15/05/2014 BBC News at Six

Grief turns to anger in Turkey as over 100 men are still missing in

the mining disaster. Mass graves are being dug for over 280 known to have

died. Hopes are fading for the rest. There are angry protests across

Turkey about mine safety and the Government's response. We'll bring

you the latest from Soma, the town at the centre of the disaster. Also

tonight.... A leading medical journal admits its health fears over

the use of cholesterol reducing drugs - statins - were exaggerated.

At the Rolf Harris trial, a woman alleges he sexually assaulted her

when she was seven or eight. Dixons plans to merge with Carphone

Warehouse as mobile technology is increasingly transforming modern

homes. And how the dog that tried to maul this four-year-old boy got more

than he bargained for, thanks to the family cat. On BBC London: the

company helping to crack down on match fixing as the multi-billion

pound scale of the fraud is revealed. Could dredging has reduced

flooding? Residents a document support the claim. -- residents say

documents support the claim. Good evening. With no-one pulled out

alive since yesterday morning following the explosion in a Turkish

mine, excavators are digging mass graves and loudspeakers have been

broadcasting the names of the dead in the town at the centre of the

disaster. A short time ago, the death toll stood at 283, after more

bodies were discovered. More than 100 miners are believed to be still

missing, with the search believed to be focused on two areas of the pit.

Trade unions have held a one-day strike over the regulation of the

industry and there have been angry protests across the country about

the Government's handling of mine safety. Our correspondent sent this

report from Soma. At the cemetery in Soma, the Coffin kept coming, to an

area they call the martyrs' plot. Relatives consumed by grief.

They wept for victims of what some are calling in just real homicide.

