18/09/2012 BBC News at One

A female police officer has been shot dead, another is fighting for

her life after being shot during the arrest of a wanted murder

suspect in Greater Manchester. 29 year-old Dale Cregan was being

sought in connection with gun and grenade attacks that killed a

father and son earlier this year. NATO's scales back its stride

apparitions with Afghan soldiers after a string of deadly attacks.

A Royal victory as a French magazine is ordered to hand over

topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge.

A 27-year-old man has been arrested after three generations of one

family, including a baby, died in a house fire in Gwen.

The number of complaints against doctors in the UK rose by almost a

quarter last year. Later on BBC London: How the

Olympic Stadium could be used as a venue for the Rugby World Cup. And

the capital's new helipad gives a lifeline for patients south of the

Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC News at One. A female police

officer has been shot dead during an operation to arrest a murder

suspect in Greater Manchester. It happened in Hattersley this morning

as police were trying to arrest Dale Cregan who was wanted for the

death of two men at the beginning of the year. Another female officer

has also been critically injured and is in hospital. Let's get the

latest from our reporter in Manchester. What can you tell us?

It was about 11 o'clock this morning that we got reports two

police officers had been shot during an operation in Hattersley,

10 miles east of Manchester city centre on a housing estate. Police

were looking for a Dale Cregan who they wanted in connection with a

gun and grenade attack in Manchester which killed a man,

David Short. They also want to speak to him in connection with the

death of David Shaw's son Mark. In Hattersley police officers arrived

in force. We have got three bomb- disposal vans, police motorcyclists

and there is a helicopter circling overhead. Just before 11 o'clock a

lady living next door has said she heard an explosion in one of the

back gardens and left her hope immediately and shortly afterwards

that is when police officers arrived. As a result of that

explosion and reports of gunfire, one man has been arrested, Dale

Cregan. Residents are visibly upset and are trying to work out what has

happened. They knew police wanted to speak to Dale Cregan and they

say this is a nice estate and they are upset this may give the wrong

impression of what Hattersley is like. Some are concerned because

there is a school nearby and one woman was concerned about her

daughter. The police told her they did not think there was any

specific danger ongoing from this incident. We know now one female

police officer has died and we are told another woman is fighting for

her life in hospital. That is right. At first we heard two officers had

been injured and police did not say whether that involved firearms.

They have confirmed during this operation in Hattersley this

morning as police were going into a house, where you can see the

activity taking place, two police officers were shot. One died and

one has been seriously hurt. Thank you with the latest. Let's take you

straight to Greater Manchester Police and this is what they said

about the death of one female police officer and the other woman

who has been seriously injured. is with great sadness I have to

report a police officer has died and another has been critically

injured as they attended a routine incident in Hattersley. This was

shot Libby for 11:00am this morning. There were reports shots had been

fired close to that address. The two female officers, who were

unarmed, has suffered serious injuries and one of the Cirque

tragically died at the scene. Medical teams were quick on the

scene to provide treatment and armed response vehicles secured the

area as quickly as possible. The second officer has been critically

injured and is currently being treated in hospital. Greater

Manchester police are currently working to inform the families of

both those officers. A short time after this incident 29 year-old

Dale Cregan was arrested as he walked into a police station in

Tameside. He has now been arrested on suspicion of two counts of

murder in relation to the investigations into the murders of

David Short and his son Mark. He has also been arrested on suspicion

of the murder of a police officer. This is a heartbreaking time for

the officers' families and their colleagues and our thoughts are

with them at this most difficult time. This is a tragic day for a

Greater Manchester Police and we are currently working hard, piecing

together exactly what happens at this morning's events. These events

led to one of our officers being murdered and another one lying in

hospital fighting for her life. I understand the community will be

fearful as they hear news of what happens in their community on top

of everything that has happened in recent weeks. I want to reassure

the communities of Tameside that we have armed officers patrolling the

area and patrolling the streets and we aim to keep people as updated as

we possibly can as we work through the rest of this very difficult day.

