13/09/2012 BBC News at One

The cyclist who arrived at the scene of the shooting of a British

family in the French Alps speaks for the first time. Four adults

were killed in the attack. The former RAF officer, who discovered

the bodies, told the BBC the aftermath was like something from a

film. I have never seen people who have been shot for real before, but

it seemed to me just like a Hollywood scene. If someone had

said cut and everybody had got up and walk away, that would have been

it. But unfortunately, it was real life. The French prosecutor

investigating the murders has arrived in Surrey. He says the

origins of the crime lie in Britain. The Hillsborough football disaster:

The former Chief Constable of South Yorkshire says it is essential

prosecutions are now pursued. Demonstrators storm the American

embassy in Yemen, as protests about a film set to insult Islam spread.

And the Duchess of Cambridge uses her first speech of an overseas

visit, to praise the work of the hospice movement.

Later on BBC London: A head teacher is suspended as an

investigation begins into finances Good afternoon and welcome to the

BBC News at One. The British man, who discovered the bodies of four

people, who had been shot dead in the French Alps, has spoken for the

first time about what happened. Brett Martin, a former officer from

the RAF, described the scene when he arrived, minutes after the

shooting, as like something from a film. Saad al-Hilli was killed

along with his wife, mother in law and a cyclist last Wednesday. The

daughters of the couple were caught up in the attack. He in an

interview with the BBC, Mr Martin said he had to take a crucial

decision to leave the said year-old girl who was injured to get help,

because he feared the gunman might still be near by. He spoke to our

home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds, and told him what he found

when he arrived at the scene of the crime. I could smell burning rubber

and that hot engine smell. It seemed that a good idea to turn the

engine of. I went round to the driver's side. I needed to break

the window to get in but the window was already star crazed anyway. I

noticed there were some holes. I was starting to think, is that a

bullet hole as I was breaking the window. I had my cycle clubs on so

I pushed the window as it was already crazed. I turned the

ignition off and things were a lot, because the engine was not revving

and the wheels were not spinning. I started to take stock of the people

inside. It became fairly evident that the injuries of the people

inside did not match what one would think people would be like in a car

accident. Then I moved around to the other side, looked into the

rear and I have never seen people who have been shot before, for real,

more the Hollywood stuff, but actually, it seemed to me, just

like a Hollywood scene. If someone had said cut and everybody got up

and walked away, that would have been it. But unfortunately, it was

real life. So it became quite obvious now, taking stock, batted

was a gun crime. -- that it was a gun crime. Now I was becoming

anxious because I thought there might be a crazy person in the

woods. The whole area is would land. Ice-karting -- started scanning the

woods to see if there was a nutter or who knows what. Was are going to

be the next person to be shot? Was their row hunter with a high-

powered rifle in the distance? Having had a look around and there

was no immediate need to run away, I thought I would pull out my

mobile phone to call the rescue services. Of all the moments in the

world have no signal on your mobile phone, that was it. For can I take

you back a little bit, I will not ask you too much detail, but the

people in the car, what was the condition they were in? If you have

seen CSI Miami, it was what he would imagine a set from that would

be like. There was a lot of blood. And heads with bullet holes in them.

You cannot say that in any other way? No. Inside the car was a four-

year-old child, hiding. Did you see her at all? Not at all. To would

you have had any inkling that she was there? None at all. I am sort

of not surprised. Unless you were to open that car and look in, the

way the bodies in the Rea were slumped, having been to the scene

and then heard the subsequent news reporting that the child was not

found until much later, it does not surprise me in the least. I can see

why you would not want to go into the car for forensic reasons and

there would be no other reason to going there other than to move

bodies. There was nothing you could do for the people in the car?

The thing with somebody with no experience of these things, what

struck me was the complete inanimate nature which was how I

assessed really, without breaking into the car and physically

handling them, was that they were dead. Brett Martin speaking to our

correspondent Tom Symonds. Let's talk to our home affairs

correspondent, Matt Prodger, who is at Surrey police headquarters. The

French prosecutor has arrived as part of his investigations. What

has he had to say so far? This the first visit by the heads of the

investigations into the killings. Before he left France last night,

the prosecutor Eric Maillaud said he was following the three

potential leads. One of there was a dispute within the al-Hilli family

which has been fairly well documented, a dispute over her flat

in Spain. The other was the links to Saad al-Hilli's profession in

the UK, he was an engineer with a satellite company. Men -- then that

they are also looking at links with Iraq. He said while the crime have

taken place in France, the origins of the crime without doubt like he

in the UK. In other words, this was not some kind of random shooting.

He did not going to any more detail about what he thinks the origins or

causing of the crime would be. He is now in a meeting with the

investigating judge and Surrey Police. This is where the British

side of the investigation is based. We understand that he is not going

to visit the family house in Claygate. He is not going to

interview witnesses. He is merely bringing himself up to speed on the

British side of the investigation. He will return to France later

today or tomorrow morning. He is unequivocal that he believes the

origins of the crime I hear in the UK. Thank you.

