this is bbc news. i'm ben brown comedy headlines at apm: i'm ben brown comedy headlines at 4pm; —— the headlines. live at the royal courts ofjustice 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 tunisian 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. the police waited, they fainted. they hid. that is 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 and their families hope that nobody else will ever have too suffered the same fate in future. the other headlines at 4pm — a deal to help restore the pensions of staff at the collapsed retailer, bhs. former owner sir phillip green has reached a cash settlement with the pensions regulator worth up to £363 million. a senior police officer says not all paedophiles should be prosecuted — lower level offenders should be rehabilitated. and found in a field in staffordshire — the gold necklaces thought to be more than 2000 years old go on public display. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. we are at the royal courts of

justice. the families of some of the victims of the tunisia terror attack say they now plan to sue the travel operator tui, the company responsible for their relatives holidays. the coroner at the royal courts ofjustice concluded that all 30 victims had been unlawfully killed — but said he could not make a finding of neglect, in relation to the company, they own thomson holidays, or the vulnerability of the resort to an attack. judge nicholas loraine—smith described the response by tunisian security forces as "at best shambolic and at worst cowardly". he said that there was an unjustifiable delay in the tunisian police getting to the scene and apprehending the gunmen. an islamist gunman — seifeddine rezgui — carried out the killings at a resort near sousse, injune 2015, killing a total of 38 people.

30 of them were british citizens. our first report is from our correspondent richard galpin. the families of those killed had been hoping the coroner's conclusions today would say neglect had played a part in the deaths of their loved ones, in particular the alleged lack of security at the hotel where they were staying. but there was disappointment. the coronerjudge nicholas loraine—smith said no verdict of neglect is open to him, because he had not found gross deficiencies or that those efficiencies were directly linked to their deaths, but went on to say that the response by the police was at best shambolic, and at worst cowardly. nowadays, allen pembroke leads a normal life working at this london company. but he was on the beach at the time of the attack. realising no one was

helping the injured, he did something quite extraordinary, running back to the scene of the attack after taking his wife to the safety of their hotel. i ran towards the gunfire. i could now see bodies on the beach. i hit the deck. and as i hit the sand, i literally fell into a lady. i could see the lady was moving and was semiconscious. she had some severe gunshot wounds. i dressed her hand, and covered her wrist with a scarf i pulled down from a beach umbrella. she then said she had pain in her leg, and i noticed she had a hole in her leg. so i got a beach towel and 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. just three months earlier,

foreign tourists had been targeted in an attack by islamist extremists in the capital, tunis, leaving 20 dead. but the foreign office did not change its overall travel advice. the colour—coded map on its website remained green for the coastal areas, said tourists could still go, even though the foreign office was warning of a high risk of terrorism. all 30 british tourist killed in the attack had booked their holiday with the travel company tui, the parent company of thompson. today, the coroner have highlighted how staff had been told that if asked if tunisia was safe, the overall level of foreign office advice had not changed and it was business as usual at the beach resorts. 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. 0n on behalf of our clients who lost members of their families and who suffered injuries, in this terrible incident, we will be preparing to commence several receding against tui. the inquest in those who lost their lives, they must never be forgotten. tui denies the allegations of neglect. they say they have already made changes. we have now heard the coroner's findings, as those comments regarding security and visibility of travel advice, these are complex matters, and have taken steps to raise awareness of the travel aware campaign. the families know they are in for the long haul. it could be years before their claims in the civil courts are decided. richard galpin, bbc news. 0utside

outside of the royal courts of justice where the inquest has been held, it is cold and a wet afternoon. in contrast to the day back then, in 2015. june the 26th, it was very hot indeed. 30 degrees, the british tourists and others who died that day had been enjoying themselves on the beach and around themselves on the beach and around the pool of the resort in sousse, when the gunman arrived. seifeddine rezgui, with his assault rifle hidden inside earth a parasol. —— of a parasol. daniela relph reports. in front of the bereaved families, the inquest had heard the chilling, distressing detail of multiple murder. here, the gunman seifeddine rezgui is dropped off near the resort. the driver of the car has never been found. under his arm, a parasol hiding his weapon. he walked to the beach where he began to kill, shooting people as they lay on sunloungers.

