24/11/2015 BBC News at Six

Turkey shoots down a Russian fighter plane on the Syrian border.

The Turkish military says the plane had violated its airspace.

The two pilots bailed out - their fate is unclear but Syrian

rebels claim they shot them as they parachuted down.

TRANSLATION: Today's event is a stab in the back which has been given to

us by the accomplices The incident has caused a diplomatic

storm - we'll have the latest. The roller-coaster crash at

Alton Towers - human error is blamed for the accident that left five

people seriously injured. NHS England gets a spending boost

of almost ?4 billion next year but there are concerns

about possible cuts elsewhere. The Hatton Garden heist -

a jury hears the mastermind pulled out after

the first attempt failed, the gang And on Reporting Scotland at 6.30...

MP Natalie McGarry withdraws from the SNP whip over a police inquiry

into campaign group finances. And could Scotland deal with a

terrorist attack like the one in Paris? The Police Federation say

we're under prepared. Good evening and welcome to the

BBC News at six. Russia has reacted with fury

after one of its fighter jets was shot down by the Turkish military

near Turkey's border with Syria. Turkey insisted the aircraft had

violated its airspace and had been warned repeatedly to

leave, but President Putin said the jet was over Syria and called

the incident a stab in the back The two man crew ejected before the

plane came down just inside Syria. In a moment, the latest from Russia,

but first Mark Lowen reports and collapsing into flames, a

Russian jet plunges through the skies above the downed by a Turkish

strike, the plane is the explosion visible from afar, acrid smoke

billowing above. It is the cost, says Turkey, of Russia violating its

airspace. Just visible, the parachutes of the pilots escaping

the crash. Russian helicopters were sent in to search for them but

Syrian rebels said Turkey immediately released an image which

it said shows the route Su-24. The flight path appears to cross the

Syrian border into Turkey, Moscow denies it. The Turkish prime

minister insisted its country had simply carried out the rules of

engagement and the Russian plane had been warned ten times. TRANSLATION:

We have never been a country with designs against another country but

everyone should know Turkey has the right to respond if its airspace is

violated, this is what everyone feared might happen when Russia

began but a crowded airspace and rival allegiances could provoke an

incident. This is not just Turkey against Russia, Ankara is a vital

Nato member with a military alliance behind it. The fear is this so, why

did Turkey strike now? In recent days Russia has targeted this

minoritys, a Turkish speaking ethnic group who have been fighting against

the Assad regime and are strongly supported by Ankara. They say their

fighters shot and killed the Russian pilots but the Turkish authorities

say that is untrue and both pilots are alive and trying to like a

fireball in the sky, the first time a Russian jet has been shot down by

a Nato member in over half a century. This is in Syria, this is

the heart this month, the Russians gave us to Su-24. They said the war

on terror was going to plan but hadn't planned on Turkey shooting

down one when it came, the Kremlin's reaction was one of

disbelief we have been stabbed in the back by the accomplices of

terrorism, President Putin said, and promised there would be serious

consequences for Turkey. Vladimir Putin is known for his strong

language but it doesn't get much stronger than this, equating Turkey

with terrorists, Nato with Islamic State, and pledging Russia will not

stand by while such Moscow insists its air force is operating solely

over Syria and that the fighter jet that was shot down today had not

crossed into Turkey, but Russian jets have strayed into Turkish

airspace before. Those violations recorded at Nato's command centre.

Last month the Alliance accused Moscow of irresponsible behaviour

but where does relations between Russia I think never for the last

probably 50 years did we have anything as significant in terms of

Russia and Nato or air confrontation, especially is there

is a message on this bomb, revenge for Paris. Moscow insists its air

strikes are all about destroying international terrorism and that the

shooting down of one of its jets will not halt

President Obama has been speaking in Washington in the past hour about

the downing of the Russian warplane and about the fight against

so-called Islamic State. Our North America Editor, Jon Sopel, is there.

