tonight at six: the public sector pay cap — the measure that symbolised austerity for millions — is to be scrapped. the police go to the front of the queue — they and prison officers will see bigger rises this year. others have to wait till next year. now is the time to move to a more flexible approach to make sure we do deal with any issues we've got in the public services. shopping bills are going up — inflation hits nearly 3% — and unions say pay will have to keep pace — and more. the government is making a big mistake in thinking it can get away with just lifting the cap. people have waited seven long years. the extra pay comes from existing budgets — so where does that leave public services? also tonight: paradise lost — we're in the turks and caicos islands where they're determined to rebuild their homes and their economy. tourism is the lifeblood of these communities and, without it, the suffering will continue. the dormant mines of cornwall —

once they produced tin, now it could be lithium for electric cars. i think she wants to be that side. sir peter hall — a giant of british theatre — dies at the age of 86. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: the england women's manager mark sampson tells the bbc he's not a racist following allegations made against him by eni aluko. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the public sector pay cap — a measure that's been at the heart of austerity policies for seven years — is to be scrapped. the cap currently limits pay increases to just 1%.

but this year prison officers will get a rise of 1.7%. and police officers will get an increase of 1% plus a further 1% bonus. millions of other workers will have to wait till next year to see if they, too, get a bigger rise. trades unions have already called the pay rises for police and prison officers derisory. let's join our deputy political editorjohn pienaar, at the tuc conference in brighton. george, it has been years, decades, since we last saw a government locked in confrontation with public sector workers from the classroom to the emergency services. but on the day ministers finally ended their universal public sector workers pay cap, a struggle on that scale of that kind, now seems to be becoming alarmingly possible.

would you fancy theirjob? today, routine duty at the tuc but trouble is always around the corner and now it has come closer. police get a rise to attract new recruits. so do prison officers and others with as well, above the pay cap but only just. today, the government took the latest pay recommendations and shared the news. the pay cap was finally ending. so more pay for public sector workers where rises we re public sector workers where rises werejudged public sector workers where rises were judged necessary. we public sector workers where rises werejudged necessary. we need public sector workers where rises were judged necessary. we need to strike a balance between public sector workers, making the best value people and also making sure we hold onto them in the public services. there is not much gratitude and a lot of anger on display in brighton. teachers and nurses want more pay. strike action hurts the kids and parents are not in favour. parents are in favour of teachers being happier and well paid

and the well—being of teachers. we come first as teachers when we are well looked after, we look after the children. you are in mental health nurse, are you willing to strike? children. you are in mental health nurse, are you willing to strike ?|j am absolutely willing to strike if it means looking after my own family. i would it means looking after my own family. iwould not it means looking after my own family. i would not leave patients, contingency plans would be put in place. you are a firefighter. can you see strike action down the track? i think if they don't end the pay cap then there is justification for industrial action. the answer came soon enough, jeremy corbyn and labour were backing the unions' struggle for more pay. the labour party totally rejects the tories attempt to divide and rule, to play one sector off against another. the labour government will end the public sector pay cut and give all workers the pay rise they deserve

and so desperately need. that is our policy. austerity fatigue gave ministers the ground but the mood is sour. unions are threatening to take action whether or not the ballots demonstrate this. unions have not sounded this warlike in years. labour has never been so militant. the party has not pledged to support unlawful action but as not refused support either. this struggle is just beginning and could get ugly. the announcement that the pay cap will be lifted comes as new figures show cost of living rising by more than expected last month. inflation rose to 2.9% in august. unions want inflation—busting pay rises, arguing that anything less will mean their workers end up worse off. but where will the extra money come from? here's our business editor simonjack. public sector workers have been on

