for today, great relief here in luton.ff must reveal their average pay figures to show the difference between male and female employees. the prime minister has vowed to tackle what she's called the burning injustice of the gender pay gap. of the more than 9,000 firms that have reported so far, the figures show: 78% of companies pay men more on average than they pay women. 13% pay women more than men. aad only 8% say they have reported no pay gap at all. our business correspondent simon gompertz reports. the pay gap, revealed for all to see. 72% at ryanair. individual employers being shown up. a 37% gap at british gas. some of the worst in finance and construction. women getting 44% less at ba rclays bank. another bank, tsb, has a 24% gap. but that's still big. and the question is, why? the reason we have a gender pay gap is not because we don't pay men and women in the same job the same amount. however, we do have more women in more junior roles typically in our branches and more men in senior roles. now, what that means t

we made it clear to the company that luton doesn't stand alone, it's luton and ellesmere port.position that will secure the long—term future for ellesmere port. that decision will be made in 2020 — time, say psa, for ellesmere port to improve its efficiency, and for there to be greater clarity on brexit. simon jack, bbc news. that's it from me. mike embley is here in 15 minutes. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @babitabbc. time now for all the sports news in sport today. this is sport today live on the bbc sports centre. coming up on the programme, liverpool shocked manchester city in the opening leg of the champions league quarter—final tie. shanghai sipg secured their place in the last 16 of the asian champions league. and celebrating a hole in one at augusta. a bit of ankle trouble. welcome to the programme. we'll also have lied to the gold coast with chris mitchell. we start with the champions league quarter—final played on wednesday. the two remaining first leg matches were played with barcelona 4—1 winners at home over roma. b

it is critical medically to the company that luton does not stand alone, it is luton and ellesmere port i am confident that it will reach a position that will secure the long—term future for ellesmere port. that decision will be made in 2020, time, say psa, for ellesmere port to improve its efficiency and for there to be greater clarity on brexit. simon jack, bbc news. a pensioner from south east london has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after a suspected burglar was fatally stabbed. police are questioning the man about the incident, which happened shortly after midnight. our correspondent jessica parker reports. we can't revive him, i think he's gone. residents watch on as emergency crews try to revive a man in the early hours of this morning. police say a 38—year—old suspected burglar was stabbed after a struggle with a 78—year—old homeowner. earlier reports said a suspect had forced the pensioner into the kitchen with claims that the intruder was armed with a screwdriver. the neighbour who filmed the footage says she saw one suspect flee the scene in a van, leaving the other,

vauxhall is to build a new van model in luton.he decision will safeguard moo jobs and should secure the plant's future until 2030. the business secretary greg clark said the announcement was a vote of confidence in vauxhall‘s workforce and in the uk's car industry. our business editor simonjack reports. the future of vauxhall‘s two uk plants, here in luton and at ellesmere port, has been a concern ever since vauxhall became part of the peugeot—citroen family, when psa bought general motors‘ european business. the boss of psa has previously said brexit uncertainty would delay major investment decisions. so what has changed? we have a strong performance plan for the plant, that we are now going to implement to give the plant the possibility to catch up, in terms of cost and quality competitiveness, with all the other european continental plants.

we made it clear to the company that luton doesn't stand alone, it's luton and ellesmere port.ce and i'm confident that we'll reach a position that will secure the long—term future for ellesmere port. that decision will be made in 2020 — time, say psa, for ellesmere port to improve its efficiency and for there to be greater clarity on brexit. simon jack, bbc news. president trump has insisted the united states is not engaged in a trade war with china. shares fell sharply during the day amid growing concern on the financial markets about the tensions between america and china. beijing is to impose new tariffs of 25% on a significant slice of us imports, a direct response to the levies announced by washington yesterday. our north america editor, jon sopel, is in washington. for many people, jon, this does look like some kind of trade war. what's the white house perspective? well, the only phrase goes if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck it's a duck. let us call d a squirmish. the direction of travel seems to be towards heading towards a trade war with china and ameri

we made it clear to the company that luton doesn't stand alone, it's luton and ellesmere port.at we'll reach a position that will secure the long—term future for ellesmere port. that decision will be made in 2020 — time, say psa, for ellesmere port to improve its efficiency and for there to be greater clarity on brexit. simon jack, bbc news. in the past hour, facebook‘s ceo mark zuckerberg has insisted he is the right person to lead the social media giant through its current troubles. earlier this evening, facebook admitted up to 87 million people around the world may have had their data accessed improperly by the london based firm, cambridge analytica. the bbc has been told that about one million of those affected are based in the uk. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones told me the number of people affected is much higher than originally thought. we knew from the whistleblower who had worked for cambridge analytica, his claim that there were as many as 50 million people who facebook profiles had been acquired via cambridge analytica. they did it to a quiz which 270,

