19/07/2017 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at ten: The BBC reveals the pay of its top stars,

sparking fierce criticism, over high wages and sexism.

The names of presenters on more than ?150,000 have been made public.

Chris Evans on up to ?2.2 million a year, is the highest earner.

We are the ultimate public company, so I think it's probably right

and proper that people know how much we get paid.

Of the list of 96 best paid, only a third are women,

The Prime Minister has criticised the gender pay gap.

Millions will have to wait a year longer to get their state pension,

as the government speeds up plans to raise the retirement age.

Counting the cost of the four foot wall of water from flash flooding

that devastated a Cornish fishing village.

A zoo in Wiltshire joins the fight to save the northern white rhino

which is perilously close to extinction.

And a hat-trick for Jodie Taylor helps England's women

demolish Scotland in their Euro 2017 opening clash.

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:

Maria Lyle's won Great Britain's 21st medal

of the World Para Athletics Championships.

She took bronze in the T35 100 meters.

For the first time, the BBC has unveiled the earnings

The move, forced by the Government, means the corporation must outline

how much it pays on air talent, earning more than ?150,000.

Chris Evans is the highest paid presenter on the list,

Gary Lineker is next, earning up to ?1.8 million.

Then comes Graeme Norton, on ?900,000, though that figure

Other well-known faces include Jeremy Vine

who's paid up to ?750,000, John Humphreys on up to ?650,000

and Huw Edwards, who earns between ?550,000 and ?599,000.

But there's controversy over how many women make

Claudia Winkleman is the highest paid, with up to ?499,000,

with Fiona Bruce receiving up to ?400,000.

Well, the BBC's Director General, Lord Hall has been defending

the payments, saying the Corporation is operating

Our media editor Amol Rajan has the details.

This report contains flashing images.

Good morning, friends, and thanks for tuning in...

They entertain, report and thrill millions on the airwaves.

Every name published today receives hundreds of thousands of pounds.

How do you feel about BBC talent salaries being published?

We are the ultimate public company, I think.

And therefore I think that it's probably, on balance,

right and proper that people know what we get paid, I think.

Jeremy Vine, his colleague on Radio 2, was close to the top of the list.

I've never for a second doubted how lucky I am to work in there and...

I'm just sorry, I think the BBC's really hurting today.

Gary Lineker of Match of the Day is next on over ?1.75 million.

Graham Norton is paid over ?850,000, though that doesn't

And Claudia Winkleman is the highest-paid woman

Lineker, the former England captain, tweeted today about who came

But crucially the list isn't complete.

We still don't know what big names like Davids Dimbleby

and Attenborough or Mary Berry get paid, because they work

either for independent companies or BBC Worldwide,

The BBC's director-general insisted value for money was his priority.

These people have relatively straightforward jobs,

they really enjoy doing them and they're paid colossal sums

I think they are highly skilled jobs, I think you underestimate

what it is to present a programme, to have a bond,

This is the Forth Bridge, we are constantly assessing -

and should be constantly assessing - the people, the job

we are asking them to do, and are they getting the right pay,

and thinking about that all the time.

It is public money, we owe the public that.

At a tour of the BBC's Salford studios today there was scepticism

I think they're in privileged positions, basically.

They probably should be well paid, they're doing high-pressure jobs,

a lot is expected of them, but it's hard to imagine

I think the BBC should be allowed to be competitive

and pay competitive rates, because otherwise...

Well, we want people to watch the BBC

and it's a national treasure, it's really important,

so we should be able to pay competitive rates.

But I'm a bit shocked at what Chris Evans gets paid.

I mean, they are on large amounts, but I've noticed that the women

are on a lot less than what the men are on, and I just think a lot

Just a third of those on the list are women,

and of the top 20 paid stars, only five are female

This is licence fee payers' money, they need to know where the money

is being spent and that they're getting that value for money.

And I think by having that transparency we have the opportunity

to see where there's maybe gender pay gaps and where there's issues

about BAME presenters perhaps not being paid as much as others.

