:00:00. > :00:00.The BBC reveals the salaries of its highest paid stars
:00:07. > :00:11.after being forced to disclose those on more than ?150,000.
:00:12. > :00:14.Chris Evans tops a male-dominated list with a salary of
:00:15. > :00:21.The BBC's Director General defended the figures.
:00:22. > :00:24.What we've managed to do is always pay our talent
:00:25. > :00:31.People come here because they want to come and work here.
:00:32. > :00:34.We'll bring you the details and ask what the fallout from these
:00:35. > :00:38.A major clean-up operation in the Cornish village
:00:39. > :00:41.of Coverack after flash floods, with severe damage
:00:42. > :00:55.People here say they are determined to be back to normal as quickly as
:00:56. > :00:57.possible but there is an awful lot of repair work that has to be done
:00:58. > :00:58.first. No more surcharge payments
:00:59. > :01:00.for using your debit or credit card, The success story of the boy
:01:01. > :01:05.with a double hand transplant So, for giving me their son's hands
:01:06. > :01:13.because they didn't have It's number one, it's in Spanish
:01:14. > :01:29.and it's been downloaded more And coming up in the
:01:30. > :01:40.sport on BBC News. England against Scotland
:01:41. > :01:41.on a new stage. The two old rivals begin
:01:42. > :01:44.their Women's European Championship campaigns against each other tonight
:01:45. > :02:03.in the Netherlands. Good afternoon and welcome
:02:04. > :02:05.to the BBC News at One. The BBC has disclosed
:02:06. > :02:08.the salaries of its top stars after being compelled to do
:02:09. > :02:11.so by the government. Chris Evans is the highest paid
:02:12. > :02:15.on the list with a salary of more Gary Lineker earns over
:02:16. > :02:23.?1.75 million, and Graham Norton over 850,000 though
:02:24. > :02:25.that figure doesn't The disclosure has divided opinion,
:02:26. > :02:28.with some saying it's unfair on the corporation,
:02:29. > :02:30.others questioning the BBC's There's also criticism that only
:02:31. > :02:35.a third of the names The BBC's Director General
:02:36. > :02:38.justified the salaries, saying the corporation had to work
:02:39. > :02:41.in a very competitive market. Our Media Correspondent
:02:42. > :02:45.David Sillito reports. The pay deals of the BBC's top stars
:02:46. > :02:49.are no longer a secret. Graham Norton received
:02:50. > :02:56.more than ?850,000. The final day of
:02:57. > :02:58.the Premier League... Gary Lineker's deal takes him
:02:59. > :03:03.over ?1.75 million. How do you feel about BBC talent
:03:04. > :03:09.salaries being published? But top of the BBC pay
:03:10. > :03:12.list, Chris Evans. We are the ultimate
:03:13. > :03:15.public company, I think. And therefore I think
:03:16. > :03:18.it is probably on balance right and proper that people
:03:19. > :03:22.know what we get paid. The best paid BBC actor
:03:23. > :03:27.is Derek Thompson, Charlie from Other actors paid by independent
:03:28. > :03:34.companies do not appear. Also some stars such
:03:35. > :03:37.as Graham Norton also have deals not on the list
:03:38. > :03:40.with independent firms. But it does give a snapshot
:03:41. > :03:45.of the level of top pay. More than ?700,000 for Jeremy Vine,
:03:46. > :03:49.Stephen Nolan from BBC Ulster, more However, the BBC says it has
:03:50. > :03:55.been cutting top pay, dropping more than 10%
:03:56. > :03:59.over the last 12 months. We are constantly working
:04:00. > :04:03.at ensuring that we get the balance right between our public,
:04:04. > :04:07.who want to have great shows headed by stars and great presenters,
:04:08. > :04:11.and then also wanting to know that their money,
:04:12. > :04:14.and it is their money, public money, And over the last two or three
:04:15. > :04:22.years, yes, some key presenters and others
