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:00:00. > :00:07.As education becomes the latest election battle ground,
:00:08. > :00:11.we hear from a school so concerned about funding it's turned to music
:00:12. > :00:30.You will ask if election promises will bring the money.
:00:31. > :00:33.Also tonight, a pregnant motorist who ploughed a cyclist off the road
:00:34. > :00:37.An 84-year-old woman is left trapped in a hospital toilet overnight
:00:38. > :00:41.after staff thought she'd been discharged.
:00:42. > :00:44.And why pop star Paul Weller is pushing for this "exclusive club"
:00:45. > :01:02.So, education has been one of the key campaign issues
:01:03. > :01:05.of the day for some political parties, which is of particular
:01:06. > :01:10.Over recent years, London's state schools have led the way
:01:11. > :01:14.for the entire country when it comes to improvements, but they're now
:01:15. > :01:21.Thousands of staff, parents and pupils are concerned
:01:22. > :01:23.about what's to come, so in a school in Haringey,
:01:24. > :01:28.Here's our political correspondent Karl Mercer.
:01:29. > :01:42.It is not just the politicians who are talking
:01:43. > :01:45.about school funding, but surely it is coming to something
:01:46. > :01:47.when primary school children have to put it the top
:01:48. > :01:57.This video was made by parents at Saint Aidan's School
:01:58. > :02:05.in Haringey, an "outstanding" and oversubscribed primary,
:02:06. > :02:06.but a school, like many across London,
:02:07. > :02:11.Since I have been headteacher, it has been unprecedented
:02:12. > :02:19.Fitting then, perhaps, that today's maths lesson is on subtraction.
:02:20. > :02:21.The school thinks its budget will be more than ?100,000 short
:02:22. > :02:31.The head will study the election manifestos, what the party
:02:32. > :02:34.But will she believe any of the promises?
:02:35. > :02:36.We are in a position now where if there was a manifesto
:02:37. > :02:40.pledge that pupil funding would not be capped, that is not the reality.
:02:41. > :02:41.We have got eight percent cuts by 2020.
:02:42. > :02:48.Just because increasing costs that we had to meet.
:02:49. > :02:52.So we're struggling already before the national funding formula hits.
:02:53. > :02:55.It would be fair to say you are a little bit sceptical
:02:56. > :03:02.For the first time here, parents have been asked for money
:03:03. > :03:04.to help the school out, and some joining the Board
:03:05. > :03:07.of Governors to find out the true scale of things.
:03:08. > :03:10.It is pretty grim, Is what I was thinking.
:03:11. > :03:13.I went from being just a parent in the playground
:03:14. > :03:16.to getting involved, and it is pretty scary
:03:17. > :03:20.when you are on the inside and can see what the staff and support staff
:03:21. > :03:24.are having to deal with every single day and trying to make cuts at every
:03:25. > :03:27.single line of your budget and still deliver fantastic
:03:28. > :03:37.Today Labour and the Lib Dems have made big promises on funding
:03:38. > :03:40.for the likes of these youngsters, but saying they will protect money
:03:41. > :03:41.for schools, spending more than at present.
:03:42. > :03:44.We are dealing with two separate problems in London.
:03:45. > :03:46.One is the impact of a funding change which is moving school
:03:47. > :03:50.70% of London's schools will lose as a consequence of that alone.
:03:51. > :03:53.And then on top of that, there is a nationwide
:03:54. > :04:00.We will ensure that schools receive the same real terms per-pupil
:04:01. > :04:15.funding in every year for the next Parliament, as they do currently,
:04:16. > :04:17.and there will been no need for these curts,
:04:18. > :04:20.and particular cuts have been talked about in terms of teaching staff.
:04:21. > :04:22.The Conservatives were unable to put up a London spokesperson,
:04:23. > :04:24.but said school spending was now at record levels.
:04:25. > :04:27.And said they were helping schools deliver on savings.
:04:28. > :04:29.Our political editor Tim Donovan is here.
