:00:08. > :00:16.You are defrauding Londoners despite being on the BBC?
:00:17. > :00:18.The fraudster exposed by this programme conning
:00:19. > :00:21.We reveal he's still operating here in the capital.
:00:22. > :00:26.You just feel like everything comes crashing down around you. I was
:00:27. > :00:28.crying because it is hard when you think you have finally found a job
:00:29. > :00:29.and it turns out to be fraud. Our exclusive report shows the scam
:00:30. > :00:32.is continuing to trap The 80-year-old whose body
:00:33. > :00:36.was found in a lock-up A suspected World War Two bomb
:00:37. > :00:52.is discovered on a building site Roads have been closed and holdings
:00:53. > :00:57.evacuated after the device was found this morning. I will have a very
:00:58. > :00:59.latest. Did I tell you you look amazing today? Because you do.
:01:00. > :01:01.And the blockbuster which started life as a children's story.
:01:02. > :01:13.We meet the author as the capital celebrates World Book Day.
:01:14. > :01:14.Welcome to the programme this Thursday evening
:01:15. > :01:21.It's been described as "the largest job scam"
:01:22. > :01:23.in the capital to date, exposed by BBC London
:01:24. > :01:32.Now, we've discovered the man behind it -
:01:33. > :01:35.is still operating and defrauding often vulnerable Londoners.
:01:36. > :01:36.John Phillips promises job-seekers well paid jobs
:01:37. > :01:39.In return, he takes their cash, charging them hundreds
:01:40. > :01:50.No answer. I don't what you're talking about.
:01:51. > :01:53.This was a criminal we tracked down last October,
:01:54. > :01:56.Now we have discovered he is still up to
:01:57. > :01:58.Welcome. I am John Phillips.
:01:59. > :02:02.John Phillips, fraudster and thief, who we exposed conning
:02:03. > :02:08.job-seekers like these with fake jobs for a fee.
:02:09. > :02:09.I got scammed really, really badly,
:02:10. > :02:17.Four months ago, we went undercover posing as a job-seeker
:02:18. > :02:22.to see how Phillips preyed on those who posted CVs on job websites.
:02:23. > :02:25.He told us he was the manager of a large HR
:02:26. > :02:37.To start work, applicants had to pay him
:02:38. > :02:40.upfront fees of hundreds of pounds for bogus jobs.
:02:41. > :02:43.Part of them doing the work for him involved bringing
:02:44. > :02:45.in others who were also looking for jobs.
:02:46. > :02:53.They ended up falling victim to the scam as well.
:02:54. > :02:55.We secretly recorded him masterminding
:02:56. > :03:01.the scam outside and collecting any cash that was handed over.
:03:02. > :03:03.I don't know what you're talking about.
:03:04. > :03:05.You don't know what we're talking about?
:03:06. > :03:07.We have been recording you over the last few months.
:03:08. > :03:12.Phillips was exposed on the BBC in October but we
:03:13. > :03:16.can tonight reveal he then carried on as if nothing had
:03:17. > :03:18.happened, ripping off many more Londoners.
:03:19. > :03:20.In October, he told applicants is name was
:03:21. > :03:24.Or Nathan Phillips. Sometimes, Bill Barnett.
:03:25. > :03:27.Now we can reveal he has metamorphosized
:03:28. > :03:32.And if you want to know what it feels
:03:33. > :03:36.like to be ripped off by him, ask these two, who do not want to be
:03:37. > :03:41.Both have been conned in the last few weeks.
:03:42. > :03:43.It was just horrible to deal with it and you
:03:44. > :03:46.just feel like everything comes crashing down around you.
:03:47. > :03:49.I was crying because it is kind of hard
:03:50. > :03:55.when you think you have finally found a job
:03:56. > :03:58.when you think you have finally found a job and then it
:03:59. > :04:01.Scores of people have now reported this scam to the
:04:02. > :04:02.Metropolitan Police and Action Fraud.
:04:03. > :04:04.This former Met Detective Chief Inspector is appalled
:04:05. > :04:08.I would say that Mr Phillips is probably
:04:09. > :04:09.one of the more serious and
:04:10. > :04:11.persistent offenders I have seen operating in this field.
:04:12. > :04:14.To be going for so long, to have so many
:04:15. > :04:16.victims, there is no reason why he should not be
:04:17. > :04:26.We have had a tip-off that Mr Phillips is
:04:27. > :04:28.doing some job interviews here in Covent Garden, potentially
:04:29. > :04:30.to scam more people of hundreds of pounds.
