professor sir michael marmot, from university college london, says the rate of increase has almost "grounda halt" since 2010. in the uk as a whole, women can expect to live to 82 on average, and men to 79. our health correspondent, nick triggle, has more: life expectancy has been rising for the last century but now a leading health expert is raising concerns it could be tailing off. sir michael marmot points at the rate of increase being halved since 2010. historically, life expectancy at birth has risen by one yearfor every five years for women and one year every 3.5for every five years for women and one year every 3.5 for men. since 2010, however, that has slowed to one year for every ten for women and one for every six for men. sir michael says the situation needs to be urgently looked at. this is historically highly unusual because over a long period of time, for 100 years, life expectancy has been improving, year on year. in britain as it has in many, on year. in britain as it has in any, on year. in britain as it has in many, many, many, many other countries. and now it has slowed, i

professor sir michael marmot, from university college london, says the rate of increase — which has beenaren't responsible, as sara smith explains. for years, we've been getting, well, older. for a century, average life expectancy has been rising. in england, now 83 for women, 79 for men. but the author of a study at the institute of health equity says he is deeply concerned that increases are now levelled off. and that while he can't make any firm conclusions, what he describes as miserly health and social care spending could be contributing. it's entirely possible and i think it's an urgent that we try and sort that out, that they try and work out if it has and if it has, it is yet one more argument why we should be more generous in our social expenditure, if we want to address the quality of life of older people and if we want to address inequalities in health at all pages. historically, for every 5 years later you were born, you'd expect a year longer life span. it was 3.5 years for men. but since 2010, life expectancy has increased a year every ten years for women and every six for

back to virtual reality now and ifind myself in the immersive vr lab, in university college london.to the walls and floor, shift and warp as i move around. from the point of view of my motion sensitive specs, though, the perspective is correct and it actually looks, to me, like moving through a 3—d world. now, this research, actually concerns how the environment feels, specifically if it really feels, like this imaginary ball, is hitting this imaginary wall. which it does. bang, that is a hard wall. itjust feels, it is bouncy, so as the ball hits the wall, i can feel it kind of bounce back slightly. the secret is in the superfast response time in the control. although video generally looks convincing if it runs at about 60 frames a second, your sense of touch, is accurate to 1000th of a second. any less and it will feel like everything is spongy. as it is, the wall feels rock hard, the walls in the foreground feel lighter, because i can knock them over. this is great, because this is one more step towards a fully immersive experience. where i will feel like i really am in this virtu

sir michael marmot of university college london, who carried out the study, says he's "deeply concerned" to find out what was causing the trend. four police helicopter crew members in south yorkshire, have gone on trial accused of using the aircraft to spy on people, some sunbathing naked or having sex. two officers and two pilots deny the charges, which relate to alleged incidents between 2007 and 2012. a fifth man pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office. a new £10 note has been unveiled featuring a portrait of jane austen. the bank of england revealed the design on the 200th anniversary of the author's death. the new polymer note will go into circulation in september. tomorrow, the bbc will publish its annual report which, for the first time, will include details of how much the corporation pays its stars. the government has forced the disclosure, which will affect presenters on salaries of more than £150,000. the bbc already publishes full details of executive pay and expenses. our media editor, amol rajan, reports. they have broadcast to the nation on a regular basis, presenti

professor christian dustmann, director of the centre for research & analysis of migration at university college londonoment, i think we can show you live the scene in hamburg. it looks like emmanuel macron just getting into a car. hamburg. it looks like emmanuel macronjust getting into a car. this is live from hamburg where the 620 summit of leaders is taking place. all eyes are on that. a lot for them to be discussing. including how to deal with the migration crisis. so let's delve into that with professor dustman. what do you think the likelihood is of reaching consensus, how much common ground is there between the leaders when it comes to the challenges, benefits and answers to the migration crisis. consensus on what precisely? what we're seeing at the moment is a continuation of what started in 2015, emphasis has shifted from africa to the middle east. people are fleeing war, persecution and, increasingly, poverty. making their way over the mediterranean into europe. now, the borders of libya, which have been avoiding that during the 6addafi regime, are now not doing that any more. this flow has t

