this is bbc news i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 8 o‘clock a government commissioned review into university funding says tuition fees in england should be cut to £7,500 a year, with grants for poorer students reinstated. my my view is very clear. removing maintenance grants for well—off stu d e nts maintenance grants for well—off students has not worked and i think it is time to bring them back. a six year old boy is airlifted to hospital, after falling from a rollercoaster at a theme park, in north yorkshire. a tax on all unhealthy food — that's what the chief medical officer is considering as child obesity levels prove hard to budge. rescue teams in the hungarian capital, budapest, say there's little hope of finding any more survivors, after a tour boat sank on the river danube

killing seven people that moment helps england to victory on the first day of the cricket world cup. university tuition fees, in england, should be cut, and maintenance grants for students from poorer backgrounds should be reinstated — that's the verdict of a long—awaited review — commissioned by the government. but the cut in fees would be balanced out by making students pay back the loans over a0 not 30 years.

tutition fees would drop from a maximum of 9 thousand two hundred and fifty pounds a year to £7 and a half thousand pounds. but repayments should start sooner — when earnings hit £23,000. the report also called for better support for students in vocational education. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys has been getting reaction from students in warwickshire. their working life in front of them — one an apprentice, the others off to university, so are these college students impressed by lower tuition fees? when you're accruing so much debt, an extra 6000 reduction doesn't seem like a lot, it really doesn't. i was thinking, i'll be paying this back until i am, like, way in my 605, and ijust think, like, you're not really benefiting at all. even though it's lower, there is also the added ten years. but a lifelong learning loan is more popular.

that that opportunity is there, i think, will really encourage a lot of people to sort of do more with their life, try out different careers and things like that. i definitely feel like university feels, like, quite fatalistic at first, really. you do it once and that's it. but with a better financial backing, that wouldn't be the case. for those heading to university, this report suggests tuition fees of £7,500 from 2021, those loans to be repaid over a0 years while working — that's ten years longer than now. £3000 grants for living costs for the poorest students. for vocational routes, it calls for a lifelong learning loan for higher qualifications to the same value as the cost of a degree. but it could be dipped into throughout your life. and for the first time, £3000 living grants for low—income college students.

this would give some college learning the same status as university. we welcome that kind of levelling between universities and colleges, and the recognition that one isn't better than the other, they are, in fact, both of equal value, and both brilliant opportunities. for years, there's been a real push to get more and more young people to go to university. today's report is something of a turning point, because it suggests that could have gone too far — not all graduates go on to earn a lot of money, and some might be better off coming to a college like this. from the prime minister, a call for her successor to act. nobody should feel they have to go to university, and that applies to children from middle—class backgrounds just as much as anyone. but nor should anybody feel that because of who they are or where they're from, the world of he is one that is not open to them because it will cost too much. universities like warwick

say fees have been invested — they argue a cut would damage students unless the government tops up with public money. scotland with no fees and wales with recently raised fees will be watching closely as political parties in england battle over no fees versus lower fees. earlier our deputy political editor john pienaar explained the importance of theresa may's backing despite her imminent departure from number 10. we saw a prime minister who is more halfway through the exit door at number ten, choosing to or trying to use what's left of her political capital in a project in a court that she would devote us of two on the day she became prime minister.

covering three years ahead which is coming in the autumn, but it isjust possible that adding her voice to the argument, may have just

increased the chances of these proposals surviving and becoming policy at the end of the day. emily chapman is vice president of further education for nus — and joins me now. specifically in further education can you tell us more? is something for the past ten years, especially ramped up over the past 18 months or so ramped up over the past 18 months or so when the review first started, at 50 months ago, we are very clear that the amount of post—18 students that the amount of post—18 students that are and colleges need to be listened to because we do here quite regularly that higher education is a lwa ys regularly that higher education is always spoken from a university point of view and i welcome that this looks at the vocational areas as well as the academic routes that are available. and if the recommendation in the field of further education in this report are

