24/07/2017 London News

Growing anger after a 20-year-old man dies after being

We are in danger of losing some of the lessons that were gleaned from

the tragedy of Stephen Lawrence and other incidents. It is almost as if

we have gone back to year zero. Could something like this

happen in London again? Southwark Council says no,

but experts aren't so sure. How to provide the best

end of life care. 50 years after the opening

of London's first modern hospice. With records both

on and off the track, the World Para Athletics

Championships come to Good evening and welcome

to the programme. Hundreds of people are gathering in

east London tonight. We start tonight with more

on the death of a 20-year-old man, who died after being restrained

by police officers in Scotland Yard say Rashan Charles

tried to swallow an object - and that officers had tried

to prevent him from harming himself. The case has been referred

to the police watchdog. This was billed as a vigil but to be

honest it feels more like a protest, a rally. There are number of people

who have been addressing the crowd. The crowd may be small and the

moments but there are people arriving all the time. They have

blocked the road up behind here, the buses have to queue. The incident

that sparked all this, the death of a young man, Rashan Charles, the

police tried to stop the car he was travelling in on early Saturday

night. He left on food and went into a nearby shop and what happened next

was caught on CCTV. In the early hours of Saturday, a police officer

followed Rashan Charles into a shop. The police say he was seen trying to

swallow something, that is a struggle and another man also steps

then but despite getting first aid at the scene, Rashan Charles died.

It has led to questions over the police handling of the incident and

anger. That boy should be allied today sitting in a cell telling his

side of the story but instead he is lying in the morgue waiting on an

autopsy. The Independent Police Complaints

Commission and ends it was investigating within half an hour

but in Hackney some say the little faith in that. Three young men have

died following contact with the police in the last few weeks.

We do not want this brushed under the carpet. If this continues, we

will be standing outside another police station in a few weeks asking

what has happened to our sons and daughters and demanding answers.

This has been going on far too long and it is time for justice. Tonight

the local MP archly IPCC arch -- to reveal their findings as soon as

possible. We do not know the full facts until the IPCC has finished

their investigation. I urge everyone to be calm and so we find out all

the facts of the situation. I will be watching closely what the outcome

is. This evening the Metropolitan police says it is committed to learn

any lessons that emerge from the investigative process. Earlier

today, I showed the CCTV footage to one former Metropolitan police

detective and he told me that there did not seem to be any issue with

what he saw. It seemed like a standard arrest attempt. When I

spoke to the local MP she said she would be bringing this issue to the

attention of the borough commander tomorrow, to ask him to tell her

more about it in relation to this kind of incident. He addressed the

crowd here earlier and said he understood that people needed

answers and they needed them quickly. Back to you. Thank you.

Harrow is dubbed "rat land" by residents who are calling

for urgent action after this video emerged online.

The parents of Charlie Gard made an emotional statement

outside court today, telling the waiting crowd

that they were about to do the hardest thing they'd ever have

to do, and "let their beautiful little Charlie go".

They have decided to end their legal battle to take their terminally ill

baby to the US for experimental treatment.

His body, heart and soul may soon be gone but his spirit will live on for

eternity and he will make a difference to peoples'

lives for years to come, we will make sure of that.

We are now going to spend our last precious moments with our son

Charlie, who unfortunately will not make his first

We will ask that our privacy is respected at this very difficult

To Charlie, we say mummy and daddy love you so much.

We always have and we always will and we are

Sweet dreams, baby, sleep tight our beautiful

This has been an extraordinary case that has highlighted difficult

Joining me now is Trevor Stammers, who's the Senior Lecturer in

Thank you for talking to us. This difficult case shows what can happen

when parents lose trust in medical establishment? Yes, I think on the

positive side it shows how rare that actually is because these

life-and-death decisions are being made in neonatal units up and down

the country all the time but also it illustrates when it does happen, how

tragic it can be for both appearance and the child and the staff doing

their best to treat children and especially those like Charlie with

very rare disorders where the experience of treatment is very

limited. It has been a heart-rending day and I commend appearance for

courageous decision. There has been a huge amount of public discourse,

the judge said everybody had an opinion without actually knowing the

facts which makes this almost unique? Yes, I think that is right.

