08/01/2014 BBC News at Six

decides Mark Duggan was lawfully killed by police. The inquest found

that Mark Duggan did have a gun that day but threw it away before he was

shot, his family say it was an execution.

No justice, no peace! Murderer! Today the police said their officer

had acted honestly, but they were shouted down by Mark Duggan's

supporters. I will be offering to make Mark Duggan's family to express

our sorrow, and we will continue working with London communities...

We'll be looking at what police have learnt about community relations

since the 2011 riots. Also tonight, after a US military

helicopter crashes in Norfolk, investigators comb the beach for

ammunition. The Thames Valley bears the brunt of

the latest wave of rain, more than a hundred flood warnings across

Britain. Explorer,... The space disaster film

Gravity leads the way with 11 BAFTA nominations, a showcase for British

movie-making talent. On BBC London, full reaction to the

Mark Duggan verdict, and wine Met firearms officers will now wear body

cameras. And we are with people in Surrey mopping up after the Thames

burst its banks. Good evening and welcome to the BBC

News At Six. There were angry scenes at the Royal Courts of Justice today

after a jury found that Mark Duggan, whose death prompted riots across

England, was lawfully killed when he was shot by a police marksman. The

jury reached the decision of lawful killing by a majority of eight to

two. Crucially, they decided that Mark Duggan had been carrying a gun

that day, but they concluded that he'd thrown the weapon away before

he was shot. Our home affairs correspondent Matt Prodger reports

on one of the most controversial cases of its kind. Quite emotional

scenes there. Yes, it was, George, it is two and a

half years that the family of Mark Duggan have waited for this moment,

and they believe that they have been robbed of justice. That was the

comments tonight. Now, the shooting, the police shooting of Mark Duggan

was, of course, of great social impact in August 2011. What happened

after that, of course, was that it prompted a protest which sparked

riots in Tottenham, which then led to the worst unrest that had been

seen in England for a generation. This jury had to consider a number

of questions, but it did conclude that Mark Duggan had been lawfully

killed, he had been carrying a gun in the minicab on the day that he

was shot by police, but he had thrown that gun away, they believe,

before the police fired the fatal shots. This was the reaction of Mark

Duggan's family outside the court, and they were emotional scenes, and

I should warn you there is flash photography.

No peace for as long as it takes. God give my family strength, not

only the family, the whole of our legal team, the whole of our

friends, the whole of the people that we don't even know that

supported, the majority of of people in this country know that Mark was

executed. We still believe that, and we are going to fight until we have

no bread in our body for justice, for Mark, boys children and for all

of those deaths in custody that have had nothing. We are not giving up!

No justice! The family have always disputed the

police assertion that Mark Duggan was a gangster. The police told the

inquest that they had intelligence that Mark Duggan was a gangster and

that he was carrying a gun and was going to deliver that gun to the

Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham on the day that he was killed.

Nonetheless, the police, although expressing sympathy for the Duggan

family, also gave another comments tonight in which they try to put it

into perspective. They said gun crime was a serious problem in the

capital, there have been 50 murders in London in the past three and a

half years. But even as they tried to justify the killing, they were

shouted down by members of the family and their supporters. Mark

Duggan's family have lost... They make split-second decisions... There

is a risk, a very small risk, that this could happen. Armed criminals

have shot dead more than 50 people in London in the last three and a

half years. Police send out armed officers thousands of times a year.

These tactics have significantly reduced gun crime.

So what happens now? Well, the family say they are extremely and

happy with the conclusion. The police, for their part, say one of

the biggest tasks they now face is rebuilding relationships with the

community that was very angered with the killing of Mark Duggan back in

2011. And once again it is angered tonight by this inquest's

conclusion. George. Well, as we've heard, the death of

Mark Duggan prompted some of the most serious rioting of modern

times, both in Tottenham and further afield. Since that violence, the

police have embarked on major exercise to improve community

relations. Our home editor, Mark Easton, reports now on the changes

and what the people of Tottenham make of them.

When the smoke cleared from the riots triggered by Mark Duggan's

shooting, uncomfortable questions for the police emerged. The official

report warned that police behaviour, particularly with stop and search,

had had a corrosive effect on community relations. Senior officers

promised to learn lessons. After the riots, Scotland Yard said itself a

target to improve public confidence in the force by 20% by 2016, so here

in Tottenham, where it all began, do people think that tensions have

eased? People are still thinking that there is not any change on the

streets with regards to around stop and search. They still think they

are being targeted, black youngsters think they are being targeted and

justly. While many in the borough would say nothing excuse at the

right and stop and search help keeps them safe, it is not hard to find

people who resent the way that people conduct themselves here. They

just take advantage of the youths. If they see them on the street, they

will stop and search them and harass them for no reason. It is

discrimination, they will probably just think I am a gang member or

something. The Met adopted stricter stop and search criteria in 2012,

but the latest figure for Tottenham and the surrounding borough found a

600 and 66 people were stopped, with black people more than twice as

likely to be stopped as white. There is a sense of deja vu with all this.

