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

risk. but here i am defended yourself against being suspended, which is ridiculous. the government is warned plans _ which is ridiculous. the government is warned plans to _ which is ridiculous. the government is warned plans to cut _ which is ridiculous. the government is warned plans to cut emissions - is warned plans to cut emissions will fall short. the government is facing pressure over raw sewage spilling into rivers, whilst some open water swimmers say it's making them sick. protests intensify in sudan, following a military coup which has seen government leaders arrested. and one of the great managers of scottish football, walter smith, 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. joining me now is christina mcanea who is the general secretary at unison. you must be happy with this news that the public sector pay freeze has been lifted? imelt that the public sector pay freeze has been lifted?— has been lifted? well it should never have _ has been lifted? well it should never have been _ has been lifted? well it should never have been brought - has been lifted? well it should never have been brought in - has been lifted? well it should never have been brought in in | has been lifted? well it should i never have been brought in in the first place, but that is beside the point. of course it is good it is being lifted. it never affected nurses, because the nhs was exempt from it. it would be great if they would announce additional money, we didn't think the 3% the nhs got was enough, given what they have been through. but i think the key thing for me and unison members and other workers across the economy is will the government, it is all very well saying you're lifting the pay freeze, but unless they put actual

additional money into government departments that cover the key services, it will be in effect a pay freeze, because there will be no additional money to pay out in pay increases and rises in wages. so there has to be actual money into there has to be actual money into the department budget to back up the idea that they can actually pay more. so i think the detail will be, we will have to see the detail tomorrow, to see what the government actually puts in. but let's say, given where we are at the moment and we have had ten years of austerity and pay freezes that has had a drastic impact on workers and let's hope the government deliver real increases. given the history, i'm not holding my breath. we heard the announcement last week for care workers, 165 million put in, which is a drop in the ocean, but it would

have meant something, but none of thatis have meant something, but none of that is going to care workers, not a penny, so you know all that's happened to care workers that is they're seeing a rise in their national insurance contribution. so i'm not hold manager my breath, i do hope the government see sense and follow through and actually do reward public sector workers for the huge contributions they have made. so wh sort of pay increases would you be looking to see next year? because you know inflation, there are projections it could rise to 5%. is that the kind of pay rise you're looking for? yes. of pay rise you're looking for? yes, we are looking _ of pay rise you're looking for? yes, we are looking for _ of pay rise you're looking for? yes we are looking for something that only let's people keep up with the cost—of—living, but has an element of catch up. many workers because of austerity have see the value of their pay drop between 20 and 25%. i am realistic, i don't expect

government to fund all of that next year, but i would like to see something that lets people keep pace with inflation and go above that, to get the value of pay back up and actually that is what we need to address some of the key issues in some of the essential services and i mean we have over 100,000 staff shortages in the nhs with 120,000 in the care sector. and that will not be helped byjust drip feeding tiny amounts into the system. can be helped byjust drip feeding tiny amounts into the system. can you put amounts into the system. can you put a fiaure on amounts into the system. can you put a figure on the — amounts into the system. can you put a figure on the rough _ amounts into the system. can you put a figure on the rough kind _ amounts into the system. can you put a figure on the rough kind of - a figure on the rough kind of increase you're looking at. 6%. 8%. between five and 10% across the board. ., ., , between five and 1096 across the board. ., ., , _ , board. the authorities will say they can't afford — board. the authorities will say they can't afford that. _ board. the authorities will say they can't afford that. of _ board. the authorities will say they can't afford that. of course - board. the authorities will say they can't afford that. of course they . can't afford that. of course they will, but i _ can't afford that. of course they will, but i have _ can't afford that. of course they will, but i have been _ can't afford that. of course they will, but i have been a - can't afford that. of course they. will, but i have been a negotiator for 25 years and i can't recall one set of negotiations where they haven't said they can't afford it.

that doesn't mean we stop making the case of the way public sector workers should get additional money. we help address the critical staffing shortages. for every pound you give a public worker, 60% is spent in the local economy. if the chancellor gives our members, the people who work in care and the nhs and local government a pay rise tomorrow, that money will help to revitalise local economies and get high streets back working again, because that is where our members spend their money.— the former cabinet minister 0wen 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. 0ur political correspondent ione wells is in westminster. mr paterson defending himself tonight? mr paterson defending himself toniaht? ., v mr paterson defending himself toniaht? . �*, ., , �* tonight? that's right. it doesn't seem like the _ tonight? that's right. it doesn't seem like the watchdog - tonight? that's right. it doesn't seem like the watchdog will. tonight? that's right. it doesn't. seem like the watchdog will back down. they said the mp used his position as an mp to lobby government officials and ministers on behalf of two companies who he was a paid consultant for. now, the report that was out today also said that he use used his parliament office 25 times for business meetings and wrote on house of commons stationery. in response,