:04:30. > :04:31.It's striking isn't it, that the Conservatives,
:04:32. > :04:35.Once again we were not able to speak that Conservatives on what is it
:04:36. > :04:40.important issue. Finding this day this day after day. There is a bit
:04:41. > :04:45.of a pattern emerging. You could say so far in the campaign, it is
:04:46. > :04:48.defining the conservative approach. Very tightly controlled, the
:04:49. > :04:53.campaign focused on the leader. At a regional level, looking at London
:04:54. > :04:58.policies, it has been difficult to talk to people from the party to
:04:59. > :05:03.defend policies, not just schools. Today we were talking about the
:05:04. > :05:07.potential for closures of hospitals, A units in south-west London.
:05:08. > :05:13.There is a quality, needing to comply with EU limits. Neither of
:05:14. > :05:18.the two cases could speak to anyone. Just knife crime and police numbers.
:05:19. > :05:22.Again, we did not have a party representative. There is absolutely
:05:23. > :05:26.no obligation for a party to do anything. There are no rules here,
:05:27. > :05:34.and many people might say why risk it? Many people feel the
:05:35. > :05:37.Conservatives election to lose on top of that, when they want to
:05:38. > :05:42.launch their manifesto, when they want to launch initiatives in the
:05:43. > :05:46.capital, we will talk about them what you think will happen before?
:05:47. > :05:51.Well they put someone up who will address these issues and speak,
:05:52. > :05:54.rightly going to stay still? There are no indications yet that they
:05:55. > :06:02.will alter this strategy. But it might change. There is nothing in
:06:03. > :06:05.London polling. There is a poll in the Evening Standard. They believe
:06:06. > :06:12.the gap has narrowed between the Conservatives and Labour. Down to
:06:13. > :06:17.about four or five points. The paper says on the basis of that it could
:06:18. > :06:21.take four or five seats of Labour. So there is no sign of there being
:06:22. > :06:24.an adverse effect from the strategy at the moment. It will be
:06:25. > :06:26.interesting to watch. Thank you very much.
:06:27. > :06:28.A female motorist from Hackney, who chased and ploughed
:06:29. > :06:30.into a cyclist causing him serious injuries, has been
:06:31. > :06:35.Justine Henshaw-Bryan, who's pregnant, hit Damien Doughty
:06:36. > :06:38.after he confronted her for using a mobile phone behind the wheel.
:06:39. > :06:54.She can tell us more. This happened last February in Stoke Newington.
:06:55. > :06:57.Justine Henshaw-Bryan had been on her phone while driving and the
:06:58. > :07:01.cyclist, Damien Doughty, spotted her. They had a row at the lights
:07:02. > :07:08.and according to the judge, she then turned on him. She had previously
:07:09. > :07:12.knocked her wing Mera and encouraged by her boyfriend, she chased him
:07:13. > :07:19.through the streets. There is CCTV footage released, some of the images
:07:20. > :07:26.are somewhat disturbing. It shows the car Excel are rating down a side
:07:27. > :07:31.street, she knocks him off his bike, but she did not stop. He
:07:32. > :07:36.subsequently hit a tree, he was in intensive care for two weeks with a
:07:37. > :07:43.broken hand and injuries to his leather and ribs. He was then off
:07:44. > :07:51.work for weeks and have had to find alternative employment. What was
:07:52. > :07:56.that during the sentencing? Justine Henshaw-Bryan is now pregnant, she
:07:57. > :07:59.was not at the time of the incident full stop she also cares for her
:08:00. > :08:04.mother and a victim of domestic violence. He did say that he
:08:05. > :08:08.believes prison would be difficult for him, but the judge pointed out
:08:09. > :08:13.that cyclists in London have two ensure this on a daily basis. He
:08:14. > :08:18.sentenced her to three years and disqualified her from driving for
:08:19. > :08:23.4.5 years. She will serve half the sentence. She cried as she was led
:08:24. > :08:24.away and told her parents she loved them.
