21/10/2013 BBC London News

Tonight on BBC London News: Jailed, the convicted killer who murdered a

pensioner whilst on day release from prison.

His widow speaks about her loss. prison.

His widow speaks about her loss His His widow speaks about her loss His

death has left a massive hole in many peoples lives. He will missed,

he will not be forgotten. We'll hear how John Buck was

stabbed, after he went to help a neighbour being robbed by the double

murderer. The operation on a patient's heart

whilst it continues to beat. London surgeons become the first in the UK

to perform the pioneering surgery. How a head teacher was subject to

abuse, after she asked parents not to smoke outside the school gates.

And, the rules written 150 years ago in a London pub. Now, the founding

fathers of football are honoured by the FA.

Good evening, and welcome to the programme.

He was a convicted double killer who was serving life in prison for

murder. But, last July, Ian John McLoughlin, who was out on day

release for the first time, stabbed a pensioner to death. The victim,

Graham Buck, was trying to help his neighbour as McLoughlin robbed him.

After the guilty verdict, Mr Buck's wife described how the loss had

destroyed her life. Sonja Jessup reports.

Captured on camera, the moment Ian John McLoughlin walked out on day

release. His intention, to track down a man he'd known in prison and

rob him. That and was Francis Cory`Wright who lived in Little

Gaddesden. At first, he invited McLoughlin in but it turned violent.

He demanded money and said: A neighbour, Graham Buck, heard

cries for help but when he intervened, he was stabbed. He died

on his own front lawn. The level of violence to cause his death was

completely senseless and disproportionate to the act of a man

who came to the aid of a vulnerable neighbour. It is on that basis that

40 years in prison for a man who is now responsible for the deaths of

three men in the course of 30 years is entirely fitting. Told he would

serve at least 40 years, McLoughlin appeared to give no reaction. This

was the third time he had killed. In 1984, he was jailed for

manslaughter. In 1992, jailed for life for stabbing a barman to death.

In July this year, when he murdered Graham Buck, it was the first time

he was allowed on day release. We have many unanswered questions. I

await the outcome of the Ministry of Justice in enquiry into day release

of prisoners. Finally, I would like to say Graham's death has left a

massive hole in many peoples lives. He will be missed but he will not be

forgotten. Sentencing at the Old Bailey, Mr Justice Sweeney said he

was barred from passing a whole life sentence because of a European

judgement which said it was in breach of human rights. He said he

was deeply conscious he would not be able to reflect the worth of Graham

Buck 's life. The Ministry of Justice says that whole life tariffs

should still be available for the most serious offenders. Police say

it is likely McLoughlin at 55 will never leave jail.

Lots more to come, including: The legal bid by the care worker who

says she can't work on Sundays because of her religion.

London surgeons have become the first in the UK to perform a

pioneering operation to improve failing hearts whilst they are still

beating. It took place at King's College Hospital where medics used

what they call less`invasive technology to treat the patient from

Bromley. Alex Bushill has this report.

I couldn't walk, I was always in agony. My knees, my tummy. It was

getting worse. I was struggling to walk upstairs. I was feeling in very

low. This man can now enjoy long walks with his family, something

inconceivable just a few months ago when, despite never having smoked or

drunk much, he was diagnosed with heart failure. I was very worried.

Unless you come to that level, you don't know that we are all afraid of

death. We may say we are not but we are. Then you look at that

possibility. I had hesitations. Did it change the law life? Yes. And so

much for the better comic each check out charts his recovery from when

his heart had swollen to twice its size. He was a high risk patient and

opted to be the first in the UK to have a procedure called cardiac

special surgery. By folding the scar out of the way, this allows the rest

of the heart to work much more effectively. He used a wire with an

anchor at both ends to seal of the dead muscle, producing capacity but

also increasing the efficiency of the heart pumping. The heart never

had to be stopped. As a result, success rates are hugely improved.

This procedure will be trialled across Europe. It is a novel

operation done by very skilful surgeons. We need to wait and see

the long`term data from the group of patients which have had this

procedure. The result is less invasive surgery and no need to stop

the heart. It has meant one person has been able to restart his life.

