this is bbc news. the headlines: millions of workers will get an increase in their wages next year as the government ends its public sector pay freeze. but vat on household energy bills will not be cut in the chancellor's budget tomorrow, despite calls to help families struggling with soaring prices. iam in i am in bristol city centre speaking to businesses about how they fared during the pandemic and what they would like to see in tomorrow's budget. a fall in coronavirus cases, but the government says it's too early to draw conclusions. the metropolitan police apologises to the family of two murdered sisters for the way it responded when they were reported missing. the queen performs herfirst official engagements

since going into hospital last week with virtual audiences from windsor castle. sir david attenborough tells the bbc world leaders must sieze the moment at next week's climate change summit in glasgow. well, if we don't act now, it will be too late. and walter smith, one of scottish football's greatest managers, has died at the age of 73. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. millions of public sector workers will see their wages rise next year after the government decided to end the current pay freeze.

it was introduced a year ago because of the pandemic, but in his budget tomorrow, the chancellor, rishi sunak, will announce he's lifting it. nurses, teachers, police and prison officers, and members of the armed forces will be among the five million workers whose pay will go up, but how much depends on independent pay review bodies. pay offers for some staff in scotland, wales and northern ireland will be made separately. our political correspondent helen catt reports. the armed forces, prison officers, teachers and the police were among the millions of people who had their pay frozen last year. a difficult decision, said the chancellor, made because of the uncertain impact of coronavirus on the economy. now he says things are looking better and it's right that they see their wages rise. low pay... in government by the next election, by 2024 or so, as well as giving the public sector that pay rise and ending the pay freeze, we also increasing the national

living wage up by 6.6% up to £9:50 to make sure the lowest paid in society also get a pay rise. but the cost of everyday things like energy bills is going up, too. the key thing is that it's got to be a pay rise that at least matches the cost of living, so that people have a real terms increase in their pockets and it also has to reflect, you know, making up those lost years on public sector pay, as i say, over the last decade or more. we won't know for a while how much different professions will get. we know it will apply tojobs like nursing, teaching and the armed forces, but some changes will only be in england because pay in a number of areas is controlled by scotland, wales and northern ireland. the pay freeze will end in april. independent pay review bodies will recommend a pay rise figures before that in the new year. the end of the pay freeze will be confirmed in the commons tomorrow in the budget. the government has already released much more of what's in it

than you would usually expect. the speaker is not happy. once again, this house will not be taken for granted. it is not right for everybody to be briefed. it's not more important to go on the news in the morning. it's more important to come here. let's get this message across. these are the elected members that represent this united kingdom. labour said what has been announced has significant gaps. the labour said what has been announced has significant gaps.— has significant gaps. the chancellor has significant gaps. the chancellor has not even _ has significant gaps. the chancellor has not even delivered _ has significant gaps. the chancellor has not even delivered his - has significant gaps. the chancellor has not even delivered his budget l has not even delivered his budget yet and _ has not even delivered his budget yet and it— has not even delivered his budget yet and it is already falling apart. we have — yet and it is already falling apart. we have read thousands of words about _ we have read thousands of words about what the chancellor plans to do but _ about what the chancellor plans to do but the — about what the chancellor plans to do but the silence is deafening on the soaring bills and rising prices facing _ the soaring bills and rising prices facing families and businesses. despite the large amount of briefing, there is still a lot that we don't know about what will be set tomorrow, like how a lot of this spending will be paid for. helen catt, bbc news. our economics correspondent andy verity explained what this could mean in real terms

for public sector workers. over the past year, they have had a real terms pay cut, and even as we see inflation go up, that pay freeze means the spending power, the amount of goods they can buy, has gone down, and that is in the context of ten years that have been some of the worst in the rising living standards for same 200 years. nurses are paid 5% less than they were ten years ago, teaches 8% less, senior civil servants in ii% ago, teaches 8% less, senior civil servants in 11% less, nhs dentist 32% less, all because they wages have not been keeping up with inflation for ten years, so they will be looking for more than inflation in the coming year but even that may not be enough to compensate for what they have lost in recent years. joining me now is stuart richards, who is the senior organiser with responsibility for public services at gmb union. what would it mean in real terms for your members in the public sector if

the pay freeze is, the different sectoral independent pay review bodies and said, all right, cost of living rise? i bodies and said, all right, cost of living rise?— living rise? i think it starts to go some way _ living rise? i think it starts to go some way to _ living rise? i think it starts to go some way to address _ living rise? i think it starts to go some way to address the - living rise? i think it starts to go . some way to address the imbalance that has happened over the last ten years. we have already seen in some areas of the public sector that are supposedly exempt from the pay freeze, like the nhs, we are having pay review body is coming back saying this year for nhs workers a 3% pay rise which does not even meet inflation, so the minimum we are going to have to see is to start to address notjust the going to have to see is to start to address not just the fact we have had a pay freeze but the fact we have had these for ten years. it is not enough just to say, we will give you inflation, we need something that starts to address the imbalance that starts to address the imbalance that has happened over the last decade. 50 that has happened over the last decade. , ., that has happened over the last decade, , ., ., that has happened over the last decade. i. ., ., ~ that has happened over the last decade. ., ., ~ ., ., decade. so you are talking about an inflation plus _ decade. so you are talking about an inflation plus a _ decade. so you are talking about an

inflation plus a pay-out? _ inflation plus a pay—out? definitely, definitely. this is not just about a trade union doing the best for its members, because that is what the gmb is here for, but it is what the gmb is here for, but it is starting to address a fundamental issues. these are vital public services, we need people in those jobs doing that work. to go back to the nhs, we are seeing vacancies at around 100,000. that is 100,000 workers who have chosen to leave the nhs for whatever reason. it is not just pay but pay plays a significant part. just pay but pay plays a significant art. ., ., ~ just pay but pay plays a significant art, ., ., ~' ., just pay but pay plays a significant part. you make a good point about -a is not part. you make a good point about pay is not all _ part. you make a good point about pay is not all of — part. you make a good point about pay is not all of it, _ part. you make a good point about pay is not all of it, but _ part. you make a good point about pay is not all of it, but there - part. you make a good point about pay is not all of it, but there is - part. you make a good point about pay is not all of it, but there is a i pay is not all of it, but there is a gap in some services you represent as well. you said better public services, pay is a fifth on average of public sector budgets. the chancellor is not saying he is going to give departments extra money to lift this pay freeze. isn't there a danger that what will happen is the pay will go up, maybe not as much as

you like, but will go up somewhat and that many will have to be saved offer services in some other way? over the last ten years, we have seen both ends of that spectrum. we have seen no real investment in public services. for instance, local government has slashed funding and slash services but has slashed pay as well. it should be, if we want public services, if we want something to deliver what we want from our public services, it has to be funded. absolutely right, the government wants to ensure that public sector workers get a proper pay rise, then it should be funded as a result of that. you pay rise, then it should be funded as a result of that.— as a result of that. you will be well aware _ as a result of that. you will be well aware of _ as a result of that. you will be well aware of these _ as a result of that. you will be well aware of these figures . as a result of that. you will be well aware of these figures i l well aware of these figures i suspect, but the gap between public—sector and private—sector pay is almost the widest it has ever been. figures i heard quoted today was £647 per month for somebody in the public sector, this is last

april, compared to £567 per month in the private sector. so public—sector wages are still above the private sector on average, and we are always talking about averages, because they will be some local council chief executive is doing well, and people in the private sector doing very well will stop isn't that a problem because you represent the union, not just public—sector workers. absolutely, they gmp represents the whole of the economy, but this should not be a trade—off. if we have a conversation with a paramedic and say, you get a decent wage, they are not going to hear that, they are going to see that they pay has lost £7,000 over the last decade. and we can't say, somebody in the private sector has less because we should be addressing that as well. it should not be an either or and it should not be an either or and it should not be a trade—off. the average is not be a trade—off. the average is not going to be meaningful to a teaching assistant who is on just above minimum wage. teaching assistant who is on 'ust above minimum wage.�* teaching assistant who is on 'ust above minimum wage. stuart richards, thank ou above minimum wage. stuart richards, thank you so — above minimum wage. stuart richards, thank you so much _ above minimum wage. stuart richards, thank you so much for— above minimum wage. stuart richards,

thank you so much for your _ above minimum wage. stuart richards, thank you so much for your time. - all day today we've been live in bristol, looking at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on business. our business correspondent katie prescott is in bristol and joins us now. you have had a busy time. i am glad to hear you were able to make it to the sweet shop. to hear you were able to make it to the sweet shop-— the sweet shop. good afternoon. i will be when _ the sweet shop. good afternoon. i will be when i _ the sweet shop. good afternoon. i will be when i knock _ the sweet shop. good afternoon. i will be when i knock off _ the sweet shop. good afternoon. i will be when i knock off later - the sweet shop. good afternoon. i will be when i knock off later this. will be when i knock off later this afternoon and i will bring something back for you. as you can see, the lunchtime rush is still going on here. they are doing a roaring trade, the stores around me, but if you look a little bit further into the market, these stores are still closed and that is a hangover from the pandemic. this market being right in the centre of town is so dependent on office workers coming back to the office, people stopping working from home, and that has not quite happen quite as much as it was before the pandemic, so there is still a lack affecting businesses in the city centre. we

still a lack affecting businesses in the city centre.— still a lack affecting businesses in the city centre. we can now talk to matt griffith. _ the city centre. we can now talk to matt griffith, director— the city centre. we can now talk to matt griffith, director of _ the city centre. we can now talk to matt griffith, director of policy - matt griffith, director of policy at business west. good afternoon. what are some of the biggest challenges that businesses are still facing? in that businesses are still facing? in many ways, business is booming, lots of investment, lots of people moving from london, but the epicentre of the pandemic, people like retail, hospitality, they are still struggling, they are trying to make up struggling, they are trying to make up for— struggling, they are trying to make up for lost — struggling, they are trying to make up for lost time, and that is a case of trying _ up for lost time, and that is a case of trying to— up for lost time, and that is a case of trying to get visitors, trying to -et of trying to get visitors, trying to get customers, and there is still a lack in _ get customers, and there is still a lack in that — get customers, and there is still a lack in that. we are not seeing the same _ lack in that. we are not seeing the same number of visitors to the city centre. _ same number of visitors to the city centre, particularly commuters, we have students and tourists, but it is the _ have students and tourists, but it is the international tourism where bristol— is the international tourism where bristol is — is the international tourism where bristol is still suffering. | is the international tourism where bristol is still suffering.— bristol is still suffering. i keep heafina bristol is still suffering. i keep hearing people _ bristol is still suffering. i keep hearing people say _ bristol is still suffering. i keep hearing people say they - bristol is still suffering. i keep hearing people say they find . bristol is still suffering. i keep hearing people say they find it j bristol is still suffering. i keep - hearing people say they find it very difficult to recruit at the moment. and that is quite frustrating because _ and that is quite frustrating because a lot of businesses open

their— because a lot of businesses open their doors, but they are having a skills— their doors, but they are having a skills shortage, which means their ability— skills shortage, which means their ability to— skills shortage, which means their ability to do that is limited, so we are seeing — ability to do that is limited, so we are seeing restaurants with variable hours, _ are seeing restaurants with variable hours. they— are seeing restaurants with variable hours, they are not opening in the morning. — hours, they are not opening in the morning, hotels who might want to do conferences _ morning, hotels who might want to do conferences but are not putting on conferences but are not putting on conferences because they don't have the staff— conferences because they don't have the staff to _ conferences because they don't have the staff to deliver. at the moment there _ the staff to deliver. at the moment there is— the staff to deliver. at the moment there is a _ the staff to deliver. at the moment there is a bit of a handbrake on delivery— there is a bit of a handbrake on delivery because of a skills shortage. delivery because of a skills shortage-— delivery because of a skills shortaae. �* ., ., ., shortage. and then inflation and - rice shortage. and then inflation and price rises _ shortage. and then inflation and price rises across _ shortage. and then inflation and price rises across the _ shortage. and then inflation and price rises across the board. - shortage. and then inflation and price rises across the board. is l price rises across the board. is that affecting your members? it that affecting your members? it depends what type of business you are, ltut— depends what type of business you are, but that is cutting into the margins — are, but that is cutting into the margins a _ are, but that is cutting into the margins. a lot of overhang from the pandemic— margins. a lot of overhang from the pandemic so a lot of business took on debt, _ pandemic so a lot of business took on debt, some of that was on very friendly— on debt, some of that was on very friendly terms, but we have heard of smes _ friendly terms, but we have heard of smes taking on different credit cards, — smes taking on different credit cards, extending over cards ? overdrafts, and things like rent as well, _ overdrafts, and things like rent as well, there — overdrafts, and things like rent as well, there is a big question about what _ well, there is a big question about what happens and the tenants and their landlords are having some guite _ their landlords are having some quite heated negotiations. what the

chancellor does in those types of situation, — chancellor does in those types of situation, not withdrawing too quickly, — situation, not withdrawing too quickly, is _ situation, not withdrawing too quickly, is quite important. what would ou quickly, is quite important. what would you like _ quickly, is quite important. what would you like to _ quickly, is quite important. what would you like to hear _ quickly, is quite important. twist would you like to hear from the chancellor?— chancellor? the first thing is, don't choke — chancellor? the first thing is, don't choke off _ chancellor? the first thing is, don't choke off the _ chancellor? the first thing is, don't choke off the recovery l chancellor? the first thing is, l don't choke off the recovery too soon _ don't choke off the recovery too soon we — don't choke off the recovery too soon. we don't want to see a slamming — soon. we don't want to see a slamming on the brakes of spending and government investment. second is deaiing _ and government investment. second is dealing with some of those overhang issues _ dealing with some of those overhang issues. make sure that people who may he _ issues. make sure that people who may be behind on rent have the ability— may be behind on rent have the ability to— may be behind on rent have the ability to pay it back. and the other— ability to pay it back. and the other thing is dealing with those long—term structural issues that have _ long—term structural issues that have always been a problem for business. — have always been a problem for business, skills, it is good to see the chancellor announcing he is going _ the chancellor announcing he is going to — the chancellor announcing he is going to put a lot more investment into further— going to put a lot more investment into further education, but also things— into further education, but also things like business rates. business rates _ things like business rates. business rates realiv — things like business rates. business rates really feels like it is for another— rates really feels like it is for another age. rates really feels like it is for anotherage. again, business rates and then— anotherage. again, business rates and then some of those that longer term investment things that mean businesses are willing to invest.

thank— businesses are willing to invest. thank you — businesses are willing to invest. thank you very much. that is the message that we keep hearing from businesses, that they are delighted to be open, delighted to be busy, but they feel that recovery is still a really fledgling, actually, and they don't want to see support ending too quickly. it is all a question of timing. thank you very much. downing street says it's too early to draw conclusions from figures that suggest a levelling off in the number of coronavirus cases. the government has been under pressure to bring in new restrictions in england, but there are signs in the data that the rapid rise in infections is beginning to slow or even drop. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson looks now at what might be going on. crowded shopping streets this half term, some people wearing masks, but most are without. so who is right, and what is happening with the virus? some scientific models suggest infection rates may be about to decline and quite dramatically. you can see this steep fall in this graph from the end of october through the winter.

most of us think that we might see a small decline or a decline in incidence first, so that's what the models are suggesting. notjust ours but the others as well, suggesting we might see a decline and then it takes off again and increases again may be in the new year. scientists say this might happen if vaccine protection only wanes moderately. there is a good uptake of booster jabs and no increase in socialising. this morning, mps heard evidence about why there might be a decline in cases. i think we are in an improving situation because of high vaccination coverage that we have, the booster programme that will start limiting even further the number of cases and particularly those hospitalised cases. and there's lots of infection that's happening in the community, which is posting lots of younger people as well, including children. all of this comes as the debate continues to rage about

whether the government in england should reintroduce restrictions, the so—called plan b. many nhs organisations and doctors have said they're under so much pressure that they are at the edge of what they can manage. . even a slight increase in hospital. admissions due to covid would mean less number of people being cared for for other conditions, _ including elective procedures. it's always better to be prepared then wait until it's too late - and press the panic button. that's exactly what we're doing. preparing ourselves for what appears to be a pretty rough winter ahead. i the nhs is facing pressure like never before. and falling covid—19 rates would be immensely welcome. but scientists say there is no certainty that infections will decline and difficult time for those deciding how to best protect people. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news:

millions of workers will get an increase in their wages next year as the government ends its public sector pay freeze. but vat on household energy bills will not be cut in the chancellor's budget tomorrow, despite calls to help families struggling with soaring prices. new data suggests that the rapid rise in coronavirus infections is beginning to slow or even drop — but downing street says it's too early to draw conclusions the metropolitan police has apologised to the family of two murdered sisters for the way it responded when they were reported missing. an investigation by the independent officer for police coduct found that several mistakes were made in the case of bibaa henry and nicole smallman who were stabbed to death in north london in june last year. their mother has said the police apology is too late. simonjones reports. a vigil to remember the lives of nicole smallman and bibaa henry.

