alex villis is from the hiv charity terrence higgins trust. higgins trust. she joins us from london. hiv charity terrence higgins trust. shejoins us from london. good morning to you. how significant are these changes? they are significant. the trust has long fought for an evidence —based policy on blood donation. we really welcome these changes. they are clearly a victory for science over stigmatising assumptions. what is the science behind this and what is the evidence that you collected? i sit on the working group that feeds into the government's evidence and what this does is enables more people to go and donate blood while maintaining the safety of the blood supply. that is the most important thing. could you run us is the most important thing. could you run us through this affects and what those changes are going? yeah, it mainly affect gay or bisexual men. we call them and who have sex with men. it also affects current and former sex workers. for current and former sex workers. for current and former sex workers, their deferral period ha

with me is alex phillips from the terrence higgins trust. thank you for coming in. welcome this change? the terrence higgins trust has long fought for evidence —based policy on blood donation so we really welcome this change that has been announced today. it does of course only apply in england and scotland. what about wales and northern ireland? we expect wales to follow suit pretty quickly, as they have done in the past. we would hope to see that northern ireland would do the same. why did you think it was so important for this time limit to be reduced? in needs to be based on evidence which is evolving all the time. it was reduced to 12 months for men who have sex with men, gay and bisexual men, in 2011. we know since then testing technology has changed quite dramatically and the evidence suggests that that should 110w evidence suggests that that should now be a three month deferral period. we provided some evidence around sex workers and their lifetime ban on donating blood has been listed and they are down to three months. what you say those people who are a bi

alex phillips from the terrence higgins trust. new interview prince william and prince harry have recalled fond memories of their mother diana princess of wales. some of the bbc‘s most high profile women have written to the director general, calling on him to correct gender disparity in pay. a 20—year—old man has died after being confronted by a police officer in an east london shop. golf, cricket, cycling. sport now and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh. the women's cricket world cup final is under way. england have won the toss and chosen to bat against india. they have just lost their first wicket for 24. tammy bowman is still on their 19 not out. england are currently 49—1 in the 12th over. david 0rnstein is that lawyers for us. an important game on the field, but in the wider context of the women's game, how important is the attention that this match has garnered? it is huge and arguably the bigger victory has already been achieved in the success of this tournament. 26,500 spectators inside lord's tod

the charity terrence higgins trust called on healthcare commissioners to act on these latest findingsnsettled conditions but not for all. on the other side of the country, a lot more cloud around. to get a double rainbow, you need rain so it is a mixed bag this afternoon. sunshine and showers today, similar tomorrow. midweek, more persistent rainfall areas and by the end of the week back to sunshine and showers. low pressure is in charge of our weather at the moment. the closer you are too that is where the showers are more likely to be. here is the radar sequence from earlier today. most of the showers in the north and west and there have been a few heavy ones already. a little bit of hail mixed in with some of the showers. 17 or 18 degrees at the very best. northern england is a mixed bag of heavy showers and sunny spells. towards the south—west, some sunny spells with a shower or two moving across on the breeze. the south—east, many places try and bright and breezy with patchy cloud. it looks pretty good through the afternoon at the oval. the cloud may break to allow some sunshine

the charity terrence higgins trust called on healthcare commissioners to act on these latest findings dozens of people were left suspended in mid—air after a cable car came to a stop over the river rhine, in germany. fire crews and rescue teams in cologne used a crane to reach the 75 trapped passengers, some of whom were left 130 feet in air. a number of children were lowered to the ground. no injuries were reported. that would have been so frightening. yes, just exactly what you don't wa nt to yes, just exactly what you don't want to happen! but everyone was ok, so want to happen! but everyone was ok, so it is all right. sally has the sport, and we have great news. how are you feeling about the euros at the moment? is in how are they doing? i have a feeling england will doing? i have a feeling england will do very, very well. an exciting game last night, fantastic win for them. you can see when they play together they are such a tight unit. they get on so they are such a tight unit. they get on so brilliantly well, they are on something of a roll. england's women are into the semi—fi

