15/11/2013 BBC News at One

The Prime Minister's car is mobbed by protest is in Sri Lanka as

demonstrators claim their relatives were murdered by the state. Chaotic

scenes as people try to show him their family pictures and tell

stories of human rights abuses in the country's 26 year civil war.

David Cameron says he will use the Commonwealth Heads of Government

Meeting to challenge the president and to shine a light on the claims

of the protesters. We will be getting the latest and assessing how

much this the shadow of the conference. Also: A new deal with

GPs which will seem -- see all over 75 getting a dedicated doctor.

Desperate scenes, one week after Typhoon Haiyan, as people queue for

food and supplies. The Princess Royal suggests instead eating horse

meat as a way of ensuring the animals are better treated. And Koch

short of his century, Sachin Tendulkar dismissed for 74 on his

final test appearance for India in Mumbai. Later: After five deaths in

nine days - the family of one of the victims say the cycle superhighways

aren't working. And donations for the Filipino victims start arriving

at a drop-in centre in London. Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC

news. David Cameron's car has been mobbed by demonstrators in northern

Sri Lanka, protesting against alleged human rights abuses by the

government. As the convoy arrived, scores of people surrounded the

vehicle, carrying photographs of loved ones they claim have been

kidnapped and murdered since the end of the Civil War in 2009. Some

leaders have boycotted the meeting, however, the British government says

in gauging with this government is the right thing to do, even though

claims of war crimes must be investigated. David Cameron's convoy

surrounded by women carrying photographs of loved ones they say

have disappeared. They accuse the Sri Lankan government of snuffing

out dissent. The motorcade could not move as security services pushed

protesters away. David Cameron deliberately made this trip to

highlight alleged abuses of human rights, as he's explained. I think

it is important to shine a spotlight on what has happened in this country

and speak up against abuses that have taken place, and make sure

people in the north of the country have a proper voice. The tension

over human rights makes the Prince of Wales's Pask really difficult

one. His first duty is opening a meeting that three Commonwealth

prime ministers have pulled out of. Many others are quite happy to see

the president given the prestige of the event, but David Cameron kept

his handshake formal and brief. Commonwealth Summit always try to

stress harmony and the shared values meant to underpin this club. Today,

Sri Lanka's president used his speech to bat away all charges of

abuse. In 2009, we asserted the greatest human rights, the right to

life. I am happy to state that in the past four years there has not

been a single incident anywhere in Sri Lanka. It was left to Prince

Charles to deliver words very carefully chosen by speech writers,

hinting at problems. Everyone of us is here because of the hope and

trust we place in the Commonwealth to bring that touch of healing to

our troubles and deliver the very best future for our people. For all

the colour and ceremony which accompanies any opening of a

Commonwealth Summit, even a herd of elephants cannot conceal the

controversy and division which the decision to bring this summit to Sri

Lanka has created. In their discussions the leaders will try to

focus on challenges of economic and political development, but the

Commonwealth family is not looking happy. More alive from Colombo. Is

there a concern that this issue is going to overshadow the conference?

It has certainly overshadowed the opening day, there is no doubt about

that. It is unusual for three Commonwealth prime ministers to stay

away. It is unusual for a fourth to accent himself. -- absent himself.

