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. one 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. the inquests were about those who tragically lost their lives, they

must never be forgotten. their families hope that no one else will ever have to suffer the same fate. the other headlines. former chancellor george osborne warns of significant risk to the english economy after brack said. a senior police officer says not all paedophiles should be incarcerated. the 21—year—old woman and her partner murdered by her ex boyfriend in a frenzied stabbing — he's been jailed for at least 23 years. found in a field in staffordshire — the iron age necklaces thought to be more than two thousand years old go on public display. good afternoon from the royal courts

ofjustice will we have seen the conclusion of the inquest into the deaths of 30 british tourists who died in tunisia injune 2015. ata resort near sousse. they were killed bya resort near sousse. they were killed by a lone gunman. 38 people died altogether, 30 of them british. at the inquest here, the coroner said that all of the british victims had been unlawfully killed. he went through them one by one, giving details of where they had died, what time they had died, and how exactly they had died. he was strongly critical, he said their response to the massacre had been at best shambolic and at worst cowardly but he rejected requests from the families of those who died to say that the holiday company who has

taken the tourists to sousse were neglectful in the way they failed to check out security at the hotel and the resort. the families of those killed had been hoping the pop coroner's conclusions today would say neglect had played a part in the deaths of their loved ones, particularly at their loved ones, particularly at the lack of security at the hotel they were staying at. but there was disappointment. the coroner judged no verdict of neglect is open, because he had not found gross deficiencies or that those deficiencies or that those deficiencies were directly linked to their deaths. but he did go on to say that the police response to the attack was at best shambolic, and at worst cowardly. nowadays, alan pembroke leads a normal life working at this london company. but he was on the beach at the time of the

attack. realising no is helping the injured, he did something quite extraordinary. running back into the scene of the attack after taking his wife to the safety of their hotel. iran i ran towards the gunfire, where i could see bodies on the beach. i hit the deck, and as i hit the sand, i literally fell into a lady. i could see she was moving, semiconscious, she had some severe gunshot wounds. i dressed her hand and covered her wrists with a scarf i had pulled down off a beach umbrella. she told me she had pain in her leg and i noticed she had a hole in her leg, so noticed she had a hole in her leg, soi noticed she had a hole in her leg, so i gota noticed she had a hole in her leg, so i got a beach towel and i wrapped it around her leg to compress the injury and stop the bleeding. mr pembroke's actions saved the life of the woman, whose husband lay dead

beside her. he is haunted by what he saw, and angry at the failure of the tunisian police to intervene in time. i was on the beach for 20 minutes with cheryl alone. i saw no military or medical staff, it is only in recent reports that i found that the police waited. they fainted, they hid. that is unforgivable. they need to be held accountable for that. just three months earlier, foreign tourists had been targeted in an attack by islamist extremists in the capital tunis. 20 were killed. but the foreign office did not change its overall travel advice. the colour—coded map on its website remained green for the coastal areas. tourists could still go even though the foreign office was warning of a high risk of terrorism. all 30 british tourists killed in

the attack had booked their holidays with the travel company to eat. today the coroner highlighted how staff had been told that if tunisia had been safe, they should save the overall level of foreign office advice had not changed, that it was business as usual. there was no mention of the risk of terrorism. for those who lost loved ones in this horrific attack, the legal fight will continue now in the civil courts. they are planning to bring personal injury and fatal accident claims against the travel company tui. they deny the allegations of neglect. as richard was saying there, families of those who died wanted the coroner today to say that there had been neglected by tui, the pa rent had been neglected by tui, the parent company of thomson holidays, in terms of the vulnerability of the

hotel and the resort where their customers were staying. the coroner refused to do that, saying that would amount to gross negligence. if he had said that it was neglect. but the victim's family ‘s lawyer, kylie hutchinson, came out after the end of the inquest and said that the families will be seeking legal action, will be taking litigation and civil proceedings against tui in search of financial compensation. they believe the company was neglectful. during the past seven weeks, both the coroner and the families we represent have had shocking evidence about the level of security precautions at the hotel at the time of the terrorist attack. the level of terrorist threat in tunisia had been escalating for some time prior to 20th ofjune 2015. this included a failed suicide bomb attempt at a beach in sousse.