the charity terrence higgins trust called on healthcare commissioners to act on these latest findingsnshine and is quite pleasant. but not for eve ryo ne is quite pleasant. but not for everyone because we have showers as well through today and tomorrow. more persistent rain spreads across all areas in the middle of the week. the closer you are too low pressure today, the showers are heavier. 12 fleeting showers in the south—east. further west and north, quite a lot of showers. some of them have been quite heavy. some hail and rumbles of thunder. that risk goes on into the early part of the evening. for many eastern areas, the showers will fade away overnight. a few will go around western coast and hills. by the end of the night, temperatures in major cities and 10—13 but some rural spots might get into single figures. from early on, showers will be going across the north and west of scotland, some moving to the south—east as well. north—west england, showers earlier but the north—east largely drive through the morning. in the south and west, early showers but further east it should be

the charity terrence higgins trust called on healthcare commissioners to act on these latest findingsin england over the next four years. our health editor hugh pym has been working with our reality check team to look more closely at the announcement. jeremy hunt said it was time to halt the imbalance between mental and physical health services will stop the aim is to recruit enough nurses and therapists and consultants to treat an extra 1 million patients by 2021. the government wants to create 21,000 extra posts. it says an extra £1 billion already promised for mental health services in england would fund the scheme. part of report of one point 3 billion. but is that enough? critics including the royal college of nursing are questioning the figures. for example, the government says it wants to increase mental health nursing posts in crisis care services by 4,600. but the rcn says that overall there are around 5,000 fewer mental health nurses since the conservatives came to power in 2010. experts say this money is enough to create new places but it will have to be taken from other pa

and we'll be speaking to the hiv charity, the terrence higgins trust, after seven this morning.‘s most high—profile female presenters have written to the corporation's director general tony hall, calling on him to tackle the gender pay gap. bbc sport's claire balding, the today programme's mishal hussain and jane garvey from woman's hour are amongst the 42 signatories. the letter in the sunday times urges lord hall to "act now" to close the gender pay gap in all areas of the bbc. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has described the abuse to staff at great 0rmond street hospital, where the terminally ill baby charlie gard is being treated, as "totally u na cce pta ble". the hospital says its doctors and nurses had faced a "tide of abuse", and that it's had to call in the police. the high court is considering whether charlie's parents should be allowed to take him to the united states for experimental treatment. richard main reports. it isa it is a case that has touched people around the world. attracting a growing number of campaigners who disagree with medical experts over the t

the charity terrence higgins trust called on healthcare commissioners to act on these latest findingsy in kaboul. nearly four hours after the operation, the gun battle goes on as the security forces are trying to repel the attack. an hour or so when i was on the scene, i could hear sporadic firing and also a couple of bomb blasts. when you speak to local police at the scene, they tell you that because the militants are hidden inside the compound, the operation goes on very slowly in order to avoid any civilian casualties. because this embassy compound is in the middle of a residential area because according to the interior ministry, iraqi diplomats are in there. it is a tough area, a difficult area, the security forces are slowly trying to clear it. let's return now to belgium and the ceremonies being held near ypres to mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles of world war one, passchendaele. prince charles is to attend a commemoration at tyne cot commonwealth cemetery shortly, where thousands of soldiers are buried. my colleague ben brown is there. 12,000 soldiers buried he

the charity terrence higgins trust called on healthcare commissioners to act on these latest findingsistiano ronaldo will appear in madrid today accused of tax fraud. he is the latest spanish spokesman to fall foul of this. if found guilty he could face a prison sentence. dozens of people were left suspended in mid—airaftera cable car came to a stop over the river rhine in germany. fire crews and rescue teams in cologne used a crane to reach the 75 trapped passengers, some of whom were left 130 feet in the air. a number of children were lowered to the ground. no injuries were reported. prince charles will attend the second day of commemorations to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the battle of passchendaele. half a million allied and german soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing in action during the three months of fighting near the belgian town of ypres. the duke and duchess of cambridge attended a service with descendants of those who fought there. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30. thank you. we will be speaking later about the growing pressure