Championship at royal portrush well have the very latest from the bbc sports centre. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. 17 people have been injured, some seriously, in what Police Describe as a horrendous car crash in hertfordshire. Two vehicles collided yesterday evening at a car event in stevenage, hitting spectators watching from the roadside. The images pausing just before the moment of impact. You can clearly see from the images, many people standing watching this car cruise event before this tragic accident unfolded. We are going to be live in steve na g e unfolded. We are going to be live in stevenage very soon. 2 million Public Sector workers are reportedly set to get a £2 billion pay rise. The plans are set to be unveiled as one of theresa mays final acts as Prime Minister. Its the biggest Public Sector pay rise in six years, which comes following concerns that salaries are rising faster in private sector. Lets get more on this from our Political Correspondent iain watson. Good morning. Whats the politics behind this above inflation pay rise . On one level it is quite straightforward, actually. There are pay review bodies which give the recommendations around this time of year and then the government departments, the treasury, can decide whether or not to accept them. They havent always been accepted, or in some cases where a pay cap was applied, the recommendations are particularly modest because they are taking into account the pay cap. This year, of course, we have been told that the era of austerity is coming to an end so some era of austerity is coming to an end so some of the recommendations are going to be above the rate of inflation, currently 1. 9 . Going to be above the rate of inflation, currently1. 9 . Some of these recommendations look as though they could be up to 1 above that. It looks like the government is going to accept those recommendations. I think the politics of this is quite interesting because we are expecting the chancellor Philip Hammond to stand down from office when a new Prime Minister is in place next week. The official announcement on this will be made on monday and he is leaving behind, or at least tossing into downing street a bit of a hand grenade because while it looks as though the government will accept the recommendations of the pay review bodies, they are also going to say that the money has to be found from existing departmental budgets. In fact, be found from existing departmental budgets. Infact, ive be found from existing departmental budgets. In fact, ive looked at some of the letters sent to the pay review bodies by the government telling them exactly that. Therefore, the incoming Prime Minister, presumably but not definitely borisjohnson, would then have a choice to make. Is he going to come in the end, fund the extra pay increases, further breaching, if you like, the governments austerity . Or is he going to be in a position where he is overseeing cuts elsewhere in departmental budgets in order to finance this, given that the recommendations are above the rate of inflation. He might then get a chorus of catcalls from Public Service unions, chief Police Officers and all the rest of it about his approach if he doesnt put more money in. Im told because there has been a Spending Review it is perfectly possible to increase the size of these departmental budgets, but there is a big challenge for the new Prime Minister and a call that they will have to ta ke and a call that they will have to take pretty quickly. A big challenge, where will the new Prime Minister actually most likely find that money from . Will it be from efficiencies elsewhere, orfrom that money from . Will it be from efficiencies elsewhere, or from some new spending . Although the suggestion as it is not new money. And potentially a huge headache, huge clash with various important Public Sector bodies if this isnt followed through on. Thats right and it is the political challenge they have got to sort out as well as another burgeoning intro, not least on brexit as well. In terms of some of the pledges made by the leadership candidates, youd expect some departmental budgets would have to increase. Burgeoning in tray. Although the headroom put aside by the existing chancellor in preparation for a new deal brexit, if we go ahead with a new deal brexit, they will be less headroom so brexit, they will be less headroom so they will have to decide where the money will come from, potentially increased borrowing. That is something which usually conservatives are unwilling to do but in the current climate, who knows . Certainly, to fund some of the pledges the leadership candidates have made they will have to look at increasing departmental budgets. Certainly, the advice given to the pay review body, talking to those pay review bodies about looking at things like efficiencies, changing pay structures in the police from next year. Nonetheless, if you have increases that are above the prevailing inflation rate, that money is going to have to come somewhere. It was interesting, the last conservative hustings that i went along to, borisjohnson said his plans were far more prudent than jeremy hunts. He was a big test about how prudent he is going to be, especially when one of his biggest supporters, matt hancock the health secretary, says he should show some love towards Public Sector workers. Perhaps we will see the extent or the limits of borisjohnsons affections by the end of next week. 0k, affections by the end of next week. Ok, iain watson, thank you very much. We will see. Back now to the news that 17 people have been injured, some seriously, in what police have described as a horrendous car crash in stevenage in hertfordshire. Our correspondent simonjones is hertfordshire. Our correspondent simon jones is in hertfordshire. Our correspondent simonjones is in the studio with me