:00:22. > :00:25.The former Prime Minister Tony Blair has suggested some EU leaders might
:00:26. > :00:29.be prepared to change the rules of the single market -
:00:30. > :00:31.to keep Britain inside the European Union.
:00:32. > :00:34.He says the views of voters could have shifted, and the British
:00:35. > :00:36.might be willing to stay inside the EU if changes
:00:37. > :00:38.were made, such as stricter controls on migration.
:00:39. > :00:50.Our Political Correspondent, Emma Vardy, has this report.
:00:51. > :00:57.Tony Blair once argued passionately that Britain should remain in the EU
:00:58. > :01:00.and lost. Now in his latest intervention, he has said Britain
:01:01. > :01:03.could get a better deal on immigration, while remaining part of
:01:04. > :01:10.the single market, something many thought impossible.
:01:11. > :01:14.So is he an incurable optimist, or delusional, he was asked? It is
:01:15. > :01:17.important to understand there is a lot we know now we didn't know a
:01:18. > :01:21.year ago when we took the decision. We know for example that our
:01:22. > :01:25.currency is down, that is a prediction by the international
:01:26. > :01:30.markets as to our future prosperity. We know businesses are moving jobs
:01:31. > :01:34.out of the country. We know this time last year we were the fastest
:01:35. > :01:40.growing economy in the G7, now we are the slowest. We now that there
:01:41. > :01:45.is not ?350 extra for the National Health Service, there is less money.
:01:46. > :01:48.Tony Blair set out his case in an article for his institute for global
:01:49. > :01:54.change, saying give had been is at stake and what we are discovering
:01:55. > :01:58.about the cost of Brexit, how can it be right deliberately to take off
:01:59. > :02:01.the table the option of compromise between Britain and Europe so
:02:02. > :02:05.Britain stays within a reformed Europe. But there is scepticism,
:02:06. > :02:11.over whether there is the political will in Europe to allow Britain to
:02:12. > :02:16.change the rules. Last week, the EU's chief negotiator, said that the
:02:17. > :02:20.principles of freedom of movement, people, goods and services are
:02:21. > :02:26.indivisible. The EU made it clear made it clear
:02:27. > :02:31.that the four freedoms are indivisible, as they have called it.
:02:32. > :02:36.They took four minutes to agree the guidelines, there is no debate in
:02:37. > :02:40.the EU it is a nonsense, another attempt to undermine Brexit.
:02:41. > :02:43.Tony Blair says that what he hears behind the scenes is that there is a
:02:44. > :02:47.possibility of a compromise on the table. That this should not be
:02:48. > :02:48.discounted. Emma Vardy, BBC News.
:02:49. > :02:51.The authorities in Turkey have sacked a further 7,000
:02:52. > :02:53.members of the security forces and civil service -
:02:54. > :02:56.as mass rallies are held in the country to mark the first
:02:57. > :02:58.anniversary of a failed coup to overthrow President Erdogan.
:02:59. > :03:01.Around 200,000 people have now been punished for allegedly
:03:02. > :03:08.Live now to Istanbul and our correspondent there, Mark Lowen.
:03:09. > :03:19.Mark? Yes, what a way to ring in the anniversary. Another 7,000
:03:20. > :03:23.dismissals, and no let up in the purge since last year's coup
:03:24. > :03:28.attempt. The government insists that the supporters of the coup have
:03:29. > :03:33.spread themselves throughout Turkish society but with Human Rights Act
:03:34. > :03:37.visit, professors, are suspended, some are celebrating but others are
:03:38. > :03:41.deeply fearful for Turkey's future. You may find some of the images in
:03:42. > :03:44.You may find some of the images in this report distressing.
:03:45. > :03:46.Turkey's nightmare was unleashed as the plotters seized
:03:47. > :03:50.Sabri Unal tried to reach it to resist the coup attempt.
:03:51. > :03:53.He lay in its path, between its tracks.
:03:54. > :04:07.He tried to stop it again, but it ran over his arm.
:04:08. > :04:09.Today, he bears the scars of the coup.
