it's tuesday the 12th of september. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the cost of living has risen again, blamed on the higher cost of imported goods like clothes and shoes. it's now back at the peak of 2.9% it last hit in may this year. our business correspondent ben thompson is here to explain. i'll let you talk us through the latest figures. inflation is the cost of living, it shows how quickly things don't work the price of things don't work the price of things is rising. it has hit 2.9%. today's figure was expected to come ina today's figure was expected to come in a little lower than that. why are prices rising so quickly? it is a cost of imported things," issues, household goods. all of those sorts of things. they are more expensive because after we voted to leave the eu, the value of the pound fell which means things we import from overseas are more expensive. it is the first indication we are getting all those things we buy from overseas are adding to the overall cost of things that we buy. why is this important? if we look at how quickly average earnings are rising, they are going up by 2.1%. if prices rise by 3% and wages by 2%, there is a gap in what we have in our pocket. it means in real terms we are feeling a bit worse off. if we look at the grass that shows the two together. this gives this an indication of the gap. the top line is the inflation rate the one that the right is higher. and the brighter red line is wages. there we re we brighter red line is wages. there were we took a ride inflation there is or was a magicalfigure were we took a ride inflation there is or was a magical figure we are striving for. the bank of england wa nted striving for. the bank of england wanted to be 2%. healthy economy prices rise gradually. what you want to make sure is they up too quickly oi’ to make sure is they up too quickly or too slowly or falling. in europe recently we have had deflation, prices falling. you might think it's a good thing because stuff gets cheaper but it means people put off buying things because it might get cheaper. a healthy sort of growth would be that line going up slowly instead, but the issue is you want both lines to be going up equally and as you can both lines to be going up equally and as you can see both lines to be going up equally and as you can see they are crossed over midway through the year. next the bank of england says we might have hit the peak, it thought inflation would go up to about the 396 inflation would go up to about the 3% before falling back. the other thing to bear in mind is this time last year the bank of england cut interest rates in the wake of the brexit vote. they thought it would help keep the economy ticking over. of course that means money is cheaper to borrow soap more or less used credit cards and racked up debts. that is probably why we are seeing efficient rise as well. all the expectations are it will start to ease a little and we will get the point where prices are going up at about same rate as wages. for now, it still seems there is a gap between what we are spending and what we are running. beautifully explained. -- what we are earning. unions are threatening widespread co—ordinated strike action over the cap on public sector pay increases. the unite leader len mccluskey is the latest senior union figure to say walk—outs are now likely. he said the unions would take stronger action to oppose the wage cap on public sector workers. tell us, ie we're looking to an autumn where we will see lots of action, potentially co—ordinated strikes seem to be the suggestion? the first thing to say is that depends on theresa may and her government. if they finally accept their pay policy for public sector workers is unfair and unjust, seven consecutive years of pay cuts from nurses and benefit clerks and teachers cannot be sustained, we won't see industrial action. but if she persists on forcing our members to have cuts in pay every single year and she projects this will carry on 2020, you have agreed we are prepared to ballot for strike action and we want that to involve all public sector workers to send the strongest message. just to clarify what you are saying about what you would like to see from the government, we talk about a depend restraint, there are intimations we may cite see some movement for prison officers and police officers, what you want to see change, what other figures we what you want to see change, what otherfigures we are what you want to see change, what other figures we are talking about? first, we say there must be a pay rise every public sector worker. there is no deserving and undeserving public sector workers, we all deserve a pay rise. i recovering from a heart transplant and when i was in hospital i was looked after by many people as well as those who cleaned and fed me and looked after me. everyone deserves a pay rise. whether they are the dinner ladies or that teachers in schools. our position is every public sector worker deserves a pay rise and we think it should be at 5% which matches inflation and do some thing to bring back the lost earnings we have suffered a lot over the last seven years. and if you are saying that 5% is not a figure the government will agree with you will ballot your members for strike action? we are saying we are happy to negotiate but it must be based on scrapping the pay cap for everybody, making funds available in the public sector so that the public sector employers can negotiate, and that should be above the rate of inflation. we think it should be 5% but unions are up for a negotiation. what we are not prepared to negotiate is further cuts to members living standards. civil servants have lost £3500 in the last seven yea rs have lost £3500 in the last seven years because of this. let's talk about procedure that could lead to strike action. let mccluskey has said he would be prepared to operate outside the law, saying the required turnout of more than 50% of members we re turnout of more than 50% of members were strike ballot is not something he would feel he had to adhere to. when you stand ? he would feel he had to adhere to. when you stand? we believe the law is unjust, no thresholds are applied to any other form of balloting our elections and the government has singled out trades unions to try to stop people taking industrial action. but the position of our union is first and foremost we are going to try to ensure that we do break the thresholds and we get better than 50% turnouts because if we do not do that the whole issue will be distracted by the legal question rather than the justice of the case of nurses, teachers and civil service workers. we think it is unjust but we will try to ensure that in any ballot we have we beat the threshold. but if you don't meet the threshold. but if you don't meet the threshold, would you move forward regardless?” the threshold, would you move forward regardless? i repeat, i think we can. and we have to look at everything at the particular time. most people would accept a 49% of people have voted and 90% of those have voted yes to action, the law is clearly unjust and some people may raise a question that they want to rate ta ke raise a question that they want to rate take the action anyway. but i am confident we will be the thresholds and the story will be is it right that a nursery teacher or somebody in a prison has to lose money in real terms to serve the people of this country or should they actually get better than inflation pay rises? most people would agree that case is just so theresa may nannies to do is underrated. you are talking from the trades union congress meeting, had committed would you say other bulk union leaders to the big strike action if that where caesarean what would it look like? clichy union would it look like? clichy union would have to make its own decision but the motion yesterday was unanimous and reflected every part of the public sector at all levels of the public sector at all levels of work. i think it as a government we are serious. in real terms it would look like something similar to what happened in 2010, 11 when 29 yea rs what happened in 2010, 11 when 29 years took strike action over pension cuts and 2 million workers took industrial action on the same day. we will start meeting and planning to ensure there is no divide and rule, to ensure they don't try to pick one set of workers off against another, and say eve ryo ne d ese rves off against another, and say everyone deserves a pay rise and we will work together to try to deliver that. and had you approach the issue of public support freddie action, because many people who don't work in the public sector would say we have also put up with pay restraint, the economy is struggling and we are not getting a pay rise, and suddenly they are faced with the public services being disrupted. they are faced with the public services being disruptedlj they are faced with the public services being disrupted. i am in favour of people getting pay rises in the private sector as well, at the uni is this week have been clear that we support the brave men and women at mcdonald's who are striking for £10 an hour, and we support people in the private sector. but we can't be for an equality of misery. we have this territory, cuts, living standards falling, yet the government still misses all its economic targets. in the general election we think the public gave a very clear signal, they supported the lifting of the pay cap, they supported a different economic approach that was against austerity, which is whyjeremy corbyn's labour party did so well. and i think if there was a day of action where public sector workers all took action together i think we would see action together i think we would see a massive amount of support because people understand here i think that then nurse or teacher or social worker other people they really trust to look after them in their daily lives, not a government of millionaires that is in disarray, thatis millionaires that is in disarray, that is wheat, that can 1 billion pounds for a deal with the dup but none of front line public services. your matching a target you are hoping for, 5% pay increase. you talked about the need for dialogue with the government. in the light of what you are hearing from your contacts what you are hearing from your co nta cts in what you are hearing from your contacts in government, how optimistic are you hitting that? the chancellor of the exchequer has agreed to have a meeting with the key public sector union leaders. that will take place in october before the budget. i will wait and see what he has to say. but i can tell you i wrote to theresa may, asking her to lift the pay cap and stop cutting public sectorjobs. after many weeks her number two wrote to me a frankly insulting letter. it told people their pay was decent there were enough jobs and basically we should stop complaining. if that is the message to public sector workers, that it is as good as it will get and they should stop complaining, i think they will see those people stand up and protest. it is the government that needs to change course. i hope they will do so or our message is if they will do so or our message is if they weren't we are determined to stand together to get paid justice for every single person who works in the public sector and spends their lives dedicating dedicated to servicing people of this country. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, will travel to the british 0verseas territories in the caribbean later to see the devastation caused by hurricane irma. it's understood he'll visit the british virgin islands and anguilla, which were badly damaged by the storm. people living there have complained that help has not reached them quickly enough. 