britain's most senior police officer warns against any further cuts in policing. the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick says she doesn't want the police to be as chronically underfunded as the prison service. i don't want the government to wait for the police to be struggling, like the prison service, with chronic understaffing. it comes as the national audit office criticises government ministers for failing to understand the impact of police cuts. also this lunchtime... mark carney agrees to stay on as governor of the bank of england until 2020 to help a smoother brexit. the westminster bridge terror attack: the inquest hears how american tourist kurt cochran lost his life saving his wife. more than a million americans evacuated as hurricane florence heads for the east coast of the united states packing winds of 140 miles an hour. north carolina is taking hurricane florence seriously. and you should too.

get ready, now. zero—emission vehicles: the prime minister promises more money to develop them. and coming up on bbc news. a decision will be made on the future of hampden park as scotland's national stadium this afternoon. the scottish fa could decide to move to murrayfield. hello to the bbc news at one. we'll have more on the morning of all these cuts in just a few minutes. the inquests into the deaths of five people killed in the westminster terror attack last year has heard how an american tourist saved his wife by pushing her out of the path of the vehicle driven

by khalid massood. kurt and melissa cochran had only been in london for two hours before masood launched his attack last march. kurt was killed but his wife survived. our correspondent, helena lee, is at the old bailey. the hearing today has heard from witnesses, pedestrians on westminster bridge at the time that kurt cochran was hit by the car. one eyewitness broke down in tears in the witness box as she relived the moment of impact. and his wife, who survived was badly injured, also gave evidence in court into the inquest into her husband's death. this morning, melissa cochrane came to court to tell the hearing how she and her husband's trip to london ended after just two and her husband's trip to london ended afterjust two and a half hours. she and kurt cochran, the

first victim of the attack had been visiting from america. from the witness box she told the court she remembers the car being driven by khalid masood approaching them and then being on the ground. her husband had pushed her to safety, she told the court she doesn't remember him doing that but it was typical of him. kylie smith, a teacher, also gave evidence, she'd beenin teacher, also gave evidence, she'd been in london with some students and was on the bridge when the attack happened. in tears, she told the court how she remembers seeing the court how she remembers seeing the american couple holding hands beforehand. and she said the car came towards them... there was chaos and panic after, she said. three others on the bridge died as khalid masood drove into them over at westminster bridge, he

then got out and stabbed pc keith palmer who died at the scene. the inquest will hear further evidence into kurt cochran‘s death before hearing the inquests into the four other victims. the inquest will continue here this afternoon into the death of lesley rhodes, 75 years old, a pensioner, he had been on his way to a hospital appointment when he was struck down by the card on westminster bridge. helena, thank you. britiain‘s most senior police officer has warned the government about the danger of making further cuts to policing. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, says she doesn't want the police to struggle with chronic underfunding like the prison service. it comes as the public spending watchdog, the national audit office, has criticised ministers for an ‘ineffective‘ and ‘detached' approach to police funding in england and wales. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, reports: what do or cops cost and do they

provide value for money? important questions but once the home office is struggling to answer. that's the mainfindings is struggling to answer. that's the main findings from a report by experts who examined government spending, the national audit office. the report on police finances says the home office spending a 6p on the police service this year but it says there are significant gaps in the department's understanding of costs and demand and it criticises the home office or relying on a formula for bonding forces which is ineffective and detached from the changing nature of policing. the funding formula they have used to allocate money is out of date and the home office told parliament in 2015 the formula was ineffective, here we are three years later and there hasn't been an update of that formula and so it's unlikely the money is going to the right places. the report says since 2010 when

budgets were cut, police have carried out less proactive work like breathalyser tests, it says there are fewer breathalyser tests, it says there a re fewer arrests breathalyser tests, it says there are fewer arrests and it's taking longer to charge suspects. they are saying there are a number of forces 110w saying there are a number of forces now really i think the euphemism is stretched in terms of their viability, my interpretation of that is if we carry on like we have done for the past five years we will start to see more forces start to degrade their ability to serve the public in terms of keeping them and protecting them from harm. the home office says it's provided extra funding for policing this year and is entering a critical phase in negotiations with the treasury to secure more money. new officers are being recruited but the leader of britain's against force says that they struggle partly because the government refuses to accept the independent panels recommendation on pgy- independent panels recommendation on pay. i am sorry to say i do think that decision will have affected morale, it will affect recruit and

