this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11. the bbc has just revealed for the first time how much it pays its top stars. 96 names are on the list — each earning over £150,000 a year. two thirds of them are men. chris evans is the biggest earner on the list, receiving a salary over £2.2 million. the defence secretary sir michael fallon calls for more discipline and loyalty from his colleagues after cabinet discussions are leaked to the press. also, a major clean—up operation is under way following flash flooding in cornwall. there's been extensive damage at the village of coverack on the lizard peninsula which was hit by three hours of torrential downpours. and putting north sea cod back on the menu. experts say after decades of overfishing, cod stocks are looking healthy once again. good morning.

it's wednesday 19th july. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the bbc has revealed how much it pays its biggest stars, as part of the corporation's annual report. the salaries of broadcasters who earn more than £150,000 has been made public, as demanded by the government. of the 96 names on the list, only a third are women. the director general, lord hall, said the corporation had to attract the very best, and warned that making the details public would drive up wages. the presenter chris evans is the highest paid on the list, earning between £2.2 million and £2.25 million for his tv work and his radio 2 breakfast show. match of the day presenter gary lineker is next on the list, with a salary of between £1.75 million and £1.8 million. and graham norton is paid

between £850,000 pounds and £900,000 pounds for his eurovision and radio 2 duties, but does not include bbc 0ne‘s graham norton show, which is made by an independent production company. these are the ones only paid directly by delay since the. —— licence fee. let's get the latest now with our correspondent nick higham who's outside the bbc‘s central london studio. tell us more. 96 names on it, all of them paid more than £950,000. 0ne tell us more. 96 names on it, all of them paid more than £950,000. one of them paid more than £950,000. one of the headlines but the fact that two thirds of the list are men, only one thirds of the list are men, only one third are women. that is a differential that the director—general of the bbc tony hall says he is unhappy with and has pledged to do something about. he has said that in the last three

yea rs has said that in the last three years 60% of people promoted or appointed to a high—paying talent jobs have been women and he is working to improve the ratio, but it is clearly quite a long way to go. the bbc fears that by publishing these salaries there will be an awkward pressure —— and upward pressure on knowing how much will pressure on knowing how much will press for increases and broadcasters may use the figures to poach bbc talent. a bit more in a moment on the list and the individual figures, but this is what lord hall had to say last night ahead of the publication of the figures.” believe it is perfectly right for people who are making decisions about broadcasting in the bbc, like myself or colleagues on the executive committee or others, to have their calorie out there for the public, they should know what we are

paid. ido public, they should know what we are paid. i do not think it is right that we should have names against salaries for stars, presenters and others. i believe that would be inflationary, which i think would be bad for licence fee payers, and i believe it will be a poachers target. what we are now doing is managing a situation which we did not want but we will do and over the la st not want but we will do and over the last three years of all the people we have now implied or promoted, 63% of those people have been women. use it on the today programme, use it on the news, you sit down strictly come dancing, you see it with doctor who, but i want to get a viewpoint in 2020 where will you see our ratio, we are equal between men and women. and that, we have some way to go, as has the media sector in this country, but that is a big issue i

wa nt country, but that is a big issue i want to drive home. we are in a very competitive market, with new players like that flex, and what we have managed to do is pay our talent at a discount to the market. we never pay top whack, they come here because they want to work here, and over the la st they want to work here, and over the last year we have reduced the amount we are paying for our talent by 10%. weird thing we can manage our money properly, but also make sure we deliver what the audience expect which is great presenters, stars on the tv and radio. tony hall there. if you have those individual figures come you already mentioned chris evans as the highest paid name on the list. gary lineker, 1.75 million. graham norton, isn'ta £50,000. but we believe that does not include what he is paid for his bbc chat show. jeremy vine. the

highest—paid woman on the list is claudia winkleman. she gets £a50,000 a year. it is difficult to compare people doing what appears to be the samejob with people doing what appears to be the same job with other people doing the same job with other people doing the samejob because same job with other people doing the same job because because samejob because because many presenters appear on more than one show, sue this should be taken with some caution, but if we take the deflation between men and women, the seniors presenterjohn humphrys get... nick robinson gets £250,000, mishal husain, the highest—paid woman, gets £200,000. justin webb ‘s get £170,000 plus. we are told we should not assume that the lowest paid presenter of today is a woman andi paid presenter of today is a woman and i surmise from that but fairer martin you may be on a list if she did more shifts. she's only doing

part—time. 0n the one show, there is a differential flared between alex jones... dan walker gets £200,000 plus, another of the women, louise minchin, does not figure on the list. fiona bruce gets £350,000 plus, hugh edwards, £550,000 plus so is the track. actors, the highest—paid actor working for the bbc directly is derek thompson who plays in casualty. gets more than £350,000 a year. the highest placed actress plays connie beach in casualties and holby. peter capaldi as doctor who

got between 200 and £250,000. many more names on this list, but that is a flavour. some names will not be on the list because of the way they are paid? yes, as they say, the bbc has made it clear that if you work for a commercial company, an independent production company, or if you work for the bbc‘s commercial arm, bbc worldwide, which for instance makes top gear, then you do not appear on this list because you are not paid directly out of the licence fee. it isa directly out of the licence fee. it is a bit ofa directly out of the licence fee. it is a bit of a model and unclear how some unlike received evans. it is unclear whether the 2.2 million pounds for chris evans isjust unclear whether the 2.2 million pounds for chris evans is just for the radio 2 show or is it for top gearas the radio 2 show or is it for top gear as well‘s there is a degree of uncertainty about this. i think what

wea ke ns a uncertainty about this. i think what weakens a is by publishing these figures there will be some upward pressure on talent. there will be people on the list that look at what others are playing and believe they may not get another. then the agents may not get another. then the agents may go into that and ask for more money. the argue all along that the reason they wanted the figures out there was but when the general public and listeners discovered what people were paid, they might put pressure on the bbc one way or another to drive down the sums that are played. newspapers like the daily mail who never lose an opportunity attack the bbc will use this and will claim there is overpayment. there is some reaction on social media on the list. gary lineker said this morning that he was putting his hat on, that he was asked directly by one person on

twitter whether he had ever been offered and turned down a higher offered and turned down a higher offer from offered and turned down a higher offerfrom a offered and turned down a higher offer from a commercial broadcaster and he said yes, he had buzzed up why did he donate down? because he said he loves and values hisjob why did he donate down? because he said he loves and values his job and bbc sport. he said everything else was private. how uncomfortable is it for the bbc that two thirds of the names in this list are men? unquestionably uncomfortable. he has emphasised how personally he has tried to improve the gender balance of the bbc as a whole, he points to the fact that the result of the pressure, half of the breakfast show is on local radio stations are now presented by women. when hejoined the bbc, that was not the case. it

will be questionably embarrassing to the bbc that there is this continuing differential will stop it wa nts to continuing differential will stop it wants to get it down, but clearly you have existing contracts with existing stars, some of whom may be about to retire, that is many will not go anywhere and will take a long time for these figures between men and women to balance out. i should also say that this is a fairly white list. there are maybe ten names out of the 96 from minorities, but again, that is another area where the bbc‘s thinks it should do better. thank you very much. we will have more reaction to the list in the programme. the defence secretary sir michael fallon has called for more discipline and loyalty from his colleagues, following leaks of cabinet discussions to the press. he was speaking to mps and advisers last night, after the prime minister's call for strength and unity at a cabinet meeting.

this lunchtime will see the last prime minister's questions before westminster breaks for summer. let's speak to our assistant political editor norman smith at westminster. more calls for discipline and unity. are they being heeded? we will see, but there is no doubt there is something about a backlash developing against those big beasts in the cabinet who have thought to have been manoeuvring to put themselves in a position. primarily from ordinary tory backbenchers with figures from the 1922 put committee which represents act benchers are saying if you want to sack some of these people, just go ahead and do it. you sense among many tory mps there is a view that this sort of talk is profoundly destabilising, and above all, the fear is that if there was a leadership contest, that would inevitably prompt a general

election, meaning some good lose their seats, ajeremy election, meaning some good lose their seats, a jeremy corbyn government. many of the brexit supporting tory mps are wary that if there was a midship contest, that would throw everything in the air and that made according to change, have to think again, take another look at brexit. if mrs may was toppled and there was a contest, that could scupper brexit. you sense there is a real push back to keep this is made in place for these short medium term. thank you. prime minister's questions at midday. we will have full coverage. a big clean—up operation is taking place in cornwall, after flash floods swept through the village of coverack on the lizard peninsula. residents reported hailstones the size of 50 pence pieces, and the village was divided in two by a four—foot torrent of water. engineers will assess damage to roads and property in the area. it comes as storms across other parts of the south of england also

caused problems elsewhere. 0ur correspondentjon kay has travelled to the village and fishing port to see the extent of the damage. well, this is the main road that goes from the hills down into the centre, the harbour of coverack. butjust look at the mess that has been left by yesterday's floods. the tarmac, notjust one layer, but lots of layers of it have just been ripped apart leaving... it's almost like a sinkhole, this great crater here. you wonder how long it is going to take to fill this in and get the road reopened. and this could not really have happened at a worse time. this is a holiday town in a holiday county. down there is the sea. there is another road in and out on the other side of the village, but it is very narrow, very small. this is the road that would normally be bringing holiday—makers, people going down to the harbour to have fish and chips and enjoy the spectacular view that you normally see. but it is hard,

