20/12/2015 BBC Weekend News

A senior Conservative urges David Cameron to allow Cabinet

ministers to campaign to leave the EU - without having to resign.

Liam Fox says he's already decided to vote to leave,

but the former Prime Minister, Sir John Major,

says the renegotiation will produce results.

A bomb hoax forces an Air France plane to make an emergency landing,

the airline's fourth false alarm since the Paris attacks.

And gearing up for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year -

The former Conservative Defence Secretary, Liam Fox,

has urged David Cameron to allow Cabinet members to campaign

for the UK to leave the European Union -

Dr Fox has confirmed he'll be voting to leave

But the Prime Minister's approach to renegotiating Britain's EU

membership received further support today from one of his predecessors -

Our Political Correspondent, Chris Mason, reports.

It's 43 years since Ted Heath signed us up to what is now the EU. In the

next two years, we will be asked whether we want to stay. This former

Prime Minister says we should. If we vote to stay out, then we are out

and we will have to get on with it and face the consequences. Would we

be as safe? No. We wouldn't be as well off or influential. David

Cameron has been in Brussels trying to persuade fellow European leaders

that the UK needs a new deal with the EU. He knows that back home some

grumble, that they will say his demands are trivial. But changing

things is important, John Major says, because... It isn't common

sense to sweep into countries more people than we can provide for if

they are sick, then we can house and educate. Some in the cabinet like

Iain Duncan Smith are not exactly big fans of the EU. Today, a former

Cabinet colleagues said they should be able to keep their jobs and

campaign to leave, just as he already is. For me, two things had

to happen to want to stay in the EU. One was a fundamental change in our

relationship with the EU, but more importantly, attained in direction

for the EU itself, away from the concept of an ever closer union, and

towards a much more independent and looser association of sovereign

states. That's clearly not going to happen. At the last European

referendum in 1975, labour campaign -- Cabinet Minister 's were allowed

to campaign on both sides of the debate. David Cameron has so far

avoided saying whether he will allow that precedent to be repeated.

An emergency landing by an Air France plane in Kenya

was caused by a false bomb alert - according to the airline's chief.

The incident is the fourth false alarm the airline has had

Let's join our correspondent Lucy Williamson, who's live

The airline has confirmed that a device was found in one of the plane

toilets, in a cupboard that staff said had been empty before the plane

took off. It seems to have been made out of cardboard, paper and a

kitchen timer, so nothing that could have endangered the flight, nothing

that points to security lapses. But the response to this incident really

shows how seriously France is taking the current threats against it. Just

days before Christmas, a reminder of just how suddenly peace can be

broken. Found in a toilet on-board this plane, a suspected bomb. It

turned out to be a false alarm, the device fashioned from a cardboard

box and a kitchen timer, but the fears it caused were enough to

divert the flight to Kenya for an emergency stop. The 459 passengers

on board reportedly unaware of what was going on until their feet touch

the ground. The plane went down, slowly, slowly, so we just realised

something was probably wrong. The people of Air France were just

wonderful. They kept everybody calm and really quiet. We didn't know

what was happening. A replacement flight is expected to bring the

passengers back to France early tomorrow morning. Several of them

have reportedly been questioned by police. At a press conference in

Paris, the Air France CEO described it as stupid.

TRANSLATION: We are still waiting to hear more about the legal

implications from the Kenyan authorities, and we are going to ask

for an investigation to be opened. Security around France and on-board

its national carrier has been stepped up since the attacks in

Paris last month. It isn't clear who created the false alarm on the

flight today, all white, but with memories of the Paris attacks still

fresh, even hoaxes like this have the power to chill and disrupt.

David Cameron has ordered a review into the use of guns by police

The move follows the Paris attacks and will look at whether the law

gives enough support to officers having to make

Paris has led to a rethink. If similar attacks were to happen here,

could our police protect us? The government wants more police

firearms training like you can see here, but are officers legally

protected in office they make a mistake? If an attack were to happen

in a busy city centre, it would come down to split-second decisions, and

we understand that at the highest levels of police, there are concerns

that firearms officers simply don't have the correct legal or political

protection that they would require if something were go wrong. He is

the protection as it stands. The criminal law act allows police to

use reasonable force. The criminal justice act allows the officer to

open fire if it is his extinct of belief. This could in itself Pillay

-- persuade police that politicians and the law are on their side, but

there are concerns it shouldn't go too far. It is important to get the

balance right. It's got to be democratically decided. But we

cannot have shoot to kill without any democratic involvement. These

are not new concerns. On the London Underground in 2005, a young

Brazilian man was killed, after police suspected him incorrectly of

terrorism offences. In Paris, they are clearing away the floral

tributes, but the questions as to how the police should respond to

such attacks remain just as pressing.

Ally Louise Smith - whose mother delayed cancer

treatment to allow her to be born - has died.

Heidi Loughlin discovered she had a rare and aggressive form of breast

cancer after falling pregnant with her third child.