:04:23. > :04:27.have taken pay cuts. And it is not just the size
:04:28. > :04:30.of the pay deals that The BBC has set itself targets
:04:31. > :04:35.for gender equality and yet, when you look at the list,
:04:36. > :04:38.two thirds of the names are men. But it is Claudia
:04:39. > :04:47.Winkleman who is the highest-paid woman for Strictly
:04:48. > :04:49.and other programmes, But many questions will be asked
:04:50. > :04:53.about what appears to be gaps in pay deals between male
:04:54. > :04:57.and female presenters. There is discrimination
:04:58. > :05:01.and unfairness against women. But I think although
:05:02. > :05:05.everyone will think it is very unfair and outrageous,
:05:06. > :05:08.this is now a moment However one argument
:05:09. > :05:13.against revealing the salaries is that some presenters may now
:05:14. > :05:16.think they have a good case But the former culture secretary
:05:17. > :05:19.who enforced this new openness has no doubts
:05:20. > :05:21.about the process. If you consider that ?150,000
:05:22. > :05:24.represents the licence fee of 1,000 households,
:05:25. > :05:29.then I think the public are entitled to know that is how
:05:30. > :05:32.their money is being spent. This talent bill has
:05:33. > :05:38.been dropping, but viewers and listeners now
:05:39. > :05:42.have a much clearer picture What are the likely consequences
:05:43. > :06:01.of this disclosure? Well, as the excellent report went
:06:02. > :06:06.into, this is in essence a list of names and numbers and first of all
:06:07. > :06:09.people will take these numbers and say, oh my goodness, this person is
:06:10. > :06:12.paid this much, that's shocking. Then they will question whether this
:06:13. > :06:17.report is complete because there are lots of people not on this list
:06:18. > :06:20.because they're paid by independent production companies and some people
:06:21. > :06:25.on the list like Graham Norton who get lots of money from the BBC
:06:26. > :06:28.because they are also paid by independent production companies.
:06:29. > :06:33.The broader issues are about gender equality. Is the BBC in 2017 doing
:06:34. > :06:41.nearly enough to make sure its top on their and on-screen talent
:06:42. > :06:47.getting paid the same as men? People said this will cause people to us
:06:48. > :06:52.the pay rises and other broadcasters will try to sweep in for this
:06:53. > :06:55.talent. If that doesn't happen, maybe next year's annual report will
:06:56. > :06:57.get even more numbers and even more transparency.
:06:58. > :06:59.A big clean-up operation is taking place in Cornwall
:07:00. > :07:01.after flash floods swept through the village of Coverack
:07:02. > :07:04.There were three hours of torrential downpours last night,
:07:05. > :07:08.and a number of people had to be rescued from the roofs of their
:07:09. > :07:13.Residents reported hailstones the size of 50 pence pieces,
:07:14. > :07:16.and the village was divided in two by a four foot torrent of water.
:07:17. > :07:19.Our correspondent Jon Kay has travelled to the village and fishing
:07:20. > :07:28.port to see the extent of the damage.
:07:29. > :07:36.What a mess. This was the main road into the village of Coverack until
:07:37. > :07:46.it was ripped apart. Just look at it now. And this is why. Heavy rain
:07:47. > :07:51.Centre forefoot torrent of water thundering down the hills into the
:07:52. > :07:56.harbour yesterday afternoon sweeping away everything in its wake. There
:07:57. > :08:04.was so much power it forced down this metal barrier. Mary has found
:08:05. > :08:10.her elderly mother's walking frame among the pile of debris. Next to it
:08:11. > :08:15.even her kitchen sink. What is it like to see it all here?
:08:16. > :08:21.Devastating. It is really devastating. We can't put it back.