really, to take it in. we have seen cars that were abandoned last night with boulders right next to them, great big rocks and boulders, debris that was washed there, tonnes of it in the course ofjust a few minutes yesterday afternoon. down there in the harbour, they are beginning to do the more cosmetic damage, clearing of the seafront, trying to make it look more presentable, but getting people into the seafront in large numbers on this road is a whole different matter. 0n the line is zoe holmes, manager ofa 0n the line is zoe holmes, manager of a hotel there. what impact has it had for you? i believe it has had a huge impact. my concern is still trying to get our guests safely out, having not been able to evacuate them yesterday. this point, i have not had a confirmation. 0ur them yesterday. this point, i have not had a confirmation. our main concern is to hopefully have the

road open so people can leave so that if any more what does fall they would not be trapped here any longer. i think it isjust would not be trapped here any longer. i think it is just a would not be trapped here any longer. i think it isjust a big clean—up for everyone involved. we're just seeing clean—up for everyone involved. we'rejust seeing aerial clean—up for everyone involved. we're just seeing aerial images. exactly where you are. we are in the middle of the bay, the present, so we were kind of the in the centre of the tyrant pouring each side from every angle down over the roads into the sea, you saw the roads being ripped up. then the emergency services started to arrive, helicopters, just a com pletely arrive, helicopters, just a completely unprecedented thing to happen here. a complete shock. we are looking at close—up images of the aftermath and it is extraordinary that flash flooding could cause that to happen. how quickly did all of this happened?

i think the hailstones started and then the heavens opened, that is the anywhere can describe it, rate torrent immediately that look like it would not stop. i think it went on for two hours and then rained to a lesser extent after that, so it was just a lesser extent after that, so it wasjust going for a a lesser extent after that, so it was just going for a long time. it is hard to understand why such a short sharp downfall had such an impact. what is your understanding of it? i could not explain it. i hadn't experienced the sheer volume of water falling like that, experienced the sheer volume of waterfalling like that, so it experienced the sheer volume of water falling like that, so it could potentially just be that. water falling like that, so it could potentiallyjust be that. it was not exceedingly wet before, so i could not explain it, and i do not think it was predicted in anyway that degree from any forecast, so it

appears a freak act of nature. so what will happen now with business at the hotel, will it be impacted? it is certainly impacted. we have followed the moment so we're having to look at how long it will take us to look at how long it will take us to reopen as the whole ground floor is sodden. that is in the first instance. the village itself is in a mess and the roads, not particularly, not just mess and the roads, not particularly, notjust for the holiday—makers, but being a small village, it is imperative we have a road that works for emergency services. i think that has got to remain the focus to make sure we have the road workable, even if it is the small bendy one, because at this point we have had non—. so that is key. thank you forjoining us. an update on the headlines. it has

been revealed how much the bbc‘s stars are paid. two thirds are men. chris evans is the biggest earner on the list receiving a salary of more than £2.2 million. the defence secretary sir michael fallon calls for more discipline and loyalty from his colleagues after cabinet discussions are leaked to the press. let's catch up with the sport. england and scotland's famous old rivalry will be renewed on a bigger stage than ever before in women's football tonight when the two meet in the group stage of the european championship in the netherlands. england are aiming to improve on their third place finish in the 2015 world cup. they are favoured for this tournament also. meanwhile, scotland are playing in their first major tournament, but have lost key players to injury.

their head coach says it will be her proudest moment in football when they walk out onto the pitch in utrecht. the biggest thing is to try to enjoy it. try to embrace the experience, and that's been the message the whole journey now, from when we qualified. all the preparations, it has been really about, you know, enjoy every single second. we've put in so much preparation. physical work, so much work off the pitch and becoming a more together team. i'd like to say this is probably the most prepared we've felt going into a tournament, so i think that's why there's a lot of belief and a lot of determination around the squad. it's been a summer of transfer frustration for chelsea so far, but their manager antonio conte has been given a pay rise. conte, who has two years left on his deal, has signed a new improved contract with the premier league champions. that is worth around £90 million. ——

£19 million. chris froome isjust beginning the first of four stages that will decide whether he can win his fourth tour de france title — and it includes the highest point of this year's race, so plenty for the legs to deal with. and one rider has shown us just how much they put their bodies through ove the three weeks of the race. these are the legs pavel poljanski, ta ken after yesterday's stage heading towards the alps. i'lljust give you a few seconds to get used to what you are looking at. the polish rider posted the picture saying, "i think my legs look a little tired." he's currently 75th overall. that's all the sport for now — we'll have more on the bbc news channel throughout the day. inequality in the uk is reported to have fallen during the decade since the financial crash. the institute for fiscal studies says the gap between the richest and poorest households has narrowed, with the most noticeable change in london. the think tank said one of the reasons for the change was a fall in earnings during the global financial crisis in 2007.

it's been revealed us president donald trump held a second, largely undisclosed meeting with russian president vladimir putin at the g20 summit earlier this month. the second meeting happened during a dinner with other world leaders, just hours after the pair held formal talks. in the last few hours, donald trump took to twitter about the meeting. he said... he went on to say... we can speak now to our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg. what were these talks? a group called, a risk consultancy group reported that was the end of the 620 group reported that was the end of the g20 dinner, donald trump got up,

walked over to vladimir putin and the two men had a detailed conversation that lasted around an hour. the white house says it was a brief conversation, but vladimir hooting translator was using this conversation, donald trump did not have a translator. there has been no word of this revelation. russian state television has said something, however, and if donald trump ones cheering up about this, perhaps you should watch russian tv because the news bulletins have been on his side will top russian television said this whole story was being exaggerated, it is common for heads of states to chat at official dinners and that dodged the way my donald trump... kremlin has not officially reacted yet to the story.

is it clear what was discussed? we do not know what was discussed. there is a difference of opinion about how long the discussion lasted, but with all the investigations happening in america, the special counsel, the congressional investigations into alleged links between trump's team and moscow, in the light of revelations that donald trump's son and son—in—law and former campaign lawyer met with russian officials, talks of claims with a second meeting conversation between the two leaders is naturally sparking controversy. the duke and duchess of kent began arriving in berlin along with their children. it marks their trip to

berlin and germany. they are believed to meet with angela merkel. gaming, tell us more about what they will be doing. they have just landed in berlin. we havejust seen pictures of them descending a small jet with their two children. then now on their to meet angela merkel in the centre of berlin and they are going to be talking about european matters and political matters with her. after, they will go to brandenburg gate. that is the only real appointment where berliners will be able to see them, says expect to see cheering crowds there, and then they will follow a busy programme of visiting the holocaust memorial and there will be a royal garden party at the british ambassador's house in western burling and prince william will give a speech there. that is a speech to celebrate the queen ‘s birthday. a speech there. that is a speech to celebrate the queen 's birthday. we

are seeing the young royals getting off the plane. will they go and be involved any more in the formal schedule? it seems the young royals will probably not be involved in most of the programme. it might be, german commentators are hoping that some of the events, but they will probably not a company them through the whole day as it is a busy programme. what is interesting about the visit, it is being seen as a political visit. the royal couple cannot express themselves politically, but germany is under no illusions that this is really a pa illa rd illusions that this is really a pailla rd stunt by illusions that this is really a paillard stunt by the foreign ministry because it was requested by the british foreign ministry and it is to prepare britain's image in germany. the brexit vote, most of the newspaper articles and comments

about britain since the brexit vote have been talking about the political chaos in westminster. so britain has suffered over the past year. the hope is by the foreign ministry in london that there are nice pictures of the couple, that will help boost the image of britain, showed germans that britain is more than just complicated debates over the eu. to an extent, when you look to the excitement in the german media, that hope is justified, though it cannot change concretely what will happen in eu negotiations because those will be conducted by the commission in brussels. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first we leave you with for a look at the weather. good morning. many lining flashes across the southern part of the uk through the night and we had some

spectacular photographs from our weather watchers. this was one in kent last night. at the moment fairly quiet. some sun, some cloud there in the highlands. into the afternoon, lots of dry weather with sunny spells, but we will see heavy infa ntry sunny spells, but we will see heavy infantry showers developing across northern ireland, north wales, midlands, southern parts of north—west england. could be torrential, hail, possible flash flooding, but he will be a very warm day. hot across the south—east, potentially up to around 32. themselves will continue to move northwards overnight into scotland, but still some fresh conditions as we go into thursday. there will be one or two showers around, but there should be some sunny spells developing. temperatures down to around 22 in the south—east. friday, heavy rain in northern and western

areas, but temperature is normalfor the time of year. are this is bbc newsroom live with joanna powell. the headlines at this is bbc newsroom live with joanna golsling. the headlines at the bbc has revealed how much it pays its top stars for the first time. it's been forced by the government to disclose the salaries of those who earn more than £150,000 a year. chris evans is the biggest earner of the 96 names on the list, receiving a salary of over £2.2 million. two—thirds of those listed are men. the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has afair urged his cabinet colleagues to show what he calls the military virtues of loyalty and discipline. his remarks follow leaks to the press revealing divisions in government. the white house has confirmed that president trump had a second, undisclosed meeting with vladimir putin at the g20 summit in germany. mr trump has condemned media revelations of the talks, tweeting that they were "sick". and — flash flooding has caused extensive damage at a village in southern cornwall. if

