it out of his field to me and pulled it out of his pocket and waved it at me. that's when i went to pieces, my legs went like jelly and i went light—headed because i knew what it was. this isn't the first time there's been such a significant find around here. the staffordshire horde was found seven the staffordshire horde was found seve n years the staffordshire horde was found seven years ago. but this is a thousand years older and it's the first of its kind from that period. this is a spectacular find. these four torks made out of gold are unique. it's surprisingly heavy. this would have been worn around the neck of a wealthy woman 2500 years ago and it's a period of british history about which we know very little. they were either buried for safe keeping or as an offering to the gods and were probably made in france or germany. it's really suggesting that excitingly we might be seeing new connections with the continent that we didn't know about before. when they opened up the box and got them out and i was able to

see and handle them for the first time, idid see and handle them for the first time, i did feel slightly faint. they're incredible beautiful objects, so beautifully made, incredibly made. melted down, this gold would fetch more than £10,000, but it's worth much more than that. 0nce valued, the land will be chaired between the landowner and the metal detectors. scary but nice. happy days. time for a look at the weather. in north—west england this morning, this was one weather watcher view from scotland, similar views in manchester, stockport, north wales, stretching towards the peak district as well. plenty of showers, still plenty out there at the moment drifting south—east ward, but sleet and snow tending to be on higher ground, at lower levels more hailand rain. higher ground, at lower levels more hail and rain. thunder and lightning

have pushed through the midlands, into east anglia and the south—east. there are showers feeding into northern scotland of a wintry flavour. elsewhere in scotland, actually a lot of dry, sunny weather into north—east england. heavy showers in northern ireland. that batch feeding into north—west england and wales as the afternoon goes on. more snow, but more especially on the hills. sunny spells in—between this. it's a windy day here and this batch of showers feeding on across east anglia and the south—east after the sunshine. umbrellas at the ready. lots of showers around going into the evening. 0vernight, most of these will tend to fade away. we are left with a few in northern ireland, with one 01’ with a few in northern ireland, with one or two icy patches around and snow showers in northern scotland giving a few centimetres, even to lower levels. a frost around for many, more especially across the northern half of the uk. tomorrow the first day of meteorological spring and some sunshine around,

still wintry showers in northern scotland, one or two for northern ireland and northern england. this feeds into south wales to give a dull, damp afternoon. a little less cold here. chilly with sunny spells. i want to show you this area of rain feeding north across england and wales tomorrow evening and night. could have a bit of sleet and snow on its northern flank. becoming windy in wales and southern england. sunshine and showers on thursday, a blowy day, seeing heavier downpours reaching parts of wales and the midlands. that's the latest forecast. that is all from the bbc news at 0ne. now time for the news teams where you are. bye. i'm ben brown at the royal courts ofjustice where in the last hour the travel firm tui has been responding to the findings of the coroner at the inquests into the deaths of the 30 people killed by a gunman at a tunisian resort. the coroner had strong words for the

security forces in tunisia who he said had failed to prevent the deaths and their response to the killing in sousse injune 2015 of 38 tourists had been a shambolic and at worst cowardly. he also rejected a finding of neglect the families of the victims wanted him to bring in. they said the tourist company tui, owners of thomson holidays, had been neglectful because they did not adequately assure there was good security at the resort ‘s where the tourists were staying. a solicitor for 22 of the families said there will be civil proceedings seeking financial compensation against tui. tui's uk managing director has been

giving his condolences to the families and saying they have been changes in the light of what happened in sousse almost two years ago. what happened on that tragic day in tunisia shocked and devastated all of us. our immediate heartfelt condolences went to the family and friends of those tragically affected. 0n family and friends of those tragically affected. on behalf of eve ryo ne tragically affected. on behalf of everyone at tui uk i again would like to extend our deepest sympathies. we are so very sorry for their pain and loss. we have heard very personal and moving account of what happened during that attack. we have played a full and active role throughout the inquest and we, like others, wanted to understand the circumstances surrounding these tragic events. we have now heard the coroner's findings and his comments

regarding the provision of security. these are complex matters and we have already taken steps to raise awareness and together with the travel industry in light of these comments we must now take some time to further reflect on these areas. that they the world changed. as an industry we have adapted and will need to continue to do so. this incident left a mark on all of us and the impact will always be remembered. that was the managing director of tui uk speaking in response to what the families have said, a solicitor for 22 of the families of those who died at that resort in sousse. she said the families, relatives and the reeve will be launching civil