and it will perhaps affect retention. sajid javid the home secretary will tell superintendents later he's doing all he can to support front line officers but report today is clear, there are no quick fixes. and we can speak to danny now. from the police superintendents conference. a pretty strong warning from cressida dick on further police cuts? yes, she is a very measured person, she's not one for bold state m e nts person, she's not one for bold statements and gestures. and she was quite clear that she is not someone to waive shrouds but she's really concerned about the impact of the government's award, it was a pay award of 2% when the independent panel recommended 3% and in fact that was what the police service and metropolitan police argued was necessary. she said she was disappointed with that and regretted the decision and she was very concerned as you heard about the impact it would have on recruitment

and retention and that is why in london she has announced a returns scheme to get recently retired police officers to come back into the metropolitan police. she's worried about the expertise being lost in the police service and i suppose that links them with what the national audit office is saying about the impact of the jet cuts, 21,000 fewer officers than the service had in 2010, it's all a theme here at the conference today, theme here at the conference today, the impact of budget cuts on the police service is beginning to bite. danny, many thanks indeed. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has agreed to continue in his post until the end of january 2020. the chancellor, philip hammond, told mps in the commons that mr carney had agreed to extend his term, to "ensure continuity through what could be quite a turbulent period" as britain leaves the eu. let's speak to our assistant political editor, norman smith, in westminster. norman, what is the significance of

mark carney staying on in the job for a while? well it's a decision which will frankly infuriate any brexiteers because mark carney is blu ntly brexiteers because mark carney is bluntly viewed as a hate figure by many of them, they consider him one of the dark forces behind project fear because of what they view as his gloomy predictions about the prospects for the british economy post breaks it. now philip hammond has said actually we are going to carry on with him a bit longer on tilljanuary 2020 carry on with him a bit longer on till january 2020 and carry on with him a bit longer on tilljanuary 2020 and that is the second time mr hammond has decided just to keep mr mr carney in post and on top of that the reason mr hammond has given is economic turbulence, in other words he's a bit concerned about how things might go post brexit and he wants continuity and stability. all this at exactly the moment that the brexiteers are having a big shebang press co nfe re nce brexiteers are having a big shebang press conference in the house of commons to set out leading the

european union and going on to so—called world trade organization turns. the decision of which they say could result in a significant boost for the economy and complete contrast to mr carney‘s more gloomy forecast. they suggest for example it could lead to lower food prices because of lower tariffs and an increase in household incomes, £80 billion more for the taxpayer. i'm thinking there will be an awful lot of grinding of teeth in the brexit central headquarters over this decision. norman, thank you very much indeed. labour are promising to give more rights to workers in the so—called "gig economy". in a speech to the tuc conference in manchester, the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, will say casual staff should be eligible for sick pay, maternity leave and other benefits. he'll also set out plans to increase the power of trade unions. our political correspondent, iain watson, is at the conference and sent this report. the so—called gig economy is all around us —

when we take a cab, order a pizza, stuff off for a snack, or we come and go from our offices. many people whose work is irregular and insecure, such as agency staff or freelancers without full employment rights. the unions say almost 4 million people are not in regular guaranteed employment and labour is pledging to give casual workers similar rights to those in permanentjobs. the balance has shifted too far now against the rights of workers in particular and that is displayed in the distribution of national income now. for the first time, more is going to shareholders than to workers themselves. the tuc welcomes the prospect of new employment rights but says these alone will not help everyone in the gig economy. these are people who might be missing out on their legal rights, but often it is difficult for them to enforce even the rights they have. they do not have power in the workplace. they face things like employers saying, if you turn down the shift, we won't give you any shifts next week. some people in casual

contracts here in manchester welcomed labour's plans. just because you are working casually, or 9—5, you should have the same, regardless. the student should have good rights, as well. and the shadow chancellor will tell the tuc today he wants to give workers in regular employment more of a financial stake in their companies. after a torrid summer that highlighted divisions over anti—semitism and brexit, labour are hoping for a brighter autumn. expect to see a steady flow of policy announcements over the next few weeks and at their annual conference, all designed to portray themselves as an alternative party of government, but as they provide more detail, they will also have to expect more scrutiny. when this former adviser to tony blair was asked by theresa may to look into the world of insecure employment he stopped short of recommending labour's new plans. matthew taylor's review recognised that some people welcomed the flexibility of casual work and some businesses say