and flash flooding has caused extensive damage at a village in southern cornwall. coverack on the lizard peninsula was hit by three hours of torrential downpours, turning roads into rivers. research suggests the gap between the richest and poorest if you are the blues on the women's stage as england prepare to face scotla nd stage as england prepare to face scotland in the netherlands tonight. antonio conte get a pay rise that doesn't extend his contract at chelsea. the improved two—year deal could be worth £19 million. and west brom's new striker is already off the mark. £12 million manjay rodriguez scorers in a pre—season friendly against leicester in hong kong. i'll have more on their stories a little bit later on. let's get more on the bbc revealing on how much it pays its biggest stars as part of the corporation's annual report. we will speak to the

former cultural secretaryjohn whittingdale he met at westminster. thank you forjoining us. you got the full well on this when you are the full well on this when you are the budget secretary, what do you think now that the list is out?” think now that the list is out?” think it is right that where you have people who are receiving a very large amount of public money, and bearin large amount of public money, and bear in mind £150,000 salary represents the licence fee of 1000 households, now it seemed that the government that it was right that the public should know those individuals were getting those kind of sums. tony hall says that all of the 96 people on the list are worried about being paid. —— were today being paid? what do you think? i think it's right that the bbc should be fully transparent and people will be at the judge that. there does have to become a point where people who believe can move to

another company to get more money and the bbc cannot pay more and say good luck and goodbye. at the same time, working for the bbc is a privilege. a lot of people have said that they might been able to work from or elsewhere, but they want to work for the bbc as its reputation as one of the finest broadcasters in the world. what about the issue of gender equality. customer 96 people on that list, two thirds of them are on that list, two thirds of them are on are men. i understand it tony hall has accepted that more needs to be done to close the gap, and where it appears that two people, one man, one woman who are essentially doing the samejob one woman who are essentially doing the same job the bbc needs to justify why it is paying one more than the other end needs to address that. indicates of some women who are paid women who are paid less

than men who are doing the same job, then maybe they are entitled to ask then maybe they are entitled to ask the parity, but that is a matter for the parity, but that is a matter for the bbc management to determine. the parity, but that is a matter for the bbc management to determinem thatis the bbc management to determinem that is the case, the spotlight has beenjohn because you wanted this to happen. if transparency the only way to properly get equality and transparency in pay issues? pelle one would hope that the bbc management would adopt the principle of equal pay for equal work. without having publication of the pay scales. and i think tony hall is committed to that but the fact that these figures are published will hopefully add a bitter public pressure to achieve that. if it does lead to the pay bill going up because of issues of equality being looked at, is that the right thing? well, if there is injustice taking place in the moment in that some

people are being paid much less than others, then if thatjustice is best directed by increasing some people's pay, then that is a reasonable thing. this is a man however, for the bbc management. we're not telling them how to do it. but this is public money any public and writing out is spent. will make it harderfor writing out is spent. will make it harder for the writing out is spent. will make it harderfor the bbc to writing out is spent. will make it harder for the bbc to attract top talent? i do think it should because i think there are people who are willing to work at the bbc for a slightly less money than he might receive elsewhere simply because they want to work for the bbc. the bbc, part of its job they want to work for the bbc. the bbc, part of itsjob in my view is to find new talent, it isn't necessarily to compete with commercial broadcasters to retain existing talent. if someone can command a very very high salary, then the bbc should say, good luck, go off and do that and we will be looking for the next generation. thank you very much, john

whittingdale. that's bringing claire enders, a media journalist who is joining us from outside broadcasting housein joining us from outside broadcasting house in central london. how do these figures compare with other employers in this field? volley well comedies figures are as sui generis because presenting talent even more than unique modern management talent, but overall in many cases the bbc is paying much less than commercial rates, because the commercial rates, because the commercial sector has different sources of revenue, including advertising and pay television. so, overall, apart from pay gap, i don't think that this list would make anyone uncomfortable about the bbc is paying its talent today. we do not know though because there isn't transparency across the board?

little we do know that the bbc was required to publish the presenters's salaries site initially that there are many people who are paid £150,000 and more in the commercial sector from management roles and in the private sector and in the government sector, so, essentially, the bbc has put forward a number of salaries for presenters which are not terrifying. you know, they're not terrifying. you know, they're not embarrassing or scandalous. you say they're not terrifying, embarrassing or scandalous, some people might think that when you look at the top of the list, chris evans up to £2.25 million, gary lineker up to evans up to £2.25 million, gary linekerup to £1.8 evans up to £2.25 million, gary lineker up to £1.8 million, though pretty high. you have to understand that the bbc is the broad street broadcaster, reaching 95% of the population. if these individuals can draw those figures to the bbc then

their pay will go down or they will go to become commercial sector if they cannot do that. as john whittingdale said, these earnings do not reflect the full panoply of earnings and many people who work in the bbc, presenting books or doing anything to run the country for a significant sums, so for many people the bbc is best way to in the uk, either on radio or television and that reflects reflects their overall commercial earnings, which they get separately. would you think of the issue of gender pay gap? the gender pay gap is something that has fascinated me for the last 35 years that i been working as a woman. the average pay gap in the media sector is about 20%, sol average pay gap in the media sector is about 20%, so i am not surprised by the pay gap is that we have seen in this list, but as john whittingdale also said, the bbc is committed to increasing the diversity on screen and let's hope that the next list reflects that

better. two thirds on this list are male, i mean, is it right to think that two thirds of the people at the top of their game at the bbc are male? it is the way that things developed and you'll notice that many of the presenters on the list have a considerable age. it takes a long time to become a great presenter and a great talent. i have that, asjohn said, the innovation of the bbc will see new talent come through, and above all, the ame tale nt through, and above all, the ame talent alongside gender diversity. thank you forjoining us, claire enders, let's go now to harriet harman, the former shadow culture secretary and she join us for westminster. harriet harman, thank you forjoining us. what you think about this list? i think it's important that the letter —— lid has been lifted on this page 's coronation at the bbc and it has been laid bare, the old boys network

where they are very weight feathering their own nest and each others and there is discrimination and unfairness against women. i know everyone will think it's very unfair and outrageous, this is a moment now, when it can be sorted out. what has been said for years is that we believe in equality and everybody talk the talk of equality, but what is saying is what we, of course, knew is that they are not walking the walk. this is the moment at which now, they have got to change. what does that mean then? the wage bill will go up? i do know how management all sorted out, i don't know a thing got renegotiation that opportunities for the people at the top, but when people talk about little changed because there are a lot of women talent coming through, there has always been women talent coming through the bbc. the point is that they get cold before they get older, because in olderwomen on—screen is regarded as a terrible thing. whereas the men can carry on. so, there is in issue about not

squeezing out women as they get older. there is a whole load of things that the management can do but they will now have to do it, because it has all been laid bare, the unfairness. this is the bbc, our much loved institution at the centre of british life, and therefore the bbc needs to settle example and this is public money licence fee payers money and people don't want their money and people don't want their money to be spent unfairly. it shouldn't be, public money should not be spent in a way which is discriminatory. when you look at the structure and the play, it is clearly determination. now that it is as in the open it will have to change. , tanihara said that by 2020 there will be equality between men and women and the pay gap will be sorted out? do you think that will be possible? does he mean that it will

be 505 50 on the way through? i don't know how he will do it. but it doe5 don't know how he will do it. but it does mean that things have to change, because women in the 20th century are not prepared to put up with being discriminated against and there has always been 5u5picion5 that the men are paying them5elve5 and each other more and that they are underpaying women. now it is out in the open and therefore, once the cat is out of the bag, it can't be put back in the bag. this is the moment at which it will be solved. the other thing is that come next april, all employers public and private sector who employ more than 250 people will have to publish their pay gap. thi5 250 people will have to publish their pay gap. this is one of the provi5ion5 their pay gap. this is one of the provisions in the equality act that we putting in 2010 which is now being brought into force by the government. they have taken a long time, better late than never, but to delete it is happening now. come next april all employers will have the publi5h next april all employers will have the publish their pay gap and all

women in all organi5ation5 will be able to say why are you having a bigger gap between men and women in our organisation compared to a 5imilar organi5ation our organisation compared to a 5imilar organisation and why is there such a big pay gap at all. thi5 there such a big pay gap at all. this is a real moment when we are going to see a change and make it a merry chri5tie instead america got thir5ty instead of our boy network. tony hall says that he thinks older the 96 names on the list are worth what they are being paid. what do you think? welcome he has to back the black, —— back people up but it i5a the black, —— back people up but it is a wonderful thing for the bbc people to work their way up, but it i5a people to work their way up, but it is a global brand and some of these people would not be nationally well— known, and in people would not be nationally well—known, and in the people would not be nationally well— known, and in the world people would not be nationally well—known, and in the world famous, if it wasn't for the bbc. so, people get a great deal out of working for the bbc as well as the bbc and

everybody and viewers benefiting from their talent. harriet harman, thank you very much. businesses will be banned from charging a surcharge is on their transactions says the fees cost consumers £473 million in 2010 alone. let's talk to die anchor manager avnet —— guy anchor, manager of money—saving expert .com. what is your reaction? quite often these fees can be hidden and you don't often noticed them into you get to the end of the process. they can also, if she'd sometimes the cost to the retailer processing the transaction are striving to depart with positive move. the one thing is that prices will go up so that retailers are going to go up. the

