this is bbc news, the headlines at midday: new insights into the relationship of princess diana had with her sons william and harry in a new documentary to mark 20 years since her death. this crazy laugh of where there was just pure happiness. more than a0 of the bbc‘s best known female personalities have written to the corporation's director general to "act now" to deal with the gender pay gap. a 20—year—old man has died after being confronted by a police officer in an east london shop. international trade secretary liam fox has given his backing to a two—year transitional deal with the eu after brexit. frankly i've waited a0 years to leave the eu, 2a months would be a rounding error. the rules on blood donation are to be relaxed in england and scotland to allow more gay men and sex workers to participate.

and at 12.30 click will be looking at virtual reality technology, and asking if it's the next big thing or the next big flop. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. princes william and harry have given a candid insight into their relationship with their mother princess diana, and have revealed that they last spoke to her in a brief phone call on the day she died. speaking in a documentary to mark the twentieth anniversary of her death, the princes said they regret the rushed nature of that conversation, but fondly recall their mother's loving nature and her mischievous side. here's our royal correspondent,

nicholas witchell. to the watching world, she was the princess whose image appeared constantly on front pages. it was a glamorous but necessarily limited impression of the real person. now, nearly 20 years after diana's death in the car accident in paris, her sons, william and harry, have spoken in an itv documentary about diana, the mother who did so much to shape their childhood. we felt, you know, incredibly loved, harry and i, and i am very grateful that that love still feels there. it was that love that, that even if she was on the other side of a room, as a son, you could feel it. the person who emerges from william and harry's description is a woman with a strong sense of fun. when everybody says to me, you know, so she was fun, give us an example, all i can hear is her laugh in my head and that sort of crazy laugh as where there was just pure

happiness showing on her face. one of her mottos to me was, you can be as naughty as you want, just don't get caught. and they talk about their mother's death. they recall the last time they spoke to her and they reflect on the overwhelming public reaction and how they coped with the week which culminated in herfuneral. as william himself has said, it is a tribute to diana from her sons, in which they recall the woman they hope the world will remember. nicholas witchell, bbc news. joining me now from our 0xdord studio is ian lloyd, a royal historian and photographer, who photographed diana many times. thank you forjoining us. this documentary appears to offer us all

a very intimate glimpse into their lives, doesn't it? what are your thoughts about it? hello, rebecca. yes, it does. i think the reason perhaps behind it, and diana died much too young, and like all the other famous people who died young like james dean or marilyn monroe, there are no movies, songs and merchandise, and there is a danger she will escape the public consciousness in the younger generations at least. i know people in their early 20s who do not understand the whole diana phenomenon. i suppose william and harry are very keen that her legacy, the work that she did, should be emphasised as well as the personal side. it is interesting prince william apparently said we will not be doing this again, we will not be speaking as open or as publicly about her again. tell me why you think they have done it now. that is

one of the reasons, i think, to emphasise her contribution to the monarchy. you saw it very much in the recent visit to poland and germany had they involved themselves in crusades for the environment in william's case, and four children in catherine's case. harry has done the landmines issue. i suppose they want to emphasise that. but also quite recently they have fronted this campaign called heads together which helps young people and people who have had mental issues, and particularly those who have lost pa rents. particularly those who have lost parents. i suppose they are sharing that and enabling other people to ta ke that and enabling other people to take heart and to understand what it is like. you used to photograph diana many times, what was she like?

diana many times, what was she like? diana was of course very attractive, fabulous to photograph. the actual occasions were always chaotic because it was never regulated like it is now, so everybody would turn up. if diana was going to the theatre at 7:30 p:m., there would be step ladders outside the theatre at 730 in the morning and people would be jostling for places and they would try to grab the position where you were standing. it was a nightmare really. i suppose it was also for diana. it got worse throughout the years and by the end of her life there with these paparazzi chases and people on bikes and cars waiting outside kensington palace to see her come out. it must have been hell at times to see her for her. the princes shoji was fun. is that what you felt when you were in her presence? yes, she had an

infectious giggle. she quite liked it when things went wrong. the little girl who gives the flowers falls over and trips over, some little incident. she would put everybody at ease by laughing about it. in the early days of course it was this peeping from underneath the fringe and the blushing so easily. i think people liked that gigli, normal side. normally think people liked that gigli, normalside. normally the think people liked that gigli, normal side. normally the royal family before that, the generations before, have been quite bottled up quite serious. 0n duty they had a work persona, diana was very natural. good to talk to you. good to talk to you. some of the bbc‘s most high profile female employees have written to the director—general tony hall asking him to close the pay gap. the letter

