18/10/2013 BBC News at One

Four weeks after the siege at a Kenyan shopping mall more bodies are

discovered. Officials think two of them could be gunmen involved in the

attack in which 67 people died. We'll look at the potential threat

from al-Shabab on the wider international stage. Also this

lunchtime. Human trafficking and exploitation. New government

measures would see the worst offenders sentenced to life in jail.

A call to confront the issue of elderly loneliness as the Government

says it's something society is failing to address. Complaints after

a government text and email scheme wrongly accuses some recipients of

being illegal immigrants. And the Duchess of Cambridge sports her

first solo outing since the birth of Prince George while her husband's

left at home holding the baby. A leading charity says thousands of

victims of trafficking are living here in London.

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News At One. Four weeks after

the siege at a Kenyan shopping mall in which Islamist extremists killed

at least 67 people the authorities say they may have found the bodies

of two more gunmen. A Kenyan MP says they were pulled from the rubble of

the Westgate centre and next to them were a number of AK47 rifles, the

type of weapon used by the gang which carried out the attack. You

may find images in this report from Will Ross distressing. The moment of

sheer terror when the gunmen strolled into the Westgate shopping

maul firing at random shoppers. People running for their lives down

the aisles of the supermarket, hiding wherever they thought they

would be safe. Here, one of the gunmen calmly shoots a man. Another

gunmen fired a second shot. Tracer bullet can be seen as shoppers cower

for safely. Intense fear can be seen on the people caught up in the

havoc. Even injured children are taken away to be held hostage. As

they meted out their terror, the gunmen appeared totally composed.

They also took time to lay down their guns when it was time for

Muslim prayers. Part of the building collapsed during the siege. At least

67 people were killed. Even now, almost four weeks later, charred

bodies are still being found. The BBC has learned that during the past

24 hours, three bodies have been pulled out from under the rubble of

the maul. The MP who heads the committee investigating the attack

told me to the bodies were highly likely to be those of the gunmen,

the third, he said, was probably that of a Kenyan soldier -- mall.

Investigators believe one of the gunman was this manner. A

23-year-old man whose family fled Somalia's conflict in 1999, and

settled in Norway. A BBC investigation found out that

becoming radicalised, he returned to Africa to join the Somali militant

group Al-Shabab. It's not surprising that someone who had lived in the

West took part in the Nairobi attack. Initially be used to look at

it as a Somali thing, but now people from different nationalities are

joining Al-Shabab, people who've left Somalia and going to the West.

America. But they're coming back and joining Al-Shabab to wage a war

against Kenya and other nations. When the mall was under siege, the

Kenyan government said between ten and 15 gunmen were inside. The TV

footage so far has only shown four men. It is still not clear how many

of them were killed and how many escaped. Let's speak to our security

correspondent, Frank Gardner. How much concern is there given this

Norway connection over the threat from Al-Shabab on a wider scale? I

don't think we should exaggerate the threat from Al-Shabab, which is

essentially a regional local organisation. Yes, last year they

aligned themselves formerly with Al-Qaeda about their prime targets

are in East Africa. They're looking to hit targets in Kenya, Somalia and

Western interests there if they can. There isn't any evidence of an

established Al-Qaeda plot, attack planet network, back in Europe or

the USA. A number of tiny, tiny individuals, one in 1000 of the

refugee communities, have gone out to join a Al-Shabab in Somalia. Some

of those haven't come back. Some of a Al-Shabab in Somalia. Some of

those haven't come back. Some of May come back been they will come back

and tried to do ataxia but there's no evidence of that. In Norway,

there appears to be a stronger link between Al-Shabab and Norway than

other European countries and certainly, five years ago, they were

able to do quite a lot of recruiting in fundraising. It's harder for them

to do it now. This will galvanise Norwegian authorities to look more

closely at those links. OK, thank you. There's been a big increase in

the number of people being trafficked into the UK. Last year,

nearly 1,200 people were illegally brought into the country. That's up

25% on the year before. Many are forced to become sex workers, house

slaves, or work for low pay in the construction industry. Most of the

victims were from Nigeria, Vietnam, Albania, Romania and China. Now

there are plans in England and Wales to introduce life sentences for the

worst traffickers as our home affairs correspondent, Tom

in Cambridgeshire, police moved in on the gang masters. Get in their!

Its alleged they have been exploiting farm workers from

Lithuania and Latvia. Nine arrests. The end of a complex investigation.

Eastern Europe is a growing source of trafficking into the UK. The

number of victims from Albania has tripled. This woman is one of them.

