the news that our beloved colleague, five live presenter and newsreader rachael bland has died this morningas said to have improved understanding of cancer and reduced its stigma and this from her husband, steve. at the end, he said, even though her body was at its wea kest, even though her body was at its weakest, her voice was at its strongest and most powerful and she will always be an incredible inspiration. rachael bland, who died this morning at the age of a0. a major report on the state of the economy says the system is unjust and has called for higher taxes for the wealthy and businesses. the commission on economicjustice — whose members include the archbishop of canterbury — said the minimum wage should rise and people on zero—hours contracts should be paid 20% more. 0ur economics editor, kamal ahmed, has been speaking to people struggling to make ends meet, people the prime minister has described as "just about managing". beginning. it is now at a point where it doesn't matter how many hours you work unless your work 60 or 70 hours, you won't better yourself. if you have a family,

rachael bland changed the conversation about cancer. ry became the most important. diagnosed with breast cancer, rachael created the podcast "you, me and the big c", three women with cancer in common, talking about it in a funny, frank and fresh way. we thought we would come back with a bang and talk about death and dying. and mainly i think we really wanted to talk about the subject because people don't talk about it. no, they don't. the podcast has been so popular that yesterday, it reached number one in the uk charts. unfortunately for rachael's cancer, herjourney in terms of where we are, it has ended, but what she has shown is that she has lived and she has lived absolutely a worthwhile, purposeful, amazing life that has had an impact on so many people. after more than 15 years on bbc radio 5 live, rachael found that the podcast brought her a new audience. it wasn't about her. she didn't want any personal fame, it was a crusade to help others get through cancer, and she was adamant she wanted to do that. and alongside that, she want

rachael bland changed the conversation about cancer. dcast "you, me and the big c", three women with cancer in common, talking about it in a funny, frank and fresh way. we thought we would come back with a bang and talk about death and dying. and mainly i think we really wanted to talk about the subject because people don‘t talk about it. no, they don't. the podcast has been so popular that yesterday, it reached number one in the uk charts. unfortunately for rachael‘s cancer, herjourney in terms of where we are, it has ended, but what she has shown is that she has lived and she has lived absolutely a worthwhile, purposeful, amazing life that has had an impact on so many people. after more than 15 years on bbc radio 5 live, rachael found that the podcast brought her a new audience. it wasn‘t about her. she didn‘t want any personal fame, it was a crusade to help others get through cancer, and she was adamant she wanted to do that. and alongside that, she wanted to help her son, freddie, come to terms with what‘s happened to her. rachael‘s

well the 5 live presenter tony livesey worked closely with rachael bland — he gave this tribute. she was the celebrity radio presenter. very quickly she became a family person as well. i knew her husband and when freddie was born we alljoined in the celebrations. i started to see a different side of rachael then. she was an all—round human being. when she did this podcast, she became an absolutely different person to me. she was no longer a colleague, she became an inspiration. she said to me, whenl became an inspiration. she said to me, when i did the breakfast show just before she died, she looked at me and said, tony, i hate that phrase, never do that face at me. that's why i'm going to laugh my way through this, because she told me to. she said, there's nothing we can do about it. she said, i'm not frightened of death, i'm frightened of what i'm leaving behind. she has inspired millions of people in these la st inspired millions of people in these last few months and for that what more legacy could she want? tony livesey talking about smiling and laughing through this. the se

the bbc radio five live newsreader, rachael bland, has died of cancer at the age of 40.ard winning blog. her family said that her death had left a huge hole that they would never be able to fill — but that they took comfort and pride that her work had helped to reduce the stigma around the disease. deborahjames, co—presented the you, me and the big c podcast with rachael bland: rach tried everything. everyone saying have you tried this, have you tried eating turmeric, standing on your head, doing triple somersaults? yes. but she was unlucky, and i don't know whether i'll be lucky, but i know that i will make absolute certain that now, the time that i have left i will use as productively as possible. because i know that rach wouldn't want me running into a hole and not building on what we've already started. now it's time for a look at the weather. all today in the weather front in the amount of sunshine. some stuck under close since the morning and looking pretty grey but other parts of the country basking in the sunshine in fact beautiful looking across the irish sea of

as a broadcaster rachael bland was used to reading the news but her own story became the most importantgnosed with breast cancer she chose to share herjourneylj thought we would come back with a bang and talk about death. the reason we're all terrified of cancer coming back or getting worse and going that road is that the ultimately worry it will kill us. rachael wrote an award—winning blog which she started after her diagnosis and with two others she launched a podcast to put the subject out there. all three presenters had or have the disease and they supported each other as well is their growing audience. and they supported each other as well is their growing audiencelj would well is their growing audience.” would not be able to talk will be able to function have the time is not for the support that she showed me. so i'm so grateful to her. i'm just so grateful to her for allowing me to be part of her life.” just so grateful to her for allowing me to be part of her life. i wanted to bea me to be part of her life. i wanted to be a party, do not wear black. the women were frank and funn

