Century. Whilst the skies might be blue chip in places this afternoon, its a very different feel. The storm has now cleared away eastwards. But still some persistent rain is present in parts of scotland and gusty winds along the eastern side of the country this afternoon. A rash of showers as well across england and wales, most prolific gcioss england and wales, most prolific across western england and wales, most prolific gcioss Western Areas england and wales, most prolific across Western Areas this morning and they will be extending eastwards this afternoon. There will be some sunshine in between the ships will feeling cooljeff brewin is not as strong as it was overnight but it will be quite gusty nonetheless, particularly along the coast and over the hills. Feeling quite cool this afternoon in northern ireland. Further frequent showers in the afternoon in scotland. Further showers this evening, and in this feature here we will see the rainfall pepping up across parts of scotland, and then sleeping southwards. Elsewhere, some clearer skies. In the countryside it could turn quite , maybe even a touch of frost for some scottish glens. Quite frequent showers developing in the afternoon. Temperatures, no great shakes, really, particularly considering the cloud cover. On friday, more of the same. Temperatures actually dipping a bit by the end of the week, feeling quite cool again given the showers and the strength of the breeze. Heading towards the weekend, we see this area of low pressure slowly starting to build. There will be some showers feeding in on the cool north or north westerly wind, but at least the winds will be starting to ease down. Some sunshine around but also some showers. That is all from the bbc news at one. Good afternoon. Im Hugh Woozencroft with a look at the days sport here on bbc news. Philippe coutinho is in line to make the starting line up for Liverpools Champions League fixture against spanish side sevilla at anfield tonight. The brazilian is said to be fit and healthy by his managerjurgen klopp. He missed the start of the season with a back problem but came under close scrutiny, having asked to leave club after being the subject of several bids from barcelona. Tonights match is a repeat of the 2016 Europa League final, which sevilla won. A very good start to the season. They changed manager and found a really good one. Outstanding job from seville again in the last few yea rs. Lost now, from seville again in the last few years. Lost now, and the manager is still there and in the top of the league, so a really strong side. We know who we will face. Spurs have a tough task on their hands, if theyre to make it out of their Champions League group, which features holders real madrid and 2013 finalists borussia dortmund. Mauricio pochettino welcomes the german side to wembley tonight. The two teams met in last seasons Europa League, dortmund winning that tie. Fresh from scoring his 100th goal for the club, harry kane will lead the line for spurs. But dele alli starts a three game ban after being sent off in last seasons Europa League. Dele alli will play how he plays. Hears that sort of player. I think he was disappointed to get sent off in the Europa League last year but thatis in the Europa League last year but that is football. Sometimes you make m ista kes that is football. Sometimes you make mistakes and sometimes you have to learn from it and im sure he will do. He is gutted to be missing these games, as anyone would, but he is determined to make sure he is ready for the last few games. Pep guardiolas Manchester City are away in the netherlands tonight. They take on the dutch champions feyenoord, hoping to get a good start in a tough looking group, which also contains shatkar donetsk and napoli. Last season we were not able to win one game away. I know from my experience in barcelona how difficult it is to qualify. It doesnt matter where we play, famous teams or lower teams, and we will see. Valtteri bottas has signed a new contract with mercedes to race for the World Champions in 2018. After impressing at williams, the finnjoined on a one year deal injanuary, as a replacement for retired World Champion nico rosberg. Bottas is third in this yea rs drivers standings with two wins from 13 races. Team mate Lewis Hamilton heads the title race. In rugby union, england will end a four year wait to face double World Champions new zealand, after announing they will host the all blacks in next years autumn internationals. England last beat new zealand in 2012, before losing four times to them in 2014 and will face them in the second match of the autumn series at twickenham, which also sees them host south africa, japan and australia. The International Olympic committee has been accused of doing nothing about its growing corruption crisis by member dick pound. Several ioc officials have been implicated in corruption this year and in the latest case, last week, police raided the home of carlos nuzman, head of the brazilian olympic committee, as they investigate strong evidence of vote buying to secure rios 2016 bid. Weve taken a severe hit in terms of credibility and that hasnt got any better and every time another ioc member is implicated in something potentially nefarious, we lose all credibility and that is concerning to me and i think a lot of my colleagues. What are we doing . Were just sitting there, taking all these hits and doing nothing about it. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. Thats bbc. Co. Uk sport ill have more in the next hour. Thank you very much. The National Audit office says the governments welfare reforms are likely to have contributed to rising levels of homelessness in england. Its report says that in the last six years, theres been a 60 rise in the number of households in temporary accommodation, including 120,000 children. The department for communities and local government says tackling homelessness is a complex issue. Joining me now is matt downey, the director of policy external affairs for the Homelessness Charity crisis. Presumably this is not much of a surprise to you . No, weve known for a long time that despite some good work on tackling elements of homelessness by government the long term causes have remained on tackled and some of the welfare reform is out there make it almost impossible for local councils to address the issue. In the past, the main driverfor address the issue. In the past, the main driver for homelessness has tended to be a change in peoples personal circumstances, a breakdown of relationships for example. That is no longer the case . The leading cause of homelessness now right across the country is the loss of a private tenancy and that is drawn from the fact that rents just arent affordable any more. Welfare reform has driven down local housing allowa nces has driven down local Housing Allowances to a stage where two thirds of people on local housing allowa nce thirds of people on local Housing Allowance dont see their rent matched by the benefits they get. In london, it is about £50 per week short, low in other parts of the country. What this does is drives up the bill that the rest of the government has to pay. The accommodation bill is about £845 million a year so any savings on welfare are more than matched by that, so this is a tale of the government not being joined up but also a tale of human misery, people caught in the middle. And literally falling through the net . What is the government doing about it . They have the homelessness reduction act, which is coming into force, and that they say by 2020. Will not make a big difference . Homelessness reduction act will work to prevent homelessness for a number of people. It is really good news that the government got behind a piece of legislation. The government is also doing good work on preparing strategies for rough sleeping and other elements of homelessness but i guess the main question is, are there any other Government Policies causing homelessness . And if that is ever the case, we have a government thatis ever the case, we have a government that is not joined ever the case, we have a government that is notjoined up, that is going to waste money, and you will find people on the streets of this country knowing the consequences. There has been an increase in the number of people sleeping on the streets. Yes, the number has more than doubled in the last five years and we are seeing unprecedented numbers of people notjust in london but all the major cities. As winter draws in again this year, we will see an emergency on our streets u nless we see an emergency on our streets unless we see some rapid action. Thank you very much. In a moment, a summary of the Business News this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news. Londons fire commissioner says the g re nfell tower londons fire commissioner says the Grenfell Tower blows must be a turning point, calling for sprinklers in all high rise flats. The number of Homeless People has risen by 60 and is likely to be driven by government welfare reforms, the public spending watchdog has said. Brexit will be a sad, tragic moment for the eu that the uk will soon regret, the Eu Commission president Jean Claude Juncker has told regret, the Eu Commission president jean claudejuncker has told the eu parliament. In the Business News this afternoon. Unemployment in the uk fell to 1. 46 million in the three months tojuly, taking the overall Unemployment Rate to 4. 3 thats down from 4. 4 . But wages are still lagging behind rising prices, meaning a real terms cut in pay for many workers. Apple has revealed its high end smartphone, called the iphone x. It has no physical home button, but uses a facial recognition system to recognise its owner rather than using a fingerprint. It comes with a hefty price tag of £1,000 when it goes on sale on november 3rd. Uk Budget Airline easyjet is to let customers use its website to book long haul flights with other carriers. It says it is the first Global Airline Connections Service by a european low fares carrier. Easyjet is teaming up with norwegian and westjet to offer flights to north and south america, as well as singapore, from gatwick. Whats rising faster your wages or the price of a home in your local area . When the two are compared it looks like there is a significant north south divide. The Yorkshire Building Society says more than half of britain has seen wages rise more quickly than house prices in the last ten years but unsurprisingly in the south east house prices have soared, vastly outstripping wages. Joining us. About this is Andrew Mcphillips, from the Yorkshire Building Society, where he is chief economist. Your Research Shows that in 54 of areas, including places like edinburgh and birmingham, he has outpaced house rises over the past ten years. Many people will be quite surprised to hear that, especially on a day when we are reporting weak and slow wage growth in the uk. Absolutely, and the story is, in the south east in particular we saw property prices crash during the financial crisis but then they have recovered and grown quite quickly and outstripped wage growth in that period. In other places, scotla nd in that period. In other places, scotland