:00:08. > :00:10.Tonight at ten: The BBC reveals the pay of its top stars,
:00:11. > :00:12.sparking fierce criticism, over high wages and sexism.
:00:13. > :00:15.The names of presenters on more than ?150,000 have been made public.
:00:16. > :00:26.Chris Evans on up to ?2.2 million a year, is the highest earner.
:00:27. > :00:29.We are the ultimate public company, so I think it's probably right
:00:30. > :00:35.and proper that people know how much we get paid.
:00:36. > :00:38.Of the list of 96 best paid, only a third are women,
:00:39. > :00:44.The Prime Minister has criticised the gender pay gap.
:00:45. > :00:50.Millions will have to wait a year longer to get their state pension,
:00:51. > :00:56.as the government speeds up plans to raise the retirement age.
:00:57. > :00:59.Counting the cost of the four foot wall of water from flash flooding
:01:00. > :01:02.that devastated a Cornish fishing village.
:01:03. > :01:05.A zoo in Wiltshire joins the fight to save the northern white rhino
:01:06. > :01:09.which is perilously close to extinction.
:01:10. > :01:11.And a hat-trick for Jodie Taylor helps England's women
:01:12. > :01:16.demolish Scotland in their Euro 2017 opening clash.
:01:17. > :01:18.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:
:01:19. > :01:20.Maria Lyle's won Great Britain's 21st medal
:01:21. > :01:23.of the World Para Athletics Championships.
:01:24. > :01:46.She took bronze in the T35 100 meters.
:01:47. > :01:50.For the first time, the BBC has unveiled the earnings
:01:51. > :01:55.The move, forced by the Government, means the corporation must outline
:01:56. > :01:59.how much it pays on air talent, earning more than ?150,000.
:02:00. > :02:02.Chris Evans is the highest paid presenter on the list,
:02:03. > :02:13.Gary Lineker is next, earning up to ?1.8 million.
:02:14. > :02:16.Then comes Graeme Norton, on ?900,000, though that figure
:02:17. > :02:19.Other well-known faces include Jeremy Vine
:02:20. > :02:22.who's paid up to ?750,000, John Humphreys on up to ?650,000
:02:23. > :02:27.and Huw Edwards, who earns between ?550,000 and ?599,000.
:02:28. > :02:31.But there's controversy over how many women make
:02:32. > :02:36.Claudia Winkleman is the highest paid, with up to ?499,000,
:02:37. > :02:47.with Fiona Bruce receiving up to ?400,000.
:02:48. > :02:49.Well, the BBC's Director General, Lord Hall has been defending
:02:50. > :02:51.the payments, saying the Corporation is operating
:02:52. > :02:59.Our media editor Amol Rajan has the details.
:03:00. > :03:02.This report contains flashing images.
:03:03. > :03:04.Good morning, friends, and thanks for tuning in...
:03:05. > :03:06.They entertain, report and thrill millions on the airwaves.
:03:07. > :03:10.Every name published today receives hundreds of thousands of pounds.
:03:11. > :03:15.How do you feel about BBC talent salaries being published?
:03:16. > :03:19.We are the ultimate public company, I think.
:03:20. > :03:22.And therefore I think that it's probably, on balance,
:03:23. > :03:26.right and proper that people know what we get paid, I think.
:03:27. > :03:30.Jeremy Vine, his colleague on Radio 2, was close to the top of the list.
:03:31. > :03:36.I've never for a second doubted how lucky I am to work in there and...
:03:37. > :03:39.I'm just sorry, I think the BBC's really hurting today.
:03:40. > :03:47.Gary Lineker of Match of the Day is next on over ?1.75 million.
:03:48. > :03:49.Graham Norton is paid over ?850,000, though that doesn't
:03:50. > :03:55.And Claudia Winkleman is the highest-paid woman
:03:56. > :04:01.Lineker, the former England captain, tweeted today about who came
:04:02. > :04:08.But crucially the list isn't complete.
:04:09. > :04:11.We still don't know what big names like Davids Dimbleby
:04:12. > :04:13.and Attenborough or Mary Berry get paid, because they work
:04:14. > :04:15.either for independent companies or BBC Worldwide,
:04:16. > :04:21.The BBC's director-general insisted value for money was his priority.
