the week, but further than it looks like things will be a little bit cooler. if you look at the weather icons, not a drop of rain in sight, and that is of course bad news especially for the southern areas. so hot and dry is the story. 50 hot and dry is the story. thank ou ve so hot and dry is the story. thank you very much- that is the bbc news at six on thursday the 4th of august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team it is goodbye but the news hello and welcome to sportsday was this the moment that geraint thomas lost the gold medal? wales s star cyclist comes up short in the time trials. it s gold number 40 for england as zoe newson shows her strength and joy in the women s pa ra powerlifting final and world champion wightman is in control once again as he eases into the 1500m final and he isn t the only athlete from the home nations to watch out for. well, what a dramatic day in the men s time trial with crashes, misj
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