And tributes to Sir Peter Hall, one of the greatest figures in the history british theatre, whos died at the age of 86. Well be talking to sir trevor nunn. Its 5. 00. Our main story is that the cap on Public Sector pay rises is to be lifted, but only for police and prison officers in england and wales. Union leaders have responded angrily, by demanding a pay rise for all Public Sector workers, whove been affected by a combination of pay freezes and pay caps for the past seven years. Ministers are said to be ready to show flexibility in the Public Sector pay round for next year. Lets take a look at the figures. Prison officers in england and wales have been awarded a rise of 1. 7 . As far as Police Officers are concerned, their salaries will go up by 1 , and theyll also get a further 1 bonus. The current current level of inflation is nearly 3 . Speaking at the tuc congress in brighton, laboursjeremy corbyn says the government is trying to divide and rule Public Sector workers. Our Polit
Tuesday in parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. Coming up the government is to review the maximum stake for fixed odds betting terminals. It could be reduced to £2. Mps hear the terrible toll of gambling. 450,000 children who gamble at least once a week. Otherwise it was an especially hectic day on the committee corridor. I have reports from five committees for you, including international development, where witnesses described the horrors of Hurricane Irma. But among the misery, one uplifting moment. Even though we lost the roof of our prison, i believe our prisoners sat tight and waited for it to be put back on. But first, the maximum stake for a fixed odds betting terminal could drop to as little as £2 under a government review. Currently, people can bet up to £100 every 20 seconds on electronic casino games, fobt machines, as theyre known. But ministers are considering a new limit of somewhere between £2 and £50. The idea is to reduce the r
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Of migrants crossing the channel is unacceptable nearly 600 people have arrived in the past four days. Are you 0k . Are you all right . Are you 0k . 0k where are you from . Syria syria . Thereve been violent clashes in belarus after state media declared alexander lu kashenko the landslide winner of the countrys general election. And a metal detectorist says he was left shaking with happiness after discovering a hoard of bronze age artefacts in the scottish borders. The find included a complete horse harness and sword good morning and welcome to bbc news. Ministers are insisting there is little evidence that coronavirus is transmitted in schools, as they push ahead with plans for all children in england to return full time to the classroom next month. The education secretary, Gavin Williamson, has suggested that an upcoming study will support the governments position on reopening schools. Borisjohnson, whos expected to visit a school later, is understood to have made it clear that schoo
Be that field or continue to be divided by things like this, the terrorists have i would say to everybody, it is very scary, i feel that for myself, but from tomorrow, hopefully things will be back to normal. We should keep those injured in our thoughts and prayers, but streatham is a resilient community, and i am sure we will be fine. The local mp for streatham talking to mea the local mp for streatham talking to me a little earlier. Lets sum up what we know about what has happened here on streatham highroad this afternoon before 2pm, this man who was shot by police carried out a stabbing, according to an eyewitness run intoa stabbing, according to an eyewitness run into a shop and stole a kitchen knife for £4, then was pursued by Undercover Police officers who had been carrying out a surveillance operation on him, shouted a warning to him to stop, he did not and he
was shot with three bullets. Three people had been injured, two stabbed, one with life threatening injuries, that is th