rachael bland changed the conversation about cancer. d the podcast you, me and the big c, three women with cancer in common, talking about it in a funny, frank and fresh way. we thought we would come back with a bang and talk about death and dying. and mainly about the subject because people don't talk about it. the podcast has been so popular that yesterday, it reached number one in the uk charts. unfortunately for rachael's cancer, herjourney in terms of where we are, it has ended, but what she has shown is that she has lived and she has lived absolutely a worthwhile, purposeful, amazing life that has had an impact on so many people. after more than 15 years on bbc radio five live, rachael found that the podcast brought her a new audience. it wasn't not about her. she didn't want any personal fame, it was a crusade to get others through cancer, and she was adamant about doing that. and alongside that, she wanted to help her son, freddie, come to terms with what happened to her. rachael's little boy is just three years old. she's wrappe

our beloved colleague, 5 live presenter and newsreader rachael bland has died this morning. rt further confrontations in the so—called scallop war. tensions flared last week when vessels from the two countries clashed off the coast of northern france — and stones and smoke bombs were lobbed at british boats. french fishermen have accused the british of depleting shellfish stocks in the area. it's being hailed as a turning point in the treatment of a rare form of childhood cancer and nhs patients in england will be the first in europe to benefit from it. car—t therapy uses the body's own immune cells to fight the particular form of leukemia in youngsters. its adoption by the nhs comes just ten days after it was cleared by the european medicines agency, one of the fastest funding approvals in the history of the nhs. dominic hughes reports. you're fine, i know you're fine. they're some of the most vulnerable patients the health service looks after. children with cancer require special care. targeting the disease, while protecting the patient from the side—effects of treatment. t

our beloved colleague, 5 live presenter and newsreader rachael bland has died this morning. st poignant from her husband steve and their little boy freddie. at the end they say even though her body was at its weakest, rachael's voice was at its strongest and most powerful and she will always be an inspiration. judith moritz, bbc news. lots of tributes to the following the tragic death at the age of 40. in the moment the headlines and we will look at the sport as well. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. clear skies on the way after a perfectly acceptable day of whether, it was pleasant indeed, some sunshine across many western areas but rain is on the way, it's already across parts of northern island, west of scotland and the rest of the week will turn more and more u nsettled week will turn more and more unsettled across the country. in the south this evening pretty bright, temperatures hovering around the high teens and overnight a bit of rain on the way for northern england, that clears away from scotla nd england, that clears away from scotland and

the metro leads on a tweet from the bbc radio five live presenter, rachael bland, in which she says shencial times carries a striking image of brazil's historic national museum, consumed by fire — it's thought the blaze has destroyed dozens of priceless artefacts. plenty to talk about. first we have the dodig ‘s breasts which has a first we have the daily express which has a stark image of boris johnson on one side and theresa may on the other. yes, boris johnson has gone so far this time that theresa may has been forced to slap him down, so it seems that the tories are in open revolt, with those on both sides, no one seems to be happy with the chequers plan and it is difficult to say if borisjohnson is ready going to the leadership or just desperate to forge his own way forward and ready does care about brexit. is this the start of all old asia's bid for number ten? sta rt start of an audacious bid for number ten? in public, leaver thirimanne crow will say he isn't bad in reality we are gearing up for a bloodbath and an amazing time.

but it also reports on the death of bbc presenter rachael bland, decribing her as beautiful and courageousing betting firms, that sponsor premier league football clubs, of shirking their duty to help britain 5 problem gamblers. that's in the guardian. so those are the front pages, lets see what our reviewers make of it all. all of them featuring the two men accused openly by the prime minister of carrying out this poisoning on the streets of salisbury, a very graphic image there on the cover of the eye, wanted. absolutely these mugshots here, amazing level of detail right today by theresa may she explained that 250 detectives have trolled through 11,000 hours of cctv footage to identify the two culprits. bailey's is a two g the russian military intelligence service. yes, lance, extraordinary beast to have been named of course the chancellors brought them to justice pretty slim. very slim indeed enough to make clear both by the prime minister and metropolitan police and the other services because it is really a matter of putting pressure to the russian government and we know they're not goi

there has been an —— there's been an outpouring of support for bbc presenter rachael bland who revealedagnosed with cancer in 2016. messages included praise from london underground workers for her blog on living with cancer. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times leads with typhoonjebi, the most powerful storm to hit the country in in 25 years. it says the meteorological agency warned of heavy rains, strong winds and mudslides across the west and northeast as the typhoon first made landfall in the southern part of tokushima. the south china morning post is reporting that president xijinping will send his right—hand man to north korea. one of china's top officials, li zha nshu, chairman of the national people's congress will attend the 70th anniversary of the founding of north korea. and the new york times has a front page feature on how militants in libya are using facebook. the so—called "keyboard warriors," are said to be posting fake news, hateful comments and battlefield guidance. a bridge has collapsed in kolkata. at least one person has died a

