thousands of prison officers atjails in london and south east england are to get a pay increase of between £3000 and £5000. ministers have made the offer to try to boost recruitment and to retain workers in prisons which are under pressure from violence and staff shortages. but there ll be no extra pay for senior officers. here s our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. they re the front line in ourjails, but there aren t enough of them. the shortage of staff is seen as one of the key causes of the problems in prisons. in somejails, officers are struggling on a daily basis simply to maintain control. now the government is putting in place a £12 million pay package to try to retain existing staff and recruit new prison officers. this is wandsworth jail, in south london, and staff here will benefit. the offer is limited to prisons in the capital and the south east. ministers say they re under the greatest pressure. but this has been condemned as ‘divisive‘ by the pr
to try to boost recruitment and to retain workers in prisons which are under pressure from violence and staff shortages. but there ll be no extra pay for senior officers. here s our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. they re the front line in ourjails, but there aren t enough of them. the shortage of staff is seen as one of the key causes of the problems in prisons. in somejails, officers are struggling on a daily basis simply to maintain control. now the government is putting in place a £12 million pay package to try to retain existing staff and recruit new prison officers. this is wandsworth jail, in south london, and staff here will benefit. the offer is limited to prisons in the capital and the south east. ministers say they re under the greatest pressure. but this has been condemned as ‘divisive‘ by the prison 0fficers‘ association. they maintain the pay package is tantamount to putting a plaster over a gaping wound. we re welcoming the additional money for
in the media, we don t believe everything is bad but there are some things that are really bad, and he categorises that as fake. what next for lincoln city, as they wait their fate in the fa cup draw tonight? they re the first non league club in the fa cup quarter finals draw for over 100 years. find out who they will play at 18:30 on the bbc news channel. stand next to me now on this altar stone, its threshold just one step from the rest of our lives. a new app guides hill walkers to locations which unlock poetry on their phones using gps technology. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. thousands of prison officers atjails in london and south east england are to get a pay increase of between three and 5,000 pounds. ministers have made the offer to try to boost recruitment and to retain workers in prisons, which are under pressure from violence and staff shortages. but there ll be no extra pay for senior officers. here s our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. they re
but there are some things that are a really bad. and we ve tried. he categorizes that as fake news. nail biting times in the lincoln city dressing room, as they wait to find out who their opponents will be in the quarterfinals of the fa cup. their last minute winner made them the first non league club to reach this stage for more than a century. watch the draw live on the news channel in half an hour. good evening and welcome to bbc news. iraqi security forces have started a major new offensive against the so called islamic state in mosul. iraq s second largest city was seized by the extremist group over two years ago as they took control of northern and western iraq. last month they recaptured the eastern part of mosul. but round three quarterers of a million civilians remain the western half where there will be will be stiff resista nce where there will be will be stiff resistance from is. just after sunrise, iraq began what it hopes is its last major battle against the so
cup quarterfinal. good evening and welcome to bbc news. major new offensive is underway in iraq against the so called islamic state group with security forces trying to regain full control of mosul. the city was seized more than two years ago as is took control of northern and western iraq. iraqi forces launched their main offensive in october. and last month they recaptured the eastern part of mosul. but around three quarters of a million civilians remain in the western half where there ll be stiff resistance from is. our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman nik millard are the only television journalists on the front line with the iraqi forces. just after sunrise, iraq began what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called islamic state. thousands of men and hundreds of armoured vehicles in a line of attack that spread for miles. the iraqi army are starting their assault on western mosul. they have reached their own defences. armou