efiggflz‘uzr england were once evflfni'w’f. ”(1,3 we ,- - ' ben stokes, england were once again regaining the initiative. the flurry of wickets replaced by boundaries, as they eyed a challenging total. they had to battle, but with morgan offering the crime or catching practice as he reached a typically fiery 50, england fans will be hoping for something special. the latest i can tell you is eoin morgan is out on 57. england now 255 with about eight overs of their innings left. hoping to set a challenging target as they try to get their world cup off to a winning start, clive. andy swiss, thank you from the oval. time for a look at the weather, here's chris fawkes. things are going to get warmer but it isa you go the the cloud gets and for northern ireland and scotland skies will look like this for much of the

afternoon. rain around. you can see the cloud is quite broken across england and that is where we have the best of the sunshine. a few fog patches working towards the south—western approaches and through the english channel it could cause an issue. as we go through the day, it feels quite humid outside. humidity means there is lots of water in the atmosphere and that water in the atmosphere and that water is being released in scotland and northern ireland with pretty miserable weather here this afternoon. heavy, persistent rain. 23 degrees and humid in london and sunshine for england and wales as we go through the latter part of the afternoon and evening time. overnight, further rain coming and going across the north west of the country. it should stay largely dry for most of england and wales, perhaps murky around the coast and hills. temperature 13 or 14 degrees but cooler weather for the far north of scotland. on friday, more rain on the charts for the north west. persistent rain for northern ireland and particularly so for western

scotla nd and particularly so for western scotland where over the hills we could see around a0 or 50 millimetres of rain, enough to cause localised surface water and big puddles building up on the road. away from the north west, it is a cloudy start with a few mist and fog patches. the cloud tent and break up again with spells of sunshine. the best of that late in the afternoon. temperatures, feeling humid. 23 degrees in the warmer spots. the warmth is across england and wales. not much sunshine for northern ireland and scotland. pressure is building the rain is lighter, catchier and brighter the weather, generally. at a consistent part of the country we will see the heat build in temperatures of 27 celsius across parts of eastern england. don't get too used to the heat because we head into the second half of the weekend, this line of blue on the chart is a cold front. it will be pushing its way eastward through the day. quite late to reach east

anglia and south east england, so staying warm here. elsewhere, cooler and fresher feel to the weather. there generally high teens to low 20s. we will see some big changes over the next few days. it will warm up over the next few days. it will warm up but particularly for england wales, northern ireland and scotland will stay quite cloudy with the threat of rain. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime: the government is told she had cut tuition fees in england as part of a package of reforms to the funding of higher education. that's it. so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are. have a very good afternoon. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. four half centuries from england's batting line up have helped them recoverfrom losing a wicket in the second ball of the men's cricket world cup. jonny bairstow was caught behind off imran tahir.

the leg spinner a surprise bowler of the first over of the match. but since the opener‘s golden duck things have improved. jason roy and joe root both reached 50 before falling in quick succession. captain eoin morgan also made a half century, while so has ben stokes. jos buttler, a surprise wicket for south africa, he hasjust jos buttler, a surprise wicket for south africa, he has just gone. seven overs of their 50 remaining. as chelsea make their way home from azerbaijan with the europa league trophy. questions still surround the futures of both their star man eden hazard. and manager maurizio sarri. one suggested he's about to leave the club while the other could be following him out of the door. olly foster reports from baku. the consensus about eden hazard seems to be he is up there in the great chelsea players, after seven

yea rs, great chelsea players, after seven years, and f a title, great chelsea players, after seven years, and fa title, a leak up great chelsea players, after seven years, and f a title, a leak up and it seems he has signed off with a stirring performance here in the europa league final. two goals for him, assists as well. he ran arsenal ragged in their a—i win. the language he used to suggest that this would be his final game for the blues, off to real madrid, a movie has been hankering afterfor i2 months. maurizio sari, his first season months. maurizio sari, his first season in charge, got them in third, a champions league position for next season. a champions league position for next season. he has also won back his first major trophy at the europa league. there are a couple of plum positions back in italy. two eve nters positions back in italy. two eventers today, inter milan, those are available to him. —— juventus. she might think, why don't i sign off on she might think, why don't i sign offona she might think, why don't i sign off on a high and go back home to

