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Tonight on BBC London News: The family of Mark Duggan wins the right

to challenge an inquest verdict that he was lawfully shot by polhce.

A judge says Mr Duggan's falily has "an arguable case" that shotld be

heard in court. Also tonight: The search for a schoolboy who went

missing 26 years ago ` four people are arrested in south London.

Parking payback ` thousands of drivers are to be refunded `fter

being issued illegal tickets. And a chance to hear the world ` the

three month`old who's becomd the youngest person in the UK to receive

cochlear implants. Good evening. Welcome to thd

programme. The family of Mark Duggan, whose shooting by police

sparked the riots in Tottenham in 2011, has been given permission to

challenge the inquest into his killing. In January, a jury

concluded that he was lawfully killed by a police marksman. A judge

has now ruled that the family can challenge the verdict on thd grounds

it was legally flawed. The family say they're pleased with thd judge's

decision. There is some flash photography in Guy Smith's report.

This was moments after the family heard the jury's decision that the

Met Police firearms officer had acted lawfully. Despite jurors at

the inquest concluding that Mark Duggan did not have a gun when he

was shot dead. We believe there has been a grave injustice. Tod`y, Mr

Duggan's family won the right to challenge the verdict because of

alleged errors the coroner lade when directing the jury about thd law. A

judge has ruled that there hs an arguable case. In a statement, the

family say: it is something they have bden

fighting for. We are not giving up. No justice, no peace! Mark Duggan's

death in Tottenham in August 20 1 first lead to riots on London's

streets and then other citids. Police identified the 29`ye`r`old as

a senior member of a violent gang. Armed officers surrounded the

minicab he was travelling in and shot him. Two and a half ye`rs

later, the majority of the jury believe Mr Duggan had thrown a gun

on a grass verge, marked here in white. Many will remember the scenes

outside court as senior polhce officers were heckled as he tried to

maintain the Met's position. Mark Duggan had a gun. They had `n honest

and reasonable belief that Lark Duggan still had the gun whdn he

shot him. The killing of Mark Duggan was controversial. Now, an `ppeal

against the inquest's concltsion will go before some of the

country's most senior judges, but it is not known when that will be.

Lots more to come including: A company's apologised after ` bag of

post including bank statements was left in a public park for ndarly two

weeks. Four people have been arrested in

connection with the disappe`rance of a 15`year`old boy 26 years `go. Lee

Boxell was last seen in southwest London in 1988. Detectives believe

he may have been targeted bx a paedophile ring. Katharine Carpenter

is outside Scotland Yard with more details.

For over a quarter of a century Lee Boxell's family have been w`iting,

hoping for news of their son. They last saw him when he was 15. He

would have been 41 this week. He was last seen on 10th September 198 on

Sutton high street. He hung out with a friend in the morning and his

parents assumed their footb`ll`mad son then went to watch a match. When

he didn't come home, they alerted the police. By the summer of 20 2,

detectives had learnt Lee used to go to an unofficial youth club called

The Shed at St Dunstan's chtrch in Cheam. It attracted vulnerable young

people and paedophiles were known to operate in the area. Officers began

to wonder if Lee had been khlled after witnessing child abusd at The

Shed. They started digging tp the church graveyard and used

ground`penetrating radar to see if the earth had been disturbed. But

Lee's body wasn't found and the investigation continued. Five months

later, to mark what would h`ve been Lee's 40th birthday, his parents

joined the police in launchhng a fresh appeal for information. We

can't begin to grieve until we know for sure that Lee is not alhve.

Obviously, we hope he is sthll alive, but that hope is fadhng after

25 years. One can only hope that todax's

developments will bring thel some sort of news about what happened. On

that note, what more can yot tell us about today's arrests? We don't know

the identity of the people who were arrested. There are four of them .

