03/07/2014 BBC News at One

Tighter security at Britain's airports following warnings of a

credible terror threat. It follows fears from US officials that

Al-Qaeda linked groups are developing bombs undetectable by

normal screening measures. Low vapour pressure explodes, if it does

not give off any vapour, there is nothing for the sniffer dogs, and

that is what makes it ideal for smuggling through security and hard

to detect. We smuggling through security and hard

to will be live at Heathrow. Warnings that the NHS cannot cope

with the numbers of people suffering from long-term illnesses like asthma

and diabetes. A father of a Palestinian teenager murdered in a

suspected revenge attack after the death of three young Israelis has

been describing the agony of losing his son. They are coming over all

French in Leeds, with preparations well underway for the start of the

Tour de France. In the city. There is passion in Yorkshire for cycling

and for the Tour de France.! You can see it everywhere! Later on BBC

London: A lorry burst into flames in central London after a manhole cover

explodes and London University involved in animal experiments is

criticised over poor standards. Good afternoon and welcome to

the BBC News at One. There's tighter security at

Britain's airports today, following warnings of a "credible terror

threat". Reports from America suggest groups

with links to al-Qaeda in Syria and Yemen, are developing bombs

which may not be detected using That has led to stricter checks

at airports with direct flights to Our security correspondent,

Frank Gardner, has the details Heathrow this morning, no outward

signs of anything unusual. Overnight, the government has

announced new unspecified security measures are being put into place

for transatlantic flights to America. It is in response to the

belief that Al-Qaeda operatives in Syria are planning to smuggle

sophisticated bombs onto aeroplanes. I greatly appreciate the cooperation

between the United States government and the government here in the UK.

We have got to remain vigilant. Unfortunately. I wish that we lived

in a world where we did not face ongoing threats and those who would

wish to do us harm did not have ongoing threats and those who would

new ways of trying to inflict ongoing threats and those who would

violence. The threat originates with ongoing threats and those who would

this group, Al-Qaeda in Yemen, for more than five years they have been

devising hard to detect bombs which have successfully evaded airport

security three times. Only one device went off, on the ground,

killing the man who carried it. In 2009, the so-called underwear bomber

failed to detonate his bomb over Detroit and is now in prison. Bombs

hidden in these printers would have worked in 2010 if an intelligence

tip-off had not led police to find them at East Midlands Airport. This

is the man designing the bombs, he is a Saudi national. The fear is

that he has trained a whole new generation of high-tech bombers.

This explosives expert showed us the effect of even just a small drop of

liquid explosive. When you come to detect explosives, one of the

traditional ways is by sniffing, you use an electronic sniffer, you can

use a sniffer dog. Low vapour explosive, low vapour pressure

explosive, is one which does not give off any vapour is, there is

nothing to sniff and that is what makes them ideal for smuggling

through security and makes them hard to detect. With the fighting in

Syria pulling in thousands of jihadists from Europe, intelligence

analysts worry that some of them are being quietly trying to go back both

US and British airports already have extensive security measures.

Including explosive detectors and body scanners. It is not clear what

more precautions can be taken, passengers are warned to expect

delays for the sake of a safe flight.

correspond and Andy Moore, at Heathrow.

correspond and Andy Moore, -- correspondence. Has there been

enhanced security? 56 direct flights to the United States every day and

there is business as normal, no reports from passengers for reports

of delays at the airport here, similar picture at Gap -- Gatwick.

At Manchester Airport, ten flights to the United States, some longer

queues. Those problems seem to have been resolved. A hint at Manchester

Airport of what the new security measures may be. It seems passengers

there, after they have been through normal security, were then checked

at a second time at the gate, and some of their luggage may have been

looked at. Should you turn up early or at your normal time, but please,

Heathrow are advising that for an international flight turn up three

hours in advance. The Prime Minister spokesperson says that you should

turn up at the airport at the appropriate time. There is a warning

that the NHS in England must improve the way that it cares for the

growing number of people living with long-term illnesses like diabetes,

asthma and arthritis. Around 30% of patients with multiple health issues

account for 70% of all NHS spending. They say that transferring care from

hospitals to community services could be a recipe for disaster if

they are not geared up for the change. -- a committee of MPs says.