and areas of the north, prices fell and either havent recovered or have recovered but at a much slower pace than wages have increased over the 10 year period. What does this say about affordability of houses . A first time buyer, in terms of their position, in those areas where they are more affordable, theyre in a much better place but in places in london in particular, the situation has got much worse. It has worsened by over 50 in some cases. Buying a houseis by over 50 in some cases. Buying a house is about much more than the headline price and how that compares to your wages. It is also a lot harder to get a mortgage these dated did you look at that your research . This just looks of the ratio of prizes to earnings. There are clearly other factors affecting affordability, so other parts of your costs that may have changed. There has been a lot of talk about wages related to inflation. But mortgages have got a lot cheaper if you look at the change in Interest Rates in the last ten years. There isa3 or rates in the last ten years. There is a 3 or4 rates in the last ten years. There is a 3 or 4 change in the rate youre being charged. Does this show in some ways the difficulty we have when we talk about house prices in the uk. It is to divert and country in terms of availability of housing, to give these averages doesnt give an honest representation to people . What weve tried to do is talk about national averages, which dont give a picture of the true story for people. Weve tried to go down to a more local level and talk about what is happening in peoples local area. Factors like your family size is size of property you are wanting to buy, whether there is one wage or to. It is about looking at the trends at how things have changed over ten years. Thank you, Andrew Mcphillips from the Yorkshire Building Society. In other Business News. Troubled japanese giant toshiba has singled out a us Led Consortium as the favoured candidate to buy its chip business. The highly prized division is reportedly worth around 18 billion. Us private equity firm bain capital, as well as the state backed Development Bank of japan and south korean chip maker sk hynix, are the leading suitors to buy the business. The chief executive of Us Credit Reporting Agency equifax has promised to make changes after the company suffered one of the biggest data breaches in history. The hacking attack affected 143 million us customers and the firm now faces multiple lawsuits and a possible federal investigation. And Home Furnishing company dunelm says its feeling the squeeze as Consumer Spending slows. It says sales slowed and pre tax profits fell to £92 million. It says it expects trading to remain challenging with the disposable incomes of consumers under pressure. Lets look at the markets and weve put up the dunelm price. Their share prices of almost 10 so investors are like and what they are hearing. We have also put up brent crude. The oil prices up ever so slightly off the back of increased Global Demand and a report out today showing that global back up stock supply is lower than expected, so that has pushed the oil price up a bit. We have also put up the pound to the dollar. Apparent gains in strength against the dollar yesterday but has lost it against the back of weak or slow wage growth figures. I will be back with more in an hour. The Prime Minister has told mps there needs to be greater visibility on Public Sector pay. Speaking at Prime Ministers questions, theresa may said the government would look at the issue before novembers budget it up butJeremy Corbyn said the pay awards announced yesterday for police and prison officers were still below inflation. 0ur assistant Political Editor norman smith joins us. Public sector pay dominated much of the exchanges at pmqs because it is a huge issue for all politicians because it impacts on millions of people but particularly, perhaps, for people but particularly, perhaps, foer people but particularly, perhaps, for mr colburn mrs may, mr coleman because it is central to his whole argument about austerity and four mrs may, it is equally important to show that she is listening to public concern about squeezed living standards, so no surprise that two of them going at it hammer and tongs over Public Sector pay. At the weekend, mr speaker, we were told that the Public Sector pay cap had been dropped. On monday the Prime Ministers spokesperson said it would continue as planned, yesterday they said the pay cap was over but later found out, we found out, that police and prison officers still face a real terms pay cut so that the Prime Minister tell us what the position is at midday today . We also recognise, as ive said to him before, that we need to ensure that we before, that we need to ensure that we balance our protecting jobs in the Public Sector, being fair to Public Sector workers and being fair to taxpayers who pay for it, many of whom are Public Sector workers. There is a need for greater flexibility as we look at these issues are Public Sector pay in the future. We will be working on this in the lead up to the budget and the pay review for 2019 20 will be published in due course. There was going to be a debate and vote on Public Sector pay in the commons this afternoon but it wont be binding. Lets mole that over with our sun blessed guests, the conservative mp andrew percy, justin mannix for the labour party, and sandy wilson for the dup. Andrew percy, although the pay gap is going, it is equally clear the clamp down on Public Sector pay is going to continue, because there isnt any money to do anything else. We said we would abide