when they were reported missing, the response of officers, according to the police watchdog, was unacceptable. the bodies of the sisters were found in a country park in wembley injune last year, discovered by miss smallman's boyfriend, the day after the police had been contacted, to the horror of the womens' mother. adam says, "mina, mina, we've found a knife. "mina, mina, i'm going to need you to sit down. "i've found them. i've found them. "but they've gone." mina smallman has always believed the police response may have been clouded by racial profiling, misogyny or classism. the independent office for police conduct concluded there was no evidence of stereotyping but information about the sisters' disappearance was recorded inaccurately and a call handler was dismissive. the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, has admitted that the level of service provided to the womens' family fell short of what was expected

and had officers acted differently, then they could have been saved immeasurable pain. she has now offered to meet the family in person at a time of their choosing to say sorry. but in a statement, the womens' mother said: "we are not the only parties who suffered mental anguish "at the hands of the met�*s incompetent, reprehensible "and blatant disregard of agreed procedures "regarding missing persons. "sorry is something you say when you comprehend the wrong you do "and take full responsibility for it. "demonstrating that by taking appropriate, proportionate action, "which, to our minds, is not going to happen." this is not an isolated issue. so i think unless there is a fundamental review of how missing persons are reported and there is a fundamental review around the whole process, the danger is this will happen elsewhere. following the failings in the investigation, an officer and two members of police staff will now face action over their performance. the man who killed nicole smallman and bibaa henry, danyal hussein, will be sentenced for their murders

this week. simon jones, bbc news. the former cabinet minister owen paterson could be suspended from parliament for 30 days after he was found to have broken commons rules on lobbying. the conservative mp is accused of putting pressure on ministers and officials on behalf of two companies for whom he was a paid consultant. the commons standards committee said it was an egregious breach of rules, but the mp for north shropshire says the findings are biased and unfair. our political correspondent ione wells is in westminster. the report found that owen paterson used his position as an mp. detailed in this report are details of how he met and promoted these companies to different government departments,

including the food standards agency, but also ministers at the department for international development as well. he has also been accused of using his parliamentary office 25 times to host business meetings, also writing lesson ? letters about business interest on house of commons paper. the report does say there was no immediate financial gain from what he did but that his actions could have led to longer term financial benefit for these companies and that in the short term, they may have secured meetings and things like that that otherwise they would not have secured without his input. the standards committee have recommended that he be suspended from the house of commons for 30 sitting days. he could potentially face a recall petition, which could result in a by—election in his seat. he has very much strongly denied the claims, saying there was no proper investigation and also said the manner in which this enquiry was conducted was a significant contributing factor to the death of his wife, who took her own life last year.

the queen has carried out virtual audiences at windsor castle — her first official engagements in seven days since she was ordered to rest by doctors. our royal correspondent jonny dymond has more. what was it, wednesday when we heard she was cancelling a planned trip to northern ireland and instead went into hospital, a brief stay, and overnight stay in hospital. she never really went away in that the palisade she was back at her desk carrying out what they call light this was the first person—to—person engagement, even if it was one of those virtual things everyone has been getting too over the year—and—a—half, a virtual audience with the swiss ambassador and the korean ambassador and as you can probably tell from the pictures released of the queen smiling rather broadly, she looks like she is rather enjoying herself. the government faces more pressure

today to stop raw sewage being released into rivers. at the moment, water companies can discharge waste into waterways after heavy rain to prevent it flooding into homes. last week mps voted against putting a legal duty on the companies to end the practice. but this afternoon the proposal will be discussed in the house of lords. water companies say that, if it becomes law, it would cost them tens of billions of pounds. zoe conway reports. this pipe is seven foot wide and the footage was shot last thursday. the sewage poured out of it for 4091 hours straight. i sewage poured out of it for 4091 hours straight.— sewage poured out of it for 4091 hours straiuht. . . , ., hours straight. i launched my drone from about — hours straight. i launched my drone from about 100 _ hours straight. i launched my drone from about 100 metres _ hours straight. i launched my drone from about 100 metres over - hours straight. i launched my drone from about 100 metres over their. hours straight. i launched my drone l from about 100 metres over their and once i was flying over the top, looking at the screen, ijust could not believe what i was seeing. the general reaction from people on social media who have seen the film now, they really are astonished at

quite how much of this is happening and it is happening right along our coastline and it needs to stop. the sewaue coastline and it needs to stop. the sewage came _ coastline and it needs to stop. the sewage came from here, a treatment plant run by southern water. it is allowed to discharge what the company says is heavily deluded waste water into the harbour during heavy rainfall. this prevents it backing up and causing flooding. the concern is that notjust backing up and causing flooding. the concern is that not just the faecal matter— concern is that not just the faecal matter that is coming out through that treatment plant, it is full of chemicals — that treatment plant, it is full of chemicals as well. all that treatment plant, it is full of chemicals as well.— that treatment plant, it is full of chemicals as well. all the chemicals that we use — chemicals as well. all the chemicals that we use every _ chemicals as well. all the chemicals that we use every day _ chemicals as well. all the chemicals that we use every day that - chemicals as well. all the chemicals that we use every day that up - chemicals as well. all the chemicals that we use every day that up and l chemicals as well. all the chemicals that we use every day that up and i | that we use every day that up and i was six, we keep them locked away from our children because they are toxic, they come out here and they can be toxic to our wildlife as well. it can be toxic to our wildlife as well. , ., . ., , well. it is not clear yet whether this 49 our— well. it is not clear yet whether this 49 our spill _ well. it is not clear yet whether this 49 our spill will _ well. it is not clear yet whether this 49 our spill will be - well. it is not clear yet whether i this 49 our spill will be considered to be legal or not. injuly, southern water was hit with a £90 million fine after pleading guilty

to thousands of illegal discharges. southern water told the bbc it is investing in infrastructure and natural projects to reduce water run—off. no prizes for guessing what these brown spots refer to. places were treated and untreated effluent is released into our rivers. see which was discharged into british waters 400,000 times last year. the government says the amount of sewage in our rivers is unacceptable and the government has a bill in parliament to address the problem which they say will deliver progressive reductions in the harm caused by storm overflows. the trouble is, 22 conservative mps say it does not go far enough. they want the government to back this amendment. it puts a legal duty on water companies to take all reasonable steps to ensure untreated sewage is not discharged. for the

last few days, anger has been mounting at the government's position. they have been protesting on the streets in margate in kent and they have taken to the beaches in nearby whitstable. what everyone agrees on is that the victorian water system needs rescuing but it will cost billions and billions to do so. so conway, bbc news. the government has acknowledged that it's yet to deliver on its pledge to give 500 million pounds to youth services in england. ministers announced the youth investment fund in 2019 and the money was due to be distributed over 5 years, but so far none of it has been distributed. jonelle awo—moyi reports youth services aim to provide an opportunity for personal development, education and socialisation. services often include providing safe and effective care and early intervention support. a recent ymca report found that over

the last eight years, local authority funding for youth services in england and wales has decreased by £978 million. that's down 70%. two years ago, the government announced a new £500 million youth investment fund, but the department for digital, culture, media and sport — dcms — has acknowledged the fund has not yet launched, so no money has been allocated. i'm in knowsley, part of the liverpool city region, which is one of the uk's most deprived boroughs where these effects are being felt. if the youth club does get shut down, or it goes or whatever, looking at the people that do come here, will be devastated. so where can clubs get theirfunding from? our funding tends to come from local authority, who are under a lot of pressure themselves, orthe community or the police. we're scrambling around,

trying to get money to survive. and that isn't how it should be because we are an essential service. we are waiting for money from the youth investment fund. it's been promised. it hasn't been delivered. in a statement, dcms said... but the government has acknowledged that the £500 million youth investment fund has not yet been launched, so no money has been allocated. experts researching effective youth provision have expressed their concerns. 500 million is not- going to be very useful. it's going to have to be targeted. and what it will likely be spent on is those areasl of concern such as crime, mental health, _

radicalisation, and skills. leaders in the youth sector will be looking closely at tomorrow's budget, to see if young people are prioritised. jonelle awomoyi, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. all parts mild to very mild for the rest of the week but big variations in real totals. it is wet yesterday across north—west scotland. plenty of cloud and across the west you may encounter a little like rain or drizzle. to the east, north—east of higher ground, a few spells coming through. temperatures above average for the time of year. it is windy with gales in north—west scotland. overnight, the rain will push across scotland, into north—west england, turning very wet in cumbria and the lake district. either side of the weather front, lake district. either side of the

weatherfront, it lake district. either side of the weather front, it will stay largely dry. overnight temperatures closer to if not above where we expect them to if not above where we expect them to be by day at this time of year. tomorrow looks like a very wet day across southern part of scotland. cumbria and north—west wales turning wetter. and as the rain continues across some of these areas, thursday and even into friday, the risk of flooding and disruption increases.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: millions of workers will get a pay rise next year, as the government ends its year—long freeze on public sector pay. but tomorrow's budget won't include a cut to vat on household energy bills, despite calls to help families struggling with soaring prices. downing street says it's too early to draw conclusions from an apparent levelling off of coronavirus cases across the uk in recent days. the metropolitan police apologises to the family of two murdered sisters for the way it responded when they were reported missing. the queen performs herfirst official engagements since going into hospital last week — with virtual audiences from windsor castle. including for the new korean ambassador. sir david attenborough tells the bbc world leaders must seize the moment at next week's climate change summit in glasgow — and richer nations must play their part.

we caused it, and so we have a moral responsibility, even if we didn't cause it. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. "a man with great moral compass" — just one of the many tributes to walter smith, the former scotland, rangers and everton manager who's died at the age of 73. smith won 21 trophies over two spells at ibrox, making him the second most successful rangers manager ever. his death comes in the same year rangers won their first top—flight title since smith's final season. alisdair lamont reports. water smith by his own admission it was an average footballer. this is something of a rarity. so he began coaching at a young age under the

legendary dundee united managerjim maclean. a growing reputation led to a call tojoin maclean. a growing reputation led to a call to join the maclean. a growing reputation led to a call tojoin the graeme maclean. a growing reputation led to a call to join the graeme souness revolution at rangers and it was the start of something very special. success soon followed but in 1991 when graeme souness was tempted by the liverpooljob, smith became the main man. i’m the liverpool “ob, smith became the main man. �* ., i, main man. i'm delighted for myself and my family _ main man. i'm delighted for myself and my family but _ main man. i'm delighted for myself and my family but i _ main man. i'm delighted for myself and my family but i just _ main man. i'm delighted for myself and my family but ijust hope - main man. i'm delighted for myself and my family but ijust hope when| and my family but ijust hope when this has all finished we can start to get on with the job.— to get on with the 'ob. rangers sealed three h to get on with the job. rangers sealed three league _ to get on with the job. rangers sealed three league titles - to get on with the job. rangers sealed three league titles in i to get on with the job. rangers sealed three league titles in a l to get on with the job. rangers i sealed three league titles in a row with a dramatic final day victory over aberdeen. the first of many as his rangers side dominated the domestic game. i his rangers side dominated the domestic game.— his rangers side dominated the domestic came. ~ . ., ,, domestic game. i think walter smith is auoin to domestic game. i think walter smith is going to do _ domestic game. i think walter smith is going to do his _ domestic game. i think walter smith is going to do his job _ domestic game. i think walter smith is going to do his job in _ domestic game. i think walter smith is going to do his job in a _ domestic game. i think walter smith is going to do his job in a quiet - is going to do hisjob in a quiet and acquired an effective manner. legendary status was sealed when they matched celtic�*s winning streak of nine title victories. that they matched celtic's winning streak of nine title victories.— of nine title victories. that man is one of the — of nine title victories. that man is one of the most _ of nine title victories. that man is one of the most astonishing - of nine title victories. that man is i one of the most astonishing football people i've ever met. i had a remarkable relationship with him

which was not always happiness and joy which was not always happiness and joy but even through the arguments, there was a twinkle in his eye that made him special.— made him special. even his magic touch could _ made him special. even his magic touch could not _ made him special. even his magic touch could not revive _ made him special. even his magic touch could not revive the - made him special. even his magic| touch could not revive the fortunes of an ailing everton, and he returned to management in scotland with the national team. there was an immediate upturn in form, the highlight being this victory over france at hampden park. has highlight being this victory over france at hampden park. as soon as ou meet france at hampden park. as soon as you meet him _ france at hampden park. as soon as you meet him he _ france at hampden park. as soon as you meet him he commands - france at hampden park. as soon as you meet him he commands that - you meet him he commands that respect. he is not really a shelter although he is quite stern ? not really someone who shouts. but as soon as he walks in the room at the respect is there immediately and it was an honour to work with him and to get to know him. the was an honour to work with him and to get to know him.— to get to know him. the temptation of his beloved _ to get to know him. the temptation of his beloved rangers _ to get to know him. the temptation of his beloved rangers were - to get to know him. the temptation of his beloved rangers were strong| of his beloved rangers were strong and when he was asked back he could not say no and again his impact was swift, reaching the uefa cup final against zenit saint petersburg. three league titles followed, but with a change of leadership, smith

knew it was the right time to go. i knew it was the right time to go. i would never imagine something like this would happen so it is fantastic. it this would happen so it is fantastic.— this would happen so it is fantastic. ., , ., ., fantastic. it would be another decade before _ fantastic. it would be another decade before rangers - fantastic. it would be another decade before rangers again| decade before rangers again celebrated a title victory, a matter of months before this rangers icon passed away. walter smith who has died at the age of 73. there are more tributes to him on the website. we're going over now to the scottish parliament where the first minister nicola sturgeon is giving an update. 59 people are in intensive care, to more than yesterday and a further 20 deaths have been reported over the last 24 hours which takes the total number of deaths registered to 9072.

once again i want to send my condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one. more positively the vaccination programme continues to make good progress and i will provide more details on the booster programme later but at this stage i will confirm that 4,000,300 people have received a first dose, 3,000,890 have had both doses and in total 87% of the over 18 population is now fully vaccinated with two doses and this includes 96% of those over 40 and 76% of 30—39 —year—olds and 77% of 18—29 —year—olds. 75% of 16 and 17—year—olds and 53% of 12—15 —year—olds have had a first dose and for most people in these age groups only a single dose is recommended at this stage. this weekly update coincides with the latest three week

review point for the remaining regulations and i can confirm that at our meeting at the cabinet agreed to make no change to the current regulations that are in place. this reflects our assessment that although the situation is greatly improved since august, it remains fragile as we head into the winter period and in my statement before the recess i reported that case numbers had fallen by more than 20% in the preceding week and by more than 60% in the preceding five weeks. the fact that cases had declined so steeply without the need for tougher restrictions was extremely welcome and it showed that increased compliance with mitigations together with increased immunity revaccination, previous infections or both, had been capable of stemming even the delta variant but while cases remain much lower than the previous peak, the decline has levelled off and indeed in recent days we have reported a

slight increase in cases, and to illustrate that further three weeks ago there was on average just under 2500 cases being reported each day but now the averages just over 2500 cases per day. it is important to see this in the wider context, having had the highest rate for a period, scotland has the lowest covid case rate of the four uk nations and the increase in cases is relatively small around 2%. we are certainly not experiencing a surge in new cases like the magnitude of late august but as we know there is never any room for complacency with the virus and we can't ignore the fact that case numbers have started to creep up again and even before this recent increase there were a ? they were at a level higher than we would have wanted. one consequence of the high number of cases is that the nhs remains under significant pressure and indeed although case numbers are lower than in early

september, we are seeing a slightly different age distribution with increases in the older rather than the younger populations, and that helps to explain why the steep reduction in case numbers has not been mirrored by an equally steep decline in hospital admissions. covid —related hospital occupancy which is the number of patients in hospital with covid at any given time is slower than it was three weeks ago and 917 today compared to 998 three weeks ago. but it has increased slightly again in the past week. hospitaladmissions increased slightly again in the past week. hospital admissions also remain high and there are more than 600 people with covid still being admitted each weekjust now and admissions to intensive care have also increased so what this all means is that nhs staff are dealing with significant numbers of patients alongside other patient care and also preparing for a wider winter pressure and dealing with the backlog built up over the pandemic.