followed, mr evans cannot make? further education in this report are followed, mr evans cannot make ?|j think you can make a massive difference because we have been so undervalued for so long, this is a financial issue, the one thing that we need to be on what this is that we need to be on what this is that we cannot take from our colleagues in higher education to fund further education. that is in the us has been very clear on for the past 12 hours. based on what is written down here. i think need to be clear on is on is this is less than 2a hours old, we have more to go through but we have to make sure that we are not we need to make sure that our education system is joined together, not having this disparity that is common in the sector and the co nsta nt common in the sector and the constant divide. what he said a moment ago, the quote was there are vital engines, further social

mobility and economic prosperity. if that message reaches the next prime minister, whoever that is, that for you would be good news. definitely further education would get the attention it deserves, it would change the lives of those adults wa nt to change the lives of those adults want to improve but the skills gap that we have in this country. vocations, where does fte potentially take the boards that priority was yellow it depends on the learner because some learners like the academic group of the a—levels but like the academic group of the a-levels but the guilt of qualifications that are available, so qualifications that are available, so it is also down to the student, thatis so it is also down to the student, that is when all the guidance wasn't really mentioned much in this report, we were a bit disappointed because that is again a vital area to be looked at. thank you very much for your thoughts.

a six—year—old boy has fallen from a rollercoaster at lightwater valley theme park in north yorkshire this afternoon. he was flown to hospital by airambulance, but the boy's condition is not believed to be life threatening. judith moritz sent us this from outside theme park. lying below the tracks of the twister roller—coaster, as been a busy day for the summer season as been a busy day for the summer season and after the young boy fell out of the twister roller coaster this morning, that right was closed but the rest of the park has remained open for the day. the park operators says they take the health and safety of its visitors very seriously. they are cooperating now with emergency services and the health and safety executive for investigating and they say they're providing support for the little boys family. lying below the tracks of the twister roller—coaster, this photo was taken moments after a small boy fell from the ride. park visitors watched it all happen.

we just looked up to the carriages, it was about 15 foot off the floor, and the lad was hanging backwards outside of the actual carriage. somehow he'd got out of the actual restraint and was hanging out backwards from the carriage, his head kind of backwards over this way. a few seconds after that he actually flew out of the carriage and landed on the floor. everybody started shouting, trying to get the attention of the actual guy running the machine, but he didn't actually see what happened. the yorkshire air ambulance landed as families looked on, police and paramedics racing to help the little boy. the six—year—old was treated at the scene and then flown to hospital in leeds. his condition is not said to be life—threatening. this footage was filmed of the twister roller—coaster last weekend. it is advertised as a spinning waltzer which takes you through the tree tops. there are height restrictions for passengers. in 2001, 20—year—old gemma savage died after two cars collided on the same ride. the theme park's owner, the manufacturers of the ride and an electrician were all later fined for health and safety breaches.

today, although the twister was closed, the rest of the park remained open. the health and safety executive is investigating. a tax on all unhealthy food — including things like ice cream and chicken nuggets — that's what england's chief medical officer, dame sally davis, is considering, in a bid to reduce the levels of childhood obesity. more than 20 per cent of children in england were classed as obese when they left primary school last year. for more than a decade now— levels of childhood obesity have stayed broadly level in better off areas but they have increased year on year in the most deprived communities. the aim is to halve those levels by 2030 — but is it possible? 0ur health editor, hugh pym reports. how do you give children every chance of leading a healthy life? that's what policymakers are grappling with as they search for new measures. encouraging exercise is one

thing but what are billed as bold proposals on diet are now being considered. these include a new tax on high—calorie, high—sugar food, with england's chief medical officer telling me she would look seriously with experts at how it might work. if you provide a healthy product on supermarket shelves, that will come in cheap. if it's unhealthy, there is a levy put on top of it, which is equivalent to tax, so parents are then nudged by the healthy version because it's cheaper and they can see it's healthy. if adopted, the levy would take in what are known as ultra—processed foods, products with multiple ingredients which have been through industrial processing. and today two studies highlighted again the health risks of eating them, including heart disease. a top tip for reducing the amount of ultra—processed foods in your diet and making it more healthy for your cardiovascular system is to eat more fruit and vegetables, so swap out some of your packaged snacks you might have during the day and have an apple,

