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battle a wild fire in the United States. The blaze covers more than

1,000 acres in central Arizona it has destroyed 200 homes.

We have lost 19 of the finest people to meet. Right now we are in a

crisis. Also: MPs could be in for a big pay

rise. The Deputy Prime Minister says that the public will find it

impossible to understand. At least eight people have died in

demonstrations in Egypt as protesters continue to call for the

resignation of Mohammed Morsi. BBC pay-offs to senior managers are

poor value for money and breach their own guidelines.

Fire crews work for 12 hours to put out a blaze at a plastics recycling

factory in the West Midlands. The start of a second week at

Wimbledon and the Union Jacks are fluttering, there are two British

players through to the last 16 for the first time in 15 years. On BBC

London: Change for the congestion charge. Discounts for the greenest

vehicles. And why the poor nest the capital

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. 19 members of an

elite fire crew have been killed while battling wild fires in

Arizona. President Obama described them as heroes who put themselves in

harm's way to protect others. The men were trying to protect a small

town when they were overwhelmed by the blaze, sprashged by lightening

during record temperatures in the area.

A fierce inferno of flame and smoke, fanned by winds and fuelled by

tinder dry brush and forest. Efforts were continuing to control the wild

fire, raging across more than 1,000 acres of Arizona since Friday,

apparently sparked by a lightening strike. Scores of homes destroyed,

hundreds of resz dents evacuated, but it is the deaths of 19

firefighters that have left the community in shock.

We grieve for the families, the department, the city. We are

devastated. We just lot 19 of some of the finest people you will ever

meet. Right now we are in a crisis. Tragedy in Arizona... It is a

tragedy compounded by a near-record heatwave.

We have 15 large fires burning. A zone, this part of the country that

got the est ever recorded. Through the night, the fast-moving

flames continued to burn as the locals tried to piece tote what

happened. This fire was very radical in its

behaviour. The fields are dry. The humidity was low, the wind coming

from the south. It turned on us because of monsoon action this

afternoon. That is what caused the deaths, the changes in the radical

behaviour of the burning fuels. They were just caught up in a very bad

situation. For firefighters in the United

States, this is the deadliest incident since the attacks of 9/11

and the worse single loss of life in a wild fire for 80 years. President

Obama paid tribute to the victims, front line firefighters who formed

an elite Hotshot Crew. Trained to react on foot to build firebreaks

and barriers to the flames. This Hotshot Crew literally go out

on the fireline and attack with tools and other implements. They

don't have engines and trucks, these are the core of firefighting when

they are right in the middle of the incident.

Some of the victims were found with fire protection blankets over them,

clearly trying to survive when they became trapped but the flames and

the heat were just too great. Here the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick

Clegg, says that the public would find it impossible to understand why

MPs should get a pay rise of up to �10,000. The Independent

Parliamentary Standards Authorit is expected to recommend that they

increase it to �75,000 a year. Nick Clegg said he opposed an increase,

and he would not accept one but that the Government could do nothing

about it. Politicians and their pay has long

proved to be a controversial issue. After the expenses scandal four

years ago, the responsibility for setting pay levels was given to a

separate body, IPSA. Now it is expected to say that backbenchers

should have increases of up to �10,000 after the next election.

David Cameron say it is would be unthinkable for the cost of politics

to rise. A view backed by Nick Clegg.

The public would find it impossible to understand there. Are millions in

the public sector whose pay is increasing by 1%. They would find it

impossible to understand that the parliamentary representatives, at a

time like, this would be receiving pay increases in ex-cress of that 1%

increase. Some MPs feel that the pay has

fallen behind, meaning that they earn less than counterparts in other

European countries, including Germany and Italy, but at a time

when many in the public sector, including nurses and teachers have

seen their pay capped, critics question the fairness of this .

