27/11/2015 BBC News at One

France mourns its dead - a memorial service is held in Paris for

The names of each of the 130 victims was read out,

Amid the remembrance and reflection, President Hollande vowed to take

on and destroy so-called Islamic State. We'll be live in

Jeremy Corbyn faces a revolt on the frontbenches - over his policy and

What a difference a year makes - Black Friday fizzles out -

The Queen officially opens the Commonwealth conference,

with climate change and terror on the agenda.

And Kyle Edmunds opens Britain's Davis Cup bid in Belgium -

London Ambulance Service is put into special measures,

after poor response times and a "demoralised" workforce.

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

Two weeks after the Paris attacks, a memorial service has taken place

in the French capital to remember the 130 people who were killed.

Around a thousand people attended the service, including survivors of

There was a minute's silence, and the names

The French President Francois Hollande said

his country would do all it could to destroy the "army of fanatics" who

attacked bars and restaurants, a concert hall and a stadium - vowing

that France would respond with more music, concerts and sport.

Let's go to Ben Brown, who's in Paris for us now.

Two weeks on from the attacks in Paris the grief is still raw.

President Hollande came to mourn the victims alongside their loved ones

and many of the survivors, too. On a bitterly cold Paris morning in one

of the great courtyards, the names and ages of all of those who lost

their lives were read out in remembrance.

Nick Alexander. John Jack Amiel.

MUSIC. In his address, and emotional

President Hollande said that France will fight to the end to destroy

what he called the army of fanatics behind the attacks.

TRANSLATION: We are one nation. We believe in the same values.

With me is Hugh Schofield. What do you think was the symbolic

significance of staging this day of remembrance here, at one of the

great monuments in Paris? France does not do religion. If this had

happened in Britain the ceremony would have been at Westminster

Abbey. It is the state that does appear in France. Here we have the

Dome and the tomb. It is a military complex. That is significant because

of the language President Hollande has been using about taking more to

Islamic State. It is almost as if the 130 unfortunate victims have

been given military honours. It is a place everybody can rally around,

with one slight discordant note. There is a current of feeling

represented by a handful of families who have not turned up. They say the

state should have done more. That had France reacted properly back in

January and enacted the emergency measures then, this could have been

averted. Two weeks on, how nervous are people in Paris that there could

be more attacks? I think people are apprehensive, nervous. That has not

gone away. Life is returning to normal. But nobody is without that

nagging sense that this could come from anywhere at any time.

Thank you very much indeed. Hugh Schofield, our Paris correspondent.

President Hollande asked people across France today to drape their

homes and their businesses in the colours of the French flag, the red,

white and blue of the trigger, to make this a National day of

remembrance. Tom Watson says David Cameron has made a compelling case

for British air strikes against the Islamic State in Syria. His views

put him at odds against Corbyn who opposes military action. The Labour

Party is to decide on Monday if MPs are ordered to back their leader in

a Commons vote. We have this report.

The Prime Minister could seek the backing of the Commons as early as

next week to extend air strikes to Syria.

David Cameron, meeting other world leaders has made it clear he will

not put the issue to a vote unless confident of winning a clear

majority. I believe there is a case to take

effective action to keep our country safe. I thought many members of

Parliament on all sides of the House of Commons agreed there was a

compelling case. I urge all of them to vote on the basis of the

arguments for effective action on a compelling action to keep our

country safe. Jeremy Corbyn said he was not convinced. Others in the

Shadow Cabinet disagree. One saying that Jeremy Corbyn should resign.

But the deputies defended him. It is in his right to outline his

position on all military action and policy issues. He is our leader. I

want to ensure we make the right decision on his behalf as well as

other countries. The Shadow Party is to meet to

discuss this more on Monday. I am told there is favour of

supporting the support for the Prime Minister and some were furious when

Jeremy Corbyn sent a letter to MPs setting out his opposition to air

strikes. Several prepared to resign if they are told to vote against

military action in Syria. It is not clear if they are free to vote as

they choose. . It is not for me to say in there

is a free vote. Jeremy Corbyn has made his decision clear. As is

appropriate. I think in the end that the party members will want MPs to

unite behind the leader. What Jeremy Corbyn is saying about the bombing

is what party members are sayle. Prime Minister is saying we should

not leave it to allies like the French but some are not convinced,

the Scottish nationalists are likely to oppose him. So the decision of

the Labour MPs could help decide as to whether or not to oppose.

While Labour are in turmoil over airstrikes, Russia and France have

agreed to co-ordinate operations against IS in Syria - and this

morning the French Foreign Minister questioned whether airstrikes were

enough. Our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner is here.

discussion here? in ground troops, so what is under

This is the question that keeps coming up again and again. Air

strikes will not win a campaign on their own. You have to win it on the

ground. Part of the problem in the area that is controlled by the

so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is that they are embedded in

the local population. So you need the support of the local population

and a ground force. The local support initially welcomed them in.