overall aggregate is that we are paying more than we do now and if we have 11 system then it is positive. why why has been the case that consumers are being charged extra for using credit or debit card? yes, it shouldn't still be happening, before i enter the question, in 2013 firms resolve the cat —— that you can charge more than it cost you tra nsa ct can charge more than it cost you transact part of the transaction. that largely got rid of charges, but we still see charges of up to 3% in some cases. travel firms often do this. it cost roughly between one and 2% to process the transaction. so there is a real cost to the companies that are charging them and you say that that will just be spread out in other areas? we do not never certain how it will be spread out, but i wouldn't be surprised if people who pay by cash and my debit card, who are charged, possibly may

see a slight increase in headline prices. we saw it a few years ago, when some of the budget airlines we re when some of the budget airlines were doing it across the board. instead of charging debit card customers they introduced the pickled administration fees, which they say didn't really apply to the ca rd they say didn't really apply to the card transaction itself. i will never again see more of those almost secondary fees coming. that is speculation, but are now directly that hidden nasty fee at the end of the process. this is in eu directive coming coming injanuary, we are leaving the u. might it not last very long? who knows? who net who knows what can happen when that eventually does come along. this is the uk government making a decision today. i wouldn't be surprised if his days long—term, but we don't know. thank you very much guy anchor. in a moment we will have a summary of the business news but first i had lines.

the bbc has revealed how much it pays its top stars, 96 names are receiving more than 150,000 dear chris evans is... the receiving a salary of more than 2.2 million pounds. more than two thirds of them are men. i'm ben bland — in the business news... extra charges that get added when you pay with a credit or debit card are going to be scrapped. from nextjanuary, the government will ban businesses from charging customers extra for paying by card. but they can pass on the processing fee. the treasury says airlines and food delivery apps do it most often — and estimates that in 2010 we spent nearly £500 million on such additional charges. the gap between the richest and poorest households in the uk has narrowed since the recession of 2007—08. that's according to the institute

for fiscal studies. rising employment and sharp falls in income in the middle and top earning households was behind the decline in inequality. more on this in a moment. north sea cod is officially back on the menu! now sustainable and can be eaten with a ‘clear conscience', a fisheries body has said. the fish has been considered under threat for more than a decade after stocks fell to 36,000 tonnes in 2006. but the industry has agreed measures to help regenerate the population, including new nets and closing spawning areas to fishing. the marine stewardship council (msc) said it could now be sold with its "blue tick" label. hello, know the gap between living standards in rich and poor households in the uk has narrowed, according to a new report published by the institute for fiscal studies. sharp falls in income for middle and

top earning households are behind the decline. joining us now is jonathan cribb, senior research economist at the institute for fiscal studies. jonathan, good to see you. so, the gap between the richest and poorest has studied. bat narrowed. some people would see that as good, but you want the reverse to happen to you not? since the recession inequality across the income spectrum has broadened. bat narrowed. those increases have not been fully reversed. higher employment has been a good news story that has boosted the incomes of low income people, but the bad news is, as you say, lower earnings from employment have really suppressed the incomes of high—income people. suppressed the incomes of

high-income people. that's something we often talk about, the slow growth in average wages. 0ne we often talk about, the slow growth in average wages. one of the other point i found interesting from the report was the fact that in london, in particular, inequality seems to have dropped. why is that? the decline in inequality in london since about 2009 is really quite dramatic. the ratio between the incomes of a relatively affluent family and a relatively poor family in london has fallen from about five and a half times 24 now times. that has been driven by a turbo—charged trends in the labour market in london with a big increase in the proportion of people employed up five percentage points since 2007. any very large decline in the average of working londoners, down 10% after accounting for inflation sincejust 10% after accounting for inflation since just before the recession. and

we don't want to get to adjust the london of course, but how do things va ry london of course, but how do things vary a cross london of course, but how do things vary across the rest of the uk? there have been more modest declines both in the wages of working people, more modest increases in the employment rates of people elsewhere in the country and there have been declines in inequality across the country, but to a much lesser extent than in london. there are still some significant regional inequalities, in terms of average incomes between rich and poor regions in this country. jonathan, thank you very much. jonathan kryptonian steeped of —— jonathan cribb from the institute for fiscal studies. the owner has been investigation daimler has unveiled plans to cut vehicle emissions: it's recalling emissions: it's recalling

three million mercedes—benz diesel cars, and installing a software fix on the vehicles. daimler has been under pressure from police and prosecutors who are investigating the possible manipulation of diesel a supposed boycott of united airlines because of the poor treatment of passengers has had little impact on the company's earnings results. united revealed its first financial statement that included the period after staff forcibly removed a passengerfrom a plane. and the numbers aren't bad. profits of $818 million for the second quarter — almost 40% higher than the same period last year. sales were also up. the us owner of schwartz herbs and spices has won the battle to acquire reckitt benckiser‘s food business in a deal worth $4.2bn (£3.2bn). mccormick & co saw off competition from consumer giant unilever and hormel foods, the us owner of spam, to buy the division. it includes french's mustard as well as franks' red—hot and cattlemen's sauces. the deal will help reckitt benckiser pay off debt after buying baby formula maker mead johnson for $17.9bn.

the chief executive of reckitt benckiser, rakesh kapoor, said, "following the acquisition of mead johnson nutrition, this transaction marks another step towards transforming rb into a global leader in consumer health and hygiene." audi has been criticised for an advert in china, which thousands of internet users have branded sexist. the ad compares buying a car to finding a wife, saying "an important decision must be made carefully". saying "an important decision must be made carefully". it shows a woman having her nose, ears and teeth inspected by her mother—in—law on her wedding day. an audi spokesman told the south china morning post marketing in china was the responsibility of its local joint venture partner. that take a look at the market. british shares edged up on wednesday morning helped by a buoyant consumer's good centre that after that beckett wrinklies deal that we are talking about there. it sold its shares to mccormack, the us company. easyj et, shares to mccormack, the us company. easyjet, the owner of ba, would down

—— were down. that could be linked to the crackdown on credit card feasibly began by talking about. the government says that those fees are often added by a at our lines and online through that. join the dots, that all the business we thank you back to you. theresa may will face questions from mps shortly dining prime ministers questions in the house of commons. it will be the last pmq ‘s before westminster bridge of the summer. let's bring our political editor —— assistant with a clinical norma smith —— norman smith. what you expect? i'd better be a rowdy session that though i later we are running specialist party tried it in their home with a bounce in their step. i have a sponsor ‘s mission that tory mps again to be and inclusive and enthusiastic to two bat inclusive and enthusiastic to theresa may in

response to the cabinet machinations against workers on the signs are that the tory backbenchers are not happy with the possibility of a leadership challenge. so, you may get a response from the tory mps to underscore their support for theresa may. as her journey underscore their support for theresa may. as herjourney corbin, what a contrast. since the general election, his performance at pmq has become much more aggressive. i think in large part it is due to have the fa ct in large part it is due to have the fact that his confidence has been put on a rocking blues since the general election. he seems much more forceful tha n general election. he seems much more forceful than he was before the election where pretty often theresa may would not about a bit. now, it's slightly reversed as mrs may has looked a little shaky in recent weeks. whatever we get a suspect it will be a pretty rowdy session. what is morale like amongst tory mps?

exhausted is probably the most honest answer. they feel bewildered, battered, totally shaken up by the election result. i think, too, that they feel that their party has been engulfed by one thing after another with david cameron stepping aside, the surprise brexit result, then the bloody leadership with borisjohnson being knifed in the back by michael gave —— gof and then caruso made, that all went terrorist davey posted at the election. i think they are desperate to get home and her that things are better when they get back. thank you very much renown, norman, we would be back at westminster pmq ‘s at 12pm. now, letters that with the weather. read joanna, thank you very much indeed, if you're woken up by thunder la5t night, you weren't alone because we have around 150,000 lightning 5trike5 over the last 12 hours or

so. 5trike5 over the last 12 hours or so. many of us would have heard that thunder and this was one of my favourite weather watcher photos of that lightning that fork lightning in the sky. for the rest of today, we're looking at lot5 in the sky. for the rest of today, we're looking at lots of dry weather around for the south and east. a5 the early afternoon we might see some thunderstorms again developing, but in the sunshine, part5 some thunderstorms again developing, but in the sunshine, parts of east anglia and cambridge are in the south—east to bridge5 could get up to 32 degrees celsius. but feeling quite oppre55ive in the south—east a5 quite oppre55ive in the south—east as well. in the south—west there would be a little bit of cloud that they would be nearly as heavy as they would be nearly as heavy as they were yesterday as the showers. heavier 5hower5 they were yesterday as the showers. heavier showers in north—west wale5 and north—west england as well. thunder 5hower5 and north—west england as well. thunder showers in northern ireland a5 thunder showers in northern ireland as well this afternoon. much of scotland 5hould as well this afternoon. much of scotland should show la rdy as well this afternoon. much of scotland should show lardy die and later in the day largely dry and later in the day largely dry and later in the day largely dry and later in the day 5hower5 moving to the south—west of scotland. cabbage5

