hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm rebecca jones. today at two: one and a half billion users of whatsapp are told to update their apps urgently — after a major hack into its encrypted service. it comes in through a missed call, so you don't even have to answer the call, and the reports are also that the phone logs can be altered afterwards, so you don't... may not even know on your phone that you've missed that call. growing calls for itv to scrap thejeremy kyle show following the death of a guest shortly after filming. a stark warning over inequality in the uk — that pay and opportunity gaps are so extreme they threaten the economy and democracy.

coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with olly foster. afternoon. manchester city say accusations of financial impropriety are entirely false. that's after reports that uefa investigators wa nts to ba n reports that uefa investigators wants to ban the club from europe. all the details coming up. and nick has all the weather, blue skies ahead? absolutely, we are basking in the sunshine once again. but where has the rubbish weather gone? i got the a nswer to the rubbish weather gone? i got the answer to that, plus the forecast for the rest of the week into the weekend. also coming up... our moscow correspondent tickles the ivories as he performs songs from eurovision ahead of the contest.

hello to you — this is afternoon live. i'm rebecca jones. whatsapp is urging its 1.5 billion users to update their app after it was targeted by hackers. the company says vulnerability in its app has allowed hackers to remotely install surveillance software on mobile phones — without the user knowing. whatsapp, which is owned by facebook, said the attack targeted a "select number" of users, and was orchestrated by "an advanced cyber actor". here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. 1.5 billion people around the world use whatsapp in the belief that it's a very secure way of communicating. now it's been revealed that a flaw allowed attackers to install spyware simply by making a missed call and that enabled them

to monitor everything the user did on their phone. whatsapp is a very pervasive application. it's on even when it appears to be off, and also, it has very, very wide—ranging permissions. so it can obviously use your camera and video because we use that when we are using the app. users of both apple's iphone and android devices are being advised to install an updated version of whatsapp. whatsapp‘s owner facebook says it uncovered this vulnerability earlier this month and acted to fix it. it believes a select few users were targeted by what it calls an advanced cyber actor, and the finger is being pointed at an israeli security company. nso provides surveillance tools to governments and has previously been accused of helping them to spy on human rights activists. they do sell to governments to use to fight crime and terrorism. but over the last couple of years, there's been mounting

evidence that actually, their technologies are used to target human rights defenders, to try and scare them, to... to commit human rights violations against human rights defenders. in a statement, the israeli firm says nso's technology is licensed to authorised government agencies for the sole purpose of fighting crime and terror. the company does not operate the system. keeping our communication secure from both hackers and governments is a constant battle for technology companies. this flaw has been fixed. there are undoubtedly more yet to be discovered. joining me now isjoyce hakmeh, a cyber research fellow at chatham house and co—editor of the journal of cyber policy, providing regular analysis on cyber policy issues. we are very grateful to you for joining us here on bbc news. thank you. whatsapp sells itself on the fa ct you. whatsapp sells itself on the fact that it's incredibly safe but

this news would seem to suggest otherwise, wouldn't it? yes, you're right. i think in this technology world, how technology is developing ona world, how technology is developing on a continuous basis, nothing is safe forever. security is a journey and well you can be secure for a while, as technology develops, you open yourself to vulnerabilities. i think the way whatsapp uncovered this vulnerability and fixed it relatively quickly is to its advantage, i have to say. so you would praise them for that. that's interesting. can you tell us a bit more about how this actually happened? more about how this actually happened ? because more about how this actually happened? because it's not like opening a dodgy attachment, is it? it comes from a simpler thing —— as simplea it comes from a simpler thing —— as simple a thing as a missed call. that's right. and this has been allegedly marketed by the ns0 group behind this technology as a zero click technology, you don't even need to do anything as the targeted person, which is really concerning.

in the past, nso group was known for its flagship technology where they used to send a malicious link to the targeted person because my phone and the person had to click that link for the malware of the spyware to be downloaded on their phone. now, with this attack, as you said, you don't even need to do anything. the spywa re even need to do anything. the spyware will be downloaded on the phone, the only thing the attackers needed was the phone number of the targeted person. so they would call that person and via whatsapp and whether they picked up was irreleva nt to whether they picked up was irrelevant to the success of the spywa re irrelevant to the success of the spyware and the minutes this happens the spyware basically allows for the content the spyware basically allows for the co nte nt of the spyware basically allows for the content of the phone to be mirrored ona content of the phone to be mirrored on a computer screen somewhere content of the phone to be mirrored on a computer screen somewhere in the world, giving access to contacts, e—mails, location, and potentially to face—to—face conversations conducted nearby. typically, this nso group you are

talking about, there are not using the data themselves, are they? —— to be clear. they're using this to sell a product. i presume someone like you or me can't go out and buy it. he would be buying this kind of product to enable them to access the whatsapp messages? that's a very good question. in the last few years nso has been involved in several cases where governments from around the world, the middle east, latin america, have used nso technology to spy america, have used nso technology to spy on dissidents, to spy on human rights activists and even on political rivals. so nso group sells the technology, they have repeatedly denied responsibility in illegal spying activities. however there are ongoing lawsuits against this is really based cyber security company, and there have been some leaked documents that suggest this company

has actually been complicit in these illegal digital spying. —— this is really based cyber security company. orat really based cyber security company. or at least that they were aware that this was taking place. —— this is real based cyber security company. there is almost a 10—year gap in male life expectancy between the richest and poorest areas in the uk. that's one of the many findings from a new report by the institute for fiscal studies. the think tank is launching what it says is the biggest analysis of inequality in the country, and it say the widening gaps are "making a mockery of democracy". our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. inequality is a big problem in the uk. in fact, we've got the highest income inequality of any developed country, except for the united states. single—parent families are much more likely to come from that lower income bracket. the gender pay gap gets even bigger after a woman has given birth. and men from the most affluent areas

of the country live on average 10 years longer than those from the least affluent areas, and that's a gap that's getting even bigger. there are plenty of obvious inequalities which this investigation will start with. how lower incomes impact children, the increase in the gender pay gap after a woman gives birth, and the regional inequalities and life expectancy differences between london and the north—east of england. but scratch beneath the surface and there are other inequalities that are less obvious to spot. james and bethany each have a postgraduate degree but they've struggled to make ends meet for theirfamily. they say that's because some of the people they're competing against for work have more money behind them to start with. we're competing with an elite and to compete with that elite, you could... you can do it but for me, as a parent, i didn't feel comfortable being,

sort of, us being separated, even though we were a couple, and then working all hours. bethany has decided not to work at the moment because they can't afford to pay for childcare if she does. the institute for fiscal studies say that failing to tackle inequality is storing up problems for our whole society. income inequality is very important, but i don't think it's as important in explaining what's happening in britain today, for instance, as inequality in access to education, inequality in access to health, inequality in political access. it will take a while to piece together, but the hope is that this investigation will not only describe inequalities but suggest ways to tackle them. colletta smith, bbc news. we can now speak to lindsayjudge — the senior research and policy analyst at the resolution foundation. thanks forjoining us here on afternoon lies. i wondered what your

initial thoughts are to the findings? —— here on afternoon live. i think it's interesting that they have launched this review today. it's absolutely true income inequality has risen up the political agenda in recent years and that in itself is fascinating because in actual fact, that in itself is fascinating because in actualfact, inequality itself has not risen. i think the reason for that is because we live ina kind reason for that is because we live in a kind of fundamentally different time than we did say, 30 years ago. 30 years ago, income inequality was about the rich pulling away from the bottom and today, it's about the bottom and today, it's about the bottom falling away behind the rich. if you think about the 1980s, the kind of symbol was the yuppie, and today the symbol of inequality is the food bank. and no matter how irritating you thought yuppies where we are clearly all find food banks more reprehensible. that makes sense but what makes less sense to me is why the uk has such high levels of inequality compared to, say, our european counterparts. it's definitely true that that is the

case. people have made a lot today about the fact that the uk tends to only be surpassed by the us. i think we have to look back at that dramatic increase in inequality we saw throughout the 1980s, essentially we had an uplift and we flatlined from that point onwards. and our european counterparts did not see that kind of trajectory over time. and what kind of impact are you seeing? the impact, of course, is very diffuse, and i think the iss is very diffuse, and i think the iss is doing a greatjob of showing that. we know income inequality has all kinds of impact in terms of wealth accumulation, education, health and well—being, really, really important. and as you piece pointed out, we also see these very big inequality is opening up between generations. if you are lucky enough to be born in a period where there is no inequality, you have a different experience than those born today. what would help? i think what

is really important is two things. firstly, we have seen a period of unprecedented lack of income growth. in particular, we have not seen pay rise very quickly and that has put a lot of downward pressure on people'sliving standards. the other thing, of course, that's very important to those on the bottom end of the income distribution is benefits, social security, and we know that after austerity a lot of the value was taken out of benefits. seeing some value put back in there would be really helpful. thank you. there are growing calls for itv to permanently scrap thejeremy kyle show after a guest on the programme died shortly after filming an episode. the show was suspended yesterday while a review is carried out. the chairman of the house of commons culture select committee, damian collins, has questioned the show‘s long term future, saying tv companies have a duty of care to the people who take part in their programmes. here's our entertainment

correspondent lizo mzimba. steve dymond, who lived in portsmouth and was in his 60s, was a guest on thejeremy kyle show who died shortly after recording an appearance on the programme. his friends fear he took his own life. the full story may not be clear until itv‘s investigation and any inquest is completed, but it has reopened the debate into the duty of care offered on shows like this. it is thought that during his appearance steve dymond took part in a lie—detector segment to try and convince his fiancee he hadn't been unfaithful. she told the sun newspaper he had failed the test and she believed the results. he was saying, oh, i lied on three questions. so the test was wrong, it's all wrong. i said i would go by it, i watch it every morning, i go by it, you know what i mean? definitely. i mean, i don't see the point of being on there in the first place to get results.

—— that is the whole point of being on there in the first place. senior politicians are now calling for a closer examination on how guests are treated on tv shows like this. i think there needs to be an independent review of the way the programme exercises its duty of care to the people on it, people's whose lives are picked apart on television for the entertainment of others, and my concern is vulnerable people have been put in that position and, in this case, a tragedy would have seen to have happened potentially connected to someone's appearance on the show. itv says thejeremy kyle show has a significant and detailed duty of care processes in place. so what might this all mean for the broadcaster? i don't think it hurts itv. they have a hole in the schedule, they have some very creative people there, they will come up with some new format, some new idea. it is an opportunity as much as anything, but i think they are absolutely right to take the programme off air, i think they behaved impeccably. it is not yet known when the results of the itv

investigation made be made public. lizo mzimba, bbc news. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. one and a half billion users of whatsapp are told to update their apps urgently — after a major hack into its encrypted service. growing calls for itv to scrap thejeremy kyle show — following the death of a guest shortly after filming. a stark warning over inequality in the uk — that pay and opportunity gaps are so extreme they threaten the economy and democracy. and coming up, we'll go back to our moscow correspondent as he tickles the ivories and performs songs from eurovision ahead of the contest. and it is sport, manchester city could find out this week what sanction they face for possible breaches of financial fair play regulations. they deny wrongdoing. reports say investigators are

pushing for a ban from european competition. england are building first against pakistan in bristol. and the england defender beth compton is out of the world cup, she has ruptured her knee ligament for the second time and will miss the july tournament on home soil. i would be back with more details on all the stories in the next 50 minutes, see them. —— i will be back. in the next 15 minutes. the cabinet has been meeting to discuss the state of the ongoing brexit talks with labour. some senior conservatives, including the sacked defence secretary gavin williamson, are warning theresa may not to compromise with jeremy corbyn. the government's chief brexit negotiator, olly robbins, is heading to brussels today to discuss how changes might be made to the political declaration on the uk's future relationship with the european union. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminsterfor us.

hi, vicky. the big question here at westminster everyone is wondering is if there's any chance of a compromise deal between the government and labour over brexit, and if they are to reach some kind of compromise, is it one that could make it through the house of the government endlessly talking about getting a stable majority to get the lows through to delivery brexit, but labour particularly sounding quite gloomy, saying the government has not shifted on its position and they are particularly concerned that a future conservative leader might just rip up any agreement they have. and as you say, those conservative mps former cabinet ministers, many of them, very worried about a compromise deal. let's speak to one now, maria millerjoins me. explain to me why you have signed this letter and what your concerns are. isimply letter and what your concerns are. i simply don't see a customs union isa i simply don't see a customs union is a compromise deal worth having.

