this is bbc news i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 8:00. under attack over police pay and funding cuts, the government is criticised by britain's most senior police officer. i don't want the government to wait for the police to be struggling, like the prison service, with chronic understaffing. saved by her husband — the wife of one of the westminster terror attack victims tells an inquest of his last moments. labour demands that people who work in the so—called gig economy — like cab drivers and shop workers — should be given morejob security. also this hour. hurricane florence heads to the united states. more than a million people in south carolina, north carolina and virginia are ordered to leave their homes as it's predicted to make landfall in the next 48 hours. and england win the fifth test against india — as james anderson becomes the most successful fast bowler in test cricket.

good evening. welcome to bbc news. britain's most senior police officer says the government's refusal to increase police pay by three % was like a punch on the nose. cressida dick says she was "extremely disappointed" by the decision to give police a 2% rise — despite an independent panel recommending it should be more. the home secretary, sajid javid, said he understood the pressures facing the police — but had to consider affordability and fairness to taxpayers. it comes as a public spending watchdog called the government's approach to police funding "ineffective". our home affairs correspondent, tom

symonds, reports from birmingham. any of the units pleased that can assist. modern policing. four words — doing more with less. well, our rol is reactive and response shift. this sergeant is on duty in birmingham. but limited resources means he's doing 999 calls only. and there are plenty of those. do you want to come out and have a chat, then? this one's gone from both a shopkeeper and his unhappy customer. not an emergency, but the police have to check. cancel the other car, it's a civil dispute. no police offences. the central government funding which makes up 80% of this force's budget is falling. we're not keeping up with criminality. we're not keeping up with the cuts. and the cuts are really inflicting a huge blow on our ability particularly to prevent crime as well as dealing with some of the serious situations which the police have to respond to.

£8.6 billion a year is the amount the government bans directly on police forces in england and wales. but nearly £1 billion was reallocated last year, for national projects like better technology, leaving £7.7 billion. despite extra income from council tax, overall police funding has come down by 19% since 2010. and there are 15% fewer officers. running a police force with limited resources is clearly a huge challenge. you would expect the home office would have a clear picture of how challenging it is and what the risks might be of failing. well, today's report says you would be wrong. in fact, the financial watchdog says the home office has "no overarching strategy for policing, limiting its ability to plan investments and programmes of work over the longer term." in leicester today, speaking to police superintendents, the relatively new home secretary made an admission.

but there is a need for more resources. and that is why i have said that the best way, really, for me to make a big difference here, especially to try and move away from some of the year—on—year, annual changes and move to some longer—term settlement system the upcoming spending review which will start next year, and i've all ready said quite clearly that my priority, for me, will be policing. even britain's most senior police officer is piling on the pressure. angry at a recent decision to increase police pay by 2%, rather than 3%. but i do feel disappointed by the decision and i will keep on saying so. and meanwhile i need to think how can my officers, how can i recruit, how can i retain and how can i make my officers and staff feel that i really value them, because i think this is a punch

on the nose. police work is changing. increasingly it is about dealing with society's problems. but today's reports is it that much a challenge for the government as officers on the front line. tom symonds, bbc news, birmingham. police and crime commissioners are elected officials who are responsible for making sure policing in their area is efficient and effective. matthew scott is the conservative police and crime commissioner for kent and hejoins me now from swanley. we are very grateful for your time. thank you. there are two issues here. pay and funding. let's start with the funding issue first of all, ifi with the funding issue first of all, if i may. the national audit office says that the government's approach to funding is ineffective. is the nub of the issue that some areas are getting too much and some areas are not getting enough? well, what we know from the police funding settle m e nt know from the police funding settlement is that the report highlights one particular issues that police and crime have been lobbying hard on over the course of the last few years which is a fairer funding settlement for places like

rural communities and kent do miss out on some things. we've been calling for a fairer funding settlement. that does have to be balanced about what does go on in oui’ balanced about what does go on in our city centres. of course it does. but there are things in there that the government is already acting on. conservative pc sees went to the cover minutes that we need more resources through council tax we got that this year. how else do you get more money into the police? i better can you find it? well, what we have been working with the government on is trying to understand the sources of demand as we have heard in your purse, policing hasn't changed quite substantially. one third of all mackrell the police time is dealt with mental health and other societal issues —— one third of all kent police. we should really hear from the home secretary that they will be prioritising police funding. it isa will be prioritising police funding. it is a settlement that shows what more we can do as policing crime commissioners if they give us the extra resources . commissioners if they give us the extra resources. as of my colleagues already increasing police numbers this year. it will be 270 more

police officers and kent by march of next year for example as well as places like essex and sussex. we are in the process of working with the home office 20 what more we can work with. he forget him to pay i want to ask you one specific question: are potential crimes not being investigated that would be investigated that would be investigated if the funding situation was different?” investigated if the funding situation was different? i don't believe that is the case. kent for example, every crime is investigated. we have a very extensive investigation management unit, which assesses every single crime and looks at possible leads for investigation. and then their assigned appropriately. what police forces are doing is looking at how they can manage those investigations more effectively. so the message i would have to my residence is that every time is investigated and i know that is the case and many police forces across the country. but not all of them? i don't think that would necessarily be the case. there may be the different categories where they will be saying

