07/04/2014 BBC London News

spoiled children. Now it is time for the news where you are.

Tonight on BBC London News: The Met's shredded documents into police

corruption ` we reveal what two of them say. I'm afraid I'm not

surprised, because, at Scotland Yard, it was well`known that there

were officers on the flying squad who were corrupt. The Met insists

there was no cover`up or secrecy surrounding the two intelligence

files. Three tourists are attacked by a man with a hammer in their

marble arch hotel room, one is in a critical condition. The row over

posting pictures of women eating on the tube on social media, why some

Downing Street was Alison Griffiths, Plus

pivotal to the relief effort in Sunbury. There is a shared that can

be emptied and brought out. Another house to clear, another typical day

for Alison Griffis. Since the floods, she has been leading

volunteers in Sunbury. This was a month ago, when the river was just

starting to fall. It started in February, with a Facebook page.

Within a week, I was doing a meeting with the council and then I started

running the flood relief centre. Today, she was thanked by the Prime

Minister. The volunteers say she deserves it. I think she's amazing.

She's got so much enthusiasm. I don't know much about her, to be

honest. That is even more remarkable, because for she started

all of this, Alison Griffis have a personality G disorder. I was

housebound FIFA years. It was the fact I had to get out and do it. It

makes are able to connect and feel the pain of people suffering. Here,

the team was helping to clear the land and's property. `` Delia's

property. With an outbuilding that was damaged in the flood, now

looking better. To the delight of Sue. It's fantastic, I can't do it

myself. When she met David Cameron, she didn't hold back, raising fears

that there may not be enough dredging in the Thames. There is no

room for anything else, boats can't get through. You think a bit of

light dredging would help? We'll have to look at how much it costs,

does it work, the rest of it. I promised the people I am helping

that I would stand for them, and push forward with their questions.

I'm afraid David may end up getting a bit annoyed at me. But, hey... She

now hopes to make this her full`time job, setting up a registered

charity. Three female tourist suffered

serious head and facial injuries from an attack in a hotel by a man

with a hammer. It happened in a bedroom of the Cumberland Hotel in

Marble Arch where the women and three children were sleeping in

adjoining rooms. Chris Rogers reports.

Three terrified women with injuries to their faces and heads. One victim

running screaming in the corridor of the hotel in bloodstained pyjamas.

That is the scene that police officers found in a seventh floor

suite in this hotel. Just before emergency services arrived at seven

o'clock in the morning, it is believed the man had managed to get

inside the adjoining bedrooms were the women and children were asleep.

Police believe it was an attempted robbery, but he disturbed the women

and launched a vicious assault on them with a hammer which she left

behind on the floor. The three women are believed to be from the United

Arab Emirates. Headlines about the attack have already reached that

country. This hotel is very popular with people from that part of the

world, particularly wealthy tourists, because you have though

retail paradise of Oxford Street. Families are becoming understandably

concerned about loved ones staying in London. A journalist for an

Arabic newspaper has spoken to the victim's family. Yes, I saw a friend

of the family, a cousin, of the three sisters. They are saying that

the person who attacked them, he did not steal, basically, nothing. He

just attacked them and left. Forensic vans parked outside the

hotel, a reminder to guest they are staying in a crime scene. This is a

very secure hotel, wealthy foreigners stay here, card keys are

used. How did they get in? Early indications are that hotel and room

security was not breached and it would appear that the room had been

left unlocked by the family. The Hotel CCTV is likely to hold the

greatest clues. But as Scotland Yard launched a nationwide manhunt, they

are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Next, the question of prissy when it comes to pictures of you on the

tube. Images of women eating on the underground taken without their

knowledge, have been posted on social media sites, where they

attract offensive comments. It's not illegal but, as Tarah Welsh reports,

it Is raising concerns about privacy on the internet. Most people have

some kind of camera on their phone that they can film or take pictures

with. As broadcasters, if we want to record secretly we have got to

justify it by going through legal and editorial guidelines. If someone

takes a picture of you on the tube or another public place without you

knowing, that is not against the law. There is a Facebook group

called Women Who Eat On Shoots. It does what it says on the tin,

posting shots of women that do not know they have been snapped. That is

what happened to Sophie, pictured eating a salad on the Metropolitan

line. I was I rate, I was angry and wanted to do something about it. The

wider phenomenon, the wider trend, is to judge people based on a chance

encounter and take one small moment of their life and make that

permanent. Regardless of whether that person knows they are on that

site, they are the crux of an in joke that they are not in on. She

wrote an article about her experience which sparked a debate

about why people would want to take is photos and if they should be

allowed. The founder of the group says it is the media attention that

has boosted membership of the site, which is just a social observation.