we lose our seat at the eu negotiating table, we lose control of our trade policy and in return for that, we are part of the customs union. i think there is one clear message that came out of the referendum, people wanted to take that control. a customs union would not deliver that. that's what labour wanted, a permanent customs union, but there is in government is not often that. they're saying the government is saying, you could extend where we are with the customs arrangement and transition period, that could go up to the next general election and to wins that could decide what to do. are you partly warning theresa may against something she's not decided to do?” think the negotiations are something ofa think the negotiations are something of a fudge. we need to know what is being discussed behind closed doors and that's why i am encouraging the prime minister to come out and make clear what has been discussed this week and come forward next week with some concrete solutions we can vote on. i think the withdrawal agreement, which i voted for at every single opportunity, is the

only deal that's on the table and the eu have been very clear about that. so we might be talking about all sorts of different machinations of customs unions but the eu have not agreed that. what i'm concerned about, and my real fear, not agreed that. what i'm concerned about, and my realfear, is not agreed that. what i'm concerned about, and my real fear, is that there are businesses, people who are self—employed, who are suffering as a result of this impasse. we need to end the impasse and get on with it. and i think the british people have been clear, they want us to leave the eu. the question then is how do you do that? not enough of your collea g u es you do that? not enough of your colleagues have been persuaded by theresa may's deal, it sounds like labour are not going to be either buy any kind of compromise. what is the answer? are you suggesting we leave without a deal?” the answer? are you suggesting we leave without a deal? i think if the house of commons cannot be convinced to take the only deal on the table, by definition, their infighting in a deal situation. —— they are inviting. i don't think that is as daunting as it was a few months ago because of the amount of legislation that has been passed both here and in the content, and it's not as

potentially destructive as it was 18 months ago. it's certainly not much first choice but if we're going be sensible about our negotiations we have to have that as the only other solution other than agreeing the withdrawal agreement, there is no other option. theresa may is that she will stand down was the first phaseis she will stand down was the first phase is over and it's clear that there are several dozens, maybe, of your colleagues are launching their leadership pitches to the party. is that a problem? it is a problem for labour, they say theresa may is not going to be there anyway, a future leader could rip it all up.” going to be there anyway, a future leader could rip it all up. i don't think the prime minister changes the presbytery arithmetic. the problem we have is mps are not galvanising behind one single way forward. —— parliamentary arithmetic. changing the day will be a distraction at this stage, that's why i believe we need to get some certainty and have an agreement and need to get some certainty and have an agreementand we need to get some certainty and have an agreement and we need to do that before the european elections. thank

you, maria miller. that is the fear of many conservative mps, they're looking at polls suggesting nigel farage's brexit party could do well at the expense of the conservatives. whether there will be any movement before the elections is another matter. we will have to find out soon what cabinet discussed and whether they are pushing theresa may in one particular direction. thanks. more from vicki young in westminster later. back to growing calls for itv to permanently scrap the jeremy kyle show after a test died after filming an episode. —— a guest died. joining me via webcam is media psychologist emma kenny — who has worked on big brother. when i was on the brother i was in front of the camera, i have not worked on reality tv, i tend to work

with children and young people who have got very stringent measures under the ofcom guidelines to be dealt with by people like me. so i worked in front of the screen when it comes to reality as in commenting, not behind in evaluations. sorry about that. how do you think that reality television affects those who take part in it?” that reality television affects those who take part in it? i think we know that there are some people who take part in reality tv who have catastrophic effects. i have worked with people in the violent who talked about issues that they have had. —— people in love island. conversely, there are many people who have had great experiences in reality tv and feel it has been a benefit to them. so it's about your experience. what i think is really important to say, even as a practitioner, myjob is to care about the well—being of participants who go into shows. it's as simple as that. i want you to think very clearly before you ever take part in

atv clearly before you ever take part in a tv show. documentary, reality tv or anything. it's a a tv show. documentary, reality tv oranything. it's a big a tv show. documentary, reality tv or anything. it's a big ask. however, ofcom want people to have autonomy of choice. if you're under 18 it's different. but if you're over 18, we have to accept that whither you and i think that going ona whither you and i think that going on a show is the right thing to do, isa on a show is the right thing to do, is a personal experience, people still have a right to do that. so the bigger question is, what are we saying about democratic option of people partaking in television shows? whether we agree with them doing it, as far as being subjective, or whether they feel it's right for them, is it more a bigger question about whether people should still have the choice even if it's not something we might wish to do? thanks so much, good to talk to you. the world's biggest music show kicks off today — the eurovision song contest in tel aviv. but at the moment in russia

another very special performance is underway. the bbc‘s moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, is a eurovision super fan with an encyclopedic knowledge of the competition and every year performs requests of eurovision songs. steve's performing at the moscow international house of music and broadcasting live on the bbc news facebook page. let's take a look. i can't play 1564 songs and if i could come that would be extremely worrying from a medical point of view. but i do my best. i hope that we have been joined view. but i do my best. i hope that we have beenjoined by the bbc news channel, and if so, i know that rebecca is the presenter, and rebecca is the presenter, and rebecca has requested the israel winnerfrom 1978, rebecca has requested the israel winnerfrom1978, the rebecca has requested the israel winner from 1978, the very first time that israel won the eurovision song contest, and that was something like this.

i have to say, if you look at the 1978 eurovision, my favourite song was the one that came second. that was the one that came second. that was a belgian song. it went something like this. in case you're wondering, what steve rosenberg is actually doing, he is playing any eurovision entry that you care to ask into via the bbc facebook page. i'vejust you care to ask into via the bbc facebook page. i've just realised, i've totally shown my age by asking

for is real because my entry from 1978! -- for is real because my entry from 1978! —— israel's entry. buti thought it would be a jolly number for this time of the afternoon. but if you have got a request for steve, the more obscure the better! do send a message on facebook and you can watch him live, trying to play all those different songs on the bbc facebook page, and perhaps we will check back in with him a little later on. time for a look at the weather... nay kizzire minuses piano, but you have got lovely blue skies! —— nick is here. lovely day, getting into the 20s. we had seen a little bit of rain, it has been dry for quite a bit of this year so far. but it's a fine balance, talking about how lovely

the weather is but also wanting a bit of rain, but be careful what you wish for! let's take you to austria at the weekend, water rushing through the streets here. so much rain, so quickly that of course the drains and everything's can't keep up drains and everything's can't keep up with that. we watch this bit of video quite a few times, we think that's a bit of furniture with a throw on it being swept along. so again, the rubbish weather as i said earlier in the programme has to go somewhere. when summer settle, you end up with somewhere else having the storms and that's what's happened at the moment. —— when summer is settled. we are in the fine weather, we look at the jet stream, a big ridge in thejet stream, a big ridge in thejet stream, underneath that we've got high pressure at the moment so that's why things are settled. hardly any cloud, plenty of sunshine and warmth. but eastern europe, this big dip, you can see a trough of pressure and that's where you're getting the big storms and weather warnings are in force to parts of

the balkans and into greece. and flash flooding in some of these. so i don't think the garden would appreciate that much rain! we were just like a bit of steady rain for the garden. a chilly wind, though, i thought? there is, and it will get stronger this week. let's take a look at the rest of the week. there's a shot of today's sunshine for northern the wind will pick up in the rest of the week and it will turn gradually more unsettled but this is the view this afternoon. plenty of sunshine, a bit hazy in places, temperatures in the low 20s and the warmest places seem to be in scotla nd and the warmest places seem to be in scotland once again, particularly in the highlands of scotland. largely clear skies every night, it may turn a little misty in places and offer the warm day temperatures do dip away, parts of east anglia into southern england, rural spots could be close to freezing. not out of the question there may be a touch of frost in one or two spots. but for most of us, frost free and a fine start tomorrow. high pressure, we talked about that, it's starting to

pull away a little bit and becoming more settled over scandinavia for the next couple of days, and through the next couple of days, and through the english channel and towards western parts of the uk winds will pick up. plenty of sunshine tomorrow but some parts of northern england and scotland may squeeze out an isolated shower. most of us in fine sunshine and it looks to be the warmest day of the week as temperatures approach the mid 20s in the warmest part of scotland. again, looking at the big picture going into thursday and friday and it looks like we will see an area of low pressure pushing more cloud and evangelism least shower is our way, without stronger is our way, without stronger easterly wind as well. —— eventually at least showers. this is thursday for you. a chance of a few showers in parts of scotland, one or two possible into northern ireland, especially the further west you are. more cloud for england and wales. temperatures come down if he agrees,

—— afew temperatures come down if he agrees, —— a few degrees, the wind adding a bit more of a chill to the air. on friday, some showers, they may emerge at times and part of england and wales bringing longer spells of rain, best of the sunshine will be in scotland and we will see higher temperatures here. the wind will ease a bit over the weekend but there will still be showers around, particularly on saturday. so we have got settled weather at the moment and fine weather at the moment but things are changing later this week, it will turn a bit more unsettled, and if you want some rain in the garden there isn't that coming up. —— there is a hint of that coming up.

this is bbc news, our latest headlines: whatsapp urges users to update the messaging service after hackers remotely install surveillance software on some mobile phones. calls for the jeremy kyle show to be axed after more details emerge about a man who is believed to have taken his own life a week after appearing on the programme. a warning that inequalities in pay and opportunity in the uk are becoming so extreme they threaten economic prosperity and democracy. the national crime agency calls for its budget to be doubled, to tackle what it calls the "staggering scale" of organised crime. sport now on afternoon live with olly foster. 24 hours ago, we were talking about manchester city's premier league title win and the party celebrations, now there are reports of a european ban.

what's going on? yes, jubilation 48 hours ago, but now indignation from manchester city, it is all about there was breaking even rules that uefa imposed to try to stop financial doping in european football. there's been a report in the new york times that says uefa investigators are close to making a decision about a possible sanction for manchester city, and it's understood that they will be pushing for a ban from european football. the nuclear option, if you like. it's because of breaches in the financial fair play regulations. city were fined around £50 million five years ago for ffp irregularities, but this investigation was sparked by some allegations in a german publication last year that city had massively inflated the value of sponsorship deals. city have relased a statement saying the accusations are entirely false and they are fully co—operating with uefa, after supplying their records in full. and they are very unhappy

with these reports that have come out. they deny any wrongdoing. uefa have also released a statement saying, we do not comment on ongoing investigations regarding financial fair play matters. but it seems that the story is taking on a little bit of movement and we will hear something from that investigatory panel later this week. i know you will bring it to us if we do. getting excited about the cricket world cup which starts in less tha n cricket world cup which starts in less than a fortnight now, and england in another warm up game

today, so to speak, how are they doing? yes, not long now at all, england against south africa at the oval, it goes on for six or seven weeks until the final. it's the third one—dayer between england and pakistan, england are one up in the series after a brilliant match down in southampton a couple of days ago. jos buttler smashed a quickfire century, but he's been rested. joe denly has been brought in. england have to chop and change to find out what their best team will be. jos buttler will surely be in the world cup starting xi. tom curran has been bought in for adil rashid. this is the latest from bristol, england won the toss, chris woa kes too k bristol, england won the toss, chris woakes took a couple of early wickets, inzamam—ul—haq and haris sohail put on a useful partnership.

the gigginstown house stud, one of the most successful operations in jump racing, are pulling out of the sport. owned by the ryan air boss michael o'leary and his brother eddie, their stables includes the two—time national winner tiger roll and also had great success at the cheltenham festival, but they are going to wind down their operation over the next five years. that gives trainers time to replace all those horses, but the big news isa all those horses, but the big news is a big loss, because they have been fantastic benefactors for racing. england's beth cobden is out ofjuly‘s netball world cup after suffering another serious knee injury. the defender, who won commonwealth gold last year, ruptured her cruciate ligament playing for the adelaide thunderbirds over the weekend. she had onlyjust returned after ten months out with the same injury.

that's all the sport for now. yeah, look forward to that, see you later. a man who claimed he was the victim of a paedophile ring involving senior figures at westminster has gone on trial accused of perverting the course ofjustice. carl beech, who's 51 and from gloucester, was known as nick during an investigation by the metropolitan police, which cost £2.5 million. our correspondent fiona trott is outside newcastle crown court. what was said in court, fiona? well, the prosecution described carl beech's claims is the most heinous allegations it is possible to make. this is what the prosecution said he told police, a former chief of defence staff, lord bramall, raped him, a former tory mp, harvey proctor, murdered a boy in front of him, another boy was killed by harvey proctor, and the former head

of mi5 harvey proctor, and the former head of m15 and lord brittan, the former home secretary, were also involved. he said, as a schoolboy, he was subjected to rape, torture and sexual abuse by dozens of men includingjimmy sexual abuse by dozens of men including jimmy savile. the jury heard he told police he was abused by his stepfather. the court has been played in interview that he gave to police, in which he described this first alleged murder ofa described this first alleged murder of a boy called scott, which he said happened back in 1979, he said the boy was run over. mr beech was crying in the police interview, he told a detective that his alleged abuses warned him not to be friends with scott, but i didn't listen, and he died because i didn't do as i was told. i had blood on my hands, i said, iwas told. i had blood on my hands, i said, i was dragged away and put in the back of a car. carl beech first came forward and approach the metropolitan police back in 2012 following operation yewtree which, remember, was investigating jimmy savile. in 2014, he gave the met a list of names, 12 men he said were

his abuses, including greville janner and edward heath. his abuses, including greville jannerand edward heath. in his abuses, including greville janner and edward heath. in 2016, carl beech was told that no further action was going to be taken regarding those allegations. in fa ct, regarding those allegations. in fact, he was to become himself the subject of a new investigation by northumbria police. and in the words of the prosecution today, they told thejury of the prosecution today, they told the jury that his life was about to be turned upside down and inside out. the court also heard there is, when carl beech was being investigated by northumbria police here in the north—east of england, here in the north—east of england, he fled the country and was living asa he fled the country and was living as a fugitive. the 51—year—old denies all the charges against him, and the trial here continues. fiona trott, thank you for that, fiona trott, thank you for that, fiona trott outside newcastle crown court. let's get more now on the death of a man following an appearance on thejeremy kyle show. newspaper reports say steve dymond took his own life earlier this month after the programme was filmed.

itv have taken the show off air indefinitely. our media editor, amol rajan, has been speaking to the former executive chairman of itv, lord grade, about the broadcaster's decision. you have experience from your time as chair and chief executive of itv of managing crisis. how should they manage this? the way they are doing. i think they are managing it extremely well. they have taken the show off the air, ofcom are coming in to look at the tragedy. they will see who is to blame or what lessons can be learned. i think they have handled it immaculately, frankly. what is your assessment of how big a problem it could potentially be? they are going to lose a very popular show, probably. it would be very difficult to bring it back now, unless there are some reasons we don't know that they are completely exonerated. i don't think it hurts itv. they have got a hole in the schedule, they have got some

very creative people, they will come up with some new ideas, and it is an opportunity as much as anything, but i think they are absolutely right to take the programme of the air. they have behaved impeccably. these crises are all about how you handle them in the end. how do you try to get rid of a story like this? you have to be very open and accountable, you have to make sure that all the facts come out eventually, and that you are taking it very seriously, which they demonstrably are taking it seriously, and we will see what the inquiry delivers. but i think they are right to take to the show off, i think there is a big question mark over whether the show will ever come back. that seems to be pretty sure. there is obviously a separation between the creative side and the commercial side, but if you were still doing thatjob, what sort of advice might you have for the creative team once you had all the facts about whether or not the show should come back?

it will depend what the inquiry shows. i noticed in the itv statement yesterday this morning that they do have protocols in place for duty of care to the people who participate, so we will see what the inquiry shows up. i think it is very important to remember that nobody goes onto thejeremy kyle show not knowing what they are in for. it is a very well—known show and when you agree to participate, you know you going into a tabloid confrontation or situation. it's not like they are caught unawares. people do go in knowing exactly what they are in full. let's speak now to the conservative mp charles walker. he's called for thejeremy kyle show to be taken off air permanently.