If the MPs do decide to take the views of the independent body to

accept a pay rise, we are calling then on the Government to apply that

principles to the Civil Service. As the body that sets of level of

MPs' pay is independent, David Cameron could not block the

proposals if he wanted, but all three main party leaders have made

the position clear, urging IPSA to be mindful of the public mood on pay

when announcing any increase. Now let's talk to Norman Smith who

joins me from Westminster. So ministers and some MPs are poe posed

to the rise, can -- are opposed to the rise, can nothing be done to

stop it? Well, the first problem, although everyone is aware of the

public back lash that they risk if they go ahead with the pay rise but

there may be nothing that they can do about it, because the MPs have

chosen to hand decisions over pay to the independent body, IPSA. The

second paradox is that IPSA was set up in the wake of the expenses

scandal to ensure that MPs were not overgenerous towards themselves. Yet

they have come forward with recommendations that are more

generous than MPs would dare recommend for themselves in the

climate of austerity. However, IPSA say that they will carry out a

consultation before coming forward with their final recommendations. I

hope that I am not speculating when I suggest that I don't think many

people will be writing in to say that they want theirmph to get a

bigger -- their MP to get a bigger pay rise than they might receive.

In Egypt, eight people are thought to have been killed in Cairo. There

have been huge demonstrations in the city. It marks the first anniversary

of the President, Mohammed Morsi of taking power. Several ministers have

tendered their resignations. After a night of attacks and deaths and

injury, the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo is now

in the hands of the President's opponents. Burnt and looted. Their

building was was the symbol of the rise from being a banned

organisation to power in the new Egypt.

It is the most serious and public outbreak of violence since the

protest began. It may not be the last. Last night the President's

spokesperson called for a dialogue. TRANSLATION: The President has

called for dialogue. He has previously said he is reaching out

to all, that he is ready to listen. Tahrir Square, the centre of the

protests was quiet in the morning. That was expected after the scenes

on Sunday that were tumult use. Two fourses in Egypt have come

together to oppose the President. Supporters of the old regime and

those who risk their lives to bring it down. They are unlikely allies,

they don't agree about more than their desire to remove the President

from office. The test for the opposition right now is to sustain

the protests, to channel them into an organised political movement.

Mohammed Morsi supporters are camping out in Cairo's streets,

ready, they say, to protect themselves. One of the biggest

grievances that the Egyptians have is that morse horse morse has

governed for these people, his core support in the Muslim Brotherhood

and not for the country. They are true believers in political Islam

and reject anything that they feel die luts their vision of the future

it is not clear if the President, who shares their views is prepared

to make concession to -- concessions to win over their critics, about but

the protests show that there are millions of them.

The police are looking for the former partner of a woman found dead

in her home in Salford on Sunday. Linz Linz lin, 25, a mother of two,

reported Michael Cope to the police for rape and domestic violence.

Police say that Linzi Ashton was brutally murdered and surfed

injuries to her head and face. The extradition hearing for a man

accused of the murder on a honeymoon in South Africa has begun.

Mr Dewani has been accused of orchestrating the death of his wife.

She was shot in the outskirts of Cape Town in November, 2010.

The BBC has been accused of overgenerous payments to management

staff. In three years, the BBC spent �25 million in severance payments,

in some cases paying out more than was required. However, the auditors

said that the BBC saved money by cutting jobs.

It all began last year in November. Georgent whistle, the

Director-General resigned from the BBC. The payment, was �486,000.

There was an outcry about that. That led to this inquiry. That is by

the National Audit Office. It is about the payments.

Some of them have been out in the public domain. For instance �949,000

for Mark Byford. The form are Director-General. We have learned

that many other payments have been made. An unnamed departmental

director was given �866,000. 14 of the 60 people looked at by the

National Audit Office were paid more than obliged to. The culture sect

tear today said that the payments cannot be justified. What is the

BBC's response? Director-General, Tony Hall has

instituted �150,000 cap to come into play in September, but he added

that, well, he was concerned, that when it came to the matter of

pay-offs that the BBC had lost its way.

Thank you very much. The National Housing Federation is

warn that Government that the consequences of changes to Housing

Benefit are worse than it was feared. The body that represents the

Housing Associations, says that the so-called bedroom tax is leading to

a surge in rent arrears and empty homes. We have this report.

Bedroom tax no way! It was the most bitterly opposed of welfare reforms

but since April the 1st, Housing Benefit was cut for many people.

I am eating one meal a day. What is your budget? �20 a

fortnight. You have that to live on? Yes.

In Paul's neighbourhood in Teesside, three bedroom houses are lying

empty. There are too many bedrooms and then the tennants would have to

contribute to the rent. In this street there are four properties

that the local Housing Association say that they cannot rent out, as

they are too big and people cannot afford to move. In rent arrears

increased since April across the country. In east Ayrshire, up 340%.

In South Wales, arrears have increased by almost 150%.