0wen paterson has denied any wrong doing and also questioned the investigation process. i received the report _ investigation process. i received the report at _ investigation process. i received the report at 8— investigation process. i received the report at 8 o'clock _ investigation process. i received the report at 8 o'clock this - investigation process. i received the report at 8 o'clock this morn it, the report at 8 o'clock this morn gt. before — the report at 8 o'clock this morn gt, before it was made public at 9 o'clock _ gt, before it was made public at 9 o'clock i— gt, before it was made public at 9 o'clock. i was stunned. it proposes that l'rn _ o'clock. i was stunned. it proposes that i'm suspended from the house of commons _ that i'm suspended from the house of commons for 30 days. i have never broken _ commons for 30 days. i have never broken any— commons for 30 days. i have never broken any rules here before. i'm known _ broken any rules here before. i'm known for— broken any rules here before. i'm known for my honesty and integrity and i_ known for my honesty and integrity and l was _ known for my honesty and integrity and i was acting to save lives and my actions— and i was acting to save lives and my actions did save lives. i intervened on carcinogenic products intervened on carcinogenic products in milk— intervened on carcinogenic products in milk and — intervened on carcinogenic products in milk and ham and alerted dfid to the life _ in milk and ham and alerted dfid to the life endangering consequences of not calibrating laboratory equipment properly _ not calibrating laboratory equipment properly. it is proper i brought those — properly. it is proper i brought thoseissues properly. it is proper i brought those issues to the attention of the relevant _ those issues to the attention of the relevant authorities and there was a

very clear— relevant authorities and there was a very clear exemption clause. if you are a _ very clear exemption clause. if you are a paid — very clear exemption clause. if you are a paid consultantf very clear exemption clause. if you are a paid consultant f there is a serious — are a paid consultant f there is a serious wrong, you are allowed to bring _ serious wrong, you are allowed to bring it— serious wrong, you are allowed to bring it to — serious wrong, you are allowed to bring it to the attention of the relevant — bring it to the attention of the relevant authorities. that is what i did. relevant authorities. that is what i tho i_ relevant authorities. that is what i tho i don't — relevant authorities. that is what i did. i don't ask parliamentary questions. but on these three issues i questions. but on these three issues lthought— questions. but on these three issues i thought they were so serious it was right— i thought they were so serious it was right to do so. and i consider i have _ was right to do so. and i consider i have saved — was right to do so. and i consider i have saved lives and if it happened again— have saved lives and if it happened again today, i would do it again, i wouldn't — again today, i would do it again, i wouldn't hesitate. so again today, i would do it again, i wouldn't hesitate.— wouldn't hesitate. so strong rebuttal from _ wouldn't hesitate. so strong rebuttal from the _ wouldn't hesitate. so strong rebuttal from the mp - wouldn't hesitate. so strong rebuttal from the mp owen | wouldn't hesitate. so strong - rebuttal from the mp owen paterson rebuttal from the mp 0wen paterson in response to the report about his behaviour today. in response to the report about his behaviourtoday. in in response to the report about his behaviour today. in response to his rebuttal, the mp chris bryant, who is chair of the standards committee has urged people to read the full report with an open mind to what the report with an open mind to what the report says. it is understood that the parliamentary standards committee of mps, including the

three conservatives mps on that committee back the findings in the report and interviewed mr paterson as part of their investigation. so final question, what is next now? mps will get the chance to debate the recommendation from this committee. they recommended he be suspended for 30 days. if that happens, he would face a recall petition which could leave him fighting for his seat in a by—election in north shropshire. thank you. let's get more on this and talk to dr mark shanahan. let's talk more broadly about these rules that mr paterson is save to have breached. what are these rules and why are they important in the house of commons?— why are they important in the house of commons? ., , , , ., of commons? largely because we have had scandals — of commons? largely because we have had scandals in — of commons? largely because we have had scandals in the _ of commons? largely because we have had scandals in the past. _ of commons? largely because we have had scandals in the past. there - of commons? largely because we have had scandals in the past. there have i had scandals in the past. there have been the sleaze scandals, the mps' expenses scandals and the rules have