but it also reports on the death of bbc presenter rachael bland, decribing her as beautiful and courageousand the head of nhs england is accusing betting firms that sponsor premier league football clubs of shirking their duty to help britain's problem gamblers. that is in the guardian. so those are the front pages. let's see what our reviewers make of it all. so many of them dominated by these very stark pictures of the two suspect, named dramatically in the commons by the prime minister yesterday. and lucy, the sun talking about them as the smiling assassins. yes, so they have been named as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov. every part of their journey has been tracked, the cities they stayed in, how they travelled on the underground, how they took the train on the salisbury. an amazing level of detail today from theresa may after 250 detectives have gone through thousands of hours of cctv to work out exactly what happened. extraordinary, and that statement today in the commons, picked up in so many of the papers, the sun talking about how the hitmen grinned after the raid. and it prob

the metro leads on a tweet from the bbc radio five live presenter, rachael bland, in which she says sheve, after a long battle with breast cancer. and the financial times carries a striking image of brazil's historic national museum consumed by fire. it's thought the blaze has destroyed dozens of priceless artefacts. let's have a look first at the express, stephen, kicked off this hour, theresa may versus boris johnson. hour, theresa may versus boris johnson. so, the stage is set, the tory conference approaching, boris johnson versus theresa may, and mps come back from the long summer holiday tomorrow, and theresa may hoped it would calm everything down and give them a chance to reflect and give them a chance to reflect and we would come back and get checkers through the door and get on with brexit, instead she is walking back into a knife fight. boris johnson taking on theresa may and it will be quite an extraordinary run into conference —— chequers. will be quite an extraordinary run into conference -- chequers. how do you see it? the same way, boris johnson unleash now, i don't think

we look at the legacy of the bbc 5live newsreader rachael bland who died yesterday and whose podcastdon‘t talk about it. they don't. the reason we are all terrified of our cancer coming back and getting worse and going down that road is because ultimately we‘re worried it will kill us. deborahjames, one of the co—hosts of that podcast, willjoin usjust after 10.30, along with the actor greg wise who appeared on one of the podcasts and wrote a blog with his sister annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the day‘s news. a new cap on energy prices has been announced this morning by the regulator ofgem. they say it‘s to protect customers who don‘t shop around, and remain on their supplier‘s standard variable tariff and end up paying more. the cap will vary according to usage but for the average user it has been set at £1,136 a year, based on a typical dual fuel customer paying by direct debit. the energy watchdog say the move will mean 11 million households will save around £75 on average. the cap will come into effect in december and will be reviewed every six months. ofg

the paper also has a picture of the bbc presenter rachael bland, who died yesterday from breast cancerc radio five live posted this tribute to her. she was a familiar voice on the station and also co—hosted ‘you, me and the big c', a podcast about cancer. we'll be talking to her co—hosts later. a lot of love for rachel in this building because she worked in this building. that morning to you john, what you have in the papers? alastair cook, the former england captain, announced his retirement so the last match in the series against india will be his last. expect some tea rs. india will be his last. expect some tears. interesting at the end here, sirmick tears. interesting at the end here, sir mickjagger of rolling tears. interesting at the end here, sir mick jagger of rolling stones fame what has offered £20,000 to a cricket charity if any player scores a century or takes a five wicket haul. is that unusual? i have not heard of that before. i've not come across that. he is a cricket fan and he maybe he thinks it will galvanise the players or make it look more interesting, but he has of

the bbc radio 5 live presenter rachael bland, who has terminal cancer, has revealed on social media thatith breast cancer in november 2016 and had documented her journey throughout her illness on the podcast ‘you, me and the big c'. last night she tweeted: and if you want to hear her pod cast, talking about over the last few months, all of —— will of her feelings and the rest of it, it is a lovely pod cast to listen to as well. her positivity and the way she has inspired so many people through that pod cast, it will continue as well. much love to her and all of herfamily. doctors are being urged to write letters in clear, simple english that's easier for patients to understand. new guidance has been issued by the academy of medical royal colleges, encouraging consultants to stop using latin phrases and medicaljargon. it comes after gps reported that some patients were having to book appointments just to have technical terms explained. let us know what you think about that. plain english? you can agree, right? being around to see your 102nd birthday is cause for celebration, but imagine h

the bbc 5 live presenter rachael bland dies at the age of a0 — less than two years after being diagnosed

bbc radio 5 live presenter rachael bland, who has terminal cancer, has revealed on social media thatthe support i've received." universities are urging the government to introduce new rules allowing international students to work in the uk for up to two years after graduation. under the proposal, the universities would sponsor their graduates to look for work without any restriction on the type ofjob they can apply for. the government says it already has variety of routes to allow international graduates to stay in the uk. 0ur education editor, branwenjeffreys, is here. why are they wanting to get involved? what why are they wanting to get involved ? what is why are they wanting to get involved? what is the picture here? universities in the uk basically fear they are losing out in the global race to attract international students. at the moment, we are the second most popular country in the world to study after the usa. but the usa, canada, australia, new zealand, these countries have all seen very zealand, these countries have all seen very rapid growth in the number of internationa

bbc 5 live presenter and newsreader rachael bland has died this morning, nearly two years after she was will receive a revolutionary