to catch at the open championship. he leads by three shots entering today s final round. and stav has the weather. a very good morning to you. it looks like today will be similar to yesterday. some basis he showers and long spells of rain but looks like some sunshine in the forecast. good morning. first, our main story. princes william and harry have given a candid insight into their relationship with their mother princess diana, and have revealed that they last spoke to her in a brief phone call on the day she died. speaking in a documentary to mark the 20th anniversary of her death, the princes said they regret the rushed nature of that conversation, but fondly recall their mother s loving nature and her mischievous side. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. to the watching world she was the princess whose image appeared constantly on front pages. it was a glamorous but necessarily limited impression of the real person. now, nearly 20 years after princess dian
the 23rd ofjuly. also ahead: the rules on giving blood in england and scotland are to be relaxed, allowing more gay men to donate. the hospital treating baby charlie gard has called in the police, after some of its staff received death threats. a fourth tour de france title for chris froome he goes into the final stage almost guaranteed to win. good morning, i ll have the rest of the sport. americanjordan spieth is the man to catch at the open championship. he leads by three shots entering today s final round. and stav has the weather. is very good morning to you. it looks like today is going to be similarto looks like today is going to be similar to yesterday. some showers and longer spells of rain. some sunshine in the forecast. i will have the details for you very shortly. good morning. first, our main story. princes william and harry have given a candid insight into their relationship with their mother princess diana, and have revealed that they last spoke to her in a b
we re at westminster in our budget studio on the day chancellor philip hammond delivered his first budget. as the government prepares to start the process of leaving the eu within weeks the chancellor said the budget prepared britain for a brighter future . borrowing forecasts have been revised downwards for the next few years. there s more money for social care in england and a controversial move to raise national insurance contributions for self employed workers. labour accused the chancellor of producing a budget of utter complacency which ignored a crisis in public services. we ll have details and reaction from westminster and beyond. but first lets take a look at those key announcements made by the chancellor earlier this afternoon. the chancellor announced a 1% increase in national insurance bills for many self employed people plans that would raise £145 million a year by 2021 22 a pledge which appears to contradict a conservative manifesto pledge not to r
welcome to bbc news. at least ten people are reported to have been killed following an explosion in the st petersburg train system. an emergency services source has been quoted by reuters as saying there was a single blast on a train between stations. the st petersburg metro between stations. the st petersburg m etro syste m between stations. the st petersburg metro system has now been shut down. the russian president, vladimir putin, who was in st petersburg for a meeting with the leader of belarus said the cause of the blast was not clear and efforts were under way to find out. he said he was considering all possibilities, including terrorism. our russia correspondent sarah rainsford was speaking to us from moscow earlier. we have heard from the governor s office in st petersburg who is talking about 50 people being injured and we have heard from a number of sources suggesting that as many as ten people might have been killed. that s not been confirmed yet. we know some peo