:08:22. > :08:25.We've just got to get on and carry on and do what we can and get back
:08:26. > :08:34.to normal. We're Cornish, that's what we do! Mud and cobbles can be
:08:35. > :08:38.swept up but major structural repairs are also needed. At this
:08:39. > :08:42.time of year, there would normally be thousands of holiday-makers
:08:43. > :08:46.driving down this road every day to get to the harbour. But it's going
:08:47. > :08:51.to be awhile before anyone can down here. The roads are going to take a
:08:52. > :08:54.while to get back into action properly but we're working with
:08:55. > :09:00.other agencies to make sure that happen as soon as possible. Two
:09:01. > :09:03.pensioners had to be winched to safety by the coastguard helicopter
:09:04. > :09:09.as their home filled with floodwater. They couldn't get us out
:09:10. > :09:13.of the window out the backs so they took out the front. The dishwasher
:09:14. > :09:18.was floating around the middle of the kitchen. The washing machine
:09:19. > :09:25.bouncing up and down like a boat and the bookcase with all the cookery
:09:26. > :09:31.books fell over. It was terrible. This stretch of the Cornish coast is
:09:32. > :09:35.well used to bad weather but it was the speed, the intensity and the
:09:36. > :09:42.localised nature of this storm that took many people by surprise. How is
:09:43. > :09:48.the clean-up going, bring us up to date. You've seen the shovels and
:09:49. > :09:51.brushes and even the big trucks used to clear the debris in the harbour
:09:52. > :09:56.itself, the showpiece of this village, that is what is on all the
:09:57. > :09:59.postcards, and that is what they are concentrating on but also clearing
:10:00. > :10:04.the beach which is a mess and checking the harbour wall. But it is
:10:05. > :10:07.that road I showed you on the far side of the village, that is the
:10:08. > :10:11.thing concerning the structural engineers who are trying to assess
:10:12. > :10:15.it at the moment and local people because it is a lifeblood bringing
:10:16. > :10:20.in tourists, it is a crucial artery for people. There is another road
:10:21. > :10:22.but it is narrow and steep and much less easy to use said people here
:10:23. > :10:27.desperately waiting to find out what is going to be the deal, how long it
:10:28. > :10:31.is going to take to repair it. There's a care home on the other
:10:32. > :10:35.side of the village. The older people have suffered a power cut and
:10:36. > :10:39.the lane to the building has been cut off. They are trying to get a
:10:40. > :10:43.generator in so they're going to have to get the older people out but
:10:44. > :10:46.that's another one of the things in this village concerning the
:10:47. > :10:51.community as they try to work out what happens next. I've seen some
:10:52. > :10:55.visitors coming down and taking pictures, holiday-makers, not the
:10:56. > :10:59.kind of tourism this village was hoping to have or would want to have
:11:00. > :11:01.that might fill the gap for a moment but it seems a cruel start to the
:11:02. > :11:05.summer season here. Many thanks. Theresa May and the Labour leader
:11:06. > :11:07.Jeremy Corbyn have clashed over the issue of pay in the last
:11:08. > :11:10.Prime Minister's Questions before Mr Corbyn said low pay is a "threat
:11:11. > :11:15.to an already weakening economy," and accused Mrs May
:11:16. > :11:17.of being "out of touch." The Prime Minister hit back
:11:18. > :11:20.with an attack on Labour's spending policies, claiming the last
:11:21. > :11:22.Labour government had Our Assistant political
:11:23. > :11:26.editor Norman Smith So, it was evidently
:11:27. > :11:30.a rowdy last session, once again over pay,
:11:31. > :11:42.how would you assess the mood as Mps You're right. It was a bit of a
:11:43. > :11:46.rough house today but they always are these end of common sessions
:11:47. > :11:51.before the summer break as the rival leaders tried to send their MPs home
:11:52. > :11:56.with a spring in their step. More important for Mrs May because Tory
:11:57. > :12:00.MPs have been like the glance, down in the dumps, arms folded following
:12:01. > :12:04.the bad election result. Today much more on the front foot, bellowing
:12:05. > :12:09.their support for Mrs May which underlines what appears to be a bit
:12:10. > :12:12.of a backlash among Tory MPs against those big beasts in the Cabinet who
:12:13. > :12:18.have been manoeuvring against her. In part for selfish reasons they
:12:19. > :12:22.want to avoid a contest which might mean a general election threatening
:12:23. > :12:25.their seats. In part they've taken a look at the rival contenders and
:12:26. > :12:32.taken the view they wouldn't do much better than Mrs May. As for Jeremy
:12:33. > :12:36.Corbyn, it was those tensions he seized on today's saying the
:12:37. > :12:39.bickering and backbiting amongst ministers was making it impossible
:12:40. > :12:44.for them to tackle low pay and poverty.
