earlier i spoke to the former somerset and middlesex player isabelle westbury.om winning the world cup two years ago to such a big defeat. the world cup was a wonderful moment but it wasn't a reflection of the relative positioning of the team, if that makes sense. they didn't have to play australia in a knockout and things came together at the right time. you can have upset and surprising world cup winners. england were probably a surprising world cup winner. australia had been near or near enough the number one international side for the last ten yea rs i international side for the last ten years i just international side for the last ten years ijust had an upset in the world cup. the ecb have invested heavily in england's women's cricket. do you feel australia have invested even more? it's not a question about the relative amount, it is when they invested it. that is the key thing. in england, about five years ago made all of their england women's players completely professional, full—time 18 contracts. but they didn't invest anywhere underneath so anyone play

it gives a chance for others, lewis gregory of somerset who comes into the squad for the first time.is at the top of the order. england's opening partnership of rory burns and jason roy, looking to get some form in ahead of the challenge against australia. seeing the boys last sunday was amazing and to get in and amongst that feeling. as you can imagine there is a fair amount of excitement. maybe a couple of sore heads as well. it's been a really good move and a good place to get amongst. bit of irish in me, i always keep one eye on what the irish boys are doing. we have played a fair few of them before in county cricket and it's something i am looking forward to. red bull cricket for some time, may be a bit vulnerable.

so ministers say there will be many more projects to protect the uk, like here in somerset, where thisbeen installed — designed in the netherlands to deal with rising sea levels. but if time is tight, so is money — resilience costs. jon kay, bbc news. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: new zealand shock india at the cricket world cup to reach a second successive final. roger federer and rafael nadal will meet at wimbledon for the first time since 2008 after both advanced to the semifinals. and the future of the british grand prix has been secured for the next five years with a new agreement between formula one and silverstone. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that india have been knocked out of the cricket world cup while new zealand move through to sunday's final at lords. the black caps pulled off an unlikely 18 run win at old trafford and our sports correspondentjoe wilson was there. there is a sense of surprise, certainly shocked still around this pa rt certainly shock

the brighter skies are likely to be, and are currently, across somerset, devon and cornwall, but in thethicken off for some showers and the sunniest skies will be the channel islands, devon, cornwall and somerset and the highest temperatures in decent sunshine will be 23. through this evening and overnight, once again the northern half of the country will hang onto the rain on and off as we go through the rain on and off as we go through the course of the night. further south, there will be some clears spells and the temperature range tonight, high single figures to low double figures. some might not fall lower than 13 or 14. that leads us into tomorrow. tomorrow once again, scotla nd into tomorrow. tomorrow once again, scotland and northern ireland will see the heaviest of the rain and potentially thundery. down the east coast of england, again some showers around and some of those are also likely to be heavy. as we come south to southern counties, around the south—east for example, back into the sunshine and again the forecast for wimbledon tomorrow, can‘t rule out a shower but the ch

lewis gregory from somerset comes into the squad for the first time.england's opening partnership of rory burns and jason roy looking to get some form in ahead of the challenge to come against australia. you know, to see the boys get over the line last sunday is an amazing thing. and, yeah, just to get in amongst the feeling, that can. as you imagine, there is a fair amount of excitement, maybe a couple of sore heads as well. here, no, it has been a really good mood, a good place to get amongst. a bit of irish only. i was keep an eye on what the irish boys are doing. yes, it will bea irish boys are doing. yes, it will be a good test. we have played a fair few encounter cricket. as a youngster, when both my brothers stopped playing with many beau gardner would throw a ball against the back wall and have a bite. so potentially to have the chance to do thatis potentially to have the chance to do that is great. so much cricket has already gone the summer but there are still six test match is here in england starting here on wednesday and ireland will feel,

ben wanted to take jack kennedy to the somerset club. he was an irish catholic. so that wasn't happening. >> the bigotry against kennedy is about all i knew at the catholic discrimination before i started working on this book. it really was one of the big revelations to meet of the whole research that and take opposes him was so deeply ingrained in the american experiment that it was not about, it was a feature of how america was crated. it was settled as a way against opposes him. and you cannot really understand the fight over religious freedom of understanding how important that was but anyway, the attacks on kennedy were the end of the line. that was like the last hurrah of anti-catholic sentiment was starting dependent. if you look left in the 1920 election, which was a precursor to that was unbelievable. my favorite one from that, the cartoons that the kkk was handing out that was a picture of the holland tunnel that said this is the tunnel that the vatican built to make it easier for the pope to travel to america to run the country. things like that were h