if you haven't got any cctv, witnesses or victims statements, that will be able to leads towards identification of the perpetrator they might violate earlier than it used to have done in the past, but they will still look for leads and they will still look for leads and they will still look for leads and they will still look to allocate for an investigation if they feel that there will be an outcome. what about pay? cressida dick says the government's refusal to increase pay by the recommended 3% is a punch in the nose. do you agree? well, i have a lwa ys the nose. do you agree? well, i have always been someone who believes in paying our police officers and police staff a fair deal. i think it was u nfortu nate police staff a fair deal. i think it was unfortunate that the government did not honour the funding review boards, sorry, the police pay review boards, sorry, the police pay review boards settlement this year. i think that that was a shame. but in the future this could be easily solved by linking police pay to inflation for example. so that we can be absolutely sure in the future that oui’ absolutely sure in the future that our brave police officers and staff are getting a fair settlement. can you give me a brief sense of morale? ijust wonder how policemen and women are actually feeling about this. i think they are feeling the

pressure. i talked to police officers and staff on a regular basis. we know that demand is higher, that they are working harder than they have ever done before because of some of the changes in the way they have had to deal with thanks, for examples having to spend hours waiting at mental health units and amd departments to help people who are in crisis, dealing with other societal issues. if we do work better with the nhs who have got the extra funding that they have asked for in order to do with some of theseissues for in order to do with some of these issues we might be able to free up. but i noticed about there, people are feeling and i think the pace of men in particular has added to that burden. matthew scott alyce and high commissioner for to that burden. matthew scott alyce and high commissionerfor kent. we have to leave it but we really grateful your time. many thanks. thank you. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the sun's deputy poltical editor steve hawkes and the political commentatorjane merrick. the wife of a man run down and killed in last year's westminster bridge terror attack,

has told an inquest she remembers hearing a revving engine, but doesn't recall her husband pushing her out of the way. americans kurt and melissa cochran had flown to europe to celebrate their wedding anniversary. they'd only been in london for two and a half hours when the attack happened, leaving five people dead. daniel sandford reports. it was a task no one would want. melissa cochran still limping from her own serious injuries, arriving to give evidence at the inquest into the death of her husband who she now calls her hero. she told the court they were touring europe to mark their wedding anniversary. they'd just been westminster abbey. they'd only been in london for two and a half hours and had almost crossed the bridge when khalid masood began his attack.

it was just after 3:20pm. she said today... she spent three and a half weeks in hospital in london, but kurt died as big ben struck 3pm. schoolteacher kylee smith was in westminster that day with a group of teenage pupils. kurt and melissa had caught her eye as they walked hand—in—hand, when suddenly she heard the revving of a car. in tears at times, she told the inquest "the man to pull his girlfriend behind him, tried to shield herfrom the impact." she saw kurt knocked into the air by the car, and then chaos on the bridge. she told her pupils to run — they all made it safely home. the next witness was walking with his nephew on the enbankment by the river thames described the scene kurt cochran fine to the air and landing with an awful

thud at their feet. his head hitting the pavement. despite the efforts of a nurse, a paramedic and a doctor who all arrived within minutes, he died where he had fallen. the next fatal injury was to leslie rhodes, a retired window cleaner who was walking away from the car when he was hit, turning at the last moment when he heard the revving. he died the next day from a head injury. lawyers from his family asked why the emergency helicopter was not used to take him to hospital as originally planned. it's thought the helicopter team were treating pc keith palmer, who was dying nearby from stab wounds. khalid masood, bbc news, at the old bailey. people who work in the so—called gig economy — like cab drivers, shop workers and delivery drivers — shouldn't have to live with the levels of insecurity they currently experience because of zero—hour contracts — that's according to the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell. he's told the tuc conference that casual staff should be eligible for sick pay, maternity leave and other benefits. our political correspondent, iain watson reports from manchester.

take just a short cab ride across manchester, and you'll see how much the so—called gig economy touches our everyday lives. if you having a snack, order a takeaway, see a new building up around you, you're probably seeing someone who is in insecure employment. for some people, their regular hours worked. when you start anytime you want to, you can stop anytime you want. it is flexibility and freedom is good. but casual work does not suit everyone. the union say nearly 4 million people don't have a regular, permanent, full—time contract. labour's message to the tuc today is there will be getting new race to the people in a gig economy. we'll expand full rights to all workers, entitling everyone in insecure work to sick bay. maternity rights and the right to unfair dismissal. ——maternity rights and the right against unfair dismissal.

