commemorations are taking place at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire.. women were able to join the army. in 1917 on this very day, the first all—women unit was created, the women's army artillery corps. it meant they could work as cooks and drivers, freeing up men to go into battle. the unit disbanded in 1921 but its birth paved the way for other military services to include women. i was young, i was 21. 94—year—old charlotte signed up to the forces during the second world war and worked at top—secret bletchley park, documenting incoming codes. we were at war, we felt we needed to do something and the opportunities were there within the three women's services. i don't know that i actually thought it through at that time, but i mean, that's the top and bottom of it — we were here in this island which was being attacked, we needed to do something to defend it. and so you did. and so i did. at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire, hundreds of those who have fallen are honoured. today a tri—service ceremony took place to recognise what women hav

sima kotecha, bbc news staffordshire.der, vladimir putin, are holding their first ever face—to—face talks after meeting at the g20 summit in hamburg. a new development in in the charlie gard case, a group of doctors and experts write to great ormond street hospital advocating giving him a controversial treatment. a man's been arrested in connection with the investigation into the manchester arena bombing. time for a look at the big business stories of the week, and joe lynam is here to take us through them. job numbers in the united states ‘s, better than people thought. debtor bya better than people thought. debtor by a a5,000 jobs. —— better. 222,000 people hired, they had expected 170,000. now, at the rate of replacement, the number of people that arrived in the united states every single month, around 100,000, you need to be creating at least 100,000 to be treading water. this isa 100,000 to be treading water. this is a good bit better than that. the unemployment rate inched up to a.a%, that shows that people are acti

this was the scene this afternoon in staffordshi re scene this afternoon in staffordshire with a fewers and some sunshine as well. but towards northern and eastern parts of the uk, more cloud and drizzly rain, so oui’ uk, more cloud and drizzly rain, so our second picture comes from the highlands of scotland near aviemore. that rain across highland scotland is clearing away as this front pushes out to the north east. our attention turns to the next area of low pressure moving into the south west. overnight breezy conditions with spots of rain in the south—west of england and wales. further north and east it is largely dry and temperatures holed up in double figures. tomorrow let's start off in the south—west of england and wales. a few showers and breezy to start with, but this band of rain will bring heavy downpours. strong winds as well and that could lead to surface water flooding. that extends into east anglia and parts of northern england, it will be windy as well, but less windy across scotla nd as well, but less windy across scotland and an improved day. low pressure stays in

sima kotecha, bbc news staffordshire. more to come from the g20.the country, it's been rolling in across scotland, northern ireland, england and wales. bursts of rain across the east of scotland. through this afternoon, wet weather in the east of scotland, like showers in the east of england and north wales. dry weather and sunshine in the south. temperature is a bit fresher towards the north and west. 17 in glasgow. through this evening and overnight, the band of cloud drifts its way of further south across the country. this allows fresh air to come in. saturday will be fresher. more sunshine but cloutier frozen solid. —— cloutier for yourself. more sunshine but cloutier frozen solid. —— cloutierfor yourself. top temperatures tomorrow 17—24d. bye for now. hello. this is bbc news. donald trump has greeted vladimir putin as world leaders gather in hamburg for the g20 summit. it's the first time the pair have met face—to—face and they will hold talks later today. earlier, water cannons were used by the german police to control rioters and anti—capita

the 14—year—old victim, from john taylor high school in staffordshire, was on a field trip when the bus on a trip lost her life, 20 other teenagers and three teachers were in the coach with her when it was in a collision with a dustbin lorry. next of kin have been informed and i've got specialist officers deployed with the family to support them at this difficult time. we've been in close contact with our colleagues from staffordshire police who are liaising with the headteacher at the john taylor high school and all releva nt john taylor high school and all relevant support is being provided by the school and our colleagues. the village of barton and in need wood was in mourning today, the girl was on a trip and it is understood year nine and 12 pupils were on an art excursion. the school issued a statement read by a police officer. we have spent the day supporting our children and staff. john taylor high school is grateful for the support of educational psychologist services who have assisted us today and will be working with us in forthcoming weeks to provide support. we are apprecia

