:00:00. > :00:15.Scotland and turning windy in the North of Scotland were Goo
:00:16. > :00:42.Christmas was over before it began for this couple, whose house was
:00:43. > :00:46.flooded on the morning of the 2 th, and they are now talking to the
:00:47. > :00:50.insurers about the damage to their home. You kind of racial self when
:00:51. > :00:58.you walk through the front door it is devastating. `` you kind of brace
:00:59. > :01:06.yourself. Thankfully we are all safe, that is the main thing.
:01:07. > :01:09.Hundreds of homes in Surrey have been evacuated, and with half a
:01:10. > :01:14.dozen flood warnings in place across the south`east, it appears there
:01:15. > :01:18.could be more to come for many. For those returning home, the advice is
:01:19. > :01:23.to be prepared for the task ahead. There will be a lot of mud covering
:01:24. > :01:28.your furniture, and it is hugely traumatic to see that, and also your
:01:29. > :01:32.home will absolutely stink. Your best friend for the next few days
:01:33. > :01:36.are going to be a pair of Marigold gloves, do not touch anything
:01:37. > :01:39.without wearing gloves, because floodwater is very contaminated and
:01:40. > :01:44.you do not know what gems you are finding in your house. Streets
:01:45. > :01:48.closed to the river are still deserted with a brave few coming out
:01:49. > :01:54.to see the flooding. They are hoping the worst is over. In this
:01:55. > :01:58.playground, the water level is still coming just about up to my knees,
:01:59. > :02:02.and dozens of families who were evacuated from their homes because
:02:03. > :02:06.of these floods on Christmas Day are now desperate to get back home to
:02:07. > :02:10.begin the clean`up. But with more rain forecast over the weekend, it
:02:11. > :02:24.will take some time for things to return to normal. A mother from
:02:25. > :02:33.Luton has arrived back in the UK after... Margaret Finlay has been
:02:34. > :02:38.running an online search campaign as well as working with rescue teams in
:02:39. > :02:43.the mountains. A London health trust has apologised for what it accepted
:02:44. > :02:47.would be inexcusable failings in the handling of DNA tests at a centre
:02:48. > :02:50.for the victims of sexual assault. Some clients at the Haven
:02:51. > :02:56.Whitechapel have not had the sample sent for testing, and others have
:02:57. > :03:00.not had the results. It was built one decade ago to offer
:03:01. > :03:04.the victims of sexual assault a confidential clinic, knowing that
:03:05. > :03:09.complaints would be taken seriously up to one year after an attack. Last
:03:10. > :03:13.February, a member of staff reported a problem at the Whitechapel Haven,
:03:14. > :03:20.and an independent investigation was commissioned. The findings pointed
:03:21. > :03:23.to a whole system failure. Some of the more serious problems included
:03:24. > :03:26.multiple deficiencies in the treatment of some children and
:03:27. > :03:31.vulnerable adults. There was an oppressive, tense environment in the
:03:32. > :03:34.clinic, but staff were too scared to talk to their managers. And dozens
:03:35. > :03:39.of forensics samples that should have been sent for police testing
:03:40. > :03:42.were left in a fridge. But all this information only came to light this
:03:43. > :03:47.week following a freedom of information request. The Haven was
:03:48. > :03:50.closed for a while, and 90 people who were affected have been offered
:03:51. > :03:57.counselling, but some argue it is not enough. They needed to trust the
:03:58. > :04:01.case was being treated seriously, and they need to trust in the whole
:04:02. > :04:06.process, and I think the only thing that will do that is the
:04:07. > :04:10.transparency of the process, sharing in the public domain, and there
:04:11. > :04:15.should be total accountability in what has happened. The NHS trust
:04:16. > :04:20.told BBC London today that they were extremely sorry for the inexcusable
:04:21. > :04:22.failings at the Whitechapel Haven. They said they took swift and
:04:23. > :04:26.immediate action when they found out there was a problem and that the
:04:27. > :04:32.trust has strived for transparency throughout.
:04:33. > :04:37.The main train link between Gatwick Airport and the centre of London has
:04:38. > :04:39.been closed until the New Year. The Gatwick express service from London
:04:40. > :04:44.Victoria is shut for planned maintenance work and will reopen on
:04:45. > :04:49.the 2nd of January. Now, Peter Cockroft is here with
:04:50. > :04:55.what I am sad to say is one of his last forecasts for BBC London.
:04:56. > :05:02.Good news and bad news, and first of all the weather for the most part
:05:03. > :05:06.will be dry and bright this weekend. Chilly during the day, and we can
:05:07. > :05:10.expect a little bit of frost and fog at night. There are a few rain
:05:11. > :05:16.showers this evening to the north and south of us, but we should stay
:05:17. > :05:21.dry overnight tonight. Clear skies, winds getting later, it will get
:05:22. > :05:24.quite cold. The numbers in the boxes are the air temperatures, and grass
:05:25. > :05:28.temperatures are going to be a little bit lower, and that is the
:05:29. > :05:32.reason we might see a touch of frost around dawn tomorrow. Saturday and
:05:33. > :05:36.Sunday bring us quite a bit of winter sunshine, and this is the bad
:05:37. > :05:41.news ` more wet and windy weather heading our way for the start of
:05:42. > :05:46.next week. In fact, the winds will start to freshen and the rain will
:05:47. > :05:50.start to fall after dark on Sunday. So the flooding is not over quite
:05:51. > :05:54.yet. That is it from Peter and from me,
:05:55. > :06:08.we will be back in the ten o'clock news, enjoy your evening. Bye`bye.
:06:09. > :06:15.Good evening. What a week it has been, a stormy start, a law through
:06:16. > :06:20.Christmas, then a wild end to the week, had to keep up, isn't it? This
:06:21. > :06:26.was a vicious area of low pressure last night, but today the winds have
:06:27. > :06:30.been strongest across northern areas, where it is still blowing a
:06:31. > :06:35.gale. That will gradually subside as we go through the night, although a
:06:36. > :06:39.windy night across Scotland with frequent, heavy showers. A few
:06:40. > :06:41.showers whistling in elsewhere, but a lot of dry weather, and
:06:42. > :06:42.temperatures