900 british troops, 50 police officers, and over 20 tonnes of aid are also on their way. jon donnison reports. more help is coming but it is taking time. on board this plane, medical supplies, emergency shelter, food and water. another raf cargo plane was loaded up last night at brize norton, en route to the caribbean. on board, medical supplies, emergency shelter, food and water. and later today hms 0cean will set sailfrom gibraltar, with a crew of 700 specialising in disaster relief. but it will take around 12 days to cross the atlantic. the government continues to have to answer criticism that it's been too slow to respond. the foreign secretary is going out there straightaway to report. the prime minister and i are working here back home, with the cobra emergency committee meeting every day, and we are starting work now on the longer—term reconstruction that is going to be needed. the british virgin islands have been devastated. this is a queue to get into a local supermarket on the island of tortola. people are hungry and helpless. some uk troops are already on the ground helping to distribute food and water, but the people here are british citizens, and many don't feel they're being treated as such. meanwhile in florida the governor, rick scott, has urged people not to return to some areas because of the extensive damage caused by the hurricane. 6.5 million homes in the state remain without power. the storm is continuing to push inland, bringing torrential rain to alabama and tennessee. sarah corker reports. imagine returning home to find this... irma has utterly ravaged the florida keys — buildings torn apart, belongings strewn along the roadside, and boats dumped onshore. a deadly combination of fierce winds and storm surges has left more than 6 million people in florida without power. the authorities said it would take weeks before electricity was fully restored. in some areas there is little or no fuel, and people are being warned to stay put. we've got down power lines all across the state, we've got roads that are impassable still across state, we've got debris all over the state. miami's financial district has been badly damaged, and just hours after the hurricane struck, looters arrived. night time curfews have now been imposed. several cities remain flooded. this is jacksonville. people have been told to watch for alligators and snakes in the floodwaters. hurricane irma may have been downgraded to a tropical depression, but it keeps causing misery as it pushes north and further inland. this is the picture in south carolina. next in its path, alabama and tennessee. irma isn't finished yet. sarah corker, bbc news. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: there has been stronger than expected increase to a place in with the number rising to 2.9% last month as the price of and clothing climbed. public sector unions are threatening widespread strikes unless that i fret pay rise above inflation is met. and the pub borisjohnson will travel to the caribbean state to visit british territories affected by hurricane irma. 900 british troops in over 20 tonnes of aid are also on their way. roy hodgson is set to become crystal palace's manager. he will replace the manager who was sacked yesterday after five games in charge. the northern ireland manager has been arrested and charged in conjunction with drink—driving. he was stopped in edinburgh on sunday when. and the world 11 will face pakistan in the first of 3t20 matches. it is the first. i'll be back with a full update on the next 15 minutes. the government's attempt to extract the uk from eu law in time for brexit has passed its first parliamentary test. mps backed the eu withdrawal bill by 326 votes to 290 despite critics warning that it represented a "power grab" by ministers. mps concerned about the legislation have already tabled a number of amendments to —as they one put it — "remove the excesses of the bill". 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. i think it was a pretty late night. an early morning. but the government cruised to fairly comfortable victory. that is far from the end of the story, though. after the end of that vote mps pile into the vote office to table a whole host of amendments. i think at last count it was something like 136 different amendments that have been tabled to this legislation, everything from giving mps are final say on the brexit deal to mps deciding how long the transition period should be. also a lot of concern about the powers ministers have given themselves to shape legislation as it is transferred from eu law into british law. 0ne it is transferred from eu law into british law. one of those mps who has tabled an amendment concerned about that is the former conservative mp who joins me now. the argument of ministers is this is nothing to get steamed up about, this is just nothing to get steamed up about, this isjust a nothing to get steamed up about, this is just a fairly technical procedure issue of enabling ministers to quickly and easily do a little nip and tuck with some of the tra nsfer of little nip and tuck with some of the transfer of legislation from europe. and the most majority of the changes that will be necessary i think they are right. the premium then will be on speed and getting this huge volume of technical things through parliament in time the brexit day. but there will be a few changes which are more thanjust but there will be a few changes which are more than just tiny and technical and read a mechanism for picking those out of the hundreds of others and making sure they get proper scrutiny so parliament is actually doing itsjob proper scrutiny so parliament is actually doing its job of checking to make sure ministers are behaving. give it a sense of what sort of areas using mps are going to have to ta ke areas using mps are going to have to take a look at, and how will they do that without wasting a huge amount of time? for the genuinely technical tiny stuff they can go through on a quickfire procedure, it is often used on parliament called an active process. but for a few big changes, then those will require changes. it isn't a question of cutting and pasting, it will require a genuine change. those kind of things people will rightly want a proper lookout and we need to make sure those don't muck up the smooth passage everything else. what happens if the government say that is fine but we don't have time. i think this is something which they are already signalling they want to listen to, they want to understand, they want to make sure they take into account, and they don't want it to be a power grab, they say. david davis says it isjust a grab, they say. david davis says it is just a straightforward way of dealing with those accusations without holding the thing up. some people are trying to use this as a mechanism for stopping brexit, i don't think we'd go that far. we need to get it through and we need to make sure the people trying to derail it don't get the chance. given that so many amendments have been tabled, how significant is the danger that this legislation could get snarled up even derail? some people who actually are quietly trying to stop brexit in its tracks are trying to use this as an excuse. lam are trying to use this as an excuse. i am saying you can do with the problem of henry viii closes quickly and efficiently without derailing it. but that is the danger. if we don't get this done fast we wanted the deadline for and there are seven other brexit bills lined up which have to be pushed through by next summer. is there any prospect that will be possible? yes but it requires people not to panic or to try to stop brexit by stealth. one other story, we know we will get a written statement from the chancellor this afternoon, likely to be about ending the pay cap for police and prison workers. how significant a moment with abbey? we will have to wait and see was in the statement but i think you are right. people have said for some time that the pay cap was introduced because pay have run ahead of private sector workers. at some point that imbalance will have levelled off. at that point i think everyone is saying when that moment is hit we will have to remove it. whether that happens today we will have to wait and see. we should perhaps wait and see whether cabinet is over until the see if we get a formal announcement. a written statement is pencilled in by the chancellor later on today, and we all kind of assume it will be about pay. in the latest of its position papers ministers will offer the eu a deep security partnership against terrorism, scott cybercrime and stuff. it will also talk about imposing sanctions on other states. one of the greatest names in british theatre, sir peter hall, has died at the age of 86. a former director of the national theatre, sir peter hall staged the first english language performance of the samuel beckett play, waiting for godot, when he was 2a, and at 29 he founded the royal shakespeare company. nick higham looks back at his life. i think she wants to be that side of the camera. give me a stage and three actors and the text and i have the confidence to know instinctively what should be done. he started as britain's most talented young director, charismatic and adventurous. samuel beckett's waiting for godot was a theatrical bombshell. at just 2a waiting for godot was a theatrical bombshell. atjust 2a peter hall directed the premiere. at stubbs stratford aged 29 he created the royal shakespeare company. not bad for the working—class son of a railwayman. we're not... it was a company of international standard which attracted the very best actors. peggy ashcroft was one, here in an early hold triumphant, a reworking of shakespeare's henry vi blaze as the walls of the roses. but his marriage failed as he suffered a nervous breakdown only to re—emerge as laurence 0livier‘s successor as the director. he revelled in a new role. it is a very complex, stimulating job because it is both concerned with management and with art. he combined creative flair with art. he combined creative flair with a phenomenal workrate administrative skill and formidable powers of persuasion. he transferred national productions like amadeus to the commercial stage and later formed his own company to direct classics and new plays in london, bath and on tour. he loved opera too. and for six years was artistic director at glyndebourne where he demonstrated that an opera's director can be as important as its conductor. and he married an opera singer, the third of his four wives. he made films to, like this nostalgic portrayal of life in a suffolk village. he gets to hear, somewhere, heath trips. you will appreciate we can only do it once. it was shot mainly at weekends, using amateur actors. once. it was shot mainly at weekends, using amateuractors. he ended his career as the grand old man of british theatre. 