it gives a chance for others, lewis gregory of somerset who comes into the squad for the first time. a lot of the focus is at the top of the order. england's opening partnership of rory burns and jason roy, looking to get some form in ahead of the challenge against australia. seeing the boys last sunday was amazing and to get in and amongst that feeling. as you can imagine there is a fair amount of excitement. maybe a couple of sore heads as well. it's been a really good move and a good place to get amongst. bit of irish in me, i always keep one eye on what the irish boys are doing. we have played a fair few of them before in county cricket and it's something i am looking forward to. red bull cricket for some time, may be a bit vulnerable. what an occasion it would be for irish cricket and what an occasion it will be to start this test summer. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. good night. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me our political commentator lance price, and katie bowles, the deputy politica

what would you say a somerset you cannot compete?t only would i not be able to play, but they were probably able to play, but they were probably a massive gap in the bands because a lot of them are felled by younger people. i enjoy competing because you go and meet new people and it is fun to get, to windstar. you get loads of different opportunities. really thing i do not like about competing is losing. other there is help for buyers in england, the moment there is not in wales. the welsh government says the purpose of a child performers licence is to safeguard children taking part in a performance or activity. it is not intended to be burdensome. they go on to say that they will raise this issue with local authorities to identify whether more can be done to make the process more consisted without jeopardising make the process more consisted withoutjeopardising the safety of the child. protecting children is the child. protecting children is the aim, while also protecting an old tradition so that the unique sound of brass bands will

he's only averaged four for his county, somerset, this season.ireland all out for just 38, the lowest test score for 64 years and the lowest in history at lord's. i would guess this will build some confidence for england ahead of the ashes, but still some question marks hanging over the team? plenty over the batting, but on the bowlers, they look well—stocked with the likes ofjofra they look well—stocked with the likes of jofra archer, they look well—stocked with the likes ofjofra archer, mark wood and jimmy anderson to come back. however, that performance really glossed over the fragility of england's top order. jason roy looks as though he will play after scoring 72 against ireland, but who partners him at the top of the order and who bats at four really is anyone's guess. these are some of the contenders. rory burns averages just 22 in an england shirt. joe denly isn't much better, with just 24. james vince averages 25. or they could go leftfield from the county circuit and pick someone like zak crawley, who's yet to play for england. we'll fi

so ministers say there will be many more projects to protect the uk, like here in somerset, where this sea levels. but if time is tight, so is money — resilience costs. jon kay, bbc news. warwick university's vice chancellor has apologised for the way it responded to complaints from female students targeted with rape threats. it's after an independent review found what it calls a "legacy of mistrust" generated by the handling of the case. two women are suing the university for discrimination and negligence. larissa kennelly reports. the report contains details that some might find distressing. at warwick university in march 2018, a female student found a facebook chat group where male undergraduates were discussing raping and assaulting women at the university. it was portraying it as funny to rape a girl. things that made us feel ill when we read them. the woman and another friend mentioned in the chat complained to the university, handing in around 90 pages' worth of abusive comments and threats. hundreds of students protested in february after the university announced that two of th

the artists gave some of their clothing to the charity during the festival in somerset, with the aim fashion. let's get more on the news that british airways is facing a record fine of £183 million for last year's breach of its security systems. it is for last year's breach in the security system. the airline, owned by iag, says it was "surprised and disappointed" by the penalty from the information commissioner's office. at the time, ba said hackers had carried out a "sophisticated, malicious criminal attack" on its website. maureen meadows is professor of strategic management at coventry university. i think companies will feel that this is a bit of a wake—up call. in the past, fines have been perhaps tens of thousands of pounds, perhaps hundreds of thousands of pounds. the most famous or infamous example being facebook. it was fined £500,000 for data sharing around cambridge analytical. this is a big forward. all research shows that most companies don't take security, cyber security and personal data security, sufficiently seriously, so ido security, sufficiently seriously, so i do

