23/07/2017 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at ten, female stars at the BBC call on the corporation

to sort out it's gender pay gap, now.

In an open letter, more than 40 personalities

call for urgent action, to ensure women get the same as men,

It's not about getting wacking great pay rises for women who are already

well paid it's about pay parity and getting fairness for everybody.

The BBC's Director General Tony Hall, says work

is already under way, to tackle pay inequality.

Princes William and Harry, speak candidly about their mother,

Princess Diana, 20 years after her death.

All I can hear is her laugh in my head and that sort of crazy

laugh where there was just pure happiness shown on her face.

England's women win cricket's World Cup, in a nail biting victory,

Chris Froome toasts victory, as he wins the Tour de France

The Director General of the BBC, Tony Hall,

says work is already under way, to tackle the gender pay

His comments come after some of the BBC's best known

female personalities signed an open letter

The presenters Claire Balding, Fiona Bruce and Jane Garvey

are among the more than 40 signatories.

Our Media Correspondent David Sillito reports.

Alex Jones of The One Show, Mishal Husain and Sue Barker,

more than 40 of the most famous female presenters at the BBC,

calling on the corporation to act now to end its gender pay gap.

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

That list was the trigger for the letter today, publishing

In the top 20 names was only one woman.

The best paid men were being paid more than twice what the top

This open letter to the papers said that this week's annual report

confirmed what many have long suspected, that women

were being paid less than men for the same work.

On the whole, I think it is fantastic that so many

wonderful women have been prepared to put their head above the parapet.

We've got stick, we knew we would get stick,

But it isn't just about, in fact it is not about getting whacking

great pay rises for women who are already well paid.

It is about pay parity and getting fairness for everybody.

The letter today says that the BBC has known about the pay

disparity for years, "we want to go on record to call

When programmes such as Women's Hour went on air 60 years ago,

equal pay for equal work was a pressing issue.

The fact it remains an issue despite law changes in the 1960s

and 70s after pressures from the women's movement

is a sign of how tough it is to find quick solutions.

Attitudes about age and experience and authority

affect the pay divide, but it is also worth noting that

in the top 20 there is not a single black or Asian presenter.

It comes at a time where the BBC is facing opposition over plans

to change terms and conditions for the rest of staff, who are paid

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says this taps into a wider issue

This gender pay gap is appalling, we would insist on a strong gender

pay audit of every organisation, and we would also look at a 20-1

ratio between the chief executive and lowest paid staff in every

In response, the BBC said today the overall pay gap is 10%,

less than the national average of 18% but it needed to go further

Meanwhile, the Government's Equalities Minister

said that if anything showed the value of their new regulations

requiring firms to reveal pay gaps, it was this.

I think it's impossible not to be shocked, to be honest, at

just how different some of those differentials were.

And, of course, this is the whole reason why we

brought forward these regulations, because as much as anything else,

transparency is demonstrating to organisations that it's a

In response, the BBC said today its overall pay gap

is 10%, less than the national average of 18%, but it needed to go

further and faster to close the pay gap.

The corporation's director-general says he's confident

next year's figures will look very different.

Let's speak to our political correspondent, Alex Forsyth.

