04/09/2014 BBC News at One

David Cameron says he will not rule out military action against

Islamic State as they hold a British man hostage.

With the Middle East centre-stage as world leaders gather for the

Nato summit in Wales, Mr Cameron said he wouldn't rule anything out.

What is required, and we have this, a strategy to help

those on the ground and have an Iraqi government there

Kurdish forces that can make a difference,

and then we ask what more we can do to help them.

We'll be looking at western strategy and be asking

just what the government can do to help the hostage.

Victims of crime are encouraged by police to investigate offences

As more than 100 migrants try to get on a ferry in Calais to Britain,

the mayor says she might close down the port.

Scrap some benefits for older people in England to help fund health and

As we have more people with long-term conditions it has to be

paid for either by those individuals and their families or spread across

the taxpayer. After last year's horse meat

scandal, a report calls for a food Detectives searching for

a missing 14-year-old from Hanwell Brent Council said this home wasn't

fit to live in, so why did they Good afternoon

and welcome to the BBC News at One. The Prime Minister says he won't

rule out military action against extremists from Islamic State, who

are holding a British man hostage. But, speaking ahead

of a Nato summit in Wales, David Cameron said any intervention

had to be with the consent Mr Cameron is

"personally supervising" efforts to secure the release of the hostage,

but he made clear that the UK would It comes after the murder

of two American journalists Nato members arrive, fired by a new

sense of purpose. The crisis in Ukraine and the rise of Islamic

State have focused minds. For Britain there is the urgent issue of

of the British hostage captured by militants. When a British person is

taken hostage anywhere in the world I make sure that every part of

government comes together and I supervise both personally to make

sure we ask the intelligence services, the police, whoever else,

to ask, what can we do? President Obama and David Cameron dropped into

a nearby primary school. The two leaders are presenting a united

front, promising they will not be led by extremists. There is no doubt

the stakes are high. The Nato Secretary General said this was one

of the most important summits in the history of the Alliance. A crucial

summit at a crucial time. We are faced with a dramatically changed

security environment. To the east, Russia is attacking Ukraine. To the

south east, we see the rise of a terrorist organisation, the

so-called Islamic State. EU leaders and President Obama were joined in

their discussions by the Ukrainian president. The emerging crises pose

a huge challenge to Nato after decades in which the Alliance has

struggled to justify its role. Let's speak to Norman Smith, who's

in Newport. Do you think we are to joining

American attacks on Islamic State? Do not expect a decision today or

tomorrow on Britain suddenly joining air strikes. David Cameron and

President Obama spent a fair amount of time together this morning and I

understand there was no request for Britain to join in straightaway, but

you sense the conversation has moved from if to win. The discussion is

about the timetable and that timetable will hinge on a series off

key steps being met. The first is that neighbouring powers in the

region, neighbouring countries, take the lead in confronting Islamic

State, so that any involvement by Britain and others is not seen as a

westerly intervention. The second thing is to ensure that the new

Iraqi government is a genuinely open inclusive government, not a

sectarian or tribal government. The third thing is to only intervene at

the request of the Iraqi government. Significantly, David Cameron was

asked repeatedly and repeatedly did not rule out air strikes, but one of

the objections has been raised so far which is, how do you strike

Islamic State in Syria without the approval of the President? His

response is that the president is in effect a war criminal, he can be

ignored. The clear indications are that the clock is ticking down on

some form of British military involvement. Should the Prime

Minister decided that air strikes are the way forward, does he have

the legal basis to carry them out? He believed he does. He does not

believe that would be a breach of international law to launch air

strikes in Syria without the approval of President Assad because

his regime is viewed as having carried out war crimes and therefore

it is illegitimate and can be ignored.

Let's pick up on those comments by the Prime Minister that he's

personally supervising efforts to free the British hostage,

We are not naming him, at the request of his family.

Our security correspondent is with me.

