01/10/2014 BBC London News

The community in Hanwell receives the news it feared most.

The search for Alice Gross has united people living there.

It galvanise the community hnto action, into positive action.

Hopefully this will continud until the person responsible for what has

occurred is brought to justhce. We'll be live with the latest

from West London. A survey of cancer patients puts

eight London hospital trusts Police say people are risking their

lives by failing to use thel safely. I am off to visit a little bird

called Gilda. She is a bit on the simple side.

Movie legend Sir Michael Cahne joins us live to talk about his long film

Welcome to BBC London News with me Riz Lateef.

It's been a painful and sombre day for the people of Hanwell, with news

that the search for Alice Gross has become a murder inquiry, after a

body was discovered close to where the 14`year`old was last sedn.

So many of the people living in the area have been involved

Today they began to take down the posters of Alice,

as the focus intensifies on finding the perpetrator.

Alex Bushill has spent the day in Hanwell.

From the air and on the grotnd, this is a community that has nevdr been

so scrutinised, searched, examined. Hundreds of officers have bden used.

More hours of CCTV analysed than after the riots. The reaction of

those who live here, to do their bit. Now the search seems to have

reached its tragic conclusion, the discovery of a body here in the

River Brent, theirs is the sombre task of removing the hundreds of

missing posters that line the streets. Jill has spent the day

doing exactly that and it h`s taken its toll. A lot of tears and hugging

in the streets. We felt likd we have lost one of our own. It could have

been any 1 of our children. We are united in constantly supporting the

family. We will be with thel always. Devastated, heartbroken How

does it make you feel that where you walk this happened? Awful. H have

not been down unless my husband is with me. I have a 10`year old

daughter and she will not go down there at all. It has made us very

frightened really. Jackie and her husband lived by the river, walk the

footpath and saw the prime suspect, Arnis Zalkains, many times, a memory

that now wants them. Yellow mother this is a stretch he used a lot of

times. Apparently he was a builder working on the site. Chance

crossings, not to say hello or acknowledge him in any way that way.

Just the fact the recognition, oh my gosh, I have seen a face before The

yellow ribbons you see everxwhere here have for the last month been a

symbol of hope. Hopes that @lice would return alive and well. For

residents like Chris, a rethred police officer, it is a bond that

will always bind them. I thhnk it brought some comfort to Alice 's

family. It galvanise the colmunity into action, into positive `ction.

`` it galvanised the communhty. Hopefully this will continud until

the person responsible is brought to justice. It will remain in the

consciousness of people in Hanwell for decades to come. The decades ``

the yellow ribbons have tied people together for decades. The sdarch for

her killer remains. So, Alex, as we are hearing, people clearly bound

together in their grief. Thdre is also a sense of anger. Yes, there is

a sense of anger among some of the residents I have been speakhng to

today. By no means all. Thex ask why it was the Latvian, a convicted

murderer, was allowed to cole here in the 1st place. They asked why it

was only last night that thd body was found in the trees in H`nwell.

They believe the police had been searching this stretch of the river

for days. All the people I have been speaking to today are of 1 voice,

they want their campaign to continue. They want these ydllow

ribbons to continue to be sden, not just here in London but crucially

across Europe. They want to ensure there is nowhere for Alice 's killer

to hide. How magistrates refused to grant

a search warrant to police investigating a teacher over

indecent pictures of young boys Too many cancer patients in London

are not yet getting the care they deserve, according to

a survey by Macmillan Cancer Care. Eight

of the capital's NHS trusts score in the bottom 10 of the charity s

patient experience league t`ble However, the charity says c`re is

improving and the NHS has l`unched a five`year plan to improve cancer

services in the capital. Two years ago, Diane Ennis was

told she had ovarian cancer. After treatment,

she's now been told the disdase is in remission, although she's going

back to her doctors every three months for check`ups But whhle the

cancer may have gone, her mdmories I knew something was wrong with me

but not that. I was going into the hospital and consultants told me to

go home, put my feet up. It was like they did not have a clue. It seems

like they did not care, to be honest. I cannot stress how dramatic

it was. `` traumatic. It seems Diane's experience

of cancer care Once again

the capital's hospitals domhnate a list of the worst performhng,

when it comes to how patients view Eight of the top ten worst

performers are in London. Some people say is it due to case

mix, we think those elements play a small part but it is not thd

complete answer. We think issues such as staff turnover and staffing

levels may play a part. Just over two years, two new cancer

networks were launched in London ` They promised more joined`up

care for patients. And Macmillan says there is some

evidence that the situation in the capital is starting to hmprove,

although the man in charge `dmits We have said a number of factors are

guaranteed to improve patient experienced over the coming years.

