27/11/2015 BBC News at Six

Foiled - one of the biggest drug smuggling operations in the UK and

The smugglers wore fake paramedic uniforms, there were even fake

patients, but inside the ambulances were class A drugs.

The street value of the drugs is estimated

at ?1.6 billion. Three men have been convicted.

Paris remembers its 130 killed

Along with victims' families, some of the survivors make the journey

The child sex abuse inquiry set up by the Government says it will

investigate current as well as former MPs.

The debate about airstrikes in Syria - two former Labour ministers call

And could a large fragment of this space rocket which exploded after

And on Reporting Scotland at 6.30: washed up off the isles of Scilly?

on Paris, police here say there's no specific threat to Scotland.

And after Celtic's European campaign is ended, the club admits it can't

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

It was a huge drug smuggling operation with a difference -

up to ?1.6 billion worth of class A drugs were brought

The smugglers, from Holland, even went so far as to wear fake

paramedic uniforms and transport fake patients on crutches.

Three men were convicted today, at Birmingham Crown Court,

for what detectives have called one of the biggest ever drug smuggling

It looked convincing, a Dutch ambulance transporting patients

But this ambulance never went near a hospital.

It was caught on camera, making repeated visits to

The court was told millions of pounds of class A drugs were

Today the jury found 55-year-old Leonardus Bijlsma, a father of four,

guilty of being part of a ?1.6 billion drug smuggling conspiracy.

He was described as being the right-hand man of

He admitted his part at an earlier hearing, along with

The Dutch men were arrested in June near Smethwick by officers

from the National crime agency in an intelligence led operation.

?1.6 billion worth of drugs on the street, that is what it is worth.

For us we are very content that we have arrested

and convicted the principal subjects of this investigation and we will be

looking to pursue them in the court to strip their assets away.

This is just one of a fleet of ambulances used by the gang.

The scale of the business was described in court as audacious.

They used hiding places throughout the ambulance, including this one

They even carried a bogus patient to make

The court was shown this footage from a hotel camera.

The fake paramedics were accompanied by a man on crutches,

but a short time later the man is seen walking around freely.

The ambulance was described as being rammed with drugs.

These images show exactly what officers found.

Cocaine, heroin and ecstasy tablets with a

The court heard officers subsequently found that 45

No corner of this ambulance was left untouched

In Holland other vehicles were impounded.

The ambulances were part of an elaborate drug smuggling plot.

The key players will be sentenced next month.

The three men will face lengthy prison sentences. Given the

staggering scale of the operation. The drugs were brought into the

United Kingdom over a 14 month period, using eleven ambulances.

Tonight, the national crime agency said all the drugs have been

destroyed. They described it as one of their biggest ever hauls,

bringing high level criminals to justice. Thank you.

A memorial service has been held in Paris, to remember those killed

A thousand people gathered - survivors of the attack, some

on hospital trollies, and victims' families to hear the names read out

The French President Francois Hollande said his country would do

all it could to destroy the "army of fanatics" who attacked the city.

In it is monument to war-time heroes, France today honoured its

civilian dead. They stood together - president, Prime Minister, the angry

and the grieving, as the names of those they lost were read out into

the winter air. Nick Alexander... Listening to the roll call were

those who managed to survive. Brought from hospital, still

injured, but determined to show their defines. -- defiance.

TRANSLATION: I promise France will do everything to destroy this army

of fanatics, we will protect our children and we will stay true to

ourselves. His words echoed by those of France's national anthem. A

reminder that this was an attack not just on individuals, but on the idea

of France. Among the names read out in Paris was Hugo, at Montpellier

university they remembered him, as a student with a passion for punk

rock. Among the students, Hugo's father, Hugo had been staying at his

flat to catch a concert. He told me how his son struggled with his

study, his love life and how music brought them close. I was still his

father, but we became friend, because I was an old gieshgs he was

a young guy. I explained to him Led Zeppelin, The Clash, he explained

The Prodigy! Last mon Hugo returned from holiday in Japan. He felt his

problems were behind him. He showed us his new tattoo. It was the best

gift he made to me because... Sorry. Because it was OK that now I'm free

and I show that you, I can go further. It was his last message.

