21/10/2016 London News

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This is what we've got for you this Friday evening.

Do you know how many people I've spoken to

who have been affected by your fraud, who have lost thousands and

I don't know what you're talking about.

We expose a fraudster who cons Londoners out of thousands

I got scammed is really really badly where I lost ?480. Just got in this

country, and scamming them. Georgia stealing from the poorest.

There could be hundreds more victims like them.

Hundreds of people are evactated from City Airport after reports of a

chemical incident. We will have the latest.

The patients given a new lease of life.

We hear of a potential breakthrough in the treatment of kidney cancer.

In practical terms, is means that I will live to see my first

grandchild. We are not in Mhami We are in Orlando? No. Tampa.

And what it's like going on holiday with Mum.

The star of Asian Provocatetr on his new series.

Good evening. We start tonight with breaking news. Hundreds of people

have been evacuated from London s City Airport after reports of a

chemical incident. Our transport correspondence can give is the

latest. What we know is that 4pm, 500 passengers and staff were

evacuated from the terminal building after reports that some people were

feeling unwell. There are ctrrently passengers outside on the road and

on the runway. In the last few minutes, London Ambulance Sdrvice,

have told us they have tweeted 6 patients at the scene. Two people

have been taken to hospital with breathing difficulties. One

passenger at the airport is the former heavyweight boxing champion

David Hay. He is at the airport He tweeted, everyone started coughing

uncontrollably. I have to s`y at the moment, we don't know the c`use of

the instrument. One line of enquiry will be chemicals in the

ventilation, but as yet nothing official from City Airport to

themselves. Obviously, this has caused huge disruption on the roads

and in the air. This is London's fifth busiest airport. What I been

told is that passengers shotld go check with their airlines bdfore

travelling. Thank you very luch for that update. I understand now we can

speak to our reporter Andrew who happen to be at London City Airport

this afternoon when all this happened. Andrew, can you hdar me?

Tell us what's going on down there. Hello. I am just outside London s

City Airport. I was due to get on a plane at about five o'clock but at

430, an announcement said there was a fire. The building was ev`cuated.

Everyone was asked to stand outside. There has been not a lot of

information given to passengers From what I understand, the fire

brigade are currently insidd doing checks on the airport. That's before

they hand back to the airport operators. The result is th`t

passengers, all around me as you can see, are awaiting. People are

called, they don't know what's going on, they don't know whether they

will fly this evening. Some passengers have been advised to go

home and that they want to be flying, but as I say, peopld don't

know. There have been refreshments handed out, water, crisps and

blankets if necessary, but the mood on the ground is really one of a

lack of surety and a lack of information. Briefly, it looks very

calm there were you are. Whdther any signs of panic earlier on when it

was known what was happening? Are not really. There was confusion when

the alarm went off. People had to use the emergency exit. But people

really have been quite calm. People have been short of informathon, but

other than that, it has been fairly British. OK, that's always good

Thank you for that update. Lore on that story as things develop on our

website. The address as usu`l is BBC .co .uk/ London.

Undercover filming by this programme has exposed a fraudster

who cons unemployed people out of hundreds of pounds

by convincing them he's got them a job

The man, who goes by the name of John Phillips,

then claims the so-called fde for his service will be rettrned

Not surprisingly, their mondy's never seen again,

as Phillips disappears with their cash.

Victims, of which there may be hundreds, are then not only left

in debt and jobless with their confidence

All of these people have one thing in common.

They've all been scammed with a fake job by one man.

I never got my money back and even though he

promised on the phone that he will return it at some point,

You're very well aware of what your employment

And this is the man who scammed them.

We investigate after hearing numerous

reports and post a CV on job websites

that we know Phillips apparently targets.

Soon, we get contacted by a firm, Premier Employment

But before we start, he says we need to come to `

When we arrive, no sign of John but this lady gets us

And sells the parks of working there.

And then, like all these people we are asked

for a fee to work at the company.

When we come out of the interview, we spot John

Lo and behold, the lady we've met

Later, we discover she was being conned with a fake job

In my eyes, it's exploitation of vulnerable job seekers.

Nobody should be paying to find to start a new job

And we discover John Phillips is far from a genuine employer.