he's in our westminster studio. why do you thinkjeremy kyle's show should be taken off air permanently? well, i called on itv to take it off air permanently, it will be a decision for itv‘s board and its nonexecutive directors, because in 2019, and in mental health awareness week, this form of programme has no place, where you basically take vulnerable people, and most of them will be vulnerable, people who are highly strung, because that is what makes good television, and then you break them down under pressure, it ends up with shouting, bouncers being called in, because that is what makes good television. so i think itv really have no option but to ta ke think itv really have no option but to take this off, because otherwise i think the nonexecutive directors, who sit on other main boards, will come under pressure, because they will, in their own company statements, talk about mental

well—being, the good health of their workforces, and i need to be living that at itv. as you know, itv is undertaking a review, we clearly can't prejudge the outcome of that review, but i do wonder, if it gives the programme a clean bill of health and says that the programme is doing everything it can to look after its guests, is it really fair to the viewers to take off the most popular daytime programme on itv?” viewers to take off the most popular daytime programme on itv? i am not really interested in what is found to the viewers, to be honest. i am interested in the welfare of those that go on it. i am also interested in the type of television that is made in this country. and i think being very cruel to people for an audience, really, is pretty unattractive. look, lots of television programmes have been taken off air because people have decided they are no longer fit for purpose. they may have significant viewing figures but they are no longerfit for viewing figures but they are no longer fit for purpose, and itv‘s advertises across its whole schedule, morning, noon and night,

maybe asking itv, we are not sure we wa nt to maybe asking itv, we are not sure we want to be associated with the type of commercial company broadcast that makes a significant amount of reve nu es makes a significant amount of revenues out of other people's unhappiness. so i think itv will be taking a ruthlessly commercial decision, and it is the right decision, and it is the right decision, because i think this programme has run out of time. what about lord grade's opinion that people go into this programme knowingly, that they know it is these kind of tabloid confrontation kind of a shout? i think that was a really wea k kind of a shout? i think that was a really weak point put forward by lord grade. people don't know what they are entering into, they have an idea, but until you are under the tv lights, until you are exposed to the type of scrutiny and biting, you don't know how you're going to react. i do think that is a weak defence, it is a pretty disgraceful programme that itv has made a lot of money on, the producers have made a

lot of money off, and i think lord grade made a number of good points in his interview, but that really wasn't a good point. this programme has run out of time, and it is not going to be brought back by itv. i would be amazed if itv brought this back, because the damage it has done to its corporate reputation, itv‘s corporate reputation, will be long lasting. charles walker, thanks so much forjoining us on afternoon live, appreciate it. all the business news in a moment, but first the headlines. 1.5 billion users of whatsapp were told to update urgently after a major hack into its encrypted service. growing calls for itv to scrap thejeremy kyle show, following the death of a guest shortly after filming. a stark warning over inequality in the uk — that pay and opportunity gaps are so extreme they threaten the economy and democracy.

here's your business headlines on afternoon live. unemployment fell to 3.8% in the first three months of the year, that's the lowest it's been since the mid 1970s. the rate has been falling for five years. cow & gate is recalling a batch of baby food sold in major supermarkets because it may contain pieces of rubber. it's the 250g jar of cheesy broccoli bake with the best—before date of november 2020. for more on this, head to our website. amazon has launched a service for customers to collect parcels from pick—up points inside next shops. the new service is called amazon counter, and next said it would help the chain stay relevant in a tough retail environment.

vodafone, they announced, am i not right, some drizzly results this morning? but they are also the first to announce the 5g service? maybe the two are linked, come to think about! they announced they lost more than £6.5 billion last year, quite a substantial sum, a lot of that due toa substantial sum, a lot of that due to a particular deal they did in india which saw them take quite a blow, but it became the first in the country to announce it is launching its 56 country to announce it is launching its 5g service. that date isjuly the 3rd. other companies, like bt, ee, all of the big players will be announcing dates pretty soon. now, the big thing about 5g is that it is meant to boost speeds for data and downloads, you know, like when you are on the move and you have got that constant wheel of death, you can't get through with what you are

trying to do on your phone, but it is also meant to boost businesses as well, so they can provide better services online, and faster services too. i have been asking whether or not this is hype, a question i put to a nalyst not this is hype, a question i put to analyst karen egan. in some ways it has been hyped beyond what we will see anytime soon, such as using it for d riverless soon, such as using it for driverless cars, that is a remote possibility, certainly extremely long term if ever. more immediately, it will change the way we perceive mobile networks, partly because it is going to massively improve the capacity, and so when we go to train stations and places that very congested, we won't have the frustration of struggling to get a signal. the speeds are going to be higher, and a latency, the delay when you are using your phone, will be lower, and that lends itself, in particular, to things like streamed gaming, that is something that is talked about a lot, and that should be possible over mobile networks over the next few years.

interesting. now, oil prices are on the way up, that right? a couple of extraordinary events going on... whoops, that is my glass of water, never mind, sorry! but they could have been oil spillage from the results of what happened in saudi arabia. saudi arabia says that two of its facilities were hit by drones packed with explosives. this comes on top of another attack in the region, the uae, whose vessels we re the region, the uae, whose vessels were hit with explosives, again, sabotage going on in that part of the world. now, all of that comes on top of increasing tensions in the region. for more on this, we can cross to new york and talk to michelle fleury. as i say, a lot of tensions around the middle east at the moment. yeah, i mean, there are, if you look at this, we have seen a group in yemen who have claimed responsibility for the attacks with

armed drones in the pipeline infrastructure in saudi arabia. the context of that is that there has beena context of that is that there has been a saudi led coalition engaged ina been a saudi led coalition engaged in a battle with a group in yemen for the last four years, and that battle, basically, is seen in some ways as a proxy war between saudi arabia and iran. separately, you have the us engaged in a sort of escalation in tensions with iran over the nuclear deal with world powers. just last week, the increased sanctions, they basically wa nt increased sanctions, they basically want to try to stop all oil exports from iran. that is the backdrop in which we are seeing this, and if you look at these attacks, they are very specific targets, one basically affecting oil tankers that might be travelling through the strait of homeowners, where a fifth of all oil production travels through, the other a pipeline that takes oil across saudi arabia to the other side of the country to a port there. do we think we will continue to see pressure on prices, then?”

do we think we will continue to see pressure on prices, then? i think we can expect a degree of volatility, this raises uncertainty about what is happening in the region, what this will mean for oil production. right now we have seen a jump in the prices off the back of this news, so add what is happening with the us—trade dispute, that might counter some of the concerns when we are talking about tightening oil supplies because of these attacks we have seen. michelle fleury in new york, thank you very much indeed. shall we have a look at the markets? let's do, as they come up, as if by magic, the ftse doing particularly well, boosted by thosejobs magic, the ftse doing particularly well, boosted by those jobs figures. similarly, there seems to be some school of thought that there could be movement in the us—china trade war, which is why we are seeing some positive action across the board there on the markets. a sea of green, egon! iwill let there on the markets. a sea of green, egon! i will let you top up

your water and see you in an hour. good to see you, thanks. every year, hundreds of ex—servicemen and women receive help at the defence and national rehabilitation centre. it provides expert care for people suffering serious physical or mental trauma. last year, the centre relocated from headley court in surrey to a much bigger site at stanford hall near loughborough. and today cameras were allowed inside for the first time. phil mackie reports. an early morning run on the new track at stanford hall. and for the patients treated here, a chance to work out in the gym. this is the first look inside the new facility where servicemen and women come for rehabilitation. steve lost his leg after being seriously wounded in afghanistan. he is still a serving nco. it's been a lifeline to my recovery, because without it, i wouldn't have been able to recover and continue to recover. i've just had revision surgery on my stump, which requires a good bout of rehabilitation.

without that, i'd have been mentally, very, very under pressure to get things sorted, where this takes all the pressure off you. the site was donated by the duke of westminster. after extensive building work and renovations, the centre, which replaces one at headley court, welcomed its first patients last year. stanford hall is a purpose— built facility. it does what headley court did, but just better. so it's easier to achieve what we need to achieve. we can actually build on what we learnt at headley court and do it even better. when they describe them as state—of—the—art facilities, this is what they mean. called the caren machine, it's the only one of its kind in europe, and one of only six in the world. it allows a full assessment of injuries in a way that previously wasn't possible. everything we do is driven by the functional requirements of the limb. so if you have a lower limb injury, you will have movement dysfunction.

you may have a limp, you may have a compromised joint. what we can do, by putting the patient on here, is give them real—time feedback, which will immediately give them a sense of how they are walking, we can correct it in real time, and hopefully accelerate that return to normal walking function. it's notjust for military personnel who are wounded in action, it's also where those injured carrying out other duties come for treatment, including sports injuries. i injured my thumb just doing an awkward tackle. and, unfortunately, over time i've now lost most of the function of my right arm. so i went through headley court and had as much treatment and rehab as possible. and, unfortunately, i was medically discharged, but i've now got the chance to give something back as a staff member. what stanford hall also offers are places of tranquillity and, where necessary, solitude. the mental health of injured servicemen and women is regarded as equally important to their physical rehabilitation.

and that was phil mackie reporting. shall we catch up with all the weather? nick miller has the forecast, blue skies, but a chilly wind, fair assessment? a little bit hazy in places, chilly wind further south, and in fact the wind further south, and in fact the wind picks up during the second half of this week, so more people will notice that. a recent satellite picture, you can see the land, you can see barely any cloud, that is why it is sunshine all the way this afternoon, again, hazy with some high cloud, and you can see that on a weather watcher picture from northern ireland earlier today, but a gorgeous day for most, temperatures high teens, low 20s, higher than that in some parts of highland scotland. through tonight, we are going to keep largely clear skies, may be turning misty in a few spots, arrows indicating where we have the stronger breeze running into coast or parts of the north

sea, through the english channel for most of us. as to the warmth of the day, temperatures do dip away a little, parts of east anglia and southern england, may be ending up close to freezing into tomorrow, high pressure still in control, but nudging away further north during wednesday, allowing more of the breeze to pick up allowing more of the breeze to pick up across allowing more of the breeze to pick up across southern parts, keeping a good deal of sunshine, mind you. there will be some cloud developing deeper into the day, over the pennines, the hills of scotland, and you may see an isolated shower more especially into the pennines, but thatis especially into the pennines, but that is the exception to what would otherwise be a sunny day. see how temperatures are held down where you have the breeze towards the coasts, southern england is not as warm as highland scotland, which will be nudging mid 20s for wednesday afternoon. gradual changes during the of the week, high pressure is further away, low pressure starts to speu further away, low pressure starts to spell cloud, and these showers coming our way, i saw was closer together, so more of us is in the

wind picking up as well. this is shaping up, more cloud for scotland into northern ireland, if you showers breaking out here, england and wales staying mainly dry, more cloud through the day. still warm spots near 20 celsius, shaving a few degrees off those temperatures. maybe just a little bit cooler on friday, more of us will notice the stronger easterly wind, a greater chance of seeing wet weather through parts of england and wales, may be showers into northern ireland, largely dry wood sunshine in scotland. if you hope all for something wet in the garden, chances increase into the weekend, particularly during saturday, but the breeze does —— to ease down. that is your latest forecast, back later.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at three: one and a half billion users of whatsapp are told to update their apps urgently after a major hack into its encrypted service. it comes in through a missed call, so you don't even have to answer the call, and the reports are also that the phone logs can be altered afterwards, so you don't... may not even know on your phone that you've missed that call. growing calls for itv to scrap thejeremy kyle show — following the death of a guest shortly after filming a man who claimed he was the victim of a paedophile ring involving seniorfigures at westminster has gone on trial accused of perverting the course of justice. a stark warning over

inequality in the uk — that pay and opportunity gaps are so extreme they threaten the economy and democracy. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. manchester city say that the accusations that they have broken financialfair accusations that they have broken financial fair play rules are entirely full. that's after reports that uefa investigators wants to ban them from europe. more details later. and, nick, that's a glorious picture behind you. it's all about the sunshine and warmth at the moment, but if you wa nt warmth at the moment, but if you want some rain in the garden, be careful what you wish for! i got pictures of flash flooding elsewhere in europe at the moment. but we are enjoying the warmth and sunshine. but there are changes ahead at the end of the week. more later.

also coming up — opening its doors to the cameras for the first time — the rehabilitation centre providing expert care for servicemen and women suffering serious physical or mental trauma. hello everyone — this is afternoon live. whatsapp is urging its 1.5 billion users to update their app after it was targeted by hackers. the company says vulnerability in its app has allowed hackers to remotely install surveillance software on mobile phones — without the user knowing. whatsapp, which is owned by facebook, said the attack targeted a "select number" of users, and was orchestrated by "an advanced cyber actor". here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones.

