They are playing south africa, in their latest group match at the womens world cup. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Theresa may this lunchtime appeared to be sticking to the governments pay cap of 1 on Public Sector workers, despite growing pressure from members of her own cabinet to relax it. At Prime Ministers questions, the labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn accused her of exploiting the goodwill of thousands of teachers, nurses and other employees. Earlier, the Fire Brigades Union said its members had been offered a 2 pay rise. Mrs may said the government had to be fair to Public Sector workers and to those who pay for them. Lets speak to our assistant political editor, norman smith. That was a combat if pmqs. The days we have had a public wwe between the big beasts of the cabinet over public pay, with figures like Boris Johnson saying it is time to ease the pay cap a Public Wwe The Chancellor has said we must keep oui nerve the chancellor has said we must keep our nerve and keep our foot down on the deficit. Theresa may has been standing back, unwilling to intervene. Today, the Prime Minister stepped into the ring and on the side of the chancellor, saying that the government had to keep taking tough decisions, bearing down on the deficit, it was important to live within 1s means. This afterJeremy Corbyn accused the government of Flip Flopping over Public Sector pgy Flip Flopping over Public Sector pay. Wages are rising by 2. 196, and inflation is nearly 3 , 6 million workers already earned less than the living wage, what does the Prime Minister think that tells us about seven years of a conservative government and what it has done to the Living Standards of those people on whom we all rely . To get our Public Services and our House Services delivered to us. At one point theresa may seemed to lose her voice and the Chancellor Lead over and poured her a glass of water, this after she had echoed the comments by the chancellor, saying there needs to be a fair balance struck between taxpayers and Public Sector workers. It isnt fair to refuse to take tough decisions and to load debts on our children and grandchildren for the future. It isnt fair to bankrupt our economy because that leads to people losing jobs and homes and that is unfair to go out and tell people that they can have all the public spending they wa nt have all the public spending they want without paying for it. What we have seen today, i think, the Prime Minister trying to dell s downbeat speculation and pressure dowse down. She may not be the only key player in this, because overnight we have seen the firefighters get a deal worth up to 3 and other Public Sector unions will be thinking, if they can get 3 , why cant we get 3 . In other words the Public Sector pay cap seems set to come under real pressure. Norman, many thanks. The government is to send in a taskforce to take over the running of parts of kensington and chelsea, after severe criticism of the council after the Grenfell Tower fire. The local government secretary sajid javed said the and that the independent team would help in the longer term recovery of the area. Heres our correspondent leila nathoo. The people who lost everything when Grenfell Tower went up in flames, where were they to go . Theresa may promised everyone affected by the fire would be rehoused within three weeks. Her deadline, today. 158 households homeless, 139 accommodation offers made, just 111 accepted. Dont promise anything to us, that within three weeks we have to move into places. We dont want a place. We want a nice place that we will eventually be calling home. We understand that it is very difficult, there are not so many flats available, not so many houses you can offer us. Concern over the location and quality of Alternative Homes has prevented residents from moving. You have to rememberjust how traumatised very many of these families actually are. And we are listening to them, we are assessing their Housing Needs and we are hoping to move them to a position where they can feel comfortable, that what they are being offered will be exactly right for them, particularly in relation to their permanent offers. Kensington and Chelsea Council has been strongly criticised for its response to the fire and the government has been under pressure to send in commissioners to take charge. Now the communities secretary sajid javid has announced a Specialist Task force will take over the running of key Services Including housing, regeneration and community engagement. Kensington and Chelsea Council is welcoming what it called help from Central Government here, saying the scale of the disaster had made it difficult to cope alone. But the decision to order in a new team gives the sense the authority has badly handled the aftermath of the fire. With residents still traumatised and waiting to be rehoused, and scepticism about the public inquiry, its Chairsirmartin Moore Bick has this afternoon said he would like to hear suggestions about the questions he should be seeking to answer. There are no shortage of those. Avon and Somerset Police repeatedly failed a disabled refugee who was beaten to death by his neighbour in bristol four years ago. That is the conclusion of the independent Police Complaints commission, who say officers ignored Bijan Ebrahimis pleas for help for years. Mr ebrahimi, originally from iran, made