We do know that a 78`year`old man, a 52`year`old man and a 42`ye`r`old

woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder, conspiracy to

convert the course of justice and indecency with children. Another man

has been arrested on suspichon of murder and conspiracy to perverts

the course of justice. At the moment, they have not been charged,

they have just been arrested, and they are all being questiondd at a

central London police station. The jury in the murder trial of PC

Keith Blakelock has retired to consider its verdict at the Old

Bailey. PC Blakelock was st`bbed to death when violence erupted on the

Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham in 1985. Nicky Jacobs, who was a

teenager at the time, is accused of being one of the rioters who stabbed

the officer. He denies murddr. Judge Mr Justice Nicol told the jtry to

set its emotions to one sidd when considering their decision. A

policeman responsible for protecting Government ministers has bedn

charged with sharing obscend images on his mobile phone. James @ddison,

who's 37, is accused of 11 counts of distributing moving images via his

mobile phone. He'll appear `t Westminster Magistrates' Cotrt later

this month. One of the two len who murdered soldier Lee Rigby hn

Woolwich in May last year ` has launched an appeal against his whole

life sentence. Michael Adebolajo was given the prison term by a judge who

said he was the leader of the murderous plot and had "no real

prospect of rehabilitation". His accomplice Michael Adebowald was

jailed for life with a minilum term of 45 years.

Thousands of pounds of drivhng tickets are being refunded by one

council. Newham issued to ndarly 5000 people since 2009 using CCTV

which was not legally approved. Campaigners believe there are number

of similar cameras being usdd by Newham which could see further

refunds of up to ?10 million. They have issued thousands of fines

and now Newham council is to pay out thousands of pounds. This p`rking

cameras have not been raising revenue. Far from it. This hs a

victory for local businesses. One of those who will now receive ` refund

is this person. With so manx deliveries, his carpet business pays

out ?120 a week in parking fines. He is asking for a refund on htndreds

of penalty notices. It is a stealth tax. They use every means possible

to squeeze the life out of the local businesses. Technically, thd council

is breaking the rules, so why should we keep the rules? The law hs the

law. If they break the law, how can they expect us to keep the law? The

reason why Newham council h`s fallen foul of the rules is simple. Every

camera has to be certified by the vehicle certification agencx to

ensure the quality is good dnough to be used in court. During an internal

audit, the council discoverdd that one dozen of their cameras were not.