:08:25. > :08:27.Thank you very much. The husband of a woman who's serving
:08:28. > :08:30.a prison sentence in Iran says the passport of their three-year-old
:08:31. > :08:32.daughter, who's been stranded in the country for a year,
:08:33. > :08:34.has finally been returned. The child's mother,
:08:35. > :08:36.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from Hampstead, was arrested
:08:37. > :08:40.and convicted in Tehran on spying Our reporter, Dan Freedman has
:08:41. > :09:02.been speaking with her We had good news. Apple had hurt
:09:03. > :09:07.passport returned. -- Gabriela has had her passport returned. The
:09:08. > :09:11.embassy almost promised a humanitarian visa for me to go to
:09:12. > :09:14.Iran. So we are one step closer to bringing them both home. So what
:09:15. > :09:20.does Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe make of the news? If I'm honest, she was
:09:21. > :09:24.slightly alarmed as well. She's worried that I will take Gabriela
:09:25. > :09:29.away from her, so I reassured her that it will be her decision and I
:09:30. > :09:33.did not want to come and take... But I will not break the promised full
:09:34. > :09:37.stop it is her decision and she will decide is what is best. She gets to
:09:38. > :09:41.see Gabriela twice a week now and that has lifted her up hugely.
:09:42. > :09:47.Day-to-day she seems in a better place than she was a few months
:09:48. > :09:50.back. Still very low, very down, sometimes very angry with our
:09:51. > :09:57.Government, Iranian Government, everyone that is faltered. But it
:09:58. > :10:02.was good news and we will see where it will go. Does Gabriela understand
:10:03. > :10:05.what has happened? Sinn stands that her mum is in prison and prison is
:10:06. > :10:12.something that she visits. She does not understand why she cannot go see
:10:13. > :10:16.daddy and will sometimes get upset. Two weekends ago we had a family
:10:17. > :10:20.wedding and is we ran her on Skype from the wedding. She was upset
:10:21. > :10:25.because she wanted to come to the wedding. She is not three years old
:10:26. > :10:31.yet, so she does not understand. As she grows, she asks me why and
:10:32. > :10:37.begins to understand that she has a lively yet to come back to. If
:10:38. > :10:43.anything, that has been clarified... And business users as British.
:10:44. > :10:46.Gabriela, it is something she's not sure about. She's too little to
:10:47. > :10:52.think about it. Airing wishes largely forgotten and she's a little
:10:53. > :10:56.Iranian baby in some ways. I certainly think her future is back
:10:57. > :10:59.in London. Richard Ratcliffe speaking to our reporter.
:11:00. > :11:01.Ambulance Services in Hertfordshire are under attack after health bosses
:11:02. > :11:04.awarded a contract to transport patients to a private company.
:11:05. > :11:06.Complaints include calls going answered
:11:07. > :11:10.Nicola Hasler has been speaking to patients attending
:11:11. > :11:17.Mount Vernon Hospital who've had a number of bad experiences.
:11:18. > :11:22.Adrian Coelho was being treated for prostate cancer and needed
:11:23. > :11:31.The appointment time was to pass and I'm still here,
:11:32. > :11:34.frantic letters, phone calls to the transport people,
:11:35. > :11:38."Where's my transport, am I booked in it?"
:11:39. > :11:41.He was taken to hospital by this company, Private
:11:42. > :11:43.Ambulance Services Limited, who are contracted by the NHS
:11:44. > :11:46.to take very sick patients to hospital appointments.
:11:47. > :11:50.They took over the contract in March.
:11:51. > :11:53.I don't think any patient that is suffering from cancer...
:11:54. > :11:58.You have got one big worry, you don't need another one.
:11:59. > :12:01.Denise Windle was so worried about whether her transport
:12:02. > :12:07.would turn up, she no longer wanted to attend her radiotherapy sessions.
:12:08. > :12:10.You're ill anyway, so you just don't need all that on top
:12:11. > :12:14.You need to do that your transport's there, with a friendly face
:12:15. > :12:17.and someone will pick you up, talk to you, treat you like you're
:12:18. > :12:20.a person, walk you to the garden gate or to your door,
:12:21. > :12:23.rather than just throw you out of your car with your bag.
:12:24. > :12:26.I have been doing this for about five to six years now.
:12:27. > :12:29.Riz Basharat used to be an ambulance driver in Bedfordshire,
:12:30. > :12:32.but when PAS took over the contract, he says patients started to suffer.
:12:33. > :12:38.Patients were left in hospitals waiting for up to four hours,
:12:39. > :12:41.three hours, up to five and a half hours on some occasions.