by the independent pay review is. I welcome that. As well as the pay gap, Public Sector workers have continued to get incremental increases and the rise in the personal allowance. Weve tried to be as fair as we can with Public Sector workers but the point you raise is important. The country still borrows tens of millions of pounds every single year to make good on the pay bills on the services we have, so there isnt a fa ntasy services we have, so there isnt a fantasy amount of cash to be given away by the government did it has to go one of three ways, either you tax everybody more or you cut spending elsewhere or you borrow more money and that is the reality of the governments positions either opposition position is a bit disingenuous. People listening yesterday who were nurses or teachers will think next year, great, they are going to get a pay rise but the reality is no, they probably wont. Everybody has continued to get a pay rise. Not by inflation. Some of them have, some of the people in the private sector, who earn less have. Are used to be a schoolteacher and i know how hard people in the Public Services work andi people in the Public Services work and i want to see them rewarded fairly for the work that all of us do and what is really sad about this debate is how it has turned into you either like Public Sector workers and want to shower them with money that isnt there or somehow you dont value them. You have to be realistic and it has to be paid for in some way. We heard Jeremy Corbyn yesterday saying labour well in the Public Sector pay cap, no ifs no buts. Where is this magic money tree . Possibly with my colleague in northern ireland. That is1 billion. We set out in our manifesto how we we re we set out in our manifesto how we were going to pay for these Public Sector pay increases through increasing corporation tax, increasing corporation tax, increasing taxation on the highest earners. If the willows there, the boy is there. I think it is a question of political will and we need to show leadership. What you say to be argument that Public Sector workers are paid more, still, than those in the private sector . Sector workers are paid more, still, than those in the private sector7m you look across but, teachers seen about a 5000 drop in their pay on comparative terms. We know in the nhs that there was about £3 billion agency bill every year just nhs that there was about £3 billion agency bill every yearjust to fill the gaps that are caused because we cant recruit and retain enough staff because pay is not keeping up with the cost of living. He mentioned the1 billion with the cost of living. He mentioned the 1 billion offered to you guys. Do you think they should go further, as labour have suggested . We recognise that there isa suggested . We recognise that there is a budgetary problem isnt a supply of money that is endless. When we entered into an agreement with the government, we wanted to see some relaxation. Where it was becoming difficult to recruit people, for example, where it was becoming difficult to hold onto workers, where it was clear that private sector wages were catching up private sector wages were catching up on the Public Sector wages, then all of those things ought to be allowed to be taken into consideration by independent pay review bodies. If they came up with a view that there had to be an above inflation or equal to inflation or some kind of pay increase, then the cap should be lifted but this kind of 1 universal cap in a market which is dynamic, where youve got a hold onto workers doesnt work. That work ina hold onto workers doesnt work. That work in a place like the nhs . There are work in a place like the nhs . There a re clearly work in a place like the nhs . There are clearly shortages. At present, the extra cash for the police and prison officers has been funded from within their own budgets. Is it really credible to give any sort of increase for nurses from further savings in the nhs budget . believe. I saw this when i was on the executive in northern ireland. Despite the fact that apartments tell you there is no room for efficiencies, when you push them efficiencies, when you push them efficiencies can be found and the first place in which we look for the financing of this. If it comes out, however, that there are good reasons for the efficiencies and the delivery of service that there needs to be additional money put in, then i think there has to be an honest debate. Do we, as andrew said, put up debate. Do we, as andrew said, put up taxes . Do we prioritise one service above another or do we go into more borrowing . As well as the debate on Public Sector pay there was the debate on tuition fees, again not binding. The chancellor yesterday, andrew percy, said the government was looking at student finances. How important is it that the government maybe has a rethink about the levels of debt that stu d e nts about the levels of debt that students are having to incur . about the levels of debt that students are having to incur . I was one of the last people to enjoy university for free and i was a schoolteacher and i was supportive of stu d e nts schoolteacher and i was supportive of students and supporting them as best we can but we have expanded the number of young people going to university exponentially, particularly those from poorer backgrounds to do and we have to be honest about this. The Labour Government introduced fees and then doubled the. What weve tried to do ina doubled the. What weve tried to do in a progressive way to these rises in tuition fees is make sure people dont pay them back until they