for more on this. First of all, what do we know about the event at which people were injured . Some sort of car cruising event, it was called. Witnesses to the crash say it was horrific but the organisers say what they had planned was something called a static car meet, where the idea is people with their souped up ca is idea is people with their souped up cars could turn up, parked up, and the idea was it is called park and pose where people basically look at the cars and admire them. What it seems as certain people turned up and decided to use it as an opportunity to carry out some sort of racing on the road. In terms of the incident, what we see on footage posted on social media is there is a lot of people lined by the side of the road. We are looking at that right now. You will see one car comes out the side and it is hit by another car travelling at speed and we are not showing the moment of impact because it is pretty distressing. After that moment you see the two cars careering off and they hit groups of people who were watching this racing taking place by the side of the road. It is your understanding then that the cars we re understanding then that the cars were supposed to be static but it turned into something else. What the organisers have told us is that it was organised on facebook and the idea was people would turn up and it would simply be a gathering of car enthusiasts. They insist it wasnt an eventful so called boy racers but what the organisers said was some people turned up who wanted to use it as an opportunity to rev up their ca is it as an opportunity to rev up their cars and drive quickly on the roads and it disappears that is what happened and the consequence is 17 people have been taken to hospital and some of them are in a serious condition. What we know about the condition. What we know about the condition of those who have been hurt . 16 of the 17 were taken to the hospital by the ambulance service, another person took themselves to hospital. We havent had any details of type of injuries they have sustained so far but when looking at the footage, the part we havent shown you because it is pretty graphic and pretty distressing, when the car is hitting those people at quite a speed in the crowd, so i think the injuries, as the police say, im going to be pretty serious and we understand those 17 people who have been taken to hospital are still undergoing treatment. Simon, thank you for update. Simonjones. President trump says a us warship has destroyed an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz. Mr trump said the uss boxer had taken defensive action after the Unmanned Aircraft flew within 1,000 metres of the american ship. But irans Deputy Foreign minister has said his country knew nothing about the incident. Hes taken to twitter to say, we have not lost any drone in the strait of hormuz, nor anywhere else. I am worried that uss boxer has shot down their own by mistake. The home secretary, sajid javid, is calling on public figures to show more moral leadership to tackle the rise of extremism. In a speech this morning, hell say there needs to be an Honest National conversation to challenge racism, religious intolerance and anti immigration language. Mrjavid will argue that poisonous ideas, used to drive divisions, have to be confronted. The leader of the commission for countering extremism, sara khan, told the bbcs radio 4 today porgramme people in the uk have experienced different forms of extremism. Extremism harms everybody in our country, that was one of the findings, that a lot of people believe extremism impacts everyone and it requires a whole society response, everyone has a role to play, government has a role to play kameni democracy we have to recognise they play a limited role but it is an Important Role but so does everyone else, the public in our consultation felt that faith leaders and faith groups need to do more, practitioners feel social media and Tech Companies need to do more and we as individuals, as citizens of this country, all have a responsibility to play to call out extremism if we see family members spouting hatred and intolerance, and its important to recognise this as a whole Society Problem and it requires all of us to play our part. Sara khan. Englands schools desperately need a multi billion pound cash injection thats according to a group of mps. The Education Select Committee found schools are increasingly being asked to deal with growing pupil numbers and rising costs, without adequate resources. Frankie mccamley reports. Earlier this month, protests in westminster over school funding. In may, families take to the streets in cities across the country, demanding action on what they call a National Crisis in special needs funding. Two months before that, thousands of head teachers in england wrote to parents saying schools are facing a funding crisis. Following, their unprecedented march through westminster where hundreds gathered. Today, another call for action, following an inquiry by a group of mps. We are calling for a ten year plan. Our argument is very simple. If the nhs can have a ten year plan and £20 billion extra long term funding settlement, why should education be the poor relation in terms of public funding . The inquiry recommends that all schools and colleges get the multi billion cash injection they desperately need, specifically calling for more funding for special needs pupils, increasing money for post 16 education, and extra funding for disadvantaged students up to the age of 19. The government says, while it is accurate to say funding is at its highest level, it does recognise schools are facing budgeting challenges. Frankie mccamley, bbc news. The bbc and itv have revealed more details about their newjoint Subscription Service britbox. Britbox aims to provide the biggest collection of british content available