just when you of Syria cannot get any more intractable, another layer

of complex of tea arrives with the downing of that Turkish plane, and

this on a day when there was encouraging that Russians could be

brought. Inevitably it was the first question Barack Obama was asked in

the news conference, still going on behind me, and this

Turkey, like every country, has a right to defend

I think it's very important right now

for us to make sure that both the Russians and the Turks are talking

to each other, and find out exactly what happened, and take measures to

he went on to say the Russians were taking huge risks in operating so

close to the Turkish border. We await the Russian reaction, in the

meantime it is fair to say that in Washington and elsewhere, anxiety

Alton Towers says human error was to blame for the roller-coaster crash

this year, which left five people seriously injured. A report by the

theme park said the ride's safety control systems had been manually

overridden. Two young women who were trapped for hours on the Smiler ride

had to have amputations as a result of the accident last June. Sian

the theme park is now closed for Smiler has been closed for almost

six months. News today that it will reopen and human error is to blame

for the crash has come out of the blue for many of the victims. The

company is refusing to say whether anyone will lose their jobs, but the

victims say they want to -- Health and Safety Executive report before

making the Smiler ride was grounded in June. This is how it looked when

emergency services rushed to the scene. 16 people were injured when

two carriages collided. We now know that staff had made a mistake, it

resulted in life changing consequences these four were sitting

in the front row. The two young women both her legs amputated

following the crash. After completing its the owners of Merlin

Entertainments, reveals today that human error was to blame. Staff had

wrongly restarted the Smiler, overriding the control system. There

were no technical or mechanical issues at fault. When the new season

begins in March, Alton Towers said the Smiler will be open for business

but with improved safety. The changes include more CCTV cameras

being installed staff will be given enhanced training, and perhaps

crucially there will be no manual override without Vicky Balch has had

to learn to walk again. Many of the victims said tonight it was too

early to comment on today's developments but Vicky has told the

BBC how her it is indescribable, it hurts so much and I can still feel

how it did feel, if you will. Members of the Health and Safety

Executive examined the Smiler ride immediately their findings have yet

The NHS in England is to get an extra ?3.8 billion next year.

The money is to pay partly for a full seven day-a-week health

But news of the extra money comes a day before the

Chancellor's Autumn Statement, in which he's expected to outline

A day ahead of the main Spending Review and the Chancellor, George

Osborne, has given NHS leaders what they want for next year,

but in return they have to become more efficient

We are giving money up front so the NHS can implement its own plan

There have to be savings elsewhere in Government spending to pay

for this, but it just goes to show, you can only have a strong NHS

The spending deal for NHS England sees ?3.8 billion extra

above inflation allocated for next year, it then sees steady rises to

fulfil an election pledge and reach more than 8 billion extra by 2020.

Ministers say that all comes on top of the 2 billion invested

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland's budget will go up as well.

Details will become clear in the Spending Review.

The effectiveness of the NHS depends not just on cash but also

If there's pressure on care homes, for example,

it's harder to discharge elderly patients from hospital.

In the last few years social care funding in England has been reduced

and in many ways that's made the NHS's task more difficult.

What we don't yet know is whether cuts will continue or

whether social care budgets will be held steady, that will only become

clear in the Spending Review announcement tomorrow.

Care home providers are concerned that the Government

I think this is good news for the NHS but I think we must

understand there is a crisis in social care, and the NHS and social

-- interdependent. You cannot support one bit of the system

without putting money into social care.

And even the head of NHS England, while happy with his deal,

acknowledges that social care needs a major overhaul.

What we are clearly going to need is not only new resourcing for social

care but I think we will have to have a big debate in this country

about how to ensure social care services are fit for the future,

The Chancellor is emphasising NHS investment

but pushing through cuts in other areas of health spending, including

public health services like smoking cessation, run by local councils.

Some might argue that reducing prevention is hardly going to be

Almost half a million children could have been sexually abused in England

between 2012 and 2014, that's according to the Office

It estimates only one in eight of them come to the attention

of authorities, partly because most abuse is carried

Here's our social affairs correspondent, Alison Holt.

, in the homes where they should be safe, according to today's's report

the majority of children facing sexual abuse go unnoticed and

unprotected. They are easy prey for abusers within one of Maurice's

earliest -- is of his father sexually his he tried to tell his

mother but of course he got me again and said you've it is only between

me and you but I'm only doing it to you so nobody else should do it, I'm

only teaching you. That's the. The children's Commissioners report

analysed data from police and councils in England, reviewed

existing evidence and carried out probably the largest ever survey of

abuse survivors. Based on that, it estimates over two years and 450,000

children were sexually abused but only one in eight was known to the

authorities. It also says 66% of child sexual abuse is perpetrated by

family members or most children say they don't know how to tell, or they

are too afraid to tell, so most won't the service because of that

and we need to recognise that and change it. They need a child or

young person to tell them what happened many who reported the abuse

were 12 or over, but for many the abuse had started years before. I

think this has got to be a watershed moment for all partners and agencies

involved in child protection matters. We like Maurice, many who

have been abused only tell their stories as adults.

