the prime minister says there needs to be greater flexibility on public sector pay amid union criticism that the pay awards announced yesterday for police and prison officers were still below inflation. also in the next hour, warning from the president of the european commission that the uk will soon regret leaving the eu. in his annual address to the european parliament, jean—claude juncker says there is a window of opportunity to build a stronger, more united union. and the robot making its debut as the conductor of an orchestra in italy. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. private healthcare firm spire has agreed to pay over £27 million to help victims of a rogue breast surgeon, who carried out unnecessary operations. ian paterson was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent, relating to nine women and one man in april. spire has agreed to pay £27.2 million in all, with £10 million coming from paterson's insurers and the heart of england trust. the money will be transferred into a fund for around 750 victims. we can go live to phil mackie, who is in our birmingham newsroom with the latest. the criminal trial dealt with victims of ian paterson who had had surgery unnecessary. there was nothing wrong with them, they had breast removed or other surgery. the civil case involved many more of those but also a lot of people who underwent something called a cleavage sparing technique, which only paterson as a breast surgeon ever used, in which he removed part of the breast tissue but not all of it, allowing the potentialfor the tumours to return. the settlement in total, including the money given by the insurers and the nhs, is around £37 million. 750 victims, we are talking about although the figure could rise as a result of the fact that there is a deadline of october next year the claimants to come forward. many of the victims i have been speaking to say it still doesn't answer all of the questions they would like to ask. these are just some of hundreds of patients who were either operated on unnecessarily underwent untested surgery unnecessarily underwent untested surgery in which potentially cancerous cells were left behind after their breasts were removed. ian paterson is serving a 20 year prison service mark of the late sentence after being convicted of seven counts of wounding with intent and three of unlawful wounding at trial earlier this year. there were many more victims whose lives were devastated. 0ne many more victims whose lives were devastated. one of the country's leading breast surgeon was asked to review more than 150 cases. what you quickly realised was patients were being misled about their radiology reports, about the pathology results and he must have thought that nobody would ever read his notes. i think he could very well be called a rogue ora he could very well be called a rogue or a medical conman. it raises many questions about how paterson was recruited and monitored. the disgraced breast surgeon was allowed to continue to practice, despite concerns from colleagues. the bbc has obtained the cvs the paterson used to get senior posts. in one, which is 56 pages long, there are only two short passing references to breast surgery, even though he was quickly allowed to specialise in that area. the settlement involves hundreds of cases that were due to be dealt with in a high court damages action. they involve patients who were treated up to private spire hospitals, this one in solihull and at another in sutton coldfield. it won't even be the final figure coldfield. it won't even be the finalfigure for coldfield. it won't even be the final figure for compensation. his nhs patients are expected to be paid millions more. phil mackie, bbc news. well, obviously, people still wa nt to news. well, obviously, people still want to know how he was able to carry on with the surgery, both in the private sector as well as in the nhs when people were raising questions, prolonged period of time, and nothing seemed to be done about it. that's something that i know the victims really want to be answered ina public victims really want to be answered in a public inquiry. it doesn't seem like we are ever going to get anything like this. and when you divide that large sum of money between the large number of victims in this case, and all of the problems they have had to endure because of ian paterson, it doesn't amount toa because of ian paterson, it doesn't amount to a lot of money. it is probable that it brings some kind of satisfaction that ultimately no kind of closure. phil mackie reporting live from birmingham. the prime minister has announced an extra £25 million in aid for british caribbean territories which have been devastated by hurricane irma. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has arrived in the british virgin islands this afternoon to see for himself the full extent of the damage. there'd been criticism that the uk's response to the disaster was too slow, but mrjohnson said the british response had been "extremely fast". a thousand troops have now been deployed to help with the recovery operation. 0ur correspondent sarah campbell reports. before the hurricane, this was paradise. now, the majority of the homes and businesses on the british virgin islands, as across much of the caribbean, lie in ruins. the priority is providing food and water and shelter to those desperately in need. it's a huge task. i've been round the british virgin islands and i've been here on anguilla and the scale of destruction, particularly on the british virgin islands, is absolutely staggering. when you're walking around and seing the bark has been stripped off trees, it's quite extradordinary. it's quite extraordinary. the resilience of the people, it's incredible that they are getting on with it and trying to tidy up and get themselves back on their feet. criticism of the uk's response to the crisis has been rebutted by the foreign secretary, who is currently in the region. 1,000 british troops are now on the ground, with more on the way. the flagship of the navy fleet, hms ocean, is en route, loaded with more than 200 palletes of supplies including bottled water, bedding and baby milk. these legit! arrige in. the hum—eggs. .. ,, , ., , , ,, hit region in the coming days. government's response, bringing together military aid and consular effort, and today i am announcing a further £25 million to support the recovery effort, further to the £32 million of assistance i announced last week. 0n the ground, however, there remains a sense among some local people that the relief operation has not been as effective as it should have been. i think they've tried, they made early announcements but they are utterly clueless as to the difficulty of the logistics operations to get things to the bvi. before a hurricane, it is always before a hurricane, it is almost four days from miami for supplies, and the port is full of damaged boats, sunk boats, debris. in florida, the clean—up continues. residents must now count the cost — tourists, finally able to leave, have been arriving back in britain. there were palm trees blown down on the estate, we were on emerald island, and we just could not get out of the estate. the kids slept in the cupboard! there were pillows everywhere. yeah, the kids were really scared. relief for those who have left, but not for the many thousands for whom this region is home. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has been speaking from anguilla in the british virgin islands. we are putting another £25 million into immediate effort and of course it needs it, massively. you can't but be affected by the scale of devastation that the people of anguilla have endured. just going around this hospital, 60% of it damaged. but the royal marines, our troops, have been here since friday. you have just seen another contingent of royal engineers arriving with their tools, their spades and their axes and getting on with rebuilding the roofs and all of the other structures. that is going to be short—term work. what we need to think about that is how, as the uk, about now is how, as the uk, we can underline our commitment to these overseas territories and get them back on their feet for the long term. doesn't that mean changing the relationship between these rather forgotten islands and headquarters? no, the government of anguilla is in charge but i think people need to understand that there are some things that we can do collectively, working in partnership, to help the economy of these islands and we need to think about that and that is something certainly we will be taking back to london. fire officers say full sprinkler systems can save lives in high rise buildings and fitting them should be compulsory. but a bbc investigation of half the housing association and council owned high—rises in england has found that only 2% are fitted with them. the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire injune which left at least 80 people dead begins tomorrow. london's fire commissioner has said that the grenfell tower fire must be a "turning point" in fire regulation — and has called for sprinklers to be installed in all high rise council flats. graham satchell reports from grenfell tower in west london. when the inquiry opens tomorrow, it will ask fundamental questions, why did it start, why did it spread so quickly and why did so many die and how do we prevent a fire like this in the future? fire experts we have spoken to have come to a consensus and say it is now time to retrofit all council—owned tower blocks with full sprinkler systems. the fire at grenfell tower raised fundamental questions about the maintenance of council—run tower blocks and what is needed to make them safe. in a f0| request across the uk, we found that only 2% of residential tower blocks have sprinkler systems fitted. we know they save lives, we know they can save properties and we know they make a real difference, so 2% is a shockingly low number. good morning, everybody... dany cotton led the fire service at grenfell tower. the recommendation should be that it's mandatory to fit sprinklers in all new builds, especially in places like high—rises and schools. what about retrofitting? i support retrofitting, clearly. for me, where you can save one life then it's worth doing. this can't be optional. it's something that must happen and it must be in place for the future to protect people. recommendations to fit sprinklers have been made before. this is like lakanal house in london. six people were killed in a fire here in 2009. the recommendation by the coroner in the lakanal inquest was simply ignored and absolutely nothing happened. it is very clear that we have a system of regulation over the fire safety of tower blocks that is simply systemically not working and the inquiry needs to get to the bottom of why that is and what's gone wrong. this is a sprinkler test. it's triggered when heat directly underneath reaches a certain temperature. a study by the national fire chiefs council shows where sprinklers are fitted, they extinguish or control 99% of fires. so why aren't they fitted in more homes? the main reason is cost. in croydon, for example, the local authority plans to retrofit 25 tower blocks with sprinklers at a cost of £10 million. who pays? croydon wants money from central government and the government says it's the responsibility of the council. in wales, the law changed last year. every newly built or converted house and flat must be fitted with a sprinkler system. wales, the first country in the world to make that change. sprinklers have been around since 1886 and the building industry haven't used them successfully, so if you're not going to use them in goodwill then we'll mandate for you to use them to keep people safe. in the streets around grenfell tower, there are still memorials, and survivors like miguel alves want real justice and real change to come from the inquiry. somebody has to pay for what they did to us. myself, i could be in ashes inside of the building. my hope is that we see a change in the policies around fire and also the safety of people. the government says it wants to make sure a fire like at grenfell never happens again. and it will consider the findings of the public inquiry. we don't know of course yet what the full recommendations of the inquiry will be, but what the experts are telling us is that if, after hearing the evidence, they do recommend retrofitted sprinklers, this needs be a turning point and a line in the sand and this time, the recommendations need to be implemented in full. lets talk to kevin hughes, deputy assista nt lets talk to kevin hughes, deputy assistant commissioner of the london fire brigade, whojoins us from their headquarters in central london. thank you for being with us. are you surprised by these findings, that so few council run tower blocks in the country have had sprinklers? i'm not surprised at all. the legislation has not mandated them for all tower blocks, only since 2007 the tower blocks over 30 metres, quite a small section and it has ever been retrospective in terms of fitting them in older blakes magda linette blocks. also, remember, there is a whole range of precautions in tower blocks and it isa precautions in tower blocks and it is a package that makes people save. so the london fire brigade is calling the sprinklers to be fitted in new tower blocks and retrospectively where it needs to be but also in a broad range of buildings, such as schools and care homes and where other vulnerable people are