A former Chief Constable of South Yorkshire, who took over a year

after the Hillsborough disaster, says it is absolutely essential

that prosecutions are pursued. The comments from Richard Wells follows

the publication of a report into the deaths of 96 football fans in

1989. It concluded that lives could have been saved if the emergency

services had acted more effectively. It also said police officers had

altered witness statements, to shift blame on to the victims.

Here's Danny Savage. 23 years after these terrible

scenes at what was supposed to be an exciting FA Cup semi-final, we

finally know exactly what happened. Liverpool fans were not because of

this disaster and more lives may have been saved if the emergency

response had been better. Trevor Hicks knows as much as anyone about

the personal grief of Hillsborough. His teenage daughters Sarah and

Vicky died in the crash that day. He is now clearer about what

happens next. First of all we get the inquest verdict sorted out,

they are clearly wrong. Then we will have to look into whether if

the state doesn't carry out prosecutions and there is a viable

case for them then we will do that. And then we can all start to close

the final chapter on Hillsborough. And that is a view reflected by

those who have been at the centre of government. It is obvious that

there has been an incomplete inquest and their needs to be a

whole new inquest and questions of responsibility needs to be looked

at again, should there be a verdict of unlawful killing. New inquests

are one thing but what about criminal charges for staging of the

cover-up? The man who took over South Yorkshire police the after

the disaster said they are part of the next step. It does not matter

what level, it does not matter in what position, go for it in the

courts. That is the only way that the Hillsborough bereaved families

will get satisfaction. Today, the Sun newspaper apologised for its

part in publishing what have been described as despicable untruths at

the time. As a result, many here on Merseyside have boycotted the paper.

Will they now change their attitude towards it? The fact that they did

it and the fact that even through the years they have not retracted

it at all and because we have seen the documents and stuff, you cannot

take that back now. Do I lost my brother. He was there. That should

not even be in Liverpool. There was also an apology today from the

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, for an article in the Spectator

magazine in 2004 that repeated allegations that Liverpool fans

were partly to blame. I was very sorry in 2004 that the spectator

did carry an editorial that partially repeated those

allegations. I apologised then and I apologise now. Across Liverpool

there is a feeling of vindication, that people here were telling the

truth all along. Now there is a growing momentum that individuals

must be held to account for what went wrong at Hillsborough.

Let's speak now to our political correspondent Norman Smith who

joins us from Westminster. Politicians are calling on the Home

Secretary for further investigations into police conduct,

how likely is that going to be? think it shows that yesterday there

was a degree of consensus here at Westminster which is now under

significant strain with all sorts of ramifications emerging. First we

have had the former Home Secretary, Labour's Jack Straw said the

conduct of the South Yorkshire police could be put down to a

culture of impunity within the police, created by the Thatcher

government. He said that Mrs Thatcher needed the partisan

support of the force to police the miners' strike and of course, the

South Yorkshire force was very much at the forefront of that. That has

incensed many Conservative politicians. Norman Tebbit has said

Jack Straw has been very silly. At the same time, Labour have been

calling for the Home Secretary to order the Independent Police

Complaints Commission to oversee a criminal investigation into the

South Yorkshire force. Yesterday we had the report, today we are

beginning to see some of the political ramifications. Thank you

Norman Smith at Westminster. Protesters have stormed the grounds

of the US Embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. In reaction to a

film seen as insulting to the Prophet Mohammed. There have been

violent protests outside the embassy in the Egyptian capital,

Cairo. Demonstrations spread as American officials investigate

whether the killing of the US ambassador to Libya was a

deliberate attack, rather than a result of spontaneous protests.

Here is our security correspondent Frank Gardner.

Storming the gates of the US Embassy in Yemen. Protesters

enraged by a private, low-budget American film, deemed deeply

insulting to Muslims, have been venting their anger across the

Middle East. In Cairo, clashes with police have erupted with similar

anti-US protests, entering a third day running. Triggering tear gas

and stone-throwing. Today, Egypt's recently elected President

condemned both the anti-Muslim film and the attacks on embassies.

kind of apps jeopardise the relationships between people in the

world. We are not in any way accepting those actors. We are

against those acts. There against the free world people in the whole

world. At the gutted remains of the US consulate in Benghazi, well

well-armed attackers killed the US ambassador and three of the

diplomats, an investigation has begun. The FBI want to determine

whether the raid was pre-planned to coincide with the 9/11 anniversary.

This week, and Al-Qaeda leader issued a statement calling for

vengeance for the death of his senior Libyan deputy killed by a

drone strike in June. It may be coincidental. For President Obama

the attacks present a new and difficult challenge. We want to

send a message around the world to anyone who wants to do us harm, no

acts of terror will shake the resolve of the United States of

America. Da has been an immediate military response from Washington.