I'm guilty of theft, in a way, we are stealing a moment, quite a

private moment. But there is no harmful intent. There is nothing

wrong with taking photos of people on the Tube. There was nothing wrong

with eating on the tube, in the eyes of the law or the rules. The problem

with groups like this and these kind of photos is that they are taken

secretly. Without you knowing, your picture goes from someone's

smartphone to a social network and can be passed around hundreds of

millions of people. I think that is the problem that this idea of

consent and privity really struggles within the modern age. The group

says it will take down pictures of someone complains, but some people

won't ever know they were on it. It teenage footballer who murdered a

man in Stratford has sentenced to at least 19 years in jail. A teenage

footballer who murdered a man at the Westfield shopping centre in

Stratford has been sentenced to at least eighteen years in jail.

19``year`old Nii`Azu Kojo`Smith from Hackney stabbed Liam Woodards in the

chest in June 2012 when a fight broke out between rival gangs. The

court heard he had a previous conviction for battery after being

involved in an attack on a passenger at Finsbury Park tube station.

Camden Council has been heavily criticised by a coroner for a lack

of urgency and making improvements to a junction were a number of

cyclists have died. The architect Francis Golding died in November in

Cockburn, after he collided with a left turn in coach. He is one of six

cyclists is to die in a fortnight. The council told the court a review

will be carried out in the next few months.

The story now of a young woman who, despite living through great

adversity, as they earned an award for helping young victims of sexual

abuse. Lucy Daldy was abused as a child. She now runs a support group

for others that have been through similar experiences. It has earned

her one of this year's Rotary Young Citizen Awards.

There is more to this typical working charity shop than meets the

eye. Good morning. Behind the clothes and old books, Lucy and her

mum run a counselling service for children that have been sexually

abused. Then we can make room for the new stuff and start pricing it

up. Shelley set up the service ten years ago after learning her

eight`year`old daughter had been repeatedly abused by a friend of

their family. Mum used to say to me all the time that I wasn't a dirty

little secret. But you felt dirty and you felt's the most unbelievable

amount of shame, that he could not tell anyone because nobody else

understood. This is something nobody could understand because they

haven't experienced it. As she grew up, Lucy experience that her

nightmare experience could be valuable to the children her mother

was helping. She found she could support them through what she found

the hardest time. The getting over it was actually worse than what had

happened. You could not get on with it and deal with it by yourself.

When you could see what it was doing to everyone else around you, that is

when it became very difficult to manage. Lucy decided to waive her

right to anonymity and get involved with the charity. She now forced the

children about what happened to her aunt to them. She also plans therapy

sessions and outings. It took a long time for me to talk about it openly.

I'm not being overdramatic by saying I would now stand outside and screen

it at the top of my voice, because I haven't got anything to be ashamed

of. The man that did it to me has something to be ashamed of and I

don't. That is the kind of thing I want to instil in these kids, that

eventually they can get to a place where it does not rule your life,

you don't wake up each morning and think, this is all I'm going to

feel. It is not just her wisdom that she hopes will help them. It's also

the vision of her now, as a happy, healthy young woman.

The suspected Mafia fugitive has been bailed as Italian authorities

continue in their attempt to have him extradited. The 65`year`old,

known as The Professor was arrested on Friday. The warrant says he has

outstanding jail sentence for participation in Mafia associations.

He spent almost a decade living with his family in West London before his

first arrest last August. Frank Gehry and Lord Foster have

unveiled designs for their part in the ?8 billion redevelopment of

London's at sea Power Station. They're working on the high`street

phase of the development, a retail pedestrian street that will link the

site the proposed new Northern line extension. The new company will

design residential buildings to the West and East. Still to come

tonight: Jean Paul Gaultier poster was about a major exhibition

celebrating 40 years of his work. Plus ??NEXTSUB the 19`year`old from

Hackney who has landed a major record deal after winning the talent

show the voice will be here later on.

