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welcome to bbc news. some of the bbc‘s most prominent women broadcasters have written an open letter to their boss, the director general, calling on him to take urgent action to ensure women are paid the same as men doing the equivalentjob. the a0 signatories include clare balding and fiona bruce. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the pay gap was appalling and called for a pay audit of every organisation. 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 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 above the parapet. we have got stick, we knew we were going to get stick, that is why it was never going to be ....
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 ....
of an italian hotel, almost 72 hours after it was swamped by an avalanche. leaders of europe s right wing parties gather in germany to discuss their opposition to the european union, thousands of protestors are expected to demonstrate. in sport, yohanna konta is aiming to keep her winning run going, by knocking out a former world number one out of the australian open. and in from the cold: i ve been training with the british long speed skating team, who s sport has been revived in the netherlands. and nick has the weather. the weekend is getting off to a frosty start. a hard frost in some parts. patchy fog around as well. most places will see the sun shine, with a dry day ahead. more in the next half an hour. first, our main story. president donald trump has wasted no time in getting to work. shortly after his inauguration parade ended, the new man in charge signed an executive order to begin dismantling barack obama s affordable care act, known as obamaca re. in his fi ....
in a moment it ll be time for sportsday, but let s take a look at what else is coming up tonight on bbc news. i ll bejoined by the activist owen jones to bbc news. i ll bejoined by the activist owenjones to talk bbc news. i ll bejoined by the activist owen jones to talk about those posthumous pardons for thousands of homosexual men would have been granted by the government under the so called turing law. and we will be talking about president trump s presidency in 100 days. at 8:15pm we will bring you live announcement of the costa book awards. now, though, it is the final day of the transfer window for january. and it is time for sportsday. tra nsfer transfer deadline and a title race, it isa transfer deadline and a title race, it is a busy night in the premier league. mps want to see lord coe again after being accused of withholding information about how much he knew about that russian doping scandal. and four days before the start of the six nations championship and ....
we ll talk to some disabled workers about their experiences in the workplace. hello, welcome to the programme. we re live until ”am this morning. this valentine s day we re asking, are you single and proud out of choice? we will be talking to some of the singletons who say they are happily single. does that sound like you? or are you longing to find that special person? do get in touch with your thoughts and experiences on that and any of our other stories. use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. in a severe blow to president trump s new administration, his national security adviser general michael flynn has been forced to resign. mr flynn is accused of illegally discussing us sanctions with the russian ambassador to the united states. but the conversation about sanctions happened before mr trump assumed office. under us law, private individuals cannot carry out official government diplomacy. b ....