29/04/2014 BBC News at One

Tributes are paid to the Leeds schoolteacher stabbed to death

Flowers at the gates of the school where Ann Maguire

taught for 40 years - she was due to retire in a few months.

We pray for an's family and friends. We pray for Anne.

At a special Mass, prayers for Ann Maguire, a teacher at Corpus

She was an inspiration to the staff and pupils. She was an inspiration

to young staff joining the school. Britain is coming back -

the Chancellor's view as new figures show the fifth

consecutive growth of GDP. The drop in cancer deaths which one

charity describes as a tipping point Forget cash, cheque books,

and credit cards - now Misery for millions of commuters

as tube workers go back on strike over job losses and ticket

office closures - we'll have Good afternoon

and welcome to the BBC News at One. All morning people have been laying

flowers outside the school where Ann Maguire was stabbed to death

yesterday. This morning, police said the death

of the 61-year-old was "an Pupils and families at

Corpus Christi Catholic College attended a Mass morning, at which

they heard her described as an A 15-year-old boy is still

in police custody, and is expected And Maguire had taught at Corpus

Christi College for 40 years. She had been due to retire at the end of

the summer. In those four decades, she had a huge influence on the

lives of so many pupils, often generations of the same family. The

love and affection for her shines out of the many messages left in

tribute here. This report from Sian Lloyd.

They looked for hope in a time of darkness. Pupils past and present,

family and friends of Anne Maguire have remembered her in special

praise. The 61-year-old was stabbed yesterday at the school where she

had taught for 40 years, in an attack witnessed by some of her

pupils. The people who came and joined with the regular congregation

did so to support each other and to remember a much loved teacher and

member of this community. I left 12 years ago. It is still hard to know

that something so close to home has happened like this. It is not

something you hear or see going on around here. It is such a shock to

everybody. My youngest daughter is so upset. It is awful. Leaders from

the Catholic church link to Corpus Christi School, recognise that

long-term support will be needed. There is a great sadness. Obviously

this has come as a shock. It is a time when faith becomes especially

important. The chart has become a focus for that. People need time to

be able to allow this information to fully percolate through them. Then

there will be time for grief and for trying to move forward. That will

come later. For now, people are still in shock, struggling to come

to terms with what has happened. Lucy pottered -- Lucy Potter

remembered and Maguire as a teacher who did everything. She did

everything she could to make sure you achieved the best you could,

which I did. Investigations at Corpus Christi are continuing. A

15-year-old pupil is still being questioned. And horrific incident.

It is unprecedented nationally. It has caused a great deal of shock and

distress. This is very much an isolated incident. This is not part

of a wider problem that exists locally. The school is trying to

create a sense of normality for pupils, with lessons carrying on as

usual. Corpus Christi Catholic College is a wonderfully strong and

caring school. The sense of community is tangible and apparent

as you enter the building, and it is the right decision to keep the

school open. And Maguire was a wife, mother, teacher and friend.

Her husband and daughters are being supported by police and the Catholic

Church. Mrs Maguire saw this school as a second family. It's pupils who

learned together are now having to learn to grieve together.

The headteacher here has said that 30 pupils were in what he called

close proximity to Mrs Maguire when she was stabbed. He has defended the

decision to keep the school open, saying it is what Mrs Maguire would

have wanted. We have been speaking to the headmaster.

And Maguire was a wonderful caring individual. She was an outstanding

teacher. She touched the hearts of three generations of pupils. She

was, first and foremost, highly aspirational for all of our

students, regardless of their background or ability. She never

gave up on pupils, even at times when they may have given up on

themselves. She was always the first to look at the strengths of pupils,

to find the strength of pupils. Encourage them to develop their

God-given skills. She was described white one of the tribute as a mother

to everybody -- by one of the tribute. That is a fitting tribute.

She was an inspiration to pupils and staff. She led by example. She was a

great support to young staff when they joined the school, and those

new to the profession. She was also a wise head and she would provide

support to the leadership -- leadership team of the school. She

would have been at the forefront. How did you come to terms with the

moment it happened? What did you do? We called the staff briefly at the

end of the day were reconfirmed that is sadly and had passed away. We

prayed together. We draw strength from our faith. We are a place of

worship, a Christian community. This school was safe 24 hours ago. Is it

safe now? It is. This is a tragic one of incident. It is unprecedented

in the history of Britain. We are not aware of anything similar that

has happened anywhere else. It came as an enormous shock to us. We could

not have foreseen the circumstances that transpired yesterday. I would

want to assure parents and the wider community that the school is safe,

that our doors are open. That was headteacher Steve Maude.