0ur arts editor will gompertz is injohannesburg in south africa. that is the place to start, the grand old man of british theatre. his influence was enormous. extraordinary. you could go further and called him the godfather of modern british theatre. trevor nunn said he took theatre from a classical age into the modern age. it is not to understate matters at all to save sir peter hall was the most significant character in british theatre in the second half of the 20th century and maybe one of the biggest characters in the theatre of all time. his influence was extraordinary, from the very early stage, mid 20s, he put on waiting for godot, he was running a commercial theatre, he had put on a show every month. it landed on his desk, he didn't particularly understand it, he didn't think it would change theatre, he thought it might get them through august! but of course it became a sensation, went to the west end, and he said it changed his life, gave him stratford. shakespeare's changed his life, gave him stratford. sha kespeare's stratford memorial trust invited him to come and doa memorial trust invited him to come and do a summer season and he persuaded the trust that they shouldn't just persuaded the trust that they shouldn'tjust do a summer season of shakespeare, there should be a permanent theatre company that and thatis permanent theatre company that and that is when the rsc was founded. he was a radical man. most people were thinking let's just have something classical and nice and he decided to as he said blow away the cobwebs. he wa nted as he said blow away the cobwebs. he wanted to combine shakespeare was modernity. he put new writing right at the heart of that theatre. it gaveit at the heart of that theatre. it gave it a huge international reputation which survives today. then he did something very similar with what became the national theatre. small incubating production house at the old vic in london, he took it to the south bank centre and turned it into one of the world's great production companies, putting on plays which would have for decades. —— which would reverberate for decades. the man who went on to be the director of the national theatre summed him up by saying no young director in the theatre today it would have a job if it wasn't the sir peter hall, because he changed the game. he insisted on public subsidy, but he didn'tjust rely on it although he was very good at arguing for it, he also included a commercial impresario's rain. that makes british theatre so successful today. he created a business model for british theatre which you could say has given it a golden age in a 21st—ce ntu ry say has given it a golden age in a 21st—century which is the envy of the world. the long—running legal battle over who owns the royalties to this picture, the famous monkey cell—free, has been settled. the monkey lost. mr slater found himself ina monkey lost. mr slater found himself in a legal battle over the picture after animal rights campaigners argued that it should belong to the person who took it. producers at the bbc will no longer need to seek copyright clearance from the macaque, named in court papers as ‘naruto'. there is some windy weather over the next 2a hours, it will be the first autumn storm. before that, not bad out there, plenty of dry weather and sunshine, fewer showers than yesterday. any sure is that pop—up will not be as heavy as yesterday. maximum temperature is 14—18. rain pushes into the west, this is the storm, it will move its way in. it will give gusts of up to 55 miles an hour and will give gusts of up to 55 miles an hourand up to will give gusts of up to 55 miles an hour and up to 60 miles an hour. it is through the later stages of the night into the early hours of wednesday, we will see 75 mile an hour gusts. those are damaging winds, they could bring some trees down, power lines down, there could be power cuts until wednesday morning. travel disruption as possible. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines at 11.32. the uk's inflation rate climbed to its joint highest level in more than five years in august, reaching 2.9%. unions have threatened strikes unless a rise in public sector pay is granted. 6.5 million homes in florida — two thirds of the total — have been left without power in the wake of hurricane irma. a woman found dead at the bestival music festival was the daughter of holby city actorjohn michie. a 28—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. more to combine all of those stories, but first let's get the latest sports news. we expect roy hodgson to become the new manager today. he was contacted two weeks ago before the club's fourth league defeat in a row. he stood down from the england job following that defeat to iceland at last summer's european championship. they bought the brazilian to conquer europe. embarking is also there. it is the most expensive front line ever assembled. in other words celtic will be bracing themselves. they have put together a psg to win this competition, there is no question about that, and what they have been building over the last few years, but us, it is our attitude 12 months ago, getting ready for our first game. i didn't believe the level we would be at right now. if you ask me, the chance to win the title in england was the law. we changed it totally. the opinion of the people. i think that we are building something important in the present and for the future. you need time to do this. manchester city's keeper has trained ahead of the match tomorrow. he needed eight stitches in a facial wound. but he might be available for the match because he has trained. the northern ireland manager michael o'neill the northern ireland manager michael 0'neill has been arrested and charged in connection with drink—driving. martin 0'neill was stopped by police on the outskirts of edinburgh early on sunday morning. he is due to appear at edinburgh sheriff court on october ten — that is two days after northern ireland's final world cup qualifier against norway. each years after the terrorist attack on the sri lanka team in lahore, that killed eight people and injured six players, the most high—profile cricket match is set to take place in pakistan later today. the first of this week t20 games against a world 11 will be played in the city. pakistan have been forced to play their home matches in the united arab emirates since the attack. the germans as the series will serve to open the doors of an international cricket in pakistan. more now on the news that unions are threatening widespread co—ordinated strike action over the cap on public joining us from the annual trade union congress in brighton is the assistant general secretary of unison, christina mcanea. we wa nt we want to build towards changing the government's mind on the pay cap, we want to do everything we can, it is about having rallies and demonstrations, whatever it takes. we are doing a big campaign to lobby mps, particularly tory mps, saying to them you need to lift this pay cap and give public sector workers a decent pay rise. we all hope that strike action as we in the future, it is not something that will happen immediately. we want to use persuasion, we want to use other campaign tactics to bring the public with us and to persuade the public and mps to lift the pay cap. that is where my union is in terms of where we go and we are the biggest public sector union in the country and we think we have got our member with us. we have a good case to say what the pay cap means for our members, the pay cap means for our members, the hardships causing them and the impact it is having on public services and the public that use the services. they cannot retain excellent staff that they need and thatis excellent staff that they need and that is down to having this restricted pay cap that we have had for seven years. you have spoken about seeking a decent pay rise, what does that amount to? we have got different pay claims going in in different sectors. we are not putting an absolute figure on it across the public sector because each sector is slightly different. we have the pay review body for things like health, we have pay negotiations and the police and local government. and obviously it is the members themselves who decide what that they claim will be. talking of appending perhaps the decision we expect for prison officers and police, how indicative do you think that will be of the mindset of the government?” do you think that will be of the mindset of the government? i hope that what this means is that the government is taking a political decision and is recognising that having this pay cap is bad for public services. if what they are doing is going to cherry pick the visible bits of the public sector, the ones that the public see, police, fire, people in uniforms, i think that will be bad news. those people themselves will tell you that they depend on a whole team of people to enable them to do their job, and if all you do is give additional money to those people who are very visible in terms of the jobs they do, then that would be a disaster for public services and something we will react strongly to if that happens. there has been a lot of talk this morning for the interview from len mccroskey —— len mccluskey, if it comes to balancing your members, are you prepared as len mccluskey says like ears, to go ahead with strike action on a turnout of less than 50% of your members? i do not think it is about numbers or percentages at this point in time. the campaign is about can we change people's's maines, can we change the government's mains? we will look at all of these things when it comes up. we are looking at things like we want to get, if we get a ballot of more than 50% ago, that would be everyone's ideal. if you do not get it? do we do more smart action than... i have run a big national industrial action in the nhsa big national industrial action in the nhs a few years back. it is very difficult, it is not as easy as some people think. you need an issue that makes our members angry. i think we have got that with the, in terms of what we would do on a ballot turnout, my big thing is it will not come down to that. we will push the government to change their mind, if we do not then we take our members with us. thank you for speaking with us on with us. thank you for speaking with us on bbc news. prime minister theresa may has phoned us president donald trump over a threat to jobs at bombardier in belfast from a trade dispute. in 2016, canadian firm bombardier won an order to supply up to 125 planes to us airline delta. the wings for the planes are made at bombardier‘s belfast plant. however, rival aircraft firm boeing has complained to the us authorities that the deal was unfairly subsidised by the canadian state. 0ur ireland correspondent chris buckler is in belfast for us. this sounds confusing. it is threatening to be quite an issue? this is an international trade dispute involving canada and america. bombardier has had a long struggle. it has had a lot of difficulties and as a part of that it has had a lot of money concerns. at one stage, the quebec government student and supporting 1 million dollars of investment as a port. since then they have sold those planes. they are looking much more promising. but that has ruffled the feathers of some of its points, including boeing, which is one of its major rivals in the market. it has complained that that money was given as an unfair subsidy. it has made a complaint to the department of commerce saying that it should be allowed. the big worry here is that that could mean that punitive ta riffs that could mean that punitive tariffs are put in place, basically they will try and punish in some way by extra duty of extra taxes, to stop the plane from being, as boeing feels, unfairly position because of the extra money they came from the government in canada. this has been a big dispute going on for some time. the prime minister has stepped in because the wings of the ccd series are made in belfast. bombardier is a very significant employer here, it employs around 4000 employer here, it employs around a0 0 0 staff employer here, it employs around 4000 staff across northern ireland. the damage that could be done by losing those orders would really be felt here. she has felt that she has to step in and has therefore phoned the us president, donald trump, to make those feelings clear at this stage. which is in some ways quite an unusual development and quite well that reflects the effect the d uphas well that reflects the effect the d u p has with supporting the conservatives in government. thank you very much, chris butler. let's look at some of today's other developing stories: the united nations security council will impose further sanctions on north korea in response to its most powerful nuclear test yet. the measures, which restrict oil imports and ban textile exports, were approved unanimously but only after the united states softened its original proposals to win chinese and russian backing. government efforts to help schools keep hold of teachers do not appear to be working, according to the national audit office. a report by the spending watchdog found that tens of thousands of teachers are leaving the profession every year. but the government says there are now 15,000 more teachers than in 2010, and it is spending "significant sums" on recruitment. plans to dig a road tunnel near stonehenge have been approved by the government. it's hoped the scheme will ease congestion on the road which passes the ancient stone circle, but campaign groups are concerned it will damage the archaeology of the site and the wider environment. a 28—year—old man is being questioned about the death of a woman at a festival. 25—year—old louella michie was discovered in a wooded area at the bestival site on monday. she is the daughter of holby city and taggart actorjohn michie. correspondent has been following the story. what more do we know about this? the police were alerted around 1am yesterday morning over the concerns of a woman. 