher feel. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: two people

are airlifted to safety after becoming trapped in their home when a flash—flood swept through the fishing village of coverack, in west cornwall. appalling conditions in youth custody centres make a tragedy inevitable. that assessment comes from the chief inspector of prisons, who says he is staggered by the decline in standards in england and wales. we were unable to say that any of the young offender institutions or secure training centres that we inspect — we couldn't consider that any of them were safe to hold children and young people. the bbc will tomorrow unveil a list of its stars earning more than £150,000. and on newsnight, we look at the record of president trump, who this week passes