:12:42. > :12:44.The worst thing about it was we had been waiting outside the hospital,
:12:45. > :12:50.So basically the patients were ready to go inside the hospital,
:12:51. > :12:55.The piecemeal privatisation of patient transport services has
:12:56. > :13:00.But listening to these patients raises questions over
:13:01. > :13:03.whether the current model of the NHS commissioning services
:13:04. > :13:08.through competitive tender is the right one for patients.
:13:09. > :13:11.The NHS commissioners in Hertfordshire and
:13:12. > :13:21.Private Ambulance Services say they have apologised
:13:22. > :13:23.to Denise and Adrian for the unacceptable service,
:13:24. > :13:36.but as yet neither of them has received the apology.
:13:37. > :13:38.It's Wednesday the 10th of May, and you're watching
:13:39. > :13:49.There is more sunshine on their way, but we need more rain. Will there be
:13:50. > :13:53.rain in the forecast? Find out later.
:13:54. > :13:56.An 84-year-old woman was left trapped in a hospital toilet
:13:57. > :13:58.for 12 hours after staff at Croydon University Hospital
:13:59. > :14:05.Janina Borasinski's son, even filed a missing persons report -
:14:06. > :14:07.as frantic efforts were made to find her.
:14:08. > :14:16.Tarah Welsh is at the hospital now and can tell us more.
:14:17. > :14:26.How are you now? How you feeling? Not too bad? OK. Janina Borasinski
:14:27. > :14:31.was admitted to hospital on Saturday because she was struggling to me.
:14:32. > :14:34.Her son flew home from Germany. When he got to the hospital after 9pm,
:14:35. > :14:38.they said she had been discharged was up I said bearing in mind she
:14:39. > :14:43.was not verbally dressed, she did not have footwear, she had no funny,
:14:44. > :14:49.travel card, how was she going to get home? They looked on the
:14:50. > :14:55.computer and said she's over 84, so we will have organised transport for
:14:56. > :15:00.her. At that point, I phoned home to see she was there, no answer, so I
:15:01. > :15:06.assumed hospital transport with my maul was en route. There was a
:15:07. > :15:11.missing person's shirt, but the next morning she was found in a toilet
:15:12. > :15:15.similar to this one by a cleaner. Foreign 84-year-old person, that
:15:16. > :15:21.sort of ideal is very debilitating, so was confused and unwell. But
:15:22. > :15:25.because of the mobility issues, could she could not get from the
:15:26. > :15:29.toilet to the door. Also the alarm was too far to reach, so she was
:15:30. > :15:35.stuck for 12 hours with no food or water. I'm in a state of disbelief
:15:36. > :15:40.as to how this could happen, how a patient could be mislaid, if you
:15:41. > :15:44.like, and left in a toilet which could not have been far away from
:15:45. > :15:58.the discharge area. In a statement, Croydon services said the...
:15:59. > :16:06.Son says she is improving, but she's still very poorly and he wants to
:16:07. > :16:08.know where his mother was was this along.
:16:09. > :16:10.It's Europe's largest centre for the arts,
:16:11. > :16:12.and yesterday the artistic director of the Southbank Centre was
:16:13. > :16:17.Jude Kelly was honoured at the Business Woman
:16:18. > :16:18.of the Year Awards, and Alice Bhandhukravi
:16:19. > :16:31.She's the head of one of Britain's most important cultural institution
:16:32. > :16:33.the Southbank Centre, which plays hosts to thousands of artistic
:16:34. > :16:36.And yesterday Jude Kelly was given a Business
:16:37. > :16:40.Woman of the Year Social Purpose Prize.
:16:41. > :16:44.For her, striving to improve society is part and parcel of
:16:45. > :16:49.And this particular place, created in
:16:50. > :16:54.1951, has always been about trying to ensure that the arts and culture
:16:55. > :16:58.allow the stories of everyone to be told, include everyone in the work.
:16:59. > :17:00.Because sometimes the arts can be quite discriminatory, they can feel
:17:01. > :17:03.like it's for the few and not for the the many and this
:17:04. > :17:07.a place that takes exactly the opposite opinion.
:17:08. > :17:10.She's characteristically modest, but Jude Kelly's Women of the World
:17:11. > :17:13.Festival, which started here in London, has now spread to 20
:17:14. > :17:18.It is life-enhancing and it's also full of purpose.
