because her work is so important so of course you can understand that she just hasn't been listening to her husband. it is one of those really big questions that people periodically ask themselves, isn't it? whether work has got too big in their lives. but there are other things in their life have got left to one side. you work too much, it's no good. we've learnt that the hard way. we don't work too much. have you managed to square that up in your own, you know, work—life thing? you think, now, you have? yes. you have? oh, yes. i mean, i am very lucky now because i can choose much more. so i can choose when to work a little bit more than i used to be able to, but definitely, we are always looking at that. emma thomas and talking to charlie stayt. last month, he made history by becoming the first welshman to win the tour de france — now geraint thomas is to have that remarkable achievement further recognised. the national velodrome in newport, where thomas has trained since it opened in 2003,

is be renamed in his honour. it will be called the geraint thomas national velodrome of wales. the tour de france winner says it's a huge honour, and he hopes it will help inspire the next generation of welsh cyclists. time for a look at the weather, here's stav da naos hello there. thank you very much. it was a chilly start to this morning, temperatures down to four or 5 degrees in some places. but temperatures rising particularly in the east of the country where we are seeing the best of the sunshine. further north, a different story. cloud building, wind increasing and outbreaks of rain from the west courtesy of another weather system. it will remain wet and windy across many north and western areas. sunnierfurther south many north and western areas. sunnier further south and east. many north and western areas. sunnierfurther south and east. you can see the windy weather with the

squeeze in the ice bars here. with a ridge of high pressure, things getting drier with lighter winds across the south—east. the showers continue to the north—west. the eastern side of the country sees some shelterfrom eastern side of the country sees some shelter from the strong wind. the best of the sunny spells this afternoon as cloud builds up for many will be in the south—east. a little warmer than yesterday. still quite fresh in the north and the west because of the breeze and the cloud and rain. that rain tends to ease down overnight. becoming confined to central and eastern parts of scotland. notice the temperatures, in the mid—teens as opposed to the low and mid single figures of last night. not as chilly as it was last night. the weekend is

two halves, saturday looking the better. most places will be dry with variable amounts of cloud. some sunny spells in eastern areas. always cloud in the south—east with the humid south—westerly wind. temperatures warm across the board. temperatures warm across the board. temperatures up to 2a and 25 in england and wales, particularly in the south—east where it will feel rather humid. then a change for sunday. the remnants of a subtropical storm bringing lots of moisture and in some places pretty heavy rain. it looks like the central slice of the country could see the heaviest rain. the best of the sunny spells in the south—east and in the far north of scotland. and it will be windy as that low— pressure and it will be windy as that low— pressure moves and it will be windy as that low—pressure moves through. but, again, fairly warm. definitely a mixture through the weekend but

saturday will be the best weather for most of us. thank you. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime mps say that a vaping is much less harmful than smoking and e—cigarettes should be available on prescription as a way to help people quit smoking. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, i'm here with your latest sports news... ben stokes has been named in the england side for the third test against india, which starts tomorrow at trent bridge. our sports correspondent andy swiss is with me now — andy, we knew he was back in training with the squad but this wasn't a foregone conclusion, was it? no, well england are probably

relieved to have installed back at their disposal. the tricky question was who he might replace in the team. in the last test england were extremely impressive. there were no obvious weak links. there were some thoughts that the batsmen might make his way but he has only made his test debut, some thoughtjosh butler but in the end the unlucky man is all rounder sam curran. on the face of it, that seems harsh because he was man of the match in the first test, he scored 87 runs, took five wickets and paid —— played well. joe root has just held a press conference and he said it was the toughest decision he has had to make as captain. he believes that ben stokes is ready to return. he is desperate to get back playing cricket. his main focus moving forward ,