They include strategy for long`term commissioning, also the pathent user

group, which advises on what it is patients actually need to m`ke sure

their care is personalised `nd of high quality to them as indhviduals.

It is that sort of care that would have helped Diane

It's emerged that police in Essex, who had been told that a te`cher

in Southend was buying indecent pictures of boys online,

were refused a search warrant by magistrates.

Martin Goldberg, who was the Deputy Head at Thorpe

Hall School, was found dead the day after he was eventually questioned.

The police watchdog is now looking into why it took nine months

Distressed Thorpe all pupils could speak to a counsellor today is the

independent school struggles to come to terms with what its once trusted

deputy head had been up to. Martin Goldberg made sure the school had

the latest computer technology. He introduced tablet computers that he

was using the internet to obtain indecent footage of young boys and

with a hidden camera he took hundreds of indecent images in the

changing rooms at the school and the local leisure centre. A loc`l MP

wants Essex Police to explahn why it took so long to act on information

that he was a risk. One of the problems was this case was

identified as low risk when it was handed over. Clearly this is not low

risk by anybody's standards. Originally an investigation in

Toronto discovered that Goldberg had bought indecent films of yotng boys

online. It was the same investigation that exposed

Addenbrookes Doctor Miles Bradbury as a paedophile. In July 2002,

Toronto police passes inforlation onto si op. An organisation within

our National Crime Agency which tackles child abuse. `` CEOP. Once

Essex police got the tipoff in November 2013, it did not do

anything for another 9 months, finally going to see Goldberg at his

home on September the ninth. The next day, he was found dead. Today,

Keith Vaz MP, chair of the Home Affairs Committee, said this delay

was totally unacceptable. Hd wants assurances honourable children were

not exposed to risk of further abuse. Essex Police had tridd to get

a warrant to search his homd from a local magistrate. The application

was rejected. He was one of 35 suspected paedophiles Essex Police

were alerted to. So far 70 magistrates warrants had bedn

obtained and executed. Two people have been charged and 18

investigations are ongoing. So far only 4 of the children filmdd have

been identified. Four young men have been fotnd

guilty of killing a 54`year`old Father`of`two Donald McNicol was

beaten to death while he was using a computer in a community cdntre,

after he stood up the gang. Louisa Preston is outside the

Old Bailey for us. Donald McNichol was using a computer

at Stockwell Park community Centre when the attack happened. Hd was

just sitting there, looking for engineering jobs, which he did quite

often. When the attack happdned He was just sitting there, looking for

engineering jobs, which he did quite often to use that computer. He then

started to punch him in the face and the body. As soon as that h`ppened,

the rest of the gang came in and started to punch him until he fell

to the floor. One of the tednagers picked up a nearby chair and smashed

it over his head. It caused serious head injuries. Mr McNichol died in

hospital 2 weeks later. Witnesses say the whole incident happdned very

quickly. It only lasted for 45 seconds. Police described it as a

particularly vicious attack. . Robert Nichol was 54. He was

described in court as a private person, who was good`natured and

quiet. Scotland Yard 's Detdctive Chief Inspector said that hd was

sitting quietly at the desk when this group singled him out `nd

launched a most vicious and cowardly attack. The actions were colpletely

inexcusable. Three of the tdenagers, aged 18, 19 and 20 were found guilty

of murder. A 17 `year`old w`s found guilty of manslaughter. Thex are all

from South London and they `re due to be sentenced at the end of the

month. City Hall is to take charge of victim support services `cross

the capital. The nurse offers for policing and crime will takd over

the budget from the ministrx of justice. 40% of victims do not feel

supported by the criminal jtstice system.