The Prime Minister said that he personally supervises this process

where you have the intelligence services, the police, looking at how

to support the family. The Foreign Secretary said they are looking at a

range of options. The UK does not pay ransoms for hostages, the Prime

Minister reiterated. The concern is that that money goes to feel more

hostage taking to pay for weapons, to support terrorist attacks -- IS.

The UK does not make the standard concessions, does not change policy.

That was an attempt at a rescue mission a few months ago. US special

forces went in to get this group of hostages but phoned they had been

moved. That rain -- the terrain is very difficult. That makes it a

challenge. These options have been looked at four months by this group

of officials but it is only in the last few days this has become

public. That is because of that chilling video. What bad video does

is it puts more pressure on the people making the decisions -- that

video. A report out today seems to confirm

what many people have long suspected,

that there are some crimes police Cuts to police budgets have led

forces to set priorities, meaning some offences, like car crime, have

been effectively decriminalised. Some victims

of crime have even been "encouraged" Here's

our home affairs correspondent. Police forces under pressure from

shrinking budgets are having to find ways of saving money. One is the so

desk -based investigation in which all of the work is done by

telephone. Inspectors said that might sometimes be appropriate but

warned it should not be taken too far. Police are at their desks in

the station have asked victims to talk to neighbours, to see if anyone

saw what happened, check for CCTV cameras to see if anything was

recorded and even to check for fingerprints. It is, in effect,

asking the victims to become DIY detectives. What victims of crime

are telling us in relation to these issues is that they do not want to

be asked to carry out the investigation for the police. Can

you imagine after the trauma of the crime being asked to go and check

CCTV, to knock on doors to see if someone is a witness? That is not

the right way for things to happen. Inspectors said when it comes to

things like the cold crime and criminal damage some police forces

appeared to have given up -- vehicle. Some forces have adopted

this almost do nothing approach to these types of crime, and the result

will be decriminalisation, nothing is happening. Senior officers said

in this climate of austerity, cuts of around a quarter in police

budgets, the public had to accept some changes. What the police are

doing is taking risk-based decisions and focusing on what is important

across a wide range of policing activities we have to deliver on,

and making judgements, and sadly some of the lesser crimes, important

to the victims, are dealt with differently. Sometimes police

community support officers, not constables or train to investigate

crimes, were being asked to do exactly that. The police

superintendents Association warned that some of the basic functions of

policing appeared to be slipping through the cracks.

Benefits for older people, such as free television licences and help

with winter fuel payments, should be scrapped to help fund health

That's according to an independent report which says

the present system is "unfair, confusing, and inefficient".

It says personal care should still be free for anyone in critical need,

but the elderly should pay more for the services they make most use of.

Here's our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes.

An ageing population and expensive new treatments mean

While using the NHS is free, in England social care is heavily

means tested which means those suffering from an illness such as

dementia can make a very different contribution to the cost of their

For someone like Becky, whose dad has dementia,

It has no interest in the actual person at the centre of it.

It is purely in my experience a case of wrangling between local

The authors of today's report say implementing their proposals would

cost an additional ?5 billion a year by 2025.

They suggest some of this could be raised by increasing the number

of people who have to pay for their prescriptions, but lowering

Other suggestions include limiting free TV licenses

and winter fuel payments, and increasing national insurance

payments for older and better paid people.

Sometimes when people look at this issue they say it is

unaffordable but the truth is as we have more people with long-term

conditions it has to be paid for, either by those individuals

and their families, or spread more fairly across the taxpayer.

Under these proposals wealthier older people will pay more to create

a system closer to that in Scotland where social care costs

There are some concerns that the elderly will be asked to pay

A lot of older people will look at the list of recommendations

and think it is quite a big hit on their incomes and I am being asked

as an older person to give up the certainty of money today for the

The government says it is already moving towards

There are no plans to change national insurance payments

This report warns today's system cannot continue as it is

and that all politicians must face up to the need for radical change.

