match last night, rafa nadal knocked out after five hours and five sets. how coffee could be more than just a pick me up. now two major studies say it may help us live longer. cla p clap your hands together. one, two, three. closing the age gap. we ll find out about the new nursery opening on the same site as a care home. there s a call for british businesses to do more to boost the productivity of their workers. i ll be finding out why it s so important, and why the uk lags so far behind. and carol has the weather. carol has the weather, good morning. good morning from wimbledon, much cooler today than of late, the risk of interruption today. early afternoon, a dry slot, heavy and persistent rain. we re likely to see significant rain for the first time ina significant rain for the first time in a while in southern parts of england and wales. for the rest of the country, sunshine and showers. we will be back with more details later in the programme. thank you so much, see you
under the age of 18 die, because of a pregnancy. so we know this is one of the most important things we can do. and, britain sjohanna konta will be on centre court later today, in her attempt to make it to the wimbledon semi finals. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: kyle sinckler has apologised after being arrested on a night out in auckland following the lions drawn series with new zealand. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the author of a government review into working practices says he d like to see an end to the cash in hand economy. matthew taylor, who s a former adviser to tony blair, said cash jobs such as window cleaning and decorating are worth up to £6 billion a year, much of it untaxed. his reports recommends that people in the gig economy should have better protections, and that their employers should pay national insurance contributions, but doesn t say zero hours contracts got should be banned. more details from our economics corresponden
british grand prix at silverstone triggers a close to stop posting the race ina triggers a close to stop posting the race in a year s time. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has ordered an inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal that left 2,400 people dead. many of them were haemophiliacs who died from hepatitis c and aids related illnesses after receiving contaminated blood products from the nhs in the 1970s and 1980s. they had been imported from abroad. a recent report found 7500 people we re a recent report found 7500 people were infected. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has welcomed the announcement of the inquiry, which he said should have the potential to trigger prosecutions. i think we need a thoroughgoing enquiry into this. i pay huge tribute to diana johnson, one of our labour mps, for the huge amount of work she has done on this. 2400 people have died as a result of this contaminated blood. it has caused unbelievable stress to many, many mor
there to create my own chances and i think i did that. but can andy murrayjoin her? the british number one is first up on centre court tomorrow where he ll face big serving american sam querrey. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 8pm. an appalling tragedy that should never have happened, that s what the prime minister called the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s. the government today announced an inquiry into the worst treatment scandal in the history of the nhs. 2,400 died. 7,500 patients infected. and 7,500 patients were infected with viruses, hepatitis c and hiv among the viruses after being given blood products by the nhs. our health editor huw pym reports. it s been called the worst disaster in the history of the nhs. patients trusted the service to deliver safe treatments, including haemophiliacs needing blood clotting treatments, but they were given products tainted with life threatening viruses. these are medications for hiv. i take one of those
french president obama is in china to drum up new business and blow the trumpet for free trade accompanied by other e.u. leaders he met his chinese counterpart xi jinping at a vast fair in shanghai against the backdrop of a trade war between washington and beijing. at the international import expo in shanghai my call and she raised a glass to global trade but behind the bar now many are deeper efforts to ease the tensions stifling global commerce the e.u. wants china to open its markets further despite repeated promises of reforms european companies are still disadvantaged in china now. creating new balance links requires that chinese market access procedures be accelerated to make more transparent to enable foreign companies especially innovative ones to establish themselves in china with confidence. of the question. she repeated his mantra about globalisation and opening up chinese markets to foreign
investment but he offered no new initiatives to ease trade tensions with washingt