andrew said employees will be given a new financial stake in the companies, havejob protection from peoples first day of employment. when you're being told that if you take a day off you're going to be let go. ruth and charlie are members of the gmb union and have both been in casual employment. ruth works in a care home and welcomes labour's plans to extend sick pay. people who go into work being ill and then transferring it to the whole company and then if you're working in a care home or anywhere else you're dealing with residents and then that, that can lead to death. charlie likes the idea of greaterjob protection. when you aren't being offered hours or there's not any regular hours, you want as much work as you can get. and being told halfway through the day you no longer required, you know, for a lot of people pretty soul—crushing. some businesses are warning that labour‘s plans for more rights could lead to fewerjobs. as many go to affect those businesses who are the struggle

to recruit enough people because of things like profits and such like that. if they have to improve the rights of those workers it obviously makes it more difficult and much more burden on the employer. after a summer of bad headlines, labour is looking for a fresh start. expect a whole range of policy and off is to come your way soon. but as the party releases more detail, they can also expect you to scrutiny. iain watson, bbc news, manchester. the boss of jaguar land rover has warned theresa may that a "hard brexit" will wipe out his company's profits, resulting in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs. he described the prospect of a cliff—edge break with the eu as "horrifying". brexit. jobs have been shed, when they should have been created. 1000 lost as a as a response to policy. and those numbers will be counted in the tens of thousands if we do not get the right brexit deal. our political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster for us. well, that warning is now a familiar

one from various leaders in business and industry and banking who are seriously worried, as we have heard over the last few months, about the consequences of leaving the european union blades no deal. the government had an answer to that warning, it said that its plan the checkers agreement which the cabinet signed up agreement which the cabinet signed up to agreement which the cabinet signed uptoa agreement which the cabinet signed up to a few months ago does include specific measures as pacific proposals to protectjobs within the automotive industry and elsewhere. but today, we heard from a group of conservative mps and others who did not like the government's plan very much. they say it will leave the uk a rule taker and not a rule maker and it was described in the former foreign secretary who of course quit over the agreement, borisjohnson, as worse than the status quo. so they put forward an alternative which would see the uk agreed an orderly withdrawal from the eu and then have a transition period were a

trade agreement any future relationship was negotiated. at the moment the government is trying to do both at the same time. at least in broad terms, and the chairman of that group who gathered today in parliament but for their land, jacob rees—mogg spoke a little earlier about their alternative strategy. the plan is that we should negotiate the canada plus deal now, which is being offered by the eu and which has been offered from an early stage, but recognise that leaving on a world trade basis is a perfectly reasonable thing to do. the key to our negotiating strength is to know that the alternative is something that is good rather than bad. so, once you've established that, you can negotiate with much greater confidence. now the government was not having any of that. they of course consistently criticised those who are saying that the government should abandon the chequers agreement for not coming up with their own plan. we did have some details from the critics of chequers today but those were immediately criticised by the government. here's

the chancellor philip hammond responding to be economic analysis they put forward. i'm sure his model is very effective but the assumptions that he makes are wildly out of line with assumptions that are used by other economic modellers and frankly, i believe, are not sustainable. notjust not just the notjust the government criticising these plans. those in favour of remaining in the european union and campaigning fora remaining in the european union and campaigning for a vote on the final deal, two, one of the labour mp describing it as "project fantasy". we will hear more from those in the conservative party opposed to the government hogg brexit plan tomorrow on the very tricky issue about what to do on the northern ireland border. the two—year from you by nathan fowles —— good to hear from you, jonathan. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has agreed to remain in the job for an additional seven months, until the end of january 2020.

the extension of mr carney‘s tenure is to help support a smooth exit from the european union, according to the chancellor, philip hammond. the governor said he was ‘willing to do whatever he can in order to promote both a successful brexit and an effective transition at the bank of england'. sport now. and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. anchoring is busy and both cricket and soccer. yes, they are. james anderson took the final wicket in england's victory over india in the fifth and finalk match of the series to become the most succesfull fast bowler in test cricket. it was his 56ath wicket surpassing glenn mcgrath's record in what was also alistair cook's final match for his country — england winning the series 4—1. england though were left frustrated in large parts by a superb sixth wicket stand which saw kl rahul make 149, supported by rishah pant — who reached 114. both were eventual dismissal by the bowling of adil rashid. which signalled the end for india

who were all out for 345 as england won by 118 runs. it has been a real fitting it has been a realfitting end it has been a real fitting end to what has been especially for england cricket. a special week for the test match game. a special week for legends of our sport and alastair cook, jimmy amerson, stuart broad, lays his part as well. i think we say thank you to alastair for everything he has done for english cricket but also jimmy anderson still going. yes he is at 564, but the way he is bowling now, the body, the way he is bowling now, the body, the mind, still seems a strong. i think we have got many years left in jimmy anderson. maybe a couple, maybe another hundred or so wicked, but i think this has been one of the great week for english cricket. that was after the successful series for england. now to football. england play switzerland in a friendly tonight hoping to avoid a fourth consecutive defeat, one which could take