the entire health care system is under considerable pressure as all members are aware and arguably more pressure now than at any previous stage of the pandemic. across the country hospitals are at or close to capacity and the social care system is also under pressure. these pressures are of course likely to intensify during the winter period and we know that with people meeting indoors more often during winter, there are more opportunities were a virus to circulate, and that could lead to a further rise in cases and we are also approaching the winter flu season which could also add to the pressure on the nhs. we are therefore working closely with health boards as they deal with these pressures and of course the health secretary has also confirmed a package of winter support. i can confirm that a further £482 million is being allocated to the nhs and two integration authorities, which includes more than £120 million to

support test and protect, more than £130 million to support further vaccination programmes, and the balance of funding will cover additional covid related costs like staffing and equipment. the pressure is on the nhs are a reminder that covid is still a threat to our individual health and also to the capacity of the health and care services. this is why continued high compliance with existing mitigations and protections is so vitally important. at this moment of fragility, i'm asking all of us across the country to make a renewed individual and collective effort to stick to the basic protections that are still in place and help drive cases down again. please wear face coverings when required, ventilate indoor spaces when possible and wash hands and surfaces, use tests regularly and book a pcr test if one of these other tests showed up positive or if you have symptoms of

covid or if you are identified as a close contact of someone who is positive. also continue to give contact details when visiting pubs and restaurants and show your certificate if this is required, the certification scheme has been operational now over three weeks and is now enforceable by law and i'm grateful to the businesses who have worked hard to comply with the scheme. last but not least, we continue to ask people to work from home whenever that is possible, and this continues to be an important way of reducing transmission. the scottish government will continue to work with business to support an appropriate return to office working but it is important to stress that at this stage we are still encouraging people to work from home as much as possible and i'm grateful to employers who continue to do everything possible to provide safe environments for both their workers and their customers. in summary, this is a moment for everyone to

step up our compliance with these basic protections and we do know from experience that if we do so and when we do so, we can stem transmission and it is important that we do so now. the judgment of the cabinet today informed as always by clinical advice is that it is not necessary at this stage to reintroduce any tighter restrictions but as has always been the case we will keep this under review and in particular we will consider whether any of the existing mitigations need to be strengthened in any way. the most important tool we have against covid is vaccination and the nhs is currently delivering the biggest ever winter vaccination programme and over the course of this winter more than 4 million flu vaccines and more than 4 million flu vaccines and more than 4 million flu vaccines and more than 3 million covid vaccines will be administered and almost 1.5 million of these have been delivered already. the covid booster programme

commenced within a week of the advice on prioritisation being received and so far more than half a million people have had a booster jab and those over 70 and on the highest risk list are being prioritised first and these groups together with older people in care homes will all be offered the booster vaccination between now and early november. other groups including all adults over the age of 50 will get booster appointments through november december and in some cases into early january and the appointment will allow those in younger age groups to book online. the main constraint on the speed of vaccination is thejcvi advised that six months must have lapsed between the second dose and the booster dose. in short we are making good progress but every effort is being made and will continue to be made within the limits of thatjcvi

advised to accelerate the pace of this programme. for example, is the programme moves down the age groups we will be considering additional clinics and especially at evenings and weekends and we will continue to support health boards to identify and recruit and train additional staff as required. we are also enabling boards to make use of health care boards including gp practice staff and dentists and pharmacists, where this is appropriate to meet demand. it is also important to note that for convenience and to avoid older and more vulnerable people in particular requiring two separate appointments, covid booster and flu vaccinations are being administered together whenever that is possible. this may mean some people will receive the flu vaccine slightly later this year thanit flu vaccine slightly later this year than it might normally be the case but please be assured that the

timing of flu vaccines is entirely clinically appropriate. i mentioned that 53% of 12-15 clinically appropriate. i mentioned that 53% of 12—15 —year—olds have now received the firstjab and i want to thank those people who have come forward for vaccination. everyone in that age group has now had an appointment scheduled and should have received a letter telling them about their appointment and i would again encourage all 12-15 and i would again encourage all 12—15 —year—olds not already vaccinated and their parents and carers to read the online information about vaccination and so they can take an informed decision about getting the jab and if you have not come forward please do so. as i noted earlier, the scale of the winter vaccination programme are currently under way is unprecedented and i therefore want to take the opportunity to say how grateful we are here to all of those across our pressurised health and care service who are contributing.—

pressurised health and care service who are contributing. studio: that is nicola sturgeon _ who are contributing. studio: that is nicola sturgeon addressing - who are contributing. studio: that is nicola sturgeon addressing the l is nicola sturgeon addressing the scottish parliament and in essence what she's saying is that there has been a 2% in cases, but the government advisers do not think it is statistically significant although they continue to monitor it. sir david attenborough is urging world leaders to seize the moment of the cop 26 climate change summit in glasgow next week. he said every day that goes by without action to reduce emissions is a day wasted, and that it would be catastrophic if richer nations don't help poorer ones deal with climate change. the naturalist and broadcaster, who's 95, has been speaking to our science editor david shukman during the filming of a new documentary series, the green planet for bbc one. this is a thermal camera. and it will tell me the difference between the surrounding temperature and the temperature

in the centre of a daisy flower. the surroundings — 12 degrees. in the centre of the flower — 21. new technology to film the humble daisy. and action, david. at kew gardens in london, we had rare access behind the scenes to the making of green planet. but it looks like you get a lot of enjoyment out of... out of making these programmes. well, they're all old friends, aren't they? that's the nice thing. we caught up with david attenborough several times during the filming. and he seemed most passionate about the most ordinary of plants. daisies are things that you decapitate with your lawn mower sort of once a week. but, actually, they are marvellous things. and they move every day. they exploit the sunshine

and open to the sunshine. the interesting thing is we now have a camera, which allows us to actually explore the surface of a plant in great detail, so it's like moving into a different landscape. suddenly, this thing is a huge great thing and you suddenly see it for what it is. i have been reporting on climate change, climate science, for nearly 20 years and i have seen some spectacular advances in understanding in that time. what most strikes you about the changes you have seen? i think the devastating fires around the world, in australia and california, all over the place, that has brought home the real catastrophe that happens to ordinary people in their secure home. every time i see it on television, i think suppose suddenly now, there were flames coming up, that everything, my life,

in my house and everything about it going up in flames. what with that do to you? it would destroy you. when you think of the poorest countries, the people who are likely to be, who are being hardest hit by climate change, and whether their voices are going to be heard at the cop26 summit, are you worried that enough account will be taken of what they're going through? yes, i am very much so. i think it will be really catastrophic if the developed nations of the world, the more powerful nations of the world, simply ignored these problems. do we say, "oh, it's nothing to do with us" and cross our arms? we caused it. our kind of industrialisation is one of the major factors in producing this change in climate. we have a moral responsibility, even if we didn't cause it, we would have a moral responsibility to do something about thousands of men, women and children who have lost everything, lost everything.

can we just go by and say, "it's no business of ours?" you have to believe there are still things to be done about it, and i believe there are. the question is, on a world scale, when is it too late? but it's difficult to see... well, if we don't act now, it will be too late. and we've been saying that for a long time and we've been saying, "what do we mean by now?" we've said, "well, in the next ten years" orsomething, and think, "ah, well, in ten years' time, "that's a couple of budgets away, and politicians won't do things." we have to do it now. sir david attenborough speaking to our science editor david shukman. well, in just a few days time, world leaders will arrive in glasgow for the crucial un climate change conference cop26. there will be a lot of talk about co2 in the coming weeks. but what exactly is carbon dioxide? here's our reality check correspondent chris morris.

you can't see it, you can't smell it, but it is actually all around us and it is at the heart of our climate crisis. co2 is a gas made up of three parts or atoms, carbon and to oxygen. its full name is carbon dioxide. it occurs naturally in our atmosphere and it is a vital part of life on earth. people and most animals breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. plants use co2 to help them grow, but it has a much bigger role to play, too. it helps regulate the temperature of our planet. that is because co2 is one of the main greenhouse gases. it acts like the glass in a greenhouse, by keeping some of the heat from the sun, trapped inside the earth's atmosphere. that is a good thing, because without it, the planet

would be too cold for us to live on. but the natural world works in an incredibly delicate balance. human activity, especially over the last 50 years, has increased the amount of co2 in the atmosphere. too much of the sun's heat is getting trapped and our planet is getting hotter. so, where is all there is extra co2 coming from? in short, it is from modern life. factories, cars, aeroplanes, large—scale agriculture. they all use what we call fossil fuels, oil, coaland gas. over hundreds of millions of years, the remains of plants and animals, which are full of carbon, have been buried under the surface of the earth. some fossils eventually turn into fossil fuels, so when we burn them, all the carbon that has been stored up over an incredibly long period of time, gets released really quickly as co2. it is still only a tiny percentage of all the air around us, though. just over 0.04%. scientists measure that is the number of co2 parts per million in the air. injanuary, 2020, it was an average of 413.4 parts per million. but in 1970, that number was 325

and at the start of the industrial age it was roughly 280. the increase has been huge and co2 levels have been accelerating fast. they do fluctuate naturally, but they have not been as high as this since well before modern humans like us even existed. in fact, experts reckon that the last time there was this much co2 in the atmosphere, was probably more than 3,000,000 years ago, when sea levels were 15— 20 metres higher. so, in order to sustain life on earth as we know it, we do need to limit the amount of co2 that gets released and that is why the climate change debate has become so urgent. chris morris with a handy guide to carbon dioxide there. joining me now is dr simon evans,

who is the deputy editor of the climate science website �*carbon brief�*. you don't just you don'tjust talk you don't just talk about carbon you don'tjust talk about carbon but a range of issues, and one of which is the question i suppose of global justice and how much responsibility the countries that put the carbon in the countries that put the carbon in the atmosphere in the first place have to those who are feeling the effects but have not had the benefits of the last hundred 50 years? benefits of the last hundred 50 ears? ~ , , , benefits of the last hundred 50 ears? . , , , ., benefits of the last hundred 50 ears? ., years? we published an analysis recently looking _ years? we published an analysis recently looking at _ years? we published an analysis recently looking at which - years? we published an analysis l recently looking at which countries were historically responsible for greenhouse gas emissions that have already warmed the planet by 1.2 degrees relative to preindustrial times and what we found including emissions from deforestation and other land uses for the first time, roughly 20% of historical co2 emissions were caused by the us and in second place with about 11% of the total is china.— the total is china. those are the ones who _ the total is china. those are the ones who have _ the total is china. those are the ones who have continued - the total is china. those are the ones who have continued to - the total is china. those are the l ones who have continued to emit, the total is china. those are the - ones who have continued to emit, and the reason i raised the impact on

other countries is there were promises made at the time of the paris agreement to help them make the adaptations but those have not yet had a significant impact? you are referring _ yet had a significant impact? you are referring to _ yet had a significant impact? gm. are referring to the 100 billion target, so developed countries collectively pledged, even before the paris agreement, to give $100 billion worth of climate finance to poorer countries each year and that target was for last year, 2020, and a report has just been put out by the uk presidency of the cop26 summit beginning next week, and that suggests that the target for 100 billion in climate finance is not going to be met until 2023. me billion in climate finance is not going to be met until 2023. we talk a lot or politicians _ going to be met until 2023. we talk a lot or politicians talk _ going to be met until 2023. we talk a lot or politicians talk a _ going to be met until 2023. we talk a lot or politicians talk a lot - a lot or politicians talk a lot about how technology is going to help us and come to our rescue on top of the other changes we need to make and there's a lot of talk about carbon capture and storage. how far advancedis carbon capture and storage. how far

advanced is that as a technological solution, at least part of the range of options which might help to mitigate the effects of carbon in the atmosphere? it is mitigate the effects of carbon in the atmosphere?— mitigate the effects of carbon in the atmosphere? it is fair to say that the vast _ the atmosphere? it is fair to say that the vast majority _ the atmosphere? it is fair to say that the vast majority of - the atmosphere? it is fair to say i that the vast majority of pathways to limiting warming to 1.5 or two degrees rely on significant levels of greenhouse gas removal and negative emissions butjust to put things in perspective, current global emissions each year are about 40 billion tonnes of co2 equivalent but the scale of carbon removal biotechnologies is more like on the scale of 10,000 tonnes of co2 so we are talking a tiny fraction of global emissions. it are talking a tiny fraction of global emissions.— are talking a tiny fraction of global emissions. are talking a tiny fraction of ulobal emissions. , ., ., ., , global emissions. it is good to put some of this _ global emissions. it is good to put some of this into _ global emissions. it is good to put some of this into context - global emissions. it is good to put some of this into context because| global emissions. it is good to put i some of this into context because we will be hearing much more about this from some of the speeches and interviews that political leaders give. finally, what do you think is the most realistic hope out of cop26 this coming week?—

the most realistic hope out of cop26 this coming week? there are a couple of different parts _ this coming week? there are a couple of different parts of _ this coming week? there are a couple of different parts of it, _ this coming week? there are a couple of different parts of it, they _ this coming week? there are a couple of different parts of it, they will - of different parts of it, they will be a series of political declarations which the uk has been pushing for, which will cover things like phasing out the use of coal and tackling methane emissions, and those are probably signed up to by a subset of countries. on the technical side of negotiations, the uk will be hoping they can push to agreement on article six of the paris agreement which is about carbon markets and also vital rules not yet agreed on transparency, so how countries report on their progress. how countries report on their progress-— how countries report on their rouress. , , ., progress. very interesting. so that we know they _ progress. very interesting. so that we know they are _ progress. very interesting. so that we know they are doing _ progress. very interesting. so that we know they are doing what - progress. very interesting. so that we know they are doing what they| we know they are doing what they promise to do. simon evans, thanks forjoining us. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. all parts mild to very mild in the week, but big variations in

terms of rainfall totals. generally across the west, you may encounter a little light rain and drizzle, especially on the hills. to the east, higher ground, some sunny spells coming through and temperatures above average for the time of year. windier with rain in north—west scotland. overnight the rain pushes through scotland and pushing into north—west england and turning very wet in cumbria and the lake district. either side of the weather front it will stay largely dry, a breezy night, overnight temperatures close to where we expect them to be by day at this time of year. tomorrow looks like a very wet day in southern scotland, cumbria, the lake district and eastern counties of northern ireland. as the rain continues across some of these areas on through thursday, evening to friday, the risk of flooding and

this is bbc news. the headlines: millions of workers will get a pay rise next year as the government ends its freeze on public sector pay. unions are urging ministers to provide a �*significant�* increase. there'll be no cut to vat on household energy bills in tomorrow's budget though, despite calls to help families struggling with soaring prices. iama i am a prescott and i'm iam a prescottand i'm in i am a prescott and i'm in the centre of bristol speaking to businesses about some of the challenges they have faced through the pandemic and what they would really like to see from the chancellor in tomorrow's budget. downing street says it's too early to draw conclusions from an apparent levelling off of coronavirus cases across the uk in recent days. the mother of two sisters who were murdered in north—west london last year has dismissed an apology from the metropolitan

police for the way it responded when they were reported missing. the queen performs herfirst official engagements since going into hospital last week with virtual audiences from windsor castle. sir david attenborough tells the bbc world leaders must seize the moment at next week's climate change summit in glasgow and richer nations must play their part. we caused it. our kind of industrialisation is one of the major factors in producing this change in climate. we have a moral responsibility even if we didn't cause it. and walter smith, the former rangers, everton and scotland manager, has died at the age of 73.

good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. millions of public sector workers will see their wages rise next year after the government decided to end the current pay freeze. it was introduced a year ago because of the pandemic but in his budget tomorrow, the chancellor, rishi sunak, will announce he's lifting it. nurses, teachers, police and prison officers, and members of the armed forces will be among the five million workers whose pay will go up but how much depends on independent pay review bodies. pay offers for some staff in scotland, wales and northern ireland will be made separately. our political correspondent helen catt reports. the armed forces, prison officers, teachers and the police were among the millions of people who had their pay frozen last year. a difficult decision, said the chancellor, made because of the uncertain impact of coronavirus on the economy. now he says things are looking better and it's right that they see their wages rise. low pay... in government by the next election,

by 2024 or so, as well as giving the public sector that pay rise and ending the pay freeze, we also increasing the national living wage up by 6.6% up to £9:50 to make sure the lowest paid in society also get a pay rise. but the cost of everyday things like energy bills is going up, too. the key thing is that it's got to be a pay rise that at least matches the cost of living, so that people have a real terms increase in their pockets and it also has to reflect, you know, making up those lost years on public sector pay, as i say, over the last decade or more. we won't know for a while how much different professions will get. we know it will apply tojobs like nursing, teaching and the armed forces, but some changes will only be in england because pay in a number of areas is controlled by scotland, wales and northern ireland. the pay freeze will end in april. independent pay review bodies will recommend a pay rise figures before that in the new year.

the end of the pay freeze will be confirmed in the commons tomorrow in the budget. the government has already released much more of what's in it than you would usually expect. the speaker is not happy. once again, this house will not be taken for granted. it is not right for everybody to be briefed. it's not more important to go on the news in the morning. it's more important to come here. let's get this message across. these are the elected members that represent this united kingdom. labour said what has been announced has significant gaps. the chancellor has not even delivered his budget yet and it is already falling apart. in recent days, we have read thousands of words about what the chancellor plans to do, but the silence is deafening on the soaring bills and rising prices facing families and businesses. despite the large amount of briefing, there is still a lot that we don't know about what will be said tomorrow, like how a lot of this spending will be paid for. helen catt, bbc news.

our economics correspondent andy verity explained what this could mean in real terms for public sector workers. over the past year, they have had a real terms pay cut and even as we see inflation go up, that pay freeze means their spending power, the amount of goods they can buy, has gone down. that is in the context of ten years which have been some of the worst for rises in living standards that we have seen in the last 200 years. for example, nurses are paid 5% less than they were ten years ago. teachers, 8% less. senior civil servants, 11% less. nhs dentists, 32% less. all because their wages haven't been keeping up with inflation for ten years. they will be looking for more than inflation, as you say, in the coming year but even that may not be enough to compensate for what they have lost in recent years. let's speak now to karl handscomb, senior economist at the think—tank, the resolution foundation.

