10/04/2014

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:00:13. > :00:18.Good evening and welcome. The death of a violinist just a few d`ys after

:00:19. > :00:23.she testified against her former choirmaster could and should have

:00:24. > :00:27.been prevented. Frances Andrade was assaulted by Michael Brewer when she

:00:28. > :00:31.was a teenager. She killed herself after giving evidence against him

:00:32. > :00:34.decades later. Today a serious case review found that she was ldt down

:00:35. > :00:44.by mental health services. Chris Rogers has the story.

:00:45. > :00:48.Frances Andrade died less than a week after she gave evidencd at the

:00:49. > :00:54.trial of her abuser at Manchester Crown Court in January last year. It

:00:55. > :01:02.was a suicide that could have been avoided. A concert in memorx of her

:01:03. > :01:07.life. In the 1970s, an aspiring buyer list from Guildford, was

:01:08. > :01:12.accepted into the music school in Manchester. She became disrtptive in

:01:13. > :01:16.class and was required to lhve with the choirmaster Michael Brewer and

:01:17. > :01:21.his wife. During the trial Frances Andrade said it was the famhly she

:01:22. > :01:26.had always wanted. But the choirmaster was abusing her. He had

:01:27. > :01:31.been honoured with an OBEs `nd in court she was labelled a fantasist

:01:32. > :01:37.and a liar. The choir director was jailed for six years, guiltx of the

:01:38. > :01:43.abuse of Ms Andrade when shd was 14 and 15 years old. His wife Hillary

:01:44. > :01:48.was jailed for 21 months. Frances Andrade had her day in court, so why

:01:49. > :01:54.did she take her own life? @ serious case review said she was let down by

:01:55. > :01:57.mental health services who failed to realise how vulnerable she was.

:01:58. > :02:03.Proper care measures and addquate risk assessments were not in place

:02:04. > :02:08.as she made increasingly serious suicide bids. The authors c`ll for

:02:09. > :02:13.professionals to improve thd support offered to sex abuse advisers ``

:02:14. > :02:19.survivors. The report added news broadcasters should be mindful of

:02:20. > :02:24.the way a person's health and credibility are discussed. Tntil the

:02:25. > :02:29.Government invests in supporting survivors and victims, thesd

:02:30. > :02:33.tragedies are going to conthnue Surrey police say improvements to

:02:34. > :02:38.pre`Tal support are being m`de, but this week in a newspaper article

:02:39. > :02:43.circular Starmer warned victims of sexual crimes still face an ordeal

:02:44. > :02:48.in the court room with inaddquate support. He is now part of ` Labour

:02:49. > :02:53.task force which is proposing a new law to give better protection to

:02:54. > :02:58.victims before, during and `fter the court process, which may include

:02:59. > :03:01.judges cross`examining victhms rather than barristers. Meanwhile

:03:02. > :03:23.the Government says it is spending more money than ever before to

:03:24. > :03:25.improve the services of polhce and health officials when dealing with

:03:26. > :03:28.victims of sexual abuse. Thd person ultimately responsible for her death

:03:29. > :03:30.is the man who betrayed her in such a terrible way by abusing hdr when

:03:31. > :03:33.she was young. Campaigners `re calling for a national enquhry into

:03:34. > :03:36.abuse at other schools. Her legacy may be to inspire other victims to

:03:37. > :03:38.speak out. The man cleared xesterday of murdering PC Keith Blakelock

:03:39. > :03:41.during the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham in 1985 has been released

:03:42. > :03:44.from prison. Nicky Jacobs, 45, had been accused of attacking the

:03:45. > :03:48.officer with a large knife. He is the fourth person to have bden tried

:03:49. > :03:51.for PC Blakelock's murder. A pedestrian is in a critic`l

:03:52. > :03:54.condition tonight after being hit by a police car which was responding to

:03:55. > :03:57.an emergency call. The man hn his 50s was hit near Shepherd's Bush

:03:58. > :04:00.Green just after 11 o'clock this morning. The incident has bden

:04:01. > :04:02.referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

:04:03. > :04:05.Despite growing confidence hn the jobs market businesses in London are

:04:06. > :04:11.reporting increasing problels recruiting experienced, qualified

:04:12. > :04:14.staff. The London Chamber of Commerce says in a recent poll it

:04:15. > :04:23.identified a skills gap in the capital. Emma North has mord.

:04:24. > :04:28.Confidence is high in the c`pital. We are told business is expdcted to

:04:29. > :04:33.grow this year, so why is there such a problem hiring people? Yot have

:04:34. > :04:37.the large companies looking for senior managers and in London it is

:04:38. > :04:43.a problem because it is so international we have a verx

:04:44. > :04:46.cosmopolitan, diverse busindss industry and every company hs

:04:47. > :04:52.competing globally in terms of salary and benefits. So at the top

:04:53. > :04:59.end London is a victim of its own success. Its small tech company

:05:00. > :05:03.survives on a young workforce. With a quarter of London's and a 25 s

:05:04. > :05:08.unemployed you would think that recruiting would be child's play. It

:05:09. > :05:14.is not. They do not know how to get up in time, they do not know how to

:05:15. > :05:20.do a full day's work, they do not know how to keep Facebook. This firm

:05:21. > :05:25.says it takes a year for its new recruits to become profitable and

:05:26. > :05:29.blame is being laid at the door of the education system. There are

:05:30. > :05:33.things early on in our educ`tion that can help you prepare you for

:05:34. > :05:39.what real life is like out there in terms of getting a job and what you

:05:40. > :05:45.have to do to earn your strhpes These teenagers have opted out of

:05:46. > :05:51.the traditional system. This is the business equivalent of finishing

:05:52. > :05:56.school. I wasted my years at school. Obviously I learnt important things,

:05:57. > :06:03.but I would have been better off coming here. But training lhke this

:06:04. > :06:06.can cost up to ?15,000. The Department for Education recognises

:06:07. > :06:19.the problem of young people straining in the workplace but says:

:06:20. > :06:24.Should more emphasis be placed on the employer's role? They whll have

:06:25. > :06:30.to mentor to a certain extent, but it is a dual process. It is

:06:31. > :06:37.providing support for a young person to go into the working environment.

:06:38. > :06:42.As London's economy grows, so do the calls to make business and dducation

:06:43. > :06:44.work more closely. I will hand you over to Nick Miller

:06:45. > :06:57.with the weather. It is still fairly mild at the

:06:58. > :07:04.moment, but later in the night clear skies will come our way and that is

:07:05. > :07:09.when the temperatures will dip. Morning will be the brightest part

:07:10. > :07:15.of the day. A bit more cloud will come along, but most places are

:07:16. > :07:20.going to stay dry. It will cloud over more readily tomorrow than it

:07:21. > :07:25.did today. There may be a shower in Essex, but most of us will stay dry.

:07:26. > :07:29.Temperatures are still fairly pleasant at 17 degrees. The fine

:07:30. > :07:33.weather stays with us into the weather stays with us into the

:07:34. > :07:41.weekend and for the London Marathon as well.

:07:42. > :07:46.Parts of Australia are about to be hit by a powerful cyclone bringing

:07:47. > :07:47.whether that is just about as bad as it gets with winds