—— luton plant. plant. what is your take on this than? surprise? -- luton plant. my ta ke than?ton plant. my take on this is aimed pleasantly surprised. apart from germany, britain is the largest manufacturer of cars in europe, bar none. and we are very, very good at it. the reason that psa has cut back a lot and has lost the market in recent yea rs and has lost the market in recent years is that the labour laws in france a shocking. and they realise this, this is me being slightly cynical. so they have probably got the facilities here in luton which will do well for them, they might as well because we have got a very good architecture... wish engineering is... no, no, likei architecture... wish engineering is... no, no, like i said before but the fact is we are terrific added. —— british engineering. the fact is that brexit remains a concern, ta riffs that brexit remains a concern, tariffs are still a concern. they are happy to invest, and the fact that companies are happy to invest isa that companies are happy to invest is a big sign of how they view things are heading. is a b

luton has all the facilities and is a great place to build them. when the current model is phased out in a few years‘ time. unions are already calling on the company to ensure that its cars as well as its vans continue to be made in britain. theo leggett, bbc news. a pensioner has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a suspected burglar was stabbed to death in his home in south—east london. police believe the 78—year—old was involved in a struggle with an intruder at his property in hither green. a 38—year—old man suffered a fatal stab wound to his upper body. 0ur correspondent keith doyle is outside the house in hither green in south—east london. what is the latest. all afternoon and into the evening police have been carrying out a search of the gardens of the houses behind me. i‘m going through all the rubbish bins and searching every part of the street looking for anyone that might help them with the investigation. what we do know is 78 man disturbed two intruders in the early hours of the money in his house. 0ne forced him into his kitche

a good day for luton. 11100 jobs secured.st to explain something regarding the story we mentioned in south—east london. we have been reporting on what appears to be a burglary in hither green and just a few minutes ago, we showed some aerial pictures from that part of the capital while we we re from that part of the capital while we were reporting the arrest of a 78—year—old man on suspicion of murder. i do want to stress that these pictures in fact were archived images of the area. they are archived images and do not show the location of the incident that has happened overnight. many apologies for that. they were historical pictures of that area when we were reporting on the incident in hither green in south—east london. the 21st commonwealth games is officially underway following the opening ceremony on australia's gold coast. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall attended the opening ceremony, which welcomed the 71 nations and territories taking part in the competition. as hosts of the last commonwealth games, scotla

it is critical medically to the company that luton does not stand alone, it is luton and ellesmere portfor ellesmere port. that decision will be made in 2020, time, say psa, for ellesmere port to improve its efficiency and for there to be greater clarity on brexit. simon jack, bbc news. joining me now is peter campbell, motor industry correspondent at the financial times. thank you for coming in. this is good news for the workforce. how significant do you think this announcement is? this is the latest investment coming into the uk since the brexit vote devote weeks in investments and car parts from the sonic toyota and bmw with many pla nts sonic toyota and bmw with many plants and the number of bands hair will go up significantly and increase more jobs and will go up significantly and increase morejobs and potentially more companies in the supply chain around the luton area. so any investment made in the uk automotive industry right now is going to be seen as industry right now is going to be seen as good industry right now is going to be seen as good news. industry right now is going

business editor simonjack is at vauxhall‘s luton plant this morning.ors assets were bought, there has been a question mark about over which plants they will keep open. this hundred million pound investment has secured the future of 1a00 jobs in luton. still about —— until about 2030. the life cycle of a commercial vehicle is much longer than a regular car. a lot of relief here. they have another plant in ellesmere port. no confirmation on that. i wonder if we can speak to the secretary live. another big win for him. he ensured the nissan investment, there has been a toyota investment. as these big decisions have come up, the uk has managed to hang onto it. the boss of the parent company said, listen, we have a competitive market out there, we need to lower costs here by 20%, ellesmere port has a lot of work to do. but for the time being, some pretty good news. one other thing is that this has got a very big paint shop that works with plans. you can see the paint is applied here and the other potential candidate for placing this investment on vans does

great news in luton, not so much other places, the doubt over the future of manufacturing there but ofed about brexit and whether people are still investing on the manufacturing industry in this country as well is quite difficult. it isa country as well is quite difficult. it is a really good news story. i think it also shows it this is an economy that the amount of online shopping we are doing at the country there are thousands of small businesses of men and women having their own van and driving around and delivering and this is the way the economy is moving toward that that dfa has he missed opportunity and said it's a great opportunity to make more psa —— psa. said it's a great opportunity to make more psa -- psa. also, jane, i know you said putting aside brexit, but it's quite difficult to put aside brexit in the sense with in reference to these kinds of stories and yet again we have a story on the front page of the financial times which as we know is not a big fan of brexit. really flying in the face of many of those experts who said we are on a cliff edge with all of these poten

