:00:00. > :00:00.The parents of the terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard give
:00:07. > :00:11.up their legal fight to give him experimental treatment in the US.
:00:12. > :00:14.The 11 month old's parents paid tearful tribute to him,
:00:15. > :00:19.saying letting him go is the hardest thing they'll ever have to do.
:00:20. > :00:22.We are now going to spend our last precious moments
:00:23. > :00:25.Who unfortunately won't make his first birthday in just
:00:26. > :00:34.Great Ormond Street Hospital, where Charlie is being treated,
:00:35. > :00:36.spoke of the respect they had for "the agony, desolation
:00:37. > :00:44.A new government strategy to develop batteries that store power
:00:45. > :00:50.The household products that have shrunk in size -
:00:51. > :00:55.We have a special report from Greenland, on the impact
:00:56. > :01:01.British scientists have come to Greenland to see how rapidly
:01:02. > :01:04.the ice is going to melt and what that means for sea
:01:05. > :01:10.And could England's cricket World Cup win herald
:01:11. > :01:18.Coming up on Sportsday at half-past on BBC News,
:01:19. > :01:20.Adam Peaty is on top of the world again.
:01:21. > :01:45.He has won Great Britain's first gold in the pool in Budapest.
:01:46. > :01:49.The parents of the terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard have
:01:50. > :01:51.ended their legal battle to take him to the US for
:01:52. > :01:55.Charlie's father Chris Gard gave an emotional statement
:01:56. > :01:57.outside the High Court, saying they were now
:01:58. > :01:59.going to spend their last precious moments with their son,
:02:00. > :02:02.who would not now make his first birthday in just
:02:03. > :02:13.Earlier, their lawyer told the Court that "time had
:02:14. > :02:15.run out" for the baby, as an American doctor who examined
:02:16. > :02:18.Charlie had said he was no longer willing to offer the therapy,
:02:19. > :02:21.after seeing the results of a new MRI scan last week.
:02:22. > :02:23.Here's our Medical Correspondent Fergus Walsh.
:02:24. > :02:30.The fight over Charlie Gard's future is over. This desperately sick
:02:31. > :02:37.little boy will now be allowed to die. Justice for Charlie! Justice
:02:38. > :02:41.but Charlie! After a hugely emotional hearing, where his parents
:02:42. > :02:47.said they had agreed to let their son go. They emerge to face the
:02:48. > :02:52.world's media. Our son is an absolute moray and we could not be
:02:53. > :02:57.proud of him and we will miss him terribly. -- warrior. His body heart
:02:58. > :03:01.and soul may soon be gone, but his spirit will live on for eternity and
:03:02. > :03:05.he will make a difference to people's lives for years to come, we
:03:06. > :03:11.will make sure of that. We are now going to spend our last precious
:03:12. > :03:16.moments with our son, Charlie, who unfortunately will not make his
:03:17. > :03:20.first birthday in just under two weeks' time. Charlie has been in
:03:21. > :03:25.Great Ormond Street Hospital since October. He has a serious inherited
:03:26. > :03:30.condition, mitochondrial depletion syndrome. He cannot move, feed or
:03:31. > :03:35.breathe unaided. The central question in this case was whether
:03:36. > :03:40.this powder, nucleoside therapy which is added to food could boost
:03:41. > :03:43.his muscle function. His parents raised ?1.3 billion for the
:03:44. > :03:49.treatment in the United States. That money will now go to a foundation in
:03:50. > :03:53.Charlie but-macro name. But Great Ormond Street backed by many
:03:54. > :03:57.independent experts said the treatment was futile because Charlie
:03:58. > :04:01.had suffered a catastrophic and irreversible brain damage. Because
:04:02. > :04:06.Charlie's parents and doctors could not agree, the matter went to the
:04:07. > :04:11.High Court. In April the judge ruled that Charlie's suffering should end.
