easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are amongst those who have disclosed that they pay women, on averageout sunderland 2—0. fleetwood helped leicester to a goalless draw. the latest scores are on the bbc website. australia are in control after the third day of the final test in sydney. they lead england by 133 runs with six wickets in hand. and 16—year—old james bowen has become the youngest jockey to and 16—year—old james bowen has become the youngestjockey to win the welsh national. he rode the 16—1 outsider at chepstow this afternoon. a full update at around 5:30pm. see you then. two passengerjets have collided on the ground at a toronto airport. one of the planes caught fire but there are no reports of serious injuries. it‘s the second such collision at toronto pearson international in five months. bill hayton reports. concern — but then panic... after the collision, fire breaks out. passengers begin to scream, while the crew call on them to remain seated. all of a sudden there was fuel all over the wing and then about a second or two later, not even a second, it‘s kind of all ignite

shares in bookmakers william hill and ladbrokes coral slumped yesterday on reports that the maximum betrom £100 to just £2. richard hunter is head of markets at interactive investor. richard, talk us through this. the government says we need to clamp down on problem gambling. this is the way they think they can do it by reducing the amount people can spend. it is around fixed odds betting terminals which are in place in shops around the country. at the moment the maximum stake is £100. there has been a government consultation is it will be curcts but it could be anywhere between £2 and £50 which is an extremely large spread. there was a report in a newspaper at the weekend suggesting that actually it was the £2 end of the spectrum that we should be expecting and so the share prices of the likes of ladbrokes and coral and william hill took a beating. the estimation is should this go through, ie the £2 level it could ta ke through, ie the £2 level it could take around 25% of both of their revenues. it is an emotive issue this, isn't it? clearly the betting firms are ones that really cash

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are among the major employers who've revealed that they pay womentions which employ more than 250 workers must publish theirfigures. more than 500 have done so. another 8,000 have until april to reveal the data or risk being fined under a new law intended to tackle workplace discrimination. sarah russell is a solicitor specialising in discrimination at work. she's also a labour councillor on manchester city council, and joins us from our salford studio. thanks for being with us this lunchtime. let me ask you first of all, these figures are not about the same pay for the same work. they reflect differences within an organisation. what do you think that tells us about the state of employment at the moment and the gender differences that still exist? in some respects relatively little, so if you look at the easyjet report, they have provided the information they are required to by law and not a jot more, so it is two sides of a four paper with a big craft taking up plenty of space, so ina craft taking up plenty of space, so in a sense this tells you a

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are amongst those who have disclosed that they pay women — on averageless than men. it has been a busy morning. now on bbc news, witness. hello and welcome to a special edition of witness with me, tanya beckett, here at the british library in london. we'll be looking at five of the most memorable stories from the witness team from the past 12 months. we'll meet an archaeologist who's worked on the terracotta army site for decades in china. a friend of anti—apartheid icon steve biko. and the mother of one of argentina's disappeared children. but first, after independence in 1947 india was split into two states. one of the majority muslim, the other majority hindu. the repercussions of that split are still being felt. mohammad amir mohammea khan, the raja of mahmudabad, tells witness how partition affected his family and his home. i am mohammad amir mohammad khan, known as sulaiman to family and friends, the raja of mahmudabad. i am from a muslim family which once ruled a very large feudal estate, including a beautiful palace in mahmudabad in which we sti

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are amongst those who have disclosed that they pay women on averaget 15% less than men. there was panic and confusion as two planes collide on the ground at toronto's pearson airport, sparking a fire. 168 passengers and six crew onboard on board one of the aircraft had to escape by emergency slides. no one was seriously injured. weather forecasters are warning of record—breaking low temperatures of minus a0 degrees celsius in north east america. at least 19 people have died since a powerful blizzard hit much of the region on thursday. now on bbc news, as part of the bbc‘s life stories season, journalist priscilla kneedeh celebrates her great grandmother elizabeth's 117th birthday in kenya. elizabeth was born in 1900 and is thought to be the oldest woman in africa. welcome to my great—grandmother's 117th birthday. right now she is taking pictures of people who have come to see her and celebrate this big day with her. there is more than 90 years difference between me and her. she's 117 and i am just 23. i am priscilla ng'ethe. i am returning to my ances