She was flown to the UK and driven to Birmingham where a man she

thought was her boyfriend turned into their capital. He said, now

you're working for me as a prostitute. I couldn't say nothing.

I was shocked and feeling very dirty and stupid and ignorant. Scared.

It's not just women and not just prostitution. Here, the specialist

anti-trafficking squad is targeting a man it claims Lord Polish men to

the UK with a promise of a demolition job and then stole their

wages. We have agreed not to show the outside of the house but I can

tell you it's a sizeable semidetached property. This man, the

police say, has done well out of its activities. The Home Secretary is

now promising life sentences for the worst offenders and trafficking

orders to prevent those convicted from running businesses or working

with children and young women. It's important to send a clear message to

people about how horrific this crime of modern slavery is. I think it's

important than we are sure we deal appropriately with people guilty of

these offences. But getting tough it is not enough say some experts.

There's often a desire to deport the victims of trafficking who feel

safer staying in Britain. The problem with that, losing your

evidence. It makes it impossible to prosecute. Unless these are made

central to the new act the government is talking about, there's

no guarantee prosecutions will increase. A key problem is, despite

today's figures, no one really knows how many victims they really is. It

is a source of national shame that as many as 800,000 people in England

are chronically lonely. In a speech, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt

will say the problem of loneliness is something that society has

utterly failed to confront. Let's speak to our political

correspondent, Chris Mason. An emotive issue. One that Mr Hunt is

addressing as we speak. Yes, he's addressing a conference in Harrogate

this lunchtime. A hugely emotive issue and one that millions of

families will be able to relate to. He's just said last couple of

minutes, four 5 million people, television as their main form of

company. What he is grappling with is a far bigger challenge for

government and for society. That's with an ageing population. Where

does responsibility lie? Where does the limitations of what the state

can provide reach a point where society that has to pick up and

carry on, if you like? His argument is that society has to do much more

to look after elder people, particularly those who might be

lonely. He has pointed to his experience of meeting his wife's

family, who is Chinese, and says there's a real respect in Asian

culture for older people, I respect that we in the UK can learn from.

There has been reaction to this already. The central argument about

whether state Magna boss responsibilities lie, and where

society picks up, he has said in the last hour, on a BBC Radio interview

that when it comes to the broader issue of care costs, society needs

change its outlook so that we contribute and save for our own care

costs in the way many people do for a pension at the moment. The

reaction from Labour and from some others is, what the responsibility

of government? The shadow health minister has said the care system is

creaking, it is inadequate, and the government is to blame for that so

that's a big argument. Where does government's response ability liar

and where does society's responsibility lie. Chris, thank you

very much. There have been around 140 complaints about a government

text and email scheme which wrongly accused some recipients of being

illegal immigrants. Some people claim they were contacted by mistake

but the Home Office has defended the policy saying only a tiny fraction

of nearly 60,000 people had been contacted in error. With immigration

near the top of voters concerns, the government wants to be seen to limit

migration into Britain and to deal with people already here. Some of

the tactics are proving controversial. This man campaign for

the rights of migrants but said he was sent this text message

questioning his right to remain the country despite being here

illegally. I thought it was a spam text and I ignored it. I know I'm a

British citizen, I've always had a British passport. I think it's part

of an aggressive policy by this government and agencies to fish out

so-called illegal immigrants in this country. The Home Office denies

sending a text to him but said he is considering legal action but the

Home Office don't deny text in illegal immigrants. This is both

incompetent but also offensive to British citizens receiving text

messages telling them to go home. If the government have people 's

numbers, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, landlines, then surely

