16/05/2014

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:00:14. > :00:17.Good evening. A cyclist who remains in hospital

:00:18. > :00:20.with serious injuries after being run over by a lorry has spoken from

:00:21. > :00:23.his hospital bed about the urgent need to take action to stop more

:00:24. > :00:28.accidents and deaths occurring on our roads. Bart Chan was hit earlier

:00:29. > :00:33.this week and he described the moment of impact to our Transport

:00:34. > :00:38.Correspondent, Tom Edwards. Helpless under those wheels. I felt

:00:39. > :00:43.like my body went limp, basically. I was expecting the worst. It was kind

:00:44. > :00:47.of like slow motion, almost. Excruciating pain then followed. I

:00:48. > :00:50.was amazed I was still conscious coming out the other side of it.

:00:51. > :00:55.Bart Chan knows he's extremely lucky to be alive. On Tuesday night, he

:00:56. > :01:02.says he was hit from behind by a lorry whilst cycling and run over. I

:01:03. > :01:09.have got a shattered left shoulder, ripped cartilage and muscles around

:01:10. > :01:14.there. I have got deep gashes in my elbow and knee. An experienced

:01:15. > :01:20.cyclist, he is speaking out as he wants quicker, urgent action to make

:01:21. > :01:25.the roads safer. Compulsory better design. You have got London buses

:01:26. > :01:29.that are well designed for the drivers. They can look around almost

:01:30. > :01:34.360 degrees. I can see them and they can see me. Why can't HGV's have

:01:35. > :01:37.that? Why can't we have segregation all over, especially in built`up

:01:38. > :01:43.areas where there are pedestrians as well? Why not ban HGVs in rush`hour

:01:44. > :01:52.as well, like they have done in Paris? The collision happened here

:01:53. > :01:58.on up the Thames Street. The same evening, another cyclist died at

:01:59. > :02:10.elephant and Castle. Again, it involved and HGV. This year so far,

:02:11. > :02:14.five cyclists have died. Two involved lorries. We have cycle

:02:15. > :02:17.superhighways and we have had people promise money. Infrastructure change

:02:18. > :02:20.takes time but there is no tangible change. If you speak to the

:02:21. > :02:23.cyclist's on the roads, nothing is changing. They are still dangerous.

:02:24. > :02:28.It is not happening fast enough because deaths and serious injuries

:02:29. > :02:34.are still going on. The Mayor talks about cycling revolution. I am

:02:35. > :02:37.Johnson. City Hall says it is lobbying to change the rules on

:02:38. > :02:40.lorry cabs and is tightening the safety equipment lorries have to use

:02:41. > :02:43.and it is spending millions on cycling infrastructure. But, it says

:02:44. > :02:50.there are no short cuts and it wants the improvements to be done

:02:51. > :02:52.properly. There is no doubt there is frustration from cyclists on the

:02:53. > :02:56.lack of visible progress and tomorrow, there will be a big

:02:57. > :02:59.demonstration from them. The last time we had one on such a scale, it

:03:00. > :03:06.was aimed at the mayoral candidates. Tomorrow, it will be aimed at the

:03:07. > :03:08.local council elections. Bart now faces a long period of

:03:09. > :03:13.rehabilitation but at the moment he doesn't know how much his injuries

:03:14. > :03:15.will change his life. He doesn't want anyone to go through the same

:03:16. > :03:26.thing. Fire crews in Kent are tackling a

:03:27. > :03:31.large blaze in Erith tonight. Local people have reported smoke visible

:03:32. > :03:36.from Dartford several miles away. It's believed the fire started in a

:03:37. > :03:39.factory. The mother of a baby who was filmed

:03:40. > :03:43.on a secret camera being mistreated by his nanny has said she'll never

:03:44. > :03:46.get over what's happened. The nanny, who can't be named for legal

:03:47. > :03:48.reasons, was found not guilty of cruelty towards the child. But his

:03:49. > :03:52.mother, who's from Clapham, says she's angry about the way the case

:03:53. > :03:59.has been handled by the Crown Prosecution Service. Sonja Jessup

:04:00. > :04:07.has this report. This is baby Ollie's bedtime, choked

:04:08. > :04:11.on a hidden camera, his nanny appears to handle him roughly.

:04:12. > :04:14.Later, she is seen throwing him on the mattress and smacking him

:04:15. > :04:20.several times. For his mother, watching the footage was horrifying.

:04:21. > :04:27.The most important thing in your life is your children and you know

:04:28. > :04:33.that. You just don't ever expect anything like that to happen. She

:04:34. > :04:39.says the nanny, who can't be named for legal reasons, came with glowing

:04:40. > :04:47.references. But she became concerned about her behaviour. After showing

:04:48. > :04:51.the footage, `` showing the footage to police, she was arrested and

:04:52. > :04:54.charged with mistreatment towards a person under 16 months old. The

:04:55. > :05:10.court said: she denied intending to hurt him and

:05:11. > :05:18.the court heard he did not appear injured. She was found not guilty.

:05:19. > :05:24.But on other's mum complained to the crown prosecution service. I have

:05:25. > :05:28.been let down by the system. I have not been given the chance to defend

:05:29. > :05:37.my son, that I was not given the chance as a mum to protect, to be

:05:38. > :05:42.the voice of my son. The CPS says it regrets the family fills it did not

:05:43. > :05:53.communicate clearly with them, saying: It is very, very hard for

:05:54. > :05:57.the whole family. There are times when the family are asleep upstairs

:05:58. > :06:02.and I come downstairs just to cry because I think about what happened

:06:03. > :06:08.to my son in that room. She says she still finds it very

:06:09. > :06:11.hard to watch the footage. He is now happy in a nursery that his mum says

:06:12. > :06:14.she will always be haunted by what happened.

:06:15. > :06:19.Shops in Westminster didn't have shoppers swarming around them today.

:06:20. > :06:22.Instead, it was bees. Around 5,000 of them sent pedestrians running for

:06:23. > :06:26.cover but it's not known where they came from. Beekeepers were quickly

:06:27. > :06:29.called in to take them to the roof of Westminster Cathedral.

:06:30. > :06:37.That's it from me for tonight, so I'll hand you

:06:38. > :06:44.maybe they all wanted to enjoy the weather from street level.

:06:45. > :06:48.It is a great night to be a weatherman and this is on the menu

:06:49. > :06:54.for the weekend ` Sunshine occasionally and the temperature is

:06:55. > :07:00.responding into the low 20s. A warm night to come. Variable cloud, some

:07:01. > :07:03.clear skies, maybe a bit of listing places, but temperatures holding

:07:04. > :07:08.into double figures. A warm start tomorrow. Do not expect clear blue

:07:09. > :07:14.sky tomorrow though. There will be patchy cloud with some occasional

:07:15. > :07:19.sunshine. It will not be wall`to`wall blue sunshine, but

:07:20. > :07:25.temperatures still widely up to the low 20s. Central London could see as

:07:26. > :07:30.high as 2425 degrees. Sunny `` Sunday will be the sunny day. A

:07:31. > :07:31.chance for showers next week but how far do

:07:32. > :07:40.chance for showers next week but how far do you have to go to get proper

:07:41. > :07:43.rain? Thomas has the answer. For days now, we have been

:07:44. > :07:48.advertising some warm weather for the weekend and the forecast remains

:07:49. > :07:52.unchanged. In fact, hot sunshine on the way for many of us and talking

:07:53. > :08:00.about that, I would like to warn you how strong the Sunnis this time of

:08:01. > :08:01.year. In spring, we tend to flock to the sun and burn very easily. It