0nce 1am yesterday morning over the concerns of a woman. once they searched a wooded area, they discovered her body. police have arrested a 28—year—old man on suspicion of murder. they see to enable officers to conduct an interview under to hell establish the full circumstances. they are also conducting a postmortem examination which happened last night and we are awaiting further reports of that. for those who do not know bestival, it is a festival that takes place normally on the isle of wight, this was the first time it to place endorse that. —— in dorset. things proceeded back to normal after a short delay. bestival police are part of dorset police, theissued police are part of dorset police, the issued a warning about a blue pill that was doing the rounds. they said a had unknown chemicals in it. it was pale blue in colour and had a rolex logo on it. they asked anyone to deposit those pills into any of the amnesty bins they had around the festival. thank you very much. three men, including two british soldiers, have been charged with terror offences, including membership of a banned neo—nazi group. two other men have been released without charge. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first — the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the uk's inflation rate climbed to its joint highest level in more than five years in august, reaching 2.9%. public sector union are threatening strikes. boris johnson public sector union are threatening strikes. borisjohnson will travel to the caribbean today to visit british territories affected by hurricane irma. 900 british troops and aid is on its way. it is ten years since the bank northern rock sought support from the bank of england — a move which triggered the first major run on a british bank since 1866. the bank — which was based in newcastle was eventually nationalised and shareholders lost their investments. jamie is in newcastle for us. you can see behind me some of the iconic images of newcastle, the millennium bridge, the tyne bridge, the sage centre and of course northern rock was one of those iconic names. ten yea rs was one of those iconic names. ten years ago it was the time when the government said it was going to stand that ain't the bank, it was going to support it. all those pictures you saw at the time of those depositors lining up, trying to get their money out, they did not lose money. they got their money back. the people who did not get their money back where the shareholders. joining me now is the chairman of the small shareholders action association for northern loch —— northern rock. it is a long time. many would say you feel to win an appeal, you feel to get any cash out of the government, what makes you think you can get any money now. we have commissioned a review. it was a troubled time and panic time. what this review shows it is very comprehensive and based on official records. it gives you a compelling solution that the northern rock was treated so differently and unfairly from other banks in this country. the facts are that the taxpayer funded all the banks were huge amounts of money and the lost a huge fortune, 31 billion we estimate because of the banks and their misdemeanours. northern rock which was absolutely put through ropes completely, with criticism, they we re completely, with criticism, they were belittled, all of this, we said it was solvent at the time. it had valuable assets and decent mortgages, it has proven to be the case. the only people who lost out, where the shareholders. why didn't the government take 100% of the company? but it was said beforehand and fed brewery 2008, it was said that northern rock was worth nothing. there was no money to give back. the time the government it wishes, they were worth something. it was never worth nothing. goldman sachs told the time, the government, there was 115 million, 100 and £15 billion of good lending mortgages. the money from those mortgages including... all that money is all very good. either government going to add like an asset stripper? who are those people, the people who help those shares, either the businesses or are the individuals —— some of them worked in northern rock themselves. that was my pension gone. i am looking at the 150,000 small shareholders, gone. i am looking at the 150,000 smallshareholders, pensioners, those who are leaving for a their families. i am looking at the small shareholder who got nothing. we can show ina shareholder who got nothing. we can show in a report that it was contrived to take these assets deliberately by almost creating hysteria. this was an insolvent bank and it never was. it was going to make 9 million profit. all the other banks fiddled everything and cost the taxpayer everything. how much are you asking for? we would ask the government to... we are not demanding anything, we are not seeing anybody, we are seeing have a look at our report. what do you think when you see this report now, was that fair? you should put some of it back, to the people who own the assets which you have personal god, give it back to them. 2.8 billion which goldman sachs gave as figures to the government, that would be a start. you should recognise the bank was treated badly and people treated badly and could be an injustice that could be righted. the small shareholders action group from northern rock. it has been a long time, it has been ten years. but at the moment it does not seem to be an enormous amount of all because they have been to a number of appeals for this, there is no real hope that they will get their money back. back to you, rachel. scientists say a lack of evidence has led to inconsistent advice. and confusion among both mothers and health professionals. no analysis by the university of bristol studies dating back to the 1950s, suggests that having one small glass of wine twice a week, or four units that having one small glass of wine twice a week, orfour units in total, may result in a small increase in the chances of having a small baby or a premature birth. the scientists say there is so little research, it is difficult to be sure. we couldn't come up with a definite yes or no answer as to whether there is any harmful effect in drinking such low levels of alcohol. so there is still a lot of uncertainty as to whether it is safe or not safe for the child to be exposed of these low levels of alcohol. britain —— pregnant women who have had a drink and being reassured that they are unlikely to have harmed their baby but advice from both researchers and the uk chief medical officer is that it is best to completely abstain while pregnant or try to conceive on the grounds that it is better to be safe than sorry. there's dramatic footage from the world's most active volcano, in hawaii. new aerial pictures show streams of lava rolling down a thirty foot cone on mount kilauea. located on hawaii's largest and southeastern most island, kilauea has erupted continuously since 1983. sarah corker reports continuously since 1983. an early—morning flight over hawaii's vast lava fields and mount kilauea is putting on a show. streams of liquid lava ooze down the mountain at temperatures of up to 1200 celsius. its path notoriously hard to predict. this prolific volcano produces enough lava to cover a 20 mile road every single day. kilauea is located along the southern shore of hawaii's big island in the pacific 0cean. it's part of the hawaii volcano's national park, a unesco world heritage site. this particular eruption began in 2016 and this is where its dramaticjourney ends, flowing through a sea cliff and into the ocean. and three years ago, authorities declared at state of emergency as lava from kilauea edged towards homes and roads. the hawaiian islands are at the end of a chain of volcanoes that formed more than 70 million years ago, and since 1952, kilauea has erupted 34 times. and its summit is this spectacular lava lake, and this image of a huge lava fountain is from 1983. the volcano's been erupting ever since. scientists are unsure if the volcano will continue erupting for another 100 years or stop tomorrow. and millions of people visit every year, drawn to its unpredictable and ever—changing landscape. sarah corker, bbc news. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two.first we leave you with for a look at the weather. good morning. we have got the first named autumn storm moving in overnight tonight, storm aileen, which i will get onto in moment. in the afternoon, we are looking at sunny spells and the odd shower but it will turn wet and windy later on. here is that sunshine initially, here is the cloud in the west that is developing, that is storm aileen, it will move into the afternoon. there is lots of sunshine out there, it isa there is lots of sunshine out there, it is a pleasant afternoon for many, particularly to central and eastern parts. the shower is nowhere near as heavy as frequent as they were yesterday. let's have a look at things at four o'clock this afternoon, sunshine across the north—east of scotland, more sure are starting to move in and it will turn wet in northern ireland of the next few hours. that cloud and rain spreading its way west two wheels, but for most of england and wales, looking at are largely dry afternoon. 0ne looking at are largely dry afternoon. one or two showers here or there, temperatures getting to 14, 16 or 17 or there, temperatures getting to 14,16 or 17 degrees. here is or there, temperatures getting to 14, 16 or 17 degrees. here is storm aileen, you can see by the white lines, they are getting closer together and stronger winds. initial winds around 55 to 60 miles an hour. it is past midnight where the really strong winds will form across parts of north wales, southern areas of northern england and into lincolnshire. gusts up to 75 miles an hour. those sorts of winds are disruptive, they could bring some trees down, power lines down, by tomorrow morning trouble —— travel disruption as possible. stage and to the forecast. those severe deals will clean away swiftly on wednesday morning. 0n will clean away swiftly on wednesday morning. on wednesday, it is looking not too bad, still breezy conditions for some but the winds will be lighter, there will be sunny spells across areas, but a scattering of showers and top temperatures getting to 13-18dc. showers and top temperatures getting to 13—18dc. storm aileen will move to 13—18dc. storm aileen will move to the new continent, it gives some strong winds to the netherlands, belgium and southern areas of scandinavia, high pressured to the west, that will bring us a northerly wind. feeling chilly on thursday, that nor the —— brisk northerly wind. thursday there will be sunny spells and showers. stay up—to—date with the progress of aileen our website. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday: inflation rose to 2.9% last month — a stronger increase than expected — as the price of petrol and clothing climbed. public sector unions threaten strikes unless their demand for a pay rise above inflation is met. and yesterday was unanimous and that reflected every pa rt and yesterday was unanimous and that reflected every part of the public sector at all levels of work. but i think that tells the government that we are serious. the un says more than 300,000 rohingya muslims have now fled the violence and myanmar. they are facing a lack of shelter, food and health care as they arrive in refugee camps in bangladesh. a man's arrested on suspicion of murder — after the 25—year—old daughter of holby city actor john michie is found dead in the woods at bestival music festival. also, tributes are paid to sir peter hall — the founder of the royal shakespeare company and a director of the national theatre has died at the age of 86. give mea give me a stage and three actors and text and i have the confidence to know instinctively should be done. good afternoon. it's tuesday the 12th of september. welcome to bbc newsroom live. rising clothing and fuel prices have helped push up inflation to its highest rate since april 2012. inflation — as measured by the consumer price index — was 2.9% last month — compared with 2.6% injuly. our business correspondent ben thompson gave more details on the cause of the rise. inflation is the cost of living, it shows how quickly things don't work the price of things is rising. it has hit 2.9%. it was last at that level in may of this year and we thought that that might be the peak, and today's figure was actually expected to come in lower. why are prices rising so quickly? it is the cost of imported things, clothes, shoes, household goods. they are more expensive because after week voted to leave the eu the value of the pound fell. that means things we import from overseas are more expensive. it is the first indication we are getting that those things we buy from overseas are adding to the overall cost of the things that we buy. this is important because if you look at how quickly earnings are rising, they are going up by 2.1%, if prices are rising by nearly 3% and ways is —— wages by only 2.1%, we have a problem. it means in real terms we are feeling a bit worse off. if you look at the grass that shows the two together, it gives you an indication of the gap. the one that is higher at the right—hand side is the inflation, and wages are the bright red line. the gap between those two is the bit that means we feel worse off. this is why inflation is still a big issue in terms of policy. and when we're talking about inflation there is was the magnet magic figure we are striving for. we are not there. it is 2%, that is what the bank of england wants inflation to be. ina bank of england wants inflation to be. in a healthy economy prices rise gradually. you want to make sure they don't go up too quickly or too slowly or fall. in parts of europe recently we have had deflation, where prices are falling. it might sound good because prices get cheaper but people are put off buying things because they might get cheaper. i healthy growth would be that line going up slowly and steadily but you want both lines to go steadily but you want both lines to 9° up steadily but you want both lines to go up equally and as you can see they are crossed over midway through they are crossed over midway through the year. that is why it becomes a bit ofan the year. that is why it becomes a bit of an issue. next the bank of england says we might have hit the peak, it thought inflation would go up peak, it thought inflation would go up to about 3% before falling back. the other thing to bear in mind is this time last year the bank of england cut interest rates in the wa ke england cut interest rates in the wake of the brexit vote to help ease things and keep the economy ticking over. that meant money was cheaper to borrow so we used credit cards and racked up debts, so that is probably another reason we are seeing inflation rise. indications are it will start to ease a bit and hopefully we will get to a stage where prices are going up at the same rate as wages. for now it still seems there is a gap between what we are spreading out what we are earning. unions are threatening widespread coordinated strike action over the cap on public sector pay increases. the unite leader len mccluskey is the latest senior union figure to say walk—outs are now likely. he said the unions would take stronger action to oppose the wage cap on public sector workers. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster we may get some movement on the pay cap we may get some movement on the pay ca p story we may get some movement on the pay cap story shortly because we are expecting a written statement from the chancellor on the pay cap amid a flurry of reports over the weekend that the government would signal it was going to breach its 1% pay cap for the police and prison officers. these reports have not been denied by seniorfigures in these reports have not been denied by senior figures in government. this would be a hugely significant moment because that clamp down on pay with the five—year cap and a two—year pay freeze has been a backbone of the austerity on agenda since it was introduced back in 2010. we know in the wake of the election a lot of conservatives have been saying the government has to show it is listening, and responding to voters fatigue with austerity, and that call has come from notjust backbenchers but also senior figures in the cabinet. whether what it announces goes far enough to meet union demands is another matter altogether ignores the unions are demanding a blanket end to the cap for everyone, all the signs are today's announcement will just focus on the police and prison officers. they are also looking at a significant increase above the rate of inflation. the leader of the pcs union saying today his union would be looking for a 5% increase in pay and announcing he would be balloting his members on possible industrial action. well, each union would have to make its own decision but the motion we agreed yesterday was unanimous, and reflected every part of the public sector at all levels of work. i think it tells the government we are serious. in real terms it would look like something similar to what happened in 2010—11 when 29 years took strike action over pension cuts and 2 million workers took industrial action on the same day. we will start meeting and planning to ensure there is no divide and rule, to ensure they don't try to pit one set of workers off against another, and say everyone deserves a pay rise and we will work together to try to deliver that. in the general election we think the public gave a very clear signal, they supported the lifting of the pay cap, they supported a different economic approach that was against austerity, which is whyjeremy corbyn's labour party did much better than was forecast. and i think if there was a day of action where public sector workers all took action together, i think we would see a massive amount of support because people understand here, ithink, that their nurse or teacher or social worker are the people they really trust to look after them in their daily lives, not a government of millionaires that is in disarray, that is weak, that can find £1 billion for a deal with the dup but none of front line public service workers. the real difficulty in government face is not as the threat of industrial action by trade unions if the ending of the pay cap does not go far enough or is not large enough, it is the difficulty in finding the money to fund any easing of the pay cap in the first place. were it to be ended across the board, that could cost an extra £6 billion at a time when we know there is massive pressure on public finances. 0ne is massive pressure on public finances. one of the key areas we will have to examine today after the chancellor's written that statement is where is the money going to come from, and in particular will the police and prison service be expected to fund that rise themselves. there is a lot at stake in this announcement expected later today. just a piece of breaking news which relates to this. the gmb union has just announced the last few moments that workers at the sellafield nuclear site will strike on september 27, in a over pay. —— in a strike over pay. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, will travel to the british 0verseas territories in the caribbean later to see the devastation caused by hurricane irma. it's understood he'll visit the british virgin islands and anguilla, which were badly damaged by the storm. people living there have complained that help has not reached them quickly enough. 900 british troops, 50 police officers, and over 20 tonnes of aid are also on their way. jon donnison reports. more help is coming, but it's taking time. another raf cargo plane was loaded up last night at brize norton, en route to the caribbean. on board, medical supplies, emergency shelter, food and water. and later today hms 0cean will set sailfrom gibraltar, with a crew of 700 specialising in disaster relief. but it will take around 12 days to cross the atlantic. the government continues to have to answer criticism that it's been too slow to respond. the foreign secretary is going out there straightaway to report. the prime minister and i are working here back home, with the cobra emergency committee meeting every day, and we are starting work now on the longer—term reconstruction that is going to be needed. the british virgin islands have been devastated. this is a queue to get into a local supermarket on the island of tortola. people are hungry and helpless. some uk troops are already on the ground helping to distribute food and water, but the people here are british citizens, and many don't feel they're being treated as such. jon donnison, bbc news. meanwhile, in florida, the governor, rick scott, has urged people not to return to some areas because of the extensive damage caused by the hurricane. six and a half million homes in the state remain without power. the storm is continuing to push inland, bringing torrential rain to alabama and tennessee. sarah corker reports. imagine returning home to find this... irma has utterly ravaged the florida keys — buildings torn apart, belongings strewn along the roadside, and boats dumped onshore. a deadly combination of fierce winds and storm surges has left more than 6 million people in florida without power. the authorities said it would take weeks before electricity was fully restored. in some areas there is little or no fuel, and people are being warned to stay put. we've got down power lines all across the state, we've got roads that are impassable still across state, we've got debris all over the state. miami's financial district has been badly damaged, and just hours after the hurricane struck, looters arrived. night time curfews have now been imposed. several cities remain flooded. this is jacksonville. people have been told to watch for alligators and snakes in the floodwaters. hurricane irma may have been downgraded to a tropical depression, but it keeps causing misery as it pushes north and further inland. this is the picture in south carolina. next in its path, alabama and tennessee. irma isn't finished yet. sarah corker, bbc news. three men, including two british soldiers, have appeared in court charged with terror offences including membership ofa terror offences including membership of a band neo—nazi group. two other men have been released without charge. tom is that the court. these three men are 22,32 and 24. the two servicemen are both serving with the royal anglian regiment. 0ne servicemen are both serving with the royal anglian regiment. one man is serving in cyprus where he was arrested last week and the other was in wales where he was arrested. they are alleged to be members of a group called national action which is a far right extremist neo—nazi group. it was legal last year to be a member. they paraded openly in various parts of the country. there are videos online. now it is banned because in december of last year the government decided to prescribe the organisation. these three men are accused of being active members of national action and communicating on chat services. they are also accused, two of them, of possessing materials likely to be of use in terrorism. 0ne materials likely to be of use in terrorism. one of them is also accused of posting racially insightful messages on an extremist website. the only real part of today's are hearing that we can report is that this case will next be heard at the old bailey on the zist be heard at the old bailey on the 21st of september. but we can also say that the 22—year—old, the man who was not a member of the armed services, as the charges were read out he said, i am a prisoner of conscience and i believe i am innocent of these charges. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: there has been stronger than expected increase to inflation with the figure rising to 2.9% last month as the price of petrol and climbed. public sector unions are threatening whites treads breaks unless that i drew a pay rise above inflation is met. and the un says more than 300,000 rohingya muslims have now fled the violence in myanmar. they are facing a lack of shelter, no food and no health care as they arrive in refugee camps in bangladesh. let's go to sports news now. there's a busy night of football ahead. it is the start of the champions league group stage this evening and may mark, the world's most expensive footballer is in glasgow ‘s take on celtic. he will have help from paris st germain. they bought him for 200 million to try to help them conquer europe. also in their ranks is one who will eventually cost them is 166 million at the most expensive ever assembled. they were put together to win this competition. there is no question. the quality they have and what they have been building over the last few years, but fuss, it is our attitude, 12 months ago, getting ready for our first game, i didn't believe we were near the level we are at now. also playing tonight manchester united returning to the competition after a season out. they face a swiss side. premier league champions chelsea are also at home and face champions league debutants from azerbaijan. this could be the new crystal palace manager. the former manager was sacked afterjust five games in charge. the new manager was contacted five weeks ago. he has worked for various teams. he stood down from the england job following defeat to iceland. that was at last summer's european championship. the northern ireland by manager has been arrested and charged in direction with drink—driving. he was stopped by police on the outskirts of edinburgh early on sunday morning. he is due to appear on october ten at edinburgh sheriff court. chris frew will look to round off what has been an outstanding season with a time trial try title. 0n an outstanding season with a time trial try title. on sunday he became the first man the 39 years to win the first man the 39 years to win the tour de france and the welter to a spaniard titles in the same season. next he will start on sunday. that is all the sport for now. i will be back after the one o'clock news. no shelter, no food and no health care — that's the deadly combination facing many rohingya muslims as they arrive in refugee camps in bangladesh. the un says more than 300 thousand rohingyas have now left myanmar. and still they continue to flood out, escaping the violence in rakhine state — in cox's bazar in bangladesh, near the border. bangladesh's prime minister — sheikh hasina — hasjust visited one of the biggest camps and pledged her commitment to the refugees but also had some sharp criticism for the myanmar government.. my colleague reeta chakrabarti is in the kutu—palong refugee camp in cox's bazar it is nearly three weeks since this crisis began and conditions for the over 300,000 refugees who have poured in are really pitiful. you can see behind me people who are in shelters that they have made themselves from bamboo and top alin. ina themselves from bamboo and top alin. in a sense they are the lucky ones. they have had the means to buy those materials. we have seen other people who are sitting on beanbags by the roadside and others who are just standing under trees in the forest as if they have either not got the means to buy anything for themselves or they have simply run out of the energy and the will to do anything. into this misery today came the bangladeshi prime minister to see for herself the conditions in which people are living and she had some sharp words of criticism for them myanmar government. they should have not allow the army or the law enforcement agencies to attack the common people. what is the crime of the children or women or the innocent people? they are not responsible. well, with more on the premise's visit and the conditions here on the ground here is our south asia correspondence. so this is the motorcade of sheikh hasina, the prime minister of bangladesh. she has been visiting the refugee camps — one of the main refugee camps today — and this is a very significant moment in the development of this growing refugee crisis. she gave a clear commitment to the rohingya refugees that had fled over the borderfrom myanmar. she described what is being done to them as inhuman. she called it a violation of their human rights. we are one of the most densely populated countries in the world, she said, still we are sheltering them. we will stand by them. she said that bangladesh wants good relations with myanmar but it will not tolerate injustice. yesterday in parliament she talked about atrocities being committed by myanmar against the rohingya people. she urged the international community to stop the killing of what she called innocent people, and she also asked the world to remember the fact that bangladesh understands what it is like to be a refugee. she asked people to remember how many bangladeshis were exiled during the 1971 independence war — so, she said, we understand your plight. but at the same time there is growing criticism here of the way in which the refugee aid is being organised. we still see incredibly chaotic scenes. the bangladeshi government is imposing restrictions on where different aid bodies and aid agencies can operate, and that is one of the reasons why you still see such chaotic scenes here and why so many refugees are telling us they have had no help whatsoever. so, despite all the visit of the prime minister, growing criticism of the way bangladesh is organising this crisis. that was our south asia correspondence. just picking up on what he was saying about age, it is very obvious on the ground that there is not enough and there is no coordination of it. bangladesh is a poor country and that the best of times it has trouble delivering good services for its own people. today the united nations has announced a major airlift of aid and it is hoped that will help alleviate conditions on the ground, but i think many people also think that with this visit by the bangladeshi prime minister there is now a tacit acknowledgement that like it or not this is bangladesh's problem and it is hoped by many people who want to see better conditions here that things will get better now with the help of the government but also with more international attention. back to you, rachel. let's get more on the news that the unions are threatening coordinated strike action over the cap on public sector pay increases. joining me now from the annual trades union congress in brighton is the general secretary of the prison association. thank you. obviously a great deal of thought at the moment about how to overturn that public sector pay cap. how optimistic are you of getting a dealfor how optimistic are you of getting a deal for your members? there how optimistic are you of getting a dealfor your members? there is talk of potentially some announcement upcoming. there has been a lot of speculation over the past few weeks in relation to prison officers. in reality, we have heard nothing as yet. i would say in relation to it, if it is announced today or tomorrow, anything under 2.9% which is the rate of inflation would once again bea is the rate of inflation would once again be a pay cut for our members and that is something my members have suffered since 2010. pay cuts year—on—year. if an offer is forthcoming which is below the rate of inflation what would be your response? we would certainly, our initial response would be it is inadequate and it is another pay cut for the thousands of our members who doa for the thousands of our members who do a vitaljob on behalf of society and in very dangerous circumstances. prison officers and operational support make the bulk of up membership. we also have others in the nhs who have been treated appallingly as well. would that mean then you would look to ballot your members on industrial action if you did not get the deal you were looking for? we have a policy by our executors that we will do an indicative ballot of our operational support greats, because as you well know the government runners into court to obtain a permanent injunction to stop us from taking any form of action for prison officer greats. they hide behind the courts. i would officer greats. they hide behind the courts. iwould much officer greats. they hide behind the courts. i would much rather they came and had collective bargaining with us to treat prison officers effectively, give them a decent pay rise, make sure the staffing numbers are adequate, but the reality is they would rather hide behind the courts. we have a policy that we will ballot our members anyway, once it is known from the pay review body, to see if our members access to that pay rise. so we will be doing indicative ballots and if necessary those who can take action, we will coordinate that with other unions if necessary. the government may well surprise prison officers and related greats today and give as and related greats today and give as a5% and related greats today and give as a 5% rise but i doubt it. as you a 596 rise but i doubt it. as you say, you are constrained to the nature of the work of the people you represent in terms of strike action. you said you would be looking to support potentially other public sector workers. do you think we will then see a very co—ordinated response to the feel that there is a need for strikes? we have passed a composite motion about coordinated action and action campaigns, to smash and get rid of this dreadful pay cap. we have endured it since 2010. it is not a pay cap, it is actually a pay cut that our members have had since 2010. most of our members have seen their pay reduced by £14000 to members have seen their pay reduced by £4000 to their detriment. that is not acceptable for the job they do. we will work with other trade unions in coordinated action for sections of our members that can legitimately be balloted. we will not be taking this lying down. i urge government to start treating poa members properly across the country and give us properly across the country and give us the deserving pay rises that they warrant because they do a vitaljob in keeping society safe. and we all know the crisis within our prisons, we are seeing it day in, day out. there is not a day that passes that something hasn't happened in the prison service. the reality is we will work with our fellow trade unions, coordinated action, and that is what the pla will do in the coming weeks and months if we get below inflation pay rises. one final thought. i imagine with pay freezes as they have been for some time there is a lot of sympathy among the public for ha rd—pressed there is a lot of sympathy among the public for hard—pressed public sector workers, many people will themselves be struggling whether they work in the public or private sector. there is also a recognition that a pay increase would mean the government having to find a lot of money, one estimate says a pay increase of 5% fall public sector workers could cost the government £9 billion. that is a lot of to find. to be honest, they seem to find money when they want to, to do a deal with the dup of £1 billion. they also give themselves a 10% pay rise and they are public sector workers. so the reality is we are not asking for favours, we are asking forjustice. 