the gloss off their impressive showing at the rcent world cup. playing at the king power stadium. hampden park will remain the home of scottish football. a proposal had been made to move scotland's home matches to murrayfield but the scottish fa have instead agreed to buy hampden park from owners queens park for £5 million when the current lease runs out in 2020. the stadium has been scotland's home for 112 years. great britain's simon yates has extended his lead in teh vuelta a espana with a strong ride on stage 16. the individual time trial was won by rohan dennis of australia, yates finished 13th — but crucially, ahead of all bar two of his rivals for the title. only yesterday he was playing down his chances of holding on to the leader's red jersey all the way to madrid but he's now 33 seconds clear of alejandro valverde,

with five stages to go. kimi raikkonen will leaving ferrari at the end of the formula one season. the 2007 world champion is joining sauber on a two year deal. charles le clerc is heading in the other direction — the 20—year—old will link up with sebastian vettel next season. raikkonen returns to the team where he began his f1 career in 2001. it's actually a really good signing. so unofficially the ferrari junior team, they are... he will bring a lot of experience. you will be able to give them all they need to improve. they are definitely on an u pwa rd improve. they are definitely on an upward shouldn'tjuri. so to have someone with his experience is going to be great because he's going to be able to give them feedback, how to improve, what is not working. give them a real sense of how and where they can make their development. proposals from cvc partners to buy a majority share in rugby union's premiership have been rejected by club owners. the £275 million offer from the former owners of formula one was for a 51% share.

the deal would mean a much—needed £17 million windfall for each club. exeter cheifs were the only team to make a profit last year. but premiership chairman ian ritchie told the bbc the unanimous view from directors and chief executives they do not want to lose majority control despite clubs needing a vital boost. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you in sportsday later on. studio: look forward to it. thank you. president trump has signed declarations of emergency for north and south carolina, as hurricane florence bears down on the eastern coast of the united states. more than a million people have been ordered to leave their homes. the hurricane is expected to make landfall later this week. matt mardell is in walterboro, south carolina — just inland from charleston. thank you for speaking with us.

thank you for speaking with us. thank you. what is it like where you are? right now is what we call the dog days of summer, nice and hot and bright sunshine. behind there, the storm you never know what they're going to do. give us a sense of the preparations you are making as these storm approaches both at home and at work? well, work was cancelled as of last night. i now have the rest of the week off and the local school district is also out so the kids are out of school. most people are hitting the stores and stocking up on water. and their nonperishable. really we are just kind of taking any object which could be turned into missiles and brought inside the house. but we're waiting to see what happens. you are in the evacuation zone, but you have decided to stay put. why is that? well, just because

we have been through a couple of storms here. my wife is actually a pharmacist at a facility and that facility has been designed to withstand hurricane category for, so usually we go and hide out there. so you are moving home, you arejust moving up to where she works? that is correct. 0k. it is not the first timei is correct. 0k. it is not the first time i know you and yourfamily is correct. 0k. it is not the first time i know you and your family have seen a hurricane. tell us what happened in 2016. that is correct. my happened in 2016. that is correct. my namesake hurricane matthew came through and actually toppled a tree on top of our house. we were not prepared for it. luckily, we made a last—minute decision to leave the house and go and take shelter, and we had a phone call in the morning that said "let it is a tree on your house" and we actually had to vacate the house for eight months while around about $100,000 worth of repairs were undertaken. given what

you've been through and what you might potentially face, you seem pretty la id might potentially face, you seem pretty laid back about it to me. is that how you feel? i do right now. when the weather is so good outside, there's only so much you can do to prepare for what is going to happen. so you stock up on your supplies, you keep watching the news, you listen to the emergency announcement and have all bases covered. and then you're about as confident as you can be. ok i'm a matt mardell we wish you luck and good to talk to you. many thanks. chrissy kohler is a weather forecaster and reporter at wcbd tv — based in charleston, south carolina. shejoins us now. what she joins us now. what is the latest news you have got on the hurricane? the good news is we have not seen a lot of changes in the updates over the last really 24 hours where it is

kind of maintained in a 130 mph wind. it is still heading north, northwest. picking up a little speed as it gets closer to the east coast. but right now we are will really looking and focusing in on a landfall, possibly around wellington, north carolina. those folks up into north carolina are looking like they're probably going to end up with some of the worst weather the actual hurricane. but the big concern now is that this may be actually a two prong system across the carolinas and even parts of virginia, where we not only have this very dangerous, catastrophic landfalling hurricane along the north carolina coast, but it is going to get stuck over the carolinas and into virginia and it is going to dump a lot of rain over these areas. in fact some areas forecast you can possibly see up to three feet of rain. that is going to be over a period had it all the way from friday into the weekend, possibly even into the early part of

