since going into hospital last week with virtual audiences from windsor castle. sir david attenborough tells the bbc world leaders must sieze the moment at next week s climate change summit in glasgow. well, if we don t act now, it will be too late. and walter smith, one of scottish football s greatest managers, has died at the age of 73. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. millions of public sector workers will see their wages rise next year after the government decided to end the current pay freeze. it was introduced a year ago because of the pandemic, but in his budget tomorrow, the chancellor, rishi sunak, will announce he s lifting it. nurses, teachers, police and prison officers, and members of the armed forces will be among the five million workers whose pay will go up, but how much depends on independent pay review bodies. pay offers for some staff in scotland, wales and northern ireland will be made separately. our political correspondent helen catt reports. the arm
in other news, there is a funeral today for one of the two pilots who was killed earlier this week when their plane crashed on the president of greece is going to be at that funeral. here people very much concerned that new fires could break out, several areas of greece on high alert, including attica, round athens, the peloponnese and the island of crete. island of crete. there has been discussions island of crete. there has been discussions via island of crete. there has been discussions via the island of crete. there has been discussions via the greek - island of crete. there has been | discussions via the greek prime minister, bringing up the issue of climate change and they need to spend more time preparing to mitigate the effects of climate change. what do you think the government is planning to do? well. government is planning to do? well, we are hearing. government is planning to do? well, we are hearing, going government is planning to do? well, we are hea
not, on the money, albeit less of it? last year you may remember that the governor of the bank of england andrew bailey told you not to ask for big pay rises to stop prices rising out of control. they are perhaps not so much happened as of doom and bust but of truth. they worried about and in inflationary spiral where prices push inflation out of control and uk inflation of course running around 10%, food inflation much higher than that, thatis inflation much higher than that, that is around 17%, 18%. of course workers across the public sector right now are involved in industrial action over pay rises. so is mr pill right? do wejust action over pay rises. so is mr pill right? do we just need to get used to being poorer? do you accept being poorer? let s talk. get in touch. and here is the news. the government says that over 200 british nationals have been airlifted out of sudan so far. three raf planes have already touched down in cyprus and more are expected to follow. evacu