let me ask you first of all, what difference has the pay freeze over the last year actually made, because it is a relatively short period for this to affect wages. it is it is a relatively short period for this to affect wages.— it is a relatively short period for this to affect wages. it is a short eriod this to affect wages. it is a short period but _ this to affect wages. it is a short period but let — this to affect wages. it is a short period but let me _ this to affect wages. it is a short period but let me give _ this to affect wages. it is a short period but let me give you - this to affect wages. it is a short period but let me give you two l period but let me give you two figures from earnings over the last year. public sector pay has fallen byjust year. public sector pay has fallen by just under year. public sector pay has fallen byjust under 1%, whereas private sector pay has increased by 2.4%. you can see that pay freeze had a real effect. let's not forget, inflation, the latest figures are around 3%, so that has meant a real terms pay cut. but around 3%, so that has meant a real terms pay cut-— terms pay cut. but to be fair, you riuhtl terms pay cut. but to be fair, you rightly say. _ terms pay cut. but to be fair, you rightly say. hey — terms pay cut. but to be fair, you rightly say, hey went _ terms pay cut. but to be fair, you rightly say, hey went up - terms pay cut. but to be fair, you rightly say, hey went up more - terms pay cut. but to be fair, you rightly say, hey went up more in l terms pay cut. but to be fair, you i rightly say, hey went up more in the private sector but the gap between public and private sector is still in the public sector's favour, isn't it? ., , in the public sector's favour, isn't it? . , y ., in the public sector's favour, isn't it? . , _, ., it? that is true when you look at the broad _ it? that is true when you look at the broad figures, _ it? that is true when you look at the broad figures, but _ it? that is true when you look at the broad figures, but when - it? that is true when you look at the broad figures, but when you | it? that is true when you look at. the broad figures, but when you are just those for the type of jobs going on in the public sector, doctors, police, actually that pay difference shrinks write down, and

looking back at the last ten years, you can see that public sector pay has actually performed much worse over that period. has has actually performed much worse over that period.— over that period. as andy was sa in: , over that period. as andy was saying. those _ over that period. as andy was saying, those are _ over that period. as andy was saying, those are pretty - over that period. as andy was i saying, those are pretty dramatic figures. there is no expectation, presumably, that the independent pay bodies are going to factor that in. will they at least be influenced by the inflation figures? i will they at least be influenced by the inflation figures?— the inflation figures? i think they will, but the _ the inflation figures? i think they will, but the bank _ the inflation figures? i think they will, but the bank of _ the inflation figures? i think they will, but the bank of england - the inflation figures? i think they will, but the bank of england we | will, but the bank of england we have heard recently is expecting inflation to go may be as high as 5% by next year and that will be a really significant pay rise to go above and beyond that 5% real term. we have heard the chancellor say he is ending the pay freeze, but what he has not done, we will have to wait until tomorrow to find out, is what the spending settlements for departments are. there is not likely to be that much money spare for departments to find these pay increases, so on one hand he is

saying, yes, the pay freeze is over, but he is not setting out how that is going to be deliverable yet. so you could say it is an almost cost free announcement from the chancellor's point of view. there is ve little chancellor's point of view. there is very little chance _ chancellor's point of view. there is very little chance of _ chancellor's point of view. there is very little chance of the _ chancellor's point of view. there is very little chance of the pay - chancellor's point of view. there is very little chance of the pay freeze | very little chance of the pay freeze carrying on next year. public sector unions would have had serious outcries if inflation was 285% and there was to be no pay rise at all. let me ask you, looking at the overall picture, how big a problem do we have with pay in this country? i think we have had significant problems trying to get substantial pay grades, and that relates to some productivity issues over a number of years since 2008. welcome rises in the national living wage during that period, which have really helped extreme low pay, but that is not enough and the government has not really set out how it is going to

help low—income families. let's remember that there are over 4 million families on universal credit and if they have just seen the removal of the £20 a week temporary boost during covid and they are likely to have the hardest impact from the fuel bill rises that could carry on throughout this winter and possibly in food prices as well. pay is definitely a good policy to have a national living wage, but is it a government doing enough, has it set out a clear strategy to improve productivity? no. and is doing enough for income families? it certainly does not look that way. fin certainly does not look that way. on energy prices, we are told that the budget will not include any vat cut to energy bills. how significant could that be for those, particularly those dependent on public sector wages or universal benefit? to public sector wages or universal benefit? ., , ., ,., , ., benefit? to give you some figures of the to of benefit? to give you some figures of the top of my _ benefit? to give you some figures of the top of my head, _ benefit? to give you some figures of the top of my head, lower— benefit? to give you some figures of the top of my head, lower income i the top of my head, lower income families will be spending as a

proportion of their income perhaps too, may be three times as much a share of their income as higher income houses in some cases, so you can really see the squeeze, and the price cap is going up, so for some families who have seen their fixed energy deal come to an end, they are not only seeing the rise ever to the previous price cap but this additional rise in the price cap as well, and that could effectively be adding almost £1000 onto the additional costs once you factor in wider inflation over this winter. because vat is a percentage increase, however big the increase, you get a bigger increase on the vat. �* , , . vat. and this will be reflected in the forecast _ vat. and this will be reflected in the forecast for _ vat. and this will be reflected in the forecast for tomorrow. - vat. and this will be reflected in the forecast for tomorrow. it - vat. and this will be reflected in the forecast for tomorrow. it willj the forecast for tomorrow. it will show the increased vat for government is going to be getting from energy bills. and let's not forget, partly, we still produce some gas and oil ourselves, and because of those price rises, the

government will be getting a small extra bit of cash from those as well, which personally i think would make much more sense to reinvest that and help middle—income families during this winter period. igreat that and help middle-income families during this winter period.— during this winter period. great to seak to during this winter period. great to speak to you- _ all day today we've been live in bristol, looking at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on business. our business correspondent katie prescott is in bristol and joins us now. good afternoon. as you can see, things have quietened down in the centre of bristol, in saint nicholas market, where a few hours ago we did have a lunchtime rush. i have been hearing from businesses that it has been a very tough time during the pandemic, but it has been a particularly tough time here because being in the centre of bristol, these businesses are very reliant on footfall from local offices, and with everyone working from home, that has been a real challenge for them. many are saying football is

rising, but it's still not quite up to levels of before the pandemic, and that is a real problem for businesses. we can speak to one businesses. we can speak to one business owner who runs a business in the centre of bristol. you had to change what you did during the pandemic in order to keep going. b5 pandemic in order to keep going. is a restaurant, pandemic in order to keep going. 23 a restaurant, we were closed down during the first lockdown and at the time we were not signed up with any delivery partners. we ended up doing our own deliveries in the short term. that was not doing hot food because we were completely restricted from using this building whatsoever, but we were able to start putting our own blinks, freezing them, and selling them in home packs for people, and people were ordering them and enjoying them at home. find were ordering them and en'oying them at home. �* v were ordering them and en'oying them at home. �* �* , ., were ordering them and en'oying them at home. �* �*, ., at home. and it's that something you have continued _ at home. and it's that something you have continued doing? _ at home. and it's that something you have continued doing? yes, - at home. and it's that something you have continued doing? yes, we - at home. and it's that something you have continued doing? yes, we are i have continued doing? yes, we are still selling — have continued doing? yes, we are still selling them. _ have continued doing? yes, we are still selling them. you _ have continued doing? yes, we are still selling them. you are - have continued doing? yes, we are still selling them. you are able - have continued doing? yes, we are still selling them. you are able to i still selling them. you are able to pick up a frozen pack. and we are still selling them through our

website. and we have started putting them into larger wholesale packets and selling them to restaurants in the bristol area. 50 and selling them to restaurants in the bristol area.— the bristol area. so that is two strands to _ the bristol area. so that is two strands to the _ the bristol area. so that is two strands to the business. - the bristol area. so that is two strands to the business. what | the bristol area. so that is two i strands to the business. what are some of the biggest challenges your business is facing? like some of the biggest challenges your business is facing?— business is facing? like the rest of the hospitality _ business is facing? like the rest of the hospitality sector, _ business is facing? like the rest of the hospitality sector, we - business is facing? like the rest of the hospitality sector, we have - business is facing? like the rest of. the hospitality sector, we have been struggling with staffing. it hasn't been too bad for us because we have a small, tight—knit team, we had my wife as the co—owners and four members of staff. we have just turned over a cup of them recently. luckily, we were able to find more staff in not too much of a hurry but where normally we five or six, so it is a much smaller pool five or six, so it is a much smaller ool. �* . five or six, so it is a much smaller ool, �* ., , , ., five or six, so it is a much smaller nool. �* ., , y., ., five or six, so it is a much smaller ool. �* ., , y., ., ., pool. and what is your reaction to the national _ pool. and what is your reaction to the national living _ pool. and what is your reaction to the national living wage _ pool. and what is your reaction to the national living wage that - pool. and what is your reaction to the national living wage that wasl the national living wage that was announced yesterday? does that affect you? i announced yesterday? does that affect you?— affect you? i think in general for hospitality _ affect you? i think in general for hospitality it _ affect you? i think in general for hospitality it is _ affect you? i think in general for hospitality it is a _ affect you? i think in general for hospitality it is a very _ affect you? i think in general for hospitality it is a very good - affect you? i think in general for. hospitality it is a very good thing. we already pay well over what the

minimum wage will be. we have a starting salary of £10 for every worker, whatever their skill level. talking about staffing costs, a lot of other costs going up, i imagine yourfood bill. of other costs going up, i imagine your food bill.— your food bill. yes, their food bill in particular _ your food bill. yes, their food bill in particular because _ your food bill. yes, their food bill in particular because we - your food bill. yes, their food bill in particular because we import i your food bill. yes, their food bill in particular because we import a| in particular because we import a lot of different foods from asia, so we use a japanese wholesaler in london. the prices have been going up london. the prices have been going up on average about 20% — 30%, which is obviously quite a lot, and that has been compounded by the rise in vat, from 5% to 12.5%. obviously still less dandy 20% we were paying in 2019, but still quite a struggle based on our monthly turnover we now, ratherthan based on our monthly turnover we now, rather than paying £1000 in vat, we are paying over £2000. so what would you like to see in tomorrow's budget? i what would you like to see in tomorrow's budget?- what would you like to see in tomorrow's budget? i would say ideally keeping _ tomorrow's budget? i would say ideally keeping the _ tomorrow's budget? i would say ideally keeping the vat - tomorrow's budget? i would say ideally keeping the vat level. tomorrow's budget? i would say - ideally keeping the vat level where

it is at for hospitality at 12.5% because we can just about cope with that now alongside the rising cost of ingredients and cost of staffing, but i would say if the vat were to go but i would say if the vat were to 9° up but i would say if the vat were to go up any further, we would have to consider whether we could continue being viable as a takeaway. thank ou ve being viable as a takeaway. thank you very much- — being viable as a takeaway. thank you very much. that _ being viable as a takeaway. thank you very much. that is _ being viable as a takeaway. thank you very much. that is something| being viable as a takeaway. thank you very much. that is something we have been hearing from businesses across the board. this issue of rising costs, energy bills going up, wage bills going up, and the costs of products, so lots of challenges for businesses in bristol as we hear what is going to be in the budget tomorrow. let me bring you some breaking news from sussex police. reports of spiking of women's drinks. two initial reports from women feeling unwell after a night out in brighton last tuesday. the following day say

police, four winning ? women reported having been injected while out in brighton city centre. and a woman in eastbourne has since reported being injected on a night out there on october the 23rd. that was saturday. detectives say they supporting the women involved and carrying out thorough investigations, as well as providing additional patrols, visiting venues in the area. they are trying to give reassurance to people but also to investigate those claims. so in all, detectives investigating seven incidents of alleged spiking of people, in other words they have been injected somewhere in the body. in some cases, they know they have been injected, and those cases are under investigation. downing street says it's too early to draw conclusions from figures that suggest a levelling off in the number of coronavirus cases. the government has been under pressure to bring in new restrictions in england

but there are signs in the data that the rapid rise in infections is beginning to slow or even drop. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson looks now at what might be going on. crowded shopping streets this half term, some people wearing masks, but most are without. so, who is right and what is happening with the virus? some scientific models suggest infection rates may be about to decline, and quite dramatically. you can see this steep fall in this graph from the end of october through the winter. most of us think that we might see a small decline or a decline in incidence first, so that's what the models are suggesting. notjust ours but the others as well, suggesting we might see a decline, and then it takes off again and increases again maybe in the new year. scientists say this might happen if vaccine protection only wanes moderately, there is a good uptake of booster jabs and no increase in socialising. this morning, mps heard evidence about why there might be a decline in cases.

i think we are in an improving situation, because of high vaccination coverage that we have, the booster programme will start limiting even further the number of cases and particularly those hospitalised cases. and there's lots of infection that's happening in the community, which is boosting lots of younger people as well, including children. all of this comes as the debate continues to rage about whether the government in england should reintroduce restrictions, the so—called plan b. many nhs organisations and doctors have said they're under so much pressure that they are at the edge of what they can manage. . even a slight increase in hospital. admissions due to covid would mean less number of people being cared for for other conditions, _ including elective procedures. it's always better to be prepared then wait until it's too late - and press the panic button. that's exactly what we're doing. preparing ourselves for what appears

to be a pretty rough winter ahead. i the nhs is facing pressure like never before, and falling covid—19 rates would be immensely welcome. but scientists say there is no certainty that infections will decline — a difficult time for those deciding how to best protect people. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. health correspondent nick triggle is with me now. let's start with the figures we saw in that report, the modelling of where we may be going. it in that report, the modelling of where we may be going. it really is uuite where we may be going. it really is quite interesting _ where we may be going. it really is quite interesting modelling, - where we may be going. it really is i quite interesting modelling, showing quite interesting modelling, showing quite a steep decline in cases. this is just one of the models that feed into government. there are several and this is certainly the more optimistic. it is from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. what it is suggesting, if things go right, we have got to have a lot of things go right, a good

uptake of boosters, only a moderate waning of immunity after vaccination, and a fairly cautious behaviour over the winter, but it can bring those cases down and then start bringing down the number of deaths. to understand why that may happen when we have had such high cases recently and cases rising, you have to look at the people who are getting infected, what is driving the high infection rates at the moment, and perhaps we can see a chart that shows over the last week orso chart that shows over the last week or so nearly half of cases have been in the under—20s. over the summer, we saw a lot of infection in older teenagers, a lot were linked to festivals, and then since schools returned in september, a lot of spread among younger teenagers. that has had some spill over into the older age groups. but what the scientists believe is that in the

younger age groups, because of the amount of infection there has been, the naturally enquired immunity, coupled with the vaccination programme, those age groups are reaching herd immunity and that will bring cases down and help drive down the cases in the older age groups, coupled with the boost it programme, that will provide more protection. i was talking to a scientist at the end of last week was saying the government can't rely on herd immunity. clearly, the herd immunity we are talking about, the younger age groups, and the all the great groups have still got to rely on the effectiveness of the vaccination, but in terms this realistically, of could it mean that we don't have to have the plan b measures introduced at all this winter?— at all this winter? what is interesting _ at all this winter? what is interesting about - at all this winter? what is interesting about the - at all this winter? what is - interesting about the modelling, thatis interesting about the modelling, that is perhaps one of the more optimistic ones, but the other one is feeding into government all point to a decline, winter infection levels being lower than the

autumn... levels being lower than the autumn- - -_ levels being lower than the autumn... ~ . ,, , , ., autumn... which is surprising to eo - le. autumn... which is surprising to people- it _ autumn... which is surprising to people- it is. — autumn... which is surprising to people. it is, although - autumn... which is surprising to people. it is, although we - autumn... which is surprising to people. it is, although we were | people. it is, although we were alwa s people. it is, although we were always told. — people. it is, although we were always told, the _ people. it is, although we were always told, the 19th _ people. it is, although we were always told, the 19th of - people. it is, although we were always told, the 19th ofjuly, i people. it is, although we were l always told, the 19th ofjuly, that that would mean we have an exit before winter, so there was some suggestion this could happen, and the latest modelling is suggesting that may be quite likely, but back to the question of whether that means plan b isn't needed, a lot of the scientists doing this modelling that i have spoken to have said, actually, they think it probably still is needed because the nhs is so under pressure and there is so little headroom, and if it takes a few weeks for the significant drops to kick in, that's even more pressure building on the health service. a number are saying as a precautionary measure we should perhaps move to plan b. they also want to see more focus on other things like the numbers of people who have not had even one dose of the vaccine. 5 who have not had even one dose of the vaccine-— the vaccine. 5 million adults across the vaccine. 5 million adults across the uk. the vaccine. 5 million adults across the uk- and _ the vaccine. 5 million adults across the uk- and on _ the vaccine. 5 million adults across the uk. and on that _

the vaccine. 5 million adults across the uk. and on that question i the vaccine. 5 million adults across the uk. and on that question of i the vaccine. 5 million adults across| the uk. and on that question of the kind of measures that can be taken, plan b is only really what scotland, wales and northern ireland are already doing, so it is nothing like already doing, so it is nothing like a return to pre—july days. it’s already doing, so it is nothing like a return to pre-july days.— a return to pre-july days. it's not. it has a return to pre-july days. it's not. it has been _ a return to pre-july days. it's not. it has been dubbed _ a return to pre-july days. it's not. it has been dubbed lockdown i a return to pre-july days. it's not. | it has been dubbed lockdown liked a return to pre-july days. it's not. i it has been dubbed lockdown liked by some. there are trade—offs. some of these measures may not seem that draconian but working from home has an economic cost and the introduction of vaccine passports for the hospitality industry is, some say, problematic for them and could damage their winter season. so there is a lot of trade—offs the government is having to make. it has got this modelling that suggests we are going to see a significant turn for the better in terms of the spread of the virus and i think over the next couple of weeks, all these figures will be closely watched while the government decides what to do. we while the government decides what to do. ~ ., . ., ., while the government decides what to do. ~ ., ., ,, ., ., , while the government decides what to do. ., ., ,, ., ., do. we had nicola sturgeon early at seeini a do. we had nicola sturgeon early at seeing a 2% — do. we had nicola sturgeon early at seeing a 2% rise _ do. we had nicola sturgeon early at seeing a 2% rise in _ do. we had nicola sturgeon early at seeing a 296 rise in cases _ do. we had nicola sturgeon early at seeing a 296 rise in cases at - do. we had nicola sturgeon early at seeing a 296 rise in cases at the i seeing a 2% rise in cases at the moment, that looks manageable in

scotland, but we have got to keep watching it. like you very much. ? thank you very much. the metropolitan police has apologised to the family of two murdered sisters for the way it responded when they were reported missing. an investigation by the independent officer for police coduct found that several mistakes were made in the case of bibaa henry and nicole smallman who were stabbed to death in north london in june last year. their mother has said the police apology is too late. simonjones reports. a vigil to remember the lives of nicole smallman and bibaa henry. when they were reported missing, the response of officers, according to the police watchdog, was unacceptable. the bodies of the sisters were found in a country park in wembley injune last year, discovered by miss smallman's boyfriend, the day after the police had been contacted, to the horror of the women's mother. adam says, "mina, mina, we've found a knife. "mina, mina, i'm going to need you to sit down. "i've found them. i've found them.