It has split the Commonwealth because many think this is the wrong

approach, they think the focus should be on some of the economic

and social issues which are on the development agenda of the formal

talks. The problem for the Commonwealth is it commits itself to

a strong code of values, including the upholding of human rights,

principles to do with freedom, and several members of this club think

Sri Lanka has broken those rules. The relevance of the Commonwealth is

also under question. It is going to be a difficult couple of days. Thank

you. Around a million of the oldest or

free list patients in England are to get more intensive support from

their GP. One third of hospital admissions involve people over 75,

so NHS England wants to relieve the pressure by at think doctors to

identify their free list patients so they can get the care they need

without having to visit a hospital. -- frailest patients. Doctors now

provide a broad range of care. In this practice, GPs even carry out

minor surgery. But there have been consistent complaints that too much

time is spent on bureaucracy rather than looking after the raw

vulnerable patients -- most vulnerable patients. Every year, GPs

redo their contract with the government. We hope these changes

will take away a whole raft of unnecessary and pointless box

ticking, chasing targets, and will allow GPs to actually have the time

and space to attend to the need of their patients. Under the contract,

every patient in England under seven -- over 75 will be named and

accountable GP, to ensure they receive coordinated care. There will

be an enhanced service for the most frail and elderly patients. For

those who end up in hospital, GPs will oversee their care. This

restores that vital link between GPs and the patients they are there to

look after. I would like to do it more widely than this, but it is a

very important first step. These changes are designed to put doctors

surgeries like this one right at the heart. They should also ease the

pressure on an already hard-pressed accident and emergency area.

Attendances at accident and emergency are likely to increase

over winter. Faced with an ageing population, many doctors argue a

more fundamental transfer of the health service is needed. We need to

switch money from hospitals to looking after people in their homes

and communities, by switching the technology from an acute system to a

primary care system. The care of the growing number of elderly and frail

patients is the biggest challenge facing the NHS. These changes will

not come in until next April and the pressure of a difficult winter lies

ahead. Our health correspondent is with me. Does this mean everyone

will get better treatment in surgery in future? For the average working

person, trying to get an appointment with their busy GP practice, there

is not much extra, no difference in this new contract. GPs are also

being given a little bit of leeway. They will no longer have to give you

at least ten minutes. They can give you more if they think you need it

and less if they don't. This is all about focusing the efforts on the

people who are sickest and who are most likely to end up in hospital.

It is far from clear how that is going to be managed, whether or not,

for example, there might be penalties reward for GPs if they did

particularly well. This is a contract that overall is giving GPs

a lot of what they want. It is giving them the time for the people

they say are the most ill, but also performance managing them less than

they have been in the past. Thank you. The death toll from Typhoon

Haiyan in the Philippines has risen. In the region around the city

of Tacloban, the authorities have doubled the estimate from 2000 to

4000. An RAF plane carrying supplies has left for the Philippines, where

thousands of people are still without food, water or shelter.

Let's cross to the Philippines. The number of dead has been revised

upwards in this city as well. I have been speaking to the mayor. He says

the number of confirmed dead is now just gone past 800, but he thought

the number would rise steeply, because it is clear to anybody who

spends time in this city that there are hundreds, maybe thousands, dead,

trapped under the rubble in this devastated area. Nonetheless,

Tacloban did seem to return to a semblance of normality today. Aid

has been coming in. The roads have been bulldozed. The market was

opened. Fresh food was on sale. Nonetheless, the actual city itself

is devastated, and the real problem for the people here will be shelter.

The best way to see how much this city has been destroyed is from the

air. We did that today. One week on since Typhoon Haiyan.

