alex david sillito reports.nks for tuning in... that list was the trigger for the letter today, publishing the bbc‘s highest—paid stars. in the top 20 names was only one woman. the best paid men were being paid more than twice what the top women were earning. this open letter to the papers said that this week‘s annual report confirmed what many have long suspected, that women were being paid suspected, that women were being pa id less suspected, that women were being paid less than men for the same work. on the whole, i think it is fantastic that so many wonderful women have been prepared to put their head above the parapet. we got stick, we knew we would, that was why it would never be an easy thing to do. but it isn‘tjust about, it is not about, getting whacking great pay rises for women who are already well paid. it is about pay parity and getting then is for everybody. the letter today says that the bbc has known about the pay disparity for years, we want to go on record to call upon you to act now. women‘s

david sillito, bbc news. james burford has all the sport. he was in stunning form on the back nine of his final round to finish on 12 under, three ahead of fellow american matt kuchar. china's li haotong was third on six under, with northern ireland's rory mcilroy tied for fourth a shot further back. ben croucher watched the action. he started the day leading, finished it winning, and the bit in the middle... if only it were that simple. jordan spieth's three shot lead had evaporated by the time he reached the 13th, that is his ball in the shrubbery. miraculously he walked away with a bogey, out of the lead. another spieth final—round meltdown. arnold palmer once said, success depends less on strength of body and more on strength of mind. when many minds might have been melted, spieth unscrambled to work wonderful display. his tee shot at the next hole nearly went in. after that, that never looked like missing. birdie, eagle, two more birdies followed in the next two holes. he turns 24 on thursday with a third major title. the only other man

david sillito, bbc news. — are covered in tomorrow‘s front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the author and broadcaster, natalie haynes and rob merrick, deputy political editor at the independent. there have been injuries. no confirmation at the moment of what is going on from thejordanian authorities, but the area around the embassy is now the scene of what is described as a major security operation. this is coming after a lot of trouble recently as quite a few deaths injuries on. and travel around the mosque. israeli authorities taking action which has proved unpopular with a lot of palestinians. we will bring you the latest on that, an attack said to have happened on the israeli embassy in the jordanian capital. a 20—year—old man has died after being apprehended by a police officer in an east london shop. the metropolitan police said the man was followed on foot after officers tried to stop a car in hackney yesterday. they say he was taken ill after a

our media correspondent david sillito reports.xjones of the one show, mishal husain and sue barker, more than a0 of the most famous female presenters at the bbc, calling on the corporation to act now to end its gender pay gap. good morning, friends, thanks for tuning in... that list was the trigger for the letter today, publishing the bbc‘s highest—paid stars. in the top 20 names was only one woman. the best paid men were being paid more than twice what the top women were earning. this open letter to the papers said that this week's annual report confirmed what many have long suspected, that women were being paid less than men for the same work. 0n the whole, i think it is fantastic that so many wonderful women have been prepared to put their head above the parapet. we've got stick, we knew we would get stick, that was why it would never be an easy thing to do. but it isn'tjust about, in fact it is not about getting whacking great pay rises for women who are already well paid. it is about pay parity and getting fairness for everyb

david sillito, bbc news.o professor lis howell, from city university london, she's a journalist and who's worked for the bbc, sky and itn, and has conducted research on women in broadcasting. she said the gender pay gap was a problem right across the news industry. this is clearly, in a sense, that keep off the us but. throughout the industry there is a bias against women and interestingly and not yet flagged up, the actual number of women on screen is flagged up, the actual number of women on screen is really quite limited compared to the number of men. so it is notjust the rich want at the top, being annoyed because they are not paid enough, but absolutely everybody is a fact that by this discrimination. if you look at some of the programmes, over a 2a—hour period there is a dominance of men. the newsroom behind me here, it seems to be more or less an even balance. it is really an on screen problem? in topical, factual programmes, it has more men than women and the entry level in newsroom is you have an equ

david sillito, bbc news. 0ur media editor amol rajan is here.ant to do this and had its reservations. 0ne wonders what the longer term ramifications of this might be. the politics of it out of bad making. as you say, the bbc didn't want to do this. they fought a strong fight against the government saying they shouldn't be forced to make disclosures. they said this was going to be inflationary and would lead to pay rises and that it would also be a poacher ‘s charter, and that people would sweep in other bbc‘s talent. if that doesn't happen over the coming weeks and months, the government would say the bbc made these arguments, but that hasn't happened and they may say that it was a good thing and they we re that it was a good thing and they were lower the transit —— the threshold next year. based on the conversation i have had here at the bbc and at westminster, i would say this is the start of a pretty long ordealfor the this is the start of a pretty long ordeal for the corporation. thank you very much. you can see the full list of salaries, pu