The figure spoken about yesterday by David Cameron was 70,000. This is

the number of so-called moderate opposition rebel forces in Syria.

That figure is more or less accurate, the question is whether

they would actually want to unite and drive Isis out. They don't like

Isis but they also don't like President Assad. For the last four

years they have been fighting more of President Assad. So the figure is

broadly accurate but there are 110 different factions, getting it

together is a Herculean task. Thank you.

Today is Black Friday - the day retailers copy their American

counterparts and offer big discounts in the run-up to Christmas. Last

year saw long queues and some hot tempers - this year though it's been

a different story - as our Business Correspondent Emma Simpson reports.

They opened early for business in Norwich. But they need not have

bothered, there was not a shopper in sight. In Northumberland this man

should have no trouble getting what he came for.

You are the only one here? Yep! In Milton Keynes, shoppers that turned

up were surprised it was so quiet. I thought it would be busy, that

there would be big queues. That I would be late. Surprised that nonis

around! No chaos as doors opened. Retailers like this one have been

running deals to avoid a massive stampede today. They have learned

lessons from last year. It is gone 7.00am, this store is quiet, that is

because the manager tells me that people have been waking up in the

middle of the night, ordering online and going back to bed, knowing that

they can collect from here later. Today we are expecting 3 million

visitors to the website. We should take ten orders a second and I

expect to sell 1 million products on this one day alone.

Black Friday is not just about big TVs, it is big numbers. Could online

shoppers spend ?1 billion in a single day for the first time? Even

if they do, many exparodists say that this entirely manufactured

event does retailers more harm than good.

Black Friday is the craziest thing from the US. It sucks full-priced

December spending into November at cut-prices, retailers make less

profit. But good for the consumers, though.

Take Rena. What are you buying? A kettle, toaster, printer, a

microwave and I am waiting for the Dyson hot and cold fan! How much

have you spent? I don't know! When it adds up, I will know! How will

Black Friday add up for the industry? The predictions are it

will be a record-breaking day for sales. The question is, has it hit

'People of prominence' linked to Westminster are to be investigated

by the judge leading an inquiry into child sex abuse. The Church of

England, the Roman Catholic Church and certain councils will also be

scrutinised. Justice Lowell Goddard said she would run twelve separate

investigations into institutions that failed children. Tom Symonds is

Tom, where is this inquiry heading? Well it is heading throughout much

of British society. Justice and Equality Movement said that among

the councils she would look at, Lambeth and Nottinghamshire, where

boys and girl girls, it is claimed, were abused in care. Rochdale were

boys were abused in schools, including Cyril Smithmph. The

Anglican and the Roman Catholic churches are to be investigated.

Sexual abuse in residential schools, on the internet, in organised groups

such as on streets around Britain. In British institutions abroad, the

armed forces, and the foreign and the Commonwealth offices and the

current one, Westminster, and people in the security services, so very

few places will not be touched by this investigation. Justice and

Equality Movement has said she will get to the bottom of child abuse, it

has been a major issue in British history.

That is a very long list. How feesily do you think it is for her

and the inquiry to do all of that? It is a long list but the first bit

of work that the inquiry is to do. Justice and Equality Movement said

it could take probably 18 months but longer for the areas where the

police are also investigating. Therefore a delay. But there must be

a question for resources. The stated aim is not just to get across the

old paperwork and open archives but to develop new investigations that

get new evidence. That is labour intensive, the police have hundreds

of officers doing that work in each force. So therefore there will be a

question about how much the inquiry can do. It is said, although it is

supposed to take five years, it could take longer than that.

Thank you very much. France holds a memorial service

for those killed in the terror attacks - the names

of each of the 130 victims was read And in Australia, cricketers pay

tribute to Phillip Hughes, who died one year ago after being struck by a

cricket ball under his helmet. Later on BBC London, despite the

promises of bargains, are Londoners going cold on Black Friday?

And the spending boost could mean more help for a talented young

athletes from poor backgrounds. The Queen has opened

the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference in Malta this

morning, with climate change and the threats posed by violent extremism

expected to be on the agenda. The event is taking place

on the second day of the Queen's And at times she has

exercised gentle diplomatic But

the Queen is no longer travelling And as the leaders of its 53 member

nations gathered for the opening ceremony of its biannual conference,

they will have been aware that this may be the last Commonwealth

conference the Queen will attend. She was joined on stage

by the Prince of Wales, a broad hint that he is ready,

if requested, to take on the role The Queen's speech was

in no sense a farewell. But it did look back. Ladies and

gentlemen, I feel enormously proud of what the Commonwealth has

achieved and all of it within my lifetime.