An inquiry into the 1981 Brixton riots blamed disproportionate use of

stop and search. An independent report on Tottenham's Broadwater

form riots in 1985 blamed racist policing. Senior officers promised

improvements then, as now. This at Boldon police training video is

being updated to emphasise the importance of police courtesy during

stop and search. -- this Metropolitan Police. The buzzword in

the police in the moment is legitimacy. For officers to return

to the values of Robert Peel and the principles of policing by consent.

Here in Tottenham tonight, though, as people reflect on the fallout

from Mark Duggan's shooting, many remain unconvinced enough has really

changed. RAF and US Air Force personnel have

spent the day removing ammunition and debris from the beach in Norfolk

where a US military helicopter crashed last night, killing all four

people onboard. The Pave Hawk was taking part in a low-flying

exercise, flying from RAF Lakenheath, when it came down in

marshes. Our correspondent Danny Savage is there for us now. Danny.

George, people living in this part of north and the say that low-flying

military helicopters are a very familiar sight, but they say when

one flew over about this time yesterday evening, it was making a

very strange noise, and it came down about a mile away from here in the

marchers. And all day today a major investigation has been under way,

trying to establish exactly what went wrong.

On a shingle bank above Marshland on the remote North Norfolk Digital is

lying, the scattered wreckage of the American Pave Hawk helicopter can be

seen clearly today. Be cited, an identical aircraft, which was on the

same exercise last night and landed to help. -- beside it. But the four

aircrew on the downed helicopter could not be saved. From early this

morning, investigators were here trying to establish what went wrong.

People living nearby heard of the aircraft moments before the crash.

The helicopter came very low over the bank, very noisy and the lights

were really bright, they lit the whole house up, and it was making a

weird noise, and then it just disappeared, and the next thing I

heard was the sirens. The helicopter was from the 56 the rescue Squadron

based at Lakenheath in Suffolk, part of the 48th Fighter Wing. The crash

happened at about six o'clock last night. The aircraft was on a

low-level flying exercise when it went down. Today the American

military arrived in this isolated village to help with the inquiry. An

investigation which will not yet allow the aircrew's bodies to be

removed. A lot hinges on our ability to understand what happens to the

aircraft that crashed, and that includes the detailed investigation

that needs to be done. Removal of casualties, sadly deceased, from the

aircraft under those circumstances can disrupt the evidence. The Pave

Hawk is a combat search and rescue helicopter developed from the Black

Hawk. Its crew of four like very low at High Speed Two rescue the crew of

deployed special forces. It can be armed with a variety of machine

guns. It is understood there were 1200 bullets on the helicopter for

those machine guns, which is routine for a training flight, but those

live rounds are now scattered across the crash scene, adding to the

hazards out there on the marchers. During World War II, many American

aircrew lost their lives in crashes and accidents in this part of

England. Last night, in this lonely spot, history repeated itself. Danny

Savage, BBC News, North Norfolk. Danny, as far as this investigation

goes, what happens next? Well, George, here we are 24 hours on, and

there are still police vans with the blue flashing lights closing roads

in this area. They are likely to remain closed, probably until early

next week, and RAF rescue crews have been coming and going all day.

Police have told us in the last few minutes that the bodies of the four

aircrew who died will probably be removed first thing tomorrow

morning. But as for the actual helicopter, the intact helicopter

that is still at the site, that and the wreckage will probably not be

moved much for some time. If they fire up that helicopter, it is

obviously going to blow wreckage around and contaminate the scene

that they are trying to investigate. So not a lot will be

going on there for a few days, the bodies will be removed tomorrow

hopefully, but the investigation will go one here for days and in

other places for months yet. There's been more flood misery in

parts of the UK today. A cyclist died after falling into floodwater

outside Oxford. He's the eighth person to die in the bad weather,

which today the Prime Minister said could be linked to climate change.

Our correspondent Robert Hall has spent the day tracking the floods

through the Thames Valley from Reading to Oxford, stopping at

Caversham, Purley on Thames and Abingdon.