next week. this isn't going to be one of those/ —— systems where it has landfall and lausanne. we could be dealing with the aftereffects of the storm for several days up and down the coast. talk me through some of the preparations that you are seeing people doing out there. sure. we actually went into the mandatory evacuation issued by the governor at about noon today although they actually ended up starting the evacuation, the lane reversals going on aboutan evacuation, the lane reversals going on about an hour earlier. we have a main artery in and out of downtown char so done at charleston 126 is 110w char so done at charleston 126 is now let's mount only mama loving people to be coastline. for the people to be coastline. for the people in the mandatory evacuation areas to get out of town fairly quickly. the good news is for us here, it's moving very smoothly. some of us up and down the coastline around myrtle beach area has seen quite the trafficjam. they do not actually have an interstate to get folks out of town. they're moving more on the secondary and rural

highways out of town. up across that area, they have definitely seen some delays. a lot of folks headed to the stores, deciding to stay, getting water and hurricanes nags as well as starting to board up windows. we seen a lot of businesses especially here in the charleston area with the boarded up windows and doors, justin preparation that we may see some of those stronger winds here.|j preparation that we may see some of those stronger winds here. i know i'm asking you to look into a crystal ball here, but how does this hurricane compared to some of the other devastating ones that we have seen over the years? is interesting because with the expected stall, especially after landfall we are starting to hear comparisons from hurricane floyd back in 1999 which did impact the carolinas. also similarities with hurricane harvey last year in texas where rio talking about a system that will end up dumping a lot of rain. of course

living here in charleston you hear all the time about hurricane hugo, backin all the time about hurricane hugo, back in 1989. that was the last time that we had a landfall. we had a category four hurricane here along south carolina coast. so folks who live here at the time of course remember that very well. that is one of those storms where we are also having some of those comparisons, especially as hard as the intensity, the wind forecast and also just how incredibly powerful the storm could be. chrissy kholer, you're going to be. chrissy kholer, you're going to be busy. thank you so much for breaking off and taking the time to talk to us. chrissy kholer in south carolina. let's have a look at the weather a little closer to home now. more sunshine on the way tomorrow but a cool day. we have a lot of cloud at the moment in the southern half of the uk. that second band of

cloud and rain moves southwards, behind that we have clearer skies, a few showers, cooler in eastern scotland, six or seven. very quickly this rain narrows, becoming light and patchy and sinking slowly south—eastwards through the morning. a scattering of showers running eastwards a cross a scattering of showers running eastwards across scotland, northern ireland and the north west of england, and temperatures will be similarto england, and temperatures will be similar to today. with a blustery wind. further south the winds will be lighter and once we get the sunshine the temperatures could reach 19 degrees but that is cooler than we had today, even though we have the cloud. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: britain's most senior police officer has hit out at the pay award decided by ministers, and at the level of spending cuts.

the inquest into the westminster bridge terror attack has heard how american tourist kurt cochran lost his life as he tried to save his wife. labour has demanded that people who work in the so—called gig economy — like cab drivers and shop workers — should be given morejob security. and more than a million people in south carolina, north carolina and virginia are ordered to leave their homes as hurricane florence is predicted to make landfall in the next 48 hours. the government has been defending its decision to refuse to pay police officers what the independent pay review body recommended for a second year in a row. they'll get a rise of 2% rather than three. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, said that felt like a "punch on the nose." the home secretary, sajid javid, said ministers had to consider

what was fair to taxpayers but he was intent on securing more funding for police. he will know that they recommendations across the board for millions of public sector workers. we have to take them all into account. you are trying to get the balance between the affordability of what is recommended and fairness to taxpayers. these are collective decisions. once we have taken that into account, we then have to justify the decision and that is what has happened here. there were other pay sectors, for example boards where those sectors didn't get quite what they wanted either and this is a reflection on trying to strike the balance. i'm not pretending it's easy. your question is how we can give more confidence that the resources that are needed will be there. first of all i

recognise, and it's something i recognised early on even before i was home secretary, that there is a need for more resources. as i mentioned there has been more resources in the last three years, i don't think it's enough given the challenges and complexities of the crimes faced, and that's why i say the best way for me to make a big difference and move away from some of the year—on—year changes and to longer term settlement is in the upcoming spending review which will start next year and i have already said clearly that my priority for me will be policing. the home secretary speaking earlier today. john sutherland is a former chief superintendent for the metropolitan police. he retired from the force just over six months ago and has written a memoir about his experience as an officer. i'm delighted to say he's here to talk to us. you have been there, seen that and done that. how

concerned are you? incredibly concerned. i see a police service thatis concerned. i see a police service that is under enormous strain but more than that i see individual police officers and staff who i think are operating under greater strain than at any previous point in my lifetime. so what has gone wrong? i'm not sure i would talk about what has gone wrong, i have too much faith and confidence in the people i used to work alongside, an extraordinary bunch of men and women, the everyday heroes and heroines who police our streets but there is not enough of them. i think there's an urgent need for significant reinvestment front—line policing. there are to issues, the issue of pay and the issue of funding so let's talk about funding first of all. is the problem the way that funding is allocated? that some regional forces that funding is allocated? that some regionalforces are that funding is allocated? that some regional forces are getting too much