VOICEOVER: Around 15 million people in England are thought to be living

with a long-term health condition such as asthma, one for which there

is no cure but that can be controlled by drugs or other

therapies, caring for these patients, 30% of the population,

accounts for around 70% of the NHS budget in England. Let me check your

blood pressure against white GPs like Brian Hope are seeing an

increasing number of patients who have developed not just one but two

or more conditions. It is actions that people take in their childhood,

their teens and their early years, that prevent that from happening. --

-- let me check your blood pressure again. GPs like Brian Hope. Caring

for people with long-term conditions account for 55% of all GP

appointments, and 68% of appointments at outpatient and

accident and emergencies. It would cost an extra ?4 billion each year

by 2016, according to one estimate. As we are an ageing population, we

are living with not just one long-term to nation but several. Way

that they interact has huge implications. -- not just one

long-term illness but several. The government hopes that patients will

see the benefits of a better care funds to be launched next year,

which aims to improve coordination between community and social

services to help to keep people well and out of hospital. NHS England

says we also need a change in culture across all care services. It

is not just about doctors and patients, it is about professionals

and individuals and also carers and the communities in which they live.

We need to mobilise the assets around those people who have

long-term conditions, as much as have an interaction between the NHS

and that person. The growth in the number of people living with

long-term conditions has added to the pressure on hospitals and in

particular accident and emergency departments but MPs warned that

shifting those patients from hospitals into the community will

not be straightforward, particularly if the services are not yet geared

up to provide proper care. Health editor Hugh Pym. Cash is

limited, how does the NHS survive this? What is the solution? Some out

there in the health world and the political world say the only answer

is more money for the NHS next year and beyond after the election.

Equally there are some in government who say, hang on, the NHS has made a

lot of efficiency savings in the last few years, money has been

reallocated to front line services, the NHS is working out how to do

things better. The basic trend: Very small increase in England over the

last few years in real terms taking into account inflation. Demand for

services has risen rapidly. Because of this issue, including issues like

people with long-term conditions that need managing, taking up more

than half of GPs time, more and more pressure on the system, and the

report from the health committee that we have been looking at today

suggests an extra ?4 billion will be needed by 2016 over and above what

is currently planned. That is the real pressure. Lots of pressure as

you have said but interesting, a new survey has come out, talking about

the public satisfaction with GPs services. This is a survey of

patients in England, questionnaire returned it is a big sample. It

shows that 85% of people broadly are happy with their GP practice. If you

look at the detail of the figures on all of the main satisfaction

ratings, there has been a decline over the last couple of years. 34%

now feel they're out of hours service is not good. 27% say that it

is not easy to get through on the phone. This points to the pressure

on GPs. More and more people want their services. The whole thing is

getting stretched. Thanks. More clashes between the Israeli security

forces and Palestinians in Gaza around ten people were injured

during Israeli air strikes after rocket attacks against southern

Israel. Fighting follows the kidnap and murder of a Palestinian teenager

in a suspected revenge attack for the killings of three young

Israelis. Over the past few hours, it has been

fairly calm here in east Jerusalem but just in the past few minutes

there has been a few bangs that suggest the situation may be

changing. Not very far away from the home of the murdered Palestinian

teenager and over the past 24 hours, there have been riotous scenes here.

VOICEOVER: The smouldering aftermath of overnight clashes, Palestinians

in East Jerusalem vented their anger over the death of a local boy.

Stones were their ammunition against Israeli police. The body of Mohammed

Abu Khdair, 17, was found in a forest yesterday, just hours after

he was seen being bundled into a van. Israeli police say they are

still investigating. His family believe that he was abducted and

killed in revenge for the recent murder of three Israeli teenagers.

The funeral cannot take place until an autopsy has been done.

TRANSLATION: He was stabbed multiple times and burned. We were not

allowed to see the body. They had to use DNA tests to identify my son.

Now, mourners are waiting for the funeral, outside of the family home.

Everywhere you look you have got plenty of evidence of the overnight

violence. It reached much further plenty of evidence of the overnight

than East Jerusalem: Also clashes in Palestinian cities across the West

Bank where the Israeli army has been doing raids. And, in the Gaza Strip.

Bank where the Israeli army has been Explosions lit up the night sky in

Gaza. This was the Israel responds to the rockets fired by militants.

In southern Israel, homes were hit. Nobody here was injured. Macro

-- TRANSLATION: I tell the children not to be afraid but when it reaches

you like this, it changes the entire situation. This cycle of violence is

a familiar pattern in this decades-old conflict, the latest

developments are a worrying sign of a potential escalation.