dozens of calls to police to report racial abuse and threats to his life. Jon kay reports. Bijan ebrahimi. He told Police Dozens of times that his life was in danger. To just do whatever you can. What part of be quiet do you not understand . Shut up now, a report says that, over several years, the iranian refugee was repeatedly failed by avon and Somerset Police, treated as a nuisance, not as a victim. In 2013, he was beaten to death by a neighbour outside his flat and his body set on fire. The independent Police Complaints Commission Says there were systematic failures in the way he was dealt with. Todays report runs to hundreds of pages and it says this whole case has laid bare what it calls the disrespect, the prejudice and even contempt with which some officers and staff treated Bijan Ebrahimi in the days before he was murdered here. Reading that report, it was devastating. Bijans sisters told me the list of failings published today had shocked them. It was so hard to see bijan all these years had been suffering. And his voice never listened to. He always thought he was in a country where the police was there to protect people. And he couldnt see anything beyond that. Last year, pc kevin duffy was jailed after being found guilty of misconduct. The jury was played tapes of him responding to one of bijans calls. Its just Bijan Ebrahimi on the phone asking for you. No, ive no intention of taking any calls from Bijan Ebrahimi. Community support officer Andrew Passmore was also jailed. Pcs Leanne Winter and helen harris were cleared by the jury, but were later sacked by a misconduct hearing. His sisters have raised questions about racism within the force. There isnt evidence of institutional racism because we did not investigate the force as a whole, but there are some hallmarks of disconnection that could be construed as race hatred. Discrimination. Avon and Somerset Police say they have improved the way that they deal with Vulnerable People as a result of this case. We a cce pt we accept that we failed Bijan Ebrahimi at his time in greatest need and throughout that time he was respectful and he had confidence and trust in the police and we let him down, and for that we are sorry. His sisters have welcomed the apology and the changes. They are still waiting for the local council to issue its report. 0ur correspondent jon kay is in bristol. As we heard, for years on since the murder, this isnt overfor the family four. Murder, this isnt overfor the family four. They are related to have this report today, it is something they have waited a long time for, something they have fought very ha rd time for, something they have fought very hard for and there is relief to see phrases like possible racial bias in their but now they want to know what is in the Council Report thatis know what is in the Council Report that is to follow. They thought that might be published today, they were told it was completed a couple of yea rs told it was completed a couple of years ago, we understand, but they are still waiting and we understand it is now being reviewed in the light of this report. They still wait. There is also the possibility ofan wait. There is also the possibility of an inquest which they would also have to go through. This is not over yet for Bijan Ebrahimis family, his sisters, who we heard from in the report. We have also have a statement from former pc kevin duffy, the officer who was found guilty of misconduct last year, he was jailed for that. After being convicted by a jury. He has made a statement, saying he was innocent, saying he has been hung out to dry, that he has been scapegoated, pointing the finger at his former employers at avon and Somerset Police, but they have not responded to that. Of course this is a man who was found guilty and sent to prison. For misconduct. Thanks forjoining us. Hip and knee replacements were once considered routine operations, but the british medicaljournal says that, in england, they are increasingly being rationed. The journal obtained data showing a sharp rise in doctors resorting to special appeals to get these and other once routine treatments for their patients. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. Helen is a busy woman, running her Boutique Hotel is a demanding job, but when her eyesight started to fail she needed a cataract operation. Imagine her dismay when she was told the nhs would only pay for one eye to be fixed at a time. She was told the nhs would only pay for one eye to be fixed at a timelj did not want to wait another year. To have one eye. The imbalance it causes, difficult, it impacted on my life for the i have got to be busy, i have to be able to see to function. A growing and ageing population is placing increasing demands on the nhs and that in turn is ramping up the pressure on finances, so to save money in some areas, funding for common treatments is being withdrawn. When that happens, gps could make individual requests on a case by case basis, and an Analysis Shows that overall these have increased by 47 in the past four years and there has also been a rise in requests for hip and knee operations over the same time period. And the number cataract operations for which funding has been sought has also increased. Decisions on which nhs services are funded in england are made by local clinical commissioning groups, the National Body that represents them says that given a limited