money and others are not getting enough? i wouldn't claim to understand the intricacies of the funding formula but i'm certainly aware of the disparity that exists between different forces. the met is the force i know best and there are fewer people there than there were five years ago and eight years ago. is that because jobs have been cut 01’ is that because jobs have been cut or is there another reason? it is primarily because posts have been cut. the report that came out this morning talks about 44,000 fewer officers and staff in england and wales since 2010. that is a staggering number. is there anything the police code and maybe even must do better? i've never been a blind apologist for policing. i think there's always going to be a need for reform in policing. i've never

met a good cop who thinks we are fine just as we are, so we have a lwa ys fine just as we are, so we have always got to look at ourselves first, but at the same time there needs to be a really honest acknowledgement of the sheer level of strain policing is under currently. can you give me any sense of what a solution might look like? we need more officers and more investment. the commissioner's remarks today were fascinating. she talks about the service that wasn't in need of reform but in need of support and resources and i would agree with her entirely. then there is this issue of pay, isn't there, with 3% suggested and the government has said officers will get a 2% rise. the government does have a point, doesn't it, where it says has to ta ke point, doesn't it, where it says has to take into account the view of

taxpayers. yes, and i would defend the government's right to reach their own decision but it is important to understand why the independent pay review body is there in the first place. police officers don't have the same industrial rights as virtually every other front—line worker, probably the military are the only ones in the same position, so the independence of the pay body and its recommendations is a significant acknowledgement that policing is different and again the commissioner today described the government's position as a punch on the nose or offices. i think there's a view amongst a great many front—line officers and staff that they are held in a degree of contempt by politicians. really? and i think the decision on the pay award is evidence in support of that view. john sutherland, we have to leave it there. good to talk to you, and thanks for coming in. wages have grown faster than expected in the three months up

to july and have continued to outstrip rising prices, according to new figures. average earnings increased by 2.9% excluding bonuses, well above the rate of inflation. meanwhile, unemployment has continued to fall, dropping by 55,000 to 1.36 million, with the jobless rate remaining at 4%, its lowest level for over 40 yea rs. the bbc‘s director general has said that the policy of providing a free tv licence for people over the age of 75 is to be reviewed. speaking to a committee of mps, tony hall said there would be a public consultation about what to do after the current system ends injune 2020. he also said the disclosure of stars' salaries was one of the reasons chris evans left radio 2. president trump's planned visit to the republic of ireland has been postponed due to scheduling reasons, according to the irish government.

the white house says a final decision has not yet been made on the november trip, which was first announced earlier this month. the us president had been expected to visit his golf course in county clare before travelling to dublin. commemorative events are being held in new york and in washington to mark the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. ceremonies are also being held at the 9/11 memorial plaza on the world trade center site in new york city. a us flag was unfurled from the roof of the pentagon in washington. it was the deadliest foreign attack ever on us soil, killing 2,996 people. president trump has been speaking at the flight 93 national memorial in shankville, pennsylvania, where passengers on united flight 93 are thought to have charged the cockpit to stop the attackers.

today all of america wraps up and joins together. we close our arms to help you shoulder your pain and to carry your great, great sorrow. your tea rs carry your great, great sorrow. your tears are not shed alone for they are shared grief with an entire nation. we grieve together for every mother, father, sister, brother, son and daughter who were stolen from us at the twin towers, the white house, and here in this pennsylvania field. we honour their sacrifice by pledging to never flinch we honour their sacrifice by pledging to neverflinch in we honour their sacrifice by pledging to never flinch in the face of evil and to do whatever it takes to keep america safe. the actress fenella fielding — best known her appearances

in the carry on films — has died at the age of 90. she was particularly popular in the 19505 she was particularly popular in the 1950s and 1960s, and was known at one point as england's first lady of the double entendre. she's known for her husky voice and carried —— appeared in to carry on films. she also appeared in the prisoner, and had a distinctive husky voice. fenella fielding has died at the age of 90. a bus has fallen into a valley in southern india,

killing at least 55 people. the bus was returning from a hilltop temple. the driver reportedly lost control as he tried to avoid another bus on the route. police suspect failure of brakes was the cause of the accident. the wife of pakistan's ousted former prime minister nawaz sharif has died of cancer in london. kulsoom nawaz was 68 and was under treatment for the past two months. she was briefly a member of parliament after she won her husband's former seat in a by—election. her husband and daughter are currently in jail for corruption. sources say they will be granted parole for the funeral. they're hailed as the future of cars and a way to curb pollution in our cities and cut global warming. now the prime minister has promised £100 million for research into new batteries and low carbon technology. speaking at the uk's first zero emission vehicle summit, theresa may outlined her ambition to make every new vehicle sold to be electric with zero

