:00:00. > :00:00.the BBC News At Six. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where
:00:00. > :00:09.you are. Tonight on BBC London News,
:00:10. > :00:13.allegations of widespread sexual abuse at a top private school in
:00:14. > :00:28.Barnes. The Metropolitan Police launches an investigation into 18
:00:29. > :00:33.former teachers. Also tonight: Rated as inadequate,
:00:34. > :00:38.the latest hospital to be placed in special measures by health
:00:39. > :00:42.inspectors. The standards of care and safety in the organisation will
:00:43. > :00:46.not what we would expect and these were due to staffing levels. These
:00:47. > :00:49.are multiple, long`standing issues, the flow of patients through the
:00:50. > :00:51.hospital and the culture of the organisation.
:00:52. > :00:54.Plus we talk to Nick Clegg in Kingston as the Lib Dem leader sets
:00:55. > :00:59.out his party's campaign for the forthcoming elections.
:01:00. > :01:02.And the campaign to get more of these across the capital to increase
:01:03. > :01:10.the chance of survival after a cardiac arrest. Every year in London
:01:11. > :01:13.about 10,000 people have an out`of`hospital cardiac arrest. For
:01:14. > :01:16.many of those people, the only chance of being brought back to life
:01:17. > :01:30.is if somebody uses a different beer later. ``
:01:31. > :01:34.Good evening. First tonight, the Metropolitan
:01:35. > :01:36.Police has launched an inquiry into allegations of widespread sexual
:01:37. > :01:40.abuse at a prestigious private school in South West London dating
:01:41. > :01:42.back to the 1960s. BBC London has learned that around 100 potential
:01:43. > :01:49.victims and witnesses have so far come forward. 18 former teachers at
:01:50. > :01:51.St Paul's School and its prep school Colet Court are currently under
:01:52. > :02:01.investigation. Chris Rogers has been following the story and joins us
:02:02. > :02:08.from outside the school in Barnes. Last year Ofsted described the
:02:09. > :02:11.education at this ?10,500 per term school as exceptional. Now St Paul's
:02:12. > :02:17.is at the centre of an investigation into alleged sexual abuse and it is
:02:18. > :02:21.complicated. It spans three decades. There is a list of 100 potential
:02:22. > :02:25.victims and witnesses with allegations against 18 former
:02:26. > :02:30.schoolmasters. Some of them are deceased. The Metropolitan Police
:02:31. > :02:35.began looking into historical claims of abuse at St Paul's and its prep
:02:36. > :02:41.school Colet Court after a number of pupils who attended the school
:02:42. > :02:44.between 1960s and 1980s came forward with new information. Inspired to
:02:45. > :02:50.step forward following the recent arrests of three men connected with
:02:51. > :02:53.the score. In February, a 65`year`old was arrested on
:02:54. > :02:58.suspicion of sexual assault. In September last year, a 57`year`old
:02:59. > :03:01.man was arrested on suspicion of possession of indecent images. Both
:03:02. > :03:06.have been released on bail. Last June, a 59`year`old man was arrested
:03:07. > :03:11.on suspicion of sexual grooming of a child. He was later released with no
:03:12. > :03:17.further action. Now the Met Police paedophile unit is examining abuse
:03:18. > :03:21.spreading from the late 1960s to the 1980s. It is believed the
:03:22. > :03:27.choirmaster is one of 18 teachers accused of abuse. This photograph
:03:28. > :03:30.taken in 1978 as he left a police station have been charged with the
:03:31. > :03:36.indecent assault of a ten`year`old boy. He threw himself under a train
:03:37. > :03:45.before the case got to court. A decade earlier, he had been working
:03:46. > :03:53.at St Paul's. This pianist has been long campaigning for an
:03:54. > :04:00.investigation into the choirmaster. Many have come forward and if it was
:04:01. > :04:09.just one or two, there would be room for doubt. But so many stories mean
:04:10. > :04:15.it cannot be false. The choirmaster escaped trial. But St Paul's has
:04:16. > :04:20.told us that every teacher and every investigation will be investigated
:04:21. > :04:26.and the focus is justice for any potential victim. In a statement, St
:04:27. > :04:29.Paul's say they are fully cooperating with the police
:04:30. > :04:33.investigation which is being led by a police inspector David Gray, who
:04:34. > :04:37.has also been in charge of Operation Yewtree, investigating allegations
:04:38. > :04:41.of sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile and other celebrities. He believes there
:04:42. > :04:43.are still potential victims and witnesses to come forward. Instead
:04:44. > :05:02.of a hotline, the number is: Thank you. Plenty more to come
:05:03. > :05:05.tonight, including assessing the damage to flood defences in Surrey
:05:06. > :05:12.four months after the River Mole burst its banks.