:12:45. > :12:49.The Prime Minister's lack of tact with reality goes like this. Low pay
:12:50. > :12:54.in Britain is holding people back at a time of rising housing costs,
:12:55. > :12:59.rising food prices and rising transport costs. It threatens
:13:00. > :13:02.people's living standards and rising consumer debt and falling savings
:13:03. > :13:08.threatens our economic stability. Why doesn't the Prime Minister
:13:09. > :13:17.understands that low pay is a threat to an already weakening economy? The
:13:18. > :13:26.best route out of poverty is through work and what we now see is
:13:27. > :13:31.hundreds... It is! Order, order! The question has been asked, the pro
:13:32. > :13:35.minister's answer must, and however long it takes, it will be heard. The
:13:36. > :13:42.Prime Minister. The best route out of poverty is work, so over the last
:13:43. > :13:48.seven years we've seen 3 million more jobs being created in our
:13:49. > :13:52.economy. As for the two leaders, how do they leave for the summer break?
:13:53. > :13:57.Jeremy Corbyn is on a bit of a role, he will carry on where he left off,
:13:58. > :14:02.he is going to be on the campaign Trail visiting numerous marginal
:14:03. > :14:06.seats. Theresa May? I suspect she will just be grateful to crawl over
:14:07. > :14:10.the finish line, go on a walking holiday with her husband, and hope
:14:11. > :14:13.when she comes back some of the steam will have gone out of this
:14:14. > :14:15.leadership speculation. Many thanks. President Trump has dismissed
:14:16. > :14:17.as fake news reports of a secret meeting between him and the Russian
:14:18. > :14:20.president Vladimir Putin But the White House has admitted
:14:21. > :14:24.that the two men had met privately for a brief discussion,
:14:25. > :14:28.with only a translator present. Let's go live now to Washington and
:14:29. > :14:31.our correspondent Gary O'Donoghue. How has news of this
:14:32. > :14:43.meeting gone down? Well, I think with some surprise. It
:14:44. > :14:49.wasn't exactly a private or secret meeting. It took place at a dinner
:14:50. > :14:53.at the G20 in Germany and what seems to have happened is that President
:14:54. > :14:56.Robert was sat next to the Japanese Prime Minister at some point during
:14:57. > :14:59.the meal he wandered over to sit somewhere near Vladimir Putin who
:15:00. > :15:04.was actually sitting next to his wife and it seems they had a
:15:05. > :15:10.discussion which some people put at an hour-long so it wasn't just,
:15:11. > :15:15."What do you think of the sorbet? Is quote and the problem people have
:15:16. > :15:18.here is what was discussed? There was no American translator present,
:15:19. > :15:22.there is no record of it and they are worried Donald Trump may have
:15:23. > :15:27.said things, may have been persuaded to do things and believe things by
:15:28. > :15:30.Vladimir Putin and that there is no record of them in the American
:15:31. > :15:35.system. That is what is bothering people. They had two hours of formal
:15:36. > :15:36.discussions earlier on in the same day.
:15:37. > :15:38.And there's been a hasty invitation to lunch
:15:39. > :15:47.at the White House for Republican members of the Senate, why?