He's set up more than ten bogus companies,

And since 2012, potentially hundreds of people have

I wouldn't say it's exactly depression, but it was a st`te

where I was completely stressed financially.

Especially being, like, the age that you are.

Young people like me who've just got in this country and

scamming them, I mean, you're just stealing from the poorest.

The way Phillips works is after taking a fee,

he gets those who think thex are starting a new job for him to

As he says goodbye, we seize the moment to ask

Just wondered if you could tell me all

about the high levels of fr`ud you've been committing against many,

many people by lying about various jobs?

I don't know what you're talking about.

You don't know what were talking about?

Well, we've been recording xou over the last few

months offering people jobs, about fictitious companies.

I don't know what you're talking about.

And do you know how many people I've spoken to

who have been affected by your fraud, who have lost thousands and

What you have to say to them, Mr Phillips?

I don't know what you're talking about.

I have never seen a more pernicious kind of fraud as

And Phillips has now gone underground, leaving

And if you've been affected by this or a similar scam,

The address is [email protected].

on Inside Out London tonight at 7.30pm here on BBC One.

A paedophile has been jailed, after vigilantes set a trap for him

at the Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent.

Mark McKenna was lured into meeting what he thought would be

an 11-year-old girl for sex after sending

The messages, were in fact sent by the vigilante group,

With the details, here's Piers Hopkirk.

Paedophile Mark McKenna believed he was about to

meet the 11-year-old girl hd'd been grooming online for sex.

Instead, he was confronted by a group

Do you know what it actuallx does to a child of that age?

Following his arrest, McKenna was today sentenced

the judge calling his behaviour abhorrent.

The men behind the sting gave this reaction.

These are people preying on children.

And we want to see harsher sentences because it's got to be stopped.

The group calling itself The Hunted One had

set up a profile of a fictitious 11-year-old girl on Instagr`m.

McKenna then groomed her online suggesting they meet up for sex

You'll have to be my daughter for the day.

He even told her that his ghrlfriend was in London and said, you just

Just before they were due to meet, he sent a picttre

of an un-opened packet of condoms and the words,

Hours later though, he was tnder arrest, but there was a

warning today over a sting operations like this.

You may have made flaws in gaining your evidence

Entrapment and agent provocateur, all of those

things, inciting a person to commit an offence is a huge danger.

You also don't know if the police are

already investigating this particular person.

I can understand the motivation of people who want to

stamp out paedophilia and who perhaps feel

that it is a largely unreported crime, and even when it is

reported, conviction rates aren't that high,

so I can understand the motivation.

But I think the methods perhaps are a little bit concerning.

The Hunted One though defended its actions.

This particular case, we know

wouldn't have gone to court, this guy would never have bden

I mean, we don't want to interfere with the police at all.

Everything we do is basically what we're trying to do ourselves.

We're going out, we're trying to catch the paedophiles.

Passing sentence, Judge Philip Statman told the court that McKenna

had received hate mail and death threats following his conviction.

And as well as losing his job, and his girlfriend, he was now

Still to come. It's not just Chelsea against Manchester United on Sunday,

it's the return of Jose Mourinho. So we find out if the blues fan still

think he really is all that special. If you're one of the million

or so people who visit have you noticed a tree

appearing overnight? It's on the spot of where

another tree used to stand before it was vandalised

and taken away. Well, a seven-year-old girl

was so distressed to see it gone, she decided to secretly plant

another one in its place Arrabella is here with me

now, with dad, Neil. You're meant to be tucked up in bed,

not planting trees at night What were you doing? Why did you do it?

Because it was so empty. Did you miss the other three? Yes. When did

you decide to plant another one Because of the trees were lhned up

in one space and just empty. You didn't like to see it empty? Let me

speak to dad. Neil, you are encouraging her, surely. Thd other

way round! Earlier in the ydar, in the summer, her school had ` thing

where they were growing seeds. One of the things that we did w`s we

were growing sunflowers and we drew so many sunflowers that we decided

to plant them out in the street We had the feedback, it was am`zing. We

had no strong local residents and tourists saying what a lovely thing

it was to do, so when we fotnd a space, it was Arabella's idda. We

can see the tree and weak as you note there. On the note, it says

please respect the tree as ht was bought with my own money. How cute!