Of the top 20 on the list, none is from

George Alagiah, Trevor Nelson and Jason Mohammad are

The people who run the BBC tell me that they operate in a hugely

competitive marketplace, that they're up against not just

other domestic broadcasters but the new digital giants

But many licence fee payers will still wonder whether or not

people who present television or radio programmes could really

John Humphrys, who presents the Today Programme and Mastermind,

Today he told me that it was right his salary is made public.

On paper, absolutely nothing that justifies that huge amount of money,

if you compare me with lots of other people who do visibly...

A doctor saves a child's life, or a nurse comforts a dying person.

I know this sounds rather curious given the amount

of money you've just read out, but I...

How much less would you do this job for?

A very sizeable pay cut just recently.

With younger audiences flocking online, the BBC needs to persuade

a new generation to pay the licence fee.

It can only do that if, on diversity class and gender,

But on today's evidence, it still falling short.

After the release of the pay figures, Theresa May criticised

the BBC, for paying women less than men for doing the same job,

and she insisted the corporation must continue publishing its top

A big welcome back to Claudia! It is uncomfortable viewing. They are the

BBC's top female presenters, watched by millions that paid less than

their male counterparts. Claudia Winkleman is the highest-paid female

earning over ?450,000, followed by Alex Jones on the one show. They

pull in the ratings but when it comes to the salaries, the BBC's

biggest male stars earn four times as much. Former Wimbledon champion

and BBC commentator Martina Navratilova has fought for equality

in sport and on-screen. It is disappointing because the stuff I do

for the BBC, they say we cannot pay you more, the pound is too weak,

then it is too strong, we already have a full field, there was always

an excuse one way and another and then you find out the numbers and

go, really? On a day when those who read the news are the news, and

current affairs and entertainment is scrutinised by licence payers and

employees, critics are calling for a change in those at the top. People

mean well. All the managers mean well. Possibly when there are more

female managers things move on faster but it is a big corporation

and changes difficult. But change, the corporation must. The BBC has

difficult questions to answer over pay inequality, but the details of

what on-air talent is paid, has exposed much wider issues. Britain's

gender pay gap across many industries has left women

short-changed compared to their male colleagues, but progress has been

slow. The BBC argues it is doing better than the rest of the country.

The UK's National gender pay gap is just over 18%, that is the lowest

since records began 20 years ago, when it was a staggering 27.5%.

Women in the 21st century are not prepared to put up with being

discriminated against, and there have always been suspicions that the

men are paying themselves and each other more, and that they are

underpaying women. Now it is out in the open, and therefore, once the

cat is out of the bag, it cannot be put back in the bag. This is the

moment it will be solved. The biggest challenge in tackling gender

inequality is proving it exists. Next year, all private departments

and companies will be forced to publish paid data.

Our Media Editor Amol Rajan, is outside the BBC's headquarters

The focus inevitably today has been on a common but they do come in an

annual report that highlight other major issues for the BBC?

Absolutely, Clive. The annual report highlights some near extent of

dangers to the future of the BBC, from the flight of young audiences

to online platforms, to the rise of tech companies like Amazon and

Netflix who are investing billions in individual programming.

Inevitably, the focus of headlines will be on this issue of pay and

what it reveals about the BBC. On the issue of gender equality, there

is something like consensus that the BBC is not where it needs to be. On

the issue of diversity, not a single one of the names in the top 20 of

the list revealed today is from an ethnic minority background. And on

class, we know staff at the BBC are twice as likely to be privately

educated as the average licence fee payer. The danger for the

corporation is if it doesn't get its house in order, it could come under

renewed pressure for more transparency further down the line.