:17:19. > :17:19.People like it, it's not frivolous, but
:17:20. > :17:28.And the rest of the year has other treats in store -
:17:29. > :17:31.such as performing artist, MIA, bringing her unique style to the
:17:32. > :17:39.She is bringing to the Meltdown all kinds of artists who
:17:40. > :17:41.most people wouldn't normally hear of, from different parts of London
:17:42. > :17:45.and the world and again we will get audiences who have never been
:17:46. > :17:57.With a cast of hundreds, including Lewisham's Jude Law and even
:17:58. > :18:01.Leytonstone's David Beckham, director Guy Ritchie's
:18:02. > :18:04.new film is being premiered in Leicester Square this evening.
:18:05. > :18:07.It's a take on the story of King Arthur, and Sonja Jessup
:18:08. > :18:25.This is the classic tale of King Arthur. Sort of classic. You have a
:18:26. > :18:29.but a new twist on this. It has not been told as many times as you may
:18:30. > :18:35.think, but I felt as though I could give it a new spin. I wanted to
:18:36. > :18:38.honour the essence of the story, at the same time I wanted to make it
:18:39. > :18:44.accessible to a contemporary audience. I think some people might
:18:45. > :18:52.find that irreverent, but I'm out to entertain. It stars King Arthur, we
:18:53. > :18:56.have Jude Law as a villain, we have also got a lot of talk about David
:18:57. > :19:01.Beckham's acting debut. He is a friend of yours. Why did you cast
:19:02. > :19:05.him in this and did you give him any acting tip is? He's a natural
:19:06. > :19:10.performer anyway for the PD need much help. I find him very capable.
:19:11. > :19:14.I did not want him around in the movie, so I tried to smother him as
:19:15. > :19:21.much as you can. He really very talented. Where do you want me?
:19:22. > :19:40.Bouncing on my knee. Where'd you think I want you?
:19:41. > :19:50.We have got to Jude Law is of little less uncle -- villainous uncle. He
:19:51. > :19:56.makes a fantastic villain, and I thought it was about time he did
:19:57. > :20:00.something with various. It made sense that we should do something
:20:01. > :20:05.that was more villainous. I cannot let you go without asking, you are
:20:06. > :20:11.also directing a live-action version of Aladdin? That is the idea. You
:20:12. > :20:16.will hold open auditions in Holburn. I did not know about that until
:20:17. > :20:22.about an hour ago. We are still looking for certain characters, yes.
:20:23. > :20:27.What will you be looking for? I look for a leading, primarily. There are
:20:28. > :20:35.a lot of Jasmine 's. We need the perfect Aladdin. Good luck with that
:20:36. > :20:38.search. In the UK, there is a lot of talent. You will be surprised how
:20:39. > :20:41.much talent there is that resides here. We have searched the whole
:20:42. > :20:44.world. The best people come from the UK. Hopefully they are from London!
