10/04/2017 BBC News at One

The funeral of PC Keith Palmer, who was murdered in last

month's Westminster attack, gets under way this lunchtime.

Colleagues pay tribute to a man they call a hero and describe

a tremendous sense of sadness and of loss.

Thousands of officers line the route for a full police funeral service

which will begin shortly at Southwark Cathedral.

I am here at Southwark Cathedral where hundreds of officers have now

gathered to honour the sacrifice of PC Keith Palmer in a service that

will be both a public memorial and a family funeral.

We'll be live in Southwark and at the Palace of Westminster,

where PC Palmer's body has been lying in rest, by special

Also this lunchtime: Foreign ministers of the G7 countries meet

in Italy looking for a unified approach to the war in Syria

The BBC uncovers evidence implicating the Bank of England

Fears for the Great Barrier Reef's survival.

Scientists say unprecedented coral bleaching has

And Sergio Garcia wins his first major title on his 74th time

of asking, with victory over England's Justin Rose in a sudden

In sport at half-past: Plaudits and congratulations pour

in for Sergio Garcia after his thrilling Masters win,

including from the son of his idol, the late Seve Ballesteros.

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News At One.

For PC Keith Palmer, March 22nd started like any other day.

But that afternoon, on duty and doing the job he loved,

he was attacked by Khalid Masood, who had just

killed four other people on Westminster Bridge.

Colleagues say the married 48-year-old, father

of a five-year-old girl, died a hero.

This lunchtime thousands of police officers are lining the route

as his coffin is taken from the chapel at the Palace

of Westminster, where his body has been lying in rest

by special permission of the Queen, for a service

This report from our home affairs correspondent June Kelly.

Unarmed, and unthreatening, Keith Palmer was murdered by Khalid Masood

because of the uniform he was wearing and the place he was helping

to protect. This morning, PC Palmer's name was added to the roll

of honour on the national police memorial on the Mall. Lives all lost

in the line of duty. Keith Palmer was 48 and had served as a police

officer for 15 years. This afternoon at his funeral, he will be honoured

by his colleagues from around the country. And mourned by his mates in

the police. Sean Cartwright and Greg Rainey will help to carry his

coffin. It wasn't just a job to Keith, being a police officer. He

was so proud, you know, to look out for people. He took real pleasure.

He served the country. He did, yes. And I think that showed in his time

with the Territorial Army before. Yesterday his body was brought to

Westminster. Keith Palmer was a member of the parliamentary and

diplomatic protection command. And it was his colleagues from there who

formed a guard of honour and stayed with him overnight beside his

coffin. PC Palmer, back in the place which was to be his last police

posting. He had a way of communicating with people from all

walks of life, the Lords and the Baroness is that work up there, the

MPs. His favourite was being out on the streets talking to members of

the public, happily taking pictures with people. Police officers from

all over the country have converged on London. It has brought everyone

together. That is why you can see the transport police officers. An

estimated 5000 bobbies coming down, I think. You can't say fairer than

that, can you? This is also a massive security operation with Met

police officers out on the street protecting the root of the cortege.

While this is a very public farewell, PC Palmer's family have

appealed for privacy and so the service will not be broadcast. Keith

Palmer was married with a five-year-old daughter. His family

say they will remember a wonderful dad and husband, a son, brother, and

a long-time supporter of Charlton athletic football club. One of the

kindest people you will ever find. Very giving, very loyal, very true

friend. Paint a picture of a perfect policeman, you would be painting a

picture of Keith Palmer. Our home affairs correspondent June Kelly

with that report. In a moment we'll speak

to our correspondent Daniela Relph who's at Southwark Cathedral

but first to Sophie Thank you. Throughout the night on

the course of the morning, PC Keith Palmer's body has been lying in rest

in a chapel just beneath the Houses of Parliament in the Palace of

Westminster. It is an honour normally only afforded to great

statesmen and state women, the last was Tony Benn and before him the

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The road here has just been closed.

The next half an hour we are expecting the funeral cortege to

leave the palace of Westminster, to be driven through the streets of

London, lined by many thousands of police officers who have come from

all over the country to pay their respects, and of course members of

the public as well. For those police officers who can't make it here to

London today, there will be a two minute silence held outside police

stations across the country. The funeral cortege will make its way

across the river and to Southwark Cathedral wearer full police funeral

will be held. The Dean of Southwark has been speaking and saying this is

time for his friends and family to grieve but also for the country to

honour the sacrifice that he made on our behalf. Sophie, thank you. Let's

go to Southwark and Daniela Relph. A difficult balance between a very

private funeral service for the family and a full ceremonial event.