following the terrifying events at the bardo following the terrifying events at the ba rdo museum following the terrifying events at the bardo museum in march 2015, new jersey minister of tourism issued a letter requiring hotels to improve security measures. tragically these steps were not implemented at the hotel. tui, the tour operator, who organised the holidays for the victims, has stated that it was unaware of the letter from the minister of tourism. even more surprising, given the events in bardo and elsewhere, tui failed to order the adequacy of security at the hotel. it is now crucial that the hotel. it is now crucial that the entire travel industry learns from what happened in sousse to reduce the risk of similar catastrophic incident in the future. our clients are very grateful to the coronerfor his careful our clients are very grateful to the coroner for his careful and sensitive handling of the inquest proceedings. they feel he has been there and thorough in his investigation and appreciate how he has tried to ensure throughout the

families come first. on behalf of oui’ families come first. on behalf of our clients who lost members of theirfamily, our clients who lost members of their family, and those who suffered injuries, this terrible incident —— in this terrible incident, we will be pursuing action against tui. they must never be forgotten. their families hope that no one else ever had to suffer the same fate in future. that was kylie hutchinson, a solicitor representing 22 of the families outlining that they will be taking civil proceedings against tui. we had an immediate response from tui‘s uk managing director. this is what he had to say. what happened on that tragic day in tunisia shocked and devastated all of us. our immediate heartfelt condolences went to the families and friends of those so tragically affected. on behalf of everyone at

tui uk, i would affected. on behalf of everyone at tui uk, iwould like affected. on behalf of everyone at tui uk, i would like to again extend oui’ tui uk, i would like to again extend our deepest sympathies. we are so very sorry for the pain and loss those affected have suffered. over these last few weeks, we have heard very personal and moving accounts of what happened during and after the terrorist attack. we have played a full and active role throughout the process of the inquest and we, like others, wanted to understand the specific circumstances surrounding these tragic events. we have now heard the coroner's findings and his comments regarding the provision of security and visibility of travel advice. these are complex matters. but we have already taken steps to raise awareness of the travel where campaign. together with the travel industry in the light of these comments, we must now take some time to further reflect on these areas. on that day, the world changed. as an industry, we have adapted and we

need to continue to do so. this terrorist incident left its mark on all of us, and its impact will a lwa ys all of us, and its impact will always be remembered. thank you. i 110w always be remembered. thank you. i now have time for questions. i think that what we felt was appropriate at that what we felt was appropriate at that time was in the way we were giving travel advice. we have changed significantly since then. the coroner talked about how travel advice should be provided and since then we have now got travel advice links to the sco campaign. in all of oui’ links to the sco campaign. in all of our communication with customers and in travel agents, there are cards on desks and our agents are now trained split to specifically tell people about the sco. that was the managing director of tui uk there, with his response. it has been a gruelling and harrowing experience for relatives and those victims of the massacre in tunisia who have been sitting through the inquest listening to evidence about how

their loved ones died. we can talk now to olivia lethally who is a survivor and an eyewitness who was in the hotel the day it happened in sousse. olivia, you heard first of all what was going on because you we re all what was going on because you were on the balcony your hotel room. that's when you heard explosions. we thought it was fireworks, turned out it was a grenade. the subsequent fire we did not hear, because we we re fire we did not hear, because we were in the lobby. what did you think was going on when you heard that commotion? we thought it was fireworks because the hotel representatives were silly, and generally likes trying to have fun and having a nice time. we thought it was them messing about. neither of us had ever heard gunfire in real life before. no one was taking it seriously, but then it became clear was a terrorist attack. what happened there? there were quite a

few tourists and the hotel lobby, within and around about eight to ten minutes became clear that what was a ptly minutes became clear that what was aptly happening. subsequent to that, somebody shouted that he was inside the lobby where we were stood and started firing. you were on the phone to your father? what was he saying? he was praying. that was praying. god be with my daughter, i was screaming how much i loved him. tell everyone else i love them. and running, basically. what was going through your mind? weirdly, nothing. just pure terror. you do not think. i thought i would be a lot braver than i was. i thought i would have been able to handle myself better than i did. when we finally did get

inside, i promptly vomited everywhere. i shook for about two hours. obviously, it just everywhere. i shook for about two hours. obviously, itjust goes to show that nothing prepares you for that kind of thing to happen. couple of years later almost, does it still... obviously, it lives with you. do you have nightmares? only recently. about a month ago i have been diagnosed with ptsd. i've only just started having nightmares. everyone is different, it will affect everybody, from the families to people like myself, in so many different ways. one thing that i loved after, when everybody was back in the hotel and he had been shot, it did not matter where you are from

what language you spoke, everyone was looking after everyone. everyone was looking after everyone. everyone was cuddling and comforting those who were crying. it was a really nice, moving moment of humanity. it was nice to have something so... i don't know, so lovely after something so awful. in contrast, the coroner has been very critical of the tunisian security forces and their response. they got there so late. a0 minutes or so. he said their response was potentially cowardly. shambolic, even cowardly. i agree. does that make you angry? it does. more on behalf of the families, we are the lucky ones. that is what they are trained for. people who do go abroad on holiday put their trust in people like that to protect them. they did not do theirjob. thank you olivia. olivia