italy? —— he might think. kyle edmund is out of the french open after being forced to retire when two sets down in his second round match at roland garros. jim lumsden reports. edmund had dropped to 30th in the world rankings, down from iath at the start of the year. after five successive defeats on clay, which he once described as his preferred surface, had the rot stopped? the uruguayan cuevas made a flawless start. the british number one rallied to force a tie—break, but cuevas came back from 7—3. he picked up cuevas came back from 7—3. he picked up where he left off as a heavy legged edmund loped around the court. the second went the way of the first, 6—3. british number one cut a forlorn figure. 2—i the first, 6—3. british number one cut a forlorn figure. 2—1 down in the third set, he called the trainer and after a short conversation decided enough was enough. cuevas

into the third round, edmund out. he has lost six of his last seven matches. british athlete eilish mccolgan has had her medals stolen by thieves who targeted her home while she's away in sweden competing at the stockholm diamond league event. mccolgan said british championship medals had been taken alongside a necklace featuring the symbol of the olympic games. she's appeared at the last two. and she described her home in manchester as being ‘trashed' leaving her ‘upset and angry‘. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. let's get some more reaction on our top story this afternoon — the review of higher education that calls for a cut in university tuition fees and the re—introduction of some maintenance grants. a short time ago my colleague

annita mcveigh spoke to the conservative mp and former universities minister, jo johnson. he said those from disadvantaged backgrounds will be hit the hardest by the proposals my my concern is about the headline offer of the review, to lower fees to £7,500 from £9,250. this will benefit only those who go on to have the highest earning careers, because they are the only ones who repay their loans in full. the people hit ha rd est by their loans in full. the people hit hardest by this proposal will be those on lower and middle income salaries, who will be repaying that not for 30 years but for a0 or more. in that sense, these are regressive proposals. my real concern is that by bringing universities into more of the public realm, where they are dependent on the treasury to make up the lost income, they are going to gradually restrict the number of

places they offer, particularly to stu d e nts places they offer, particularly to students from disadvantaged backgrounds, who may not have the highest capital a levels —— the highest capital a levels —— the highest a—levels. this will slow the progress we have made towards widening access to higher education for people from disadvantaged backgrounds. lets pick up on a couple of those points. don't you think that by lowering the fees there is a boost to people who might be put off by those fees, that barrier to going to university, and of course, not everyone who goes to university will earn necessarily huge amounts of money, but the whole point is getting people into university in the first place and opening up those opportunities to them. the funding system we have has enabled us to widen access at an unprecedented rate. what put some

stu d e nts unprecedented rate. what put some students from disadvantaged backgrounds off is the maintenance costs of supporting themselves at university, which is why i welcome pa rt university, which is why i welcome part of the proposals, restoring a targeted maintenance grant to stu d e nts targeted maintenance grant to students from the most disadvantaged backgrounds. it is something i think a future government would certainly wa nt to a future government would certainly want to consider. victims of rape are being advised not to seek counselling until after criminal trials are complete. that's the claim being made after an investigation by the news wesbite, vice. current government advice says that ‘pre—trial discussions ,including therapy, may lead to the allegations of coaching, and ultimately, the failure of the criminal case'. labour are calling for an emergency review of that guidance. there is ancient guidance that is clu msy there is ancient guidance that is clumsy and contradictory that appears on official websites, which appears on official websites, which appears to be the official guidance, but whatever that is, and it speaks with forked tongue, we are being

told by journalists with forked tongue, we are being told byjournalists and women's groups that women are being actively discouraged from seeking counselling, therapy, vital mental health treatment. chantel, which is not her real name, is 23 and alleges she has been raped. she says she was told she could not have counselling until any criminal trial is over. cha ntel told joanna gosling the reasons she was given for not receiving the help she wants. i have reported it straight after it happened, three hours after. and when you report to the police, you then get sent to lots of rape crisis centres, and there are lots of different ones. it was then that told me i would not be allowed counselling, or any pre—trial therapy. how did that make you feel? it was kind of confusing that you have gone through this event and done exactly what you are meant to do. you are told to report it straightaway, and it's kind of disappointing. did you not have

