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welcome to bbc news. the head of the bbc has said he will ‘value the contribution‘ of more than a0 senior women who signed a letter demanding the corporation tackle its gender pay gap. lord hall says work is already underway to address the pay disparity. his comments come after some of the bbc‘s most prominent women broadcasters including claire balding and fiona bruce wrote an open letter to their boss demanding ‘immediate action.‘ the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the pay gap was appalling . 0ur media correspondent david sillito reports. alexjones of the one show, mishal husein, sue barker, three of more than a0 famous names calling on the bbc to act now on its gender pay gap. this open letter to the papers says that this week‘s annual report confirmed what many had long suspected, that women were being paid less than men for the same work. 0n the whole i think it is fantastic that so many wonderful women have been prepared to stick their head abo ....
in a nail biting finish, the lionesses beat india with only nine runs to spare in the world cup. and the tv classic, generation game is returning to our screens we ll be getting reaction from two former contestants as british bake off s mel and sue are announced as presenters. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the head of the bbc has said he will ‘value the contribution‘ of more than a0 senior women who signed a letter demanding the corporation tackle its gender pay gap. lord hall says work is already underway to address the pay disparity. his comments come after some of the bbc‘s most prominent women broadcasters including claire balding and fiona bruce wrote an open letter to their boss demanding ‘immediate action.‘ the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the pay gap was appalling . our media correspondent david sillito reports. alexjones of the one show, mishal husein, sue barker, three of more than a0 famous names calling on the bbc to act now o ....
chris froome toasts victory, as he wins the tour de france for the fourth time. good evening. the director general of the bbc, tony hall, says work is already under way, to tackle the gender pay gap at the corporation. his comments come after some of the bbc‘s best known female personalities signed an open letter calling for urgent action. the presenters claire balding, fiona bruce and jane garvey are among the more than a0 signatories. our media correspondent david sillito reports. alexjones of the one show, mishal husain and sue barker, more than a0 of the most famous female presenters at the bbc, calling on the corporation to act now to end its gender pay gap. good morning, friends, thanks for tuning in. that list was the trigger for the letter today, publishing the bbc‘s highest paid stars. in the top 20 names was only one woman. the best paid men were being paid more than twice what the top women were earning. this open letter to the papers said that this week ....
he is expected to talk about the ongoing and controversial war on drugs, the conflict in marawi against islamist militants and economic policy. howard johnson has more from manila. this will be anya shrubsole second state of the nation address. it is a chance to him to set out his vision for the philippines in the years ahead. a spokesperson said he will be speaking about terrorism, he will be speaking about terrorism, he will be looking at the conflict in morale we, on the island of mindanao. marawi. there have been more than 570 deaths. his extension of martial law on minder now. minder now opposition groups will be speaking out as well, putting together an alternative state of the nation address and that is likely to heavily criticise rodrigo duterte for his record on human rights during his campaign on his war on drugs. howard johnson in manila, and we will have more analysis on that state of the nation address in the philippines very shortly. but first, let s ....
it s 8am in singapore and 1am in london. we start in the philippines, where president duterte will deliver a second state of the nation address to a joint session of congress. he is expected to talk about the ongoing and controversial war on drugs, the conflict in marawi against islamist militants and economic policy. howard johnson has more from manila. this will be president duterte‘s second state of the nation address. his first one this time last year, when he came to power. it is a chance to him to set out his vision for the philippines in the years ahead. the president s spokesperson has said that he will be speaking about terrorism, he will be looking at the conflict in marawi, in the south of the country, on the island of mindanao. in the last two months, fighters allied to isis, the maute group have been fighting the philippines army and there have been more than 570 deaths there. he wil also talk about his extension of martial law on mindanao. at the weekend ....