As a result, nearly 5000 people have been issued with parking tickets

from this 12 camera since 2009. Unpaid tickets have already been

cancelled, and today the cotncil confirmed that ?347,000 worth of

unpaid fines will now be refunded. The council had refused to pay back

the money, but today's U`turn is in part thanks to this man, a familiar

masked figure in the area. His activist group has been fighting the

council all the way. We havd caught them with their fingers in the till

and now we will make them p`y the money back. We have now got another

internal investigation going on into another 66 cameras which we dispute

had proper certification. They might have been used in the wrong way We

could be looking at a furthdr ? 0 million. Newham council declined to

be interviewed today, confirming that their cameras are now `ll

approved of. But the governlent is looking at banning parking CCTV

altogether. As for those of us wanting a refund from the p`rking

cameras that pay out ` well, we have six weeks to apply. A local MP is

accusing a housing associathon of 'immoral behaviour' over thd way

it's treated dozens of residents after a massive sinkhole appeared

under a house in Hemel Hempstead. Mike Penning says he's appalled that

they're still being charged rent for their homes despite some behng moved

into cramped hotel rooms. Mdanwhile, as Yvonne Hall reports, mord holes

have been found on the estate. Six .30 AM, and this family

struggled to get there they are underway. Mum, dad and thred

children under five, all living in two small hotel rooms. It h`s

disrupted us as a family. E`ch of the kids and each of us has blown

our top every now and again, because we just want to get home. The food

shelf is just a few feet from the toilet. The family have had to live

like this for nearly two months They say the children's health is

being badly affected. The! Hs a stress reaction to being aw`y from

home. We have had a lot of! , haven't we? They were moved here in

an emergency operation after a massive sinkhole opened up tnder a

neighbour's house in Hamilton stood on February 15. 38 families are

still living in temporary accommodation. Their housing

association told them ensurds would only pay for hotel rooms. This is

the site today. We have learned that more cavities have been found up to

20 metres down. They have got to be filled before gas and electricity

can be restored, but tests `re ongoing and more weak ground could

still be found. Residents are angry they are told that they havd still

got to pay rent here. Their MP says that is immoral. If they ard

insured, why are they being asked for rent for properties thex cannot

get into and are not in? Sole of their properties have been damaged,

particularly by mice in somd cases. Why are they doing this? Thdy may

well have a legal position, but the moral position is untenable. They

are getting their hotel bills paid and they are having other costs met.

Normally, insurance companids expect the rent to continue to be paid in

those circumstances. Meanwhhle, for the family here, breakfast hs a long

walk and southern staircases away. The housing association instrer 's

say they will now pay for more suitable temporary homes. For the

family and 37 other families, that cannot come soon enough.

Lawyers representing the last British resident at Guantan`mo Bay

have called for his urgent release on medical grounds. Shaker @amer has

been detained in Cuba by thd US Government for the last 12 xears

without charge. A human rights organisation says the Saudi national

should be allowed to return home to London to his wife and four

children. It comes after an independent medical examiner

concluded he was suffering from post`traumatic stress syndrome.

You know, I ask you. If you have got someone who has been through torture

and is still going through `buse, is there any excuse to hold hil one

more day? Lets not talk abott another seven years. One more day of

going through this sort of `buse, that is why we are asking the US

government to consent to wh`t they should have consented to months ago,

which is to send him back to London and to his wife and children. The

discovery of more than 200 letters in a west London park has ldd to

concerns over a private delhvery company. The collection of post

included bank statements and medical letters. They should have bden

delivered by TNT, but were left in a bush for nearly two weeks. The

company has apologised. Tar`h Welsh has the story.

The daily bundle of bills m`y only get the dog excited, but not

everyone in north`west London has been getting their letters. Chris

has collected all of this after she found them in a bush. Bank.

Telephone. Somebody could h`ve missed a hospital appointment. They

could have missed vital tests. That could be a life changing missed

opportunity. I think that is absolutely unacceptable. Shd told

TNT about the discovery last month, but says she was told nobodx could

collect the abandoned mail because the Bush it was left in was too

thorny. I have not got prickle, because there is actually a way into

this mess of letters. So after 2 days of waiting, she went in

herself. So I walked straight in through there. No protectivd

clothing, not so much as a scratch. Chris counted 250 letters ldft in

that bush behind me. I am looking at some of them, and they are from the

NHS, hospitals, Banks. You can even feel a bank card in one of these. In

a statement, TNT said it was sorry and unacceptable that mail was not

delivered to households. It said it is investigating what happened and

working with its clients to get the letters to their owners. TNT has

only been posting letters in north`west London since February.

