05/06/2014 BBC London News

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London News, three more babhes are thought to have contamination from

poisoned strips. It brings the total number of cases to 18. I will have

the latest from the hospital where a newborn baby died of blood

poisoning. We will speak to a leading public health offichal.

Also tonight, Malaysian polhce carry out forensic tests on a bodx

believed to be the missing backpacker from east London.

The Shard's first evacuation `9 0 people had to leave London's tallest

building following reports of smoke. We had to walk the floors all

the way down. It took about half an hour. But no dramas.

I am here to take you to a good life, a life that you were born to.

And the costume drama inspired by a painting in one of our most famous

stately homes. Good evening and welcome to the

programme. So, three more b`bies are thought to have blood poisoning

after being treated with suspected contaminated strips. It brings the

total number of cases to 18, one of which has been fatal. Many of those

who have fallen sick from London and Essex. In a moment, we will cross to

our reporter Gareth George `t Southend United hospital for the

latest. First, we can hear from our reporter at St Thomas 's, where one

baby died on Sunday. Yes, today we spoke to the agency which is

investigating all of this, `nd they said it is normal from time to time

for some food products or mddical equipment to be recalled, btt they

were not aware of anything like this happening before. As you sax, on

Sunday a newborn baby died here just 24 hours after being dhagnosed

with septicaemia. There are now 18 cases in all. We can look at whether

babies were being treated, the majority of them in and arotnd

London and Essex. Three casds here at Guy 's and St Thomas 's NHS

trust. Four cases at the Chdlsea and Westminster trust in Fulham. One

case near archway in north London and two cases at Luton and Dunstable

university hospital. Today, three new cases were announced, two in

Essex at Southend United hospital and at Basildon university

hospital, which has been described as a possible case. Today the

managing director of the colpany which supplied the food trip which

is said to have been contamhnated spoke to the media. She camd outside

of their laboratory in Harldsden in north`west London and said hospitals

and have confidence in the products they are supplying. We will do

everything we can to cooper`te with the regulators to ensure th`t all

patients receive the highest quality about possible. We are told the

batches were sent to more than 0 hospitals. We are also told that as

more and more tests continud, it could be that New Testament. We will

have to wait and see. Let's cross over to Gareth George at

Southend university hospital, where there has been another reported

case. The latest here is th`t we have a probable case at Southend

university hospital. We unddrstand that a baby has shown clinical

symptoms of blood poisoning, which can include fever and vomithng. But

Public Health England says ht is awaiting confirmation on further

testing. Meanwhile, the chidf nurse at Southend, Sue Hardy, issted a

statement a short time ago. It said Southend United to hospital received

one batch of the feed, which is currently being investigated ``

Southend United city Hospit`l. The baby subsequently developed the

symptoms of up to see me and is being treated with antibiothcs. It

says the parents have been hnformed and are receiving our full support.

It is not just our Ben hosphtal that has been affected, there is also

possible case at Basildon Hospital which has shown symptoms of blood

poisoning. But tests have not confirmed the infection. So we have

a probable case in Southend and the a probable case in Southend and the

possible case in Basildon. Joining me now is Doctor Yvonne

Doyle, the London director for Public Health England. We are

hearing of three more cases that have come to light a day after being

told that they were pretty confident that there were no more casds. How

confident are you today that there will be no more cases? Well, these

three cases were ascertained when people were looking at what cases

they had had up to the 2nd of June. We are still clear that there have

been no cases in stews Davis week. Our investigations have ascdrtained

that this was a contaminated batch which expired around that thme. So

we are not expecting any more cases. If there are any, we will kdep

people informed. So you say it was a contaminated batch. In what way was

it contaminated? This is quhte a complicated pathway. The story is

that Michael biologists and clinicians started noticing more

cases of disinfection, and that is what the contaminant was, a

B'Tselem. Normally, it would just cause gastroenteritis with

individuals. But in this case, it is felt that the contaminant w`s in the

feed, not in the drips. And it was given a as it should be, to very

premature babies. They are very vulnerable. They can't feed

themselves, so it got into their bloodstream. We sadly know of one

death already. Do we know how the other babies are doing? The other

babies are under treatment, and this is treatable. If they are bding

given antibiotics, are they responding to that treatment? Yes.

People will be wondering, these are vulnerable babies, how diffhcult is

it for them to fight the pohsoning? It is not easy. Some of these are

23`week`old babies. They can't feed themselves, so they need thhs feed

through their veins. And thdir immune system is not fully developed

yet. But helpfully, we have a very good neonatal service and vdry good

microbiology services and a good public health system but is watching

any signs for trouble. Thank you. Coming up later in the programme: A

three`year fight for compensation. The businesswomen whose prelises

were destroyed in the London riot is.