This lunchtime, people continue to come to lay floral tributes and to

read the hundreds of messages left here in memory of Anne Maguire.

Inside the school the atmosphere is described as calm and reverend.

Meanwhile, in the last couple of months, police have confirmed to me

that they have not yet begun to question the 15-year-old boy

arrested in connection with the stabbing. They say that will begin

soon. And because of his age, it will be a delicate process.

Thank you. The UK economy has grown

for the fifth consecutive quarter, fuelled by strong performances

in the service sector, It grew by 0.8%

in the first three months of the year, and the overall economy

is now just below the level it was Here's our chief economics

correspondent, Hugh Pym. It is the figure which measures the

overall health of the economy. The value of all goods and services

produced. It shows grope -- growth of 0.8%. Construction is one

industry on the move, reflecting wider economic growth. Even with the

bad weather it expended during the first quarter of the year. --

expanded. There is a high level of confidence in the industry. We are

seeing it across the country. We are seeing it in commercial developments

such as this. Infrastructure developments. We have the

such as this. Infrastructure welcomed the latest news. The only

way to help people in this country way to help people in this country

is to grow the British economy. What the figures revealed today is that

Britain is coming back. We cannot take that for granted. While the UK

economy has grown consistently since the start of last year, it is not

quite back to where it was before the recession. Economists expect

that to happen soon. The survey is pointing to very strong growth still

in the current quarter. It may well be that we get back to the precrisis

level by midyear. After that, we will be moving into more positive

territory. There have been differing stories across the economy since

early 2008. Activity in the dominant services sector is 2% higher than

the previous peak. Industrial production is 11.5% lower.

Construction is more than 12% down on prerecession levels. The economy

may be gaining momentum but it is still not clear the book -- it is

still not clear how people are feeling the benefits.

David Cameron and George Osborne are trying to tell people the cost of

living crisis is over. That is jarring with people who say there

may be growth but there is no recovery in my living standards, for

our family in our community. Who is actually going to make people better

off for the future? Latest figures show wage growth has caught up with

prices. Ministers hope a feel-good factor does begin to emerge.

New treatments, and earlier screening and diagnosis,

mean cancer survival rates are now double what they were a decade ago.

According to Cancer Research UK, a tipping point has been reached, and

cancer should no longer be seen as the "death sentence" it once was.

But it also says more work needs to be done on improving survival rates

for patients with pancreatic and lung cancer.

Here's our health correspondent, Branwen Jeffreys.

This woman has always been fit and healthy. She was stunned to find out

she had a brain tumour. The cancer was picked up after a dentist

suggested a scam. She had been getting headaches. An operation

followed and treatment with a new drug. Two and a half years later she

is full of hope. I am grateful that I had cancer now rather than 20 or

30 years ago. Technology is so advanced now. These new figures show

how much cancer survival has improved. In the 1970s around 25% of

patients could expect ten year survival. Now that has reached 50%

overall. It varies depending on the kind of cancer. I2032, it is hoped

ten year survival could reach 75%. Experts say continuing to advance

survival is about many changes. Earlier diagnosis, thorough

investigation, more effective treatments, not just drugs but

better surgery, more effective radiotherapy as well as better drugs

for treating certain types of cancer. Research has helped to

completely transform cancer survival. But cancer is many

different diseases. And some remain hard to detect and difficult to

treat. That is why understanding what triggers cancer is so

important. The tumours that can be most deadly in the brain, the lungs,

the pancreas, need to be picked up much earlier if survival is to

improve. We have seen progress. We have reason to believe that we have

continued work, development of new tests, screening technologies, but

also the way the health system works, we should be able to detect

more cancers sooner. Cancer Research UK and treatment is a success story.

It is now the most difficult cancers which are the key to improving

survival. The diplomatic tension over the

crisis in the Ukraine continues. Russia has voiced strong concern

over what it described as the unprecedented increase in US

and NATO military activity The country's Defence Minister told

his US counterpart to ?tone Sloviansk today. Still looking very

much like a pro-Russian stronghold. This local resident says he

absolutely supports the separatists. And even possible secession. But

this man says he is for a unified Ukraine and is fed up with

everything that has happened. He is afraid to walk the streets. Last

evening in Donetsk, a stronghold of pro-Russian separatists, pro-Ukraine

supporters brandished Ukrainian flags. Then they were set upon. The

security forces did little. It is further evidence of the volatility

of events. It adds to the question is, who are the shadowy figures

behind this pro-Russian revolt? How directly as Russia involved? The

European and serious to turn up the heat on sanctions. Several Ukrainian

separatists, but also this man, the director of Russia's military

intelligence... The EU says his officers have been active in eastern

Ukraine. The chief of staff of the Russian armed forces has been held

responsible for a massive Russian build-up on the border. President

Obama, whose tour of Asia has been overshadowed by Ukraine, has gone

further. The Americans have targeted countries with close links to the

Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Washington does not expect immediate

results but believes the economy is looking increasingly fragile. For

now, the pro-Russian separatists are consolidating their grip.