david sillito, bbc news.y continue their tour of poland and germany. the royal couple have met five holocaust survivors at stutthof, near gdansk, where 65,000 people were killed during world war ii. daniela relph reports. the duke and duchess signed the visitors book at the site, which is now run as a museum. this afternoon, the couple will travel to gdansk and its famous shipyard, birthplace of the solidarity movement, which helped to end communist rule in poland. england's women cricketers are hoping to reach their second final in three attempts at the world cup. they started their semifinal against south africa this morning in bristol, following a winning streak — they've won their last six games in the tournament. the winner will take on either australia or india in the final at lord's on sunday. here's our sports correspondent, patrick gearey. 169 years ago today, w g grace was born, the father of international cricket. now, the ground he bought is hosting the women's world cup, introducing the next gene

david sillito, bbc news. 0ur media editor amol rajan is here.nces of this disclosure? well, as the excellent report went into, this is in essence a list of names and numbers and first of all people will take these numbers and say, oh my goodness, this person is paid this much, that's shocking. then they will question whether this report is complete because there are lots of people not on this list because they're paid by independent production companies and some people on the list like graham norton who get lots of money from the bbc because they are also paid by independent production companies. the broader issues are about gender equality. is the bbc in 2017 doing nearly enough to make sure its top on their and on—screen talent getting paid the same as men? people said this will cause people to us the pay rises and other broadcasters will try to sweep in for this talent. if that doesn't happen, maybe next year's annual report will get even more numbers and even more transparency. a big clean—up operation is taking place in cornwall after flash

david sillito, bbc news.from city university london, she‘s a journalist and who‘s worked for the bbc, sky and itn, and has conducted research on women in broadcasting. before we get on to talk about the bbc case yet again, it must be said, this is an industrywide thing, is it not? absolutely. this is the tip of the iceberg. throughout the broadcasting industry there is a bias against women, that is obvious. interestingly not yet flagged up, the actual number of women you see on screen, on air, it‘s really quite limited compared to the number of men. if you look across the border all programmes, it‘s notjust the rich ones at the top, being annoyed because they are not paid enough. absolutely everybody involved in broadcasting is affected by this discrimination, particularly contributors on air. if you look at some of the programmes you see on all sorts of channels, you will a lwa ys all sorts of channels, you will always find over a 2a—hour period that there is a dominance of men, contributors and appearing ge

david sillito, bbc news.tirement age to 68 — it means anyone currently aged between 39 and a7 will have to work a year longer. the salaries of the bbc's top—earning stars are revealed — just a third of those earning over £150,000 are women. residents of a cornish village begin the clean—up, a day after being hit by devastating flash floods. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good advice hello. england and scotla nd good advice hello. england and scotland have been playing for around half an hour in the women's european championship group again, it is all going the way mark sampson's side so far. jodie taylor raced away and gave england the lead after just ten raced away and gave england the lead afterjust ten minutes. taylor was on hand a few minutes ago to add a second goal after some hesitancy in the scotland defence. a long day back —— way back for scotland, even longer a minute ago. ellen white made it 3—0. celtic have clinched a place in the third round of the champions league. tha

david sillito, bbc news. flooding. we can show you some pictures that have been sent in from coverack. you can see a torrent of water raging through the village. a village of about 250 homes, that is what we we re about 250 homes, that is what we were told. according to one eyewitness, the village has suffered biblical damage after flash flooding this afternoon. jon kay is there and will bring us more throughout the evening. in the film jurassic park, the t—rex outruns a jeep. but dinosaurs may not be the ferociously fast predators we've all seen in the films. researchers from the university of manchester think t—rex may have been, less a hare and more a tortoise. earlier i spoke with professor bill sellers is from the school of earth and environmental sciences at the university of manchester one of the researchers behind the study. what we reckoned was that you couldn't actually get t rex to go faster than a walk. but of course, t rex had really long legs, so a walking t rex can go at around 12 mph. so no sl

david sillito, bbc news. 0ur correspondent nick higham is outside bbc‘s broadcasting house here in centralnder gap, yes. the bbc confessed yesterday in advance of the publication of these figures was there was a big gender gap, two thirds of the names on this list are men, one third are women. by and large the men get paid a good deal more, the highest—paid woman claudia winkleman is on £450,000, the highest—paid man is chris evans on to 2p. the bbc has taken that on the chin and it is inevitable there will be negotiations over the next few months between some of these stars and their agents and the bbc who will want to push up their salaries either because as a woman they feel they have fallen behind a male collea g u es they have fallen behind a male colleagues or because whether male 01’ colleagues or because whether male orfemale colleagues or because whether male or female they look at some of the else they think is doing a similar job and say why they getting paid more than me and that was one reason why the bbc was reluctant to publish these figures because it thought it would be in