There were blue skies reflected in the swollen Thames today, but snow

respite for communities along the banks which have disappeared beneath

muddy water. At Caversham, John and his family depend on the river for

their livelihood. Today it had invaded his boat yard, and vans

inexorably while staff worked to move machinery out of danger and

John Hayes to cross the flood from his sandbagged front door. We have

been here eight years, and in that time we have suffered four floods,

but nothing like this. John is convinced that better maintenance of

our rivers would reduce the risk. If you don't clear your waterways, it

is liked clogged arteries, something we will have to suffer in the

future. I followed the Thames upstream to Purley, prized for its

abuse of a river which is now flowing through its streets. Here

fire crews and neighbours had and said the requests for help. This

couple in the 70s had watched the flood surrounds the bungalow. He was

born here. In the floods, 1940. A few hundred yards away, flood warden

Jim had set up a ferry service, carrying his neighbours passed pumps

that had already been overwhelmed. Is this getting worse? At this

moment in time, we are getting worse. The water is still rising,

and it has been since seven o'clock this morning. It has probably come

up about two or three inches in seven o'clock this morning, so they

are obviously managing the water from places like Benson, Abingdon

and Oxford. Over the Thames at Wallingford, and on into Abingdon's

waterside homes, businesses and sports fields. Our by Allah, the

creeping floodwater has swallowed up daily routines along this river and

along so many others. People in these communities are used at the

risk of flooding but they might be excused for wishing that perhaps,

just for one year, nature would give them a break. Our top story this

evening. The police shooting of Mark Duggan, which started the 2011

riots, was lawful says an inquest jury. And still to come. I said come

here! Top marks for home grown talent at the nominations and a

thumbs up for British movie-making. Another's campaign over passports.

And we go underground to take a look at the latest work on the brand-new

Tottenham Court Road station. Where do you do your weekly shop? In

a supermarket you've been using for years? Or have you switched to a

cheaper alternative? New figures on sales show Sainsburys is just about

managing to stay on track, hanging on to its customers. Upmarket

Waitrose is also doing well. But more and more of us are looking for

a bargain as never before and heading off to the discount stores.

Our Business Correspondent Emma Simpson reports now on the battle

for the British shopper. Sainsbury is's winning streak continues as it

is now in its ninth year of continuous growth. But only just.

October and November were very tough months for the consumer and very

tough months for all grocery retailers, so what we have been able

to do, through having a very strong Christmas trading period, over those

key weeks over Christmas, is to deliver a whole bit of growth.

Sainsbury's has been performing better than the other big

supermarkets but they are all under pressure these days. One reason is

that the smaller discounters have been pinching customers. Here at

Aldi, they've just had their best ever Christmas trading, luring more

affluent shoppers. Just look at the shopping bags. I shop at Waitrose

and Aldi for them I go to the top end and the bottom end of the market

and the ones in the middle are getting squeezed. If the first time

I have come to Aldi to date and might shopping at a normal

supermarket normally comes to ?180 a week and it's cost me ?78 for

everything. She's not the only one. According to an industry survey, 50%

of UK shoppers visited a food discount store last month. But

discounters may be small, but their sales are taking off. And, at the

other end of the market, Waitrose is also doing well, today reporting

strong Christmas sales, up by more than 3%. We all need groceries but

we are now buying them in different ways, especially as many of us have

less money to spend. People are shopping around a lot more. When you

are using certain stores, smaller shops, there's more opportunity for

a customer to shop at different retailer. What that means is a

retailer is going to find it far more difficult to up that loyalty

and those basket sizes and see the growth rates we have seen

previously. The big weekly shop is far from dead but the picture is

changing fast. For the main players like this one, growing sales from

online and convenience stores, will help them keep the competition at

bay. Now to the Central African Republic and a vicious conflict

that's seen Christian and Muslim communities fighting each other.

There have been reports of widespread atrocities by both sides.

This week aid agencies have been getting food to some of the million

people who have been driven from their homes. The violence is thought

to have claimed at least 1,000 lives in the last month alone. Tonight,

it's being claimed that the president is fleeing the country and

set to resign. Our correspondent Paul Wood and cameraman Fred Scott

are in the capital, Bangui. The dramatic evidence of how the crisis

in the Central African Republic is deepening. In one month, this camp

grown from a few thousand people to perhaps 100,000. They press right up

against the airport runway, hoping the French troops there will provide

a measure of safety. Almost half the capital, Bangui, has bled. These are

Christians. They told us that Muslim militia went house-to-house killing

the young men -- have fled. This woman's son were shot dead in front

of her, she told me. Her second son was killed with a machete this

morning. He had gone to their house to get their belongings. Many people

have similar stories. The calm here is deceptive. Last week there was

sniping from the perimeter of the camp, which killed three children

including a six-month-old baby girl. There are barely enough troops to

secure this place, there are certainly not enough to stop the

blood-letting in the capital or in the countryside beyond. There's

threat of cholera, typhoid and among children, measles, and people are

still to terrified to go home. It could be the calm before the storm,

nobody knows. People choose to live in these conditions all their life,

they choose their life. The mainly Muslim militia accused by Christians

of mass murder. They say they are defending their communities from

Christian vigilantes. Aid workers say the violence is increasingly

neighbour against neighbour. That may be the kind of killing not even

the resignation of a president can stop. FIFA has played down comments

by the organisation's Secretary General that he believed the Qatari

World Cup in 2022 would be moved to the winter. In a radio interview,

Jerome Valcke, said the competition would be held between November and

January to avoid the sweltering heat of a Qatar summer. FIFA insisted it

was still consulting on the precise date of the tournament. Nominations

for this year's BAFTA Film Awards have been unveiled with space drama

Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, leading the way.