Based on conversations I have had with very senior people here, at

Westminster and in the industry, today could be the start of a very

long and painful process, not just for 96 talented broadcasters, but

for the BBC itself. Thank you. You can see the full list of BBC

presenters pay published today, Millions of people now

in their early 40s, will have to wait a year longer,

before receiving The government says it's

bringing forward plans, It's estimated 6 million

people will be affected, those currently aged between 39

and 47, with the rise in the pension age being phased in from 2037,

seven years earlier The government argues

the change will save more than ?70 billion, but Labour says

the policy isn't fair. Our political editor

Laura Kuenssberg reports. Whether you are paid to dig

the roads outside Parliament or park your posterior on the green

benches inside, millions of us will have to wait longer

and pay more before getting Today, I am announcing

the Government's intention to accept the key recommendation

of the Cridland review and increase the state pension age from 67

to 68 years from 2037. In other words, whether it's

the cliche of taking to the Bowling Green,

looking after grandchildren, travelling the world

or frankly anything else, another 6 million people are born

in the '70s will have to work an extra year before the state

will help support their old age. We have to face up to the fact

that if we live longer, we can't expect the state pension

age to be static. Otherwise, the cost just builds up

and builds up and become unsustainable and a Government

in future is forced to take some kind of panic measure and we don't

want that to have to happen. What would you say, though,

to younger voters who might look at this and say,

"Look, this is the Tories again, protecting pensioners now

and not caring enough If you try to ignore this,

if you try to pretend there isn't an issue,

it's not doing anybody a favour. What we believe in is a proper,

dignified retirement, but also being fair to future

generations of taxpayers. Annmarie Lochrie is a music

teacher in Glasgow. As a 39-year-old, she is one

of those who will have to keep going for longer

before her pension kicks in. I wouldn't want to work

full-time until I was 68. Some people will not be

in the luxurious position of having enough cash saved to do so,

you know, to stop early and perhaps The Tories have been accused

of trickery by making this They know it's not exactly

appealing, telling millions of us we'll have to work longer,

but they believe it is a must do We want to look at a more flexible

state retirement age, we want to take into account

the nature of work, so some work being much more arduous,

more physically demanding, but also in terms of how

people are, how long The Government knows

this is controversial and won't try actually to rewrite

the law for months. Not just the change, but making it,

will take some time. Our economics correspondent

Andy Verity is at the If you are aged between 39 and 47 on

the face of it it would seem like a bad day. If you are 38 or younger

you will have to work until 68. We are concerned about the cost of

paying pensions to middle-aged people because they will live longer

and therefore the pension will be paid out for longer. But there's a

contrast here. ?74 billion is what the Government expects to save. The

ConVerse of that is that ?74 billion is the amount being taken off that

age group between 39 and 47. The Government will say - OK, you have a

year where you won't get your pension and paying more tax. On the

other hand, because you will live longer you will make more than that

back. You will get more than today's pensioners. We are hearing about

growing inequality, not between rich and poor, but between different

generations. You have a contrast between how the Government is

treating the older generation, raising the pension by at least

inflation and making the younger generation pay higher tax to support

that and how it's treating future generations of taxpayers that they

will have to pay less. Pensioners incomes have grown by 10% over the

years, people of working-age their incomes are less than they were ten

years ago. Andy thank you for. That Andy Verity there for us at

Westminster. The new leader of the borough

at the centre of the Grenfell Tower disaster has been heckled and booed

tonight while addressing survivors Elizabeth Campbell replaced

the previous council leader Nick Paget-Brown, who resigned in

the wake of the tragedy. Protesters outside the first full

meeting of Kensington Chelsea Council since the Grenfell disaster.

Inside the new Council leader, Elizabeth Campbell, trieded to

assert her authority and legitimacy after her redcressor's resignation.

In a chamber full of sceptical survivors, many of whom in temporary

accommodation. We are talking to each and every one of you who have

lost your home. We are working with you to fully understand your needs

and we will keep an open mind and show flexibility and sensitivity to

your preferences. From those survivors who spoke, desperate

stories of anguish and guilt about the friends and relatives who died

on the 14th June. In front of an almost embarrassed council chamber

one woman jangled the keys to her flat in which her daughter died.

Behind this memories, hundreds of people have been killed, have died.