:04:12. > :04:16.His life support be withdrawn. Every legal appeal brought by Charlie's
:04:17. > :04:19.parents failed and then came interventions from the Pope and
:04:20. > :04:26.Donald Trump, the latter tweeting an offer of help. And this has been an
:04:27. > :04:30.extraordinary case, our battle over the fate of a baby boy which was
:04:31. > :04:34.fought out not just here in court but internationally. The judge said
:04:35. > :04:37.it was one of the pitfalls of social media that the watching world felt
:04:38. > :04:42.it right to have opinions without knowing the facts of the case. He
:04:43. > :04:47.said the courts's Paramount consideration had been Charlie's
:04:48. > :04:53.best interest at all times. The case came back to court when an American
:04:54. > :04:58.urologist claimed new evidence showed his nucleoside therapy could
:04:59. > :05:04.help Charlie and last week he flew over to examine him. New MRI body
:05:05. > :05:08.scans were ordered. On Friday, Charlie's parents accepted that
:05:09. > :05:14.these showed his muscle wasting was now so severe he was beyond help. It
:05:15. > :05:18.is an incredibly brave decision by Charlie's parents, they have thought
:05:19. > :05:22.for themselves what the new evidence shows and they have reached a
:05:23. > :05:25.conclusion, probably the judge would have reached the same. It is very
:05:26. > :05:29.brave of them to do it without waiting to hear what he had to say.
:05:30. > :05:34.In court Connie Yates said they would be Honda for the rest of their
:05:35. > :05:38.lives by being what it is, what of their son had received the treatment
:05:39. > :05:43.months earlier. She said he had the potential to be a normal boy but it
:05:44. > :05:48.was now too late. For Charlie, we say mummy and daddy, we love you so
:05:49. > :05:52.much. We always have and we always well and we are so sorry that we
:05:53. > :05:58.could not save you. The parents are now with Charlie in his final hours.
:05:59. > :06:02.Great Ormond Street said the agony, desolation and bravery of their
:06:03. > :06:03.decision humbled all who worked there.
:06:04. > :06:07.Charlie's parents clearly still feel if action had been taken earlier,
:06:08. > :06:23.They do. It was hugely emotional in court. Members of the press, lawyers
:06:24. > :06:28.and the public were moved to tears when Connie Yates in anguish said if
:06:29. > :06:32.our son had been treated earlier, maybe he would eventually be a
:06:33. > :06:37.normal and healthy boy, but the hard reality is that all the experts who
:06:38. > :06:41.examined Charlie in this country say that since January, since he had
:06:42. > :06:45.those brain seizures in January, he has been beyond help, they feared he
:06:46. > :06:56.was suffering and the kind of thing was to end his life-support. Now,
:06:57. > :06:58.the hospital and the parents have come together to deal with this
:06:59. > :07:01.appalling next stage when Charlie's ventilator will be switched off at
:07:02. > :07:05.some point and then this tragic case, which has touched the hearts
:07:06. > :07:10.of people across the world will come to a conclusion. Fergus, many
:07:11. > :07:11.thanks. Our medical correspondent there.
:07:12. > :07:14.Consumers in the UK could save up to 40 billion pounds by 2050
:07:15. > :07:17.through major changes to the way electricity is made, used
:07:18. > :07:20.The Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark announced plans to invest
:07:21. > :07:23.a quarter of a billion pounds in battery technology -
:07:24. > :07:26.saying he wanted the UK to lead the world in its development.
:07:27. > :07:45.From obvious things like our phones to London's new whispering black
:07:46. > :07:49.cab... Here on secret tests in Norway to this experimental
:07:50. > :07:54.aircraft, battery power is taking off around the world. The problem is
:07:55. > :08:01.they still run out too quickly so today the government has promised to
:08:02. > :08:05.invest millions the technology. Joining together, the research,
:08:06. > :08:07.development and application and the manufacture of energy storage
:08:08. > :08:12.technologies and specifically battery storage is a huge
:08:13. > :08:16.opportunity for the energy sector and the automotive sector alike.