Business leaders are calling for rail improvements to Stansted. The

business lobby group London First has put forward proposals that could

cut the Stansted Express journey time to under 40 minutes. They also

want to see better access to the airport by rail and coach. A charity

has described proposals to shut 11 children's centres across Essex as

"savage". The county council also plans to

halve the opening hours at a further 33. It says the proposals would save

?2.5 million. The authority claims that research showed some centres

were not being used. But the Child Poverty Action Group has criticised

the move. Two men have appeared in court,

charged with terrorism offences. The charged with terrorism offences. The

men, who can't be named for legal reasons, were arrested in London

last weekend. The BBC's home affairs correspondent Matt Prodger reports

from Westminster Magistrates Court. Both men were referred to only by

their initials, AB and CD. One was charged under section five of the

terrorism act relating to preparation for acts of terrorism.

Both men have also been charged under section 58 of the terrorism

act of 2000, a lesser charge relating to the possession of

terrorist information, namely in this case, a computer file labelled

bomb`making. The second defendant was further charged with an offence

contrary to the identity documents act. Both men were referred to the

Old Bailey on November 18. They have been remanded in custody until then.

Two other men who were arrested in the same operation were released

earlier this week. A new bike hire scheme has been

launched today in Slough. It's starting small with just 65 bikes

but, if it's successful, it could expand. Meanwhile, TfL has confirmed

that, contrary to previous claims by the Mayor, London's bike hire scheme

will need ongoing public funding, as our transport correspondent Tom

Edwards reports. Code more commuters in Slough takes

to two wheels? Here, congestion is a problem and so, today, the Council

launched the latest bike hire scheme to try to change behaviour. One of

the things with our cycle group people were saying they didn't have

a bicycle. It costs a lot to have a nice bike. Having these at strategic

locations is ideal. This is a very good boot and I'm sure people will

use these. This scheme is only small, there are three docking

stations and 65 bikes. It cost ?175,000 to set up. Its aim is to

help commuters cycle between the two train stations and the business

park. It can't be a vanity project but a useful thing people are

getting utility out of it. In the scheme of things, the way the world

is, there is competing demands for funding. It is crucial to our

strategy to alleviate traffic congestion. It could be expanded.

Compared to London, these are much cheaper, but they are more advanced

with a computer on board to control a steering lock. This lock means you

can leave it pretty much anywhere. The council here admit that this

scheme will never really cover its costs. In London, the London Mayor

and TfL initially said this scheme would break even, so today TfL

admitted it would always need a subsidy. Critics say the London

Mayor has broken a promise. Last year, TfL paid out ?11 million to

cover banning costs. It says it will now be trying to increase income

from its 8000 hire bikes. Other towns are watching the Slough scheme

closely. If it is successful, you could see more of these smaller bike

hire projects in other towns. A head teacher in Croydon claims she

received threatening messages, after she asked parents not to smoke at

the school gates. Susan Pappas, the head at Selsdon Primary, says she

wanted to create a healthier environment for her pupils. Warren

Nettleford is at the school now for us now.

Sadly, we are used to hearing about bullying in the playground but not

bullying parents. Susan Pappas has been headteacher for a few months,

brought in after a damning Ofsted inspection. She has a good track

record at another school in Croydon. It seems some parents came to see

her complaining about the fact some parents were congregating smoking at

the entrance. She agreed and said it wasn't a good envoy in ``

environment for pupils to start the day. She posted a message on the

school website asking parents to stop. She received threatening and

abusive messages. What worried me was their response

to other parents, parents saying they were scared of the other

parents, leaving threatening messages. I had not come across that

in a primary school or anywhere. messages. I had not come across that

in a primary school or anywhere. Has she been deterred, or changed her

mind? When I met Susan Pappas, she

described herself as being stubborn with no plans to change her mind on

this. I spoke to parents earlier and they agree with her.

I think she is right. I don't smoke myself but she's probably right.

I think she is right. I don't smoke myself but she's probably right I

can't believe the parents could act like that. What they are doing is

for the children. No, very bad. You think she is right? Definitely. It

is a good idea. The children might catch on and want to smoke.

Many of the parents said they had heard about the petition against the

headteacher and said they wouldn't sign it. I didn't see any parents

smoking today so it seems that the headteacher has shown the bullies

who is boss. Some of the most vulnerable people

in London are those working in prostitution. They live at constant

risk of rape, assault, and even murder. But, according to some sex

workers, the police are not tackling these types of crime effectively.

