25/09/2014 BBC London News


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Good evening and welcome to tonight's BBC London

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Metropolitan Police detectives say they're examining an area of

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parkland near to where Alicd Gross was last seen as part of thd ongoing

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There was also an investigation into the Metropolitan Police's initial

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investigation into her disappearance.

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It's been described as the biggest search operation

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But alongside it now is a rdview into how the Met first investigated

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the disappearance of Alice Gross, and also into apparent delaxs in

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identifying the main suspect, Arnis Zalkalns, a convicted murderer.

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As a consequence of criticism that we have hdard

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in the media and other placds that we have undertaken a review of, we

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If there is learning then wd will take that learning away and we will

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Pictures of Alice growing up, released today as part

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of an appeal four weeks on from when the 14`year`old schoolgirl

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No`one really knows what's happened to her.

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Her family also released thhs poignant video `

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the teenager not long ago rdhearsing for a solo performance.

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Here in West London, the colmunity reaction has been astonishing.

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Everywhere you look, ribbons, the colour yellow, a sign

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Seeing these search units and things like that down

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by the hospital and you see them dredging it up and you're jtst there

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It's been awful, what's happened, and obviously with young chhldren

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The sense of community has been fantastic, as you can see, so it's

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The Met Police today reconstructed Alice's last known movements,

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hoping there'll be a breakthrough, her family saying this afternoon

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As detectives tonight examine a park in Hanwell near to where Alhce Gross

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was last seen, Scotland Yard officers are also in the Latvian

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capital, Riga, working with the authorities there to gather more

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Our correspondent Jenny Hill is in Riga and sent this report.

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The joint investigation between the British and Latvian police teams

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here in Riga is firmly focused on finding Arnis Zalkalns, as well as

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gathering as much information about as possible, and to that end, we

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understand British detectivds have spoken to a former girlfriend of his

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and to do that they had to travel for several hours to a town in the

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West of Latvia. Latvia is a country where Arnis Zalkalns still has

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family and acquaintances and is also the country where, 16 years ago you

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was jailed for the murder of his wife. Detectives say it is possible

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he has come here. They say ht is difficult because they understand he

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does not have his passport. Nevertheless, the search here goes

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on. The Latvian police authorities have said to us that if thex find

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him, they are not able to arrest. They see as far as they are

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concerned, he has not committed a crime. There is, as you pointed out,

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no European arrest warrant for him. And they emphasise this is ` guest

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`` an investigation into two missing people. But tonight, here in

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Latvia, the search for Arnis Zalkalns goes on.

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Dogs are being trained to fhght in a playground in Enfield.

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The local authority says it now fears for the safety

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of children playing in any park where the dogs might be.

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A warning that viewers might find some images in Emilia Papadopoulos'

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Two dogs pitted against each other with no way out. Dogfighting isn't

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just cruel, it is illegal, `nd it is happening in London. This

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children's adventure playground only opened in August. But the epuipment

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has already been replaced three times and that is because fhghting

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dogs are being trained here at night, forced to hang from swings

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and trees by their jaws. Yot can see the effect the fighting dogs have

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had on this child's seat. It is a swing seat and they have chdwed

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right through to the hard rtbber at the edge, write to the core. ``

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right. The problem is now these dogs will associate a child's pl`yground

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with where they get trained, so is there a worry that could be a

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problem in the day here? Absolutely. Where they are conditioned to CH

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over's playground as a placd they are trained, Enfield Council takes

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this very seriously. What I would say to them is, stop being lorons.

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Don't trained dogs in children's playground. To think that they could

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come while you are playing with your daughter... It would put me off

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going to that playground. You don't want to think they are doing that

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and training their dogs to fight. Dogfighting is still a big problem

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in London and while most right `` fights take place behind closed

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doors in garages, the implications for the public and charities like

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Battersea Dogs Home are hugd. They don't necessarily happen in

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daylight. We need people to literally give us information. The

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covert nature of dogfighting makes it hard to find reliable st`tistics

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but animal charities say incidents involving dangerous dogs ard

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growing. Enfield Council will now install CCTV in the area and

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increase police park patrols. They also want the public to be vigilant.

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That's it for now from me, but let's find out what

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Still feeling really warm dtring the day?

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Yes row. The odd spot of rahn is possible but it should brighten up

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quite nicely into the afternoon The cloud is coming down from the North

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and most places will be dry. Possibly grey over some of the hills

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with fog possible but a nothceable breeze and we keep the tempdratures

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at 13 or 14. A mild start to the day. Most of us will be dry with

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just the odd spot of rain possible. Brighter spells developed as the

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cloud thins and brakes. A noticeable breeze. Looking good onto the

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weekend as well. This is breeze. Looking good onto the

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weekend as well. This is the summary. Now the national outlook.

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Good evening. There is rain in the forecast overnight, but even so

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September is heading to be one of the driest on record for many of us.

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Today's weather front gave a lot of cloud rather than rain. But where we

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have the sunshine, it has been warm. And today, for eastern Scotland our

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warmest September day so far. 2 degrees at St Andrews. But it will

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turn remarkably cooler. These are our first autumnal gales blowing in

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across Scotland and Northern Ireland with gusty winds. Severe gales

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possibly for Shetland. Those hold the temperature up, though. Some

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misty, drizzly conditions in the South mean a much

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