1.5 billion people around the world use whatsapp in the belief that it is a very secure way of communicating. now it has been revealed that a flaw allowed attackers to install spyware simply by making a missed call and that enabled them to monitor everything the user did on their phone. whatsapp is a very pervasive application, it is on even when it appears to be off, and also it has very, very wide—ranging permissions, so it can obviously use your camera and video, because we use that when we are using the app. users of both apple's iphone and android devices are being advised to install an updated version of whatsapp. whatsapp owner facebook said it uncovered this vulnerability earlier this month and acted to fix it. it believes a select few users were targeted by what it calls an advanced cyber actor, and the finger is being pointed at an israeli security company. nso provides surveillance tools to governments and has previously been accused of helping them to spy

on human rights activists. they do sell to governments to use to fight crime and terrorism, but over the last couple of years, there has been mounting evidence that actually their technology is being used to target human rights defenders, to try and scare them... to commit human rights violations against the human rights defenders. in a statement, the israeli firm said... keeping our communications secure from both hackers and government is a constant battle for the technology companies. this flaw has been fixed. there are undoubtedly more yet to be discovered. let's speak to carl leonard, the principle security analyst at cybersecurity firm forcepoint. thanks for coming in to talk to us

here on afternoon —— on afternoon live. this was a targeted attack, is it true that most of us don't need to be worried because we were not being targeted. indications thus far are that it was a slight group of individuals being targeted by this spywa re. individuals being targeted by this spyware. general advice is that even if that is the case, we should all update whatsapp applications on your funds. —— a select group. take the opportunity to do that and check that the version is as per the facebook guidance, make sure you have got it updated.” facebook guidance, make sure you have got it updated. i will come back to that, but to pick up on your point, you set a select group, do we have any sense of who might have been targeted and perhaps even more importantly why? there are some reports of the type ofjob titles that people might have, or the role that people might have, or the role that people might have, or the role that people play. the key thing, really, to take away is that this

type of malware, this spyware, is typically repurposed by cyber criminals to then attack the masses, so criminals to then attack the masses, so the general public. so whilst we ourselves might not have anything incredibly valuable for this specific threat actor, who might have conducted this attack, it's wise to still seek to protect our data because we know that cyber criminals repurposed the data. and hopefully we can through updating, and keep updating other apps as well, not just this and keep updating other apps as well, notjust this one, we can reduce tax. —— reduce these attacks. so what you're saying is that activity has been exposed and we need to take precautions to protect ourselves, what is the best way of doing that? automatically update your apps. there's a setting within your apps. there's a setting within your android and iphone is that you can set to auto update, therefore you don't have to worry if a new version of an application has been made available, your phone will take

that for you and apply it for you. so that's the best thing to do. can you give is any sense of who was responsible for this? indications are that it might have been more sophisticated attackers, not the average cyber criminals. however, the method by which they inject the code into the device is 30, 40 years old. it's a buffer overflow. it's not a new technique. what a buffer overflow? a buffer overflow is when code can be allocated to a particular process, a programme, your device. and that memory can then be extended and go beyond what it was originally designed for. and u nfortu nately it was originally designed for. and unfortunately code that has spilled out into other areas of memory can then be run, or cause a crash condition that the malware author can then run additional code.” thought whatsapp was supposed to be

one of the most secure messaging apps. i mean, am i to take away from this that that is not the case and we shouldn't be trusting any of these things? when software developers create code, they go through extensive testing procedures to make sure that these vulnerabilities are identified and reduced, so the attack surface area, as we call it, is less, reduced. however, the complexity of applications code these days, that we think are nothing more than just sending photos and messages to our friends and families, the code base is enormous, that allows us to do that. there unfortunately will be softwa re that. there unfortunately will be software bugs found in probably future versions of this app, in other apps as well, that's why it's so other apps as well, that's why it's so important to apply these updates when the update is available. do you use whatsapp? i have use whatsapp in the past, yes. you may know something we don't!”

the past, yes. you may know something we don't! i have made decisions based off what is the risk presented to me, what are the alternatives. and if members of the public can sort of way that up and say, i'm going to use this feature for this reasons, the alternatives are not as helpful or useful, you can then make wise security decisions. thanks for talking to you. —— great to talk to you, thanks for coming in. there are growing calls for itv to permanently scrap thejeremy kyle show — after a guest on the programme died shortly after filming an episode. the show was suspended yesterday while a review is carried out. the chairman of the house of commons culture select committee, damian collins, has questioned the show‘s long term future, saying tv companies have a duty of care to the people who take part in their programmes. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. steve dymond, who lived in portsmouth and was in his 60s, was a guest on thejeremy kyle show

who died shortly after recording an appearance on the programme. his friends fear he took his own life. the full story may not be clear until itv‘s investigation and any inquest is completed, but it has reopened the debate into the duty of care offered on shows like this. it is thought that during his appearance steve dymond took part in a lie—detector segment to try and convince his fiancee he hadn't been unfaithful. she told the sun newspaper he had failed the test and she believed the results. he was saying, oh, i lied on three questions... so the test was wrong, it's all wrong. i said i would go by it, i watch it every morning, i go by it, you know what i mean? i mean, that is the whole point of being on there in the first place. to get results. senior politicians are now calling for a closer examination on how guests are treated on tv shows like this. i think there needs to be an independent review of the way the programme exercises its duty of care to the people on it,

people's whose lives are picked apart on television for the entertainment of others, and my concern is vulnerable people have been put in that position and, in this case, a tragedy would have seen to have happened potentially connected to someone's appearance on the show. itv says thejeremy kyle show has a significant and detailed duty of care processes in place... so what might this all mean for the broadcaster? i don't think it hurts itv. they have a hole in the schedule, they have some very creative people there, they will come up with some new format, some new idea. it is an opportunity as much as anything, but i think they are absolutely right to take the programme off air, i think they behaved impeccably. it is not yet known when the results of the itv investigation may be made public. lizo mzimba, bbc news. later this hour, i'll be getting the thoughts of tv psychologist honey langcaster—james. stay with us for that.

a man who claimed he was the victim of a paedophile ring involving seniorfigures at westminster has gone on trial accused of perverting the course of justice. carl beech, who's 51 and from gloucester, was known as nick during an investigation by the metropolitan police — which cost £2.5 million. our correspondent fiona trott is outside newcastle crown court. the prosecution described carl beech's claims as the most heinous allegations that it's possible to make. this is what the prosecution said he told the police. the former chief of defence staff, lord bramall, raped him. the former tory mp harvey proctor murdered a boy in front of him. another boy was killed by mr proctor. and sir michael hanley, the former head of m15, and lord brittan, the former home secretary, were also involved. he said as a schoolboy, he was subjected to rape, torture and sexual abuse by dozens of men, including jimmy savile. the jury also heard he told police he had been abused by his stepfather. this afternoon, the court has played

an interview he gave to police and in that he described this first alleged murder of a boy called scott, he said, which happened back in 1979. he said the boy was run over. and mr beech was crying in that police interview. he told the detective his alleged abusers wanted him not to be friends with scott. he said, "but i didn't listen, and he died because i "didn't do as i was told. "there was a lot of blood. "i have blood on my hands," he said. "i was dragged away and put in the back of a car." now, carl beech first came forward, he first approached the metropolitan police, back in 2012 following operation yewtree, which you'll remember was investigating jimmy savile. in 2014, he gave the met a list of names, 12 men he said were his abusers. they included greville janner and edward heath. in 2016, carl beech was told that no further action was going to be taken regarding those allegations. in fact, he was to become himself the subject of a new investigation

by northumbria police. and in the words of the prosecution today, they told the jury, his life was about to be turned upside down and inside out. the court also heard this, when carl beech was being investigated by northumbria police here in the north—east of england, he fled the country and was living as a fugitive, the court was told. the 51—year—old denies all the charges against him and the trial here continues. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. one and a half billion users of whatsapp are told to update their apps urgently — after a major hack into its encrypted service. growing calls for itv to scrap thejeremy kyle show following the death of a guest shortly after filming a man who claimed he was the victim of a paedophile ring involving senior figures at westminster has gone on trial accused of perverting the course of justice.

and in sport, manchester city could find out this week what sanction they face for possible breaches of fair play regulations. they deny any wrongdoing. there are reports investigators want them to be banned from european competition. england are bowling first in the third one—day against pakistan. the tourists are 160—4. england's defender beth compton is out of the netball world cup. she ru ptu red out of the netball world cup. she ruptured her knee ligament for the second time and will miss thejuly tournament on home soil. i will be back with more details on all the stories in 15 minutes. there is almost a 10—year gap in male life expectancy between the richest and poorest areas in the uk. that's one of the many findings from a new report by the institute for fiscal studies. the think tank is launching what it says is the biggest analysis of inequality in the country,

and it say the widening gaps are "making a mockery of democracy". our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. inequality is a big problem in the uk. in fact, we've got the highest income inequality of any developed country, except for the united states. single—parent families are much more likely to come from that lower income bracket. the gender pay gap gets even bigger after a woman has given birth. and men from the most affluent areas of the country live on average 10 years longer than those from the least affluent areas, and that's a gap that's getting even bigger. there are plenty of obvious inequalities which this investigation will start with. how lower incomes impact children, the increase in the gender pay gap after a woman gives birth, and the regional inequalities and life expectancy differences between london and the north—east of england.

but scratch beneath the surface and there are other inequalities that are less obvious to spot. james and bethany each have a postgraduate degree but they've struggled to make ends meet for theirfamily. they say that's because some of the people they're competing against for work have more money behind them to start with. we're competing with an elite and to compete with that elite, you could... you can do it but for me, as a parent, i didn't feel comfortable being, sort of, us being separated, even though we were a couple, and then working all hours. bethany has decided not to work at the moment because they can't afford to pay for childcare if she does. the institute for fiscal studies say that failing to tackle inequality is storing up problems for our whole society. income inequality is very important, but i don't think it's as important in explaining what's happening in britain today, for instance, as inequality in access

to education, inequality in access to health, inequality in political access. it will take a while to piece together, but the hope is that this investigation will not only describe inequalities but suggest ways to tackle them. colletta smith, bbc news. let's speak to dame martina milburn, chair of the social mobility commission and chief executive of the prince's trust. she joins us via webcam from hampshire. good afternoon. good afternoon. what's your response to these initialfindings? the what's your response to these initial findings? the findings, obviously, are really of concern and actually mirror the kind of findings we saw in the social mobility commission's state of the nation report which we publish about a month ago. i think what is to be really welcomed is that we can now

do, through the institute for fiscal studies, a sort of finer look at really what some of these causes are, because they're really not acceptable. why do you think the uk has a higher level of inequality than so many other countries? well, what sir angus said this morning, specifically pay inequality, and there is a lot of other different inequalities which we have looked at as well. one of the things the social mobility commission looked at for example was in the education system, which he also highlighted. i think we have some quite entrenched opinions which have been there for yea rs opinions which have been there for years and years around education, what works and what doesn't. i think we are lacking the really detailed research to inform some public policy and public opinion, and i also think there continues to be a lack of understanding about what

does make the difference. and what you think makes a difference, she had to do something tomorrow that might help? we have called for a whole range of practical things which could be implemented now, for example, extending pupil premium in schools to those aged 16—19. 90% of further education colleges, where some of the most disadvantaged pupils go, reporting huge issues with staff retention, huge cuts across the effie sector generally. that is something that could be addressed quite quickly. —— huge cuts across the fe sector. what isn't it being? sorry to interrupt. because the it's funny, you save more research, five year outlook, and people watching will be thinking, we need action, notjust words. i agree. and i don't think that the effie sector has been seen

as important as in effect it is. —— the further education sector. money has been brought into schools, there isa has been brought into schools, there is a big push towards getting pupils into university, and as a result we have neglected a sector which is very important for those who have struggled at school and who need more support. we have to leave it there but really good you your thoughts. thank you forjoining us. —— really good to hear your thoughts. elections to the european parliament are just over a week away. a total of 751 members of the european parliament currently represent more than 512 million people from 28 member states and britain is not the only country grappling with the tensions ahead of the election. there is potential for a strong eurosceptic showing in a number of other european countries. dominika cosic is a journalist and correspondent on polish television station tvp.

what is your sense of how big the anti—european vote could be in these upcoming european elections?” anti—european vote could be in these upcoming european elections? i think that this new european parliament will be much more on the bright side than the current one. i think that others party is considered as populous, right—wing, won't have many more seats than they have right now. but i also think that for example, the current government party in poland is more considered asa party in poland is more considered as a moderate eurosceptic than europhobic. it means that the government party does not want citizens from the eu but... generally i think that this new

european parliament will be much more on the right. interesting not what countries in particular do you think might see a surge in a surgeon about to the right? —— what countries in particular? italy, the latest polls show that biggest support is for a leading part in italy, but also those who support for the populist movement of five stars. in france, they are still rising. and you have different countries like spain and netherlands and you have also germany, and the party which is also rising. so in several european countries, with the

loss of support for parties considered populist and right wing. —— lots of support. considered populist and right wing. -- lots of support. it's interesting that you make a distinction between eurosceptics and europhobes. but if a lot of, shall we say, anti—european meps get elected, when they take up their seats in the european parliament, do you think they will band together? european parliament, do you think they will band together7m european parliament, do you think they will band together? it depends on the situation. maybe it would be a possible situation that after this election, they could form a big coalition of mainstream parties like socialists, liberals and communists, and on the other side parties considered as populous and right wing. it depends how much seats they will have on the parliament and what will have on the parliament and what will be the position. because on the right side, you will have as you mentioned the europhobic and also

eurosceptic parties. a will be very interesting, with european separatists... with these parties in european parliament, after the election, may become also in the different situation in the uk. i've heard about this new party brexit in the uk, but also... it means that maybe in this group, there may be... a big eurosceptic but not anti—european group. a big eurosceptic but not anti-european group. great to talk to you. thanks so much. let's get more now on the death of a man following an appearance

on thejeremy kyle show. itv have taken the show off air indefinitely. joining me via webcam is honey langcasterjames — she's a tv psychologist who has worked on reality tv programmes including love island and the circle. we are grateful for you joining us. how do you think reality television affects those who take part in it?” think that's a very good question and it's something that we want to know more about, and i have long advocated for more academic research in this area, assertive media psychology, really. to understand the effects better. —— sort of media psychology. i've been working in this area for a long time, 15, 16 yea rs, this area for a long time, 15, 16 years, and i've seen a real change in that time because social media, for example, is now quite a big part of appearing for example, is now quite a big part ofappearing in for example, is now quite a big part of appearing in the media, for example, is now quite a big part ofappearing in the media, and for example, is now quite a big part of appearing in the media, and there are of appearing in the media, and there a re lots of of appearing in the media, and there are lots of other things that have changed along the way. and i think it's right that itv have announced they are going to review their

provision of care on shows like jeremy kyle, but to be fair to the producers that i've worked with, for sure, everybody i've ever worked with has shown quite a lot of care and concern for contributors. but i still think there's work to be done in how we can better offer a more standardised of welfare service, and also that involves putting in place some regulations so that different production companies understand what they need in a welfare service provider, and what the difference is, for example, between psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors. these are things you would not expect someone who isn't a trained mental health provider to understand but i think at the moment there's not enough in place to make sure production companies can access the right services for their contributors. that's very interesting because of i'm interested , interesting because of i'm interested, as well, if you do put in place perhaps more stringent regulations as you have just touched upon there, as a psychologist, how difficult is it to predict how an

individual might behave if they are taking part in one of those programmes? because no amount of regulations can presumably take into account that. well, it's very difficult to predict what anybody is going to do, human beings are by nature quite unpredictable beings. but one of the things that we do, so when i work with production companies, one of the things that i do is companies, one of the things that i doisi companies, one of the things that i do isigo companies, one of the things that i do is i go through quite a stringent prescreening process that is supposed to assess for a number of different things. notjust supposed to assess for a number of different things. not just trying to work out how someone is going to behave. for example, does this person have the proper and full capacity to give informed consent? do they seem to really understand what they letting themselves for? and what the relative costs and benefits might be? have they got realistic expectations? and it's also about looking into the full history and their social support network. how are they going to be when it comes to the end of the show and they have to integrate back into everyday life, for example. and then

a large part of that is writing recommendations for the production company asti in this particular person because my case, whether they need further investigation or a full psychiatric assessment if there is a thing that has brought up a red flag, or how we can best support this person going through a show and how, crucially, how can we actually support them following their appearance on a show as well. and sometimes it is a learning process, even through the process of the show. and that is what concerns me a little bit about shows like the jeremy kyle shall, for example, which i think it's quite a unique format in that the participants there go on for a very short period of time and there's quite a lot of their difficulties out in that time, often in a way that i worry about how do they go back to their home communities after they perhaps, you know, aired all of that live on a show? understand, unfortunately what to leave it there. thank you.

