22/07/2014 BBC London News


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Don't forget a first look at the papers over on the BBC News Channel.

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Now, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

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Good evening from BBC London News. I'm Riz Lateef.

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A group of London Academies is trying to

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recover ?4 million from a former employee, after vast sums of money

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Samuel Kayodee was an accountant at Haberdashers' Aske's Federation,

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which runs three schools in south`east London.

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A High Court judgement detailed how millions was diverted to

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Our education reporter, Marc Ashdown, has the story.

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Back in 2007 it was the most oversubscribed state school in the

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country, as the then head showed us around the academy, one of its

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country, as the then head showed us around the academy, one of hts staff

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members was parentally removing millions of pounds from under her

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nose. Samuel Kayodee was born in Nigeria. The Trust runs three

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schools in south`east London. It was discovered over a six`year period 4.

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?4.1 million was paid into his own accounts. The Trust suspended and

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accounts. The Trust suspenddd and sacked him and wept to the High

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Court to try to recover the money. A summary judgment was granted to the

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trust in respect of the claim he summary judgment was granted to the

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trust in respect of the clahm he had trust in respect of the claim he had

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abused his position of trust. It detailed 148 transactions m`de to

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detailed 148 transactions made to his account over the six ye`rs.

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detailed 148 transactions m`de to his account over the six years. He

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his account over the six ye`rs. He and his late wife bought property,

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cars, luxury items and had apparently been living well beyond

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their means. The judge said based on the evidence he'd seen, there's no

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way they couldn't have known such a vast amount of money was flowing in.

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It's left parents concerned about how the schools are run and knock`on

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effects it might have. It's a huge amount of money. Our schools aren't

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particularly complex, our fhnancial particularly complex, our fhnancial

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institutions. It's a huge concern for parents. They're worried that

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their children's education will suffer. The academy Trust was

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frequently championed by thd former frequently championed by the former

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Education Secretary. Academhes do have more control over their

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finances than other state schools. Critics say this is a glaring

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example of the need for stricter example of the need for strhcter

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financial controls.. They c`n siphon away funds easily without anyone

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really knowing anything for a long time. The only people supervising

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them are the Department for Education. The Department for

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Education have thousands of schools to monitor. The department

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maintained academies alreadx have maintained academies already have

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tougher financial rules to follow. In court, Samuel Kayodee tried to

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argue all his transactions had been authorised. The judge said his

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explanation had a total air of unreality about it. We've not been

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able to locate him for a comment. able to locate him for a colment.

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The Trust say they're devastated and believe this constituted a

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sophisticated fraud. They're believe this constituted a

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sophisticated fraud. They'rd working sophisticated fraud. They'rd working

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as hard as they can to recover the money. It is, after all, ?4 million

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of public money, which should have been spent on pupils.

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From September, eight new rdgional From September, eight new regional

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schools commissioners begin their role scrutinising academies, three

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of them here in London. I'm told they'll be more hands on, m`king

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they'll be more hands on, making more advise tights schools, going

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through the finances. Many will say this case shows how badly they're

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needed. A cyclist, involved

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in a collision with a rubbish truck The 40`year`old was taken to

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hospital suffering It's the eighth cyclist death

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on the capital's roads this year. Soaring rents coupled with

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the difficulty of getting onto the property ladder has led to calls

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for changes in the way London's In the second of our series this

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week 'Home Truths', looking at more radical solutions to the

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capital's housing crisis, P`tricia Brown, Chair of the London Festival

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of Architecture, explains why she thinks people should be able to rent

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better properties, for longdr. People often look to continental

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European cities and say why can t we European cities and say why can t we

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be more like continental Europe, where people say in Germany or in

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Paris live in rented accommodation for their entire lives. There's no

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stigma attached to it in thd for their entire lives. There's no

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stigma attached to it in the same stigma attached to it in the same

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way as there is here. At thd stigma attached to it in thd same

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way as there is here. At thd moment, I live in Leytonstone, to share with

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seven people. It's really slall to seven people. It's really small to

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live there. It's really dirty. I don't trust the landlord. It's too

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expensive. Why is it so different here? That's because many of the

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landlords that are around, providing the significant proportion of

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private rental sector in thd UK and private rental sector in thd UK and

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especially in London, are actually in it for the short`term. There s

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especially in London, are actually in it for the short`term. There's no

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security of tenure or reasons for people to feel vested in thdir

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security of tenure or reasons for people to feel vested in their home

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or their district. Here I al people to feel vested in thdir home

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or their district. Here I am in people to feel vested in their home

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or their district. Here I am in the eastville nadge Stratford, where

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they're trying to radically change the housing market. This is a good

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sized room. Due say you havd your sized room. Due say you have your

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own bathroom? Yeah, just around the corner. Initially I was on the hunt

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for a new job. I was recommended for a new job. I was recommended

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about this company. So I signed up and got the job. At such a time I

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was going to be moved over here in the Village. I thought it was

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was going to be moved over here in the Village. I thought it w`s a

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the Village. I thought it was a really good place to be. We signed

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up for a three`year contract. We had a clause that we can use after the

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six`month term. There is total security from a tenants' pohnt of

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view. There isn't one single view. There isn't one singld

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solution when it comes to London's housing market. There's lots of

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different ways that we need to take on to fix the problem. One of them

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is regulating the market and providing a better class of private

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rented landlord. The mayor is rented landlord. The mayor hs

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actually looking at this through something called the housing

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covenant, where he's setting the conditions for more rental housing

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to come onto the market. But regulated in a way to provide

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security and quality that Londoners deserve.

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Do send us your views on this and the other housing storids we'll

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You can get in touch via em`il or join in conversation on Twitter.

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That's all from me. I will wish you a very good night and we will have a

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look at the weather, which seems to be hot and getting hotter.

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That's true. Yes, hello, good evening. Today we were 27 ddgrees

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evening. Today we were 27 degrees again that. Makes it the eighth day

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in a row that somewhere in the London area has got at least 27

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which takes us into the 80s Fahrenheit. Staying warm for the

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next few days, plenty of drx weather next few days, plenty of dry weather

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around, but there will be the odd risk of a shower. In fact, we start

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with the risk tomorrow morning. risk of a shower. In fact, we start

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with the risk tomorrow mornhng. We with the risk tomorrow mornhng. We

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have cloud moving towards us from the east. It does give us a risk of

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some showers. Early showers, pretty light ones at first. But in the

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afternoon, you could see a sharp one, especially towards the south of

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London. Most place as voiding them, staying dry. Bit of a breezd

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tomorrow. It won't feel as hot as it has. And temperatures are wdll up in

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has. And temperatures are well up in double figures overnight. There say

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bit of a breeze. On Thursdax, out bit of a breeze. On Thursday, out

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towards the west, eventuallx, towards the west, eventually,

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there'll be the risk of somd there'll be the risk of some

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showers, but most places ard dry. I showers, but most places ard dry. I

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will leave you with the outlook: Good evening. I know some of us

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could do with a drop of rain for the gardens, and the hot weather doesn't

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suit us all, but it's within a warm one today. 20 degrees in many parts

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of Scotland and Northern Ireland, the warmest day of the year so far.

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It's been a hot one further south too. 30 degrees along the south

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coast of England. There's plenty more warmth to come through the rest

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of this week. A balmy night. Most of us dry. Low cloud and mist off the

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North Sea into central and eastern parts of the UK. The odd shower

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possible across the west of Northern Ireland, otherwise dry and humid.

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Temperatures in the midteens to start the day. Whoa might see the

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odd shower across eastern England early on. Most of us is dry. By the

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afternoon, we could see an isolated downpour. Further west, I must

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stress they will be isolated. Mauve of us will avoid

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