david sillito looks back at his life.n in 1972, a slightly stiff and nervous new tv presenter, barry norman. ...who then went on to 26 years of the film programme. his father was the producer and director leslie norman, and his relaxed style, shrewd opinions and comfy jumpers were perfect for the late—night movie show. is this superstardom you now have, is this going to change your life at all? no dear, i‘ve had my change of life. to meet you, ijust have to make a movie. that‘s right. ijust have to go up and like spend $55 million... he came over on the screen, quite rightly, as a man who really knew his subject, an expert, a man who knew what he was talking about. and somebody said this very day, a very serious man. i said, no, not when you were with him. he liked people, he was gregarious, he loved a laugh. oh boy, i miss him. hello, and why not? that, in a sense, is why it's there. or is it? who cares? he even had the honour of a spitting image puppet, but that alleged catchphrase and "why not" was that creation of the

david sillito reports. they are part of everyday life for millions.tars were allowed to keep their pay deals private. no longer. the government wants greater openness, and so today, the bbc will publish the details of 96 of its highest—paid stars. the details of 96 of its highest-paid stars. the bbc is in the unique position of being funded by the licence fee payer. i think is reasonable license fee payer understands where that money is spent, and particularly on significant and high salaries. when someone at the corporation is more than the prime minister, i think it is reasonable we understand what they do. the corporation tried to resist the move, saying staff pay has been falling over the last few yea rs, has been falling over the last few years, despite increasing competition from new media rivals. we're ina competition from new media rivals. we're in a very competitive market, not just with we're in a very competitive market, notjust with itn and sky, but now with netflix, with amazon, with all sorts of west coast companies. and what we have man

our media correspondent david sillito reports.lexjones of the one show, michel husein, sue barker, three of more than a0 famous names calling on the bbc to act now on its gender pay gap. this open letter to the papers says that this week's annual report confirmed what many had long suspected, that women were being paid less than men for the same work. on the whole i think it is fantastic that so many wonderful women have been prepared to stick their head above the parapet. we have got stick, we knew we were going to get stick, that is why it was never going to be an easy thing to do. but it is not about getting whacking great pay rises for women who are already well paid. it is about pay parity and getting fairness for everybody. on the list revealed this week the 20 highest—paid male stars received more than £12 million. the top 20 women less than half that. this, they say, is not a call for more pay, it is a demand for fair pay, the letter saying the bbc has known about the pay disparity for years. "we all want to go on the reco

david sillito looks back at his life.onight, joseph losey talks about the assassination of trotsky... it began in 1972, a slightly stiff and nervous new tv presenter, barry norman. ...who then went on to 26 years of the film programme. his father was the producer and director leslie norman, and his relaxed style, shrewd opinions and comfy jumpers were perfect for the late—night movie show. is this superstardom you now have, is this going to change your life at all? no dear, i've had my change of life. to meet you, ijust have to make a movie. that's right. ijust have to go up and like spend $55 million. good evening, or rather, where you are, good morning. he came over on the screen, quite rightly, as a man who really knew his subject, an expert, a man who knew what he was talking about. and somebody said this very day, a very serious man. i said, no, not when you were with him. he liked people, he was gregarious, he loved a laugh. oh boy, i miss him. hello, and why not? that, in a sense, is why it's there. or is it? who c

facing increased competition from companies such as facebook and netflix. 0ur arts correspondent, david sillitootjust programmes as well, all sorts of new interactive content. for instance, when you have these voice user interface computers where you can talk to them, can you talk to the bbc? will the bbc characters be able to talk back? all this will be developed. it is the amount of time that children are not watching tv, down by more than a quarter over the last six years. one in four children still watch cbbc every week but 70% are watching youtube and many say it is their favourite media are watching youtube and many say it is theirfavourite media brand are watching youtube and many say it is their favourite media brand so the bbc has to respond to all of this. a massive change, anyone who has kids knows how different it is now to when they were young but the problem is the amount of money. your pocket but going from 110 million to 124 million, an extra 15 million more you can look at netflix and of them are spending on content, not just children's content but overall, 8 billion a year spe