the front line in more ways than one in recent times. the work of the police during terrorist attacks like this one at london bridge was widely praised, but did not show up in their pay which has been in the deep freeze. today's decision to loosen the cap for police and prison officers marks the end of the pay policy that dates back to 2010. that is why the government is asking the public sector to accept a two—year pay freeze. but we will protect the lowest pa id. pay freeze. but we will protect the lowest paid. the freeze turned into ai% lowest paid. the freeze turned into a 1% cap in 2012. not zero but not enough to keep pace with the private sector or the cost of living. 0ver the last seven years pay across the board has fluctuated. in recent months it has started to edge up. however, pay rises have been more than eaten up by rises in the cost

of living, with inflation retouching a five—year hidejust of living, with inflation retouching a five—year hide just a day. but throughout that period, as government has tried to bring down expense, public sector pay was first frozen and then capped at 1% since 2013. the length and severity of that pay freeze was painful for workers and now it seems unignorable for politicians. the government's biggest single cost is public sector pgy- biggest single cost is public sector pay. any wider loosening of the cap will get expensive. the pay cap changed today is a relatively small difference for a relatively small group of public sector workers, but if he wants to give significant increases to nurses, doctors, teachers and others, that will cost them billions. if he wants to spend billions he have to decide whether he wants to borrow more or the rest of us have to pay with more tax. but only bigger pay hikes for more workers will do for union leaders. people have waited for seven long yea rs. people have waited for seven long years. they have had real pay cuts

to the tune of thousands of pounds for firefighters, to the tune of thousands of pounds forfirefighters, midwives to the tune of thousands of pounds for firefighters, midwives and nurses across public services, and they want to make up ground they have lost. however, lifting the public pay cap will not ease the pressure on the public finances. three men — including two serving soldiers — have appeared before magistrates, charged with terrorism offences. they're accused of being members of the banned neo—nazi group, national action. they're due to appear at the old bailey later this month. police say a man arrested on suspicion of murdering the daughter of the holby city actor john michie at the bestival event, is also being questioned on suspicion of supplying a class a drug. the body of 25—year—old louella eve fletcher—michie was found in a wooded area on the edge of the site at lulworth castle in dorset, yesterday. there are now 1,000 british troops helping with the relief effort after hurricane irma left a trail of destruction in the caribbean. it follows earlier criticism that britain had not been quick enough to react to the humanitarian crisis. today the foreign secretary

is travelling to some of the british 0verseas territories in the region. 0ur correspondent nick bryant has sent this report from turks and caicos. this church was supposed to protect people from burma — this church was supposed to protect people from irma — a sanctuary through the storm — butjust hours before the hurricane hit, the plan changed. people went elsewhere, and just as well. like many buildings here, it was destroyed. in the turks and caicos islands, low—lying coastal communities were worst—hit, beach—side homes now unlivable. basically, my family, we lost everything, everything. it's going to take some time to get back on our feet again, but, through the strength from god, we will. long bay beach is routinelyjudged to be one of the most beautiful in the world, a bucket list location, but this is what a category five hurricane can do to a five—star hotel. what's striking here is the determination to rebuild — notjust to put roofs over people's heads again, but to reopen

restaurants and reopen these hotels as quickly as possible. everyone here is telling us the same thing — tourism is the lifeblood of these communities, and without it, the suffering will continue. so, as queues formed outside this supermarket for clean water and ice, there were pleas, too, for tourists to come back. i want the world to know, turks and caicos is not destroyed. we are open for business. we are a fine destination. we are not destroyed. we have some damage, but we are going to rebuild. we have rebuilt from ike and hanna. we are going to rebuild and come back. turks and caicos is open for business. but british holiday—makers stranded here for days were obviously desperate to get out when the airport reopened this morning. we were desperate to get out about four days ago, to be honest, so... finally you're leaving? at last. it has been really hard, but, yeah, we have survived. that's all that matters.