professor sir michael marmot, from university college london, says the rate of increase, which has beens, has halved since 2010. he says it is entirely possible that austerity is affecting how long people live, but the government says its policies aren't responsible, as sara smith explains. for years, we have been getting, well, older. for a for years, we have been getting, well, older. fora century, average life expectancy has been rising. in england, it is now 83 for women and 73 for men. but the author of a study at the institute for health equity says he is deeply concerned that increases have now levelled off and while he can't make any firm conclusions, what he describes as miserly health and social care spending could be contributing. miserly health and social care spending could be contributingm is entirely possible and i think it is entirely possible and i think it is urgent that we try and sort that out, but we try and work out if it has, and if it has, it is one more argument why we should be more generous in our social expenditure if we want to address the quality of life of

in english hospitals i spoke to the university college london professor. who's part of a team developing self-cleaning smart services. one billion pounds a year in the treatment of healthcare associated infections so we're presenting based on light activated. where you need. to have in a hospital the sort of lighting that you have there they would interact with the molecules that then create species that can interact with the various bacteria and actually destroy them and they. heard of this m.r.s.a. as well and so by developing these services we might overcome some of the problems where we're becoming more and. you know to actually. have a more clean environment we obviously look to clean the hospitals a lot the combination of a good cleaning waging as well as having these onto microbial surfaces should then we use amount to potential infections from things like m.r.s.a. can the n.h.s. keep up the necessary hygiene seventy cleaners on strike david newell slots and a senior lecturer at king's college london has developed a softball to three d. printed hawk

professor christian dustmann from university college london says its proving a tough issue to crack. the emphasis has shifted a little bit to africa from the middle east. but we see that people are fleeing war, persecution and increasingly so poverty, and making their way over the mediterranean into europe. the borders of libya, which have been avoiding that during the gaddafi regime are now not doing that any more. this flow has two b, in some way, addressed. where we can see consensus is in some way, addressed. where we can see consensus is creating situations in those countries where these people are coming from, which will make it liverpool in the future for these people. that is something where we can see progress at the g20 —— liveable. microsoft is to cut "thousands" ofjobs around the world as it tries to beef up its presence in the cloud computing sector — where its facing intense competition from the likes of amazon and google. the majority of cuts are expected to be outside the us. luxury handbag maker, mulberry, has set—up a joint venture injapan as it continues expanding

professor sir michael marmot, from university college london, says the rate of increase — which has beens it is entirely possible that austerity is affecting how long people live, but the government says its policies aren't responsible, as sara smith explains. while he can't make any firm conclusions, what he describes as miserly health—care spending could be contributing. it's entirely possible and it is urgent that we sorted out. we need to work out if it has and if it has, then it's one more argument as to why we should be so more argument as to why we should be so much more more argument as to why we should be so much more generous more argument as to why we should be so much more generous in our expenditure, to embrace the quality—of—life for older people, and if we want to address inequalities in health of all ages. for every five—year slater you were born you would expect a longer life span, it used to be 3.5 years the men, but since 2010, it only increases every ten years for women and every six years for men. care for the elderly was pressing because those with dementia would ne

professor sir michael marmot, from university college london, says the rate of increase — which has beennce 2010. he says it is entirely possible that austerity is affecting how long people live, but the government says its policies aren't responsible, as sara smith explains. for years, we've been getting, well, older. for a century, average life expectancy has been rising. in england, it is now 83 for women, 79 for men. but the author of a study at the institute of health equity says he is deeply concerned that increases are now levelled off. and that while he can't make any firm conclusions, what he describes as miserly health and social care spending could be contributing. it's entirely possible and i think it's an urgent that we try and sort that out, that they try and work out if it has and if it has, it is yet one more argument why we should be more generous in our social expenditure, if we want to address the quality of life of older people and if we want to address inequalities in health at all pages. inequalities in health at all ages. historically, for every 5 years later you w