:15:48. > :15:52.He's feeding senators quite a lot at the moment. They were there for
:15:53. > :15:57.lunch and dinner on Monday, too. This is a way to look forward on
:15:58. > :16:01.health care. The replacement plan for health care has fallen for
:16:02. > :16:07.Senate. We know Senators are not even prepared to repeal current
:16:08. > :16:11.system, so the repeal and replace has disappeared. What will they do
:16:12. > :16:12.now? That is the question they will chew over this lunchtime. Many
:16:13. > :16:13.thanks. From January, businesses will be
:16:14. > :16:15.banned from charging fees on transactions made by debit
:16:16. > :16:17.and credit card. It follows a directive
:16:18. > :16:20.from the European Union to end the charges often imposed
:16:21. > :16:22.by airlines, food delivery The Treasury says the fees
:16:23. > :16:43.cost consumers ?473 For years consumers have been used
:16:44. > :16:49.for you -- often charge for using their debit or credit card. 3% extra
:16:50. > :16:54.on flight B and 2% extra on Ryanair and Norwegian. Fancy a late night
:16:55. > :16:58.takeaway, applications such as hungry house and just eat at 50p for
:16:59. > :17:03.card payments. But as of January thanks to European directive, such
:17:04. > :17:09.charges will be banned. It is great, these rules put an end to
:17:10. > :17:11.surcharging on American Express and PayPal as well as Visa and
:17:12. > :17:17.MasterCard. That is further than the government had to go so good news
:17:18. > :17:20.for consumers. It costs companies money to process payments, 5p for
:17:21. > :17:26.debit card payments according to figures from last year and 16p for
:17:27. > :17:28.credit cards. Up until now some companies have passed significantly
:17:29. > :17:36.higher costs on to consumers. Including the DVLA which charges ?2
:17:37. > :17:40.50 for each card transaction. 77% of all retail sales in the UK are made
:17:41. > :17:44.using cards. So it is the predominant way to pay and therefore
:17:45. > :17:48.it is quite right that consumers should not be charged for the
:17:49. > :17:53.privilege of paying in the way they want to. Surcharges will cease but
:17:54. > :17:56.it will be open to friends to recoup the costs they incur by other means.
:17:57. > :18:02.The BBC reveals the salaries of its highest paid stars
:18:03. > :18:08.after being forced to disclose those on more than ?150,000.
:18:09. > :18:14.England's manager has high hopes for the women's football team,
:18:15. > :18:17.ahead of their opener at Euro 2017 in the Netherlands tonight.
:18:18. > :18:22.It's the Premier League but not as we know it quite yet.
:18:23. > :18:24.Five teams and their new signings are involved in pre-season
:18:25. > :18:26.friendlies on the other side of the world.
:18:27. > :18:41.An American boy who was the youngest in the world
:18:42. > :18:44.to have a double hand transplant - is now able to write, dress himself
:18:45. > :18:49.Zion Harvey had the transplant two years ago, after his hands
:18:50. > :18:53.and feet were amputated when he contracted sepsis.
:18:54. > :18:55.Doctors say the key to his recovery has been Zion himself,
:18:56. > :19:03.and his inspiring determination to succeed, as Sara Smith reports.
:19:04. > :19:06.It's the story of extraordinary surgical skill.
:19:07. > :19:15.I just want to write a letter to the parents
:19:16. > :19:24.Because they didn't have to do that if they didn't want to.
:19:25. > :19:27.After losing his hands and feet to infection at just two years old,
:19:28. > :19:30.Zion Harvey was eight when the ten hour pioneering transplant
:19:31. > :19:34.But it was then that the real work began.
:19:35. > :19:37.Months and months of tough rehabilitation.
:19:38. > :19:48.He remains a remarkable young man because here we have had
:19:49. > :19:50.weeks of hospitalisation, a daily request for him to interact,
:19:51. > :19:57.To interface and again there has never been one
:19:58. > :19:59.iota of resistance or, I don't want to today
:20:00. > :20:09.His body has tried eight times to reject the new hands.
:20:10. > :20:11.But a mix of immunosuppression drugs and hard work means he is making
:20:12. > :20:24.Now I can get a snack from the fridge without
:20:25. > :20:31.He has become this independent person that does not need me
:20:32. > :20:45.Oh my goodness, he's not going to need me next year!
:20:46. > :20:53.Here we have Muhammad Ali and Ray Lewis.
:20:54. > :20:58.Tests have shown his brain is creating pathways for controlling
:20:59. > :21:04.There's still a long way to go but Zion is
:21:05. > :21:12.If any kid is watching this, and you're going through a rough
:21:13. > :21:14.time, never give up on what you're doing.
:21:15. > :21:25.The former Eastenders actor Paul Nicholls is recovering
:21:26. > :21:31.in hospital after being seriously injured in an accident in Thailand.