new rights could costjobs. it would really increase regulations and costs for businesses and that does have an impact on companies' ability to grow and take on staff. john mcdonnell wants to set out a distinctive agenda, one that has clear dividing lines, notjust with the conservatives, but with the labour governments of tony blair and gordon brown. he thinks new employment rights will appeal to younger voters. but critics say he is risking theirjobs. ian watson, bbc news, manchester. the shortage of staff in the nhs in england has been highlighted by new figures which show a big rise in the number of vacancies. it's currently looking for 107 thousand more staff. nhs improvement, which monitors the health service, says it's because of rising patient demand and more staff leaving. our health editor hugh pym is here — how worrying are these figures? they illustrate the intense and

increasing pressures on the nhs and with winter approaching the flag up some possible areas of concern so let's ta ke some possible areas of concern so let's take a closer look at the figures for england. they show between april and june there were 6.23 million visits to a&e units. add english hospitals. that's a record. in response to that hospitals and other trusts have been trying to take on more staff but we learned today the number of vacancies in the nhs in england is standing at 100 and 7000, a lot on the previous three months and the previous year as well. and they say increased demand and also the fact some people are leaving is the reason for that. what about the finances of the nhs? we learnt today the underlying deficit is for £20 billion, the first time we got that figure, stripping out all the special support funding from the centre, stripping out one of savings and so on, that's the amount that

hospitals and other trusts need to provide for the cost of care and it has to come from somewhere, it has to come from elsewhere. thank you. wages grew faster than expected in the three months tojuly, as they continue to outstrip inflation. official statistics show that pay, excluding bonuses, rose by 2.9% during the period, well above the 2.4% rate of inflation. unemployment has continued to fall, and remains at its lowest level for over a0 yea rs, as our economics correspondent, andy verity reports. the firm that runs this construction site in salford has no shortage of work, but a shortage of skilled workers is a growing problem. until this year, its subcontractors could find the staff they needed easily. mostly from the rest of the european union. we've got eastern european workers on this site. a lot of the concrete frames are eastern europeans,

we've got albanians working on here. the dry liners, joiners, tilers, tend to be eastern european. so, in some instances, when they leave, it gets very difficult to entice the british workforce back onto the site. from the construction firms' point of view, the labour market is on fire. even though profits are tight, they have to fight to keep their workers with pay rises of ten or 20%. if they don't, they may leave before the work is complete. mid—contract, people come along waving the cheque—book and we lose tradesmen. there are a lot of tradesmen who work on the building contract. it's an old—fashioned business. keeping those people on site on a tight programme, on tight margins, that is the challenge. here is what that pay rise looks like in pounds. an extra £14 a week. that brings the average wage to £1189 per week, or about £25,400 a year. but before you get too excited about the pay rise, put it in perspective. here is what has happened to wages over the last 10—15 years.

right now, we are not much higher than we were a very long time ago. i think there has been a persistent puzzle why workers have not been able to demand higher wage growth, despite the fact the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest since the mid—19705. i think there has been a persistent puzzle why workers have not been able to demand higher wage growth, despite the fact the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest since the mid—19705. we would have expected wage growth to pick up a lot more than it has done so far. with unemployment at a 43 year low, the number of vacancies is at a 17 year high, with 830,000 jobs advertised and the highest rate of vacancies in hotels and restaurants. one side—effect — you may sometimes have to wait a little longer to get served. andy verity, bbc news. a million people have been ordered to leave their homes in south carolina, as hurricane florence, a dangerous, category four storm heads towards the coast. it currently has sustained wind speeds of 140 miles per hour, and is expected to make landfall on thursday. richard lister has the latest. it could be the most powerful

storm to hit the eastern usa in three decades. this footage of hurricane florence, ta ken over several hours, shows winds of up to 141mph. meteorologists are keeping a close watch on it from the sky, as evacuations are ordered on the ground. we got the hurricane and the surge which may be as high as 10 feet, maybe more, maybe less, we don't know, coming out of the ocean, and after that we have water coming down, flooding us. so we're in for a real episode here. more than a million people along the coast of the carolinas have been told to leave their homes. the outer banks, a chain of low lying islands, are particularly vulnerable. everyone here has been ordered out. people don't understand that when they say it's time to evacuate, there's no emergency services, the restaurants are closed, there's nothing else open, you need to go back and get back to the mainland so you've got some comforts.

