:00:22. > :00:25.Thousands of prison officers at jails in London
:00:26. > :00:27.and South-East England are to get a pay increase of
:00:28. > :00:34.Ministers have made the offer to try to boost recruitment and keep
:00:35. > :00:36.workers at prisons under pressure from violence and staff shortages.
:00:37. > :00:41.But there'll be no extra pay for senior officers.
:00:42. > :00:47.Here's our home affairs correspondent, June Kelly.
:00:48. > :00:49.They're the front line in our jails, but there
:00:50. > :00:55.The shortage of staff is seen as one of the key causes
:00:56. > :01:02.In some jails, officers are struggling on a daily basis
:01:03. > :01:09.Now the Government is putting in place a ?12 million pay package
:01:10. > :01:15.to try to retain existing staff and recruit new prison officers.
:01:16. > :01:17.This is Wandsworth jail, in South London,
:01:18. > :01:23.The offer is limited to prisons in the capital and the South East.
:01:24. > :01:27.Ministers say they're under the greatest pressure.
:01:28. > :01:29.But this has been condemned as 'divisive' by the Prison
:01:30. > :01:34.They maintain the pay package is tantamount to putting a plaster
:01:35. > :01:40.We're welcoming the additional money for our members,
:01:41. > :01:43.But we don't think this goes far enough to solving
:01:44. > :01:51.We believe it needs to be a national issue.
:01:52. > :01:58.We weren't properly consulted on this either, so we believe that
:01:59. > :02:01.if the Secretary of State wants to make these arbitrary
:02:02. > :02:03.decisions on pay, then she should consult us fully
:02:04. > :02:05.and we can point out the inconsistencies and problems
:02:06. > :02:09.that will arise as a result of this policy.
:02:10. > :02:12.The offer is for Standard Grade 3 prison officers, not for more senior
:02:13. > :02:16.Each will receive a pay hike of at least ?3,000.
:02:17. > :02:18.For new recruits, the pay package will be boosted by 5,000.
:02:19. > :02:21.A sweetener to try to get people into the job.
:02:22. > :02:23.The Justice Secretary, Liz Truss, has already announced plans
:02:24. > :02:28.to recruit 2,500 more prison officers, but it will be
:02:29. > :02:30.the end of 2018 before they're all in place.
:02:31. > :02:33.It's not something you can sort out in weeks or months,
:02:34. > :02:37.it takes time to recruit people, it takes time to bring
:02:38. > :02:41.But I'm absolutely determined to deal with that.
:02:42. > :02:45.The Justice Secretary rejects claims that as a country,
:02:46. > :02:52.Prison reform campaigners believe we are, and this is a fundamental
:02:53. > :02:56.She has to get the numbers down, at the same time
:02:57. > :02:58.as improving staff morale, pay, retention and training.
:02:59. > :03:00.She also has a problem with community sentences,
:03:01. > :03:06.The justice system has to work for victims, the taxpayers,
:03:07. > :03:16.And at the moment, it's not working for anybody.
:03:17. > :03:21.While today's pay package announcement is about trying to
:03:22. > :03:25.bring new people in, those in the service said the challenge is not
:03:26. > :03:27.just recruiting staff, it is retaining them. Jude Kellie, BBC
:03:28. > :03:29.News. Iraqi security forces have started
:03:30. > :03:31.a major new offensive against the so-called
:03:32. > :03:33.Islamic State in Mosul. Iraq's second-largest city
:03:34. > :03:35.was seized by the extremist group over two years ago,
:03:36. > :03:37.as they took control Last month, the eastern half
:03:38. > :03:41.of Mosul was recaptured But around three quarters
:03:42. > :03:48.of a million civilians remain in the west of the city,
:03:49. > :03:52.which is still controlled by IS. Earlier this morning,
:03:53. > :03:54.our Middle East correspondent, Quentin Sommerville,
:03:55. > :03:56.who's with the Iraqi forces, Iraqi special forces police
:03:57. > :04:06.are now moving forward. They've breached their own defences
:04:07. > :04:09.and they're heading towards the so-called Islamic State,
:04:10. > :04:12.who lie just beyond that hill All morning here, coalition
:04:13. > :04:20.aircraft have been overhead, dropping very large bombs on those
:04:21. > :04:22.positions, softening them up There's no real element
:04:23. > :04:31.of surprise in modern warfare, and last night, the residents
:04:32. > :04:34.of Western Mosul, who are just over there, were warned in leaflet drops
:04:35. > :04:36.to stay in their homes. These men, let's just spin
:04:37. > :04:39.round and we can show you, they're all lining up and getting
:04:40. > :04:46.ready for the battle. Look, there's a tank
:04:47. > :04:48.coming in just up there. These men aren't expecting
:04:49. > :04:51.an easy time of it today because they know from drone footage
:04:52. > :04:55.that the Islamic State have dug deep tunnels in the villages just south
:04:56. > :04:58.of Western Mosul and that they're waiting with car bombs
:04:59. > :05:02.and plenty of fighters, a hard-core of fighters remaining