cricket. his main focus moving forward, i sat him down yesterday just me and him and asked him where he was at and he told me he is desperate to get out there and he wants to put in performances and concentrate on his cricket now. he felt that he was ready to play. we assessed his fitness as well over the course of the two days and made that call. that was a really tough call on sam curran and it will add to the scrutiny on ben stokes when he emerges with the team tomorrow. thank you very much. durham have signed cameron bancroft, the australia opener who was banned for nine months after admitting to ball—tampering during a test match. just to warn you, there's some flash photography coming up. he was part of the scandal that shook the sport, with australia captain steve smith and vice—captain david warner also suspended. bancroft admitted to using sandpaper on the ball in a game against south africa in march and his deal with somerset was cancelled. he'lljoin durham next year. manchester city's tilt on a successful title defence has taken an early blow with the news

they will be without their influential midfielder keven de bruyne for around three months. the club has confirmed that the belgium international suffered a knee ligament injury in training on wednesday. it's the same knee he injured in early 2016 that kept him out for 10 weeks and although the club say he won't need surgery, he's likely to be sidelined until mid—november. over the last 2a hours danny cipriani has received a some criticism but also a fair amount of support from those in rugby, after his arrest injersey put his england future in doubt. his old boss at sale — steve diamond — has urged england head coach eddiejones to stick by him, as his club side gloucester have done. diamond said it would be "too harsh" if the incident ended his international career. cipriani said he was "truly sorry". ellie simmonds qualified second fastest for tonight's aoo—metres freestyle s6 final at the european para swimming

championships in dublin. simmonds won her heat, ahead of maisie summers—newton, who beat her to the 200—metres title on tuesday. and alice tai is well—placed to win a second gold at these championships — she was quickest in qualifying for the ioo—metres freestyle final and she holds the world record in this event. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. let's have a look at some other stories this lunchtime. american researchers have warned that low—carbohydrate diets could be shortening people's lives. the study followed 15 thousand people for 25 years, and found that those getting half their energy from carbs lived the longest, while people who cut

them to less than a third of their diet had their life expectancy reduced by four years. well, earlier i spoke to harley street nutritionist , rhiannon lambert, and i asked her what she made of the study. i don't think it's surprising. i see a lot of people in my clinic taking out whole food groups without any reason to. the best diet out there is the one that works for you as a unique individual. taking out a whole food group may not be beneficial, especially carbohydrates. you are looking at fibre intake. they can contribute to mood and it can contribute to energy which is the body's preferred source of energy. low—carb diets have become more fashionable, would you say? yes. why is that? there is a lot in the media about people following these diets, and people following a low carb diet tend to have the same results as a low—fat diet. it is overall energy intake

that it comes down to. cutting out carbohydrates superficially could make you feel better or slimmer? in the short term, if you make any change to your diet and you take something out, you will see a difference. the problem is consistency and long—term diets. and the type of carbohydrates, carbohydrates are also found in vegetables and fruit and people forget about that. what is the ideal diet? does that include carbohydrates? what are the good carbohydrates that we should be eating and in what amounts? i recommend, think about the quality and quantity. the quality of carbohydrates like brown rice, wholegrain bread, lots of greens. and looking at the quantities. and portion sizes. i would also say the most heavily researched diet is the mediterranean diet. we all wish we could live in italy

and enjoy vegetables and fish and beans and pulses. plant —based protein is just as good as animal —based protein. it is good to have a mix. what are the bad carbohydrates that you should avoid? instead of thinking bad carbohydrates we are talking about having smaller amounts. white bread, try and have brown bread. we all love some pasta but we need to look at the portion and how often we are having it. do not have white pasta every single day. get more variety. new research indicates that the average gp now works less than three—and—a—half days a week — and just one in 20 trainee doctors intends to do the job full time. patients' groups say that the situation could become alarming, fuelling longer waits for an appointment. the study was carried out by the king's fund, a think—tank specialising in health care policy. my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke