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are amongst those who have disclosed that they pay women on average% less than men. panic and confusion as two planes collide on the ground at toronto's pearson airport, sparking a fire. 168 passengers and six crew on board one of the aircraft had to escape by emergency slides. no one was seriously injured. weather forecasters are warning of record—breaking low temperatures of minus a0 degrees celsius in northeast america. at least 19 people have died since a powerful blizzard hit much of the region on thursday. some better weather now, though. it's time for the travel show. india. a vast country, home to over a billion people, birthplace of illustrious ancient civilisations and today, a fast emerging global power. and 70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, ever—evolving assortment of cultures, creeds, religions and languages. heading off the well—worn tourist path, we're on a journey which spans this vast subcontinent from east to west. travelling from one of the driest places on earth. it is quite incredible, the sand. it's just crys

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are among the major employers who have been revealed to pay womenrage, at least 15% less than men. 0rganisations with more than 250 workers must publish their figures by april. more than 500 have done so. another 8,000 must do by april, or risk being fined, under a new law intended to tackle workplace discrimination. weather forecasters in the united states have warned that the weekend could bring record—breaking low temperatures in some parts of the north—east. the national weather service predicts wind chills as low as minus a0 degrees celsius. russell trott has the latest. the public coming to the aid of public transport on the streets of eastern boston, as snow and ice left many stranded. elsewhere in the city the emergency services are working flat out and in deep water, as high tides flooded roads close to the harbour. plummeting temperatures meant much of massachusetts was under huge quantities of snow. and after a three foot storm surge brought this inland, the flood water froze, trapping cars in ice. for the homeless of chicago, life on the

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are among those who have disclosed that they pay women, on averageat least 15% less than men. weather forecasters are warning of record—breaking low temperatures of minus a0 degrees celsius in north—east america. time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. hello, i'm olly foster. these are our sportsday headlines tonight: sky blue sinking — stoke are humbled by coventry city in the fa cup. liverpool cash in on coutinho — barcelona get their man for a reported 142 million. australia turn the screw in sydney, as england look to avoid defeat in the final ashes test. and the oldest horse and the youngestjockey — that's the winning combination at the welsh national. good evening. there are 25 fa cup 3rd round ties today. for the first time in over 50 years, no non—league clubs are involved but that doesn't mean that we haven't have had a couple of shocks. all the results coming up in a moment, but here's tim hague with some of today's cup headlines. the fa cup third round. many a football fan's favoured weekend of the season. not if you suppo

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are among the major employers who've been revealed to pay women on% less than men. organisations with more than 250 workers must publish their figures by april — more than 500 have done so. another 8,000 must publish by april, or risk being fined under a new law intended to tackle workplace discrimination. weather forecasters in the united states have warned that this weekend could bring record—breaking low temperatures in some parts of the north—east. the national weather service predicts wind chills as low as —40 degrees celsius. russell trott has the latest. the public coming to the aid of public transport on the streets of eastern boston, as snow and ice left many stranded. elsewhere in the city, the emergency services were working flat out, and in deep water, as high tides flooded roads close to the harbour. plummeting temperatures meant much of massachusetts was under huge quantities of snow. and after a 3ft storm surge brought seas inland, the flood water froze, trapping cars in ice. for the homeless of chicago, life on the streets is now all

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are among the major employers who have been revealed to pay womenat least 15% less than men. organisations with more than 250 workers must publish their figures by april. more than 500 have done so. another 8,000 must do by april, or risk being fined, under a new law intended to tackle workplace discrimination. a plane has been evacuated after two jets collided on the tarmac at toronto airport, the second incident there in five months. 168 passengers and six crew on board one of the aircraft had to escape by emergency slides. the tail of the other plane, which was empty, caught fire. last year two planes, which were also on the ground, clipped their wings. weather forecasters in the united states have warned that the weekend could bring record—breaking low temperatures in some parts of the north—east. the national weather service predicts wind chills as low as minus a0 degrees celsius. let's find out more from meteorologist cheryl nelson, who is in virginia. had to have you with us. thank you very much forjoining us. we are hearing all sorts of new

