14/03/2016 BBC News at Six

The number of people killed in last night's Turkish terror attack

Families mourn the dead and wait to hear about theinjured -

the attack is blamed on separatist rebels.

Suicide bombers hit the heart of the Turkish capital -

TRANSLATION: It was like Armageddon, all I could see was red,. The ground

was covered with broken glass, it was just like an earthquake.

We'll be looking at why instability in Turkey matters to Britain

Also tonight: The family of PC Phillips face the man accused

of killing him in court for the first time.

Desperate refugees who've found another way out of Greece

An apology from the new Top Gear team for filming a stunt

Joe Marling may miss the six Nations on Saturday, citing for aiding in a

payment during the win over Wales. Tie

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

The Turkish Government has made a number of arrests after the latest

terror attack on its capital, Ankara.

It's blaming separatist Kurdish rebels for the explosion in which 37

people died and scores more injured - at least a dozen

Across Europe there are concerns about what instability in Turkey

More on that in a moment but first from Ankara, here's Mark Lowen,

after the horror, the grief. At Ankara's Mork today, families and

the identities of those inside, killed in yesterday's car bomb.

Loved ones whose worst fears were confirmed. The blast struck near a

transport hub on a busy Sunday evening. So powerful it is as though

the sky was set alight. At the local hospital, the most of the dead, 37

names so far. He was lucky, he had sustained head injuries but little

more. The theme he describes is like a vision from hell. TRANSLATION: It

was like Armageddon, people were screaming. The ground was covered in

broken glass. It was just like an earthquake. I saw a body torn into.

It is the third attack in Ankara and third months. In October, suicide

bombings killed over a hundred, blamed on the years I've fixed the

group. Kurdish militants say they carried it out. What is happening to

Turkey, a Nato member and EU hopeful stuck in a cycle of attacks. This

nation is nervous but the fight. TRANSLATION: Even now, my boys are

shaking. I left the university as a today because I'm afraid, my parents

are afraid. I am not afraid because if I am afraid, terrorism will win.

Two attackers have been identified, apparent members of the PKK. At the

scene, a single tribute resisted the downpour. Turkey is getting

worryingly used to such attacks, there is anger here at the

government for the BC delight of activity and they are in such a

vulnerable position. There is fear over when the next strike and over

the chaos in which this country is the chaos in which this country is

now sliding. Yet again, tags are burying their own, the worry when

and not if the scenes will be repeated.

In a dramatic development in the five year Syrian war,

the Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to start

Speaking in the last half hour, Mr Putin said the Russian

military intervention, which began last September,

had largely achieved its objectives.

Our Middle East editor is with us now. This literally happened more

letters you came into the studio. How significant is it? We don't know

yet which forces are leaving, what they will continue to do once they

have left, if anything. I think from President Putin's point of view, it

is a really good moment for him to declare victory and go home. There

was a lot of fear that he would be putting forces into Syria highlight,

he is now extraditing them. It is connected to the Syrian peace talks

opening up in Geneva and the hopes they may yield something. He is

playing a bigger game, Putin. It is not trying to assure President

Assad, as he is done. It is about Russia's geopolitical position.

Giving them a global role again and I think you've calculated that he

has pushed a bit there and for a time being he will push back a bit

but just for the time being. Thank you very much.

Clayton Williams, the teenager accused of using a stolen vehicle

to murder PC Dave Phillips in Merseyside last October,

claims to have been smoking cannabis since the age of six.

He was giving evidence at Manchester Crown Court today,

coming face to face with PC Phillips' family for the first time.

Dan Johnson is outside the court now.

In court, Clayton Williams spoke confidently. He admitted he had only

been out of prison for three weeks when he hit PC fillets. He admitted

he had a cannabis habit that cost him up to ?100 a day but he denied

murder. He said had no idea that the officer within the Broad.

The widow and family of PC Dave Phillips have already heard how

the officer suffered a violent death,

In court, they have seen CCTV of the father of two's final moments

before he was run over by a stolen car.

Today, for the first time, they heard from the teenager

Clayton Williams told Stuart Rose, he did not seem PC Phillips,

The 19-year-old told the court it was an accident, saying:.