:04:31. > :04:33.What we're going to do is give him a bit of a surprise.
:04:34. > :04:35.You have now changed your name, I believe,
:04:36. > :04:39.You changed your name to another name, have you?
:04:40. > :04:40.You're continuing to defraud Londoners,
:04:41. > :04:43.Mr Phillips' scam has been described as
:04:44. > :04:47.Why is it you seem to think it is OK to
:04:48. > :04:49.keep defrauding Londoners in this way?
:04:50. > :04:51.I do not know what you're talking about.
:04:52. > :04:54.Unfortunately, the BBC cannot physically stop him.
:04:55. > :04:56.Goodbye to you. Goodbye.
:04:57. > :05:01.We are warning the authorities and London's job-seekers
:05:02. > :05:03.that this fraudster, thief and conman...
:05:04. > :05:06.Get away from me. I have nothing to say to you.
:05:07. > :05:12.So John Philips, as he's often known, operates
:05:13. > :05:22.If you've come across him, or his other alias is "Roy Parker",
:05:23. > :05:32.A murder investigation is underway after the body of a woman has been
:05:33. > :05:35.found in a lock-up at the allotments where she worked.
:05:36. > :05:36.The 80-year-old was discovered in Colindale
:05:37. > :05:45.Yvonne Hall has been following developments and joins us now.
:05:46. > :05:55.The Colindale allotments are behind the houses here. People living here
:05:56. > :05:59.have told me tonight how shocked and frightened they are by her murder.
:06:00. > :06:02.Police have been here all day looking for clues are making
:06:03. > :06:07.door-to-door enquiries but they say so far they still have no idea who
:06:08. > :06:12.killed the much loved each year old. -- 80-year-old. She was known as
:06:13. > :06:17.everyone's grandmother and the Lord of the committee. Today, friends
:06:18. > :06:23.were in shock at the news of the matter.
:06:24. > :06:30.When you needed something, you've to her. She was a lovely lady. I am
:06:31. > :06:38.shaking. You don't expect anything like that. Just after 2am on
:06:39. > :06:43.Tuesday, Leah's body was found at Colindale allotments in a shed. Just
:06:44. > :06:46.yards from her home. She was secretary of the ban allotments
:06:47. > :06:50.Federation and police say she was a very active 80-year-old who loved
:06:51. > :06:56.gardening and helping others. She is really active for 80 years old, in
:06:57. > :07:01.and around allotments, much loved mother and grandmother. There are 90
:07:02. > :07:04.allotment plots at Colindale. Today, police have been searching for clues
:07:05. > :07:07.and carrying a door-to-door enquiries.
:07:08. > :07:13.Police say they do not have any clues yet about who murdered Leah.
:07:14. > :07:16.They are investigating reports rough sleepers got onto allotments through
:07:17. > :07:21.this hole in defence and are trying to find out was responsible for a
:07:22. > :07:26.spate of thefts from the lock-up sea. The appeal to anyone who saw
:07:27. > :07:35.Leah here, particularly on Monday. She wore jackboots with white spots,
:07:36. > :07:42.great bottoms, it a quilted jacket. -- grey bottoms. The dues see her on
:07:43. > :07:49.Monday around the allotments and where you are in the allotment on
:07:50. > :07:50.Monday? -- did you see her. Police say they are not saying exactly
:07:51. > :07:53.Leah was murdered for operational Leah was murdered for operational
:07:54. > :07:56.reasons but they say that the AT all lost her life in the most tragic way
:07:57. > :08:01.possible and heart killer must be caught. -- that the 80-year-old lost
:08:02. > :08:05.her life. Roads have been closed
:08:06. > :08:09.and people have been evacuated from schools and homes nearby
:08:10. > :08:12.after a suspected World War II bomb The device was found on a building
:08:13. > :08:17.site in near Brondesbury Park. We can cross to Louisa Preston,
:08:18. > :08:26.who has the latest on this. Yes, that is right. The building
:08:27. > :08:28.site is literally just behind these buildings behind me. The army are on
:08:29. > :08:33.the scene now and the bomb disposal the scene now and the bomb disposal
:08:34. > :08:41.unit has literally in the last human is arrived. -- has literally in the
:08:42. > :08:43.an extremely residential area and an extremely residential area and
:08:44. > :08:47.all the homes here have been evacuated. I have been here all
:08:48. > :08:50.afternoon and spoken to people evacuated. Many were brought out of
:08:51. > :08:55.holes by police and summer been able to go back in to get belongings and
:08:56. > :09:00.come back out again. The council has set up a refuge centre and said this
:09:01. > :09:05.operation will go on for a couple of days. They said people out of homes
:09:06. > :09:13.will be put up in hotels and B and Bs. This is what local residents
:09:14. > :09:18.said. We live in London, it got bombed heavily.