0ur not asking for favours, we are asking forjustice. our members are under pressure the same as other public sector members and pipe private sector members as well. this should never be a race to the bottom on terms and conditions of pay. we are asking for anything outrageous, we are asking to bring us back to the table our members can actually feed theirfamilies, the table our members can actually feed their families, pay their mortgages and rents. the reality is my members across the board have suffered pay cuts of £4000 on average. thank you very much. the long—running legal battle over who owns the royalties to this picture — the famous "monkey selfie" — has been settled. the monkey lost. david slater, from monmouthshire in south east wales, found himself in a legal battle over the picture, after animal rights campaigners argued that the image should belong to the individual who took it, rather than the owner of the camera. producers at the bbc will no longer need to seek copyright clearance from the macaque, named in court papers as ‘naruto'. and now the weather. some wet and very windy weather heading our way through this evening and overnight. it is all associated with this bank of cloud which the met office have named as the first of the season, storm aileen. ahead of it we will have sunshine schubert showers, probably fewer than yesterday, but rain gathering later and the winds strengthening as well. gusts of 40 to 50 miles an hour, 60 miles an hourfor to 50 miles an hour, 60 miles an hour for western and southern coast and fora time hour for western and southern coast and for a time overnight stretching from northern england down towards the midlands we could see gusts of around 75 mph. likely to be some damage and disruption in places. certainly doubt some disruption on the roads. keep an eye on your local radio for the full details. some disruption to travel and transport we re disruption to travel and transport were a morning is that storm slowly clears eastwards and gales along east coast for a time. as it pushes eastwards behind it another day of sunshine and showers. not quite as windy but still quite cool with ties between 14 and 18. this is bbc newsroom live with me rachel schofield. the headlines at 12.31. the uk's inflation rate climbed to itsjoint highest level in more than five years last month, reaching 2.9%. unions have threatened strikes unless a rise in public sector pay is granted. six and a half million homes in florida — two thirds of them — have been left without power in the wake of hurricane irma. a woman found dead at the bestival music festival yesterday was the daughter of holby city actorjohn michie. a 28—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. the founder of the royal shakespeare company and former national theatre director, sir peter hall, has died aged 86. let's get more now on the devastation caused by hurricane irma. irma has already caused billions of dollars in damage, with those places hit braced for a prolonged period of recovery. it's estimated that the caribbean alone has suffered more than $10 billion in damage. we can get more on this with the disaster analysis specialist. these kind of figures are extraordinary. yes, they are indeed. they haven't been seen on this scale ever. we are looking at 12.7 billion across the caribbean, not including the us, this is a huge cost for this region. how do you set about calculating these figures? we have calculated this based on a database. what we have done is used building vulnerabilities, you use a huge amount of data on the value of buildings and then reuse —— we work out what the losses are in these regions. we work out the cost for each region. what kind of situation will these islands be in in terms of insurance and sources of funding they can now draw on? it is very difficult, at least for a d islands of the uk, the british virgin islands, this is a 2 billion dollar loss that they are going to face. the difficulty comes, these islands are very the difficulty comes, these islands are very small and they are very reliant on hotels, so reliant on the tudors sector. some of these countries have up to 85% of their open —— output based on the tudors industry. this is a loss of a lot of people's livelihoods. and so long term recovery plan is needed to bring the hotel structure back in a more resilient way, because we know that there will be further caribbean storms that will come in the future. although this was the largest ever, there are at least seven storms since 1900, that if they were to occur today, would have losses exceeding this. so we can expect in the next 20 years there will be a loss of this nature again. when we look at the rebuilt costs of businesses and so on, we could people expect to see money coming back into the island, other private investors who will see this as an opportunity or is it the question that it can look fairly hopeless? yes, i think that it will depend on which ireland you look at. —— which ireland. we will then be actually able to put a foothold in the market. but, again, other islands where they have lost all of their infrastructure, it is going to seem quite hopeless for a while because of the two lists do not come back, we will see again they will have lost their livelihoods. the do not have large enough natural resources where they can do anything apart from tourism. thank you very much. the line a little bit clunky there, we will have to leave that there. a man hailed as a "homeless hero" after the manchester arena bombing has pleaded not guilty to two counts of theft and two counts of attempted theft at manchester crown court. chris parker is alleged to have stolen a purse and its contents belonging to the grandmother of a teenager killed in the attack. 0ur correspondent judith moritzjoins us from manchester crown court. judith, tell us a little more. this was a short hearing this morning, a pre—trial hearing, which chris parker was asked how he will plead to the four offences with which she is charged. he pleaded not guilty to all four of them. they include two cou nts all four of them. they include two counts of theft, and two counts of attempted theft. he is accused of stealing a purse belonging to pauline healey, who is the grandmother of a 14—year—old girl killed in the manchester arena explosion. he pleaded not guilty to stealing that purse, he also pleaded not guilty to stealing an iphone six from another teenager who we cannot name legally. and he pleaded not guilty to attempting to steal a bag and also a court belonging, the way the court put it, belonging to people unknown. they have not identified the owners of those belongings but they have tried chris burke of trying to steal them. he pleaded not guilty to all four of those charges, this will recede to trial. the rest of the hearing was dealt with the administration around that. chris parker will go on trial on the 2nd of january. you that. chris parker will go on trial on the 2nd ofjanuary. you may remember that he is the man, 33—year—old chris parker, who was sleeping rough on the night of the manchester arena explosion and he became fairly well known at the time because he spoke to reporters at the arena that night, telling them that he had gone in to help people that evening and a charitable fund was set up in his name. judith, for now, thank you very much. alleyne of breaking news from the rmt union. they have an news that their workers greater anglia have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike in a dispute over the role of guards and driver only trains. the transport union saying that on greater anglia, their workers will go on strike. no details yet as to the data form of that strike. just a short piece of breaking news. a 28—year—old man is being questioned about the death of a woman at a festival. 25—year—old louella michie was discovered in a wooded area at the bestival site on monday. she is the daughter of holby city and taggart actorjohn michie. our news corresponent, chi chi izundu, has been following this story, and is here with me now. what more do we know? police were alerted over the concerns of—year—old woman on the edge of the festival in a wooded area at about one o'clock yesterday morning. they found the body of 25—year—old louella michie. they have updated a statement saying that the postmortem they conducted on their body yesterday was inconclusive as it showed no clear signs of assault. they therefore need time to take on further tests, including toxicology tests to determine whether she had taken any su bsta nces determine whether she had taken any substances and to determine whether anything else happened under suspicious circumstances. a 28—year—old man who had been arrested on suspicion of murder and supply of a controlled class a drug continues to assist officers. they have applied for an extension to question him. herfatherjohn did issue a statement yesterday saying that he and his wife ask for the privacy of their family be respected and he was quoted in the sun newspaper this morning saying, we have lost angel. it is not murder, they were friends, it was a tragic mistake, tragic accident. thank you very much indeed. 0ne mistake, tragic accident. thank you very much indeed. one other tribute coming in, this from the directors of tiffa ny coming in, this from the directors of tiffany theatre college where louella michie attended. she was a very gifted student, who was well loved by everybody, peers and mentors alike. is she had a wonderful ability to light up a room with a smile and make everyone feel happy. 0ur with a smile and make everyone feel happy. our hearts thoughts and prayers are with the family at this time. that statement being put out by this tiffany theatre college. it is 1241. let's look at some of today's other developing stories. the united nations security council will impose further sanctions on north korea in response to its most powerful nuclear test yet. the measures, which restrict oil imports and ban textile exports, were approved unanimously but only after the united states softened its original proposals to win chinese and russian backing. the government plans to keep contributing to eu defence operations and will agree joint foreign policy positions with europe after brexit. in the latest of its position papers, ministers will offer the eu a "deep security partnership" against terrorism, cyber crime and illegal immigration. the government will also promise co—operation in imposing sanctions on other states. government efforts to help schools keep hold of teachers do not appear to be working, according to the national audit office. a report by the spending watchdog found that tens of thousands of teachers are leaving the profession every year. but the government says there are now 15,000 more teachers than in 2010, and it is spending "significant sums" on recruitment. plans to dig a road tunnel near stonehenge have been approved by the government. it's hoped the scheme will ease congestion on the road which passes the ancient stone circle, but campaign groups are concerned it will damage the archaeology of the site and the wider environment. for a full summary of the news you can go to our website where you'll be able to get more details. you saw his picture there. one of the greatest names in british theatre, sir peter hall, has died at the age of eighty—six. a former director of the national theatre, sir peter hall staged the first english language performance of the samuel beckett play, waiting for godot, when he was 24, and at 29, he founded the royal shakespeare company. nick higham looks back at his life. i think she wants to be that side of the camera. give me a stage and three actors and a text and i have the confidence to know instinctively what should be done. he started as britain's most talented young director, charismatic and adventurous. samuel beckett's waiting for godot was a theatrical bombshell. atjust 24, peter hall directed the premiere. at stratford aged 29 he created the royal shakespeare company. not bad for the working—class son of a railwayman. we are not going to read the play, embarrass each other and ourselves. it was a company of international standard which attracted the very best actors. peggy ashcroft was one, here in an early hall triumph, a reworking of shakespeare's henry vi plays as the wars of the roses. but his marriage failed as he suffered a nervous breakdown only to re—emerge as laurence 0livier‘s successor as the director of the new national theatre. he revelled in the new role. it is a very complex, stimulating job because it is both concerned with management and with art. he combined creative flair with a phenomenal workrate, administrative skill and formidable powers of persuasion. he transferred national productions like amadeus to the commercial stage and laterformed his own company to direct classics and new plays in london, bath and on tour. he loved opera too, and for six years was artistic director at glyndebourne where he demonstrated that an opera's director can be as important as its conductor. and he married an opera singer, maria ewing, the third of his four wives. he made films too, like this nostalgic portrayal of life in a suffolk village. he gets to here, somewhere — he trips. you will appreciate we can only do it once. it was shot mainly at weekends, using amateur actors. he ended his career as the grand old man of british theatre. sir peter hall who has died at the age of 