in our group at university college london. what do you think? seems to be a huge factor.n i was trying to get help, they did not see me as vulnerable. but they decided to take action, ijust find it quite confusing this is that because you are black?” it quite confusing this is that because you are black? i think so, my colours as pay apart. mainly because naturally we are expressive, much more expressive as a people. we have a bit more animated. they don't really understand that perspective. in terms of the mental health service. they are trained professionals ? service. they are trained professionals? this is what i'm saying, the perspective of professional. in a test that can determine this person has this, as the first based on the opinion of the first based on the opinion of the professional fools whether or not they are trained professional, committees based the perspective. let me bring in andy bell. tell our audience would you fan? weaver looking at what it is that affects young african and caribbean men at age 11 have as good mental health is anyone else in uk. ye

i spoke to the director of the centre for research and analysis of migration at university college londone are fleeing war, persecution and increasingly poverty. they are making their way over the mediterranean into europe. the borders of libya, which had been avoiding that in the colonel gaddafi regime are not doing that any more. and this has to be addressed in some way. where we can see and hopefully we'll see consensus is to create situations in those countries where these people are coming from which will make it liveable in future for these people. i think that is something where we can hopefully see something where we can hopefully see some progress at the g20. professor christian dustman speaking to me earlier. —— professor christian dussman speaking to me earlier. you may have used the picture—based search engine pinterest to look for ideas for decorating your house, or maybe a children's craft project. what you may not know is that it's been valued at $12 billion. more than £9 billion. so how does it work as a business? bbc business's vishala sri—pathma caught up with one of its

professor sir michael marmot, from university college london, says the rate of increase has almost "groundhis suggestion that it was "possible" that austerity was affecting how long people live has been dismissed by the government. our health correspondent, nick triggle, reports. life expectancy has been rising for the last century, but now a leading health expert is raising concerns that increases could be tailing off. sir michael marmot, who has advised both the government and world health organization, points out that the rate of increase has halved since 2010. historically, life expectancy at birth has risen by one year for every five years for women and one year every three and a half for men. sir michael says the situation needs urgently looking at. this is historically highly unusual because over a long period of time, for a hundred years, life expectancy has been improving, year—on—year, in britain, as it has in many, many other countries. and now it has slowed, it is almost flat, which means that we have fallen behind some of the healthier countries. that's terrible. he says it is

now is dr claudia cooper, reader in old age psychiatry at the faculty of brain sciences at university college london law any way. how have you reached the nine? we looked at the best evidence available and did a new synthesis of the evidence. we were interested in the evidence. we were interested in the hearing loss, that is one of the new findings to come out of that. it is going to be interesting to go on, and look at how we might be able to reduce the risk of dementia through for example hearing aids and measures to support people who experience hearing loss. the education, comes out of the studies that have been done thus far, and most of the studies have looked at secondary education but it is probably part of something broader around how good for our brains it is, when we are able to engage in mentally and socially stimulating activity. doing things that interest us, and looking after our physical and mental health, help us to grow resilient brains basically, which are more able to withstand, or to delay the impact of dementia pathology when it happens. what is the link then between hearing pr

professor sir michael marmot, from university college london, says the rate of increase has almost "ground suggestion that it was "possible" that austerity was affecting how long people live has been dismissed by the government. 0ur health correspondent, nick triggle, reports. life expectancy has been rising for the last century, but now a leading health expert is raising concerns the increases could be tailing off. sir michael marmot, who has advised both the government and world health organization, points out that the rate of increase has halved since 2010. historically, life expectancy at birth has risen by one year for every five years for women and one year every 3.5 for men. since 2010, however, that has slowed to one year for every ten for women and one for every six for men. sir michael says the situation needs to be urgently looked at. this is historically highly unusual because over a long period of time, for 100 years, life expectancy has been improving, year on year in britain as it has in many, many, many, many other countries. and now it has slowed, is almost flat, which mea

at university college london, is a primer katherine woodward is performing at a rather unusual venue.as going on inside the mouth when someone is talking. there are some really extraordinary shapes she makes, where she is dropping her drawdown and really hitting those high notes. you can either pushing the sound out. it is the smallest space i have ever sung in in my life. next it is the turn of rapper professor elemental. as you can see their home at the tongue distorts and changes when here's rapping. the tea m and changes when here's rapping. the team analysing and comparing extreme vocal performances can bring extreme benefits. their children growing up with a cleft palate, adults who have a speech impediment following a stroke and at the moment the speech and language specialists who work with them are working in the dark in terms of actually understanding what is going on inside their mouth. so this research will be shared with speech therapists, and will hopefully boost our understanding of the human voice. this is the place that i like to flip my flows, but wrapping in this tu