holiday—makers fled in panic. across the sand, vulnerable in just shorts and swimming costumes, these are people quite literally running for their lives. there was chaos and confusion, how could this possibly be happening? a gunman, shooting tourist after tourist. gunshot from the beach and the pool, he entered the hotel, roaming around looking for victims. many were shot dead as they tried to hide. for 20 minutes, he killed repeatedly. no one stopped him. this map, evidenced during the inquest, showed how far seifeddine rezgui travelled on his killing spree. a metropolitan police team sent to tunisia to investigate commissioned this animation, an image of each victim marks the place where they were killed. in just about every main area of the hotel, somebody died. the gunman simply wasn't stopped,

he wasn't challenged. the police, the coast guard, hotel security all failed to act in what was described in court as "simple cowardice". eventually, seifeddine rezgui was shot dead. alongside the hotel where he'd murdered 38 people. gunshots the inquest has given the bereaved a voice. tributes were read to each person killed. here are extracts from those tributes that were moving, funny and sad. although in their hearts, they knew that it was bad news, they still kept hoping and praying that she was safe. owen no longer has his grandad, his brother nor his uncle. his three role models in his life, his three best friends. 0ur home's not filled with laughter and smiles like it used to be.

no one will be able to take away the love matt and i shared with john, or the memories we were able to make and share together. john and janet stocker died together doing what they enjoyed most, being side—by—side. she always looked for the best in everyone, and truly was a kind, caring, intelligent, beautiful woman with a wicked sense of humour. every day the families came to court, at times they had to sit through painful, agonising evidence. but these inquests have been an important part of the grieving process. a chance to remember and a chance to ask questions and look for answers. how could a beach holiday end up with so many people never coming home? daniela relph, bbc news. iamjoined i am joined outside the royal court ofjustice, by one of our

correspondence, richard galpin. as daniela was saying, relatives came looking for answers but they are fighting for compensation from tui, the holiday company, and they did not quite get what they wanted from the coroner, it was a —— that it was a verdict of neglect? it is significant, the fact is they will bring these civil cases for damages. they accused tui of neglect. particularly in terms of not checking security at the hotel where the attack took place, despite an earlier attack in the capitaljust three months beforehand. the fact he set aside that, saying he could not include neglect this for legal reasons, primarily. it is obviously going to make it more difficult for the families. we understand there will be at least 22 of the families of those killed trying to get these claims into the civil courts which will make it more difficult for them

to win their cases. it will be more ofan to win their cases. it will be more of an uphill battle. we know tui deny neglect very strongly and clearly, they will fight the claims. he said he could not make a ruling of neglect but when it came to talking about tunisian security forces, he did not hold back. he was very strong in his condemnation? absolutely, you was damning. it was interesting that throughout he said that he could not make judgments or give opinions. but this was utterly damning, the fact that he said police and the units who were armed with body armour, theyjust run away, effectively. they could have been there in minutes. it is clear if they went in and had been affective, the attack could have been stopped within minutes of it starting. instead, none of the police turned up for at least 25 minutes. and, of course, it meant seifeddine rezgui was able to roam

totally freely throughout that whole period. from the beach to the hotel grounds, to the outdoor pool, to the in double, to the spa and inside of accommodation and the offices of the hotel. —— the indoor swimming pool. systematically, 38 people, 30 were british, he killed them. there was nothing to stop him throughout that attack. eventually, the national guard were more professional and arrived. he was shot dead. richard, you sat through the inquests here which have gone on for weeks. some really harrowing evidence of relatives —— that relatives have had to listen through or death, about how loved ones have died in front of them? absolutely, it was tremendously difficult and i looked around the court room at times, there was barely anybody with dry eyes. people were devastated by what they were hearing and people who we re they were hearing and people who were giving those statements, people

had lost several members of their families. having to talk through and is described how their relatives we re is described how their relatives were killed in the most horrific circumstances, or talking about how one man's brother shouted "no, no, no" as he was shot at close range. it was grim. people who were seriously injured like cheryl mellor, her hand was blown off by high velocity bullets fired by seifeddine rezgui. she lay there bleeding, she had holes in her legs from bullet injuries. she came and gave a statement. it is extraordinarily brave, that people can do that. it is crucial evidence that everybody heard this. and the coroner paid tribute to the quiet dignity of the relatives. richard galpin, thank you. richard was talking about relatives who had lost so talking about relatives who had lost so much, and nobody more so then

suzanne evans. suzanne evans lost her son, brother and father in the sousse attacks. 19—year—old joel was the youngest of the british victims. he, his uncle adrian evans and grandfather patrick were killed hours after arriving for what suzanne called a "jolly boys outing". a little earlier, suzanne read out a statement she had prepared. the 5—star hotel was chosen by a terrorist cell because it was an easy target. i hope we will never forget what happened that day, to my family. that within 12 hours, of arriving on holiday, my eldest son, my dad and my brother were murdered. and, the only protection they had was one another. words will never explain the devastation of losing my family in such a horrific way. every