That means it has its own postman delivering letters for largd

clients. One of them was Harrow Council, which had to apologise to

24,000 residents after council tax bills were delivered up to two weeks

late. It says it will now bd using Royal Mail. TNT says it is still

investigating who was at fatlt. Since we have been in touch, the

post has been collected frol Chris and the dogs are back to se`rching

the sticks, rather than letters Still toll come tonight: `` still to

come tonight: Can Chelsea whn tonight to make it through to the

semi`finals of the Champions League? Found gathering US dust in the

Netherlands. The lost masterpiece of silent cinema finally being returned

to London. Now, no`one wants to see thdir child

under go surgery, but for the parents of baby Evie, it max have

been her only chance to hear the world around her. At only three

months old, she is the youngest person in the UK to receive cochlear

implants at St Thomas' Hosphtal in London. This is a big day for baby

Evie and her parents. Surgeons put the first electronic device inside

her right ear when she was just three months old. The second one

went in a month later. Now, the implants are being switched on to

give Evie a new way of hearhng. Evie has spent most of her short life

profundly deaf. So this reaction to the banging of a drum means the

world to her mum and dad. Good, girl. Cochlear implants aren't a

cure for deafness, but they will help her to experience sound. This

will special process, that hs outside Evie's ear, is pickhng up

the sound and sending it back to each electronic device inside the

ear and underneath the skin. Today, the hearing specialists havd been

programming the devices and seeing how Evie responds to the sotnd. Evie

has faced huge challenges. She lost her hearing after getting mdningitis

when she was just three days old and spent weeks in intensive care. The

she was given cochlear impl`nts at an exceptionally young age because

the damage to her ears was getting worse. With meningitis, you can get

boney growth in the inner e`rs. If that is there, you aren't able to

get the implants in. Therefore, the parents had to make a decishon very

quickly. We had to implant Dvie when she was three months of age. Many

hospital appointments still lie ahead for Evie, but activathng the

implants has been a milestone for her parents. We were devast`ted when

we found out she was deaf. What affected me the most was thd thought

of her speech being impaired. They have said that obviously with these

implants that hopefully her speech should be very good with input from

the speech and language therapist. So, that's what we're looking

forward to now. Yeah. Hearing her say "mummy and daddy." Her first

words! Evie is now among 5,000 children in the UK who have cochlear

implants. Evie's story therd. Next tonight, it's a crucial match for

Chelsea in the Champions Le`gue at Stamford Bridge. Anything btt a win

means they could be out of the competition. Warren Nettleford is

there for us ahead of the g`me. It won't be easy given their opponents?

No. It won't be easy. It's half time in the battle of the billionaires.

Chelsea are 3`1 down. They lost their first leg away in Parhs

against Paris St Germain last week. It's a massive game for thel. They

were hoping to get a et abotter result than they did. They do have

hope only two years ago when they played against Napoli in thd

Champions League they lost the first leg 3`1, went on to win the second

leg 4`1 and they went on to win the Champions League in that ye`r. The

He said it's about the attitude of He said it's about the attitude of

his players to get the best result possible. They have chances to be in

the semi`final. We have to be at 7.45pm with a smile on our faces, go

in, play, give everything. @t 9.30pm, let's see what happdns. Jose

Mourinho will be hoping he will have a smile on his face at 9.30pm

tonight when the game ends. Someone else will be hoping to have a smile

on his face is Clive Walker, former Chelsea player. He said it's about

attitude. What does he have to do to get the players to respond hn the

right way? Confidence, belidf. They have had that for most of the

season. I think you take a knock, like Chelsea did last week, I hope

they are coming here tonight wanting to prove a point, that you can beat

some of the big teams around in Europe. This is a massive tdam now,

PSG, with the amount of mondy they have to spend. They have a point to

prove, the players. Goals h`ve been a little bit difficult. There are

wonderful, talented players in there, the likes of Hazard to score

the opening goal. We need the first goal. PSG have scored in thd last 40

games, in every single game they have played. Chelsea, having only

one away goal, what do they have to do to stop PSG scoring? Thex have to

bring back the field of cle`n sheets. They are proud of the fact

the back four has been similar all season. Petr Cech in goal. Between

the five of them the clean sheets have been good. They have to bring

that to the field. If they can stop PSG from scoring, I'm sure Chelsea

can get two goals. We have to wait and see. The game is live at 7 45

on BBC Radio 5 Live. Jose Mourinho has never lost a quarter`final

Champions League tie. We will wait and see what mood Jose will be in

tomorrow. Thank you very much. It's the lost silent film which features

actress Betty Balfour which hasn't been seen since its release in

London in 1923. It has been discovered gathering dust in the

archives of a Dutch film museum and is to be returned to the capital

where it was made. As our arts correspondent, Brenda Emmants,

reports, the British Film Institute hopes to restore it and scrden it

once again. It was a lost masterpiece of British silent

cinema, last week the British Film Institute were delighted whdn Love,

Life and Laughter was rediscovered. Director by George Pearson, the film

had been gathering dust in ` small cinema in Holland for over 80 years.

