Lions victory against new zealand and Geraint Thomas becomes the first welshman in history to claim the Yellow Jersey as he welshman in history to claim the yellowjersey as he wins the welshman in history to claim the Yellow Jersey as he wins the first stage of the tour to france. And wimbledon begins again tomorrow but where is the best place to win . We will get some expert insight. Go on, andy. You are notjust will get some expert insight. Go on, andy. You are not just saying that because we are andys grandparents . In part, yes. And louise has the weather. Some scattered showers but also sunshine and feeling pleasantly warm. More coming up later. Good morning. First, our main story. Pressures growing on theresa may and the chancellor, philip hammond, to lift the 1 cap on pay increases for Public Sector workers. In a Newspaper Article today, the Environment Secretary michael gove suggests ministers should heed the recommendations of the Pay Review Bodies that are currently examining
In hong kong, where there are concerns the visit of chinas president xi may have stoked divisions in the territory. 0n the face of it, mr xi was simply marking the 20th Anniversary of hong kong being handed back to china by the british, but he used the event to warn against any challenge to beijings control. The Foreign Ministry said the handover deal, Guaranteeing Two Systems until 2047, had no practical significance, and there are fears of new Education Programmes to bring the public into line. It was all smiles for president xi as he left hong kong on sunday, Shaking Hands with carrie lam, the new chief executive of the city, who is widely seen as a chinese ally. But he can be left with no doubt about the strength of feeling among many citizens of hong kong. Thousands of people took to the streets over the weekend in support of greater autonomy from beijing. A little earlier i spoke to the lawyer, former legislator veteran and democracy campaigner martin lee. I asked him what he mad
The cost of a degree. Students from the poorest backgrounds could leave university with debts of over £57,000. Also coming up, its day three of wimbledon. First up on centre court this afternoon isjohanna konta, who plays donna vekic, the player who beat her in the final of the Nottingham 0pen Last month. And Mark Cavendish is out of the Tour De France, following a crash which saw his sprint rival peter sagan disqualified from the race for his involvement. Good morning and welcome to bbc newsroom live. Its understood the goverment is to send a taskforce in, to take over parts of Kensington Council, in the wake of the grenfell fire tragedy. It is thought the Housing Department and other departments will be run by an outside organisation, but the council itself will not be taken over. Most of the families who lost their homes are still living in hotels, despite government pledges to rehouse them all by today. There was anger and frustration at a meeting with police and the westminster c
Storm doris hits the British Coastal stock we will bring you the latest from around the uk. I am in blackpool West Llanberis is battling the coastline but no strong winds are to come. This morning when a buttons most successful actors Dame Helen Mirren will be live on the programme later on. We are going to talk about food and footage fruit and veg, specifically eating ten portions, 12345678 910. Could you eat all that, including a lemon, a day . The lemon you dont have to, but we wanted to make it look nice as well. If you do, then you will live longer. That is the latest advice, that if we want to cut rates of Heart Disease further, we need to up the amount of fruit and veg. Ive struggled, ten amazing. Get in touch and all of the news. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive, and, if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top stories today, prisons will be expected to have fallen from oz as well as punis
Its 9am here in singapore, 1am in london and 5pm in hollywood, where its the biggest night of the year. The Oscar Ceremony gets underway in half an hour, and the biggest names in the film world have been arriving. We go straight now to peter bowes for the latest. It is or is an exciting night for hollywood. Welcome to los angeles, perhaps we should say la la land, because it is a film that everybody is talking about. 1k nominations. It could set about. 1k nominations. It could set a record. Lets see how it does in all of those categories that it is nominated for later on this evening. As you have already said, it could be one of the most politicised oscars ceremonies for a long time. And also notable for the racial diversity of the nominees, which is something that has been a huge controversy something that has been a huge c0 ntrove isy over something that has been a huge controversy over the last few years in hollywood, with only white actors nominated in the acting categories for the