day is a struggle. but my mum and i are blessed. we still have 0wen. he makes our lives worth living. nothing will bring my son, my dad and my brother back. i only hope from their deaths, lessons will be learned. the travel industry process of booking and issuing travel advice needs to be reviewed. by implementing robust travel advice, security audits before and during all holidays to safeguard the customer and the travel industry. safety before a sale. suzanne evans, who suffered unimaginable loss. her son, brother and father, who suffered unimaginable loss. her son, brotherand father, in who suffered unimaginable loss. her son, brother and father, in the sousse attacks. so, what if anything has changed in the resort of sousse? my has changed in the resort of sousse? my colleague, 0rla guerin, reported on the immediate aftermath of the

attacks in june on the immediate aftermath of the attacks injune 2015 on the immediate aftermath of the attacks in june 2015 and on the immediate aftermath of the attacks injune 2015 and has been back to find out. security has been stepped up in sousse since the attack. the roundabout here is minutes from the hotel where the killings took place. you can see here there is a police vehicle in position. there are heavily armed officers. that is a permanent checkpoint in position 2a hours a day. 0fficers here are stopping vehicles from time to time. they checked their boots and ask for the driver's ide. the authorities wa nt to the driver's ide. the authorities want to send a message, that tunisia is being vigilant and is safe for tourists to come here —— the driver's id. we are at the hotel, the scene of the attack. it was here, at this 5—star hotel, that arrests were gunned down. the place has been closed ever since, but a lot of renovation work is going on. they are upgrading the garden and

security. we are told this time, security. we are told this time, security will be at a maximum level. this is x—ray equipment waiting to be unpacked. luggage will be scanned on the way in and guests will pass through metal detectors. now, it inside, it is in really empty. the furniture is still covered in plastic. the gunmen could make his way from the beach into the hotel, hunting for more victims —— gunman. there will be increased security on the beach but on the day of the attack, and guards were present. they could have intervened, and didn't. almost two years on, the authorities have many questions to a nswer authorities have many questions to answer about the failure to halt this attack. 0 rla 0rla guerin reporting. richard walton was head of the met police counter—terrorism command at the time of the tunisia attack. he sent a team of officers out to sousse — they were responsible

for bringing the bodies back, but they also played a part in the tunisian investigation. i asked what he thought about the slowness of the response to the attack that day. it could only have been prevented by good intelligence and arresting perpetrators before they carried out the attack. once the attack has started, people are going to die, sadly. but, obviously, measures can be taken to reduce the impact of terror attacks. now, whether those measures could actually have reduced the numbers of people killed is an open question. what about the foreign office advice to people, in the wake of the bardot attack, was it strong enough? making it clear enough to british citizens what dangers there were in tunisia —— bardo. it reflected advice at the time, the

-- it —— it was difficult to say whether it was an isolated attack or if the threat would endure. in this case, the threat continued and there was a second attack. i stress that in hindsight, there should have been stronger advice but this advice was pretty strong at the time anyway. what about the responsibility of the tour operators and companies taking all of these tourists to places like sousse? how much responsibility do they have for the safety and security of their customers cue sousse? tour operators and the hotel industry had a duty of care —— security of their customers?. with this terror threat on the globe at the moment, where islamic state are specifically targeting hotels and open spaces, it is incumbent on this industry to take on board the nature of the threat, and put in place the best mitigation measures. training

and undertaking risk and threat assessments, so they can mitigate the threat. richard walton, a previous head of the met police's terror command. here at the royal courts ofjustice, being quests are over but for the relatives and families of those who lost their lives, it's not over. they will continue their legal fight. they are going to sue the owners of thomson holidays, tui. they but all of those tourists on their holidays, and that fight will continue in the civil courts. studio: ben brown, thank you. the pensions regulator says it has struck a deal with the former bhs owner sir philip green. the regulator says that the cash settlement of three—hundred—and—sixty—three million pounds means that nineteen thousand former bhs workers

will receive the starting pension originally promised. the labour mp, frank field, welcomed the concession. it's an important first step in gaining justice for the whole bhs saga. there will obviously be no going back on this sum. it means people going into the scheme will not suffer any cut at all, as they would have done if they were abandoned and went into the pension protection fund. but, their pensions will be increased, less than they would have been under the contracts they had. there are some losers, but there is a very big sum of money that the pension regulator has. as i say, it's an important milestone, but it is not the end of the story for bhs. does it mean sir philip green needs to come up with more money? how does this dispute go one? it is not that he has to come up with more money. the pension regulator decided this sum, that is bad. it isjust regulator decided this sum, that is bad. it is just that dominic chappell, who he sold bhs two, destroyed all of those jobs, selling