:21:32. > :21:33.Nicholls broke both his legs and smashed one of his kneecaps
:21:34. > :21:36.after falling down a waterfall on the island of Koh Samui.
:21:37. > :21:39.He was trapped for three days before being rescued,
:21:40. > :21:43.after his abandoned motorcycle was spotted nearby.
:21:44. > :21:45.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have arrived
:21:46. > :21:48.in Germany for the second part of their tour in Europe.
:21:49. > :21:50.The Royal couple, who are travelling with their children Prince George
:21:51. > :21:52.and Princess Charlotte, are meeting with the German
:21:53. > :21:55.Chancellor Angela Merkel, before making a visit to Berlin's
:21:56. > :22:02.most famous landmark, the Brandenburg Gate.
:22:03. > :22:05.The charity Mencap says demands to backdate pay for care workers
:22:06. > :22:07.who sleep at their place of work could bring the sector
:22:08. > :22:16.It says a change in the pay rules will cost a total
:22:17. > :22:20.The government says it's considering the issue carefully.
:22:21. > :22:32.Just explain why the change has come about. It is all about care workers
:22:33. > :22:38.who sleep in as it is known at the accommodation of someone they are
:22:39. > :22:41.looking after with serious living to -- disabilities. For years the
:22:42. > :22:47.government allowed the provider of the carer to pay a basic lump sum
:22:48. > :22:51.for that overnight of say ?30. A little bit more if the care worker
:22:52. > :22:55.was disturbed in the night. But after a couple of Employment
:22:56. > :22:58.Tribunal is the government changed tack and said no they must be paid
:22:59. > :23:03.at least minimum wage for those hours, which could be double the
:23:04. > :23:06.basic lump sum. HMRC Revenue and Customs has started to go suit some
:23:07. > :23:13.of the care providers for back pay going back six years which could
:23:14. > :23:16.total ?400 million. Mencap one of the largest providers says it will
:23:17. > :23:19.be absolutely punitive, some will be put in danger of insolvency. The
:23:20. > :23:24.smaller charities that provide the care of. And the losers will be the
:23:25. > :23:28.180,000 people with learning disabilities who may struggle to
:23:29. > :23:33.find the right level of care. The unions support back payment of the
:23:34. > :23:36.minimum wage, they say it is only what care workers deserve. But they
:23:37. > :23:43.say is a matter for government which is what Mencap are saying, they said
:23:44. > :23:46.the government should pay and ?40 million is a lot of money. The
:23:47. > :23:48.government says it is considering it carefully.
:23:49. > :23:50.The leading economic research group, the Institute for Fiscal Studies,
:23:51. > :23:53.says that inequality in the UK has fallen in the decade
:23:54. > :23:56.The IFS says the gap between the richest and poorest
:23:57. > :23:58.households has narrowed, with the most noticeable
:23:59. > :24:03.The group also found wide regional variations in average incomes.
:24:04. > :24:06.The main reason in recent years of narrowing inequality is due
:24:07. > :24:07.to the falling earnings, as well as some
:24:08. > :24:22.Those falling earnings are not a good thing.
:24:23. > :24:24.Although there have been increases in earnings for lower paid people.
:24:25. > :24:27.And part of that is a result of the national living wage,
:24:28. > :24:29.which has increased essentially the minimum wage for
:24:30. > :24:33.So that is pushing up earnings at least at the moment
:24:34. > :24:37.Detailed maps of the ocean floor taken during the search for
:24:38. > :24:39.the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 have been
:24:40. > :24:42.The plane vanished three years ago en route to Beijing
:24:43. > :24:46.from Kuala Lumpur, with 239 people on board.
:24:47. > :24:49.Although the plane has never been found and the Indian Ocean
:24:50. > :24:51.search ended in January, it's thought the images could help,
:24:52. > :24:53.as they show the ocean bed in clear detail.
:24:54. > :25:14.For three years Australian led a multinational search for Flight
:25:15. > :25:16.MH370, beneath some of the most inhospitable waters on earth.