A forensic team in Malaysia is examining a body believed to be that

of the London backpacker Gareth Huntley, who went missing more than

a week ago. It was found yesterday lunchtime near where the 34`year`old

had been working. Police ard investigating whether the ddath was

an accident. Life on Tioman Island looks back to

normal. Local children play and tourists continue to explord, but

not far from this beach, thdre has been a big manhunt. Mr Huntley was

volunteering at the sea turtle conservation project, but took time

off as Tuesday to visit a w`terfall in the jungles, alone. For days

police officers, security forces and rescue crews looked near thd trail

on land and from the air. They could not find anything. Malaysian police

say it is because of this, the dense jungle. You can imagine how easy it

is for someone to hide in there But this is where a man's body was

found, some 100 metres away from where Mr Huntley had been staying

and volunteering. It is onlx a few paces away from where rescud workers

had been staying for the past three days. It raises a lot of qudstions.

How thorough was the search, and more importantly, what is this an

accident or foul play? It is an agonising wait for Mr Huntldy's

mother, seen here in the middle with his girlfriend on the left.

Malaysian police say it will take two days before DNA results can

confirm whether the body is Mr Huntley 's. As for residents, the

expense death worries them. Many people here make a living off

tourists. I think Tioman is still a safe place. I think people will

still want to come. I just want to tell people, it is safe. Thdse

rescue workers are the last to leave the island. The search for Lr

Huntley has been called off, but many questions still linger.

Hundreds of people had to bd evacuated from London's tallest

building this morning following reports of smoke coming frol the

basement of the Shard. Firefighters found no evidence of a blazd and

police say there have been no arrests. Enquiries are ongohng into

the source of the smoke. Tarah Welsh is there for us tonight.

This is the first time the Shard has been evacuated since it opened last

year. It is not an easy task, getting 900 people out of 72 storey

building. Even though there was no fire here, there is still an

investigation as to whether smoke was coming from. Emergency services

said things ran smoothly, btt others are less optimistic. Roads were

closed and people could not get to where they were going. Ultilately,

hours of relativity were lost here today.

It is a lot way down from the top, but all 900 people inside h`d to

take the stairs to the ground this morning. These carpet fitters were

working halfway up when the alarms went off. We had to walk all the way

down. It took about half an hour. But no dramas. How scary was it Not

very scary. Safe enough. Thdy got us all out. There are enough exits so

it was good. Seven fire enghnes were called, but there was no fire to

explain why smoke was coming from the basement. The Fire Brig`de says

55 firefighters were needed because of the size of the building. The

basement area is a large colplex as well. However, we have been involved

with various exercises in this building prior to it opening and

after it has opened to make sure planning is in place. There are

investigating what caused the smoke. Local businesses are counting the

cost of being closed for fotr hours. From 11am until 3:30 p.m., we lost

money in the region of ?1500. It is very bad for business. By three

o'clock, things were back to normal. The incident is not being treated as

suspicious, so the question is, what caused the smoke that led to the

evacuation of one of London's largest land marks?

compensating right victims has been introduced. Three years aftdr the

London riots, some businessds that saw their premises destroyed are

still fighting to get their livelihoods back.

Behind the gates, they used to be shops. Behind the hoardings,

businesses use to thrive, btt here on the main road into Croydon there

is a daily reminder for loc`ls of what happened in 2011. Just ask

Deborah, who we bumped into while filming. If you look so herd you see

more and more waste growing every day and the business is collapsing

around here. There's nothing that anyone to do. They are building more

flats but they're not taking care of the damage that was done in the

riots. This is what is behind the hoardings, the remains of the

business that the Ahmed famhly owned for 30 years. It is sad to see 0

years of work go down the drain like that for no reason. It could have

been avoided. Scat fold now stands were her launderette did, and her

battle for compensation was only settled a month ago `` a sc`ffold.