The full extent of the devastation is still unclear. From the air, the

city of Tacloban still lies in ruins. On the ground, people are

living in the open, salvaging what they can, and among the ruins, they

are still waiting for help. Here, maybe 1000 lined up in the hope of

food aid. Among them, we met Abigail, widowed by the typhoon. She

and her tour of letters have been surviving on biscuits. A very long

line. A very long line. We will wait, because there is food. It is a

scene of confusion and hopelessness. This is the front of the line, but

there is no food distribution going on here. Some of the people have

been waiting for hours in the blazing sun. A lot of them are kids

with their families. Just feet away, two lorries laden with food but

nobody coordinating distribution, so the people stay hungry. Each

morning, relief groups share updates. The Filipino government has

been criticised for a slow response, but the minister told me they are

overwhelmed. I only have eight trucks delivering goods and

foodstuffs to the communities. For the whole city? For the whole

province. It is starting to happen. Now at least you can see Tacloban's

main roads are clear, aid can start getting out, but any thought of

rebuilding is still a long way off. Britain's contribution to the

managerial effort has been stepped up. It was flown out of RAF Brize

Norton in Oxfordshire today. A transport plane filled with medical

supplies is due to land in the next 24 hours. The government has

deployed an aircraft carrier which will replace the one in the region

already. The United States has deployed 300

military personnel to join them as well. One of the main problems is

identifying the areas most at risk and need. We went on a surveillance

mission with one of the helicopters. This air base has become a nerve

centre for the US military's relief efforts in the Philippines. These

aircraft arrived from Japan earlier this week. This is used to survey

the damage on the ground and help coordinate relief operations. We

were the first journalist on-board to see its work in the aftermath of

the typhoon. We are going down to conduct humanitarian aid. What are

we likely to see? It is pretty bad. Lots of houses are completely

destroyed or pretty damaged. Pretty bad roads. Roads are getting better,

but there is also a lot of rubbish. The plane is in the air for ten

hours at a time, taking thousands of photographs and videos from a number

of different locations across the worst affected areas. This is

crucial when it comes to the humanitarian relief effort. The

cameras are recording the devastation below in a way that you

could not see down on the ground. It is able to work out the best places

for helicopters and other aircraft to land and emotive areas to ensure

that those who need help most can get it fast. It is from a pie that

you really get the sense of what the typhoon has left behind. Underneath

the clear blue sky villages which look like they have been trampled

on. Trees which once did tall Lion nearside like matchsticks. Picked up

on the cameras, a one word message from the ground, help. As soon as we

see that, we can send the coordinates of that area. When you

first see someone holding a sign up, what do you think? It is emotional.

It makes you feel bad. A few moments later, the cameras pick up another

striking image. Rows and rows of cottons and freshly dug mass graves.

It is too late this -- to help some people. The other big problem here

is the weather. Soaring temperatures in the high 30s and humidity during

the day and also a lot of rainfall. There has been another torrential

downpour in the last few minutes. It means another mob -- miserable night

for the people here without shelter. Princess Anne has said the welfare

of horses could be improved by selling horses for meat. In a speech

to the charity World Horse Welfare she said that owners would probably

take better care of their animals if they were selling them on for human

consumption. Duncan Kennedy is at Chobham in Surrey.

These animals are both about five months old. I think you will agree

that they are both very cute. But here is a question, we put lead

them? Many people will find that idea appalling especially after last

winter's horse meat scandal. Other people are saying, perhaps that is

time for a change on attitude on this, including those in royal

circles. Friend food? Should horses be treated like cows and pigs and be

put on the menus of restaurants and homes. For some, it is an appalling

thought. The debate has been rekindled by the Princess Royal,

herself a devoted horse women. Speaking to force welfare conference

in London, she suggested we may need to change attitudes. -- horses

welfare. Should we be considering a real market for horse meat and with

that reduce the number of welfare cases if there was real value in the

horse meat sector? I think we need the debate. Last winter's scandal

involving horse meat in supermarkets, schools and hospitals,

trampled over the idea of eating the animals. When samples of horse meat

were found in unmarked packets of lasagne, beefburgers and spaghetti

Bolognese, sales dropped. No animal welfare groups say that the Princess

Royal may be right, as long as it is done humanely. We are not against

the principle of eating horses. But it has to be done with good

principles, the horse has to be cared for and transported properly.

Horse meat is a favourite in France, but here, not all consumers are

convinced. I look at them as friends, not food. It is not

necessary. Where does it stop? I understand the apprehension some

people might have, but as long as it is ethically sourced, it is not a

problem. When you think is yet, you probably think companion, not

kitchen, but are times changing? They are being led at a canter by

royals and others who say that consumption may help with their

protection. At the height of the scandal, something like 900,000

families stopped buying frozen beefburgers because they were so

appalled that there was potentially horse meat inside them. The Princess

Royal is saying that at least we should have a debate about this,

especially if the labelling on food packaging is clear. This is going to

divide opinion everywhere in our animal loving country.