in the sunday times urges lord hall to act now to close the gender pay gap in allareas to act now to close the gender pay gap in all areas of the bbc. the bbc has released a statement this morning. it says: we have made significant changes over the last three years but need to do more. earlier i spoke to harriet minter, a journalist who specialises in women's rights. she believes the letter is a great thing. so often we tell women to wait, a solution will be found, they are working toward it. tony hall says this will be fixed by 2020, but by 2020 this whole thing may have moved on and it is important the bbc acts on and it is important the bbc acts on it now whilst it is still a hot topic. could women take the bbc to court? is it breaking the law? there

isa court? is it breaking the law? there is a differential between equal pay and the gender pay gap. equal pay is two people doing the same job, and the gender pay gap. equal pay is two people doing the samejob, same hours, saint expectancy is, same kpis, key performance indicators, and being paid differently. that is equal pay. there are cases where they might have to look at that because it is being breached. we look at some of the daytime presenters in that case. but it is not the gender pay gap. the gender pay gap by the average salary men and women are earning. when we look at that we see the really high salaries are all going to the men and that is pulling up the gender pay gap and baking the average much higher. this letter also make it clear it is notjust about the talent at the top, the big stars, but this could affect much more lowly pa id but this could affect much more lowly paid rank and file workers much further down. it almost

certainly does. how do you prove that? the bbc needs to do an audit to all levels. take the titles, the roles and responsibilities, sometimes you end up with a roll and it expands beyond it, and benny asked are they being matched up fairly? is it clear banding and within those bindings are people being paid the same? the bbc, like so being paid the same? the bbc, like so many other areas of life, is being squeezed. there is less money. if more money is being given to women, that would make less money available to make programmes for example. that is true, but you have to look at where else that money is going. if you are paying £2.2 million for some very high presenters, can you redistribute that in a better manner? it also means looking at how many people you have on your staff. that is what i would be worried about, job cuts

because of it. but you cannot have people doing the same job and being paid to different salaries, it is just not acceptable. i assume this is not just an just not acceptable. i assume this is notjust an issue for the bbc, how widespread is it? it is an issue for every organisation and every industry. what we know is women tend not to negotiate with the same voracity that men do, but when they do negotiate we tend to be more relu cta nt to do negotiate we tend to be more reluctant to listen to them than we do with men. 0ne reluctant to listen to them than we do with men. one reason men might have higher salaries is because when they are asking for it they are not treated with the same incredulity as women are. that is what we have to sort out in our society. how do you close the gap? every organisation should know what they're gender pay gap is and how they are going to close it. if you have more than 250

employees, you have to report on your gender pay gap and organisations should be doing it, but most have ignored it. can they be forced to do it? the force from the government is if you do not, you will be named and shamed. 32 out of a possible 9000 companies have done this, so there is not a lot of incentive. it should be where you do not do it, you should be fine. a 20—year—old man has died after being apprehended by a police officer in an east london shop. the metropolitan police said the man was followed on foot after officers tried to stop a car in hackney yesterday. they say he was taken ill after apparently trying to swallow an object, and was pronounced dead in hospital a short time later. 0ur correspondent andy moore is at the scene in hackney in east london. what more can you tell us about this incident is to mark this happened in the early hours of saturday morning

at about ten to two in the morning. a car was being followed along kingsland road by the police. a man got out and was chased by police into the shop behind me. there is a security camera video of the incident which has been shared widely on social media and has provoked a lot of comment. in that you can see a uniformed police officers struggling with a young man on the floor. the young man appears to put something in his mouth. at one stage another man gets involved in the struggle, presumably a plainclothes police officer. the young man is facedown, he is handcuffed with his hands behind his back. the man became ill and u nfortu nately back. the man became ill and unfortunately he died in hospital a short time later. the investigation was taken over very quickly by the independent police complaints commission. they say they have seized a lot of video footage, there

are about 15 security cameras in there. they have body worn video footage from the officers concerned. they have statements from independent witnesses who were there. they have also been in touch with the family to tell them what their role is and what is going on. we have had a statement from the last couple of hours from the borough commander here in hackney, simon lawrence, and he said there would be a lot of speculation over the next few days regarding what led to this man becoming ill and he urges people to keep in touch with the ipcc website because it is their investigation. he said, all police officers are fully aware they will be asked to account for their actions. 0fficers be asked to account for their actions. officers are not exempt from the law and we would not wish to be. i have spoken to one person here this morning who did not want to go on camera. he said he knew the family, this young man could have been his son. he said what ever the young man did, he did not warrant this kind of treatment from the

police. the police would not have treated a white kid like this. our correspondent in east london. the headlines on bbc news: in a new interview prince william and prince harry have recalled fond memories of their mother diana princess of wales. some of the bbc‘s most high profile women have written to the director general, calling on him to correct gender disparity in pay. a 20—year—old man has died after being confronted by a police officer in an east london shop. sport now and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh. the women's cricket world cup final is under way. england won the toss and chose to bat against india. having reached 47 without loss they

then lost their next three wickets forjust i6 then lost their next three wickets forjust 16 runs. then lost their next three wickets for just 16 runs. but then lost their next three wickets forjust 16 runs. but they have managed so far at the moment to steady things. they are now 107—3. david 0rnstein is at lord's. the match is finely poised but the weather may play its role. the traditional english weather is coming back to haunt us because the rain hasjust coming back to haunt us because the rain has just started to come down and the lights are on in the background. play is still going on with england steadying the ship, taking england past 100 after the loss of three fairly quick wickets. but today is more about the occasion than the result. the real victory has already been achieved because this tournament has been an incredible success, notjust for women's cricket, but for women's sport as a whole. today we see