Her little girl Ally was born by C-section on 11 December

"The pain in my body and heart and my soul

feels it will consume me and leave me un-whole".

Alleged victims of child sexual abuse by the former Labour MP

Lord Janner have reacted angrily to news that a court will no longer

His death yesterday means a so-called "trial of

But it's expected the independent inquiry on child sexual abuse

Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Tom Symonds, reports.

Well respected in the Jewish and see, and MP for 27 years, but if

anything, the allegations of child sexual abuse were growing in the

years before the Lord Janner's death. Claims that he sexually

abused at least nine children in the 70s and 80s. Because of his

worsening Alzheimer's disease, he made just one brief appearance in

court in the summer. A judge this month decided he wasn't well enough

to take part in his trial. As a result, a jury wouldn't be able to

pass judgment on him, but it was going to consider the facts of the

case. Now, that will not happen. His accusers do not know when their

testimony will be heard. This man says Lord Jana abused him at a

working man's club. I feel very let down because we cannot have our say

in court. Now, it could be, it might not have happened. Not justice.

Another alleged victim wrote today, I have lived for nearly 50 years

with this bouncing around my head. My only outlook was one day to drag

him into court. The public enquiry is expected to decide after

Christmas to consider the Lord Janner allegations as part of its

investigations into abuse at Westminster. Lord Janner always

denied them, as do his family. Drivers who use a mobile phone

could face tougher penalties under government plans that would increase

fines and penalty points. Motoring organisations have called

for better enforcement of the ban on using mobile

phones while driving. When she was nine, Emma's life

changed. Knocked down by a driver using his mobile phone. Since then,

she has been on medication, had seizures and needed brain surgery.

Epilepsy is my worst enemy. There's so much I cannot do. Memory

impairment which causes me she merely a, everything, learning

difficulties. 12 years after it was banned and despite the dangers, some

continue to use hand-held phones while behind the wheel. Now, there's

a warning of tougher consequences. It is a question of concentration.

If you have your hands on your phone, they are not on the wheel. If

your mind is on the message, it isn't on the road. We know it

matters. Drivers are aware it matters. This is about giving the

police more powers to enforce. Police say using mobile phones was a

contributing factor in 21 accidents in 2014. Under new plans, fixed

penalty fines will go up to ?150, and penalty points will increase to

four. For HGV drivers, a bigger increase, up to six points. With

more points and bigger fines, transport ministers say they want to

send a message to those who are still flouting the law. They hoped

driving while using a hand-held mobile will become a social to boo,

in time, like drink-driving. You just have to pay attention whilst

you are driving. Your phone rings, just hope it aside. Some say without

more police on the roads, even tougher penalties will not stop some

drivers thinking they can get away with it.

In football, the Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola has confirmed he'll

leave the German club at the end of the season -

fuelling speculation of a move to the Premier League.

On the field today, Watford beat Liverpool 3-0

to move to within a point of the Champions League.

The season of surprises just goes on and on.

Watford playing host to this pre-Christmas gathering.

It was Liverpool who brought the gifts.

Goalkeeper Adam Bogdan unable to get to grips with the corner.

For Watford, immediately, something to cling onto.

If Nathan Ake's goal did little to encourage good cheer

on the Liverpool bench, for Jurgen Klopp and his team,

things were getting significantly worse.

Odion Ighalo proving once again he is one

of the season's most eye-catching players.

The second half, and second helpings.

Only this time, Ighalo couldn't quite finish it.

For Liverpool, chances were in frequent

Watford's run of big results continues, as does the goal-scoring

His second, their third, brought the latest surprise

Sometimes the celebrations and high spirits are such,

Finally - the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards begins

Our Sports Correspondent, Andy Swiss, in there

Yes, this red-carpet promises to be a busy place over the next hour or

so. The big question on everyone's lips - who will be the BBC Sports

Personality of the Year? Final rehearsals for one of sport's

most glittering nights. Singer Ella Henderson

will be starting things off in Belfast, but who will be

ending up as the big winner? In alphabetical order -

there's cyclist Lizzie Armistead, footballer Lucy Bronze,

heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill, and another

athletics champion, Mo Farah. Or how about Tour de France

winner Chris Froome, boxer Tyson Fury, Formula One

champion Lewis Hamilton, And completing the line-up

there's swimmer Adam Peaty, long jumper Greg Rutherford,

Rugby League's Kevin Sinfield, There will be other awards too,

including a lifetime honour But the question of

who'll be next to lift that famous trophy

is as tricky as ever. There will be particular attention

on boxer Tyson Fury after his recent controversial comments about women

and about homosexuality. There is a small number of protesters outside

the venue. Inside, it all gets under way at 6:50pm, and you can watch it

live on BBC One. Thank you very much.

Bookmakers have stopped taking bets on a white Christmas in December

for the first time because of a record lack of demand.

Instead, wagers are being laid on whether this will be the warmest