as tourists tried to leave, another british military transport plane touched down. there are now 1,000 british military personnel assisting the relief effort in these caribbean uk territories, but they are facing the question, why did they take so long to arrive? as soon as the word came, we were at the door very quickly thereafter, and it isjust the physical distance, the separation. but we got here pretty quickly. what is especially cruel is that the poorest communities here had onlyjust rebuilt from the last hurricane, and that was nine years ago. nick bryant, bbc news, the turks and caicos. meanwhile in the united states, nearly seven million homes and businesses are still without power in the aftermath of hurricane irma. a quarter of homes in the florida keys have been destroyed — but residents are being allowed to return to some of the worst affected areas. there's mounting international pressure on the government of myanmar over its treatment of rohingya muslims. hundreds of thousands have fled across the border

into neighbouring bangladesh. the united states has called for greater protection for civilians, and bangladesh says myanmar should set up safe zones to allow the refugees to return. meanwhile, authorities are struggling to coordinate aid for those camped out on the border. reeta chakrabarti is there and joins me now live. george, it is nearly three weeks since this crisis began, and for the almost 400,000 refugees here, life remains pitiful. aid distribution has been poor and that is partly because the authorities did not anticipate the sheer numbers that would arrive here. this is a huge sprawling refugee camp and the most common dwelling that see are these tarpaulin and bamboo shelters that the refugees have constructed for themselves. i have been to take a look inside one of them. the sun has just set

here in the kutupalong camp. i just wanted to show you the conditions people are having to endure. this is a shelter that's been erected for five families. you can see how cramped and basic the conditions are. the shelter is made of bamboo and tarpaulin. people are sitting on tarpaulin here on the ground. they do have possessions. there is a kitchen here at the end. there are more pots and pans also at the end. i'll be able to show you soon a solar panel. we've seen many people bringing solar panels from their own villages. clearly something important for them to bring in order to charge up mobile phones. there are some possessions that the families have brought with them here as well. the only thing there is here in this shelter that's been given to them in terms of aid are what this lady here is holding, a pillow and a pair of shorts for a child. these are the only things they've been given in aid.

in fact, this lady here is 50 years old. she arrived here 12 days ago. it took her two days to get to bangladesh. i wanted to ask her, could you ask this lady, does she want to stay in bangladesh or does she want to return to myanmar? she says if she got any opportunity to go to burma again, she will go. if she doesn't have any opportunity to go, then she'll have to stay in bangladesh. thank you. thank you both. well, that's the message you hear repeatedly from people. they only came here because they had no other choice. and looking at the conditions in which people are having to live, well, you can certainly understand why. yes, conditions as you saw there, as

basic as they come. there has been increasing criticism from the authorities over the lack of aid. today the bangladesh prime minister came to visit the camps for the first time and there is now in creating hope that the government and other agencies. to get a grip of the situation. our top story this evening. the public sector pay cap is to be scrapped. police and prisoner officers will be the first to benefit from pay rises. and still to come: jail for the traveller family involved in running a modern day slavery ring. coming up in sportsday on bbc news: stopping football's most expensive forward line. celtic take on paris st—germain as the champions league group stage begins tonight. mining was once the engine of the cornish economy

and it could be again. it's all down to lithium, a key ingredient in the batteries that power our smartphones, tablets and electric cars. it's thought cornwall could be sitting on a multi—billion pound lithium bonanza. at the moment, most lithium comes from latin america, but mining companies are now starting to explore in cornwall. from near camborne, claire marshall reports. cornwall‘s ancient mining industry's been dormant for decades. but it could soon be sparked back into life by a very quiet revolution — electric and hybrid cars. most run on lithium batteries. the government is banning new petrol cars by 2040, so lithium is essential to the industry's future. this kind of car could be powered by cornish resources. with the electric cars, really, in exponential growth mode, the uk government supporting it,

we are going to see significantly higher levels of demand. we think we're part of that equation. and here's one place they're going to explore. south crofty tin mine near camborne. it's hundreds of years old but closed in 1998. a canadian company is now working to open it back up. and where tin can be found, so can lithium. by mapping those fault zones, we can determine where the structures are, where we're most likely to find lithium. during the golden age of mining, some 400 were operating in cornwall. now there are none. they closed for economic reasons. the workers may have gone, but the metals and minerals are still there. this mineshaft was sunk 120 years ago. to think back then, if miners found lithium springs they were dangerous, something to be avoided because they were so hot.