:05:13. > :05:14.A hospital trust in Berkshire has been placed into special measures
:05:15. > :05:18.after health inspectors found the quality of care to be inadequate.
:05:19. > :05:22.They also raised serious concerns about bullying and racial harassment
:05:23. > :05:31.at Wexham Park hospital in Slough. Emma North reports. It is a hospital
:05:32. > :05:35.with a reputation. Budget shortfalls, too many changes of
:05:36. > :05:40.management, have all meant Wexham Park hospital in Slough is a place
:05:41. > :05:45.where bad care has come to be expected, as one former patient
:05:46. > :05:49.claims: One morning I might have drugs removed that were being
:05:50. > :05:57.administered to me but I would be offered them again that same night.
:05:58. > :06:00.The notes for me on a medical basis were not clear enough. The Care
:06:01. > :06:04.Quality Commission pulled no punches. It described a culture of
:06:05. > :06:07.bullying and harassment on the wards. Consultants showed
:06:08. > :06:12.dysfunctional behaviour towards patients. You wards were built but
:06:13. > :06:17.there was no one to staff them. The trust had no rudder. We need to
:06:18. > :06:21.apologise and I do unreservedly on behalf of the trust. People come to
:06:22. > :06:25.work in a difficult environment and at times they are not as motivated
:06:26. > :06:30.as they could be. However we have seen a lot of areas now where staff
:06:31. > :06:35.are highly motivated. The report is very clear. The vast majority of
:06:36. > :06:39.care is good. During our visit, none of the patients. We spoke to seemed
:06:40. > :06:44.remotely surprised by the news. In fact we saw one nurse getting told
:06:45. > :06:49.off. She had left drugs lying around by a patient's bed. However within
:06:50. > :06:52.this sprawling complex, there are pockets of good care. We have
:06:53. > :06:56.managed to retain a lot of staff. They have been here long time and
:06:57. > :07:01.have developed with the service. As new things have come in, we have
:07:02. > :07:19.managed to take it all on board with lots of clinical engagement. Nurses,
:07:20. > :07:22.doctors, support staff, everybody has a say in the decisions. It is
:07:23. > :07:24.expected this trust will be absorbed into the Frimley Parc hospital
:07:25. > :07:27.trust, meaning the stigma of special measures will be cut and staff might
:07:28. > :07:29.want to work here. The blaze could be offered a fresh start.
:07:30. > :07:33.Several thousand union members staged a May Day march today in
:07:34. > :07:35.memory of the former RMT leader Bob Crow and Labour MP Tony Benn.