emissions by 2040. tom burridge reports. dirty air is one of the big problems of our time. today a green vehicle summit in birmingham where the prime minister set out how she wants to get more of us to drive electric. i want to see britain once again leading from the front and working with industries and countries around the world to spearhead change. that is why i have set this ambition. to put the uk at the forefront of design and manufacturing of zero emission vehicles and for all new cars to be effectively zero emission by 2040. the engineers and scientists in britain working to develop these vehicles are in a race. they need more government money and investment from industry because improving the technology offers huge economic rewards. if you buy one of these,

about a third of the value goes on a crucial piece of technology. it is not the motor but what powers it, the battery. these robots at birmingham university are learning. their artificial intelligence will allow them to take apart an electric car battery. those teaching the robots are part of a team, researching how electric car batteries could 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 revolution that is about to happen, then those jobs and all the benefits of them could disappear. up to now, virtually all of their funding has come from the european union.

the industry wants guarantees that our government will be able to plug the gap. we must have real commitment to replace european funding in our universities. we have seen very valuable steps on the horizon. but this kind of industry requires serious investment in battery charging, in the new kind of technology that is going to drive these cars in the future. investment funding in our universities must be there. going green needs global solutions. today is a british pitch about how the government plans to be part of an electric revolution. we'rejoined now from exeter via webcam by the motoring journalist maria mccarthy. i wonder what you make of the vision

to make every vehicle is sold to be electric with zero emissions by 2040. is it feasible? there's a lot of hurdles to overcome, the infrastructure of the country for example in terms of charging the electric vehicle. at the moment 90% of that is done at home but we will need on street charging available for those of us who live in terraced houses, flats and so forth. but i'm also very impressed because i've interviewed scientists at universities and elsewhere who are working on this technology and there's a lot of commitment to developing it and making it as efficient as possible, reducing charging times and increasing range times. i think at the moment the uk isn't leading from the front in the sense norway has a much higher amount of electric vehicles with the general public but in terms of the

intention of developing this technology, i think is making out funding progress. is the bottom line at the moment that more people aren't buying electric cars because they are too expensive? that seems to be shifting. in august for example, one in every 12 cars was electric or hybrid. i think in particular with the expense issue, second—hand electric vehicles are starting to come on the market and i think that will make a difference. people who wouldn't want to buy a new one will dip their toe in the water with a second—hand vehicle.“ i wanted to go out and buy a car this week, what should i buy best unite petrol, diesel or electric? that completely depends on you and your lifestyle. do you do long distances? do you live in a flat?

there is a government website that you can go on and compare the different vehicles available, and also get numbers on costing for how much you pay and how long the charging is. you have got to look at your lifestyle and it is particularly suited to people who make short journeys, particularly suited to people who make shortjourneys, but not long motorway runs because otherwise you end up spending 45 minutes at a service station charging. would i be mad to buy a diesel vehicle? again, it depends on what you do. a lot of people are devoted to their diesel vehicles because they go a long distances or tow things. it is such an individual choice and whenever you are thinking about buying a new vehicle, don't look at adverts and shiny brochures, though on the internet and do lots of general

research, not on manufacturer websites, but there are so many great resources out there, and find out what would be right for you and your lifestyle. maria mccarthy, we must leave it there. good to talk to you, thanks. the presidents of russia and china have spoken of the strengthening ties between their countries, as russia prepares to stage its biggest military exercise since the cold war. it's claimed 300,000 russian service personnel will be taking part along with chinese troops over five days in eastern siberia. pakistan's television industry is receiving global praise for tackling controversial issues through its dramas, despite the country's media regulator calling some content too bold. thousands of british asian fans gathered in london this week to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars at the international pakistan prestige awards. the bbc‘s haroon rashid was there. several pakistani a—lister stars walk the red carpet at london's o2 arena for the second

annual international pakistan prestige awards. the event symbolises the growing popularity of the country's television dramas amongst british asian audiences. i have seen the people living abroad are much closer to us because, obviously, all of us are in pakistan, so, yes, the crowd is always very, very loving, very welcoming and so it's great travelling, because you get all that love from the people living abroad. thanks to streaming services like netflix and digital platforms like youtube, pakistani dramas have reached far beyond south—east asia. they are now dubbed in several languages and with english subtitles too. we reach the homes of so many people and we touch so many hearts and so many lives, i think it's really heart—warming.