budget day off force to make difficult choices. Demand increases, the population increases and there is a finite amount in the budget and we have to make difficult decisions. If there was more money we could have a broader sense of how we spend it, but with loads more money in the system we should still be making appropriate choices for the patient. Doctors say or Health Leaders need to be honest with patients about the decisions they are having to make. Year after year we have seen a lack of investment and so local areas are making these really difficult decisions and ultimately in many areas rationing services. The report today suggests more and more patients are Finding Procedures that we re patients are Finding Procedures that were once considered routine are becoming harder to access. Dominic hughes, bbc news. Students from poorer families in england will graduate with nearly £60,000 of debt, according to a report by the institute for fiscal studies, because Interest Rates on Student Loans are now at over 6 and those from the poorest backgrounds are likely to borrow more. The government says those from poorer backgrounds are now going to university at a record rate. Sean coughlan reports. Cheering it is notjust hats that are going up for students. Costs are, as well. Tuition fees are going up in the autumn, to £9,250 per year. And Interest Rates on loans are going up to over 6 . The poorer students could now leave university with debts of over £57,000. And the average student will have run up almost £6,000 in Interest Charges before they have even graduated. So, do students think they are paying a fair price for a good investment . Yes, i think it is quite expensive for what it is. I dont think it needs to cost nine grand a year, really. You dont get that much for it. The Student Loan System is a pretty good system to have, but i dont necessarily agree with the amount that tuition fees are at the moment. According to the institute for fiscal studies, raising the cost of fees has given universities 25 more funding per student. But the cost has been put on the shoulders of individual students. They are graduating with the highest debt in the developed world. An average of around £50,000. With those coming from the poorest backgrounds graduating with the highest debts of around £57,000. The government has defended the Tuition Fee System as allowing students from any background to be able to afford to go to university. Without any upfront costs for fees. This is a unique financial product, the government is making no money on this, it is making a substantial investment in it. And that is to enable more people to go to university, more people from disadvantaged backgrounds than ever before. You are 43 more likely to go to university if you are from a disadvantaged background today than in 2009 10. This has also become a political battle, with labour pursuing the youth vote with calls to completely scrap fees. But in the short term, at least, Higher Education is going to mean higher costs. Our top story this lunchtime. The Prime Minister signals no change on the cap on Public Sector pay rises after labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Living Standards had fallen for public servants. Coming up. Its been 20 years in the making but the final section of scotlands newest waterway has been unveiled the Queen Elizabeth ii canal. Coming up in sport. Andy murray seems to be over his hip injury, but his wimbledon title defence gets a lot tougher this afternoon, against one of the games great characters, dustin brown. Two pandas will go on public display in germany today, in a ceremony attended by Angela Merkel and the chinese president xijinping. China has loaned the animals to berlin zoo which will pay around £800,000 a year to host them. As our correspondent johny dymond reports, its hoped the pandas will help forge closer ties between the two countries. They may look friendly, but do not get too close. Chinas Loan Ofjiao Qing darling and meng meng sweet dream comes from the global superpower, with a price. It is worth paying attention when germany and china meet these days. Germany is europes undisputed leader. Chinas surging economic power is turning into Global Political muscle. The chancellor and the president are meeting before the worlds 20 biggest economies get together in berlin. Once it might have been america around the table. But germany wants chinese help in propping up a world order destabilised by change in washington. And china wants open markets to sell into and allies it can rely on. Translation this is pioneering for our relations. Were happy to note that, thanks to mutual efforts on both sides, chinese german relations have reached a new phase, in which we are moving on a peak level. The panda special came to britain in the 19705, as china emerged from decades of isolation. Ching ching and chia chia were gifts, part of an effort to warm frozen relations. Panda diplomacy, it became known as. Now, the pair are Making Hearts race in berlin. But these Bamboo Guzzlers are on loan and they dont come cheap. Nearly £800,000 a year. For some berliners at least, theyre worth every penny. Jonny dymond, bbc news. 0n the day the deadline expires for qatar to accept a list of demands, saudi arabias Foreign Minister is holding talks in cairo with his counterparts, to discuss their dispute with the gulf state. Bahrain, egypt, saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates broke all links with qatar a month ago, accusing it of supporting terrorism. Qatar denies the allegation and rejects, as unrealistic, the list of 13 demands. 