it for £1, he has been arrested by inland revenue. that saga is yet to unfold. the serious fraud office are still looking at this, i hope. the liquidator ‘s report is awaited by the prime minister, before she makes any recommendation about his knighthood. i say it is an important first step, but nobody should think this is the end of the bhs sorry saga. you and sir philip green had a very public spat over the months of this, the very long months of this. you called for his yachts to be handed in and money taken from their mac. i wonder, handed in and money taken from their mac. iwonder, are handed in and money taken from their mac. i wonder, are you still calling for him to be stripped of his knighthood? a resolution was passed unanimously, one that has not been passed before, making that recommendation to the committee that will make that decision. the prime minister also made it very plain

that she would make her own recommendations when she had the liquidator‘s report before her and could see he was doing what in bringing down bhs. we need to wait for the liquidator‘s report and the prime minister to move, and we need to wait for the revenue to follow up the arrest of dominic chappell, the quy the arrest of dominic chappell, the guy who bought bhs, and finally ported crashing down. as i say, there is a lot to go in this story but it is an important milestone today —— finally brought it crashing down. in the last few minutes, amber rudd, home secretary, has written to members of the house of lords to look at the state is of eu citizens after brexit. let's go to our chief political correspondent, vicki young. we have heard from the house of lords already expressing concern

but nothing can change until negotiations get underway? that is what amber rudd says, but tomorrow in the house of lords, they are going back to the line by line look at article 50 in the so—called committee stage. the government is facing defeat on this crucial issue on the rights of eu citizens to stay here. in the house of commons, there area here. in the house of commons, there are a lot of tories unhappy about it but the government was not defeated on it. but this situation looks different in the house of lords. amber rudd is saying it is not really a matter of principle but a timing matter. she says what britain cannot do is unilaterally act, and say all 3 million eu citizens can stay. she wants to get the same deal for brits living abroad. if you were not to do that, if britain was just to act unilaterally, it would take the urgency out of it all and other eu countries would not have to worry

much or make it a priority but the government will make it a priority, she says, as soon as article 50 is triggered by the end of march, if everything goes smoothly in the house of lords. she says it will be a priority for the government and says we need to act fairly and provide certainty for both groups of people as quickly as possible. and, she also says about parliament, b say that parliament will have. we heard a lot about parliament terry and —— parliamentarians being involved in the brexit bill. amber rudd says that there would be a whole new immigration system for the uk and there would be a new immigration bill. she is telling them parliament would have a clear opportunity to debate and vote on the issue in future. she says there will be a separate immigration bill and nothing would change for any eu citizen, whether a resident in the uk or moving from the uk from the eu without the approval of parliament. ido without the approval of parliament. i do not think that it would be

enough to get the government of the hut, they could well be defeated in the house of lords. vicki young, thank you. —— off the hook. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in england and wales has been sitting for a second day — focusing on the abuse of british children sent abroad after the second world war. our correspondent sangita myska can bring us up to date with the proceedings. evidence has continued this afternoon, after those who were migrated by the british government to populate the commonwealth with white children. many were taken out of care homes in the uk and sent to ca re of care homes in the uk and sent to care homes and institutions across the commonwealth, including australia which is where this afternoon's witness had been sent. in 1954, at the age ofjust eight he was taken from a care home in cornwall and migrated to western australia, placed somewhere called fairbridge farm children's home. he

painted an extremely dark and harrowing picture of life that the children's home. he said that every day, it was a rape day in the home. he said he experienced sexual abuse at the hands of older boys who would abuse in the bathrooms at the children's home. he said there was a priest to the children were forced to visit every week at church. they would be taken aside and raped by that man. there was also a farm worker who came to the children's home, and repeatedly raped him. these are the kinds of testimonies that we have heard throughout the afternoon by three different witnesses. this particular witness said that he did try and report what had happened to him to the woman in charge of both pastoral care and the principal and deputy principal at fairbridge farm but he said he was repeatedly called a liar and