David Cameron says he will not rule out military action against Islamic

State as they hold a British man hostage. The most far reaching

changes in decades to special needs education in England.

With two weeks to go until the referendum north of the border, what

do Scots in London think of independence? That and the rest of

the news, plus the weather. The discovery of horsemeat in a

number of food products last year highlighted a worrying trend of

criminals targeting the food industry.

with huge profits and low risks and with huge profits and low risks and

lack of knowledge about the extent of criminal operations,

lack of knowledge about the extent a report which calls for a dedicated

crime unit to be set up. Public confidence plunged, the

apologies came. The companies say they have improved DNA testing. But

today's report once we need more protection from the food criminals.

We want to make sure that consumers have full confidence in the food

they buy, they are able to understand what is on the label is

what is on the packet, and that is what the food crime unit will make

sure this happening. To keep our food safe, a much broader and more

coherent approach is needed. The food crime unit is one strand of

food crime provide -- prevention strategy. On its own, it will not

function. It has to be supported by the work of industry and many

different government agencies. Some of the main recommendations, there

should be unannounced audits by inspectors, better standardised

laboratory testing, and a 0 tolerance approach adopted towards

the food fraudsters. Food inspectors like Rebecca are the front line.

the food fraudsters. Food inspectors sausages. This farm shop got top

marks. Teams like Rebecca 's have suffered 45% cuts, while the

criminals grow more sophisticated. They are under pressure. Food is big

business. Where you have big business you are probably going to

have big crime. It is a worldwide issue, I would say. Could new

technology help? The latest equipment can now very rapidly

identify meat, but only before it is processed. That is our minced pork

chop being examined by the machine and this is how quickly it gathers

its data. A few seconds later, here we are, not beef. This is real

progress, but it is not a catchall solution. But who should pay? That

bit is not so clear. Eight men are due to appear

in court in Milton Keynes this morning - charged with child sex

abuse over a seven-year period. The men were arrested in raids

in Aylesbury and other towns three other men have been released

without charge. More than 1.5 million children

in England have special educational needs - and this week some

of the biggest changes to the way Parents will now be able to choose

whether their child attends an academy, a free school or

a further education college. The government says the reforms

"put children and parents at the But critics have warned the changes

have been implemented too quickly. Here's our disability news

correspondent, Nikki Fox. I am worried, because with any

change there is unpredictable and anxiety. Justine's full-time job is

making sure her son Robert receives the education he needs. You want the

best for your child, it is the unknown, do I have to start again? I

speak to lots of parents, is another battle we have got? Robert

Huth-shinning autism and needs one-to-one assistance in the

classroom. -- Robert has high functioning autism. What would your

school life be like without extra support? I would not have coped. I

would have snapped, like a small tree branch. Robert is on the

statement. Under the new reforms, the statement will disappear and be

replaced by an education, health and care plan, which means it's school,

the NHS and the local council will work together to identify his

specific needs. It is this 280 page document that spells out the

changes. It was released just a few weeks before the end of term and is

concerning those who have to deliver it. Teachers at the moment are very

confused about what they are meant to be doing differently under the

new reforms. They want to be part of a multi-agency team around the

child, but you don't get different to agencies to work together just by

saying it must happen. You need all the different agencies to be fully

staffed and the professionals to have time to go to meetings, to

liaise with each other and share information. We have been making

sure through parent care forums on the teaching unions that everyone

who needs to know have the information at their fingertips.

This school is one of several pathfinders around England, which

means they have had over 18 months to implement the changes. So far,

the response has been positive. We have children with statements some

on the new education and health care plans and we have got children with

SEN, which is good because one child with autism is totally different to

another child autism. It is tailoring to individual needs,

whatever they are. After years of fighting for her son's education,

Justine hopes the new system will continue to meet Robert's needs so

he can reach his full potential. A murder inquiry has been launched

after a woman was found stabbed to The body of 47 year old

Penelope Davies was discovered Let's speak to our correspondent,

Duncan Kennedy, who's there. The local community is stunned and

shocked by the discovery of a murdered woman in a field in the

middle of the New Forest. That woman was Penny Davies, a mother of five,

47 years old. You can see the spot behind me where her body was found

in the field. That is why she kept horses, and where on Tuesday

afternoon at 4:40pm, home of -- her body was discovered with multiple

stab wounds, by her husband, who police say is traumatised by this.

