barristers in england and wales vote to take industrial action, joining a wave of summer strikes. some criminal barristers say they earn less than the minumum wage. theyjoin railway staff, dockers, postal workers and potentially nurses in what's been called a summer of discontent. people are scared for everything in their lives in terms of inflation, worried about heating their houses, food banks being overrun. this is another pillar of society that is crumbling before our eyes. rubbish is piling up in edinburgh as refuse collectors there go on strike as well. refuse collectors here in edinburgh have been offered a 5% pay deal. if they don't accept it these piles of

rubbish will keep on getting bigger. we'll be live with our business and political correspondent, and assessing how whoever�*s our next prime minister will deal with these strikes and the cost of living crisis. also this lunchtime... an attempt to cut the price of school uniforms by removing unnecessary branding. a bbc investigation has revealed an online community secretly sharing and trading sexual images of women without their consent. and the duke and duchess of cambridge are moving their family to a new home near the queen in windsor. and in the sport on the bbc news channel, england confirm they will play test cricket in pakistan for the first time in 17 years when they tour the country in december.

good afternoon. criminal barristers in england and wales have voted for an all—out strike next month, joining a wave of industrial action as workers seek pay rises to keep up with high inflation. some barristers say they earn less than the minumum wage. the government claims strike action will simply delay justice for victims of crime. railway workers, dockers, postal workers and refuse collectors are among those who've already gone on strike in what's been called a summer of discontent, while nurses are to be balloted on industrial action. our legal affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports. its a dispute that has been a decade in the making. criminal barristers saying they can't make a living any more and the government saying it has made a fair and generous offer. this morning the criminal bar

association announced 80% of members have voted for a complete walk—out, an unprecedented escalation of a summer of legal discontent with ministers. discontent overfunding ministers. discontent over funding for the ministers. discontent overfunding for the legal aid system that pays for the legal aid system that pays for most criminal cases. the row has had a huge impact already on the justice system. now it going to get worse. there have been 19 days of strike action so far, that's affected more than 6200 separate cases and delayed moo trials. now from the 5th of september there will be an indefinite strike. the government says its offer of 15% to barristers here at the old bailey and other courts is far more than other public sector pay deals. but barristers say it falls far short of the 25% needed to correct a decade of cuts and won't apply to existing cases. the upshot, the delay means to trials, criminals going to jail and victims waiting forjustice. it's taking at the moment 3.5 years

for a rape case to come to trial. that means 15%, we don't get paid until the case is concluded. that's 15% if i am lucky by the end of 2024, by which time i'm already looking at 10% of inflation now but i don't think it's unfair to say we would simply like this 15% to apply to all cases. we are willing to talk to all cases. we are willing to talk to government about this but please come to the room, don'tjust do this by the way of press releases and e—mails. by the way of press releases and e-mails. p, . by the way of press releases and e-mails. ,., . ., ., , by the way of press releases and e-mails. . ., ., , g , . e-mails. dominic raab, the justice secretary here _ e-mails. dominic raab, the justice secretary here on _ e-mails. dominic raab, the justice secretary here on the _ e-mails. dominic raab, the justice secretary here on the left, - e-mails. dominic raab, the justice secretary here on the left, will- e-mails. dominic raab, the justice secretary here on the left, will not| secretary here on the left, will not meet barristers to negotiate. ministers say today's vote is irresponsible and unjustified. judges too are alarmed but some also privately is a pathetic. barristers predict that unless more cash is injected into criminaljustice, more and more young lawyers will switch to other branches of law to earn a living. their leaders say if that becomes an exodus from crown courts it won't just becomes an exodus from crown courts it won'tjust mean becomes an exodus from crown courts it won't just mean justice becomes an exodus from crown courts it won'tjust mean justice delayed. it will mean justice denied. dominic casciani, bbc news.