"but they've gone." mina smallman has always believed the police response may have been clouded by racial profiling, misogyny or classism. the independent office for police conduct concluded there was no evidence of stereotyping but information about the sisters' disappearance was recorded inaccurately and a call handler was dismissive. the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, has admitted that the level of service provided to the women's family fell short of what was expected and had officers acted differently, then they could have been saved immeasurable pain. she has now offered to meet the family in person at a time of their choosing to say sorry. but in a statement, the women's mother said:

this is not an isolated issue. so i think unless there is a fundamental review of how missing persons are reported and there is a fundamental review around the whole process, the danger is this will happen elsewhere. following the failings in the investigation, an officer and two members of police staff will now face action over their performance. the man who killed nicole smallman and bibaa henry, danyal hussein, will be sentenced for their murders this week. simon jones, bbc news. mps have been hearing evidence from the bbc�*s disinformation reporter, marianna spring, on the issue of social media abuse and online harms. she testified at a hearing of the joint parliamentary committee on the draft online safety bill. marianna herself reported last week that she'd been subject to abusive messages on social media daily, saying �*misogynistic hate' language is a regular occurence. and marianna spring joins

us in the studio now. yourjob is not to give this information, it is to help as spotted. what did they ask you? it focused on online abuse targeting women. i have experienced a lot of online hate for my reporting on anti—vaccine content and conspiracy theories and the real world impact that they have and i found that covering that human cost comes at a human cost to me. i have received death threats. i interviewed lots of women across public life but also i have spoken to many outside of the public eye who have experienced online hate and that is much of what i was telling mps today, talking about their experiences, how they feel let down by law enforcement or social media sites. i spoke about an experiment we carried out as part of

the panorama investigation. we set “p the panorama investigation. we set up a dummy troll account, his name was barry, and he merely engaged in anti—vaccine and conspiracy content but also some misogynistic content and he pasted some eight on his wall but totally private. what we found over the course of the two weeks that he was being promoted more misogynistic eight by facebook and instagram. by the end of the experiment, he was almost exclusively receiving that kind of content. 50 exclusively receiving that kind of content. ., ., , , , content. so in other words, because he was putting _ content. so in other words, because he was putting it — content. so in other words, because he was putting it up, _ content. so in other words, because he was putting it up, the _ content. so in other words, because he was putting it up, the technology was saying, why don't you follow this person? in other words, it was multiplying the impact their accounts were having by getting them more like—minded followers. accounts were having by getting them more like-minded followers.- more like-minded followers. totally. and the problem _ more like-minded followers. totally. and the problem is, _ more like-minded followers. totally. and the problem is, when _ more like-minded followers. totally. and the problem is, when this - more like-minded followers. totally. and the problem is, when this is i and the problem is, when this is about dogs or trees or something else, it does not matter if you are being promoted lots more pages about dogs, but when you are engaging in a certain level of abuse and misogynistic abuse online and you

are being promoted yet more and more misogyny, some really disturbing memes about harassment, sexual violence, some linked to very extreme ideologies, you can see with it is a real concern, especially when the social media sites are committed to tackling harm. they say they put community over profit but they put community over profit but the expert who advised us on the project, and this is something i told mps today, the reason for sending barry that trolled more misogyny on their platforms is to keep barry engaged and the longer barry is engaged, the more adverts they can sell and the more money facebook makes. they disagree, they say it is about caring for their users, not profit, but our experiment suggests otherwise. i suppose there is always going to be a trade—off, but whether it is going to be tolerable. the facebook

whistle—blower says it is all down to algorithms and they had much better tailored algorithms, they could probably tackle a lot of this problem. does that fit with what we are trying to do in this country? it definitely speaks to the same point, which is at this issue of profit over user safety, and she made that point to mps yesterday. this idea that they choose to send harmful content to people, often through algorithms, in order to keep them engaged, and if they don't protect them from harm. and there is a dual harm, notjust for the women being targeted but for the users themselves, like barry, will become sucked into this mentality, and the sessions that the joint committee are holding about the legislation looked to inform this online safety bill that they have been discussing, that has been debated a lot, and to see what it can include, particularly to it ? address this

issue of algorithms, how can algorithms be made safe and will be social media sites be forced to show a greater duty of care to their uses or risk being fined or sanctioned? abs. or risk being fined or sanctioned? a pleasure to speak to you. and your documentary is still available on the iplayer. here, the queen has carried out virtual audiences at windsor castle — her first official engagements in seven days since she was ordered to rest by doctors. our royal correspondent jonny dymond has more. wednesday, when we heard that she was cancelling a planned trip to northern ireland and instead went into hospital, a brief stay there, an overnight stay in hospital, she never really went away in the sense that she was back at her desk carrying out what they call light duties on thursday. but this is the first person—to—person engagement, even if it wasn't actually face—to—face, it was one of those virtual things that everyone has been getting used to over the last year and a half.

this was a virtual audience, first with the swiss ambassador and then with the korean ambassador, and you can probably tell from the pictures that have been released, the queen smiling rather broadly, she looks like she's rather enjoying herself. isaid i said earlier, i'm not sure which of them is better dressed! now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. all parts mild to very mild for the rest of the week, but big variations in terms of rainfall totals. generally across the west, you may encounter a little light rain and drizzle, especially on the hills. to the east, higher ground, some sunny spells coming through and temperatures above average for the time of year. temperatures above average for the that temperatures above average for the is the way the�* stay. windier with rain in north—west scotland. overnight the rain pushes through scotland and pushing into north—west england and turning very wet in cumbria and the lake district. either side of the weather front it will stay largely dry, a breezy night, overnight

temperatures close to where we expect them to be by day at this time of year. tomorrow looks like a very wet day in southern scotland, cumbria, the lake district and eastern counties of northern ireland. turning wetter in north—east wales. as the rain continues across some of these areas on through thursday, evening to friday, the risk of flooding and disruption increases. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: millions of workers will get a pay rise next year, as the government ends its public sector pay freeze. unions are urging ministers to provide a �*significant�* increase. but despite calls to help with soaring prices, the bbc has been told there'll be no cut to vat on household energy bills in tomorrow's budget. downing street says it's too early to draw conclusions from an apparent levelling off of coronavirus cases across the uk in recent days. the queen performs herfirst

official engagements since spending a night in hospital last week — hosting virtual audiences from windsor castle. including this one with the new ambassador for south korea. sir david attenborough tells the bbc world leaders must seize the moment at next week's climate change summit in glasgow — and richer nations must play their part. cheering. and walter smith — the former rangers, everton and scotland manager — has died at the age of 73. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. walter smith has been who will never be forgotten . the former scotland, rangers and everton manager — who won 21 trophies at ibrox — has died at the age of 73. the former rangers owner sir david murray and former rangers manager graeme souness said in a joint statement that he had

had a profound effect on both their lives. alisdair lamont reports on the growing tributes. walter smith by his own admission was an average footballer. this, something of a rarity. so he began coaching at a young age under the legendary dundee united managerjim maclean. a growing reputation led to a call to join the graeme souness revolution at rangers and it was the start of something very special. success soon followed but in 1991, when souness was tempted by the liverpooljob, smith became the main man. i'm delighted for myself and my family but ijust hope when this has all finished we can start to get on with the job. with two titles in the bag, rangers sealed three in a row with a dramatic final day victory over aberdeen. the first of many for smith as his rangers side dominated the domestic game.

i think walter smith is going to do hisjob in a quiet and very effective manner. legendary status was sealed when rangers matched celtic's winning streak of nine title victories. that man is one of the most astonishing football people i've ever met. i had a remarkable relationship with him, which was not always happiness and joy, but even through the arguments, there was a twinkle in his eye that made him special. even his magic touch couldn't revive the fortunes of an ailing everton, and in 2004 he returned to management in scotland with the national team. there was an immediate upturn in form, the highlight being this victory over france at hampden park. instantly, as soon as you meet him, he commands that respect. he's not really a shouter or a ranter although he is quite stern. but as soon as he walks in the room, the respect�*s there immediately and it was an honour

to play and work with him and to get to know him. the lure of his beloved rangers was strong and when he was asked back he couldn't say "no". again, his impact was swift, reaching a uefa cup final against advocaat�*s zenit st petersburg. three league titles followed, but with a change of leadership, smith knew it was the right time to go. a fantastic way to bow out. i would never imagine something like this would happen so it is fantastic that it has. it would be another decade before rangers again celebrated a title victory, a matter of months before this rangers icon passed away. the current rangers manager stephen gerrard has paid a tearful tribute to walter smith saying the former manager had made him a better person. he loved the club. he was honest and genuine. and he has made me a better person. i've got nothing but good

words to say. it is going to be emotional in the coming days and weeks. but the best tribute we as a team can do is to be united and get the fans behind us and try and win the fans behind us and try and win the game tomorrow and that will be the game tomorrow and that will be the best tribute we can give him and his family. the best tribute we can give him and his famil . , , ., . ., ,, his family. tributes to walter smith who has died _ his family. tributes to walter smith who has died at _ his family. tributes to walter smith who has died at the _ his family. tributes to walter smith who has died at the age _ his family. tributes to walter smith who has died at the age of- his family. tributes to walter smith who has died at the age of 73. i the former south africa captain quinton de kock pulled out of his side's match against the west indies earlier today because he didn't want to take a knee. south africa went on to win the match by eight wickets. the governing body had told the south african team all were to take a knee before the match — the first time all 11 players have done so together — but de kock chose not to play for what was described as "personal reasons". south africa restricted west indies to 143 from their 20 overs, which never looked likely

to be enough. and a 50 from aidan markram took south africa to an easy victory. in the second match, pakistan are taking on new zealand. pakistan won the toss and decided to field. martin guptill was bowled for 17. more updates on the t20 world cup on the bbc website. don't forget three of the home nations are in action this evening in the women's world cup qualifiers. england are away to latvia, northern ireland host austria in the same group, while wales are at home to estonia. scotland play sweden in a friendly. that is it from us. studio: a moving tribute there from steven gerrard to walter smith, i thought.

national plans to cut carbon fall far short of what's needed to avert dangerous climate change, according to the un environment programme. their emissions gap report — released this afternoon — says country pledges will fail to keep the global temperature under 1.5 degrees celcius this century. the un secretary general, antonio guterres launched the report with a warning to global leaders. as world leaders prepare for cop26, these reports is another wake—up call. how many more do we need? the recent ipcc report says unless we reduce current carbon emissions by 40% by 2030, we will not reach a 1.5 degrees future. scientists are clear on the facts. now leaders need to be just as clear in their actions. they need to come to glasgow with bold, time bound, front—loaded plans, to reach net zero. to decarbonise every

sector, from power to transport, farming and forestry, to phase out coal by 2030 in oecd countries and 2040 and all others and to end all coal investment, public and private, and to end subsidies for fossil fuels and polluting industries and to put a price on carbon and to channel debt back into creating green jobs. channel debt back into creating greenjobs. obviously, to provide at least 100 billion us dollars each year to the developing world for climate finance. the year to the developing world for climate finance.— climate finance. the un secretary-general i climate finance. the un i secretary-general speaking climate finance. the un _ secretary-general speaking earlier secretary—general speaking earlier this afternoon. the former cabinet minister owen paterson could be suspended from parliament for 30 days after he was found to have broken commons rules on lobbying. the conservative mp is accused of putting pressure on ministers and officials on behalf of two companies for whom he was a paid consultant. the commons standards committee said it was an "egregious" breach of rules, but the mp

for north shropshire says the findings are biased and unfair. there's been a sharp rise in the number of police officers and staff in england and wales accused of abusing their positions for sexual purposes. the police watchdog, the independent office for police conduct investigated 70 people last year. in 2016 that figure was ten. zoe billingham is a former inspector of policing. she wrote a report on how police can best tackle violence against women. thanks forjoining us. is there any caveat we should introduce to these figures? that was a pretty dramatic rise. ., ., , ~ , rise. you are right, there is. as the inspectorate _ rise. you are right, there is. as the inspectorate of _ rise. you are right, there is. as the inspectorate of the - rise. you are right, there is. as i the inspectorate of the constabulary we looked at this two years ago and found that forces were really slow in putting on measures to actually root out this corruption and we made lots of recommendations around what police forces should do, so the spike now in cases, the increase in cases could actually be an indication that they are now taking it more seriously and that they are

encouraging staff to speak up and step forward when they see inappropriate behaviour, that they are putting enough staff on their counter corruption units to get after this issue, really proactively, because the last thing we want is predators in policing preying on members of the public. even allowing for that, these investigations into alleged abuse of position for a sexual purpose, 42 complaints last year, and 42 disciplinary proceedings began last year alone, the misconduct of 66 police officers and members of police officers and members of police in all over the years and in his conduct was proven in 63 of these are not egregious complaints but complaints that in the majority of cases appear to be well founded. absolutely. the facts speak for themselves and when we did our report a couple of years ago we thought it was not exactly the tip of the iceberg but we felt there was

probably a lot of inappropriate behaviour going on workforces frankly were not lifting up the stones to see what was happening within their own organisations ? where forces. two thirds of counter corruption units, the units which are there to police the police within each force in england and wales, two thirds of those counter corruption units did not have enough trained staff to actually be able to follow up the leads, so if a member of staff contacted the unit to say, i'm worried about so and so, he spends a lot of time with domestic abuse victims, or making inappropriate comments, that unit can then use covert tactics to investigate what the police officer is up to and if those units are understaffed we are not going to see the proactive activity that we would really like to see so the corruption can be rooted out because this lies at the heart of the trust between the public and the police and if it is not tackled the legitimacy of policing is diminished. the

is not tackled the legitimacy of policing is diminished. the case of sarah everard, _ policing is diminished. the case of sarah everard, it— policing is diminished. the case of sarah everard, it is— policing is diminished. the case of sarah everard, it is impossible i policing is diminished. the case of sarah everard, it is impossible not to mention in the context of these figures, and one of the positive things that might come out of such a terrible event, it might make women who are approached in this way, because it is mainly women, more willing to challenge that and if so make a complaint but also presumably make a complaint but also presumably make forces much more aware of what their police officers may be doing and may be a little less intolerant of behaviour which they may have treated as a disciplinary breach but maybe not a major disciplinary breach? maybe not a ma'or disciplinary breach? . , ~ . maybe not a ma'or disciplinary breach? ., , . ., ., breach? that is right. we have to remember _ breach? that is right. we have to remember context. _ breach? that is right. we have to remember context. 135,000 i breach? that is right. we have to i remember context. 135,000 police remember context. 135, 000 police officers remember context. 135,000 police officers in england and wales, so these are still numbers, but any abuse is a horrendous betrayal and there should be none at all and quite rightly we want forces to be actively encouraging their staff to step forward to call these behaviours out. if there's anything that could come out of a horrific

murder, of sarah, it means the forces are going to root out this kind of corruption once and for all, then that is important, and it is important for so many reasons, not least it restores the bond of trust between the public and the police and i think every force in the country is of course looking at this really carefully. but i think they need to be reporting much more transparently to the public and they need to be telling the public how many cases they have and what the sanctions are and then they need to track trends over the years. briefly, if a member of the public, if somebody watching this feels that some contact they have had with a police officer has been inappropriate and been sexually loaded or whatever, who should they seek help from in the first place? if they want to go and seek support out of policing, talk to one of the charities that support people in that position, may be a domestic abuse charity, but i would

absolutely immediately encourage anyone who is subject to any inappropriate moves on the part of a police officer to ring 999 and reported. police officer to ring 999 and reorted. ., ., police officer to ring 999 and reported-— police officer to ring 999 and reorted. ., ., ., , fl reported. thanks for “oining us. ? reort it. sir david attenborough is urging world leaders to seize the moment of the cop 26 climate change summit in glasgow next week. he said every day that goes by without action to reduce emissions is a day wasted, and that it would be catastrophic if richer nations don't help poorer ones deal with climate change. the naturalist and broadcaster, who's 95, has been speaking to our science editor david shukman during the filming of a new documentary series, the green planet for bbc one. this is a thermal camera. and it will tell me the difference between the surrounding temperature and the temperature in the centre of a daisy flower. the surroundings — 12 degrees. in the centre of the flower — 21.

new technology to film the humble daisy. and action, david. at kew gardens in london, we had rare access behind the scenes to the making of green planet. but it looks like you get a lot of enjoyment out of... out of making these programmes. well, they're all old friends, aren't they? that's the nice thing. we caught up with david attenborough several times during the filming. and he seemed most passionate about the most ordinary of plants. daisies are things that you decapitate with your lawn mower sort of once a week. but, actually, they are marvellous things. and they move every day. they exploit the sunshine, and open to the sunshine. the interesting thing is we now have a camera, which allows us

to actually explore the surface of a plant in great detail, so it's like moving into a different landscape. suddenly, this thing is a huge great thing and you suddenly see it for what it is. i have been reporting on climate change, climate science, for nearly 20 years and i have seen some spectacular advances in understanding in that time. what most strikes you about the changes you have seen? i think the devastating fires around the world, in australia and california, all over the place, that has brought home the real catastrophe that happens to ordinary people in their secure home. every time i see it on television, i think suppose suddenly now, there were flames coming up, that everything, my life, in my house and everything about it going up in flames. what with that do to you? it would destroy you.