This weekend, thousands of runners will take to the streets for the

London Marathon, including Olympic champion Mo Farah. The race remains

the single biggest charity fundraising event in the world. One

of the main beneficiaries is a trust which funded the research for new

high`tech platforms to help less mobile swimmers enjoy the water

more. On Sunday, 35,000 runners will take

to the streets for the 34th London Marathon. As Mo mania will build,

today, the London charitable trust unveiled pool pods, a submersible

platform to help the less mobile get in and out of swimming pools.

Nothing to do with running, but everything to do with getting

active. We are trying to encourage people who are not doing sport

already into sport. Removing the barriers from them to compete. They

ran an international competition to find a new design that would replace

the hoists found that most pools. Take a chance for disabled people to

get into the water independently without relying on the lifeguard all

the time. Less people will be staring, because the hoist can take

a long time. I think it's great, loads of people are thinking about

disabled people rather than ignoring it. It's not just the disabled that

can use the platform. Somebody recovering from an operation,

somebody that has a long`term condition, limited mobility, it

could be somebody that is just trying to get two young children

into the pool and can't manage. The London Marathon charitable trust

have funded 12 pool pods up and down the country, but five of them are

here in the capital. There are two arty aquatics centre and there is

one in Hillingdon, Lambeth and another in Mile End. It's money

raised by fun runners that make these kind of projects possible. I

thought it was only right after events at the Sheffield half

marathon to know that London is ready. Have you checked your water

supply this morning? I have, it is in our stores and will be out there

no problems with that. And some brilliant work going on. But there

will be a lot of focus on Mo Farah. Exactly. I was speaking to the chief

executive of the London Marathon and already they have had more hits on

the website and they want to know where they can watch the race and it

is the Mo Farah factor. He is running his first ever 26.2 miles.

We know him as a long distance runner, but Marathon running is a

different discipline and that is the excitement surrounding him being in

the race. On top of that he only went half way last year and there

was a lot of excitement over that. But tomorrow will be a significant

day in the build`up as he will be talking to all the world's media for

the first time about how his preparation has gone. And more on

that tomorrow. Thank you very much. He is one of the world's best`known

designers from avant`garde fashion to couture. Now John Paul

Gaultier's designs have gone on in an exhibition focusing on his 40

year career. Brenda Emmanus went to meet him ahead of the show's opening

this week. Dubbed the informed Terry Block of fashion since his early

catwalk shows of the 70s, John Paul Gaultier has built his reputation on

dairy inventiveness, producing work that reflects his all embracing

attitude to the world and everyone in it. A new exhibition at the

Barbican celebrates his witty, boundary pushing designs, to cutting

edge couture. A reckless bet if of your work is a delight for your

fans, but it must be an extraordinary experience for you to

see all of this out here. To be honest at the beginning when there

was an idea of a retrospective I thought, I am that old? But we make

it come alive. I wanted it to be very much alive and like a lot of

surprises. It is certainly a surprising theatrical installation

with talking mannequins and striking displays, showcasing his

collaborations with the likely is of Madonna and Kylie Minogue. The

profession opens so many doors. All that is extra and fabulous. But I

love to discover people unknown and you can be as friendly with them as

much as anybody else, it is not only celebrities. This exhibition has

been seen in North America and Europe and now it comes to the city

which the designer admits is close to his heart. The exhibition has

been expanded to include cultural styles like punk and the Londoners

who have inspired the work. The exhibition takes inspiration from

the streets. We discovered that his work is timeless. The show runs

until August. He is the 19`year`old from Hackney

who has just landed a major record deal. Jermain Jackman won the public

vote on the BBC's talent showed the voice on Saturday night. We will

talk to him in a minute, first let's take a look at the moment he won.

Lovely! It is germane. And I am delighted to say that

Jermain Jackman joins as fresh from that went at the weekend. How does

it feel watching that back? It feels so weird. There is no way to

describe it. I still get nervous from watching it and I am still in a

bus. I am still on a buzz today because I have been doing interviews

back`to`back from Sunday morning until now. Has it sunk in at all

what you have achieved? It has not sunk in at all. I am still trying to

pinch myself. This is a show I would normally sit on my couch and watch.