spring restaurant in somerset house has said goodbye to cling film, replaced straws with a vegetables in london, which means if they are all using the same amount of cling film we are aware use, that is 69 million miles of cling film a yearjust in london alone. evelina london, a hospital which treats thousands of children, is celebrating its 150th anniversary. it opened in southwark in 1869 but is now based next to st thomas's. it's described as "a hospital that doesn't feel like a hospital" and will soon open a brand new 28—bed ward. now time for the travel. first a look at the tubes this morning and it's a good service on all lines at the moment. with no reported problems on the trains either. on the roads though — traffic is starting to build along victoria embankment towards waterloo bridge as you can see here. in purley: brighton road is closed in both directions between purley cross and russell hill place after a teenager was stabbed to death there last night. and in hyde park: north carriage drive is closed in both directions between west carriage drive and cumberland gate for

nd wisconsin somerset crash and fuel spill. some of the lanes are shut down.ing lights. eun. >> melissa, thank you. we'll take a break and checkor .our fecast when choosing my car insurance was the easiest decision ever. t i switchedo geico and saved hundreds. that's a win. but it's not the only reason i switcd. ca geico's a company i n trust, with over 75 years of great savings and service. ♪ now that's a win-win. switch to geico. it's a win-win. >>> good morning, everybody. coming up on 9:00. t're looking a future weather by 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon, a chance for some stronger thunderstos starting to develop. the evening c mute could be hard hit with rain and thunderstorms today. eep that in or leave a lit.tle late. 87 the forecast high for btoda. we'lle tweeting out and posting any severe weather watches or warnings as needed through our nbc washington app. and pretty high rain chances the az>> live from studio 1a in rockefeller pl this is the third hour of "today." >> i'm al along with sheinelle. we have two of ourit favor guest hosts in. >> third hour

chasing the fan down and they catch up chasing the fan down and they catch up with it around about somersetyour background and how that influences what you're writing now? you have the reader front and centre. i didn't read when i was at school. i read what i had to do at school but i would never read at home, i wasn't interested. when i got to 23, after some pretty wild years, i thought i would have an alternative to the bottle and the spliff and i started to read, and it was fantastic. i choose to classics. my was fantastic. i choose to classics. my education in the classics was all the penguin black spine books. all the penguin black spine books. all the usual suspects. i absolutely love them. but i had no one telling me, it was a complete choice. for young people, the classic scene very out of date but they are not. they have some relevance. me having the opportunity to write something to say that the classics do have releva nce. say that the classics do have relevance. you need to have read moby dick to read my book. relevance. you need to have read moby dick to read my bookm relevance

dodging the downpours again today, sunny skies in somerset, low pressure in control across the uk sos today, but not a wash out everywhere because there will be sunshine occasionally, too, and as low pressure begins to move away eastwards, its western parts that will turn drier and in some spots sunnier as we go through the day as the shower really become confined to easternmost areas by the end of the day. here is the recent rainfall radar picture, heavy, thundery rain towards the south—east of the night. still one or two thunderstorms out there to start the day. showers around in scotland and northern england. all of this is moving eastwards during the day, so already now becoming mainly dry in northern ireland. we will get there into western scotland and eventually that afternoon more of wales and west of england will be drying up. you can see the shower still bear on through the afternoon from east of scotla nd through the afternoon from east of scotland over the pennines, parts of the pennines into east anglia, some heavy and thundery. southernmost counties of england mainly dry

so ministers say there will be many more projects to protect the uk, like here in somerset, where thisevels. but if time is tight, so is money — resilience costs. finding victims have not come forth because they do not think anything will be done and they fear reprisals, the report criticised the culture of the lords finding that the members have bullied and harassed staff, house says improvements have already been made but more are required. ukraine's new president says he will transform the area around the reactor into an an official tourist site, he said he wa nted official tourist site, he said he wanted to bring new life to an area of ukraine associated with an appalling nuclear disaster. but the nature had not been reborn and thousands of people died as a result of that catastrophe in 1986. schools and whales are being told their uniforms must be affordable, accessible and gender—neutral under guidelines, the change comes in september and the consultation was launched last autumn after parents claimed that the uniform policies we re claimed that the uniform policies were too stri

lewis gregory and his first call—up after impressing for somerset. —— has earned. opponent to victory in toulouse. that's it for now, more for you in sportsday at 6:30pm. many thanks. theresa may has made her last major speech as prime minister, calling for an end to what she calls "uncompromising absolutism" in politics. she says public debate — at home and abroad — has become "coarse" and "adversarial", often leading to "hatred and prejudice". she's due to stand down next week after three years in the job. the two leadership contenders — borisjohnson and jeremy hunt — will take part in the final hustings tonight. with me now is tim montgomerie, conservative writer and founder of website conservative home. thank you for coming in. you listened to the speech. what did you think? somewhat disappointing, i'm afraid. everything she said, i agreed with, describing the anger that we often see on social media, the sense of exclusion. a lot of people have that from politics. but it was as if she hadn't been by minister for the last three years. this is the sort of speech