been toughened up. they are bringing about greater standards of integrity in parliament, in the lords s and the commons. trust in parliamentarians is not high and we want to see them operating in a way that shows integrity, that is honest and objective and these are all principles that have been put into the code. but there are specific behaviours as well and essentially they say that you cannot do paid lobbying work on behalf of any companies that pay you. monitoring that is the commons _ companies that pay you. monitoring that is the commons standards - that is the commons standards committee, the watchdog, who are they, what is the committee? it is a select committee _ they, what is the committee? it is a select committee of— they, what is the committee? it is a select committee of the _ they, what is the committee? it is a select committee of the house - they, what is the committee? it is a select committee of the house of. select committee of the house of commons, it is a mixture of mps from both parties, there are more conservatives than labour members on it, even though chris bryant is a

labour mp is chair of it. but it has lay expert members as well. it employs an independent commissioner, who is not a member, is above politics, and just looks to see how mps are interpreting the code and make sure that they operate by the standards within it. find make sure that they operate by the standards within it.— standards within it. and we saw there paterson _ standards within it. and we saw there paterson defending - standards within it. and we saw i there paterson defending himself, standards within it. and we saw - there paterson defending himself, he is furious actually with this report. what potentially could happen to him now? we are hearing about a possible 30 day suspension and maybe even a vote to get rid of him as an mp?— and maybe even a vote to get rid of him as an mp? yes, that latter point is robabl him as an mp? yes, that latter point is probably a — him as an mp? yes, that latter point is probably a wee — him as an mp? yes, that latter point is probably a wee bit _ him as an mp? yes, that latter point is probably a wee bit far-fetched. i is probably a wee bit far—fetched. the government normally acts on the committee's recommendations. they have been asked to bring it to the parliament and there will be a vote and i expect mr paterson will be told to leave the parliamentary estate for 30 days. he won't be paid for 30 days. because it is quite a

large punishment on him, there is the right for his constituents to organise a recall petition, it would need 10% of them to do that. but he is one of the safest tory seats in the country. it is quite a right—wing tory seat, they like him very much as an mp. his majority has gone up in every election since he was first elected in 1997. he is part of farming community in a very rural constituency and i suspect if there was a by—election and he chose to stand, he would still win. there was a by-election and he chose to stand, he would still win.- to stand, he would still win. thank ou. 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 0ecd 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. let's get more from our environment correspondent matt mcgrath. a thundering wake up call he says this report is. i suppose the question is, will the leaders meeting in glasgow, will they wake up? meeting in glasgow, will they wake u . ? ., , meeting in glasgow, will they wake u? ., , ., meeting in glasgow, will they wake

up? that is a good question, i think the leaders — up? that is a good question, i think the leaders who _ up? that is a good question, i think the leaders who will _ up? that is a good question, i think the leaders who will be _ up? that is a good question, i think the leaders who will be heading - up? that is a good question, i think the leaders who will be heading to l the leaders who will be heading to glasgow will be subsumed with all the reports they have to read. several from the un and other bodies, all pointing in the same direction. what they mean is all the plans, the voluntary plans that countries have put on the table, when they're added together, they tell us the world will warm by 2.7 degrees this century. scientists say 1. 5 degrees is the threshold to denying rows warming and we need to cut emissions by 55% by the end of the decade. when you add up the pledges the leaders have made, they cut emissions by 7. 35%. 5 —— 7.5%. there are some positives in the report, they say net zero plans, if countries live up to their promises on those, we can shave a bit off

that temperature, we can get it down to about 2 degrees. which is not brilliant, but better than 2.7. but there is a lot of questions about there is a lot of questions about the plans, because they're vague and for 20 years down the road, it is the plans for the end of this decade that matter. the leaders will be aware of the facts and there will be some hard talking to see if the world can move to a safer climate landing zone than is currently the case. . ~' landing zone than is currently the case. ., ~ , ., funding rules for a new nuclear power station have been announced. the plant at sizewell b is the

