since she became the new doctor who, jodie whittaker says she can t wait to start life as a timelord. i hope my gender isn t a fearful thing for the fans because in this world particularly, there are no rules and that is a great thing. new laws will be introduced, giving people greater control over what happens to their online personal data. the government says the legislation offers the right to be forgotten . proposals in the data protection bill would make it easierfor users of social media platforms like facebook to get content about themselves deleted. meanwhile companies would also have to get explicit consent to collect personal data, rather than rely on pre selected tick boxes. here s our political correspondent, leila nathoo. our lives are led online. we all leave a digital trail. but what happens to all the information we upload about ourselves? a new law will ensure that the united kingdom will retain its world class regime of protecting personal data. now we wi
later this evening. we ll be asking a marine biologist more about the carnivorous critters that attacked a boy in melbourne. us vice president mike pence rubbishes rumours that he s preparing a run for president in 2020. that s all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. good evening. i m olly foster at the london stadium. here s what s coming up in world athletics sportsday. four golds will be won here tonight. how close can laura muir get to the podium in the 1500 metres? it was bronze in rio for sophie hitchon. she s got medal chances in the hammer. and six races in six days wayde van niekerk is getting ready to go in the 200. and i m gavin ramjaun. in the rest of the day s sport: england s cricketers have won the 4th test and the series against south africa. once again, ali lands the knockout blow. good evening. it s the fourth day of competition here at the world athletics championships and we could see some british medals. so so much look forward
bradshaw and sophie hitchon, katarina johnson thompson, who have finished just outside the medals and it means after the fourth day of the world championships, the british tea m world championships, the british team only have one solitary gold medalfrom sir mo team only have one solitary gold medal from sir mo farah. team only have one solitary gold medalfrom sir mo farah. they will hope for a few more, perhaps in the relay and sir mo farah runs again in the 5000 metres at the weekend but when you compare it to the seven medals they won in beijing two years ago, it is going to be hard for them to match it this time around. some other news for you, wayde van niekerk, the best chance the sport has of replacing usain bolt as its biggest star, his chances of success in the 200 and 400 metres have improved because isaac makwala, botswa na, improved because isaac makwala, botswana, as pulled out with illness and it could be rated this statement from the local organising committee w
doctors say a british woman who was shot while on holiday to brazil is lucky to be alive. eloise dixon is reported to have been attacked when her family drove into a slum area. good morning. tesco has announced it s scrapping 5p carrier bags altogether in favour of the more expensive bags for life. i ll be asking if other retailers will do the same. also this morning, the challenge of finding the right pair of shoes for the children. we ll be getting the latest advice on a problem troubling many parents at this time of year. and carol has the weather. good morning. good morning from the roof of the broadcasting house in london. grey skies. dry at the moment. rain and showers. heavy downpours in east anglia and the south east. for the rest of the uk, it is sunshine and showers. i will have more details in 15 minutes. thank you, carol. we will start with our top story. more than 40% of maternity wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2016, d
tonight we are delving into the north south hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up in the programme. wayde van nierkerk retains his 400 metres world title, but there s a row brewing about the man who wasn t allowed to take part in the final. in the 800m, kyle langford lunges for the line but misses out on a medal by the narrowest of margins. and real madrid add to their trophy haul beating manchester united to retain the european super cup. we ll have news of the super cup shortly, but let s start with athletics day five of the world championships, and 0lly foster can round up the night s action on and off the track at the london stadium. five gold medals. isaac makwala thought he would go for one of the medals. he arrived at the stadium, hoping to get in. this was a day after he had been told he was suffering from norovirus. he should have been long lining up alongside wayde van niekerk, the world champion. but he was sent packing, told he had to be in isolat