:04:22. > :04:25.These people have relatively straightforward jobs,
:04:26. > :04:27.they really enjoy doing them and they're paid colossal sums
:04:28. > :04:34.I think they are highly skilled jobs, I think you underestimate
:04:35. > :04:37.what it is to present a programme, to have a bond,
:04:38. > :04:43.This is the Forth Bridge, we are constantly assessing -
:04:44. > :04:45.and should be constantly assessing - the people, the job
:04:46. > :04:48.we are asking them to do, and are they getting the right pay,
:04:49. > :04:50.and thinking about that all the time.
:04:51. > :04:53.It is public money, we owe the public that.
:04:54. > :04:56.At a tour of the BBC's Salford studios today there was scepticism
:04:57. > :05:01.I think they're in privileged positions, basically.
:05:02. > :05:04.They probably should be well paid, they're doing high-pressure jobs,
:05:05. > :05:06.a lot is expected of them, but it's hard to imagine
:05:07. > :05:11.I think the BBC should be allowed to be competitive
:05:12. > :05:14.and pay competitive rates, because otherwise...
:05:15. > :05:16.Well, we want people to watch the BBC
:05:17. > :05:18.and it's a national treasure, it's really important,
:05:19. > :05:20.so we should be able to pay competitive rates.
:05:21. > :05:23.But I'm a bit shocked at what Chris Evans gets paid.
:05:24. > :05:27.I mean, they are on large amounts, but I've noticed that the women
:05:28. > :05:31.are on a lot less than what the men are on, and I just think a lot
:05:32. > :05:35.Just a third of those on the list are women,
:05:36. > :05:38.and of the top 20 paid stars, only five are female
:05:39. > :05:43.This is licence fee payers' money, they need to know where the money
:05:44. > :05:46.is being spent and that they're getting that value for money.
:05:47. > :05:50.And I think by having that transparency we have the opportunity
:05:51. > :05:52.to see where there's maybe gender pay gaps and where there's issues
:05:53. > :05:59.about BAME presenters perhaps not being paid as much as others.
:06:00. > :06:02.Of the top 20 on the list, none is from
:06:03. > :06:05.George Alagiah, Trevor Nelson and Jason Mohammad are
:06:06. > :06:12.The people who run the BBC tell me that they operate in a hugely
:06:13. > :06:14.competitive marketplace, that they're up against not just
:06:15. > :06:16.other domestic broadcasters but the new digital giants
:06:17. > :06:21.But many licence fee payers will still wonder whether or not
:06:22. > :06:23.people who present television or radio programmes could really
:06:24. > :06:34.John Humphrys, who presents the Today Programme and Mastermind,
:06:35. > :06:38.Today he told me that it was right his salary is made public.
:06:39. > :06:44.On paper, absolutely nothing that justifies that huge amount of money,
:06:45. > :06:47.if you compare me with lots of other people who do visibly...
:06:48. > :06:51.A doctor saves a child's life, or a nurse comforts a dying person.
:06:52. > :06:58.I know this sounds rather curious given the amount
:06:59. > :07:00.of money you've just read out, but I...
:07:01. > :07:04.How much less would you do this job for?
:07:05. > :07:11.A very sizeable pay cut just recently.
:07:12. > :07:14.With younger audiences flocking online, the BBC needs to persuade
:07:15. > :07:16.a new generation to pay the licence fee.
:07:17. > :07:19.It can only do that if, on diversity class and gender,
:07:20. > :07:24.But on today's evidence, it still falling short.