There was no single point of contact. There was an assessor

dealing with some people, btt then there was another layer of

government dealing with this so there were two or three different

departments and it has been a nightmare, because you didn't know

where to go. Just down the road is the man whose jewellery shop was

looted in the riots, and although he has had some compensation, he has

still not been finally settled despite promises at the timd. David

Cameron came in two days after the event and I met him at the fire

station, because my shop was one of the worst affected, and thex invited

me. He stood next to me and said don't worry, you will get your

compensation. It is cases lhke these that have prompted the government to

look again at the 125`year`old riot damage act. A consultation will

start soon to try to make it easier for victims to claim. We ard

proposing a new bureau to bd set up in the wake of widespread rhoting,

so there would be a system that would mean that things hopefully

would happen faster in future. The government consultation on changing

the act will run until the 0st of August, almost three years today

since the riots in London. Still to come:

The flood hit victims who took a DIY approach to fix their water damaged

homes. My name is Lauren, and we are starting in the next new film based

in Kenwood house. We will tdll you more about it later.

Tomorrow will see the 70th anniversary of D`Day, the Allied

invasion of France during World War II. Amongst those remembering that

will be Jim Radford from Lewisham. He found himself in the midst of the

battle just a few weeks aftdr leaving school and believes he was

the youngest person to take part. He returns to Normandy last wedk with

our reporter, Catherine Carpenter, to tell his story `` he rettrned.

The first time Jim Radford saw the speech he was 14 `` 15. He talked

his way onto a deep sea rescue tug as a galley boy and his first voyage

sora coming`of`age like no other. I had no idea where we were going I

would have asked, but I was so seasick and the skipper then said,

lads, guess where you are going tomorrow? France. I said, they

haven't got Germans over thdre. He said, yes they have. That is all we

knew. 4000 ships and thousands of smaller craft. Unwittingly he found

himself in the mix of the Allied invasion, part of a convoy crossing

the Gold Beach. His tug was towing the hulks of all ships. Thex were

components of the Mulberry harbour which would allow troops, vdhicles

and supplies to land on the bloody battlefield.

I see faces, the people I s`w close`up. The water was full of

bodies as well. I can see their faces clearly, it is sort of etched

in your memory. You cannot forget them. And you wonder what their

lives were and what their lhves could have been if they havd lived.

All that waste. For every hdro's name was known, thousand didd as

well. Jim has sung about those horrors in the sea shanties for

which he has become known. Lany a mother wept that day for thd sums

they loved so well. Many cr`cked a joke or cadged a smoke, as they

stormed the gates of hell. The war had already taken his eldest

brother, Jack, lost at sea `t 1 . Their father spent his second war on

a dredger, and Jim's other brother, Fred, was also on a rescue tug on

D`Day. You didn't have weather like this? No, we didn't. A bit choppier

than this on D`Day. How does it make you feel when you see your family

here and enjoying it? A different place. It is very different. That's

a bit emotional to see, see the place as an ordinary seasidd resort

when I first saw it as a battlefield. And you get a sense of

just how massive the pieces of debris are. This is a small one The

blocks were four or five tiles the size of that, like tower blocks It

gives a sense of the size of the harbour here, and they are dnclosed

an area equivalent to 1000 football pitch is creating what was to become

the busiest port in the world at the time. `` pitches. Today it hs a

place of pilgrimage. The D`Day Museum make sure stories like Jim's

are not lost, even when thex are not there to tell them. We owe them so

much. We owe them our freedom, our lives. It is so important to us

And, it seems, to the tourists, desperate for a snapshot of history

and the chance to say thank you But on the 70th anniversary of D`Day,

Jim said he would prefer it if it was the dead who were remembered. He

believes he must be the youngest veteran of the invasion and feels it

is his duty to keep their mdmory alive. As the years pass by, I can

still recall the men I saw that day. Who died upon that blood so`ked

sand, where our sweet children play. And those of you who were unborn who

have lived in liberty, remelber those who made it so on the shores

of Normandy. Jim's incredible story. Next, five

months after floods affected large parts of London and the Homd

Counties, number of residents are still waiting to move back hnto

their properties. They blamdd the delay on insurance companies, but

others have managed to speed up the process by taking a more DIX

approach. We spent the day on this street to find out what lifd is like

for those still affected. There is hardly a trace of silt on

the road, and the grass is well tended. All very different to the

same scene in February. But this road in Wraysbury still has a way to

go before life returns to normal. I am getting fed up. I am. Jane is 75,

and the house where she spent all her adult life is still

uninhabitable. After months living in a caravan there has been little

progress. I think they ought to be here and doing something. H`ve you

had enough? Yes, I have. Wh`t would you like to say to insurancd

companies? Well, I would like them to get it done. I would likd them to

help us. Most people are sthll camping out. Dennis is 82, `nd

today, with his son, visited the home he still cannot return to. I

get frustrated, obviously. H come down the road and I see all this

activity, skips, builders, painters, pumping out other stuff,

and I think they're not doing me yet. I had a fit a couple of days

ago when I got really depressed about it. I would say two thirds of

this road flooded and I would say one or two are back to total

normality. This is one of those houses on and the owner, Ian

Elliott, says the flood is now just a memory because he decided to take

money from the insurers but organise the project himself. They g`ve me a

date which was eight weeks down the line and I said, no, I don't want

that. Will you pay me the cost of the work and let me get on with it?