It is only those who have been caring for Charlie and those who

recently had access to his medical records who will really know all the

full details of it. But I am sure there will be lessons learned from

this case to apply to future cases. I think one of the most important

lessons is that the internet and the hype that sometimes is aroused about

innovative treatment, one that needs to be very careful about putting too

much faith in what is read about miracle cure is, whatever they may

be because it may not be appropriate for you or your sick child in

particular. We have to leave it there, thank you very much indeed.

Safety experts looking at other London tower blocks

following the Grenfell disaster - are claiming four blocks in Peckham

could be at risk of catastrophic collapse if there's a gas explosion.

Southwark council says the experts are wrong but has asked structural

engineers for a strength test of buildings to re-assure residents.

It happened in London in the 1960s so could happen again? After the

events are grateful, it hardly bears thinking about that that disaster

has led some independent safety experts to look closely at other

blocks and know they are worried about this is state in Peckham.

Tyrone Thomas lives on the ninth floor and he is worried as well. Do

you feel safe year? Not at all. It is a bit like prison, you lock

yourself then but the dangers in prison are probably other less than

in this block of flats. In many blocks that is cracking between

walls which means fire could spread rapidly. There are fire wardens on

constant watch and Southwark Council has been filling cracks. But

independent safety experts are warning about the gas supply. If it

is leaking, we could end up with an explosion and a major collapse

effectively killing people in these blocks. The experts claim that the

blocks here are similar construction to the which collapsed in 1968,

killing four people. That disaster was caused by a gas explosion and

afterwards gas was seen as a real danger in all similar blocks as the

BBC reported at the time. I government inquiry reported that gas

should be removed from all system built blocks. That was an interim

measure, the inquiry asked for blocks to be strengthened. An

independent expert who visited the Ledbury premises was not happy. The

council said they may control the gas supply until they know the

building can withstand the blast from a gas explosion. Another safety

expert with concerns examines the weaknesses of tower blocks after

this accident and know he wants the walls of Ledbury checked to ensure

they can survive a gas explosion. It could blow out the load boarding end

walls of that block of flats. You will have a building collapse. If

there are people in their living rooms and kitchens of those flats,

they will collapse and kill people. Today we put the two expert points

to Southwark Council and they said they were wrong, the building's

problems are being sorted out and also safe for gas. The four blocks

were built after Ronan point and are different design. Ronan point was a

TypeKey structure so we feel they are saved avgas in them but we have

asked our structural engineers to do the safety checks. Why repeat

keeping people in the building before the checks are done? If it

was not safe we would move them but a mass evacuation is not correct for

the moment. We have wardens in there. Southwark Council and says

the blocks are safe and says it has worked with the Fire Brigade on a

permanent solution to all the issues. Is there is the result of

the strength test will be made known shortly and shared with residents.

The Tube's biggest union is calling for an independent

inquiry into staffing at stations after the death of a passenger

The RMT's call comes as the rail regulator ordered London Underground

to carry out new risk assessments at West Ham and at Canning Town

Our safety council told them for about two years, in a detailed

report, that the understaffing in the control room would lead

They had an incident in April of the previous

year where someone had fallen and broken leg

because there was no one on the station.

It is abysmal that we have to have a death for London

Underground to actually revise their plans.

We will review the assessments we did do but of course as part of

we will be introducing 325 more staff to look after staff

Safety has always been and always will be

a number one priority for us on the tube.

A man's appeared in court charged with the murder,

rape and kidnap of a 19-year-old woman in south west London.

Her body was found at a house in Kingston on Wednesday.