Clayton Williams admits burgling this shop before stealing the keys

What happened next was a police chase

He reached speeds of 80 mph before hitting PC

The teenager says he can't remember exactly what happened

That was down to his cannabis habit. He said yet been smoking it since he

was six, he described it as a disability. In the dock, Clayton

Williams was asked why he didn't stop to help PC fillets. He said I

was scared, I didn't want to spend my life in jail. He said he panicked

and ran his grandmother, he said I did hit a police officer. She

replied, what do you like? You have only just got out of jail, you have

only been out for three weeks. Clayton Williams denied what

happened here was murder. He told the jury I did not intend to kill, I

only wanted to rob the shop. The deaths of twin boys

at their home in Dalgety Bay in Fife is being investigated by the Health

and Safety Executive. Rhys and Shaun Scott, who were two,

were found in a garden It's understood that the family

rented the home from a man who formerly ran a business

there, selling koi carp. The HSE has the power to prosecute

landlords if they put Just days before EU leaders are due

to finalise plans to send refugees and migrants in Greece back

to Turkey, hundreds of them have managed to cross into Macedonia

and that's despite border closures. Around 14,000 people have

been stranded at This morning around a thousand

of them left the camp and started walking across a river

near the town of Hamilo. On the march with nothing to lose.

Alston that migrants walking towards a border they are not allowed to

cross. They have had enough of waiting. For weeks they have been

stuck in Greece, they're aiming to get to Germany but all the Balkan

border gates between here and there have been slammed shut. They have

got this far and they are not giving up.

Problem, there is a problem. The march sparks alarm along the

Macedonian authorities who monitor them but on the Greek side, they are

not stopped. The migrants are undeterred by the obstacles in their

path, at least three people drowned near here last night but they are

prepared to take the risk. Desperate people will do desperate things.

They've become disillusioned with the conditions in this border camp,

it turned into a swan after days of rain, unbearable. Anywhere is better

than this, they thought. Which is why they set off en masse from here

this morning. When many hundreds did cross the frontier, they were

rounded up and detained. There are ambitions on hold once again. The

path ahead is not easy and full of risks but it is not putting them off

trying. Well, the migrant crisis appears

to have had an impact on regional elections in Germany

over the weekend. The German Chancellor,

Angela Merkel, saw her party lose ground to the anti-immigration

Alternative for Deutschland. It had campaigned against what it

called Chancellor Merkel's "catastrophic" decision

to welcome a million migrants There's flash photography

in Jenny Hill's report. Germany's political

landscape is changing. But don't expect Angela Merkel

to alter her course. This is the eastern

state of Saxony-Anhalt, where one in four voters

backed the anti-Merkel, anti-migrant party,

Alternative fur Deutschland. I voted for AfD, Laura

tells us, because I don't particularly

like the AfD people, but they are the only party

that wants Germany's political right have

found a public voice. Its leader recently suggested border

guards shoot at illegal immigrants. Angela Merkel had dismissed them

as a small fringe party. This afternoon, she admitted it's

been a tough day at the office. We want to reduce the number of

refugees arriving. We need to tackle the source

of migration, and seek A controversial stance from this

most divisive of the leaders. Should Mrs Merkel stay

on as Chancellor, I ask? I used to think a lot of her, but

not any more. This man says, I don't agree

with the rest of her policies, These elections have

been bruising and humiliating for Angela Merkel,

but the sense here is First of all, no one's calling

for her resignation. Secondly, approval ratings,

while they have dipped, are still the envy of

other European leaders. Lastly, and perhaps most

importantly of all, there is no heavyweight political opponent

waiting in the wings to snatch Mrs Merkel might just

have got away with it. Turkish terror attack has

risen to thirty seven - raising questions about

the government's ability to maintain Lift off, 300 million mile journey

to find out if there's ever It as much in charge of Newcastle

United, was he helped them bulkier of the relegation zone tonight?

The new presenter of Top Gear, Chris Evans, has apologised

"unreservedly" after scenes for his new series were filmed

Veterans groups have called the stunts "gravely

Our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba reports.

It's a show already under the media microscope,

then this weekend footage and stills taken by onlookers appeared to show

a car performing stunts close enough to the Cenotaph War Memorial

Top Gear presenter, Chris Evans, said he was mortified.