blair, who was in the hotel that day. we are also joined by kiran mitchell, a lawyer representing the family of one of the victims. keirin, can you give us your response to what the coroner said in his concluding remarks? the family are slightly disappointed with the verdict, but except that the coroner was constrained in what he was allowed to say by law. they are heartened by some of the comments made in the summing up, where deficiencies were identified and criticisms were implied. what with the family have liked the coroner to say? we made submissions requesting that the coroner make a finding of unlawful killing as the cause of death. caused to impart all contributed to the lack of consideration for the threat of a terrorist attack. spell out what that lack of consideration you believe, was. there was an obvious

failure to audit the hotel for security. by the holiday company? by tui. there was a specific threat to tourists, yet no steps were taken to audit the security available at the hotel. the terraced himself was walking past a number of hotels before arriving at the imperial, making it quite clear this was an easy target as far as he was concerned. you think because of a lack of cctv, security guards, and so on? relatively speaking, the lack of cctv is quite astounding compared to other hotels in the region. armed guards, not so much, because we are led to believe there were not really a viable option. but certainly there we re a viable option. but certainly there were three security guards, and that really was not sufficient. you think that hotel where they died was specifically targeted because it was

seen by the terrorist and others who worked with him as a soft target? we think that is certainly a possibility. what has been the reaction of your clients that the coroner did not come to the conclusion that there had been a neglect? we accept that he was constrained by the law. what about foreign office advice, on their website? that changed slightly after the attack. there had been three months before the attack in sousse in the museum, but it did not tell people not to go to tunisia. we do not have any direct criticism of the foreign office. it is not our area to interfere. we would have liked a change in advice specifically to the attention of people booking holidays attention of people booking holidays at the time. thank you very much.

that is the end of the inquest, but not the end of the story. as you have been hearing, the families of the victims are planning to take civil proceedings and civil action against tui, the holiday company. for those deficiencies as they see them, and as they see it, neglect. that is the latest from the royal courts ofjustice. it's coming up to 20 past two. these are our headlines. a coroner has condemned the response during a tunisian terror attack that left 30 tourist dead. one survivor who risked his life to save others saw no police on the beach for 20 minutes. george osborne warns of significant risk to britain's economy of theresa may fails to secure a trade deal after brexit. in sport, shakespeare has been

picked as the favourite to lead leicester city. mark mcghee has been sacked after winning just two of their last games, they lost 5—1 at home to dundee on saturday. surrey fast bowler has been called up for england squad one—day series against the west indies. as cover forjake ball who are struggling with a knee injury. morejust after ball who are struggling with a knee injury. more just after half past. britain's most senior child protection police officer says paedophiles who pose no physical threat to children shouldn't be prosecuted. simon bailey says the system has reached "saturation point", with a00 men a month being arrested. but instead ofjailing them all, he said police should focus on those who posed the greatest threat to children, with ‘lower—level‘ offenders being offered rehabilitation. dan johnson reports. as more and more images of child abuse and up online, more people are being discovered viewing them. the senior officer in charge of child protection says the police have reached saturation point, and we should now target the most

serious offenders behind the abuse, and stop jailing others. we need to be focusing upon those men, and occasionally women, but predominantly those men who are intent on raping and physically assaulting some of the most vulnerable members of our society. that's what i'm focused on stopping. look at the numbers, four years ago, officers in england investigated 21,000 child abuse offences. by 2015, that had jumped to 39,000. the police gave a struggling to cope. we recognise the police concerns with resources, but the focus needs to be on child protection. we need to remember, with every one of these images, we are looking at a crime scene and a child abused. the chief constable knows his proposal will be met with opposition, the way we deal with sex offenders and child abusers is always a controversial issue. but there is such strain, he says that something has to change.

some find the idea of any paedophile avoiding prison on think of all. it's all a slippery slope, and we need zero tolerance but if the resources are as stretched as he said, isn't it right to focus on the more serious offenders? i find it fickle to categorise a child that is being raped in a local park and a child who is being raped in thailand or bulgaria, or some part of greater london, it's all very serious. the home office took a firm line this morning, describing viewing child abuse images as a terrible crime that should be treated such. it says that strong criminal justice sanctions remain the response. the prisons minister, sam gyimah, has condemned plans for industrial action atjails in england and wales. from tomorrow members of the prison officers association