banana, an orange. ministers say the levy on sugary soft drinks has been a success, but plans in england to crack down on tv advertising on supermarket promotions of junk food were delayed in 2016, then finally published last year, but still not implemented. i should have chivvied harder in order to get us there faster. but this is a political system and a democracy, and so we have to move at the pace at the politicians and the democratic process of consulting allows. i, as an independent adviser, do wish we could do things faster. the scottish government is also planning restrictions on the marketing of unhealthy food in supermarkets and close to schools. tackling obesity is a tough challenge, that's why bold and brave measures to shift people towards healthier diets have been called for today.

joining me now is dr stacey lockyer, from the british nutrition foundation good evening. i mention those childhood obesity targets and how steep they are. how realistic is it that they can reach those do you think? childhood obesity is a really important issue, we havejust think? childhood obesity is a really important issue, we have just seen the figures so around one and five children and reception are either overweight or obese. 0ne children and reception are either overweight or obese. one in three we look at children in year six and we know that these children of likely to become obese adults, which increases the risk of chronic diseases. we have a strategy for reducing childhood obesity. it has several elements to it, some of which have been implemented already. many of which have gone into

consultation. so we are hoping for some positive results. those messages, they are quite familiar to some of us, most of us know deep down what is good for us what is not. so how do you persuade those who know that but do not act on it to their lifestyle? there is a lot of information for consumers, ifeel there is a lot of information for consumers, i feel that some consumers, i feel that some consumers may not be aware of is the labelling system, which is on packaged foods. this gives us information about the amount of fats and sugars and salt, for example, and sugars and salt, for example, and of those products. and that they can be choosing items that have more green traffic lights on them than red, as these are the healthier options. this is one way that you can use that information to help you to make healthier choices. what

other references still ultra—processed foods that been mentioned in both france and spain suggesting a possible link to early death in poor health. how does that inform the debate? as you alluded to, something that is really important in the design of these two studies that were published and a few others that were published recently with regards to this, we call this observational studies. so the results cannot demonstrate cause and effect, so they cannot demonstrate that these cause particular negative health outcomes. what is problematic is the way ultra processed foods are being classified. the list is quite varied, isn't it was? it might surprise people to see what is on it. is being used here with these studies which is called nova and sub

that defines an ultra processed food is one that contains five or more ingredients and/or additives and this is problematic because it includes a wide variety of foods that we know are less healthy and things such as cakes, biscuits, sweets for example, we should be cutting down on these but if you think aboutjust in terms of the number of ingredients, this also would include items such as package breadth high—fiber breakfast cereals, fruit yoghurt, tomato —based, and packaged soups that might be packaged by soups and beans and we might consider these to be healthy items and encourage people to eat more of, they're being lumped together in this same category. which gets complicated, potentially. it can be unhelpful. so for what consumers can be thinking about more

are the nutrients that are in their foods and those labels that are there to help them to make these decisions stop by to look out for the green lights and do exercise. the headlines on bbc news... a government commissioned review into university funding says tuition fees in england should be cut to £7,500 a year, with grants for poorer students reinstated. a six—year—old boy is airlifted to hospital, afterfalling from a roller—coaster at a theme park, in north yorkshire. a tax on all unhealthy food — that's what the chief medical officer is considering as child obesity levels prove hard to budge. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. hello there, good evening everybody. they have made a victorious start to

the men's cricket world cup as the hosts, they open the tournament against south africa and overcame some setbacks to win by 104 runs, as patrick reports. they always begin with ceremony and choreography, but you cannot plan everything. you could foresee south africa opening with a 40—year—old leg spinner, doing this second ball. johnny zero, time for a strong and stable, one of the biggest hitters stayed grounded, make dutiful 50s but left before the fireworks could start. 0ver make dutiful 50s but left before the fireworks could start. over to the captain to launch a few rockets, he made 57 only to find himself brilliantly extinguished. south africa kept stubbing englishmen out, he was supposed to provide a big finished but met an early end. so ben stokes took over as england's quy: ben stokes took over as england's guy, he made 89, they plan for more but at least it was something to