:09:19. > :09:21.This is an inconvenience but it happens. I understand it is for
:09:22. > :09:26.security purposes but it is annoying because I live here, I work
:09:27. > :09:31.tomorrow. I have just come back from New Zealand. I was quite keen to
:09:32. > :09:39.sleep on my own bed, to be honest. What is being said about the device?
:09:40. > :09:45.This is an extremely big bomb. It is about 500 pounds worth of bomb.
:09:46. > :09:47.Photos of being released affecting we can see now. It illustrates how
:09:48. > :09:52.big it is. In one of those photos, big it is. In one of those photos,
:09:53. > :09:56.there is a spade in the short and you can see the bomb next to it. You
:09:57. > :10:03.can see how big this bombers. If we spent the -- spin the camera around,
:10:04. > :10:07.you'll see, because of the in place, the traffic disruption in this area
:10:08. > :10:13.this evening, with many roads closed because they cannot get into the
:10:14. > :10:17.area and to homes. People are being told to avoid the area tonight if at
:10:18. > :10:20.all possible. Many thanks for that update.
:10:21. > :10:23.We've been hearing today how policing in some areas
:10:24. > :10:25.of the country are letting victims down - according to
:10:26. > :10:28.So what's the picture here in the capital?
:10:29. > :10:33.Nick Beake, our Home Affairs Correspondent, has the details.
:10:34. > :10:35.Riz, today's report considers how effective
:10:36. > :10:42.How good are they at preventing crime in the first place?
:10:43. > :10:45.If we are robbed or our car's stolen or house burgled,
:10:46. > :10:54.And how do the police treat us if we become victims?
:10:55. > :11:00.Let's have a look at how they got on.
:11:01. > :11:20.But in Bedfordshire - it's another story.
:11:21. > :11:30.The police force there - is said to be inadequate -
:11:31. > :11:37.Although the Met has been pretty good crime and, it is bad that
:11:38. > :11:44.feeling voluble people, including children risk of sexual abuse. There
:11:45. > :11:48.is a lack of detectives. They are short of 700 detectives just now.
:11:49. > :11:50.This is the story of why one detective walked away from the job
:11:51. > :11:54.she loved. That is what the problem is.
:11:55. > :11:59.There just isn't enough of us. There is work coming
:12:00. > :12:04.in all the time and it just isn't enough hours in
:12:05. > :12:07.the day to do everything. I think, you know, officers
:12:08. > :12:09.are carrying 20 crimes or You know, sometimes there is more
:12:10. > :12:14.than one victim in an And you don't just get allocated
:12:15. > :12:20.an investigation and that It is work coming in
:12:21. > :12:25.and it is constant. And a little bit of
:12:26. > :12:34.stress is good, you can But when it is so high
:12:35. > :12:38.all the time, it is just not I would often wake up
:12:39. > :12:43.with headaches because I wasn't having enough sleep
:12:44. > :12:46.and I just found out that, I'm thinking, actually,
:12:47. > :12:48.I don't think I can do It made me feel a bit
:12:49. > :12:52.of a failure, to be honest. This is all I ever wanted
:12:53. > :12:56.to do and, you know, I thought it was a career
:12:57. > :13:00.I was going to do for 30 odd years. It is actually with a really
:13:01. > :13:10.heavy heart that I Well, today the Met told us today
:13:11. > :13:17.they've got more detectives But there is this shortfall
:13:18. > :13:20.because there are more and more cases to investigate -
:13:21. > :13:23.including more people coming forward So although detectives
:13:24. > :13:25.are being recruited, it's not happening quickly enough
:13:26. > :13:36.to meet the demand. Now on that overall assessment -
:13:37. > :13:39.that the Met requires improvement- senior officers think
:13:40. > :13:40.that is unfair. But I think today's report, looking
:13:41. > :13:44.at the breadth of policing, misses some of the challenges
:13:45. > :13:46.we are facing today. It doesn't go pick up on the fact
:13:47. > :13:50.that we are putting many more resources into counterterrorism,
:13:51. > :13:51.particularly firearms officers. We have spoken about
:13:52. > :13:53.that regularly, the 600 extra officers to
:13:54. > :13:55.help protect Londoners. And it doesn't really talk
:13:56. > :13:57.about those difficult choices We're squeezing resources
:13:58. > :14:04.about making sure we put our officers in the best place
:14:05. > :14:07.possible to protect Londoners from The reality is that all
:14:08. > :14:12.police forces are having to deal with more and
:14:13. > :14:15.different types of crime. As well as traditional offences,
:14:16. > :14:17.there's rising online So more for the police to do
:14:18. > :14:26.at a time when money is tight. Stay with us, still
:14:27. > :14:32.to come before 7... Wendy talks to women in the arts
:14:33. > :14:42.about why more of them aren't And a masterclass from a bestselling
:14:43. > :14:48.author on the 20th anniversary of World Book Day.