there is an effective way to actually enforce the deportation

rather than gimmicks like this. Last September, The Home Office asked a

private firm to cap that track down people who were in the UK

illegally. They looked at 133,400 cases. And have contacted 58,800

people by text message, e-mail, phone. Warning vendor may have

overstayed their welcome. 143 people complained that they were wrongly

targeted and 14 complaints were upheld. More than 4000 people have

left the country as a result of this text message e-mail and letters from

the company in a campaign against illegal immigration and the

government believes it is often cheaper to encourage people to leave

this weight rather than go through a formal deportation proceedings but

UKIP have called this practice repugnant. And Conservative

ministers have suggested we might not seen the last of these vans

which were very publicly encouraging migrants to leave. We are going to

publish the results will meet on the evaluation and if it's successful,

we will roll it out and it is not, we went. Immigration remains

sensitive and are reports that the text messages have been toned down

and opponents say it should not be sent at all. Dozens of bushfires in

Australia are burning out of control in New South Wales. The fires, the

worst in the state for ten years, have killed one man and destroyed

hundreds of homes. Our correspondent Jon Donnison has been to see the

damage in one of the most badly affected areas. For a second day,

much of New South Wales continued to burn. The region's Blue Mountains,

turned orange. Smoke from the fires, at times, giving Sydney skyline 50

miles away and apocalyptic feel. Thousands of firefighters have been

called up to try to bring things under control. For some, though, the

damage has already been done. This is all that's left of some the homes

in this small community in the Blue Mountains. The fire swept up through

the bush yesterday afternoon. Many of the houses here are completely

gutted. The families got away with their lives, but they have been left

with not much else. I got the dog and a few little items, and two

doors down there was an explosion, something blew up, and I knew then

my house was gone. Yes, it's a bit devastating but it's all insured, I

know. But we are all here and that's the main thing. The fires have come

after hot weather. Last month was the hottest September on record. It

has left the ground tinder dry. Today, temperatures drop, easing

conditions are little. But their forecast to rise into the 30s are

going over the weekend. This is a fire emergency which could go on for

quite some time. There are hundreds of people who are grieving the loss

of property, tragically there has been, it seems, one life lost.

Australia has seen bigger fires than these. But the fact they have come

so earlier this year, it's still early spring here, has left many

fearing a long hot and dangerous summer. An inquest into the

unexplained deaths of 19 people at a care home near Crawley in West

Sussex has heard how patients were not fed or given proper medication.

The Orchid home was closed in October 2011 after the Care Quality

Commission discovered staff shortages had led to a catalogue of

abuse and neglect. Duncan Kennedy reports.

The relatives of the 19 elderly people came to the coroners Court to

hear what happened to them. They were told that some were left soiled

beds, injuries were hidden from families and bedroom doors shut so

staff could block out calls for help. The Orchid View home near

Crawley in West Sussex was shut down two years ago on the orders of the

Care Quality Commission. The inquest heard staff used Sellotape to bind

wounds of elderly residents. Some were found cold and naked. Many were

given the wrong doses of medicine. One of the most shocking cases

involved 77-year-old Jean Halfpenny. The coroner said today she had been

given too much blood thinning drug warfarin and her medical notes were

falsified. We did see a huge change in that six-month period from really

thinking she was in there for a short time, to just seeing her sort

of waste away physically. Lisa Martin, an administrator at the

home, became a whistle-blower. She said all managers wanted was to fill

the home and make money. She said she was asked to shred documents.

Lawyers for some of the family today called for a public enquiry into

this case. The Serious Case Review study is already under way. The

coroner is continuing her summing up.

Our main story this lunchtime. Authorities in Kenya say they may

have found the bodies of two more gunman involved in the attack on the

Westgate shopping mole. Still to come, raising the barre on

pensioners' fitness. Ballet and dance classes are on the increase.

Radeon -- later on BBC London, from the Big Apple to Covent Garden, why

Paul McCartney has taken to the streets of London. And ahead of

tonight's European cup we look at how Saracens are shaping up as they

host to lose at Wembley. -- Toulouse. Whether it is the cost of

heating, lighting or petrol, the rising cost of fuel is something

that affects us all. In rural areas it is petrol and diesel prices that

are of particular concern because the cost is often higher than in

towns and cities. Now a fuel discount scheme currently up and

running in the Scottish Highlands and the Isles of Scilly could be

extended to ten rural areas in mail in Scotland and England. Danny

Savage is in one of them, Hawes in North Yorkshire. The driver from

Leeds illustrated this quite well. The further you got from the towns

and cities where a litre of petrol was 130 2p, the more expensive it

got the further you got out to here and here at Hawes it is 141.9 p per

litre for petrol. What the Government has decided, they have

identified ten postcode areas which are more than 100 miles from a

refinery and have a low population density that should benefit by a cut

in the price of fuel. Those ten areas boil down to seven in

Scotland, three in England and one of them is here in Hawes.