Outside as they watched proceedings on a big screen, few were placated

by the council's reassuring promises. Despite a commitment from

the new council leaderer for a more sensitive approach and promises to

build hundreds of new homes for many Grenfell residents she and her

Cabinet have no legitimacy. One survivor saying as long as they

remain in post the wounds of the Grenfell disaster will not begin to

heal. President Trump says

Republican Senators should delay their summer holidays

until America's Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare,

is repealed and replaced. He was speaking at a lunch

at the White House today, where he demanded lawmakers

keep their campaign promise Here's our chief

correspondent, Gavin Hewitt. Nearly 50 Republican Senators travel

on a police bus for a short They had been summoned

by President Trump to try and break the deadlock over healthcare

and salvage his reputation Donald Trump began by tearing into

President Obama's healthcare legacy. It was a lie, directly

from the President. Donald Trump wants the Senators

to repeal and replace Obamacare, You sense today just how

important this is to We shouldn't leave town

until this is complete, So next week there is likely to be

a vote to repeal Obamacare, but with the outcome once again

full of uncertainty. After six months, the Trump

administration says that they have cut regulation and are bringing back

jobs, but on the big promises like healthcare,

tax reform and infrastructure spending, they haven't delivered

so far, and all the time this White House feels under siege over

the issue of Russia. The latest Russian controversy

refers back to the G20 President Trump and President Putin

met for two hours, but now it's been revealed there

was a second undisclosed meeting. It occurred at the dinner,

the White House say it was a brief conversation, others say it lasted

much longer, according to the man What really was notable

was the duration. I mean, five minutes,

ten minutes, not a big deal. One hour, over the course of this

dinner, very big deal. The fact that no White House

aides were present, it was just the Russian leader

and his translator, has raised questions again

about President Trump's judgment. The number of times this

administration and this President has directly bent the truth,

exaggerated and flat out lied about the meetings that have

and haven't happened and what was in them and the rest,

it just begs the imagination. The President scarcely

conceals his frustration His core supporters applaud moments

like this, promoting goods made in America,

but after six months, this unconventional presidency seems

mired in permanent crisis. Throughout the day, residents

of the fishing village of Coverack, on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall,