Plus my daddy risked getting arrested planting it. Are pdople

taking care of the tree? Yes. You've made it a nice Street, haven't you?

Yes. Lovely. Westminster Cotncil, they remove the tree becausd it had

been vandalised. What is thdir response to what they've done?

Westminster have been incredible. They have been really supportive. We

had really good feedback from everyone. Everything that's been

going on with Brexit, it's been a real negative feel in the ahr, so we

have brought something a bit more positive. You've made us smhle

today. I hope a lot of people follow that example. Arabella annu`l, thank

you very much. Researchers at the University

of Surrey believe they've m`de a major breakthrough

in the treatment of kidney cancer. They say they've managed

to increase the length of thme after surgery that patients remain

free from the disease. The treatment still needs fhnal

approval, but Yvonne Hall h`s been speaking to someone who feels

its already saved her life. Margaret Turner at her home

in West Cumberland, Surrey. The former teacher has

advanced kidney cancer. A few years ago, she feared

it would kill her. Then she took part in

a trial at Surrey Universitx to try and find

a treatment to delay the I am at the living

proof of its success. If I hadn't been lucky enough

to have gone on the professor's S-track trial of Sunitinib,

I wouldn't be alive today. In fact, I wouldn't have

survived for very many years at all. Normally, after surgery,

to remove kidney tumours, there's a 50% chance of the disease

returning within five years. The trial gave

patients one tablet of the drug Sunitinib

every day for one year. They found it delayed

the return of the So we'll have 24 patients in total

and then we can run the ess`y later The international trial has

been led in the UK by Oncologists say the results

are a major breakthrough. This is the first medication

and the first trial after a number of attempts over

the last 20-25 years to try and improve the prognosis

after surgery for so-called high-risk disease,

implying that these cancers that may It offers treatment for a group

of kidney cancer patients The treatment still needs

final approval from the It is hoped that will

happen within the next two years and more

patients will benefit. For Margaret, the future

now holds hope. In practical terms, it

means that I will live to There's a familiar face comhng back

to London this weekend. He was the most successful

manager in Chelsea history but on Sunday, Jose Mourinho

will return to Stamford Bridge With both sides separated bx just

two points in the Premier Ldague table, a win could either could put

them into the top four. With Antonio Conte now in charge

in south-west London, I've been finding out how the Blues f`ns

will receive their former boss After delivering his first Premier

League title to Chelsea, within months, Jose Mourinho went from this

to this. His sacking saw thd Blues move on without him but Mourinho did

not hide forever. He became the manager of Manchester United. I knew

that sooner or later I had to play against Chelsea and I had to go to

Stamford Bridge. And the colputers decided that was to go now. And here

we go. Is a Mourinho has pl`yed here once before as the manager of

another club. That was Inter Milan back in 2010. He joked in the

build-up to that clash that he was always lucky at the bridge. In the

build-up to this match, well, he admits that his like he did

eventually run out. Last se`son I lost two or three matches. H cannot

use the same words. The match isn't just attracting interest here in the

UK. Fans are flocking from `cross the world to be at the Bridge on

Sunday. I saw the fixture lhst, I knew I would come over in the fall

for a game and it was the only game I could come to. It is the return

and everyone wants to be thdre for that. I will applaud him, btt he is

the enemy on Sunday. I have always wanted to come to London and the

timing was perfectly in this match is going to be really speci`l, so we

had to be here. He won thred championships. He remains in the

heart of the fans. Jose Mourinho in their hearts, but is he still

special? You will always be special to Chelsea fans. But I won't mind it

if Man United finishes seventh. His return will still headlines, but 20

years ago, former Chelsea dhrector Harding died in a crash on his way

home from the match. A banndr will be unveiled in his memory. @ tribute

to one of their own. Now American Football fans will know

that the NFL is back But the game between the LA Rams

and the New York Giants won't be played at Wembley

as the American sport switches from the home of football

to the home of rugby. Twickenham is this weekend's host

venue as Emma Jones explains. The posts are different, thd

markings are different. Behhnd the scenes, they've even had to make the

dressing room is bigger. Thd home of England's rugby has gone through a

few changes as it prepares to welcome the NFL for the verx first

time. It's given us something to work at and to get our teeth into.

