Since she became the new doctor who, Jodie Whittaker says she cant wait to start life as a timelord. I hope my gender isnt 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. Heres 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 will have more con
Against south africa. And Coming Up In World Athletics Sportsday on bbc news. There are more british medal hopes on the fourth day of these championships including laura muir in the 1500 metres final. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A new law for the digital age thats our top story tonight. Were all spending more time online and whether its for business or pleasure it Means Companies are collecting a vast amount of information about us, some of it quite personal. Now the government is proposing legislation that will give us a right to see what Companies Know about us and in some cases force them to erase it. As our Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan Jones reports, the new law would bring the uk in line with the rest of the eu. Your data, a valuable resource flowing around the world giving companies and governments all kinds of intimate details about how you live your life. Now a new law is supposed to give us all more control. The law is an opportunity to keep up wit
Later this evening. Well be asking a Marine Biologist more about the carnivorous critters that attacked a boy in melbourne. Us Vice President mike pence rubbishes rumours that hes preparing a run for president in 2020. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Good evening. Im olly foster at the london stadium. Heres whats 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. Shes got Medal Chances in the hammer. And six races in six days Wayde Van Niekerk is getting ready to go in the 200. And im gavin ramjaun. In the rest of the days sport englands cricketers have won the 4th test and the series against south africa. Once again, ali lands the knockout blow. Good evening. Its the fourth day of competition here at the World Athletics Championships and we could see some british medals. So so much look forward to this week. It was a b