:07:36. > :07:39.Supporters marched through London to a rally in Trafalgar Square to pay
:07:40. > :07:43.tribute to the left wing pair, who both died this year. Mr Crow's
:07:44. > :07:46.daughter was among the speakers. This evening, a small group of
:07:47. > :07:48.activists staged their own march to protest against the pay day loan
:07:49. > :07:51.company Wonga. A research facility in Surrey has
:07:52. > :07:54.been fined over how it handled experiments into cattle infected
:07:55. > :07:56.with the foot and mouth virus. Pirbright Institute in Surrey has
:07:57. > :07:59.been fined more than ?20,000 pounds plus costs for breaching safety
:08:00. > :08:05.procedures. None of the failings resulted in the public being put at
:08:06. > :08:09.risk. In three weeks' time voting will be
:08:10. > :08:16.under way for the local and European elections. Today the Liberal
:08:17. > :08:19.Democrat leader Nick Clegg was in the London borough of Kingston where
:08:20. > :08:22.his party have control of the council. Will the election there be
:08:23. > :08:27.a test of his leadership in the coalition? Here's our political
:08:28. > :08:31.correspondent Karl Mercer. Sometimes the pains are more
:08:32. > :08:36.interesting than the politicians. Political leaders RLE bystanders
:08:37. > :08:45.when elections are looming. `` political leaders are rarely
:08:46. > :08:50.bystanders. Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems only have around 250 of
:08:51. > :08:54.London's 1800 councillors at the moment and increasing that will be a
:08:55. > :08:58.challenge. Are you still fighting for the trust of the public because
:08:59. > :09:02.they have lost a sense of trust because they believe you lied to
:09:03. > :09:05.them? Some people clearly did not like the fact that we entered into
:09:06. > :09:11.coalition. I would like to be Prime Minister, I am not. I did not win
:09:12. > :09:15.the last election. People will feel let down. I understand that people
:09:16. > :09:19.feel let down but feeling let down is no answer to the fact that we had
:09:20. > :09:24.a major economic crisis to deal with because of the mistakes in 2008 and
:09:25. > :09:28.nobody won and overall majority. I would love to be Lib Dem Prime
:09:29. > :09:32.Minister and implement every policy I have come up with. That could be
:09:33. > :09:38.wishful thinking. The last time there was a referendum since the
:09:39. > :09:44.coalition, your candidate got less than 5% had lost his deposit. If we
:09:45. > :09:49.look around the situation in London, you have won two out of 32 boroughs
:09:50. > :09:54.and you only have two members on the London Assembly and only seven MPs
:09:55. > :09:59.out of 70. It is not fantastic. Clearly the fight is much tougher
:10:00. > :10:03.than it was before. My job is not to predict how people will vote in the
:10:04. > :10:09.future, it is to spend what we have done and why. There would have been
:10:10. > :10:12.no economic recovery in London and the rest of the country without the
:10:13. > :10:15.Liberal Democrats and it is as simple as that. So you are saying
:10:16. > :10:19.the Lib Dems will be in charge of half a dozen councils in London? I
:10:20. > :10:22.am not making predictions. I am explaining why we have done the
:10:23. > :10:26.things we have done to rescue the economy, which is incredibly
:10:27. > :10:31.important. Are these elections about hanging on to what you have got? No.
:10:32. > :10:39.It is about thus addressing the everyday concerns that people have,
:10:40. > :10:42.and showing that both locally and in Government we have been working
:10:43. > :10:45.tirelessly for Londoners to make sure that there is a greater sense
:10:46. > :10:49.of optimism in the economy, that homes are being built that people
:10:50. > :10:53.can live in, that pensioners are getting a fair deal, that there are
:10:54. > :10:57.more apprenticeships and more money is going back into people's pockets
:10:58. > :11:01.through fair tax cuts. All of those things are things that we have
:11:02. > :11:05.done. The economic message will be key for the Lib Dems but they will
:11:06. > :11:10.fight with fewer troops on the ground. You are fielding something
:11:11. > :11:21.like 200 fewer candidates. You cannot even, convict convince your
:11:22. > :11:24.own party. I would not read too much into that. Parties head and flow in
:11:25. > :11:29.terms of support and their fortunes. I would not look at certain numbers
:11:30. > :11:33.of candidates. I would wonder if a party is standing up for me and my
:11:34. > :11:40.family and my community. Whatever he says, the numbers will be important
:11:41. > :11:43.for Nick Clegg come election day. Well one of the most interesting
:11:44. > :11:46.battle grounds in the local elections could be in Barnet. Over
:11:47. > :11:47.the past decade the Conservative`controlled council has
:11:48. > :11:50.pursued a sometimes controversial approach to cutting costs and
:11:51. > :11:53.privatising services. And this will be the first electoral test of
:11:54. > :12:00.whether it's working. Our political editor, Tim Donovan, reports.
:12:01. > :12:04.It was once dubbed easy darn it. Like a low cost airline, providing
:12:05. > :12:10.the basic service for free but charging for any add`ons. But that
:12:11. > :12:15.low cost airline model soon crashed to earth and something called one
:12:16. > :12:18.Barnet has got off the ground. Its central principle is that you
:12:19. > :12:26.committed others to provide many of your services. `` commission others.
