30/09/2014 BBC News at One

The Home Secretary calls for a new counter-terrorism strategy

across government to address "the full spectrum of extremism".

Theresa May tells the Tory conference we must give the police

and the security services the extra powers they need to keep us safe.

They have made clear their ambitions, and they have made

We must not shy away from our responsibility.

We must not drift towards danger and insecurity.

While we still have the chance, we must act to destroy ISIL.

David Cameron promises access to GPs seven days a week in England

We'll be getting the latest from the Conservative Party

A deputy head teacher being investigated over allegations he

secretly took indecent images of children has been found dead.

The Bristol street home to a 15-year-old girl who police believe

is heading to Syria to join jihadist

on sugar - the warning to parents as it's revealed more than one in ten

Efforts to recover the bodies of climbers killed in Japan's

volcano eruption have been suspended over fears it may erupt again.

Boris Johnson attacks UKIP defectors as splitters and quitters

on the day one of his former deputy Mayors joins the party.

And the residents of a Dalston block facing ground water and so original

homes. Good afternoon

and welcome to the BBC News at One. The Home Secretary, Theresa May,

says a future Tory government would impose tighter restrictions

on people with extremist views. She told the Conservative conference

in Birmingham that the proposals would include giving

the police new powers to ban individuals from speaking at public

events or attending rallies. But

the new strategy has been criticised The former shadow home secretary,

David Davis, said he believed the measures would have "real trouble"

getting through Parliament Here's our political correspondent,

Carole Walker. Security measures have become

routine at conferences like this. The government's terror threat

remains severe. But the Conservatives want to tackle

extremist ideology which can ultimately lead to violence. This

morning, the Prime Minister defended plans for new powers which he said

would put the security and safety of the public first. The problem we

have had is this distinction of saying we will only go after you if

you are an extremist that directly supports violence, which has left

the field open for a lot of extremists who know how to be

careful not to step over the line. But frankly, these are people who

have radicalised young minds, poisoned them and lead to people

heading off to Syria or Iraq to take part in this ghastly slaughter. In

her conference speech, the Home Secretary said a future Conservative

government would bring in far reaching measures to tackle groups

and individuals who spread hatred as part of a new counter extremism

strategy. It will aim to undermine and eliminate extremism in all its

forms. Neo-Nazis and other forms of extremism, as well as Islamist

extremism. And it will aim to build up society, to identify extremism,

confront it, challenge it and defeat it. She said the new strategy for

tackling extremism would include banning orders for extremist groups.

If the Home Secretary has a reasonable belief that an

organisation has activities that spread, insight, promote or justify

hatred, membership will become a criminal offence. Extremist

disruption orders would be introduced for individuals deemed to

be spreading hatred. They could be banned from speaking at public

events, banned from broadcasting or face restrictions on their use of

social media. The Home Secretary is making it clear that a future

Conservative government would go much further than the coalition in

taking on those who peddle extremist views. But some Tory MPs are

concerned that some of the sweeping powers could undermine civil

liberties and freedom of speech. These are quite incredible powers to

limit democratic rights, rights that people have had for 200 years in

this country. And they are based on the Home Secretary having a

reasonable belief. That is the test, not evidence. A reasonable belief

that an organisation will break certain criteria. The Home Secretary

also said the Tories would revive plans which were torpedoed the

Liberal Democrat to give the police and intelligence services access to

internet communications data. But she could face a tough battle to put

her plans into action. Carole Walker, BBC News, Birmingham. Let's

speak to our political correspondent. Tough talk from the

Home Secretary. How has gone down? Music to be is of the

Conservatives. They love the sort of tough, uncompromising, no-nonsense

security speech they got from Theresa May. They loved her language

- I will not flinch, I will stand up to terrorism. The question is,

though, how will it go down outside the hall? There, it got a far more

muted reaction, with many Tories uneasy at the sort of powers Theresa

May is seeking. These are powers which will not be focused on

terrorists or those convicted of anything, but will be focused on

people who espouse views which are anti-democratic or insight people

towards racial discrimination or hatred. There is a clear concern

that Mrs May may struggle to get this through Parliament. This

follows the huge controversy we had yesterday, when George Osborne

outlined his plans for further curbs on working age benefits.