26,500 people inside a sold—out lord's. this ground as recently as 1999 did not permit women to enter the pavilion, but how far have we come now? if india was to win, what an impact that would make in a country where cricket is a religion? the television audiences have hit new records as well. we just need to rely on the sky to clear up. we hope so. the final round of this year's open championship is under way at royal birkdale. jordan spieth holds a three—shot lead. the american goes out at 2.30 and is trying to become only the second player afterjack nicklaus to win three of golf‘s four majors before the age of 24. our sports correspondent andy swiss is there for us. can anyone catch spieth today? it will be very tough. we have glorious conditions as we had yesterday and we saw some very low scoring on saturday, including that record—breaking 62 from branden grace. already low scores coming in

from the start this morning. 64 from aaron baddeley of australia and 66 from a golfer. and the speed is out there on his own at 11 under par. he will remember only too well what happened at the masters last year when he squandered a five shot lead with nine holes remaining and lost to danny willett. he will be taking nothing for granted. he has a three shot lead ahead of matt kuchar looking for his first title. brooks koepka is there, so hopes of a home win are looking very remote indeed. jordan spieth has the chance to win his first open title. he goes out at half past two this afternoon. he goes out at half past

two this afternoon. britain's chris froome is all but certain to win his fourth tour de france title later today. following yesterday's time trial in marseille, the team sky rider has a near unassailable lead as he goes into the tour's processional final stage through the streets of paris. the sprinters will contest the day's stays, but chris froome will look forward to standing on the podium forward to standing on the podium for the third year in a row. there have been ups and downs in the last few weeks but it has been very much a grand tour in the sense it has really been about the three weeks and doing those three weeks in the most conservative but efficient manner. it was not about one single stage. that is what ground to racing is. after the conclusion of the diving with tom daley winning gold yesterday today it's the turn of britain's swimmers to take to the water at the world aquatics championships in budapest. olympic champion adam peaty

has eased into the 100m breaststroke semi—finals, qualifying nearly a second clear of his rivals in a time of 58.21 seconds. team—mate ross murdoch also progressed. james guy qualified in sixth for tonight's 400m freestyle final. also through to their semi—finals are 0lympic silver medallist siobhan—marie 0'connor, hannah miley and ben proud. england have won the third—place play—off at the world hockey league semifinals, beating argentina 5—2. the match went to injury time with three goals from england to secure the bronze medal. the world league finals tournament will take place in new zealand in november. you can follow the cricket on five live sports extra and the golf is also on the bbc sport website. i will be backin the bbc sport website. i will be back in the next hour. the rules on blood donation are to be relaxed in england and scotland to allow more gay men and sex workers to take part. experts say there is clear evidence it is safe for those groups to give blood after abstaining from sex

for three months instead of 12. hiv charities have welcomed the changes. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. giving blood is not for everyone. rules on safety mean those at high risk of infectious diseases, such as hiv and hepatitis b and c, are restricted from donating. but the rules are changing. gay men will no longer have to abstain from sex for 12 months. that will be reduced to three months before they can give blood. people who have had sex with high—risk partners or in a high—risk place, will also have the deferral period reduced to three months. and for the first time, sex workers will be allowed to donate blood after abstaining from sex for three months. the reason for the change is that scientists say new testing techniques have established infectious diseases such as hiv and hepatitis b and c show up in the bloodstream well within three months. technologies to pick up the presence

of a virus and other infections in the blood have greatly improved. so we can now pick up viruses at a much earlier stage in the infection. therefore, it is much easier to tell if a blood donor has the virus. the changes have been welcomed by charities including the national aids trust, who say they were based on the latest scientific evidence rather than prejudice. earlier i spoke to dan costen, co—founder of freedom to donate, a group which has been campaigning on this issue. very glad the government has taken on board what we have been saying and that the advisory committee on blood and tissue donation has agreed with us that three months is the correct time, the correct deferral period. why did you want the limit reduced? the group was set up by ethan spibey whose grandfather actually underwent a huge operation and needed eight