david sillito looks back at his life. good evening. of trotsky... it began in 1972, a slightly stiff and nervous new tv presenter, barry norman. ...who then went on to 26 years of the film programme. his father was the producer and director leslie norman, and his relaxed style, shrewd opinions and comfy jumpers were perfect for the late—night movie show. is this superstardom you now have, is this going to change your life at all? no dear, i've had my change of life. to meet you, ijust have to make a movie. that's right. ijust have to go up and like spend $55 million... good evening, or rather, where you are, good morning and welcome to the 70th oscars celebrations here at the shrine auditorium in downtown los angeles. bbc, barry norman, i can't believe it! barry norman's here. this is it, the bbc. he came over on the screen, quite rightly, as a man who really knew his subject, an expert, a man who knew what he was talking about. and somebody said this very day, a very serious man. i said, no, not when you were with him. he liked people

david sillito looks back at his life. good evening. the assassination of trotsky... it began in 1972. a slightly stiff and nervous new tv presenter, barry norman. who then went on to 26 years of the film programme. his father was the producer and director, leslie norman, and his relaxed style, shrewd opinions and comfy jumpers were perfect for the late—night movie show. is this superstardom you now have, is is going to change your life at all? no, dear. i've had my change of life. to meet you, ijust have to make another movie! ijust have to go out and spend $65 million! good evening, or rather, where you are, good morning. he could be witty and waspish but off—screen he was rather less serious, according to one of his close friends. he came over on the screen, quite rightly, as a man who really knew his subject. an expert, a man he knew what he was talking about. and somebody said this very day, a very serious man? i said no. not when you were with him. he liked people, he was gregarious, he loved to laugh. oh, boy, i'll miss him. hell

general, lord hall, says the bbc has to go further and faster on equality. 0ur arts correspondent david sillitort of everyday life for millions, but, until today, the bbc‘s stars were allowed to keep their pay deals private. no longer. the government wants greater openness, and so today the bbc will publish the details of 96 of its highest—paid stars. the bbc is in the unique position of being funded by the licence fee payer. i think it's reasonable the license fee payer understands where that money is spent, and particularly on significant and high salaries. when someone at the corporation earns more than the prime minister, i think it is reasonable we understand what they do. the corporation tried to resist the move, saying staff pay has been falling over the last few years, despite increasing competition from new media rivals. we're in a very competitive market, notjust with itn and sky, but now with netflix, with amazon, with all sorts of west coast companies. and what we have managed to do is to always pay our talent at a discount to the market. we never paid top rates. people come here be

here's our media correspondent, david sillito. 0ven pride, so easy a man can do it! standards authority is looking at tightening up its rules on how men and women are portrayed in adverts. women, don't expect any help on a thursday. it's going to be ok for an ad to show a woman shopping or cleaning, it's going to be ok for an ad to show a man doing the diy task in the home. what we're you going to be looking at is at that go beyond, that paint a picture that it is, for example, the woman's role to tidy up after her family, who trashed the house, that's herjob in life. we're worried about that sort of depiction. similarly, ads that might mock men for being hopelessly performing straightforward parent or household tasks just because they're a man. "look like a girl but think like a man if you want to be the boss." or this... "are you beach body ready?" the asa's concerns are about stereotypes or ads that pressurise women and men to look and act in a certain way. of course, things have changed since then he has produced this. the question is, what is the dividing line?

salaries, saying the corporation has to work in a very competitive market. 0ur media correspondent david sillitoy lineker of match of the day is the second highest—paid star in the bbc. behind him is graham norton. but at number one, it's chris evans on £2.2 million for presenting on radio 2 and top gear. there was a little crowd of reporters waiting as he left work today. we are the ultimate public company, i think. and therefore i think it's probably on balance, right and proper that people know what we get paid. and here are the details. gary lineker‘s deal is heading towards £1.8 million. radio 2'sjeremy vine takes home just under £750,000. huw edwards earns between £550,000-£599,000. and john humphrys from the today programme and mastermind gets almost £650,000, and today he was the one facing the tough questions. what do i do? on paper, absolutely nothing that justifies that huge amount of money. if you compare me with lots of other people who do visible... if a doctor saves a child's life, or if a nurse comforts a dying person. however, we operate in a market place. i think i provide a fa

here's our media correspondent, david sillito. oven pride, so easy a man can do it!king at tightening up its rules on how men and women are portrayed in adverts. women, don't expect any help on a thursday. it's going to be ok for an ad to show a woman shopping or cleaning. it's going to be ok for an ad to show a man doing a diy task in the home. what we're going to be looking at is ads that go beyond that, ads that paint a picture that it's, for example, the woman's role to tidy up after her family, who trashed the house — that's herjob in life. we're worried about that sort of depiction. similarly, ads that might mock men for being hopeless at performing straightforward parental or household tasks just because they're a man. "look like a girl but think like a man if you want to be the boss." or this... "are you beach body ready?" the asa's concerns are about stereotypes or ads that pressurise women and men to look and act in a certain way. of course, things have changed since an era that produced this. the question is, what is the dividing line? how can such a prett