:08:17. > :08:20.Right now, Britain is a front runner with battery research, like here at
:08:21. > :08:26.Warwick university where they are trying to solve the two biggest
:08:27. > :08:30.issues, making batteries weigh less and last longer. This room is four
:08:31. > :08:33.times drier than the centre of the Sahara desert because it is where
:08:34. > :08:47.they physically put the batteries together and any moisture can
:08:48. > :08:50.ruin the process. They are taking sheets like there's containing the
:08:51. > :08:52.lithium ions and they are sandwiching them together in this
:08:53. > :08:54.machine. Here they have welcomed this latest investment but warned
:08:55. > :08:57.that competition from China, Japan, Korea and America is serious. We are
:08:58. > :09:00.producing the cells that we are producing, even by our competitors,
:09:01. > :09:05.they are saying that it is 80 or 90% better than what they have got. But
:09:06. > :09:08.we have got to keep it up. They will catch up and they will beat us if we
:09:09. > :09:12.do not watch it. As governments around the world scramble to cut
:09:13. > :09:17.pollution, demand for batteries is soaring. In China, they used ?5
:09:18. > :09:22.million worth of batteries three years ago, that will double by next
:09:23. > :09:27.year. It is the same story across Western Europe, again production
:09:28. > :09:31.will nearly double from 1.2 billion to ?2.3 billion. Batteries could
:09:32. > :09:37.also make wind and solar power more productive. One idea being floated
:09:38. > :09:42.is to use old electric car batteries to store energy from wind turbines.
:09:43. > :09:47.I think we will see and people are already working on this in the UK,
:09:48. > :09:52.to combine batteries with the production of renewable power. If
:09:53. > :09:55.you can do that successfully, at scale, you can remove the challenge
:09:56. > :10:03.that the wind does not blow all the time and the sun does not always
:10:04. > :10:06.shine and you can have a continuous flow of energy into the grid. The
:10:07. > :10:09.future looks electric, but now the pressure is on to make a batteries
:10:10. > :10:11.that can keep up. Richard Westcott, BBC News, Coventry.
:10:12. > :10:14.Police searching for the missing toddler Ben Needham have found signs
:10:15. > :10:17.of blood on part of a sandal, and on soil in a toy car.
:10:18. > :10:20.Ben was 21 months old when he disappeared on the Greek island
:10:21. > :10:24.South Yorkshire Police said forensic work was being carried out
:10:25. > :10:32.in Aberdeen to try to extract DNA from the blood.
:10:33. > :10:34.Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who's also one
:10:35. > :10:36.of his key advisors, has been appearing before
:10:37. > :10:41.He released his opening statement, denying any wrong-doing or collusion
:10:42. > :10:43.with Russian government officials during the Presidential
:10:44. > :10:49.The meeting is behind closed doors, but we can speak to our
:10:50. > :10:52.North America Editor Jon Sopel who's at the White House for us.
:10:53. > :10:55.How significant a moment is this in the ongoing saga of alleged links
:10:56. > :11:08.I think it is very significant indeed because this is the most
:11:09. > :11:14.senior person in the Trump entourage who finds himself in the cross hairs
:11:15. > :11:17.of this sprawling Russia investigation. Now Jared Kushner is
:11:18. > :11:20.someone who has stayed in the shadows, he only appeared on camera
:11:21. > :11:23.once but you can see this thing behind me, huge numbers of
:11:24. > :11:28.reporters, Jared Kushner is about to come out and give a statement on the
:11:29. > :11:32.hearing. We know it beforehand, he said I did not collude or know of
:11:33. > :11:37.anyone else in the campaign who colluded with any foreign government
:11:38. > :11:40.and with respect to my contacts with Russia Russian representatives,
:11:41. > :11:44.there were hardly any. And of that meeting that was organised by Donald
:11:45. > :11:48.Trump Junior with Russian officials, he said that was time not well
:11:49. > :11:51.spent. The committee will want to have asked him, what worried the
:11:52. > :11:55.nature of the meetings that you had and why, if they were so
:11:56. > :12:00.insignificant and so fleeting, weren't you more transparent about
:12:01. > :12:05.them? Donald Trump, as you might expect, has been on Twitter again,
:12:06. > :12:08.saying why aren't the committees and investigators and of course our
:12:09. > :12:13.Attorney General looking into crooked Hillary's crimes and Russian
:12:14. > :12:17.relations? Donald Trump has been consistent throughout, this whole
:12:18. > :12:23.thing is fake news and utterly phoney. The American phrase is is
:12:24. > :12:26.that it is nothing burger but it is nothing burger which seems with each
:12:27. > :12:30.few weeks to get more and more substance. Thank you.