time for a look at the weather... a beautiful picture behind you, is that the picture across the country? we are missing a gorgeous afternoon! for those who don't like the heat of the summer, this isjust, for me, anyway, pretty perfect with temperatures in high teens and low 20s. there's a reason i am sure you highland scotland, this is the warmest place in the uk for the next couple of days, 24, maybe 25 degrees until it cools off a little later in the week. and the other side of it being sunny and warm is that it is dry and a lot of people are concerned about how dry the gardens will be, but maybe it's a case of careful what you wish for! let me show you this. this is austria at the weekend. and it's a case of so much rain in such a short space of time, where does it go? and you end

up time, where does it go? and you end up with flash flooding, streets turned to rivers here. that appears to be some item of furniture with a throw on it, obviously that was once, we think, in someone because my house, it may have been left in the street or something like that. but clearly a lot of water to content with there. so when you get settled weather in one area, you know the storms have to go somewhere else and that is what is happening in europe at the moment, and clues to all of that on the jet stream. whenever you see this big sort of ridge in thejet whenever you see this big sort of ridge in the jet stream, under that you get high pressure and that is what the uk is at the moment, high—pressure meaning a settled weather meaning sunshine and warmth. but as we journey towards the south—east of europe, we get this dip in thejet stream and south—east of europe, we get this dip in the jet stream and nestled south—east of europe, we get this dip in thejet stream and nestled in there is no pressure. in this pressure pattern is unchanging at the moment, many of the same areas are getting storms. moving towards the balkans in greece, there are amber warnings at the moment. —— balkans and greece. there are warnings for flash flooding there.” think the wind is actually quite

chilly. it is along the north sea coast at the moment, through the english channel, it's all to do with where the high—pressure sitting. and more of us will notice that when picking up for the rest of the week. let's look at the forecast and how it develops as the week goes on, if you want rain in the garden there is a bit of help coming up for you. this is this afternoon, high early 20s, and some risk of high cloud and apart from that clear blue sky. into tonight, we will keep the clear skies, it may turn a little misty in one or two spots and as we noticed one or two spots and as we noticed on recent nights after the heat of the day, temperatures quite readily drop away, so some spots in east anglia and southern england, cougars colours where temperatures dipped into the low single figures, maybe even flirting with freezing. —— cooler colours. they high—pressure pulling a little further to the north and around that, we are at the periphery of the high which enables winds to pick up more. so a little

stronger through the north sea coast, especially for the south, through the english channel, and that will add a chill to proceedings. but cloud is developing over the pennines, some of the hills in scotland, not a question that could be some isolated showers, but for most of us some some —— lots of sunshine and warmth. in scotland, 24, maybe 25. forthe sunshine and warmth. in scotland, 24, maybe 25. for the remainder of the week, high—pressure further away and at the southern flank of that, we start to draw in from the east more cloud and with that at least some showers. so this is how thursday shaping up, cloud building in scotland and northern ireland, it will start to produce a fleet showers, cloud building into england and where is as well, not as much in the way of clear blue sky but he will stay dry and there temperatures come down a little bit in the strengthening easterly breeze. that wind is stronger by the time we get to friday, it will make an impact on these north sea coast in particular,

and more cloud around and a greater chance of showers, for england and wales. they may merge to give longer spells of wet weather. patchy, though, some may end up with nothing at all, the sunshine may hold on in scotla nd at all, the sunshine may hold on in scotland stop warm spots here in high teens. over the weekend, saturday look showery, sunday less so, breeze starts to ease down and as that eases and we get a bit of sunshine over the weekend, it may start to feel a little warmer once again. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: whatsapp urges users to update

the messaging service after hackers remotely install surveillance software on some mobile phones. calls for thejeremy kyle show to be axed after more details emerge about a man who is believed to have taken his own life a week after appearing on the programme. a man who claimed he was the victim of a paedophile ring involving senior figures at westminster has gone on trial accused of perverting the course of justice. sport now on afternoon live with olly foster. on sunday we were talking about manchester city's premier league title win and the party celebrations — now there are reports on a european ban. what's going on? no secret of this investigation into manchester city's break even rules

to stop financial doping, we know that investigation has been running for some time in the background while we had this season, city being crowned the champions, but this report in the new york times says u efa report in the new york times says uefa investigators are close to making a decision about a possible sanction for manchester city. it's understood that they will be pushing for a ban from european football. because of breaches in the financial fair play regulations, city were fined around £50 million five years ago for ffp irregularities but this investigation was sparked by alleagtions in a german publication last year that city had massively inflated the value of sponsorship deals. city have denied any wrongdoing. they have released a statement saying the accusations are entirely

false and they are supplying their records in full and they are very unhappy. so they are very unhappy, they say the smear campaign is ongoing and they are fully compliant. uefa have also released a statement. they say... "we do not comment on ongoing investigations regarding financial fair play matters. " but you feel we will hear something about this matter by the end of the week. the football season drawing to a close and the cricket season is cranking up. england in action today, how are they getting on? they

are doing ok but what an important cricket summer because we have the world cup coming up and then the ashes. this is the third one—dayer between england and pakistan, england are one up in the series after a brilliant match down in southampton a couple of days ago. jos buttler smashed a quickfire century but he's been rested. joe denly has been brought in. this is the latest from bristol. england won the toss and are bowling first. chris waoakes took a couple of early wickets. tom curran showed some good football skills to kick the ball onto the stumps to run out haris sohail. but the nephew of the great m is a mum is one short of his century, so pakistan doing well to get back into that. the latest i have on my screen is 208-4, that. the latest i have on my screen is 208—4, a couple more runs than i think you have on your scorecard there. some really bad news for horse racing.

michael o'leary, who owns the grand national winner, tiger roll, is going to pull out of the sport. o'leary with his brother eddie, as racing manager are behind the gigginstown house stud which, as well as tiger roll, has had fantastic success in national hunt racing, with numerous winners at the cheltenham festival. they had their first grade winner 17 years ago. they are going to wind down their operation over the next five years. eddie says his brother michael wants to spend more time with his family. they still hope to have a lot of success they still hope to have a lot of su ccess over they still hope to have a lot of success over the next few years. england's beth cobden is out ofjuly‘s netball world cup after suffering another serious knee injury. the defender, who won commonwealth gold last year, ruptured her cruciate ligament playing for the adelaide thunderbirds over the weekend. she had onlyjust returned after ten months out with the same injury. nick kyrgios has been up to his old tricks. the=at underarm serve. judy murray said he was a genius the last time he did it, rafa nadal said it showed a lack of respect when the australian did

it to him earlier this season, but here he is in rome employing the same tactic against the 12th seed, daniil medvedev, including the very first point of their first first round match at the italian open. kyrgios used all sorts of flashy shots during the three—set win which he finished off with four aces in a row. next up for him is norway's caspar rudd. well, if it works, why not? that's all the sport for now, back in the next hour. the first person stabbed in the london bridge terror attacks has told an inquest into the deaths of the eight victims how he came "nose to nose" with one of the terrorists. richard livett had been out watching football on the evening ofjune 3rd 2017 when he was caught up in the attack. let's cross to the old bailey now, where we can speak to our correspondent, richard lister. tell us what you heard today. and

apologies in advance if there is disruption from the protest behind us disruption from the protest behind us but richard livett was the first to give evidence today, he said he was walking back from watching the champions league final when he jumped out of the way as our van with the attackers in it had just crossed london bridge where it had been driven into pedestrians. he said he jumped out been driven into pedestrians. he said hejumped out of been driven into pedestrians. he said he jumped out of the way in been driven into pedestrians. he said hejumped out of the way in his first thought was it was a traffic accident and he went to see if he could help, he said a man ran straight up into his face and screamed allahu akbar and he felt what he thought initially was a punch in his back which turned out to be him flailing his arm around and stabbing me. he collapsed as the attackers moved on and he gave his account about trying to find somewhere that he could take refuge, he didn't know what was going on but was aware it was a terror attack, he

banged on the door of a pub but there was inside had locked the door and didn't want to let him in even the chaos outside. we also heard stories of personal courage by members of the public responding to people in distress. we heard from craig smith, his girlfriend emma thompson and lisa deacon, who attended to their front national, a 36—year—old man who had been stabbed several times by the three attackers, he was trying to defend himself but they found him lying on the ground, they went to help and lisa deacon had only had first aid training a few weeks previously but she went as quietly as she could say was not to attract the attention of the attackers who she could no longer see and three of them spent more than half an hour trying to revive the man but his wounds were

too serious. those were three stories we heard amongst many. richard lister, thank you, we will talk to you later. let's get more now on the death of a man following an appearance on thejeremy kyle show. newspaper reports say steve dymond took his own life earlier this month after the programme was filmed. itv have taken the show off air indefinitely. our media editor, amol rajan, has been speaking to the former joining me now is professor sir simon wessely president of the royal college of psychiatrists. what should happen to this programme? i think it's time has gone now. if you have a programme whose essence is taking a number of people who work vulnerable, on the edge and subjecting them to a frenzied atmosphere of humiliation, you cannot claim surprise when someone goes over

you cannot claim surprise when someone goes over the edge. we heard from lord grade, former executive chairman of itv, who said people know what they are getting into when they sign up for these confrontation shows. is he wrong? some people might now but clearly many doubt and the reason of the show is to put people in states of mind is where they are not rational, where they faced toxic emotions like shame and we know, nothing to do withjeremy kyle, we know those emotions can lead to people doing unfortunate things and i don't think with our state of knowledge of mental health you can claim to be ignorant of that. itv is conducting a review and we cannot prejudge that but if the review gives the programme a clean bill of health and says it has done all it can to safeguard the mental health of the people who appear on it, is it fair to the viewers to

ta ke it, is it fair to the viewers to take off the most popular programme on itv in the daytime? this is beyond popularity, i know a million people love it but christians versus lions was popular in ancient rome and it's not long ago thejudge described the programme as bear—baiting. this is a mental health week and it would be a good time for itv to call time on this. what about the idea thatjeremy is here to help? i think that's pushing the word help a bit more than the english language would allow. it is there to entertain as you said and we have reached a stage where this entertainment isn't that funny. what if the programme comes back and says, i don't want to prejudge the review but there is a feeling that

the guidelines need tightening? might that be enough if there was more psychological help available to people before and after they appear? i think these things are difficult to predict, you are putting people, some of whom are at risk, into a deliberately toxic situation and i don't think that's justified even if you provide more screening, don't think that's justified even if ou rovide more screenin i'm don't think that's justified even if you provide more screening, i'm not sure what you would be screening for, and support after, i don't think the risks can be justified. for, and support after, i don't think the risks can bejustified. do you think it will be taken off air? i have no idea. good to talk to you. every year hundreds of ex—servicemen and women receive help at the defence and national rehabilitation centre. it provides expert care for people suffering serious physical or mental trauma. last year the centre relocated from headley court in surrey to a much bigger site at stanford hall near loughborough. and today cameras were allowed

inside for the first time. phil mackie reports. an early morning run on the new track at stanford hall. and for the patients treated here, a chance to work out in the gym. this is the first look inside the new facility where servicemen and women come for rehabilitation. steve lost his leg after being seriously wounded in afghanistan. he is still a serving nco. it's been a lifeline to my recovery, because without it, i wouldn't have been able to recover and continue to recover. i'vejust had revision surgery on my stump, which requires a good bout of rehabilitation. without that, i'd have been mentally, very, very under pressure to get things sorted, where this takes all the pressure off you. the site was donated by the duke of westminster. after extensive building work and renovations, the centre, which replaces one at headley court, welcomed its first patients last year.

stanford hall is a purpose— built facility. it does what headley court did, butjust better. so it's easier to achieve what we need to achieve. we can actually build on what we learnt at headley court and do it even better. when they described them as state—of—the—art facilities, this is what they mean. called the caren machine, it's the only one of its kind in europe, and one of only six in the world. it allows a full assessment of injuries in a way that previously wasn't possible. everything we do is driven by the functional requirements of the limb. so if you have a lower limb injury, you will have movement dysfunction. you may have a limp, you may have a compromised joint. what we can do, by putting the patient on here, is give them real—time feedback, which will immediately give them a sense of how they are walking, we can correct it in real time, and hopefully accelerate that return to normal walking function. it's notjust for military personnel who are wounded in action, it's also where those injured carrying out other duties

come for treatment, including sports injuries. i injured my thumbjust doing an awkward tackle. and, unfortunately, over time, i've now lost most of the function of my right arm. so i went through headley court, and had as much treatment and rehab as possible. and, unfortunately, i was medically discharged, but i've now got the chance to give something back as a staff member. what stanford hall also offers are places of tranquillity and, where necessary, solitude. the mental health of injured servicemen and women is regarded as equally important to their physical rehabilitation. egon is here with all the business news but first let's get the headlines. one and a half billion users of whatsapp are told

to update their apps urgently — after a major hack into its encrypted service. growing calls for itv to scrap thejeremy kyle show — following the death of a guest shortly after filming. a man who claimed he was the victim of a paedophile ring involving seniorfigures at westminster has gone on trial accused of perverting the course of justice. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. british steel is looking for more financial support from the government to help it address "brexit—related issues". it follows reports the company needs a loan of up to £75 million to keep trading in the coming months. unemployment fell to 3.8% in the first three months of the year — that's the lowest it's been since the mid 1970s. the rate has been falling for five years. vodafone has become the first company to announce the date it's switching on its 5g service in the uk — that date is july 3rd.