:07:25. > :07:33.After the release of the pay figures, Theresa May criticised
:07:34. > :07:36.the BBC, for paying women less than men for doing the same job,
:07:37. > :07:42.and she insisted the corporation must continue publishing its top
:07:43. > :07:58.A big welcome back to Claudia! It is uncomfortable viewing. They are the
:07:59. > :08:03.BBC's top female presenters, watched by millions that paid less than
:08:04. > :08:08.their male counterparts. Claudia Winkleman is the highest-paid female
:08:09. > :08:12.earning over ?450,000, followed by Alex Jones on the one show. They
:08:13. > :08:18.pull in the ratings but when it comes to the salaries, the BBC's
:08:19. > :08:25.biggest male stars earn four times as much. Former Wimbledon champion
:08:26. > :08:30.and BBC commentator Martina Navratilova has fought for equality
:08:31. > :08:36.in sport and on-screen. It is disappointing because the stuff I do
:08:37. > :08:40.for the BBC, they say we cannot pay you more, the pound is too weak,
:08:41. > :08:44.then it is too strong, we already have a full field, there was always
:08:45. > :08:49.an excuse one way and another and then you find out the numbers and
:08:50. > :08:54.go, really? On a day when those who read the news are the news, and
:08:55. > :08:57.current affairs and entertainment is scrutinised by licence payers and
:08:58. > :09:02.employees, critics are calling for a change in those at the top. People
:09:03. > :09:06.mean well. All the managers mean well. Possibly when there are more
:09:07. > :09:16.female managers things move on faster but it is a big corporation
:09:17. > :09:19.and changes difficult. But change, the corporation must. The BBC has
:09:20. > :09:23.difficult questions to answer over pay inequality, but the details of
:09:24. > :09:29.what on-air talent is paid, has exposed much wider issues. Britain's
:09:30. > :09:32.gender pay gap across many industries has left women
:09:33. > :09:36.short-changed compared to their male colleagues, but progress has been
:09:37. > :09:44.slow. The BBC argues it is doing better than the rest of the country.
:09:45. > :09:48.The UK's National gender pay gap is just over 18%, that is the lowest
:09:49. > :09:55.since records began 20 years ago, when it was a staggering 27.5%.
:09:56. > :09:59.Women in the 21st century are not prepared to put up with being
:10:00. > :10:03.discriminated against, and there have always been suspicions that the
:10:04. > :10:07.men are paying themselves and each other more, and that they are
:10:08. > :10:13.underpaying women. Now it is out in the open, and therefore, once the
:10:14. > :10:19.cat is out of the bag, it cannot be put back in the bag. This is the
:10:20. > :10:23.moment it will be solved. The biggest challenge in tackling gender
:10:24. > :10:28.inequality is proving it exists. Next year, all private departments
:10:29. > :10:30.and companies will be forced to publish paid data.
:10:31. > :10:33.Our Media Editor Amol Rajan, is outside the BBC's headquarters
:10:34. > :10:42.The focus inevitably today has been on a common but they do come in an
:10:43. > :10:48.annual report that highlight other major issues for the BBC?
:10:49. > :10:53.Absolutely, Clive. The annual report highlights some near extent of
:10:54. > :10:57.dangers to the future of the BBC, from the flight of young audiences
:10:58. > :11:02.to online platforms, to the rise of tech companies like Amazon and
:11:03. > :11:05.Netflix who are investing billions in individual programming.
:11:06. > :11:09.Inevitably, the focus of headlines will be on this issue of pay and
:11:10. > :11:12.what it reveals about the BBC. On the issue of gender equality, there
:11:13. > :11:16.is something like consensus that the BBC is not where it needs to be. On
:11:17. > :11:21.the issue of diversity, not a single one of the names in the top 20 of
:11:22. > :11:25.the list revealed today is from an ethnic minority background. And on
:11:26. > :11:31.class, we know staff at the BBC are twice as likely to be privately
:11:32. > :11:33.educated as the average licence fee payer. The danger for the
:11:34. > :11:38.corporation is if it doesn't get its house in order, it could come under
:11:39. > :11:42.renewed pressure for more transparency further down the line.