1617 degrees —— temperature 16—17d but even hotter in part of east anglia. through this evening in tonight any 5torm5 will move their way northward, eventually intimates of scotland. lot5 way northward, eventually intimates of scotland. lots of cloud around overnight with further 5howery outbreak5 overnight with further 5howery outbreaks of rain moving in from the we5t. it could be quite oppre55ive again tonight in the south—east, temperatures no lower than 17—18dc, ju5t temperatures no lower than 17—18dc, just that bit fresher further north and west. that fresher feel to the weather will transfer to all the blu5ter on thursday. ye5, weather will transfer to all the blu5ter on thursday. yes, the morning might start cloudy with a view 5hower5 morning might start cloudy with a view showers in the east, some of those could be heavy but they will clear away. but then we're looking at some dry weather with sunny 5pell5 acr055 at some dry weather with sunny spells across england and where, a bit of rain across northern ireland and the far north—east of scotland. but look at those to bridges, 22 celsius in london but a good 2010 degrees less than today. sterling

pushing in from the west on friday morning and that will transfer its way eastwards and as we get the weekend, fresher conditions of course, there will be a mixture of some sunny spells some showers with those temperatures were they should be for the time of year. that's it from me, bye—bye. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday. the bbc has revealed for the first time how much it pays its top stars. 96 names are on the list — each earning over £150,000 a year, and two—thirds are men.

chris evans is the biggest earner on the list, receiving of over £2.2 million. the village of coverack begins a major clean—up operation after yesterday's flash flooding in cornwall. and in a few moments, we'll be live in the house of commons of commons for the final prime minister's questions before summer recess. thank you mr speaker. i am sure all members from all sides would like to thank the staff of the house for their dedication this year in a challenging yet. we saw terrorist attacks our democracy and our way of life, not just in attacks our democracy and our way of life, notjust in the westminster attacks, but obviously in the attacks, but obviously in the attacks at manchester, minton repack in london bridge. it is banks to the people like elizabeth bryan, and a

new nurse from cambridgeshire who came to run to help other london bridge attack and is in the gallery today that these attacks, this shows the attacks will never succeed because we are united in defending the values that define our nations. mr speaker, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others andi ministerial colleagues and others and i will have further meetings today. we all associate with the words spoken. i wonder if there schedule does not seem so busy, does she have the time to visit coventry with a warm labour mps all doubled their majorities. is she aware that coventry is the national designated centre body research and development

of for driverless the calls and would she not consider a more appropriate location to relocate held government... inaudible. i'm grateful to the honourable gentleman. i'm happy to visit the west midlands and i am pleased to visit the west midlands under the new mayor. he is doing a very good job. he mentions the automated vehicles. we are a leader in the face. that is part of building a strong economy and what the government is doing. last week, our national health service wasjudged the service was judged the best health ca re system. service was judged the best health care system. best, safety is, most affordable, better than france, germany, switzerland, australia. 0ften germany, switzerland, australia. often in this house, we focus on the

negatives, and i heard the labour party attempts to weaponised this. will my honourable friend congratulate nhs staff on their skills, dedication... and the hard work they have put in to put in these high standards. i thank my honourable friend. i am happy to stand here and congratulate all the nhs staff who are delivering such a fantastic service and have made the nhs once again, the number one health system in the world. and we are determined to continue unable

that high level of service to be provided, which is why between 2015-20 we provided, which is why between 2015—20 we will be investing over half £1 trillion in our nhs. mr speaker, ijoined half £1 trillion in our nhs. mr speaker, i joined the half £1 trillion in our nhs. mr speaker, ijoined the pm in thanking all the staff of this house for all the work they do all year. they are fantastic, supportive, inclusive and great with the public. i want to thank them for everything they do. i also joined the pm i want to thank them for everything they do. i alsojoined the pm in thanking all the emergency services for the way they coped with all the terrible emergencies we have had over the last few months in the country and i thank the communities such as my own in finsbury park that have come together to oppose those who try to divide us the community and people. emergency services were in action yesterday predicting the people of coverack from the floods. we should always remember we rely on the services. the chancellor said

that some public servants are overpaid. given the prime minister has had to administer a slight down to her squabbling cabinet, does she think the chancellor was actually talking about her own ministers? cani talking about her own ministers? can i first of alljoin the honourable gentleman not only in praising the work of our emergency services, but also in recognising the way in which after the terrible terrorist attacks we have seen andy g re nfell tower terrorist attacks we have seen andy grenfell tower fire, the way we have seen communities come together and support those who have been victims of those terrible incidents that have taken place. i was pleased to visit finsbury park after the attack that took place there and see for myself the work that was done and the work he had done over that night in working among his constituents to

make sure the community came together at about terrible attack. with public sector pay, i will say this. i recognise, as i said when acejudd on the steps of downing street last year, that there are some in our country who are just about managing, they find life a struggle. that covers people who are working in the public and private sector. that is why it is important that the government is taking steps, for example to helping those on the lowest incomes on the national living wage, why we have taken millions people out of taking income tax, why basic rate taxpayers have seen a tax cut of the equivalent of £1000. but you only get that with the strong economy and you only get that with the conservative government. i thank the prime ministerfor government. i thank the prime minister for what she said about my own community. my question was about whether the

chancellor had said public service workers are overplayed or not. the real empty in this country is theirs, a nurse and a median salary sta rts theirs, a nurse and a median salary starts on 20 3000. police officers, 22,000 800. jobcentre quark is an. i had a letter about a sister—in—law who is a nurse and i quote, she has sacrificed her health for the caring of others. she has had a pay freeze for the last five years. only her dedication and passion for her vocation keeps her going. why is this happening? what is the prime minister saying to sarah and others working in our nhs? what i say to sarah and those working in the nhs is that we recognise the excellent work they do, the sacrifice they and others have made over the last seven years.

that sacrifice has been made because we had to deal with the biggest deficit in our peacetime history left by a labour government. and as we look at public sector pay, we do balance being fair to public sector workers, protecting jobs and being fairto workers, protecting jobs and being fair to those who pay for them. the honourable gentleman seems to think it is possible to go around punishing people —— promising people more money and no one will have to pay for it. he and i both value public sector workers. we both value our public sector services. the differences we know you have to pay for them. the prominent studies not seem to have problems to pay for the dup support. her government has been in

office for 84 months. 52 of those months have seen a real fall in wages and income in our country. in the last prime minister's questions before the general election, the prime minister, the same prime minister said, and prime minister, the same prime ministersaid, andi prime minister, the same prime ministersaid, and i quote, every vote for me is a vote very strong economy with the benefits felt by eve ryo ne a cross economy with the benefits felt by everyone across the country. does the prime minister agree you cannot have a strong economy when 6 million people are earning less than the living wage? i will tell the right honourable gentleman is when you cannot have a strong economy is when you have labour policies of taking 1 trillion mark. that means higher taxes, fewer

jobs, the labour government to crush the economy, the conservative government has come in, more people in work and jobs and more investment. can invite the prime minister to ta ke can invite the prime minister to take a check with the reality on this? 0ne one in eight workers in the uk. that is 3.8 million people in work, and now living in poverty. 55% of people in poverty are in working households. the prime minister's lack of touch with reality goes like this. low pay in britain is holding people back at a time of rising housing costs, rising food prices is an rising transport costs. rising consumer debt and falling savings

threatens our economic stability. why does the pm not understand that low pay is a threat to an already weakening economy? the best route out of poverty is the real work, and what we now see is hundreds... hors d'oeuvre. deprived mr must speak. the best route poverty is through. that is why it is so important that we have seen 3 million morejobs being created in our economy. that is why we now see so many thousands of people in households with the work rather than in workless households. hundreds of thousands more children being brought up in a household where there is work rather than a

failure to have work. that is what is important. what is important is we provide support to people spread by people. that is why we have the national living edge. that was the biggest pay increased for those on low incomes ever. that was never increased by the labour party. —— that was never introduced by the labour party. it was labour that first introduced the minimum wage with opposition from the conservative party. wages are lower than they were ten years ago and the prime minister has been in office forjust one year, and during that, disposable income has fallen by 2%. the economic consequences of austerity are very clear and so are the social consequences. life expectancy is stalling for the first time in100 expectancy is stalling for the first time in 100 years. today the iss

forecasts that income inequality will get worse and child poverty will get worse and child poverty will rise to 5 million by 2022. 0rder!. members are shouting, and shouting excessively. they must calm themselves. does the prime minister not realise that her talk of a strong economy does not remotely match the reality that millions of people face on low wages and poverty at home? the honourable gentleman is wrong in some of the facts he is putting forward. inequality is down, life expectancy is continuing to rise, but what we know in terms of a strong economy is what will not deliver a strong economy for us is

labour's policies of more borrowing, higher taxes and fluid jobs. what the honourable gentleman ones is a country living beyond its means. that means making future generations paying for his mistakes. that is labour's way and the conservatives will never do that what we want is a country where there are not formally children living in poverty, where homelessness does not rise every year. i look along that front bench opposite and i see a cop annette —— a cabinet bickering and pushed further. you contract talking to each other. order! the honourable member is testicular aiding in a

