28/02/2017 BBC News at Six

"Shambolic and cowardly", the coroner's verdict on the local

security response to the beach attack in Tunisia when 30

As the gunman killed any holiday-makers in his path,

the security forces deliberately delayed arriving,

It's particularly heartbreaking to think that if the police had been

called, if the National Guard had got there sooner, then lives

could have, or probably would have, been saved.

The families of the victims say they will sue the tour operator TUI

for not warning them of the danger of Islamist extremism.

If the tour operators TUI Thomson had played their part,

and actually said there is a risk here, and directed them

to that, I firmly believe they'd never have gone.

In the resort where the attack happened in 2015, assurances it's

But the Foreign Office advises against travel there.

Sir Philip Green agrees to pay over ?350 million

A call to spare jail for paedophiles who view indecent images but aren't

thought to be a physical threat to children.

The metal detectorists who struck gold, and found iron age jewelry

Coming up in Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News.

Back on court for the first time in five weeks,

Andy Murray is into the second round of the Dubai Open.

Good evening, and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

The coroner at the inquest into the deaths of 30 British

tourists who were killed in a gun attack on a beach in Tunisia has

described the local police and military response as "at best

He said their delay in arriving at the scene was deliberate,

and singled out one officer who fainted with fear, and another

who removed his shirt to hide the fact that he was an officer.

He ruled the victims of the terror attack at the resort in Sousse

in 2015 had been unlawfully killed, but stopped short of finding

there had been neglect on the part of the tour operator TUI.

Families of some of the victims are now preparing to sue TUI themselves.

These are the bereaved, for more than a month they've

listened to chilling details of multiple murder,

many of them witnessed their loved ones being killed.

The end of this part of the legal process was an important moment.

The inquests were about those who tragically lost their lives,

they must never be forgotten and their families hope that no-one

else will ever have to suffer the same fate in future.

The coroner ruled the 30 British tourists who died that day had

The inquest has established the facts of what happened

at the resort, the chaos and confusion, the

Holidaymakers fled in panic across the sand, literally

The court was told that for 16 minutes the gunman

One of the marine guard fainted in shock.

The coroner today described the the emergency response as,

"at it's best, shambolic. At its course, cowardly."

This animation showed where each person died.

In just about every main area of the hotel somebody was killed.

The families believe the travel company, TUI, was neglectful,

but the coroner rejected this saying there were too many what ifs and no

single thing that could have prevented the attack.

Judge Nicholas Lorraine Smith told the families.

Angie and Ray Fisher were two of the victims,

killed alongside each other on the beach.

Their families still maintain they were failed by TUI.

If they'd have known the reality and if

the tour operater, TUI Thompson had played their part and actually said,

look, there is a risk here and directed them to that, I firmly

The tour company has always denied it was to blame.

As an industry, we have adapted and we will need to

This terrorist incident left its mark on all of us

and its impact will always be remembered.

Many of the families though will now pursue a civil

The coroner will look at whether he can make any

recommendations to help prevent such a massacre ever happening again.

As the inquest closed, the coroner told

the families that they had shown a quiet dignity of which their loved

Daniela Relph, BBC News, at the Royal Courts of Justice.

Attending the inquest has been a harrowing

Those who were in Tunisia have had to relive the attack.

Those who weren't heard eyewitness accounts of the last moments

Suzanne Evans lost her son, brother and father.

Cheryl Stollery's husband was killed in the hotel car park.

They've been speaking to our correspondent Sarah Campbell.

And I say, well, I'm still a mum and I'm thankful for that,

The day after this photograph was taken, Suzanne's father Pat,

eldest son Joel and her brother Adrian were killed.

Only Owen, on the left of the picture, survived.

He was 16 years old at the time, his grandfather died in his arms.

The coroner mentioned your youngest son Owen,

I often say if Owen can get up and go to school and do

the things that he's doing, then I haven't got any

Cheryl Stollery not only has the loss of her husband John to cope

John was shot as both ran from the gunman.

My thought at the time was, I'm going to die.

We were trying to seek refuge, we didn't know where to go,

It's particularly heartbreaking to think that if the police had been

called, if the National Guard had got there sooner, then lives

could have, or probably would have, been saved.

Can anything positive come out of what happened on June 26th 2015?

We can never bring the people, those 30 people back.

What we have to do is learn to live with that, to try and move on.

There's always going to be people out there who want

to impose their will, their beliefs on others.

We need to get better at protecting, and looking at ways

in which to safeguard, and we can only do that

if all the people involved start communicating and working far more

Cheryl Stollery ending that report by Sarah Campbell.