:11:43. > :11:45.Based on conversations I have had with very senior people here, at
:11:46. > :11:51.Westminster and in the industry, today could be the start of a very
:11:52. > :11:53.long and painful process, not just for 96 talented broadcasters, but
:11:54. > :11:56.for the BBC itself. Thank you. You can see the full list of BBC
:11:57. > :11:59.presenters pay published today, Millions of people now
:12:00. > :12:07.in their early 40s, will have to wait a year longer,
:12:08. > :12:10.before receiving The government says it's
:12:11. > :12:12.bringing forward plans, It's estimated 6 million
:12:13. > :12:17.people will be affected, those currently aged between 39
:12:18. > :12:21.and 47, with the rise in the pension age being phased in from 2037,
:12:22. > :12:23.seven years earlier The government argues
:12:24. > :12:29.the change will save more than ?70 billion, but Labour says
:12:30. > :12:32.the policy isn't fair. Our political editor
:12:33. > :12:37.Laura Kuenssberg reports. Whether you are paid to dig
:12:38. > :12:40.the roads outside Parliament or park your posterior on the green
:12:41. > :12:44.benches inside, millions of us will have to wait longer
:12:45. > :12:47.and pay more before getting Today, I am announcing
:12:48. > :12:58.the Government's intention to accept the key recommendation
:12:59. > :13:00.of the Cridland review and increase the state pension age from 67
:13:01. > :13:09.to 68 years from 2037. In other words, whether it's
:13:10. > :13:12.the cliche of taking to the Bowling Green,
:13:13. > :13:15.looking after grandchildren, travelling the world
:13:16. > :13:18.or frankly anything else, another 6 million people are born
:13:19. > :13:22.in the '70s will have to work an extra year before the state
:13:23. > :13:28.will help support their old age. We have to face up to the fact
:13:29. > :13:31.that if we live longer, we can't expect the state pension
:13:32. > :13:35.age to be static. Otherwise, the cost just builds up
:13:36. > :13:40.and builds up and become unsustainable and a Government
:13:41. > :13:43.in future is forced to take some kind of panic measure and we don't
:13:44. > :13:46.want that to have to happen. What would you say, though,
:13:47. > :13:49.to younger voters who might look at this and say,
:13:50. > :13:51."Look, this is the Tories again, protecting pensioners now
:13:52. > :13:54.and not caring enough If you try to ignore this,
:13:55. > :13:59.if you try to pretend there isn't an issue,
:14:00. > :14:03.it's not doing anybody a favour. What we believe in is a proper,
:14:04. > :14:08.dignified retirement, but also being fair to future
:14:09. > :14:15.generations of taxpayers. Annmarie Lochrie is a music
:14:16. > :14:18.teacher in Glasgow. As a 39-year-old, she is one
:14:19. > :14:20.of those who will have to keep going for longer
:14:21. > :14:25.before her pension kicks in. I wouldn't want to work
:14:26. > :14:32.full-time until I was 68. Some people will not be
:14:33. > :14:37.in the luxurious position of having enough cash saved to do so,
:14:38. > :14:40.you know, to stop early and perhaps The Tories have been accused
:14:41. > :14:44.of trickery by making this They know it's not exactly
:14:45. > :14:48.appealing, telling millions of us we'll have to work longer,
:14:49. > :14:52.but they believe it is a must do We want to look at a more flexible
:14:53. > :15:01.state retirement age, we want to take into account
:15:02. > :15:06.the nature of work, so some work being much more arduous,
:15:07. > :15:09.more physically demanding, but also in terms of how
:15:10. > :15:11.people are, how long The Government knows
:15:12. > :15:15.this is controversial and won't try actually to rewrite
:15:16. > :15:19.the law for months. Not just the change, but making it,
:15:20. > :15:28.will take some time. Our economics correspondent
:15:29. > :15:41.Andy Verity is at the If you are aged between 39 and 47 on
:15:42. > :15:46.the face of it it would seem like a bad day. If you are 38 or younger
:15:47. > :15:49.you will have to work until 68. We are concerned about the cost of
:15:50. > :15:52.paying pensions to middle-aged people because they will live longer
:15:53. > :15:58.and therefore the pension will be paid out for longer. But there's a
:15:59. > :16:03.contrast here. ?74 billion is what the Government expects to save. The
:16:04. > :16:07.ConVerse of that is that ?74 billion is the amount being taken off that
:16:08. > :16:11.age group between 39 and 47. The Government will say - OK, you have a
:16:12. > :16:14.year where you won't get your pension and paying more tax. On the
:16:15. > :16:18.other hand, because you will live longer you will make more than that
:16:19. > :16:23.back. You will get more than today's pensioners. We are hearing about
:16:24. > :16:26.growing inequality, not between rich and poor, but between different
:16:27. > :16:30.generations. You have a contrast between how the Government is
:16:31. > :16:35.treating the older generation, raising the pension by at least
:16:36. > :16:40.inflation and making the younger generation pay higher tax to support
:16:41. > :16:45.that and how it's treating future generations of taxpayers that they
:16:46. > :16:49.will have to pay less. Pensioners incomes have grown by 10% over the
:16:50. > :16:56.years, people of working-age their incomes are less than they were ten
:16:57. > :16:57.years ago. Andy thank you for. That Andy Verity there for us at
:16:58. > :17:03.Westminster. The new leader of the borough
:17:04. > :17:08.at the centre of the Grenfell Tower disaster has been heckled and booed
:17:09. > :17:10.tonight while addressing survivors Elizabeth Campbell replaced
:17:11. > :17:13.the previous council leader Nick Paget-Brown, who resigned in
:17:14. > :17:20.the wake of the tragedy. Protesters outside the first full
:17:21. > :17:25.meeting of Kensington Chelsea Council since the Grenfell disaster.