The 33-year-old man - who's also accused of

raping another woman- appeared at Wimbledon

Magistrates Court - alongside a second man who's has

Changing the language used for diagnosing Downs

syndrome in babies - a Surrey mum explains why.

With the patter athletics Championships being held as a

success for London and the athletic squad, I will be speaking to our

One in four terminally ill people are struggling to get the end

And their families aren't being given enough support.

The charity Hospice UK says people from deprived areas,

or from black and ethnic minority communities, are at particular

Dan Freedman is at London's first modern hospice -

75-year-old William Wilson comes to Saint Christopher's Hospice twice a

week, often with his daughter and Keira Denise. Diagnosed with cancer,

he was given two months to live and recommended end of life care, that

was two years ago. It is a bit like tunes you know where everybody knows

your name, they say hello. You get that great feel wanted. For me, to

be able to come and let someone else look after them for five minutes

while you go and speak to somebody about all the stuff you are worried

about that you need help about, it is a place where everyone is in the

same boat. When Sir Christophers opened in 1967, it was the world's

first modern hospice. Focusing on the spiritual needs of the dying,

whatever their background. As they mark their 50th birthday,

Saint Christophers believe they have helped many people to die a better

death in south London. Because of goodwill, they no reason ?32,000 in

private donations ID and yet that are still those who miss out. One in

four families do not get the care and support they need at the end of

life which means people are not getting the treatment, care and pain

relief so while our quality of life generally is improving, there is

still a long way to go to ensure everyone gets the quality of death

they deserve. Today a sync stuffers, a chance for all to look back and

reflect on the achievements. Learning to live with an uncertain

future. -- today at Saint Christophers.

Now- if you don't like rodents, you may want to look away...

Harrow, in north west London has been nicknamed "rat land"-

with locals saying the situation is out of control.

A video's emerged online of the problem.

Showing a large number of rats swarming around bin bags.

The council says it's taking the problem "extremely seriously".

It is a video provoking horror online, rats brazenly running around

this car park in Harrow. Not far down the road, this video was filmed

of more rats. The tweet said... It is one of dozens of complaints on

social media. The recreational ground, they are everywhere. There's

women listen as part of Harrow and has set up a Facebook group

highlighting community issues and rats are one of the biggest

concerns. The thing that is causing the problem is the amount of rubbish

and litter we have in the borough every day. I am getting people

posting in my group massive fly-tippiing. Rubbish everywhere,

just pure filth. We have been years are few hours but we haven't seen

any rats but people tell us they have been spotted near these bins.

You can see they are overflowing. People say this is part of the

problem. We have put rat traps and poisons and are dealing with the

issue. Where we get complaints, we issue fines because people fly-tip

and make Harrow disgusting which is something we want to stop. As you

can see, you have rat droppings all the way along. You have boroughs

that the back that they are using and you can smell the union.