:12:27. > :12:29.Capita now runs many back`office functions and some front counter
:12:30. > :12:34.staff as well, like the benefits advice service. And a new company
:12:35. > :12:40.run jointly by capita and the council also handles planning and
:12:41. > :12:43.building controls, environmental, health and highways. Conservatives
:12:44. > :12:50.claimed this will save ?130 million over ten years. During our visit,
:12:51. > :12:54.many of the phones were down. Yes, they are, but we have traditionally
:12:55. > :12:58.had problems with the telephones in Barnet. You will see that in the
:12:59. > :13:02.audit report six years ago. There are supposed to be improvements.
:13:03. > :13:05.Yes, but there will always be glitches and it is how you get round
:13:06. > :13:13.them. We are getting round them fast. Will the voters punish you?
:13:14. > :13:18.No, reward us because of the Council tax cut because of the savings we
:13:19. > :13:22.have made. There has been anger about the private parking contract
:13:23. > :13:27.in the borough but the Tories claim they have no real alternatives for
:13:28. > :13:30.saving money. What we are seeing is a whole series of problems. You may
:13:31. > :13:33.have tried to ring into the switchboard number this morning,
:13:34. > :13:40.which was down. But there are always teasing problems. `` teething
:13:41. > :13:49.problems. Would you terror at this contract? The first thing is to hold
:13:50. > :13:52.up the contract is to make them responsible for delivering at the
:13:53. > :13:55.price they promised. Local councillors will not be able to have
:13:56. > :13:59.much influence because the council is being run by large private
:14:00. > :14:04.companies. How much do people notice or care who provides the services?
:14:05. > :14:07.That is being argued on the doorsteps of Barnet over the next
:14:08. > :14:09.three weeks. And you can see a full list of candidates standing in
:14:10. > :14:24.Barnet on their council website. The Still to come tonight: helping
:14:25. > :14:27.to save lives. The campaign to increase the number of DFID
:14:28. > :14:34.believers across the capital. And 20 years after Laura, I will be talking
:14:35. > :14:39.to Damon Albarn about his new solo album, is used in Leytonstone and
:14:40. > :14:42.wise life is more 95 than rock 'n' roll.
:14:43. > :14:47.`` why his life. When the River Mole in Surrey burst
:14:48. > :14:50.its banks four months ago, many homes and businesses were flooded
:14:51. > :14:55.and left without power just before Christmas. Now, a major operation is
:14:56. > :15:04.taking place along a stretch of the river to assess the damage to flood
:15:05. > :15:08.defence, as Nick Beake reports. Dropping down into the murky depths
:15:09. > :15:15.of the River Mole, another dive to look for possible damage. This was
:15:16. > :15:24.battered by the water rampaging through at the height of beef is. Is
:15:25. > :15:30.the gate below water level? No. It is slow, methodical work. In tough
:15:31. > :15:35.conditions. When you first get in the water, you may be able to see
:15:36. > :15:40.one metre or half a metre. When you get to the bottom, you kick up the
:15:41. > :15:44.mud and silt. Then you lose the visibility. You are almost working
:15:45. > :15:50.in the dark. Their eyes above the surface material. This drone has
:15:51. > :15:54.been buzzing along the banks, filming the damage caused by what
:15:55. > :15:59.was said to be the worst weather for more than 200 years. It is hard to
:16:00. > :16:04.imagine that the water was racing through here at 15 times its normal
:16:05. > :16:09.speed. It battered these banks a few months ago. Now they are inspecting
:16:10. > :16:15.the damage is not just here, but along and eight kilometre stretch.
:16:16. > :16:19.Here stop logs are being dropped into place to create a temporary
:16:20. > :16:25.dam, so the water level drops more than one metre. It exposes
:16:26. > :16:30.previously unseen erosion. And this is the short`term solution. Ringing
:16:31. > :16:38.in huge bags of stones, each one weighing two tonnes, to redo the
:16:39. > :16:42.banks. We are responding to the severe weather to make sure that the
:16:43. > :16:49.damage done is repaired as quickly as it can be. This is repaired and
:16:50. > :16:54.inspection. Could you have done more to prevent the flooding in these
:16:55. > :16:57.parts you are no inspecting? The scheme has been very successful in
:16:58. > :17:01.preventing flooding. The last comparable event was in 1968 when
:17:02. > :17:06.thousands of properties were flooded. This year we have had very
:17:07. > :17:10.few properties flooded largely thanks to this scheme. The
:17:11. > :17:14.Environment Agency has faced millions of pounds of cuts to its
:17:15. > :17:19.funding. It insists it will be able to pay for all of the repair work
:17:20. > :17:23.uncovered here. Plans to expand Luton Airport have
:17:24. > :17:27.been given the green light. There'll be a bigger terminal, a new road
:17:28. > :17:29.system and a multistorey car park to help them handle 18 million
:17:30. > :17:32.passengers a year. Campaigners against the expansion have said it
:17:33. > :17:35.will cause an unacceptable increase in noise and air pollution, but
:17:36. > :17:41.business leaders argue it will boost the economy.