The expectation is that there will be another flare up when the body of

Mohammed Abu Khdair is handed over to his family and they can hold his

funeral at the mosque that you can see just over there.

The failure to tackle female genital mutilation in the UK,

where a woman's genitals are cut for non-medical reasons, has been

A committee of MPs says successive failures by ministers,

the police and other agencies, have led to the "preventable

But in some parts of the world the fight is not against FGM

As Anne Soy reports from Kenya, there's a generational divide

between those who want to abandon the tradition and those who want to

They left their homes at the crack of dawn, it is

They left their homes at the crack abandon all of their chores. Eight

clans walking from all directions. They are

clans walking from all directions. that has been used for generations

clans walking from all directions. to hold important meetings. A

previous meeting saw those who have abandoned the tradition of

circumcising girls protest. This meeting is meant to be for women but

there are also dozens of men in attendance, their voice is important

in endorsing whatever position is important in endorsing whatever

positions the women make. There is a clash of generations we understand,

older men supporting women but younger men opposed to FGM. Women

have reportedly threatened to withhold conjugal

have reportedly threatened to who do not support them.

This is one of the community mobilises, she says it is important

for the mass -- tried to hold onto traditions. TRANSLATION: We say that

somebody who abandons their culture is a slave, why would they want me

to doctors will tell you that a woman who has been circumcised is

likely to face conversations, especially during childbirth. We

believe it is easy for a circumcised woman to if an uncircumcised woman

gets pregnant, she has got to be cut before birth, that will leave her

with scars, otherwise, I as a mother cannot touch her, she is dirty, she

will not find a husband. Girls who defy tradition find refuge in

schools like this one. These pupils have chosen education over FGM. This

girl is 12 years old, she ran away from home when she heard of plans to

have her cut. I have got to live here, because I cannot go home. When

I go, when I go back home, I could be at risk.

Locally does struggle to convince women to abandon the practice. Years

of complaints against FGM, introduction of those banning it,

and the arrest of those who committed, has done little to deter

people. being stepped up because of warnings

from the US of a credible terror threat. Coming up, women's semifinal

day at Wimbledon and everyone is wondering what went wrong for Andy

Murray. Later on BBC London, how the Met has cashed in on London's

property market. Buildings are sold off to fund front line policing. And

a boom time for archaeologists as the capital's building projects

unearthed the past. It is one of the most gruelling of

sporting tests in the world. The Tour De France, and it kicks off not

across the Channel, but here, in the UK, in Yorkshire this weekend.

Nearly 200 riders from 22 teams are competing and the first stage begins

in Leeds, where later today the official opening ceremony is taking

place. From there, Dan Johnson has more.

Annual local landmark on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. Forget eh up,

it is by sure. Its director says they have had a warm welcome. There

is passion for cycling and for the Tour. You can see it everywhere here

and we will see it on Saturday and Sunday. There are yellow bicycles,

painted yellow, everywhere. I saw so many French flags. As it is for the

14th of July in France. The cycling circus has already rolled into town.

It includes the French police. Roads along the route will be closed, some

from the night before. The existing champion is impressed. By what he

has seen so far. It is out of this world. Just the way ever little town

along the route, every little village, has embraced the Tour de

France. You see bikes everywhere, polka dots everywhere, yellow

jerseys everywhere. To come in the defending champion and have that

kind of home crowd behind you is second to none. And the world's

media is also arriving. 2000 journalists will cover the Tour.

This weekend, all eyes are on Yorkshire. And the streets are

slowly turning yellow. It has already inspired some here in Leeds.

Visually it is really exciting for me. I feel as though I want to paint

everything to do with the Tour. Because it is a once-in-a-lifetime.

It will not be here again. Yorkshire has done a great job. It is lovely

seeing all the yellow everythings, the bikes, the shirts, it is

brilliant on the statues. It is really fun. Very excited. It is nice

for the town and for everybody, yes, lovely. Yorkshire has embraced

the Tour like you could never have imagined and I cannot think of

anything that has united Yorkshire like the Tour de France. They say

everything is ready for the biggest show on two wheels. Now they are

hopeful for good weather for Yorkshire's Grand Depart.