meanwhile, workers at felixstowe — the uk's biggest container port — are on strike for a second day. almost 1,900 members of the unite union began an eight—day walk—out yesterday, in a dispute over pay. the union described a 7% pay offer from the port operator as "significantly below" the rate of inflation. and rubbish is continuing to pile up on the streets of edinburgh as a strike by the city's bin collectors enters its second week. the industrial action — which is set to last 12 days and coincides with the edinburgh fringe festival — comes after unions rejected a pay offer equivalent to a 3.5% rise. let's go to our scotland correspondentjames shaw, who is in edinburgh. the rubbish piling highjust at a time when it's full of visitors. that's exactly right. it's only really been going on for a few days but already the evidence of the impact is very visible on the

streets. there is a proposalfrom the council employers for an improved pay offer of 5%. we may hear later today what the union's attitude towards that is. but one of the thing is really striking here is when you see people, tourists and visitors arriving in the city and arriving at the main station, the looks of shock or surprise on their faces as they see the state of the scottish capital. just a few days since the start of this strike and already edinburgh and its famous castle are looking very different. overflowing bins and rubbish strewn across pavements throughout the city. the areas where festivalgoers gather and enjoy the nightlife are the worst affected. this is the grassmarket, one of the centres of the old town of edinburgh where people who are coming to enjoy fringe events come to drink at this row

of bars all the way down the street here. but you can already see the impact of this refuse strike. piles of rubbish just beginning to mount up as they have over the last four days. people arriving at waverley station are confronted by the new reality of this city, sometimes called the athens of the north. i love scotland, i love edinburgh. but this is really sad. we will do what we have come here for but, yeah, it's not optimal. terrible. well, they should pay the people what they're asking for. a new pay deal for refuse workers is on the table, but the strike will not be called off unless they accept it. the leader of the council is pleading with tenants, housing associations and businesses to do what they can to help. but many will be wondering how it could all have gone so wrong. james shaw, bbc news, edinburgh.

the latest strikes come amid growing concerns about the cost of living and pressure on the real value of wages. let's talk to our business correspondent caroline davies. some have compared this summer to the 1970s, when we had the combination of high inflation, and industrial action. we are not at the same levels we saw of inflation at the highs of inflation in the 1970s was up in 1975 inflation was at 22.6%. we know from history that inflation erodes savings and can stop companies from growing but it can also mean people cannot buy the same number of goods they used to if wages are not kept at the same level. and we know wages are not giving up to the same level of inflation and that's a big reason why we are seeing so many of the strike actions, it's about pay. it's not necessarily all about pay but thatis not necessarily all about pay but that is a major factor in the reasons why many unions are calling for walk—outs. inflation is continuing to expect to rise. we heard from the bank of england who

think it will go above 13% by the end of the year and that is because of a rise in the cost of energy. the announcement about the energy price cap, the highest amount of money that energy companies can charge people for energy, that is expected to be going up. the announcement about that is happening at the end of this week. energy companies have been pushing today saying they need to have more from the government, more commitments from the government to say what they will do to help customers during the course of this winter. ., ., , ., ~ , ., in two weeks' time whoever is the next prime minister will be having to deal with strikes and the cost of living crisis. tory leadership contender rishi sunak says his rival liz truss cannot afford both tax cuts and more cost—of—living help for households. he says it would risk putting the public finances into "serious jeopardy". our political correspondent ione wellsjoins me. ione, more scrutiny then for liz truss economic policies.

that's right. and not least because, as you have been discussing with caroline, we are all expecting to know on fridayjust how much the energy price cap is going by. we know a little bit more now about how both candidates would respond to this if they were prime minister. liz truss wants to introduce immediate tax cuts to national insurance as well as possibly introducing some more support for households, although she has not given detail about what that would look like and she wants to do this in an emergency budget, within weeks of becoming prime minister. but she has said she would not commission another independent forecast into the state of the government's finances. these forecasts are used to show the impact that things like further tax cuts or public spending could have on the wider economy. rishi sunak has accused ace of being irresponsible, saying that there is not the kind of head room at the economy for tax cuts and help for

families. labour leader keir starmer has said the forecasts are important because they ensure government money is spent responsibly for top instead rishi sunak has said he would prioritise more targeted support for households. things like helping the most vulnerable households through things like the welfare system to ensure people are getting more support this winter. but he has admitted himself during this campaign that he is an underdog so the big question for him is, will he have time in the next two weeks to make some of those arguments to cut through among tory members? home through among tory members? ione wells, our through among tory members? lone wells, our political correspondent, thank you. there are new measures to protect parents from the rising cost of living when it comes to the price of school uniforms. from next month, state schools in england will have to remove unnecessary branding from their uniforms to make them cheaper. it's estimated parents have to spend around £300 kitting out their child, as colletta smith reports. the start of another busy day at the uniform project.