proceedings against tui because they believe the company was neglectful. during the past seven weeks both the coroner and families we represent have heard shocking evidence about the level of security at the riu imperial marhaba the level of security at the riu imperial marha ba hotel during the terrorist attack. the terror level in tunisia had been escalating for some time prior to june in tunisia had been escalating for some time prior tojune 2015 which included a field suicide bomb attempt at a beach in sousse and following the terrifying events at the museum in march 2015 the tunisian minister of tourism issued a letter requiring hotels to improve security but tragically these steps we re security but tragically these steps were not implemented at the riu imperial marhaba were not implemented at the riu imperial marha ba hotel. were not implemented at the riu imperial marhaba hotel. tui, who organise the holidays for the victims, stated they were unaware of the letter from the ministry of tourism and given the events

elsewhere in tunisia tui field to order the adequate security at the riu imperial marhaba 0rdeal. —— failed to order. it is crucial if whole travel industry learns from in sousse to reduce the risk of other incidents in the future. our clients are grateful to the coroner for as capable and sensitive handling of proceedings and feel he has been fairand proceedings and feel he has been fair and thorough proceedings and feel he has been fairand thorough in proceedings and feel he has been fair and thorough in his investigation and appreciate how he has tried to ensure throughout that the families come first. on behalf of those who lost family members and suffered injuries in this incident, we will now prepare to commence civil proceedings against tui. the inquest was about those who tragically lost their lives and they must never be forgotten and families hope no one else will ever have to suffer the same fate in the. thank you. that was a solicitor

representing 22 of the families of the tunisian massacre victims. let's stop to travel editor of the independent. we heard the families wa nt to ta ke independent. we heard the families want to take legal civil action against the owners of thomson holidays. it comes down to the question of what extent is a holiday company responsible for security when it sends customers to a resort like sousse. that is the critical point which nick longman, the managing director, did not tackle. he of course expressed his deep sorrow and this clearly has been a terrible event for the travel company but of course not on the same scale as the grief felt by the relatives. he dealt on the travel advice aspect and now if you break it thomson holiday online you can barely move without being the foreign office advice. —— if you try

to book. what is upsetting is the degree to which his company and other operators are responsible for checking security. —— what is crucial. when it comes to security, it isa crucial. when it comes to security, it is a bit too difficult and is one of those things which every travel industry has to say, we will do a full security audit of every property and that will transform things are very much. the relatives feel their loved ones died, some would say, needlessly, because of so many shortcomings we have just heard about. if you are watching this and thinking of putting it holiday to turkey or egypt. tunisia or anywhere with the terrorist attack recently, what has changed in terms of what the travel company will tell you 7 they should be more upfront. the

very first line of the travel club of conduct is to make sure people make the right decision and are in possession of all the facts. —— code of conduct. any conflict with the history of terrorism act would have to include foreign office advice and the individuals can then wake up if the individuals can then wake up if the risk is tolerable. that will become much more widespread, i think. it is very difficult to see positives from this tragic case but of holiday makers themselves are more tuned into what is happening in the world and realising if you are going to other tunisia you have a long and leaky frontier, 300 miles with libya, a failed state, you can start to make your own conclusions. personally, i said there soon as the foreign office says it is tolerably low to go back. but an awful lot of

people, we have been hearing, simply are saying, relatives would not have been there if they knew the full fa cts . been there if they knew the full facts. we welcome back to you in a moment, simon. iwant facts. we welcome back to you in a moment, simon. i want to touch on something else the coroner said. he talks about the tunisian security forces and their response to the shooting and how that response was at best shambolic and at worst cowardly. very strong words indeed from the coroner. we have had a response to that criticism from the ambassador of tunisia to the uk. this can happen everywhere in the world and it has happened elsewhere in the world in those very countries where you have the most sophisticated police, army and intelligence. this can happen

everywhere and it has happened everywhere. after sousse, it has happened elsewhere in europe and in the most sophisticated democracies in the world. that was the tunisian ambassador to the uk. simon, i suppose in terms of tourists thinking of going to tunisia they would be deterred, not only by terror attacks, but also by the coroner saying their security forces are shambolic and maybe even cowardly. i'd see a great deal will have changed in tunisia. i have been there a number of times and it is a wonderful destination and they recognise there are many great people in the tourist industry and no doubt the authorities will make sure this set of circumstances could not possibly happen again. however it is very damning and the tunisian ambassador earlier speaking to the bbc today said tunisia is not more