Thank you very much. We will bring you the very latest on that story

when we get it. Joint operations between NATO and

Afghan troops are to be restricted because of the increase in so-

called green on blue killings. 51 NATO troops have been killed so far

this year by Afghan troops, including two British soldiers at

the weekend. From now won only large-scale operators will be

conducted with Afghan troops. Quentin Somerville is in Kabul.

This is a big change in the way Afghan and international forces

will work together to fight the Taliban. They will only routinely

work together in big missions at battalion level. Anything below

that will be assessed on a case-by- case basis. British and Afghan

soldiers on patrol together fighting the Taliban. These routine

missions will only happen now with senior approval. A dramatic

increase in Afghan troops killing foreign soldiers means the

international mission is keeping its partners at arm's length.

take that very seriously and to be honest have we may be accelerated

that? Yes. Have we stepped back a bit? Yes, but we are not walking

away. The British Defence Secretary denies it is a change in strategy.

There is no change of policy yet. This is a draft order we are

looking at now. But the international mission says it is

not a draft order and it was effective from Sunday. British

forces seem to have been caught unaware by the changes. Yesterday I

asked an urgent question when he came to the Commons and he did not

mention this ad hoc. Either he knew about it and he was hiding it,

which I do not think is the case, or the Americans are not bothering

to tell their allies. This morning the Defence Secretary clarified the

policy in Afghanistan. There has been no change of policy in

Afghanistan. As I told the House yesterday, the security of our

deployed forces in Afghanistan or anywhere in the world remains a

defence priority. The safety of our service personnel is an issue that

all in Government take extremely seriously. There has been a

dramatic rise on the number of green on blue killings, Afghans in

uniform targeting NATO troops. In 2007, just two NATO soldiers died.

In 2011 that figure had jumped to 35. Already this year NATO has lost

51 troops, seven of them British. International troops will only

partner with Afghans on the biggest of missions. Routine patrols have

in effect stop. They will only be approved with the permission of

senior commanders. The core of the strategy has been to train the

Afghans to face the Taliban, but the closer they worked together the

greater the risk. Already foreign soldiers are packing up and heading

home. Most will have gone by the end of 2014. International troops

are stepping back earlier than expected. Soon Afghan forces will

be left to do most of the fighting. This is a change in policy because

previously joint patrols were standard. That is no longer the

case. The reason they have ended is because the risk to British

soldiers, not on the Taliban, but from the Afghans they serve

alongside is increasing. We can speak to our defence

correspondent Caroline Wyatt who is at the Ministry of Defence. There

seems to be some confusion over all of this. How much will British

operations changed? It has been a morning of confusion tried to work

out what this order means specifically for British troops. We

have had clarification from NATO in Kabul and from Philip Hammond the

Defence Secretary. Births are saying what they call prudent but

temporary measures being put in place because of the elevated risk

and they are putting that elevated risk to British and NATO forces

down to the anti- Islamic video that has inflamed tensions in

Afghanistan and elsewhere. But Philip Hammond came out and said

that what is happening now is British forces will be allowed to

carry on with their patrols partnering with Afghan forces and

that has been given the blessing of the commander, a US Marine General.

For the British at least in Helmand there is not a significant change.

But also over the coming days and weeks they will be looking at how

to better protect troops in these kind of cases. They are playing it

down, but it is clear NATO is responding also to what has

happened in those green on blue, friendly forces attacks and they

will be looking very closely at what more they, and also the

Afghans, can do to reduce the risks. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

have won their legal battle to stock photographs of the Duchess

sunbathing topless being published are distributed again. A court in

France made the ruling this morning and order the magazine to hand over

all the digital copies of the photos were then the next 24 hours.

We can speak to our Paris correspondent Christian Fraser.

It was keenly anticipated and when the order finally came from the

presiding magistrate, it was as predicted. They perhaps went a

little further than some of the experts might have expected. In

this document the royal couple are named as though they were ordinary

citizens. They were the victims, it says, of a gross invasion of

privacy. There is flash photography in this report.

