Once they produced tin, now it could be lithium for electric cars. I think she wants to be that side. Sir peter hall a giant of british theatre dies at the age of 86. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news the england womens manager mark sampson tells the bbc hes not a racist following allegations made against him by eni aluko. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The Public Sector pay cap a measure thats been at the heart of austerity policies for seven years is to be scrapped. The cap currently limits pay increases to just 1 . But this year prison officers will get a rise of 1. 7 . And Police Officers will get an increase of 1 plus a further 1 bonus. Millions of other workers will have to wait till next year to see if they, too, get a bigger rise. Trades unions have already called the pay rises for police and prison officers derisory. Lets join our deputy political editorjohn pienaar, at the tuc conference in brighton. George, it has been years, decades, since we last saw
Welcome to bbc news. The Public Sector pay cap a measure thats been at the heart of austerity policies for seven years is to be scrapped. The cap currently limits pay increases to just 1 . But this year, prison officers will get a rise of 1. 7 and Police Officers will get an increase of 1 plus a further 1 bonus. Millions of other workers will have to wait till next year to see if they too get a bigger rise. Trade unions have already called the pay rises for police and prison officers derisory. Would you fancy theirjob . Today, routine duty at the tuc, but trouble is always around the corner and now its come closer. Police get a rise to attract new recruits. So do prison officers and others workers will as well, above the pay cap but onlyjust. Today, the government took the latest pay recommendations and shared the news. The pay cap was finally ending, so more pay for Public Sector workers where rises were judged necessary. We need to strike a balance between being fair to Public Sector
And Missile Development is a grave threat to peace and security in our world and it is unacceptable that others financially support this criminal rogue regime. Maria very latest this morning as reports suggest that north korea may test a Hydrogen Bomb in the Pacific Ocean to prove its power. Thats coming up. The news weighed on markets overnight. Take a look there. Averages down across the board, hang seng and hong kong down almost 1 . Japan nikkei average down a quarter of a percent. Markets here in the u. S. Looking like this. Futures indicating a lower opening for the broader averages, nasdaq down 10, fractional moves here nonetheless in negative column. Hurricane maria continues to ravage the caribbean this morning. Now near turks and caicos, more on the path and devastation left behind coming up. A race to the finish, senator Luther Strange squares off against roy moore as the two battle for highlycontested seat. President trump will travel to the state to campaign for strange. Vi
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Over the right to chose when to end his life. Also this hour sales of new cars have declined for the sixth month in a row. Just over 400,000 new vehicles were registered in september down more than 9 from last year. And the home nation fortunes hang in the balance as england, scotland and Northern Ireland prepare for World Cup Qualifiers tonight. Good morning. Its thursday 5th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. We begin with breaking news, police have said former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath would have been questioned about allegations of child sexual abuse by seven people had he still been alive. Wiltshire police, which has led a two year £i. 5 police, which has led a two year £1. 5 million inquiry into the late tory leader, has today published a report detailing its findings. Its a News Conference in swindon isjust beginning, lets go to swindon and the Wiltshire Police News Conference. Wiltshire police on behalf of the National Police chief s council took