The authorities in Tunisia insist the country, including

the resort at Sousse, is now "100% safe".

New security measures are in place, but the Foreign Office is still

advising against all non-essential travel to Tunisia, and British

visitor numbers have dropped by more than 90%.

A new vigilance that was utterly lacking on the day of the attack.

Now, permanent checkpoints and patrols by the police

The message is clear, you are safe, it's a new Tunisia.

Ministers are looking to brighter days, after tourism was gravely

And we think that tourism will be coming back

We have good indications for summer 2017, and we'd be very happy to see

again the British coming back to Tunisia.

Do you think it's 100% safe, can you say that?

Metal detectors are now standard when you enter hotels,

He co-owns the now-closed hotel where the British holiday-makers

He admits security in Tunisia should have been tightened that March,

after an attack on tourists in the Bardo Museum.

It should have been stricter and stronger after the Bardo attack.

To be honest with you, it should have been.

But there is a before 26th June 2015, and there is an after.

This is not the same country any more.

This was the picture when terror came to the beach.

Locals say the lone gunman was on the loose for 40 minutes.

Today at the inquest in London, condemnation of the glaring absence

When tourists were being slaughtered here on the sands, police

could and should have made an effective response

He said police could have arrived here in minutes with everything

Instead, they deliberately delayed their arrival.

The first officer on the scene stayed outside the main gate,

This man knows only too well that the police

When the shooting started, he was on the beach

Here he is chasing the killer, armed only with two ashtrays,

TRANSLATION: No one came, apart from the two guards who did nothing.

Then, when we ran along the beach over there,

there were three National Guard boats in the sea.

They didn't come until afterwards, when he was killed.

At the Riu Imperial Hotel where the gunman claimed so many lives,

they are getting ready to reopen in May, hoping tourists will return

Sunbathers now have company on the beach, protection that came

too late for 30 Britons, robbed of life on this shore.

The billionaire businessman Sir Philip Green has paid

?363 million into the pension fund of British Home Stores.

BHS went in to administration after Sir Philip sold

He's been sharply criticised for having made profits

and dividends of more than half-a-billion pounds,

while leaving the BHS pension fund with a huge deficit.

Our Business Editor Simon Jack has more details.

Summer Sir Philip green made BHS pension is a promise. We will sort

it, we will find a solution. I want to give an assurance that I'm there

to sort this. What he was promising to sort was leaving thousands of

pensioners short-changed after BHS collapsed, having been sold by Sir

Philip to aid retailing novice who just ?1. He has agreed to pay ?363

million of his own money to plug a hole in the pension fund, estimated

on some measures to be ?571 million deep. This settlement isn't enough

to give 19,000 pensioners their full entitlement, but it's better than

they would have got in the industry rescue fund. The ordinary members of

the pension scheme do OK out of this. It's an OK deal for them. They

are slightly better off than they would be by staying in the pension

protection fund but it's at the margin. That dark stain is all that

is left of BHS's flagship store on Oxford Street. The debate about the

pensions mess left behind, the corporate culture that allow that to

happen, and Sir Philip Green's behaviour has raged on. You'll be

hoping this put that behind him, others will see today as a

significant precedent for the future. Great value, good quality...

Sir Philip Green was vilified by the public and politicians who saw him

as a mascot for corporate greed. Today his critic in chief issued

this grudging acknowledgement. It's an important milestone in getting

justice for pensioners and workers at BHS. The pensioners got a better

deal than they would have done. They haven't got everything, there's a

long way to go and an enquiry before Sir Philip Green and the BHS book is

closed. And worked at BHS 442 years. This deal will improve her pension

but she thinks it could have been sorted out sooner -- the 42 years.

It's disgusting, he should have done it straightaway. No questions asked,

I've been found out, old sort it. This settlement was voluntary but he

was being pursued vigorously by regulators who will now stand down.

363 million is just over 10% of his net worth, a price perhaps worth

paying for his reputation and knighthood. Whether he can keep

either is still not sorted, in his words.

A coroner has described the response of the Tunisian police to the Sousse

beach attack in which 30 Britons died as "shambolic."

Why millions of British eggs can no longer be sold as free-range.

Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Tom Curran has been called

into the England squad for the One Day series

It's the Surrey fast bowler's first senior call up.

Paedophiles who view images of indecent abuse,

but are thought to pose no direct physical threat to children

should not be prosecuted, according to Britain's most senior

Simon Bailey says the policing system has reached "saturation

point" and that so called 'lower level' offenders should be

He said he recognised the suggestion would horrify many.