A paradise of Tuvalu, the latest up on the royal tour of the South

Pacific, about as far removed from the controversy in France as it is

possible to get. It is one of the smallest nation states and the

world and there to greet them almost half the 10,000 people that

occupied the islands. They were presented with a coconut form hd

planted by the Queen when she visited in 1982. Perhaps they were

toasting the result of a court decision many miles away that had

just gone in their favour. In France the paparazzi were crammed

around the door of the clerk's office. Are you happy for your

client? Yes, it is a good result, she said. When it came the four

page injunction issued by the magistrates banned any further

publication of the photographs and lawyers were agreed it was the best

possible outcome. The horse is out of the barn, so this is the next

best thing. The damage has been done and they can hope that future

damage will be eliminated. This decision in no way determines the

outcome of the criminal inquiry that will follow up. The

magistrates do state it was an infringement of privacy. What is

unusual they demand the original photographs are returned to the

royal couple. This order is directed at the Italian publishing

group Mondadori. Last night that French lawyer acting for the couple

said the balcony on which they were relaxing on this chateau en

Provence was in no way visible to the naked eye. The only way they

could have seen the dachas is through a long, telephoto lens. The

Duchess is photogenic, but some people say this was an invasion of

privacy. In this robust, lido action he has taken, William has

shown he will not tolerate the same behaviour. In the coming months the

magazine will defend a fool, legal challenge. Today they have lost,

but they knew in these images there was huge profit. It was a

calculated risk that paid off. For a William and Kate the victory sets

down a marker, but in the end it We understand from the public

prosecutor that that has begun here today. He has to ascertain where

the photograph was taken from. At the moment that was a guess. He

needs to ascertain whether public could have seen the balcony and he

needs to work out who the accused is. There is no name in the lawsuit,

the magazine is unlikely to tell the couple who the photographer was

and it's equally unlike think court will make them do so. They protect

sources in France and a court would need to be judged on the fact that

this is of overriding public interest.

Christian Fraser, thank you very much.

Inflation has fallen again thanks to lower gas and electricity bills

and a smaller rise in the cost of clothing. The annual race of

inflation was down to 2.5% in August, here is Hugh Pym. -- 2.6%.

Inflation has been putting a big squeeze on households with prices

rising a lot faster than wages. But it has been moderating and is now

at 2.5%, less than half the rate last autumn. So how do people feel

about that? At the County Show in Berkshire at the weekend, families

enjoyed the sunshine and rural displays and gave us their views on

how they felt about their spending power. I think things do look

better, I think things will improve. But I think everybody's got to keep

positive about it. If your weekly shop costious �5 less, does anybody

really notice that? Over a large figure - probably not. There could

be better news ahead for consumers in future months as price pressures

in the economy ease off again. think from here on for the rest of

the year I expect inflation to stay roughly where it's been at the

current levels. Beyond that, we may see some further moderation

inflation as it returns closer to the Bank of England's target.

But what about longer term and factors which might affect the

inflation outlook? There could be a cloud on the horizon in the shape

of higher food costs. Globally, grain prices and other commodities

have been rising and that could be past on to consumers and so affect

the rate of inflation. Michael farms near Newbury. He's seen an

increase the in what he gets for his own crop as a result of the

global pressures. At the end of last year's season, the prices were

already going up because there were shortages waiting for this year's

harvest. And because of the droughts that there have been even

worse this year, then the prices have continued to go up of most

crops. It's never certain that what

happens in the farm yard and in the agricultural markets will affect

consumers and the prices they pay in the shops, but the warning signs

are there. Three generations of one family, a

baby, its mother and grandmother, have all been killed in a suspected

arson attack in-cum-brarn in Gwent. A 27-year-old man has been arrested.

Let's speak to Jordan Davies who is at the scene now. This blaze broke

out in the early hours of the morning? It did and it's with a mix

of Horton and shock when people have been finding out about this.

When the Fire Service arrived on the scene, they tackled the blaze

and discovered the bodies of 46- year-old Kim Buckley, 17-year-old

Kayleigh Buckley and six month- year-old Kimberley Buckley. It's

believed she just left hospital yesterday. We know a 27-year-old

man from the Manchester area has been arrested on suspicion of

murder and he's currently being held in police custody.