They have appealed for witnesses. This is a popular area with

tourists, in the middle of the New Forest. Thousands go through here.

This is that run, the road I am standing next to. They want local

people and tourists to come forward. They are saying this is a very rare

crime. These kinds of crimes do not happen very often in a rural setting

like this. They have increased police patrols. They have asked

people to be vigilant, because they don't know whether the person was

known to Mrs Davies, or whether it was a complete stranger. They are at

a loss as to know where to go with this. They have been carrying out

what has been called a fingertip search, a line of police officers

looking by the tent over my shoulder for any extra evidence that can

point to the killer of Penelope Keith is, the 47-year-old mother of

five, who was discovered on Tuesday -- Penelope Davies. The Mayor of

Calais has threatened to close down the port because of the large number

of migrants trying to get to England. Last night, more than 100

tried to get onto a ferry but were stopped by police. The Mayor says

Britain is not doing enough to stop migrants coming to the town.

There's been a big increase in incidents of anti-semitism,

according to a charity set up to protect Britain's Jewish community.

The Community Security Trust says over 300 cases

of anti-semitism were recorded in July - more than five times as many

It says this summer's conflict in Gaza between Israel

Our religious affairs correspondent Caroline Wyatt reports.

Worshippers at this synagogue in Kingston in July were horrified

to find a note stuck to a door calling them child-murderers.

It was one of over 300 anti-Semitic incidents logged in Britain that

month, and clearly related to the conflict in Gaza.

This synagogue, as a religious building, did not commit

As such, that mistaken equation is a particular distortion of thought,

A protest earlier this week in London, organised by

It is a new group, formed in response to the rise

in attacks, not just in Britain but elsewhere in Europe this summer.

We have seen banners held aloft proclaiming support for Hamas, a

prize -- proscribed terrorist organisation. We have heard support

for Hitler and saying that Jews should be sent to gas chambers.

These things are illegal hate speech and should be prosecuted.

The Community Security Trust, which logs incidents of anti-Semitism,

says of 300 in July a quarter of the abuse took place online,

We are standing up to anti-Semitism, because

the rise has been unbelievable, and is unacceptable in the 21st century,

Last month, the Muslim Council of Britain joined the Board of

Ed Miliband says Scots should vote Labour

at the next general election - rather than voting for independence

But the SNP leader, Alex Salmond, claims "hundreds of thousands"

of Labour supporters will back independence on September 18th.

Here's our political correspondent, Tim Reid.