Absolutely. Quite extraordinary scenes at Southwark Cathedral. It is

hard to remember that ever being attributed to a foreign police

officer quite on this scale before. There are hundreds of police

officers at the cathedral to honour the sacrifice of PC Keith Palmer but

also to honour the bravery and courage police officers in general.

We have just seen the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, arriving, and

earlier we saw the new commission of the Metropolitan Police, Cressida

Dick, arriving. This is her first day in her new job and a very sombre

first day it must be. She will be reading a poem during the funeral

service later on. Yes, difficult balance as you say. A public

memorial but the service for a grieving family, for PC Palmer's

family, for his widow, his young daughter, his mum and dad and

brothers and sisters. The Dean of Southwark Cathedral is very mindful

of trying to bridge the gap between those two things, the public

memorial and the private funeral service. During the service we will

hear prayers read by the senior chaplain to the Metropolitan Police

Service. There will be a tribute to PC Palmer read by chief inspector

Neil Sawyer who has worked with him over a number of years and the

service will end with the last post. Daniela Relph at Southwark

Cathedral, thank you. And we'll have more on this story

later in the programme. Foreign Ministers from the G7 group

of leading economic nations are meeting in Italy over the next

two days as international tension The US Secretary of State,

Rex Tillerson, is leading calls for Russia's president,

Vladimir Putin, to distance himself from President Assad and open

a path to a negotiated The Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, will argue that The meeting is taking place

in the Tuscan city of Lucca, from where our diplomatic

correspondent James Robbins America's Secretary of State

is in Italy to turn up the international heat

on Syria's President Assad Rex Tillerson very deliberately

joined an international wreath laying at the memorial to a Nazi

atrocity here in 1944, We remember the events of August

12th 1944 that occurred here. Then he drew a direct parallel

to last week's gas attack We rededicate ourselves to holding

to account any and all who commit crimes against the innocent anywhere

in the world. President Trump's Foreign Minister

will use the next two days in Italy to work with the major European

powers, including Britain. Rex Tillerson is hoping to produce

a strong joint message to Russia's President Putin,

urging him to restrain the Syrian regime, which Moscow fights

alongside, and to work instead for political transition away

from President Assad's rule. He is seeing Boris Johnson

to coordinate their approach, with the Foreign Secretary

apparently ready to urge new sanctions against Russia if it

does not give ground. But now President Assad's military

backers, Russia and Iran, are raising the temperature further,

warning of military retaliation if America repeats last week's

cruise-missile strikes. The Kremlin says those strikes show

America's total lack of willingness The whole focus of the talks over

the next couple of days here in this ancient fortified Tuscan city

will be on trying to send Rex Tillerson to Moscow

with the strongest-possible internationally-based message that

Russia has to change its behaviour, has to distance itself clearly

from President Assad. The problem is that all past efforts

to do just that have failed. James Reynolds is in Rome. How

difficult will it be for them to find unity in this? Extremely

difficult, I think. The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will be