That is good to hear. To be on its now is so unreal. I want to thank

everybody who voted for me so much. And your family go through this

whole journey with you, they must be so proud. They have been supporting

everything I do and it is important to have that support network. My mum

is the best ever. We can see you there singing during the final. He

is an interesting character. What was he like to have as a mental? He

was the best, he was fantastic, I had so much fun with him. That duet

was fun because on TV it looked like magic how we were popping up here

and there and everywhere, and in the studio we had to run across the

stage and hit our cues on point and that is why I was breathless. He is

creative to say the least. Definitely. He is really hands on.

He put a hip`hop beat behind something and people thought, can it

work? But it flowed with it and I watched how his mind worked and it

was amazing. I know you have said it has all been a bit of a blur, but do

you remember what it was like, that moment when you are standing on

stage and you hear the words that you have one? Of course, I needed to

go to the toilet. I had been waiting in force that waiting for it for so

long. It was a fantastic opportunity and a fantastic experience to be

amongst Tom Jones and Kylie Minogue. It was so amazing. What happens

next? I will record some music and make some hits. I have got a record

deal and it will be fantastic to do this and fly across the world and

record it and perform. What is this about you wanting to be the first

singing, black prime minister? Is it right? It is on my to do list. It is

something I would love to do, I would love to be a Prime Minister

and create policies for our society. I want to use my success in music to

give back to my local community. I want to put something into society

and I want to start my own music school in Hackney where we will

prepare disadvantaged kids in English, maths and science and also

with music and connect them to a record label and further education.

I know well I am is very keen on things like that. How will you be

perceived back in Hackney? You will be received for all the right

reasons. I did not know there were so many people supporting me. In

Dalston there were loads of people shouting my name and chanting my

name and it was so overwhelming. The support from Hackney has been so

humbling really. Good on them and congratulations to you and thank you

for joining us. A real pleasure to meet you.

Let's get a check on the weather. We have some fairly wild weather

edging towards London at the moment. You know about it in Berkshire and

Surrey. There is some very intense rain going through with some squally

winds. They were easier way to the east this evening. It has been a

pretty wet day anyway. This was the first band of rain that went through

this morning and it stuck around during the day. This weather front

is coming through at the moment which is where the intense rainfall

is at the moment which could give us gusts of wind of up to 50 miles an

hour for some short, sharp bursts. It could create problems for the

airport. Eventually it moves away and by nine o'clock we will see the

back of it. Then there are a few showers cropping up here and there

overnight and the breeze will stay noticeable, if not quite as gusty

and squally as it will be in the next couple of hours. Sticking at

six or seven degrees in urban areas. We started the day tomorrow with a

risk of 12 showers, but for the most part it will be a dry day. There

will be a noticeable breeze from a westerly direction and temperatures

will be pretty average for this time of the year. As we go through this

week we have got a lot of high pressure and that means it is going

to stay fairly settled. For Wednesday there will be some sunny

spells and it will be warm enough. Generally there will be a bit more

cloud around. On Thursday there is a bit of uncertainty about the

progress of a weather front in from the north. For the most part it will

be a dry day with sunshine breaking through from time to time. That goes

for Friday as well. Some squally, rainy conditions to come, but then

turning out to dry. Can I apologise if you were

expecting to see a report on allegations of police corruption at

the Met which we headlined tonight. Due to technical difficulties we

were unable to bring it to you, but we hope to have it on our late news

tonight at 10:25pm. The headlines: Oscar Pistorius has apologised to

the family of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp for killing her. Giving

evidence he said he could not imagine the pain, sorrow and

emptiness he had caused her family. Peaches Geldof, the daughter of Sir

Bob Geldof and the late Paul Yates, has died at the age of 25. Police

were called this afternoon to an address in Kent. At this moment it

is being treated as an unexplained and sudden death.

Two British women have drowned in the Canary Islands after trying to

save their children from the sea. The children survived. And police

are hunting a man who attacked three women with a hammer in the

Cumberland hotel in marble arch. It was in the bedroom where the women

and three children were sleeping in adjoining rooms. Thank you very much

for joining us. I will be back with the latest during the ten o'clock

News. Enjoy your evening. Goodbye.