The report says teachers, police and other professionals need more

training to spot signs of abuse, as part of a drive to protect children

who don't have the words to explain what's

Turkey has shot down a Russian fighter plane on the Syrian border.

Turkey says the plane violated its airspace, but Russia has denied

Andy Murray says he has no doubts about safety as he prepares

for Britain's Davis Cup final in Belgium.

Coming up on Reporting Scotland at 6.30pm: The son of a woman who

died following an explosion in her home has praised her bravery.

And, she'd never even visited Scotland

We speak to the author of the hit Outlander novels.

The President of World Athletics, Lord Coe,

is facing fresh allegations of a conflict of interest over his

role as an international adviser for the global sportswear giant, Nike.

Lord Coe became the president of the IAAF this year. The organisation

has been plunged into crisis amidst allegations of corruption and

bribery under his predecessor, Lamine Diack. Now a BBC

investigation has revealed Lord Coe's role in the controversial

awarding of a major athletics championships to the American city

of Eugene. He had discussed the bid with a senior Nike executive. Our

Correspondent, Mark Daly, has this exclusive report - and we should

warn you it contains flash photography.

He's the most powerful man in a sport he once graced as an athlete.

But tonight, World Athletics Chief, Lord Coe,

is facing more questions about an alleged conflict of interest over

his paid ambassadorial role with the global sports giants, Nike.

In April this year, after a controversial IAAF vote, the

2021 World Athletics Championships were awarded here to Eugene, Oregon,

Vin Lananna is head of Track Town USA, the organisation

behind the Eugene bid which also has close links to Nike.

Vin Lananna is on record saying that Nike played no role

in the bid process nor, he said, did Lord Coe other than to vote.

But we've obtained an internal Nike email which could call that claim

It's an email from a senior Nike executive to Lananna

He made clear his support for 2021 in Eugene, but made equally clear

he'd reached out to Diack specifically on this topic and got

a clear statement from Diack that, 'I'm not going to take any action at

the April meeting to choose a 2021 site'." But the opposite happened

at that meeting and Diack announced a surprise vote to give the

The vote went through, 23-2, and came as a shock to

the former head of Swedish athletics who had been preparing a rival bid

Bjorn Eriksson is also the former head of Interpol.

I would very much like to hear the explanation to this.

Lord Coe denied he'd lobbied for Eugene and said 2021 represented

a unique political and financial opportunity to bring

"Seb believed the usual process would be followed

and encouraged Eugene to enter the bidding cycle for 2021, which

He sought clarity from President Diack when asked by Eugene

and Gothenburg about the 2021 bidding process and received

assurances that no decision would be made at the April council meeting."

"All of Lord Coe's interests were declared to the

But Lord Coe may still face questions over why, whilst

a vice-president of IAAF, he was discussing its business with Nike.

With me now is Dan, Rowan. Where does it leave Lord Coe and its

sports? It's the last time athletics need when it's trying to gain

confidence and trust back from the public after a damning doping report

which received state-sponsored doping in Russia. They were band

from international competition and allegations of corruption and

cover-ups. The governing body of the sport itself, IAAF. It's Lord Coe's

job to clean up track and field. Many have questioned whether it's

right one that Nike pay him a six figure sum to be an ambassador. MPs

will ask him, why it was, despite his insis tans he is guilty of no

wrong-doing, no conflict of interest, he was in discussion with

a senior Nike executivive over the 2021 bid and whether the time has

come to end that association with Nike.

In the past hour, prosecutors in Belgium have confirmed that police

are looking for a second man they believe is on the run after taking

part in the attacks in Paris in which 129 people died.

The suspect being sought -- named as Mohamed Abrini -- is being described

by officers as 'dangerous and probably armed'. He was filmed

driving a car, later used by gunmen involved in the Paris attacks.

MP's have overwhelmingly backed renewing

The non-binding vote was called by the Scottish National Party,

A number of Labour MPs defied their leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

British Airways and easyJet have cancelled all flights

between the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and the UK until January.

The move follows the downing of a Russian passenger jet

Islamic State militants claim they planted the bomb.

224 people were killed in the attack.