who may have difficulty in escaping. sprinklers would be a great asset to those buildings as pa rt great asset to those buildings as part of a package of precautions but fire assistance and other active systems a re fire assistance and other active systems are needed. you said retrospectively where it needs to be. do you mean there are some where it doesn't need to be? just because a block or a residential block has not got sprinklers doesn't make them inherently unsafe, but there are certain features of tower blocks, such as height and the vulnerability and diversity of people within it and diversity of people within it and needs of people within it that would make sprinklers wholly applicable for them and increase the safety of those people within. even in general blocks, there are people with mobility issues that would have difficulty escaping and sprinklers would give them an additional chance. and you would say a block of the height of grenfell should have sprinklers fitted? the london fire brigade's been calling for the fitting of sprinklers across a range of buildings for many, many years, long before grenfell. this isn't a reaction to grenfell. what we are doing isjust reaction to grenfell. what we are doing is just repeating reaction to grenfell. what we are doing isjust repeating our message we have said continuously the many yea rs. we have said continuously the many years. now the attention is on new legislation and the review, we call upon the government to take notice of what we have said prolonged time and take action and listen to it very carefully. so you have been saying it pro very long time. why do you think you have been ignored? is it simplya you think you have been ignored? is it simply a matter of cost?|j you think you have been ignored? is it simply a matter of cost? i don't think it is purely a matter of course, there are a number of priorities both within public housing and private sector housing and also the issue about building regulations and legislation that combine around the developers for these provisions. it's a very complicated issue and costs will have something to do with it, of course, but it's also something about the building, the infrastructure. some buildings are very old and it can be more technically difficult to fit sprinklers, although still possible, andi sprinklers, although still possible, and i think there are just a whole number of social and economic reasons behind the failure to take it up in some cases. thank you, kevin hughes, deputy assistant commissioner of the london fire brigade. thank you pure time. a metropolitan police officer is being investigated for gross misconduct over the death of rashan charles in london, the police watchdog has said. mr charles died after being apprehended by police officers in dalston, east london in july. he became ill after trying to swallow an object and was later pronounced dead in hospital. a package containing "a mixture of paracetamol and caffeine" was later discovered in his throat. the latest headlines. private patients of the rest surgeon jailed the carrying out unnecessary operations are to be offered a total of £37 million in compensation. borisjohnson has of £37 million in compensation. boris johnson has been of £37 million in compensation. borisjohnson has been visiting caribbean islands hit by hurricane irma as the prime minister announces £25 million of extra funding to help the recovery effort. london's fire commissioner says the grenfell tower blaze must be a turning point, calling for sprinklers in all high—rise council flats. and calling for sprinklers in all high—rise councilflats. and in sport, liverpool are looking to bounce back from a pool weekend. talisman philippe coutinho could make his first appearance for the clu b make his first appearance for the club this season as they host sevilla in the champions league at anfield this evening. valtteri bottas has signed a new one—year deal to stay with formula one team mercedes. he is third in the driver standings, with two wins from 13 stone back at. international academic 0lympic stone back at. international academic olympic committee member dick pound has accused the body of doing nothing about its growing corruption prices. —— crisis. i will be back with more on those at half—past. the prime minister says there needs to be greater flexibility on public sector pay. speaking at prime minister's questions, theresa may said ministers would look at the issue before the budget in november. but the labour leader jeremy corbyn said the pay awards announced yesterday for police and prison officers were still below inflation. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. under pressure to offer something for voters who denied her a majority government, she decided the cap on public sector pay rises must go. a long—standing and unpopular plank of the conservatives' austerity programme now on the way out. questions to the prime minister. but in the commons today, labour insisted that marginal increases for police and prison officers are simply not enough. does the prime minister understand that inflation is now 2.9% and anything less means that dedicated public servants are worse off again and are being made worse off every year for the past seven years. theresa may said she acted on expert advice. these pay review bodies who have reported and recommended these sums are independent bodies. they make a recommendation to the government and the government has taken those recommendations. he has also failed to mention one or two other things. he fails to mention the automatic pay increases over and above the 1% that many public sector workers get. this year, prison officers will get a 1.7% pay rise, while there is a 1% increase plus matching bonus for the police. next year, ministers say there will be flexibility to consider raising salaries across the public sector, but unions are unimpressed and still threatening strikes. we should have a 5% rise to make up for the years they have had their pay cut in real terms. 