Leeds, they have seen a 50% rise and in one London council, bad debts are

up by 25 per. The bedroom tax is causing real

chaos, doing real damage to people's lives, stopping us using the housing

in the way that we need to use it and saving no money for anyone.

The Government says that the changes were needed to contain a budging

Housing Benefit bill. We have a report by the National

Housing Federation. You would expect them to be saying this.

They were quiet as housing waiting lists doubled under the previous

government. Empty homes and soaring rent arrears

were not part of this plan. Ministers hoped that the impact

would be less severe the more that people get used to the benefit cut.

Now the time: And the top story: In the United States, 19 firefighters

are killed trying to battle a wild fire in Arizona. Improving bedside

manner, how medical students are taught care and compassion.

On BBC London: Will this be the biggest basement conversion in the

capital? Plans for Wimbledon to go under ground to provide more courts.

Prepare to be scared, as a festival of gothic comes to screens around

the capital. Two British players are playing in the Fourth Round of

Wimbledon this afternoon. It's the first time in 15 years British

women's number one, Laura Robson is on court now playing Estonian Kaia

Kanepi, a player ranked eight places below her. While Andy Murray will

face Mikhail Youzhny this afternoon. The women 's singles favourite

Serena Williams is on Centre Court and Novak Djokovic will be on later

for his fourth-round match. Let's join our correspondent at

Wimbledon now. We're starting with Laura Robson

because she won the girls singles title here in 2008. She would still

say reaching the last 16 of the main draw is her biggest achievement yet.

Arriving this morning she looked focussed. She was take ton a more

private court to practice, away from the flair of -- glare of the cameras

and the crowds, who have waited to see her and Andy Murray.

They've spent their weekend camping to say they were there to cheer two

Britons at the start of the second week. I camped overnight. We didn't

have a tent. We slept on the floor. We thought it would be fun. Yeah. I

wanted to get in. There's that many people they're not all going to get

in. As long as I see Andy Murray and Laura Robson in straight sets today,

it's going to be a great day. Zblt Union Jacks were out on Henman Hill.

They will call it Murray Mound later, before that it's Robson's

green. If she wins she will face Serena Williams. Making quarter

finals here, that's her first way of getting the experience playing here

at Wimbledon. Maybe in a few years, we're going to have two British

winners or finalists. Be a few years away for Robson but many say we'll

have one British winner come Sunday. Strong and steely throughout the

first week, Andy Murray faces 20th seed Russian, Mikhail Youzhny, a man

with 12 years experience in front of the Wimbledon crowd. I think the

crowd will be not against me. They will be for Andy. I never feel the

Wimbledon crowd against some players. It's normal that they

support Andy but not against me. Laura Robson admits she's ridden the

roar of the crowd into the last 16. With two British names on the board

at this stage for the first time in 15 years, Wimbledon is wondering how

much further it can take her. Laura Robson is out on court one

behind me here. The cheers keep going up and she racks up the

points. It is staying on serve at the moment now in the first set.

Watching it with me is Tim Henman. A solid start from Laura. She's

playing against Darian Mackinnon. Kanepi. She has a good game. She's

been in Grand Slam quarter finals before. I really fancy Laura's

chances. She had a great first week, a couple of good wins and then it's

almost like you start again in the second week. She's on court one

which is where she's had good wins before. It will be interesting to

see who can come out on top. Andy Murray it's Mikhail Youzhny of

Russia, a man who he's beaten in every meeting previous to this. An

easy one? I don't think we should say easy. They've played twice

before but that was in 2007 and 2009. That's a long time ago.

Murray's game has improved a lot since then. Youzhny is a good grass

court player. He's had good wins on this surface. For me, Andy has too

much game for him. He's stronger from the baseline. His movement is

much better, but he has to prove that on the day. I'd like to think

he's going to keep the ball rolling and move to the quarter finals. The

first time two British players tlup to the last 16 in 15 years, the last

two were you and Sam Smith. Are you please pleased to -- to see the

record equalled? Yes, there's such a folk is on the British players and

we haven't had the strength in depth and to see Andy and Laura going well

is fantastic. Hopefully more can follow suit in years to come. Thank

you. Court four, if you can't get onto the show courts or you don't

fancy the crush on the hill, try court four. All five matches there

feature a British junior. Chinese lanterns are being blamed

for a huge fire at a plaitics plant in Smethwick in the West Midlands.