The images are terrible, they look so disrespectful.

There are mitigating circumstances but I unreservedly apologise.

The BBC says it has the utmost respect for the Cenotaph and insist

that the driver of the car was briefed by production prior to

filming and to not do any manoeuvres close to the monument, an

obstruction to which he fully adhered. The decision to film so

close to a memorial which means so much to so many has led to a

situation where the show isn't being talked about for what happens

on-screen that is once again been overshadowed Aik controversy. It is

unique programme echoes of its ability to create controversy but it

can't fall into the same trap as Jeremy Clarkson Manco did last year.

The rest of the show filming has passed without incident, it is an

clear the scenes filmed next to the centre will be shown. Chris Evans

said it was up to him, that particular scene should be shown.

Weeks before repairs, and yet again topped yet has been making headlines

for the wrong reason. -- Top Gear. The SNP says it plans to halve air

passenger duty on flights from Scottish airports,

if the party wins elections in May. Control of the tax is being

devolved to Holyrood SNP ministers argue that cutting

the tax would have economic benefits for Scotland but airports in England

say they would be left Lorna Gordon is at

Edinburgh Airport now. This is Scotland's busiest airport

and they have welcomed the move to cut air passenger duty, others they

have concerns. Over here in Scotland believe the money set aside would be

better spent elsewhere and as you say, there have been complaints from

some airports in England that their business could suffer as a result.

To airports, Edinburgh and Newcastle, just over 100 miles

between them and what could be a potentially bigger divide on the

way. Control over the tax people pay on their flight is about to be

devolved to Scotland. The SNP Government here is committed to

cutting it in half. What the Scottish Government wants to do is

reduce air passenger duty with the specific objective of improving the

economic performance of Scotland, impairing our competitors of

creating employment within Scotland. From next month, anyone playing

economy will pay ?13 on a short haul flights. ?73 if they are heading no

long haul journey and more if they are flying business class. That

means a family of ball with two children over flying economy would

pay close to ?300 in taxes if they're heading to somewhere like

Florida. There are ready some exceptions. Children under 16 are

exempt from the tax dollar has some passengers flying from Northern

Ireland and the Highlands and Islands. Unsurprising, passengers

here in Edinburgh, like Rosemary Hage, welcomed any meal delete the

move to reduce the cost of flying. We fly regularly so it will be a

great thing. Some airports elsewhere like Newcastle won the move could

place them at a competitive disadvantage. Intensely tempting

passengers and airlines north to Scotland. Everyone is going to

travel to Scotland to fly from there, while there are pair, by

shopping Anglos. It is too far from the, do away from with Newcastle. We

will find out on Wednesday whether the Chancellor is going to act on

calls from other airports to change our level of duty passages pay when

they take to the air. A brief look at some of the day's

other other news stories... A 300 foot mineshaft has

opened up in Cornwall, just yards away from

the back door of a house. The gaping sinkhole was discovered

when surveyors were checking the site for the sale of the empty

property in the village of Scorrier. It is thought to be a remnant

of Cornwall's tin mining industry in the 18th century and will be

filled with concrete. Northern Ireland's First Minister

and deputy First Minister are visiting the USA to promote

a lower rate of corporation tax Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness

began their programme today The Northern Ireland Executive has

committed to reducing the rate of Corporation Tax to

12.5% from April 2018. On Wednesday the Chancellor

will deliver his first budget George Osborne has indicated that

a worsening global economic climate Our political editor,

Laura Kuenssberg, Balancing the books doesn't turn

politicians into rock stars. But his Government's mission is always been

sorting the economy out after the crash. Visiting a London gal's

school today ahead of the budget, David Cameron appears to have a lot

of fans. But did he get the hard bit? Georges Osmond would deliver

promised he would fix the deficit in five years but budget after budget,

progress has been slow. In 2015, he said we were heading out of the red

and into the black. When he is back out here on Wednesday, the tone and

changed again, don't expect much talk of sunshine because since the

Chancellor's big Day out, money worries in market is right around

the world have emerged. There is less cash blowing into Government's

offers so even after six years of cuts, he will squeeze public

spending again. He was the head of the silver service, one of the most

senior officials looking for cuts. He doesn't want to raise more taxes,

the obviously a fisheries services as have come through and his choice

around welfare reform now, given what happened on the tax credits are

quite difficult as well. It is hard to see where the easy choices are

now. None of it is easy. There are likely to be more cuts to welfare,

possibly a ride in fuel tax and an expected ?4 billion of saving the

tax savings by 2020. The leader of the council believes they have got

far enough. Next year's budget is going to be a really tough budget

where we are having to dig into our reserves, it is going to be

extraordinary tough. The tank is now a key cannot take any more cuts that

we have endured over the last five years. In some public services, the

pressure to cut costs has produced good news as well as bad. Paul is

blind and has learning difficulties, he used to get 20 hours of care a

week as part of the trial in Kent, always taught to order his weekly

shop online and now he receives only two hours of council help. He says

that is better than him. I do my online shopping, I practice that

each week with my supporter. Once I got better, I was able to do it on

my own. Tough times can present opportunities also but with pressure

from the European referendum bearing down, Georges Osborne needs smart

move this week. Europe and Russia have

launched their first joint mission to the red planet to try to find

signs of life. This rocket blasted off

from Kazakhstan this morning at the start of a seven month

journey, hundreds of On board is a probe which will orbit

mars and look for methane Later, it'll be followed by a robot

rover which will explore the surface Our science correspondent

Pallab Ghosh reports. On its way to search

for life on another world. The spacecraft begins its 300

million mile journey. When it arrives on Mars

in October, it will analyse traces

of the gas methane that could have been

created Where we thought previously

it was a barren and sterile planet and there

was nothing to be found there,

everything has become more and more

likely to lean towards the fact that

actually there The first views of the Martian

landscape taken in the 1970s seemed

to show a dry, But images taken from space over

the past 20 years showed that there were water

frozen under And last year, the most

remarkable pictures yet, channels recently carved

by flowing water. And where's there's water,

there may It's here at this Mars mock-up

in Stevenage that the rover that will search for the life

is being designed and tested. This is a prototype of the rover

Europe will be sending to Mars It will be the first that is able

to drill deep into the Martian That is important because if there

is life on Mars, it is going to be found several metres

under the ground. Life is more likely

to exist under the Martian surface because it is shielded

from the radiation from space that A British team is

developing the rover's camera, it will be using a series

of filters to find the most likely It's a very exciting time

for Mars exploration, we are on the brink perhaps

as discovering whether there is or was life on Mars

and these two missions are perfectly placed to do it

so by the end of the decade, we might have the answer

to the question of, If they do find life,

it is likely that Scientists will then know

that we are not alone Time for a look at the weather,

here's Louise Lear. Dumfries and Galloway, you got the

lion share of the sunshine today. Different story for the ease, lots

of sunshine in Northbrook but nagging east wing. Temperatures

around seven Celsius. It is going to be dry, add bit more part of the

north the potential for a spot or two of drizzle and some missed an as

well. Further west under the clearest guide, that's always the

below is Bells, tempted down 2-2dC. Weather watchers will be sending in

photographic into this, a lot of low cloud and a murky old start. West

will certainly be best yet again and hopefully we shall start to see some

brightness developing across part of East Anglia and they deserve. The

afternoon, ten or 11 Celsius across England and well. Lots of sunshine,

don't hold me to it but hopefully east Anglia, you might see the cloud

breaking up with some sun. We keep some car, it is going to stay cool

and grey. Could see temperatures 16, 17 Celsius. That is 60 35 had. As we

move out of Tuesday into Wednesday, we see these weather fronts moving

in from the beer continent, they usually come over from the Atlanta.

They are going to bring a fair amount of power, a spot or two

drizzle from it as well but behind it in the south-east we should see

more sunshine coming through. The Saudis and the north-west, best of

the sunshine as we go through Wednesday through that cloud it

could stay rather grey and drought. If you haven't already caught a dog

collar mostly dry throughout this week, cloud around and we will seize

on chilly nights. The death toll has risen to 37,

raising questions of the Government's ability to remain

security. President Putin has ordered the main

part of his armies to retreat from