But parish councillor Mike Smith say ? is organised by his insurdrs are

doing a great job and now mhght be other reasons for delay `` builders

organised. Our builders had trouble getting skirting board, thex had to

bring it in from Essex and H had to bring into sub `` tonnes of sand

from Essex. It can take property is a long time to dry out, but the

insurers are doing everything they can to minimise the trauma of the

people who have been flooded. Eventually, of course, the road will

be back to normal, but for some people it is taking too long.

This 18th`century painting hs the inspiration behind a new period

drama based in London. Bal premiers tonight and is the story of a

daughter of a slave raised by one of England's most powerful men.

Alongside the big`name stars are some nine`year`old twins from

Islington. `` Bell. 1779 painting by an unknown artist

but often attributed to unknown artist. The true story of how these

two were raised together inspired a new film by London director. Belle

tells the story of Dido, thd illegitimate daughter of a royal

navy captain and an African slave. Rather than reject, he sends her to

live with Lord Mansfield at Kenwood House in Hampstead. The stately home

forms the backdrop to a perhod drama that tackles love, class and race.

May be too high in rank to down with the servants but too low to dine

with my family? I like that it celebrates what makes us thd same,

not different, and that we `re human beings, not to be labelled by

society and to try and follow your instincts and your instincthve

connection on a human level to somebody. The film reels Howard Dido

shaped Lord Mansfield's duthes `` reveals how Dido. There is something

valuable about this. It's a very contemporary story. You don't think

it doesn't happen any more `nd in a sense it doesn't, but it also does.

It has that really fantastic dynamic. Do not be afraid. H am here

to take you to a good life. The young Belle is played by Latren from

Islington. It was very exciting when I first got chosen to be in it, and

before I actually went to the film I went and saw the film `` thd

painting. Unable to separatd these twins, the director had both onset

during filming. She was sitting on the director's lap. Were yot giving

him advice? Yes. What did you tell her? I said, he's not doing the

right thing. Belle is a compelling true story of an unusual life and is

released in cinemas on the 03th of June.

Time for a look at the weather now, and thankfully, things are

brightening up. Philip is hdre to tell us more.

It didn't badly compared to what went on in the north`east and across

northern parts of Scotland, we fared pretty nicely. A little clotd

developing through the afternoon and you can see that row of clotd

stretching from the northern parts of Devon across the Essex area. That

had the likelihood of producing a shower but many of us escapdd that

there is a glorious evening in prospect, and the cloud will fade

away. A dry evening in prospect across the region, and that cloud

will tend to fade away. Light breezes and I know it's the early

part of June, but away from the major towns and cities, if the skies

stay clear it will be a chilly night, down to five or 6 degrees,

something of that order. Tolorrow, a lot of sunshine and things `re going

to warm up as well. It doesn't look that cheery and you might s`y it

will pile in from the south`west and we will see rain later on. That s

not the case. It will stay on the western side of the British Isles,

so if you head to the West the weekend you have got that in`store,

but staying closer to home, a glorious start. An early sulmary

start, lovely sunshine and the temperatures really picking up. We

maxed out at around 20, but 24, maybe a bit more than that tomorrow

and it's not just in the arda, it extends further towards the north. A

lovely, lovely evening in prospect. But we are importing more htmid air

coming in from the western Mediterranean from North Africa

through France and Spain and into the British Isles and Saturday is a

really warm, humid day, but it comes at a price. There will be the

possibility, and it's just ` possibility of some really heavy

showers, so we have to keep an eye on that. It is not a write`off, but

in summary, dry and fresh. A quick reminder of the headlines.

Two days of ceremonies have begun in France to mark the 70th annhversary

of D`Day. Thousands are in Normandy to honour those who gave thdir lives

in the Second World War. Ond of the Birmingham schools at the cdntre of

allegations of a takeover plot of Muslim hardliners has been `ccused

of doing too little to keep students save from radicalisation. Three more

babies are believed to have blood poisoning after being contalinated

by drips, bringing the total number of cases to 18. More on the

website, and we will be back with a late news. Thanks for watchhng and

have a lovely evening. Goodbye. `` with the late news.

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