Raids have taken place to l`unch the Met's new cyber crime

The Fraud and Linked Crime Online team, known as Falcon, will target

internet crime such as online dating and payments scams as well `s retail

People are risking lives by failing to use level crossing safelx. Around

30 drivers find each week and extra patrols are being carried ott to

target trespasses. It is hard to imagine why you would be in such a

hurry you would need to takd a risk like this. Similar incidents have

been caught on camera time `nd time again. It is not just drivers,

pedestrians are at it as well. Despite the police presence in act

on this morning, it did not take us long to witness it for oursdlves. We

are here this morning on an awareness campaign. We need to see

what is going on. Just tell me what has happened. That pedestri`n has

taken a risk of running across the crossing. How much have you seen

that already? A couple of dozen times. Drivers can be fined if they

go through the lights but the outcomes can be much worse. Eight

people died at crossings last year but this is not a new probldm.

Education is only part of the solution. It is an extremelx good

thing that people are const`ntly told that rallies are very dangerous

places. Double crossings in particular are particularly

dangerous. We want to see more and more crossings closed so th`t people

do not want to have to interact with trains. It is such a dangerous

thing. We need more bridges. If there have to be level crossings, we

need gates that lock so people cannot trespass onto the rahlway.

Rally has been here since Vhctorian times. It is not ideal that it runs

through a busy road. Network Rail says it has already replaced

hundreds of level crossings. You cannot do them all. Building

footbridges or underpasses leans a lot about people. This 1 is staying

as it is for now. It is one of the most misused crossings in the

capital. Here the police ard trying to convince people that savhng a few

seconds just is not worth the risk. Still to come: Will it be h`ppy

anniversary to Arsene Wenger? The Arsenal manager celebrates 08 years

in charge tonight. Can they beat Galatasaray in the champions league?

You may not need a tax disc in your car any more but why this sorry

schoolboy will be sad to sed them go. `` sorry schoolboy. Next, he is

one of the biggest names in film, whose most memorable perforlances

include the Italian job, Alfie and dirty rotten scoundrels. Tonight,

Sir Michael Caine is at the Royal Albert Hall for a special evening to

look back at his career and raise money for the NSPCC. Yes, you do

join me on the red carpet whth Sir Michael himself and an

ever`increasing crowd base. It is a very exciting evening. From his big

break in Sulu in 1964 to his ever`increasing fan base. Fhlms like

Inception. A whole new generation of kids know who I am with the Batman

films. I have gone from being Alfie to Alfred. It has been a career that

has spanned over 100 films. We will talk about tonight 's speci`l event.

Now a clip of his early work. I am off to visit a little bird called

Gilda. She is not stupid but she is a bit on the simple side. She would

never make a number one. Yot could not take her out and show hdr off.

She is a cracking little st`nd`by. Another thing, she is not a liberty

taken. I've picked to show @lfie because it is one of my favourites.

It has been a pretty great career, hasn't it? Amazing. A reporter said

to me the other day, do you believe in God? Why? If you had had my

life, you would have to. Solebody up there likes me. Tonight you have

Jonathan Ross interviewing xou. Do you trust him? I trust him. We are

not on live television so I can hit him. Is it a warts and all? Will it

be highlights? It will be a very pleasant evening. It is mainly funny

stuff. I have watched some of the stuff they will do. He will talk to

me about my life and career. You know what happens, if you do not

want to answer the question you do not have to. You have gone `ll the

way to Hollywood and spent some time there. How special is London to

you? It is my home. I always feel happy I was born Londoner and a

Cockney. I love this city. H away once for nine years. They w`nted to

tax me 100%, I think. I missed it so much I came back. I lived in

California. I miss the rain, I missed the seasons, I missed the

autumn, I missed the leaves, I miss the daffodils. And we missed you!

Now I cannot go because I h`ve three grandchildren. I had to stax.

Tonight is a special charitx event for the NSPCC. Why is that so

special? When I was evacuatdd, I was six years old and my mother was not

with me. I was rather ill treated and those things stay on yotr mind.

It has stayed in my mind all my life. When it got to a stagd where I

had enough money I could give some money to charity, the 1st charity I

thought of was the NSPCC. It has been like that ever since. H am sure

they deeply appreciate it, `s do the people here. It would be a fantastic

night, which includes the lhkes of Quincy Jones. Where is he? He is on

the stairs. I will let you go. Have a fantastic night.

We are not as lucky, what a legend. Thank you.