:14:49. > :14:52.People in Surrey opposed to drilling for oil in a beauty
:14:53. > :14:54.spot near Dorking say they're now "terrified"
:14:55. > :15:01.It's after the High Court decided that Europa Oil can ban any activity
:15:02. > :15:04.that helps sustain the protest camp at Leith Hill.
:15:05. > :15:06.Some locals think that's equivalent to being "gagged".
:15:07. > :15:14.In the Surrey commuter belt, trouble is brewing.
:15:15. > :15:17.Obviously, we're not going to stop everybody using fuel by tomorrow,
:15:18. > :15:23.But if nobody is willing to do stuff like this and try and motivate
:15:24. > :15:31.Activists are trying to delay lorries carrying
:15:32. > :15:36.This isn't fracking, it's conventional drilling,
:15:37. > :15:43.Huge oil reserves are now thought to lie beneath these hills.
:15:44. > :15:45.Behind that there, that is my bedroom.
:15:46. > :15:47.I live on the first floor in that room.
:15:48. > :15:53.They are trying to stop a new well here.
:15:54. > :15:58.In an area of outstanding natural beauty.
:15:59. > :16:04.The activists don't want to reveal their tactics.
:16:05. > :16:12.A hot food rota has been organised by locals.
:16:13. > :16:16.The camp has been relying on support like this.
:16:17. > :16:19.The fight against oil drilling has dragged in more unlikely supporters.
:16:20. > :16:23.I thought I'd have a chat with them and tell them why I think it's
:16:24. > :16:26.important for us to be looking at this site and so forth.
:16:27. > :16:29.And it all got out of hand really, really quickly.
:16:30. > :16:35.These are proper, middle-class, middle-England people who feel very
:16:36. > :16:38.strongly that you shouldn't be drilling for oil in an area
:16:39. > :16:44.A few weeks ago, an order was granted that allows Europa Oil
:16:45. > :16:47.to evict the camp and also stops anyone from going there that might
:16:48. > :16:51.Lawyers say this includes journalists.
:16:52. > :16:53.They also say sweeping orders like this are becoming
:16:54. > :17:03.Any further that way and I could end up in prison.
:17:04. > :17:06.One local lady said she is now terrified of supporting
:17:07. > :17:09.the camp and in her words, she said the oil company
:17:10. > :17:12.has now silenced them with its money and its power.
:17:13. > :17:15.We asked but Europa won't talk to us about any of this.
:17:16. > :17:20.No-one knows when the drilling on Leith Hill might start.
:17:21. > :17:26.Turning to art, and it goes without saying that London's
:17:27. > :17:32.galleries have some of the greatest masterpieces in the world
:17:33. > :17:34.and most of them are by male artists.
:17:35. > :17:38.Women, it seems, have mostly been in the background -
:17:39. > :17:46.In the first of her two-part report on Women in Art, Wendy Hurrell has
:17:47. > :17:49.A life-drawing class at Hampstead School of Art.
:17:50. > :17:52.This would have been unthinkable but 100 years ago.
:17:53. > :17:54.Women wielding a paintbrush is quite shocking enough, never mind
:17:55. > :17:57.So we are rather underrepresented as artists in
:17:58. > :18:02.At the National Gallery, for example, of
:18:03. > :18:07.the some 2300 works, just 20 are by women.
:18:08. > :18:12.That in itself a portrait of society.
:18:13. > :18:14.Just because there isn't a female signature on it
:18:15. > :18:17.doesn't mean there weren't women around.
:18:18. > :18:21.Don't forget, the women would have helped prepare the canvas, helped
:18:22. > :18:25.prepare prime it, ground the pigment to make oil paints.
:18:26. > :18:27.So there would always have been a female presence.
:18:28. > :18:30.And of course, to prepare the food for the artists.