earlier to beccy baird from the king's fund, which carried out that research, and dr sandhesh gul—har—nay who is a gp trainee and is currently negotiating reducing his working hours. pressures that were present in hospital, along with not seeing my family, not seeing my child, these were reasons that i decided to switch over to gp where you can get a slightly better work—life balance. but as you can see from the report, once i qualify as a gp, the amount of work and pressure that is being placed upon us is quite severe. becky from the king's fund, how concerning is this? if people are switching out of hospitals because the hours are too long and then actually being a gp is also the same? i think there's no doubt and all of our research at the king's fund shows that the intensity of a gps day is becoming more and more a working

day for a gp is rarely 9—5. it's much more like 8—8 on the days that they are working, seeing patients. some gps are being pushed away, therefore, from full—time working in clinical facing general practice. they are also choosing to work in other bits of the nhs, which is of benefit to them and their skills. they might be working in out—of— hours services, in a pain clinic, in a hospice, or they might be teaching or working in research. all of that brings in and enhances their skills as a general practitioner. so it's not inherently a bad thing but we do need to think about how that is going to affect the way general practice works in future. alan on e—mail says, "on the rare occasions i find myself needing a gp appointment, i'm unusually informed by the receptionist that i'll have to wait a week to ten days. it now appears, from your report, that the reasons could be associated with gps only working an average of 3.5 days per week. gps are well paid and therefore should provide a five—day week service to their patients. when someone becomes ill, it is not acceptable to be told they cannot get an appointment in a reasonable time".

are patients paying the price for gps going part—time? i think it's hard to say the gps are working part—time. they might be seeing patients... 3.5 days per week is... there are other ways in which they can work as a team. i think you could ask if gps were still seeing patients 9—5, five days a week, they would still be seeing the same number of patients they are seeing in three days a week. they are working very intense hours. we don't want overtired gps, seeing patients every ten minutes in sessions all day, making very complex clinical decisions. that is not sustainable for five days a week so we need to work on a health service that will really deliver the kind of care that patients need. i want to find out a bit more about the hours, how the hours could work out from our example here in the form of sandhesh. just in terms of trying to get a grip on whether three and a half days for a gp is actually misleading because it's kind of technically full—time in terms of hours being worked, as other people would see it, or is it really

a properly part—time job as other people would understand ? what sort of hours are you talking about working per week when you are negotiating? as a gp, 9—5 never happens. you're in at 8am and you do leave some time 7pm or 8pm. those are hours that are essentially free and unpaid. seeing patients is 9—5 but then i need to see the referrals, the results, i need to ensure that things that i have said to the patients end up happening. all of this has to be done in my own time, because there's not enough time in the working day because of the number of people that need to be seen. this is not unique to me. this is universal, throughout the country. gps are really struggling with this. pa rt part of our debate about the increase in of doctors working part—time. in a moment we'll have

all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... mps are calling for a new approach to e—cigarettes, making it easier for people to vape in public places. the prisons minister says he'll quit if he can't get drugs and violence down in ten of england's most challenging prisons in the next year. the worst monsoon floods in parts of india for almost a century kill more than 160 people in kerala — more rain is on the way. i'm egon cossou with the business news. house of fraser has cancelled all its online orders after a dispute with its warehouse operator. it's going to refund all the customers affected. the company also announced that sales fell almost 8 % in the 13 weeks to the end of april. the war of words between the united states and turkey continues — with washington threatening more economic sanctions, unless turkey frees a detained american pastor.

the row has sent the lira plunging to historic lows agains the dollar. and elon musk says he wasn't high on cannabis when he tweeted about taking his electric car company tesla, private . he's faced intense scrutiny after saying he might take the company private at a price of $420 dollars a share. 420 is american slang for cannabis. do you ever feel as if your bosses are keeping a beady eye on you at work — as if they've got you under surveillance. if you do feel like that you're not alone. the tuc has carried out a survey that's had some surprising findings. it says more than half of us think we're being spied on at work — whether it's what we're doing on line — where we're going during the course of the day — or even how long we're spending in the loo. according to the report, the fear of surveillance results in an atmosphere of mistrust in the workplace — and needs to be addressed.