distinct man and he must stop doing so. distinct man and he must stop doing so. you deserve better. wages are falling. the economy is slowing, constructing section in recession and we face crucial brexit negotiations. is it the truth that the divided government is unable to give this country the leadership it so desperately needs now to deal with these issues? the reality is that he is always talking britain down and we are leading britain fall. let's look at the record of our time in government. 3 million morejobs, 4 million people out of paying income tax, over 30 million people with a cut in their income tax, record levels of people in employment, record number of women in work, deficit cut by three quarters,

inequality down, record levels of foreign direct investment. that is a record to be proud of and you only get it with a conservative government. ido i do not think the honourable gentleman knew how popular he was. the black country flag has come under attack on the other side of the chamber, but will the prime minister in again congratulating gracie shepherd who designed the flag when she was just 12 years old, reflecting our industrial heritage and does she agree that the latest figures showing the west midlands as the fastest—growing part of the country shows once again that the black country remains a great place to do business? as my honourable friend says, he is right, the black country route remains a great place and i like to

congratulate her on designing that flag at the age of only 12 years and i have to say that i am sure that she and others, including the... as a prize from the attitude opposite andi a prize from the attitude opposite and i commend my honourable friend and i commend my honourable friend and my other honourable friend in the black country and the express and starfor the the black country and the express and star for the promotion the black country and the express and starfor the promotion of the black country as a great place to do business and bring up children. does the prime minister believe that her government has delivered pensions fairness for women who like her were born in the 1950s? by her were born in the 1950s? by the government is delivering for women is a better state pension for women is a better state pension for women so that women in future will be better off under the state pension that they have been in the past. we are equalising the pension

age i think across the whole house that we will recognise that is the right thing to do. the prime minister has found up to £35 billion for hinkley point c nuclear power station. much more for the trident. and they deal for the dupjust so the trident. and they deal for the dup just so she can keep the trident. and they deal for the dupjust so she can keep her the trident. and they deal for the dup just so she can keep her own job. she seems to be able to shake the budget money tree when she wa nts. the budget money tree when she wants. can the prime minister now aim the injustice to those women missing out on a pension before she herself thinks about retiring? i have to say to the honourable gentleman i am a little surprised given his background that he said what he did about hinkley point. that is actually privately funded because it is not money coming from the government to develop it, so i find that a little strange. we have

put £1 billion extra into this question of the changes state pension age to ensure that nobody sees their state pension age increased by more than 18 months from what was previously expected. also, the scottish government has now extra powers in the area of welfare. perhaps it is about time the scottish government got on with the scottish government got on with the dayjob and stop clark's businesses in stafford need as much certainty as possible now about what will happen after we leave the ee ewing march 20, 1940 investment decisions they are making. as the government works on the comprehensive future with our european neighbours, would also negotiate time bound transitional

arrangements that applies the jobs of our constituents and the health of our constituents and the health of our constituents and the health of our economy? my of our economy? my honourable friend is right, i have said elsewhere before we want to avoid a cliff edge for businesses because people want to know where they stand, carry on investing in they stand, carry on investing in the uk and creating the jobs that we have seen. there will be once we know and negotiated this two—year period, what the end state relationship for the uk and the european union will be in the future. it will then be necessary foran future. it will then be necessary for an implementation period where people can adjust that is coming in. there will be practical things need to be done and as part of the negotiations, it is important to agree what that implementation period is and what the arrangements will be jarring it. we will leave prime minister's questions before the parliamentary recess. the returns on the 5th of

september. the bbc has revealed how much it has been made public, as demanded by the government. of the 96 names on the list, only a third are women. the director general, lord hall, said the corporation had to attract the very best, and warned that making the details public would drive up wages. the presenter chris evans is the highest paid on the list, earning between £2.2 million and £2.25 million for his tv work and his radio 2 breakfast show. match of the day presenter gary lineker is next on the list, with a salary of between £1.75 million and £1.8 million. and graham norton is paid between £850,000 pounds and £900,000 for his eurovision and radio 2 duties, but does not include bbc 0ne's graham norton show, which is made by an independent production company. the figures published only those

paid directly by the licence fee, not payments by the bbc commercial are more independent producers. in the past hour our media editor has been speaking to the bbc director general lord hall. what i care most about, and i think we have got to get much better is over the gender balance between men and women in our top talent. i think we have made a lot of progress, but is nowhere near what i wanted to be, because by 202001 to get the point where it is equal between and women on our radio challenge and i work. we have made progress and over the last years, 60% of the new hires and promotions have been women. you see that on the ten o'clock news and the today programme which now can be presented by women, you see it on strictly new doctor who. but i think we have got

much more to do that and i'm determined to get it right for them when i first came back to the bbc, i wa nted when i first came back to the bbc, i wanted to get another woman to present the today programme. i wa nted present the today programme. i wanted to get more women on local radio and we got there as well. we got there in action behind the principles we stand for. that is the thing i really want to achieve in the next few years. there were people who look at the list and said that you have made progress, but the evidence is emphatically clear that only a third of the list is female, the top eight stars are dominated by men and although individual circumstances vary and you have to look at rotary, there are several shows where men and women seem to do the similarjob annie men are paid more. is there a clear signal here that the bbc is way behind it should be with gender equality? we are making big strides, but i want to

stress that i am not complacent. i wa nt to stress that i am not complacent. i want to be an exemplar to the whole of the uk about how to handle that. if you look at the gender pay gap which the average for the whole of the uk is just which the average for the whole of the uk isjust over 18%. we arabs 10%, so we are already in a better place than the average. but i'm not complacent about that. there is a lot to do and i'm determined we will do that. you have argued this could potentially be a poacher ‘s charter that other broadcasters might sweep infor that other broadcasters might sweep in for talent. some people might understand that in television full stop what. why would it be the case in radio? chris evans is paid £2.2 million and that would be commanded in the commercial sector? you are talking about also a global market, so people say that someone like chris moved to commercial radio? commercial radio are after some of our talent and we know those conversations are going on. for

chris, rather than presenting the most popular breakfast show on the most popular breakfast show on the most popular breakfast show on the most popular radio network in europe, what would chris do? he would work in television, he would do other things, see you are in a market. one of my places you are not only in the market in the uk, but over the last decade the market is not just the over the last decade the market is notjust the uk, it is also involving amazon, google, apple, all sorts of things. big companies like that on the west coast of america. for example, radio one lost one of its star djs and key producers to apple. this is no longerjust a uk market. we are in competition with the world, as indeed for those looking and seeing what we're doing, we are in global competition. there are we are in global competition. there a re lots of we are in global competition. there are lots of people lucy the amount thatjohn humphrys gets paid and others, and will think they have a hopein others, and will think they have a hope in hell of burning and my money is being used to pay these guys. iu

impairment negotiation with these people to take the money down and make sure they're not being overpaid? we are constantly working at ensuring that we get the balance right between our public who want to have great shows presented by stars and great presenters and then wanting to know that their money, public money is being spent properly. that is always a balance and over the last few years, some keepers enders and others have taken pay cuts. we keep working on this and making sure we get the best value for money, but that is also why over the last year the amount of spending we're spending in total on talent has gone down by 10%, a quarter over four years. we talent has gone down by 10%, a quarter overfour years. we know we have to do is keep insuring that the public who pays for this, to whom the sums seem enormous, that they are getting good value for money. why are there so few people from ethnic minorities in the list? they

are 11% of the of the list. i want that to be 14% by 2020. i want to up the numbers. again, if you look at what and who we have been employing, over the last three years, 20% are of ethnic minorities, so we're making progress, but again i say we have two readable our efforts and go further and faster than we have been so far. you argued in your time that you believe in transparency, that you believe in transparency, that you think you should be as open as possible to the public. why did you fight so hard to keep these numbers and the assertion of these numbers with individuals names out of the public was actually there is a right to know how much they are paying.” think it is right that managers, people like me, what we are paid and how we spend the license payers money, i believe that should be out

in the public because we are making decision on behalf of the public. that is not the case with talent. i felt we came to a good compromise is for the last seven years, we have published our total talent bill and who we pay what i banned. people would not know the name, they would know it by bands. that was manageable. i felt strongly, know it by bands. that was manageable. ifelt strongly, as did the team and some a mini industry, that putting names by that would be inflationary, would not be good value for money and would be called a poacher‘s charter. we lost the argument. what i care about now is we manage it, we managed on behalf of the public, but manage it on behalf of the great people we depend on to present our programmes, the stars and presenters and so on. but if 96 people their noses upward out ofjoint, if 96 people their noses upward out of joint, and it if 96 people their noses upward out ofjoint, and it shows people... is

the threat of inflation completely a price worth paying for the public to know they are paying these huge sums to some of the people they know and love ? to some of the people they know and love? i think all others in the bbc, ido love? i think all others in the bbc, i do not think that inflating our amounts would be the right amount for the future of the corporation or presenters. i would prefer for the future of the corporation or presenters. iwould prefer us for the future of the corporation or presenters. i would prefer us to look at what is appropriate for each presenter, talent, star as opposed to seeing false information brought into the system. do think that members of the public to find out how much some of the stars are paid, jeremy vine is an over 700,000, what you think of their response to?” think in all my dealings, one thing has been uppermost in my mind, which is we are dealing with the public and it is their money. these sums to lots of people will feel enormous.