The blaze started at the site last night. The plume from the fire was

seen as far away as Coventry. Nine firefighters were treated for smoke

inhalation and exhaustion. Rising thousands of feet into air a

thick flume of grey smoke over the Black Country. Flames cover the

ground at a waste plant in Smethwick where 100,000 tons of paper and

plastic carrier bags have been burning through the night. At its

height 200 firefighters worked to contain the blaze. Senior officers

say it's the biggest they've ever dealt with. No-one was badly hurt,

though 11 firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion, eye problems

and in one case, a twisted ankle. CCTV shows that the fire was started

by a Chinese lantern. We will work with our colleagues in the police

and look to see where there were any parties or festivals or

celebrations. That's going to be a tough one to identify. There are an

increasing number of fires from Chinese loon turns. We don't want to

be -- lanterns. We don't want to be party poopers but this is cause and

effect. That lantern called a multimillion pound fire. For now,

the fire is contained, but it's still intensely hot inside the

plant. There's no point in firefighters risking their lives, so

the fire will be allowed to burn itself out over the coming days.

The former head of Canada's Central Bank, Mark Carney, has taken up his

new post as the Governor of the Bank of England. Mr Carney, who takes

over from Sir Mervyn King, has been described as the financial rock star

of banking. But he faces a huge job as the recovery is not fully under

way and prices are still rise ago buff target.

-- rising above target. If there's a lot weighing on Mark

Carney's shoulders he wasn't showing it this morning. He's the first

non-British head of the Bank of England in its more than 300 year

history and as he explained at a briefing by bank staff, day one had

begun early. Good morning everyone. It's a pleasure to be here. I've

been here since 7am actually. Very excited about getting started on.

This I know a lot of hard work has gone into this. We should get right

down to it. He's said to have a down to earth style. He used public

transport to get to work today. Some Canadian journalists who followed

his earlier career say he's the ultimate safe pair of hands. He's

not the most exciting man in the world. He's a little bit boring,

which probably isn't a bad thing as a Central Banker. He did well at

university. At the bank of Canada his passions beyond banking were

playing hockey and his family. Inflation is still above target and

a sustained economic recovery is proving elusive and there's

continuing debate about getting banks to lend more to businesses. If

Mark Carney's feeling a bit hock sick, he could come down to

Trafalgar Square, they're celebrating Canada's national

birthday, Canada Day, which happens to be today, his first day at work,

July 1. The Canadian High Commissioner did the honours at the

start of the hockey game and said Mark Carney was just the latest

Canadian to take a leading job in this country. Moira Green is doing a

great job at the Royal Mail. The head of Heathrow Airport is

Canadian. Mr Carney watched his predecessor Sir Mervyn King playing

cricket at the weekend. He'll be hoping for a brisk start to his own

innings at the bank. Now if coming back from your

holidays wasn't bad enough, you can face a huge phone bill on your

return. Well, that could change. New EU limits come into force today

which reduce the amount that mobile phone providers can charge for

making or receiving calls abroad. It will bring down the cost of

accessing the internet too. We often hear about the phrase

"bedside manner" when talking about the care nurses give. What about the

doctors? The need to improve care and comags was a key recommendation

of the Francis Inquiry into the failings of Stafford Hospital.