subject of this. there are strong local protestations. protests are continuing in sudan. many bridges and shops are closed and interlinks have been disrupted. at least ten people have been reported to have been killed. we can get more a research fellow on the africa programme at chatham house. what is the coup about and what is the latest situation on the ground? well, sudan has since 2019 been ruled by a power—sharing transitional government which has consisted partly of civilian forces and partly of military components, with representation from armed groups, ex—rebel groups, since a peace deal was signed. so it has been a fragile coalition which has governed for a couple of years, with

some rocky patches, but fairly stably and led to it emerging into the international community. what we saw yesterday was a kind of a tipping point, with the head of sudan's armed forces and the head of the sovereign council at the time, calling for security forces to take over the civilian administration, place the prime minister and several other ministers and senior figures under arrest and essentially dissolve the transitional government and all of its institutions. now, the general has come out today and said that the military�*s acted to safe guard the revolution to reset the course of the transition, which was being coopted by political parties trying to monopolise power.

he said the military�*s role is to provide national security and they would reset this transition and ensure that by the summer of 2023 there would be an elected civilian government in place. so that is the situation that is currently happening and on the ground this has led to thousand of people supporting a civilian transition taking to the streets, you know, protesting through nonviolent resistance to stop this military takeover. and there have been several clashes, blockades as you mentioned, reports of ten people having been killed so far and 150 injured, of ten people having been killed so farand150 injured, as of ten people having been killed so far and 150 injured, as of now. but active protests taking place on the ground, following hundreds of thousands having been on the street last weekend from thursday in support of civilian government and ensuring that there is this progress

towards a democratic transition. horse towards a democratic transition. how do ou see towards a democratic transition. how do you see this _ towards a democratic transition. how do you see this unfold? what will be the likely result?— the likely result? well, it is very difficult to _ the likely result? well, it is very difficult to know _ the likely result? well, it is very difficult to know whether - the likely result? well, it is very difficult to know whether the - difficult to know whether the military has miscalculated here, or whether they have taken a strategic calculation that they can really resist the move towards civilian rule and maintain control over their economic and political interests. i think they claim to be safeguarding the transition will arresting politicians and revoking parts of constitution, really, do not stand up, of course. and really they are more focussed on securing their own interest. this will turn to be a battle on the streets. there will be a lot of resistance, i think, from sudanese civilians on the streets, it will be difficult to understand

how much you know what that... that effect that will have, given that the sudanese military have largely ignored that so far. but what we have seen is the international community come out very strongly, including the united nations, in condemnation of these events. the united states have suspended their support to sudan of over $700 million. sudan has had a real economic crisis and has been reliant on the international community to support its transition and economic stabilisation. if that is at stake, if the membership of sudan within the african union is at stake, there need to be concerted international pressure to try and reverse this military coup. pressure to try and reverse this military coup-— pressure to try and reverse this

milita cou. . ~ ,, , . the former rangers manager walter smith has died at the age of 73. we can speak to chris jack, from the herald. thank you for being us with. where do you think he stands in the pantheon of scottish managers. walter smith stands there with the very best, such asjock stein, alex ferguson, i think walter for his achievements with club and country and as a man, he stands right up there. for me he is the ultimate ranger, the ultimate rangers figure.

he epitomised what rangers stood for a great winner, a great loser when he had to be and someone who really summed up rangers football club and his death leaves a huge void at ibrox that is very difficult to fill. . ., ., i. ibrox that is very difficult to fill. . ., ., , ., ~ , fill. what do you think were his secific fill. what do you think were his specific talents, _ fill. what do you think were his specific talents, we _ fill. what do you think were his specific talents, we hear - fill. what do you think were his specific talents, we hear about | specific talents, we hear about these super managers, was it his coaching, his man management or did he have it all? to coaching, his man management or did he have it all?— he have it all? to have the success walter had — he have it all? to have the success walter had with _ he have it all? to have the success walter had with rangers _ he have it all? to have the success walter had with rangers and - he have it all? to have the success walter had with rangers and with i he have it all? to have the success i walter had with rangers and with the scottish national team and at everton and manchester united, you can't be a one dimensional coach. he had a deep knowledge of the game, he was a student of the game, loved the game, but he was a great man managing, he was a man and a manager the players wanted to play for and win for him. you only have to look