baaghi, which was loosely based on the life of the late social media star qandeel baloch, is one of several drama series to tackle misogyny and pakistani society. it notched up record ratings and also helped change perceptions of liberal women in the country. if you really want to know the impact that baaghi has had, just go on youtube and read people's comments, they are actually apologising, because they are the same people that really vilified her, that turned her into some sort of villain. gender discrimination is not the only controversial theme television producers are addressing. udaari received global acclaim for covering the sensitive issue of child abuse. i do understand that we are supposed to entertain people, but it is sometimes good to entertain them as well and i think udaari gave a lot of strength to all the women who were, i don't know, dealing with whatever kind of empowerment they were not getting. not everyone is convinced that these taboo subjects should be reflected in dramas. pakistan's media regulatory authority pemra recently

published a letter warning satellite tv channels that content was becoming too bold. several actors disagree. i think it's the best way to make a statement, you have to touch such subjects which are, like, people don't want to talk about them. i feel if you are not sensationalising a certain taboo subject but you are educating people, it's very, very important to make a drama or a film on that. despite the media regulator's concerns, it seems fans around the world can't get enough of pakistan's more liberal television dramas. tv presenter kirstie allsopp has left twitter after facing a fierce backlash when she admitted to having smashed her children's ipads. let's have a listen to kirstie explaining why she broke her sons' devices. i'll say this, this is the first time i've said this publicly. injune, ismashed my kids' ipads.

not in a violent way. with a hammer? no, i actually banged them on the table leg. that's it, i said there's this game... seriously? yes, there is a game called fortnite and another one called pubg and i decided that... we had made all sorts of rules and all sorts of times, saying that you can play them... all those rules got broken and in the end, i said, right, that's it. houses, walls, lanes and tree stumps — they've been hidden for decades underwater in cornwall. but this summer's heatwave has revealed the lost valley near penzance that was once home to a small community of people before they were forced to leave in the early ‘60s to make way for a reservoir. jon kay reports. this is how drift reservoir normally looks — the water 50—feet deep. but this summer's dry weather has seen the level fall dramatically, exposing ruined properties, abandoned 60 years ago so the lake could be created. it was absolutely exquisite.

today, margaret pengelly came back for the first time in years. she's the only person still alive who lived in nanquitho. and now the farmhouse where she grew up in the 1940s is visible once again. it was a beautiful house, but in the wrong place. now in her 80s, margaret remembers the old granite property being surrounded by the beauty of cornwall. and the wildflowers, and the butterflies, the insects, the bats flying at twilight. oh, yes, the beauty was undoubted. it must be strange for you to be able to see your old house again this year, because the water's dropped. yes, yes, that's true. margaret and her parents were forced to leave nanquitho in the 1950s, so a dam could be built and the valley flooded to provide waterfor the nearby town of penzance. but this unexpected sight has also brought back bad memories for margaret.

i never, ever attended another child's birthday tea. she told me as an only child, living in a remote farmhouse, she was often desperate for friends. i would listen for children's voices and, sometimes, i think i heard some and i would call — but what i heard really was the cry of a bird. because in that valley, it was so beautiful, but you can't live on beauty alone. for a short time, the lost valley, as it's known, has been found but now the autumn rain is coming and margaret says she may never see her old home again. jon kay, bbc news, cornwall. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. tomorrow the weather looks like being cool but we should end up with

more sunshine. there wasn't a great deal of that today, we have had this ribbon of cloud across the atlantic pushing into the uk. earlier on the rain became light and patchy, drifting into southern parts of england but we have thickening cloud moving across northern ireland which will bring persistent rain over the irish sea into northern england and wales. with a lot of cloud for england and wales, temperatures in double figures, marginally further north with temperatures in eastern scotla nd north with temperatures in eastern scotland perhaps six or 7 degrees. cooler air pushing down across the uk behind this weather front bringing outbreaks of rain and drizzle. as it's running southwards, the weather front is weakening and it is getting narrower and narrower and there won't be much rain at all by the time we had into the rush hour. we have showers coming into northern and western areas of scotland, some brushing the north of northern ireland. this is where our

band of cloud and rain is early in the morning, you can see how narrow that rain is so it is light rain and drizzle but it is moving slowly southwards taking all morning to clear the south—east, lingering in the english channel. more sunshine following on behind that but we will keep showers alone across scotland and a few for northern ireland and north—west england. overall the temperatures similar to today but it will be cooler further south. as we had through the evening and overnight we have clearer skies with blustery winds in the north—west where we will see a band of rain coming into scotland and northern ireland. further south it will be cold est ireland. further south it will be coldest across the east midlands and the east of england. some sunshine on the way, with the band of rain fizzling out again. patchy rain and drizzle across northern england and northern ireland. a few showers around here in scotland, further south some sunshine around at times

at temperatures back up to 20 degrees. through friday and into saturday we will see some rain at times, getting as far south as wales and northern england, but the further you are a good chance of staying bright with sunshine at times. hello, i'm ros atkins, welcome to outside source. italy's interior minister tells the bbc most migrants who arrive in italy will be deported. translation: we can't accept that all migrants get to italian coast and we have to pay for them. either europe steps in or we do it autonomously. russia begins its biggest war games since the cold war, and this time china is taking part, too. we talked about that and hurricane florence on whether it is bearing down on the east coast of the us. one and a half million people have been told to get out of its way. china ranks the country's celebrities — based on how "socially responsible" they are.