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welcome to bbc news. the environment secretary, michael gove, has suggested the government could support a lifting of the one per cent pay the government could support a lifting of the 1% pay cap for public sector workers as calls grow for ministers to ease austerity measures. he told the bbc‘s andrew marr show the government should respect the integrity of the independent bodies that review pay for groups including nurses, teachers and the police. 0ur political correspondent emma vardy reports. complaining about seven years of austerity, not one day more was the slogan for protesters yesterday. the plan to drive down the deficit has meant year after year of pay freezes and caps for some 5 million public sector workers. but that could be about to change. the environment secretary, michael gove, said that if independent pay review bodies recommend a rise, then the government should accept it. i think we should listen to the pay review bodies who govern each individ ....
changed for those who serve in the armed forces. there are concerns that thousands of people could be let down when they buy a pre paid funeral plan, with many not get what they think they re paying for. i ll have more later. in sport: johanna konta is now favourite for the wimbledon women s title. she plays on court one later. she is one of four britons for the first time in 20 years heading into the final week. good first time in 20 years heading into the finalweek. good morning. yesterday we hit 32.2 celsius. today won t be as hot with highs of about 28, it should be dry in wimbledon. there is some rain and showers in the forecast and i will tell you where when we are back later in the programme. mike, carol, thanks very much. good morning. first, our main story. there were violent clashes last night in hamburg ahead of the g20 summit. police used water cannon and pepper spray on masked protestors who hurled bottles and stones. the demonstrations came ahead of the hi ....
new laws will be introduced, giving people greater control over what happens to their online personal data. the government says the legislation offers the right to be forgotten, with proposals in the data protection bill making it easier to withdraw consent for information to be used. companies will have to obtain explicit consent. rather than using pre selected tick boxes to gather details online. here s our political correspondent, leila nathoo. our lives are led online. we all leave a digital trail. but what happens to all the information we upload about ourselves? a new law will ensure that the united kingdom retains its world class regime of protecting personal data. now we will have more control data protection laws are being strengthened. the government has confirmed a bill will be published in the autumn, bringing eu regulations due to come in next year onto the statute book. internet users will be given more powers to protect their data. it will be easier ....
wembley woes tottenham lose to champions chelsea in their first home match of the season huddersfield win again it s two wins from two on their return to the top flight. farah‘s farewell mo wins his last track race on british soil. and jumping for joy great britain win team gold at the european eventing championships. a new season, a new home but a familiar story for tottenham who were beaten at wembley by chelsea in the premier league this afternoon. spurs will play all their home games at the stadium this season but it probably feels far from home today. two marcos alonso goals condemning spurs to their first home defeat of the new campaign. spurs are on their way to wembley, as they will be every couple of weeks or so. build their new ground, this is home and they had decorated. the last visitors were chelsea in the fa cup semifinal, the blues won that and should have gone one up, but then marcos alonso is a left back and still fancied this free kick. every ....
and analyse that and i think there are lots of positives, we created a lot of opportunity we just did not make the most of it and i think that s what we ve got a look out for the next game and in the brother now is about the scotland game and how we can use today s game to get a really good result out of the next game. scotland s women earned their first point of the tournament sharing a goalless draw with ireland. nikki lloyd had their best chance. they ll play england in their final group game on tuesday. ireland face germany. any faint hopes of a remarkable cup in the solheim cup seem to be fading after a dominant two days the usa had a 5 point lead and need just three and a half points from today s singles to retain the trophy but things did not appear to be going their way thanks to good early performances including from german caroline masson, but the usa fought back, inspired by lexi thompson, she was four down after four holes but amazingly turned it around to ....