we're nowjoined by kate bell, who's the head of economics at the tuc. thank you forjoining us. just to be clear, this survey is about fear of surveillance as opposed to actual surveillance. first we asked people what was happening in the workplace. whether they thought surveillance was taking place. about half of people said that some surveillance was taking place in their workplace. we also asked about fears for the future. 70% thought it was going to increase and they were really worried that it could fuel distrust and discrimination at work. what we re and discrimination at work. what were the biggest fear is that people of surveillance? we think that this kind of surveillance can be used in intrusive ways. it can cross the line between damaging someone's privacy and they were really worried it could be used to pick on workers. one person said what if they don't like my glasses? what is this that

trawling through my records to try and find a way to manage the full? there has to be some level of a to monitor how people are performing at work surely? what is the line? where do we draw the line between a cce pta ble do we draw the line between acceptable monitoring and overbearing surveillance? acceptable monitoring and overbearing surveillance ?m acceptable monitoring and overbearing surveillance? it is probably going to be different in every workplace. in some places cctv is essential for safety, and every workplace. in some places cctv is essentialfor safety, and other places it is intrusive. the most important principle is that employers consult with workers when they are in producing new forms of surveillance and agreed what is appropriate and how it is going to be used and how workers can have a say about how this surveillance is carried out. and if you are a worker who thinks that they are being u nfa i rly who thinks that they are being unfairly surveilled, what do you do about it? in unionised workplaces they have negotiated the faces of surveillance and it is also worth checking out what your workplace policies are. they have to tell you

if they are carrying out surveillance and they you have to justify why they are using it too. kid bell, thank you very much for joining us. thank you. hundreds of staff at google have written to the company to protest against plans to launch a "censored search engine" in china. they said the project raised "urgent moral and ethical questions". google has not commented. a consortium led by interserve has won contact worth £105 million pounds to design, build and operate two new colleges at durham university. the project will include a new accommodation block, banqueting hall and sports and music facilities. authorities in china have ordered the temporary closure of a major abbatoir — run by the world's biggest pork producer. it comes after the slaughterhouse — operated by the chinese company wh group — suffered two outbreaks of swine flu in just two weeks sudbued trading on the ftse — the markets being described by one analyst as being in full on holiday mode.

russian steel—maker evraz was has been clawing back some ground after falls yesterday. kingfisher — which owns b and q - seeing its share price under pressure for a second day, despite reporting better sales growth in the second quarter. oil prices are quite firm — that's of because of renewed fears about disruption to supplies because of geopolitical tensions. that's all the business news. it's exam results season, and while some pupils are still celebrating their a—level results, it's emerged more than 86 thousand young people in england had to resit their maths or english gcse last summer. that's according to figures seen exclusively by the bbc. four years ago the government decided that students should keep retaking the exams until they achieved a good pass in the two core subjects — or in equivalent skills. but the stats show some

are resitting up to four times. john maguire reports. these painting and decorating apprentices are part of the students who study from sports to science, a rts who study from sports to science, arts to accountancy, the do it all. since the government in england said the students over 16 should achieve a good pass in gcses or an equivalent skill, there has been a sixfold increase in the number is ridiculousjoke here. you need to look at what happened in school maybe didn't work, so we try to make it real life and a real—life situation so they can actually see where they will use it and away to remember it and irrelevance behind

it. at this sixth form college i need three students who have been through reset is more than once. everyone has different ways of learning so there should be better ways of trying to help students achieve the grades they deserve. ways of trying to help students achieve the grades they deservelj read achieve the grades they deserve.” read to get but i didn't get the grade that i wanted because the university needed a higher grade. you can get quite under pressure from family and friends. some friends have passed exams and you are thinking that you have tried so ha rd are thinking that you have tried so hard and it is not working out for me. they are far from alone. the social equality charity has analysed department for education figures and found that more than 86,000 students had to reset maths or english and among those almost 5700 were taking the exams were the fourth time. these qualifications are so important. and we know that they put so important. and we know that they put so much weight on maths and english