2.9%, the current rate of inflation means they are treading water. that won't cut it and it is not fair. the government says public sector salaries have to be affordable to tax payers and there is no extra funding for this year's increases. ministers warned that the pay discipline will have to continue. the cap on pay rises is gone, but the argument over fair rewards for public servants carries on. analysis on this from our assistant political editor norman smith at westminster. it is such a huge issue blu ntly westminster. it is such a huge issue bluntly because it affects so many people, millions of voters, so it is massively important. particularly important for both the main leaders. jeremy corbyn, because his call to end the pay cap fits in absolutely with his whole anti—austerity agenda. for theresa may, she wants to be seen to be listening to voters. but it seems to me the difficulty mrs rae faces is whether she has raised expectations which she has raised expectations which she may struggle to meet, because anyone listening to the government talking about ending the pay gap may think they are in line for a significant pay rise. when you listen to what ministers have been saying today, they've been very careful to say that the increase in public sector pay will be targeted, tailored to specific areas where there are sort of pitch points or pressure points in public sector pgy- pressure points in public sector pay. the thought that there might be some sort of broader increase seems to me very wide of the mark. 0n some sort of broader increase seems to me very wide of the mark. on top of which, when you look at the increase for the police and prison service yesterday, that money is coming from within their own budgets andi coming from within their own budgets and i expect the treasury will insist that remains the case for future parts of the public sector which, frankly, won't leave much their money around, for example in their money around, for example in the nhs. when you put all that together, it seems the public sector pay cap may be going but pay restraint and the clamp—down on public sector pay is probably going to continue for some time yet. and the unions have made it pretty clear they are not happy. no, i think they believe they now sort of have the public momentum behind them and are threatening co—ordinated industrial action unless they get increases above the rate of inflation. some are saying they want up to 5%. it is worth saying we have had strikes before other public sector pay which have had minimal impact on the government and that may be the case again, but it certainly seems as if the unions are gearing up for a real clash with the government over public sector pay. the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since 1975. it dropped by 75,000 between may and july, bringing the jobless rate down to 4.3%. but wages have slipped further behind the cost of living. we spoke earlier to economics correspondent andy verity for more on the latest figures. economic students, every one will learn how it is supposed to be an inverse relationship. the more unemployment comes down, the more wages and inflation are likely to go up. but every month, i sit and tell you unemployment has hit a new low and that wages aren't taking off, they are still way below price rises. therefore, we are getting worse off, as we keep hearing. the average wage is £471; a week, £9 more than the year before but not enough to make up for the price rises. there is supposed to be a relationship between the two but we are not seeing that borne out. the bank of england thought if it hit 4.5%, wages would respond but we are at 4.3% and wages have not stood out, there is a 2.1% rise in real wages and if you look back historically, we are £20 worse off, if you are a public sector worker, than nine years ago at the start of the crisis, £13 worse off as a private sector worker and no better off than you were in late 2005. that is an extraordinary statistic, explain that a bit more, no better off than 2005. it is a squeeze on living standards. we had a long and big squeeze between 2011—2014, when wages came down a lot and then for the last five months, that has been renewed after a little pause. that is why we are making so little progress in wages over the last decade. in the eu commission presidentjean juncker says the eu has recovered from the shock of brexit and the uk will soon regret his decision to leave. in his state of the union address, he said the eu would continue the process of trade deals with australia and new zealand. this is a rare moment, the eu and its leaders seemingly confident, optimistic. because they believe that the worst crisis of recent years is behind them, the migrants surge, rising populism, the chance that brexit could trigger a break—up of the eu, all receding. translation: 0n the 29th of march, 2019, the united kingdom will leave the european union. it will be a sad and tragic moment. we will always regret it. and you will come to regret it soon. what is striking, listening to the whole speech, is that that is the only reference jean—claudejuncker made to brexit in an hour of talking. the rest of it has all been about the eu without the uk, setting out his vision for the future and he wants quite far reaching change, an eu that grows bigger and integrates even more in many ways. his plan includes creating a single eu president to head the institutions, and an eu finance minister to promote economic reforms. he wants more countries to join the eu, particularly balkan states, more to join the borderless schengen area and more tojoin the single currency as well. we have now a window of opportunity but it will not stay open forever. let us make the most of the momentum, catch the wind in our sails. mrjuncker wants new free trade deals done with mexico, south american states, australia and new zealand. some listening called for even more eu integration, but not those who backed brexit. all i can say is thank god we#re leaving. god we're leaving. if you'd given cameron concessions, particularly on immigration, the brexit vote, i have to admit, would never, ever have happened and yet the lesson you take is you are going to centralise, you're going to move on to this new, i think very worrying, undemocratic union. mrjuncker believes his plan is the answer to secure the eu's future well beyond brexit. if it ever happens, though, will depend on whether the eu's 27 other member states agree with him. the time isjust the time is just approaching 3:30pm, so the time is just approaching 3:30pm, so time for a look at the weather forecast. storm aileen has cleared away eastwards into the north sea, taking the gales to the low countries but we also looking at gusty winds through the rest of this afternoon and that will be pushing further showers across and some of the showers we have seen already having quite lively, giving a lot of rain ina having quite lively, giving a lot of rain in a short amount of time. as you can see on the early satellite radar picture, some sunny spells in between the persistent rain on the eastern side of scotland. that'll ease away but will sink southwards into northern england and eastern parts of england overnight. still some showers over wales in south—west england and western scotla nd south—west england and western scotland but otherwise, clearer skies and where we escape from the breeze, temperatures down to four or five celsius, perhaps even lower across scottish glens. tomorrow, persistent rain