:00:22. > :00:25.The Environment Secretary, Michael Gove,
:00:26. > :00:28.has suggested the government could support a lifting of the
:00:29. > :00:31.1% pay cap for public sector workers as calls grow for ministers
:00:32. > :00:39.He told the BBC's Andrew Marr show the government should "respect
:00:40. > :00:41.the integrity" of the independent bodies that review pay
:00:42. > :00:45.for groups including nurses, teachers and the police.
:00:46. > :00:54.Our political correspondent Emma Vardy reports.
:00:55. > :01:02.Complaining about seven years of austerity, not one day more was the
:01:03. > :01:09.slogan for protesters yesterday. The plan to drive down the deficit has
:01:10. > :01:14.meant year after year of pay freezes and caps for public sector workers.
:01:15. > :01:18.But could be about to change. The Environment Secretary Michael Gove
:01:19. > :01:22.has said if independent pay review bodies recommend arise, the
:01:23. > :01:27.government should accept it. We should listen to the pay review body
:01:28. > :01:36.to govern each individual area of public sector pay. Public sector
:01:37. > :01:41.workers have had a 1% cap on pay rises since 2013. And freeze since
:01:42. > :01:43.before that. There are eight pay review bodies which make
:01:44. > :01:48.recommendations to the government about the pay of public sector
:01:49. > :01:52.workers including teachers, police and public sector work stuff. But
:01:53. > :01:57.the government isn't bound by these recommendations. It is up to the
:01:58. > :02:01.Prime Minister secretaries of state. There has been scepticism over
:02:02. > :02:07.whether the pay review bodies are independent. They worked underneath
:02:08. > :02:10.the overall strategy set by the government? They take account of
:02:11. > :02:14.that but they take account of other questions as well, including the
:02:15. > :02:17.number of people entering the profession. Whether we need an
:02:18. > :02:21.increase to make sure we get the best people in the profession. These
:02:22. > :02:26.pay review bodies have been set up to ensure we have authoritative
:02:27. > :02:29.advice on what is required in order to ensure the public services on
:02:30. > :02:34.which rely, are effectively stuffed on the people within them are
:02:35. > :02:39.effectively supported. In March, the NHS pay review body worn the cap was
:02:40. > :02:47.putting stress on the health service. And next month we learn
:02:48. > :02:53.about the pay review about police and teachers. We say, get rid of the
:02:54. > :02:57.1% cap and give a pay rise. They should consider giving people a pay
:02:58. > :03:02.rise in line with earnings. It is not just opposition parties who want
:03:03. > :03:06.an end to the long-running freeze on public sector pay. No Conservative
:03:07. > :03:07.backbenchers are lobbying for a change.
:03:08. > :03:10.The government has announced it's withdrawing from an arrangement that
:03:11. > :03:12.allows other countries to fish in UK waters.
:03:13. > :03:14.Currently the convention allows Irish, Dutch, French,
:03:15. > :03:16.German and Belgian vessels to fish within six and 12 nautical
:03:17. > :03:21.The government says ending the agreement would help the fishing
:03:22. > :03:28.industry with access to its fishing rights.
:03:29. > :03:30.Residents living close to Grenfell Tower, who've been
:03:31. > :03:32.without hot water since the fire, won't have to pay rent
:03:33. > :03:38.Kensington and Chelsea Council says its suspending rents
:03:39. > :03:47.The west London council has been severely criticised
:03:48. > :03:57.Our correspondent Richard Galpin is here.
:03:58. > :04:05.What are the council saying on this. It will affect residents in the
:04:06. > :04:11.three blocks next to the Grenfell five. Those who are badly affected,
:04:12. > :04:16.who had to evacuate their homes. But some are starting to go back. They
:04:17. > :04:19.are finding there is no hot water. It was a centralised hot water
:04:20. > :04:24.system for the neighbourhood and the boiler was destroyed in the fire and
:04:25. > :04:29.it hasn't been replaced. That is why the Council are saying, they will
:04:30. > :04:35.not take any payments for rent until at least January 20 18. Not least of
:04:36. > :04:40.course because a lot of people are in temporary accommodation. As we
:04:41. > :04:42.heard, one woman found rent had been deducted from her bank account.