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are amongst those who have disclosed that they pay women on averaget 15% less than men. weather forecasters are warning of record—breaking low temperatures of minus a0 degrees celsius in northeast america. at least 19 people have died since a powerful blizzard hit much of the region on thursday. now on bbc news, click. welcome. hello, welcome. welcome, how are you? hello... 7 welcome, welcome... second script — "how are you? how are you?" hello, everybody! i am literally being built from the skin out, currently, by these two lovely ladies who are going to try to make me look like my publicity photograph. all right, then. we are all good to go, brendan, you happy? so what we're going to do is go to silence, please, and go to black. lose the house lights. announcer: this is bbc click live. please welcome your host, spencer kelly! cheering and applause erm...right! there. hello! welcome. my own floor! welcome to click live, and have we got a show for you! have we got a show for them? we have, we're ready to go. laughter we have some really amazing things

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are amongst those who have disclosed that they pay women on averageen. the department store house of fraser has confirmed it's asking landlords to reduce the rent it pays for some of its shops. the group is set to release christmas retail figures next week, with some analysts suggesting its takings over the christmas period were disappointing. the east of england ambulance service has apologised to the family ofa service has apologised to the family of a pensioner who had to wait several hours before an ambulance arrived. the woman dialled 999 complaining of chest pain on tuesday. the ambulance arrived three hours and 45 minutes later, by which time the woman had stopped breathing and could not be saved. the ambulance service offered its severe. . . ambulance service offered its severe... sincere condolences and said it was stretched because it was short of staff and because of pressures on the nhs as a whole. five online gambling companies could have their licenses revoked over concern they're not doing enough to help problem gamblers, or prevent mon

particularly these two, ladbrokes down 8.5%, bojan held down 11%, its all the effect of this story, it'shich would really affect those companies profits. that's the business for now. more later. just a day before the oscar nominations are announced, gary oldman has cemented his status as the one to watch, after being awarded ‘best actor‘ at the screen actors guild awards. he was recognised for his portrayal of winston churchill in darkest hour. the screen actors guild awards, are voted on purely by actors, and gave the chance for some of entertainment‘s biggest stars to once again voice their concerns over sexual misconduct allegations and the issue of equality. from los angeles, peter bowes reports. an awards season like no other. rarely has a single issue dominated talk on the red carpet like the sexual harassment scandal and the ‘me too' and ‘time's up' movements. but this is hollywood's response to months of revelations about some of its most prominent figures. for these women to have these stories now out and being told is so important. to keep reiterating we believe you, we are lis

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are amongst those who have disclosed

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are among the major employers who've revealed that they pay women must publish theirfigures. more than 500 have done so. another 8,000 have until april to reveal the data, or risk being fined under a new law intended to tackle workplace discrimination. plans to improve the reading standards of children from disadvantaged backgrounds have been announced by the department for education. there'll be a network of 35 literacy centres across england, to work with primary schools in challenging areas. here's our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. church, cheese, can you hear that? closing the inequality gap in classrooms is key to giving every child the best start. research has shown that five—year—olds who struggle with language are six times less likely to reach the expected standard in english at the age of 11 than those with good language skills. today, the government has launched a literacy plan backed by £26 million of investment to improve standards in reading and writing. the idea is similar to one launched in 2014 for maths, and it will enab