Medical students are meant to learn from senior staff. Many students say

they have to take part in or witness practices that they're uncomfortable

with. A big breath in. These medical

students at Newcastle University are getting some hands-on experience, a

vital part of their training. Under the watchful idea of Matthias

Schmidt they're learning not just how to examine patients, but how to

talk to them with compassion and respect. Their teacher says these

skills are crucial for their development. Tomorrow's doctor wants

to be the doctors that are trained perfect and if I don't set a good

example, if the medical school doesn't set a good example, then we

won't be looked after well. Sessions like this are an essential part in

the training of medical students when they can learn from the

experience of more senior doctors. But the problems arise when they

witness behaviour they're not comfortable with and they don't know

who to turn to for advice. Research carried out amongst hundreds of

British medical students revealed that at some point they witness or

take part in breaches of patient dignity and they report see ago bus

from senior doctors. This junior doctor, would doesn't want to be

identified, was asked to carry out an intimate examination of a

14-year-old boy under general anaesthetic without the proper

consent of the patient or his parents. The senior clinicians --

clinician supervising made it clear we had to get on and do it because

it was part of the training. Without expressed consent or explicit

consent, it's very hard to justify your learning needs overriding the

dignity a patient in that circumstance. It's very hard after

the event or during to actually report back to your seniors because

it's seen as not demonstrating an appropriate level of deference to

the clinician trying to advance your education. Big concern is that a

failure to treat patients with compassion and dignity may be subtly

influencing the future behaviour of today's students. Not necessarily

the big, shocking news-grabbing headlines. It's the things that

can't be counted that really count. Newcastle University medical school

has looked again at its training, but argues some students may not be

prepared for what they have to face. Almost the reluctance of students to

get involved with intimate examinations because they felt it

wasn't legitimate for them to do so. Our perspective is, well, you might

feel awkward, but it's something that's really necessary for you as a

qualified practitioner. Tomorrow's doctors need to gain hands-on

experience. Patients must be treated with dignity. This research shows

that striking that balance is not always easy.

For decades scientists have been trying to find alternatives to coal,

oil and gas. The latest idea is to harness the power of the sea, but

it's not wave power they're working on now, it's seaweed. In North West

Scotland they're trying to convert the stuff into biofuel.

The beautiful coastal landscape is the ideal setting for this

experiment making renewable fuel out of a very familiar commodity.

Something there is a lot of in this part of the world is this stuff -

seaweed. In order to make a fuel out of it, you need a lot of it on a

regular and sustainable basis and that means farming it. That's why on

this experimental farm scientists are testing a novel way of cull

investigating a crop. They're harvesting sugar kelp that they've

grown on textile mats. Each mat is made from a different material. The

aim is to work out on which textile the kelp works best. In the

long-term it could be a very large-scale business with large

areas of the sea dedicated to the cultivation of mag row algae.

experts say the farming will be too expensive and the fuel too cheap to

make it a viable business. This project aims to make cultivation

more efficient, producing large, easy to harvest, carpets of seaweed.

If the trial goes well, offshore farms like this could become a more

familiar site around the UK coast. familiar site around the UK coast.

Now let's look at the weather. In this forecast I'm saving the best

till last. There's a reason to watch the next two-and-a-half minutes. For

the moment, the weather is in a changeable mood. Speckled cloud

indicating where we have showers around. Also, some sunshine. Out to

the west is a more extensive area of cloud. That's tomorrow's warning

that. Will bring most of us rain -- tomorrow's weather. That will bring

rain to most of us. There are showers around. Now so far today,

most of them have been across the northern half of the UK. Some are

now filtering further south through parts of Wales, especially the

Midlands and into East Anglia. At 4pm, though there are showers around

in Scotland, good sunny spells in between. Not many showers at all for

Northern Ireland. There are some in northern England. Some of them have

given wet weather into the North West. They are filtering now into

the Midlands, one or two into Wales. For much of southern England, you're

avoiding the showers. Though you will see more cloud for the

afternoon than through the morning, you're staying mainly dry. It is

fresher than it was yesterday. I'm sure the players at Wimbledon will

appreciate that. A big afternoon of British action. It's staying fair,

though cloud increases. Pollen levels are high. Tomorrow,

thickening cloud all the while, increasing chance for rain,

especially by the evening, as I'll show you in a moment. Coverage

continues across the BBC. There will be a few showers around this

evening, especially across eastern parts of the UK. But also some

sunshine. What showers there are will fade away. For much of the

night it's dry with clear spells. Coolest to eastern areas. Some of us

into single figures. You'll notice to the west, though, cloud coming

in, a freshening breeze and outbreaks of rain to start Tuesday.

Some of us from the word go to the west on Tuesday morning will be wet.

Woe' see that rain erratically spreading further east during the

day with increase increasing breeze. Take advantage of early sunshine to

eastern areas. It's not going to last. The rain not really into the

south-east until later in the day. Outbreaks of rain in Wimbledon into

the afternoon. But the best chance for rain at Wimbledon will be in the

evening. The rain is cleared away on Wednesday. Left behind is a lot of

cloud. Sunshine hard to come by. Still a few showers. Temperatures in

the teens. Still showers on Thursday, but then on Friday, this

is the best till last bit, the weather begins to settle down.

Here's why: An area of high pressure is coming back to the UK. It's just

in time for the weekend, giving increasing sunshine and warmth. At

the moment it looks like it will last into next week as well. More

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