will withdraw from voluntary duties, including manning "tornado" teams which respond to outbreaks of disorder. holly hamilton has more. this is what the prisons minister has been saying as he spoke in the house of commons this afternoon. the duties and that the prison officers association refers to in the bulletin are not voluntary duties. these are duties that are a fundamental part of a prison officer pulls back role, and a essential to running a safe and decent prison. they include: assessment for those at risk of suicide, first aid, training and intervention, hostage negotiation. the instructions by the poa are clearly designed to disrupt the safe and decent running of prisons. we have made a pay offer to all operational staff in prisons

which was the maximum we could make. in addition, we offered a £1000 retention payment to all operational staff and a reduction in pension age to 65 -- staff and a reduction in pension age to 65 —— from 65. we were disappointed that this offer was rejected by the poa membership. despite being endorsed by the poa leadership. this year's pay award is now a matter for the leadership. this year's pay award is now a matterfor the independent prison service pay review body. which will take evidence from all parties and reports to the government in april. george osborne has said the us tee british economy is at risk if theresa may fails to secure a trade deal. borisjohnson reiterated the government ‘s view the brexit was an opportunity for a great free trading

company. let's go to our assistant medical editor. is it a bit more project beer, certainly something theresa may could do without? my senses we are beginning to see the return of the big beasts of the remaining campaign, who are staring from their slumber. we had john major last night, just a week ago tony blair, now the former chancellor george osborne all weighing in over mrs mays approached over brexit. the implications of ha rd over brexit. the implications of hard brexit in particular, with mr osborne are very deliberately warning mrs may not to go down the road of just warning mrs may not to go down the road ofjust walking out of the negotiation room if she does not get any sort of deal. his fear that that would mean british companies would face huge tariffs, if they wanted to export to the rest of the eu, there would also be new regulations and new administrative burdens. that would of course have a knock—on effect for trade and the economy. more than that, he also dismissed

the idea that liam fox and others we re the idea that liam fox and others were arguing, that britain can make up were arguing, that britain can make upforany were arguing, that britain can make up for any loss with the eu by getting new trade deals with countries like australia and new zealand, mr osborne today said that could never make up for the loss of our trading arrangements with the eu. have a listen to what he said. let's make sure we go on doing trade with our biggest export market, otherwise we are drawing from the single market, the single biggest act of protectionism in the history of the uk. no amount of trade deals with new zealand are going to replace the trade that we do at the moment with our big european neighbours. interestingly, today at cabinet the brexit secretary david davis told fellow cabinet ministers that the government had to be prepared, even though it was not their desired outcome, they had to be prepared to walk away without any sort of deal. precisely what mr osborne was warning against. a little after the former chancellor

had spoken, boris johnson little after the former chancellor had spoken, borisjohnson addressed the british chamber of commerce and was asked a very directly about george osborne's comments. global britain. acting in the interest of the world security, protecting our values the world security, protecting our values overseas, the world security, protecting our values overseas, and campaigning for a global open world is the way forward. that is what we want to follow, and i cannot believe for a second that those were the words of my old friend george. but if they were, i could not fail to disagree with you. more. laughteri were, i could not fail to disagree with you. more. laughter i can assure mrjohnson those most certainly worthy words of his good friend george. i get the sense that what we are beginning to see is not some sort of coordinated push back by the old remaining team, but we are beginning to see them slowly trying to marshal their arguments and trying to recover from the

shattering defeat of the referendum. albeit, mr osborne insists he is not trying to unpick the results of the referendum. thank you norman. time for a look at the weather. large parts of scotland in north—east england having fine weather this afternoon, just the odd shower here but plenty of showers to be found elsewhere. loads in northern ireland, just begin to ease a bit. fresh batches arriving now. sun bearing down on the south east. the latest batch will reach the east later this evening. but look at midnight, a lot of these have faded away, still wintry on the heels of plenty coming into northern scotland. turning i see here, some sleet and hail, some snow in a few centimetres. if rusty start to the day tomorrow, still if you showers

around. an area of rain coming up across southern england and south west wales, dull and stamp for some of us. it does become a little less cold, whereas elsewhere it is still on the chilly side but there will be some sunny spells in between the showers. what happens after wednesday? we find out in half an hour. get the forecast online otherwise. hello, this is bbc news. the

headlines at 2:30pm. the coroner at the inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists in tunisia has concluded that all the victims were "unlawfully" killed. he also said the local police response to the attack was "at best shambolic and at worst cowardly". families of some of the thirty british tourists killed in tunisia are to bring a civil case against the travel company tui, which organised their holiday in 2015. the former chancellor george osborne has issued a stark warning about the risks to the british economy if theresa may fails to secure a trade deal with the eu. the uk's most senior police officer dealing with child sex abuse says that low risk paedophiles should be given counselling and helped to rehabilitate, rather than face prosecution. twenty—year—old andrew saunders, who murdered his ex—girlfriend and her new partner outside the matalan store where they worked, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years. it's time for the sport. thank you