:12:31. > :12:33.More than two and half thousand products have reduced in size over
:12:34. > :12:35.the last five years - but we're still paying
:12:36. > :12:38.New findings show that chocolate bars, toilet rolls,
:12:39. > :12:40.and coffee are just some of the items to have been
:12:41. > :12:43.effected by the phenomenon, dubbed Shrinkflation.
:12:44. > :12:45.Some companies are blaming the rising costs of ingredients
:12:46. > :13:04.Andrex has always prided itself on being sought strong and unbeatable
:13:05. > :13:13.along. But now we hear it is getting shorter. So spend your pennies
:13:14. > :13:15.wisely. And Maltesers, 187 calories, actually, we'll have even fewer
:13:16. > :13:25.calories, because you will not find as many of them in the bag. Back in
:13:26. > :13:31.the old days when I was spending my pocket money on pick and mix, 50p
:13:32. > :13:36.certainly went a lot further. Thank you. Nowadays, some companies are
:13:37. > :13:41.choosing not to raise their prices, but make things smaller. Which means
:13:42. > :13:45.they go more quickly. Can I have some more cola bottles please? While
:13:46. > :13:49.many of us could probably do with cutting back on our confectionery
:13:50. > :13:53.consumption, some products suffering so-called Shrinkflation could be
:13:54. > :13:59.considered essentials. Take Andrex toilet roll for example, that is now
:14:00. > :14:04.19 sheets shorter. A packet of McVitie 's dark chocolate digestives
:14:05. > :14:10.is now 32 grams lighter and a carton of Tropicana orange and raspberry is
:14:11. > :14:15.now 850 millilitres, you use to get a whole litre. Some consumers are
:14:16. > :14:20.not impressed. It is not fair. It's not right. On low income families
:14:21. > :14:25.and people with children to feed, it is not really fair, is it? If the
:14:26. > :14:29.packaging is made to look the same size and so it looks the same size
:14:30. > :14:34.but it actually is not, then no. You still lose out in the long run, we
:14:35. > :14:39.will not buy it again. What can we do? Nothing, really. We have to put
:14:40. > :14:45.up with it. And it is something that analysts say we will have to get
:14:46. > :14:49.used to. It is a hidden inflation, Shrinkflation, but those consumers
:14:50. > :14:52.are less likely to notice the smaller package than they are to
:14:53. > :14:57.notice higher prices in the shops and that makes it easier, it is the
:14:58. > :15:01.lesser of two evils for producers who are looking to manage the higher
:15:02. > :15:04.castes and the imported prices due to the fall in the pound.
:15:05. > :15:07.Manufacturers say their products are just as good and they are just
:15:08. > :15:13.trying to keep them affordable. Sophie Long, BBC News.
:15:14. > :15:15.The time is 6:--pm. Our top story this evening.
:15:16. > :15:18.The parents of the terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard have given up
:15:19. > :15:20.their legal fight to get him experimental treatment in the US.
:15:21. > :15:23.British holidaymakers being overcharged on currency
:15:24. > :15:30.Coming up in Sportsday in the next 15 minutes on BBC News:
:15:31. > :15:33.Manchester City continue to be the summers big spenders,
:15:34. > :15:45.they've made Benjamin Mendy the most expensive defender in the world.
:15:46. > :15:48.Greenland is one of the most remote parts of our planet -
:15:49. > :15:51.but changes there could affect us here in the UK.
:15:52. > :15:54.Scientists are worried the country's ice sheet is melting
:15:55. > :15:59.That could see ocean levels rise and low-lying areas around
:16:00. > :16:07.Our science editor David Shukman has this exclusive report.
:16:08. > :16:09.A vivid blue snakes across the Greenland ice sheets.
:16:10. > :16:13.A beautiful sight, but when the ice here melts,
:16:14. > :16:23.On the horizon, the ice sheet looms ahead of us.
:16:24. > :16:25.We've joined a team of British scientists.
:16:26. > :16:30.They're trying to understand how the ice is changing.
:16:31. > :16:35.We touched down in one of the remotest corners of the planet.
:16:36. > :16:44.a home in an utterly barren wilderness.
:16:45. > :16:47.From the air, all you can really see is what looks like a vast
:16:48. > :16:50.expanse of endless white, but that isn't the whole story.