repeatedly called a liar and repeatedly punished for going to them to tell them what had happened. later on in his evidence can he was asked of the impact of this harrowing situation, what it had been on him as an adult and he said as far as he was concerned, his life was worthless. all that keeps me going is that i promise in whatever way i can to getjustice for me and my mother, and what he is referring to is that it was only at the age of ten he was told his birth mother was alive, although he was not allowed direct contact with her. he went on to say, you think about it every minute. it is something that never goes away. i've been condemned to a life of isolation and loneliness. he went on to tell the enquiry that his life had been completely ruined, and he had never been able to form an intimate or stable relationship with a woman. he said what he was hoping from the enquiry was that finally, the british government would take responsibility for what had happened. he acknowledged gordon

brown had apologised but he said it was not enough. he said he wanted the british government to pay compensation not only to him but all of the victims that the enquiry will hear from, of the victims that the enquiry will hearfrom, in orderfor no one to forget what happened to them. thank you. a look at the weather. john hammond is on the other side of the newsroom with the latest forecast. quite a wintry feel to things. there was some significant snow earlier today across parts of north—west england. most of what's coming out of the sky right now is rain. for most, it's going to settle into a quiet night. still a few showers around particularly near exposed coasts. a cold one. temperatures close to freezing in many places. bright and sunny start for a good few of us. already some wintry showers across

the far north and we will see rain turning up across southern counties of england and east anglia as well. a disappointing end to the day here. further north, a few showers close to irish sea coasts. chilly, double figures if you're lucky across the south, but it stays chilly and through tomorrow night, we're concerned that the weather could turn lively. strong winds, heavy rain and hill snow across parts of england and wales. we'll keep an eye on that. disruption is possible. i will be back with more detail in half an hour. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 4.31pm: 30 british tourists on a beach in tunisia were unlawfully killed — that's according to the findings of an inquest into their deaths. the coroner added that the police response to the attack was "at best shambolic and at worst cowardly". the families of some of those killed in tunisia are to bring a civil case for damages against the travel company tui which organised their holiday in 2015.

retail tycoon and former bhs owner, sir philip green, has agreed to pay retail tycoon and bhs owner, sir philip green, has agreed to pay £363 million to plug the gap in the company's pension scheme. and buried for 2,500 years — two amateur treasure hunters discover what is probably the oldest iron age gold jewellery ever found in britain. pep guardiola insists the manchester city owners are "so happy" with the club's performance this season — despite slipping to eleven points behind pl leaders chelsea. they're still competing for three trophies and play championship side huddersfield in their fa cup replay tomorrow. it's a far cry from leicester, who sacked their title winning manager claudio ranieri on thursday, theirfans protested ahead of their 3—1 victory against liverpool last night and

guardiola was sad to see him go. yesterday, when we saw the game against liverpool, the way leicester played was outstanding and of course, that's the legacy from claudio ranieri. for many years people will talk about leicester and what this group achieved, but he's going to find a newjob and i'm sure he will find a newjob again and do well. motherwell have sacked manager mark mcghee with the club 10th in the scottish premiership. the scotland assistant manager is leaving his second stint at fir park after motherwell won just two of their last 13 league games and lost 5—1 at home to dundee on saturday. coach stephen robinson will take temporary charge.

it's first versus second in the championship tonight with leaders brighton welcoming newcastle. chris hughton's side have the best home record in the division, having lostjust once at the amex this season, while newcastle have the best away record and rafa benitez has been full of praise for his counterpart, ahead of tonight's game. he's doing a greatjob and he has a very good team. a team that's been in the play—offs three times in the last four years. so it means they have the experience. they have the squad. they have the players to be there. and he's doing well with a very good group of players. we have a good record away. i think it's not bad that you can go there and then you can show your strength so i think it is important to believe that we can do it because we have done during the whole season. cricket, and tom curran has being added to england's squad for their three match one day series in the west indies. it's the surrey fast bowler‘s first senior call up after impressive performances for the england lions over the winter. curran will provide cover forjake ball who injured his right knee in a warm up game. england's first match is in antigua on friday. former england batsman

james taylor has spoken to the bbc about the anxiety he faces as he tries to deal with a heart condition that forced him to retire. last year he has an internal defibrillator fitted which literally shocks him if his heart stops. and on one occasion, the device has already saved his life. it has worked and it has kicked in and it kicked in with a lot of force. it shocked me a few yards across a room. probably because i'm small. i reckon a big bloke wouldn't have gone half as far. that's scary. that's probably why i've got the anxieties and i'm a little bit scared of pushing myself because i know the feeling when it does go off and when things aren't right it is a scary feeling and it hurts, but it does itsjob. scary feeling and it hurts, but it does its job. that's scary feeling and it hurts, but it does itsjob. that's the most important thing and i know it is there inn there and if something does go wrong, it is there to save

