:00:20. > :00:24.A Coroner has called for ch`nges in the way witnesses are dealt with in
:00:25. > :00:26.court, after ruling a concert violinist died from an overdose a
:00:27. > :00:29.week after giving evidence at a violinist died from an overdose a
:00:30. > :00:32.week after giving evidence `t a sex abuse trial. Frances Andrade had
:00:33. > :00:36.abuse trial. Frances Andradd had testified in January that she was
:00:37. > :00:44.abused by her former choirmaster, but she died before he was jailed
:00:45. > :00:47.and convicted of indecent assault. A sublime violinist whose lhve was
:00:48. > :00:52.A sublime violinist whose live was ruined bisexual abuse. Frances
:00:53. > :00:55.Andrade was just 14 when it began in 1978 at the place she thought was
:00:56. > :00:57.home. This was her abuser ` Michadl
:00:58. > :01:01.This was her abuser ` Michael Brewer, a drek ter of the cdlebrated
:01:02. > :01:08.Brewer, a drek ter of the celebrated `` a director of the celebr`ted
:01:09. > :01:10.Chetham school of music. Early last year, Brewer was on trial
:01:11. > :01:13.for the abuse, and Mrs Andr`de Early last year, Brewer was on trial
:01:14. > :01:17.for the abuse, and Mrs Andr`de was the key witness against him.
:01:18. > :01:19.But in court, she was called a liar and a fantasist. Her husband said
:01:20. > :01:21.she felt she was on trial. A and a fantasist. Her husband said
:01:22. > :01:22.she felt she was on trial. @ week she felt she was on trial. A week
:01:23. > :01:24.later, she took her own lifd she felt she was on trial. @ week
:01:25. > :01:26.later, she took her own lifd and didn't live to see Brewer jailed
:01:27. > :01:27.later, she took her own life and didn't live to see Brewer j`iled for
:01:28. > :01:32.six years. The Coroner said that Mrs Andrade
:01:33. > :01:33.had found the whole court process extremely traumatic, which hs
:01:34. > :01:33.had found the whole court process extremely traumatic, which is why he
:01:34. > :01:38.extremely traumatic, which hs why he made a number of recommendations to
:01:39. > :01:42.the director Director of Public Prosecutions, calling for the legal
:01:43. > :01:44.system to be much more senshtive when dealing with vulnerable
:01:45. > :01:48.when dealing with vulnerabld witnesses like Mrs Andrade.
:01:49. > :01:50.Those calls for change in the way witnesses are handled in cotrts
:01:51. > :01:52.Those calls for change in the way witnesses are handled in courts were
:01:53. > :01:58.welcomed by her husband, who spoke afterwards. I think that all the
:01:59. > :02:03.services involved really looked into what went wrong and they have all
:02:04. > :02:05.tightened up their measures and hopefully for the next lot of
:02:06. > :02:07.victims, something will havd hopefully for the next lot of
:02:08. > :02:07.victims, something will have changed victims, something will have changed
:02:08. > :02:19.for the better. Last year, dozens of people came to
:02:20. > :02:21.witness this musical eulogy to Frances Andrade, a sensitivd
:02:22. > :02:23.Frances Andrade, a sensitive violinist, who had to live through
:02:24. > :02:25.abuse and relive through the pain of abuse and relive through the pain of
:02:26. > :02:29.telling it in court. Experidnces telling it in court. Experidnces
:02:30. > :02:36.which ruined her life and underpinned her death.
:02:37. > :02:38.Travellers using Paddington station this evening have suffered hours of
:02:39. > :02:41.delays. The track was hit bx delays. The track was hit by
:02:42. > :02:43.lightning, which disrupted ` delays. The track was hit bx
:02:44. > :02:47.lightning, which disrupted a signal lightning, which disrupted ` signal
:02:48. > :02:51.box between Paddington and Reading. This is what Friday night looked
:02:52. > :02:56.like for hundreds of people trying to leave London. Delays,
:02:57. > :02:59.cancellations and very long waits at Paddington station. They were caused
:03:00. > :03:01.by signalling problems, brought Paddington station. They were caused
:03:02. > :03:04.by signalling problems, brotght on by signalling problems, brotght on
:03:05. > :03:08.by a train being struck by lightning. This man and his wife
:03:09. > :03:13.were trying to get to Swindon tonight. We tried for two trains and
:03:14. > :03:19.then it started getting crazy. In fact, it started to get hysterical.