A new survey suggests many of the sites earmarked for the extraction

of oil and shale gas in England and Wales are in areas close to

underground sources of water. The details are in a report from the

British Geological Survey and the Environment Agency. Our science

editor David Shukman has more. What other scientists saying? They want

to tackle one of the great concerns about fracking that the process

could contaminate the drinking water. They have tried to work out

where the underground stores of water are in England and Wales, and

where the shale lairs are that could hold oil and gas. They have drawn up

some maps that we can look at that showbiz. On the left in red you have

the shale gas, covering quite a big chunk of the country. On the right,

in blue, you have the underground stores of water. What they have done

is combine those two maps. You can see there is a lot of overlap, quite

big areas, where the water lair, the water bearing rocks, is above the

rocks, the shale, containing the oil and gas. I should point out that

most cases the water bearing rock is quite shallow, not far below us. The

shale is a long way down, maybe a mile deep. The industry people who

are doing this fracking work say that separation should make things

safe. Of course, in some areas the shale layers rise closer to the

surface and those may be of more concern. How worried should we be?

The industry view is that properly handled, safely regulated, it should

be perfectly OK to drill through water bearing rock layer down a mile

deep to the layer of shale to get the oil and gas. Some people may be

concerned and there may be three or four areas of the country, for

example East Yorkshire, parts of East Anglia and North Kent, where

the shale is quite close to the surface and people may say it is not

the right place to do it. David Shukman, thank you. A former aide to

David Cameron Number ten macro has appeared before magistrates charged

with making and possessing indecent images of children. The charges

against Patrick Rock, 63, from south-west London, relate to more

than 60 images. He has been bailed to appear at Southwark Crown Court

in two weeks. Labour's Ed Miliband has been

speaking to business leaders about his plans to build a more

prosperous. He called for an end to chronic short term is to tackle

long-standing problems in the economy. He said Labour and business

should work together to make it happen. There is a shared mission

that I want the next Labour government to have with business,

because we know we have the problems of the country. The economy is not

fixed. There are deep problems of having hard work and people's reward

being linked. The good paying jobs having hard work and people's reward

that we need. Business is vital to making that happen. We want to

that we need. Business is vital to with business. Let's speak to our

business editor Kamal Ahmed, who with business. Let's speak to our

tricky relationship with the tricky relationship with the

business community. As this speech smoothed the waters? There is a long

way to go. If we go back to the Tony Blair error, before 1997, when

Labour wanted to be close to business, we thought -- they wanted

to be close to business. Then we had the financial crash, things changed.

Ed Miliband has been having a very different type of relationship with

business, almost like a married couple that became estranged. He

said he would intervene on the energy market and banking, he even

suggested he would control who owned football clubs. The business people

don't like government intervention. football clubs. The business people

It means that their interest is don't

It means that their interest is have consistency. Ed Miliband today

is clearly interested in the have consistency. Ed Miliband today

they are going to be able to make a big story to the public about

growth, prosperity and jobs. He has spoken today about resetting the

relationship. Yes, we need reform, he says he is being consistent. Some

businesses might be suspicious he says he is being consistent. Some

businesses on long-term agenda. I think there is a little --

businesses on long-term agenda. I a little estranged, this is probably

the first step towards rapprochement.

On the courts at Wimbledon, all eyes are on the women's semifinals, but

off the court the talk is about Andy Murray's gets it from the tournament

and what if anything seems to have distracted the former champion

before yesterday's straight sets defeat. His spokesman admitted that

Marie had been off his defeat. His spokesman admitted that

Katherine Downes is Wimbledon for us.

One of the burdens of being a Wimbledon champion is that your

every move and mutter is scrutinised. It is being reported

today that Andy Murray was ranting yesterday about something that

bothered him five minutes before his match, though TV and radio

microphones have picked up no such outburst. Whatever happens, if

anything, it is outburst. Whatever happens, if

Murray was not at his best yesterday.

In the place where thousands watched the title defence crumbled, the

question now is what went wrong stop speculation abounds that Murray was

rattled something just before the match. He certainly acknowledges he

did not open well. My start to the match was poor. I started the match

badly. It gave him confidence. I should have done a better job at the

beginning of the match of making it tougher for him. I did not manage to

do that. The reality was this man tougher for him. I did not manage to

played brilliantly and as Grigor Dimitrov improved, Marie's mood and

muttering intensified. -- Andy Murray. Of that frustration boiled

over and affects the point, he doesn't deal with it so well. In

terms of motivation, commitment and dedication, it is second to none. In

the women's drawer, the stars of the future are shining in the

semifinals. 20-year-old Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, aggressive and