The last time I saw him. It was... A message of hope. At Montpellier,

they gathered to receive Hugo home. His friends, family and members of

his band and the shock showing through their tears. Across France

parents are starting to bury their children. Husband, their wives. Amid

the national commemoration, each individual death is being

remembered, each short life. He was said his father, my boy. My baby. My

friend. As 23 years after Hugo was born, a congregation, a town, a

nation, say goodbye. The attacks in Paris two weeks ago.

Two former Labour ministers have called for Jeremy Corbyn to resign

over the way he has handled the party's debate about air strikes

against the so-called Islamic State in Syria - describing his behaviour

Hilary Benn said he believes Britain should take part in action. James

Landale reports. The crisis in Syria plunged Jeremy Corbyn into a battle

with his MPs over the most serious decision Parliament can make - to

send British war planes into harm's way. The decision to announce hi

won't back military action put him as odds with his Shadow Cabinet and

infuriated many MPs who want a free vote and some are talking he may

have to resign. There is a poisonous atmosphere in the Labour Party at

the moment, which is very disagreeable, but it is minor

compared to the serious decisions that have to be taken. How does

Jeremy Corbyn and his small group think they have got the unique view

on it? If anybody should be resigning actual this it should be

Jeremy Corbyn. At the common wealth summit, the Prime Minister again

made the argument for attacking Islamic State. Many MPs on all sides

agreed there was a compelling case. I would urge all of them to vote on

the basis of the arguments. That argument to counter the threat from

IS with military force is accepted by Labour's shadow Foreign Secretary

who said he wouldn't resign. We know what they do, the crucifixes and the

selling of women into slavery. It is important that we as the United

Kingdom play our full part and show solidarity with our great ally,

France. On social media the shadow Chancellor urged his colleagues to

calm down. While other pro-Corbyn campaigners send out e-mails urging

Labour MPs to oppose bombing. Party members will want MPs to unite. What

Jeremy Corbyn is saying is what party members are saying. It is a

row that has been felt in Oldham near Manchester where voters will

elect a new MP. Jeremy Corbyn cancelled a planned visit to deal

with the crisis. Oldham is a safe Labour seat, but Labour MPs are

nervous. They fear many of the party's traditional supporters won't

vote, and some think that Jeremy Corbyn is the reason why. What do

you think about Jeremy Corbyn? I'm not over gone on him. Speaks a lot

of sense in my opinion. I don't like him. You will still vote Labour? Yes

I don't like him, but Labour are the work class values. What do you

think? Are you him? Not keen on him. The row is more than about Labour's

chances at the ballot box. It could decide whether war planes are

striking Syria soon. Police say a gun attack on two

officers in Belfast last night was attempted murder. The gunmen fired

eight rounds at a patrol car. The police said it bore the hallmarks of

an attack by dissident republicans. Current and former MPs are to be

investigated by the judge leading the wide ranging

inquiry into child sexual abuse, The Church of England,

the Roman Catholic Church and some The judge in charge, Justice Lowell

Goddard, said she would run 12 separate investigations into

institutions that failed children. Our Home Affairs Correspondent,

Tom Symonds has the details. There has never been a public

inquiry like this. Uncovering the secret history of child sexual abuse

and the response of our institutions. Daunting. There is no

doubt that the task we have set ourselves if the first phase is

ambitious. To run 12 investigations in parallel represents an

organisational challenge that is unprecedented. In the first 18

months investigations into abuse in Lambeth and Nottinghamshire

children's home. Rochdale schools. Custodial institutions. In

particular a detention centre in County Durham. Abuse in schools and

churches. This inquiry will examine whether the Church of England's own

inquiries were properly carried out. But Lowell Goddard's scrutiny of the