:25:17. > :25:20.But the search has produced a trove of high resolution maps that reveal
:25:21. > :25:23.Never before have some of the secrets of the southern
:25:24. > :25:27.Indian Ocean been shown in such detail.
:25:28. > :25:29.There are undersea mountains taller than Mount Everest,
:25:30. > :25:31.and a valley dotted with volcanoes that runs for hundreds
:25:32. > :25:43.The data released online by Geoscience Australia
:25:44. > :25:45.could have many uses for fishermen and researchers.
:25:46. > :25:54.It could help to increase the knowledge of rich fisheries
:25:55. > :25:56.and the prehistoric movement of the southern continents.
:25:57. > :25:59.The way that deep sea mountains help to reduce the destructive power
:26:00. > :26:01.of tsunamis might also be studied in greater detail.
:26:02. > :26:04.The mission to find the Malaysian jet that vanished en route
:26:05. > :26:06.to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew was suspended earlier this
:26:07. > :26:09.year much to the dismay of relatives of those on board.
:26:10. > :26:12.Australia says the search would only resume if there
:26:13. > :26:16.was credible new evidence about the plane's whereabouts.
:26:17. > :26:26.The women's football Euro 2017 tournament starts
:26:27. > :26:29.tonight in the Netherlands, with England and Scotland
:26:30. > :26:34.starting their campaigns playing each other this evening in Utrecht.
:26:35. > :26:38.Here's our sports correspondent Katie Gornall.
:26:39. > :26:40.There are certain things you expect from the Netherlands,
:26:41. > :26:46.But while football is also full of well trodden assumptions,
:26:47. > :26:50.Scotland are here for a start, while England
:26:51. > :27:00.For the first time in years, England expects.
:27:01. > :27:03.We want to use that as a positive, seize an opportunity to exploit
:27:04. > :27:08.If we did bring this trophy back, a major championship
:27:09. > :27:11.for an English football team, on the back of what has been a great
:27:12. > :27:15.summer for all of our junior teams, it would be the icing on the cake.
:27:16. > :27:18.And for the women's game, allow us to take it to the next level.
:27:19. > :27:21.England's history at the Euros is a chequered one.
:27:22. > :27:22.In 2009 they were runners-up to Germany.
:27:23. > :27:25.But fell apart at the tournaments four years ago in Sweden
:27:26. > :27:28.That failure led to a change in coach.
:27:29. > :27:49.Under Mark Sam Samson they finished third at the 2015
:27:50. > :27:51.and arrive here fitter than ever before.
:27:52. > :27:53.Scotland have made history just by being here.
:27:54. > :27:55.This is their first major tournament.
:27:56. > :27:57.But they are without a number of their key players including
:27:58. > :27:58.the world-class Arsenal midfielder Kim Little.
:27:59. > :28:02.They have put so much into the team to help us to this point,
:28:03. > :28:04.we would just love them to experience this.
:28:05. > :28:07.But they're not here and that brings us closer together as a team.
:28:08. > :28:09.Adversity, yeah, but we will face that head on.
:28:10. > :28:11.While Scotland's players are preparing for the biggest
:28:12. > :28:13.game of their careers, England's have been brushing up
:28:14. > :28:16.Everyone knows that rivalry, that battle.
:28:17. > :28:19.Yesterday we had a meeting, it was kind of a history
:28:20. > :28:22.Because we all know yes, there is this rivalry,
:28:23. > :28:26.So we had a sit down and if my history lessons would have
:28:27. > :28:29.been like that in school, I think I would have
:28:30. > :28:32.History favours Germany, who have won the past six
:28:33. > :28:35.But this is a country with its own footballing folklore.
:28:36. > :28:37.England and Scotland will hope it is also
:28:38. > :28:42.A single in Spanish called Despacito has become
:28:43. > :28:45.the most-streamed song of all time, just six months
:28:46. > :28:49.It's currently at Number One in the UK, and has been played
:28:50. > :28:55.4.6 billion times worldwide, overtaking Justin Bieber's Sorry.
:28:56. > :28:57.Despacito's singer Luis Fonsi called its success "insane",
:28:58. > :28:59.saying he just "wants to make people dance".