at his track record at ibrox and the fact alex ferguson asked him to give him a hand at manchester united when he needed an assistant, that speaks volume of the football knowledge he had and the way he got players to play for him. he had it all. and i think he stands up there with the very best of british football, not just scottish football, has produced. just scottish football, has produced-— just scottish football, has roduced. ., ,, . , produced. thank you so much, chris jack. produced. thank you so much, chris jack- time — produced. thank you so much, chris jack- time to _ produced. thank you so much, chris jack. time to turn _ produced. thank you so much, chris jack. time to turn to _ produced. thank you so much, chris jack. time to turn to the _ produced. thank you so much, chris jack. time to turn to the weather. i jack. time to turn to the weather. darren has the details for us. it has been a mild day, temperatures widely up to 17 celsius. it will stay mild in the next few days. but some rain around. for the last few hours, most of the rain has been affecting this part of scotland. the main rain is sitting here, narain will move down across scotland into

northern ireland this evening. then heading into southern scotland and into the north—west of england. still some brisk south—westerly winds overnight and a lot of cloud. it is milder in eastern scotland and england, perhaps 15 degrees in some places. still some rain in the same areas, it could affect northern ireland and push into the central belt of scotland. it is mainly affecting southern scotland and south—west england. south of the rain band some sunshine coming through and temperatures the up to 19 celsius. rain will have more of an impact and there will be some heavy rain, particularly in the southern uplands and western parts of wales. that will lead to some flooding.

fair isaacs is the government and its public sector paid phrase. unions are urging ministers to make sure it is a significant increase. the bbc�*s been told they'll be no cuts to vat on household energy bills and tomorrow's budget. that's despite calls for help with soaring prices. former cabinet minister 0wen paterson could be suspended from parliament after being found to have used his position as an mp to promote companies which paid him — he denies any wrongdoing. being privy to this information was really shocking. it would've been a dereliction of my duty not to ignore that because laws were at rest. and i'm really proud of what i've achieved. here i am this morning defending myself with you and the threat of being suspended for 30 days which is absolutely ridiculous.

another stark warning ahead of the climate change summit in glasgow — the un says current global plans to cut emissions fall short of what's needed. protests intensify in sudan, following a military coup which has seen government leaders arrested. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dugall. the football world has been reacting to the sad news that the former rangers and scotland manager walter smith has died at the age of 73. current rangers manager stephen gerrard has led the growing tributes, saying that walter smith had made him a better person. smith won 21 trophies over two spells at ibrox. this was his last title win in 2011. his death comes in the same year rangers won their first top—flight title since his final season. smith was also the scotland manager for two years and spent four years

at everton where wayne rooney said he was a huge influence — we'll hear from rooney in a moment. but first a tearful steven gerrard said smith's dna ran right through rangers. 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 game tomorrow and that will be the best tribute we can give him and his family. tributes to walter smith who has died at the age of 73. obviously died at the age of 73. what obviously— died at the age of 73. what is done at rangers, scotland, obviously what is done at rangers, scotland, everton will be a huge loss _ scotland, everton will be a huge loss it's — scotland, everton will be a huge loss. it's devastating. he actually tried _ loss. it's devastating. he actually tried to _ loss. it's devastating. he actually tried to give me my debut we are allowed _ tried to give me my debut we are allowed to— tried to give me my debut we are allowed to do so. yeah, just a huge

loss and _ allowed to do so. yeah, just a huge loss and a _ allowed to do so. yeah, just a huge loss and a sad day for everyone involved — loss and a sad day for everyone involved. more portly for his family _ involved. more portly for his famil . , ., . ., ,, ., family. tribute to walter smith who started the age _ family. tribute to walter smith who started the age of— family. tribute to walter smith who started 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 maintain their 100% record. 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, which the manager says will help the players performance. we had some fans travel out to

slovenia on friday and it was brilliant to have been there. and then to think we can now come home and really hopeful we can break the record first solve a number of fans but also plays an incredible part in who we are as a team. when we played in kazakhstan the noise was incredible. 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 eleven 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 today's second match pakistan are hoping to make it two wins out of two after restricting new zealand to 134 for 8. haris rauf took four wickets. a few moments ago pakistan were 47 for 2 after 9 overs. before we go a reminder that emma raducanu is underway in herfirst round match at the transylvania open you can follow that on the bbc sport website. that's bbc dot c0 dot uk slash sport. but that's all the sport for now. 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. you are called to appear because of your panorama programme. just tell us what the mps as you. i your panorama programme. just tell us what the mps as you.— us what the mps as you. i was talkin: us what the mps as you. i was talking about _ us what the mps as you. i was talking about the _ us what the mps as you. i was talking about the panorama i us what the mps as you. i —" talking about the panorama interview that look down on my hate and targeting women with my own experience different late—night interviewing women and also hear from lots of women outside of public life who are experience really extreme misogynistic and often racist and homophobic on my hate. i was asked a lot about that, about the kind of hate they're experiencing and how universal that is which is something that struck me during the course of the investigation that doesn't really matter where you live or what you do, women are targeted online with these kinds of threats and gendered slurs across the board. i also spoke to them quite a lot about inexperience meant that we carried out as part of the panorama investigation. what we try to test was whether the social media algorithm, that's a software that promotes stuff to you on your feet,