The Scottish nationalist MP Natalie McGarry has withdrawn from the party

whip -- amid a police investigation over missing donations -- from a

pro-independence group she set up. The Glasgow East MP said she was

doing so "in the best interests of the party" - but maintained she had

A jury's been hearing how one of the Hatton Garden diamond thieves

lied to police about how much jewellery he had

The prosecution also said that two of the gang had pulled out of the

raid after the first unsuccessful attempt to get into the vault.

The gang returned two days later and stole around ?14 million worth

of gold, diamonds and jewellery, as Daniel Sandford explains.

The gang drilled through the vault wall but were blocked by the

cabinets. Two nights later they were back. By now 76-year-old Brian

Reader had pulled out. 9 pros education say at the last moment

Karl Wood, on trial today, also walked away from England's biggest

burglary. Terry Perkins was caught on a police bug discussing that

moment. He thought he would never get in. I said, give it another

half-hour. We've done everything we can do. If we can't get in. We won't

be able to get in, will we? They did get in. Making off with ?14 million

worth of jewellery on Easter Sunday morning. Six weeks later, they were

caught. The gang's ringleaders including Danielle Jones pleaded

guilty to the burglary in September. Last month Danielle Jones brought

police here to this North London emindustry to show him where he

buried some of the jewellery under this memorial stone to a relative of

his wife. Detectives asked him if he had any more of the stolen property.

He said he hadn't. A week earlier police had discovered a a second

stash of jewellery 20 meters away under a memorial to another member

of the family. To this date only a third of the loot stolen at Hatton

Garden has been discovered. Andy Murray says he has no doubts

about safety in Belgium as he prepares there for Britain's

biggest tennis match in decades. The Davis Cup final will go ahead

as scheduled in Ghent, with Belgium the opponents, despite the ongoing

security issues in Brussels. It's a competition Great Britain

have not won since the 1930s. Andy Murray's not hiding, he's just

a bit cold, even indoors in Belgium He's in Ghent, only 30 miles

from Brussels, but at ease. Here there is no need

to lock all the doors. Security is discreet

for what tennis calls its World Cup Naturally, it's vital for Britain

that Andy Murray is happy. Obviously,

had to delay the trip by a day. You know, which wasn't ideal,

but I think, you know, I know in Brussels it's

a slightly different situation. spectators won't be able to bring

anything inside the venue, which is really just a huge warehouse that's

been adapted for tennis. Even

the clay court you can see behind But you know this place could become

as famous as any 1978 was the last time Great Britain

reached the final of the Davis Cup. Decisive match won

by a youngster called McEnroe. Well, Belgium have no-one

in that league, but their tennis team is a positive focus in

challenging times in the country. We've no doubts that

we will be safe here. We cannot do anything

about security. We have to see that we

can get ready as a team. Andy Murray can play two singles

matches and one doubles Sometimes the gift of sport

is to make life seem simple. Hello. This particularure was sent

in by a weather watcher. Rain to go with that. There was brighter

weather to the north-east of the UK. This was in North Yorkshire. Spells

of sunshine, a rainbow too, a few showers moving through. The skies

are clearing for most of the north-east, away from the north-east

of Scotland. Showers over night through the Midlands and the

south-east, most will be to the west. Temperatures will drop away. A

touch of frost to the far north-east. The south-west will be

mild, cloudy and windy start to the day. There will be showers around.

Further east the skies will be brighter some sunshine, temperatures

low her. A chilly start for some. The dry bright weather into northern

England and southern Scotland. Northern Ireland, cloudy and breezy

with outbreaks of rain. The central lowlands should have a dry, bright

even sunny start to the day. The rain will clear away from Northern

Ireland as it drifts eastwards to the western side of Scotland,

England and Wales. The further east you hang on to the sunshine into the

afternoon. Temperatures struggle up to six or seven degrees. Mild and in

double figures further west. Thursday, a lot of cloud around

across most parts of the UK. Rain and drizzle gathering in the north

and west. Double figures for many of us. On into Friday. The winds will

be strong. This weather front will drift towards the north and west.

The wind are coming in from the south-west. Another mild day, 11-12

degrees wildly. The rain will move from the north-west to the

south-east. It will turn cold quickly behind that weather front.

Snow showers to the north. In the small hours of Saturday morning,

turning wet and windy for the start of the weekend. Sophie. Thank you.

Turkey has shot down a Russian fighter plane on the Syrian border.

That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,

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