counselling? i am having pre-trial therapy, which basically, i am not allowed to talk about the event that happened to me. i can see it is really distressing for you to talk about. thank you, we appreciate you joining us. all alleged victims of any sex offence have a complete right to anonymity. let's bring in grace. is this happening in court, that alleged victims are being accused of having been coached by defence counsel? not necessarily being coached. i think when we talk about the use of counselling notes in trials for sexual offences, that is where it might come in. so, for example, if it is a reasonable line of enquiry for the prosecuting authorities to look at a

complainant's authorities to look at a complaina nt's counselling notes, authorities to look at a complainant's counselling notes, and there is some fundamental inconsistency, then the danger is that the defence may apply to seek to use the inconsistency in cross examination, or to deploy as part of their defence. so examination, or to deploy as part of theirdefence. so in examination, or to deploy as part of their defence. so in the cases where i have been prosecuting, there hasn't generally been any suggestion of coaching by the councillors, but more of what appears in the notes, thatis more of what appears in the notes, that is inconsistent inconsistent with the allegations that they make. what do you think the impact of this is, rebecca? it is significant. chantelle has just described is, rebecca? it is significant. chantelle hasjust described it as confusing. it really is, but more than that, it is cruel, the fact that a woman who has been raped is then told that she can't access

counselling, can't access that specialist support that is described as life changing and life—saving, because of issues with the criminal justice system. it is shocking and needs change. we know there are serious issues across the criminal justice system when it comes to the prosecution of rape in childhood sexual abuse, and this isjust one of many other injustices that survivors have to experience and face. do you see a way this could be changed? chamois face. do you see a way this could be changed ? chamois sacre face. do you see a way this could be changed? chamois sacre party has said that labour would review this. the needs to —— there is an internal review of the criminaljustice syste m review of the criminaljustice system happening now as a result of the drop in prosecution rates and other issues. we need to see that come out with radical changes and improvements so that all of the survivors reporting to the police, and we know that more and more are choosing to do that, are actually able to experience a form ofjustice if possible.

a child has been taken to hospital after an incident at the lightwater valley theme park in north yorkshire. (00v)police says the 6—year—old boy, who was conscious when officers arrived at the scene, has been taken to hospital. his condition is not believed to be life threatening. the health and safety executive has been notified. officers remain at the scene. so far the theme park has been unavailable for comment. donald trump's decision to use of the presidential pardon most recently on behalf of former business associate and vocal supporter, conrad black, did raise a few eyebrows. mr black spent time in prison for racketeering and obstruction ofjustice at his media company. the bbc‘s michelle fleury caught up with him at his home in toronto for in his first international tv news interview , and put it to him that many people would think he received the pardon because he had previously written nice things about donald trump. people will say what they will say. imean, i people will say what they will say. i mean, i don't really feel the need to respond to it, but since you ask

me, itake to respond to it, but since you ask me, i take the president at his word that his motive was not that we had known each other a long time, and not that because he said i had written supportively about him, though it was not uncritical. the head of the white house legal team said it was something that should never have been charged and he was writing an injustice. i took him at his word. he said there would be criticism, and you are better at responding to this than i am so i will leave it to you. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news: the government is told to cut university tuition fees in england, as part of a package of reforms to the funding of higher education. a boy has been airlifted to hospital after an incident at a theme park in north yorkshire. at least seven people have died and 21 are missing, after a tour boat collision on the river danube, in hungary. i'm ben bland.