whether it's facebook or instagram or youtube would send more hate to a troll account, an account that in this case was based on my trolls. so mainly engage on anti— vaccine and can spirits contact but also like some misogynistic content on the platform for that what we found that facebook and instagram in particular promoted a lot more misogynistic hate to these accounts. they were almost exclusively receiving that kind of suggestions by the end of the experiment. facebook told us that they don't allow or try not to allow harmful content to be promoted and that they are improving that technology to be able to detect a hate. that they put community safety of a prophet but this is what i told mps earlier. during the panorama investigation where she wanted to see what kinds of accounts that are sending out abuse are common across on social media feeds. not specificallyjust on social media feeds. not specifically just younger people on social media feeds. not specificallyjust younger people but across the board. and something we did was set up a dummy troll account

based on accounts that send me abuse. so is predominately engaged in anti— vaccine and conspiracy content but also a smaller amount of misogyny. and it was totally private so it wasn't actually sending out abuse or the people but it was trying to test the algorithms. what we found after just two weeks was that on facebook and instagram in particular this account was being pushed almost entirely to suggested accounts and pages linked to misogyny, very extreme discussion about rape, harassment sexual violence, some place linked to do community which was mentioned. that was almost all of what was being promoted and suggested by the social media sites. i think there's an important discussion to be having not only vote with the social media sites are doing to remove the hate that exist on their platforms but actually what they are showing to the users who then can find themselves, in the case of this dummy account sucked into a world of yet more misogyny and more extreme

content for that when we have seen for instance conspiracy theories are disinformation there are capable of deep prioritising the algorithm to not permit the content. there is a troll who mainly like into the hardly had any anti— vick solve, i spent 18 months covering the harm that that's instead he was just being pushed misogyny after misogyny and really explicit star. there is a do harm to this not only to the women who are impacted by the abuse that this count might be emboldened to send out of the women affected by the content. but also actually the men themselves, the barry's, the people running these accounts are being sucked into these quite extreme ideologies and said this kind of hateful content. they are also not be protected.— kind of hateful content. they are also not be protected. that's you before mps _ also not be protected. that's you before mps at _ also not be protected. that's you before mps at the _ also not be protected. that's you before mps at the select - also not be protected. that's you - before mps at the select committee. what's it like team before a select committee like that? stern; committee like that? very interesting. _ committee like that? very interesting. as _ committee like that? very interesting. as god - committee like that? very interesting. as god has i committee like that? very interesting. as god has a l committee like that? - interesting. as god has a different questions and i was alongside another mp also other experts in

this field who are able to talk about the different impacts that online hate and also abuse in general and violence is often on women. , , , ., , women. this time yesterday on this programme — women. this time yesterday on this programme we _ women. this time yesterday on this programme we were _ women. this time yesterday on this programme we were hearing - women. this time yesterday on this programme we were hearing from | programme we were hearing from frances haugen the facebook whistle—blower who was talking to those mps about how she said facebook promotes hate essentially. we interviewed one of facebooks vice president two is very defensive about that. president two is very defensive about that-— president two is very defensive about that. ~ , ., ,, ., ., about that. when you think all of this is going? — about that. when you think all of this is going? l — about that. when you think all of this is going? i think— about that. when you think all of this is going? i think essentially | this is going? i think essentially what's been the key point that francis haugen has made on a number of occasions that she alleges facebook puts profit over protecting its users. it puts grows over making sure those users are safe and that they are not exposed to harmful content. facebook challenges and denies a lot of those allegations and says a lot of the leaks gloss over positive news about their social media platforms. ultimately it has sparked this big conversation about how much the social media sites are actually looking after the

