helen briggs has more.l can't vote, serve on a jury, or, as it turns out, win a prize to train as a gardener. this box revealed the prize that had been won but never given for one simple reason — the winner was a woman. clearly a very determined young woman. she's entered this exam, she's done well and she claims her rightful prize. she single—handedly has sent the rhs into a bit of a tailspin. her name was miss harrison, and after getting top marks, she should have been given the equivalent of £5,000 and a training scholarship, but that never happened. scrawled over a document, the words of reverend william wilkes, then—leader of the rhs, "it was never contemplated that a female might claim the scholarship." although she may not personally have succeeded, she's chip—chip—chipping away at that sense that women can't do these things. if she'd been awarded that prize today, she would have trained here at rhs wisley, and who knows where her career might have taken her. a picture's starting to emerge of the mys

helen briggs, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. weekend across the country. cool and bright for some, cool and wet for others. rain across the south. so not especially cold here. degrees, a little colder in the countryside in scotland. for many northern areas through tomorrow morning. clearing away from the south—east by lunch time. with that, for a time, pretty gusty north and northwesterly winds. in the northwest. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... theresa may's proposals work. in liverpool saying theirs in the party of equality. # gertcha! #. chas and dave, has died. he was 7a and being treated for cancer. now on bbc news, it's time for click. with my face on his shirt. india — a technology superpower in waiting. 2 billion people here are aged 35 or under. and start—ups. we haven't yet been able to bring the world to india. so it is high time we put that right. setting of bikaner house, new delhi. new delhi! thank you for having us! are you well? c

helen briggs has more. still can't vote, or as it turned out, train as a gardener. turned out, train as a gardener. been won, but never given, for one simple reason. the winner was a woman. woman. clearly a very determined young woman. young woman. single—handedly has sent the rhs into a bit of a tailspin. into a bit of a tailspin. training scholarship, but never happened. happened. of william wilkes, the leader of the rhs. rhs. that a female might claim the scholarship. scholarship. chip, chip, chip, chipped away at the idea women can do these things. the idea women can do these things. and who knows where her career might have taken her? have taken her? a picture is starting to emerge of the mysterious miss harrison. the mysterious miss harrison. gardening, from the names and orders of plants to growing fruit. of plants to growing fruit. hard to imagine women being excluded. —— student gardeners. makes me feel very frustrated and angry. angry. we still need to go further to make sure you're one is include

helen briggs has more.prize to train asa or, as it turns out, win a prize to train as a gardener. word this box revealed the prize that had been won but never given for one simple reason, but winner was a woman. clearly a very determined young woman. she's entered this exam, she's done well and she claims her rightful prize. she single—handedly has sent the rhs into a bit of a tailspin. her name was miss harrison, and after getting top marks, she should have been given the equivalent of £5,000 and a training scholarship, but that never happened. scrawled over the document the words of reverend william wilkes, then leader of the rhs, it was never contemplated that a female might claim the scholarship. although she may not personally have succeeded, she's chip, chip, chipping away at that sense that women can't do these things. chipping away at that sense that women can't do these thingsm she'd been awarded that prize today, she'd been awarded that prize today, she would have trained here at rhs wisley, and w

helen briggs, bbc news. she went with me. a record rate of 250 every month. the banking alliance, link, says they're being phased out because we're taking out less cash. here's our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. —— the actress fenella fielding has died at the age of 90. iam afraid i am afraid my brother is resting. perhaps you'd better come in the. —— perhaps you'd better come in. she was best known for her sultry image, husky voice and comedy roles, in a career spanning seven decades she also took on major stage roles in plays by shakespeare and henry james. the time is 12 minutes past six. the thing that you call fungi —— keep fung in is called a fungorian. —— fungarian. it is definitely fungi. i tell you who is eight fungi, jimmy anderson! victory over india was secured, alistair cooke had a brilliant day and yesterday, just at the end, just aboutjimmy. he has been an incredible player over the years for england. lots of people saying test cricket, is that the format to take it forward? certainly in this c

helen briggs has more.n juries, 01’ as still cannot vote, serve on juries, or as it turns out, wind a prize to train asa or as it turns out, wind a prize to train as a gardener. this 0x revealed the prize that had been won but never given, for one simple reason. “— but never given, for one simple reason. —— box. but never given, for one simple reason. -- box. the winner was a woman. clearly a very determined young woman. she has entered this exam, she did well, and she claims her rightful prize. she single—handedly sent the rhs into a bit of a tailspin. her name was miss harrison, and after getting top marks, she should have been given the equivalent of £5,000 and a training scholarship. but that's never happened. scrawled over the document, the words of reverend wilkes, then leader of the rhs, it was never contemplated that a female might claim the scholarship. although she might not personally have succeeded, she is chipping away at that sense that women cannot do these things. if she had been awarded a p

helen briggs.rked out this could only be humans hunting them and butchering them for meat. 10,000 yea rs butchering them for meat. 10,000 years ago on madagascar. but this raises many questions. one of which humans were not meant to be there at the time, so the evidence we have suggests that humans arrived on madagascar, settle their up to 4000 yea rs madagascar, settle their up to 4000 years ago. so some very strange evidence coming up there, which raises lots of questions. how did the elephant bird live? do we know what whether it was hunted? we know it was hunted by humans. it was a flig htless it was hunted by humans. it was a flightless bird, so very much like an emu or ostrich, very long way. it would have been very vulnerable to hunting. you can see here the marks on the bones where these were the zhang leg bones of the birds. it would have been fantastic meat for humans. giant leg bones. also the eggs. we knew that humans stole their eggs, derek massive, about 150, equivalent of 150 chicken

helen briggs, bbc news. they say funky, i say fun guy.ay be down to three, four orfive. across england and wales tomorrow, a chilly and bright start with sunshine but clouding over in northern england later with patchy rain. that rain moving out of northern ireland and scotland, the far north seeing a mix of sunshine and blustery showers and a distinctly cool feel. to the weekend, things in the south turning warmer and quite humid. further north and west, some wind and rain at times. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: conservative mps opposed to theresa may‘s brexit plans have denied they are trying to force her out, despite openly discussing a leadership challenge last night the eurosceptic tory mps also say a hard border between the uk and ireland could be avoided after brexit using established technology. critics say it‘s nothing new. russian president vladimir putin says his government has found the two russians suspected of the sailsbury poisoning and that there‘s nothing special about them, they‘re civilians, not criminals. it‘

helen briggs has more. the turn of the century. queen victoria is on the throne, but women still cannot vote, serve onjuries, or — as it turns out — win a prize to train as a gardener. this box revealed the prize that had been won but never given, for one simple reason. the winner was a woman. clearly a very determined young woman. she has entered this exam, she did well, and she claims her rightful prize. she single—handedly sent the rhs into a bit of a tailspin. her name was miss harrison, and after getting top marks, she should have been given the equivalent of £5,000 and a training scholarship. but that never happened. scrawled over the document, the words of reverend wilks, then leader of the rhs: "it was never contemplated that a female might claim the scholarship." although she might not personally have succeeded, she is chip, chip, chipping away at that sense that women cannot do these things. if she had been awarded a prize today she would have trained here at rhs wisley, and who knows where her career might have taken her