this is our uniform room. this is all our primary stock. emma's suiting and booting children from across nottingham, as more parents than ever turn to her for help. we've got summer dresses. we've also got our blues, navies, and we've got reds just over there. she's frustrated so many secondary schools are still insisting on branded clothes. you've got to cater to your parental community within the school and you're not doing that if you're insisting on logos and expecting everyone to have a spare 300 quid for each child they have. many are embarrassed to be asking for help. i've never been in this financial situation, ever. i lost myjob at the start of the holidays. this mum of four didn't want to be identified but was really grateful of the help. secondary, for my son, it's going to cost me £98, because he has to have logoed everything except shirts. my son can get the same education

in a standard white shirt and a standard grey blazer. he doesn't need a logo. new government guidance for schools in england kicks in at the start of this term, which should make sure that uniforms are reasonably priced and that there aren't too many logoed items. but lots of parents are still frustrated that they don't know how to challenge schools whose uniforms are still really expensive. i think the school blazer is between £45 and £60. it's just a phenomenal amount that you just don't prepare for. with two boys in secondary school, she has already spent £350 kitting them out this summer. it's just so unnecessary. if it means i can buy something from the supermarket at £3 or now with a logo from a uniform shop and it's now £20, it's really not fair on, you know, hard—working families and families that are struggling. it is just crazy, if i'm honest.

those leading the campaign for uniform changes say parents should raise it with governors if schools aren't following the rules. schools are required to implement the legislation right now for this september, and if parents think that their school uniform policy hasn't changed in their local school they should contact the head teacher and ask why. failing that, they should contact the governing body of the school and ask why. and failing that they should contact their mp or the department for education, who can write to the school and require them to follow the legislation. audrey, can you try this on for me, poppet? yeah. the government say the new guidelines will help keep costs down as uniforms should never be a burden for parents or a barrier to pupils accessing education. for more families than ever, second hand has become first choice as the costs pile up. colletta smith, bbc news, in nottingham. some students across england and wales are still waiting for their btec grades,

five days after they were due to be released. the exam board pearson, who are responsible for the grades, have apologised. they say that only a small number of students are affected by the delay. former formula 1 boss bernie ecclestone has denied fraud over an alleged failure to declare £400 million of overseas assets to the government. the 91—year—old this morning indicated a not guilty plea at westminster magistrates' court. he was granted unconditional bail ahead of his next appearance at southwark crown court in september. the world's second largest cinema chain, cineworld, has announced its considering filing for bankruptcy in the united states, as it continues to struggle with $5 billion worth of debt. the firm, which also owns the picturehouse chain in the uk, said its cinemas remained "open for business as usual". like other cinema companies, cineworld was hit hard by the pandemic.

an investigation by the bbc�*s panorama programme has uncovered a vast online community, secretly sharing and trading sexual images and videos of women from across the uk without their consent. the group, on the social media site reddit, has now been closed. but concerns are growing that this is just the latest part of a disturbing new trend. and a warning that you may find this report from monika plaha upsetting. i felt so objectified and i felt as though i was their property. when i saw it, i wasjust shocked myself because i was like, is that even me? these are the voices of the women whose pictures were shared online without them ever knowing. hi, guys! hope everyone's having a good saturday. tanvi is an influencer. a photo from her instagram account had been posted on the social media site reddit, in a group dedicated to men leering at south asian women.

i saw so many men commenting about, trying to find out information about me — my name, where i live, the things they would do to me, which were both degrading and sexual. they were calling me names. some of the images in this group are explicit and private, probably originally sent between partners. in other posts, women appear to have been secretly filmed while having sex, like aisha. we've changed her name and voice to protect her identity. i stopped socialising. i stopped going out of the house. i was in and out of psychiatric units. it was just always self—harming, suicidalattempts, because it's coming to a point where i can't bear life any more. the group was hosted by reddit. the social media site has 50 million daily users worldwide. people can set up their own communities and discuss almost anything, but i found several groups on this site where users are trading images —