0ur Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams is here. How significant is the meeting. As you said the deadline, extended deadline, now has passed. It was the possibility i think that far from seeing a resolution we could even seeing a resolution we could even see an escalation with possibly fresh demands put to the qataris. Talk of possible expulsion from the regional grouping, the gulf cooperation council, for its part cat are showing no sign of backing down. Certainly it does not seem willing to close the Satellite Channel al jazeera or the Turkish Military base as it is being asked to and it completely denies the allegation that it is involved in sponsoring terrorism in the region. So the qataris are saying this is a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Yes and the whiff of hypocrisy has hung over the whole affair. The supporters of cator will seize on reports like one thatjust came out today which talk of a long history of saudi involvement in the sponsoring, alleged sponsoring of Radical Islamism in the uk and other parts the world going back to the 19605. Parts the world going back to the 1960s. This is not new, weve heard these kind of reports before. It is well documented. Saudi scholarship programmes and mosques that ended up hosting radical preachers, all it is alleged contributed to the spread of alleged contributed to the spread of a very narrow alleged contributed to the spread of a very narrow form alleged contributed to the spread of a very narrow form of islam. Not just the saudis accused of this, the report itself refers to qatar and kuwait as both having done similar things in the past. It is all incredibly sensitive of course given that these are our allies in the region, commercial, diplomatic, and political ties and perhaps that is why the government, their own investigation into precisely this, the foreign funding ofjihad egrets in this country, has not yet been published and may never be. Thank you. Victims of harassment and stalking in england and wales are being left at risk because of failings by police and prosecutors, according to an official report. Both the inspectorate of constabulary and the Crown Prosecution Service inspectorate found that crimes werent being recorded, investigations were poorly conducted and Legal Protection was not offered to enough victims. Our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shaw reports. An attack by a stalker that could have been prevented. Helen pearson suffered neck and face wounds when her Neighbourjoseph Lewis stabbed her with a pair of scissors. It was the culmination of a five year Stalking Campaign that involved vandalism and graffiti. Helen made 125 reports to devon and Cornwall Police about her stalkers escalating violence, but she wasnt taken seriously and the force has now apologised. We would report this to the police and it was like, it was almost like they didnt want to know, they didnt take me seriously. And then, we later learned that they. I always felt that they werent believing me, but we laterfind out that it is worse than that, they thought i was doing it to myself. So, they didnt really believe you . No. And how did that make you feel . Hopeless. Desperate. A new inspection report, living in fear, says police and prosecutors are failing to deal with stalking and harassment at every stage of the Criminal Justice process in england and wales. It found that allegations werent being recorded by police. In some forces, there were no Risk Assessments of the threat posed to victims and police were giving official warnings to offenders rather than carrying out for investigations. Both stalking and harassment occurs as a result of really pernicious and persistent offending. And officers and prosecutors were missing that, which meant that victims were left at risk. In response to the criticisms, the National Police Chiefs Council said it is contacting forces to make sure officers improve the way they use their powers to tackle harassment and stalking. The Crown Prosecution Service says it will make sure every prosecutor undergoes training. Danny shaw, bbc news. The queen and the duke of edinburgh have been leading a flotilla of boats along scotlands newest waterway and unveiled a plaque formally naming it the Queen Elizabeth ii canal. Its the final section of a Trans Scotland Canal Regeneration that was launched nearly 20 years ago. It could also be the lastjoint engagement for the queen and the duke before Prince Philip retires from public life next month. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. A gentle arrival by water to an area transformed. Over the years, the queen and the duke of edinburgh have carried out many hundreds of engagements together during their annual visit to scotland, known as royal week. With the duke, who is now 96, due to retire from public engagements, the crowds here were making the most of their chance to see the two together. This is an area much changed in recent years. The sculptures here honour the industrial and agricultural past of central scotland. While here the queen was shown two clydesdales. The breed of horses upon which the sculptures were based. Their named spencer and harry and described as a little mischievous. But today bear on their best behaviour for the but today bear on their best behaviourfor the queen. But today bear on their best behaviour for the queen. The queen knows a thing or two about horses so i was knows a thing or two about horses so iwasa knows a thing or two about horses so i was a bit nervous but she was very enthusiastic about them and asked me all about the history of the project and association with the canal and the time of falkirk. It was the crowning glory of a very long project premy the crowds were delighted by the royal visitors. L really good opportunity, a once in a lifetime opportunity probably for these guys. We had the classic wave. There was much affection on display here today for the queen and Prince Philip. 0n affection on display here today for the queen and Prince Philip. On what could be one of their last official joint engagements. Lorna gordon, bbc news, falkirk. The two british number one still be on centre court this Afternoon For The Second Round Match at wimbledon. Amid calls from Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic for there to be rule changes after the first round opponents retired due to injuries. David 0rnstein is at wimbledon now. It isa it is a scorching day, the hottest of the championship so far, 35 degrees was the temperature recorded on centre court a short time ago. Almost 100 fahrenheit and were hoping for some tennis as well. It is where for british tennis fans to have more to smile about at wimbledon than just andy murray but this year is different. Five home singles players through to the second round, four of them in action today. Andy murray cast aside Injury Concerns to easily with his opener and he follows his fellow british number one Johanna Konta under courtois Heather Watson and aljaz bedene also feature. The hope is there will be no repeat of the second day when the opponents of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic pulled out mid match taking the total number of retirements so far total number of retirements so far to eight. It is certainly something thatis to eight. It is certainly something that is going to be looked at because it was obviously a massive problem on centre court yesterday. The problem is most tennis players are carrying some kind of injury and of course every case is individual and it is up decide with the player if by going out onto court is it going to damage your body further and prohibit you from playing for the rest of the tour. But there is this enticement of this £35,000 of prize money as the loser of the first round. After a day are likely to be remembered as one of the greatest in centre court history, today marks the anniversary of one of its most magical moments. In 1987 pat cash won what proved to be his only grand slam title and set a new trend with this celebration. Only grand slam title and set a new trend with this celebrationlj only grand slam title and set a new trend with this celebration. I have become more famous for that climb. I thought to be number one in the world, to beat him andjimmy connors, i would world, to beat him andjimmy connors, iwould be world, to beat him andjimmy connors, i would be none for that. But it was that climb with my dad and sister and my trainer, it was the first real team. But that was my way of saying thank you to them because it was a team effort. The beaten finalist that day was it done and all who now coaches andy murray and all who now coaches andy murray and he will be hoping it is his man who sets the trend this year on centre court. Well the good news from a british perspective is Heather Watson is through to the third round equalling her best performance here at wimbledon where she will play Victoria Azarenka. Delighted to say im joined by former wimbledon doubles champion liz smiley. What kind of task will that be for Heather Watson against Victoria Azarenka in the third round as might well Victoria Azarenka is a multiple grand slam winner, great to see her back from the birth of her baby. And Heather Watson is going to be feeling pretty good about herself, continue on good form. We just had a small blip in a match today but finished strongly. So she will be feeling confident. Of course it was the third round, and Johanna Konta is hoping tojoin her. There have been controversy over withdrawals, do you think there should be a new rule. |j withdrawals, do you think there should be a new rule. I think it needs to be looked at, what you do not want to see happening is players only going out for the money. Even though it is a substantial amount. It is difficult to police, how could you tell how injured someone is out if they could complete a match or not. Thank you for your time, a great afternoon to look forward to collectjohanna great afternoon to look forward to collect Johanna Konta up great afternoon to look forward to collectJohanna Konta up on centre court followed by andy murray. Time for a look at the weather. Heres louise lear. Just look at wimbledon at the moment, just an hour ago, and a beautiful morning. And wimbledon the hottest place across the country at the moment with highs of 26 degrees. And temperatures will climb through the afternoon. So a beautiful day, but not so across the far north east with little in the way of cloud and some drizzly outbreaks of rain. So today was a cruel and disappointing especially with