my life. world number one andy murray is on court at the dubai championships. it is his first competition since losing in the fourth round of the australian open last month. murray is facing the world number 47 in the first round. murray was broken early on in the first set which he took 6-4. he then raced to an early lead in the second set...he's here at the royal courts ofjustice we've had the concluding day of the inquests into the deaths of 30 british victims of the tunisia attacks back in june british victims of the tunisia attacks back injune 2015. 30 british victims, 38 people killed, altogether on that day at the hands of seifeddine rezgui, the islamist gunman who went on the

rampage at the hotel resort in sousse. well, here, on the last day of the inquests, the coroner recorded conclusions that all the victims had been unlawfully killed. he said that the tunisian police had been very slow in responding to the attack and maybe even cowardly in fa ct, attack and maybe even cowardly in fact, he said. well, i have been talking about what the coroner said on this last day to kieran mitchell, a lawyer representing some of the relatives of those who died and olivia who was in the hotel at the time of the attack. weirdly, nothing, just pure terror. like you don't think. i thought i'd bea like you don't think. i thought i'd be a lot braver than i was. i thought i would have been able to handle myself a bit better than i did and when we did get inside the

security office i vomited everywhere and shook more about two hours. but imean and shook more about two hours. but i mean obviously, itjust goes to show nothing prepares you for that kind of thing to happen. and now, a couple of years laerl almost, does it still, i mean obviously it lives with you and do you have nightmares, do you feel traumatised by it? only recently. i have only recently, about a month been diagnosed with ptsd and onlyjust started having nightmares. so everyone is different. it's going to affect everybody from the families to, you know, people like myself in so many different ways and one thing that i loved after we had been shot, when everybody was back in the hotel, it didn't matter where you were from or what language you spoke, everyone was looking after everyone. everyone was looking after everyone. everyone

was cuddling everyone. everyone was comforting those who were crying and it was, a really nice sort of moving moment of humanity and it was just, it was nice to have something so, i don't know, so lovely after something so awful. in contrast to that, the coroner has been very katical of the tunisian security forces and their response. you know, they got there so late, 40 minutes or so late and he said their response was well, potentially cowardly? i agree. does that make you angry? it does. it does. more on behalf of the families. we're the lucky ones, but you know, that's what they're trained for. you know, people, you know, who do go abroad and go on holiday put their trust in people like that to protect and they didn't do theirjob. all right, olivia, thank you very much. we're

joined by kieran mitchell, a lawyer for slater and gordon representing one of the victims. kieran, can you give us your response to what the coroner said in his concluding remarks? the family are slightly disappointed with the actual verdict itself, but accept that the coroner was constrained with what he was allowed to say by law. they are heartened by the comments made in the summing—up where deficiencies we re the summing—up where deficiencies were implied. what would the family have liked to have heard the coroner say? we made submissions requesting that the coroner make a finding that unlawful killing was the cause of death, but that it was caused in pa rt death, but that it was caused in part or contributed to a lack of contribution for the threat of a terrorist attack. just spell out what that lack of consideration you believe was? there was an obvious failure to audit the hotel for its

security. by the holiday company? by the holiday company, tui. they were aware of specific threats to tourists yet no steps were taken to audit for their own purposes the security available at that hotel. the terrorist himself walked 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. this was an easy target as far as he was concerned . you this was an easy target as far as he was concerned. you think because there was a lack of cctv cameras and security guards and armed guards? the absence of cctv is quite astounding compared to the other hotels in the region. armed guards not so much because, you know, we're led to believe that they weren't really a viable option, but certainly there was three security guards one of whom was the beach power man that really was not sufficient. so you think that that hotel where they died was specifically targeted because it was seen by seifeddine rezgui and the others who were working with him as

a soft target? we think certainly that's a possibility. what's the reaction of your clients and perhaps the other families that the coroner didn't come to a conclusion that there had been neglect? we accept that he was constrained by the law in what he was allowed to find. yes. what about the foreign office advice on their website? that changed slightly after the attack. there had been three months before the attack on sousse in the museum in tunis, but it didn't tell people not to go to tunisia, does that concern you? we don't have any direct criticism of the foreign office. it isn't for the government to interfere in private commerce. we would have liked the change in advice to have been brought to the attention of the people booking holidays to tunisia at the time. well, that was kieron mitchell talking to me earlier. a lawyer for some of the relatives and olivia, who was in the hotel, when the