Thank you very much. Our top story this lunchtime: The

Prime Minister's car is mobbed by protestors demonstrating against

alleged human rights abuses by the Sri Lankan government. And still to

come: The innings that didn't go according to script. There's

disappointment as Sachin Tendulkar fails to make a century in his last

test match. Later on BBC London, we speak to

Jude Law about piling on the pounds for his latest role as a criminal.

And we will have all the latest on how you can get involved with

children in need, from our team. -- Children In Need.

The Pope wants to hear the views of his flock, but he may not be pleased

with what they have to say. The world's one billion Catholics are

being asked about their opinions on ethical issues which divide the

Church in the 21st century, like homosexuality, divorce and

contraception. It's the first time the Catholic Church has ever done

anything like this and it's backed strongly by the Archbishop of

Westminster. But whatever the survey shows, will it actually change

anything? Here's our religious affairs correspondent, Robert

Pigott. High maths at Westminster Cathedral

last night, a celebration for Roman Catholics of their belief in

unchanging truths about God. But in their private lives, even believers

resist significant parts of the church's teaching. No Pope Francis

himself is asking the world's Catholics for their opinions on

controversial and sensitive subjects, such as contraception,

divorce, sex outside marriage and homosexuality. Catholic airships

discussed the survey in England this week. They say that they will not be

changes in the core beliefs of Catholicism, but greater

understanding for people struggling with increasingly difficult moral

dilemmas. We are seeking to pay attention to the experience of

people who own the one hand want to live the Christian life, want to

follow Christ, and on the other hand, they face all the ambiguities

and difficulties of practical living. What lies in between those

two is in a word, the notion of God's mercy. Pope Francis has

repeatedly called for a church more concerned with love and mercy than

with what he has called small-minded rules. There is a widening gap

between the model of Catholicism presented in the church and what

Catholics actually believe. Catholics are increasingly ready to

trust their own reason and judgement on moral issues, rather than being

the official line. There is a massive gap between the official

teaching of the church in these areas and what an awful lot of

Catholics think and do. That is very dangerous. However, there are many

Catholics who would oppose any watering down of what the church

stands for. What we have been taught is that it is a tradition and you

cannot change it. We grew up with believes and we believe in them and

trust them. I do not think it is up to individuals to make decisions.

That is why we have the Pope. There is every sign that the views of

Catholics will count. The bishops of the world will discuss the findings

that special conferences on sexual ethics and are due to publish new

guidance in 2015. Syria has until the end of today to

say how it plans to destroy its supplies of chemical weapons. It's

meeting with members of the Organisation for the Prohibition of

Chemical Weapons in The Hague, to agree a final road map for the

weapons to be taken out of Syria and destroyed. Here's our world affairs

correspondent, Mike Wooldridge. The aftermath of the chemical

weapons attacking the opposition help the massacres suburb in August.

Described as the world's worst chemical attack in 25 years.

Hundreds were killed and this was the turning point. UN inspectors had

arrived in Syria just the day before, to investigate the places

where previous chemical attacks had been alleged. No events moved

swiftly. President Obama was threatening military strikes to

punish the resume. Russia brokered the deal with President Assad. Under

international monitoring, Syria would destroy all its stocks of

chemical weapons and the facilities to produce them. Today's meeting is

critical to keeping up the momentum of the operation. It is

unprecedented in the midst of war. The chemical weapons of Syria are

now said to be under seal, but massive challenges remain. There are

likely to be some weapons that even the Syrians do not know where they

are. It is a dynamic war zone. Syria is believed to possess around 100

metric tonnes of chemical weapons. The stockpile consists of mustard

gas, the nerve agent sat in, -- sarin and VX. There were

environmental protests this week in Albania were did as a plan that

could use to destroy the chemicals. Moving the weapons out of this --

Syria will be a journey that is fraught with controversy and risk.