having a one-on-one meeting with Rex Tillerson about now. Boris Johnson

cancelled his own trip to Moscow, you will remember. Essentially he

said, fair enough, Rex Tillerson is more important than me. You go to

Moscow instead of me but before you go, let's try to agree exactly what

on earth we are trying to achieve in Syria. A central question remains

unanswered. What is America's military strategy in Syria and what

is its strategy towards the Syrian ally, Russia? The air strikes last

week, where they are one off or part of a concerted campaign over the

next few weeks and months? Does America plan to fight President

Assad and their opponent Isis at the same time, and how on earth would

that work? It may be that these questions are far too difficult and

too corrugated to resolving two days of meetings in Tuscany, in which

case the foreign ministers may decide to release a statement

repeating their own earlier calls for there to be a transition in

Syria and for President Assad to step down. Rex Tillerson might then

take that to Moscow but the evidence of the last six years of Syrian

civil war and Russian support for President Assad has shown that they

will not pay a shred of attention to any calls for President Assad to

step down. Moscow continues to support Syria. James Reynolds, thank

you. Libor is the rate at which banks

lend to each other and that directly affects how much

we all pay for our Now the BBC has uncovered a secret

recording that implicates the Bank of England in the rigging

of the Libor rate. The 2008 recording adds to evidence

that the central bank repeatedly pressured commercial banks

during the financial crisis to push their Libor

interest rates down. It was obtained by our economics

correspondent, Andy Verity, The Libor scandal first blew up

in 2012, when Barclays boss Until recently, Libor used to be set

by a member of staff at the biggest banks,

called a submitter, saying what interest rate they thought

they'd have to pay to borrow money. An average was taken, called

the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate, It helps determine

how much the banks pay to get hold of funds to lend

and therefore what we pay on It also gives an indication

of how healthy The submitters were meant

to put in rates based only of the market for borrowing

and lending cash. Panorama has uncovered a phone call

on October 29th 2008, during the financial crisis,

when a senior Barclays banker, Mark Dearlove, tells the man

putting in Libor rates, Peter Johnson, to push

them down below the true cost of borrowing cash

because of pressure from above. We played the recording

to Chris Philp MP, a member If what Dearlove is saying

is true, that is shocking. This tape suggests that in fact

the Bank of England knew about it, and indeed were encouraging

or even instructing it. So we need an immediate

inquiry to find out exactly what is going on, given what we have

just heard on this tape. The recording was

never played to the juries in the recent trials

of Barclays bankers accused of conspiracy to defraud over so-called

trader manipulation of Libor. Another two, who are supposed

to be part of the same conspiracy, were

acquitted last week. You are asking me, do I think that

if all this was in, would it The Bank of England told Panorama

that Libor and other global benchmarks were not regulated

in the UK or elsewhere Andy is with me now. We heard from

one prosecutor. What other repercussions for the others? You

know that statement from the Bank of England. Libor was not regulated at

the time and the law on this was not clarified. It is obvious in common

that this is the wrong thing to do, not until 2014. The traders have

been speaking exclusively to Panorama tonight and they say

exactly the same thing as the Bank of England, it wasn't regulated. The

law was not clarified and it was not obviously wrong according to them.

It seems to be, they say, a double standard here. One trader who was

acquitted spoke to me and another is locked up. They all point out that

it is clear now that it was not only the traders who didn't think it was

clearly wrong, they thought it was OK. It has been said that the trader

manipulation whether traders ask for higher or lower Libors is more

serious than the sort of manipulation ordered by the Bank of

England because that was to save the financial system. Whether traders

say they did not make much money from this. And if you look at the

numbers, the shifts in Libor obtained were tiny, one 800th of 1%,

but the shifts that the Bank of England were asking for were 400

times the size. Thank you. You can see more on this

in Panorama: The Big Bank Fix Sweden has observed

a minute of silence in memory of the victims

of the truck attack in central Four people died and 15

were injured when a lorry drove Police say a 39-year-old Uzbek man

is the main suspect. On Stockholm's streets, time for

normality to return. Back to work for this sausage seller from hell

father daughter who had a lucky escape when the truck was driven at

his stall. TRANSLATION: There was only five

centimetres between my stand and the truck. Look how close it was!

Gilbert was saved because he was on a break across the street. Today he

told us he had to come back and set up and carry on. Why not? People

have to treat it as a normal day. We should not let what happened

frightened as. So, on time, doors opened at the damage department

store, a well-known Swedish name in the heart of the capital. After the

upset of Friday's tack and the uneasy feelings over the weekend,

there is now a real determination to show that life will carry on as it

did before. But there was also time to think about the victims who came

from three countries. The Royal family led a national minute of

silence. Sweden, Belgium, and the United Kingdom stand together in

warning the citizens we have lost. -- in mourning. Our three countries

have suffered horrendous acts of terrorism. We will never surrender

to terror. We will get through this together. Chris was the British

father of two who made his life in Sweden and died here. This morning,

investigators confirmed a woman from Belgium was killed along with an

11-year-old girl and a woman from Sweden for that they have questioned

more than 600 people and they are confident the failed asylum seeker

from Uzbekistan is the driver. Routine may have started to return

but security here it is still tight. who was murdered in last month's

Westminster attack, gets under way, colleagues pay tribute

to a man they call a "hero." All aboard - the first direct train

sets off for a 7,500 Later in the hour on BBC News, all

the latest from the BBC sports Centre.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in danger of being destroyed.