:17:26. > :17:30.Inside the new Council leader, Elizabeth Campbell, trieded to
:17:31. > :17:34.assert her authority and legitimacy after her redcressor's resignation.
:17:35. > :17:38.In a chamber full of sceptical survivors, many of whom in temporary
:17:39. > :17:43.accommodation. We are talking to each and every one of you who have
:17:44. > :17:49.lost your home. We are working with you to fully understand your needs
:17:50. > :17:55.and we will keep an open mind and show flexibility and sensitivity to
:17:56. > :17:58.your preferences. From those survivors who spoke, desperate
:17:59. > :18:05.stories of anguish and guilt about the friends and relatives who died
:18:06. > :18:09.on the 14th June. In front of an almost embarrassed council chamber
:18:10. > :18:16.one woman jangled the keys to her flat in which her daughter died.
:18:17. > :18:21.Behind this memories, hundreds of people have been killed, have died.
:18:22. > :18:26.Outside as they watched proceedings on a big screen, few were placated
:18:27. > :18:32.by the council's reassuring promises. Despite a commitment from
:18:33. > :18:37.the new council leaderer for a more sensitive approach and promises to
:18:38. > :18:42.build hundreds of new homes for many Grenfell residents she and her
:18:43. > :18:47.Cabinet have no legitimacy. One survivor saying as long as they
:18:48. > :18:49.remain in post the wounds of the Grenfell disaster will not begin to
:18:50. > :19:03.heal. President Trump says
:19:04. > :19:07.Republican Senators should delay their summer holidays
:19:08. > :19:10.until America's Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare,
:19:11. > :19:12.is repealed and replaced. He was speaking at a lunch
:19:13. > :19:14.at the White House today, where he demanded lawmakers
:19:15. > :19:16.keep their campaign promise Here's our chief
:19:17. > :19:19.correspondent, Gavin Hewitt. Nearly 50 Republican Senators travel
:19:20. > :19:22.on a police bus for a short They had been summoned
:19:23. > :19:25.by President Trump to try and break the deadlock over healthcare
:19:26. > :19:27.and salvage his reputation Donald Trump began by tearing into
:19:28. > :19:31.President Obama's healthcare legacy. It was a lie, directly
:19:32. > :19:37.from the President. Donald Trump wants the Senators
:19:38. > :19:40.to repeal and replace Obamacare, You sense today just how
:19:41. > :19:50.important this is to We shouldn't leave town
:19:51. > :19:53.until this is complete, So next week there is likely to be
:19:54. > :20:01.a vote to repeal Obamacare, but with the outcome once again
:20:02. > :20:05.full of uncertainty. After six months, the Trump
:20:06. > :20:10.administration says that they have cut regulation and are bringing back
:20:11. > :20:15.jobs, but on the big promises like healthcare,
:20:16. > :20:18.tax reform and infrastructure spending, they haven't delivered
:20:19. > :20:20.so far, and all the time this White House feels under siege over
:20:21. > :20:23.the issue of Russia. The latest Russian controversy
:20:24. > :20:32.refers back to the G20 President Trump and President Putin
:20:33. > :20:36.met for two hours, but now it's been revealed there
:20:37. > :20:41.was a second undisclosed meeting. It occurred at the dinner,
:20:42. > :20:44.the White House say it was a brief conversation, others say it lasted
:20:45. > :20:47.much longer, according to the man What really was notable
:20:48. > :20:51.was the duration. I mean, five minutes,
:20:52. > :20:53.ten minutes, not a big deal. One hour, over the course of this
:20:54. > :20:58.dinner, very big deal. The fact that no White House
:20:59. > :21:00.aides were present, it was just the Russian leader
:21:01. > :21:09.and his translator, has raised questions again
:21:10. > :21:11.about President Trump's judgment. The number of times this