across the eastern side of england for a time and behind it, a day of sunshine and showers but more persistent rain into north—west scotland later in the afternoon. a cool feeling day, highs between 13 and 18 celsius. you are watching bbc news with me, ben brown. the latest headlines with a time at exactly 3:30pm. about 750 victims of disgraced breast surgeon ian paterson are set to be paid compensation from a new £37 million fund. private health care firm spire has agreed to pay £27.2 million, with £10 million coming from paterson's insurers and the heart of england nhs trust. the foreign secretary borisjohnson is in the caribbean following the devastation caused by hurricane irma, amid criticism of the government's initial response to the disaster. will be talking tojosephii connor, i will be talking tojosephine gumbs connor, who was adviser to the chief —— former chief mr anguilla and has been very critical of the government's response to hurricane irma. 0n the eve of the grenfell inquiry, a bbc investigation has found that just 2% of the uk's council and housing association—owned tower blocks have sprinkler systems. the prime minister says there needs to be greater flexibility on public sector pay. speaking at prime minister's questions, theresa may said ministers would look at the issue before the budget in november. european commission president jean—claude juncker has said that the "wind is back in europe's sails" after the financial crisis — and that the uk would come to regret brexit. 0k, ok, let's get all of the latest sports news. including champions league action tonight. will coutinho be back for liverpool? liverpool will be hoping to respond to that 5-0 will be hoping to respond to that 5—0 drubbing at the weekend and philippe coutinho is in contention for their starting line—up against sevilla. the brazilian is set to be fit and healthy by his manager, jurgen klopp. he missed the start of the season with a back problem, and he came under close scrutiny as well, having asked to leave the club after being the subject of several bids from barcelona. tonight's match is a repeat of the 2016 europa league final, which sevilla won. a very good start to the season, they changed the manager and found again a really good one. it is an outstanding job from seville again, the last, they are now still top the league. they lost the sports direct and the manager. really strong side, it is real champions league and we know who we will face. spurs have a tough task on their hands, if they're to make it out of their champions league group, which features holders real madrid and 2013 finallists borussia dortmund. mauricio pochettino welcomes the german side to wembley tonight. the two teams met in last season's europa league, dortmund winning that tie. dele alli starts a three game ban after being sent off in europe last season and fresh from scoring his 100th goal for the club, harry kane will lead the line for spurs... dele will play how dele plays. he is that kind of player. he was disappointed to get sent off in the europa league last year but you can only learn from it. that's football, you know. sometimes you make mistakes and sometimes you have to learn from it and i'm sure he will do. he's gutted to be missing these games, as anyone would, but he stands determined to make sure he is ready for the last three games of the campaign. pep guardiola's manchester city are away in the netherlands tonight. they take on the dutch champions feyenoord, hoping to get a good start in waht‘s a tough—looking group, which also contains shatkar donetsk and napoli. i know how competitive last season, we were not able to win one game away. i know from my experience in barcelona and bayern munich how difficult it is to qualify always for the next steps of the finals, quarterfinals, but those away were so tough. doesn't matter where we are playing, famous teams or lower teams, we will see. valtteri bottas has signed a new contract with mercedes to race for the world champions in 2018. after impressing at williams, the finnjoined on a one—year deal injanuary, as a replacement for retired world champion nico rosberg. bottas is third in this yea r‘s drivers' standings with two wins from 13 races. team—mate lewis hamilton heads the title race. the international olympic committee has been accused of "doing nothing" about its growing corruption crisis, by member dick pound. several ioc officials have been implicated in corruption this year and in the latest case, last week, police raided the home of carlos nuzman, head of the brazilian olympic committee — as they investigate "strong evidence" of vote—buying to secure rio's 2016 bid. we've taken a severe hit, in terms of credibility, and that hasn't got any better. every time another ioc member is implicated in something potentially nefarious, we lose more credibility. that is concerning to me, and i think a lot of my colleagues. what are we doing? we are just sitting there, taking all of these hits, and doing nothing about it. in netball, england have missed out on a first series win that is all the sport for now, and from me. john watson will be here with more for you in the next hour. let's get more now on our main story — and a bbc investigation has found thatjust 2% of council owned tower blocks in the uk are fully covered with sprinkler systems. meanwhile, a public inquiry into the fire at grenfell tower begins tomorrow. with me is arnold tarling — an independent fire safety expert. that revelation that only 2% of council or housing association owned tower blocks have full sprinkler systems, are you surprised? not at all. the government isn't backing for it all pushing for it so why should local authorities spend money on it? is it very expensive? if you we re on it? is it very expensive? if you were to do that retrospectively it would cost, what, hundreds of millions of pounds? it would cost quite a bit. the experiment where they retrofitted to a tower block a few years back was coming out at £1500 per flat, less few years back was coming out at £1500 perflat, less than few years back was coming out at £1500 per flat, less than a top range washing machine. it is not that expensive. the perceived problems with it don't actually exist. they are hidden away so you can't see them until they actually are needed, then they will pop down and come out and spray the area. had they been fitted at grenfell, the fire would have been at least retained in the kitchen if not com pletely retained in the kitchen if not completely extinguished.” retained in the kitchen if not completely extinguished. i was going to ask what difference you feel it would have made to the grenfell disaster. it would have been a life—saver. if the remote situation, that it had escaped through the window, the