the stabbing of teacher Anne Maguire are still waiting to question a

15-year-old boy. Still to come, we will be inside the

15-year-old boy. Still to come, we will be replica tomb of the boy king

Tutankhamun. Later on BBC London, will be replica tomb of the boy king

Tutankhamun. Later we join the UKIP leader Nigel Farage on the campaign

trail for the European elections, in Slough town. And we celebrate 150

years of the West End. There are just over three weeks to

go before the European and local elections on the 22nd of May. In the

run-up to polling day, we will be out with all the party leaders, and

today we begin with the leader of UKIP, Nigel Farage, who is

campaigning in Bath. And our chief political correspondent, Norman

Smith, is there, too. Today they have been hit by yet

another race row, by a candidate down in Hastings, who wrote on his

Facebook page, there is no such thing as a benign Muslim. I have

been speaking to Nigel Farage about that. But I have also been taking a

lot back the risks for UKIP in these euro elections. He has cast himself

as the common-sense bloke down the pub who is going to shake up the

political establishment, causing an earthquake,

political establishment, causing an by winning these European elections.

It has been bowled fighting talk. But that is the first risk for Nigel

Farage, has he raised the bar too high? And if he does not win, is he

just a busted flush? There is frustration among voters that they

are not getting their voices heard in Westminster. None of the major

parties want to tackle the things which are exercising the minds of

the people. The second risk is UKIP itself - will they stand up to the

much tougher media scrutiny, which comes with being frontrunners? So

far, Nigel Farage has survived unscathed, seemingly nonstick Nigel.

Can his party really expect to remain undamaged by more arguments

over racist tweets or controversial posters or questionable candidates?

Of course we have got a handful of people who say things we do not

like. However, when I actually look at the Lib Dem, Conservative and

Labour Party councillors, and what they have done over the last few

months, there is no debate about them at all. So there is a slight

feeling here that whilst UKIP has got a few people who say silly

things, there is an establishment getting up this idea that because

one person, or two, make silly comments, that this represents the

entire party. And then there is the Nigel Farage factor. Both a strength

and weakness of the party. The third big risk is that these elections

might show UKIP to be a one-man band, short of policies and

personalities, beyond the leader. In other words, a protest movement

rather than a serious political movement, with ambitions beyond

these European elections. Well, despite today's damaging comments

about Muslims and the spate of racist tweets, none of this seems to

have damaged UKIP's poll ratings, which is the real challenge for the

big, established parties, and that is, how on earth do you take on

UKIP? And Norman will be live in Bath

throughout the afternoon on the BBC News Channel - and he will be with

the other main party leaders over Airlines Flight MH370 has been

called off, seven weeks after the plane disappeared. The Australian

Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, says it's now "highly unlikely" that any

debris will be found on the ocean surface, and the underwater search

is to be intensified, as our transport correspondent, Richard

Westcott, now explains. It really felt like they were

getting close, after scouring some of the most remote corners of the

world. Searchers were confident they were homing in on the black voice

recorders, after hearing electronic pings under the sea. A few weeks

ago, the Australian prime ministers said they could be within kilometres

of the crash site. He cannot fathom why nothing has primed up -- turned

up. We are still baffled and disappointed that we have not been

able to find wreckage under the sea. It looks like something out of a

science fiction film, but sitting on the quayside in Southampton, these

are the kinds of machines which might just help solve this mystery.

The technology on hand in Australia has drawn a blank. Searchers must

now call the world for more advanced kit to make that breakthrough. This

looks like the equipment they are using in Australia, but it is bigger

and stronger, which means it can dive 1.5 kilometres deeper. The

problem is, there are only a handful of these around the world, and they

are not just sitting idle, they are often committed to scientific work

years in advance. This is Autosub6000, the vehicle that we

would use for mapping the bottom of the ocean. You can hear how thick it

is. It is like concrete. Autosub6000 can potentially find tell-tale lumps

of wreckage hiding on the side of underwater mountains. It is full of

sonar scanning kit and cameras, but you would need a ship to get it

there. We have a launch and recovery system, and we also have a

container, the base of operations, which carries the spares. To ship

this, we would normally -- normally ship it in three 20ft containers.

The search has now been called off, the trail has gone cold. Once again,

the families are staring at months, even years, before they know for

certain that the aircraft ended up here.