Considerable criticisms from welfare groups, charities and the Liberal

Democrats. A short time ago, my colleague Nick Robinson asked the

Prime Minister why he was pressing ahead with this two-year freeze on

working age benefits. We have identified here, at this

conference, that if you freeze those working age benefits for two years,

that will save ?3 billion. I think there is

a good justification for it, which is that if you take the years

from 2007-2017, it will mean benefits are not growing faster than

earnings, which is basic fairness. But isn't that something a

policymaker would say and no family As someone tries to afford the food

bill or the gas bill, they are not looking at a graph of how benefits

have gone up compared with earnings. They are saying,

we can't afford school uniform. I will tell you how we

will help those families. You can earn ?10,500

before you start paying tax. We have frozen, for many households,

their council tax, which is a big bill people pay

out of their post-tax income. So where we can help, we are helping

every family in this country. But on the other hand, you find

money to cut the tax for people who inherit pensions, you cut the price

of buying a house, you cut the tax bill of millionaires, and then you

say to hard-working families, I'm terribly sorry,

you're going to have to lose. You will have to not have your tax

credits keep up with inflation. Because we have also made sure the

rich have paid their share. We have raised stamp duty

on expensive homes. Yesterday,

we announced to companies who come to Britain, we

have said a 20% corporation tax The worst thing that could happen

for Britain's families is to ignore It is a drag anchor on our economy

and we have to deal with that. I think families in Britain

understand that. It is a big statement of intent on

curbing benefits and another big statement of intent on security.

Both will of course delight natural Conservative supporters. We also had

an announcement in Lahore earlier from Chris Grayling, the Justice

Secretary, about getting rid of Xbox is an play stations from young

offenders' institutions. To me, it all seems designed to galvanise the

party faithful. There is a curious symmetry between the two main

parties. Last week, we had Ed Miliband tried to fire up the Labour

Party faithful with his big pledges on the NHS. This week, we have the

Conservative Party, it seems to me, trying to fire up their party

faithful with those big announcements on benefits and

security. David Cameron's also promised that

by 2020 people will be able to see their GPs at a time that suits

them, with surgeries open longer Earlier this year, a pilot scheme

in 20 areas allowed hundreds of surgeries to stay open all

week and the government now wants But the body that represents GPs,

the BMA, says doctors are already under "extreme pressure"