ball out in england's new man starts at things pretty quickly, he aided on the edge, following in later. taken out on the edge, following in later. ta ken out by on the edge, following in later. taken out by a lone archer, that is why they picked them. south africa 110w why they picked them. south africa now have to chase this, knowing there are dangers in the deep but never expecting something like this. no way! defied physics and surprised even himself, it will be remembered long after they scored and the wickets that finished the match. not everything went to plan, but england and this man have proved that they are flexible. you will not see anything better than that, not in this world cup or maybe even the whole summer because ben stokes a special anyway, but to pull that off to shows the hard work that he puts on the training ground. anyway, i don't care if you're a cricketer

goalkeeper, if you climb onto that, you'll be very happy and those set in the stands behind him, they never thought he would catch it, he might not of thought that either, but it will go down as an all—time classic. the liverpool defender has toward the bbc that he would give up his individual awards to when the champions league final against totte n ha m champions league final against tottenham on saturday. he was named the pfa men's play of the year last month, but he says european football's biggest competition is the price that he really must get his hands on. football is a team game and the other day, if you can get all these personal trophies are the champions league and i would do it in no time. but hopefully, i won't have to. so we just have to do, hopefully we can do it. call admit is that of the french open, forced to retire with a knee injury

in his second match, the british number one was training uruguay‘s player and was to— one down when he called on the trainer before eventually deciding that he could not carry on. the only bridge player left in paris. 0ne left. struggling in herfirst left in paris. 0ne left. struggling in her first match, left in paris. 0ne left. struggling in herfirst match, but left in paris. 0ne left. struggling in her first match, but not in round two, she beat the japanese qualifier in straight sets and will face in the last 16 will stop printing's laura is back to her winning ways the victory in the 1500 metres in the victory in the 1500 metres in the dining league meeting this evening, european champion has been at the third of the westminster model of the weekend and we discovered top form on the track and she proved she was back to her best that she outclassed and four minutes and 5.39 seconds. that is all this but for now but i will be back with a full round up in sports day at

half past ten so i will see you then. president donald trump has launched a fierce personal attack on former special counsel robert mueller, describing him as "totally conflicted". he said the man who led the inquiry into alleged russian interference in the 2016 us election had "wanted to be the fbi director, and i said ‘no”'. president trump made the comments to reporters at the white house. to me, it was the same as the report. there is no obstruction, that's what we're saying. no obstruction, no collusion, no nothing. nothing but a witch hunt. a witch hunt by the media and the democrats, their partners. they keep going, i thought it was finished when the report was released. but it goes on, and the media is the same, he said it was the same as the report. i think he is totally conflicted, as you know, he wanted

to meet the fbi director, and i said no. after he left the fbi, he wasn't happy with what i did. i had to do it because it was the right thing to do. i had a dispute. you look at the relationship, so whether it's club, or life, he was conflicted. he should never have been chosen. he wanted the fbi job, and he didn't get it, and the next day he was meeting the special counsel. 0ur north america editorjon sopel gave his analysis on why president trump chose today to criticise robert mueller. today, it was mixed martial arts with donald trump as he set about with donald trump as he set about with kicks and punches and blows

anywhere he could to land on robert muller? why now? because yesterday, as you said, we heard from robert muller himself in the first time in two years since he started the counciljob two years since he started the council job and we two years since he started the counciljob and we have that statistic on how people who read the report. the will have heard him say that, if we had thought he was innocent, of obstructing justice, we would have said so. that is pretty damning. donald trump fought back in the way he knows best and i was all about reassuring his base by convincing his base that robert muller is a crooked person, not to be trusted, not to be believed, stick with me and my version of events because that is where the truth lies. at that impromptu press conference in front of the white house, the president also had a few words to say about the british politicians he supports. nigel farage is a friend of mine, and boris is my friend. they are good guys and impressive people.