on any streaming service as well as new commissions for british Production Companies specifically created for the platform. Specifically created launching in the final three months of the year, programmes confirmed for the site include gentleman jack and broadchurch. Here to explain more is our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. Tell us more about what britbox is. Bbc and itv are hoping it will be a place where they can showcase the best british content in one place because obviously there is a huge appetite for that kind of thing, especially drama that both channels have been producing, notjust in the last few years but going back decades. It is somewhere i hope will be an entry point for them into the streaming market where netflix of course is so dominant at the moment, where people can enjoy these particular types of shows. Really good british nostalgia audience out there, thats what they hope to exploit. It is already operating in the states, isnt it . In the United States there is a big anglophile feel for a lot of programming out there and britain is seen as producing some of the best programming in the world. It has been operational in the states quite successfully at the moment. In terms of the marketplace britbox will enter, what are the challenges . This is the big one, as i say, some great opportunities, if you look at america this week at the prime time emmys, so much british content recognised with nominations, bodyguard, flea bag, things like killing eve, a very english scandal, but the market they are entering into is going to cost £5. 99, the price of a basic netflix subscription, people asking whether the market is becoming saturated. In the market is becoming saturated. In the United States, not here, netflix subscriptions fell for the first time in more than five years. Here it didnt reach expectations even though its increasing in the rest of the world. Also, they have got to look at the fact they dont have some of the big hitters being advertised on britbox yet, those shows like the bodyguard from the bbc, line of duty, Downton Abbey from itv, those shows seem to be showcasing what is the best of british television. And of course, in the next 12 months, we will see other services coming along too. We have disney who are launching their own streaming service utilising spin offs from the incredibly successful marvel and star wars universe is among so much else. We have apple introducing a streaming service with big hitters like jj abrams, stephen spielberg, Oprah Winfrey involved. So we are entering a period where there are going to be so many Different Streaming Services all wanting money as well as the licence fee as well. Will people be willing to pay up for all of these things . Thats the big question and what will lose out . And will britbox be there in enough numbers in subscribers to justify the fee and keep it going as a going concern . All good questions. Lizo mzimba, thank you. Joining me now is ashley highfield, former Senior Executive at the bbc who oversaw the launch of iplayer. Welcome. Lets begin with what we can possibly tell from the britbox experience in the states about how it mightfare experience in the states about how it might fare in the uk market, or are we talking about a very different Playing Field . Are we talking about a very different Playing Field . |j are we talking about a very different Playing Field . I think we are talking about a different Playing Field, it is a niche proposition in the states, it has done reasonably well, 250,000 subscribers this year. They will try and make it a more mass Market Product in the uk but of course, they are entering a very crowded field. Netflix have over 10 million amazon prime has 5 million. What they are holding their hopes on is that the number of homes that have got more than one of these streaming services, about 5 million homes in the uk, it is growing at about 20 , so they think britbox will probably become an Additional Service to one of the streaming services you already have. Talk to us about the price point, £5. 99, do you think thats going to appeal to enough people . Well, its the same as amazon primes price point, it is a little bit cheaper than netflix. I think they have pitched it about right. I dont think they think its going to be something thats going to ta ke going to be something thats going to take on or take over from netflix. It is probably going to run alongside and will probably end up being low millions of subscribers. The thing is the bbc and itv cant really not do this. It is something they have got to get into and try and drive as hard as they can. I believe they have already got 20 of people aware of this brand of britbox and they will put some heavy marketing behind it. They stand a reasonable chance of getting a reasonable chance of getting a reasonable number of subscribers. Reasonable chance of getting a reasonable number of subscribersm is not the first time, is it, that the bbc and itv and i think channel 4 the bbc and itv and i think channel liis the bbc and itv and i think channel 4 is well tried to do Something Like this a while back in which you were involved. Yeah, i was chief executive of project kangaroo ten yea rs executive of project kangaroo ten years ago. The landscape was very different then. Had we not been terminated by the regulator in what was in retrospect a very myopic decision then we might have already a Great British streaming service being the Market Leader in the uk. But times are different now and theyve got a real challenge on their hands if they are going to get britbox well established. Just to be exactly clear, what will the differences be, say, for example, in terms of the offer the bbc and itv gives to players on the iplayer, for example, and itvs equivalent service compared to the content people will see on britbox . service comp