bath spa university has defended its decision to give its departing vice chancellor £808,000 in pay andafter the vice—chancellor at neighbouring bath university announced she was resigning, following controversy over her pay. adina campbell reports. known for its popular teacher training courses, bath spa university prides itself as one of the uk's leading creative institutions. it's also one of the country's smallest universities, but it's now been revealed that payments to its departing vice chancellor, professor christina slade, are thought to be the highest in the university sector, reigniting anger about excessive vice chancellor play. £800,000 for a former vice chancellor is outrageous, and for bath spa university to be paying this shows they are accountable to nobody in effect. we need an independent enquiry into vice chancellors' pay and, until that's done, i think the government should impose a done, i think the government should imposea cap done, i think the government should impose a cap of no more than £200,000 for any vice chancellor per year. bath spa university said it pa

the accounts of bath spa university show that its departing vice—chancellor, professor christina slade more than £800,000 last year in pay and benefits. ten days ago, the vice—chancellor of bath university announced she would step down in 2019 after complaints from students and staff about her pay. the university and college union said the pay and pensions of some senior staff made them look greedy and out of touch. a fast—moving wildfire in southern california has hit the us state's main costal highway and reached the pacific ocean according to firefighters tackling the blaze. the homes of more than 150,000 people have been evacuated in an area north of los angeles and hundreds of buildings have been damaged. strong winds are expected to further hinder efforts to contain the fire which is still endangering some 12,000 properties. the australian parliament has passed a bill to legalise same—sex marriage. the bill was passed after a long debate in which more than 100 mps spoke. the vote follows a referendum earlier this year, which showed a majority of people support the change. 0ur syd

christina slade received nearly half a million in pounds as a "loss of office" payment from bath spa universityy over her pay. ministerjoejohnson has ministerjoe johnson has promised excessive payments will be brought under control. adina campbell reports. known for its popular teacher—training courses, bath spa university prides itself as one of the uk‘s leading creative institutions. it‘s also one of the country‘s smallest universities, but it‘s now been revealed that payments to its departing vice chancellor, professor christina slade, are thought to be the highest in the university sector, reigniting anger about excessive vice chancellor play. £800,000 for a former vice chancellor is outrageous, and for bath spa university to be paying this sum shows that they are accountable to nobody, in effect. we need an independent enquiry into vice chancellors‘ pay and, until that‘s done, i think the government should impose a cap of no more than £200,000 for any vice chancellor per year. bath spa university said it paid professor slade a sum which reflected her contractual and statutory entitlements,

the departing vice chancellor of bath spa university received £808,000 last year in pay and benefits.na slade wasn't the highest paid vice chancellor in the uk. from next year, universities in england will have to justify pay of more than £150,000. the labour peer, lord adonis, is calling for an independent inquiry into senior university pay. the royal navy's new aircraft carrier hms queen elizabeth will be commissioned into service later today. the queen will be guest of honour at the ceremony which marks the carrier's official handover to the navy. the ship is the most expensive in british naval history, costing around £3 billion to build. it won't be operational until 2021, but its captain says today marks an important milestone. it is symbolic. it formally recognises her as a warship legally. but for us it is more than that. it says here we are. we have arrived. this says a lot about the country. the flag has been flying in the service of the country for many yea rs. service of the country for many years. for us, it is a magnificent day, a very proud day, and, yeah, it isa day, a

bath spa university is the latest to be caught in the controversy after it emerged that its vice chancellorr the office for students will tackle the issue. here's our education editor, branwen jeffreys. bath spa is one of the smallest universities, proud of a tradition of art and design, but it onlyjust gets into the top 100 despite the efforts of its last vice chancellor, professor christina slade. the new residences will be built on glorious parklands just outside the city of bath. we are ready for the future. bath spa gave professor slade a golden goodbye, today it said £429,000 was value for money — the total of more than 800,000 her legal entitlement — but universities face growing pressure to explain. i do find some of these very large figures hard to understand but there may be a justification. i'm not convinced that the right benchmark is chief executive salaries in the private sector. i think universities are still different in many key respects from private sector companies. sunshine and higher pay, that's what australian universities offer to run an elite institution, around half

the accounts of bath spa university show its departing vice chancellor, professor christine slade, received benefits. ten days ago, the chancellor are the other university in the city announced she would step down in 2019 after complaints from stu d e nts down in 2019 after complaints from students and staff about their pay. the university college union said the pay and pensions of some senior staff made them look greedy and out of touch. research suggests there has been a stark increase in childhood obesity. a study of nearly 12,000 children found 25% were overweight or obese at age seven, rising to 35% at age 11. campaigners are calling for more action on weight issues in younger children. it is time for a look at the weather forecast. let's get the latest with simon king. hello. we have a lot going on at the moment. storm caroline across the far north of scotla nd caroline across the far north of scotland will give gusts of wind up to 80-90 scotland will give gusts of wind up to 80—90 mph in the far north, and in the northern isles, and amber warning in force to be prepared for damage an