Two Navy destroyers have been sent to the Libyan coast. Unmanned

drones are in the air and a Marine counter-terrorism unit has been

sent to Libya which has condemned the attack on the consulate. But

none of this is likely to resolve the bigger problem, the lasting

legacy of an anti-Muslim film which A 51-year-old man with Down's

Syndrome is taking action against an National Health Service decision,

that attempts to revive him should not be made if he falls ill.

Lawyers saying that the do-not- resuscitate was imposed by the

hospital in Kent partly because of his disability. The Trust said it

complied fully with the guidance from the professional bodies.

Doctors are warning that hospitals in England could be on the brink of

collapse because of the rise in demand and the complexity of

treating an ageing population. Royal College of Physicians says

that standards are slipping and urgent care is compromised. However,

the Government stayed was wrong to say that the National Health

Service cannot cope. Hello. How are you? Consultant Dr

Raj Thanvi is highly experienced in looking after elderly patients, but

providing good care for people like 96-year-old Leonard Chambers is a

challenge facing the National Health Service. At Warwick Hospital,

the staff specialising in elderly care are especially trained making

all the difference. You are likely to be seen by a

figures before any other intervention is required. That is

the key thing in improving the care of older people.

The report suggests that many hospitals are struggling to cope.

There are fewer hospital beds, but the past decade has seen a 27%

increase in A&E Department admissions. The report says that

elderly patients are at risk from poor care.

Over the past ten years we have seen a rising number of patients

presenting urgently to hospitals and the rise of beds has fallen. We

have seen the increase in the complexity with which the diseases

that are presented. The healthcare, Jeremy Hunt, was

meeting NHS staff, the first official visit since taking up his

new post. They argue that a shortage of beds in the NHS is not

the problem. 85% of beds in hospitals are used

on average at any one time. More people are treated as day cases and

more people are treated more quickly. Average hospital stays

have dropped by three days over the past ten years. So there is a lot

of better care, in a more efictive and quicker way.

Staff at Warwick Hospital work hard to ensure that the patients are

treated with dignity and respect, but today's report says that too

many hospitals are failing to meet the standards and big changes are

needed to the way that services are run.

The top story: The cyclist who arrived at the seen

of a shooting of a British family in France, tells the BBC that the

after math was like something from a film.

Coming up: The first colour images of an Edwardian world, rediscovered

after more than 100 years. On BBC London: The residents that claim a

police clean-up in the West End moved the drug problem on to their

The Duchess of Cambridge has praised the work of hospices in her

first speech overseas. She and Prince William are in South East

Asia and the South Pacific as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. She

said that care and support for the terminally ill and their families

could be life-changing. This report does contain some flash photography.

One of the odd things about being Royal is that you are frequently

seen but sometimes seldom heard. That has been the case with the

Duchess of Cambridge. In the nearly 18 months since joining the Royal

Family, she has made one short speech at the hospice in East

Anglia. Today in Kuala Lumpur she made her second speech. She and

William had seen the work of the hospice, helping terminally ill

patients, many of them children. Then it was time to step up to the

podium and put her feelings into words.

On the face of it, a short, pre- scripted speech should not be

exactly taxing, but, if you are the Duchess of Cambridge, and you know

that every moment of it is likely to be scrutinised.

Take it slowly, appeared to have been the advice, oh, and remember

to adjust the microphone. Thank you, Your Royal Highness for

the kind words and very warm welcome. William and I are hugely

excited to be here. This is our first ever visit. We are absolutely

delighted to have been invited to join you all here at Hospis

Malasyia. The work that the hospice did, Kate said, was life-changing.

Thu for inviting us all here, and all the very best to this exciting

new initiative. The speech was heart-felt. From

William, an approving well done and endorsement too from the patients

that Kate met. This patient is 15 and suffering from acute leukaemia.

She gave a very positive aura. She was very kind to me. She was very

beautiful. So, a day of memories, some

inspiring and some solemn. Before leaving Singapore, William and Kate

visited the graves of some of the thousands killed by the Japanese in

the Second World War. Two men have been accused of

staggering incompetence after a teenager was stabbed to death in a

bungled contract killing. The Swansea Crown Court heard that

17-year-old, Aamir Siddiqi was killed as the two men, Ben Hope and

Jason Richards, went to the wrong address. They deny his murder and

the attempted murder of his parents. Aamir Siddiqi grew up wantings to

be a lawyer. A gifted student, he was the youngest child in a family

which doted on him. His violent death confounded all who knew him.