when you think of the poorest countries, the people who are likely to be, who are being hardest hit by climate change, and whether their voices are going to be heard at the cop26 summit, are you worried that enough account will be taken of what they're going through? yes, i am very much so. i think it will be really catastrophic if the developed nations of the world, the more powerful nations of the world, simply ignored these problems. do we say, "oh, it's nothing to do with us" and cross our arms? we caused it. our kind of industrialisation is one of the major factors in producing this change in climate. we have a moral responsibility, even if we didn't cause it, we would have a moral responsibility to do something about thousands of men, women and children who have lost everything, lost everything. can we just go by and say, "it's no business of ours?" you have to believe there are still things to be done about it, and i believe there are.

the question is, on a world scale, when is it too late? but it's difficult to see... well, if we don't act now, it will be too late. and we've been saying that for a long time and we've been saying, "what do we mean by now?" we've said, "well, in the next ten years" orsomething, and think, "ah, well, in ten years' time, "that's a couple of budgets away, and politicians won't do things." we have to do it now. the government has acknowledged that it's yet to deliver on its pledge to give £500 million to youth

services in england. ministers announced the youth investment fund in 2019 and the money was due to be distributed over 5 years, but so far none of it has been distributed. jonelle awo—moyi reports youth services aim to provide an opportunity for personal development, education and socialisation. services often include providing safe and effective care and early intervention support. but it can be a struggle to fund these resources. a recent ymca report found that over the last eight years, local authority funding for youth services in england and wales has decreased by £978 million. that's down 70%. two years ago, the government announced a new £500 million youth investment fund, but the department for digital, culture, media and sport — dcms — has acknowledged the fund has not yet launched, so no money has been allocated. i'm in knowsley, part of the liverpool city region, which is one of the uk's most deprived boroughs where these effects are being felt. if the youth club does get shut down, or it goes or whatever,

looking at the people that do come here, will be devastated. so where can clubs get theirfunding from? our funding tends to come from local authority, who are under a lot of pressure themselves, orthe community or the police. we're scrambling around, trying to get money to survive. and that isn't how it should be because we are an essential service. we are waiting for money from the youth investment fund. it's been promised. it hasn't been delivered. in a statement, dcms said... but the government has acknowledged that the £500 million youth investment fund has not yet been launched, so no money has been allocated.

experts researching effective youth provision have expressed their concerns. 500 million is not- going to be very useful. it's going to have to be targeted. and what it will likely be spent on is those areasl of concern such as crime, mental health, _ radicalisation, and skills. leaders in the youth sector will be looking closely at tomorrow's budget, to see if young people are prioritised. jonelle awomoyi, bbc news. here with me now is david bridson who is the head of campaigns and policy at ymca england and wales. thanks forjoining us. does that report echo what you have been hearing from around the country? completely. it shows the experience we have seen at ymcas around the country. local authorities are

struggling and the services are so vital to make sure that the people who need them in the communities get the safe spaces they need and the trusted adults they want to speak to and the enjoyment of being young and needing some fun. we are seeing that pinch point across the whole country no matter where people are and that is why this funding is desperately needed as soon as possible. haste is why this funding is desperately needed as soon as possible. have you been able to — needed as soon as possible. have you been able to get _ needed as soon as possible. have you been able to get any _ needed as soon as possible. have you been able to get any clear _ been able to get any clear explanation from government? we heard the statement which is just one part, but have you heard a clear explanation? one part, but have you heard a clear explanation?— explanation? there is a scarcity around the _ explanation? there is a scarcity around the post _ explanation? there is a scarcity around the post covid _ explanation? there is a scarcity around the post covid build i explanation? there is a scarcity i around the post covid build back, basically, and we are yet to receive a large amount of funding, and my message is, we are ready to deliver for young people across the country, and the ymcas have done a greatjob through the pandemic, supporting families with food parcels and we have delivered online youth services and carried on with groups that we

do up and down the country and we are ready to deliver and help children build back and level up across the country. you children build back and level up across the country.— children build back and level up across the country. you must have had mixed — across the country. you must have had mixed feelings _ across the country. you must have had mixed feelings when - across the country. you must have had mixed feelings when you i across the country. you must have| had mixed feelings when you heard the announcement that the chancellor has at least great briefed to journalists that ? has at least breathed to journalists that the public pay freeze will be ended. local authorities will need to save money in the provision of services, and youth services is one of the obvious things that might have to go? obvious things that might have to no? obvious things that might have to to? ., ., , obvious things that might have to to? ., ., obvious things that might have to go? some areas have said they do not have any youth — go? some areas have said they do not have any youth services _ go? some areas have said they do not have any youth services and _ go? some areas have said they do not have any youth services and local i have any youth services and local authorities are one of the biggest funders of youth services and that is why we need to make sure we give the money to the places that are needed to give those services to people in need. we have got areas where there is nothing being spent and if the local authority cannot

spend the money, no one else is, and we have services which rely on several different parts of funding to survive and these are services people rely on. they need it reliably and notjust once in awhile when there is a small pot of money going. when there is a small pot of money ttoin _ �* . ., , when there is a small pot of money uuoin.�* , , when there is a small pot of money anoin. , , ., going. because people often here we are auoin going. because people often here we are going to — going. because people often here we are going to lose _ going. because people often here we are going to lose everything - going. because people often here we are going to lose everything and i going. because people often here we are going to lose everything and it i are going to lose everything and it will be shut and cut, there is a danger of cry wolf which may not be fair, to the organisations that are affected, but there can be a mismatch between what people see around them? i mismatch between what people see around them?— around them? i would say that is 10096 not around them? i would say that is 100% not the _ around them? i would say that is 10096 not the case _ around them? i would say that is 10096 not the case in _ around them? i would say that is 10096 not the case in youth i around them? i would say that is i 10096 not the case in youth services 100% not the case in youth services because we have seen 750 centres close and 4500 youth workers jobs 90, close and 4500 youth workers jobs go, so this is not cry wolf. this is a real issue in the community and thatis a real issue in the community and that is why the funding needs to be delivered now to support those jobs and support that recovery and build our communities back.— and support that recovery and build our communities back. david, head of oli at our communities back. david, head of policy at the — our communities back. david, head of policy at the ymca. — our communities back. david, head of policy at the ymca, thanks _ our communities back. david, head of policy at the ymca, thanks for - policy at the ymca, thanks for joining us. now it's time for a look

at the weather with nick miller. all parts mild to very mild through the rest of the week. but big variations in terms of rainfall totals. generally across the west, you may encounter a little light rain and drizzle, especially on the hills. to the east, higher ground, some sunny spells coming through and temperatures above average for the time of year. that is the way they are going to stay. windier with rain in north—west scotland. overnight the rain pushes through scotland and pushing into north—west england and turning very wet in cumbria and the lake district. either side of the weather front it will stay largely dry, a breezy night, overnight temperatures close to where we expect them to be by day at this time of year. tomorrow looks like a very wet day in southern scotland, cumbria, the lake district and eastern counties of northern ireland. turning wetter in north—west wales. as the rain continues across some of these areas on through thursday, even in to friday, the risk of flooding

and disruption increases.

this is bbc news. the headlines: millions of workers will get a pay rise next year as the government ends its public sector pay freeze. unions are urging ministers to provide a �*significant�* increase. but the bbc has been told there'll be no cut to vat on household energy bills in tomorrow's budget, despite calls to help with soaring prices. iam in i am in the centre of bristol speaking to businesses about some of the challenges they have been facing through the pandemic and what they would like to hearfrom through the pandemic and what they would like to hear from the chancellor in tomorrow's budget. global plans to cut carbon fall far short of what's needed to keep global temperature rises under 1.5 degrees and avert dangerous climate change, according to a new report from the un environment programme.

this report is another thundering wake up call. how many more do we need? downing street says it's too early to draw conclusions from an apparent levelling off of coronavirus cases across the uk in recent days and walter smith, the former rangers, everton and scotland manager, has died at the age of 73. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. millions of public sector workers will see their wages rise next year after the government decided to end the current pay freeze. it was introduced a year ago because of the pandemic,

but in his budget tomorrow, the chancellor, rishi sunak, will announce he's lifting it. nurses, teachers, police and prison officers, and members of the armed forces will be among the five million workers whose pay will go up but how much depends on independent pay review bodies. pay offers for some staff in scotland, wales and northern ireland will be made separately. our political correspondent helen catt reports. the armed forces, prison officers, teachers and the police were among the millions of people who had their pay frozen last year. a difficult decision, said the chancellor, made because of the uncertain impact of coronavirus on the economy. now he says things are looking better and it's right that they see their wages rise. low pay... in government by the next election, by 2024 or so, as well as giving the public sector that pay rise and ending the pay freeze, we also increasing the national living wage up by 6.6% up to £9:50 to make sure the lowest paid

in society also get a pay rise. but the cost of everyday things like energy bills is going up, too. the key thing is that it's got to be a pay rise that at least matches the cost of living, so that people have a real terms increase in their pockets and it also has to reflect, you know, making up those lost years on public sector pay, as i say, over the last decade or more. we won't know for a while how much different professions will get. we know it will apply tojobs like nursing, teaching and the armed forces, but some changes will only be in england because pay in a number of areas is controlled by scotland, wales and northern ireland. the pay freeze will end in april. independent pay review bodies will recommend a pay rise figures before that in the new year. the end of the pay freeze will be confirmed in the commons tomorrow in the budget. the government has already released much more of what's in it than you would usually expect. the speaker is not happy. once again, this house will not be taken for granted. it is not right for

everybody to be briefed. it's not more important to go on the news in the morning. it's more important to come here. let's get this message across. these are the elected members that represent this united kingdom. labour said what has been announced has significant gaps. the chancellor has not even delivered his budget yet and it is already falling apart. in recent days, we have read thousands of words about what the chancellor plans to do, but the silence is deafening on the soaring bills and rising prices facing families and businesses. despite the large amount of briefing, there is still a lot that we don't know about what will be said tomorrow, like how a lot of this spending will be paid for. helen catt, bbc news. all day today we've been live in bristol, looking at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on business. our business correspondent, katie prescott, joins us from the saint nicholas market in bristol.

it's starting to look quite busy. it is, it's picking up again, people grabbing a meal while they can for their two as the offices start to empty out here, but people have been telling me it is quieter than usual. footfall has not come back to quite how it was before the pandemic, so for businesses in the market, that really is a problem. many of them have shut up shop, particularly those busy ones we saw at lunchtime. it has been fascinating hearing from businesses today. many businesses are facing rising costs, particularly things like energy, staffing costs and shipping costs for those bringing things in from overseas. let's talk to one business owner, helena, whojoins me this afternoon. could you tell us a little bit about your business? we are an ethical family business based in bristoi— are an ethical family business based in bristol and we make a super clean

and healthy— in bristol and we make a super clean and healthy coffee that makes you feel great. and healthy coffee that makes you feel areat. ~ , ., , ., feel great. when did you start the business? 2015. _ feel great. when did you start the business? 2015. what _ feel great. when did you start the business? 2015. what have - feel great. when did you start the business? 2015. what have the i feel great. when did you start the | business? 2015. what have the last two ears business? 2015. what have the last two years been _ business? 2015. what have the last two years been like? _ business? 2015. what have the last two years been like? quite - business? 2015. what have the last| two years been like? quite intense. it is a two years been like? quite intense. it is a family — two years been like? quite intense. it is a family business _ two years been like? quite intense. it is a family business and _ two years been like? quite intense. it is a family business and when i it is a family business and when covid _ it is a family business and when covid hit. — it is a family business and when covid hit, we had a three—month—old baby and _ covid hit, we had a three—month—old baby and a _ covid hit, we had a three—month—old baby and a toddler as well so it was quite _ baby and a toddler as well so it was quite intense suddenly having to furlough — quite intense suddenly having to furlough 13 and do so much adaptation to our business model and our product _ adaptation to our business model and our product range with fundamentally no childcare, so my husband and i and the _ no childcare, so my husband and i and the two — no childcare, so my husband and i and the two little ones. i no childcare, so my husband and i and the two little ones.— and the two little ones. i keep heafina and the two little ones. i keep hearing about _ and the two little ones. i keep hearing about a _ and the two little ones. i keep hearing about a perfect - and the two little ones. i keep hearing about a perfect storm | and the two little ones. i keep i hearing about a perfect storm from businesses, talk about personal life and work life colliding.— and work life colliding. there was not a moment's _ and work life colliding. there was not a moment's piece, _ and work life colliding. there was not a moment's piece, and i and work life colliding. there was not a moment's piece, and we i and work life colliding. there wasl not a moment's piece, and we had and work life colliding. there was - not a moment's piece, and we had so much _ not a moment's piece, and we had so much a _ not a moment's piece, and we had so much a strategy to rethink. but i think_ much a strategy to rethink. but i think for— much a strategy to rethink. but i think for us, even though it was relentless — think for us, even though it was relentless for a good... until now, it has— relentless for a good... until now, it has been. — relentless for a good... until now, it has been, we have been able to stabilise _ it has been, we have been able to stabilise the business across more

sales— stabilise the business across more sales channels than we have ever been _ sales channels than we have ever been in. — sales channels than we have ever been in, really bring some of our production— been in, really bring some of our production much closer to home, which _ production much closer to home, which we — production much closer to home, which we are much happier with, and we have _ which we are much happier with, and we have done some things we are proud _ we have done some things we are proud of— we have done some things we are proud of to— we have done some things we are proud of to grow the business despite — proud of to grow the business despite of the pandemic. it is recent— despite of the pandemic. it is recent weeks that have presented the challenges. recent weeks that have presented the challenues. ~ ., recent weeks that have presented the challenues. ~ . , ., recent weeks that have presented the challenues. . ., , ., ., recent weeks that have presented the challenges-— all - recent weeks that have presented the challenges._ all of l challenges. what is going on? all of a sudden, challenges. what is going on? all of a sudden. we _ challenges. what is going on? all of a sudden, we are _ challenges. what is going on? all of a sudden, we are seeing _ challenges. what is going on? all of a sudden, we are seeing the - challenges. what is going on? all of a sudden, we are seeing the impact| a sudden, we are seeing the impact of non—man—macro related issues, talking _ of non—man—macro related issues, talking about a perfect storm, brexit. — talking about a perfect storm, brexit, and spiralling costs, and sunny— brexit, and spiralling costs, and supply chains are at breaking point, so these _ supply chains are at breaking point, so these are disproportionately impacting businesses of our size who are quite _ impacting businesses of our size who are quite nervous to pass on cost increases _ are quite nervous to pass on cost increases to — are quite nervous to pass on cost increases to our customers because we are _ increases to our customers because we are in— increases to our customers because we are in fear of losing our customers, i suppose, compared with an international mega corporation who does— an international mega corporation who does have a lot more power. when ou talk who does have a lot more power. when you talk about — who does have a lot more power. when you talk about those _ who does have a lot more power. when you talk about those rising _ who does have a lot more power. b'a�*uéi�*i you talk about those rising costs, what sort of thing are you seeing go up what sort of thing are you seeing go up and by how much? the what sort of thing are you seeing go

up and by how much?— up and by how much? the cost of coffee itself— up and by how much? the cost of coffee itself has _ up and by how much? the cost of coffee itself has gone _ up and by how much? the cost of coffee itself has gone up - up and by how much? the cost of. coffee itself has gone up massively. what sort _ coffee itself has gone up massively. what sort of number? fiver coffee itself has gone up massively. what sort of number?— coffee itself has gone up massively. what sort of number? over 3096 in the last six months. _ what sort of number? over 3096 in the last six months. it _ what sort of number? over 3096 in the last six months. it is _ what sort of number? over 3096 in the last six months. it is crazy, _ last six months. it is crazy, really~ _ last six months. it is crazy, really. and it is the same for different— really. and it is the same for different kinds of coffee. packaging has gone _ different kinds of coffee. packaging has gone up more than 20% in the same _ has gone up more than 20% in the same time — has gone up more than 20% in the same time period. so resources like cardboard _ same time period. so resources like cardboard are just a lot more expensive. and couriers, delivery, all that— expensive. and couriers, delivery, all that kind — expensive. and couriers, delivery, all that kind of thing, is 16%, 17%, in the _ all that kind of thing, is 16%, 17%, in the last— all that kind of thing, is 16%, 17%, in the last couple of months for us. and you _ in the last couple of months for us. and you are — in the last couple of months for us. and you are unwilling to pass that on to customers? you and you are unwilling to pass that on to customers?— and you are unwilling to pass that on to customers? you feel you can't. that is a difficult _ on to customers? you feel you can't. that is a difficult thought _ on to customers? you feel you can't. that is a difficult thought process. i that is a difficult thought process. it is that is a difficult thought process. it is a _ that is a difficult thought process. it is a whole new thing to think about — it is a whole new thing to think about it — it is a whole new thing to think about it is _ it is a whole new thing to think about. it is difficult to find stuff as well, — about. it is difficult to find stuff as well, in— about. it is difficult to find stuff as well, in comparison to even eight or nine _ as well, in comparison to even eight or nine months ago. that is something that has happened fairly