-- industrial homicide. This woman lost her nephew, he was 26 and had

just become a father. The mine is dangerous, she says. But there are

no other jobs in Soma. Of course, we are angry with the people at the

top. Graves are being filled here one by one. This community is saying

goodbye to husbands, fathers and sons. For some, the grief is

compounded by anger, by a belief that all of this could have been

avoided by better safety standards at the mind -- at the mine. This man

survived the disaster but told us he had lost 30 friends will stop -- 30

friends. I went home to see my kids after I got out. Then I went back to

the mine to help my friends. I cannot feel happy I am alive because

hundreds are dead. The huge loss of life has sparked anti-government

protests, which has spread to several major cities and towns. This

was two hours from Soma. Police were out in force but the anger here will

be hard to quench. It is not helped by this. These images show an aide

to the Prime Minister kicking a protester in Soma. Critics say it is

a case of the Government, once again, showing contempt. Back at the

cemetery, they offered prayers for the victims. Some families are still

waiting for bodies to bury and this human tragedy is becoming a

political crisis. Orla joins us now from Soma in western Turkey. With

the dead still being brought out from the mine, there is clear anger

against government. I think this certainly has the potential to

become a major problem for the Prime Minister. He is a politician that

already has plenty of those. We have had protests today. For the second

day running, the protests have spread and more what -- marches have

been called for the next few days. The ruling party has seemed to be

completely out of tune and out of sympathy with the mood of the people

in this community who have suffered so much. Yesterday, the Prime

Minister was referring back to mining disasters in Britain in the

1800. People found that quite hard to understand. He had to take refuge

in a supermarket because there was so much anger on the street. All of

that was compounded by the photograph of his aide delivering a

kick to the protesters in the street. We did get a visit by the

president today. He struck a very different tone. He was very

conciliatory and said this was a loss for all of Turkey and the whole

country must stand together. We can show you a bit of the activity that

is still going on at the mine. In the last hour or so, we did have an

ambulance come out, which brought out a body. We are told by rescue

workers that about two more bodies will soon be brought out. As you may

be able to see in the crowds, there are still relatives waiting. There

are people who have been maintaining a vigil here for days and nights,

desperately hoping for word about their loved ones, hoping that they

will at least be given a body to bury. A leading medical journal has

admitted that two of its articles exaggerated the harmful side effects

of statins - drugs which reduce cholesterol. Seven million people in

the UK take statins to combat heart disease. The articles, which were

published in the British Medical Journal, are now to be investigated

and the BMJ says it doesn't want patients who use statins to be put

off taking them. Our medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh,

reports. This is a bitter pill to swallow for one of the most

respected of all medical Journal. It has had to admit failing to spot a

basic error in articles on statins and taking seven months to put it

right. The BMJ 's editor said her response had been speedy and she

denied the affair was embarrassing. Both articles contained a single

sentence referring to another paper and they misinterpreted the

information in that other paper. They did so in a way that

exaggerated the extent of side effects of statins, compared with

what we know from the clinical trials. The controversy about these

articles in the BMJ has sown confusion about the safety of

statins. 7 million people in the UK take them. They prevent around 7000

fatal heart attacks and strokes a year. The benefits for patients at

high risk are undisputed. The BMJ article is criticised plans to

extend their use to most adults from their mid-50s, saying the benefits

for healthy people were outweighed by side-effects of 18 to 20%. The

BMJ now admits this figure was incorrect and a misreading of an

earlier trial. Statins can cause muscle pain and trigger type 2

diabetes but a leading expert on the drug said the article exaggerated

this risk 20 fold and this could cost lives. The anxiety is that

these claims would be believed. Patients who are on statins might

stop them. Those who are not may not start. They will avoid the benefits

of taking treatment. There will be unnecessary heart attacks and

strokes as a consequence. Terry from Cardiff had some side-effects of

aching joints but these have subsided. While he is confident

about statins, he is worried the controversy may put others. It is

hard and confusing for the in general to accept it. If people are

taking statins and they then here there is a potential problem with

them, clearly they will be concerned. Doctors say those at

higher risk of heart disease or stroke should continue with statins.

The debate about whether healthy, middle-aged people should also take

them, is set to continue. At the Rolf Harris trial, a woman has

claimed he sexually assaulted her when she was seven or eight years

old. The witness, who is now 52, said it took place at a community

centre in Portsmouth when she approached him for an autograph.

Sarah Campbell is outside Southwark Crown Court. Shocking allegations

made today. Yes, indeed. That woman and another alleged victim, also in

her 50s, who gave evidence today, were both still clearly affected by

what they say wealth Harris did to them decades ago. -- Rolf Harris. It

was the late 1960s and Rolf Harris was a star. His success on the small

screen and musically made him one of the best-known and best loved

entertainers. Off-screen, according to the youngest alleged victim, he

was a dirty old man. Accompanied by his daughter, Bindi, and niece

Jenny, he made his way into court to hear evidence from a woman who says

he assaulted her when she was aged seven or eight when she asked him

for an autograph. She told the court she met this entertainer at a

community centre in Portsmouth. After he signed the paper, she

alleges, Rolf Harris denies ever visiting the

community centre where the assault allegedly took place. He denies all

12 charges against him, including from the second alleged victim who

gave her evidence from behind a screen. It was in Cambridge in the

mid-1970s, the woman then aged 13 or 14, she alleges Rolf Harris and

indecently assaulted her at a celebrity event. Her voice

trembling, she says whenever she sees him on television or in the

papers, to this day, I have a physical reaction to it. I cannot

bear to see any images of him. Asked whether she could be sure it was the

defendant who assaulted her, she replied, it was Rolf Harris, without

a doubt. The youngest alleged victim said it was only after she had heard

about the rest of Rolf Harris as part of Operation capital U tree,

she felt, wow, not the only one and she reported it to the police. Two

people have died and two others were injured in a serious collision

involving five vehicles on the M11 in Essex. Police say they've

arrested a man. The crash involving three cars, a lorry and a horsebox,

happened on the M11 northbound between junctions seven and eight.

The driver and passenger of a car have been taken to hospital. The

motorway will remain closed. Google has received fresh requests to

remove material from its website after a European court ruled that an

individual could force it to remove "irrelevant and outdated" search

results. The search engine has described the ruling as

disappointing. The requests include one from a man convicted of

possessing child abuse images, who has requested links to pages about

his conviction be removed. The retail firm Dixons, which owns

Currys and PC World, plans to merge with Carphone Warehouse, in a deal

worth over $3.5 billion. The new company, which would be called

Dixons Carphone, hopes to gain an advantage in a future consumer

landscape in which we'll be able to control our washing machines,

fridges, ovens with our mobile phones. Emma Simpson reports. Currys

and PC World, two big high-street brands that are owned by Dixons.