Discounted fuel prices have never been allowed on mainland Britain

before, but Hawes in North Yorkshire could be one of ten places to get

it. I've pence per litre could be knocked off these prices if the

European Commission grants a request from the government. Such a cut

would be welcomed by people here. Very expensive. It costs a lot of

money. Even visitors have got wise to the higher costs of petrol and

think ahead. I know it sounds awful but whenever we leave York, we

always fill up so we can come here for the day and never have to think

about getting fuel in the rural area. Other people say they put the

minimum in the local garage and fill up for less further afield. 37 miles

away, the main hospital is 60 miles away. According to the local council

leader that attitude could see the town's petrol pumps close, which is

why the cut in price is needed. If we are not careful, if we lose our

petrol station here in Hawes, to buy ten barrels of petrol you will have

to spend a gallon to get it, 35 miles return trip. Some businesses

have already fallen by the wayside and rural petrol station becoming

increasingly scarce. Will this move saves them? Will it mean more people

use them? A decision on the price cut is expected next year.

But even 5p reduction will still leave petrol and diesel more

expensive than most towns and cities. It goes some way to making a

difference but it would still be more expensive in areas.

No vote in the independence referendum for would result in

budget cuts, public services under threat and Scotland's Social

Security system being dismantled. That is the message to delegates of

the party's conference in Perth. Our Scotland correspondent Laura Bicker

has more. The Yes campaigners behind in most

polls. The delegates here know they have work to do. Gone is the

Braveheart Restorick, instead that are being told that the

opportunities of independence. In her speech Nicola Sturgeon will tell

people gathered here that she will mitigate the effects of the

so-called bedroom tax, the scrapping of the spare room subsidy. She will

say an outline what her government would do with energy prices in an

independent Scotland, but there will also be a warning to those who wish

to vote No. She will tell them that will send a message to Westminster

that they can turn the screw on the Scottish budget and give the

Scotland less. Obviously they are preaching to the converted here. The

real test will be how this message reaches the people outside the hall.

A woman whose dogs mauled to death a 14-year-old girl has been given a 16

week suspended jail sentence. Judy Anderson died -- Jade Anderson died

when the four animals attacked when she was in the house of the dog's

owner, Beverley Concannon. She has admitted her treatment of the

animals had led to them becoming too aggressive. Ed Thomas reports.

Do you feel like you have been let off? Beverley Concannon arrived not

to be sentenced the death of Jade Anderson, but for the way she

treated the dogs that killed the schoolgirl. The 14-year-old was

savaged by two bull mastiff and two Staffordshire bull terrier type dogs

for no reason. It happened here at Beverley Concannon's home, when she

was out of the house. The leader of the pack was this dogs, buddy. It

was described as stir crazy and often locked in a cage for

punishment. Despite this, Beverley Concannon walked away from court

with a 16 week suspended sentence. Hard to bear for the family of Jade

Anderson. Absolutely devastated, absolutely disgusted with the

justice system. Jade's family have campaigned to strengthen dangerous

dogs laws and have visited Downing Street in their fight for change. In

court the district judge said this case was not about Jade Anderson. It

was about the neglect of Beverley Concannon's dogs. It also heard

because that attack took place on private property no charges were

ever brought under the dangerous dogs act and there was insufficient

evidence to bring a manslaughter charge for -- a manslaughter

charge. The dangerous dogs act is only concerned with attacks in

public places and not in ability of homes. It just seems this sentence

is absolutely inadequate and I am sure I share the views of not just

Jade's family but also the whole of the community that says this is not

a strong enough penalty and not a strong enough warning to other

people to make sure they look after their dogs. The Doug -- the

government is a managing the dangerous dogs act to make sure

cases like this never happen again. Too late though for Jade Anderson.

We knew the Duchess of Cambridge was something of a hockey player.

Today, we discovered how good she was at volleyball. She has been

visiting the former Olympic Park in London as part of her support for

the sports aid charity, of which she is patron. It was her first solo

outing since the birth of Prince George. Euan the younger Middleton

As are said to be a competitive bunch, keen to show what they are

capable of in the sports arena. And although the high heeled wedges she

was wearing hardly ideal, Kate was not to be deterred from joining a

game of volleyball and showing that she still has a sharp eye for

winning. She was in the copper box, one of the London 2012 Olympics

venues, meeting promising young athletes who supported by sports

aid, a charity of which, inspired by the London games, she agreed to

become patron earlier this year. It seems to be a good fit both for her

and the charity. Sport is said to be one of her passions and of course

for a charity like SportAid, having her endorsement is invaluable. It

draws attention to the charity's work, which includes preparing a

sporting heroes of the future for dealing with the news media. Kate

took part in a dummy news conference, not unfortunately to

answer questions. She was there playing the part of a sports

reporter. How has it helped you? Not exactly a hardball interrogation

style, it must be said, then fork Kate it was time to head home to see

how William had been coping with his baby minding duties.