The politicians are now getting involved. What do you think are the

possible wider ramifications of this BBC row? Several senior politicians

have now condemned the difference between what the highest-paid men

and women at the BBC on. You heard Justine Greening who called at

staggering, and the Prime Minister Theresa May, who said last week the

BBC had to look at this whole question of what its men and women

who are doing the same job. This has implications beyond the BBC. In

April this year, the BBC introduced a requirement for any company which

employs more than 250 people to publish details of its gender pay

gap. They have to do that by April next year. So the next three months,

we will see a spotlight on other organisations across different

sectors. The governments hope is that transparency and possibly the

public pressure that will follow will force companies to address

this, Labour wants the government to take more direct action. Not just on

gender pay, but on the quality more broadly. Particularly on the

difference between what the highest and lowest paid people in an

organisation on. What is clear that the BBC's revelations have sparked a

much and long-running debate, one that is likely to continue for some

time. Prince William and Prince Harry,

have spoken candidly about their relationship

with their mother, Princess Diana, in a documentary marking

the twentieth anniversary They describe her sense of fun,

but also speak of their regret, that their last conversation

with her, was a rushed phone call. Our Royal Correspondent

Nicholas Witchell's report, To the watching world,

she was the princess whose image It was a glamorous

but necessarily limited Now nearly 20 years after Diana's

death in the car accident in Paris, her sons William and Harry have

spoken in an ITV documentary about Diana, the mother who did

so much to shape their childhood. We felt, you know, incredibly

loved, Harry and I. And I'm very grateful that that

love still feels there. It was that love that

even if she was on the other side of the room, as a son

you could feel it. The person who emerges from William

and Harry's description is a woman When everybody says to me,

you know, "So, she was fun, All I can hear is her

laugh in my head. And that sort of crazy laugh

where there was just pure One of her mottos to me was that

you can be as naughty as you want, And they talk about

their mother's death. They recall the last time they spoke

to her and they reflect on the overwhelming public reaction

and how they coped with the week As William himself has said,

it is a tribute to Diana from her sons in which they recall

the woman they hope A 20-year-old man has

died in east London, after a confrontation in a shop

with a policeman. CCTV footage has emerged

of the officer wrestling the man to the floor,

in the store in Hackney, Our Home Affairs

Correspondent Daniel Sandford The moment when Rashan Charles ran

into his local late-night shop in the early hours of Saturday

morning, pursued At first, the arrest was calm

but then the officer threw him to the floor and grabbed him

around the neck. Later, he was joined by what appears

to be a plainclothes officer. Just over one hour later,

Rashan Charles was declared dead The Independent Police

Complaints Commission, which is examining his death,

says an object was removed As the CCTV from the shop

was viewed on social media by people in Haggerston,

there was a growing collection of flowers and candles

today, and growing anger. Pauline Pearce, who became

well-known for chastising rioters on camera in 2011,

told me that she knew Rashan well. He should be alive today,

sitting in a cell somewhere able to tell his side of the story

but instead he is laying in a morgue waiting for an autopsy,

and waiting to be buried. We've got to pick up

the pieces, the community has Many people visiting the shop

and the neighbouring I know him personally,

it is disgusting. The death follows a similar

incident last month, also in east London -

there is growing anger here that young men are dying during arrests,

even when no weapons are involved. Tonight, the always fragile trust in

the police in this area is under intense strain.

The parents of the terminally ill baby Charlie Gard,

say they've suffered a backlash, after Great Ormond Street Hospital,

which is treating their son, revealed its staff have

Charlie's parents have been fighting a legal battle against the hospital,

which wants to remove his life support because of his illness.

Our reporter Helena Lee joins me now.

What have Charlie Gard's parents been saying? As you say, this is in

response to that Great Ormond Street statement out last night, in which

they said both doctors and nurses have been subjected to what it

called a shocking and disgraceful tide of abuse, both online and

verbal abuse in the street. Some of them death threats. So tonight,

Charlie's parents Connie and Chris have responded to that statement.

They say they are extremely upset by the backlash, they say that they

have received since that statement was put out. By backlash, we

understand that to be online comments directed towards them. They

say they have suffered the most hurtful comments from the public.

Connie, Charlie's mother, says Chris and I are just ordinary parents were

very sick baby. We simply have his best interests at heart. We do not,

she says, and have not ever condoned any threatening or abusive remarks

towards any staff members are Great Ormond Street hospital. Tomorrow,

the case goes back to the High Court. It starts at 2pm, the judge

will look at new evidence, especially that meeting between the

American doctor proposing the treatment and medical staff at the

hospital. He is expected to give his decision on Tuesday. Many thanks.

The head of the powerful trade body, that represents German car makers,

says a long transitional period after Brexit is needed,

otherwise jobs and investment in Britain will be threatened.

The President of the German Automotive Industry Association

accused the UK of abandoning pragmatism over the issue.

Here, the Trade Secretary, Liam Fox, has suggested a transitional deal

At least one person has died in a shooting at the Israeli Embassy

Local police say a Jordanian national was killed,

and two people including an Israeli were wounded.