She paid a rare public tribute to the -- support she received from her

husband. And of her eldest son... Nor could I wish to be better

supported in the Commonwealth by the -- than by the Prince of Wales, who

continues to give so much to it, with great distinction.

Was that a further hint from his mother that Charles is Commonwealth

inclined? Nobody would ever say as much. But the prince is maintaining

a high profile at this conference, urging the Commonwealth to take

decisive action on global warming. The other big issue is the fight

against extremism. David Cameron says the Commonwealth as a role to

play. To one of the most important things we can do here is talk about

the perils of Islamist extremist violence and the problem of

extremism more broadly. I want to put that on the agenda of the

Commonwealth, particularly when you consider how many young people there

are in the Commonwealth. This is the struggle of a generation.

Nobody has seen more Commonwealth leaders than the Queen. In private

meetings she will continue to do as she has done for 60 years and

ordered them to utilise the Commonwealth's shared ideals for the

common good. Its detractors sometimes dismissed the Commonwealth

as little more than a worthy talking shop. But on these issues, global

warming and extremism, it is engaged and determined to make a

contribution. Nicholas Witchell, BBC News, Malta.

Pope Francis has criticised wealthy minorities who, he says,

hoard resources at the expense of the poor.

He was addressing crowds during a visit to Kangemi, a slum area on the

He told them there should be better living conditions

Police in Belfast are investigating a gun attack on a police car.

Two officers were in the car when eight rounds were fired

The police said it "bore the hallmarks of dissident

Road traffic accidents have claimed the lives of more British soldiers

in the past 13 years than in the war in Afghanistan.

The military says those coming back from tours of duty often have

Our correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, reports.

Soldiers on a night out. Speed up. We have got 15 minutes. These are

actors but the scenario is real. Squaddies back from a tour of duty

when this happens. Military road accident deaths are

now running at double the rate of civilian road deaths. That is why

5000 soldiers are this week being shown the video to try to educate

them about the dangers. They also have -- here from David and clear

Barnet, who lost their son, James, 13 years ago. There are more

soldiers killed on our roads in Britain than in conflict. We are

here just to make them aware of the dangers on our roads. Today's

military accident figures are a stark. 489 soldiers have died in

crashes since 2002. That is more than the 454 soldiers who died in

the whole of the Afghan conflict. In fact, today's figures show that

military personnel and their likely -- twice as likely as the general

population to die in road traffic accidents. That is why the military

and emergency services are using vehicles like this one, in which a

driver died, to try to shock soldiers into changing their

motoring habits. Their understanding of risk is

different to a civilian. They come into an environment now where they

say they are invincible. These soldiers seem ready to accept

the safety message. It is a good presentation. It was quite sad but

very worthwhile. Some of that should change people's averages. Very

hard-hitting, very emotional. Soldiers with money, adrenaline and

vehicles are proving a dangerous mixture. One where the battle is not

always with the enemy but with the road.

Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, on Salisbury Plain.

With winter coming, there's further evidence of growing

Waiting times in A departments are worsening -

and some health trusts say one in five beds is tied up because they're

Our Health Correspondent, Adam Brimelow, is with me now.

Really what these figures show is a system of gearing up for winter,

putting in place extra resources and more beds to cope with the extra

pressures we see at this time of the year. But still struggling to cope.

If you look at accident and emergency, for example, a steady

decline over a six-week period up to the middle of this month. They are

supposed to deal with 95% of patients coming in within four

hours. By the middle of this month it was 88%. In terms of delayed

discharges, this is another situation where there are real

problems. In some trusts, one in five beds are being occupied by

patients ready to leave, ready to move on, but there is not the

appropriate care available. Bad news on cancelled operations. The Royal

College of Nursing is the medicine says current trends the situation

looks set to get worse. Where are these figures from,

they don't actually come This is an interesting one. The

Royal of emergency medicine say they need reliable data to identify where

the problems lie and what needs to be fixed. A couple of years ago the

NHS was accused of flying blind as it prepared for winter by MPs. Last

year we got regular weekly updates from NHS England. We're not getting

that kind of detail this time around. The Royal is talking to

hospitals up and down the UK to get that information.

Adam, thanks. An American space rocket which

crashed last June, has reached an unlikely new destination after being

found near the Isles of Scilly. The wreckage, which is about 30 feet

long, was spotted floating in It was brought to shore

by local boatmen, and is currently Coastguards believe it is

from an unmanned Space X Falcon 9 rocket, which exploded moments

after take-off in Florida. Great Britain's tennis team has

begun its attempt to win the Davis Cup for the first time

in nearly 80 years. Kyle Edmund is making his debut

in the first match against the Belgians, which is

already underway this lunchtime. They came for the tennis, they went

through the motions of security measures without drama. Gent is

vigilant. Reports that a suspect bag had closed some roads in the

morning. At the tennis the police were happy for the British fans to

do their things. After all, it is a Davis Cup final. Supposed to be a

celebration. It was very camp, very friendly, business as usual. No

problem. We have been to many matches, Glasgow, Queens, Naples. We

are up for the big one. We follow them everywhere. We are loyal. Those

are the home team and they are -- the noise behind the curtain will be

their biggest asset. Britain's biggest asset, Murray. Andy plays

the second singles match today. He plays Ruben Bemelmans, ranked 108 in

the world. If he is a virtual unknown, he hopes that is just the

point. It is going to be new for him as

well. I think I probably know him better how he plays than him me,

maybe I have a slight advantage. They will be well prepared.