determined, takes on French Open finalist Simona Halep. While the

other semi is an all check affair, despite the size strapping 2011

champion Petra Kvitova looks back to her best. She will face Lucie

Safarova. The generation about five years ago were good. They were not

great. So we have had a lot of good players come through. These next

players led by Halep and Bouchard will be great players. They believe

they belong at the top of the game and believe they should win grand

slam titles. It is a big difference from the players four or five years

ago. There will still be at Marie in action today, Jamie plays mixed

doubles with his Australian partner, hoping for a second Wimbledon

title. If his brother is watching at all, it is likely to be on the

telly, at home. More bad news for Andy Murray I am

afraid. After yesterday's defeat he is likely to slip to tens in the

rankings, his worst position in six years. Grigor Dimitrov looks set to

overtake him. I suspect he is taking a much-needed day off.

Communities get together to raise money for all kinds of things, but

one group in Cumbria has been raising funds to buy a mountain.

Blencathra in the Lake District was put on the market by the Earl of

Lonsdale to help pay and inheritance tax bill. The deadline for the group

to submit its offer has passed and the bid for the mountain has gone

in. Jenny Hill has the story. No wonder they call it Saddle back.

Blencathra's distinctive shape demo and it is. This Lakeland character

is up for sale, for one 57p. -- for ?1.57 million. The friends of

Blencathra, off we go! And these people are out to buy. Locals and

tourists, climbers and Ramblers, they all want a bit of Blencathra.

It is about trying to get people to recognise that these beautiful

places belong to us all. We can all share them and enjoyed them but

equally we have a responsibility for them all as well and that is very

important to us. The stunning scenery here has always drawn

visitors. Blencathra has been in the same family for centuries. Now they

are selling, to pay off and inheritance tax bill. The new owner

or owners of Blencathra will get so much more than just a mountain. It

comes with grazing rights for 6500 sheep, not to mention a feudal

titles. So you could be looking at the next Lord of the Manor of

Threlkeld. I love Ben Cather. It is one of the most lovely mountains in

the Lake District. It is the gateway to the Northern Lakes. It is very

important that it can be owned by the outdoor community, who will give

it loads of TLC. By Bobby that community's offer is amongst a

number being considered. For now, the bidders must wait. Who knows

what lies ahead for this landmark of the Lakes.

It has been a gorgeous day for being out in the fresh air. Apparently the

hottest day of the year. We still have a degree or so before

we get there, only in the south-east. For most of us, it is a

very different story. It is fairly overcast in a number of areas. There

has been a bit of rain. The best of the weather is any aware from East

Anglia, through London, down to the Isle of Wight. Temperatures into the

high 20s. It will stay like that this afternoon and this evening. In

fact, if you go towards the west coast off the coast of Cornwall, it

is more like 19 degrees with low cloud and drizzle. Some big contrast

to the weather today across the country. Across London at 4pm it

will be at least 26 degrees, if not a degree higher. By the time we get

to the Midlands and northern parts of the country, into northern

England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, a different story, more

cloud, spots of rain and mostly in the upper teens. It is quite windy

off the Western Isles. All this talk about hot weather, but it is for the

lucky few across the south-east. Tonight, you can see on the edge of

the forecasts rain is heading our way. This is the beginning of quite

an unsettled spell of weather that is going to last unfortunately

through the weekend. A killjoy after the warm spell we have right now in

the south-east. This is the rain heading our way for tomorrow

morning. It nudges into many western areas of the country. Quite windy

conditions, anywhere from limits, Cardiff, the Irish Sea and Scotland.

One more day of warmth across East Anglia and the south-east. Tomorrow

could be equally warm. Two hot days across the south-east. If you are

out on Friday evening and Friday night, you can see the rain

progresses into the Midlands, but it should be a fine evening across the

south-east. This is Saturday. A big load parked over us. This spells

rain at least for a time across eastern areas. It will be quite

soggy in London and Norwich. Across western areas, sunshine.

Occasionally interrupted by some showers. Sunglasses in one hand, the

umbrella in the other, that sort of weather. A similar picture for

Sunday. Sunshine and showers. A lot fresher. This is a land to care.

Down to 22 in London, 16 or 17, soap to Hogg-macro hot days but only in

the south-east today and tomorrow, but then the weekend will be cooler

with rain for all others. -- Sue two hot days.

but then the weekend will be cooler with rain for all others. -- Sue two

hot days. Security at British airports