:03:20. > :03:20.The few trains which are running are overcrowded and journeys are taking
:03:21. > :03:26.overcrowded and journeys ard taking much longer than usual. We got her
:03:27. > :03:30.8pm, came to the barers. Instead of letting `` barriers. Instead of
:03:31. > :03:35.letting us through, they hold us back. Great Western are advising
:03:36. > :03:38.passengers to use alternative stations from Marylebone and
:03:39. > :03:44.Waterloo. They also face significant disruption. We would normally ask
:03:45. > :03:49.customers to go via Waterloo or Marylebone. But problems elsewhere
:03:50. > :03:58.on the network meant those stations were in a tricky situation. That
:03:59. > :04:03.meant more people here. P tonight trains have been leaving Paddington.
:04:04. > :04:07.There's been one train per hour between London and Swansea. It is
:04:08. > :04:08.uncertain when services will return to normal.
:04:09. > :04:10.More claims have emerged th`t a More claims have emerged th`t a
:04:11. > :04:15.cover`up took place to protect cover`up took place to protect
:04:16. > :04:18.politicians' reputations, following allegations of abuse at the Angel
:04:19. > :04:23.Road children's home in South London. The care home, run by
:04:24. > :04:27.Lambeth Council, has been at the centre of controversy since a former
:04:28. > :04:33.detective, who investigated the claims back in the late 1990s said
:04:34. > :04:36.he was taken off the case when it appeared high`ranking politicians
:04:37. > :04:38.were linked to the abuse. Nhgel Goldie has told the BBC about
:04:39. > :04:38.were linked to the abuse. Nigel Goldie has told the BBC abott his
:04:39. > :04:45.Goldie has told the BBC about his suspicions of a cover`up.
:04:46. > :04:51.At the time, but subsequently, there was some high`level decisions about
:04:52. > :04:57.not wanting to open up issuds that related to public figures who, of
:04:58. > :05:03.whom there were suggestions that they had been visiting this children
:05:04. > :05:07.home ` angel Road's children home. A cover`up? A cover`up. The Prime
:05:08. > :05:13.Minister has told BBC London that the Government is dealing the issue
:05:14. > :05:17.of the high cost of housing. He said more homes were being built in the
:05:18. > :05:21.capital than at any time since 2005. All this week we have looked at
:05:22. > :05:24.radical ways to help solve the housing crisis.
:05:25. > :05:27.We look at some of the problems and solutions which have been proposed.
:05:28. > :05:30.In London t cost of renting the rising. It has gone up 9.4% since
:05:31. > :05:37.last year. The average price is last year. The average price is
:05:38. > :05:41.?1200 per month. Charlie is a performer, waiter, anything to pay
:05:42. > :05:44.his way. At 30, he still soletimes lives at home. Compared to five
:05:45. > :05:47.years ago when I had to livd lives at home. Compared to five
:05:48. > :05:52.years ago when I had to livd here, I think I have got to a stage where I
:05:53. > :05:56.can afford my rent a little bit Not always, and I still struggle.
:05:57. > :05:58.Charlie is one of those better off w a cosy parental home. The rdal
:05:59. > :06:03.a cosy parental home. The real problem lies with families who rent.
:06:04. > :06:05.We meet Londoners who are cheesed off with this situation, whdre
:06:06. > :06:08.We meet Londoners who are cheesed off with this situation, where they
:06:09. > :06:13.pay high rents in return for short contracts. Or they are left living
:06:14. > :06:17.like teenagers in their childhood bedrooms. Speaking on a programme
:06:18. > :06:22.tonight the deputy mayor for housing said the rental market needs to be
:06:23. > :06:28.looked at. There are changes needed. We need to attract pension fund
:06:29. > :06:31.money to built rented homes for young professionals. The biggest
:06:32. > :06:32.barrier is house prices. They young professionals. The biggest
:06:33. > :06:36.barrier is house prices. They have gone up 20% here in the last year
:06:37. > :06:41.alone. There are warnings of a cooling in the market. That means
:06:42. > :06:45.prices are not rising as fast as they used to. I don't have the
:06:46. > :06:49.money. Boy, those who have the money, good luck to them. It is
:06:50. > :06:52.terrible for the younger generation. It means unless you have got a
:06:53. > :06:54.massive deposit thanks to p`rents It means unless you have got a
:06:55. > :06:56.massive deposit thanks to p`rents or some other means, it is very
:06:57. > :06:56.massive deposit thanks to parents or some other means, it is verx hard
:06:57. > :06:58.massive deposit thanks to p`rents or some other means, it is very hard to
:06:59. > :07:02.get on the housing ladder. Something the Prime Minister agrees whth.