salaries, saying the corporation had to work in a very competitive market. 0ur media correspondent david sillitoop stars are no longer a secret. thank you very much! graham norton received more than £850,000. the final day of the premier league... gary lineker‘s deal takes him over £1.75 million. how do you feel about bbc talent salaries being published? but top of the bbc pay list, chris evans. £2.2 million. we are the ultimate public company, i think. and therefore i think it is probably on balance right and proper that people know what we get paid. where is everyone ? the best paid bbc actor is derek thompson, charlie from casualty, with more than £350,000. other actors paid by independent companies do not appear. also some stars such as graham norton also have deals not on the list with independent firms. but it does give a snapshot of the level of top pay. more than £700,000 forjeremy vine, stephen nolan from bbc ulster, more than £400,000. however, the bbc says it has been cutting top pay, dropping more than 10% over the last 12 months. we are constantly working at ensuring that we get the

david sillito, bbc news.amp as they continue their tour of poland and germany. our royal correspondent peter hunt reports from stutthof concentration camp. i'm afraid there is something wrong with that report. let's get our weather update. here is chris, i hope. they will be a change in the weather across south—west england, across parts of devon, cornwall and dorset. the highest temperatures are to the west of london, peaking at 28—29dc. warmerfor west of london, peaking at 28—29dc. warmer for scotland, overnight, storms driving down into parts of england and wales. storms varying a lot from place to place, some areas picking up half a month's of rainfall. power supplies could be affected and transport disrupted. further storms on wednesday, it might ease off for a time, but nasty in wales and northern england. temperatures peaking into the low 30s in eastern england. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the chief inspector of prisons has given a stark warning that the decline in youth centres in englan

salaries, saying the corporation had to work in a very competitive market. 0ur media correspondent david sillito stars are no longer a secret. thank you very much! graham norton received more than £850,000. the final day of the premier league... gary lineker‘s deal takes him over £1.75 million. how do you feel about bbc talent salaries being published? but top of the bbc pay list, chris evans — £2.2 million. we are the ultimate public company, i think. and therefore i think that it is probably on balance right and proper that people know what we get paid. where is everyone ? the best paid bbc actor is derek thompson, charlie from casualty, with more than £350,000. other actors paid by independent companies don't appear. also some stars such as graham norton also have deals not on the list with independent firms. but it does give a snapshot of the level of top pay. more than £700,000 forjeremy vine, stephen nolan from bbc ulster, more than £a00,000. however, the bbc says it has been cutting top pay, dropping more than 10% over the last 12 months. we are constantly working at ensuring that we get

david sillito looks back at his life. good evening... tonight the assassination of trotsky...on of trotsky. .. it began in 1972, a slightly stiff and nervous tv presenter, barry norman. who then went on to 26 years of the film programme. his father was the producer and the director, lesley norman, and his relaxed style, shrewd opinions and comfyjumpers we re shrewd opinions and comfyjumpers were the perfect situation for the night show. is this going to change your style at all? no, i've had my change of life! i just at all? no, i've had my change of life! ijust have to go out and spend $65. good evening from downtown los angeles. barry norman's here! this is it, bbc! he came over on the screen, rightly, as a man who really new his subject, an expert, who knew what he was talking about. and somebody to this very day, a very serious man but no, not when you we re serious man but no, not when you were with him. he liked people. he was gregarious, he loved a laugh. 0h, was gregarious, he loved a laugh. oh, boy, i miss him! he even had the honour of a spitting image puppet but the

100 years on, david sillito has been to find out.otograph with the five little fairies in front of her. 100 years, it is unbelievable. 100 years since that photograph was taken. so this is the plate. it is a strange feeling holding these glass plates of little frances griffiths and the ferries. it was her cousin elsie who took them, and years later admitted they we re them, and years later admitted they were a hoax —— fairies. it was the elsie a bit of fun, but not for frances she was a very honest person, and she really said it spoiled her life. and the pictures taken by the stream in 1917 caused a sensation. sir arthur conan doyle, author of sherlock holmes, for they we re author of sherlock holmes, for they were proof that fairies really existed. when the hoax was revealed, frances was upset. suddenly of ron thought that all of it was made up. what they ignored was that frances maintained she had seen fairies, and that this photograph was not a fake. are you not embarrassed to say i believe in fairies? no, because i do believe in