very much. craig shakespeare is the favourite to be appointed manager of leicester city. ahead of other candidates. he oversaw a 3—1win over liverpool last night. it was their first over liverpool last night. it was theirfirst game over liverpool last night. it was their first game since the sacking of claudio ranieri last week and their first league of claudio ranieri last week and theirfirst league win of of claudio ranieri last week and their first league win of 2017. fans honoured them former manager with a peaceful march from the city centre to the stadium to show their gratitude. they rediscovered the form from last season, drink water with this great goal and two from jamie gardai who previously scored only five this season. leicester pull themselves out of the relegation zone. i think there's beena relegation zone. i think there's been a lot of unfair stuff written lately. you've seen a reaction from everyone. it's got fired up a good

way to put a reaction on the pitch, which we've done. i think they were saying tonight in their performance that it wasn't about the manager, it was about us. we all thought from the outside it was a collective thing. maybe it was. their necks we re thing. maybe it was. their necks were on the line, they needed the decision, they vindicated the owners by getting rid of the manager from that performance tonight. leaves a bad taste. i'm sure there was pizza and red wine flying where he was sitting at home because he would have been kicking the television. it was a transformation in their performance. motherwell have sacked their manager mark mcghee. the scotla nd their manager mark mcghee. the scotland assistant manager is leaving his second stint after motherwell won just two of 13 games. they lost 5—1 in their last game on saturday. the assistant coach will ta ke saturday. the assistant coach will take temporary charge. the surrey

fast bowler has been added to the england squad. it's his first after an impressive stint before the lions last year. their first match as antigua on friday. the british boxing board of control has a expressed unhappiness at david haye's comments before his fight. bellow has decided the sentiment as distasteful and disgusting. the pair came, not quite head—to—head yesterday at a press conference in liverpool ahead of their fight at the 02 liverpool ahead of their fight at the o2 arena on saturday. it's not wrong to say this thing. i'm going to be totally honest and say, i'm not ina to be totally honest and say, i'm not in a room to hate david hay on permanent basis. i'm in a ring so the referee can't stop it when necessary. i'm here to fight. i'm

not here to hate people. world number one andy murray is in action. it's his first competition since losing last month. murray will face the world number a7 in the first round. he returns to action following a bout of shingles.|j round. he returns to action following a bout of shingles. i got here nice and early. i arrived tuesday last week so i have five or six days to get used to the conditions here. i've had a decent break so i feel fresh and ready to go. it's tough here. they have some of the best players in the world that come every year. i don't know if they hear this year but he's played many this year. it will be a tough ask to win this year, but it will be fresh and i'm in a good place right now. that's all your

sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. some breaking news now. we are hearing from the pensions regulator that there has been a cash settle m e nt that there has been a cash settlement agreement with sir philip, go philip green over the pension scheme. that has the support over the trustees of the two shingles schemes. it will give them the option of the same pension scheme as they were ripped in the options by dhs. this, according to the pensions regulator, bring certainty to the members of the pension scheme and closes the regulation enforcement action against the philip green. so a deal, it would appear, has been reached over the bhs scheme. sources close

to the talks have said that now has come through. the billionaire had offered more than £300 million as pa rt offered more than £300 million as part of the restructuring. that didn't go far enough. but this new gear will is next to 63 million pounds. more on that this afternoon. the now, let's return to the royal courts ofjustice. the now, let's return to the royal courts of justice. the the now, let's return to the royal courts ofjustice. the inquest into the deaths of 30 british tourists who died in seas in 2015 have now been completed. the coroner reported that they had been unlawfully killed. the families of some of those who died at the hands of the gunmen seifeddine rezgui, wanted the coroner to say that it was partly neglect by the holiday company tui who owned thomson holidays. they said they did not properly check the resort, the hotel where they were

staying. they did not make sure there was adequate security there. the coroner would not do that, he didn't feel able to say it was neglect by tui, the owner of thomson holidays. but they say they will ta ke holidays. but they say they will take civil proceedings, civil action against that company for financial compensation. what the coroner did do was to strongly criticise the tunisian security forces for their slow response, unjustifiably slowed, he said. to the shootings. they took around half an hour or so before they got to the scene, whereas it could have been a few minutes. the coroner said that the response of the tunisian security had been at best shambolic and at worst, cowardly. we have been hearing from some of the relatives of those who died, their reaction to what has happened at these inquests. donna bradley and adam fisher of the daughter and son of anti—and ray fisher who were killed on that day