Officers have cordoned off the area and are making house hof house

inquiries. Forensic teams and fire investigators have begun their

investigations and have been gathering at the scene all day. It

will be a while before they come to terms with what's happened here.

Thank you very much. The time is almost 1.20. Our top story: One

female police officer has been killed and another is fighting for

her life after they were shot in Greater Manchester. We'll have the

latest on this breaking story On BBC London: The house where Pink

Floyd lived in the '60s goes up for The trial is under way of the man

accused of supplying a gun to Mark Duggan whose death after he was

shot dead by police sparked last summer's riots. The prosecution

allege Mark Duggan collected the gun from Kevin Hutchinson-Foster

just before he was lived. Matt Prodger reports.

The immediate aftermath of the moment when Mark Duggan was shot

dead by police in Tottenham last year. Captured by a member of the

public, it shows paramedics trying to save his life and police

firearms officers nearby. The shooting sparked the Tottenham

riots which over the next four days spread across London and to other

English cities. The court heard that this man,

Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, supplied Mark Duggan with a gun 15 minutes

before police intercepted the taxi that Mr Duggan was travelling in

shortly before he was shot. The gun, similar to this one, was allegedly

found at the scene. The prosecution said that Mark

Duggan was shot and killed by the police here at Ferry Lane in

Tottenham as a result of his possession of that gun and what he

was thought to be about to do with A week earlier, the court heard Mr

Hutchinson-Foster used the same gun at this hair salon in Hackney, now

under different ownership. He'd pistol-whipped a barber inside and

the blood of both men was allegedly found on the gun. The jury was told

that throughout the three-week trial, it will hear scientific and

eyewitness evidence that Mark Duggan was armed when he was shot

dead by police last year. But it won't be asked to decide whether

that shooting was right or wrong. That's for an inquest to consider

next year. Kevin Hutchinson-Foster denies

supplying the gun. There's been a big rise in the

number of complaints against doctors, particularly against older

male GPs. There were 8,800 complaints across the UK last year,

an increase of nearly a quarter on the year before and a record high.

The Royal College of GPs called the figures disappointing as our Health

Correspondent Dominic Hughes tells Ask the doctor you choose for an

application form... Doctors were once intimidating figures of

authority whose word was rarely challenged. But new figures from

the General Medical Council show the picture today is very different

and complaints against doctors have risen sharply. Last year, there

were nearly 8,800 complaints made against doctors in the UK, an

increase of nearly a quarter on the year before, most often it was male

doctors over the age of 5. Of-p -- 55. The older male issue, there may

be factors we need to look at, there may be factors about their

ability to handle the stress, pressures and also their ability

maybe to communicate effectively at times of increased pressure.

Patients do seem more willing to complain if they feel they haven't

been treated properly. Britain, we are a bunch of complainers quite

frankly, yes, we want the bust in customer service. I would complaint

if I had a doctor that I didn't feel gave me the service they were

required to give. I think people are much more ready to complain

than they used to be. NHS doctors see millions of patients each year,

so the number of complaints represents just a tiny proportion

of all those consultations. The GMC doesn't believe the rise in

complaints means standards are falling. Patient expectations are

rising and therefore they're more lakely to complain about their care.

They are also becoming much more knowledgeable about their care and

they're more likely to challenge doctor who is have to see patients

as partners. The General Medical Council's introduced new procedures

to ensure doctor standards are maintained, including an

independent tribunal service which meets here in Manchester. More

doctors are being investigated and armed with better knowledge and a

greater willingness to complain, patients have ensured the age of

deference to doctors has passed. Now, if you think of going on a

cruise, you would probably imagine heading to the Caribbean or the

Mediterranean. But how about Belfast? The city has become one of

the fastest growing cruise destinations in the world with a

record 43 tourist ships sailing into port this year alone and

giving a welcome boost to the local economy. Here is our Ireland

correspondent, Mark Simpson. The changing face of Belfast.

