25/06/2014 BBC London News


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That is all from us. Now it's time for the news where you are, have a

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good night. Good evening, welcome to thd

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programme. I'm Chris Rogers. We begin with more revelations about

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the Met Police and phone hacking. An investigation by BBC Panorama

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reveals that the Metropolit`n Police was aware that a News of thd World

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employee had been hacking phones to gain information

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on people under police protdction Let?s begin with

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the background to this. At the centre of the phone hacking

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scandal is Glenn Mulcaire. Panorama has now learned he also hacked the

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phones of people under witness phones of people under witness

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protection. One of those people was Robert Arnesen. `` Thompson. It is

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now known The Met police kndw that Glenn Mulcaire was hacking the

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phones of people in 2006 when he Glenn Mulcaire was hacking the

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phones of people in 2006 whdn he was phones of people in 2006 whdn he was

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arrested. These are vulnerable criminals and witnesses. They should

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criminals and witnesses. Thdy should have been referred up to the

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have been referred up to thd Attorney General because it is

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contempt of court. For that information to get into the hands of

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journalists is potentially putting people 's lives at risk. I would

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have expected an immediate `nd thorough investigation to identify

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how that information had got into the public domain and who w`s

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the public domain and who was responsible for it so that we could

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restore confidence in the witness protection scheme. The Met has

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responded to panorama. They told panorama that the milk are targeted

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a small number of individuals but there was no evidence compromises

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had been made. `` The Met targeted. 14 universities with campusds

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in London are now being investigated over suspected visa

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scams by their foreign studdnts The investigation, by the body

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which oversees higher education finance, follows the revelation that

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an estimated 48,000 immigrants may have fraudulently obtained English

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language certificates, desphte being Their websites are still online but

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their license to use fonts are their license to use fonts are

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overseas students. Some 40 separate institutions in and around London

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and the south`east are affected. This government action follows the

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Panorama investigation into a company called education testing

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services. It was meant to tdst services. It was meant to test

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overseas students to check they could speaking this before they got

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easier. Instead, it allowed some to cheat. `` a Visa. Today, the

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Government said they had iddntified Government said they had identified

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more than 29,000 in valid rdsults more than 29,000 in valid results

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and 17,000 that were questionable. In the House of Commons, thd London

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In the House of Commons, the London School of business and finance based

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in Hoban was mentioned specifically. in Hoban was mentioned spechfically.

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Yellow macro they are not allowed `` one College has 219 foreign students

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who worked and paid tax last year. It identify people allegedly

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studying in London while their home addresses were registered as

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restaurants, as far away as Ipswich and Colchester. Now pending further

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investigation, that University and the University of Bedfordshhre

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investigation, that Univershty and the University of Bedfordshire will

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not be allowed to sponsor ndw students. The Government will also

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be looking at other locations in the capital. Much of the worst abuse

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be looking at other locations in the capital. Much of the worst `buse we

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have uncovered seems to be taking place at London suburb campuses at

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place at London suburb camptses at universities in other parts of the

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country. I can tell the Has these London campuses will be exalined to

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see a further action should be taken against parent universities. The

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scale of abuse today is truly shocking. Tonight, the many London

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colleges named on the Government list are considering the

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implications. One, the London School of business and Finance said they

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were disappointed by the announcement and hoped for `

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announcement and hoped for a resolution shortly. They stress it

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will not affect current students, who will continue to study. Almost

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6000 police officers have bden involved

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Scotland Yard say, by tackling knife crime dirdctly,

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they also reduce robbery, burglary and gang activities.

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But critics say they have doubts about the effectiveness of these

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in raids targeting part of ht is about reassurance and part about

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about reassurance and part `bout public investigations. Knife

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about reassurance and part about public investigations. Knifd crime

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public investigations. Knife crime will be prevented by good p`renting,

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will be prevented by good parenting, local community action, through the

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work of youth workers and others engaged in the community. It is too

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serious a problem to be left to the police alone.

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The health regulator says Southend Hospital is one of the worst

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performing Accident and Emergency departments in the country.

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Monitor says it is still not seeing emergency patients quickly

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enough and is failing to carry out most operations within 18 wdeks

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The Trust has been told to improve soon or face changes to

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The Trust says it has already started to make improvements.

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Let?s find out what the weather?s up to with John Hammond.

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A nice day today. Good news for tomorrow as well. Make the most of

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tomorrow as well. Make the lost of it because our luck is running

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tomorrow as well. Make the most of it because our luck is runnhng out.

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All the more reason to enjoy tomorrow 's fine, dry and often

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sunny weather. It is pretty quiet out there at the moment. Not a lot

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of whether going on. I cloud floating around but otherwise it

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will stay dry. `` high cloud. A cooling off in rural spots. A fresh

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night. In the larger towns and cities it will stay in double

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figures. The most important thing is it will stay dry tomorrow which is

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good news for Wimbledon and the rest of us. After that temperatures will

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warm up quite nicely. I early to mid afternoon we will be up to 20, 0

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one Celsius. `` by early to mid afternoon. It does turn mord

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unsettled afternoon. It does turn more

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unsettled and there would be heavy and thundery downpours around. Good

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evening. A little bit later than usual. The weather over the next

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couple of days will change. Let me show you the satellite

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