and that the government is offering "promises tomorrow rather

than solutions today". Here's our health correspondent,

Dominic Hughes. The aim is more flexible opening

hours at GPs' surgeries to fit in with patient hi family

and work life. The government has already set out

plans to try to achieve that Now it wants to extend the policy,

with the goal a few years from now We do need to recognise in the NHS

that expectations have changed. People don't always want to have to

take time off work to see their GP. They want to sort out problems

at the weekends as well. A ?50 million fund which started

in April this year was available to of technology and collaboration to

allow weekend opening. 100 million is now being committed

for next year, and the Conservatives say that if re-elected,

there would be more money to allow seven day a week access for all

patients across England by 2020. But with the population growing,

along with the needs of elderly patients, doctors' representatives

have warned of unacceptable pressure and the possibility

of a recruitment crisis. They say that under this government,

the percentage of the health budget They claim today's announcement

doesn't address the central We have large numbers of patients

moving out of hospital and into the community, so we need to address

the current pressures and the fact that we are not able to provide

as accessible a service as we would like, before talking

about what we believe are currently Ministers have also announced today

that every patient in England will have a named GP

accountable for their care. But Labour, which has a policy

of guaranteeing a wait of no more than 48 hours for an

appointment, said that despite this government's pledges, it had become

harder to get to see a doctor. And Hugh is with me now. There is a

feeling that we have heard this before. What is new? A year ago, the

Prime Minister, at the Conservative Party conference, made this pledge

that we have heard more about today, that he wanted to extend GP access

so that people could get in, seven days a week. He set up this ?50

million fund. There have been questions over whether in some of

the pilot areas, it has made much of a difference. Now he is extending it

and says that if re-elected, he wants it to go through to 2020. A

new element is that he wants every patient to have a named GP. That was

previously available for over 75s. This is an aspiration for next year

and beyond. But what difference will it make? Du patients want it, or

would they rather that they can see a GP within a couple of days rather

than having access over the whole week? Will GP within a couple of

days rather than having access over the whole week? Will GPs be able to

me, if we are working weekends more, we will need days off during the

week. So is the whole system going to get stretched? The British

Medical Association, who protect the interests of GPs, say it does not

address the fundamental pressures of rising population and increased

workload. They say there is a recruitment crisis. New GPs are not

just available to take the workload. They need to be trained. People

don't want to do the job any more, and there is a funding problem not

addressed by this announcement. Police in Essex have revealed that a

deputy headteacher in Southend who was found dead earlier this month

had been secretly filming young boys in the school changing room and that

a local swimming pool. It is thought that Martin Goldberg killed himself

after being questioned over allegations of possessing indecent

images of teenage boys. Let's speak to our correspondent, who is in

Southend. What is known about this man? At the

school today, there was a real sense of betrayal. I can't believe that a

pillar and dedicated teacher, who was the deputy head and a maths

teacher, could have been taking these in -- indecent images. The

headteacher said Mr Goldberg must have been leading a double life,

because he is so shocked by what has come out. Three weeks ago, the

police had some information and went to his house and asked to see his

computer. The next day, Mr Goldberg was found dead. It is believed he

killed himself. Police then found more than 600 indecent images. It is

believed he took a camera hidden in his bag into the changing rooms at

the school and into the changing rooms at a local swimming pool, and

took pictures of boys around nine to 12 years of age. This has

potentially been going on for 14 years. What is particularly shocking

is that the police and crime commission is saying that Essex

Police knew about this for nine-month. They knew there was

information from Toronto that Mr Goldberg should be investigated for

being involved with indecent films. It is not act on that for nine

months, so there are serious questions for Essex Police about

their investigation. Police fear a 15-year-old girl

missing from her home in Bristol may be trying to reach Syria to join

jihadists fighters. They have warned that naive Muslims are being tricked

into joining extremist groups. What do we know about this disappearance?

All morning, visitors have been turning up at the family home in the

eastern area of central Bristol to offer support to the family of this

teenage girl. They've told me they are shocked by this news, they've

described the 15-year-old as talented, bright, outgoing, they say

she comes from a large and loving family, and they are shocked at the

speculation that she might have gone to Syria to join Islamic State. It

is understood her parents went to pick her up from school on

Wednesday, she was not there, they alerted the police. They suspect she

may have gone to London, met up with an older girl, got on a plane at

Heathrow then flown to Turkey with the aim of getting to Syria. The

constable has said there are indications this girl may have been

radicalised, but the family said a few moments ago there are no

indications that is the case at the moment. In regards to her family,

she is an intelligent, beautiful young lady who is missed by her

family and that is all that matters at the moment. The family are

appealing for privacy at the moment. Meanwhile, the police have said

there priority is to find this 15-year-old before she crosses the

border into Syria. The family statement goes on to say, we miss

you very much, you are not in trouble. The message is, we want you

to be safe, please come home. Pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong

have set a deadline of tomorrow for the government to meet their demands

of free and fair elections. Wednesday is a bank holiday and many

more protesters are expected to take to the streets of Hong Kong.

Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators are here once again in

the heart of Hong Kong's financial district. China has called on them

to leave this street but as you can see they are not listening. They say

they will stay here until Beijing allows any candidate to stand in

elections for Hong Kong's chief executive. We are here at one of the

supply tents, where there are red, bananas, supply -- gas masks. Do

people think Beijing will respond? I don't think they will listen because

if they change their mind it will put them in a difficult decision of

facing the problem of China, because maybe the people in China will think

that they can copy the case in Hong Kong and then we'll be out of

control. I think the normal practice of using force is not listening to

the people but it is the right of people here to express what they

want. I don't what the result will be. There is a real air of defiance

in Hong Kong but some people here think the protesters are pushing

their luck, demanding too much, and they fear that if the demonstrations

continue the risk throwing Hong Kong into chaos. -- they risk. The top

story: The Home Secretary has set out a range of new measures to curb

the activity of extremist. And here at Kew Gardens, the experts give a

warm welcome to the driest September on record with a promise of

spectacular autumn colour. On BBC London, the Memorial Garden opening

on the site of a pub bombed during the Blitz. Chelsea look for their

first European victory of the season.