in the business news: transport giant firstgroup has said it will sell off its us greyhound coach business and spin off its uk bus arm amid pressure from an activist investor to break up the firm. uk car production collapsed last month — in the biggest fall since the global financial crisis a decade ago. the society of motor manufacturers and traders recorded a production slump of aa.5% in april — compared with the same time last year — as uk carfactories braced for a possible ‘no—deal‘ exit from the european union on march 29th. telecoms firm ee switches on the uk's first super fast 5g network today. it will be available in six major cities — with plans to reach 1500 sites by the end of the year. rival vodafone has confirmed it will launch its own service in seven cities onjuly 3rd, with another 12 by the end of the year. consumers should be compensated after being overcharged

for their utilities by more than £20 billion due to regulator errors, citizens advice says. the charity argues regulators have allowed water, energy, broadband and telephone firms to overcharge customers by more than £2a billion over the past 15 years. it is calling for companies to return some of the money to customers through a rebate on their bills. let's talk to matthew upton, director of policy, citizens advice. don't companies need a contingency fund in case major repairs are needed to pipes and cables?m fund in case major repairs are needed to pipes and cables? it is important that the infrastructure is well built and maintained, but we have found that the decisions regulators make about how much companies need to build this infrastructure has been wrong. they

have made mistakes and misjudgments which have resulted in too much being put on consumers' bills, and we have all paid the price. it sounds like a big figure when you add it up over the years, but in actualfact, i don't know if add it up over the years, but in actual fact, i don't know if you add it up over the years, but in actualfact, i don't know if you can put a figure on it, but if they were repaid, would it be a substantial amount per household ? repaid, would it be a substantial amount per household? it is an interesting question that the companies and regulators should look at it. we raised this issue a couple of years ago, and around £300 million was returned to consumers. there should be a relatively substantial rebate for consumers. we would like to see companies make that contribution voluntarily, but if they don't, we think the government has to step in. can people claim back any of these overcharging is —— extra charges individually? no. companies have the

ability to ask for more money if they are not getting the returns they are not getting the returns they need, but we see the way these decisions are made by regulators a lwa ys decisions are made by regulators always tend to fall in favour of companies, leading to us being overcharged, and there is very little we can do. one of the reasons this has gone undiscovered for so long is because it is very technical and people don't really understand it. who's fault is it? you should have been keeping an eye on this? one of the biggestjobs regulators have to do is deciding how much these firms should be allowed to charge. they make projections about how much companies will have to borrow to make these investments, and ina borrow to make these investments, and in a sense, they have made the m ista kes and in a sense, they have made the mistakes when they have been calculating. we think they are learning, to be fair, and they have put things in place for future learning, to be fair, and they have put things in place forfuture price controls to determine how much these costs are which shows they are putting it right. it doesn't do anything for consumers over the past

15 years who have overpaid. matthew, thank you very much. i should point out that various regulators have responded and emphasised the fact that their regulation, they say, has saved consumers billions in recent yea rs. saved consumers billions in recent years. you can find out more about that online. and some other stories in the news today. bob iger, the ceo of disney says georgia's controversial new anti—abortion law would make it "difficult" for the company to keep filming there because many of its staff would not want to work there. blockbusters like black panther and avengers: endgame, were recently shot in the state, due to its generous tax breaks forfilm productions. the big five european leagues generated a record £13.8bn in revenue from 2017 to 18, which is a 6% annual increase, according to new figures from deloitte. it says the european football market is now worth more than £25bn. the english premier league was the market leader as five teams competed in the champions league for the first time. china's

vice foreign minister zhang hanhui claims the us is engaging in "naked economic terrorism" amid the ongoing trade war between the world's two largest economies. this meanwhile, here's a picture of us president donald trump's 2020 re—election campaign flags which are being made at a factory in china. that ongoing trade war is weighing on investor sentiment. gains in heavyweight oil company shares helped london's main index inch higher even as traders avoided riskier assets after beijing dialled up the angry words against washington in their worsening trade war. oil majors shell and bp boosted the main share index — even though oil prices have given up some of their earlier gains. firstgroup, jumped to a near two—year high after itput its u.s. coach service greyhound up

for sale and also saidit was looking to separate its uk first bus operations. among smaller stocks, de la rue plc lost a quarter you of its value and plummeted to a more than 1a—year low. the maker of banknotes and passports warned of "somewhat lower" profit in 2020 and said its chief executive would step down. that's all the business news. i'll be back throughout the afternoon. with more than 90 million monthly users worldwide — the online game platform roblox is one of the most popular on the market for children. butjust how safe is it? one parent has told us her child has been groomed despite parental settings on the game being switched on. rachel stonehouse has this report. fun, outgoing, just loved life. sarah says her son was a happy child, until, after a difficult period at school a couple of years ago he then started to play