We got a call at the BFI from our colleagues in Holland, at the film

Museum in Amsterdam. We collaborate with them a lot. When they

discovered this unexpectedlx, last week, they gave us a call. Very

exciting it was too. A bit of Ulrika moment. Film stars Betty Balfour, a

Londoner who was the most stccessful British actress of the 192 's.

Dubbed "Britain's Queen of happiness" she was dubbed otr answer

to Hollywood, Mary Pickford. She was performing in London on the stage at

an early age, from as young as ten. It was clear the camera lovds her.

She was typecast early on as this bright, bubbly blonde, she never was

able to break free of that. She was best`known for her choppic character

Squibs. Other films included this 1928 silent called Shame pahn by

Alfred Hitchcock. The it's one of the most wanted on a list ptblished

by the BFI to mark the 75th anniversary of their nation`l

archive. Only one complete George Pearson film survives, making this

discovery hugely significant. To discover something, so rare, that it

is not only a silent film that is complete and a feature film from the

20s, to be the one that we were actually looking for is just odd and

remarkable. The film remains on the list until the BFI physically

recover it from the Netherl`nds The ambition is to subject to dhgital

restoration for new audiencds to enjoy later in the year.

Fascinating. Time now for a check on the weather with Wendy, it does seem

to be brightening up ` can H sigh that? Dare I say that? You can dare

say that. We did the soggy part of the week. It's dry and sometimes

sunny from here on in. This week will stay mostly dry and fine. There

won't be the amount of blue sky we had today. It won't be too bad.

There is a huge are why of high pressure that will stick with us

through the next few days. Ht will keep any weather fronts awax from

us. Apart from this cold front that sinks south across the country and

gets to us on Friday morning. Not much on that. There might bd some

thicker cloud and bits and pieces of rain. The high pressure reasserts

itself for the weekend. There won't be a whole lot of stuff for me to

talk about as we go through this week. The weather will be s`my,

which is reassuring. This evening, the blue sky will translate into

clear skies tonight. It has been breezy today, that will easd back

through the night. Under thd clear skies we could have one or two mist

or fog patches developing in the countryside across the Home

Counties. A touch of frost hn places that are prone to it as well. Many

people were saying it was a chilly start to this morning. Tempdratures

will be similar again, around four degrees. I think with less of a

breeze it won't feel quite `s chilly. A nippy start with sunshine

to begin with. The breeze whll be lighter as we go through thd day

tomorrow. We will see more cloud in the sky as we go through thd

afternoon. It will be largely dry. Temperatures 12`14 outside London.

15`16 in urban centres. Not too bad at all for the time of year. Similar

sort of day on Thursday. Frhday we have that cold front, more cloud and

maybe one or two outbreaks of rain. The weekend starts settled. The

early signs for the London Larathon it will be a chilly start, warm

spells later, staying dry. Good for runners and spectators alikd. . Good

luck to them. Thank you. Thd main headlines now: Oscar Pistorhus broke

down in court in South Africa as he described the moment he realised

he'd shot his girlfriend, Rdeva Steenkamp, he claims he took up his

gun because he believed there was an intruder in his house. The HMF has

predicted that the UK's economy will grow by 2. 9% this year. Th`t is

faster than it initially prddicted and faster than any other G7

country. The Queen has welcomed the President of the Irish Republic

Michael D Higgins, to Windsor Castle. It's the first time an Irish

Head of State has made an official state visit to Britain. The mother

of Mark Duggan has been granted the right to challenge the verdhct of

the inquest into his death. In Jana jury found he had been "lawfully

killed" when he was shot de`d by police. Drivers in Newham are being

refunded hundreds of thousands of pounds for parking tickets that were

issued illegally by the council between 2009 and 2013. From all of

us here, thank you for watching and have a lovely evening. Goodbye.