attack happened and a survivor of that attack in tunisia. we have been hearing today too from cheryl stollery. she told the inquest that she and her husband tried to flee from the gunman when her husband was shot dead right next to her. and after the inquest, she has read out after the inquest, she has read out a statement giving her reaction to the coroner's findings today here at the coroner's findings today here at the royal courts of justice. john died from an act of terrorism. it is clear from the evidence heard from the witnesses and the documents shared through the inquest process that there were long—term persistent failings on behalf of tui and its partners which i believe are tant ta mount to neglect. opportunities were available for tui and their partners to improve security at the hotel, but they chose not to and its clear

actions were not taken to address any security and safeguarding concerns. although this may not fit the current legal definition of neglect, common sense shows that such actions are neglectful. well, the coroner today praised what he called the quiet dignity of all the relatives who have given evidence here at the royal courts of justice during the inquests. for them, the legal hearings don't end now because many of the families have made it clear that they want to sue tui the company who were in charge of the holiday for the 30 british tourists who lost their lives. they own thompson holidays and so the relatives will be suing them and pursuing them for financial compensation for what happened in the civil courts. they say there was neglect by tui because tui didn't

make proper certainty, weren't properly sure that there was security at the hotel at the resort where their loved ones died. the coroner here at the royal courts of justice said he didn't feel able to say there was neglect, but the relatives believe there was and will be pursuing tui in the civil courts. simon, back to you. thanks, ben. some breaks news from the high court where the government has won its action trying to block sought an injunction to block industrial action by prison staff. this is in the continuing dispute over pay and pensions. from tomorrow, staff have been instructed to withdraw from a range of what are called voluntary roles which include working as a first aiderfor hostage roles which include working as a first aider for hostage negotiator, but according to the latest information from the high court, judges have said that constitutes

industrial action and therefore, breaches the prison officers pledge not to take part in industrial action so the details are now being discussed according to our correspondent daniel sandford, but it does appear the government has won that high court action for an injunction to block the industrial action. we will be talking to daniel later on. chief constable bailey said that earlier that the system had reached saturation point with 400 men a month being arrested. he said police should focus on those who pose the greatest threat to children. dan johnson reports. as more and more images of child

abuse end up online, more people are being discovered viewing them. and 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 focussing 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 focussed on stopping. look at the numbers. four yea rs 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 say they're struggling to cope. we recognise police concerns in relation to resources , police concerns in relation to resources, but the focus needs to be on child protection. we need to remember with every one of these images we're looking at a scrim scene and child has been 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 controversy issue. but he says the system is under such strain that something has got to change. victims and survivors... some find the idea of any paedophile avoiding prison unthinkable. it is all a slippery slope and we have to have zero tolerance if we are to protect our children. if the resources are as stretched as he says, isn't it right to focus on the more serious offenders? i find it very difficult to categorize a child who has been raped in the 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 which should be treated as such. it says strong criminal justice sanctions remain the response. a man who murdered his ex—girlfriend

and her new partner has been jailed with a and her new partner has been jailed witha minimum and her new partner has been jailed with a minimum term of 23 years. andrew saunders admitted stabbing lee simmonds and zoe morgan outside the store last september. a coroner has condemned the police response during the tunisia terror attack that left 30 british tourists dead. one survivor who risked his life to save others says he saw no police on the beach for at least 20 minutes. sir phillip green has reached a cash settlement with the pensions regulator worth up to £363 million to help fund the pensions of staff at the former retailer, bhs. the former chancellor george osborne has become the latest political heavyweight to issue a warning about the dangers posed by brexit. he told the british chambers of commerce that the uk economy is at significant risk, if theresa may fails to secure a trade deal

with the european union. but a short time later, foreign secretary borisjohnson re—iterated the government's view that brexit was an "opportunity for a great free trading country". our business presenter, vishala sri—pathma was at the bcc conference in central london. lots of talk here today at the british chambers of commerce about the single market and what what happens to britain's access to it after we leave. well, joining me now is sharon fallon. how does leaving the single market impact your business? you run a vitamins business? you run a vitamins business? i do. i've got a small vitamin business. we employ 30 people in northamptonshire. there is a lot of anxiety around it. everyone is concerned about stability and consumer and brexit is a real issue for us. i've coined a phrase called