recently _ something that has happened fairly recentl . ., ., ~' something that has happened fairly recentl . ., ., ., recently. looking ahead to the buduet recently. looking ahead to the budget tomorrow, _ recently. looking ahead to the budget tomorrow, the - recently. looking ahead to the i budget tomorrow, the chancellor recently. looking ahead to the - budget tomorrow, the chancellor is going to make announcements for businesses like yours, is there anything you would love to hear him say tomorrow? i anything you would love to hear him say tomorrow?— say tomorrow? i would love to see more targeted _ say tomorrow? i would love to see more targeted support _ say tomorrow? i would love to see more targeted support for - more targeted support for independent british business. for small— independent british business. for small and — independent british business. for small and medium—sized businesses that are _ small and medium—sized businesses that are going to find it... these businesses — that are going to find it... these businesses like ours are so focused on generating lien long—term value through— on generating lien long—term value through excellent quality, through real ethics, those values are harder to keep _ real ethics, those values are harder to keep going if you have to compete with brands— to keep going if you have to compete with brands that are all about price point, _ with brands that are all about price point, so _ with brands that are all about price point, so some targeted support to enable _ point, so some targeted support to enable us _ point, so some targeted support to enable us to compete while retaining the value _ enable us to compete while retaining the value in— enable us to compete while retaining the value in our quality and ethics. when _ the value in our quality and ethics. when you — the value in our quality and ethics. when you talk to your suppliers about those costs, are they saying they think that is going to continue or are you seeing this as a short—term issue? or are you seeing this as a short-term issue?- or are you seeing this as a short-term issue? , ., . short-term issue? there is not much liuht short-term issue? there is not much li . ht at the short-term issue? there is not much light at the end _ short-term issue? there is not much light at the end of _ short-term issue? there is not much light at the end of the _

short-term issue? there is not much light at the end of the tunnel - short-term issue? there is not much light at the end of the tunnel at - light at the end of the tunnel at the moment because everything is quite _ the moment because everything is quite unpredictable and that it has probably— quite unpredictable and that it has probably been the biggest challenge for businesses, the unpredictability. you never really know _ unpredictability. you never really know what is around the corner. that -oal know what is around the corner. that goal of _ know what is around the corner. that goal of being in a predictable, repeatable state, just feels a bit more _ repeatable state, just feels a bit more difficult, and i suppose, i believe — more difficult, and i suppose, i believe it— more difficult, and i suppose, i believe it will change, i don't know when _ believe it will change, i don't know when or— believe it will change, i don't know when or how or why, but at the nronrent— when or how or why, but at the moment not much light at the end of the tunnel _ moment not much light at the end of the tunnel. ., ~ moment not much light at the end of the tunnel. ., ,, , ., moment not much light at the end of the tunnel. ., ~' , ., , . moment not much light at the end of the tunnel. ., ,, , ., , . ., the tunnel. thank you very much for 'oinin: us the tunnel. thank you very much for joining us this _ the tunnel. thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. _ the tunnel. thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. that - the tunnel. thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. that is - joining us this afternoon. that is something we have been hearing from businesses today. they really do want to see that stability. one of the vacancies is if new restrictions come in, for example, to make people work from home again, that could reduce footfall here, so that is what businesses will be looking for in the budget tomorrow.— what businesses will be looking for in the budget tomorrow. thank you so much. national plans to cut carbon fall far short of what's needed to avert dangerous climate change,

according to the un environment programme. their emissions gap report, released this afternoon, says country pledges will fail to keep the global temperature under 1.5 degrees celsius this century. the un secretary general, antonio guterres launched the report with a warning to global leaders. as world leaders prepare for cop26, this report is another thundering wake up call. how many more do we need? the recent ipcc report already showed that unless we reduce global carbon emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, 100 months from now, we will not reach a 1.5 degrees future. and scientists are clear on the facts, now leaders need to be just as clear in directions. and they need to come to glasgow with bold, time—bound, front—loaded plans to reach net zero.

to decarbonise every sector, from power to transport, farming and forestry. to phase out coal by 2030 in oecd countries and 2040 in all others. to end all coal investment, public and private, national and international. to end subsidies for fossil fuels and polluting industries. to put a price on carbon and to channel that back to creating green jobs. and obviously, to provide at least 100 billion us dollars each year to the developing world for climate finance. i will speak to the chief executive of the climate change committee that advises the government at liz30pm. they have been looking at the uk

government's net zero carbon strategy which was published just last week. it will be interesting to hear what they say about that and the challenges of the delegates to cop26 are facing. downing street says it's too early to draw conclusions from figures that suggest a levelling off in the number of coronavirus cases. the government has been under pressure to bring in new restrictions in england but there are signs in the data that the rapid rise in infections is beginning to slow or even drop. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson looks now at what might be going on. crowded shopping streets this half term, some people wearing masks, but most are without. so, who is right and what is happening with the virus? some scientific models suggest infection rates may be about to decline, and quite dramatically. you can see this steep fall in this graph from the end of october through the winter. most of us think that we might see a small decline or a decline in incidence first, so that's what the models are suggesting. notjust ours but the others as well, suggesting we might see

a decline, and then it takes off again and increases again maybe in the new year. scientists say this might happen if vaccine protection only wanes moderately, there is a good uptake of booster jabs and no increase in socialising. this morning, mps heard evidence about why there might be a decline in cases. i think we are in an improving situation, because of high vaccination coverage that we have, the booster programme will start limiting even further the number of cases and particularly those hospitalised cases. and there's lots of infection that's happening in the community, which is boosting lots of younger people as well, including children. all of this comes as the debate continues to rage about whether the government in england should reintroduce restrictions, the so—called plan b. many nhs organisations and doctors have said they're under so much pressure that they are at the edge

of what they can manage. . even a slight increase in hospital. admissions due to covid would mean less number of people being cared for for other conditions, _ including elective procedures. it's always better to be prepared than wait until it's too late - and press the panic button. that's exactly what we're doing. preparing ourselves for what appears to be a pretty rough winter ahead. i the nhs is facing pressure like never before, and falling covid—i9 rates would be immensely welcome. but scientists say there is no certainty that infections will decline — a difficult time for those deciding how to best protect people. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: an end to the public sector pay freeze, due to be announced in tomorrow's budget,

will see millions of people get an increase in their wages next year but the bbc has been told vat on household energy bills will not be cut, despite calls to help families struggling with soaring prices. plans to cut carbon emissions around the world are nowhere near enough to prevent dangerous climate change, according to a report from the un environment programme. the metropolitan police has apologised to the family of two murdered sisters for the way it responded when they were reported missing. an investigation by the independent officer for police coduct found that several mistakes were made in the case of bibaa henry and nicole smallman who were stabbed to death in north london in june last year. their mother has said the police apology is too late. simonjones reports. a vigil to remember the lives of nicole smallman and bibaa henry. when they were reported missing, the response of officers, according to the police watchdog, was unacceptable.

the bodies of the sisters were found in a country park in wembley injune last year, discovered by miss smallman's boyfriend, the day after the police had been contacted, to the horror of the women's mother. adam says, "mina, mina, we've found a knife. "mina, mina, i'm going to need you to sit down. "i've found them. i've found them. "but they've gone." mina smallman has always believed the police response may have been clouded by racial profiling, misogyny or classism. the independent office for police conduct concluded there was no evidence of stereotyping but information about the sisters' disappearance was recorded inaccurately and a call handler was dismissive. the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, has admitted that the level of service provided to the women's family fell short of what was expected and had officers acted differently, then they could have been saved immeasurable pain.

she has now offered to meet the family in person at a time of their choosing to say sorry. but in a statement, the women's mother said: this is not an isolated issue. so i think unless there is a fundamental review of how missing persons are reported and there is a fundamental review around the whole process, the danger is this will happen elsewhere. following the failings in the investigation, an officer and two members of police staff will now face action over their performance. the man who killed nicole smallman and bibaa henry, danyal hussein, will be sentenced for their murders this week. simon jones, bbc news.

in kenya, the family of a young woman who was killed nine years ago, allegedly by a british soldier, is hoping to finally getjustice after the story caught public attention in kenya and abroad. agnes wanjiru's body was found in a septic tank nearly three months after partying with a british soldier in nanyuki, who allegedly confessed to killing the woman, but was never officially investigated or prosecuted. the bbc�*s ferdinand omondi reports on the pain of a family accusing the british government of cover—up. the pain of delayed justice and the revival of an episode she would rather forget. revival of an episode she would ratherforget. nine years revival of an episode she would rather forget. nine years after her sister was killed, the mystery of that death and the fact that no one has been held accountable has been revived and broken her piece, and reminded her that the killer, alleged to be a british army soldier, is still everyman.

translation: j soldier, is still everyman. translation:— soldier, is still everyman. translation: ., ~ ., ., translation: i would like to ask if it was my latest _ translation: i would like to ask if it was my latest who _ translation: i would like to ask if it was my latest who had _ translation: i would like to ask if it was my latest who had killed i translation: i would like to ask if it was my latest who had killed thatj it was my latest who had killed that white person, by now i would not even know where she was jailed. but whoever killed who went three and is living his life. i am raising whoever killed who went three and is living his life. lam raising her child alone, no one has asked me about her well—being, not even the government. this about her well-being, not even the government-— about her well-being, not even the government. this is the spot where a: nes government. this is the spot where agnes waniiru _ government. this is the spot where agnes wanjiru was _ government. this is the spot where agnes wanjiru was buried, - government. this is the spot where agnes wanjiru was buried, in i government. this is the spot where agnes wanjiru was buried, in a i agnes wanjiru was buried, in a public cemetery in nanyuki about nine years ago. the overgrown plants representing how long the family has and continues to wait forjustice. agnes went missing in march 2012 after three agonising months of searching, her body was identified at mortuary in nanyuki. herfamily learned that agnes was recovered from a septic tank in a hotel where she had gone to spend time with a british soldier. after investigations, an inquest finally concluded that she had been murdered by british soldiers. now a british

paper, the times, reports another soldier present that evening claims the soldier who killed her confessed but the army failed to investigate. kenyan detectives are also said to have asked british military police to question some soldiers but british defence ministry denied receiving such a request. the case stalled again and the family lost hope. translation: ~ ., hope. translation: ., ., ., , translation: we are a poor family, i am a casual — translation: we are a poor family, i am a casual labourer, _ translation: we are a poor family, i am a casual labourer, we _ translation: we are a poor family, i am a casual labourer, we have - translation: we are a poor family, i am a casual labourer, we have no i am a casual labourer, we have no capacity. we would have loved to retain a lawyer to follow up but we can't. �* , �* , retain a lawyer to follow up but we can't. �* , ~ , ., , retain a lawyer to follow up but we can't. �* , ~ , ., can't. the british army retains a permanent _ can't. the british army retains a permanent training _ can't. the british army retains a permanent training base - can't. the british army retains a permanent training base in i can't. the british army retains a i permanent training base in nanyuki. for decades, locals claim that crimes committed by soldiers remain unfinished. there is an ongoing court case where british military has filed for immunity for a case where it has been sued for a loss of livelihood of a massive fire which was allegedly started by the activities of british soldiers training here earlier in the year. these issues are not addressed because — these issues are not addressed because even our local police will

'ust because even our local police will just report — because even our local police will just report the case and then nothing _ just report the case and then nothing goes beyond the investigation.— nothing goes beyond the investigation. the uk high commissioner _ investigation. the uk high commissioner to - investigation. the uk high commissioner to kenya i investigation. the uk high | commissioner to kenya has investigation. the uk high _ commissioner to kenya has expressed shared concern of their death and promised her government support of a canyon investigation into her murder. the british army training unit in kenya has also said it is supporting the ministry of defence's discussions with kenyan authorities as they investigate the circumstances of agnes wanjiru's tragic death. the wait forjustice continues. and in response, britain's defence secretary ben wallace has said the ministry of defence is fully co—operating with the investigation into the british army's involvement in the death of agnes wanjiru. ajudge in the united states has ruled that prince andrew must answer questions in a civil sex assault case in the us by mid—july next year. virginia giuffre has accused the duke of york of sexually assaulting her, in new york in 2001 — an allegation he's consistently denied. districtjudge, lewis kaplan, has said out—of—court testimony in the case must be submitted

by 14th july 2022. downing street insist that secret information can be safely protected by private sector firms — after reports that the uk's intelligence agencies have struck a deal with the web giant amazon. the firm's cloud computing arm will reportedly store data from gchq, mi5 and mi6. however the government have yet to confirm that the arrangement is going ahead. our security correspondent frank gardner can tell us more. presumably, this was not something they particularly wanted to advertise but it has become public knowledge. what is your understanding of what drove them to do this? , ., . , ., ., do this? first of all, this was not a story that _ do this? first of all, this was not a story that l _ do this? first of all, this was not a story that i think _ do this? first of all, this was not a story that i think was _ do this? first of all, this was not j a story that i think was supposed do this? first of all, this was not i a story that i think was supposed to get out, at least not for quite some time, but due to some quite clever but a the financial times journalists, they were able to get it out. the idea of putting these

vast terabytes of data onto the cloud base is something that has been mooted for quite some time because it is, insiders say, their future. it is something the americans have been doing for quite some time. this books, to give them their vernacular, are going to keep up, notjust with state competitors like russia and china and north korea and iran, notjust competitors but adversaries in some cases, but also with organised criminals and so on, then they are going to have to use the cloud, using ai, because there is so much data out there. it is not unique that they are making a partnership with industry. if you mention all the data communication systems that are already embedded in those offices and headquarters and outlying stations they have got around the world, they cannot do that themselves in—house, they have got to partner with industry, but it is quite unusual that so much is

going to be put into the cloud, which is why downing street has issued a statement in the last few hours saying, don't worry, it will all be very secure, but it is going to come under scrutiny from the parliamentary intelligence and security committee. it parliamentary intelligence and security committee.— security committee. it will be interesting — security committee. it will be interesting to _ security committee. it will be interesting to see _ security committee. it will be interesting to see what i security committee. it will be interesting to see what they l security committee. it will be i interesting to see what they make security committee. it will be - interesting to see what they make of it. interesting, you making the point of the ai it. interesting, you making the point of the alto it. interesting, you making the point of the al to the work security agencies are doing now. that volume of data that has to be processed and making it accessible, is this what makes the cloud more attractive option for them?— makes the cloud more attractive option for them? well, they say it is the future. _ option for them? well, they say it is the future. they _ option for them? well, they say it is the future. they haven't - option for them? well, they say it is the future. they haven't got i option for them? well, they say it is the future. they haven't got a l is the future. they haven't got a choice. they have got to do it because there is simply such vast volumes of data out there. again, i hear the reassurances from people in whitehall that they are not interested in where you do your shopping, but if somebody is planning a maligned plot, they need to know about it and they need to be able to use things like voice

recognition software, which of the ai will presumably do for them. let's just hope it doesn't make any mistakes, and i'm sure that's one of the questions the parliamentary committee will be holding them to account, because there is a concern over privacy. large amounts of data, although they are not going to be transferred out of the country, they are going to be transferred to a commercial company that is a us owned. they wanted to make it a british company but aws were the ones that were considered to be best suited for it and this deal is worth a lot of money. it hasn't been confirmed yet but i think it is safe to assume it is going ahead. taste confirmed yet but i think it is safe to assume it is going ahead. we are art of an to assume it is going ahead. we are part of an intelligence _ to assume it is going ahead. we are part of an intelligence sharing i part of an intelligence sharing network, the countries that work together, you have mentioned the us already uses consortium involving amazon's cloud arm. do you think all those countries are going to be entirely comfortable with this arrangement? evidently, some of that data has to be shared. i

arrangement? evidently, some of that data has to be shared.— data has to be shared. i think australia _ data has to be shared. i think australia and _ data has to be shared. i think australia and canada - data has to be shared. i think australia and canada will i data has to be shared. i think australia and canada will be, | data has to be shared. i think- australia and canada will be, new zealand possibly not. they are very much of the minor partner in this arrangement. the vast majority of data flows between the us and britain and vice versa. so there is quite a bigjump britain and vice versa. so there is quite a big jump down to the next level. new zealand, i was told, contributes something less than 2%, even 1%, of the data that goes into the big pool, but they like having new zealand as part of the intelligence sharing community, although, interestingly, they are not going to be part of any alliance against china. not going to be part of any alliance against china-— not going to be part of any alliance against china. thank you very much. let me bring — against china. thank you very much. let me bring you _ against china. thank you very much. let me bring you the _ against china. thank you very much. let me bring you the latest - against china. thank you very much. let me bring you the latest figures l let me bring you the latest figures that have just been issued on covid yes and infections. in the 2a hours to today, 40,950 for yes and infections. in the 24 hours to today, 40,950 for infections reported and 263 people had their

deaths registered, that's people who died within 28 days of receiving a positive covid test. here, the queen has carried out virtual audiences at windsor castle — her first official engagements in seven days since she was ordered to rest by doctors. our royal correspondent jonny dymond has more. when we heard that she was cancelling a planned trip to northern ireland and instead went into hospital, a brief stay there, an overnight stay in hospital, she never really went away in the sense that she was back at her desk carrying out what they call light duties on thursday. but this is the first person—to—person engagement, even if it wasn't actually face—to—face, it was one of those virtual things that everyone has been getting used to over the last year and a half. this was a virtual audience, first with the swiss ambassador and then with the korean ambassador, and you can probably tell from the pictures that have been released, the queen smiling rather broadly, she looks like she's rather enjoying herself.