establishment won't end there. He will look at what she called the

cover ups in Westminster, former and current MPs, advisors, and the

Security Services looking for the bad in the great and good. The

activities of former MP Cyril Smith will be examined and the

establishments closeness to a disgraced bishop. He cited Prince

Charles as a supporters. Lowell Goddard said she expects

co-operation from all. But another challenge is to win the trust of

survivors. When you're abused all the power and control is taken from

you. So to gain that back, you have to trust people that you come into

contact with. In Lambeth in London, lack of trust resulted in victims at

this former care homes doing their own investigation and now the

inquiry will examine allegations dating back decades. In the 50s it

was about covering it up. In 60s covering it up and in the end it was

covering up the cover up. Do you think this will get to the bottom of

what happened? We need to know certain people are going to be

called and give evidence, people who we say are responsible indirectly to

what took place. It is not just about the past, this inquiry will

also look at online abuse, its chair woman said no issue is more

pressing. The fake ambulances used in one

of the biggest drug smuggling Could this be Britain's best chance

of winning the Davis cup And coming up on Reporting Scotland

at 6.30: A BBC investigation finds that Scottish councils have cut

spending on library books And with four weeks to go

until Christmas, a toy bank to help parents

struggling to afford presents Detectives are warning

about the dangers of internet dating scams after a woman was duped out

of over ?1.5 million by fraudsters. So far this year, nearly 3,000

victims have been defrauded Our Correspondent Angus Crawford

has been investigating. Used to hiding in the shadows,

an internet scammer unmasked. What have you got to say to

your victim? Olasegun Agbaje

and his accomplice Ife Ojo, They set up a fake profile

on an online dating site, They even used extracts from this

book to help reel in their prey. Christian talked of love

and marriage and in less than a year the victim had handed over

almost everything she had. The individuals who perpetrate this,

this is their profession. They are very,

very good at what they are doing. They have designed social

engineering specifically to target the vulnerabilities

of people who are trusting, Christine is not looking for love,

she is an actress who has agreed to We have put up your profile

on several dating sites. We call her Mary Jane

and we get a stream of messages. "I am an intelligent, fun loving

Marine staff Sergeant..." Daniel says he is

a soldier under cover in Nigeria. "What I dislike about my job is that

I don't have access to My name is Angus Crawford,

I am from the BBC. Most scammers are much more

sophisticated than Daniel, spending weeks or months luring

their victim into a relationship. For her the shame is worse

than the money she lost. It is like you are a puppet

and you are controlled Being scammed is like a wound and

you need to give it time to heal. It will heal after a while,

but the scar will be there for ever and every time you look at

that scar you will remember a life Those searching

for love online can too easily become prey for criminals hunting

the lonely and the vulnerable. Funding the ever increasing cost of

providing care for people in old age or with disabilities is something

local councils and government have In this week's Spending Review,

the Chancellor George Osborne announced plans to allow local

authorities in England to add 2% to council tax, which could bring

in up to ?2 billion more to pay But many care providers

and councils are warning it will not be enough to prevent a crisis, as

our Social Affairs Correspondent, Now closed and for sale, for two

decades this was a nursing home that provided support for 43 elderly

people in North Yorkshire. There had been concerned about quality, but it

was improving until it ran out of money. Residents had to be found new

homes and local see it as a symbol of the crisis in care funding the

Chancellor is responding to. Down the road in Scarborough at this

residential home they are also worried about how they will survive.