To football, and it's exactly 1 years to the day since Arsene Wenger

He'll be hoping to celebratd with a win in the Champions Leagte

And, as Chris Slegg reports, the pressure is on, after the Gtnners

There is a sense of anticip`tion and trepidation in this part of North

London ahead of Arsenal's fhrst home Champions League group game of the

season against Galatasaray. Fans heading here tonight have sden the

team win just once in six g`mes in competitions across the board

including the opening defeat away to Dortmund so the manager knows his

team have little margin for error. There has been a lengthy injury list

and key faces missing are Olivier Giroud, Brickell tat and Aaron

Ramsey. Better news regarding Jack Wilshere, the injury he picked up

will not prevent him being hnvolved. `` we tell our tat. But the team

confident of an extended run in the competition. We are more under

pressure to win the game but basically, the target is thd same,

you want to win your home g`me even if you have one. You need one good

home game. It is important to remember how hard we work is to get

to this level at this stage. We are in this competition not just to take

part, the squad believes we can do something special.

So he is up and eat but it has been a while since Arsenal did do

something special in this competition `` upbeat. Sincd 20 9,

they have not made serious hnroads. A defeat to Barcelona in 2000 and

four successive exit in the round of 16. But Arsene Wenger has not failed

to take Arsenal out of their group since 2,000 and given the rhght

result against Galatasaray tonight, he will be confident that lhst `` of

at least extending that run. So from today, drivers will no

longer have to display a tax disc But there is one person

who will really miss those He is a 12`year`old boy frol Surrey

with a rather unusual hobby This is from 2001. 1992. 1983.

To say Jude loves tax discs is something of an understatemdnt. He

has 12,000. A passion that has taken over his life and his bedroom

carpet. Do you have a favourite car tax

disc? I like them from the 0960s, 1970s and 1980s like this bdcause

they have nice colours. And nicely laid out.

He is completely obsessed! Of course, now the tax disc is

officially no longer in use so will he call it a day on his collection?

No, no. There will still be a lot of eBay and people will be givhng them

to me. They will be expiring. His love of cars started at an darly

age. At first, he collected hubcaps but his parents say tax discs are

easier to store. It takes is to scrap yards, car shows, Gerlany

earning them, Bognor Regis! `` Birmingham. And although yot is not

old enough to drive, he alrdady has his own wheels. `` you. It was up

for a raffle and it ought I would enter ?1 for a ticket. That night,

we came home and the phone rang to say I had won the car. `` and I

thought I would enter ?1. So he is counting down the days until he gets

his licence. Time for the weather now. Wd heard

Sir Michael Caine saying he loves the seasons, what has happened to

autumn? It is on its way, but not qtite yet,

still a couple of days of stmmer weather. Through tonight, the

coldest conditions at the North of the UK, behind this area of cloud,

and it will be sitting abovd is through the night keeping things

mild. Mild for those heading to the Emirates for Arsenal's Champions

League match, but champion `` or Craven Cottage. There could be

showers to the North of London, around Hertfordshire and

Bedfordshire, at partly cle`r skies for most of us. Mist and fog is

possible. But look at the temperatures, only a couple of deep

green is lower than they should be for this time of year `` degrees.

For the morning commute, thdre could be patches of fog in the cotntryside

and around the M25. Another dry and bright day, only a couple of

showers. Sunshine into the `fternoon and with light winds, it will feel

warm again, temperatures higher than today at around 22 Celsius. In the

centre of town. In the evenhng, it will stay drying `` it will stay dry

and fine, especially for those heading to Tottenham's Europa League

game. Friday is looking find, sunny spells. Cloud will gather l`ter The

first signs of a change will stop autumn is the North of this weather

front, we are still in summdr. `` the first signs of a change. Heavy

rain, welcome news for the gardeners, it could be a wet start

to Saturday. It clears quickly. And by Sunday, we are back in attumn.

You have said it! David Cameron has pledged to cut

taxes for 30 million people if the Conservatives win

the general election. He told his party conferencd people

would be able to earn ?12,500 The search

for Alice Gross has become ` murder inquiry after a body was fotnd in

a river in West London last night. Police say "significant efforts

were made to hide it. More and no story `` moron those

stories on our website, and is here, have a lovely evening `` more on

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