International cruise ships used to steer clear of these shores. Not

any more. 4,000 passengers and crew were on the latest arrival and this

family from the Philippines couldn't wait to see Belfast for

the first time. We loved the idea of going to the

European countries and Belfast is just one of them, so we took

advantage of that. Can we go now, please?!

This year, a record 43 cruise ships have sailed into Belfast, once

known as Bomb City, it's now visitor numbers that are booming.

Curiosity's a huge driver for tourism and people are curious

about Belfast and Northern Ireland. The political stability's given us

that ability to go to the market place and now say, look what we

have to offer. Belfast has been transformed by the

peace process with a series of new attractions including the recently

built Titanic Centre. It's already had half a million visitors. But

what do the cruise ship tours think of the City? Everyone was friendly

and kind and helpful and we had a lovely time.

Was it what you were expecting? Better. Yes, I would say it was

much better than I expected. Tourism is not just helping the

image of Belfast, it's a financial boost.

These are very difficult times for Northern Ireland's economy. A boat

load of international visitors isn't going to solve those problems

overnight, but it can only help. These are the same waters where

Titanic was launched. 100 years on, Belfast is no longer building ships,

but it is attracting them. Let's have a look at the weather

now with Phil Avery. now with Phil Avery.

Thanks very much indeed. A similar theme to yesterday. I'm

adding into the mix a chilly breeze. The wind has flicked to the north-

west which has consequences to the feel of the day also a bit of a

feel on just where the showers pop up. They run there nicely out of

the Irish Sea or have done this morning through into the north

Midlands. They may creep over to areas south of the wash. There you

see the representation of the wind with a scattering of showers,

mostly across the British Isles. One or two sharp showers around

about the Bristol area and I wouldn't be surprised to see more

running in on the shores of Devon and Cornwall.

Northern and western parts of Wales will have some rain too.

Looking further to the north-west, again there will be that mixture of

Sunni and showers, but not with yesterday's intensity. A similar

prospect for the central belt of Scotland. Plenty of showers to come

across the north-eastern corner of Scotland and the Northern Isles.

Some showers skip across the Pennines, getting down towards the

Wash area. The further south and east you are, the drier and finer

your afternoon will be. Temperatures round about 17 or 18.

Many of the showers will die away, but not all. As the skies begin to

cler, you will certainly have the - - clear, you will certainly have

the autumnal feel. Prone areas in the south with the

risk of a touch of frost, along with other locations. On Wednesday,

the showers running over the Irish Sea to the Greater Manchester area

and North Midlands. A scattering in Scotland and Northern Ireland too.

The temperatures on the sunny side of the street not too bad at all.

Then we change the script on Thursday. Forget about showers,

it's more about persistent rain. The weather front increases the

cloud. Spreading rain across the central third to have British Isles.

The rain will sink its way south during the course of Friday. Sophie.

Thank you very much. Lets's go back to our main story. A female police

officer has been shot dead in Greater Manchester, another is

fighting for her life in hospital. They were attending a routine

incident which has led to the arrest of a wanted murder suspect.

Let's get the latest from our correspondent, Ed Thomas, at the

headquarters of Greater Manchester Police, a tragic day for the whole

force, say graim Police, what more can you tell us about what happened

this morning -- Greater Manchester Police? Yes, GMP say the two

officers were responding to what they say was a routine call. They

were both unarmed. When they got to Abbey Gardens in Hattersley in the

Tameside area, shots were fired. Sa short time later, an officer died,

another one is critically injured in hospital.

A short time later after that, Dale Cregan walked into a police station

and he was arrested. This 29-year- old has been at the centre of a

manhunt here in Greater Manchester, ofrl several hundred officers have

been trying to find him. A �50,000 reward was offered for his arrest.

He's been arrested in relation to murders of two men. He's also been

arrested with the shooting of a police officer. We heard from an

officer here, he said it was a heartbreaking time for the families

and the force. Armed officers are on the streets of East Manchester

in Tameside to try to reassure those who live there.

Thank you very much. In the last few minutes, Theresa May has said

this is a deeply shocking incident, a terrible reminder of the risks