at the hotel in sousse.|j fisher who were killed on that day at the hotel in sousse. i think it's in many ways cathartic, difficult to hear some of the evidence, if i take my own experience, listening, somebody will witness my father being killed. under some of the circumstances of what happened and what he did, i haven't heard. and i'm it's really important to me that i hear that. everyone was running away, you're not going to get eyewitness accounts of all the circumstances but what the inquest did tease out was exactly what happened where it was known. i'm pleased that the tunisian 's who did the investigation provided evidence. i think he could have given more. i also would have liked, i'm hearing that evidence was a lot of blame apportioned to individual members of the police in tunisia, for example. idid the police in tunisia, for example. i did feel that was a little bit of an obvious target. i was

disappointed that i didn't hear from them. what about the tunisian is, what about their actions they could have ta ken? what about their actions they could have taken? and forcing the hotel operators to do that? they could have worked collectively. for me, there are some real lessons to learn andl there are some real lessons to learn and i look forward to putting our ideas forward and getting feedback from the coroner in three months' time. i've seen you hear so many days of this inquest, hearing the stories as well as your own. how is it -- stories as well as your own. how is it —— important is it to you to take pa rt it —— important is it to you to take part in this process as a family? is the main reason i decided to come every day is because i wasn't there andl every day is because i wasn't there and i didn't witness what happened to my mum and dad, so it's important for me to know what happened and get as much information as possible. there was a lot of families and family members who were killed were in tunisia as well and what they we nt in tunisia as well and what they went through is appalling. you don't realise until you are listening,

thatis realise until you are listening, that is why so important to me. i had to go through every day. that is why so important to me. i had to go through every daylj that is why so important to me. i had to go through every day. i know it's difficult to talk about but you'd painted a very detailed and lovely picture of your parents to anyone who was in court to hear it. was that important as well, giving a sense of who these people were who died that day? yes. initially we weren't going to do that but when i was there the first week i realised how important it was. it was important that the colonnade knew who my mum and dad was. also the fa ct who my mum and dad was. also the fact they were just normal people. like the other 28, they were normal people. i'm smiling, and you think it is probably really strange. but i had to tell about my mum and dad. that was donna bradley and adam fisher, the children of angie and

ray fisher. they lost their lives in sousse in june. ray fisher. they lost their lives in sousse injune. 2015. this has been a day where the families have been talking about their loss, but also when survivors who were there at the time have been recalling what happened, the trauma they have suffered. we have been hearing from alan pembroke who was on the beach at the time when the government seifeddine rezgui went on his rampage. he was on the beach with his wife. as we went off the beach, we looked back and i could see people had gone down were screaming, ididn't people had gone down were screaming, i didn't have a clue what was going on. i'd just had to hide. —— had a bit of a clue. there was a lot of gunfire, it was reverberating off the walls. there were lots of people injured and lying around. while dragging her to the room, you

could hear wrap it gunfire and screaming up ahead. iran i ran towards the iran towards the gunfire. as i ran towards the gunfire. as i iran towards the gunfire. as i am running towards, icy bodies on the beach. i hit the deck. as i hit the sand, i fell into a lady. i could see the lady was moving, semiconscious. i asked see the lady was moving, semiconscious. iasked if see the lady was moving, semiconscious. i asked if she was english, she replied that she was. i said my name is alan, and i will do all i can to help. she had some severe gunshot wounds, i dressed her hand and covered her wrist. she had been bleeding but it is slowed. i

noticed she had a hole in her leg. sol noticed she had a hole in her leg. so i gota noticed she had a hole in her leg. so i got a beach towel and i wrapped around her legs to compress the injury and stop the bleeding. she then asked me if i could check her husband. i noticed he had severe wounds to his chest i crawled over the sunbed. at the time, bullets, and explosions were happening and grenades were thrown. i checked her husband's pulse. i couldn't find a pulse anywhere. unfortunately, i had to say, do you really want to know? please tell me. i'm sorry, but he's gone. fear was my largest emotion, certainly, but i'd tried to help. i need to help. i was on the beach for

a good 20 minutes with cheryl alone. i saw no military or medical staff. it's only recent reports that i found police waited and fainted. they head. they need to be accountable for that. an extraordinary testimony there from alan pembroke. he was there that day in sousse. well, not many tourists have returned to tunisia. the beaches and hotels there are largely empty but my colleague who reported from sousse in the aftermath of the attack injune 2015 has returned there to see what has changed, if anything, has returned there to see what has changed, ifanything, in has returned there to see what has changed, if anything, in terms of security around that hotel. in sousse. security has been stepped up