other firms are expected to announce their switch—on date shortly. so, newjobs figures out. i write, employment continues to rise? that's right, the office for national statistics has released employment figures today. but that says it's going down, doesn't it? unemployment, that's its lowest rate since the mid—19 70s. the number of people out of work and looking for a job dropped by 65,000 in the year. that is again quite a healthy sign. average weekly wages

have increased by 3.3% — although that rate of increase is slowing down. it's mental health awareness week, the spotlight very much on work. the mediaton service acas has done a survey on this. just over two thirds of us have felt stressed or anxious at work in the last 12 months. most of that is down to workload. but a third of us blame work—life balance. joining me now is penny power, who speaks and writes about this. penny, you have quite a compelling personal story, why don't you fill us personal story, why don't you fill us in? i built a couple of businesses, started being an entrepreneur in 1998 and about 18 months ago i had a shocking experience which ended up being

diagnosed as ptsd and then threw time with a psychologist and group therapy it was also diagnosed as a form of depression, is pretty well hidden, it tends to be something that high performing ambitious people have, it's called the curse of the strong and its rather than staying in bed and not being able to get up, it's where you start to abuse yourself and not know when to press the stop button. do you think we ta ke press the stop button. do you think we take mental health at work seriously enough? i think the agenda here is powerful, i believe in a certain level of personal responsibility and the trigger for me in what's become something, i suppose i'm a torchbearer now, we should all take responsibility for mental fitness in the same weight we ta ke mental fitness in the same weight we take it for our physical fitness, someone once take it for our physical fitness, someone once said we brush our teeth

every morning and night to make sure they don't fall out, i believe mental health was something that person over their hard for years felt pleased i didn't have mental health issues, i didn't feel like i was suffering stress or depression or anxiety, ijust was suffering stress or depression or anxiety, i just felt overwhelmed, and my big discovery is that we need to think about our mental fitness every way and that's about understanding our vulnerabilities and boundaries and leading career thatis and boundaries and leading career that is right for us, not getting sucked into the vortex of ambition thatis sucked into the vortex of ambition that is great for the economy but not always for you as an individual, and then i've always been an evangelist of the online world, social networking, i created the first social network in the world for business in 1998 but there was this dark side, compare and despair,

and it's about how we compare our lives and despair about them, and we can get drawn into believing we lack and that's a great marketing technique that can be used by some people and so we have to start stepping back and thinking about our own mental fitness, taking responsibility for it and the growth of mountainous is one way of doing it and self—awareness is another way —— mindfulness. what can we do to address our own issues as employees? it's about creating a culture of allowing vulnerabilities, we are in allowing vulnerabilities, we are in a different age, we are a generation thatis a different age, we are a generation that is always on and the greatest leaders are the ones that are also willing to stand up and explain they have vulnerabilities and lead a culture that allows that openness. somebody told me they work for a

company that had a mental health policy that meant if you mentioned you felt stressed you were given two weeks' time off, that can actually compound your stress to be suspended because you mentioned things were too much. other dangerous cultures or when people put on the under confident overachiever, people who have a self—worth issue and co nsta ntly have a self—worth issue and constantly think they need to do more so constantly think they need to do more so the culture and workplace is very important. penny, thank you for joining us. let's look at the markets, a sea of green, the ftse doing especially well because of that strong report onjobs. let's catch up with the weather. nick has the forecast.

another afternoon blue sky and sunshine, warmth across the uk, a few areas of high cloud making it hazy in places and temperatures have responded into the low 20s, here is northern ireland earlier, you can see the high cloud but that doesn't stop the sunshine and warmth getting through and these temperatures look to bea through and these temperatures look to be a bit higher tomorrow especially across highland scotland we re especially across highland scotland were warm spots will approach the mid—20s. with the breeze it has been cooler around some of the english channel coats, that will be the case again tomorrow, overnight clear skies with a few missed patches and temperatures dip away, cooler parts of east anglia and southern england will end up close to freezing but most of us above that, high pressure beginning to pull away north of us on wednesday, still keeping the majority with blue sky but cloud

will develop on wednesday, especially over the pennines and hills in scotland, there may be an isolated showers developing in the pennines into the afternoon but the majority will stay dry. cooled by the breeze, north sea and english channel, approaching the mid—20s in that warmer parts of highland scotland. through the rest of the week, high pressure is not further away, around the base of that we pick up more cloud and showers, and the wind got stronger from the east, so the wind got stronger from the east, so when thursday more cloud for scotla nd so when thursday more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, one or two showers, more cloud developing, most places will stay dry, the easterly breeze picks up and temperatures have come down a few degrees. there is a greater chance of rain on friday, especially in parts of england and wales but

it's patchy so you cannot rely on this reaching your garden, it looks like scotland stays mainly dry with some sunny like scotland stays mainly dry with some sunny spells, a windy day on friday, it will feel a bit cooler but the wind will slowly ease throughout the weekend.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 4. 1.5 billion users of whatsapp are told to update their apps urgently — after a major hack into its encrypted service. you don't even have to answer the call, and the reports are that the phone logs can be altered afterwards so phone logs can be altered afterwards so you don't even know that you've missed a call. growing calls for itv to scrap thejeremy kyle show, following the death of a guest shortly after filming. a man who claimed he was the victim of a paedophile ring involving seniorfigures at westminster has gone on trial accused of perverting the course of justice.

a stark warning over inequality in the uk — that pay and opportunity gaps are so extreme they threaten the economy and democracy. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. manchester city could find out this week what sanction they face for possible breaches of finacial fair play regulations. they deny any wrongdoing, there are report that investigators want them to be banned from european competition. u efa wa nt uefa want to slap the club with a european ban. and nick has all the weather. more warm sunshine today, it looks like tomorrow is going to be even warmer. changes later this week and a greater chance of a bit of wet weather. i've got your latest forecast coming up. also coming up...

this is for the baby? i love that. prince harry receives gifts for baby archie as he visited a children's hospital. hello, this is afternoon live. whatsapp is urging its 1.5 billion users to update their app after it was targeted by hackers. the company says vulnerability in its app has allowed hackers to remotely install surveillance software on mobile phones — without the user knowing. whatsapp, which is owned by facebook, said the attack targeted a "select number" of users, and was orchestrated by "an advanced cyber actor". here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. 1.5 billion people around the world

use whatsapp in the belief that it is a very secure way of communicating. now it has been revealed that a flaw allowed attackers to install spyware simply by making a missed call and that allowed them to monitor everything the user did on their phone. whatsapp is a very pervasive application, it is on even when it appears to be off, and also it has very, very wide—ranging permissions, so it can obviously use your camera and video, because we use that when we are using the app. users of both apple's iphone and android devices are being advised to install an updated version of whatsapp. whatsapp owner facebook said it uncovered this vulnerability earlier this month and acted to fix it. it believes a select few users were targeted by what it calls an advanced cyber actor, and the finger is being pointed at an israeli security company. nso provides surveillance

tools to governments and has previously been accused of helping them to spy on human rights activists. they do sell to governments to use to fight crime and terrorism, but over the last couple of years, there has been mounting evidence that actually their technology is being used to target human rights defenders, to try and scare them... to commit human rights violations against the human rights defenders. in a statement, the israeli firm said... keeping our communications secure from both hackers and government is a constant battle for the technology companies. this flaw has been fixed. there are undoubtedly more yet to be discovered. there are growing calls for itv to permanently scrap thejeremy kyle show — after a guest on the programme died shortly after filming an episode. the show was suspended yesterday

while a review is carried out. the chairman of the house of commons culture select committee, damian collins has questioned the show‘s long term future, saying tv companies have a duty of care to the people who take part in their programmes. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. steve dymond, who lived in portsmouth and was in his 60s, was a guest on thejeremy kyle show who died shortly after recording an appearance on the programme. his friends fear he took his own life. the full story may not be clear until itv‘s investigation and any inquest is completed, but it has reopened the debate into the duty of care offered on shows like this. it is thought that during his appearance steve dymond took part in a lie—detector segment to try and convince his fiancee he hadn't been unfaithful. she told the sun newspaper he had failed the test and she believed the results. he was saying, oh, i lied on three questions. that's why. ..

so the test was wrong, it's all wrong. and i said i go by it, i watch it every morning, i go by it, do you know what i mean? definitely. imean... that was the whole point of being on there in the first place, to get the results. you are doing my head in, all of you... senior politicians are now calling for a closer examination of how guests are treated on tv shows like this. i think there needs to be an independent review of the way the programme exercises its duty of care to the people on it, people's lives are picked apart on television for the entertainment of others, and my concern is vulnerable people have been put in that position and, in this case, a tragedy would have seen to have happened potentially connected to someone's appearance on the show. itv says thejeremy kyle show has a significant and detailed duty of care processes in place. so what might this all mean for the broadcaster?

i don't think it hurts itv. they have a hole in the schedule, they have some very creative people there, they will come up with some new format, some new idea. it is an opportunity as much as anything, but i think they are absolutely right to take the programme off air, i think they behaved impeccably. it is not yet known when the results of the itv investigation may be made public. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the conservative mp charles walker, member of the all—party parliamentary group on suicide and self—harm prevention, told me thatjeremy kyle show is no longer fit for purpose and has run out of time. i'm not really interested in what's fairto i'm not really interested in what's fair to the viewers, to be honest. i'm interested in the welfare of those that go on it, and the type of television made in this country. i think being very cruel to people for an audience is pretty unattractive.

lots of television programmes have been taken off air because people have decided they are no longer fit for purpose. they may have significant viewing figures but are no longerfit for significant viewing figures but are no longer fit for purpose. itv‘s advertisers come across schedule, may well be asking itv saying, look, we aren't sure we want to be associated with the type commercial broadcast that makes revenues out of other people's one happiness. itv is going to be taking a ruthlessly commercial decision, and it's the right decision, because this programme has run out of time. what about the opinion that people do go into participating in this programme knowingly, they know it is this kind of tabloid confrontational programme? that was a really weak point. people don't know what they are entering into, they have an idea, but until

you are under the tv lights, exposed to that type of scrutiny and debating you don't really know how you will react. i think that's a wea k you will react. i think that's a weak defence. it's a pretty disgraceful programme that itv has made a lot of money from, and producers have made a lot of money off, lord grade really made a number off, lord grade really made a number of good points in his interview, but that wasn't a good point. this programme has run out of time, and it's not going to be brought back pay tv. i'd be amazed if they put it back, because the damage it's done to its corporate reputation, itv‘s corporate reputation will be long lasting. that was charles walker talking to us that was charles walker talking to usa that was charles walker talking to us a little earlier. a man who claimed he was the victim of a paedophile ring involving seniorfigures at westminster has gone on trial accused of perverting the course of justice. carl beech, who's 51 and from gloucester, was known as nick during an investigation by the metropolitan police — which cost £2.5 million. our correspondent fiona trott

is outside newcastle crown court. the prosecution described carl beech's claims as the most heinous allegations that it's possible to make. this is what the prosecution said he told the police. the former chief of defence staff, lord bramall, raped him. the former tory mp harvey proctor murdered a boy in front of him. another boy was killed by mr proctor. and sir michael hanley, the former head of m15, and lord brittan, the former home secretary, were also involved. he said as a schoolboy, he was subjected to rape, torture and sexual abuse by dozens of men, including jimmy savile. the jury also heard he told police he had been abused by his stepfather. this afternoon, the court has played an interview he gave to police and in that he described this first alleged murder of a boy called scott, he said, which happened back in 1979. he said the boy was run over. and mr beech was crying in that police interview. he told the detective his alleged abusers wanted him not

to be friends with scott. he said, "but i didn't listen, and he died because i "didn't do as i was told. "there was a lot of blood. "i have blood on my hands," he said. "i was dragged away and put in the back of a car." now, carl beech first came forward, he first approached the metropolitan police, back in 2012 following operation yewtree, which you'll remember was investigating jimmy savile. in 2014, he gave the met a list of names, 12 men he said were his abusers. they included greville janner and edward heath. in 2016, carl beech was told that no further action was going to be taken regarding those allegations. in fact, he was to become himself the subject of a new investigation by northumbria police. and in the words of the prosecution today, they told the jury, his life was about to be turned upside down and inside out. the court also heard this, when carl beech was being investigated by northumbria police

here in the north—east of england, he fled the country and was living as a fugitive, the court was told. the 51—year—old denies all the charges against him and the trial here continues. there is almost a ten—year gap in male life expectancy between the richest and poorest areas in the uk. that's one of the many findings from a new report by the institute for fiscal studies. the think tank is launching what it says is the biggest analysis of inequality in the country, and it say the widening gaps are "making a mockery of democracy". our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. inequality is a big problem in the uk. in fact, we've got the highest income inequality of any developed country, except for the united states. single—parent families are much more likely to come from that lower income bracket. the gender pay gap gets even bigger after a woman has given birth.