users. we found with this barry the troll experiment two experiment there is a dual harm to this not just the women who are targeted with the buttes because this account may be emboldened to send out more hate or who are in fact suffering as a consequence of this, tend online. at the people themselves to become ex— sucked into this extreme mentality. everything from misogyny to his conspiracy theories to disinformation for sub mps like those today who are discussing online safety legislation have a lot to think about. there is this bill thatis to think about. there is this bill that is been talked about a lot but it's been delayed on several occasions and all of this information coming to light from these facebook leaks raises big questions about what they can or can't do two address these all of this information coming to light from these facebook leaks raises big questions about what they can or can't do two addresses on thank you very much. can't do two addresses on thank you ve much. ~ done for appearing before the mp5.

well in the past hour, the government has announced that the environment bill will be strengthened. we heard from the environment agency that dads happens on for 100,000 times over the last few times in england. george uses has said the government will put into law a requirement on water companies to invest to ensure the use of storm overflows declined. let's have a listen to what he's been saying. that listen to what he's been saying. git this stage of the bill it's all about reaching settlement and agreement on the way forward. the government has done more on the storm overflows in any government before. in fact earlier this summer we created a new requirement on the water regulator to basically seek a perpetual decline in the use of the storm overflows and to require water companies to fund the investments of the latter to happen. in light of the latter to happen. in light of the amendment that was debated last week what we are now saying is we

will also ride that onto a statutory footing. to be a statutory requirement on water companies to create those progressive declines in the use of storm overflows. 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. let's take a look now at the latest coronavirus data for the uk. almost 41,000 new cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours. a further 263 people have died within 28 days of testing

positive for covid—19. and more than 79% of the uk population aged 12 and over have now had two coronavirus vaccinations. millions of workers will get a pay rise next year, as the government ends its public sector pay freeze. unions are urging ministers to make sure its 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 for help with soaring prices. former cabinet minister owen paterson could be suspended from parliament after being found to have used his position as an mp to promote companies which paid him — he denies any wrongdoing. the actor hugh grant has donated £10,000 to a charity that provides free plumbing and heating for the elderly or vulnerable.

the founder of the charity, james anderson, said he was "shocked" to see the donation on a gofundme page. he has been running depher as a not—for—profit plumbing company in burnley since 2017. and i'm pleased to say we can speak to james now. congratulations. we can speak to james now. just tell us a bit more congratulations. just tell us a bit more about the charity and why you set it up. james, i'm afraid we can't hear you at the moment. we will come back to you in just a few minutes because we want to hear the story and why hugh grant has given you £10,000. 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. let's get back to that story that hugh grant has donated £10,000 which provides free plumbing and heating for the elderly and those are vulnerable. let's speak to james

soon runs that organisation. good to have you back. tell us why you set it up and what this donation means to you. irate it up and what this donation means to ou. ~ , , it up and what this donation means toou., to you. we set up because of the elderly and _ to you. we set up because of the elderly and disabled _ to you. we set up because of the elderly and disabled members i to you. we set up because of the elderly and disabled members ofj to you. we set up because of the i elderly and disabled members of the community would be left behind, left in the dark. we assist to help people and so they can receive the help they need. the donation from hugh is magical. it will help hundreds and hundreds of people, it will buy boilers and buy food, give electric capacity of people want to. he has saved a lot of lives. ii'iin�*n�* electric capacity of people want to. he has saved a lot of lives. how did huh he has saved a lot of lives. how did hugh grant — he has saved a lot of lives. how did hugh grant hear— he has saved a lot of lives. how did hugh grant hear about _ he has saved a lot of lives. how did hugh grant hear about you, do i he has saved a lot of lives. how did hugh grant hear about you, do you | hugh grant hear about you, do you know? why did he get in touch? i haven't got a clue about how he found out about us yet. i will find out in the future. and he follows us on twitter. that's one start we can look at. but whether he knows that