and sees since the attack, the roundabout here is just and sees since the attack, the roundabout here isjust a and sees since the attack, the roundabout here is just a few minutes from the hotel where the killings took place. you can see here there was a police vehicle in position, there are heavily armed office rs position, there are heavily armed officers there. that is a permanent checkpoints 24 hours a day. officers here are stopping vehicles from time to time, they checked the boot and ask for the drivers id. they want to send a message that tunisia is being vigilant and it is safe for tourists to come here. we are at the riu imperial marhaba. the place has been closed since but there is renovation work now. this is where the attacks happened. they are upgrading the security and we are told, this time, it will be at the maximum level. this is part of the upgrade waiting

to be unpacked. its x—ray equipment. luggage is going to be scanned on the way in, guests will pass through metal detectors. but now inside it is eerily empty. the furniture is still cove red is eerily empty. the furniture is still covered in plastic. the gunmen was able to make his way from the beach into the hotel, hunting for more victims. there will now be increased security on the beach. but on the day of the attack, there were armed guards present. who could have intervened and didn't. other police units nearby deliberately delayed their arrival. according to a tunisian judge. almost two years on, the authorities have many questions to answer about the failure to hold the attack. after that attack happened and those 30 british citizens were murdered in the case and macro, the metropolitan police's counter team sent a team

there. the commander of the counterterror of the time has given us an counterterror of the time has given us an exclusive interview and i asked what were the claims that the contributing factors there. the way that tui were operating and the response of the security forces in tunisia. dealing with grieving relatives is challenging. many have been in the actual resort themselves. and a lot of them have actually seen their loved ones killed. in front of them, by the terrorists. nothing could be more serious and more traumatic. done that. to see your loved one killed in a terrorist attack. that

was why this was particularly difficult and particularly challenging for somebody. should and could the tunisians done more to protect that stretch of beach and hotels, that hotel and other hotels like it? in other words, could this attack have been prevented? the attack have been prevented? the attack could only have been prevented by good intelligence and arresting perpetrators before they actually carried out the attack. once the attack is happening and started then obviously people will die sadly. but measures can be taken to reduce the impact of terrorist attacks. whether those measures can be reduced or reduce the amount of people killed is another question. the gunmen could act freely for a long time without being stopped, what do you think of the tunisian police response to what happened? what do you think of the tunisian police response to what happened ?m could have been better. it's very

easyin could have been better. it's very easy in hindsight to be very critical as to how they responded but, on the face of it, it did seem like a slow response. if not to stop the attack, to make sure the gunmen or gun men are not free to roam around for that period of time? the best measures that the hotels can put in place is timid to get the risks to attacks happened. things like cc tv, better training for staff, some of the response can be faster and more professional. you can table top terrorist incidents, you can train and equip staff to be prepared for it. that can help when an attack actually occurs. but obviously, as i stress, those measures would not necessarily in

this instance, have reduced the number of lives that were lost. but if you have more armed guards, more armed officers on patrol around the hotel, around the beaches, surely they could have intercepted this man? in resorts and places in the world where the threat is assessed is highest, where the terrorist threat is high, obviously armed guards and armed police can help in terms of the response. but they also deter attacks from happening. but it's easy in hindsight to say these things, attack having happened with lives lost. but it's important that the hotel do do risk assessments so they understand the threat. the local threat as well as the regional and global threat. local threat as well as the regional and globalthreat. in hindsight yes, but there had been the bardo attack in tunisian, so this wasn't out of the blue? yes, the lessons from that

weren't taken on board in the way we re we re weren't taken on board in the way were were expecting them to be taken on board. i think lessons could have been learned from that. when you look at the bardo a cap and the sousse attack, together, there was a severe threat from terrorism in that region. in the wake of the bardo attack, was it strong enough, making it clear enough what dangers there we re it clear enough what dangers there were in tunisia to british citizens? it reflected, what i know is the time. it's difficult when you have an attack, whether you know it is isolation or whether it would endure beyond. in this case, the threat continued and there was a second attack, so in hindsight, you can say that they should have been stronger advice but the advice was pretty strong anyway at that time. what about the responsibility that the two operators, the company is taking all these tourists out to places

like sousse, how much responsibility do you think they have for the safety a nd do you think they have for the safety and security of their customers? tour operators, the hotel industry, do have a duty of care to those who are using the facilities and the hotels, and i think with the global terrorist threat such as we have at the moment where islamic state are specifically targeting places like hotels and open spaces, it's incumbent on this industry to ta ke it's incumbent on this industry to take on board the nature of this that. and to put in place the best litigation lashes, the training, risk assessment could —— mitigation measures. that was richard who is in charge of the metropolitan vickers was in charge of the metropolitan police counterterrorism. the current man in charge of the