It's unclear what motivated the attack, but regional tensions

have been heightened, after recent violence in Jerusalem.

The number of migrants arriving in Greece is picking up again,

putting increasing pressure on a country, still

More than 8,000 people have arrived so far this year,

down from the thousands who were turning up every

But since then, a deal to deport failed asylum

seekers back to Turkey, and the slow process

of investigating cases, has led to a bottleneck

in Greece, and on the island of Lesbos in particular.

Our correspondent, Mark Lowen reports.

A scene that's defined Europe, played out almost daily

Staged, this time, by Amnesty International,

a message to Europe by migrants trapped in Greece or risking

11-year-old Rania Al-Obaidi escaped Mosul and so-called Islamic State.

For a year she was kept in Moria migrant camp in Lesbos.

She's been moved, but the memories endure.

They fight so much, yes, and I see three people dead in my eyes.

Scarring the olive groves of Lesbos, Moria now holds

It's stretched and beset with problems.

This footage obtained by the BBC appears to show police violence

Some migrants burnt tents and threw stones.

One escapes but a policeman goes to any length to stop him.

The poor conditions and incessant wait for asylum applications

Eddie Mangai guy says he fled Congo as a political prisoner.

The daily struggle here defies the empty slogans.

"Greeks saved us when we were in the water," he says.

"But now the Syrians are getting papers and we aren't."

Greece, still in financial crisis, forced to bear the brunt

The number of new arrivals is a fraction of what it was

and the media has somewhat moved on but the problem persists.

Crowds of migrants in an increasingly permanent camp

Thousands stuck here in Greece, caught in Europe's forgotten crisis.

We get drunkenness, drug addictions, things

Obviously I think are directly the results

And to be honest, the Greeks, I know they feel frustrated

The island feels abandoned by the mainland and all of Greece

Europe's most bankrupt country has become its waiting room.

Lives are on hold here and Greece is overwhelmed.

Now, it's been a big day for sport, from the Tour de France,

to the Open, to a dramatic World Cup win for England's women cricketers.

So let's join Natalie Pirks at Lords.

England have won the Women's Cricket World Cup for a fourth time.

It was a sell out at Lords for their final against India

Anya Shrubsole won the match for them taking six wickets.

There was a time when women's cricket barely even registered

Millions more watching around the world, only a match yet

England won the toss and opted to bat but the loss of

Sarah Taylor handed India the impetus.

If this was an advert for the women's game Nat Sciver was

providing the promotional material, though elsewhere runs were in

supply and even when England looked to kick on, moments of Indian magic

Chasing 229 to win, India looked to be cruising and at one

point needed just 38 runs with seven wickets in hand.

But England dared to dream and clawed their way back

from a seemingly irretrievable position.

Alex Hartley and Anya Shrubsole did the damage.

Shrubsole taking six wickets in a devastating

spell that broke India and guided England to glory.

A breathtaking end to a truly ground-breaking tournament.

I always think it is better winning when you are all out there in the

field because you've got your team-mates around you.

This World Cup really has been a team effort.

People have chipped in a long the way.

We have fought our way through some games, haven't necessarily won

the prettiest at times but tournament cricket is all about

winning, it's not necessarily about how you win, it's just

This, though, is a victory not only for them but for women's

cricket too, and perhaps even a seminal moment for women's sport.

Britain's Chris Froome has won the Tour de France

for the fourth time, after completing the largely

The Team Sky rider is now second in the all-time list following his

Our Sports News Correspondent Richard Conway reports.

A formidable performance has delivered Tour de France

From early on, fans clambered to gain any vantage point they could

find on the Champs Elysees, sensing they were about to

watch one of the Tour's greatest-ever competitors.

I think this one could take five times.

It's incredible for a British cyclists to have achieved four,

well hopefully, four Tour de France wins today.

When you compare it to any other sporting achievements,

he would be knighted without a question.

This victory was not achieved in isolation, though.

Champagne on the road into Paris today, enjoyed by a team that worked

hard to give their leader yet another vintage year.

And once across the finish line, Chris Froome drank it all in.