well, i was visiting two very different universities this week, birkbeck college and london metropolitan not. that is a decision for parliament. not for me as the regulator. you say in terms of mature students, you are worried about it, maybe it is about flexibility and the timetable, but it is also about that money, isn't it? well, i am encouraged the number of 18—year—olds has not fallen, the number of disadvantaged students as a percentage... in terms of the mature students? i think the fees area mature students? i think the fees are a disadvantage for those students, they feel they have other debts and they do not want student debt. maybe there are opportunities to study part—time and in different ways. ok. thank you very much. this e—mailfrom chris, ways. ok. thank you very much. this e—mail from chris, my ways. ok. thank you very much. this e—mailfrom chris, my husband served a five—year electrical apprenticeship. in effect, he paid for his day release to college and paid tax on his weekly wage which helped fund those people luckily enough to attend a university. today more and mor

universities of nosedive by twenty five thousand people since last year thanks to successive governments imposing austerity on u.k. education to pay off losses in the city of london students are being expected to leave college tens of thousands of pounds in margin the new president of the national union of students representing seven million students in the u.k. joins me now sure thanks so much for going on graduations on being appointed surprised about this massive job so no i'm not surprised because finance is a huge babie are for many students and young people access and education so i'm quite surprised they would be just be the. know what fees are a massive part of it and that links on to housing in mental health. the dropout rates so no i'm not surprised i'm quite agitated actually at the fact that has to be in a report when we could have told you this you're taking over an organization that arguably it's part of the blame is the national union of students the idea that the institute fiscal studies is saying that students from the university would have fifty seven thousand how did it get to this age i think it got to that stage because politicians aren't listening to the voice of the student but what i

college london. and emma nottingham, a lecturer in child law at the university of winchester and a member of the institute said to you? what have you said to the parents? well, as you can imagine they are just devastated at the loss of their son. they have been given information that had he received treatment several months ago then he might have had a chance, but that in these intervening months his muscle tissue has got to the point where this cutting edge treatment can do no good. it would be ineffective apparently. and so, and so we do know that they're doing everything they can for their son. spending the last precious moments with them, but they're heartbroken.” last precious moments with them, but they're heartbroken. i wonder emma and professor rob george what your view is of the parents‘ belief that had things been done a little earlier then this experimental treatment may have had some impact on charlie? well, i think that from my point of view my impression is that emma and, that charlie's parents believe that somehow he could have been restored to full health and it seems to me that the eviden

university of hertfordshire. and i was formerly consultant nursing resuscitation at imperial college in west london.so—called near death experiences. however, there were a small number of patients who, when interviewed, were able to identify that they had these kind of experiences. what they recalled to me mostly was they had this other—worldly experience. i've looked up from my feet, and off in the distance is two men and three women. and within a flash, i woke up in the back of the ambulance. standing above me was rebecca, the paramedic. she leant over me in the back of the ambulance. there's a red led clock. and i watched her come over me, and she tapped the clock. she went, "you died, ray. she said "we've had to resuscitate you. " i was on the ceiling looking down at my body, which was laying on this gurney. and the two nurses were there, and they were calling out to me. and then, bang. i was outside. but i wasn't outside the hospital, where i thought i was going to go. for some reason, i thought i was going to just be flying out the window, literally. but i was in this incredible golden light,

college london commissioned the company i work for the do this research. they are trying to take an evidence —based approach to their participation, where university is tryingoup of people, grt, how does that differ from say children in homes where pa rents from say children in homes where parents aren't interested in their education or perhaps in rural areas where they are seeing as detached from mainstream education?m where they are seeing as detached from mainstream education? it is important to recognise that it isn't just a way of life, it is an ethnicity, being gypsy, roma or traveller. it differs because they are not valuing education. it is in the case of them not wanting their children to be successful, or they have isolated themselves purposefully, it is the extreme prejudice they face from mainstream society and a lot of institutions that are supposed to support them and it's a case of wondering whether the education that mainstream schools offer is what is going to make their children successful. this is very much your life we are talking about. you are from a travel background and of course you yourself had formal education. how was it for you