Our home editor, Mark Easton, has more.

Saying the unsayable, the Chief Constable who believes

paedophiles, who view images of child sexual abuse, should not

Simon Bailey argues, with resources stretched,

a very low-risk of physically abusing children might simply

be arrested, monitored and rehabilitated, rather than take

We are arresting 400 men every month for viewing indecent

We are safeguarding 500 children every single month,

but we are dealing with the tip of the iceberg.

The public will say it's not robust enough.

If this is the tip of the iceberg, let's get the iceberg?

Right, but I can't - I don't have the resources to get

What I'm advocating is a proposal that still manages the risk,

Police chiefs fear new and historical child abuse cases

70,000 investigations in a single year and

cost of ?1 billion and even then just touching the surface

with analysis suggesting half a million people in England

and Wales have illegally viewed images of child sexual abuse.

How can you be sure that somebody who is at home looking at vile

pictures of child abuse is not the next day going to go

Well then arrest them, deal with them?

As I've demonstrated, 400 every month is more

than any other law enforcement agency is doing, I believe,

I have to balance our resources against the whole of the risk.

Police in Sussex already visit some individuals found to be viewing

online images of child abuse and warn them they face criminal

But some survivors believe it's outrageous to even suggest such

I think it was an incredibly unhelpful, I would go as far

as to say almost dangerous thing to say, that people who abuse

children or who view images and thus pay others to abuse

The Home Office has distanced himself from his remarks saying that

ministers are clear strong sanctions remain the response when terrible

crime like viewing images of child sexual abuse online are committed.

Britain is beginning to realise just how huge a problem the sexual abuse

of children has been and continues to be. Now even those charged

charged with protecting children admit we cannot simply arrest our

way to a solution. Mark Easton, BBC News.

A man who murdered his ex-girlfriend and her partner outside

the shop where they worked, has been jailed for life.

Zoe Morgan, who was 21, and 33-year-old Lee Simmons

were stabbed outside the Matalan store in Cardiff last September.

For weeks beforehand, 21-year-old Andrew Saunders had

searched the internet for "the easiest way

Our Wales correspondent, Sian Lloyd, is in Cardiff for us now.

Sian. In the days after the attack, hundreds of flowers and candles were

left outside this Matalan store. The murders took place here in the

street and touched the wider community of Cardiff. Now, the

families of Zoe Morgan and Lee Simmons said they are disappointed

that Andrew Saunders will be eligible for parole after 23 years.

