It comes to not do this. In sport, Jordan Spieth leads the open championship. Hes two shots clear of the field, after mastering all the british summer had to throw at him, at Royal Birkdale. Prince george at four a new official portrait is released to mark his birthday. And stav has the weekend weather. Its looking like a sunshine and showers weekend for most of us. Sunday is probably looking like the better of the two. All the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First our main story. Almost 1,000 children are being forced into temporary accommodation every month because more families are becoming homeless, according to councils in england. The local Government Association says the number has increased by a third in three years. It wants more powers to build what are described as genuinely Affordable Homes. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan reports. Councils say more than 900 children, what they describe as the equivalent of a secondary school, become homeless ea
Against south africa. And Coming Up In World Athletics Sportsday on bbc news. There are more british medal hopes on the fourth day of these championships including laura muir in the 1500 metres final. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A new law for the digital age thats our top story tonight. Were all spending more time online and whether its for business or pleasure it Means Companies are collecting a vast amount of information about us, some of it quite personal. Now the government is proposing legislation that will give us a right to see what Companies Know about us and in some cases force them to erase it. As our Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan Jones reports, the new law would bring the uk in line with the rest of the eu. Your data, a valuable resource flowing around the world giving companies and governments all kinds of intimate details about how you live your life. Now a new law is supposed to give us all more control. The law is an opportunity to keep up wit
Business news live from singapore. The dow breaks another record on wall street, but what will it take for the rallies to spill over into asian markets. Mothers milk against formula. Why is the latter a favourite option in hong kong . Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Its a tuesday. My name is rico hizon. I am glad you could join us. Rico hizon. I am glad you could join us. We start the programme with the markets. The dow jones us. We start the programme with the markets. The Dowjones Industrial Average posting the ninth straight record, finishing the session like this. Much of the gains driven from strong corporate numbers from Companies Like apple and others. We will look at is the positive sentiment is filtering through to asia. Unfortunately not. The nikkei is flat. The all 0rdinaries Index is up is flat. The all 0rdinaries Index is upa is flat. The all 0rdinaries Index is up a little bit. A mixed day. Earlier, i spoke to an analy
Members of the public will be able to Ask Companies to delete information collected, or posted on online and firms found in breach of the rules will be hit with much largerfines. Rory cellan jones reports. Your data, a valuable resource flowing around the world giving companies and governments all sorts of intimate details about how you live your life. Now a new law is supposed to give us all more control. The law reform is an opportunity to keep up with the change in technology. Companies will have more accountability and consumers are going to have more control. The new law includes a right to be forgotten, making it easier to find out what Data Companies hold on you and get it erased. There will be an end to tick boxes on websites which often seek consumers handing over data by default. And the Data Watchdog will be able to Fine Companies up to £70 million, or 4 of their global turnover. The new law is almost entirely based on a major new European Data protection regulation that co
Unconstitutional. Hawaii. Now for the latest Financial News with jamie and World Business report. Clearing the air. Volkswagen to plead guilty to us fraud charges as it tries to put dieselgate behind it. Plus, we send a trillion a day but could social media soon consign them to the recycle bin . We celebrate 25 years of the Email Attachment. Welcome to World Business report. We start in detroit in the usa, where in a few hours time volkswagen is due to plead guilty to charges of fraud and Obstruction Ofjustice by cheating diesel emissions tests. The formal plea will draw a line under the us side of the scandal, following a plea bargain reached in january. But its far from over. Lets just remind you of the details. It follows a plea bargain reached in january. But it is far from over. Vw has admitted 11 million vehicles worldwide had software installed to beat Regulators Checks on emissions. In some cases they were up to a0 times higher than the us legal limit. So far thats led to aroun