rio 0lympics last summer, when she was filmed watching the games back in peaty‘s home town in staffordshiree for the first time in 20 years to go and see her grandson in budapest this time, and says she's been loving every minute. well, it has been wonderful. i did not see him in rio but this has made up not see him in rio but this has made upfor not see him in rio but this has made up for it. i get so excited and i am so up for it. i get so excited and i am so proud of him. i cannot explain what goes through your mind when he is swimming. hejust impresses me so much and he has done so much. he is just my grandson, down—to—earth, but iam just my grandson, down—to—earth, but i am proud of him and he has done amazingly well. to be here at this time, it meant the world to me. it is very touching, really. i could not go to see him in rio, but, as i say, this has made up for everything andi say, this has made up for everything and i am so pleased i have come. it is 20 years since i have flown but it was well worth it. mavis is a legend. still to come on sportsday. we will hear from adam peaty an

the teenager from john taylor high school in staffordshire, was on a field trip when the bus crashed hospital with minor injuries. the school principal mike donoghue said: "our thoughts, at this very tragic and sad time, are with the family, their friends and the pupils and staff involved. police officers in england and wales must fill out a ten—page form every time they use any kind of force —— including the use of handcuffs, cs spray or a baton. the police federation has likened it to "writing an essay" but the home secretary, amber rudd, says the rules, which were introduced in april, will create "unprecedented tra nsparency". a little earlier i spoke to simon kempton, operational lead on policing for the police federation and i began by asking him what he made of the new police forms. my my view is that there is important information that can have real direct benefits to police officers on the street and the public. but we have to be really careful about how we collated. if we are going to ask police officers to do this, we can do it in and on bureaucratic way for a bureaucratic

with bidding was contact with staffordshire police. with the head teacher at thejohn taylor liaising with the head teacher at the john taylor high liaising with the head teacher at thejohn taylor high school and all releva nt thejohn taylor high school and all relevant support is being provided by the school and by our colleagues. this village was in mourning today. the girl was on a trip from john taylor high school. it is understood year 9 taylor high school. it is understood year9and year12 taylor high school. it is understood year 9 and year 12 pupils were on an art excursion. the school issued a statement, read by a police officer. we spent a supporting our children and staff as they come to terms with this terrible news. john taylor high school is grateful for the support of the counselling and psychology services who have assisted us today and we will be —— will be working with us in the forthcoming weeks to provide support. we are also appreciative of all of the messages of condolence that we have received today. one other girl

the 14—year—old victim, from john taylor high school in staffordshire, was on a field trip when the bus injuries. police have arrested a man in connection with the manchester arena bombing. the 19—year—old was detained at liverpool'sjohn lennon airport on suspicion of terror offences. he's the 23rd person to be held in the investigation into the attack back in may, which killed 22 people. it's a growing trend here and around the world, working in what's known as the gig economy, where people earn money as and when they do a job and don't have fixed hours or benefits like sick pay and holiday entitlements. it's estimated that a million people work in the gig economy in the uk, or 3% of the total workforce. some say it offers flexibility for workers, but others call it exploitation, with little protection. today, the boss of one of the most high—profile firms, deliveroo, says he wants to start giving his delivery riders sick pay, but only if the law is changed. he was speaking exclusively to our economics editor kamal ahmed. it is about doing the right thing, don't get me wrong. the found

the 14—year—old victim, from john taylor high school in staffordshire, was on a field trip when the bushearts the world over as he endured gruelling treatment for cancer has died. bradley lowery struck up a particularly close friendship with his hero england forward jermain defoe who said, bradley will be in my heart for the rest of my life. danny savage has more. bradley lowery achieved a great deal in his short life. often at his side in those special moments was sunderland strikerjermain defoe. each described the other as best friends. bradley loved sunderland and the club and especially jermain defoe loved him back. it's been hard. i've just kept this in for so long. the footballer broke down yesterday at his new club bournemouth when asked about the little boy he called brads. from sort of, like, the first moment i met him, i just couldn't believe that he was the young kid that was ill. because he sort of run over to me. and i think, from that moment, he was just, like, just that instant connection. i was with him a few days ago and it was tough to see him suffer like that. he will