His father, Iqbal, and mother, Parveen, have been in court to hear

the details of how their son became the unintended victim of a

blundered contract killing. They too were attacked as they try to

defend him. On a quiet Sunday afternoon in April, 2010, the boy

opened the door of their home, expecting to welcome his Koran

teacher, but he was attacked by two men who holed as they stabbed him

with daggers. The defendants are accused of coming to Aamir

Siddiqi's home, having been promised cash to carry out a

contract killing, but they got the wrong address. The intended target

was not Aamir Siddiqi, but a father of four, who lived in ahouse around

the corner. 38-year-old Jason Richards on the

left, and 39-year-old Ben Hope were accused in court of staggering

incompetence, making a fatal mistake that ended Aamir Siddiqi's

life. The two men were driven to court separately. They deny the

charges and accuse each other of carrying out the killing. The trial

is expected to last up to six months.

Nearly 800 jobs are being lost at an engineering firm in Northern

Ireland. FG Wilson makes generators, but the parent company is moving

many operations to China. Let's talk to our Ireland

Correspondent Mark Simpson.00 jobs, Mark, it is a lot for a relatively

small economy. What is the reaction over there to this? You are right.

The Stormont Minister in charge of the Northern Ireland economy

described the job losses today as devastating. There is no doubt,

they are to have a significant impact, not just locally, but

nationally. As you say, almost 800 people being made redundant between

now and Christmas, there could be more losing their jobs next year if,

as you say, some of the production goes to China. Nashally, it could

be hardly worse in terms of the timing. Northern Ireland's

unemployment rate is up to 8 .2%. Above the UK average. Well, what

are the Stormont Ministers doing about it? They met this morning to

come up an action plan to kick- start the economy here, but that is

always easier said than done. Now, Edward Turner is probably not

a name that many of us have heard of, but the world of photography

owes him a huge debt of gratitude. He produced the world's first

colour film, 110 years ago. Now the National Media Museum has used 21

century digital technology to allow us to see the first colour images

of Edward Turner's Edwardian world. A little girl with a red sash.

A red macaw, a goldfish, a bright goldfish, and it is all 110 years

old. The film was found in the archive of the National Media

Museum in Bradford it it was produced by one of cinema's

pioneers, Edward Turner. Historians knew he tried to create colour film

and it looks like they found it, but then no-one had. The curator

Michael Harvey was then given this can that was sitting on the shelf.

I opened the can and took the film out. I thought, I recognise this

process. This is Edward Turner. I could not quite believe my eyes.

Edward Turner never saw the pictures. He died in 1903, while

the system was still an idea, but now following Edward Turner's plans

the museum proved that the theory of creating colour worked.

It is the quality here that is amazing, but this tells us

something else. This is Edward Turner's family that baby is not

yet a year old, so this has to be 1901? 1902, the first colour moving

pictures. So, if the pictures make him the father of colour, even

though he did not master the project ex-of it, it may change

other parts of colour history. There are other piner ease --

pioneers who made image systems that they never managed to get this

projected on to the screen. This is a glimpse of 1902 we have

not seen before. The colour looks real.

Conjured back to an afternoon in the garden when a young man made

history by doing what fathers always do with a camera, they film

the children. Of course they do! Let's have a look at the weather.

It was a glorious start this It was a glorious start this

morning. Well, it is a very differing start

this morning. We have the frost and the sun later

on this morning. In the north there is a mass of cloud so a lot of

energy to come. Also some gales to come.

So let's start with the fine weather in east Lincolnshire and

Lancashire that should last. Into the south-west it stays bright and

for the most part dry along with Wales. There is just a chance to

see a shower drifting through on the breeze later on in the

afternoon, but mainly a fine picture. More sunshine for many

than yesterday. More cloud and rain for northern England, Northern

Ireland faring well until teatime. Pleasant really.

But a different story across Scotland. Heavy rain piling in

across the highlands and the islands. Also in the east of

Scotland too. The winds are really strengthening. So widespread gales

in the north. Gusty for the drive home.

The gusts up to 60 mph. That is east of the Grampians too. The

winds becoming more widespread. Pushing the weakening weather front

to the south. With the wind and the cloud much milder. The temperatures

staying in double figures for many parts, but it will be a windier and

cloudier start tomorrow morning. With the first gales of the autumn

over the trans-Pennine routes it is gusty here with strong winds up to

50 mph. Through the day, the winds as well

as the chours ease, the weather fronts clearing, the sun coming

through. It is an improving picture into the afternoon and evening.

Feeling pleasant at up to 14 Celsius again. The fine weather

lasting into the start of the weekend. Is few showers in the

western areas, but mainly a fine and dry picture. Feeling warm with

light winds, but not lasting all weekend. We have the next weather

front to come in, bringing in brisk winds and also the rain and the

cloud back in over the north-west. Pushing in south-westwards. Ahead

Pushing in south-westwards. Ahead of that more gales too.

Thank you very much. A reminder of our top story: The

cyclist who arrived at the scene of the shooting of a British family in