:04:10. > :04:11.TRANSLATION: I came here for the sake of God,
:04:12. > :04:14.I was not afraid and I am not a hero.
:04:15. > :04:17.To be a hero, I would have had to stop the tanks.
:04:18. > :04:24.On the 15th July, rogue soldiers bombed government
:04:25. > :04:36.The coup soon became the purge, with over 50,000 arrested,
:04:37. > :04:41.accused of ties to the alleged plotter, the cleric Fethullah Gulen.
:04:42. > :04:44.President Erdogan called it a gift from God to cleanse
:04:45. > :04:50.Critics say all dissent has been crushed.
:04:51. > :04:53.The government hits back that the real crime was the coup
:04:54. > :04:56.We are actually saving Turkish democracy, Turkish rule
:04:57. > :04:57.of law, Turkish future from a power-hungry
:04:58. > :05:09.140,000 people have been dismissed or suspended.
:05:10. > :05:11.There is now a commission to look at all those cases.
:05:12. > :05:14.You will see, when this episode is over, that Turkish
:05:15. > :05:15.democracy is functioning, the Turkish judiciary
:05:16. > :05:26.Gulen followers were in every corner of society.
:05:27. > :05:28.The purge went wide, far too wide, many believe.
:05:29. > :05:31.Protests in support of two academics on hunger strikes for four months,
:05:32. > :05:45.Alongside, a human rights monument is now sealed off.
:05:46. > :05:47.A bleak metaphor for Turkey's plight.
:05:48. > :05:49.The wife of one is herself on hunger strike in solidarity.
:05:50. > :05:51.This in a country hoping to join the EU.
:05:52. > :05:55.TRANSLATION: One day your name is on a list and you are struck off.
:05:56. > :06:10.They want to live but for their demands to be met.
:06:11. > :06:14.Immortalised for generations to come as Turkey's rebirth,
:06:15. > :06:16.it is being celebrated here as the legend of the 15th
:06:17. > :06:19.of July, but for others, it is a painful chapter
:06:20. > :06:30.There was a sharp slowdown in income growth in the run up to last
:06:31. > :06:32.month's general election, according to a think tank.
:06:33. > :06:35.The Resolution Foundation says that in the year leading up to May,
:06:36. > :06:37.incomes rose by 0.7% - the slowest in 5 years.
:06:38. > :06:44.Pay for the top 1% though has risen sharply since 2015.
:06:45. > :06:49.With me is our Business Correspondent Joe Lynam.
:06:50. > :06:59.Joe, it sounds like rather gloomy reading, this. What have they found?
:07:00. > :07:04.The rate at which our income, salaries, rent, deposit income has
:07:05. > :07:08.grown. In the run up to the financial crisis in 2008, the growth
:07:09. > :07:14.was 2%. Then the recession came and we all took a hit. What The
:07:15. > :07:20.Resolution Foundation is saying that income rose in 2013, 2015 but has
:07:21. > :07:24.fallen back since. And it affects many groups, so the older you are,
:07:25. > :07:29.the more you are affected. Lot has to do with property assets. Young
:07:30. > :07:33.people are struggling to get on the housing ladder. They have to rent.
:07:34. > :07:40.The cost is going up but they have no assets. The older you are, as a
:07:41. > :07:46.pensioner, you have seen the property soar. The top 1% in the
:07:47. > :07:53.United Kingdom own a quarter of all assets and they are heading for a
:07:54. > :07:57.record take of all income growth. Joe linam, that then thanks.
:07:58. > :08:01.A 15-year-old girl has died after suffering an adverse reaction
:08:02. > :08:03.from a suspected "legal high" in Newton Abbot in Devon.
:08:04. > :08:05.Devon and Cornwall Police said the girl was taken
:08:06. > :08:08.to Torbay District Hospital in the early hours of this morning
:08:09. > :08:12.Two other teenagers were also taken to hospital as a precaution.
:08:13. > :08:15.Now it's a big day for sport - particularly in the tennis
:08:16. > :08:19.of course, here's Hugh Woozencroft at Wimbledon.