before they go, they do what they can to ensure their home or business survives the hurricane. see what happens, and hopefully we have a business to come back to. the us navy, too, is making a tactical retreat. around 30 ships stationed on the virginia coast have been ordered out to sea. it's thought they'll have a better chance of avoiding damage by riding out the storm there. even those communities not directly in the storm's path are being told to take precautions. north carolina is taking hurricane florence seriously, and you should too. get ready, now. and around the region, they're doing just that. there have been long lines as people stock up on propane and petrol, braced for the prospect of power cuts. i want to make sure my car is full of gas, but i also want to make sure i have enough for our generator.

grocery stores too have had a busy week, as people prepare for what could be many days of disruption. the forecast models are suggesting that the storm will slow down and meander around in place, and that is a recipe for an inland flooding disaster, much like what we saw with hurricane harvey in texas. the hurricane won't make landfall until thursday, but already the atlantic surf is up, and there are two more storms behind florence, also heading west. richard lister, bbc news. cbs reporter david begnaud is on the south carolina coast and sent this report. before the sun rose over south carolina, officials were already in place putting out cones that will be used to re—route traffic and reverse lanes, as its named. here's what's going to happen. noon, local time in south carolina, all traffic will be re—routed heading west, away from the coast of south carolina. people have been told to evacuate 150 miles or more. this is because the governor of south carolina has ordered a mandatory evacuation of the entire south carolina coastline. we are talking more than 1 million

people who have been told to get out, as well as tourists. hotels are telling people, we are not going to be open, gas stations are shutting down. however, i asked one state trooper what happens if somebody decides to stay in their home and doesn't wa nt to leave ? he said, "we can't force them to, we're not going to pull them out of their homes, but we may not be able to go in and get them if they need any help." officials up and down the eastern seaboard are watching this storm, because, remember, there is about 200 miles on either side that the storm could skip a little bit. i'm reminded of hurricane irma last year. right when it was going to hit miami, it skipped to the west. when we thought it was going to hit tampa, it skipped to the east. so people are mindful that, 72 hours out from the storm, we still could see some sort of deviation that would predict further south or further north, and that's why you've got states of emergency filed in south carolina, north carolina, virginia and maryland, as all eyes are on florence.

our top story this lunchtime. britain's most senior police officer warns the government about the danger of making further cuts to policing. and coming up. is this the day england'sjimmy anderson breaks the record for the most test wickets taken by a fast bowler? coming up on bbc news. kimi raikkonen will leave ferrari at the end of the season. the 2007 world champion's announced a return to sauber, while charles le clerc goes the other way to replace him. they're hailed as the future of cars, and a way to curb pollution in our cities and cut global warming.

plans to increase the number of electric zero—emission vehicles developed and produced in the uk will be set out by the prime minister today. theresa may will promise £100 million for research into new batteries and low carbon technology in a speech in birmingham. tom burridge explains. dirty air is one of the big problems of our time. so, today, a green vehicle summit in birmingham. whether government is saying more about how it plans to get more of us to electric. this past month, august, the figures show one car in 12 sold in the united kingdom is a low emission vehicle. now, that is early days, but it is accelerating rapidly and my sense is that we are going to see, over the coming months and years, a real uptick in the desire of consumers to get a low—emission vehicle. the engineers and scientists in britain working to develop these vehicles are in a race. there will be more government money and investment from industry,

because improving the technology behind e—vehicles offers huge economic rewards. now if you buy one of these, about a third of the value goes on a crucial piece of technology. it is not this, the motor, but what powers it, the battery. these robots at birmingham university are learning. their artificial intelligence will allow them to take part at electric car battery. those teaching the robots are part of the team researching how electric car batteries can be safely recycled. they argue pioneering science and engineering like this is crucial if britain is to lead the way. the manufacture of vehicles is one of the success stories of british industry over the last couple of decades. if we are not at the forefront of the transition and the revolution that is about to happen, then those jobs and all the benefits that come from them could disappear. but, up to now, virtually