:21:12. > :21:15.administration and this President has directly bent the truth,
:21:16. > :21:17.exaggerated and flat out lied about the meetings that have
:21:18. > :21:19.and haven't happened and what was in them and the rest,
:21:20. > :21:26.it just begs the imagination. The President scarcely
:21:27. > :21:28.conceals his frustration His core supporters applaud moments
:21:29. > :21:37.like this, promoting goods made in America,
:21:38. > :21:41.but after six months, this unconventional presidency seems
:21:42. > :21:43.mired in permanent crisis. Throughout the day, residents
:21:44. > :21:53.of the fishing village of Coverack, on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall,
:21:54. > :21:56.have been counting the cost of yesterday's
:21:57. > :21:58.devastating flash floods. Three hours of torrential downpours,
:21:59. > :22:02.sent a four-foot wall of water crashing through the area,
:22:03. > :22:05.with some people having to be rescued from the roofs
:22:06. > :22:07.of their homes by helicopter. Look at the mess, all
:22:08. > :22:14.this mud everywhere. Back home, but it's not
:22:15. > :22:22.the home they know and love. Chris and Penny's place
:22:23. > :22:25.has been trashed. The water was higher
:22:26. > :22:27.than their heads. And here they are last night,
:22:28. > :22:35.as the water raged below, the couple airlifted to safety
:22:36. > :22:38.by the coastguard. I just wanted to get
:22:39. > :22:40.out and get away. They told me it was heartbreaking
:22:41. > :22:43.to look down from the helicopter It was just like
:22:44. > :22:48.the Titanic sinking. That made me upset and he was crying
:22:49. > :22:53.and upset, weren't you? He worked so hard and made
:22:54. > :22:55.it so nice and then Torrential rain, then
:22:56. > :23:16.tonnes of water thundering down from the hills,
:23:17. > :23:18.carrying everything in its wake. Mary has found her elderly
:23:19. > :23:27.mother's walking frame among the piles of debris, next to it,
:23:28. > :23:30.even her kitchen sink. We can't put it back,
:23:31. > :23:34.we've just got to get on and carry The mud and rocks can be cleared
:23:35. > :23:45.quickly, but major structural The main road into Coverack looks
:23:46. > :23:48.like it's been ripped At this time of year,
:23:49. > :23:55.there'd normally be thousands of holidaymakers driving down this
:23:56. > :23:57.road every day to get to the harbour, but it's going to be
:23:58. > :24:00.a while before anyone can Caroline Davis was rescued from this
:24:01. > :24:08.car, today she realised how close she'd been
:24:09. > :24:11.to where the road collapsed. It's very, very
:24:12. > :24:14.shocking, it really is. To think one day you're just driving
:24:15. > :24:17.along in your little car They're used to bad weather here,
:24:18. > :24:24.but they hope they won't have to deal with anything too extreme
:24:25. > :24:26.for a while. Jon Kay, BBC News,
:24:27. > :24:31.Coverack, in Cornwall. A zoo in Wiltshire is taking
:24:32. > :24:33.part in a radical plan to save the northern white
:24:34. > :24:36.rhino from extinction. There are just three
:24:37. > :24:41.left in the world, but at Longleat Safari Park,
:24:42. > :24:43.the rhino's closest relatives Our science correspondent,
:24:44. > :24:46.Rebecca Morelle, has Meet Ebun, a seven-year-old southern
:24:47. > :24:59.white rhino, who could The one-and-a-half tonne
:25:00. > :25:02.animal is sedated. A little agitated at first,
:25:03. > :25:08.but soon she's sound asleep. She's ready to take
:25:09. > :25:10.part in an experimental Scientists are harvesting her eggs
:25:11. > :25:16.to be fertilised in a lab, The team here are keeping
:25:17. > :25:27.an incredibly close eye on this rhino, it's essential she stays
:25:28. > :25:33.under heavy sedation. Over the last week or so she's been