David says Harrow is one of the areas in London the cold out to the

most. Will the council traps get rid of the wraps? It will not control

the entire problem. You can see that as a food source so they have a free

food source. The poison is more of a risk to the left lying around. This

was his reaction to the video. I have not seen amateur footage like

that before. If you would like to join in the conversation you can, go

to our Facebook page. A mother from Surrey -

whose son has down syndrome- has called for doctors and midwives

to be given better advice On how to talk to parents

if their baby is diagnosed Sarah Roberts from Woking

feels the language used- when she was told her son Oscar

was affected left her She wants other parents

to have better support. Meet Oscar, like most toddlers

he's a bit of a handful. When Oscar's mum Sarah Roberts first

found out that her son had Down's syndrome,

she admits it was hard to accept. I am going to be completely honest,

it was absolutely devastating. Oscar is now five and doing well

but Sarah believes the language used by midwives and other health

professionals around his diagnosis was negative,

unsympathetic and out of date. If the medical professionals

were starting off the conversation with, this is the statistic,

you have one in 50 chance of having a baby with Down's syndrome,

I do not think that mothers would potentially panic as much

as she would She was so concerned

about the effect it had on her and other mothers

with children with Downs syndrome that she decided to do

something about it. Because the first thing

the paediatrician said to me was when they delivered the news

was I'm so sorry to tell you this but we suspect Oscar

has Down's syndrome. If she had opened

with congratulations, Oscar is a healthy boy,

I am about to tell you something which is not the news

you are expecting but please do not panic, I do not think I would have

felt so sad for quite so long. Sarah hopes her blog will help

others understand that having a child with Down's syndrome is not

the end of the world and she hopes more training and guidance

for midwives can also happen. There is a lot of training

and education going on in the area of culture and I think

we will include discussions Sarah says her family would not be

complete without Oscar at its heart. The World Para Athletics

Championships came to a close And records were broken both on -

and off - the track. Over 300,000 tickets were sold

for the Championships. And those who were lucky enough

to get a ticket for the ten day They included one from a double gold

medallist from Guildford - Emma Jones is with her

at a home track now - Emma. As you say, the Championships were a

great success in terms of the fantastic attendance and also the

medal tally for the British athletes, 39 in total, 18 gold and

two of those claimed by this one athlete, the 100 metres and 400

metre world champion. You also broke a world record, how does that sound?

Unbelievable. After the year I have had, that is amazing, just

overjoyed. Why did it mean to you that happened in London? I know you

were inspired by the 2012 Olympics and watching more fired up. Yes, I

feel I have come full still cool, to the place where my dreams came --

first came from. I have come forward -- full circle and I could not have

asked for more. You were reluctant to be identified initially? I think

London changed everyone's views, you are not disabled, you are athlete in

your own right and it became more acceptable. When you won your

medals, he came to your biggest fan, Telly here. How proud are you of

your mum? Very? Thank you very much. Thank you to George as well. We have

to congratulate all the athletes who took part. Athletics will be back at

the London Stadium on the 4th of August. And we hope the patter

athletics will be back in 2019. A disappointing day. Yes, look at

this, weather Watchers from today. You would think we were at the start

of autumn, shrouded in cloud. Hughes is the satellite picture. Showers

over the weekend as well. It was a reasonable day under the cloud,

Bournemouth East got 24 degrees. Not so in the capital, we were stuck at

17 degrees. Contrast that with last Monday when it was 27 degrees but

the July average is in between. More normal summer weather to go through

the next few days. A few breaks in the cloud west of London. The cloud

is about through the night but mostly it will be dry and fragment

in all the time. Temperatures in the countryside down to 13 degrees

London itself around 14 degrees. A chilly start first thing tomorrow.

Cloud in the sky but that will continue to break up. We will have

more sunny spells throughout the afternoon. And please again, nothing

too strong, coming in from the north. The temperatures will respond

to the sunshine and it will reach 23 degrees in central London. Midweek,

we start nice and bright but we have these weather fronts sweeping

through bringing rain through the middle part of the day. Clearing

away from London into the evening with some sunshine by the end of the

day. Bright start, rain in the middle and a bright evening at the

end. Not too bad for a Thursday, largely dry with breaks in the

cloud. Temperatures short of the July average. Through the week the

temperatures make it there. 22 degrees on Friday, mostly dry with

sunny breaks in the cloud. That takes us into the weekend. All is

not lost, more typical summer weather. Thank you very much indeed.

The parents of the terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard have

ended their legal battle to take him to the US

Charlie's parents said they were now going to spend their last precious

A vigil has taken place outside a London police station after a black

man died after a police chase. Campaigners say they are enormously

concerned and angered after the death of Rashan Charles. That's it

for no, I will be back with the ten o'clock News, have a lovely evening.

They're going to kill us. GUNSHOT

A copper's dead and now they're coming for us.

Rest in peace, bro. Never thought it would be you before me.

The last thing you want is for something to happen to your baby.

'..to learn about the food I cook for my family...'

'to the shores of East Anglia, I've travelled across Britain...'