doctor stephen hurst, i am very pleasedj stephen hurst, i am very pleased that we could talk to you theref the british museum, as we were saying, hartwig fischer, i said he will step down from his role immediately. it comes after treasures were stolen from the london institution. we speak now to our correspondent who is in our newsroom. good to talk to you. just bring us up to date with the latest on this story. we bring us up to date with the latest on this story-— on this story. we have had the statement _ on this story. we have had the statement from _ on this story. we have had the statement from the _ on this story. we have had the statement from the director i on this story. we have had the statement from the director of on this story. we have had the - statement from the director of the british museum, saying that, actually, they have slightly amended it. he will not be stepping down immediately, but he says he will be stepping down as soon as the board of the british museum have established an interim leadership arrangement, and that will then stay in place until a new director is

doctor stephen hurst from manchester metropolitan university. following that throughout the day as and when we get more information. wages grew in the uk at a record annual pace between april and june, according to the latest official figures out this morning. regular pay, which excludes bonuses, reached nearly eight % compared to a year earlier. live now to our business correspondent peter ruddick. we're seeing a rise in pay but how good is this news? is it outstripping the pace of price rises? that's the key question and the answer is not yet. although it might do soon. let me explain. for the past few months, these wages figures have been quite contradictory for people. essentially we've been talking about wages rising but no one has been feeling the benefit because prices have been rising and rising by more so today there's this record wage growth on a 7.8%, between april and june compared with the same period a year earlier. it's the same period a year earlier. it's the highest for more than two decades. even higherfor people in the private