Too much sugary food and drink means as many as one

in eight toddlers in England are suffering from tooth decay.

The first ever survey of 50,000 children found that on average they

had three teeth missing, decayed, or filled by the time they were

But dentists say the solution is simple:

less sugary food and drink - and more brushing with flouride

Here's our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes.

The introduction of fluoride toothpaste has seen a dramatic

improvement in the health of our teeth. But still, some children are

suffering from tooth decay. By the time she turned four, Marion's teeth

were already damaged. She did not like brushing her teeth and her dad

said they should have insisted on it. We only have ourselves to blame.

We gave in and we should have said you need to. Now they have learned

the lesson the hard way. My advice would be not to give in to the

child, keep them brushing and keep your diet good because otherwise it

will lead to more problems. Dentists say the consequences of tooth decay

can be traumatic. On Tuesday I spent three hours in general anaesthetic

theatre. We had ten patients. On average I took out seven baby teeth

out of each child. Public Health England has looked at the dental

health of more than 50,003 -year-olds across England. Nearly

one in eight suffered from visible tooth decay. Those affected had

three decayed teeth on average. There was a big variation across

England. The cause is simple. Too much sugar in food and too many

sugary drinks. We need to reduce the amount of sugar. There is sugar in

soft drinks, sweets, that is where they are getting it from. We need

parents and grandparents to try to reduce sugar. Catching tooth decay

early can prevent serious problems in adult life. The reason this

report matters is dentists point out tooth decay is the most common

reason for children to be admitted to hospital, and yet this is an

almost entirely preventable disease. The advice is that cutting down on

sugar, proper brushing and a regular dental checkups which are free for

children can make a big difference. The UK economy grew more quickly in

the second quarter of this year than They've revised the numbers

for Britain's gross domestic product - that's the total amount

of goods and services produced in the UK - and found that it grew

by 0.9% from April to June. Changes to the way GDP is calculated

means the economy is now bigger and has grown faster than previously

thought. To bring the UK into line with other European countries,

activity previously excluded is now counted. There are some eye-catching

additions, including prostitution and drug dealing as well as some

more significant ones, such as the money companies spend on research

and development. However, although the economy is bigger, so is the

national debt under the new methods. Into the calculation come, for

example, network rail debt, and Royal Mail pension guarantees, big

additions to the overall debt pile. That growing pile is a problem. It

now represents 79% of national income. Despite the better economic

news, the public finances actually look worse. To bring it down,

spending will need to be cut, taxes raised, or a combination of both.

Yesterday, George Osborne said the national debt was dangerously high.