It seems it is never too late to get into a leotard of the over 60s are

increasingly pulling on their ballet slippers in an effort to stay fit

and healthy. The numbers signing up for classes has jumped by 70%

according to the Royal Academy of Dance. Our Scotland correspondent

James Cook has been to see one troupe of dancers proving that age

is no barrier to going back to the barre.

It is tight. It is an art form that demands agility, grace and usually

you. Point the foot. Today, it is a little different. This is the

regenerates -- this is that Regenerate ballet class in Glasgow

where 70 as the new 16. How are you enjoying it? I absolutely love it. I

can't wait to come. I love the music and the exercise. They are very

supportive of one another. We have good days and bad days, we have been

through different things and it is a wonderful way to exercise,

especially for elderly people. The dancers here are all in their 60s

and 70s. The performance might not always be perfect but that is not

really the point. You see it this morning. You know you can't really

do what you are asked to do but you have great fun trying, so it is good

exercise. It is great fun and it is wonderfully sociable. And classes

like these are becoming more popular. The Royal Academy of Dance

reports a 70% surge in sign-ups for adults dance lessons. It may be

because of programmes like Strictly Come Dancing and things like that

that there is a lot of exposure and interest in dance but basically

people are finding that dance is an incredible way to keep fit, but it

is also warned that is fun. It is fair to say these dancers are not

young cut-throat rivals. The atmosphere in this room is friendly

rather than competitive. These classes are all about health and

happiness. The England striker Andros Townsend

has given Roy Hodgson his full backing following the row over

remarks the manager made during his team talk during the match against

Poland this week. He has been talking to our sports

correspondent. It has been an astonishing seven

days for Andros Townsend. First, the amazing debut against Montenegro, he

was one of the match and scored and then the headlines, the revelation

he was at the centre of watch was termed a race row with Roy Hodgson.

He made it very clear today he wanted to draw a line under the

whole affair. It has all been said, it has been in the news. I don't

want to talk too much about that. Everyone should be focusing on is

qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil and writing stories about

what is going to happen in Brazil next year, not focusing on

negative, silly news. The manager told the players to give the ball to

me, so that is a compliment that is the way I look at it. He was

speaking at a prearranged breast awareness appearance and he feels he

owes Hodgson for taking a gamble on him. This week has shown what it

will be like through each Wash thrust into the limelight with

England. Now, time for the weather.

The weather is not too bad for some of the time if you can dodge the

downpours through the next few days. There will be sudden downpours over

the weekend, blustery showers and longer spells of rain but in

between, someone sunshine. Low pressure is in charge, spinning

around out here at the second round and we have these lumps of cloud

being flung towards us. One quite big lump of cloud has been working

across western areas through this morning and it will produce quite a

lot of rain this afternoon. Northern Ireland looks like one of the

wettest places. It could give localised flooding in the Belfast

area but some rain fringing into western parts of Wales and

south-west England, the odd heavy burst. The winds will be

strengthening in western parts. It will be mild, temperatures around 15

Celsius in Plymouth, 16 Celsius in Cardiff in the middle of the

afternoon. Through the Midlands and South East England where we have

lost the fog, things are looking largely dry. Bright spells and hazy

sunshine. For Northern England, more cloud and patchy rain. 13 or 14

Celsius. Patchy rain into south-west Scotland. Northern Scotland is

brighter but feeling colder. This evening and overnight after what

will be a wet rush-hour in Belfast, the rain is quite quickly going to

Phailin across the southern half of Scotland. Once the rain sets in it

will stick around throughout the night. There could be localised

flooding problems. The rain further south England and Wales will be

lighter and more patchy. For many but mild for just about all of us.

Temperatures between ten and 14 Celsius, very mild fur on October

night. On Saturday, plenty of wet weather across Scotland. A

slow-moving weather front. More persistent rain working across parts

of south-east England, a bit of uncertainty about where that will

turn up. Adult showers pushing in from the West, heavy possibly

thundery. In between some sunshine. A miserable field to the weather

across the far north as East. Temperatures of nine to 12 Celsius.

Further south, if you get sunshine, 17 or 80 Celsius. Low pressure is in

charge as we head towards the second half of the weekend. A slow-moving

weather fronts still across the North of Scotland so it could be a

sudden -- soggy Sunday. Elsewhere, a blustery day, some showers, some

brighter spells in between and in the sunshine not feeling too bad.

Some decent weather to come this weekend if you can dodge the

downpours. That is the weather for now.

That is it from the news that won this lunchtime. Goodbye from