And what that means for residents like 82-year-old Gerda. Her son says

he feels caught in the middle over rows about paying for care. Any idea

whatsoever, what stress and anxiety hurt the cause, it is bad enough for

people to see the people they love fall down like this. The home's

owner calculate North Yorkshire County Council pays less than ?3 an

hour for each person they found. He says the extra money that can be

raised on council tax will not be enough when the home has new costs

like the national living wage. It is the toughest I have ever known. We

have reached a tipping point now and going forward will be tough and I am

not sure whether Post April 2016 we can make it work. The Local

Government Association had calculated by 2020 there would be a

gap in care funding of ?2.9 billion. It says a 2% levy on council tax

could reduce the gap by raising 1.7 billion, but the LGA estimates by

then overall council budgets will have fallen by 24%, affecting other

services. In North Yorkshire the director of adult care says they are

investing in new services like these supported flats to help people

remain well. They welcome any extra money for care, but have to weigh up

whether or not to raise council tax. We have always given a strong

priority to adult social care and it is a big proportion of hours spent

locally. But councillors have to make a decision about how they are

able to raise the tax burden on local people. The government says it

is putting more money into creating sustainable care services and it

says it will work with care providers to ensure good quality

care. In tennis, Andy Murray is playing

his first match in the Davis Cup Earlier, the British team's youngest

member, Kyle Edmund, Britain are favourite to win but

haven't won the trophy since 1936. Our sports correspondent,

Joe Wilson reports. They came for the tennis,

they knew there would be security. Reports of a suspect bag had closed

some roads on Friday morning. The Davis cup final is

supposed to be a celebration. It feels very calm, very friendly,

business as usual, not a problem. Imagine this setting to make

your Davis cup debut. Put yourself in the tennis shoes of

Kyle Edmund, taking on Belgium's 20 years old and ranked 100

in the world, two sets up. Belgium had laid a clay court

to suit David Goffin, the whole He took the third set

and Edmund was making errors, By the end of the fifth set Edmund

was empty, 6-0, and David Goffin had completed the most significant

comeback victory of his career. Edmund departed crestfallen,

Belgium approaching delirium, If Great Britain needed some

reassurance after that, who else to provide it than

Andy Murray behind the flag. Britain depended on him winning

his opening singles match. World number two

against world number 108. Ruben Bemelmans ran

and stretched for everything, but Second set, 6-2 no drama,

no hurry, simple points. Those fans could start looking

forward to the weekend. No one is leaving the arena because

the third set is ongoing and it is quite tight at 5-5. Britain need to

win three matches to get the Davis cup and win. Andy Murray's singles

is all part of that equation. Tomorrow it is all about the doubles

when Andy Murray will be joined on court by his big brother Jamie.

An American space rocket which exploded in midair soon after taking

off from Florida last June has reached an unlikely new destination.

A large fragment of the fuselage was found floating in the sea

off the isles of Scilly and is currently under guard on a beach at

We sent our reporter Johnny O'Shea to find out more.

On the beach a local boat Yard worker has been busy cleaning

barnacles from this unusual piece of space debris. It was towed here

yesterday after the skipper of the island's boat service spotted it out

at sea. We were quite intrigued as to what it was. At first they

thought it might have been part of an aeroplane, but it was pretty

shocking to scrape the barnacles off and find out it is part of a rocket

ship. The debris is believed to be from this spacecraft launched from

Cape Canaveral in September, 2014. It was taking part to the

International Space Station. Photographs from before the launch

show the same detail on the side of the rocket. It has caused quite a

stir on Tresco and everybody is talking about this piece of space

rocket. One enterprising local man started charging ?5 to have photos

taken of it, ?10 if he was in the photos as well, trying to capitalise

on this most unlikely of new arrivals. Now it is here nobody is

sure what happens next. Its American owners are trying to verify exactly

which rocket it is. Perhaps they will want it back in Florida or

perhaps it will find a permanent home year on this remote island.

Adele's new album 25 has become the biggest selling British album ever.

It sold more than 800,000 copies this week, that's more than

According to the Official Charts Company it's

the highest opening week sales in UK chart history, beating the

Time for a look at the weather, with Sarah Lucas.

She was battling the winter. Yes, that could have been filmed

outside the day. But it has not been all doom and gloom. Look at these

gorgeous spells of sunshine in North Lincolnshire. But sunny spells are

in short supply as we move through the weekend. Things are looking very

unsettled with plenty of showery rain and snow on the hills and

mountains of Scotland. We have got this weather front with us at the

moment. It pushes away towards the east and then our attention turns to

heavy showers piling in from the west, and strengthening winds as

well. These showers are falling as snow on top of the hills and

mountains of Scotland. Three or 4 degrees typically Saturday morning,

but colder than that in the countryside. It will be a windy day

tomorrow. The far South East of England probably stays dry for

longest and those gusts could reach 40-50 mph. Temperature wise it is

5-10 , so cooler than recent days and it will feel cold where you are

exposed to the strong wind. We keep the wind and the showers as we head

through Saturday night and into Sunday. On Sunday it is another

blustery day. Heavy showers once again moving across much of the

country. The gusts could well reach 50-60 miles an hour on Sunday

again, having the potential to cause disruption. Turning a bit milder in

the south, but still pretty cold in the North. Lots happening over the

weekend. We have got warnings in force for rain and wind as well.

Keep up-to-date with the latest online.

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