:07:03. > :07:04.Speaking on our radio station this morning, he said help to bux
:07:05. > :07:04.Speaking on our radio station this morning, he said help to buy is
:07:05. > :07:06.Speaking on our radio station this morning, he said help to bux is key
:07:07. > :07:10.to get young Londoners on the property ladder. We need to help
:07:11. > :07:11.young people who can afford a mortgage but don't have a rich
:07:12. > :07:12.young people who can afford a mortgage but don't have a rhch mum
:07:13. > :07:18.mortgage but don't have a rich mum and dad to be able to get a deposit
:07:19. > :07:22.on a house. Help to buy has helped stimulate building. It has helped
:07:23. > :07:26.young Londonerses to have a home of their own. By 2021 London whll
:07:27. > :07:26.young Londonerses to have a home of their own. By 2021 London will be
:07:27. > :07:32.their own. By 2021 London whll be home to nine million people.
:07:33. > :07:34.Harlow, the up and coming town, where one`fifth of the
:07:35. > :07:41.populations... Towns like H`rlow and populations... Towns like Harlow and
:07:42. > :07:45.Hemel Hempstead were dropped. If nothing is done the nature of London
:07:46. > :07:49.could change. People who felt they wanted to be in the middle of the
:07:50. > :07:51.City will have to go a long way out and that will change the nature
:07:52. > :07:53.potentially of the city. That and that will change the nature,
:07:54. > :07:56.potentially of the city. Th`t brings potentially of the city. Th`t brings
:07:57. > :08:04.us to the problem ` that of creating new homes. We will need 800,000 by
:08:05. > :08:09.2021. New does seem to pay. If you bought a house here in Stratford in
:08:10. > :08:10.2005 you would have made an average of ?150,000 on your property.
:08:11. > :08:10.2005 you would have made an average of ?150,000 on your propertx. If
:08:11. > :08:12.2005 you would have made an average of ?150,000 on your property. If we
:08:13. > :08:15.are not building enough to keep one the growth, so fewer people will
:08:16. > :08:23.buy, more will have to rent and the problems could start all ovdr again.
:08:24. > :08:28.problems could start all over again. At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
:08:29. > :08:31.this evening Owen Livesey from Camberley jud yo club won gold for
:08:32. > :08:37.England. He beat fellow teal`mate England. He beat fellow team`mate
:08:38. > :08:39.Tom Reid. That's it from me for now. Let's find out what the weather has
:08:40. > :08:47.in store with John. It has been a funny old day.
:08:48. > :08:49.What about the weekend? Tomorrow, there'll be one or two isolated
:08:50. > :08:54.there'll be one or two isol`ted downpours. Not on the scale we saw
:08:55. > :08:57.today. Most of us will stay fine and hot. The odd isolated shower,
:08:58. > :09:05.mavenlt most of us will be dry. It will be a warm night,
:09:06. > :09:09.particularly in the larger towns and cities. Temperatures holding up into
:09:10. > :09:11.the high teens. Tomorrow thdre cities. Temperatures holding up into
:09:12. > :09:16.the high teens. Tomorrow there may be a lot of cloud to start with.
:09:17. > :09:20.That will thin out a lot of sunshine to come. One or two isolated
:09:21. > :09:24.downpours. To the vast majority of us, I think we will stay drx,
:09:25. > :09:29.us, I think we will stay dry, temperatures nudging 30 Celsius
:09:30. > :09:30.What about the outlook? A cooling trepd ` showers ``
:09:31. > :09:32.What about the outlook? A cooling trepd - showers -- trend. Showers
:09:33. > :09:39.breaking out on Monday. We have seen temperatures
:09:40. > :09:44.approaching 30 Celsius. The heat will ebb away this weekend. Cooler
:09:45. > :09:48.and fresher conditions from the north-west. There'll be sunshine,
:09:49. > :09:52.there'll be more showers as well. Today was the turn of south-east
:09:53. > :09:58.England to get the ferocious storms. Lots of thunder and lightning. A lot
:09:59. > :10:05.of rain in a short space of time has led to some flooding.
:10:06. > :10:10.A little bit of rain overnight, maybe brushing Kent and Essex for a
:10:11. > :10:14.while. Otherwise fine and dry. Mist and low cloud to eastern England. It
:10:15. > :10:19.will be another warm and muggy night. That mist and low cloud will
:10:20. > :10:22.burn off tomorrow. Temperatures will lift as the sunshine comes through,
:10:23. > :10:26.except in Northern Ireland, where we have got these bands of showers
:10:27. > :10:29.pushing in. It will turn wetter in the afternoon in western Scotland.
:10:30. > :10:33.Ahead of it, most parts of England and Wales will be dry with some
:10:34. > :10:38.sunshine. A few showers. Probably dry across Wales, western England.
:10:39. > :10:41.The sunshine hazy here. Higher temperatures to the south-east,
:10:42. > :10:42.where we could get some storms