but now, it could be a key part of a green technological future. at the moment, lithium is mainly sourced from south america and australia. in an unstable world, lithium for cornwall could be strategically important. we rely a lot on raw materials. we have to get them from somewhere. we don't always have to import those from far flung parts of the world. we have them here. this is a deprived area. many locals say they would welcome the return of the mines. i think it would be fantastic. more jobs for the area as well. it's what the region needs, definitely. they know there are minerals underthere. itjust needs someone with the courage to invest. exploration will start within the next few months. and you can hear more on that story in costing the earth on bbc radio 4 tomorrow at 9pm or on iplayer radio.

nine members of a traveller family have been jailed for between six and 15 years for running a slavery ring in lincolnshire. the rooneys forced 18 vulnerable men to work as labourers, resurfacing driveways, for little or no pay. their victims were beaten and kept in squalid conditions. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha is outside nottingham crown court. the rooneys ran an operation. they recruited vulnerable men to run their road surfacing company for them. some of the men were addicted to drugs and alcohol. some were homeless. some had mental health problems. they were forced to live in cramped caravans, no lighting, no heat, little food or drink. today, nine members of the same family were

given jail sentences, nine members of the same family were givenjailsentences, including nine members of the same family were givenjail sentences, including a father and his twin sons. the judge timothy spencer qc told the family, you deluded yourself the life you offered them was better than life on the streets. you denied these men the streets. you denied these men the opportunity to exercise free will. you stripped them of dignity and humanity. we heard this and also from some of the victims. they were not there in person. thejudge chose to quote some of them to convey how they are feeling. 0ne to quote some of them to convey how they are feeling. one of them was quoted as saying "life with the rooneys was a living hell. i still fear being beaten by them" thank you. england women's manager mark sampson has denied allegations of bullying and discrimination made by one of his players. eni aluko claimed the manager had been racist, but sampson was cleared of any wrongdoing following two investigations. today, he also received the support of his players. mark sampson has been speaking to the bbc‘s sports editor dan roan. with his team preparing for their opening world cup

qualifier, mark sampson is trying to focus on football, but with racism and bullying allegations hanging over him, the england manager's been under intense scrutiny, and today at the squad's training camp, he told me just how tough the controversy had been. it has been difficult for everyone, you know. of course it's been difficult for myself and my family, but everyone involved in this — it's not been easy for anyone. this is a situation that has to be respected and dealt with in the right way. striker eni aluko, one of england's top players, claimed sampson had made racist comments and said she may have been dropped as retaliation for complaining. he was fully cleared by an fa review and an independent investigation. other former players have since criticised the culture under sampson and there have been calls for a new inquiry, but he insists he's innocent. did you ever belittle, victimise or bully eni aluko when she was a member of your squad? absolutely not. my intention of working with all our players, eni included, was to support them and give them the best chance to perform well

for england, and that's always been the intention of myself and the staff. so why is she saying it, then? what do you think her motive is? i can't answer the question for someone else. i respect that people have made allegations and i've respected it since they've been made. i've gone through a thorough process of answering every question that's been asked of me. i've done everything that's been asked of me to make sure that i've answered those questions as well as i possibly can. she has made some pretty serious allegations about what appear to be racial comments. are you a racist? absolutely not. for several weeks now, the claims of former players against mark sampson have hung over england. the manager's always insisted he retains the full support of the current squad, and today, for the first time, they had their say. i have to be honest, and i think it really has hit the squad and the staff very hard, and we want to be behind mark. every time i've stepped in and set foot in this environment since mark's been in charge, i've really enjoyed every moment.