nigel had a big victory, 32% of the vote, starting from nothing. i think they are big powers over there and are doing a good job. rescue teams in the hungarian capital, budapest, say there's little hope of finding any more survivors, after a tour boat sank on the river danube. it's thought 21 people are still missing, after the vessel carrying south korean tourists capsized in a collision with another boat. seven people are confirmed dead. nick thorpe has sent this report from budapest — which does contain some flashing images. the rescue effort continued this morning with little hope of survival for the 21 people still missing. according to eyewitnesses, the mermaid, a 26—metre pleasure boat, capsized and sank within seconds after she was struck by a large river cruiser. video has emerged allegedly showing the incident. translation: what we can

see on the cctv footage is the small boat sailing north, as is the bigger vessel. when they reach the pillars of the margaret bridge, the mermaid turns in front of the viking for some reason, and there was a collision. the mermaid was turned on its side, and within about seven seconds it sank. police and rescue vehicles rushed to the scene. there were 33 south korean tourists on the pleasure boat at the time and two hungarian crew. this is a busy stretch of water often crowded with both large and small craft. weeks of heavy rain and snowmelt upriver in the alps mean the river is swollen and flowing faster than usual, and rescue efforts wese hampered by a continuous downpour. translation: we have 17 units stationed on the shore at different locations. so far, we have hospitalised seven people after their condition had been stabilised, since their body temperature had dropped dangerously.

the ambulance service can confirm the death of seven people. attempts to revive them have been u nfortu nately u nsuccessful. as the investigation starts in earnest, there are many questions to answer — first and foremost about the experience and level of training of the crews. the wreck of the tourist ship must now be raised from the bed of the river. it is expected to contain the bodies of many of the missing. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. we've had quite a mixed weather picture across the uk today. many of us having quite a bit of cloud. we did see some decent sunshine, though, for example in cornwall during the course of the afternoon. but across the northwest of the country, the weather quite grim at times, really. cloudy with outbreaks of rain. and there will be further pulses of rain coming and going as we head through the night—time. across southern parts of the uk,

dry for the most part, if not, a spit of drizzle possible, some mist and fog around the coast. but it's mild, temperatures 13 or 14 degrees. now, friday sees more rain into the north west, so turning wet quickly for northern ireland, the far north of england and particularly in scotland, where we could see a couple of inches of rain building in over the hills, enough to bring some localised surface water flooding and big puddles building up on the roads as the day goes by. so, south of this, any mist and fog tending to lift. cloud breaking and thinning, with some bright or sunny spells through friday, becoming warm and humid where we do see some sunshine. temperatures could reach around 23 or 24 degrees in the warmest spots. that's your weather.

hello, this is bbc news with julian worricker. the headlines: a government—commissioned review into university funding says tuition fees in england should be cut to £7,500 a year, with grants

for poorer students reinstated. a six—year—old boy is airlifted to hospital after falling from a roller—coaster at a theme park in north yorkshire. a tax on all unhealthy food — that's what the chief medical officer is considering as child obesity levels prove hard to budge. more now on our top story as there are calls for university tuition fees in england to be cut. a report commisioned by the government has concluded that fees are too high in universities, and that funding is too low in further education. the report recommends cutting tuitions fees to £7500 from £9250. this will be balanced by extending repayments from 30 to 40 years. the review also calls for the reintroduction of maintenance grants for poorer students, which were scrapped in 2016.

vanessa wilson is the ceo of university alliance, an association of british universities, and joins me now. good evening. good evening. i picked the bullet points there and of those which do you like and which are you sceptical about? first of all, i should say this is a comprehensive report and they did a good job and putting it together. the cut in tuition fees is obviously on the face of it attractive to future students. but we have got some questions that need answering around implementation and if that money is going to be there to plug the gap. we would also welcome the investment into further education which we would accept has been chronically underfunded for a number of years. we would welcome that. back to your first observation with regards to the recommended cut in tuition fees.

you talked about questions you would like answers to, what would they be? i think what people need to understand is the tuition fee only cove rs understand is the tuition fee only covers pa rt of understand is the tuition fee only covers part of the cost related to her student and order to retain our reputation as a wealthy nation in terms of higher education, there is a cost attached to that and we should recognise that. i was sick of the recommendation is to reduce the tuition fee in the report government the government plucks a gap and that is what we will be looking for in terms of an limitation because any cut to finances around that will ultimately harm the student experience further down the line. so universities get as much money in this system is a do in the current one? absolutely. the higher education system, it does cost money and any reduction will have a negative impact on the students and awesomely they are the most important person in all of this.“ the feast to come duck, there is the

additional recommendation of people would have longer to pay the loan back from 30 to 40 years, what are your thoughts they are? well, i think when you look at it, that does not... that seems an awful long way away but i think the recommendation was to reduce the burden on students but again, i think the devil is in the detail on that one. but overall, it does not look entirely attractive if you think you will pay that back into your pension in your 60s. if you think you will pay that back into your pension in your 605.‘ word about further education, you mentioned at the start of the conversation they're destined to be in if this is on that and if this is which many in that centre has been missing up until now for some how much difference could that make? missing up until now for some how much difference could that make ?m the committee determined this difference and i think the panel needs to be applauded for that. further education has been chronically underfunded and as a university and members we are present, further education provides really critical pipeline into higher

education will submit so that is really important that we strengthen that sector. and going forward as a final thought, i realise there are still details to iron out here, but if you go forward five years and say most of this or even all of this is implemented, how does being a student look like to you in five yea rs' student look like to you in five years' time? i think if we are building on the incredible system that we have to dedicate within the whole holistic student experience will be enhanced. it is important that if we can address the recommendations a while why we access, by which we mean insuring more are able to go to university, getan more are able to go to university, get an incredible experience, that we can able people that are from traditionally nonuniversity going backgrounds, that would be an incredible win for the country. thank you very much indeed for coming on. the uk's first 5g mobile network is up and running. if you are a customer of the mobile operator ee in london, cardiff,

belfast, edinburgh, birmingham and manchester, you can now get faster download speeds, but you will need a new handset. vodafone says it plans to switch on the 5g service in the next few weeks. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones looks at what it difference it could make. the centre of birmingham, one of the very few places accelerating away into the 5g future in the first day of its communications revolution. so let's put it through its paces. three, two, one, download. we are downloading an hour—long programme. 0n 5g, it's there injust 16 seconds. 0n 4g, we are waiting for more than two minutes. the truth is that these kind of download speeds are only available in a very small number of places to a tiny number of people who have actually got the 5g handset, but the vision of 5g is that eventually millions of things as well as people will be connected to the mobile internet and that will make our cities a lot smarter.

how will 5g help us get round a city... birmingham lobbied to have early access to 5g, believing a faster network would make all sorts of new services possible. endless opportunities, you know? we are talking about advances in life sciences, we are talking about advances in manufacturing, autonomous vehicles. one example would be connecting ambulances, so having paramedics receive real—time information from consultants to actually help patients on the ground. that is life—saving and life—changing. but 5g is launching with a cloud over it called huawei. equipment from the controversial chinese firm is key to the ee network, and there is concern about the threat to such vital infrastructure. if the 56 network went down, an entire neighbourhood or even city could go down. we are talking businesses, we're talking hospitals, we're talking public transport — all of it, down. meanwhile, less than 20 miles from birmingham, the village of meriden dreams not to 5g but of getting even the most

basic mobile connection. just can't get a signal inside the house. some places can get 5g, you at least expect 4g in every area now, wouldn't you? in this day and age. the 5g revolution has started, but it could take three years or more to reach beyond the cities to everyone. rory cellan—jones, bbc news, birmingham. it is received wisdom that younger people benefit the most from the latest technical advancements but could pensioners relate. john k has more. where would you like to go today? the picnic area please. this duo is all for a drive. but without

a driver. in the grant of their retirement village, they are testing a computer operated vehicle. this is amazing. it really is. they do not know how much longer they will be able to drive him he could this help them get out and socialise? this is them get out and socialise? this is the future. it is the future, look at what we are coming up to. sensors detect hazards. that was a short stop. automatic working then prevents accidents. was it scary?“ was not. it was exhilarating rather than scary. did you trust. idea