are earning over £21,000, way above the median salary in my constituency. And we have a question, if you are going to put money into this issue, you have to say where it is coming from and when we talk about tax rises on other people, when the labour party say this, those people that are ordinary workers, everybody out there watching this programme, who will have to pay. We have to keep looking at this because it is an issue as debts continue to rise but a lot of students will never pay their debts back anyway. The vote this afternoon is not binding. To you think it is credible to continue with the Current System . you think it is credible to continue with the Current System . I think andrew hasjust with the Current System . I think andrew has just summed with the Current System . I think andrew hasjust summed it up neatly, that a lot of people never pay it back on what is the point of saddling people with this debt which is really going to be a noose around their necks reversed their lies of them never pay it back . The system is broken, needs fundamental change, we is broken, needs fundamental change, we need to get back to the free universal further education. Does not mean people who dont go to university subsidising very often better off youngsters to go to university through taxes . Those who benefit from University Education will generally pay more in tax a nyway will generally pay more in tax anyway through higher earnings so i dont buy that argument. I think weve got to decide as a nation whether we want people to better themselves and do the best they can and that meant supporting them through university. I think its the dup may not be on the same page of the government. In northern ireland, we the government. In northern ireland, we capped fees at around £3500 because we believe that an a cce pta ble because we believe that an acceptable level. It has been seen that if the government give into universities, universities will just grab as much as they could from students, while at the same time not looking for how they can make efficiencies. Weve had the debate about vice chancellors with the money available from students and the third thing is, when you look at the third thing is, when you look at the debt and the Interest Rates which are charged on the debt, there really isnt anyjustification for putting six, 7 Interest Rate charges at a time when. Do we give rise year after year . No. Charges at a time when. Do we give rise yearafteryear . No. Do charges at a time when. Do we give rise year after year . No. Do we have the levels of interest on debt and do we find ways of curtailing it . Yes. We have to leave it there. I think that was a first. We have opposed pmqs discussion and no mention, you guessed it, of brexit well done. Thank you, norman. Lets have a look at the weather with alina jenkins. It is hard to believe that this time last year it was the warmest day of the year and, last year it was the warmest day of the yearand, in last year it was the warmest day of the year and, in fact, the hottest september day in over a century. We saw 34. 4 celsius at Gravesend Kent on the 13th of september 2016 and whilst the skies may be blue in some places this afternoon, it is a very different feel and temperatures are going to struggle to get much above 16 or 17 celsius. But at least storm aileen has cleared eastwards taking it scales across into the low countries. Its gailes. A whole rash of showers most frequent across Western Areas but they will be their way eastwards this afternoon so nowhere is immune from a sudden sharp downpour. If you catch one, perhaps even a rumble of thunder lightning, but as i mention the temperature is no great shakes, 16 or 17 at best. There will be sunshine between the showers but the never too far away and they could merge together to give a longer speu merge together to give a longer spell of rain. 14 or 15 to high this afternoon. 13 from northern england, where there will be further showers pushing from west to east, and a similar story across northern ireland. But that persistent rain across the east of scotland will start to ease away but it will be replaced by furtherfrequent start to ease away but it will be replaced by further frequent showers and we keep some show is going through this evening. This feature here will pop up, the rainfall, for a time. There will still be a few showers developing across wales and South West England but elsewhere, some clearer skies. These are the values in the centre of town but in some rural spots, in shelterfrom the breeze, it can get down to three orfourand the breeze, it can get down to three or four and perhaps a touch of frost in places. Firstly tomorrow, persistent rain across the eastern side of england and then broadly sunshine and showers, the showers more frequent by the end of the day. Temperatures on a par with today, 12 or 13 for scotland, 14 for northern ireland, 15 to 18 for england and wales. More of the same on friday. No change. Showers most frequent across england and wales, where they could be heavy at times across the eastern side. A rumble of thunder and temperatures dipping by the end of the week, between 13 and 16. Quite a cool feel, which we keep as we go into the weekend. The High Pressure starting to nudge in and that will tend to ease the winds in. There will be further showers around, particularly on saturday, the better day of the weekend will probably be sunday. It will be rather cool. The winds will ease down and this mix of sunshine and showers. This is bbc news. The headlines at 2pm. 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