, very murky around luton airport, sta nsted, those around, very murky around luton airport, stansteding is concerned, lots of cloud around again, some dampness, you can see the north—west, western scotland and the north—west, western scotland and the chances are the clouds in the south will also be thinning through the morning. might take a while but the morning. might take a while but the clouds may break up as far north as the midlands, so here should feel fairly pleasant second half of the day, 13 or 1a, not spectacular, better than what's coming our way because during the weekend things will warm up and feeling the warmth in the south first. feeling quite breezy and we're expecting some showers to form, not a completely dry weekend on the way, you might need your brolly at one point or another. stat they might start cloudy for some and then the sun comes out, the winds coming from the south, the temperature is rising and a huge difference on the north sea coast, 1a in newcastle and 15 in hull and showers in the south on saturday. into sunday this low pressure swings in and it wil

luton on the up, they have secured promotion to league i. means they will join stamm draw against carlisle means they willjoin stamm in going up. macclesfield town had been promoted to the football league the first time in six years. made this after just three minutes and wrapped up in the second half. it means they cannot be caught by second place and they return to the english football league after being relegated from it backin league after being relegated from it back in 2012. manchester city's women played the first leg of their champions league semi final. they're up champions league semi final. they're up against the winners from last year. joe looks ahead to book matches. the business ends of the women's football season is upon us. they find themselves just one away from the champions league. standing ina way from the champions league. standing in a way of the defending champion and arguably best team in the world. the city whose the french club here on sunday and the semi finals results waiting at the mets have not been kind to city

a result of the fact that the facilities needed for the new model of van were already in place in lutoner parts of the eurozone and the european union, they would have to invest a lot more than they are now. creation ofjobs, lot more than they are now. creation of jobs, customs union, lot more than they are now. creation ofjobs, customs union, still need to be sorted out. always good to have you on talking to us on the programme. that is it from business live today. there will be more business news throughout the day on the bbc live web page and on world business report. we'll see you again tomorrow. very different day on the way today than what we saw yesterday, yesterday was rain and snow in the north and heavy thundery showers, today after a chilly start with patches of ice in the north, plenty of spring sunshine, that cloud having cleared its way south and east overnight, lingering for a time in the south—east first thing this morning, when that is cleared, dry and bright day, plenty of spring sunshine, blue skies, fairweather cloud bubbling up at points, risk of one or two wintry s

a 17—year—old girl has been arrested. near primary and secondary schools in luton has been approved.logy because of its success here in london. cancer are taking a preventative drug, according to a new study. were more likely to take the tamoxifen. the risk of developing the disease. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tube this morning. with the usual rush hour queues towards the blackwall tunnel. with bloemfontein road, due to an accident. that is towards regents park station, due to a building fire. good morning. it's a rather grey start out there today. is going to hang around for much of the day. should remain dry. now, there's not much in the way of sunshine. to a bit of brightness. dry and breezy, and the temperatures feeling cool as a result. we're looking at a maximum somewhere between 12 and 15 celsius. for tonight, we're looking at a band of rain clearing away southwards. some chillier air. between eight and 10 celsius. tomorrow a very traditional april day. a mixture of sunshine and showers. maybe some hail mixed in there. some of

from 194 luton.of syria ovulatory, inevitably trump's current animists difficulties with russia and the attack year, the kremlin inevitably would be brought into this. certainly. not so long ago mr vladimir putin was a great guy and they were pals, trump was pals with them. now he says he blames vladimir putin for what has happened yesterday with these poor children. the trouble with trump is that you cannot really tell what you will say next. he appears to be saying that we are going to really take it seriously now. last week, the talk is we are coming out of syria, i'iow. . . is we are coming out of syria, now... he wants action. claiming political capital, he has criticised barack 0bama for his failure to put the red line. referring back to that in 2013. he likes to do that. now, he must do hisjob. the red line was crossed. what good is that now? this is the thing on his plate at the moment, what is the bond of criticising barack moment, what is the bond of criticising ba rack 0bama ? moment, what

maybe shouldn't die five minutes live anymore i got there how did you feel finally when you landed at luton airport and there were. three full five hundred thousand people whites in for the team did that shock you did it surprise you did it make you think crikey what if would have won this it did but i did wonder if some kind of band was on a plane beyond or something like that because you thought it was a big and it turned out maybe the bait was a got back together somehow because it was absolutely crazy manic trying to drive home to an e m one and it was scary stand driving around because people were going past the car coming from heads out trying to take pictures i think some people followed me all the way back i was living in woken him then and i think some people from not on foot i lived anywhere near there so they follow me almost to drive around a little bit just to lose them as i didn't know where i lived and then went out when i arrived home. lives in a place state called woods hill and welcome and as i driving to the cul de sac there was a big banner up welcoming home and had a bi