counterterrorism has released a statement praising the families' dignity at this inquest. they said they have been humbled by the courage and dignity in the face of such incomprehensible tragedy. that's the latest from the royal courts ofjustice that's the latest from the royal courts of justice and that's the latest from the royal courts ofjustice and this tunisia inquest. back to you in the studio. george osborne has warned that theresa may is at risk if she fails to strike a trade deal. he said it was an opportunity to show that britain is a trading country. our correspondent is in central london. that's right. the british chamber of commerce have been vocal about protecting rights of migrant workers from the european union. joining me

now is marcus mason from the bcc. marcus, back into you voted to leave the european union ad against free labour. do you expect the government to go against the? what businesses expect, is to status. one is existing eu workers those involved in uk farms, businesses want reassurances about the residency rights of those workers. otherwise there is a huge amount of uncertainty for those businesses. in going forward and looking into the future. businesses want an immigration policy which allows us to access fixer guide them to axis and skilled workers and low skilled workers whether labour shortages. at the moment we have low unemployment and the labour market is tight. the moment we have low unemployment and the labour market is tightm can be difficult. can you say you will guarantee rights when we don't know the status of eu people in

britain at the moment? that the call for them to make. what businesses are tell us, actually the unilateral call is telling us that reassuring businesses that eu workers can work here. surely that will weaken the hand of the government when it comes to negotiations? that's one way of looking at it, another way is that it could increase the amount of goodwill on both sides. ultimately, i think it is very clear that the uk government as well as the negotiating side and the eu side wa nt negotiating side and the eu side want to resolve this issue. our members think it should be was rolled early fix as a result early and unilaterally to prevent that. are you talking to others in europe who are saying things like what are they saying about britain? is our network is a global one.

alternately, businesses in the uk and the business community is that we speak to you across the eu wants to see as the ewe trade barriers as possible. to allow continuing trade on both sides. when it comes to migration, they want to be able to access the global skills that they need. for the uk access the global skills that they need. forthe uk to access the global skills that they need. for the uk to be competitive and other businesses in other countries to be competitive, they need access to a global talent pool. thanks forjoining us. that's it for us now, we will be back in an hour with more from the beeb cc. let's have a look at the weather. spring is in the air and let's see an example over here. this weather watch picture from our lovely spring flowers from bradford today. i know there has been snow in some parts of there has been snow in some parts of the uk. we can't fight the changing seasons. still some sleet and snow

from higher ground, feeding their way south eastwards through the day. a lot of fine weather across parts of scotla nd a lot of fine weather across parts of scotland and north east england. going into this evening, we will keep for england and wales away from north—east england. eventually they will fade. looking at 6pm, there will fade. looking at 6pm, there will be some downpours around. not across scotland and northern ireland, though there are thus showers in some parts of scotland. some snow at higher ground, in north—west england and the midlands. clearing away from south—east england, but these will be fewer eventually. as some of these on the heavy side, some spray on the roads, some gusty winds in wales and south west and southern england. the winds ease overnight and showers fade, one or two ease overnight and showers fade, one ortwo in ease overnight and showers fade, one or two in northern ireland but most will head to northern scotland. it was ten i see the many of us here. a frosty ground as we start

tomorrow. the first day of the meteorological spring tomorrow, sunshine around, stills and showers in northern ireland. we will see some brain in southern and south wales, dull and down into the afternoon. it will turn a little less cold here, elsewhere it will be chilly but there are sunny spells in between showers. this area of wet weather feeds further north across northern england. wednesday night could well have some sleet and snow associated with it, and some strong winds are parts of wales and southern england tomorrow night. thursday looks windy, sunshine and showers and heavy ones towards wales and midlands late in the day. friday and midlands late in the day. friday and the weekend will have low pressure coming from the south west, it looks as if england and wales will see most of the wet weather. it will see most of the wet weather. it will be dry in comparison in scotla nd will be dry in comparison in scotland and northern ireland. i've talked about meteorological spring starting tomorrow, but why the weather people change the seasons on

the first of the month. you may look to the equinox or solstice for that. we have put some pictures and words of wisdom on our website. also you can takea of wisdom on our website. also you can take a look at what's coming up beyond the weekend in our weather for the weekend video. 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. one survivor who risked his life to save others says he saw no police on the beach for at least 20 minutes. police waited, police fainted. they hid. that's unforgivable. lawyers for some of the families now

say they will sue the tour operator. the inquests were about those who tragically lost their lives, they must never be forgotten.