Spain has been told it didn't break any rules when it began tougher

customs searches at the border with Gibraltar. The European Commission

added, though, both Spain and the UK needed to do more to make sure the

crossing ran more smoothly. Let's speak to our Europe correspondent,

Matthew Price, who's in Brussels. Is this a rap on the knuckles or

something stronger? I do not think it is stronger. The

commission is wary of getting involved in what is a political

dispute between two countries who have a territorial dispute over

ownership of Gibraltar. You will remember the queues in the summer,

across the border tween Spain and the British territory of Gibraltar.

The commission has said today that Spain has not in breaking the rules,

but the commission has said that Spain and Britain are not operating

the border in the most efficient way possible. We have said to Spain that

it needs to cut down on the large number of random checks it has,

which presumably contribute to delays at the border in the opinion

of the commission. They say they need to get more targeted about the

sort of people and vehicles are checking. This is a conclusion that

will not go down well in Gibraltar. We spoke to one person today who

said that there were big queues of pedestrians last week. It will not

go down well among Eurosceptics in the UK. They will see it as another

moment where Brussels, they believe, is going against Britain and

favouring Spain. The government says that this is a rap on the knuckles

for Spain. Thank you. Well, it wasn't quite the outcome

his fans had wanted. Sachin Tendulkar, in his last ever test

match, failed to make a century by just 26 runs. And there's no

guarantee he'll get another chance to bat. So if this is the end of his

glittering career, can we say whether he really was the world's

greatest ever batsman? Here's our sports correspondent, Andy Swiss.

To a deafening roar, he emerged for perhaps his final innings. For

thousands in the stadium and millions around India, just one

overriding question, good Sachin Tendulkar sign off in style? The

early signs were promising. He raced to 50 from a starting point of 38.

Now his sights turn to 100. The tension was palpable for all it

seemed apart from the man himself. A fairy tale century was within

tantalising reach. But on 74, the unthinkable. There was a stunned

silence, and then a standing ovation. Perhaps for the last time,

India's sporting superstar left the grand stage. The end of the greatest

that's never perhaps? Many will plump for this man, Australian's Don

Bradman. His test average is miles ahead of the rest. Others may point

to Brian Lara. His 400 is still the highest ever score in test matches

to be. For entertainment value, Ian Botham may get the English vote. But

for sheer weight of runs, Tendulkar is simply untouchable. The fondest

of farewells to one of cricket's most extraordinary talents. Let's

have a look at the weather. have a

Dry and bright will do it for many for a good part of the afternoon. I

will concede straightaway that the satellite picture tells the tale. It

is not like that everywhere by any means at all. Nice in the

south-east, but as you drift north, is specially in the Western Isles,

it has been a very windy morning. The winds gale force in places. On

the East of Scotland, it is quite warm, 13 degrees in Easter Ross.

There is something funniest -were split. In the West, it is bright

with the hope of sunshine breaking through the veil. Through the

evening and overnight, the cloud will fill in the halls across

northern parts of the British Isles. Further south, the skies remain

clear. There will be a hard frost for some across the south-east. Fogg

is a concern in the West Country. It will linger for a time through

Saturday morning. If you're off to sporting events are going shopping,

watch out on the motorways. It to be tricky around the M5. The cloud will

fill-in elsewhere. Across the North West of Scotland, you have the

unfortunate combination of wet and windy weather. In knowledge

overnight, temperatures around eight degrees. On Sunday, the weather

front will come through the heart of the country. Notice the numbers in

the North are just beginning to follow way, single figures at the

very best. -- to fall away. Next week, into Monday and Tuesday, the

cold air will sweep its way into the British Isles. There is no rush to

this because we have got to get a couple of things out of the way

first of all. The weekend's wet weather, and following behind, we

have got to get rid of another weather front. You will notice the

difference. It will be 10 degrees in London on Monday, but on Tuesday,

the temperatures are well down into single figures. And it is snowing

the forecast next week. That