Scientists say coral bleaching - which effectively kills the coral -

now affects a 900 miles stretch of the reef.

Aerial surveys show the latest damage is concentrated

in the middle section, whereas last year bleaching

Experts now fear the severity of these two events will give

damaged coral little chance to recover.

Our correspondent Phil Mercer sent this report from Sydney.

Researchers say they were horrified when they discovered that,

for the first time, mass bleaching had affected the Great Barrier Reef

When it bleaches, the coral isn't dead, but it begins to starve

What concerns scientists is that more frequent bleaching,

which is caused by rising water temperatures, makes it harder

Last year, the northern third of the reef bleached severely.

And, this year, the central third of the reef has bleached severely.

It's not irreparable but it does depend on whether we have more

of these mass bleaching events occurring in the next few years.

Looking at the global warming trajectories,

There is evidence the bleaching is moving south, into areas that

have previously been unaffected by the degradation.

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is about the size of Italy or Japan

and is so big it can be seen from outer space.

The research team is warning that, to save one of nature's wonders,

Australia must take decisive action on climate change.

The Government in Canberra has acknowledged that global

warming was the biggest, long-term threat facing the reef

The question is, can the future of this unique wonderland be

Well, with me is our science editor David Shukman.

It looks very dramatic. Is it reversible? It can be. Yes. It takes

at least a decade for some corals to recover, to restore their

relationship with the algae which live inside them and provide the

energy. Other corals take longer. I was speaking to the lead scientist

in this research this morning, he said there was a patchy response

among the corals will stop some reeds are badly hit. There are lots

of different species involved. The key thing is whether the water

temperature returns to a normal level, a cooler level, allowing the

corals chance to recover. If it stays warm, it would be much harder.

Is it down to climate change? On top of that all sorts of other threats

like cyclones which ten up the reef. There are pesticides running off

through the rivers and down to the reef. Climate change is one of the

key things. The key fact is the water temperature. -- the key

factor. This bleaching event can lead to the death of the corals. The

more severe the heat wave in the ocean is, the greater the risk to

the reef. Thank you. A train carrying British goods left

Essex this morning for a 7,500 mile journey through seven countries

all the way to China. It will take just over two weeks

to reach its destination - The 30 containers are filled

with items ranging from medicines and baby products to fizzy

drinks and whisky. This train arrived from China back

in January, with over 40 Today, it is starting the return

journey, from Essex, through France, Germany,

Poland, Russia, Kazakhstan, and then reaching the east coast

of China in 17 days' time. The final containers are just

being put on the train now. There are 30 in total,

with all kinds of different products in, food and drink,

pharmaceuticals, baby products, all stuff that has been

made here in the UK, and will now start the journey

from here all the way over to China. We have these thin steel rails that

go 7,500 miles to China, Britain imports a lot

more than it exports, It is hoped this rail link

will increase that trade, London is the 15th European city

with a direct link to China. It is just one stopping point

in the new modern silk road. Jes Staley, the chief

executive of Barclays, will lose his annual bonus of more

than a million pounds, after two regulators opened

an investigation into his conduct He had tried to discover

who wrote a whistle-blowing Our business editor

Simon Jack is with me. What is this all about? Barclays

hired a senior person who was an old friend of Mr Daly. Letters were sent

to board members raising questions about past conduct and personal

issues in the background of this higher and his relationship with a

man. Whether they kept ties as they usually would on this appointment.

In a letter today, he said he thought this was not

whistle-blowing, it was an unfair personal attack and an attempt to

smear this person. The compliance people are Barclays said, back. This

is somewhere the chief executive should not be poking his nose.

Shortly they said, did they sort out the whistle-blowing stuff? He took

it as light as he could find out about it that that was incorrect.