sprinkles would have stopped it coming back in. the whole situation we have seen over in the torch over in abu dhabi, and the firing australia were the same sort of cladding went up, nobody lost their lives, everybody got out. the reason? the buildings had sprinklers. we have the enquiry into g re nfell sprinklers. we have the enquiry into grenfell starting tomorrow. do you think its terms of reference are wide enough? i think it will be a lost art which unity if it is just kept the high—rise and cladding. the ceiling has open holes through it. when i got through that and had a look, there was nothing above the doors, they were large gaps. the doors, they were large gaps. the doors might as well have not have been there. and you have other problems with double glazing systems where they fall apart in a fire, where they fall apart in a fire, where they fall apart in a fire, where the installation behind them is highly flammable. you've got problems in one block in south—east london where i opened it up and i could see down every single flat, and all that were separating you was and all that were separating you was a plastic back box, and nothing else to the next plastic back box. a plastic back box, and nothing else to the next plastic back boxm that enquiry was to look and although sort of issues, it could ta ke yea rs, although sort of issues, it could take years, couldn't it? it wants to report as quickly as it can on what happened at grenfell. the enquiry should first focus on what happened at grenfell but it should not stop there. it would be an opportunity lost, and people's lives will remain at risk if it doesn't progress just from the cladding high—rise, to fire protection in buildings in general. we even have a tf 2000 report, one that was done by the bre in regards to the frame. that report fails to mention that after the one—hour fire test in a room, that if declared to have passed the test, unknown to them smouldering in the cavity was a fire, which later that evening caught fire completely and spread out three stories of the building. that report, published by the government, does not tell the truth. it does not tell you that the fire got bout of a pristine room, which didn't have power sockets in it, didn't have power sockets in it, didn't have power sockets in it, didn't have their extracts in it, and was just tested by letting timber. and they decide that the building is safe. now, for goodness' sake, that is not able property is the modern tender frame, sake, that is not able property is the modern tenderframe, we have kitchens with cooking oil in them, we have the pressurised deodorant terms and air fresheners, which explode. is that a suitable test? i don't think so, we need to go further. independent fire safety expert, thank you for your thoughts on the enquiry into the grenfell tower disaster. the official body which monitors public spending has said the government's welfare reforms are likely to have contributed to rising levels of homelessness in england. in a report, the national audit 0ffice criticises ministers for what it sees as their "light touch" approach to the problem. it says in the last six years there's been a 60 % rise in the number of households in temporary accommodation, including 120—thousand children. including 120,000 children. but the government insists it's determined to help the most vulnerable in society. we can speak to nadia sultana, who has been made homeless through competitions with the benefit system, tell us your experience, if you would. i moved into hackney 2011. my rent was really higher, because there were no properties available at all. so my rent was about £2600 per month. and i was not entitled to benefits immediately, because of my, i had just sold my flat, because i had lost myjob. that was the previous year, because of education cuts. i am a teacher. so after my money ran out after a couple of years, basically, in 2014, i had to turn of the housing benefits, but they wouldn't pay. they paid it in full only for 12 weeks, and then they cut it. and then i applied for a discretionary housing payment, but they refused it, so i had to borrow heavily to supplement it. and i ended up bankrupt as a result. then they cut it again when my daughter moved out because of the bedroom tax, so basically they were paying 1000 per month out of 2600 in rent. so obviously that was really hard for me, because by then i wasjust an hourly self—employed teacher at home. because of all this, i started becoming more depressed, because i had already been suffering from depression, and because of all that pressure and the council not listening to me because i enlisted their health way back injuly 2016, but they kept dragging their feet. and they knew that i needed help, andi and they knew that i needed help, and i kept asking them via various agencies, including shelter and mind, who were very active on my behalf and petitioning the council, but they just ignored behalf and petitioning the council, but theyjust ignored me, u nfortu nately, to but theyjust ignored me, unfortunately, to the very last minute, even though we were just very traumatised about the thought of being evicted, but eventually we we re of being evicted, but eventually we were evicted, so we ended up in an emergency situation of being put in abandb emergency situation of being put in a b and b first, which was not suitable because my son is 16. we we re suitable because my son is 16. we were in one room. then, after three days, we were told we would have to move to tottenham in haringey, which is completely out of our area. and i suffered a breakdown at that time, and ended up in hospital as a result. and my son ended up... so what sort of changes would you like to see, then, given what you say is your situation and your experience? well, basically the council knew, several people in the council knew that i was in that situation, but they kept ignoring me and everybody else involved as well. theyjust wouldn't listen to anybody. it was like talking to a brick wall. it was like talking to a brick wall. it was like talking to robots, really, just nobody would listen. that is what led to the breakdown. so they should intervene actively at the beginning, and they should not turn people away, because i was a genuine person, trying to manage, and i ended up in a breakdown in the end in hospital. i am even supposed to be in hospital right now but i couldn't, because it is too far for me to be, the hammerton at hospital in hackney, against the wishes of the nurses i left so that i could be with my son, because he wasn't managing, and he is really struggling as well. so basically more support is needed by the council. they knew what was going on, and they knew that i went into hospital and they are still ignoring us, even to now. thank you very much, thank you for telling us your story. nadia, who has been made homeless. 