vauxhall announce they will build a new van at their plant in luton, securing 1,400 jobs.8—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after an intruder was stabbed in a suspected burglary. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. on beyond 100 days at seven o'clock, the team will be looking at the latest trade tensions between america and china as beijing announces new tariffs against us products. we'll be live in memphis, as commemorations take place to honour the legacy of civil rights campaigner martin luther king, who was assassinated 50 years ago today. and as the deadline for companies to publish their gender pay gap approaches, we'll be asking what can be done to close it. that's all ahead on bbc news. but now time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm sarah mulkerrins. coming up: the stage is set for another one anfield's famous european nights, klopp against guardiola, liverpool against manchester city in the champions league quarterfinals. the world of football is in m

maybe shouldn't die five minutes live anymore i got there how did you feel finally when you landed at luton airport and there were. three full five hundred thousand people white for the team did that shock you did it surprise you did it make you think crikey what if would have won this it did but i did wonder if some kind of band was on a plane beyond or something like that because you thought it was a big turnout maybe debate was it got back together somehow because it was absolutely crazy manic trying to drive home to an e m one and it was scary stand driving around because people were going past the car coming from heads out trying to take pictures i think some people followed me all the way back i was living in woken and then i think some people from i'm not i'm from i lived anywhere near there so they follow me almost to drive around a little bit just to lose them as i didn't know where i lived and then went on to when i arrived home. in a place state called woods hill and welcome them and as i drive into the cul de sac there's a big banner up welcoming home and had a big straight part

maybe shouldn't die five minutes live anymore i got there how did you feel finally when you landed at luton airport and there were. three full five hundred thousand people whites in for the team did that shock you did it surprise you did it make you think crikey what it would have women's it did but i did wonder if some kind of ban was on the plane beyond or something like that because you thought it was a big and attendant maybe debate was it got back together somehow because it was absolutely crazy manic trying to drive home to an e m one and it was scary stand driving around because people were going past the car coming from heads out trying to take pictures i think some people followed me all the way back i was living in woken and then i think some people from i'm not i'm from i lived anywhere near there so they follow me almost to drive around a little bit just to lose them as i didn't know where i lived and then went on to when i arrived home. lived in a place state called woods hill in one can and as i drive inside the cul de sac there's a big banner up welcoming home another big str

congressional seats and they were also on a state level to luton to govern the blues yanna was black so we have had that experience before and so what we look at that now is being able to resurface many of those things that were not taking care of in the sixty's we changed laws. yes but we also change the hearts of people when we look at the laws that were changed the majority of the people in the congress did voted for the civil rights bill we're not black yet you're joining us from memphis bernard voters' rights bill also the civil rights bill the voters' rights bill was voted in to law in the majority will white so we have been able to make some great progress in winning in the majority over to also recognize the fact that we. as a people not just as black people but we as a people and that's why we got barack obama ok let me ask you specifically about memphis where you're speaking to us from that is where dr king was shot and killed he came to memphis to support sanitation workers who were fighting for better pay and working conditions yet when you look at the statistics today of

we need more good news like the good news out of luton.ed car market. it was nice to see you. we spoke to the boss of motor manufacturers and traders. things we re manufacturers and traders. things were going pretty well right now. the used car market has been very buoyant. a lot of people looking to low milage cars. and it's changed, it's been about finance. people are coming in here and not really looking at the number in the window. people are looking for spending £199 a month more than what the car costs. good to talk to you. they have it, really, the situation we are in at the moment, used cars pretty well. interest rates are so low that it's the new car market particularly strong here. it's diesel that has suffered the worst. more for you later. lovely as it is in a car showroom, this picture might warm you up a little bit more. there you go. it's coming. they are going to be very warm at the moment. team pursuit happening at the moment. new zealand getting through. we can give you an idea of what is going on. 0utside, look at this.

vauxhall announce it will build a new van at its plant in luton, safeguarding 1,400 jobs.

i willjust wish good end to the season at luton town. i am sure he is looking forward to that.e statement, is that he was admitted to the king edward vi! stakes but of this afternoon ahead of a planned hip operation due to take place on wednesday. it doesn't specify what sort of hip operation. we remember the same hospital being the venue for a the same hospital being the venue fora similar the same hospital being the venue for a similar operation on the queen mother when she was 95. the duke of edinburgh is 96. anybody with relatives of that age undergoing an operation will know that the operation will know that the operation itself is not without issues. but it is the anaesthetic that goes with it that is a particular concern for a patients that age. i will take you to the hospital in a moment. we understand the duke was admitted in the last hour. we have no idea whether the queen was with him when he was admitted. buckingham palace saying this is a planned hip operation to ta ke this is a planned hip operation to take place tomorrow. the king edward vii stakes but in london.

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the french company that owns vauxhall is showing a bit of love for luton.