dangerous than london. i am afraid there is many circumstances suggesting it is more dangerous and it is unhelpful to suggest all places in the world are equally at risk of terror attacks, they are not. it is more crucial than ever people work at the overall risks. ultimately, these tragic 30 deaths we have heard about, represented about 5% of total british holiday—makers who died abroad. but i travelling i am afraid i put terrorist attacks in the same bracket as plane crashes. very unlikely. i am bracket as plane crashes. very unlikely. iam much bracket as plane crashes. very unlikely. i am much more worried about crossing the road. road accidents and water accidents and far more likely to take their toll and if we got a bit more perspective but we are the risks are and be prepared to make our own assessments hopefully we will be able to travel more safely. but i am afraid tunisia

will have a long time to recover. simon calder, thank you. the inquest is now completed and the coroner completed his conclusions by going through each of the british victims of the massacre at the resort in sousse, naming each victim and saying exactly where and at what time and how they died. those victims ranging in age from 19 to 80. it was —— he was very emotional as he went through his conclusions. that is the result of the inquest you into the deaths of those 30 british tourists, the biggest loss of british life to terrorism since the 7/7 bombings in 2005. back to you in the schedule. —— in the

studio. private us aerospace company spacex has announced plans to fly two paying passengers around the moon next year. it will be the first manned mission to deep space in more than a0 years. greg dawson reports. it remains the pinnacle of human exploration. but since this nasa apollo 17 mission in 1972, nobody has since made the 240,000 mile journey to the moon. this is the company that claims that's about to change. space x, the commercial us rocket company has announced plans to send two private citizens on a lunar journey late next year. their owner, the entrepreneur elon musk tweeted — "fly me to the moon — 0k." an astronomicaljourney like this comes with an astronomical price tag, potentially hundreds of millions of dollars. mr musk revealed little about the mystery travellers except they paid a significant deposit and that they are aware of all the risks of human space travel.

the late 2018 deadline for this flight is ambitious. space x has had problems in the past. last september, one of its rockets exploded on its launch pad in florida. but it represents a new era of the space race with private companies, not countries, competing against each other. lift—off. .. nasa has given its support to the plans which, if successful, will launch the era of space tourism. greg dawson, bbc news. with me is per wimmer who knows spacex's elon musk and is actually one of the first ticket holders for richard branson's space travel venture virgin galactic. it is fairto it is fair to say you will be going up it is fair to say you will be going up to space quite soon. you have done the training. you are all quite

excited7 done the training. you are all quite excited? very excited. it always ta kes a excited? very excited. it always takes a little bit longer and cost more than you think but it is a fantastic journey and it more than you think but it is a fantasticjourney and it is great it is finally opening up. i have travelled as an adventurer on earth to 72 countries and set a world record by skydiving from mount everest. you have been called indiana jones meets james bond. in terms of this obsession with space, as you say, it is not cheap. how much do you think this will cost them7 how much do you think this will cost them? i would guess close to $100 million, looking at the cost of getting there, fuel and launching a rocket. to go to the international space station is around $62 million flying on elon musk‘s space x.

elon musk has paid for the patent which is the major apollo mission left. it is so exciting and it is rolling back history. we are back in the 19605 with the excitement about space and how we saw the apollo programme slowly move forward. apollo eights going around the moon and coming back and that paved the way forjfk's big apollo 11 mission. to describe you as a space to list is not fair because you have done all the training and you will be flying listing. i have done a lot of training. i have done centrifuge will you spend around —— spin around. i have done both versions

but i like the russian version a lot because it is a very big centrifuge and can pull 30 g5. in terms of training, where there are moments when you thought, why on earth ami are moments when you thought, why on earth am i doing this? because it is tough. it is prof. you have the equivalent of six people standing on top of you. —— it is tough. but it is what we do and what we love doing and it is very exciting at each step. i have been flying fighter jets in russia at three times the speed of sound and that is pretty cool speed of sound and that is pretty cool. when you see the curvature of the earth at that height, 80,000 feet. they were risk, is that a word you or yourfamily feet. they were risk, is that a word you or your family recognise, because it is fraught with danger,

however careful you are? does that for sure however careful you are? does that forsure mine7 however careful you are? does that for sure mine? it does. i am also in the financial business and we do look at risk every day but when it comes to adventure i am willing to goa comes to adventure i am willing to go a little bit further but not crazy risks. i am comfortable with a single digit type risk. you signed up single digit type risk. you signed up with three trips, so in your opinion, who will win the battle? is that richard bra nson opinion, who will win the battle? is that richard branson or elon musk‘s who will make that? i think we are all winners because it is about more space rather than less but in terms of who will come first, or what the last decade it is like watching the tour de fr last decade it is like watching the tourde fr —— last decade it is like watching the tour de fr —— tour de france. but i think with this trip we are