have been counting the cost of yesterday's

devastating flash floods. Three hours of torrential downpours,

sent a four-foot wall of water crashing through the area,

with some people having to be rescued from the roofs

of their homes by helicopter. Look at the mess, all

this mud everywhere. Back home, but it's not

the home they know and love. Chris and Penny's place

has been trashed. The water was higher

than their heads. And here they are last night,

as the water raged below, the couple airlifted to safety

by the coastguard. I just wanted to get

out and get away. They told me it was heartbreaking

to look down from the helicopter It was just like

the Titanic sinking. That made me upset and he was crying

and upset, weren't you? He worked so hard and made

it so nice and then Torrential rain, then

tonnes of water thundering down from the hills,

carrying everything in its wake. Mary has found her elderly

mother's walking frame among the piles of debris, next to it,

even her kitchen sink. We can't put it back,

we've just got to get on and carry The mud and rocks can be cleared

quickly, but major structural The main road into Coverack looks

like it's been ripped At this time of year,

there'd normally be thousands of holidaymakers driving down this

road every day to get to the harbour, but it's going to be

a while before anyone can Caroline Davis was rescued from this

car, today she realised how close she'd been

to where the road collapsed. It's very, very

shocking, it really is. To think one day you're just driving

along in your little car They're used to bad weather here,

but they hope they won't have to deal with anything too extreme

for a while. Jon Kay, BBC News,

Coverack, in Cornwall. A zoo in Wiltshire is taking

part in a radical plan to save the northern white

rhino from extinction. There are just three

left in the world, but at Longleat Safari Park,

the rhino's closest relatives Our science correspondent,

Rebecca Morelle, has Meet Ebun, a seven-year-old southern

white rhino, who could The one-and-a-half tonne

animal is sedated. A little agitated at first,

but soon she's sound asleep. She's ready to take

part in an experimental Scientists are harvesting her eggs

to be fertilised in a lab, The team here are keeping

an incredibly close eye on this rhino, it's essential she stays

under heavy sedation. Over the last week or so she's been

given hormone treatment, but what's being done today

requires millimetre precision. Egg collection is really only

a technique that's been This is conservation science

at its most extreme. Here's the animal Ebun could save,

her closest living relative, Once widespread across central

Africa, today there are just three left on the planet,

but they're unable to breed. Back at Longleat,

in a makeshift labo, the researchers check for eggs -

they find one. They'll take this southern white

rhino egg and mix it with sperm from one of the last northern white

rhinos, creating a hybrid. The scientists say it's better

than losing the species altogether. The last three can die at any time,

they're not as old, but anything can happen to them and then

all the genetics would be lost. If we had at least 50% of this

species preserved in a hybrid embryo, we would preserve at least

half of this for future generations. With her job done, Ebun

is soon back on her feet. The safari park is proud

of the role she'll play. With the northern white rhino

being so jeopardised in numbers, practicing techniques like this

with the southern whites, it's a huge advance for science

and conservation, I suppose. Yeah, it's a real honour

to be able to help. The eggs are now being rushed

back to a lab in Italy, there's a 20-hour window to prepare

them for fertilisation. They could be implanted back

into Ebun, but with her northern cousins so close to extinction,

it's a race against time. The Government has won the right

to ban prison officers in England and Wales from taking any form

of industrial action. The Ministry of Justice

went to the High Court after the Prison Officers'

Association suggested its members should refuse to do certain tasks

in a row about safety. It's estimated hundreds of gay

and lesbian people of South Asian origin are thought to be under

pressure to marry someone West Midlands Police say dozens

of people have come forward seeking help after their families tried

to force them into Our Midlands correspondent,

Sima Kotecha, reports. Cosmopolitan Birmingham,

a city which reflects much of the West Midlands with its large

ethnic minority population, but in some cases social

conservatism can cause problems. Decades of pressure that you're

put on as a child that you have to conform,

that you have to marry a woman. It made me wish that I could be

the straight son that he wanted. A gay Sikh man who felt

he was trapped in a lie until he told his family

he was homosexual. Still after me telling him that

I was gay, he still said, "just get married, it's just a phase

you're going through. Once you get married,

everything will be fine", and you get told that if you follow

what your parents want you to do that, yeah, you will be cured

or you will be straight. He eventually married his partner,

but his father didn't At a conference, police

in Birmingham talk about how strong anti-gay sentiments still exist

in many South Asian families. Homophobia is rife in some

communities and to be seen as being gay or lesbian or bisexual,

it can absolutely destroy Well, over the last week we've

spoken to 22 gay and lesbian people of South Asian heritage

from here in the West Midlands and all of them told us that at some

point they were pressurised to marry In many of those cases,

they even said they considered doing so because they didn't want to bring

shame on their family. 1,400 people asked the Government

for help last year about forced marriages and only 30 voluntarily

said they were homosexual. Police believe the true figure

is significantly higher. Officers want religious

leaders to speak out more Islam is categorically against any

form of forced marriage. What's important is that

you are sensitive towards the concerns of young people,

including when it comes to matters of sexuality and that we provide

them with the necessary support and care that they require

to grow and become healthy Homosexuality is illegal

in parts of South Asia. It's now hoped, by stressing

the laws and practices here, entrenched attitudes can be changed

to be in line with modern Britain. The Duke and Duchess

of Cambridge have arrived in Germany on the second leg

of their European tour. Crowds of well-wishers

greeted them at the famous Earlier in the day,

they met with the German Football, and England

are off to a winning start in the Women's European

Championships. They overwhelmed their Group D

rivals Scotland 6-0, with Jodie Taylor scoring

a hat-trick. Every moment in the Netherlands

is cause for Scotland This was their first experience

of a major tournament and the games don't come much bigger

than a meeting with their rivals. But this was also unknown territory

for England as, for the first time, they arrive at a Championship as one

of the favourites. Scotland had been depleted

by injuries, but they were still a threat,

Jane Ross with an early warning. This England team though is said

to be the fittest yet, maybe even the fastest,

as Jodie Taylor got them up Their direct approach was causing

chaos in Scotland's area. Taylor's second would

cause her to the stands. Her first European Championship off

to the perfect start. The tide kept coming

and no-one in a Scotland Ellen White confirmed

the inevitable, England three up And there was no let

up after the break. Two years ago, Taylor

was carrying an injury when she played at the World Cup,

this is what she can The first England women's player

to score a hat-trick For Scotland, this was a sobering

introduction to life in the spotlight, but the headlines

will belong to one player only. They'll be much tougher

challenges ahead for England, but this was by far the most

ruthless performance yet by a team at these Euros,

which just underlines why many believe they are serious

contenders for the title here. Here on BBC One, it's time

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