They are now joining forces with Carphone Warehouse. They are

creating Britain 's biggest extra onyx empire, Dixons Carphone. --

Electronics. Why are they doing it? Well, whether it is your TV in your

living room, the cooker in your kitchen, or your washing machine,

both companies believe that, in the future, there will be a lot less

hassle when it comes to controlling the equipment around our homes

because we will be doing it through a smartphone or tablet. They hope

this merger will eventually make it easier for consumers to get

connected in just one shop. Increasingly, customers want to

think about the mobile device, connectivity and the rest of their

lives as one seamless whole. Nowhere on the planet are they able to do

that. From when this merger concludes, we will be able to tell

that story in a way in which I hope is completely unique. There are lots

of devices that are already connected to the internet, like this

aerial camera. The smartphone is being used as a remote control. It

looks amazing but does the merger makes sense? Shares fell sharply in

both companies. Whilst they are building a futuristic prison for the

reasons for this merger -- futuristic vision for the reasons

for this merger, they are strongly under attack from Amazon and

Carphone Warehouse is strongly under attack from the networks with which

they do business. They have more than 1000 UK stores between them. It

is not clear if there will be the same number of shops in the future.

This is an industry which has seen plenty of failed tie-ups before. Is

this one destined to be a perfect match? Our top story this evening.

The first funerals take place for those killed in the Turkish mining

disaster - over 100 men are still missing. And still to come - the

coalition insists it's united despite the row over its free school

meals policy. Later, in London, the row over plans

to build a cancer care centre next to the historic great Hall at Barts

Hospital. And love and politics in the court of Henry VIII, we speak to

prize-winning author Hilary Mantell. Many hospitals in England are

falling short when it comes to providing proper care to dying

people in their final days and hours, according to a major new

study. Researchers studied the cases of more than 6,500 people who had

died last year in 149 hospitals. It found that just 21 per cent of

hospitals offered specialist end-of-life services seven days a

week. And that fewer than a quarter of relatives felt adequately

involved in decisions about their loved ones. Our Health Correspondent

Branwen Jeffreys has more details. Frank Rubin, with his daughter,

before he died from lung disease. Towards the end, she visited

constantly in hospital. Three days before he died, she came in to find

an empty bed. Eventually she tracked him down to another ward. I got the

shock of my life, he he was just sitting in a chair with no bed and

he was shivering in blankets. I went up to him and I said, dad, he was

very disorientated. The nurse came to me and said, is this your father?

I said yes. She said I am really, really sorry but he has just been

left here and I don't know who he is. Samantha is now containing the

better end of life care. A significant minority of families

have poor experiences in hospital with weekend care a particular

issue. Some doctors and nurses specialise in looking after dying

people. Can I just run this patient passed you? In Guildford, the team

work seven days a week, making sure the patient are not in pain. They

are not afraid to talk frankly about death. Sometimes patients want to

ask, and my dying? The very fact that they ask that question,

suggests that they do have an innate sense and an innate feeling, and

often what they're looking for is just for confirmation of what they

feel is happening to them. There is only one chance to get care right at

the end of life. Not being told what is happening, not being involved in

decisions, can make it a very distressing experience. One that

lives with families for many years afterwards. The hospital which

treated Samantha's father has since apologised. What has happened in

those last few days? How much are you having to live with that now? My

heart breaks because all I see is him shivering in that chair.

Neglected. And whenever I think of my dad, rather than thinking of

happier times, I am haunted by his end of life care.

A 27-year-old pregnant woman in Sudan has been sentenced to death

for converting to Christianity from Islam. The court in the Sudanese

capital Khartoum, gave her three days to revert to Islam, but she

refused. It's thought the woman - who is expecting her child next

month - will appeal against the sentence. Western countries,

including the UK and the US, have called on Sudan to respect freedom

of religion. Seven men have come forward alleging

they were sexually abused by the late Rochdale MP Cyril Smith at a

residential school in the 1970s and '80s, say police. All of the men

claim the abuse happened at the Knowl View Residential school in the

town, where Smith was a governor. Greater Manchester Police says it's

investigating 21 suspects over a possible abuse cover up at the

school and hopes to make arrests soon.

The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says free school meals for five to

seven-year-olds in England "will happen and will happen on time in

September". Education Secretary Michael Gove and Lib Dem schools

minister David Laws have declared they were "not at war" following

reports of a rift over government policy. In a joint article in the

Times, they said the plans had "cross-party support". Our political

correspondent Carole Walker reports. Providing free lunches is supposed

to promote a more harmonious atmosphere. It might work in

schools, but apparently not within the coalition. The idea has provoked

such a bitter row that two of the key ministers involved have had to

write a joint article to bury their differences. I enjoyed watching the

article and I hope you enjoyed reading it. So you have kissed and

made up? You could say that. Ministers say free school meals

boosts children's health and academic achievement and improves

behaviour and morale in the classroom, but arguments between the

coalition partners over how to pay for the policy fronted a furious

barrage of briefings from both sides. In today's's joint article,

the education secretary Michael Gove and his Lib Dem deputy say:

the Deputy Prime Minister, in Birmingham today, said the

government had agreed that free school meals would be in place this

autumn, with the resources to pay for it. I wanted a clear statement

that across the whole coalition government, all of us agree that

this is going to happen and will benefit thousands upon thousands of

children in September. But at this primary school in Leeds, the

headmaster says he can only provide school lunches for five to

seven-year-olds if he cuts costs elsewhere. The government have lied

about the fact that they have fully funded it. I found out yesterday

that we need extra equipment in our kitchen because we will be serving

between 40 and 60 extra dinners in September and I found out yesterday,

I have to find 50% of the cost out of the school budget. Where to find

the funds for schools like this is at the heart of people Blitzer

called battle. The real test of whether the row has been settled

will be children like these get their free lunches this autumn.

David Cameron has been visiting Scotland with what he has described

as an "unrelentingly positive message" about keeping the United

Kingdom together. Speaking during a visit to an army barracks in

Glasgow, Mr Cameron said voters should say no to Scottish

independence in September's referendum because the UK was better

off and more secure together. Our Special Correspondent Allan Little

is in Glasgow. How is his message going down there? Well, David

Cameron knows that he runs the risk just by coming here that he will

make things worse. A succession of ministers have come north in the

last few weeks to warn Scotland of the dire consequences, as they see

it, of a yes vote, and there is strong evidence that the Scots just

aren't buying it, it is can to productive, it and tagging is as

more people than it persuades. We saw a search for support for

independence in the early part of this year, but David Cameron is

determined not to make that mistake he wants to sound positive, he says

Scotland is what puts the great in Great Britain and has promised more

powers for the Scottish parliament if they vote to stay in the union.

The Nationalists are pointed out that he has not said what those

powers would be an Scotland contrast what is essentially an empty

promise. Alex Salmond has challenged him to a televised debate and David

Cameron has said no, an indication that he knows he cannot afford to

play too heavy-handed role in this debate.

Now they say fight like cat and dog - and usually you'd expect the dog

to win. Well, look what happened when a four year old boy in

California was attacked by a dog and his cat decided to race to the

rescue. David Willis has the story. Riding his bike is today, Jeremy is

blissfully unaware of the danger lurking -- yesterday. Enter a

curious dog, captured on CCTV as he spots little Jeremy, then sneaks

around behind the car and attacks the boy. Whereupon enter Tara the

cat. That black flash is Jeremy's long-time pet, Tara, a fearless

furball, who chases off the dangerous dog, before going back to

check on little Jeremy. My husband showed me the surveillance video and

said, our cat saved our son! It was truly amazing, she is my hero.

Jeremy needed stitches after the attack, Tara, who effectively

adopted the couple five years ago, followed home from the park one

day. When Jeremy was a newborn, she would climb into his crib and curl

up beside him. Now she is an Internet sensation after the video

of exploits went viral. As people started finding out that our cat

rescued... A lot of people started asking, can we see? So I just

pointed the picture for our friends to go wow. Jeremy is now back in the

saddle while the dog is in quarantine and likely to be put

down. Tara, meanwhile, can probably expect an extra bowl of milk

tonight. She is a hero! Time for a look at the weather. Here's Tomasz

Schafernacker. Are used to have a beagle. Anyway,

the weather is anything but a nightmare, it's looking beautiful

this evening, some pleasant sunshine around, that's how it's going to

stay for the next couple of days across the vast majority of the UK.

One of the warmest places is about 21.5 degrees. I think that is in

Northern Ireland! I'm being told it is. Lots of fine weather through

tonight, clear spells, temperatures down to ten to 13 degrees, as far as

tomorrow goes, bit of a repeat performance of what we have had

today. We will turn the heat up, so temperatures may peak at around 23

degrees. Feeling a bit more like July now, so we're doing pretty good

as far as May is concerned. If you are out Friday night, the weather is

looking fine across most of the UK, quite warm. The weekend, a little

bit mixed. For most of the country, looking fine, lots of sunshine,

warming up. Maybe the odd shower. But look at the North West, bit more

cloud, arrows indicating some wind too. On Saturday, lots of lovely

warm weather but the North-West will be getting some rain and cooler

weather, too. Then the weather front slips a bit further south and affect

western areas, this is where it will be cooler and breezy. On Sunday for

all of us, it is going to be little more cloudy. Overall, the future is

looking pretty good for the next two or three days.

A reminder of our main story. Funerals have been taking place for

those killed in the Turkish mining disaster. Over 100 men are still

missing. That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye from

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