brexity. when you have got a businesslike yours and you can export, the former chancellor, george osborne said that he doesn't think that trade with the rest of the world is going to make up for the world is going to make up for the lack of trade that we might feel when we leave the european union. do you think that's the case? well, i'm not a politician, but i can say from a business prospective it is more difficult to do business outside of europe. we have a regulatory framework that makes sense within europe. you may not agree with the regulations and it takes a lot of money to comply with them, but we have a framework. there is a lot of extra tariffs and it is more complicated to do business. in terms of tariffs and having free access to the single market, how essential is that to your business? it is essential to all business. we're particularly concerned about ireland, having a soft border between ourselves and ireland, it is about a fifth of our business and so to be able to have are a broad access to all markets is essential to everything we do. we have seen

currency fluctuations over the last six to seven months. has that been an advantage for you as an exporter or is ita an advantage for you as an exporter or is it a double—edged sword? you've answered your own question. you're right, we're seeing huge advancesin you're right, we're seeing huge advances in sales into the european community, into the eurozone and broadly because it is the pound that's shrunk, we are seeing 76% growth in overseas markets, but it does concern me because we have had, we have to purchase ingredients from all over the world, herbs and plants that don't grow in britain and we have to buy them in and import and we have seen increases between 18 and 23% in raw material costs. a how would have to be refurbished every minute until the year 2050. here is roger harrabin. beneath your floorboards,

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homes upgraded by 2050. that is more than one home every minute. four iron age neckbands that were found in a field in staffordshire by two men with metal detectors are going on public display today. they're thought to be the earliest pieces of iron age gold work ever found in britain. phil mackie reports. nothing like this has been found in britain before. these were made sometime between 400 and 250 bc, long before the romans arrived in britain. not bad for four hours work on a sunday morning. these will the two friends who found these whilst recently taking up metal detecting two decades after they gave the hobby up. i heard him say he'd found something. he was coming down the field to me and he pulled 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 years ago. but this is 1,000 years older and it's the first of its kind from that period. this is a spectacular find. these four items made out of gold are unique. it's surprisingly heavy. this would have been worn around the neck of a wealthy woman 2,500 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. what 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, 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. once valued, the land will be chaired between the landowner and the metal detectors. scary but nice. happy happy days. yeah, scary, but nice! it's time for the weather. there is nothing spring like in the forecast. most of what's falling out of the sky is rain. it's liquid. a few fla kes of the sky is rain. it's liquid. a few flakes of snow up over the higher ground not causing any problems. further showers for a time, but they will clear away and wintry showers across the north of scotland and snow down to low levels and ice around. the odd shower elsewhere, but many of us settling into a quiet and cold night. temperatures down to

close to freezing in a good few places. it could be a bright and crisp start to where you are. enjoy it across southern areas. it won't last. things go downhill with rain setting in. there will be a few showers coming in off the irish sea. further wintery showers across the north of scotland. at least across northern parts of the uk, you will hold on to sunshine. for most of scotland, a fine afternoon. temperatures well, five or six celsius. they are on the chilly side, but with light winds and sun sheurpks not feeling too bad. some brightness for northern ireland. parts of northern england, still the odd shower. further south, through east anglia, the midlands, wales and southern england, it will turn damp and dismal through the afternoon. some persistent rain setting in and sixes and sevens. so it will feel chilly. tomorrow night, there is the risk of gales around exposed southern and western areas. this area of rain as it heads its way northwards turning to snow up over

the higher ground and possibly the midlands and northern ireland. watch this space. we are keeping an eye on developments. the combination of strong winds, rain and snow mixed in. some disruption possible tomorrow night. things quieten down on thursday. the gales ease. still a blustery day. still dampness through the central zone for a time, but sun coming out further south and sunshine further north, but still wintry showers across the far north—west where it will be a chilly feeling day. something milderfor the south, enjoy the sunshine. it won't last because the next low pressure system on the conveyor—belt comes in from the bay of biscay and it looks as if a wet spell will turn up it looks as if a wet spell will turn up to end the week across southern parts of the uk. a question mark about how far north this rain gets? for northern ireland and scotland, i think plenty of fine weather as we end the week. chilly and not warm further south. a lot going on. keep up—to—date with developments by checking out the bbc weather

website. today at 5 — the coroner's ruling — the british victims of the tunisian terror attack were unlawfully killed. injune 2015 — an islamist gunman attacked tourists at a beach resort, the coroner described the police response as shambolic and cowardly. 30 britons were among the 38 people killed in the attack, which was later claimed by the islamic state group. it's only in recent reports that i found that police waited, police fainted, they hid. that's unforgiveable. after the inquests here at the royal courts ofjustice, lawyers acting for families of some of the victims said they would sue the travel company which organised their holidays.