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money have disclosed that they pay women on average at least 1596 theyess than men. let's talk directly about that last story, the gender pay gap. it is pa rt story, the gender pay gap. it is part of the pay audit required of companies that employ 250 people or more. they have to submitted by april of this year. a number have done so already. let's talk to some spenders from the fawcett society which campaigns on the gender pay issue. she in london. thanks for joining us. do these figures come as any sort of surprise to you? not really. we have been due them for quite some time so it isn't surprising, but i think when you see the size of some of these gaps, that can be surprising for the public when they engage with this issue and thing, hamon a minute, whatare when they engage with this issue and thing, hamon a minute, what are we doing, how do we pay men and women so differently? it is a complex issue so doesn't necessarily mean there is discrimination. it does mean that we are not using women's skills, talents and abilities to the full, not getting th

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are among the major employers who've revealed that they pay women 15% less than men. organisations which employ more than 250 workers must publish theirfigures. more than 500 have done so. another 8,000 have until april to reveal the data or risk being fined under a new law intended to tackle workplace discrimination. we will be speaking about this later this hour when we talk to sophie walker of the women's equality party. the united nations has been discussing iran , after the united states called for an emergency meeting of the security council to discsuss the anti—government protests in the country. china and russia said the unrest was not a threat to international security, while russia accused the us of abusing its position. barbara plett usher reports. nikki haley warned iran that the world was watching its response to the anti—government protests. she used the platform of the un to amplify the message of president trump, who's been tweeting support for the iranian demonstrators. the iranian people will determine their own destiny, and let th

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are among the major employers who've revealed that they pay womenent less than men. 0rganisations with more than 250 workers must publish their figures by april — more than 500 have done so. another 8,000 have until april to reveal theirfigures, or risk being fined under a new law intended to tackle workplace discrimination. two passengerjets have collided on the ground at a toronto airport — one of the planes caught fire but there are no reports of serious injuries. it's the second such collision at toronto pearson international in five months. bill hayton reports. concern, but then panic... after the collision, fire breaks out. passengers begin to scream, while the crew call on them to remain seated. all of a sudden there was fuel all over the wing and then about a second or two later, not even a second, it's kind of all ignited and there was a big fireball, and then everyone started yelling and panicking. the fire was on the other, empty airline, and all 168 passengers and six crew were able to leave this plane safely by the emergency slides. the

andceos from ladbrokes rolling hill are coming up and stressing that this is overview.culation and wait until march or april to have the final decisions come out. what's really interesting as we have a chart going back since october and this is where the decisions were coming up. over the past two to three months, these companies have done fairly well. you can see that big drop here at the end. themsts are seeing from that any sort of weakness is a buying opportunity because it's sort of speculation at this point. the companies want a chance to respond to the government to revie review. mark: both were under pressure from online competition. taylor: the online competition is a key factor here. if you come into my terminal, you have shown that 88 it holdings and some of those are more the online competitors. 888 holdings had outperformed a little bit, especially when he sort of taken the drop today. then we also have the chart showing the revenue that comes from the different segments of u.k. gambling. billionakes up for $.5 whereas the shops are only $3.4 billion. it do

easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are amongst those who have disclosed that they pay women, on averageere was panic and confusion, as two planes collided on the ground at toronto's pearson airport, sparking a fire. 168 passengers and six crew onboard one of the aircraft had to escape by emergency slides. no one was seriously injured. weather forecasters are warning of record—breaking low temperatures of minus a0 degrees celsius in northeast america. at least 19 people have died since a powerful blizzard hit much of the region on thursday. now, let's get the sport with nick. we've got breaking news from the bbc sport centre we can confirm philppe coutinho will become a barcelona player in the coming days. the liverpool star has not travelled with his team—mates to dubai for a mid—season break, and bbc sources can confirm a deal between the catalans and the premier league club has been struck. the fee, when finalised could be as much as £1a2 million, so that will make him the second most expensive player in history behind compatriot neymar. just recapping up breaking news. philip coutinh