And at Twickenham, we just dnjoy the big events. We've had big rock acts

here, the Rolling Stones regular and it is something different and in a

groundsman's like it's great. Some of the LA Rams players gave young

fans the chance to play out the sports this week. The team hs going

to play a home game in London every year for the next three years. A

chance for them to get to know a new home. I don't know too much about

Twickenham, but I'm excited to be there and play their and be able to

run around on that field, so this weekend, I will be excited to see

it. Coming to London to share this experience with the kids and the

fans here in the UK is incrddible. When Tottenham move into thdir new

ground, it will also host Alerican football. But this Sunday, for the

first time in its history, ` sport other than rugby will be pl`yed at

Twickenham. As it becomes the latest London venue to become a hole away

from home for the NFL. We're going back to our top story

this evening. A chemical incident at London City Airport which is caused

it to Tom Edwards. Some passengers are now saying that they ard being

taken back into the terminal building. London and your sdrvice

has confirmed that this is ` chemical incident. They say they

treated 26 passengers at thd scene. They took two to hospital whth

breathing difficulties. No news yet as to why or what caused thdse

problems. As for the transport, six flights have been diverted to London

Southland, six to Stansted. Passengers are being advised to

check with their airlines bdfore travelling. Obviously, a lot of

disruption in that area and in the skies. A lot of disruption. An

ongoing situation. Comedian Romesh Ranganathan is best

known for his appearances on Mock The Week and his

series Asian Provocateur. That's when he swaps

his home in Crawley Well, for the new series, hd's off

to America to see what his life could have been like there

if his parents hadn't settldd here. My name's Romesh Ranganathan

and I know absolutely nothing about the culture

of where my family are from. And then, six weeks,

an international adventure Most people, if they were told to go

away with their mum for six weeks, One, my mum asked me to

and she's quite persuasive `nd This trip is about getting to know

the part of my family that dnded up Seeing what my life

might have been like if my mum and dad hadn't selected

the delights of Crawley. We don't need to be together

the whole time, do you know The whole point is, Romesh, to spend

time together. Yeah, but I just think some of it

will just be separate. Otherwise were going to get

on each other's nerves. I just said it sounds like ht's

going to be a wonderful timd. If I never ever hear my mum

telling me I haven't moisturised properly ever again

it will be too soon. I feel like singing that,

welcome to Miami. You've identified

which town where in. I book the tickets, I arrivd

somewhere and then I continte to be And the weird thing is,

I don't even have to try. Never say never, but at the moment,

I don't even want to go Would you prefer that

your mother was not on We're doing what I want

to do on this trip. I mean, obviously, I'm not

going to actually tell my mtm that. I love that McKee has. His new

series starts online on BBC Three very soon.

Quiet but nice settled weather at the moment. This was this morning.

Elephant and Castle. A lovely sunrise. The cloud filled in a bit

more so this was later in the afternoon in Greenwich. I skipped

through that but it was clotdy. All this cloud but the brakes are coming

in off the North Sea now so although we have seen one or two showers late

this afternoon, it will turn clearer through the night so what does that

me and October with leading lights? It will turn chillier than last

night so probably touch and go for a grass frost but things will get down

to within a few degrees of freezing but they will stay at six or seven

in the towns. Nest and fork though because we've had these showers a

bit of fog out and about. That's something to watch for as wdll. A

travel warning just in case you encounter that in the morning. Tune

in to BBC radio or a local radio. It is clear mid-morning and thdn we

will see more sunshine than today and fewer showers. A change of the

wind direction makes light winds and 14 and 15 will feel quite pleasant.

Although, as I say, a chillx start. And it's chilly at the moment as you

would expect in October. Ch`nges were going to Sunday. High pressure

still with us so a lot of dry settled weather. This low pressure

we are watching, a game changer later in the day. Sunday morning

starts on the misty, for Kexnote. It takes awhile to lift but thdn the

wind strengthens, largely dry, good spells of sunshine until probably

overnight when we see that thicker cloud and rain coming in. Chilly as

we pick up that strengthening easterly wind on Sunday, th`t's the

difference to Saturday and Sunday but we keep largely settled weather

into the beginning of next week as well.

Looking quite decent. Helen, thank you very much.

Thank you for joining us. Alex will be here at 10:30pm with our late

news and the latest from thd airport. Enjoy your evening.

Goodbye.