:25:34. > :25:35.given hormone treatment, but what's being done today
:25:36. > :25:39.requires millimetre precision. Egg collection is really only
:25:40. > :25:41.a technique that's been This is conservation science
:25:42. > :25:52.at its most extreme. Here's the animal Ebun could save,
:25:53. > :25:55.her closest living relative, Once widespread across central
:25:56. > :26:02.Africa, today there are just three left on the planet,
:26:03. > :26:06.but they're unable to breed. Back at Longleat,
:26:07. > :26:21.in a makeshift labo, the researchers check for eggs -
:26:22. > :26:24.they find one. They'll take this southern white
:26:25. > :26:27.rhino egg and mix it with sperm from one of the last northern white
:26:28. > :26:29.rhinos, creating a hybrid. The scientists say it's better
:26:30. > :26:35.than losing the species altogether. The last three can die at any time,
:26:36. > :26:39.they're not as old, but anything can happen to them and then
:26:40. > :26:41.all the genetics would be lost. If we had at least 50% of this
:26:42. > :26:45.species preserved in a hybrid embryo, we would preserve at least
:26:46. > :26:48.half of this for future generations. With her job done, Ebun
:26:49. > :26:50.is soon back on her feet. The safari park is proud
:26:51. > :26:52.of the role she'll play. With the northern white rhino
:26:53. > :26:56.being so jeopardised in numbers, practicing techniques like this
:26:57. > :27:00.with the southern whites, it's a huge advance for science
:27:01. > :27:03.and conservation, I suppose. Yeah, it's a real honour
:27:04. > :27:06.to be able to help. The eggs are now being rushed
:27:07. > :27:11.back to a lab in Italy, there's a 20-hour window to prepare
:27:12. > :27:16.them for fertilisation. They could be implanted back
:27:17. > :27:19.into Ebun, but with her northern cousins so close to extinction,
:27:20. > :27:21.it's a race against time. The Government has won the right
:27:22. > :27:29.to ban prison officers in England and Wales from taking any form
:27:30. > :27:32.of industrial action. The Ministry of Justice
:27:33. > :27:34.went to the High Court after the Prison Officers'
:27:35. > :27:36.Association suggested its members should refuse to do certain tasks
:27:37. > :27:39.in a row about safety. It's estimated hundreds of gay
:27:40. > :27:50.and lesbian people of South Asian origin are thought to be under
:27:51. > :27:53.pressure to marry someone West Midlands Police say dozens
:27:54. > :27:57.of people have come forward seeking help after their families tried
:27:58. > :27:59.to force them into Our Midlands correspondent,
:28:00. > :28:06.Sima Kotecha, reports. Cosmopolitan Birmingham,
:28:07. > :28:10.a city which reflects much of the West Midlands with its large
:28:11. > :28:14.ethnic minority population, but in some cases social
:28:15. > :28:20.conservatism can cause problems. Decades of pressure that you're
:28:21. > :28:25.put on as a child that you have to conform,
:28:26. > :28:27.that you have to marry a woman. It made me wish that I could be
:28:28. > :28:31.the straight son that he wanted. A gay Sikh man who felt
:28:32. > :28:34.he was trapped in a lie until he told his family
:28:35. > :28:36.he was homosexual. Still after me telling him that
:28:37. > :28:42.I was gay, he still said, "just get married, it's just a phase
:28:43. > :28:45.you're going through. Once you get married,
:28:46. > :28:49.everything will be fine", and you get told that if you follow
:28:50. > :28:54.what your parents want you to do that, yeah, you will be cured
:28:55. > :28:57.or you will be straight. He eventually married his partner,
:28:58. > :28:59.but his father didn't At a conference, police
:29:00. > :29:10.in Birmingham talk about how strong anti-gay sentiments still exist
