Find out if average wages are keeping up with the cost of living. Foreign secretary, boris johnson, arrives in the caribbean, as british holidaymakers affected by Hurricane Irma start to arrive back in the uk. In sport, celtic are humbled in the Champions League by paris st germain, and the worlds most expensive player, neymar. 5 0, the score in glasgow. There were wins for Manchester United and chelsea, though. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Storm irene is now in the north sea. The wind is dying down. A blustery day with sunshine. All the details coming up. Thank you very much. A bbc breakfast investigation has found thatjust 2 of council owned downing street says the cap on Public Sector pay increases will be lifted in 2018. Ministers have already announced salary rises for police and prison officers in england and wales that are above the 1 limit, but unions say it doesnt go far enough. Our Political Correspondent, leila nathoo, is in our westminster studio this morning. Th
And australian actress rebel wilson is awarded more than £2. 5 million in damages after winning a Defamation Case against a celebrity magazine. Good morning. Its wednesday 13th september. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Londons fire commissioner has said that the Grenfell Tower fire must be a turning point in fire regulation calling for sprinklers in all High Rise Council flats. A bbc breakfast investigation which focused on half the uks council and Housing Association owned tower blocks found thatjust 2 have full Sprinkler Systems. Tomorrow a Public Inquiry into what happened at grenfell begins. It will look at how the fire started, why it spread so quickly and the actions of public authorities before and after the fire. Graham satchell reports. The fire at the cell tower raised fundamental questions about the maintenance of council run tower blocks and what is needed to make them serve. Safe. In a foia request we found that only 2 of council one tower blocks have Sp
Theresa may has said ministers will look again at Public Sector pay before the budget after criticism that the pay awards announced yesterday were still below inflation. Does the Prime Minister understand that inflation is mayor 2 and anything less means dedicated public serva nts anything less means dedicated Public Servants are worse off anything less means dedicated Public Servants are worse off again and have been made worse off for the past seven years . There is a need for greater flexibility as we look at these issues on Public Sector pay in the future. We will be working on this in the lead up to the budget. Also in the next hour, a warning from the president of the European Commission that the uk will soon regret leaving the eu. In his annual address to the european parliament, Jean Claude Juncker says there is a window of opportunity to build a stronger, more united union. And the robot making its debut as the conductor of an orchestra in italy. Good afternoon and welcome to
Of course it needs it massively. You cant but be affected by the scale of devastation that the people of anguilla have endured. On the eve of the Grenfell Tower inquiry, a bbc survey of half the uks tower blocks finds virtually none of them has a sprinkler system. And meet the italian robot making its debut as an orchestral conductor. Its 5 oclock. Some breaking new, Scotland Yard is to review the security at the school in london attended by Prince George after a ao year old woman was arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary. What we can say today is a ao year old woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary at the school in south london. The arrest at quarter past 2 today relates to that incident at Thomass Battersea school. That is yesterday when an individual gained access to the premises. The arrested woman was taken to a south London Police station where, she remains in custody and they say they are working with the school which is attended by Prince George to rev
Find out how fast the uk economy is growing, finding out what that means for Interest Rates and what it means for Interest Rates and what it means for the chancellor in the budget. In sport, Crystal Palace continue to crumble. Bristol city humiliate them in the league cup. No such problems from Manchester United. They are through to the quarterfinals. And carol has the weather. Good morning from the Botanic Gardens, we re morning from the Botanic Gardens, were behind bilate run this evening will be a lot of beautiful lights in the pavilion. This will mark the end of the valley. It has been whetted in the north overnight. As the weather front sinks south, it will weaken. For most today it will be a sunny day with temperatures higher than we expected in october. More in 15 minutes. An enquiry into e cigarettes has been announced by mps amid concerns there are significant gaps in what we actually know about them. Everything from their impact on human health to how their consumption affect