gcses so i don't think it is right that if you don't get there in the first time you don't get a proper second chance. but at the moment it is not a second chance, it is a second, third, fourth chance to fail because it is not being done properly and seriously. what is the answer? colleges say they are underfunded and there needs to be a new approach. to recognise that students at this age are different from students who are studying those qualifications at school. we need to make those qualifications relevant and respond to their needs as they get older and become adults and envisage the left beyond education. the government says it committed an extra 50 million pounds last year and four million pounds last year and four million into development for training teachers in both subjects. education is supposed to open doors but to thousands of students it seems some remain closed. astronomers says they have identified some of the oldest

galaxies in the universe — and they are right on our cosmic doorstep. scientists at the universities of durham and harvard analysed different galaxies and found that one group of stars and planets, near the milky way, appeared to be different from the others. using computer simulations like this, they believe it was one of the first galaxies formed after the big bang, around 13 billion years ago. the research is published in the astrophysicaljournal. now, it's notjust human hay fever sufferers who've struggled with pollen this summer — two polar bears at yorkshire wildlife park have been affected as well. a team of keepers was on hand when 98 stone victor was given an allergy test. staff suspect the animal is suffering from an allergic reaction to pollen, after being moved from a concrete enclosure to a more natural setting at the attraction near doncaster. the test results will be known in the coming days. now it's time for a look

at the weather with stav. it is quite wet and windy across the north and west of the country. the further east you are not a bad afternoon and a little bit warmer thanit afternoon and a little bit warmer than it was yesterday. the wet and windy weather will affect the western side of the uk with the best of any sunny spells through the afternoon ball a lot of cloud has built up. this is the future we are talking about of the atlantic. there area talking about of the atlantic. there are a blustery conditions but the further south you are closer to the rich of high pressure. heaviest rains across western scotland into north—west england, that is not an island and the north—west corner of wales. the eastern is sheltered from

the wind and there will be dry and brighter weather across the south east when the winds will be light and further north west there will be and further north west there will be a strong wind blowing there. temperatures, high death itself is in the north. a touch warmer in the south east. 21 to 23 celsius. for tonight, it looks like the rain will disappear across western areas but could seize a weather front continuing into central scotland to bring outbreaks of rain. north and south largely dry and the temperature is milder than last night. for the weekend, temperature is milder than last night. forthe weekend, saturday temperature is milder than last night. for the weekend, saturday is looking like the better day of the true for most of us with dry and fine weather. there is more low pressure on sunday to bring heavy rain in places. at the weekend we will also have some humid airfrom the south west particularly across england and wales. cloud and if you sunny spells in eastern areas but it will be quite damp in central and

southern scotland. some sunshine to the north and to the south it will feel warmer, 2a or 25 celsius, pleasa ntly feel warmer, 2a or 25 celsius, pleasantly warm. on sunday, then its future moves on. it is the remnants of subtropical storm out in the atla ntic of subtropical storm out in the atlantic which is going to bring wet and windy weather to central and southern parts of the country. the strongest wind in wales, the midlands, southern england. not so strong in the north. but there will be rain through central parts and sunshine to the north and the south. in the afternoon it is going to turn a bit drier to all of us. there is uncertainty but it is going to be a warm and humid day across the board. next week, we will hold onto the humid weather, temperatures around mid 20s in the south and south east. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm julian worricker. today at 2...

mps call for rules around e—cigarettes to be relaxed so they can be more widely used and accepted in society. italy's transport ministry is investigating the private operator of the motorway bridge that collapsed in genoa on tuesday, killing at least 38 people. tributes to a star: following the death of the queen of soul, aretha franklin, the pop stars of today acknowledge the impact she had on their careers. she touched every genre, everything was influenced in some way by the way she sang. and they will forever be influenced by her because her voice, her emotion, hersincerity,