:18:31. > :18:37.Jane McAdam-Freud has personal experience of this.
:18:38. > :18:38.She built her internationally successful career as
:18:39. > :18:49.But she says it was her mother, Catherine,
:18:50. > :18:52.another Central Saint Martins alumni, who showed natural talent in
:18:53. > :19:01.And if I look at my father's paintings of the same 15,
:19:02. > :19:05.He put the hours in and became a master at
:19:06. > :19:11.She was a mother in the end and had no time, no time, no hours
:19:12. > :19:14.Whereas my father, he put all his hours into his work.
:19:15. > :19:24.Female artists were quite literally in the background in 1768, when the
:19:25. > :19:28.Royal Academy was established by 34 men and two women.
:19:29. > :19:32.Here they all are in the studio for a life drawing.
:19:33. > :19:35.But Mary and Angelica are represented only
:19:36. > :19:42.It became a stronger institution, and in that way,
:19:43. > :19:45.excluded women because it was not appropriate for a woman to draw
:19:46. > :19:54.Certainly to draw a nude life model was completely out
:19:55. > :19:59.And in my second piece tomorrow, we will see how women
:20:00. > :20:01.are being drawn in from the margins of the artworld.
:20:02. > :20:09.And on that note of drawing in women, a sense things are changing?
:20:10. > :20:12.That seemed to come up a lot. Everyone I spoke to said that we are
:20:13. > :20:13.turning point. It's a lot to do with women taking
:20:14. > :20:17.up top roles in the art world. So the Serpentine, Saatchi
:20:18. > :20:18.and Whitechapel galleries are all run by women -
:20:19. > :20:24.a lady called Maria Balshaw starts as director of the Tate
:20:25. > :20:26.in the summer. And in my piece tomorrow,
:20:27. > :20:36.I talk to the director She is passionate about getting
:20:37. > :20:42.diversity of art on the walls at the Tate modern. She has succeeded on
:20:43. > :20:45.one part of it at least. She is a very interesting person. She
:20:46. > :20:49.struggled herself to become the top person at the Tate modern. It is
:20:50. > :20:56.really exciting because she says a lot of work has been overlooked by
:20:57. > :20:59.female artists. There's what we have not seen we haven't had a chance.
:21:00. > :21:01.I look forward to that piece tomorrow. Thank you.
:21:02. > :21:04.Take a look around any classroom today and it was probably
:21:05. > :21:06.filled with Harry Potters, superheroes and other
:21:07. > :21:12.It's all for World Book Day, which this year is celebrating
:21:13. > :21:16.Jim Wheble has been to Stratford Library to find out more.
:21:17. > :21:18.Even the adults were getting into the spirit.
:21:19. > :21:26.They were 20 times as big as the big blue whale...
:21:27. > :21:27.Cressida Cowell, the bestselling author of
:21:28. > :21:30.How To Train Your Dragon, also a movie blockbuster.
:21:31. > :21:37.It is all about the pleasure, the joy of books.
:21:38. > :21:41.This is what World Book Day really focuses on.
:21:42. > :21:43.The fun of dressing up as your favourite character or something.
:21:44. > :21:47.Today, though, was all about the written
:21:48. > :21:54.Literacy rates here are some of the lowest in
:21:55. > :21:57.Europe, but World Book Day is not just about the kids.
:21:58. > :21:59.Now, it is clear that children should be
:22:00. > :22:02.encouraged to read as much as humanly possible.
:22:03. > :22:08.I am almost ashamed to say it, but I'm
:22:09. > :22:14.36% of adults in the UK do not read for pleasure.
:22:15. > :22:22.No, not really. Don't have the time, really.
:22:23. > :22:25.Do I chalk you down as a non-reader of pleasure or
:22:26. > :22:33.I am a non-reader for pleasure. I read it for work.
:22:34. > :22:36.But start reading young and it often lasts a lifetime.
:22:37. > :22:38.At the Discover Children's Story Centre in
:22:39. > :22:40.Stratford, performance in storytelling instilled that love.
:22:41. > :22:42.There's a lot of competition from computer games, TV and lots of
:22:43. > :22:46.But actually, what we find here is that children have an
:22:47. > :22:48.inherent love of reading and story telling and writing.
:22:49. > :22:51.What about those of us who have fallen out of
:22:52. > :22:56.Also at today's event was comedian and bestselling children's
:22:57. > :23:10.I need you to absolve me of my sins. Jim, what have you done? I must
:23:11. > :23:16.confess that I do not read for pleasure. I am ashamed to say it,
:23:17. > :23:20.almost. What am I missing? I thought that you are vacant looking chap. I
:23:21. > :23:27.can't imagine your life is very interesting, Jim. Pick up a nice
:23:28. > :23:31.novel for one hour each evening and then go back to your box set. You
:23:32. > :23:35.see if I'm not right and you will thank me for it, Jim. Home work from
:23:36. > :23:37.Julian! Don't worry, I will be having words
:23:38. > :23:40.with Jim. It's that time of the evening
:23:41. > :23:48.for a check on the weather - It was a nice day today. There was a
:23:49. > :23:53.bit of a chill in the air but compensated by the sunshine. There
:23:54. > :23:56.was some ). This picture from a weather watcher taken in Stanmore.
:23:57. > :24:02.Some of the cloud is fairweather cloud. For the most part, it was
:24:03. > :24:04.cloud free. The cloud. For the most part, it was
:24:05. > :24:08.cloud free. The cloud earlier melted away for a clearer skies. Changes
:24:09. > :24:13.are coming, though. Not this cloud, don't worry about that. This one on
:24:14. > :24:18.the change overnight into tomorrow the change overnight into tomorrow
:24:19. > :24:24.as well. This evening, it is still dry. Clear skies as well. We will
:24:25. > :24:27.find after midnight that the cloud increases from the South as the
:24:28. > :24:31.cloud heads away. By the early hours, we start to season rain. By
:24:32. > :24:36.the end of the night, that could be as far north as Stevenage. These are
:24:37. > :24:40.some of the temperatures. 56 Celsius overnight. Nothing too cold out
:24:41. > :24:45.there at all. Certainly will warm up through the day. It will be a wet
:24:46. > :24:49.rush hour, I suspect. It could be quite heavy with heavy bundles as
:24:50. > :24:52.well. It tends to move northwards and eventually, probably by
:24:53. > :24:56.mid-afternoon, we should see the rain clearing away. We could get
:24:57. > :25:01.something a bit brighter that will boost temperatures to quite a mild
:25:02. > :25:06.11 or 12 Celsius. Into tomorrow evening, it looks like it should
:25:07. > :25:10.stay dry. However, some rain luxe to the west on. That rain could be a
:25:11. > :25:14.bit reluctant to clear over this weekend. In fact, don't blame the
:25:15. > :25:17.messenger, but this weekend we have rain never too far away. It is
:25:18. > :25:21.brighter from time to time and drier brighter from time to time and drier
:25:22. > :25:26.perhaps but messy chart the weekend dominated by low. That means rain
:25:27. > :25:30.and lots of weather front, meaning rain as well. Into Saturday, a
:25:31. > :25:35.little wave in the weather front brings rain from the south.
:25:36. > :25:38.Particularly across eastern parts of the region. That should clear away
:25:39. > :25:42.and we should get light sunshine alone. Again, temperatures getting
:25:43. > :25:47.to ten of 11 Celsius. Give it time later in the day and we should see
:25:48. > :25:50.some improvements. Here is the look. It looks like we will get more rain
:25:51. > :25:54.on Sunday. The winds will be stronger as well. Monday looks drier
:25:55. > :25:58.but can't roll out one or two showers.
:25:59. > :26:00.We would never blame the messenger, would we? Darren, thank you.
:26:01. > :26:05.A police standards watchdog has warned that the public are being put
:26:06. > :26:07.at risk as some forces are dealing with cutbacks by
:26:08. > :26:10.Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary has
:26:11. > :26:13.warned a third of police forces require improvement.
:26:14. > :26:16.One of Donald Trump's closest advisors has been accused of lying
:26:17. > :26:18.under oath to the Senate after he failed to disclose that
:26:19. > :26:23.he'd met with the Russian ambassador during the presidential campaign.
:26:24. > :26:34.Jeff Sessions is now facing calls to resign.
:26:35. > :26:40.A modern investigation is under way after the body of an eight-year-old
:26:41. > :26:46.woman was found at a Colindale allotment. The victim was described
:26:47. > :26:51.as a pillar of the committee. Thank you for joining us.
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:26:59. > :27:00.with our late news. WHISTLING: Blue Danube
:27:01. > :27:22.by Johann Strauss II the gap between the richest
:27:23. > :27:27.and everyone else And while the funding for our
:27:28. > :27:37.schools and hospitals is being cut, many of the largest companies
:27:38. > :27:41.and wealthiest individuals And the tax dodgers
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