05/10/2013 BBC Weekend News


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Good afternoon. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

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says the NHS can't afford to give staff a 1% pay rise due next year.

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He's recommended to two independent pay review bodies that the health

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service's 1.3 million don't receive any pay increase at all. The Unite

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trade union says Mr Hunt is trying to 'emotionally blackmail' staff by

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suggesting jobs would have to be cut and patient care suffer in order to

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fund the pay rise. Jon Brain reports.

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It is still considered one of the reports.

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most treasured institutions. At the NHS comes at a high price to the tax

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payer. More than £108 billion in year -- a year in England alone. Two

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thirds going to staff on pay and pensions. With the common looking

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for savings, it is proposing to cancel next year's pay rise. -- with

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the government looking. Staff are working unpaid overtime

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looking to meet the demands upon them. This is an investment in

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staff. Frankly, paying them what they are owed.

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Like other public sector workers, NHS staff had been expecting a 1%

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increase next April, costing the organisation of £500 million. But

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the government says many employees already get an automatic annual

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increment worth an average 3.5% at the cost of 900 million. It wants to

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reform the existing pay structure. the cost of 900 million. It wants to

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In a statement, the Department of Health said:

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The debate is taking place against the background of the scandal at

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Stafford Hospital, where hundreds of people died needlessly through

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substandard care. The government insists it faces a

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stark choice between paying staff more or improving patient care.

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New CCTV footage has emerged of terrorists inside the Westgate Mall

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in Nairobi. The images show four men, all carrying automatic weapons,

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walking through the shopping complex. It's not yet known exactly

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how many militants were involved in the attack, which claimed the lives

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of at least 67 people. Divers have resumed their search for

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the bodies of African migrants who were shipwrecked near the island of

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Lampedusa. More than 200 passengers are still unaccounted for. The

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search was delayed this morning because of bad weather. So far 111

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bodies have been found. Earlier this morning, local fishermen scattered

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flowers near where the boat sank on Thursday.

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Three people have been charged with assisting Dale Creegan in Manchester

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last year. A woman and two men are accused of helping him when he was

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last year. A woman and two men are on the run from police. He was given

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a life sentence for the murders of Fiona Beaune and Nicola Hughes.

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Today is the deadline for parents Fiona Beaune and Nicola Hughes.

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earning more than £50,000 pounds a year who currently receive child

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benefit to register with the tax authorities. Officials say around

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200,000 people have yet to register and face a fine following new rules

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introduced by the government to prevent higher earners from

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receiving child benefits. Joe Lynam explains.

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Ruth has two children, her husband earns more than £50,000 but she

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doesn't. She thinks the new charge on child benefit is unfair.

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The government should look at the total household income and not just

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the income of one parent who goes out to work while the other stays at

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home. It is just an attack on traditional family values.

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The high-income charge applies to household with children where one

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member owns over five -- £50,000. In household with children where one

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that case, they are liable for the new charge for every £100 in income

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over 50,000. It either parent earns over city doesn't pounce, they are

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not entitled to any benefit at all. -- £60,000. In deciding how much and

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that is to be repaid, age MRC needs families to register themselves.

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Assessment. Most people have already done so but almost 200,000 will need

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to do it by midnight. If people haven't registered by the

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5th of October and they continue to nothing -- to do nothing, they could

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face charges. That is not what we want people to do. If they have not

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registered, it is important to register and to file the returns.

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That way we can help mitigate the charge.

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The message is simple. If you are not sure whether the new charge

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applies to you can your better off registering for self-assessment by

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tonight. You can always unregistered later. If you don't, you could face

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expensive penalties. Prince Harry has been greeting

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crowds in Australia in his first official visit to the country. The

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Prince inspected warships in Sydney Harbour, acting as the Queen's

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representative at centenary celebrations for the Australian

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navy. Jon Donnison reports. Prince Harry on duty down under. Few

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people take a weekend trip to Australia. After a 20 hour flight

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from he spent much of the day at sea aboard one of a frightened of

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Australian warships in Sydney's harbour. He is here as part of the

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International Fleet review, a day of pomp and ceremony. The dignitaries

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were offered a 100 guns salute to mark the first time the Australian

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Navy first sailed into Sydney Harbour. These waters have rarely

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seen so much traffic. Navy ships from countries around the world have

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joined the Australian fleet, including the HMS daring. After

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several hours at CNA quick-change outfit, Prince Harry was in amongst

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them as he got back on dry land for a walkabout. Judging from the

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reception, not too many Republicans on show, but plenty keen to get to

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know the fourth in line to the throne.

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Hopefully he finds me waiting for him! I am a lovely Australian girl.

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It would be a great life. At nightfall, a spectacle of the Na

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Li. Australians know how to do fireworks. -- spec macula finale.

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If the prince managed to fight off the jet lag and it was billed as one

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of the biggest firework displays the world has seen.

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You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

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That's all from me. Stay with us on BBC One - it's time for the news

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where you are.

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