some of a sexual nature — without consent. two years ago, a stranger contacted georgie on social media to say a folder of her explicit images were being shared online. this time, it wasn't on reddit. i remembered those pictures, and they were ones that i shared with an ex—partner many years before that i was assured by that ex—partner had been deleted. despite having a written admission of guilt in a text message, because he doesn't claim to have wanted to hurt me, i was told by the police that there was nothing they could do. the law currently offers limited legal protection to any women whose intimate images are leaked on the internet. "collector culture" is the term - that's used because many of the men collect these imagesj in large repositories. the problem is, the law only focuses on the kind of malicious _

ex—partner sharing an image, the kind of revenge porn, - and this only covers a small number of cases of intimate image abuse. . back on the same reddit group tanvi and aisha were posted on, our investigation also found explicit images of at least 150 different women, as well as thousands of non—consensual images and videos. reddit told us its safety teams regularly take action against communities and users for this behaviour. my message out there for all the people that are doing this — please, just stop this. and anyone that's obviously going through this, just speak up, and you do have a voice. when you are held accountable, when it is illegal and when the government does impose bills and laws, that's when you're going to be in serious trouble. for now, the law and the tech companies are struggling to combat this abuse, but ultimate responsibility lies with the thousands of anonymous users trading, selling and sharing these explicit images. monika plaha, bbc news.

and you can watch the full story of how panorama unmasked the man behind this group on the secret world of nudes at 8pm on bbc one or on iplayer now. and if you've been affected by anything in that report, or would like help, you can contact the bbc�*s action line online. you can find help and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline. the time is 13:20. our top story this lunchtime: criminal barristers in england and wales vote to take industrial action, joining a wave of summer strikes. and water companies are accused of failing to monitor the sewage that's pumped into our popular seaside resorts. and coming up on the bbc news channel: we'll look ahead to the premier league clash between manchester united and liverpool at old trafford, with some expected to protest against united's owners, the glazers.

a russian woman, whose son died just days afterjoining the war against ukraine, has described russian soldiers in the conflict as "cannon fodder". russia has suffered high losses in ukraine and, in response, the kremlin has renewed its campaign to recruit volunteers, promising huge sums of money. but as the russian advance largely stalls across ukraine, many of the volunteers are getting little or no training. this report now, from our correspondent will vernon, contains some flashing images. the kremlin tells russians their soldiers are heroes. professional, well—trained troops, fighting in ukraine. but western officials say that russia's running out of men, 70,000 to 80,000 killed or wounded.

the solution — signing up volunteers. yevgeni was one of those whojoined up. his mother, nina, says that her son was given a gun and sent straight into ukraine. days later, he was killed. translation: theyjust send them in, like dumb little chickens, _ that hardly even held a gun before. they're cannon fodder. the generals think, "we've got a volunteer, great, in you go." in these videos, volunteers are promised huge sums of money and even plots of land. they're now a common sight on social media. but recruiting is being done in more traditional ways, too. this announcement talks about the creation of two new volunteer brigades. it's urging local people

here to sign up to fight in ukraine. and this is a message that's being repeated right across the country — on tv, on social media, on billboards. it's a large—scale recruitment campaign for the russian army. "we should bomb them. i'd give them what for," this man said. "if i were young, i'd go." "it's too painful to talk about," this lady told me. "why go? only their bodies will be brought back." but can russia win this war with a volunteer army? this is, i think, not the type of soldiers that are needed for a victorious war. the main problem is not with the quantity of people, but with their qualities, with their motivation, and this is not a thing that you can change quickly, you know? you can't bring thousands of people

in to teach them how to work with modern weapons, tanks and aircrafts. the russian military has not released casualty figures since the end of march, but nina knows that large numbers are dying in ukraine. translation: you read the news| and it's all about men being killed, but people are going there. i don't know why they go. president putin says he ordered his forces into ukraine to protect his people, but the kremlin is now sending even more russians there, into mortal danger. will vernon, bbc news, moscow. the united states and south korea have begun their biggest combined military exercises for four years. earlier this year, both countries took part in a joint naval exercise. this time, the two armed forces will practise their response to a north korean attack, amid rising tensions with pyongyang.