86. here are the headlines. there's been a stronger than expected increase to inflation — with the figure rising to 2.9% last month as the price of petrol and clothing climbed. public sector unions are threatening wide spread strikes unless their demand for a pay rise above inflation is met. the un says more than 300,000 rohingya musilims have now fled the violence in myanmar — they are facing a lack of shelter, no food and no health care — as they arrive in refugee camps in bangladesh. now its time for business — and it is ten years since the bank northern rock sought support from the bank of england — a move which triggered the first major run on a british bank since 1866. the bank — which was based in newcastle was eventually nationalised and shareholders lost their investments. in newcastle, i think most people know the importance of northern rock. it was founded here over 100 yea rs, rock. it was founded here over 100 years, important to the local economy. it had one thing about it which made it almost unique and that was something cold the northern rock foundation, a charitable organisation, which received 5% of its profits every year. that was another thing that made it so special to the people of the north—east. i am joined special to the people of the north—east. iam joined by special to the people of the north—east. i am joined by the former chairman of the northern rock foundation. tell me about how this organisation works. it was set up by the bank but was set up as an independent body it had a remit to help the people of the north east. we set about with the cash that the bank devers to pick on groups of people who we felt were otherwise marginalised and not getting help from anywhere else. we focused on children who had mental health problems, who had disabilities, who we re problems, who had disabilities, who were perhaps the subject of sexual abuse, elderly people with dementia, domestic abuse in the warm, all of these kinds of needs. we help those charities to help themselves up on their feet. what happened to it after northern rock went under? we had quite a bit stored awayjust in case things like this might have happened. we were able to go for another five years or so. some of the causes we picked up on which we re the causes we picked up on which were unpopular then i'm probably more popular now. such as? the sexual abuse on children is something the police picked up on. dementia has been picked up as well. we tried quite hard to bring other national charities to come into the region, those kind of charities moved into the region to take up the slack. but there does not mean there wasn't suffering. there are lots of organisations that are not doing as well as they did then. you were a shareholder in an unusual sense. what has happened to that status? when the bank nationalised, was nationalised by the government, we became a 15% national —— shareholder at the time. the bank was not insolvent, even though it was in liquid. when we applied for kind of recompense, they were not prepared to give as any. what has turned out to give as any. what has turned out to be the case is that the bad banks, it was a profitable bank and it looks as if the government could have made anything up to £8 billion from the process. we have been saying to them, some of that is yours, you took the risk. but surely some should come back to the communities as well who has suffered from the process. a lot of shareholders have tried to get money out of the government from what is expected to be as a prophet, could be8 expected to be as a prophet, could be 8 billion or more other less. what do you reckon your chances are? iam not what do you reckon your chances are? i am not sure. we have tried very ha rd i am not sure. we have tried very hard with the chancellor to get some help. jeremy corbyn has been strong backer of us getting some compensation. thank you very much indeed. it is still looking back over these last ten years, when you look back to those queues of people outside northern rock, many people thought they were the losers. they we re thought they were the losers. they were not. anyone who lost money, apart from those who lostjobs, were actually the shareholders. as yet, they have nothing. rachel, back to you. prime minister theresa may has phoned us president donald trump over a threat to jobs at bombardier in belfast from a trade dispute. in 2016, canadian firm bombardier won an order to supply up to 125 planes to us airline delta. the wings for the planes are made at bombardier‘s belfast plant. however, rival aircraft firm boeing has complained to the us authorities that the deal was unfairly subsidised by the canadian state. to explain more, our ireland correspondent, chris buckler explains. this is an international trade dispute involving canada and america. bombardier has had a long struggle with its c—series passengerjet. it has had a lot of difficulties and as a part of that it has had a lot of money concerns. at one stage, the quebec regional government stepped in to help, and by offering 1 million dollars of support of investment. since then the c—series jethas managed to sell those planes to delta. the c—series is looking much more promising. but, of course, that has ruffled the feathers of some of its opponents, including boeing, who is one of its major rivals in the market. and it has complained that it feels that that money that was given by the regional govenrnment of quebec amounts and as a result, it has made a complaint to the department of commerce saying that it shouldn't be allowed. now the big worry here is that that could mean that punitive tariffs are put in place, basically they would try and punish in some way by putting in place extra duty or extra taxes, to stop the plane from being, as boeing feels, unfairly positioned because of the extra money that came from the government in canada. this has been a big dispute going on for some time. but theresa may has stepped in because the wings of the c—series are made in belfast. bombardier is a very significant employer here, it employs around 4000 staff across northern ireland. and so the damage that could be done by losing c—series orders would really be felt here. she has felt that she has to step in and has therefore phoned the us president, donald trump, to make those feelings clear at this stage. which is in some ways quite an unusual development and probably reflects the power that the dup have, who are surrently supporting the conservatives in government. thousands of terminally ill children in the uk are getting poor palliative care, according to researchers today. almost 50,000 children have life—limiting or life—threatening conditions, but many of their families struggle to get enough support to care for them at home, because the services they need aren't cooperating properly. breakfast‘s john maguire reports. seven—year—old, logan, had brain damage before he was born. during his short life he spent long spells in hospital. now, at home, the living room is the only place large enough for his bed. he requires constant care. even a five—minute chat in the kitchen is interrupted by an alarm. i'll get it. it is beeping. his parents say the staff who helped them are fantastic, but it is a constant battle to make sure logan and the family receive the support they need. we fought for a long time to get a package. it is only recently he has been very poorly and we have managed to secure a package of care that is actually starting to make an impact in helping us as a family. even with the care package we have got, she is still housebound, stuck indoors everyday, while i go out to work. she is stuck in all day, every day, day and night. she cannot get out because there is not the facility to go out to give him enough care to make it safe for him. children that once died in infancy are living longer and with more complex needs. there are some fantastic charities, fantastic children's hospitals providing support. but what we find too often is that the funding of those organisations is lacking. last year we found there was a 61% cut in funding for children's palliative care. that can only have one thing, a negative impact on it. a report out today by the university for policy research looks at how various aspects of death, dying, and palliative care are dealt with across the uk. it finds disparities in how people are looked after, and says scotland is leading the way, and other nations should follow suit. so far, the evidence shows they are running with a reforming culture. i think part of that is principally to do with actually determining what the welfare state in scotland will look like. this is about cradle to grave. we have to make sure the citizens are looked after until they die. the department of health in england says it wants all families to receive high—quality and compassionate and tailored care. both wales and northern ireland have recently updated their policies. also the day, the national institute for health and care excellence publishes its standard for end of life care for children in england and a commitment to better support families who want their children to spend their precious final days in their own home. john maguire, bbc news. in a moment the news at one with sophie raworth. first the weather with aina. hello, some wet and windy conditions. storm aileen is coming our way. a better day for many, fewer showers than yesterday. winds will be strong for a time, but they will be strong for a time, but they will be strong for a time, but they will be strengthening from the west, and persistent rain pushing in from northern ireland, that pushing into scotla nd northern ireland, that pushing into scotland through the evening. here the winds are not such a feature, but the winds will be strengthening through england, outbreaks of rain pushing their way. heavy and persistent rain over wales, a strong wind over the hills and along the coast and strong and gusty winds will be affecting south west england and starting to push their way eastwards a cross and starting to push their way eastwards across the channel coast. for a time this evening, drier further east by the winds will strengthen. it is the winds that are causing is concerned, we have an amber warning from the met office. some very strong gusts through this evening and overnight. 50 mph to 60 miles an hour. there is an area stretching from northern england to england which for a time overnight could see gusts reaching 75 mph, thatis could see gusts reaching 75 mph, that is enough to bring some damage to places. there is likely to be some disruption to travel this evening and overnight. it could be a tricky commute in some places tomorrow morning. there could be some branches of trees down in places. there is a slow improvement tomorrow, along the eastern side of the country, as that area of low pressure falls away. then we have a day of sunshine and showers and those pushing through quickly, still with strong winds but not as strong as overnight. highs between 14—18dc, as overnight. highs between 14—18dc, a similarsetup as as overnight. highs between 14—18dc, a similar setup as we go through wednesday. we have a strong north—westerly wind and there will be further showers at times, no we are immune from seeing a sudden downpour on thursday. giving the winds, temperatures between 13—15dc. a pay rise for police and prison officers as the government begins to relax the public sector pay cap. police officers in england and wales — and prison officers will be among the first to see their salaries rise after years of public pay restraint. as unions are calling for the pay freeze to be scrapped for all public sector workers. the motion we agreed yesterday was unanimous and that reflected every part of the public sector, at all levels of work. we'll have the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime. casualty. the cost of living climbs as inflation reaches its highest as they go head—to—head on the royal shakespeare company casualty. and fuel prices. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, flies to the caribbean amid criticism of britain's response to hurricane irma.

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