i feel as though this environment, as a team, has allowed us to be open and allowed us to the individuals really be ourselves. 0n the pitch, samson's been a big success, leading england to two semifinals, and he retains the fa's backing, but next month the governing body will be asked to explain its handling of the affair to a parliamentary select committee. moving on from this dispute is proving difficult. dan roan, bbc news. sir peter hall, the founder of the royal shakespeare company, and arguably the key figure of british theatre over the past half century, has died. he was 86. a former director of the national theatre, he introduced the works of samuel beckett and harold pinter to british audiences. nick higham looks back at his life. i think she wants to be that side. he started as britain's most talented young director, charismatic and adventurous. at stratford aged just 29, he created the royal shakespeare company. not bad for the working class son of a railway man. we're not going

to read the play, and embarrass each other and ourselves. the rsc was a company of international standard which attracted the very best actors. wilt thou accept a ransom? yea or no? peggy ashcroft was one, here in an early hall triumph, a reworking of shakespeare's henry vi plays, as the wars of the roses. sir peter was a visionary. he was a colossus bestriding the world of british theatre. in a way, it would be iniquitous to pick out any individual production. i think his greatest legacy must be the company he formed, the royal shakespeare company. but the wunderkind suffered a nervous breakdown and quit, only to re—emerge as laurence 0livier‘s successor as director of the new national theatre being built on london's south bank. he revelled in his new role. it's a very, very stimulating job, because it is both concerned with management and with art. at 24, he directed the

uk premiere of samuel beckett's waiting for godot, a theatrical bombshell. peter shaffer's amadeus was another of the many new plays he directed. he brought waiting for godot to the london stage. beckett's career would not have started without peter hall. pinter‘s career would not have got going without peter hall. he was one of the great champions early in his career of tennessee williams' work on the london stage. he had the most extraordinary instinct for great living writers, for writers at the beginning of their careers. 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 also made films like akenfield, a nostalgic portrait of rural life in suffolk village like the one he'd grown up in.

he gets to here somewhere and he trips. right, he's going to fall in the slop, so you all appreciate we can only do it once. it was shot mainly at weekends using amateur actors. the work of a fine director and talented impresario who ended his career as the grand old man of british theatre. and there'll be a special tribute to sir peter hall at 9pm tonight on bbc four. time for a look at the weather. here's alina jenkins. things have been going steadily downhill from the west this afternoon. 0ur downhill from the west this afternoon. our first named storm of the season approaches. it is called aileen. it has been barling towards the uk, already bringing per sis tent rain over northern ireland,

western scotland, wales and western parts of england. it is the strength of winds which gives you cause for concern. we have an amber warning. gusts across england and wales of 50—60mph. for a time, gusts across england and wales of 50—60mph. fora time, as gusts across england and wales of 50—60mph. for a time, as this area of low pressure moves across northern england, parts of the midlands and north wales, we could see gusts up to 75mph. windy and wet as that band of rain pushes eastwards. the strength strength of wind could bring damages to trees, branches or trees down entirely. certainly some disruption to travel. bbc local radio is the best place to get updates tonight and into tomorrow morning. aileen pulls into the north sea tomorrow morning. the rain eases. a day of sunshine and showers. the winds not as strong as overnight. always a cool feel given

the strength of wind and showers with highs between 14 and 18 celsius. high pressure not far away for the end of the week. still, this squeeze in the isobars feeding further showers across on a pries can north—westerly wind. for thursday, a day of sunshine and the showers. the showers could well merge at times to give a longer speu merge at times to give a longer spell of rain. temperatures 14—18 celsius. there's a lot going on in the next 12—24 hours. all the warning details are on our website. a reminder of our main story: the public sector pay cap is to be scrapped. police and prison officers will be the first to benefit from pay rises. that's all from the bbc news at six. so, it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines.