:00:00. > :00:00.showers in the west and south. That's all from the
:00:00. > :00:00.language and sexual content. Here's our arts editor, 8
:00:00. > :00:24.On BBC London News: An apology and pay out for two students who took
:00:25. > :00:30.part in protests over tuition fees after The Met wrongly tried to
:00:31. > :00:37.prosecute them. My shirt ripped. My face was crushed. Five police
:00:38. > :00:42.officers were sitting on top of me. An investigation is under way. Also
:00:43. > :00:45.tonight: The family of a student who died while trekking in Morocco
:00:46. > :00:50.criticised the company which organised the school trip. After the
:00:51. > :00:55.floods, fears of falling property prices and higher insurance
:00:56. > :00:59.premiums. And... Preparing to put their best foot forward again. The
:01:00. > :01:11.Strictly stars get ready for their UK tour.
:01:12. > :01:22.Hello and good evening. Two students who took part in protests against
:01:23. > :01:26.tuition fees in Central London have both been awarded ?20,000 pay`out
:01:27. > :01:31.after they met a bullet in police wrongly accused them of obstruction.
:01:32. > :01:37.The men were arrested, strip`searched and charged. The case
:01:38. > :01:42.was dropped after YouTube footage was shown in court revealing
:01:43. > :01:47.inconsistencies with the claims. There were large crowds. My body
:01:48. > :01:53.sort of dragged across the floor. My shirt ripped. There were scrapes and
:01:54. > :01:58.bruises. My face was crushed. There were five police officers sitting on
:01:59. > :02:02.top of me. This man describes the scene in June 2011 when he was
:02:03. > :02:07.arrested during a protest against tuition fees. He was later charged
:02:08. > :02:12.for obstruction. The student ended up in court. Thanks to this video,
:02:13. > :02:19.the case against him was dropped. It revealed the police account of what
:02:20. > :02:22.happened to be inaccurate. He did not assault or obstruct officers. I
:02:23. > :02:33.could have done six months in prison. It would have jeopardised my
:02:34. > :02:38.PhD. My life would be entirely different in that video had not
:02:39. > :02:45.appeared. It was a similar case to Simon Bearman. He attended the same
:02:46. > :02:49.demonstration. Both students were awarded ?20,000 each in damages
:02:50. > :02:56.after base you to The Met for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment
:02:57. > :03:02.and religious prosecution. Lawyers say the cases are deeply worrying.
:03:03. > :03:07.The police officers wildly this represented what took place. I think
:03:08. > :03:12.that we need to be able to trust the police. We should be able to trust
:03:13. > :03:16.that when they give evidence against the people, particularly when it can
:03:17. > :03:23.result in a criminal conviction, they are 100% honest. The students
:03:24. > :03:27.had not received an apology. The Met says no one admitted liability as
:03:28. > :03:31.part of the cash settlement. Three officers are subject to an internal
:03:32. > :03:40.investigation, supervised by the police watchdog. Coming up: The
:03:41. > :03:42.patients in Essex being taken to hospital in police cars as ambulance
:03:43. > :03:56.crews struggled to cope. A former psychiatric patient has
:03:57. > :04:01.told the BBC she was raped up to 60 times by a health service care
:04:02. > :04:05.worker. She was speaking on BBC Radio 5 live and said her attacker
:04:06. > :04:14.had promised to secure her discharge from hospital in Dartford. She went
:04:15. > :04:19.as far as describing psychiatric wards as playgrounds for sexual
:04:20. > :04:26.predators. This all happened back in 2003 when she spent a year at the
:04:27. > :04:31.hospital in Kent. We are calling this lady Catherine to protect her
:04:32. > :04:37.identity. She says when she was admitted to hospital, she had
:04:38. > :04:41.anorexia and was on Valium. She said her carer simply walk into her room
:04:42. > :04:47.at night and sexually assaulted her. She said she did not murmur, move,
:04:48. > :04:56.make a sound. She was asked why this was her reply. She said:
:04:57. > :05:06.she went on to say her abuser ended up raping her every night he was on
:05:07. > :05:10.duty. He promised to write up good reports and would bring her
:05:11. > :05:16.chocolates, cigarettes and prescription drugs. This is how she
:05:17. > :05:24.summed up her time. It is an open playing field for predators in that
:05:25. > :05:29.environment. Who is going to speak up when they have been in a mental
:05:30. > :05:34.health institution? There is a stigma. You are ashamed. It is not
:05:35. > :05:41.something you tell people. To say that a member of staff raped you, it
:05:42. > :05:46.is probably one of the hardest things I have ever done. A truly
:05:47. > :05:51.shocking case. Her abuser was finally brought to justice. Seven
:05:52. > :05:55.years after she was discharged, she mentioned her ordeal to a
:05:56. > :06:00.psychiatric nurse. He was almost immediately arrested. He pleaded
:06:01. > :06:03.guilty to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a patient.
:06:04. > :06:09.He was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years. As
:06:10. > :06:17.for Catherine, she received a letter of apology from the NHS Trust. And
:06:18. > :06:21.?100,000 in compensation. Tonight, the Kent and Medway NHS and
:06:22. > :06:24.partnership trust said they cannot comment on the case because they
:06:25. > :06:37.were not in existence when this happened back in 2003. And you can
:06:38. > :06:43.see the full story on tonight's Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman, at
:06:44. > :06:46.10:30pm on BBC Two. The parents of a teenager from South East London, who
:06:47. > :06:49.died while trekking in Morocco, have criticised the company which
:06:50. > :06:51.organised the trip. Samuel Boon collapsed in the foothills of the
:06:52. > :06:54.Atlas Mountains in temperatures of 40 degrees. Today, the verdict of an
:06:55. > :07:04.inquest was death by misadventure. Yvonne Hall reports. Inconsolable
:07:05. > :07:09.grief. The mother of a 17`year`old boy who died in sweltering
:07:10. > :07:14.temperatures during a school trip trekking in Morocco. After the
:07:15. > :07:20.inquest into the death, his tearful father said no one had warned them
:07:21. > :07:24.of the dangers involved. If we had known that in an emergency there
:07:25. > :07:28.would be no helicopter, no ambulance, no medic. In fact the
:07:29. > :07:33.best emergency response available was a minibus with no medical
:07:34. > :07:37.assistance, we would never have allowed Sam to go. He had been
:07:38. > :07:43.trekking in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains with ten schoolmates
:07:44. > :07:48.from the Bexley business Academy. He collapsed as temperatures soared.
:07:49. > :07:53.Sam was six foot tall and weighed 20 stone. He had been struggling to
:07:54. > :07:57.keep up. The inquest into his death heard that emergency arrangements
:07:58. > :08:01.for the trip were inadequate, with no ambulance or helicopter on
:08:02. > :08:07.stand`by. A minibus ride more than an hour after Sam collapsed. The
:08:08. > :08:10.cause of death was exertion or heatstroke or low salt levels. The
:08:11. > :08:14.family had not been properly prepared for the demands of the
:08:15. > :08:20.trip. Bexley business Academy alleges it was misled by the travel
:08:21. > :08:23.company. This is the website for the company. It says it offers
:08:24. > :08:28.youngsters the opportunities to expand their knowledge outside the
:08:29. > :08:32.classroom. The company does not want to be interviewed about Sam 's
:08:33. > :08:36.death. It says safety is its top priority and it complies with all
:08:37. > :08:39.the British standards for expeditions abroad. It says it has
:08:40. > :08:46.made changes since the teenager died, including in particular
:08:47. > :08:48.monitoring the fitness of those taking part. It says, following
:08:49. > :08:52.today's inquest, it will make further improvements if necessary. A
:08:53. > :09:00.verdict of misadventure was recorded. His family hope that
:09:01. > :09:04.others will learn from Sam 's death. Figures obtained by the BBC show
:09:05. > :09:08.that nearly 200 patients in Essex were taken to hospital in police
:09:09. > :09:11.cars last year because ambulances failed to turn up. The East of
:09:12. > :09:13.England Service has admitted it doesn't have enough ambulances to
:09:14. > :09:24.deal with emergency calls. Gareth George has the story. And ambulance
:09:25. > :09:28.arrives at Colchester Hospital. Some patients are taken to hospital in a
:09:29. > :09:36.police car when ambulances failed to turn up. Figures obtained by the BBC
:09:37. > :09:40.shows Essex Police took 185 patients to hospital. That worries the Police
:09:41. > :09:47.Federation. They say police officers are ill`equipped to stand in for
:09:48. > :09:51.paramedics. While taking patients to hospital they cannot be performing
:09:52. > :09:54.normal duties. Unions say the Ambulance Service is stretched to
:09:55. > :10:00.the limit and that is putting more pressure on police officers. We
:10:01. > :10:04.might have a road traffic collision that is attended by the police. They
:10:05. > :10:07.might have a very seriously ill patient and they might have a very
:10:08. > :10:13.tricky choice around following the rules, waiting for the ambulance, or
:10:14. > :10:17.getting the patient to hospital and potentially saving their lives.
:10:18. > :10:25.Today's revelations come after a turbulent couple of years for the
:10:26. > :10:28.Ambulance Service. In the summer of 2012, plans to make savings of ?50
:10:29. > :10:31.million were made public. MPs met with the chairman of the trust
:10:32. > :10:35.saying delays in getting an ambulance to patients were
:10:36. > :10:39.unacceptable. Easter last year, the Ambulance Service was forced to
:10:40. > :10:44.wrecked and emergency tent after 17 ambulances queued outside the
:10:45. > :10:48.Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Doctor Anthony Marsh, before he was
:10:49. > :10:53.appointed as new chief executive, produced a damning report into the
:10:54. > :10:57.service. Two months later, the five nonexecutive directors resigned.
:10:58. > :11:01.Last month, the latest figures show the service was still failing to
:11:02. > :11:07.meet its three main targets for response times. We had a shortage of
:11:08. > :11:12.paramedics which we have openly stated previously. Our focus is to
:11:13. > :11:15.recruit numbers of student paramedics and establish
:11:16. > :11:20.paramedics. Our shortage is not the vehicles but the ability to staff
:11:21. > :11:24.the vehicles. The Police Federation fears police officers in Essex will
:11:25. > :11:27.continue to take up the slack. Coming up later in the
:11:28. > :11:30.programme...The Met says the police officer who killed Mark Duggan could
:11:31. > :11:32.return to firearms duties in a number of weeks. They are the
:11:33. > :11:37.reigning champions of Strictly Come Dancing. I will be talking to Abbey
:11:38. > :11:44.Clancy and some of the others as they prepare for the live tour.
:11:45. > :11:51.More now on the floods which are continuing to affect people along
:11:52. > :11:54.the Thames. There are currently 28 flood warnings in place from Reading
:11:55. > :11:57.in the west to Thames Ditton in the east. And with more rain forecast
:11:58. > :12:00.overnight there are fears the flooding could be prolonged. Let's
:12:01. > :12:06.join Sarah Harris, who's in Marlow this evening.
:12:07. > :12:12.You can see the river is still flowing very fast behind me. It has
:12:13. > :12:16.been raining very heavily over the last few hours. That is a big worry
:12:17. > :12:20.for people whose homes have been flooded because the ground is still
:12:21. > :12:25.saturated. After a lot of optimism over the weekend that those water
:12:26. > :12:29.levels had reached their peak, for those who have been affected, life
:12:30. > :12:35.is a long way from getting back to normal. The amphibious motor was
:12:36. > :12:38.bought for a bit of fun. Over the last few days, it served a much more
:12:39. > :12:44.practical purpose, transporting stranded neighbours in the flooded
:12:45. > :12:50.village of rays bring near Windsor. It does not go very fast. It will
:12:51. > :12:55.not go against a very strong flow. For this kind of occasion, it is
:12:56. > :13:03.ideal. It has helped a few people out. It certainly has. Every time
:13:04. > :13:07.there is another downpour, it is a worry for residents. The ground is
:13:08. > :13:11.still so saturated. People are trying to get back to normal. The
:13:12. > :13:16.Melbourne has managed to get through with two pints of milk. Not much
:13:17. > :13:22.chance of him making it to the doorstep of the property. To do
:13:23. > :13:27.that, he would a boat. This landlord had to use a different mode of
:13:28. > :13:34.transport to rescue his tenants over the weekend as the floodwaters
:13:35. > :13:38.surrounded the windmill home. We managed to get through with a JCB
:13:39. > :13:43.digger. We brought it down the flooded road. It was the only
:13:44. > :13:46.vehicle that could get down. I put some blankets in the front bucket
:13:47. > :13:50.and loaded them in from the doorstep of the windmill. They put as much
:13:51. > :13:55.stuff as they could carry in the front pocket. I lifted them up and
:13:56. > :14:00.got them out. Being housebound in the village still has its own
:14:01. > :14:04.challenges. What happens when the water comes up, obviously, the
:14:05. > :14:09.drains do not work. Without going into detail, certain things do not
:14:10. > :14:15.work. It is very primitive inside. Of course, we have had to shift up
:14:16. > :14:19.all the furniture onto bricks. What is known as the Blitz spirit is much
:14:20. > :14:23.in evidence here. The villages have come together to help each other and
:14:24. > :14:30.make the most of what has been a wet and difficult start to the year.
:14:31. > :14:37.And for those people who have been flooded, their thoughts are turning
:14:38. > :14:42.to not only how this will affect their insurance policies, but also
:14:43. > :14:45.their house prices. Questions also about where new houses are being
:14:46. > :14:50.built. It wasn't exactly a Merry Christmas
:14:51. > :14:54.from the Middleton family. Forced from their home in Reigate in Surrey
:14:55. > :14:59.as the floods took hold. They had to grab what they could and leave
:15:00. > :15:05.immediately. Santa will find us at the hotel. Two weeks on, I caught up
:15:06. > :15:10.with the family of four, still living out of a suitcase. They are
:15:11. > :15:15.trying to juggle life, mainly in a car and a hotel room. Back at their
:15:16. > :15:20.house, and the water has finally gone, but with it, the full picture
:15:21. > :15:24.of damages are merging. If we want to sell the house, the value will
:15:25. > :15:29.have fallen and the insurance doesn't cover that. And what if
:15:30. > :15:33.insurers decide they don't want to insure us any more? Those are our
:15:34. > :15:39.biggest worries. The latest area to be hit is to the west of London
:15:40. > :15:43.along the banks of the Thames. This park in Sunbury is underwater.
:15:44. > :15:49.Ordinarily, there is just a small trickle of water next to me, and
:15:50. > :15:53.then grass all the way to the river. The first problem is how long it
:15:54. > :15:58.will take this water to recede. That could be many weeks, and only then
:15:59. > :16:03.will the clear rock begin. Already, the questions have begun about the
:16:04. > :16:07.need for better planning. We have been building in the flood plain and
:16:08. > :16:12.we really haven't been building in such a way to take account for what
:16:13. > :16:17.looked like I going to be more frequent floods. Satellite imagery
:16:18. > :16:21.is providing the authorities with the bigger picture about how the
:16:22. > :16:27.flood could spread. You can see that the river is very flooded. Armed
:16:28. > :16:32.with this information, they can plan future defences. We are in the early
:16:33. > :16:38.days of exploiting this imagery to the fullest. As we have more
:16:39. > :16:42.information about what is on the ground, we are finding new ways to
:16:43. > :16:50.interpret these images to identify problem areas. The question then is
:16:51. > :16:54.where to build. London has an acute shortage of housing, after all. This
:16:55. > :17:00.is one of the leading flood experts. I am concerned about some
:17:01. > :17:03.of the building is taking `` that is taking place, particularly when we
:17:04. > :17:08.know it is on flood land. We need to look at that more in future ` how we
:17:09. > :17:14.design our societies if we are having to live with this increased
:17:15. > :17:19.risk of flooding. The past fortnight has shown the areas most vulnerable,
:17:20. > :17:26.and the pressing need to get flood defences right.
:17:27. > :17:30.Let's put some of those points to Barry Russell from the Environment
:17:31. > :17:34.Agency. It has been a tough New Year for your staff, but a lot tougher
:17:35. > :17:40.for people whose homes have been flooded. People are saying your
:17:41. > :17:45.agency can't cope. It has been a tough time for everyone associated
:17:46. > :17:51.with the flooding. It isn't a nice thing to happen. We have seen over
:17:52. > :17:57.600 properties flooded, but 240 properties have been protected by
:17:58. > :18:02.our flood defences. After a flood, we look to see what else can be done
:18:03. > :18:07.and where new defences can be built. At the moment, we've had a bit of
:18:08. > :18:15.respite in the rain. Our operations team has `` has been out making the
:18:16. > :18:22.water as free`flowing as possible. Waite later in the week, how would
:18:23. > :18:30.you cope with even more rain, when people have lost confidence in you?
:18:31. > :18:35.It does mean that the ground is unable to take the water as it comes
:18:36. > :18:40.down as it would do normally. So that water makes its way into the
:18:41. > :18:44.water courses quickly. We have had some more rain this afternoon, and
:18:45. > :18:49.more forecast on Wednesday, but the river levels have started to reduce
:18:50. > :18:54.the Thames, so there is more capacity there. The biggest hope
:18:55. > :18:58.seems to be that it will not rain. With the agency facing millions of
:18:59. > :19:03.pounds worth of cuts, if we are looking at this kind of weather over
:19:04. > :19:09.the next few years, are we going to see more of this flooding and misery
:19:10. > :19:14.for people? We will see that our defences are going to be tested as
:19:15. > :19:18.we go forward. It is going to be difficult for everyone, but we look
:19:19. > :19:24.to provide those defences as we go forward. I should just reiterate, 28
:19:25. > :19:28.flood warning system in place, so caution is advised.
:19:29. > :19:32.Thank you. And there's more on the flooding on
:19:33. > :19:35.Inside Out London ` tonight at 7:30pm here on BBC One.
:19:36. > :19:38.The army's first Muslim chaplain has publicly challenged the view that
:19:39. > :19:42.the UK and US are waging war against Islam. Asim Hafiz, who's based at
:19:43. > :19:45.Wellington Barracks, has been speaking to the BBC about his role
:19:46. > :19:54.helping the 600 Muslim soldiers serving in the British army. Poonam
:19:55. > :20:03.Taneja reports. This is where Asim Hafiz works.
:20:04. > :20:07.Wellington Barracks, yards away from Buckingham Palace, is where the
:20:08. > :20:13.British Army's first Imam advises the military's top brass. My role
:20:14. > :20:20.isn't about furthering conflict, it is about reducing conflict and
:20:21. > :20:25.supporting people. There are about 650 Muslims serving
:20:26. > :20:31.in the Armed Forces, so is there any conflict about being a Muslim and
:20:32. > :20:35.fighting for Britain? I have never had anybody come to me and say, I am
:20:36. > :20:43.going to Afghanistan, I'm worried about killing a Muslim. Because the
:20:44. > :20:51.issue isn't about taking the life of someone of a particular faith. It is
:20:52. > :20:57.about taking life. Four. What would you say to someone who did see
:20:58. > :21:03.operations in Iraq or Afghanistan as a problem? There is no doubt
:21:04. > :21:08.misunderstanding is out there, amongst the Muslim community, that
:21:09. > :21:14.this is somehow a war against Islam. But the military is out there trying
:21:15. > :21:20.to support Afghanistan, to support the Afghan people, and they are not
:21:21. > :21:26.there fighting, necessarily, a religion or a culture. As one of the
:21:27. > :21:30.most prominent Muslims in the British armed forces, he has
:21:31. > :21:38.challenged violent extremism in the UK, and condemned the murder of
:21:39. > :21:43.Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich. These are people who are not
:21:44. > :21:50.educated necessarily. They have not necessarily studied Islam. They have
:21:51. > :22:01.no appreciation of what the faith is about. To consider an unarmed
:22:02. > :22:11.individual, in a time of peace, to be a legitimate target for murder is
:22:12. > :22:19.absolutely unacceptable, and there was nothing within Islam that will
:22:20. > :22:22.justify that kind of behaviour. After enjoying some of the highest
:22:23. > :22:24.TV viewing figures of last year, Strictly Come Dancing, complete with
:22:25. > :22:29.celebrities, professional dancers and, of course, the judges, is
:22:30. > :22:31.taking to the road. Our entertainment correspondent, Brenda
:22:32. > :22:33.Emmanus, popped in on rehearsals in London to see how final preparations
:22:34. > :22:51.for the Strictly Tour were going. A host of celebrities transformed
:22:52. > :22:56.from novice to highly competent dancers. That, along with the
:22:57. > :23:01.costume and drama, has been part of the Strictly Come Dancing success.
:23:02. > :23:05.This is a far cry of the excitement of the Strictly Come Dancing
:23:06. > :23:08.studio, but it is here that the professionals and celebrities are
:23:09. > :23:15.working themselves up to a sweat as they prepare for the live tour. It's
:23:16. > :23:19.sweat pants, not sequins, for the stars and professionals rehearsing a
:23:20. > :23:23.group dance for their live performances around the country.
:23:24. > :23:29.This is all about giving back to the public, because we only have about
:23:30. > :23:33.600 seats in the studio. About 1.3 million people applied for tickets,
:23:34. > :23:38.so this is the way of getting the tour out there so that people can
:23:39. > :23:45.see what we do. They have kept the competitive element. Is that good
:23:46. > :23:51.for you? It is good for me. You are not competitive at all! As with the
:23:52. > :23:56.TV show, the celebrities and their professional dance partners compete
:23:57. > :24:01.by performing a series of routines for the judges and the audience.
:24:02. > :24:06.This is an entertainment show, and there are so many things that go
:24:07. > :24:11.with that, as well as the dancing. But doing the dancing, you find a
:24:12. > :24:17.joy you didn't really know existed beforehand. To go over the routines
:24:18. > :24:23.we did so many times with Westlife, I am looking forward to it.
:24:24. > :24:27.Strictly's reigning champion is delighted with the opportunity to
:24:28. > :24:32.continue performing. It is so important `` so amazing, learning to
:24:33. > :24:37.dance and performing every week. We had so much fun. When you go out
:24:38. > :24:46.clubbing, everyone is going to look at you differently! There's going to
:24:47. > :24:53.be expectations! No pressure. When the wine is there, no pressure! The
:24:54. > :24:59.tour goes out in January and February.
:25:00. > :25:01.Time for the weather. We saw the scene in Marlow. How is this week
:25:02. > :25:12.looking? It just keeps on going. There is
:25:13. > :25:16.more rain forecast this week. The day started with such promise, but
:25:17. > :25:21.there has been rain this afternoon, and there is more on the way as we
:25:22. > :25:29.go through this week. This tells the story of the day at first, but
:25:30. > :25:34.through the afternoon, we had some isolated showers. The band that came
:25:35. > :25:38.through just in time for rush`hour was really quite heavy. That has
:25:39. > :25:42.moved away now for the most part, but there are a few showers dotted
:25:43. > :25:46.around behind that flow, so a few more could come through during the
:25:47. > :25:50.first part of the night. In between them, there will be just about
:25:51. > :25:55.enough sky that is clear for a little bit of ice to form on
:25:56. > :26:04.countryside roads, parts of Hertfordshire, Berkshire and Surrey.
:26:05. > :26:07.He and there, on countryside roads that haven't been treated. That's
:26:08. > :26:12.something to be aware of overnight. Another of `` another cluster of
:26:13. > :26:15.showers working their way up from the south, circulating around
:26:16. > :26:24.through the early areas `` early hours of the morning. Those showers
:26:25. > :26:28.still with us first thing. It gives us quite a damp start to the day.
:26:29. > :26:32.The best of the sunshine will always be to the west of London, even when
:26:33. > :26:39.those showers have cleared through. There will be a fair amount of cloud
:26:40. > :26:44.left behind. After that, the next lot comes through. We have a warm
:26:45. > :26:48.front on Tuesday night, and a cold front after that. So there will be
:26:49. > :26:50.more rain in the forecast as we go through Tuesday night into
:26:51. > :26:56.Wednesday. Thank you very much.
:26:57. > :26:59.A recap of the main headlines: Local councils are being offered millions
:27:00. > :27:01.of pounds if they back controversial fracking schemes. Under new
:27:02. > :27:04.Government proposals they could double the amount they raise in
:27:05. > :27:14.business rates and collect more money from the drilling companies
:27:15. > :27:18.themselves. You can see more on the day of
:27:19. > :27:22.stories on our website. I'll be back with the latest for you during the
:27:23. > :27:27.News at Ten. Have a lovely evening. Goodbye.