It's been short listed in 11 categories including Best Film. And,

as our Arts Editor Will Gompertz reports, it just one of many films

that highlight a growing confidence in the British film industry.

Gravity. A thriller set in space with just two characters and minimal

dialogue. It leads the way with 11 BAFTA nominations. Hot on its heels

with ten nominations each, Lara film called American Hustle, set in the

1970s. What did you do that for? And 12 Years A Slave. A tale of a free

black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841. It British

star Chiwetel Ejiofor is short listed in the best actor category.

So that's the runners and riders sorted, but what of a telephone at

the British film industry? Well, maybe that it's pretty good help

supported by artistic talent, top technicians, breaks and a remarkable

world beating special effects company. -- tax breaks. Take

Gravity, an American film, made in Britain. In fact, everything you are

watching now what can you do generated in London, except for the

actors faces. In every year, to three of the five visual effects

-based films have been done at least half if not all, by UK companies,

and that's it. We have a world-class community of some substance,

capacity, creativity, credibility. We deliver. James, is there anything

you would like to add? The petitioner visited lists just 30

feature film is made fully or partly in the UK in 1992. In 2012, the

figure had risen to 249 films, and increase reflected in BAFTA's best

film category in which four of the five films nominated, including

Philomena were made in Britain or by British directors. You've always had

great talent in Britain but now they have support all across all sectors.

They have got financial support, production support, the acting

talent, directing talent, everybody working together, and there is an

infrastructure making things happen. Not everything is rosy, some

directors have complained of an overly conservative approach to

funding but the figures suggest the British film industry is now more

stable. That is not a word! No longer an occasional cameo

performance among the awards season but regular starter in. Time for a

look at the weather. Here's Helen Willets.

The story, unfortunately, is still the rain. Over 100 flood warnings in

the UK. This is the flood line number and unfortunately more heavy

rain as well. It looks as if Wales will have the heaviest rain, as much

as 40 million litres over the hills, but equally wet for Northern

England, the wet West Midlands. More in the South West of England and

further south and east as well. It's likely to exacerbate the situation,

possibly, and slow the recovery. Some snow just reminded it is still

January. Further south, largely frost free, but it's going to be

cold and potentially faulty. Filed in Northern Ireland so a bit of

frost and fog and ice to watch out for in northern areas. More like

winter, if you like. The snow could settle, few centimetres before we

go. I'm large, still some strong winds in the morning. -- by and

large. We will see Gales as well. Things are starting to quieten down

a little bit through the morning. A few showers particularly in the

North West of Scotland where they could be heavy infantry for the day.

You can see the showers becoming fewer. A little bit colder,

especially in the wind, but I think we will give that up for dry and

brighter weather. It does not last. Another weather system for Friday.

It won't give as much rain, that's the good news. Behind it, high

pressure coming in for the weekend. It looks quite decent on Saturday

and even, for the most part, Sunday. We could get some days of

dry weather, George, but more rain tonight.

Police found Mark Duggan was lawfully killed when he was shot by

a police marksman. They found he had been carrying a gun that day but

concluded he had thrown the weapon away before he was shot. Left with a

last word from our home editor. What you think we have from this inquest?

I think there will be two broad reactions to what is happening

today. The first reflecting on the lawful killing verdict, conclusion

we should call it now, from the jury. It's actually a recognition

that people who travel with guns in neighbourhoods like this cannot

expect the police to turn a blind eye, that they will encounter risk

and danger in so doing. And, in many ways, Mark Duggan paid the ultimate

price for what was a criminal act. And, of course, recognition, too,

that nothing can really excuse the appalling rioting, looting and

violence which followed, triggered by his death. On the other hand, I

think what has emerged through this whole process is a recognition that

the police and the communities need to improve the relationship that

they have. We have seen this in riot situations before. In the aftermath,

please have a think really hard about how they can improve community

relations. This time, I think, certainly here in London with a

Metropolitan Police, and I know elsewhere as well, there has been a

real sense that the police need to return to what they might regard as

traditional values, the principles of Robert Peel. The idea that the

police are the public, the public are the police, and that they must

police by consent. So, I think two really key messages, Mark Duggan was

a man carrying a gun. And, in many ways, the police were right to take

the action they did. But also, a wake-up call to improve the

relations in some communities between the police and the people

they serve. Many thanks. That's all from the BBC News at Six. So it's

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