Our home affairs correspondent Guy Smith has more details.

An armed gang enters a flat in Basildon. Free sex workers are

robbed and attacked. One of the victims explains why the crime was

never reported. They would have been more interested in arresting me for

prostitution than in the crime. I know girls who have been raped and

they will not report it because the police do not care. 14 years ago,

Ruth Jacobs worked in prostitution here in Hampstead. Being back here

reminds me of some of the countless lethal situations I found myself in.

I did not expect to live in till 30, and I know too many people who have

not made it. In a film for Inside Out London, she claims the police

did not act when sex workers become victims of crime. She met the MP for

Slough who has been looking into laws surrounding prostitution. The

police are not focusing on the criminals who are raping and killing

women. They are arresting women for being in prostitution and it is a

waste of their energy. The attitude of the police means that men can do

things with impunity. Ruth visited Liverpool to look at a project, set

up after the murder of a prostitute in 2005. Here, Merseyside Police

patrolled the streets. Officers apparently treat all crimes against

sex workers as hate crimes, the same approach as homophobic attacks. It

is a different world than it used to be. That is why I am concerned that

you are working. My role is to keep people safe and protect people. I am

not putting them in a car and taking them to a police station. Ruth

Jacobs says in one year the liveable PROJECT saw a 67% conviction rate

for those who rape sex workers. Both Essex and Met police say they

investigate all crimes reported to them by victims, regardless of their

background or past criminal history. You can watch the full report on

Inside Out London at 7:30pm. Still to come: High hopes ` as our

acrobatic gymnasts limber up for the European Championships. And a set of

rules that were written 150 years ago were commemorated today. Without

those rules, Wembley Stadium might not exist.

A woman who claims she can't work on Sundays because of her Christian

beliefs is to fight her case in the High Court. Celistina Ummba was

employed by Merton Council until she was asked to do Sunday shifts. Well,

Ayshea Buhksh has more on this. Ayshea, her case has been heard in

court before, hasn't it? Yes, that is right. She took Merton Council

council to court for this constructive dismissal, and lost.

She worshipped as a Baptist church in South London and believes that as

a Christian Sunday should be a day of rest. When she started as a

residential care worker, she was told that would be OK but over the

course of the contract, it got changed. She refused to work and

resigned. She continues her fight. Changing my faith to line up with

what the employer once is not possible. My faith is who I am and I

am not prepared to compromise on that. Without my faith I am nobody.

If I do not take it up, I stand up to Jesus. He stood up for me, why

should I not stand up for him? Why is this significant? Her lawyers are

likely to use the case of the British airways worker who won the

right to wear as crucifix at work. If she winds at the Court of

Appeal, it could set a legal precedent. In theory, all and

employers would have to accommodate all of those with F8. Many more

people would suddenly find Christianity to get their weekends

off. The workplace would become unmanageable. The charges would have

to take into account that if they give it to one religion, they would

have to give it to others. `` judges. I do not think any religion

should trump any other reasons for time off. She now works for a

private company in London and they allow not to work on a Sunday.

Merton Council say they do their best to accommodate staff but they

say they need weekend support and carers must supply that

round`the`clock care. During the London 2012 games, medals for the

likes of Beth treadle helped raise the profile of a Lasix `` athletics.

This is acrobatic gymnastics. The discipline is rising in popularity

following TV shows like Britain's following TV shows like Britain s

Got Talent. Whatever the competition, the danger is obvious.

There is a huge responsibility but it comes naturally after some

experience. It always lingers in the back of your mind that you cannot

afford a lapse of concentration. back of your mind that you cannot

afford a lapse of concentration We afford a lapse of concentration. We

already knew each other and trusted each other. He has not dropped me

yet! We have a lot of trust with each other. He has got my life in

his hands. The pair trained for 21 hours every week. The girls fit it

in around their schoolwork with homework being finished at

lunchtime. Chris is at dance teacher. Dominic is in the third

year of an English degree. I do not get much time to devote to my

studies. You do feel like you are at the circus but acrobatic gymnastics

is not an Olympic discipline. Due to its growing popularity there are

calls at the moment that one day it could replace rhythmic gymnastics

and join the Olympic programme. If that happened to us it would be

actually incredible. It might not happen within our career but to get

the opportunity to perform at the Olympics would be phenomenal. The

pair have tasted the Olympic experience in the 2012 Olympic

closing ceremony but now the focus is on the European Championships in

Portugal, they start on Wednesday. Now, it was written 150 years ago in

a London pub and set out the original laws of what's now known as

'the beautiful game'. The authors ` considered as the founding fathers

of football ` have today been honoured in a special ceremony at

Wembley Stadium, as Helen Drew reports.