Some names are known, some names can be made on estates like this. Kyle

Edmund, aged 20, ranked 100 in the world, is the first British player

in action. No more time to practice. If the spirit of this Davis Cup

final is that the show must go on, the key thing is this. The show has

begun. This is a multipurpose venue, more

used to staging pop concerts. The Belgian team laid a clay court. It

was supposed to give them an advantage. David Goffin has been

caught against Kyle Edmund. He has been struggling. Edmund is serving

for the first set. If Britain could win this match that would be a

flying start for the British team. Indeed. Joe Wilson there.

It's a year since the Australian batsman, Phillip Hughes,

died after being struck by a bouncer under his helmet -

and the cricketing world has been paying tribute to him today.

The England and Wales Cricket Board have used the anniversary to

announce that all professional cricketers will now be required to

wear helmets when batting and close fielding from next season.

Our Sports Correspondent, Patrick Gearey, reports.

At Adelaide on mines and on arms, remembering Phillip Hughes. As

Australia played in the first ever day night test, on the big screen, a

video rang at 408, Hughes's capped number. Reminding everyone of the

lost batsmen, the team's lost friend and professional sport's lost

innocence. A life lost to a cricket ball. In the year since Phillip

Hughes died, sharper focus has fallen on the risks of cricket, and

the importance of these in protecting against them. Yes, I

think wearing helmets is crucial. I do not know why some wicketkeepers

do not wear them standing up. Bales and balls, it can be very severe on

impact. Cricket has always had a fast and furious side. Danger was

part of a quick bowler's menace. In the modern era, helmets have offered

protection. Now that protection is compulsory. For batsmen and close

fielders. Officially welcomed by the players.

We have to help people to help themselves. I also think that

professional players have a duty to set an example to recreational

players, where it may not be quite as easy to make wearing helmets

compulsory. The England and Wales Cricket board

insist that helmets meet a safety standard. Research test project --

the products before they reach the pitch. There is no doubt the Phillip

Hughes incident amplified those concerns. For a while cricketers

were understandably looking for reassurance that the helmets they

were wearing were going to do the best job possible. Phillip Hughes

was wearing a helmet when he was hit. A painful reminder that though

it can be made safer, sport a never be entirely safe. Patrick Geary, BBC

News. I would normally say our Weather

Watchers were out and about taking their photographs. But in Dundonald

and across the water into Scotland, the smart move has been to be

inside. Both locations far too close to this weather front. You get the

sense there is a succession of different types of weather given the

different cloud. All the way back to green and it is heading our way for

the next few days. Bad weather front is the boundary between the

relatively mild air that we have seen of late and something slightly

colder for a time. Set to hit the British Isles. It is already working

its way into Scotland and Northern Ireland. Ahead of it, Prydie

drizzly. 12 bits of sunshine. -- one or two bits of sunshine. There will

be a conversion of rain to snow and high levels this afternoon. Watch

out for that in Scotland and the higher ground in Northern Ireland.

Squally conditions. Just in time for the school run. Look at this, all

over western England, the North of England and much of Wales. Ahead of

it, quieter for a time. That whether I have described is coming your way.

And notice this, for the later commute, watch out. A lot of surface

water and spray. It gets away before midnight. Temperatures will dip. As

the colder air comes in and the snow keeps coming on what will be a cold

night. That sets us up for the start of Saturday. Showers if not longer

spells of rain. Wintry across the higher ground in Scotland. 40 to 50

mph gusts. Then the showers. In East Anglia and the south-east in the

afternoon you will see few showers. If you have got the combination of

plenty of showers and a lot of wind, it will be miserable. The weekend

already marked by the windy weather, wet at times with the odd sunny or

dry spell. New set of weather France on Sunday. More rain. Turning

showery. The gusts could be 50 to 60 mph. Windy across the North of

Scotland. Milder on Sunday for some. Because it is colder further north,

the snow will be a feature. There is a lot going on. The website is a

good place a lot going on. The website is a

good place to keep abreast of it. Now a reminder

of our top story this lunchtime: France holds a memorial service for

those killed in the terror attacks. The names of each of the victims was

read out and a minute's silence held.

That's all from us, now on BBC One - it's time