there have understand that they want strictly come dancing with the stars, they want to see great people like graham norton or chris evans presenting fantastic programmes, and by the way millions people come to them because they are doing those programmes. i think the public is clever enough to know we are market and there is a balance and they will understand that. it the truth that no one should be paid several hundred thousand pounds from reading the news. well i delivered both sainti the news. well i delivered both saint i was a trainee and i think are buried very difficultjobs. saint i was a trainee and i think are buried very difficult jobs. the bond you have with a newsreader with the audiences key. the ability to

break stories happening late, the ability to go live, the ability to deal with result on election night, these are really, really skilled people and they are the bond between the public and ourselves. they are the public and ourselves. they are the people who the public trust. that's really important and there is a marketer. that isn't the fact that there are is a market, they would do it for less money? if you told them they would have to pay take a hundred grand pay cut they would do that? the people of relatively straightforward jobs and they are paid straightforward jobs and they are pa id colossal straightforward jobs and they are paid colossal sums of money.” straightforward jobs and they are paid colossal sums of money. i think they are highly skilled jobs and you think you underestimate how it difficult that is to present the programme. having lots of instruction coming into your ears and making instructions the reed

sensible things come out. getting the right people to do those jobs is really key and the public expects that. we have, as it happens, only last few years been asking people to ta ke last few years been asking people to take pay cuts and some people have done exactly that, but you know, this is the only getting the rob roy pay and thinking about that all iraq all the time. this public money and we are the public that. the bbc's director—general speaking there. right let's get a weather update. you may have heard some thunderstorms, and did you know there have been around 200,000 lightning strikes around the british isles in the last day. so, it has been very lively and we are going to see further storms around this afternoon developing across south—west england and scotland. some could be bringing us half

months rain injust half and hour. localised flooding is possible and destruction to transport as well. some heavy rain working into northern ireland, but weather particularly wet there. at rates of rain pushed towards scotland and swing across wales tonight. a lot of cloud and it's good to be a humid kind of night, particularly across eastern areas with temperatures falling below no lower than 18 degrees in norwich. fresher gear coming in across northern ireland as the skies clear in england. rain coming northwards across scotland, then we get some sunshine and then later on thursday we get rain coming back into northern ireland and along with that rain, temperatures going down. it will start to feel quite cool across western areas. hello, you're watching bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. the bbc has revealed how much it pays its top stars for the first time.

it's been forced by the government to disclose the salaries of those who earn more than £150,000 pounds a year.the white house has confirmed chris evans is the biggest owner with a salary of £2.2 million followed by gary lineker with 1.75 million. two thirds of those men. director—general tenniel said that there was more to do on diversity and equal pay. theresa may clash with jeremy corbyn and equal pay. theresa may clash withjeremy corbyn who accuse her of losing touch with reality but mrs may said that the last labour government had crashed the economy. the white house has confirmed that president trump had a second, undisclosed meeting with vladimir putin at the g20 summit in germany earlier this month. mr trump has condemned media revelations of the talks, tweeting that they were "fake news" and "sick". and — flash flooding has caused extensive damage at a village and — flash flooding has caused extensive damage at a village in southern cornwall. coverack on the lizard peninsula was hit by three hours

of torrential downpours, turning roads into rivers. we'll stay with that, because a big clean—up operation is taking care penny take place in cornwall. hailstones the size of 50 pence pieces, and the village was divided in two by a four—foot torrent of water. engineers will assess damage to roads and property in the area. it comes as storms across other parts of the south of england also caused problems elsewhere. 0ur correspondentjon kay has travelled to the village and fishing port to see the extent of the damage. well, this is the main road that goes from the hills down into the centre, the harbour of coverack. butjust look at the mess that has been left by yesterday's floods. the tarmac, notjust one layer, but lots of layers of it have just been ripped apart leaving... it's almost like a sinkhole, this great crater here. you wonder how long it is going

to take to fill this in and get the road reopened. and this could not really have happened at a worse time. this is a holiday town in a holiday county. down there is the sea. there is another road in and out on the other side of the village, but it is very narrow, very small. this is the road that would normally be bringing holiday—makers, people going down to the harbour to have fish and chips and enjoy the spectacular view that you normally see. but it is hard, really, to take it in. we have seen cars that were abandoned last night with boulders right next to them, great big rocks and boulders, debris that was washed there, tonnes of it in the course ofjust a few minutes yesterday afternoon. down there in the harbour, they are beginning to do the more cosmetic damage, clearing of the seafront, trying to make it look more presentable, but getting people into the seafront in large numbers on this road is a whole different matter. the australian prime ministers

demanding of willett from authorities in minneapolis over the fatal shooting of a woman shooting of a woman from sydney, by police. justine damond was killed on saturday. the officer who fired the shot has so far refused to speak with investigators and his body camera was switched off. simon cullen reports. at dawn in sydney, hundreds gathered at the silent vigil. mourners threw pink flowers into the ocean. it was justine damond's favourite colour. across the globe in many llwyd minneapolis, friends across the globe in minneapolis, friends and neighbours left flowers and tributes with a simple question — why did police shoot the 40—year—old yoga teacher? australia's prime minister is one of those demanding answers to what he described as an inexplicable killing. how can a woman out on the street in her pyjamas seeking assistance from the police be shot like that? it is a shocking killing. ms damond had called police to report what she thought may have been a sexual assault in the alley behind her house. when she approached the police car, one of the officers, mohamed noor, who was sitting in the passenger

seat, shot and killed her. it was possible he was startled by a loud noise, but as yet, she has declined to be interviewed by investigators. he has declined to be interviewed by investigators. we do have more information now, though it is frustrating to have some of the picture but not all of it. we cannot compel officer noor to make a statement. i wish we could. minnesota's bureau of criminal apprehension has taken charge of the investigation to work out what happened. it has already confirmed ms damond was unarmed. why did officer noor draw and fire his gun? what happened from the time the officers arrived on the scene to when she was pronounced dead? why don't we have footage from body cameras? why were they not activated? we all want answers to those questions. the australian had relocated to the us to marry her fiance, don damond.

the wedding would have been next month. now, her friends and family are left to wonder how it came to this, how a woman described as kind—hearted and loving was killed by someone meant to protect her. schools need a more coherent strategy for what to do in case hiding under desks and can be seen, spencer stokes has this report. little bit harder... an ordinary maths lesson at rainwood junior school in huddersfield, but there's nothing ordinary about what happens next. alarm pupils take cover under desks, obstacles are placed in front of doors, and the room is darkened. the aim is to restrict entry and make it hard to see whether there's anyone in here, so even staff hide away.

the lockdown practice takes place twice a year and the reasons for hiding are explained to pupils. you need to protect yourself in case anything's outside, like, if someone's, if danger's outside. you're practising for someone that could be potentially harmful being in school. and even if they could get into the classroom, they might not even be able to see us. west yorkshire council see themselves as trailblazers for school safety and a number of training sessions for teachers have been held. similar strategies are in place across the uk, but there's no national guidance, with the department for education saying they believe... alarm voice: all clear, all clear, all clear... in huddersfield, the lockdown drill is complete.

children and staff emerge from under their desks — more prepared perhaps for potential threats to their school. it's been revealed us president donald trump held a second, largely undisclosed meeting with russian president vladimir putin at the g20 summit earlier this month. the second meeting happened during a dinner with other world leaders, just hours after the pair held formal talks. in the last few hours, donald trump took to twitter about the meeting. he said... "the fake news story of a secret dinner with putin is sick". "all g20 leaders, and spouses, were invited by the chancellor of germany. press knew!" he went on to say... "the fake news is becoming more and more dishonest! even a dinner arranged for top 20 leaders in germany steve rosenberg is in moscow and is following the story for us. the eye a group called the eurasia group, reported towards the end of the 62 20 group, reported towards the end of

the g2 20 dinner, donald trump got up the g2 20 dinner, donald trump got up whatever to vladimir putin and the menu two men had a detailed conversation that lasted around in our. now, the white house said that it was a brief conversation, but vladimir putin's translator was used for this conversation. donald trump did not have a translator as part of this. there has been no official reaction in moscow today about these revelations. the kremlin has said nothing, the foreign ministry has said nothing. russian state television has said something, however, and if donald trump once cheering up about this, perhaps you should watch russian tv, because the news bulletins have been on his side. russian television has said that this whole story was being exaggerated, that it is quite common for heads of state to chat at official dinners and claiming that donald trump was on the receiving end of punch after punch over his attem pts end of punch after punch over his atte m pts to end of punch after punch over his attempts to boost dialogue with

moscow. but, as i say, the kremlin has not officially reacted yet to this story. is it clear what was atchley discussed? no, we don't know what was discussed and as i say there is a difference of opinion about how long this opinion actually lasted. but, you know, with all the investigations going on right now in america, the special council, the congressional investigations into alleged links between trump's team and moscow, in the light of recent revelations, that donald john son and son—in—law and former campaign manager met with the russian lawyer a year ago, manager met with the russian lawyer a yearago, in manager met with the russian lawyer a year ago, in the light of all of this, of course, talk or claims about a second meeting or a second conversation between the two leaders is naturally sparking controversy. businesses will be banned from charging fees on debit and credit card transactions from january. it follows an eu directive to ban the charges typically imposed by airlines, food delivery apps and small businesses. the treasury says the fees cost