realistic to launch within12—18 months. you think space x will be later than 20187 months. you think space x will be later than 2018? i think it will be slightly later but elon mask is a very capable guy and a visionary. slightly later but elon mask is a very capable guy and a visionarylj hope we can talk about it again before you make the trip, but thank you for coming in. that is claims that we should stop that run the government should stop brexit if no deal is agreed within two years. brexit if no deal is agreed within two yea rs. let's brexit if no deal is agreed within two years. let's go to the bcc conference. i am outside the bcc's annual conference and we just heard from borisjohnson talking about how britain can lead the world again in free—trade agreements. there were

times in the past when trade barriers did not exist and that is when britain was fighting and we should do that again. with me is the president of the south chamber of commerce. you do not want to see britain leave the single market but we have already heard from the prime minister that will happen. there is confusion at the moment and in terms of how the devolved authorities have been commenting. for welsh businesses we need clarity because cardiff say they want to stay in the single market and then when you look at the brexit white paper that says we will leave and we have to recognise as businesses life goes on and we must deal with business on a day to day basis. where we look for clarity is what the future looks like that is particularly important for the movement of goods and services. the prime minister made it clear she

wa nts to prime minister made it clear she wants to leave single market and wobble businesses do after that —— wattle businesses do in wales after that? looking at the uncertainty what businesses are seeing about what businesses are seeing about what the single market looks like a practical things. for me, what the single market looks like a practicalthings. for me, looking what the single market looks like a practical things. for me, looking at vat, that is very much a european packs and yet none of the white papers are talking about what the vat model will look like. —— european packs. businesses also have to deal with vat changes coming from the eu at the moment so i am looking for clarity on a very practical and specific things businesses deal with ona specific things businesses deal with on a daily basis. and the consequences will be? if you look at the vat system in europe currently

we are governed by court european principles and we cannot have a lower rate than 15% for example, what we did benefits such as simplification around the movement of goods and trading and other european member states. if we lose access to those simplifications welsh and uk businesses will face additional trading costs because they have to register in other member states. thank you. i will be backin member states. thank you. i will be back in an hour with more news from the british chambers of commerce. first the weather. 0ne the british chambers of commerce. first the weather. one of those theories but you can think it is a nice sunny day but then a shower comes and you get drenched. notjust the rain, we started to date was snowed in north—west england. similar picture in manchester and north wales and the peak district.

those showers have spread southeast across england and wales over the past few hours. snow pending now to be just past few hours. snow pending now to bejust on past few hours. snow pending now to be just on higher ground. past few hours. snow pending now to bejust on higher ground. thunder and lightning in south—west england and lightning in south—west england and that continues as the feed down towards the south—east. a fair amount of sunny weather in scotland and north east england but winter showers in northern scotland and that will continue tonight into tomorrow. largely fine in north—east england with sunny spells. showers easing in northern ireland. south wales in south—west england have the odd shower but strong winds. these are the showers in east anglia at lipm. some heady ones. plenty of showers going into the evening but they will fade overnight. more showers in northern scotland, falling as snow in places and

turning things quite icy. elsewhere frost and some icy patch as possible. a quietly elsewhere tomorrow away from the showers. 0ne or two tomorrow away from the showers. 0ne ortwo in tomorrow away from the showers. 0ne or two in northern ireland and north—west england and this room feeding into southern england as the day goes on. —— these showers feeding. still a chilly feel but some sunny spells between showers. tomorrow evening, uncertainty but this weather feeds further north and there could be some sleet and snow and turning windy in parts of wales and turning windy in parts of wales and southern england. thursday looks quite windy, also. the heaviest showers and parts of wales and into the midlands and perhaps northern england. fraley at the weekend, low pressure from the south west england and wales will see the wettest weather and scotland and northern

ireland somewhat drier. this weekend is the first weekend of meteorological spring. is the first weekend of meteorologicalspring. more is the first weekend of meteorological spring. more on our weather website. back in half an hour. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown live at the royal courts of justice where a coroner has condemned the police response during the tunisia terror attack that left 30 british tourists dead. as a lone gunman set about killing as many tourists as he could, the coroner said the police were at best shambolic, at worst cowardly. 0ne survivor who risked his life to save others says he saw no police on the beach

for at least 20 minutes. police waited, police painted. they had. that's unforgivable. —— the head. we will have the latest from inquest after six weeks, and has finally drawn to a close.