now, he's not dressed so interestingly as the ambassador of korea but he is nick miller. he is the ambassador of the bbc weather centre. tell us the good news and the bad. i hope the weather lives up to the build—up and there are huge contrast across the uk the moment. some areas are seeing a bit of sunshine, breezy and mild, and a fairly pleasant few days to come. others, soaking rain on the way. pouring down across north—west scotland at the moment. that rain will cross scotland, northern ireland, into north—west england. turning much wetter in cumbria and the lake district. either side of that, drier conditions. these are overnight

temperatures, at or above what we expect by day at this time of year. tomorrow, the rainjust hangs around in the same parts of scotland, north—west england, northern ireland, pushing into more of north—west wales. the weather front will still be around thursday night as well. rain totals mounting as a result. it is windy, there are gales through the irish sea, but another significant feature of our weather this week is just how mild it is. 18 in some places. i9 this week is just how mild it is. 18 in some places. 19 some tomorrow. it is only into next weekend, and into the following week things start to cool off.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: millions of workers will get a pay rise next year, as the government ends its public sector pay freeze. unions are urging ministers to provide a "significant" increase. but the bbc has been told there'll be no cut to vat on household energy bills in tomorrow's budget, despite calls to help with soaring prices. global plans to cut carbon fall far short of what's needed to keep global temperature rises under 1.5 degrees and avert dangerous climate change, according to a new report

from the un environment programme. this report is another thundering wake up call. how many more do we need? downing street says it's too early to draw conclusions from an apparent levelling off of coronavirus cases across the uk in recent days. action, david! and coming up... behind the scenes of sir david attenborough's latest series — he tells the bbc that world leaders must take urgent action on climate change at cop26 next week — and richer nations have a moral responsibility to help. ona on a world scale, when is it too late? but it is difficult to see, well, if we don't act now, it will be too late.

sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. sad news about walter smith. good afternoon. stephen gerrard has led the growing tributes to the former rangers and scotland manager walter smith, who's died at the age of 73. gerrard said he had made him a better person. walter smith won 21 trophies over two spells at ibrox, making him the second most successful manager at the club. his last title win was in 2011. he also had four years at everton and two as the scotland manager, before returning to rangers. his death comes in the same year rangers won their first top—flight title since his final season. a tearful steven gerrard said smith's dna ran right through the club. he loved the club. he was honest and genuine. and he has made me a better person. i've got nothing but

good words to say. it's going to be emotional in the coming days and weeks. but the best tribute we as a team can do is to be united and get the fans behind us and try and win the game tomorrow. that will be the best tribute we can give him and his family. sir alex ferguson — who worked with walter smith at scotland and at manchester united — said in a statement...

walter smith, who has died at the age of 73. england, northern ireland and wales are all in women's world cup qualification action tonight. the lionesses have already won their opening three matches, including saturday's game against northern ireland where they won 4—0. they are away to latvia tonight, as they aim to maintain their 100% record. and manager sarina wiegman isn't expecting it to be as difficult a test as they had against northern ireland. they won't be as good as northern ireland. they lost against north macedonia so we will definitely have the ball all the time and we also have spoken that transition so if we might lose the ball, pressure the ball right away and regain it and i think that will be the game again tomorrow, in different circumstances. northern ireland face austria in belfast as they battle for second spot in the group. the match takes place at seaview

in front of a sell out crowd. and wales are at home to bottom placed side estonia as they aim to stay second in the group behind france. they're also expecting a record home crowd at the cardiff city stadium. the former south africa captain quinton de kock pulled out of his side's match against the west indies earlier today because he didn't want to take a knee. south africa went on to win the match by eight wickets. the governing body had told the south african team all were to take a knee before the match — the first time all 11 players have done so together — but de kock chose not to play for what was described as "personal reasons". south africa restricted west indies to 143 from their 20 overs, which never looked likely to be enough. and a 50 from aidan markram took south africa to an easy victory.

in the second match, pakistan are taking on new zealand. pakistan won the toss and decided to field. devon conway bowled for 27. they have just lost another wicket so they are 125—7. you can keep up—to—date with the t20 world cup on the bbc website. that's all the sport for now. sir david attenborough is urging world leaders to seize the moment of the cop26 climate change summit in glasgow next week. he said every day that goes by without action to reduce emissions is a day wasted, and that it would be catastrophic if richer nations don't help poorer ones deal with climate change. the naturalist and broadcaster, who's 95, has been speaking to our science editor david shukman during the filming of a new documentary series, the green planet for bbc one. this is a thermal camera.

and it will tell me the difference between the surrounding temperature and the temperature in the centre of a daisy flower. the surroundings — 12 degrees. in the centre of the flower — 2i. new technology to film the humble daisy. and action, david. at kew gardens in london, we had rare access behind the scenes to the making of green planet. but it looks like you get a lot of enjoyment out of... out of making these programmes. well, they're all old friends, aren't they? that's the nice thing. we caught up with david attenborough several times during the filming. and he seemed most passionate about the most ordinary of plants. daisies are things that you decapitate with your lawn mower sort of once a week.

but, actually, they are marvellous things. and they move every day. they exploit the sunshine, and open to the sunshine. the interesting thing is, we now have a camera, which allows us to actually explore the surface of a plant in great detail, so it's like moving into a different landscape. suddenly, this thing is a huge great thing and you suddenly see it for what it is. i have been reporting on climate change, climate science, for nearly 20 years and i have seen some spectacular advances in understanding in that time. what most strikes you about the changes you have seen? i think the devastating fires around the world, in australia and california, all over the place, that has brought home the real catastrophe that happens to ordinary people in their secure home. every time i see it on television,

i think suppose suddenly now, there were flames coming up, that everything, my life, in my house and everything about it going up in flames. what with that do to you? it would destroy you. when you think of the poorest countries, the people who are likely to be, who are being hardest hit by climate change, and whether their voices are going to be heard at the cop26 summit, are you worried that enough account will be taken of what they're going through? yes, i am very much so. i think it will be really catastrophic if the developed nations of the world, the more powerful nations of the world, simply ignored these problems. do we say, "oh, it's nothing to do with us" and cross our arms? we caused it. our kind of industrialisation is one of the major factors in producing this change in climate. we have a moral responsibility,

even if we didn't cause it, we would have a moral responsibility to do something about thousands of men, women and children who have lost everything, lost everything. can we just go by and say, "it's no business of ours?" you have to believe there are still things to be done about it, and i believe there are. the question is, on a world scale, when is it too late? but it's difficult to see... well, if we don't act now, it will be too late. and we've been saying that for a long time and we've been saying, "what do we mean by now?"

that is because co2 is one of the main greenhouse gases. it acts like the glass in a greenhouse, by keeping some of the heat from the sun, trapped inside the earth's atmosphere. that is a good thing, because without it, the planet would be too cold for us to live on. but the natural world works in an incredibly delicate balance. human activity, especially over the last 50 years, has increased the amount of co2 in the atmosphere. too much of the sun's heat is getting trapped and our planet is getting hotter. so, where is all there is extra co2 coming from? in short, it is from modern life. factories, cars, aeroplanes, large—scale agriculture. they all use what we call fossil fuels, oil, coaland gas. over hundreds of millions of years, the remains of plants and animals, which are full of carbon, have been buried under the surface of the earth.

some fossils eventually turn into fossil fuels, so when we burn them, all the carbon that has been stored up over an incredibly long period of time, gets released really quickly as co2. it is still only a tiny percentage of all the air around us, though. just over 0.04%. scientists measure that is the number of co2 parts per million in the air. injanuary, 2020, it was an average of 413.4 parts per million. but in 1970, that number was 325 and at the start of the industrial age it was roughly 280. the increase has been huge and co2 levels have been accelerating fast. they do fluctuate naturally, but they have not been as high as this since well before modern humans like us even existed. in fact, experts reckon that the last time there was this much co2 in the atmosphere, was probably more than

3,000,000 years ago, when sea levels were 15—20 metres higher. so, in order to sustain life on earth as we know it, we do need to limit the amount of co2 that gets released and that is why the climate change debate has become so urgent. let's stay with the issue of greenhouse gases — because today the government's offical climate advisers have said the uk strategy to reach net zero emissions by 2050 is achievable. however, the climate change committee called for more action to protect those on low incomes from the costs of going green. it also said the government's strategy had "nothing to say" on reducing the amount of meat people eat or on limiting growth in flying. joining me now is chris stark who is the chief executive of the climate change committee. explain how some advisers but also independent. some people might think that is contradictory.—

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analysis and it has taken us until today to process that and to have a look and to make an early assessment and a broadly it is a good strategy. it looks like something that is credible and crucially it has commitments across the whole of the economy, for cutting emissions over the course of the next 15—20 years and then all the way out to net zero comments are what we have for the first time is a plan from the government fought for the decarbonising the british company. ? for decarbonising the british economy, so that is real progress. that is a big step forward, it is a credible thing to achieve but also to take to cop26, these climate talks happening in glasgow injust a week's time, and a better position for the uk as the president of those talks to ask the same of other countries around the world. lots still needs to be done but it was a real step forward. it is

still needs to be done but it was a real step forward.— real step forward. it is a good rouress real step forward. it is a good progress market. _ real step forward. it is a good progress market. it _ real step forward. it is a good progress market. it is - real step forward. it is a good progress market. it is a i real step forward. it is a good progress market. it is a net i real step forward. it is a good i progress market. it is a net zero strategy so we are not really talking about reducing carbon in gross terms, and that presumably is still a problem? met gross terms, and that presumably is still a problem?— still a problem? net zero is the ulobal still a problem? net zero is the global goal— still a problem? net zero is the global goal and _ still a problem? net zero is the global goal and it _ still a problem? net zero is the global goal and it has _ still a problem? net zero is the global goal and it has a - still a problem? net zero is the l global goal and it has a scientific basis. when you reach net zero carbon dioxide you will stop warming the planet so that is the global goal that leaders have been talking about and we'll be talking about in glasgow. we have a national target and a stronger basis for net zero looking at all greenhouse gases so we will be reaching net zero carbon dioxide a few years earlier than 2050 which is the date often talk about. ? talked about. the difficulty — about. ? talked about. the difficulty when _ about. ? talked about. the difficulty when you - about. ? talked about. the difficulty when you apply this across the globe is that other countries can promise it but you can never be certain if all they are doing is reducing their target so they can reduce net zero but it is then being exported somewhere else. that is right. the targets in the uk

are territorial targets, about the emissions we produce within our borders but we are responsible for more than that, we import goods from other places and what the un say is that countries should independently take control of their own emissions and we can talk about china and the us but interestingly there is a club of countries which has rapidly grown which is aiming for net zero by mid—century and think around 80% the global economy, of global emissions, now sits under a target by mid—century, of net zero, that is a loss of progress but we have not got the thing ? that is a lot of progress but we also need a plan for cutting emissions sharply in the short term. world leaders have got to discuss that.— short term. world leaders have got to discuss that. they have been some vauue to discuss that. they have been some vague promises. _ to discuss that. they have been some vague promises, china _ to discuss that. they have been some vague promises, china has— to discuss that. they have been some vague promises, china has said i to discuss that. they have been some vague promises, china has said they i vague promises, china has said they are going to get their emissions under control and stop them growing

at some point by 2030 but they did not set out a plan for how they would achieve that. people criticise that, the ambiguity of these ideas, because you can promise something but not deliver it, but there is also discussion of things like carbon capture and storage which will be a solution but that has not been developed to prove it can work at scale. how much are those issues at scale. how much are those issues a problem when you are trying to assess the viability of government plans? taste assess the viability of government lans? ~ ., , , assess the viability of government lans? ., , , ., plans? we do the best 'ob we can to look at all plans? we do the best 'ob we can to look at an of — plans? we do the best 'ob we can to look at all of those i plans? we do the best job we can to look at all of those things _ plans? we do the best job we can to look at all of those things and i look at all of those things and broadly what we have been advising on since 2008 is the idea that every part of the uk economy needs to contribute to the challenge of cutting emissions and a bit of that is developing the capacity to capture carbon and to store it. the uk is unusually well placed to do that because we have substantial oil and gas reserves offshore and we can effectively store carbon debt so

thatis effectively store carbon debt so that is a new industrial option for the uk but it needs to be developed 7 the uk but it needs to be developed ? store carbon there. what is interesting in the government plans, they have accepted that, they have what we think is a credible route to carbon capture but it is a supplementary thing, it is at the margins. the primary goal is to cut real emissions and to not keep burning fossilfuels. we real emissions and to not keep burning fossil fuels. we are only doing that where we have to keep those industries going. china's economy is fundamentally based on the exploitation of coal and other fossil fuels and so it is hard to move away from that and so the challenge of reaching peak emissions in 2030 and bring it down in 2060 which is what the chinese have signed up to, that is an enormous step, but it appears to have the backing of the chinese president. we will need to see how it plays out but there are close that there is a plan emerging now for china to do just that. ? there are clues. thanks

for 'oinin: just that. ? there are clues. thanks forjoining us- _ it's estimated that tens of thousands of women in the uk are unaware they have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. research shows boys with the condition are up to four—times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood, as they tend to exhibit more disruptive behaviours. but girls aren't, and that affects them as they grow up. our health correspondent anna collinson reports. adhd is having a head that's constantly full of noise and everything comes in at the same intensity. there's a stereotype that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder only affects naughty boys. small white boys, like, just running around in class, that is literally all i knew about adhd. it's estimated that at least tens of thousands of women in the uk could have undiagnosed adhd. you know there's something, | but you don't know what it is. these women have spent much of their lives feeling misunderstood.

for twiggy, something clicked when she read about a woman's experience on social media. she's finding it hard to focus at work, she works in a different way to everyone else. she has so many ideas but finds it hard to follow through with them. i was, like, "hold on a second!" she had to persuade her gp to refer her to a psychiatrist. when i got my diagnosis, i think i started crying. i felt really relieved and i felt happy, at the same time, because i thought to myself, "so all this time, all this time", like, "it wasn't me." experts say improving adhd diagnosis in women is vital, as the longer they go untreated, the poorer their outcomes could be. women who hide their symptoms well can also be misdiagnosed or simply missed. you learn to suppress who you are, so that you can look like a normal person. and then i had a baby and, suddenly, that extra pressure, the sleep deprivation,

all the wheels fell off and when he was three years old, i had a nervous breakdown. hester and her husband have both been diagnosed with adhd but they say while his journey took months, hers took years of doctors not listening. he was taken seriously. he wasn't doubted. at no point did anyone say, "oh, could you just be anxious? "this sounds like anxiety or depression to me, "here, have some tablets." you had to wait decades for your diagnosis, why do you think it took so long? bluntly, it's because i was female, you know. and i was, in fact, told that by the nurse that actually did finally do my diagnosis. you know, she said, "if you'd been a boy, "you would have probably been diagnosed when you were at school." research has found that girls tend to be missed because their symptoms are more subtle, less hyperactive, more inattentive. boys are, therefore, three to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood. the diagnostic gap shrinks in adulthood but experts say the gender bias remains. these women haven't woken up in their mid—40s with adhd, there have been signposts all the way along. we need to raise awareness so people know and understand that adhd

in females presents differently. they need to know they can't look for the boisterous boys. they've got to look for something different. and that needs to be done in educational settings, across health care practitioners. while a diagnosis brings answers, it raises questions about what could have been. sheila's life was full of chaos before she found out she had adhd at 63. i get myself into situations that i shouldn't be in. i like, i have had i about six car crashes because i'm super woman behind the wheel. - she has battled depression and suicidal thoughts. her impulsive behaviour meant she struggled to work or take care of her children. i bend over backwards for my kids, but i wouldn't have done then. i it was all about me. they've turned out amazingly well. but i'm sad they've done it in spite of me and not because of me. i all the women we've spoken to say their diagnosis has improved their lives. forsome, medication

and therapy has helped. for others, all they finally needed were answers. the adhd is very much still there, it's me, it's a part of who i am but now i'm able to manage it more. before, i was like a volcano. and now i'm more like a mountain, gentler, quieter, smoother. - and i didn't like me then, i but i'm quite fond of me now. anna collinson, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello, there is a big variation in rainfall totals across the uk over the next couple of days. some areas will see a lot of rain, others will be mainly dry with sunshine, but regardless of whether you get the rainfall or the dry weather, it is mild to very mild. this weather front will wriggle around parts of scotland, northern ireland, parts of north—west england and wales for the rest of the week. rain totals

mounting along with the possibility of disruption. very mild air, temperatures above air for the time of year, and the rain coming down in north—west scotland and this will push further south over scotland as the night goes on. into cumbria and into the lake district where it turns wet, and south of that it is dry and north of that it becomes drier, temperatures overnight posted where we expect it to be during the day at this time of year. it is really coming down on wednesday morning, in north—west scotland, a couple of showers away, at the wettest weather will be in the south—west of scotland but into cumbria, the lake district, and eastern counties of northern ireland as well, turning wet in anglesey and toward snowdonia as we go through the day. south of that, cloud and brighter spells and we start the day right. north again, a few showers in northern scotland and the western counties of northern ireland, but

along the weather front, we continue with the rain. some here will have all day rain but even within that we are about 15 degrees, 18 maybe even 19. overnight into thursday, more rain where it has become very wet, turning wet on thursday across more of wales and parts of south—west england, and parts of wales, north—west england and south—west scotland, they will the wettest weather. cumbria, the lake district, 200 millimetres of rain with a risk 2oo millimetres of rain with a risk of flooding. friday, the weather front moves east at last, taking rain to parts of england which had stay dry until that point, and over the weekend at low pressure still very close by. showers and longer spells of rain and it could turn quite windy for a time and look at those temperatures, they are edging downwards and we do have a much cooler week to come next week than the one we are in at the moment. as ever, the forecast for where you are

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good afternoon, this is bbc news. our headlines: millions of workers will get a pay rise next year as the government ends its public sector pay freeze. unions are urging ministers to provide a 'significant�* increase. but the bbc has been told there'll be no cut to vat on household energy bills in tomorrow's budget, despite calls to help with soaring prices. the uk's parliament standards committee says the conservative mp and former cabinet minister owen paterson repeatedly used his position as an mp to promote companies who paid him — he denies wrongdoing. being privy to this information was shock hg. it would have been a dereliction of our duty not to have brought that, because lives are at

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