and men from the most affluent areas of the country live on average 10 years longer than those from the least affluent areas, and that's a gap that's getting even bigger. there are plenty of obvious inequalities which this investigation will start with. how lower incomes impact children, the increase in the gender pay gap after a woman gives birth, and the regional inequalities and life expectancy differences between london and the north—east of england. but scratch beneath the surface and there are other inequalities that are less obvious to spot. james and bethany each have a postgraduate degree but they've struggled to make ends meet for theirfamily. they say that's because some of the people they're competing against for work have more money behind them to start with. we're competing with an elite and to compete with that elite, you could... you can do it but for me, as a parent, i didn't

feel comfortable being, sort of, us being separated, even though we were a couple, and then working all hours. bethany has decided not to work at the moment because they can't afford to pay for childcare if she does. the institute for fiscal studies say that failing to tackle inequality is storing up problems for our whole society. income inequality is very important, but i don't think it's as important in explaining what's happening in britain today, for instance, as inequality in access to education, inequality in access to health, inequality in political access. it will take a while to piece together, but the hope is that this investigation will not only describe inequalities but suggest ways to tackle them. colletta smith, bbc news. joining me now is geoff tily, a senior economist at the tuc — a national trade union centre.

thank you for coming in. i suppose the question is, how surprised are you by the initialfindings the question is, how surprised are you by the initial findings of the report? we aren't surprised at all. the institute for fiscal studies has finally, today, we put our own analysis out about pay. we are interested in the trade union movement, the pay side of the story, we found that for most people who work in the economy the pay is below where it was ten years ago. this analysis allows us to look at the industry breakdown, the one area thatis industry breakdown, the one area that is bucking the trend, everyone else is enduring, is the financial industry, that is no way above where it was ten years ago but for most other people across other sectors pay is down compared to where it was. bankers are doing well, but not so good for the rest of us. the

institute for fiscal studies points the finger at the decline in union membership, it says that workers are not getting their share of wealth because money is going to shareholders. does that mean trade unions are less effective, perhaps pa rt unions are less effective, perhaps part of the problem? trade unions are part of the solution. the afs points at a decline in trade union members, but we wa nt decline in trade union members, but we want to put forward a number of remedies that strengthen representation for a number of yea rs. representation for a number of years. it's been harderfor trade unions to get into work and represent people properly stop we wa nt represent people properly stop we want the rules to be changed to give everybody the right to be represented. that's a sure—fire way to improving things. what are you suggesting for other remedies? strengthening the trade unions, the second and most obvious one, the cat of be square pay has gone up, low—paid categories where minimum wage has increased has had an

impact. we want the minimum wage to get to £10 an hour as possible. some of the hardest—hit industries could put upa of the hardest—hit industries could put up a in the public sector if they were under government control. you know that there isn't a limitless pot of cash, is there? choices have to be made.” limitless pot of cash, is there? choices have to be made. i contest that, we've had ten years when the government has been trying to cut public services, things like that and it hasn't made any difference. we think that if you put money in people's are packets they will go out and spend it and strengthen the economy. that's good for everybody. some people think inequality is actually a good thing, let's be honest, there is huge income inequality in the usa but it is economically very powerful. you buy into that argument? it's a question of balance, isn't it, at the moment the balance has gone so far in one direction. it's

not getting by. they must be a happy medium where people get rewarded for ha rd medium where people get rewarded for hard work and achievement and everybody gets paid decent amount. decent pay for decent work, that's all we're asking. thank you very much for coming to talk to us. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines one and a half billion users of whatsapp are told to update their apps urgently — after a major hack into its encrypted service. growing calls for itv to scrap thejeremy kyle show — following the death of a guest shortly after filming a man who claimed he was the victim of a paedophile ring involving seniorfigures at westminster has gone on trial accused of perverting the course of justice. and in sport manchester city could find out this week what sanction they face for possible breaches of financialfair they face for possible breaches of financial fair play regulations. they deny any wrongdoing. investigators want them banned from

european competition. and england's defender beth cobden is out the netball world cup. the commonwelth games champion has ruptured a knee ligament for the second time and will miss thejuly tournament on home soil. i'll be back with more on those stories later. the cabinet has agreed to press ahead with talks with the labour party in an effort to find a compromise over brexit. the government believes it is ‘imperative' that the withdrawal agreement bill is brought back to parliament in time for it to pass all stages by the summer recess —— but speaking this afternoon, the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said there had been no ‘significant shift‘ by the government in cross—party talks. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster.

i suppose the question is, is there still life in these talks? they are into the sixth week, and many people are wondering what on earth they have been talking about. they told put environmental protections, workers' rights, employment rights, and the issue of whether labour are willing to support that withdrawal agreement, the way we leave the eu. there doesn't seem to be much movement and labour insist they hasn't been any kind of compromise from the government. the question is, the cabinets can sit around and say it's imperative we leave by the summer recess, the middle ofjuly, but how on earth are they planning to do that was? voters are wondering what are going to make of all this. this is whatjohn mcdonald had to say early about the prospect of a change of conservative party leader. we've tried to put party politics to one side, that's hard to appreciate, but we have. we intend to do what is in the best interests of the

country. we've compromised in some areas, i won't go into detail, we have a problem now, if we are going to march our troops in parliament to the top of the hill to vote for a deal, and then that's overturned in weeks, i think that would be cataclysmic. within the labour party they have their own issues, particularly whether they should be another referendum or not. the shadow cabinet is split on that and jeremy corbyn is having a hard time about all of this. i will discuss this with the labour mp who joins me all of this. i will discuss this with the labour mp whojoins me now. what do you make of these talks between labour and the conservatives? summing your party say there is no point continuing, but they've been going on for weeks? it was right for the shadow cabinet to meet the government. it's been two and a half years too late from the government side but it was right. if there is no movement, no way of getting the best deal through

the house of commons, then it is a charade. john macdonald is absolutely right when he says that evenif absolutely right when he says that even if they were to agree the best possible deal, and even if parliament was to pass that deal, the prime minister would change tomorrow and we will be back to square tomorrow and we will be back to square one. tomorrow and we will be back to square one. the letter sent to the prime minister today by the 1922 committee chairman to say that the next tory premise of a campaign on that platform, to rip up the agreement. it wouldn't even get to parliament, and if it does, it won't get to the next prime minister, which means the only lark left on this is the confirmatory agreement we've been talking about for 18 months. he'll come and others in your party who want that second and michael referendum, there is no campaign you would we want to get the best deal through parliament. we want people to get the best possible deal. what's perfectly clear is that no deal is as good as

the deal we currently have and enjoy asa memberof the deal we currently have and enjoy as a member of the european union. if we are going back to the public to say we understand that you voted to say we understand that you voted to leave the european union, here's what the government has negotiated. is this what you expected? the deal on the table pleases nobody. therefore it's try to let the public into the process, if they want the deal they can vote for it. in your party there is a problem, you have a lot of labour voters in some parts of the country who voted to leave, elsewhere, places like london, york is a problem, you have a lot of labour voters in some parts of the country who voted to leave, elsewhere, places like london, your constituency in scotland, and laying into him about it. parliament wants to put a deal without any public involvement, and that will make people incredibly angry. we need to try and bring the country back together. the best way to do that is to see that the

government have actioned this, this is what the consequence of that would be, never mind the promises made in 2016 that have proven to be wrong. promises made by nigel farage and his cohort have been broken. here's what's on the table, here are the economic consequences of that. there are updates to a dead leaves and european union if that's what people want. they can vote for that. it's right to have a proposition on the table that the government can be let back into the process. it also allows the paralysis in parliament to be ended. thank you. that paralysis is what most mps are discussing. there hasn't been a volunteer since april the 10th. and there's no sign of one. “— the 10th. and there's no sign of one. —— vote here since april the 10th. it's pretty quiet. always good to hear from you, vicki. thank you so much. the first person stabbed in the london bridge terror attacks has told an inquest into the deaths

of the eight victims how he came ‘nose to nose' with one of the terrorists. richard livett had been out watching football on the evening ofjune the third in 2017 when he was caught up in the attack. our correspondent richard lister is outside the old bailey. (sot) richard livett was first to give evidence today. he was walking back from having watched the champions league final when he suddenlyjumped out of the way as a van with the attackers in it cost london bridge where it had been driven into pedestrians killing two and injuring others. he jumped out pedestrians killing two and injuring others. hejumped out of pedestrians killing two and injuring others. he jumped out of the way, and he thought it was a traffic accident. he went to the van to help, and says the next sight that greeted me was a man who ran straight up into my face, and screamed. then he said he felt what he thought was a punch in his back, which turned out to be him flailing his arms around the back of me and stabbing me. he collapsed on the

floor as attackers moved on. he gave his account very calmly about trying to find somewhere where he could ta ke to find somewhere where he could take refuge, given that he didn't know what was going on, but he was aware this was a terror attack. he banned on the door of a pub at the door was locked. they wouldn't let him in because they didn't want to unlock the door given the chaos outside. we've heard stories of real personal courage by members of the public, responding to people they could see in distress. we heard from three people, craig smith, his girlfriend, emma thompson, and lisa deacon, they attended to a french national, a 36—year—old man who had been stabbed several times by the attackers. he was desperately trying to defend himself but they found him lying on the ground. they tried to help, lisa deacon said that she had only had first training in a few weeks previously, but she was

determined to help, she went quietly as she could so as not to attract attention. she could no longer see the attackers and they spent more than half an hour trying to revive their french man. but his wounds we re their french man. but his wounds were too serious. those are amongst many of the personal heroism stories we have heard today. the british council says that it's likely that an iranian woman jailed for alleged spying for the uk is one of its employees, aras amiri. ms amiri has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in tehran, after the authorities there said she confessed to spying. the british council has strongly rejected the allegations. the government says it's planning an urgent meeting with her family. the rate of unemployment in the uk has fallen to it's lowest since the end of 1974. it went down to 3 point 8 percent in the three months to march. however for people in work — wage growth has slowed. our economics correspondent andy verity reports.

if this is the tightest market for recruiting people in 45 years across the economy, in the catering trade, it's off the scale. dan smith runs a restaurant in kent with a michelin star, but he can't attract or keep the chefs he needs. the number of vacancies in restaurants is high. just to hang onto people, dan's been offering four day weeks, equivalent to a big pay rise. it gets to the stage where, you know, you get a little bit desperate and then you have to offer that more money to be able to do it, for the business to be able to survive, otherwise it would get to the stage where we would have to look at closing an extra dayjust because we didn't have enough staff to do it. it's not the restaurant owners being greedy and trying to profiteer off their customers, it's a case ofjust trying to cover the increasing costs that we are facing. in the past year, the number of people working in the uk grew by more than a third of a million. most of them were uk nationals joining the workforce, up 190,000. the number of eu workers grew by 98,000, and the number

from outside the eu grew by 80,000. most of the new uk workers were women in full—time jobs, many of them 60 to 64—year—olds. some women who in the past would have been entitled to retire at 60 have to wait longer for their state pension, which has led many to stay in the workforce orjoin it for the first time. today's figures also show the amount each worker produces — productivity, took a drop in the first quarter of the year. productivity has been a big issue for the country over a period of time. and that is why we have a national productivity investment fund of £37 billion focused on infrastructure, focused on housing, focused on r&d and also digital infrastructure, and we're making sure that we're making those investments so we do get productivity up. a tight labour market can benefit workers in better hours and pay. living standards are now improving, with pay rising faster than inflation. but unless productivity improves, inflation—beating pay rises are going to become harder and harder for employers to afford.

andy verity, bbc news. the duke of sussex has visited a children's hospital in oxford today — where he was given gifts for his newborn son archie. i'll make sure i give this to my little boy. prince harry, who became a father for the first time last week, was given a balloon by one young patient as well as a teddy bear. the duke told parents he cannot imagine life without his son — but confessed he'd been kept up last night ahead of his visit to the city. he will have to get used to that. let's catch up with the weather now. it's another fine day out there with

plenty of sunshine, tomorrow it may be even warner, especially in highland scotland. tonight mainly clear skies, may be a little bit of mist here and there and temperatures dip away after the warmth of the day, it turns chilly in some spots, parts of east anglia, it may end up close to freezing in rural areas but not for most of us. tomorrow again plenty of sunshine, some cloud developing in the pennines and the hills of scotland, temperatures on some of the north sea coasts and the english channel held down a little bit, it turns cooler later this week, more cloud and some showers around.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines: whatsapp urges users to update the messaging service after hackers remotely install surveillance software on some mobile phones. calls for thejeremy kyle show to be axed — after more details emerge about a man who is believed to have taken his own life a week after appearing on the programme. a man who claimed he was the victim of a paedophile ring involving seniorfigures at westminster has gone on trial accused of perverting the course of justice. sport now on afternoon live with olly foster.

and talk of a european ban for manchester city, which seems extraordinary given on sunday it was party celebrations, what's going on? we knew this was bubbling along in the background. there's been a report in the new york times that says uefa investigators are close to making a decision about a possible sanction for manchester city, and it's understood that they will be pushing for a ban from european football because of breaches in the financial fair play regulations. city were fined around £50 million five years ago for ffp irregularities but this investigation was sparked by allegations in a german publication last year that city had massively inflated the value of sponsorship deals. money coming into the club to break even. city have released a statement saying the accusations are entirely false

and they are fully co—operating with uefa and they are very unhappy. pretty long—winded stuff, isn't it? this is something they have always said, that they are being targeted for the smear campaign. uefa say they don't comment on ongoing investigations. a couple of other football lines for you. after sucking chris hughton yesterday, it looks like brighton wa nt yesterday, it looks like brighton want this man, swansea city boss graham porter. —— mike potter.