:04:43. > :04:44.Richard, thank you very much indeed. Reports suggest at least 19 people
:04:45. > :04:47.have been killed and many injured in a suicide bomb attack
:04:48. > :04:51.in the Syrian capital of Damascas. The attacker struck in Tahrir Square
:04:52. > :04:54.in the centre of the city. The bomber appears to have been
:04:55. > :05:12.in one of three cars that had Blown out vehicles in the centre of
:05:13. > :05:17.the Syrian capital. The suicide bomber detonated their device just
:05:18. > :05:21.before 8am this morning. The streets near the rear square in Damascus had
:05:22. > :05:26.been busy as people return for the first full day of work after
:05:27. > :05:30.celebrating the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The car had been
:05:31. > :05:36.surrounded by the Syrian authorities when it exploded, killing at least
:05:37. > :05:40.19 people, injuring several others. The blast shattered windows and
:05:41. > :05:47.damaged buildings in the area, which has now been cordoned off. Syrian
:05:48. > :05:51.authorities say they blew up two other would-be bombers before they
:05:52. > :05:57.entered the city. These state television television pictures
:05:58. > :06:01.showed the damage caused on the main road into the city centre. Residents
:06:02. > :06:05.are clearing up the debris from this, the bloodiest attack in the
:06:06. > :06:10.Syrian capital for months. It is another day when people here can do
:06:11. > :06:15.little but try to carry on as they try to come to terms with further
:06:16. > :06:19.loss of life. Syria is still in the throes of a devastating civil war
:06:20. > :06:23.which has lasted more than six years, killed hundreds of thousands
:06:24. > :06:25.and forced more than a million people from their homes. Sophie
:06:26. > :06:29.Long, BBC News, Beirut. At least 28 people have been injured
:06:30. > :06:33.following a shooting at a nightclub Police say two people
:06:34. > :06:36.are in a critical condition after the incident took place around
:06:37. > :06:42.2.30 in the morning local time. With electric cars making their way
:06:43. > :06:44.onto our roads, could electric They're less noisy and polluting
:06:45. > :06:49.and some manufacturers are looking Our transport correspondent
:06:50. > :06:56.Richard Westcott has It's a plane that will
:06:57. > :07:03.revolutionise flight. Until you see it being
:07:04. > :07:12.refuelled, that is. No tanker trucks and kerosene,
:07:13. > :07:17.you just change the batteries. Runway 1-0, take off
:07:18. > :07:22.at your discretion. It's an experimental aircraft
:07:23. > :07:26.and the BBC has been I mean, the really obvious thing
:07:27. > :07:31.is how lovely and quiet it is. It's so comfortable and smooth
:07:32. > :07:42.and everything reacts so nicely. Is electric the way it's going,
:07:43. > :07:45.are we going to have electric planes We are going to have hybrid electric
:07:46. > :07:50.planes of all different sizes, The eFusion can fly for about 30
:07:51. > :08:02.minutes on one charge, It will top 140mph, and has
:08:03. > :08:07.a range of around 60 miles. I'am going to take
:08:08. > :08:15.my headphones off. Normally you do that in an aircraft,
:08:16. > :08:18.and it's so noisy, you can't Let's see what it's like when I talk
:08:19. > :08:21.into the microphone. It's actually like being
:08:22. > :08:29.in a car on a motorway. But this isn't just about how we're
:08:30. > :08:35.going to be going on holiday, it's about how we're going to pop
:08:36. > :08:38.to the shops. Electric engines are cleaner
:08:39. > :08:42.and quieter, making them Dubai is testing an electric air
:08:43. > :08:52.cab later this year. And the giant taxi ride firm Uber
:08:53. > :08:56.says it wants customers flying It's been seven decade since the jet
:08:57. > :09:05.engine changed the world. Electric engines could
:09:06. > :09:08.have a similar impact on air future. Richard Wescott, BBC News,
:09:09. > :09:14.in an electric plane. You can see more on all of today's
:09:15. > :09:19.stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One
:09:20. > :09:44.is at 6.35pm, bye for now. For those of you who live in eastern
:09:45. > :09:51.Scotland, I am sure you are glad to see the back of June. It was a very
:09:52. > :09:56.wet month. We had 181 millimetres falling in Edinburgh making it the
:09:57. > :10:00.wettest. What about the week ahead? We can look forward to sunny spells,
:10:01. > :10:05.but there is an area of rain moving in midweek and it turns hot and
:10:06. > :10:07.humid with the risk of thunderstorms later on in the week. Quite a