consumers £473 million in 2010 alone. 0ur personal finance reporter brian milligan has more. passengers who book flights on airlines like flybe or ryanair currently play extra if they want to use a credit card. the surcharge can be 3% with a minimum payment of £5. people wanting their takeaway food delivered are also being penalised. firms like hungryhouse orjust eat charge 50p for orders by card, which can easily amount to 5% of the bill. in all, consumers spent £473 million on card charges in 2010. following an eu directive, all such charges will become illegal from january. it's believed the savings are likely to be considerable. it's great. these rules will put an end to surcharges. notjust visa and mastercard, but all cards. small shops have to pay a bank fee every time a consumer uses

a credit or debit card. to cover those costs, they may simply put up their prices. flybe says it will already get rid of the minimum charge for credit cards and reduce its fees. what is likely to happen to ticket prices is another matter. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. the bbc has revealed for the first time how much it pays its top stars. 96 names are on the list — each earning over £150,000 a year, and two—thirds are men. chris evans is the biggest earner on the list — receiving a salary over £2.2 million. the defence secretary sir michael fallon calls for more discipline and loyalty from his colleagues — after cabinet discussions are leaked to the press. more now on the bbc revealing how much it

pays its biggest stars, as part of corporation's annual report. the culture secretary karen bradley says she's delighted the list has been published. i think we found, through all walks of life, that transparency is really important. any covering way things are not as fair as they should be, so, we are really keen to make sure there is transparency in public life, said politicians pay is published civil servants policy salaries are published. bribe having a transparency we can find where there are general pay gaps and issues about presenters not being paid as much as others. i'm really pleased that director tony hall has said that he welcomes this, because he wants to make sure that they do deal with any misrepresentation of women, and the underpayment of anybody, and that we get that gender

pay gap that with. anecdotal evidence suggests that people are hassling further pay to be reduced because they are very conscious of how it looks to the public. if you look at politicians, the transparency has not led to pay inflation, quite the opposite. it's a commercial market and people can earn more elsewhere then that's entirely down to them to do. the factor working for the bbc, working for that to a globally known organisation is certain important thing and! organisation is certain important thing and i think that people will make their own decisions and judgments. it's for the licence fee payers to determine whether they think it's good value for money themselves. the duke and duchess of cambridge have arrived in berlin, along with their children prince george and princess charlotte. it marks the start of the second leg of their trip to poland and germany. during the visit, they're expected to meet the german chancellor, angela merkel. another day, another city and another departure. money left warsaw

this morning, they seemed radical to leave. georges's focus was getting on that plane, understandably lots of small children... in the case of george and charlotte, there is intense focus on what they do and even though that might irritate their parents, that is the nature of being a prince and princess. they arrived here i am i in berlin, again arrivals, again george seemed quite overwhelmed as he stepped off onto the tarmac butler charlotte edwards the tarmac butler charlotte edwards the first time she'd received posy of flowers. that actually is significant for those who follow intently what they were families up to. she has a lifetime out of her receiving posies and working on red carpets. blacks will not lose the lips of this —— pack will not the lips of this —— pack will not the lips of this —— pack will not the lips of william kate on this trip

and is up to them to emphasise the links between germany and the uk and if you talk about links between the families of the uk. —— rahane the uk they are embarrassing from the first second world war. during that war they had to change their name from they had to change their name from the germanic sax gerber gave it to the germanic sax gerber gave it to the house of windsor. this was iron hardly before his life changing operation. his hands and feet had been amputated when he was just too here contracted sepsis. thenin just too here contracted sepsis. then in 2015 unique in the youngest person to undergo a double and tra nsfer person to undergo a double and transfer it is operation at the children's hospital the love the

theatre, it is 11 hours within days he was able to make small movements. the eye i just he was able to make small movements. the eye ijust want he was able to make small movements. the eye i just want to write a letter. to the parents forgiving me their suntans, letter. to the parents forgiving me their sunta ns, because they letter. to the parents forgiving me their suntans, because they didn't have to do that. —— their sons's hands. there have been serious setbacks when science bodies showed signs of rejecting disneyland that they were overcome with medication. more than a year after the surgery, psion was filmed doing some visible things in life that he missed so much. now i can things in life that he missed so much. now! can get things in life that he missed so much. now i can get myself dressed without having anybody‘s help. now i can geta without having anybody‘s help. now i can get a snack out of the refrigerator without anybody helping me. ican refrigerator without anybody helping me. i can heat up a sandwich and a pizza pizza by myself. doctors say the success of this transplant is partly been intensive management by the surgeons but the key has—beens

ion and is inspiring determination. never give up, you'll get there in time. it is arguably the country's favourite fish and now north sea cod is officially back on the menu again. the marine stewardship council says cod stocks have finally recovered from decades of overfishing. lorna gordon has been finding out what this means for our fishermen and the fish on our plate. in peterhead harbour, the biggest whitefish port in europe, the fishermen are off—loading their latest catch. it has been a good few days at sea for these trawlermen. among the fish being off—loaded, cod — and plenty of it. we have increased the net sizes to reduce the catches ofjuvenile cod. 0ne decade ago the cod fisheries in the north sea were close to collapse, but quotas and measures taken by the fishermen themselves have helped the stock recover. scottish fishermen have also been in restricted areas for spawning cod, and high abundance in rates of cod. in some years there was upwards

of 50,000 square miles closed off to scottish fishermen. their hard work has paid off. in peterhead fish market there is now plenty of cod for sale, and from today all of it will be certified as sustainable. extremely enthusiastic. it has taken us eight or nine years to get here. a huge sacrifice. i've have seen the dark days but now we have the bright days. for the wider fishing community the upturn in the cod stocks is one of several reasons they're feeling buoyed. dozens of new boats are on order for the fleet here at peterhead. there is a real sense amongst the fishermen here that the work they have done to preserve the fish stocks in the north sea is helping to protect their industry forfuture generations. and the sustainability certification that has been awarded to north sea cod could well mean new markets opening up for the fishermen and their catch. a lot of supermarkets

are looking for a sustainable, msc—certified product. so now that the cod here is msc—certified it could be easier to sell to a number of uk supermarkets and fish and chip restaurants as well. so what does this mean for those of us who love cod? it's great news that it is back on the menu from a sustainable source. local and sustainable, it's good. having something that has that traceability is important. for somebody of my age, i think cod hasn't been offered or been around for many years. it's lovely to see it back on offer. there will be regular checks to see that cod stocks in our waters remain at healthy levels. there is confidence that after years of decline, north sea cod is sustainable once again. let's just take you live to berlin,

where rejecting pictures of kate and william crowns —— meeting crowds at the brandenburg gate in berlin. huge crowds, there by the looks of things who have turned out to see them. it's the second leg of their five—day trip to poland and germany. today, they are going to be meeting the chancellor, anglo merkel, —— and angela merkel, and visiting berlin's most famous landmark. they are right now on the paris platts, which is just in front of the gate. and speaking to the crowds gathered there. after they finish up here, they will be going to the holocaust museum, when they roll —— with able to the museum in the nearby holocaust memorial. so, you canjust

about see the blue of kate stress, there. lots of security around them and lots of cameras as well and lots of people have turned out. it's the first day of editor of germany, just arriving in berlin earlier. right, ina arriving in berlin earlier. right, in a moment we will have the news at one, with rita jakubowski, firstly whether. you probably ought here that we had some extreme wrinkle —— rainfall in coverack yesterday. you can see how we had this line of storms, they're locked into the same area and for our in our the rain came down. 105 billion metres, over a month's worth of rain —— hundred and five millimetres... it was a in

months worth of rain. since then we've had a number of lightning strikes, over 200,000 reported around 200 —— around britain. storms will break out across parts of england and wales cricket board or scotland. some heavy heavy rain around in scotland. standing water along the road and dangerous driving conditions. you could see have a month worth of rainfall in half and hour so they could eat in dangerous conditions out and about. as we get through the night of the rain will push across scotland and some wet weather was doing research across england. a very muggy night in the east, temperatures in norwich 18 degrees. fresher conditions working in across northern ireland with clearing skies here. then on thursday, the rain meant working north across scotland in his words across england and then the sunshine comes at a time before the next weather system moves into northern ireland and eventually wales in

south—west thing then. claggy thicken two—day outbreaks of rain and it will be quite cool across western areas. the breeze will be strengthening, indeed as we get the friday in the week in this area of low pressure just sat right of the british isles and that means that the weather is going to stay very u nsettled the weather is going to stay very unsettled and quite cool as well. friday's picture will stop it area starting off on a brighter note also from northern scotland but further west this area of low pressure brings persistent outbreaks of rain and strong gusty winds and it will make it feel particularly cool. temperatures below par for the year, just 15 degrees in belfast, 17th recorded in plymouth. still, someone left over in the sunshine further east. —— some warburton leftover... into the weekend often quite that your weather. the bbc reveals the salaries of its highest paid stars

after being forced to disclose those on more than £150,000. chris evans tops a male—dominated list with a salary of more than £2 million. the bbc's director general defended the figures. what we've managed to do is always pay our talent at a discount to the market. we never pay top whack. people come here because they want to come and work here. we'll bring you the details and ask what the fallout from these disclosures might be. also this lunchtime. a major clean—up operation in the cornish village of coverack after flash floods, with severe damage to the main road in. people here say they are determined to be back to normal as quickly as possible but there is an awful lot of repair work that has to be done first.