Today, it looks even higher. Profits at the controversial payday

lender Wonga have fallen The company has announced that

in the year to the end of December Payday lenders have been criticised

recently for the high range -- high rates of interest charged on some

loans. Rescue teams in Japan have again had

to abandon attempts to recover the bodies of hikers who died

when a volcano erupted on Saturday - because of fears

of further eruptions. Our correspondent,

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, is near Mount Ontake,

and has been speaking to someone who survived the wall of ash that killed

dozens of people at the weekend. This is a mountain guide. On

Saturday she was claiming alone, scouting a new route up Japan's

second highest volcano. She shows me the point where she was standing

right near the summit when Mount Ord Taki -- mount on Taki suddenly

exploded without warning. It of a lot day. Suddenly I heard a noise. I

looked back and I saw tonnes of ashes and rocks in the air. I

crouched down. The smell of sulphur was very strong and I could not

breathe. Then I saw lots of rock flying. I thought I was going to

die. I thought I was going to be trapped in the gas and directly on

the spot. I thought to myself, why did I here today? -- why did I come

here. She jammed herself into a hole in the rocks, head there for an hour

as the mountain exploded meters away. -- hiding there. I was hiding

beneath the rock. Sometimes I could see, then suddenly it would go

completely black. There were three big eruptions. The last was the

biggest. That was when I saw a rock the size of a small car, and others

the size of washing machines flying by. I could hear the noise of the

rocks flying by. After one hour, the eruptions died down. She took a

chance and ran for it, claiming down as fast as she could go. She knew

there were many others back up there on the mountaintop. I wonder about

those people I saw hanging around on the peak. People who were taking

pictures and enjoying the view. It was a really beautiful day. People

were having a great time. There was a lot of laughing, people were

happy. Now I wonder what happened to them. I ask her if this. Going back

to the mountains. She says she has already been and will go again

tomorrow. The mountains are her life.

At the beginning of the year we were telling you last

Well, we're now at the end of a month which is likely to go down

Meteorologists say the UK as a whole saw less than an inch of rain -

and it's been one of the warmest Septembers since records began.

Our correspondent, Sangita Myskar, is at Kew Gardens

Just to give you some context, this September we've had about 20% of the

rainfall we would expect in September, but the horticultural

experts were saying do not worry, because mother nature is taking care

of the plans. Bejewelled tree tops, plump fruit, and the perfect

conditions for those of them jobs means here at Kew Gardens the driest

September since records began is proving a treat. It is nature's

showground and it will be spectacular this year. I've noticed

the fruit in trees, the route in plans, they are bearing fruit better

than ever. It will be a good season for autumn colour. Would I be right

in thinking it might be the driest September on record but keep calm

and keep gardening? Don't panic, nature is great, it will work out in

the end. Not since 1959 has the UK experienced the September like it.

Back then, sunbathers ran out to catch a late tan. This year, the

country is far from parched. Heavy rainfall in January left fields

flooded and brought misery to landowners. Then sporadic bursts of

rain until August made it the wettest eight months on record.

September has been abnormally dry. As we head towards the weekend,

temperatures will recover closer to average and what we normally expect

for the time of year. Probably will be needing those winter coats

especially if you live in Scotland. For now, BBC viewers across the UK

are capturing the first images of what promises to be a spectacular

autumn. The other question for a nation of Gardners is whether to

expect a hosepipe ban. According to the Environment Agency there as now

plan at the moment because of that rain we had earlier in the year. --

there is not a plan. Let's find out what is in store for the rest of us.

Some will still be hoping for a bit of rain but be careful what you wish

for because not 1 million miles away we are seeing record rainfall at

Montpellier. Around half a year's worth fell in three or four hours.

The clouds responsible for that has been pushing overhead but where is

our art? It is waiting in the wings off Greenland. There will be a bit

more in the way of rain. Even this afternoon we could have some more

rain around in the UK, particularly the next few hours in Northern

Ireland. It will push in in the evening. There is some good sunny

spells to come. Cloudy in north-west England. The cloud could thicken up

sufficiently to see some wet weather in Cornwall. Mostly dry and warm.

Temperatures about where they should be. The exception is England, across

parts of Kent and is. Some passing showers. -- Kent and Essex. In the

West, if you want rain I cannot promise it because look at how it

fragments as it heads eastwards. We do see some more wet weather in

Scotland later. A dry night, fairly mild, with some fork taking us into

the morning. Lovely, autumnal afternoon in store on Wednesday,

called but dry. There will be closed compared with today. There will be

some splashes of rain. Still lifting temperatures into the low 20s.

Turning Calder across the North. That signals the start of a chilly

night. Other than some splashes of rain in England and Wales it will be

dry and bright. Change will come towards the north-west,

strengthening wind touching gale force, heavy rain working in,

through Friday night it will push across England and Wales. That will

open the door to what we can call bottom. Expect temperatures to drop

away -- autumn. We will see some windy weather and some wet weather

as well. There will still be some sunshine. The top story this lunch

time: The Home Secretary has set out a range of measures to curb the

activity of extremists.