staffordshire and stoke delivering fine care can. i encourage the government to bring together people from across this house to make this parliament the one that puts the nhs and social care on a firm and sustainable firm foundation. >> i'm grateful to my honorable friend and i know he's been campaigning vigorously on behalf of health service in his constituency. including his local hospital and he's absolutely right to do so. he and i i'm sure both welcome the fact that the government has committed an extra 8 billion pounds off this parliament to the nhs and we're also committed to having a full debate across the house and indeed much wider with people about how we can improve our social care system because this is indeed one of the big issues facing this country. >> emily thornberry. >> thank you, mr. speaker, let me welcome the first secretary to his new role. by my reckoning in the 20 years since he first joined this house, he is the 16th member of the party opposite to be represented at prime minister's questions. so how about i

we've been in close contact with our colleagues from staffordshire police who are liaising with the headteacherunder—needwood was in mourning today. the girl was on a trip and it is understood year 9 and 12 pupils were on an art excursion. the school issued a statement read by a police officer. we have spent the day supporting our children and staff. john taylor high school is grateful for the support of educational psychologist services who have assisted us today and will be working with us in forthcoming weeks to provide support. we are appreciative of all the messages of help and condolence we have received. one of the girl was taken to hospital with minor injuries. a number of others were treated at the scene. the drivers of the bus and lorry are assisting police with their investigation, neither was injured. birmingham city council said the waste lorry was theirs and sent a statement saying: just after 4pm, police reopened the road and the coach was towed away. police are appealing for witnesses to the accident. a six—year—old boy who captured hearts the world over as seen george cruising

there has been sunshine coming through the cloud in staffordshire, showers earlier today.means he'll flog developing but still clear spells for east anglia and south—east england going into tomorrow morning. but if you start with sunshine tomorrow morning, it will not last and for much of the ukuri, a cloudy start. mainly dry at this stage in northern ireland, outbreaks of rain, he'll flog around in the north—west england and the pennines. outbreaks of rain to be found here. much of southern england dry stage of the morning. early sunshine, east anglia, south—east england. 17 celsius to begin the day because even able bring cloud and splashes of rain through for a time. but then, beyond that, southern and eastern parts turn mainly dry through the afternoon. bright list to be used on high ground, warm and humid. the west stays cloudy. some patchy rain and drizzle. the rain pepping up patchy rain and drizzle. the rain pepping up again to the west of scotla nd pepping up again to the west of scotland and northern ireland. a warm humid day for many of us, rain tomorrow evening

john taylor high school, in this village, in east staffordshire, not far from burton on trent, the childrend we have had it confirmed one teenage girl has been killed. -- a 1a—year—old girl has died after a crash involving a minibus and a lorry on the a38 in birmingham. the vehicle was carrying 21 school pupils on a field—trip. vehicle was carrying 21 school pupils on a field-trip. another teenage girl is in hospital, other children on board were treated for minor injuries. in the last hour and a half since we have been here, we have seen some of the children coming out with their parents, very distressed clearly by what has happened, this is a close—knit rural community. a profound sense of shock at the moment. so far, no comment from the school, not able to make a statement at this time. but we do know that the rest of the children we re know that the rest of the children were brought back to the school after the accident and since then have been collected by their pa rents. have been collected by their parents. elizabeth, in terms of the injuries, you were suggesting nothing too serious?

in bright conditions with a few showers in staffordshi re conditions with a few showers in staffordshireur second picture comes from near aviemore. that rain in the highlands of scotland is clearing away as this front pushes out to the north east. then our attention turns into this area of low pressure moving into the south—west. overnight we will see some breezing conditions with spots of rain. north and east it is largely dry and temperatures holding up largely dry and temperatures holding up in double figures. let's start off in the south—west of england and wales tomorrow. this band of rain will bring heavy downpours later on in the day and there could be some surface water flooding. drive for the south east of england with than extending into east anglia, but north wales and northern ireland keeping the cloud and the rain. less windy in scotland and an improved today compared to today. low pressure stays in the west and it will be quite slow moving, drifting eastwards with heavy rain in central wales and southern and south—western england. heavy downpours combined with strong winds

there is now weekly uv league here at staffordshire university an initiative funded by the premier leagueu5h by glow active uk which helped start leagues at dozens of clubs to reach girls like bonnie who says she would never have got into football had it not been for this. it's in the dark, you can't really see you in that. so if you're like embarra55ed or anything, no point because it's like no one can really see you. is that what helped you get into it? yeah. girls can show their personality with the way they put their face paint on. it is a save. it 5tays level. the game is finely poised. the opposition are making a substitution. and what a substitution it was! 0h, tackled. we lost. the super 5ub made all the difference as the lights go on and ourface paint5 have run. 94 caps for england, sue smith, herfirst experience of glow football. how was it? i loved it. it was so much fun. it's great for maybe the young girls and boys that don't have confidence. so i think if you make a mistake, you don't know who has done that mistake. it probably would have good for me. and me, i hope, when i