swansea, though, have rejected their approach to speak to potter. brighton stayed up at the expense of cardiff city — they have confirmed that their boss neil warnock is going to stay at the club, and try to get them back into the premier league. from football to cricket and i am tremendously excited about the world cup because i have come up on the ballot for a couple of games. i'm off to see england and south africa, the tickets came in the post yesterday and am i right, england are in action against pakistan? it's the third one—dayer between england and pakistan, england are one up in the series after a brilliant match down in southampton a couple of days ago. england won the toss and are bowling first, chris woakes took a couple of early wickets but pakistan's opener has just gone, he was bowled by tom

curran but pakistan going along nicely and that will be a competitive target for england to chase. some really bad news for horse racing, michael o'leary who owns the grand national winner, tiger roll, is going to pull out of the sport. o'leary with his brother eddie, as racing manager are behind the gigginstown house stud which, as well as tiger roll, has had fantastic success in national hunt racing, with numerous winners at the cheltenham festival. they had their first grade winner 17 years ago. they are going to wind down there operation over the next five years. a p pa re ntly apparently so that michael o'leary can spend more time with his family. england's beth cobden is out ofjuly‘s netball world cup after suffering another serious knee injury. the defender, who won commonwleth gold last year, ruptured her cruciate ligament playing for the adelaide thunderbirds over the weekend. she had onlyjust returned after ten months out with the same injury. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for

you in the next hour. now on afternoon live, let's go nationwide — and see what's happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let's go to peter levy in hull to tell us about the health of the high street in that part of the world. very good afternoon, peter, nice to see you. and rogerjohnson is in salford to tell us about the iconic blackpool tower, which is... 125 years old today. peter, let's start with you. we hear about the high street being under threat, good or bad in hull? everyone seems to be talking about the high street in every town, one

of the main shopping streets in hull is called white for our gate, it used to be very busy but today it is a shadow of its former self. boots is closing and a hub of any high street, marks & spencer is, closed last saturday week, this one famous historic st, 13 shops are empty out of 46. there is a lot of affection for this pedestrianised street, like many towns people are willing to pick up but it seems to have problems and listening to people, the closure of m&s seems to have disappointed so many people. there has been an m&s in the city for many yea rs has been an m&s in the city for many years but now their nearest store is 26 miles away in scunthorpe. there are some newer ones on the outskirts of hull but they only serve food.

our working group has been set up by hull city council to look at how to regenerate the street. peter, we like good news, can you give us any positive news? it's not all bad news, at the end of april 2019 va ca ncy news, at the end of april 2019 vacancy rates stood at 6.1%, that's better than the previous month and hull city council to say the city is strides ahead of others in evolving, the thing that seems to be working and i'm sure it is in other places, small independent shops, 41% of units are occupied by independent businesses. the marketeer is called trinity market, it's smart and busy and thriving, lots of posh eateries as well as the usual fruit and veg, so as well as the usual fruit and veg, soi as well as the usual fruit and veg, so i wonder how many times are in

the same situation, they seem to be changing. i should also mention that a massive brand—new boots in the centre of hull is opening tomorrow so centre of hull is opening tomorrow so it is a mixed story. peter, thanks for that, and roger, blackpool tower, 125 years old, have we had cake and party hats? all the above, lots of celebrations today in blackpool with everyone in victorian dress because 1894 when it opened, queen victoria was on the throne, it was inspired by the eiffel tower, a former lord mayor of blackpool, lord bickerstaff, went to paris and came back and started this building being built, the cost was 300,000 times, about 14 million today, 158 metres

tall and it dominates the skyline of blackpool and is a huge tourist attraction, brings many thousands of people into the resort every year. interesting listening to peter talking about the economic problems, blackpool has had its share of economic problems, is an old—fashioned british seaside resort, but they work hard to regenerate blackpool but the tower for the last 125 years has been a consta nt for the last 125 years has been a constant presence and so important to blackpool's past and future. the building you saw their surrounds the base of the tower, those are the people celebrating earlier in their victorian dress, you cannot see the bottom of the blackpool tower as you can the eiffel tower and inside that building there is a circus which

performs every day of the year and the tower ballroom which people will know from strictly, we visit every year, and many generations of top world—class dancers who compete there. will this be like my birthday, one day and then it's over or could celebrations be stretched over a period of months? you need to make more of your birthday, i know people who stretch it longer than a day. they will celebrate it all year. the council owns the tower now although it is operated by merlin entertainments, who are behind madame tussauds and attraction like that. they hope every child under 11 who lives in the area will go to the top of the tower this year, there is a glass floor you can walk across, 25,000 bulbs on it which are

illuminated during the illuminations and many evenings, it looks spectacular against the night skyline and they want the next generation to come through and to love the tower like generations before because it is an iconic and unique thing that blackpool has to offer. rogerjohnson, thank you to come up great to talk to you and peter in hull, chat to you both soon. if you would like to see more on any of those stories you can access them via the bbc iplayer and week out nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm here on afternoon lie. —— afternoon live. high courtjudges have given

permission for fresh contempt of court proceedings to be brought against tommy robinson. the former english national defence leader — whose real name is stephen yaxley—lennon — faces an allegation that he committed contempt by filming people in a criminal trial and then broadcasting the footage on social media. tommy robinson was jailed for 13 months last year but was freed after serving two months of his sentence. he could be sent back to jail if he is again found in contempt. the head of the national crime agency wants her budget doubled to deal with what she describes as the "staggering" threat posed by organised gangs across the uk. lynne owens says that law enforcement is at breaking point — and warned the public will feel the consequences if the government doesn't find the nearly £3 billion in extra funding. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports. police! shouting. the tip of the spear in the fight against organised crime.

police in the national crime agency arrest a significant suspect this morning in the west midlands. the man held today believed to be part of a major human trafficking operation, holding women as slaves in the sex industry. this year—long investigation still has a long way to go. one man down, a battle won, but the war far, far bigger. the agency's latest report reveals how the threat from organised crime is changing faster than investigators can keep up. there are now an estimated 181,000 offenders linked to serious and organised crime. the main areas include drug dealing, human trafficking and sexual exploitation. the nca says the uk needs £2.7 billion more over three years to pay for extra undercover surveillance, financial investigators and cybercrime specialists. as criminal networks become more extensive, more sophisticated and, in many cases, prepared to use greater levels of violence, just out to the point

where resources are under the greatest strain. a plea today directly to ministers, saying it is time for more cash. some may say we cannot afford to do that, to which my response is simply this... we cannot afford not to. the net cost to the state, just to the uk, with organised crime is £37 billion. you know, that is a lot of money we are talking about and they are looking at a £3 billion increase, so roughly £700 million a year. that £700 million a year would increase their effectiveness greatly. the nca's bold demand to more than double its budget begs the question why hasn't it said so before? but the agency argues the true scale of the threat is still emerging and the £650 million extra it says it needs every year is less than the weekly cost of organised crime, so is that an enormous cheque that ministers are willing to write?

yesterday, a 12—strong gang that committed robberies from mopeds in london were finally convicted, intercepted and brought down after months of investigation. ministers say they have heard today's plea loud and clear. they haven't committed to a precise sum, but they have pledged to prioritise law and enforcement at the coming spending review. dominic casciani, bbc news. all the bbc news coming up injust a moment with egon but first the headlines. one and a half billion users of whatsapp are told to update their apps urgently — after a major hack into its encrypted service. growing calls for itv to scrap thejeremy kyle show — following the death of a guest shortly after filming. a man who claimed he was the victim of a paedophile ring involving seniorfigures at westminster has gone on trial accused of perverting

the course of justice. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. british steel is looking for more financial support from the government to help it address "brexit—related issues". it follows reports the company needs a loan of up to £75 million to keep trading in the coming months. unemployment fell to 3.8% in the first three months of the year — that's the lowest it's been since the mid—1970s. the rate has been falling for five years. amazon has launched a service for customers to collect parcels from pick—up points inside next shops. the new service is called amazon counter, and next said it would help the chain stay relevant in a tough retail environment. let's pick up on that, employment

up, wages down? you are trying to say now, that is not right? the jobless rate fell by 3.8% in the first three months of the year and a number of people looking for work and out of work fell by 65,000. those wages have actually gone up, 3.3%. that's excluding figures and it looks healthy but the rate of increase of wages is slowing down, so... increase of wages is slowing down, so. . . that's increase of wages is slowing down, so... that's what i meant. i know, we are simpatico, right? let's talk toa we are simpatico, right? let's talk to ajeremy we are simpatico, right? let's talk to a jeremy stretch. what is powering this health of the jobs market? it is very much the case the

jobs market appears healthy with those unemployment levels back at rates we haven't seen since the 19705. what we have seen is that business investment has been compromised by brexit uncertainty so we have seen a reduction in plant and machinery investment, the consequence of employers increasing numbers of employees to utilise their skills to meet relatively good levels of demand. do you think we will see continued growth in the market? it's interesting we have seena market? it's interesting we have seen a moderation in the right of employment growth in the last few months and that might be a source of concern because jobs growth is a lagging indicator and 2018 was not a stellar year for growth in the uk economy, it didn't grow at the levels we might have hoped and there

may be a case to suggest jobs growth will slow in the second half of this year and will slow in the second half of this yearand as we will slow in the second half of this year and as we start to see job losses in the retail sector increase and in the manufacturing sector, those headlines might be less encouraging into 2020. and wages, will they continue going up? we have seen earnings growth above 7% so that's a good story, we are seeing wages going up faster than prices, good news for the consumer, more worrying for the bank of england but for now we will continue to see which growth outstripping inflation. let's talk about british steel, pretty cloudy outlook, looking for more government support. yes and it comes back to those thorny issues relating to brexit because british steel's customers are uncertain

about the fortunes of the company and the economy is brexit uncertainty is not, and there is that the rat, however small, of a new deal crash out scenario which could result in steel tariffs up to 20% so it's against these backdrops that the company is seeking additional financial support, but in additional financial support, but in a context of the employment story, british steel and at scunthorpe plant employs around 5000 people directly, around four times that indirectly so there is a fairly significant degree of employment components in the story. jeremy stretch, thank you. egon, take me to the markets. the footsie turned out because of those reports, world dutch shell is also doing well because there has been positive news about its cash flow, vodafone lost

£6.6 billion last year so no surprise on their losses, brent crude on the way up. are you here tomorrow? i am not. then i will not see you. see you soon. every year hundreds of ex—servicemen and women receive help at the defence and national rehabilitation centre. it provides expert care for people suffering serious physical or mental trauma. last year the centre relocated from headley court in surrey — to a much bigger site at stanford hall near loughborough. and today cameras were allowed inside for the first time. phil mackie reports. an early morning run on the new track at stanford hall. and for the patients treated here, a chance to work out in the gym. this is the first look inside the new facility where servicemen and women come for rehabilitation. steve sampher lost his leg after being seriously

wounded in afghanistan. he is still a serving nco. it's been a lifeline to my recovery, because without it, i wouldn't have been able to recover and continue to recover. i'vejust had revision surgery on my stump, which requires a good bout of rehabilitation. without that, i'd have been mentally, very, very under pressure to get things sorted, where this takes all the pressure off you. the site was donated by the duke of westminster. after extensive building work and renovations, the centre, which replaced one at headley court, welcomed its first patients last year. stanford hall is a purpose— built facility. it does what headley court did, butjust better. so it's easier to achieve what we need to achieve. we can actually build on what we learnt at headley court and do it even better. when they describe them as state—of—the—art facilities, this is what they mean. called the caren machine, it's the only one of its kind in europe, and one of only six in the world.

it allows a full assessment of injuries in a way that previously wasn't possible. everything we do is driven by the functional requirements of the limb. so if you have a lower limb injury, you will have movement dysfunction. you may have a limp, you may have a compromised joint. what we can do, by putting the patient on here, is give them real—time feedback, which will immediately give them a sense of how they are walking, we can correct it in real time, and hopefully accelerate that return to normal walking function. it's notjust for military personnel who are wounded in action, it's also where those injured carrying out other duties come for treatment, including sports injuries. i injured my thumbjust doing an awkward tackle. and, unfortunately, over time, i've now lost most of the function of my right arm. so i went through headley court, and had as much treatment and rehab as possible. and, unfortunately, i was medically discharged, but i've now got the chance to give something back as a staff member.

what stanford hall also offers are places of tranquillity and, where necessary, solitude. the mental health of injured servicemen and women is regarded as equally important to their physical rehabilitation. now, we're all familiar with the phrase ‘you're going to need a bigger boat‘ — well have a look at this. an unsuspecting fisherman was contemplating the afternoon when a humpback whale decided to make a rather big splash. this happened in monterey, just off the california coast — where salmon season coincides with the time when humpbacks are returning to to feed for the summer. this particular fisherman had a whale of a time. couldn't resist it, sorry. that's it from your

afternoon live team for today, next the bbc news at five with huw. time for a look at the weather. another afternoon of blue sky and sunshine. warmth across the uk, a few areas of high cloud making it hazy in places and temperatures have responded into the low 20s. this was northern ireland earlier, you can see the high cloud but that doesn't stop the sunshine and warmth getting through and these temperatures look to be a bit higher tomorrow, especially across parts of highland scotland where warm spots will approach the mid—20s. with the breeze it has been cooler around some of the north sea and english channel coasts, that will be the case again tomorrow, overnight clear skies with a few mist patches and temperatures dip away after the heat of the day, cooler parts of east anglia and southern england will end up

close to freezing but most of us above that. high pressure in charge but beginning to pull away north of us on wednesday, still keeping the majority with blue sky but cloud will develop on wednesday, especially over the pennines and hills in scotland, there may be isolated showers developing in the pennines into the afternoon but the vast majority will stay dry. here's majority will stay dry. a look at some of those temperatures. cooled by the breeze, north sea and english channel, approaching the mid—20s in the warmer parts of highland scotland. through the rest of the week, high pressure moves further away, around the base of that we pick up more cloud and showers, and the wind gets stronger from the east, so on thursday more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, one or two showers, more cloud developing. into england and wales. most places will stay dry, the easterly breeze picks up

and temperatures have come down a few degrees. there is a greater chance of rain on friday, especially in parts of england and wales but it's patchy so you cannot rely on this reaching your garden, it looks like scotland stays mainly dry with some sunny spells, a windy day on friday, it will feel a bit cooler but the wind will slowly ease throughout the weekend.

today at five: growing calls for itv to scrap thejeremy kyle show following the death of one of the guests. the talk show has been taken off the air, but the incident has drawn growing and widespread political criticism. people's lives are being picked apart on television for the entertainment of others, and my concern is that vulnerable people have been put in that position and, in this case, a tragedy would seem to have happened. the guest had apparently failed a lie—detector test about infidelity. we'll have the latest. the other main stories on bbc news at five: one and a half billion users of whatsapp are told to update their apps urgently, after a major hack into its encrypted service. a man who claimed he was the victim of a paedophile network involving senior figures at westminster has gone on trial — accused