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The Prime Minister says there needs to be greater flexibility on Public Sector pay amid Union Criticism that the pay awards announced yesterday for police and prison officers were still below inflation. Also in the next hour, warning from the president of the European Commission that the uk will soon regret leaving the eu. In his annual address to the european parliament, Jean Claude Juncker says there is a window of opportunity to build a stronger, more united union. And the robot making its de...

Theresa may has said ministers will look again at Public Sector pay before the budget after criticism that the pay awards announced yesterday were still below inflation. Does the Prime Minister understand that inflation is mayor 2 and anything less means dedicated public serva nts anything less means dedicated Public Servants are worse off anything less means dedicated Public Servants are worse off again and have been made worse off for the past seven years . There is a need for greater flexibil...

Of course it needs it massively. You cant but be affected by the scale of devastation that the people of anguilla have endured. On the eve of the Grenfell Tower inquiry, a bbc survey of half the uks tower blocks finds virtually none of them has a sprinkler system. And meet the italian robot making its debut as an orchestral conductor. Its 5 oclock. Some breaking new, Scotland Yard is to review the security at the school in london attended by Prince George after a ao year old woman was arrested o...

Representation in parliament are all on the list. We will speak to them injusta on the list. We will speak to them injust a moment. The former american soldier, Chelsea Manning, who passed thousands of confidential documents to wikileaks, will be released from a Military Prison today. Well speak to someone who campaigned for her release. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Are you fat and fit . The bad news is there may be no such thing. Some doctors now reckon its impossib...

But why . Ill have the details. In sport, with less than a week until wimbledon, Heather Watson looks in great form. She beat the defending champion Dominika Cibulkova to reach the last 16 at eastbourne. And we meet the couple on a journey to every single Train Station across britain. What is it . Its the cutest train i have ever seen and carol has the weather. Showers on the way, some of which will be heavy and boundary but i will be heavy and boundary but i will have more details in 15 minutes...

In parliament, our round up of the highlights of the day. On this programme. Renewed anger over the involvement of private providers in the nhs, as the commons reacts to the loss of 700,000 items of medical correspondence. Are these not an example of when the ideological agenda of the Party Opposite to contract out our nhs services has failed and as a result of that the patients are suffering . What happened at sbs was totally unacceptable. It was incompetent. The First Minister Of Scotland anno...

Iamjust i am just feeling an overwhelming sense of trade, ill only 20 years old and i am tired of the process. Sense of trade, ill only 20 years old and i am tired of the processlj just old and i am tired of the process. just feel it is important to make a decision, lets see where we go from there and have some form of stability. I am really excited about the election, i look forward to any form of more democracy but i dont feel theres that much on the table with voting for so i will be demandin...

No trains or planes, belgium grind to a stop as a 24 hour strike gets under way we begin in australia where an armed man is holding an unknown number of people hostage inside a cafe in central sydney. This is the scene in martin place, which has been in lock down since this siege started at 9 45am local time. Its 10 oclock at night, and much of the area remains cordoned off. Well be live in sydney with correspond Andrew Thomas in a moment. First a look at how the events unfolded. Reporter this w...

Back to life leaving thousands dead. The former Vice President again defends the c. I. A. s torture techniques now, the latest developments out of australia hostages still held in a sydney cafe. And that and the Security Forces action and response to that brought much of the Central Business district to a stand still. In the last two hours, we have seen two hostages running from the building. Not known if they escaped or were released. A little earlier three others made it out through the fire e...

Spain. From the strained relationship with russia, to the bitter divide between israel and the palestinians s, u. S. Secretary of state john kerry has a lot on his agenda. He met today with foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, raising concerns about the prospects of u. S. Sanctions. We have a number of issues to talk about. Im appreciative of Prime Minister Sergey Lavrov, travelling here on short notice, changing his schedule. I look forward to our conversations. We have more on the meeting. U. S. Se...