:17:42. > :17:44.It was a moment football fans remember all too well,when Fabrice
:17:45. > :17:48.Muamba collapsed on the pitch at Tottenham's White Hart Lane.
:17:49. > :17:51.Thankfully, a defibrillator was on hand which greatly increases the
:17:52. > :17:55.chance of survival after a cardiac arrest. Now, two years on, he's
:17:56. > :17:58.backing a campaign by London Ambulance to encourage more shops,
:17:59. > :18:08.businesses and gyms across the capital to carry the device. Helen
:18:09. > :18:12.Drew reports. The Fabrice Muamba collapsed
:18:13. > :18:17.mid`match after a cardiac arrest, and was effectively dead for a 76
:18:18. > :18:21.minutes. He survived and at a later date made this emotional
:18:22. > :18:27.appearance. It was a defibrillator that helped to restart his heart. It
:18:28. > :18:36.was 30 seconds away from where I was. It helped me to be the person I
:18:37. > :18:43.am today, really. Pete Fischer was part of the team that saved Fabrice
:18:44. > :18:49.Muamba. At the moment a job has come through. Pete is from London
:18:50. > :18:54.Ambulance Service, campaigning to get 1000 extra defibrillators in
:18:55. > :18:59.public places. Every second counts in this condition. If there is
:19:00. > :19:05.somebody unseen with access to a defibrillator and is trained to use
:19:06. > :19:08.it, the chances of survival for that patient are dramatically increased.
:19:09. > :19:13.About 28% of people survived a cardiac arrest in a public place.
:19:14. > :19:20.Where there is a defibrillator, survival can increase to 80%. The
:19:21. > :19:24.campaign is called shockingly easy. You turn the machine on and wait for
:19:25. > :19:29.the prompts. You have two pads and you put the pads on the patient.
:19:30. > :19:34.Then the machine decides what to do. It tells you to stand clear while it
:19:35. > :19:39.analyses the heart. It decides what it is going to do. It is now
:19:40. > :19:46.preparing to shock. It has found a ribbon. Press the button, sent a
:19:47. > :19:51.shock to the patient and we carry on doing CPR. With 10,000 cardiac
:19:52. > :19:54.arrest in London every year, the hope is that more different
:19:55. > :19:57.narrators will make a difference. He's perhaps best known as the
:19:58. > :20:03.frontman of Britpop band Blur in the 90s. Now, Damon Albarn is going it
:20:04. > :20:06.alone with his first solo album. It revisits some of the East London
:20:07. > :20:09.haunts of his childhood. Last night he performed at the Rivoli ballroom
:20:10. > :20:22.in Lewisham, where Brenda Emmanus, caught up with him.
:20:23. > :20:27.In rehearsals with his band in south London, Damon Albarn appears ``
:20:28. > :20:30.pairs for a light show promoting his new album, notable biographical
:20:31. > :20:33.affair that takes listeners on a tour of his life and took the
:20:34. > :20:38.musician back to his roots. `` and not a biographical affair. I went
:20:39. > :20:42.back to Leytonstone where I grew up. I remember coming out of
:20:43. > :20:46.Leytonstone tube station, coming up from the subway and feeling like I
:20:47. > :20:50.was in Lilliput. The road I grew up in his right next to it. Everything
:20:51. > :20:55.was smaller and have that had disappeared because of the motorway
:20:56. > :21:05.extension. This record has made me realise that that was a very formed
:21:06. > :21:13.part of my life. It is 20 years since Blur. The
:21:14. > :21:18.band's success was a sweet and sour experience. Every bit of that I
:21:19. > :21:23.don't regret. Some of it was incredible, some of it was pretty
:21:24. > :21:33.heartbreaking. But, you know, it has made me who I am. The new album is a
:21:34. > :21:38.contemplative expression of his life experiences. One which has seen
:21:39. > :21:40.numerous musical adventures from the gorillas to collaborations with
:21:41. > :21:46.African musicians, and producing a couple of operas. How do you measure
:21:47. > :21:50.your success? If I wake up in the morning and everything is working
:21:51. > :21:56.and the sound of the blackbirds excite me, then it is going to be a
:21:57. > :22:02.good day. I will try to make the most of it. That is really how I
:22:03. > :22:08.look at it. That is success. You have become a philosopher in your
:22:09. > :22:12.old age. Unfortunately, we all do! That brings back some memories.