:05:03. > :05:04.in Western Mosul, which of course is Iraq's last city held
:05:05. > :05:10.by the Islamic State. But the assault on that last
:05:11. > :05:13.redoubt of the Islamic Greater Manchester Police has
:05:14. > :05:17.launched a criminal investigation after claims that hundreds
:05:18. > :05:19.of forensic test results issued by a laboratory
:05:20. > :05:27.in Manchester were "doctored". Two men have been arrested
:05:28. > :05:29.on suspicion of perverting The company analyses samples
:05:30. > :05:34.of saliva, blood and hair, looking The boss of the supermarket chain
:05:35. > :05:45.Sainsbury's has intervened in the row about the change
:05:46. > :05:47.in business rates, Chief Executive Mike Coupe said
:05:48. > :05:52.the current system was "archaic" and needed "fundamental reform",
:05:53. > :05:54.because it favoured Live now to our business
:05:55. > :06:06.correspondent, Joe Lynam. What more can you tell us? The vast
:06:07. > :06:10.majority of companies on this high-street in Oxford Street will be
:06:11. > :06:14.paying higher business rates, that is because business rates are a tax
:06:15. > :06:17.on the value of commercial property and property in London of course has
:06:18. > :06:23.soared over the last seven years since they were last rateable,
:06:24. > :06:26.assessed for value. The Boss of supermarkets will say there needs to
:06:27. > :06:31.be wholesale reform of business rates because they are of very large
:06:32. > :06:35.Abdi footprints as pay an awful lot more. The reality is that the vast
:06:36. > :06:39.majority of companies in England will be paying less or the same, as
:06:40. > :06:42.they were before, because most people outside of London will not
:06:43. > :06:46.have seen those rate rises. It will not prevent the calls for the
:06:47. > :06:48.Chancellor to look at the issue in next month's budget. Thank you.
:06:49. > :06:51.President Trump has made a strong defence of his first
:06:52. > :06:53.four weeks in office, and said a new spirit of optimism
:06:54. > :07:01.Addressing thousands of his supporters at a rally in Florida,
:07:02. > :07:03.Mr Trump repeated his campaign pledges to create jobs and improve
:07:04. > :07:07.And he had further criticism of the media.
:07:08. > :07:10.Here's our Washington correspondent, Laura Bicker.
:07:11. > :07:13.If you thought the Presidential campaign was over, then
:07:14. > :07:19.After just four weeks in office, President Trump is bidding
:07:20. > :07:32.But there is more to this rally in the swing state of Florida. Donald
:07:33. > :07:36.Trump is trying to change the subject of the headlines of chaos
:07:37. > :07:40.and controversy in his administration, he is back where he
:07:41. > :07:45.appears to be more on behind a campaign podium rather than a desk
:07:46. > :07:53.in the Oval Office. I am here because I want to be among my
:07:54. > :07:59.friends and among the people. This was a great movement, a movement
:08:00. > :08:04.like has never been seen before in our country or probably anywhere
:08:05. > :08:08.else. He enjoys an audience and he takes heart from his fans. One even
:08:09. > :08:14.made it on stage after waiting since the early morning. When President
:08:15. > :08:19.Trump during the election promised all these things that he was going
:08:20. > :08:24.to do for us, I knew he was going to do this for us! He also had tough
:08:25. > :08:29.words for some of his alleged enemies, the media. He has a new
:08:30. > :08:35.term for them, the enemy. These supporters are his people and this
:08:36. > :08:42.is his message. A chance to appraise his first month in office, which he
:08:43. > :08:46.sees as a success. But what do his voters think? Make America great
:08:47. > :08:50.again and that is what it is! That is what it is, just make America
:08:51. > :08:55.great, he will do, it is going to be great. He has kind of been up and
:08:56. > :08:58.down, I kind of feel like he is not 100% doing good but I want to give
:08:59. > :09:04.him more time, it has only been a month, I think he could turn things
:09:05. > :09:06.around. So a bumpy start? Yes, a lot of Executive orders, he is not
:09:07. > :09:11.really talking to people like you should. There are a lot of
:09:12. > :09:14.differences nowadays and I believe that this man can bring more people
:09:15. > :09:22.together. You think Donald Trump is the man to unite America? Yes, man.
:09:23. > :09:29.On January 20, 2017, our presidency died. But unity seems a long way
:09:30. > :09:33.off, in New York, protesters held a fake funeral for the presidency. The
:09:34. > :09:37.political ideals of America seem further apart than ever. This rally
:09:38. > :09:43.will be hugely popular with his voting base but it will not help him
:09:44. > :09:47.in Washington. If President Trump is to push through his campaign
:09:48. > :09:48.promises, he may need to take his message to Capitol Hill, rather than
:09:49. > :09:54.an adoring crowd. The next news on BBC
:09:55. > :09:57.One is at 5:35pm.