:16:51. > :16:53.Because what's hard to grasp as I stand here is that this is just
:16:54. > :17:00.the surface of a vast mass of ice that's unbelievably thick.
:17:01. > :17:03.So, let's imagine cutting it away right in front of me.
:17:04. > :17:08.The ice sheet stretches for as much as two miles, three kilometres,
:17:09. > :17:13.from the surface here, right down to the rock below.
:17:14. > :17:16.In fact, it's so thick, you could take the world's tallest
:17:17. > :17:21.building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, and fit four of them
:17:22. > :17:29.And as we walk around, there's a real surprise,
:17:30. > :17:36.And the darker a surface, the more it absorbs the sun's rays.
:17:37. > :17:39.And like wearing a black T-shirt on a hot day,
:17:40. > :17:53.You've got this dark ice here. Yeah, so we've got a dark surface...
:17:54. > :17:55.Mark Tranter the chief scientist here says one
:17:56. > :17:57.reason for the dark ice is algae, tiny plants.
:17:58. > :18:00.The algae are microscopically small, but they may be having a big impact.
:18:01. > :18:03.What we want to know is how far the algae can spread over
:18:04. > :18:05.the Greenland ice sheet as the climate warms.
:18:06. > :18:09.And it might well be that they will cause more melting,
:18:10. > :18:14.and an acceleration of sea-level rise.
:18:15. > :18:16.In the evening light, the shimmer of gentle streams,
:18:17. > :18:20.Until recently, the melting in summer was balanced
:18:21. > :18:28.But in the last 20 years, the flows of water have multiplied,
:18:29. > :18:35.ach one adding to the level of the oceans.
:18:36. > :18:41.No one's saying that this whole thing is going to melt
:18:42. > :18:43.in the next decade, or even in the next hundred,
:18:44. > :18:47.or even the next thousand years, but it doesn't all have to melt
:18:48. > :18:51.Only a small amount, a very small portion of this ice
:18:52. > :18:54.sheet has to melt to raise sea levels, and then threaten millions
:18:55. > :18:56.of people in coastal communities around the world.
:18:57. > :18:59.What's striking is that this massive block of ice may be vulnerable
:19:00. > :19:03.if more algae darken the surface and lead to faster melting.
:19:04. > :19:11.Down at the edge of the ice sheet, the streams become a torrent.
:19:12. > :19:13.We already know that melt water is raising the level
:19:14. > :19:15.of the sea bit by bit, but the researchers here
:19:16. > :19:18.want to find out whether that rise will accelerate.
:19:19. > :19:20.And for people in low-lying areas of Florida, Bangladesh,
:19:21. > :19:22.parts of Britain, getting an accurate forecast really matters.
:19:23. > :19:28.David Shukman, BBC News in Greenland.
:19:29. > :19:31.A brief look at some of the day's other other news stories:
:19:32. > :19:33.Police have arrested a teenager on terror offences
:19:34. > :19:38.The 16-year-old boy, from Kent, was detained yesterday as he was due
:19:39. > :19:42.He currently remains in police custody.
:19:43. > :19:46.Ryanair says it could cut fares by as much as 9% on some routes,
:19:47. > :19:53.after similar comments by rival airlines in recent weeks.
:19:54. > :19:56.The company has reported a 55% rise in pre-tax profits,
:19:57. > :19:58.to just over ?350 million in the three months
:19:59. > :20:03.The Scottish Whiskey Association is challenging the Scottish
:20:04. > :20:05.Government's plans to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol
:20:06. > :20:13.It claims there are already ways to do this such
:20:14. > :20:15.as an increase in excise duty, and that Holyrood's approach
:20:16. > :20:27.There'll be a judgement from the Supreme Court at a later date.
:20:28. > :20:30.When we go on holiday, we're paying hundreds of millions
:20:31. > :20:33.of pounds in unnecessary charges when we use our debit
:20:34. > :20:36.and credit cards overseas, according to a BBC investigation.
:20:37. > :20:39.The issue arises when we opt to pay in pounds rather
:20:40. > :20:44.Simon Gompertz has been looking into how much we're losing.
:20:45. > :20:47.Amsterdam - famous for its art, for its canals, its cheese,
:20:48. > :20:51.And now for tourists, having to be careful that they're
:20:52. > :20:54.It's when you're asked whether you want to pay
:20:55. > :21:03.The Dutch themselves are flagging up the danger.
