10/04/2014 BBC London News

Good evening and welcome. The death of a violinist just a few d`ys after

she testified against her former choirmaster could and should have

been prevented. Frances Andrade was assaulted by Michael Brewer when she

was a teenager. She killed herself after giving evidence against him

decades later. Today a serious case review found that she was ldt down

by mental health services. Chris Rogers has the story.

Frances Andrade died less than a week after she gave evidencd at the

trial of her abuser at Manchester Crown Court in January last year. It

was a suicide that could have been avoided. A concert in memorx of her

life. In the 1970s, an aspiring buyer list from Guildford, was

accepted into the music school in Manchester. She became disrtptive in

class and was required to lhve with the choirmaster Michael Brewer and

his wife. During the trial Frances Andrade said it was the famhly she

had always wanted. But the choirmaster was abusing her. He had

been honoured with an OBEs `nd in court she was labelled a fantasist

and a liar. The choir director was jailed for six years, guiltx of the

abuse of Ms Andrade when shd was 14 and 15 years old. His wife Hillary

was jailed for 21 months. Frances Andrade had her day in court, so why

did she take her own life? @ serious case review said she was let down by

mental health services who failed to realise how vulnerable she was.

Proper care measures and addquate risk assessments were not in place

as she made increasingly serious suicide bids. The authors c`ll for

professionals to improve thd support offered to sex abuse advisers ``

survivors. The report added news broadcasters should be mindful of

the way a person's health and credibility are discussed. Tntil the

Government invests in supporting survivors and victims, thesd

tragedies are going to conthnue Surrey police say improvements to

pre`Tal support are being m`de, but this week in a newspaper article

circular Starmer warned victims of sexual crimes still face an ordeal

in the court room with inaddquate support. He is now part of ` Labour

task force which is proposing a new law to give better protection to

victims before, during and `fter the court process, which may include

judges cross`examining victhms rather than barristers. Meanwhile

the Government says it is spending more money than ever before to

improve the services of polhce and health officials when dealing with

victims of sexual abuse. Thd person ultimately responsible for her death

is the man who betrayed her in such a terrible way by abusing hdr when

she was young. Campaigners `re calling for a national enquhry into

abuse at other schools. Her legacy may be to inspire other victims to

speak out. The man cleared xesterday of murdering PC Keith Blakelock

during the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham in 1985 has been released

from prison. Nicky Jacobs, 45, had been accused of attacking the

officer with a large knife. He is the fourth person to have bden tried

for PC Blakelock's murder. A pedestrian is in a critic`l

condition tonight after being hit by a police car which was responding to

an emergency call. The man hn his 50s was hit near Shepherd's Bush

Green just after 11 o'clock this morning. The incident has bden

referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

Despite growing confidence hn the jobs market businesses in London are

reporting increasing problels recruiting experienced, qualified

staff. The London Chamber of Commerce says in a recent poll it

identified a skills gap in the capital. Emma North has mord.

Confidence is high in the c`pital. We are told business is expdcted to

grow this year, so why is there such a problem hiring people? Yot have

the large companies looking for senior managers and in London it is

a problem because it is so international we have a verx

cosmopolitan, diverse busindss industry and every company hs

competing globally in terms of salary and benefits. So at the top

end London is a victim of its own success. Its small tech company

survives on a young workforce. With a quarter of London's and a 25 s

unemployed you would think that recruiting would be child's play. It

is not. They do not know how to get up in time, they do not know how to

do a full day's work, they do not know how to keep Facebook. This firm

says it takes a year for its new recruits to become profitable and

blame is being laid at the door of the education system. There are

things early on in our educ`tion that can help you prepare you for

what real life is like out there in terms of getting a job and what you

have to do to earn your strhpes These teenagers have opted out of

the traditional system. This is the business equivalent of finishing

school. I wasted my years at school. Obviously I learnt important things,

but I would have been better off coming here. But training lhke this

can cost up to ?15,000. The Department for Education recognises

the problem of young people straining in the workplace but says:

Should more emphasis be placed on the employer's role? They whll have

to mentor to a certain extent, but it is a dual process. It is

providing support for a young person to go into the working environment.

As London's economy grows, so do the calls to make business and dducation

work more closely. I will hand you over to Nick Miller

with the weather. It is still fairly mild at the

moment, but later in the night clear skies will come our way and that is

when the temperatures will dip. Morning will be the brightest part

of the day. A bit more cloud will come along, but most places are

going to stay dry. It will cloud over more readily tomorrow than it

did today. There may be a shower in Essex, but most of us will stay dry.

Temperatures are still fairly pleasant at 17 degrees. The fine

weather stays with us into the weather stays with us into the

weekend and for the London Marathon as well.

Parts of Australia are about to be hit by a powerful cyclone bringing

whether that is just about as bad as it gets with winds