there is now weekly uv league here at staffordshi re weekly uv league here at staffordshire universityssing to as long as they are in an orange shirt. it is part ofa are in an orange shirt. it is part of a wider push by glow active uk which helped start leagues at dozens of clu bs which helped start leagues at dozens of clubs to reach girls like bonnie who says she would never have got into football had it not been for this. it's in the dark, you can't really see you in that. so if you're embarrassed or anything, no point because it's like no one can really see you. is that what helped you get into it? yeah. the girls can show their personal with the way they put their personal with the way they put their face paint on. it is a save. it stays level. the game is finely poised. the opposition are making a substitution. and what a substitution. and what a substitution it was. 0h, tackled. we lost. the super sub made all the difference as the lights go on and ourface paints difference as the lights go on and our face paints have difference as the lights go on and ourface paints have run. 9

to travel to brazil because of ill health, so she watched peaty‘s performances at her home in staffordshireat this time meant the world to me. it is very touching, really. i couldn't go and see him in rio, but as i say, this has made up for everything. and i am so, so please i have come. and it is 20 yea rs please i have come. and it is 20 years since i have flown, but it was well worth it. 12—time grand slam champion novak djokovic won't play again this year, because of an elbow injury. it means he will miss this year's us open. djokovic retired hurt during his quarter—final at wimbledon, and said he was considering taking a break to recover from the long—standing injury. he says he doesn't need surgery, but rest is necessary. there was frustration for celtic as they were held to a goalless draw by norwegian champions rosenborg in the first leg of their champions league third—round qualifier. the sides meet again next wednesday to decide which team progresses to the play—off round. the loser will drop into the europa league play—off round. last season showed that we actually scored more go

were finally the place where maybe, staffordshire of course, maybe we will be dealing with some things as we deal with fiscal issues and other issues that relate to the economy. one of those coming up could be tax reform. we been in a situation with low inflation below where you would like for it to be. productivity below where you would like for it to be. these are not questions to lead in a particular direction, but his tax reform one of those things that should congress pursued in a productive manner could be really helpful as collateral to move the economy ahead in a more rapid way? >> i would certainly agree that appropriately designed tax reform could have a favorable effect on productivity. of course it depends on the detail of what you do. i don't have numbers to give you, but certainly there are distortions in the tax codes that i believe are negatively impacting productivity. so i think there is scope there to have a favorable impact on long-term economic growth. >> one of the things will be debating both sides of the aisle, we have huge fiscal issues as a nation, obviously c

this was from our weather watchers in staffordshire., northern england but it is moving east. there will be an improvement in the weather the further west you are. they could still sees some patchy rain into the afternoon for central and south—eastern areas but further west the skies will brighten up and there will be sunshine. at 4pm we could see 12 showers across northern ireland but on the whole it is dry here and sunny. temperatures up to around 19. becoming quite sunny across wales and the south—west of england as well to end the day. temperatures about 19. still quite blustery conditions. notice it more around the coasts of south wales and south—west england but i think for the isle of white towards east anglia it will remain cloudy and dampened drizzly into the afternoon. still a few showers possible across northern parts of england but generally across northern england it will dry generally across northern england it willdry up and generally across northern england it will dry up and brighten up with some sunshine. sunny spells

comparing experiences. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha is at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshireas well as the men. absolutely, a tri- service ceremony will start at 12 o'clock with the navy, raf and army commemorating all those women who served in the military and continue to do so. this memorial commemorates hundreds of people who died in conflict and those who died while serving. i'm joined by conflict and those who died while serving. i'mjoined bya conflict and those who died while serving. i'm joined by a woman from the raf who has been serving for 12 yea rs. the raf who has been serving for 12 years. padraic harnan ruth haig. tell me the significance of the event. it's a privilege to be involved in bed and to take part is wonderful, to commemorate all those women who have served and gone before us to lead us to where we are now with women serving in the military, it's fantastic and will be a good occasion. we know that women's roles have evolved dramatically and from next year they will be able to join infantry units and that is a big step, they will have to undergo rigorou