:21:04. > :21:06.Let me warn those that are offered to pay by card,
:21:07. > :21:09.and then the shop owner says, "Would you like me to give
:21:10. > :21:12.you the exchange rate of what it would be in pounds?"
:21:13. > :21:15.You'll end up paying a lot more than you anticipated.
:21:16. > :21:18.The Netherlands tops a list of countries to be wary of.
:21:19. > :21:21.For instance, when you take what you buy to the till.
:21:22. > :21:23.What happens is that you're given the choice between paying
:21:24. > :21:25.in the local currency, euros, and then it is
:21:26. > :21:30.exchanged at the MasterCard or Visa official rate.
:21:31. > :21:34.Or choosing to pay in your own currency, pounds, for me.
:21:35. > :21:37.And then it is up to the shop's bank what rate you get.
:21:38. > :21:39.Here, paying in pounds meant the exchange rate
:21:40. > :21:45.But in a cafe nearby, I stood to lose 5%.
:21:46. > :21:53.And the rate they want to take off your cashier if you chose
:21:54. > :22:02.Many holiday-makers, like these on a cycling tour,
:22:03. > :22:04.are mystified by the choices when they pay by card.
:22:05. > :22:10.I never really sure which one's the right one to choose.
:22:11. > :22:13.We were paying for our hotel room, and we ended up paying quite
:22:14. > :22:15.a significant amount more because of the exchange
:22:16. > :22:20.Here's the cost based on the average charge of 6%.
:22:21. > :22:22.UK tourists around the world who choose the wrong
:22:23. > :22:25.option are paying an extra ?500 million a year.
:22:26. > :22:28.This tour guide says the shops and restaurants should be warning
:22:29. > :22:36.I find it interesting that the vendors themselves don't
:22:37. > :22:39.actually really know what is going on with their cards.
:22:40. > :22:41.And that, I think, should be corrected, because a vendor
:22:42. > :22:43.could actually tell the customer to be aware of this,
:22:44. > :22:46.and then they don't feel may be guilty, I don't know.
:22:47. > :22:49.What's going on is legal as long as they show you the rate.
:22:50. > :22:52.But remember, if you're using a card on holiday,
:22:53. > :22:55.it's almost always better to pay in the local currency.
:22:56. > :23:05.Simon Gompertz, BBC News in Amsterdam.
:23:06. > :23:08.An opportunity that can't be missed - that's according to the head
:23:09. > :23:10.of women's cricket Clare Connor following their stunning
:23:11. > :23:16.England beat India by nine runs in front of a sell-out 26,000
:23:17. > :23:20.Our Sports Editor Dan Roan has been asking if this is a watershed
:23:21. > :23:27.It was the perfect platform for Women's Sport.
:23:28. > :23:29.England's cricketers crowned champions on home soil.
:23:30. > :23:32.Anya Shrubsole had been the team's hero, her record-breaking spell
:23:33. > :23:38.of 6-46 securing a thrilling victory over India.
:23:39. > :23:46.Before the match, her father Ian posted photos of his daughter
:23:47. > :23:50.And this morning, in the exact same spot and after a night
:23:51. > :23:53.of celebrations, she told me what it was like to return
:23:54. > :23:59.I remember being here as a nine-year old watching,
:24:00. > :24:02.and wishing one day I could be back here playing.
:24:03. > :24:04.Never in my wildest dream did I think it would
:24:05. > :24:07.be unable cup final. It has come true, that dream.
:24:08. > :24:11.It shows you can have a dream, and sometimes they do come true.
:24:12. > :24:20.England have won the tournament at Lord's before in 1993.
:24:21. > :24:23.Back then, they weren't allowed to go into the pavilion unaccompanied.
:24:24. > :24:25.Today, in the hallowed Long room, the woman in charge told me
:24:26. > :24:30.We have to celebrate properly, and enjoy this moment,
:24:31. > :24:33.and the players had to enjoy it, but certainly, we all have to start
:24:34. > :24:35.thinking very strategically about what opportunities
:24:36. > :24:39.This is about a lot more than what this team achieved
:24:40. > :24:45.Both in terms of the attendance here in the ground,
:24:46. > :24:47.and the estimated 100 million television audience following
:24:48. > :24:53.the action around the world. It broke all records.