20 very much indeed. in a moment a summary of the latest business dues but first the headlines on bbc news. private patients of the breast surgeon jailed for carrying out unnecessary operations are to be offered a total of 37 million pounds in compensation. boris johnson visits caribbean islands hit by hurricane irma — as the prime minister announces 25 million pounds of extra funding to help the recovery effort. london's fire commissioner says the grenfell tower blaze must be a "turning point" — calling for sprinklers in all high—rise council flats. iam i am rachel horne. in the business news, unemployment in the uk fell to 1.4 points —— 1.46 middle ear que unemployment in the uk fell to 1.46 million in the three months to july taking the overall unemployment rate to 4.3%, that's down from 4.4%. but wages are still lagging behind rising prices, meaning a cut in pay for many workers. apple has revealed its high—end smartphone, the iphone x. it has no physical home button, and uses a facial recognition system to identify its owner rather than a fingerprint. it's due to hit uk shelves on november third with a hefty price tag of £1000. uk airline easyjet is to let customers use its website to book long—haul flights with other carriers. it says it is the first global airline connections service by a european no frills carrier. easyjet is teaming up with norwegian and westjet to offer flights to north and south america, as well as singapore, from gatwick. another update on the jobs market, and the figures show as we can see that unemployment in the uk fell by 75,000 in the three months tojuly. that takes the jobless rate down to 4.3%, a new 42 year low, but a squeeze on incomes continues. wages we re squeeze on incomes continues. wages were 2.1% higher than a year earlier and that is little changed from the previous month's rate. and with inflation hitting 2.9% in august, itsjoint highest inflation hitting 2.9% in august, its joint highest in inflation hitting 2.9% in august, itsjoint highest in more than inflation hitting 2.9% in august, its joint highest in more than five yea rs, wages its joint highest in more than five years, wages are failing to keep up. that means, on average, we have all had a painter —— a pay cut. jane foliage explains why we are feeling poorer. wages are down now .4% in real terms when inflation is taken under consideration. if you push back the run about the time of the financial crisis, that means we are over 3% poorer, in terms of our actual purchasing power of our wages. this is a conundrum relief of the bank of england, because as you have mentioned yesterday we have that very strong cpi inflation data, up that very strong cpi inflation data, up at 2.9%, well above their target, but it is not coming through in real wages, so but it is not coming through in real wages, so what we are seeing is inflation being pushed up because of import costs primarily, because of last yea r‘s fall import costs primarily, because of last year's fall in sterling, but our purchasing power is not giving up our purchasing power is not giving up with that. we are actually getting poorer, which means consumption and demand at home is probably going to be relatively weak. what is rising faster, your wages or the price of your home in a local area? there the price of your home in a local area ? there is the price of your home in a local area? there is a significant north — south divide. the yorkshire building society says more than half of britain has seen wages rise faster than high spouses —— house prices last ten years but in the south—east house prices have outstripped wages. andrew mcphillips from the yorkshire budding society, their chief economist, says there is a huge regional difference. in the south—east in particular we saw property prices crash during the financial crisis but then they have recovered and grown quite quickly and really outstripped wage growth in that period. in other places, scotla nd in that period. in other places, scotland and areas of the north, prices fell and have not recovered at all have recovered but at a much slower pace than wages have increased over the 10—year period. do you love your car? many of us may cherish our motor, but do you want to keep it in your living room? that is the vision of renault. that thinks autonomous vehicles will become so advanced they could actually become part of our homes. i'm not sure. anyway, in other businesses, the troubled japanese giant, toshiba, has singled out eight us led consortium as the favourite candidate to buy its chip business. the highly—prized division is reportedly worth around $18bn. us private equity firm bain capital, as well as the state—backed development bank of japan, and south korean chip—maker sk hynix, are the leading suitors to buy the business. to the us now, and lawmakers say ‘somebody needs to go to jail‘ in the ongoing row about the equifax security breach. 36 us senators have called on federal authorities to investigate the sale of nearly $2 million in shares of credit bureau equifax by company executives after a massive data breach. samira hussain is at the new york stock exchange. dunelm has reported a 0.5% fall in july dunelm has reported a 0.5% fall in july while total revenues rose. the tax profit fell to 92 million. a quick look at the markets, including the dunelm share price and you can see the dunelm share price and you can see it has done quite well, despite the fact that protect profits were down slightly, share prices up more than 9%, because it was in line with expectations, and the chief exec said they had had quite a good start to the year. also brent crude, the price of a barrel of oil up almost half a percent over the back of increased global demand, decrease surplus supply. i will be back in one hour with a full round—up of all of the market's headlines. join us for that. select fuss and formality but his funeral has brought together leaders of the catholic church alongside dignitaries and politicians. he was a man of great devotion, and real love for the church. and therefore everything he did had that kind of purpose and direction in mind, and it kept him going through all sorts of difficult times and it meant that he never lost his joy, he never lost his capacity to laugh at himself and to engage people. may he also keep us faithful... cardinal cormac did not want today to be a review of his life but instead, a celebration of his faith. he helped plan his own funeral. in his final days he personally chose hymns and readings. he was also somebody who wanted to be at the heart of things, that was part of his personality and character. i think he even would have written