Regulators are taking a dim view of this. Hunting down potential

whistle-blowers is taken very seriously because they are the eyes

and ears of the regulator sometimes in these organisations. This is a

serious matter and penalties can be severe but they can disbar people

from working in banking. Whistle-blowers are much more

protected species. There was an argument about whether this was

proper whistle-blowing and regulators will look into it. Thank

you very much. After 18 years of trying,

Sergio Garcia has finally broken his duck and claimed his first

major golfing title. He won the Masters, beating Justin

Rose in a sudden death playoff

at Augusta National in Georgia to become the third Spaniard to win

a major championship. His luck changed on what would

have been his fellow countryman and golfing great

Seve Ballesteros' 60th birthday. Our sports correspondent

Katie Gornall reports. this report contains flash

photography. A few years ago Sergio Garcia

claimed he was not good I felt today the calmest I have ever

felt on a major Sunday. Even after making a couple

of bogeys, I was still very positive, I still believed

that there were a lot of holes that I could get to,

and I had some really good It had been one of the great

duels in Masters golf. A two-horse race between Garcia

and his friend and Ryder Cup After 13 holes, Justin Rose had

a two-shot advantage. Would Garcia again buckle

under the pressure? This was when the doubters

became believers. The tension had become overwhelming.

With nothing to separate them over 18 holes,

the match went to a sudden-death play-off.

If it was not me, I feel good for him.

For years, Garcia has dreamed of following his idol and fellow

Spaniard Seve Ballesteros, a two-time winner of

Garcia's victory came on what would have been his 60th birthday.

A day when talent and fate came together for the perfect fit.

More now on our main story, the funeral of PC Keith Palmer,

who was murdered in last month's Westminster attack.

a live shot now from Westminster as the cortege leaves the Palace of

Westminster, where his body was lying in state last night with the

express permission of the Queen. It is now headed to Southwark Cathedral

and along the route thousands of police officers gathering to pay

their respects. Let's get the latest from our

correspondent Daniela Relph. As that funeral cortege moves from

Westminster to us here at Southwark Cathedral, it is fitting that the

funeral service for PC Keith Palmer will be here at Southwark. He was a

south London through and through and did most of his policing here in

south London. A fitting place for that funeral to be held. When the

cortege does arrive, you'll be greeted by the Dean of Southwark.

Also by the hundreds of police officers who are lining the

precincts of Southwark Cathedral. Many of them will have known Keith

Palmer or worked with him over the years. During the funeral service

itself we will hear a poem read by the new Commissioner of the

Metropolitan Police Service and there will also be a reading from

the Gospel of John, which talks of laying down one's life for one's

friends. Thank you very much. Yesterday we had a taste of early

summer with temperatures soaring away. We had the warmest day of the

year so far with temperatures climbing up to 25.5 Celsius in

Cambridge. The summer heat is ebbing away. Things are cooling down.

Yesterday's 25 degrees across a number of spots. Today, temperatures

round about 12 Celsius lower. Not all doom and gloom. North-westerly

winds pushing the air away. The north-westerly winds are bringing

relatively clear skies. Cool air but heated by the relatively strong

April sun was that that is where we are seeing the cloud bubbling up.

You can see some patchy cloud in Wales. A few sunny spells getting

through that layer of cloud. It is one of those days where in the

breeze out of the sun it will feel on the cool side. In the sunshine it

will feel pleasant enough with temperatures close to normal for the

time of year, albeit a good deal cooler than yesterday. There will be

one or two showers around. These will ease over the next few hours.

There will be showers across the north of Scotland. Some of those

will be heavy running into the northern Isles, even the odd bit of

hail. Overnight, the cloud will melt away got up there could be some

sunshine. It will then turn quite chilly and we will get ground frost

in the coldest areas. Further north, the cloudier skies in the north and

west. The rain will be with us for much of Tuesday, particularly into

the Highlands of Scotland. The Western and northern isles are also

looking soggy. A bit of sunshine coming through across England and

Wales in the south. Temperatures between 11 and 16 degrees into the

middle part of the week, this weather front slide its way

southwards. Dash slides its way. If you are to the east of high ground

or across the South, not a great deal of rain on this front as it

heads southwards. Looking towards the end of the week, there's quiet

spell of weather is set to continue. Quite a bit of cloud around. On

Friday we could see a few more breaks in the cloud with sunshine

coming through. For the Easter weekend, quite a bit of dry weather.

There will be some showers around. The showers will get heavier across

the North and east. The risk of hail and thunder as well.

A reminder of our main story this lunchtime...

As the the funeral of PC Keith Palmer, who was murdered

in last month's Westminster attack, gets under way colleagues pay

tribute to a man they call a "hero."

Thousands of officers have travelled to London for the service. Those

unable to do so will hold a two-minute silence outside police

stations at two p.m.. That's all from the BBC News at

One, so it's goodbye from me - and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

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