:24:54. > :24:56.The sense that this was the defining moment of a ground-breaking summer
:24:57. > :25:04.Johanna Konta's already become the first British woman
:25:05. > :25:05.in a Wimbledon semifinal for 39 years.
:25:06. > :25:08.England's footballers, meanwhile, are doing well at the Euros,
:25:09. > :25:14.But away from performances, there is still a gender gap.
:25:15. > :25:21.In terms of prize-money, 83% of sports now award
:25:22. > :25:23.women and men equally, and 5% of sports media coverage
:25:24. > :25:26.is dedicated to women, and even less when it comes
:25:27. > :25:30.I think there's still a long way to go in terms of women
:25:31. > :25:33.in the boardroom, and women running sport, as well as being
:25:34. > :25:35.participants, women in coaching, women in refereeing and umpiring,
:25:36. > :25:38.all of us know there is still a long way to go.
:25:39. > :25:41.It emerged today that despite preparing to defend
:25:42. > :25:43.their World Cup title next month, most of England's rugby players
:25:44. > :25:52.will not have their contracts renewed by the RFU.
:25:53. > :25:55.On a day when England's cricketing World Champions were busy trying
:25:56. > :25:58.to leave a legacy with this coaching session at Lord's, it was a reminder
:25:59. > :26:01.of how tough life can still be for some sportswomen.
:26:02. > :26:02.But for the next generation, never before has there been so much
:26:03. > :26:08.Time for a look at the weather. Here's Tomasz Schaferbaker.
:26:09. > :26:14.Sometimes there is a nice change to the weather, and the change today
:26:15. > :26:19.was that Scotland was the hottest place in the country, 26 Celsius.
:26:20. > :26:23.Look at this picture off the coast of the Highlands. Looking again, it
:26:24. > :26:29.looks like something in the tropics, a stunning day across so many
:26:30. > :26:34.western parts of the UK. Another one from Scotland, also sunny skies.
:26:35. > :26:39.Here we have London. Very disappointing today, cool and
:26:40. > :26:42.drizzly. A cloud stretching from the Yorkshire coastline through
:26:43. > :26:46.Lincolnshire, East Anglia into the South East am a miserable afternoon
:26:47. > :26:51.here. Western areas enjoying that fine weather. Tonight, eastern
:26:52. > :26:56.areas, particularly East Anglia, hanging onto cloud with spots of
:26:57. > :27:01.rain. Foremost, a dry night. Not desperately cold, around 13 or 14 in
:27:02. > :27:05.most major towns and cities. Tomorrow, overall looking across the
:27:06. > :27:09.UK, it will be the best day of the week. The reason I say that is that
:27:10. > :27:15.eastern areas will brighten up, the West will be fine, too. Not so warm
:27:16. > :27:27.in south-west Scotland, 20 degrees in Glasgow, but London and southern
:27:28. > :27:29.towns and cities will end up the warmest. On Wednesday, all change, a
:27:30. > :27:32.strong jet stream pushing the low pressure we have forecast in the
:27:33. > :27:35.direction of the UK. Weather fronts with it as well. It means the rain
:27:36. > :27:37.will splash across the UK, but we are talking about may be six hours
:27:38. > :27:42.of heavy rain. Then this bit here, that is later in the afternoon, so
:27:43. > :27:45.things are going to brighten up. It will be very windy. Lots of isobars
:27:46. > :27:52.on weather maps means blustery weather. Thursday is a blustery day
:27:53. > :27:56.across the UK with showers, sunshine, too. Mixed towards the end
:27:57. > :28:02.of the week. A bit of a wash out for a time on Wednesday, not all through
:28:03. > :28:06.the day. Thursday and Friday, a mixed bag, temperatures in the 20s
:28:07. > :28:10.there in the south. A roller-coaster as I said earlier on this week.
:28:11. > :28:21.The parents of the terminally ill baby Charlie Gard have given up
:28:22. > :28:24.their legal fight to get him experimental treatment in the US.
:28:25. > :28:27.That's all from the BBC News at Six. So it's goodbye from me.
:28:28. > :28:28.And on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.