Unveiled today, this plaque commemorates football's founding

Fathers. In London 150 years ago, eight men wrote the original rules

of football. Today, some of their relatives celebrated what their

ancestors did. It was my great great great uncle. Are you proud of what

he did? Yes, I am very proud. How exciting was today for you? Really

excited. I could not believe I was here, missing school. It is a much

better thing than going to school. One relative came from New Zealand.

Three days flying. Worth it? Absolutely, I would not have mist it

for the world. It is an amazing honour. `` I would not have missed

it for the world. The founders wrote 13 rules although they were a bit

different to today's game. It was a free for all. There was a rope for

the crossbar and there were no penalties or stuff like that. It has

mushroomed Masha `` massively. The topic of conversation in football is

in every family and that is why we are so lucky. The men wrote this

rule book at this pub. They sat down in autumn 1863 to decide on the

rules of the game now played across the world. That original manuscript

is on loan to the British library in till the middle of December. It is

valued at ?2.5 million. A lot of money for a book but it Rob Lee

would not buy you Garrett Rael's boots! Now for the weather. It is

not all bad and I have some good news. We will properly not have to

put the heating up too high. It will be very mild. It will happen tonight

and that is despite there being breaks in the cloud. That rain edged

up towards the North of England, breaks in the cloud. That rain edged

up towards the North of England and up towards the North of England, and

you can see the breaks towards the end of day. We had some decent

spells of sunshine, and you can see this lump of cloud here which will

work its way in tomorrow. It is a tangle of weather fronts associated

with a low pressure system. It will ring us some more wet weather

tomorrow, and you can see the squeeze of the isobars. You can see

this coming across the Iberian peninsula, and that is why it is

quite mild. Temperatures are around 18 Celsius, like today. We would

expect it to be around 14 degrees on a typical October's day. That is

more likely to be the temperature tonight and every night this week.

This evening we have clear conditions. We will get away with a

dry rush`hour tomorrow as well. If there is any rain it will edge in

from the West. As we go through the day tomorrow we will see some pulses

of rain working their way up from the south. At times, they will be

quite heavy. A breezy day tomorrow but it will be mild at 18 Celsius.

Bits and pieces throughout the week. Pretty unsettled as we go

through Wednesday with some showers. Its of sunshine in between

and it will start dry on Thursday with some rain in the afternoon

There will be a breeze blowing through the week although it will

ease off on Thursday. Temperatures are staying mild throughout at 17 or

18 degrees. Now for the headlines. David Cameron

has defended a deal to build the first new nuclear power station in a

generation. He says the Hinkley C plant in Somerset will help the

economy and could lead to lower energy Bills. A postgraduate student

from Ukraine has pleaded guilty to murdering a Muslim pensioner as he

walked home from evening prayers in Birmingham. Pavlo Lapshyn also

admitted terrorism offences and causing explosions near mosques in

the West Midlands. Tesco is promising to do more to cut waste,

as new figures show that more than two thirds of salad grown for bags

is thrown out. 40% of apples and just under half of bakery items are

also discarded. A convicted killer has been jailed for a minimum of 40

years for murdering an elderly man who tried to help a neighbour who

was being robbed. Ian McLoughlin was on day release from prison when he

stabbed 66`year`old Graham Buck in Hertfordshire in July. And Surgeons

at Kings College Hospital have become the first in the UK to

perform a pioneering operation to improve failing hearts. The medics

used technology which allowed them to operate while the patient's heart

was still beating. That's it. Sara Orchard will be here later during

the ten o'clock news, but for now from everyone on the team have a

lovely evening. Goodbye.