the sermon if he'd got the opportunity. and so he thought very carefully about the readings and also about the hymns, and the quality of what this would be. the cardinal was a senior figure in the church during turbulent times, particularly over the way it dealt with child abuse. that won't be ignored today. the mass will refer to cardinal cormac‘s mistakes and the lessons learned. it will also describe his humility and his willingness to say sorry. he also did much to strengthen the relationship between different faiths. today, the archbishop of canterbury will attend the catholic requiem mass to remember his friend. i think there's been a most remarkable trilogy. there has been cardinal hume, there's been cardinal cormac and now we have cardinal vincent. and with each of them there's been these very close relationships with the archbishop of canterbury, profound friendships on a personal level not just an institutional level. as was his final wish, cardinal cormac murphy 0'connor‘s body will be committed to a vault in the heart of the cathedral. he wanted to be laid to rest close to the people, where they will regularly pass him and pray for him. well, we have news of another debut in the arts world — but this one involves a robot called yumi. last night he conducted an orchestra in the italian city of pisa for the first time — leading the lucca philarmonic, accompanied by the italian tenor, andrea bocelli. even the normal — human — conductor was impressed — praising the robot's "fluidity of movement", and "incredible nuance of expression". 0ur arts correspondent david sillito reports. welcome to this evening's performance. andrea bocelli, the luca philharmonic orchestra... and your conductor, yumi. yumi is, as you can see, a robot. and while he needs a bit of manhandling to get to the podium, once he is there, he's off! music. and it tookjust 17 hours of sometimes very frustrating practice with andrea bocelli and the real conductorfor the robot to copy the movements for this six minute performance. translation: yumi has, because of the great elasticity of his arm, the exact same mobility and can do all the movements for the peace. here, for example, puccini... of course, conducting is more than just waving baton at the right time. it's all about expression, interaction with the orchestra and passion, all of which is missing with yumi. of course conducting is more than just waving a better not the right time. it was michael about expression, interaction with the orchestra, and passion, all of which is missing. but at least he did manage to hold it all together! it's interesting. obviously, the robot is programmed to the needs of these two particular singers who are collaborating with the robot. there's not much room unfortunately for improvisation. so basically you have to go with the robot. think it is a bit harder for andrea bocelli since he's visually impaired, so it's very difficult to go but it seems to be working! so, probably not the future of live music, but a pretty impressive finale for international festival of robotics. and yumi was a pretty impressive finale! look at the weather now with alina jenkins. it is hard to believe this time last year it was the warmest day of the year, and indeed the heart of september day in over a century. 34.4 celsius this time last year at gravesend in kent. couldn't be more different today. cool, breezy and plenty of showers. this was the scene just outside london interview. not so long ago. plenty of showers pushing their way across this afternoon, some of them really on the heavy side, bringing a lot of rain injusta on the heavy side, bringing a lot of rain injust a short on the heavy side, bringing a lot of rain in just a short amount of time and also some persistent rain across the eastern side of scotland. that will be slowly easing away. as the system sinks its way south, some persistent rain overnight across northern parts of england into the eastern side of england. elsewhere, showers across wales, south—west of england but also some clearer skies. 0ut england but also some clearer skies. out of the breeze in the countryside we could see temperatures down to four or five celsius. maybe even a touch of frost to some sheltered scottish glens. it is another live sunshine and showers again tomorrow but a more persistent spell of rain for a time first thing tomorrow across these glittering than but that will start to pull away to be replaced, though with sunshine and showers, but from the word go there will be some showers around again. if you catch one again have some sharp side. the winds will be somewhat lighter tomorrow but i suspect some western coasts, there will still be some quite lively winds forced up sunshine and showers across wales through the morning, some good spells of sunshine and fewer showers for a time across northern england but nowhere is immune from seeing a sudden, sharp downfall. as the day was on, —— wears on, more showers in scotland and northern ireland but fewer showers here first thing tomorrow morning. as the day wears on, those showers will feed across on a brisk north—westerly, some places may manage to avoid entirely but i think you will be lucky if you do, no one ever too far away from a sudden sharp downfall. temperatures on a par with today, 12 or 13 celsius, the scotland, 14th and northern ireland. i can't offer you much difference for friday. further showers around, mainly concentrated across england and wales and is in heavy ones potentially across the eastern side of england, and temperatures down a notch for the end of the week, 13 to 16 celsius. a cool feel, which we will keep into the weekend, because we keep this north or north—westerly wind. as this area of high pressure starts to building, those wins will start to slowly ease down. so i won't be as windy over the weekend. still be feeling quite cool, notjust by day but also overnight as well. as we go into saturday and sunday, sunshine and showers will pretty much sum it up. not so many showers around on sunday, probably the better day of the weekend but they will never be too far away. that is it from me, goodbye. this is bbc news, the headlines at 4pm. £37 million in compensation will be offered to private patients of the breast surgeon jailed for carrying out unnecessary operations. borisjohnson visits the caribbean islands hit by hurricane irma — as the prime minister announces more money to help the recovery effort. we are putting another £25 million into immediate effort and of course it needs it, massively. you can't but be affected by the scale of devastation that the people of anguilla have endured. in florida, five people have died at a nursing home that was left without power for days after the hurricane. a bbc survey of half a council blocks in