police in pakistan have charged the country's former prime minister imran khan under anti—terror laws. it comes after he accused the police and judicial officials of torturing a close aide. since being ousted from power this year, imran khan has been a vocal critic of pakistan's government and army. hundreds of his supporters have camped outside his home, threatening to take over the capital if he's arrested. sewage discharges at popular british seaside resorts are not being monitored properly — that's the claim from the liberal democrats, who say that 90% of the time, monitoring devices have not been installed or don't work. last week, more than 40 beaches and swimming spots in england and wales were hit by pollution warnings, after heavy rain. today, downing street accused water companies of a "completely unacceptable" failure to reduce sewage discharges. a spokesperson for number 10 said the companies should put "customers before shareholders", or face fines. richard galpin reports.

here in sussex, sewage continues to pour out into the sea. and this, an area popular with both swimmers and families. many other parts of england and wales are also affected, like these — allenby, southport, paignton, cleethorpes and tynemouth. all this the result of heavy rains overwhelming the sewer systems. but now, the water companies stand accused of failing to monitor the discharges of sewage. when you've got £2.8 billion of operating profit, £1 billion being given to shareholders in dividends, and the executive staff of the water companies are getting a 20% pay rise last year, and at the same time, you see a complete lack of investment either in monitoring or in the infrastructure that would stop the sewage outflows in the first place, then you see that really, they haven't got a leg to stand on.

and according to the liberal democrats, the monitors used to measure the amount of sewage being pumped into the sea across the uk are faulty or not even installed. the former lead singer of the band the undertones, feargal sharkey, who now campaigns for clean rivers, is also sharply critical of the water companies. water companies have now spent almost 9.5 million hours over the last six years dumping sewage into the environment. and if the data is as faulty as it seems, that number could be a multiple of that by another multiplier of your choosing. it is just a desperate sign of the extraordinary state of chaos that this industry has managed to get itself into. a spokesperson for the water regulator ofwat told the bbc nobody wanted to see raw sewage being discharged, particularly when it's close to a beach. "that is unacceptable," he said, "which is why we have a life investigation into all waste water

sewage works run by the companies." richard galpin, bbc news. the duke and duchess of cambridge have announced that they are moving their family from kensington palace, in west london, to a cottage on the queen's windsor estate. their new home, adelaide cottage, is a ten—minute walk from windsor castle. alongside announcing their move, the duke and duchess also confirmed their three children would be switching schools. our royal editor, nicholas witchell, is in windsor. soa so a new home for the cambridges. new home and a new school. and i think it tells us that as we know, the cambridges are absolutely determined that their true —— their three children should have as normal an upbringing as possible and preferably in a rural setting. so they are moving to adelaide cottage, which is on the home parkjust about ten minutes away from windsor castle here. and the three children,

george, charlotte and louis will start at lambrook school next month. this is described as a leading, co—educational prep school not far from ascot. it has been in existence for about 160 years, it has 600 pupils aged between three and 13 and is set in 53 acres of its own ground. the other thing this move tells us is william and catherine are content to live in what, by royal standards, are content to live in what, by royalstandards, is are content to live in what, by royal standards, is a pretty modest home. it is adelaide cottage, the clue is in the title. four bedrooms, so no live—in staff. i suppose inevitably, comparisons will be drawn with a kind of accommodation the sussexes have chosen for themselves in california, much more spacious. it also brings them right into windsor, it means prince william will be very close to his grandmother, and she of course is relying more and more on prince charles and william for advice on

the future and notjust of charles and william for advice on the future and not just of the monarchy, but of the royal family. so although the cambridges will keep their home in norfolk, anmer hall, they will keep their apartment at kensington palace, a spacious apartment, it should be said, the home from now on, their main home, will be here, in windsor.— will be here, in windsor. nick, thank you _ will be here, in windsor. nick, thank you very _ will be here, in windsor. nick, thank you very much, - will be here, in windsor. nick, thank you very much, nick - will be here, in windsor. nick, - thank you very much, nick witchell, our royal correspondent. gps will start prescribing walking and cycling to help improve mental and physical well—being, as part of a trial in england. 11 local authorities have been given over £12 million to fund pilot social prescriptions, as well as projects like adult cycle training, walking groups and free bike loans. time for a look at the weather. thank you, it has been quite the morning of contrasts across the uk, so we have seen plenty of low grade clouds across the central belt of scotland, some outbreaks of rain

here, too. further east for