An incredible feeling to ride on the Champs Elysees,

even after having done it three times previously, it

Still, all the same emotions are here.

Meanwhile, thoughts are already turning to 2018.

I think he's already thinking about the next year, I guess.

If he could have a fifth win it would be nice but of course it does

God Save The Queen rings out on the Champs Elysees for the fifth

time in six years and Chris Froome, at the age of 32, with four

titles under his belt, he says he's not done yet.

We could be hearing that for many years to come.

There was final round drama at the Open Championship.

Jordan Speith threw away a three shot overnight lead but the American

Our Sports Correspondent Andy Swiss reports from Royal Birkdale.

The history book will show he won comfortably.

For most of his round, Jordan Spieth seemed a man in meltdown.

His overnight lead, unlike his putt, soon vanished.

But at the 13th, it was head in hands time.

A drive so bad, he ended up playing it from the practice ground.

He now trailed Matt Kuchar but having seemingly

thrown the Open away, Speith sensationally seized it back.

Three birdies and an eagle, the worst to the best in barely

Finally, he could relax, as at just 23, he became

the Open's youngest winner in nearly four decades.

COMMENTATOR: It's a Royal performance at Birkdale.

But talk about doing it the hard way.

A dramatic and at times chaotic finale then,

but it for Jordan Spieth, eventually the perfect result.

Andy Swiss, BBC News, Royal Birkdale.

There were more medals today for Team GB in the World Para

Sammi Kinghorn won her second gold, in the T53 100 metres to leave

Britain third overall, in the medal tables - as

The greatest Championships to date, with record-breaking performances

and the usual suspects topping the podium but for some

Sammi Kinghorn had never won a world title but this morning she raced

to her second victory of the Championship

I literally had no idea when I crossed over the line.

I heard the crowd scream so I thought - I've won a medal.

I saw my name popping up and I was like - really?

I got off really hard, my start was good.

I knew that was the biggest thing I had to work on from Rio.

I'm really glad it has all worked out.

Ten months on from Britain's most successful Paralympic Games,

the pressure was on the athletes to do it all over again

here in London, and thanks to a little help from the home

crowd, they certainly didn't disappoint.

There is no doubt at all, when you have the home support,

There may not have been sell-out crowds but it has far exceeded any

previous Para Championships and for many of the British

athletes it has been the highlight of their careers,

creating new memories of London that will be hard to beat.

At the women's European Championship England have beaten Spain 2-0.

This late strike from Jodie Taylor sealed the win.

They are top of Group D and need a point from their final game

Erin Cuthbert scored as Scotland lost to Portugal,

but they can still reach the last eight with victory

That's it for a very busy day of sport. Looks like it will be a long

night England's cricketers who are still celebrating in the pub next to

me and quite right too. Thank you, Natalie.

The world's first floating wind farm will soon be in place,

One of it's five huge turbines arrives at midnight,

with the revolutionary technology, allowing the generation

of power from strong sea winds, while it floats.

It'll provide energy for 20,000 homes.

Our Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin, has been

following the vast turbine's journey from Norway to Scotland.

In the half-light of a summer night in Norway, a landmark in the history

of energy floats upright in the chilly water.

These five towering turbines will cross the North Sea to Scotland,

to form the world's first large-scale floating wind farm.

This is engineering on an absolutely gargantuan scale.

What you can see is taller than Big Ben.

But that's only part of it - there's a third more under

the water, weighted heavily at the bottom with iron ore,

to keep the thing floating stable in the water.

The turbines will be tethered to the sea bed with thick

mooring lines 15 miles off the coast of Peterhead.

Being able to use floating offshore wind farms gives us much more

flexibility when it comes to locating these farms

But a note of caution among the enthusiasm.

Scientists warn that far more investment in additional

new technologies is needed to combat climate change.

This monumental kit comes dear, but the price should fall.

We think that this is a game changer, this project,

for enabling us in the future to reduce the cost and develop wind

The first turbine is hauled from the fjord by tugs.

It's nearly 12,000 tonnes of steel and ballast.

Each blade is as wide as the wingspan of an Airbus.

The power of engineers to capture wind energy at sea is growing far

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