There are few places more important in this campaign than Scotland's

traditional Labour heartlands. It is why Ed Miliband headed to

Lanarkshire this morning, well aware that streets like this will be

crucial to winning Scotland's heart and his hope of keeping the UK

together. So many people in Scotland feel the country is not working for

them and they will be asking should we be voting No or voting Yes. My

strong messages to vote No in the referendum, because the Labour

government is on the way. Labour government with genuine proposals

for social justice. -- just two weeks until polling day, the gap has

tightened and promises over workers pay and taxes on the rich which

could prove crucial. Marking a top -- marking a decade at the top of

their party, Scotland's First Minister and his deputy today, keen

to appeal to working class Labour voters, hence their promise to

protect the NHS and create jobs. Today, they even stole a well worn

Labour mantra to create opportunities for the many, not the

few. Scotland was the ability to create a more prosperous economy but

also a just and fair society. That is what people are voting for and in

hundreds and thousands they are moving to the yes campaign,

including 200,000 people plus, who normally vote Labour, who are saying

yes. The SNP leadership will spend the remaining two weeks of the

campaign seeking to persuade Scotland voting Yes vote is not

necessarily a vote for nationalism. That wants independent voters can

choose whatever party of government they wished, including Labour. It is

a message the prounion parties have to counter if they UK is to remain

as one. The BBC let -- the BBC has learned

that Conservative MPs are being consulted on their views about

possible military action in Iraq. Let's speak to James Landale. Does

this suggest that action is being seriously considered? No, it is the

most substantial evidence we have yet that the idea of military action

in Iraq is now a possibility. What I was told by one Conservative MP if

he was asked two questions, one, what did he think about military

action in Iraq and secondly, what did he think about military action

in Syria? The official sources say this is not a consultation about

military action in Iraq, it is a broad consultation about a range of

issues. Obviously including the Middle East, Ukraine, domestic

issues. They say it is part of a consultation ahead of the foreigners

-- foreign affairs debate that will take place next week. They say it is

a regular thing that the whips office does and it is their job.

Parliament breaks up next week, before the Scotland referendum and

the entire party conference season. They say it is natural to get their

views. However, the Conservative MPs I have spoken to say they are being

consulted so the government can have a sense of if at any stage in the

future they were to go down this route, they have a sense of what the

Parliamentary party would do at the same time.

Tennis, and Andy Murray's US Open campaign ended with a gruelling

four-set defeat by Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals last night.

in New York when the world number one finally took a closely fought

7-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 victory, after three hours and 32 minutes.

The world welterweight boxing champion Kell Brook has been stabbed

while on holiday in Tenerife. He is in hospital in a stable condition.

He became the IBF world welterweight champion in August.

in Syria? The official sources say this is not

A decent looking day. The clouds have been breaking up. Lovely spells

of sunshine around. Most places dry but the cloud across the North

through the Central bank of Scotland is the Central bank of Scotland is

of rain. Most places will remain dry this afternoon with light winds and

sunny spells, feeling warm. The fine, settled weather is

attributable to the high pressure across Europe. This weather front

across the north-west. To make inroads on Friday. For the rest of

this afternoon, most of the map is lit up golden, with sunshine. Patchy

cloud here and there. The odd spot of rain towards the central belt.

Inverness reached 22 Celsius. Back to 21 now. Cloud thickening up by

the end of the afternoon to the west of the Highlands. The Hebrides have

an top of rain. For much of Northern Ireland, southern Scotland, a lovely

afternoon to come with plenty of sunshine. Feeling warm. Similar for

England and Wales. A bit of low cloud and missed putting eastern

coastal parts. With the sunshine it will feel pleasant. That is the

afternoon. If I run the sequence until the evening and overnight, the

weather front begins to make inroads across the north-west corner.

Outbreaks of rain becoming more widespread for northern and western

Scotland. Eventually in towards parts of Northern Ireland. For much

of England and Wales, a dry night. Quite warm. Under clear spells we

could see a bit of mist and fog developing. There is the weather

front attributed to the area of low pressure towards the north of the

UK, working southwards and eastwards as we head towards Friday morning. A

cloudy start for Scotland and Northern Ireland, with outbreaks of

rain. Behind it, it turns brighter, cool and fresher. A few heavy

showers pushing in towards northern Scotland. For England and Wales is

another day similar to the last few days, patchy cloud, some sunny

spells. Where you get the sunshine, feeling warm. 22 in the south-east.

Closer to 15 in the North of Scotland. The weekend, similar to

the last few days. Some sunshine around. The band of rain in the

north-west will continue to advance southwards across the country. This

ruling out. It will lead to a legacy of cooler, fresh air. Some sunshine

and a few showers. Not a write-off by any means.

through the Central bank of Scotland is the Central bank of Scotland is

David Cameron has said he will not rule out military action against

Islamic State, as they hold a British man hostage.