Nowadays, millions of us use our mobile phones for all kinds of

things - e-mails, social networking, shopping, to name just a few. Well

now anyone with a smart phone will be able to pay or receive money just

by sharing their mobile number. The new system starts today and it has

got the backing of some of Britain's biggest banks, as our technology

correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones now explains.

The new Paym system launched today in voles linking your mobile phone

number to your bank account. For instance, our meal has been paid for

by George, and I need to pay him back. What do I owe you? Cheap at

the price, ?10 for that. I open my mobile and king app, choose his

phone number and simply send him ?10. Within moments, it is in his

account. -- tanking app. With most of the banks on board, the hope is

that at last, mobile money might take off. This is aimed at wink

about paying the baby-sitter, or sharing a bill in a restaurant. It

is those circumstances. We want to encourage people to register for it.

There are already plenty of ways of paying for things with your mobile

phone, but until now, most of them have been too limited for most of us

to bother with. So, will the simple idea of linking your mobile phone

number to your bank account be enough to persuade many of us to

leave this at home? At Imperial College in London, students and

staff are using a payments app which only works on the campus, and it is

proving quite popular. Mobile money is gradually becoming accepted, but

not everybody is convinced. I do not understand the technology behind it

enough to understand the risks, so I do not trust it. I pay for

everything with card anyway. Might as well change to it. Would not

trust anything like that, that is why I still have my old mobile

phone. Do not want the internet, do not want anything like that. Do not

trust it. More than 1 million people have registered for the Paym system,

and now we will discover whether the telephone really is the future of

money. -- of money. It is more than 90 years since the

tomb of the Egyptian boy pharoah Tutankhamum was uncovered by a

British archaeological team. Ever since, it has been a massive draw

for millions of people. But all those visitors are actually

damaging the tomb. Which is why the Egyptian authorities have built a

replica to protect the original. But will tourists want to see a copy?

Rajan Datar has been to the Valley The main draw is the tomb of the boy

king, Tutankhamun, which was discovered by Howard Carter and his

team in 1922. For more than 3000 years, this tomb survived intact, in

almost pristine condition. But after only nine decades of tourism,

without to 1000 visitors coming every day, well, the condition has

deteriorated dramatically. The main reason for that was this. Human

breath. Since Howard Carter opened the tomb up, the constant changes of

humidity, the changes in moisture levels, the airborne pollutants

which come in with the people, have an effect on the tomb. Previous

attempts at restoration have actually added to the problem, so it

was agreed a replica would be created, with the long-term aim of

severely restricting public access to the original. Laser scanners and

3D printing were used to make the facsimile. The backdrop to all of

this has been the continuing political crisis in Egypt over the

past three years. Tourism in many areas of the country has collapsed.

Luxor town centre is deserted, and local traders are desperate. As you

can see for yourself, the temple is empty, the market is empty, every

part is empty. We need tourism more than anything else. Replacing

Luxor's star attraction with a facsimile may well be seen as

commercial suicide for a town already on its knees. Initial

reaction was rather sceptical from the local guide. It will be negative

for tourism, because I am sure that every country could have replicas

back home where they are from, they could have won in different

countries, and tourists would not need to calm any more to see the

two. This is just the start of a reappraisal of many of the of the

remaining antiquities in the world. We will come to the showers in a

second, but you can see this cloud coming off the North Sea. Miserable

in these areas. There is fog around as well. The best of the sunshine

probably towards the western side of the British Isles. There is a Met

Office yellow warning out for these until about eight o'clock this

evening. Further north, fewer showers in the north of Wales. Sunny

spells and the odd isolated shower for Northern Ireland. Coming into

Scotland, this is where we started with that gloomy prospect. And there

is fog coming in off the North Sea. But there is a little bit of

sunshine to be had inland. Then, the showers tending to fade. Into the

small hours of Wednesday, poor visibility again. Even in central,

southern parts of England, it could be murky to start the day on

Wednesday. Sunshine in short supply. More rain coming into the west to

finish of the day. At its best, with some sunshine, 18-19. On Thursday,

low pressure close by, so you are likely to see some pretty heavy rain

or sharp showers. But that more northerly feature, as it sinks

further south, is introducing a completely different regime of

weather. High pressure beginning to build in, which will drive things

out, but during the course of Friday, you will feel a change to

something distinctly cooler. Yes, there will be some sunshine for the

Bank Holiday Weekend, and it will be mostly dry, but gardeners take note,

there will be quite widespread frosts as temperatures fall by day

and by night. Now a reminder of our top story this

lunchtime... Police are still waiting to question

a 15-year-old in connection with the