i'm saying this is no hugh, thank you very much. what you've done is absolutely unbelievable for a lot of people. pm absolutely unbelievable for a lot of neale, �* ., , absolutely unbelievable for a lot of --eole. �* ,., absolutely unbelievable for a lot of n-eole. . ,., , people. an absolute star. he is literally a _ people. an absolute star. he is literally a star. _ people. an absolute star. he is literally a star. and _ people. an absolute star. he is literally a star. and this - people. an absolute star. he is i literally a star. and this £10,000, means a lot to you. you are a bit short of money running up to one where you?— where you? yes. we were nearly shuttin: where you? yes. we were nearly shutting down- — where you? yes. we were nearly shutting down. we _ where you? yes. we were nearly shutting down. we worked i where you? yes. we were nearly shutting down. we worked hard. where you? yes. we were nearly| shutting down. we worked hard a where you? yes. we were nearly i shutting down. we worked hard a lot of tears around the pandemic and the early months of the years to get to where we are the contribution side but it's someone well known like hugh grant can actually sit back and smile and say that's what we do. that is a big massive... presumably

ou're that is a big massive... presumably you're looking _ that is a big massive... presumably you're looking for _ that is a big massive... presumably you're looking for more _ that is a big massive... presumably you're looking for more donations i you're looking for more donations from anybody. it doesn't have to be a superstar actor. ida. from anybody. it doesn't have to be a superstar actor.— a superstar actor. no, it can be absolutely _ a superstar actor. no, it can be absolutely anybody _ a superstar actor. no, it can be absolutely anybody in - a superstar actor. no, it can be absolutely anybody in the i a superstar actor. no, it can be i absolutely anybody in the community. we are here for you, we are here for the family for the elderly, disabled if you need food we will give you food if you need gas and electricity will put on your metres. if you need a boiler we will give you a boreal was that were here for you that's what we do. ? boiler. we look at the everybody in the community. trier? everybody in the community. very lad we everybody in the community. very glad we got _ everybody in the community. very glad we got you — everybody in the community. very glad we got you back good to you. 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 five years, but so far none of it has been distributed. jonelle awomoyi 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, or the 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 areas 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. that's it for me. now it's time for a look at the weather. two main elements over the next few days one is rain the other is warm. this was a lovely weather watch her picture taken earlier. the temperature and northeast england reached 17 , it's normally around 11 says he is at this time of year. it's so very mild because the winds are coming all away from the tropics of to the azores in the uk. the

rain, mainly focused on that weather front there and that's going to hang around in the next few days and bring some particularly heavy rain to the southern goblins, cumbrian fellows, know the pennines and into western parts of wales. flooding is likely. we had a fair bit of rain today across the northern and western parts of scotland. that continued into the afternoon. the rain band is sitting here in the far northwest and that will move its way southwards this evening and overnight. so we will get rain moving into northern island come away from the north of scotland, heading south across scotland into the northwest of england and over the northwest of england and over the irish sea. still some quite brisk south—westerly winds today and tonight. it's going to be much milder than last night for the eastern side of the uk. could be seeing temperatures no lower than 14 or 15 seeing temperatures no lower than 14 or15 with seeing temperatures no lower than 14 or 15 with a still have this rain in a similarsort or 15 with a still have this rain in a similar sort of place on wednesday, could be affecting northern island for a while, pushing up northern island for a while, pushing up into the soldier belt of scotland to force up to the northwest we've got some northwest of showers. some

bright or sunny intervals coming through end temperatures could be even higher than today. let's focus on the rain. this is not good news, a lot of rain to come in the southern uplands. and by the end of tomorrow they could be 90mm of rain having fallen. maybe even double that over the high ground over to the lake district. that's going to lead to some flooding. this right in front is still on the scene during thursday. it slips position slightly, could see rain for a while across northern island and starting today across more of scotland. at the rain really more restricted to southern scotland, northern and western parts of england and into wales this time. still drive across the midlands towards the south east of england with some sunshine and temperatures here 17 or so. of england with some sunshine and temperatures here 17 orso. but that rain is going to have an impact over the next few days there's more rain to come during friday. i think the details here will change. it looks like will have rain overnight it may be pushing into some eastern parts of england for a while later

on the rangers more sorry, western areas do become a bit drier. does temperatures beginning to slip away just a bit as we head towards the end of the week.

the government announces a pay rise for public sector workers, though how much won't be known until next year. firefighters, police, military and teachers will be among those to see an increase after the pay freeze imposed last year. in what have been tight times, the fact the cost of living has gone up and wages haven't been will have affected everybody. how big will the pay rise be? the government can't confirm whether it will be in line with inflation. also tonight... a virtual audience today for the queen, the but the palace announces she will not attend the cop 26 summit in glasgow. on the set of sir david attenborough's latest series, he says world leaders musn't delay on climate change any longer. well, if we don't act now, it will be too late.

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