:08:20. > :08:26.Good afternoon, hugh. Good afternoon, it is Ladies' Final
:08:27. > :08:32.Day and a chance for Venus Williams to win her sixth singles title on
:08:33. > :08:34.Centre Court and with it become the oldest laid countries singles
:08:35. > :08:38.champion. Standing in her way
:08:39. > :08:40.is former French Open When you share a name
:08:41. > :08:45.with the trophy, your destiny That is partly what makes Wimbledon
:08:46. > :08:48.so special for Venus Williams. She first won the Venus Rosewater
:08:49. > :08:51.Dish 17 years ago, and today, she is hoping to do it again
:08:52. > :08:54.for the sixth time I couldn't have asked for more,
:08:55. > :09:03.but I'll ask for a little more. It won't be a given
:09:04. > :09:07.but I will give it my all. Here is the prize itself,
:09:08. > :09:09.lifted by Venus Williams or her sister Serena
:09:10. > :09:13.an incredible 12 times. This year, defending champion Serena
:09:14. > :09:15.is absent through pregnancy so Venus's task is to keep it
:09:16. > :09:20.in the family. Usually it is her in these finals,
:09:21. > :09:27.so I am trying my best to represent She's seeking a first
:09:28. > :09:31.Wimbledon triumph since 2008. Since then, illness and injury
:09:32. > :09:33.have stalled her career, but two decades after first
:09:34. > :09:36.appearing here, Venus is back Venus is playing, I think,
:09:37. > :09:44.as well as she has ever played. She has had to improve her game
:09:45. > :09:47.to keep up with the rest It might be the sports story of,
:09:48. > :09:51.definitely the year, That would be the oldest woman
:09:52. > :10:01.to ever win a major. Standing between Venus and victory
:10:02. > :10:03.is Garbine Muguruza. The Spaniard has been
:10:04. > :10:07.irrepressible this fortnight, but Venus is the firm favourite,
:10:08. > :10:10.and if she lives up to the billing, her destiny will once
:10:11. > :10:13.more be a reality. Away from Wimbledon,
:10:14. > :10:22.the second day of the World Para Athletics Championships is underway
:10:23. > :10:24.this morning in London. Hannah Cockroft got her competition
:10:25. > :10:27.off to the best possible start, last night she won the T34 100
:10:28. > :10:38.metres in a world record time. The busy weekend of sport continues,
:10:39. > :10:40.as Silverstone hosts Qualifying for the race starts
:10:41. > :10:44.in less than an hour. We've had the third and final
:10:45. > :10:47.practice session already today. Lewis Hamilton is looking good
:10:48. > :10:53.in front of the home fans. His team-mate, Valterri Bottas,
:10:54. > :10:57.facing a five-place grid penalty for the race,
:10:58. > :11:00.so both Hamilton and championship leader Sebastian Vettel will be
:11:01. > :11:06.looking to take advantage. England's cricketers
:11:07. > :11:11.are playing their final group game They are taking on West Indies,
:11:12. > :11:15.having already qualified England were put
:11:16. > :11:18.into bat in Bristol. Moments ago they were
:11:19. > :11:26.91-4 after 22 overs. And it's day two of the Second
:11:27. > :11:29.Test between England The visitors started
:11:30. > :11:32.the day on 309 for 6. But James Anderson was in fine form
:11:33. > :11:37.- he took all four wickets remaining wickets within 35
:11:38. > :11:39.minutes this morning. Alastair Cook and Keaton
:11:40. > :11:51.Jennings both out. And a reminder Sean,
:11:52. > :11:52.coverage of the Ladies' Singles Final begins at 1pm
:11:53. > :11:56.on BBC 1. You can see more on all of today's
:11:57. > :11:59.stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One
:12:00. > :12:22.is at 6.25pm evening. Good afternoon. We have seen a lot
:12:23. > :12:26.of cloud over most parts of the UK today. That is confirmed by looking
:12:27. > :12:27.at the satellite