The court heard that he was given credit for his early guilty plea and

that his age and emotional distress at the time of the killings were

mitigating factors. Andrew Saunders arrived at court

knowing he faced a life sentence. The 21-year-old had admitted

the murders at an earlier hearing. The hotel receptionist had

carefully planned a revenge attack when Zoe Morgan

ended their two year relationship. 21-year-old Zoe was described

by her family as a beautiful, bright young woman who brought joy

to their lives. Lee Simmons had met the love

of his life in Zoe, the pair worked They're missed every day

by their families and friend. Chris Williams watched Zoe

grow up from a child. She was always very polite,

always well dressed. Never ever passed without

saying, good morning, Taken away at the beginning

of her life, totally devastated. The court was told that

Andrew Saunders couldn't cope with the break-up and began

stalking his ex-girlfriend, he was also preparing to carry

out his savage attack. This CCTV shows him at a Cardiff

supermarket where he bought knives and latex gloves,

which he took home in a carrier bag. He was also searching the internet

for information on how In the early hours of the morning,

on the 28th September, Saunders paced outside

the Matalan store. He stabbed 33-year-old

Lee eight times. As Zoe tried to pull him off,

he turned on her and chased the fashion graduate

across the street. She also died from her stab wounds,

suffering 32 injuries in total. The families of both victims

were in court today to hear As a family, we will never be able

to express how we feel inside and the disappointment

we feel at the leniency of the sentence that

has been passed today. For both families no sentence

will compensate their loss, Some news just in. Two people have

been accident Ali shot during a speech by the French President,

Francois Hollande. Reports say one of his security marksmen accident

Ali pulled the trigger, apparently shooting himself in the foot. An

official said another bullet then went through a tent hitting two

waiters who were servingcocktails after the speech. -- serving

coctails after the speech. Staff from Southern Rail,

Arriva Rail North and Merseyrail are expected to go on strike

on the same day in a row over The RMT union announced the walkouts

in a dispute with the companies over plans to introduce

driver-only operated trains. Union officials say the move will

make services potentially dangerous. The 24-hour strike will take

place on the 13th March. Millions of British eggs

are temporarily to lose Farmers have been forced

to keep their hens indoors since December to limit the spread

of bird flu and EU rules say that eggs from hens that have been

inside for 12 successive weeks Our business correspondent,

Emma Simpson, reports. We eat more than 10 million

free-range eggs a day, they're now being relabelled

with stickers like this. These free-range hens

should be roaming outside, but they've been kept indoors,

like all hens since December. Restrictions are being scaled back

today, but the owner of these birds says his hens are staying in,

even though it means they'll We would have to net an area

the size of 16 football pitches, We've lost the free-range status,

but this is an EU technicality. They're the same great egg,

they taste the same. The industry has now decided that

it's simpler and fairer to relabel all commercial boxes of free-range

eggs whether the hens that laid them Down the road, in Bury St Edmunds,

shoppers seemed sympathetic. As long as then, going forward,

once the limit is over, they're back out, then that

should be fine. As long as they're nice and warm

and toasty and they're I would prefer the hens outside,

but an egg's an egg. Some shops have already been

keeping customers informed. These stickers should

only be temporary. The hope is, that by the end

of April, all our free-range eggs Now, these three gold

necklaces and a bracelet, found in a Staffordshire field,

are thought to be the oldest ever They were found by two metal

detector enthusiasts who'd become bored with the hobby and had given

it up for 20 years. But last year they decided to have

another go and struck gold, Buried treasure, discovered

in the fields of Staffordshire. One bracelet and three necklaces,

believed to be 2,500 years old. The items were probably worn

by wealthy, powerful women, it's not clear though why

they were buried. Possibly some of these are hoards

or things that people wanted to come back and get later,

but also it's possible these were actually offerings to the Gods

that nobody was ever intending It was kind of like a normal

Sunday morning for us. I felt,a litle bit off it myself,

we were in two minds These two friends are

responsible for the discovery. 20 years ago, they searched

for treasure, but found nothing. Then, after taking up the hobby

again, they struck gold. I knew what it was straightaway

because, obviously, I'd seen them in pictures in books and magazines

and and stuff. So I said, "Well, you know,

where did you find that?" Because my legs were going, my heart

was going and my head was racing. I said, well, we need,

you know, to have a look at the area and then probably,

you know, do some more sweeps of the area because I hear

stories whereby, you know, where there's one, there

could be some more buried. Well, it was just before Christmas

when the two men were walking along here with their metal detectors

and they found the treasure, A couple of days ago,

they came back again and they found Today, the items were officially

declared as treasure. The collection is expected to be

worth hundreds of thousands of pounds and the men will split

the proceeds with the landowner They haven't said exactly

how much it would fetch or what's going to happen,

you know, money wise. We just look at it

as a bonus, really. That, you know, we've come out

on a Sunday morning for four hours and we found something special

and anything after that Sima Kotecha, BBC

News, Staffordshire. Time for a look at the weather.

Here's John Hammond. The sun is slowing setting on

winter. Most of what is falling out of the sky at the moment is liquid,

thankfully. Over the next few hours wintry showers to the north of

Scotland. It will be icy here. Elsewhere temperatures not it far

off freezing, there could be slippery surfaces. There will be

morning sunshine to enjoy in southern areas, it won't last that

long. Things will go down hill across southern counties through the

day with rain setting in. Further north showers scattered around, but

plenty of sunshine to enjoy, across the heart of Scotland, for example.

Wintry showers to the far north. Most of Scotland enjoying sunshine,

temperatures sixes and sevens, Northern Ireland not doing too

badly. Northern England some showers left behind but sunshine in between.

Another dravrp and damp end to the day across southern counties,

feeling cool. The wind will pick up, lively tomorrow night, gales setting

in to exposed southern and western coasts. Inheavier rain will turn

back to snow across the high ground of North Wales, north Midlands and

Northern Ireland, mostly up over the high ground. One to watch tomorrow

night. The strong winds, rain and maybe snow. There could be

disruption. Things will settle down through Thursday. The worst of the

winds subside. A blustery day none the less, showers left behind across

central areas. Plenty of sunshine across the south. For at time not

too bad in the sunshine. Temperatures getting up into double

figures. More rain sets in across the south on Friday. Fiona. Thank

you very much, John. Just time to tell you what's coming

up on tonight's BBC News at Ten. We'll be looking at the latest

venture from the company Space X, who say they'll send two paying

passengers on a trip round the moon. We are really now entering

the era where space It's going to give two rich people

a thrill of a lifetime. It's goodbye from me

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