ladbrokes trading down, poly metal in the metal space, aib n down.ies, real the miners are off.od run into the end of the year, but it looks like the and restore he is more positive for the european markets. energy story is more positive for the european markets. political risk will be a factor in 2018. we still don't have a german government, theoretically. angela merkel has used her new year's eve speech to outline a vision for her fourth term. uncle said she would work with emmanuel macron to strengthen europe's migration while upholding the values of tolerance and pluralism. right parties far since the 19 50's, merkel has acknowledgment a growing divide between winners and losers in germany's economic boom. >> i know from numerous discussions and meetings this year that many of you are concerned about solidarity in germany. many have not been so different opinions about this for a long time. some are even talking about a -- that goes through our society. us, the managing director at analysis joining us from credit suisse. the consensus seems to be a good year for europe. eur

ladbrokes, of course, in an even worse position.maybe bookmakers will gotoa rumours that maybe bookmakers will go to a judicial review about the decision. the sunday press announced that before the review concluded, that before the review concluded, that perhaps it would be £2 and the decision had been made. it is an emotive subject. betting firms clearly make money from vulnerable people, that is how they operate. they can charge people putting more and more coins into these machines. they want to make a profit but at the same time they cannot target vulnerable people? we have seen the gambling commission could —— do an investigation into how a man lost his home thanks to a fixed betting terminals. up to 50% of profits from these machines come from problem gamblers. that's a lot of money. £1.8 billion was lost in these machines last year. the bookies say that they have implemented a self exclusion scheme where you can register yourself and say that you have a problem, you need to keep me out of those shots. is that being effectivel

ladbrokes is one of the biggest gainers.ave microelectronics free tech stocks in europe few and far between. this is, i suppose, one of them. is one of the big day in his today, and i mentioned william hill, you can 2.3 percent. take a look at some of the losers in today's market. it will be interesting to see because the financials are a big piece of the imap high that guy showed you. here, indeed, we see bank of theand group right up at top. although no other financials really listed here. you do see paddy power down again today. second day in a row among the top 10 losers or bottom 10 losers depending on how you want to say it, and tesco, one of the big losers, down 3.5%. there is a tliv if you want to focus on retailers, if you want to follow the consumer story out of the u.k.. go> in yourn tliv < bloomberg to follow the supermarket earnings. guy: not quite so keen. morgan stanley has countered that treasuries are in a bear market, saying the market remains their value. market that i am talking about is a mild one, but i

william hill is down more than 14% and ladbrokes coral has fallen more than 12%.astically, to just £2. the government has already said it intends to reduce the maximum stake from £100 to between £50 and £2. dixons carphone has narrowed its profit outlook for the full—year. it now expects full—year pre—tax profit of between £365m—£385 million compared to a previous forecast of £360m—£400 million. commenting on trading for the 10 weeks to 6january, outgoing chief executive sebjames, said that in the uk and ireland "our boxing day sales did not quite mirror the promise of our very strong black friday week, but we are very confident that we grew market share in pretty much every category". he said: "looking forward we continue to keep our antennae twitching for any material change in consumer behaviour." in a move that could revolutionise the way we buy groceries, amazon opens its first supermarket without checkouts — human or self—service — to shoppers on monday. amazon go, in seattle, has been tested by staff for the past year. it uses ceiling—mounted cameras and el

it was the £2 end of the spectrum we should be expecting, so their share prices of the likes of ladbrokesice i5 touched at 140 today. skype'5 price is up and we will be talking about that in the next bar with an a naly5t. that in the next bar with an analyst. thank you, rachel. let's go to westminster now and get more reaction to the prime ministerial rebuke to bori5 reaction to the prime ministerial rebuke to boris johnson reaction to the prime ministerial rebuke to borisjohnson for his demand for more money for the nhs. let's go to vicki young. what is bori5 up to? he is not the health secretary. he's ended up with the front pages saying he is calling for more funding to improve the nhs, something voters cared deeply about, i think we can see what he is up to. pa rt i think we can see what he is up to. part of this goes back to that referendum on the campaign, he travelled around with the slogan saying there would be £350 million more week for the nhs after brexit, but it is unconventional for a cabinet minister to talk in advance about a cabinet meeting. i'm joined by the conservative