:29:11. > :29:16.in many South Asian families. Homophobia is rife in some
:29:17. > :29:22.communities and to be seen as being gay or lesbian or bisexual,
:29:23. > :29:25.it can absolutely destroy Well, over the last week we've
:29:26. > :29:35.spoken to 22 gay and lesbian people of South Asian heritage
:29:36. > :29:39.from here in the West Midlands and all of them told us that at some
:29:40. > :29:43.point they were pressurised to marry In many of those cases,
:29:44. > :29:49.they even said they considered doing so because they didn't want to bring
:29:50. > :29:52.shame on their family. 1,400 people asked the Government
:29:53. > :29:55.for help last year about forced marriages and only 30 voluntarily
:29:56. > :30:00.said they were homosexual. Police believe the true figure
:30:01. > :30:04.is significantly higher. Officers want religious
:30:05. > :30:06.leaders to speak out more Islam is categorically against any
:30:07. > :30:15.form of forced marriage. What's important is that
:30:16. > :30:19.you are sensitive towards the concerns of young people,
:30:20. > :30:23.including when it comes to matters of sexuality and that we provide
:30:24. > :30:25.them with the necessary support and care that they require
:30:26. > :30:28.to grow and become healthy Homosexuality is illegal
:30:29. > :30:32.in parts of South Asia. It's now hoped, by stressing
:30:33. > :30:37.the laws and practices here, entrenched attitudes can be changed
:30:38. > :30:40.to be in line with modern Britain. The Duke and Duchess
:30:41. > :30:48.of Cambridge have arrived in Germany on the second leg
:30:49. > :30:51.of their European tour. Crowds of well-wishers
:30:52. > :30:53.greeted them at the famous Earlier in the day,
:30:54. > :30:57.they met with the German Football, and England
:30:58. > :31:04.are off to a winning start in the Women's European
:31:05. > :31:09.Championships. They overwhelmed their Group D
:31:10. > :31:11.rivals Scotland 6-0, with Jodie Taylor scoring
:31:12. > :31:13.a hat-trick. Every moment in the Netherlands
:31:14. > :31:18.is cause for Scotland This was their first experience
:31:19. > :31:23.of a major tournament and the games don't come much bigger
:31:24. > :31:26.than a meeting with their rivals. But this was also unknown territory
:31:27. > :31:29.for England as, for the first time, they arrive at a Championship as one
:31:30. > :31:34.of the favourites. Scotland had been depleted
:31:35. > :31:40.by injuries, but they were still a threat,
:31:41. > :31:43.Jane Ross with an early warning. This England team though is said
:31:44. > :31:46.to be the fittest yet, maybe even the fastest,
:31:47. > :31:48.as Jodie Taylor got them up Their direct approach was causing
:31:49. > :31:53.chaos in Scotland's area. Taylor's second would
:31:54. > :31:55.cause her to the stands. Her first European Championship off
:31:56. > :31:58.to the perfect start. The tide kept coming
:31:59. > :32:03.and no-one in a Scotland Ellen White confirmed
:32:04. > :32:06.the inevitable, England three up And there was no let
:32:07. > :32:12.up after the break. Two years ago, Taylor
:32:13. > :32:14.was carrying an injury when she played at the World Cup,
:32:15. > :32:17.this is what she can The first England women's player
:32:18. > :32:20.to score a hat-trick For Scotland, this was a sobering
:32:21. > :32:28.introduction to life in the spotlight, but the headlines
:32:29. > :32:34.will belong to one player only. They'll be much tougher
:32:35. > :32:37.challenges ahead for England, but this was by far the most
:32:38. > :32:39.ruthless performance yet by a team at these Euros,
:32:40. > :32:42.which just underlines why many believe they are serious
:32:43. > :32:49.contenders for the title here. Here on BBC One, it's time
:32:50. > :32:50.for the news where you are.