the online game roblox. sarah's not her real name and we've disguised her and her son's identity for legal reasons because of what happened to him. it seemed like an innocent game. we went on and made sure that all the privacy settings were on there, the parental blocks, to make sure that there were no messaging. but sarah and her husband began to notice a difference in their son's behaviour. we decided that we would just do a usual check and then we came across pictures that were inappropriate and, at first, we were shocked and didn't realise it was our son, until we noticed in the background that it was our house. it was horrifying and i was physically sick. can you give an idea of how graphic some of the messages were? they were talking about rape. they were talking about sexual activities.

it was pornographic. roblox told us they are committed to protecting the online safety of children and the in—game chat has very stringent filters and any photo exchange will have been done on a third—party app. sarah's story is an extreme case, but it's made me wonder about other children who play roblox. it's estimated there are 2a million monthly players in europe alone. how many of you like roblox? ex police officersjohn staines and john woodley go into schools across the country warning children about the worst—case scenarios. john says people can get around the parental settings. unfortunately people they don't know are looking for children whose parents have turned off the chat because they can get them onto a third—party app and get them to send pictures and hold verbal conversations with them. was that the one we went on before?

a quick google search brings up a whole host of sinister sort of paedophile—type stuff. there is no sugar—coating it. that's what it is. it's life destroying and i will never ever be able to take those pictures or words out of my mind. apologies for some of the sound issues we had with some of that report. hopefully we will fix that so you can hear the full story a little bit later in the day. and roblox point out that the third party app that sarah‘s son was contacted on via the game isn‘t ‘affiliated or integrated with roblox.‘ they say "it‘s extremely important to be aware of these chat apps, particularly those with an "overlay" feature making it appear to be part

of whatever game is being played." now it‘s time for a look at the weather. we have a mixture of weather around this afternoon. some of us have cloudy skies. there is rain in the north—west, a few fog patches, and some glorious sunshine. that was the case earlier in derbyshire. the satellite picture shows where the best of the sunshine is. the thickest cloud across the north west is rain bearing. fog patches in the south—west and through the english channel. in coastal areas you could see channel. in coastal areas you could see and occasional fog channel. in coastal areas you could see and occasionalfog patch. sunshine across much of england. cloudy for wales, showers in northern england, and persistent rain across parts of northern ireland and much of scotland, where it will stay cool. it will be warm and humid in the best of the

sunshine, 23 celsius. the rain pulls away from scotland tonight but for the pulses will come and go across the pulses will come and go across the north west. the driest weather across much of england and wales, where it will be partly cloudy, a mild night for most of us. cold they are still loitering across the far north of scotland. on friday, another weather front targeting the north—west, so another wet day coming upfor north—west, so another wet day coming up for northern ireland, and particularly for western scotland, with the raid mounting up, a0—50 millimetres, enough to bring some big puddles of water on roads and some localised flooding. cloud will thin and break to allow sunny spells to come through and in the sunshine it will be warm and humid, temperatures reaching around 23 celsius in the south, high teens in the north. on saturday, weather fronts affecting western areas, but they are weakening as pressure begins to build, so a little bit of patchy rain is possible, but there

will be dry weather as well. a little brighter and warmer across northern areas, temperatures building across eastern england. on saturday, temperatures could reach 27 celsius. on sunday, low pressure is moving in. this curl of cloud and rain pushing east is a cold front that will bring fresh air. before it arrives in eastern england, we could see arrives in eastern england, we could see temperatures into the mid 20s, feeling fresher further west. that is your latest weather.

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live. i‘m ben brown. today at 2pm. the government is told to cut university tuition fees in england, as part of a package of reforms to the funding of higher education. my my view is very clear. removing maintenance grants for the least well—off students hasn‘t worked, and i believe it‘s time to bring them back. to bring them back. at least seven people have died and 21 are missing, after a tour boat collision on the river danube, in hungary. a boy has been airlifted to hospital after an incident at a theme park in north yorkshire. the uk‘s first next—generation 5g mobile network is switched on, but is only available, in certain areas.