:22:13. > :22:17.Let's get a check on the weather with Chris Fawkes. Not the greatest
:22:18. > :22:25.start to May but you are telling me you are going to fix it. Yes, better
:22:26. > :22:29.news for the bank holiday Monday. Some decent sunshine on the way.
:22:30. > :22:34.Before that, we have to get rid of this rain. You can see it has been
:22:35. > :22:40.affecting the southern part of England and Wales. There is a good
:22:41. > :22:43.reason for that. You can see the winds have been converging straight
:22:44. > :22:50.on London. That has given us an extra zone of moisture. Some heavy
:22:51. > :22:57.burst of rain. If you rumbles of thunder. `` a few rumbles of
:22:58. > :23:02.thunder. The worst of that rain will push into the English Channel,
:23:03. > :23:11.leaving us with some damp pastures. `` patches. It will not be a cold
:23:12. > :23:14.night. If you are expecting a lot of sunshine tomorrow, think again. For
:23:15. > :23:20.most it will be a cloudy start to the day. Grey skies overhead. Mist
:23:21. > :23:23.patches over the hills. As we move through the rest of the morning we
:23:24. > :23:27.will see the clouds getting brighter. If you limited brighter
:23:28. > :23:33.spells. A cool breeze. Come the afternoon, sharp showers developing.
:23:34. > :23:41.Hit and miss in nature. Not as many as today. A better chance of staying
:23:42. > :23:45.dry. Top temperature around about 15 degrees. We are going to see some
:23:46. > :23:48.improvement in the weather. Heading through Friday evening, the risk of
:23:49. > :23:54.showers passers`by. The sky is clear. We are going to get an area
:23:55. > :24:01.of high pressure nestling down of the south`east of England. That will
:24:02. > :24:04.improve the weather. As we head into Saturday morning, there will be some
:24:05. > :24:09.patches of frost. There would be an improvement in the weather through
:24:10. > :24:13.the holiday weekend. On Monday, temperatures soaring to 21 Celsius.
:24:14. > :24:16.It will feel lovely on bank holiday Monday.
:24:17. > :24:21.The main headlines: The Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Martin
:24:22. > :24:24.McGuinness, has said that the arrest of Gerry Adams is a deliberate
:24:25. > :24:27.attempt to influence the upcoming elections. Mr Adams is being
:24:28. > :24:33.questioned over the IRA's murder of Jean McConville in 1972.
:24:34. > :24:36.An inquest into the death of Peaches Geldof has found that heroin is
:24:37. > :24:43.likely to have played a part in her death. The 25`year`old was found
:24:44. > :24:46.dead at her home in Kent last month. Former teachers from St Paul's
:24:47. > :24:48.private school in south west London are being investigated by police,
:24:49. > :24:55.over allegations of widespread sexual abuse dating back to the
:24:56. > :24:58.1960s. A 15`year`old boy has been remanded
:24:59. > :25:01.in custody, charged with the murder of Ann Maguire. The teacher was
:25:02. > :25:05.stabbed to death at a school in Leeds on Monday.
:25:06. > :25:08.A hospital trust in Berkshire has been placed into special measures.
:25:09. > :25:15.It's after inspectors found that the quality of care at Wrexham Park
:25:16. > :25:19.hospital in Slough was "inadequate". That's it for now. Plenty more on
:25:20. > :25:23.our website. Asad Ahmad will be back with our late news. From me and the
:25:24. > :25:29.team here, thanks for watching and enjoy your evening.