:20:45. > :20:48.Thank you for joining us. You have to be part of an exclusive
:20:49. > :20:52.club to get in, and even then there's only room for a few people
:20:53. > :20:54.at a time. These green rest stops -
:20:55. > :20:56.you'll have seen them around central London,
:20:57. > :20:59.but maybe not thought anything more of them -
:21:00. > :21:01.are for cab drivers. They've been around
:21:02. > :21:03.since Victorian times, but are now struggling for business,
:21:04. > :21:07.as Gareth Furby reports. It is 8AM, and we are about to visit
:21:08. > :21:11.one of London's most exclusive It has 13 club premises,
:21:12. > :21:18.and Tracy runs one of them. You are very lucky to
:21:19. > :21:23.come in here, actually. But no-one is likely to say
:21:24. > :21:26.it is gentlemen only. Instead of crystal glass and port,
:21:27. > :21:29.there is strong tea, This is a cabman's
:21:30. > :21:40.shelter, and as the pictures inside remind us,
:21:41. > :21:43.it is a tradition that Tracy has been tending to London's
:21:44. > :21:50.cabbies for 13 years. Because we have a laugh
:21:51. > :21:55.every single day. One day he is black,
:21:56. > :22:03.one day he is white. Enjoying their break this
:22:04. > :22:04.morning, Ritchie and Where else can you eat round
:22:05. > :22:08.this neighbourhood for ?2.50? And also appreciated,
:22:09. > :22:13.those members' mugs. And that is my mug,
:22:14. > :22:16.and it is a Chelsea mug, But like this mug, are cabman
:22:17. > :22:23.shelters a much-loved friend that is perhaps starting
:22:24. > :22:25.to have Because the benches can
:22:26. > :22:29.sometimes be a little empty. The trade is falling off
:22:30. > :22:32.because the drivers are not coming in because they are not
:22:33. > :22:35.working so much, or if they are working,
:22:36. > :22:36.they People are having to do
:22:37. > :22:41.longer hours in the cab. They have to work
:22:42. > :22:43.harder, and they have just not got the time
:22:44. > :22:44.to But on the rank right
:22:45. > :22:48.next to this shelter, we found some cabbies
:22:49. > :22:49.who aren't tempted. there, apparently it is meant to be
:22:50. > :22:55.quite cliquey, so I understand. A solution being suggested
:22:56. > :23:04.is encourage more sales through the And outside today,
:23:05. > :23:07.who should turn up but the pop star Paul Weller,
:23:08. > :23:11.happy to support his local shelter. I'm going to miss Tracy's
:23:12. > :23:13.food if she goes. Times may be tougher
:23:14. > :23:22.for cabbies in their shelters, but they have got
:23:23. > :23:25.history behind them, Go to one of those shelters were a
:23:26. > :23:38.cup of tea. Now lets check on the
:23:39. > :23:50.weather with Stav. Lovely and warm across the capital.
:23:51. > :23:56.We saw a top temperature of 19 cells is that was not the top temperature
:23:57. > :24:01.of the country, but a fine evening to come overnight as their right
:24:02. > :24:08.clear skies, light winds, so a fairly nippy one, but what's the end
:24:09. > :24:12.of the night,... They may be lower than that in the Home Counties.
:24:13. > :24:15.Tomorrow is a different feel. It will be fairly warm. Through the
:24:16. > :24:20.afternoon it will feel much more humid than it as done. Daily
:24:21. > :24:25.sunshine and then we will see cloud, showery outbreaks of rain, they
:24:26. > :24:30.pushed their way northwards. Sunshine will return and lift
:24:31. > :24:34.temperatures up, potentially between 20-23dC. Behind me you will notice
:24:35. > :24:40.possible thunderstorms in the west of London during the afternoon and
:24:41. > :24:48.into the evening. Torrential storms on the M4. Friday, we see another
:24:49. > :24:54.band of rain moving northwards, rain for the gardens. Some very humid air
:24:55. > :25:01.moving in with it. Even more humid on Friday. Outbreaks of rain to the
:25:02. > :25:04.morning, and then we will see sunshine developing, showers in the
:25:05. > :25:08.afternoon. I think the showers could turn sundry to the north of our
:25:09. > :25:13.patch, if you're heading north, to watch out. I think for our area,
:25:14. > :25:18.maybe 19 degrees, should feel very pleasant. Then into the weekend, we
:25:19. > :25:22.see south-westerly winds take over, so that pushes the humid air out. It
:25:23. > :25:28.is a nice feeling on Saturday and Sunday. One or two showers away, top
:25:29. > :25:32.temperature 19 or 20 Celsius. Looking good for our region into the
:25:33. > :25:36.weekend. I think a lot of the showers could be to the north and
:25:37. > :25:37.west and potentially we could stay dry and avoid showers. It looks
:25:38. > :25:40.pretty good. Before we go this evening,
:25:41. > :25:43.let me just remind you of the day's President Trump has said he'll
:25:44. > :25:47.replace the sacked head of the FBI with someone who,
:25:48. > :25:49.in his words, would "restore In a tweet, Mr Trump wrote that
:25:50. > :25:54.James Comey had lost the confidence Labour has promised big increases
:25:55. > :26:01.in funding for education in England The Conservatives say school funding
:26:02. > :26:14.has already reached record levels. If you want to see the programme
:26:15. > :26:17.again, or missed
:26:18. > :26:20.some while you popped to the kitchen