to ten pints of blood. he, ethan, wanted to go and repay the favour and donate himself, it was then that he found as a gay man he could not, or at least he could not if he had had sexual activity within the past 12 months. he took it upon himself that he wanted to change this and i agreed. i think 12 months is far too long. and this freedom to donate campaign really took on a life of its own, didn't it? absolutely. we have been so lucky, we have had a good response from other organisations, other charities, parliament as well, a parliamentary group was chaired looking into this inquiry as well. it's become huge and ultimately we've been able to change the law. there is some mixed reaction to that. i've been reading some of the responses on twitter, many in favour, but there are some people who are a bit concerned and perhaps suggest, it is better to err

on the side of caution. what can you do to reassure those people that there will not be any risk involved? absolutely. since we were established, we have been clear, fundamentally over everything else, the safety of the blood is paramount. the government's advisory committee has said that they can be certain, sorry, not certain, they can be very sure, that the three—month period is the right period and that's notjust for gay men, that is for people who have tattoos, acupuncture, endoscopies and so on. all blood is tested, that is the key thing. and it's about the advances that have been made technically, scientifically and medically that they can now check this blood to be certain that any viruses that are in it will show up within a three month period. a man was arrested at luton airport

last night after allegedly trying to open an emergency door on board a flight. open an emergency door on board a flight. police were called to the airport shortly before 11 o'clock in the evening to report a disruptive passenger who had been restrained by crew on an airflight in from poland. police have arrested one man on suspicion of endangering an aircraft. he was taken to hospital for treatment for minor injuries and is now in custody. eight people have been found dead in the back of a lorry parked outside a walmart store in the united states state of texas. 0fficials in the united states state of texas. officials in san antonia say 20 others were in critical or serious condition, some believed to be suffering heatstroke or dehydration. the police are investigating possible people smuggling. the international trade secretary liam fox says any transitional arrangement with the eu after brexit must end by the time of the next general election. dr fox, who is currently in the us

holding future trade talks, told the bbc‘s andrew marr show he had no ideological objection to interim arrangements to minimise disruption after the uk's exit in 2019. a little earlier i spoke to our politics correspondent who explained what a transitional deal would involve. we know the clock is already ticking to march 2019. by that date we have to have a deal with the eu and that will be the date when brexit happens. what will the aftermath look like? theresa may has said she wants to see what she calls an implementation period, a time—limited implementation period of any new deal that is struck. this time implementation period is being called a transitional deal. we know there have been differences in the cabinet about this idea of a

transitional deal, how long it should go on for, what part of our current relationship with the eu would still be present in that transitional deal. doctor liam fox, one of the key brexiteers in the cabinet, has been speaking this week about a transitional deal saying he has been prepared to consider a two—year time frame for this. today he appeared to go a little further. it's about the practical issues we would face, about getting, for example, any new immigration system into place, getting any new customs system into place. that's a practical issue. i think we would want to get it out of the way before the election. i don't think people want to have it dragging on. but i think it's perfectly reasonable to have a transition that makes it as smooth as possible. i think that's what businesses would want us to have in britain and i think that's actually what our investors abroad would want to see. doctor fox talking about this idea

ofa doctor fox talking about this idea of a transitional deal to avoid a cliff edge potentially going on until the next election in 2022. some feel a transitional deal would be equal to not leaving the eu at all because we do not know what this deal might look like. there seems to be consensus emerging about the necessity of a transitional deal to smooth the path, but what it looks like, how long it lasts, is up for discussion. meanwhile the labour leaderjeremy corbyn was also a guest on the andrew marr show and he has waded into the ongoing debate about the gender pay gap at the bbc. yes, he has indeed. he was asked what he made of the gender pay discussions going on after the salary lists were published this week by the bbc. he was asked by andrew marr what he thought about the letter signed by some of the bbc‘s most high—profile female presenters. i would sign the letter with them. i think the bbc needs

to look hard at itself. the point you made in the press discussion earlier about the treatment of older women in the bbc is, i think, a very important one. but also this gender pay gap is appalling. we would insist on a strong gender pay audit of every organisation and we'd also look at a 20—1 ratio between the chief executive and the lowest paid staff in every public sector organisation. and the bbc is very much public sector. jeremy corbyn proposing a gender pay audit of all organisations. under new government rules that came in in april this year, companies with more than 250 employees are required now by law to publish details of the gender pay gap annually. butjeremy corbyn went further, saying he would like to see that extended to all organisations regardless of size. that was our political

correspondent. time to catch up with all the weather news now. sunshine and showers around, or longer spells of rain. some places are quite cool weather rain arrives. in the sunshine it is fairly pleasant. showers pushing into south—western parts of england and wales through the morning and they will spread northwards and eastwards. heavy downpours in southern areas and in central and southern areas and in central and southern scotland and north east england outbreaks of rain. but to the north of it it is nice and bright in northern ireland and scotland. 0vernight it looks like the rain in northern areas moved southwards and it turns dry and chile in the north. but it isn't dry and bright in northern areas with sunshine and central and southern eastern