all of their funding has come from the european union. and industry wants guarantees that our government will be able to plug the gap. we must have real commitment to replacing european funding in our universities. we have seen some very valuable steps on horizon funding, for example, in the short run. but this kind of industry requires serious investment in battery charging, in the new kind of technology that is going to drive these cars of the future. the investment, funding in our universities must be there and we do need to see more. going green needs global solutions and today is a british pitch about how the government plans to be part of an electric revolution. tom burridge, bbc news in birmingham. the bbc says it will review free tv licences for people aged over 75. the director general lord hall said the corporation will look again at the concession when it comes to an end in two years' time.

let's get more from our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. he has the latest for us. what else has lord hall been saying about this? good afternoon, this is about the house of commons digital culture, media and sport committee which met here at mediacity in salford this morning, there was three main headline, the first, over 755 tv license, lord hall was asked about this directly because the deal i5 about this directly because the deal is up injune 2020, and he said the bbc board would be having to think about it, and he could not guarantee that they would definitely continue. when you consider before 2025 when the government paid for free tv licences that made up a fifth of the bbc budget. this is a big decision that will have to be made. there we re that will have to be made. there were a lot of questions about about sir cliff richard court case, lord hall said he agrees that while his

reportling, the reporting from the bbc had been accurate, he agreed that it was over the top, in particular the helicopter. he said that he had personally approached cliff richard to try and get the case 5orted cliff richard to try and get the case sorted out of court of, but the word had come back that unless the bbc agreed they had behaved illegally, something they would not do he would see them in court, which of course happened. the other story making the headlines, a lot of que5tion5 making the headlines, a lot of questions asked about departure of chris evans questions asked about departure of chris eva n5 and questions asked about departure of chris evans and eddie mayorfrom the pm programme on radio 4. lord hall 5aid pm programme on radio 4. lord hall said now the bbc could not pay and he used the phrase the big bucks, to explain the money, the big 5um5 that the commercial radio could pay, and he also said that chris evans departure, one factorwas he also said that chris evans departure, one factor was the fact his salary had been revealed, 5o, that was the first time we had heard him speak about that, really. the english rugby union's leading

clubs are deciding whether to accept an offer of 200 and 75 million pounds to take over the premiership. under the proposed deal, cvc capital partners, which used to own formula one, would acquire a majority stake in the league, valuing the competition at more than half a billion pounds. england's cricketers are in action at the oval on the final day of the test summer. jimmy anderson needs just one wicket to become the leading pace bowler in test cricket history. our correspondent joe wilson is there. joe. yes, the sense of an ending once again, ben, a5 joe. yes, the sense of an ending once again, ben, as we do come to the final day of the international summer, i guess the final day of the international summer, igue55 we the final day of the international summer, i guess we should be glad here we are in september and it's still set fire. england began today knowing they needed five more wickets to win this, but with that sub plot involving james anderson,

let us show you the best of action so far. english cricket has built floodlights, but who will provide the highlight? that is not a reference to jamie anderson's hair. he runs up and delivers. in general terms, it is fast bowling. anderson was looking for a magic wicket on tuesday morning. the batsman did not quite oblige. for india, miles behind in this match, this was a last chance to impress. and it's always a special occasion for someone. rahul and rahane were making batting look relatively easy. certainly enough to make england's captain ponder his options. kl rahul was displaying his full range of flicks and tricks and, after all of monday's emotion for england, now it seemed a bit, well, back down to earth. ajinkya rahane was looking so comfortable, it was a shock when he did this. lobbed up to the fielder. india four wickets down. 120 scored. did that reallyjust happen?

well, keep watching. hanuma vihari batted well in the first innings. out for nought now. five more wickets for england to win. you can read coaching manuals for test match technique. rahul‘s methods are more instinctive and modern. now dismissing ben stokes's bowling right into the seats. rahul reached a hundred here near the start of his test career and that brought today's standing ovation. so india will resume on 167—5. they do have the option of batting all day to draw. i am surejimmy anderson will be bowling soon. if joe root brings alastair cook on to bowl we know things have