come to be in the first place, how is it that after two years and after several million dollars, somerseten we have answers for? i think the republicans were very capable of going on that land defence. so in as long running line, do think this was a season finale i was there much come? i think this was a seasoned analysis i do not see anything based on the testimony we heart this morning or monitoring this afternoon that there will be a big smoking gun there. all of a sudden we will say oh, there is a new legal that we have not examined that we should that relate to the president because my culpability. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. let us bring in the constitutional law professor at george washington university. jonathan, thank you forjoining us. a momentous day today. what was the most significant thing to emerge for you? well, the special counsel did say and confirm that the lies that we re say and confirm that the lies that were given to the special counsel certainly did hinder his investigation. he also expressly said that the president was not exonerated of obstruction.

max sewart is a happy and social eight—year—old boy from somerset.ren in the uk sufferfrom. it will very quickly rob him of his eyesight, speech and finally, his breathing. in a moment we'll speak to max's dad — who wants access to a drug made by an american company, but which nice — the health body which licenses medicine here in the uk — says is too expensive and has uncertain long term effects. first let's hear a little from max — we spoke to him and his brother felix before they went off to school this morning along with their mum ivana who helped max with the interview because of his worsening condition... what do you like now, max? what do you like? catboy. catboy? who's the fastest creature in the whole world? catboy. yeah. is it a catboy? and who's the catboy? me. max is the catboy. me, too. and felix. do you, like, run really, really fast? ican do... do you like running really fast, max and felix? i can do it really fast. do you? watch me! felix is doing a demonstration. and who is your brother, max? felix. and is he the best brother in the

the artists gave some of their clothing to the charity during the festival in somerset, with the aimme, ba said hackers had carried out a "sophisticated, malicious criminal attack" on its website. we are going to talk more about that a little later, but a significant fine. not as much as the ico could have imposed. it is 1.5% of turnover. but a significant fine for ba of £183 million. much more for you online as well and we will talk more on that in a moment. in other business news, six of britain‘s skyscrapers produce as much carbon dioxide as 3,000 cars, a report in today‘s times suggests. it says that the london landmarks produce more than 12,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year. more bad news for british airways. it will begin talks with its pilots on monday to avert a potentially damaging summer strike. pilots have rejected a pay increase worth 11.5% over three years, which the airline says is "fair and generous". however, the british airline pilots‘ association says its members deserve a better offer, as ba has been making healthy profits. flyadeal, the low—cost saudi arabia

we are here at king‘s college in taunton, somerset.be able to judge better than most. you havejos buttler playing there. did you know immediately, when someone likejos buttler comes onto the field, do you know straightaway that is something special because ——? know straightaway that is something special because --? he had that air, that something about him that made you look twice but equally, i have beenin you look twice but equally, i have been in the game long enough to know, you think of a player has certain future prospects for england and he disappears from the game when he is 19 or 20 or maybe even younger. i have seen many of them come through. alistair cooke played here years ago. i remember taking him to hospital once when he was hit on the head as a 14—year—old. he had something about him. i have yet to see enough of rory to know whether he willjoin that illustrious group but we live in hope. we will and me way well be playing this interview backin way well be playing this interview back ina way well be playing this intervie

the artists gave some of their clothing to the charity during the festival in somerset, with the aim have been tens of thousands of pounds, perhaps hundreds of thousands of pounds. the most famous or infamous example being facebook who was fined £500,000 for data sharing around cambridge analytical. this is a big step forward. research shows that most companies don't take security, cyber security and personal data security, sufficiently seriously. so ido security, sufficiently seriously. so i do think this will be a wake—up call for many organisations. it is also interesting because british airways is not a tech company, we're not talking about facebook and google, we are talking about an airline. this does flag up that all companies need to think seriously. any company that is handling personal data, whether those that we do online shopping with any other sort of company, everyone has to ta ke sort of company, everyone has to take personal data seriously. they can be fined for losing or not keeping personal data secure. and thatis keeping personal data secure. and that is a big step