:29:00. > :29:17.# Despacito... In English Despacito moves slowly but the rise of this
:29:18. > :29:20.song has been anything but. In just six months it has been played 4.6
:29:21. > :29:29.billion times on streaming services like Spotify and Apple music. I love
:29:30. > :29:36.it, I sing it every day. It is not my cup of tea. But it is very
:29:37. > :29:43.relaxed. 4.6 billion times. Are you one of those people? No! It has
:29:44. > :29:49.become a break-out song for Starc Luis Fonsi giving him a global hit
:29:50. > :29:53.nearly 20 years into his career. I still do not go to bed saying I had
:29:54. > :29:58.the biggest on the world, I was just lucky to have that song at the
:29:59. > :30:03.correct time and just break it open. Originally released in January,
:30:04. > :30:06.Despacito really Court One when pop star Justin Bieber heard it in a
:30:07. > :30:11.nightclub and asked to record a new verse. The head of universal records
:30:12. > :30:15.says the success of the song shows how streaming is changing music.
:30:16. > :30:20.Streaming is and will continue to open up music from Latin American
:30:21. > :30:26.artists globally. It is also injecting new life into the music
:30:27. > :30:30.industry, revenues going up after a 15 year downturn. So in Latin
:30:31. > :30:32.America and elsewhere artists will be hoping to recreate the Despacito
:30:33. > :30:43.phenomenon. We had some very lively
:30:44. > :30:50.thunderstorms last night, these pictures were captured in Essex.
:30:51. > :30:53.Some great lightning displays. And yesterday we had severe storms
:30:54. > :31:01.bringing damaging floods to Coverack. Over a month of rain fell
:31:02. > :31:06.in the space of just three hours creating that four foot wall of
:31:07. > :31:12.water. But lightning has since been the big talking point. About 200,000
:31:13. > :31:15.lightning strikes in the past day alone so chances are if you live
:31:16. > :31:20.across England and Wales you may have heard some of those storms
:31:21. > :31:25.overnight. Some spectacular pictures being sent to us as well. More
:31:26. > :31:30.storms on the way today, they could pop up across parts of North Wales,
:31:31. > :31:35.north-west England, the North Midlands. They could be capable of
:31:36. > :31:40.bringing around half a month of rain in the space of half an hour or so.
:31:41. > :31:45.So think about flash flooding, dangerous driving conditions. A lot
:31:46. > :31:49.of cloud around and things beginning to cool off. Overnight the storms
:31:50. > :31:54.moved north, rain moving from Northern Ireland into Scotland. Some
:31:55. > :32:00.damp weather pushing east across Wales and England. Humid across
:32:01. > :32:04.eastern England, 18 degrees but fresh air into Northern Ireland with
:32:05. > :32:09.temperatures in Belfast at 11. Tomorrow a different feeling day,
:32:10. > :32:14.the Atlantic wind pushing in, pushing the rain out of the way from
:32:15. > :32:18.England and also northern Scotland. A fresher feel following,
:32:19. > :32:22.temperatures significantly lower than they have been. Rain getting
:32:23. > :32:25.into Northern Ireland, the breeze picking up, and that is a sign of
:32:26. > :32:29.what is to come because low pressure like it or not will be with us
:32:30. > :32:33.through Friday and into the weekend to the early part of next week. And
:32:34. > :32:37.around that area is rain circulating. So Friday looking
:32:38. > :32:44.something like this, slow-moving rain, some fairly brisk wind making
:32:45. > :32:50.it feel quite cool as well. Northern Scotland and eastern England having
:32:51. > :32:56.some sunshine. A little on the cool side across western areas, 16 for
:32:57. > :33:01.Belfast, 17 problem. Not exactly the temperatures we would normally see
:33:02. > :33:04.at this stage of the year. For the weekend low pressure is going
:33:05. > :33:09.nowhere fast. That means it stays cloudy through the weekend, showers
:33:10. > :33:10.or lengthy spells of rain and remaining pretty cool for the time
:33:11. > :33:17.of year. That's all from the BBC News at One
:33:18. > :33:21.- so it's goodbye from me -