07/09/2017 London News

A campaign to call out abuse as it emerges one in four gay

Would you support any hate crime to the police? No, only if it was a

physical assault. We speak to the Londoners

determined not to give up The firefighters treated

to a well-earned break after their traumatic

experience of Grenfell. The support and love we have felt

here is amazing. And getting ready to say

farewell as the Proms draws Hate crime against the gay

community is on the up. That's according to new figures

released by the charity Stonewall. The charity is calling on family,

friends and colleagues to make a stand against it and call things

out when they see hate crime happen. That's because even though one

in four LGBT people in London has experienced hate crime,

not everyone reports it. Liam and Steve want to be able to be

themselves but say they can't Three weeks ago I was in a nightclub

and this guy must have just heard my voice and heard that I'm

camp and gay so he thought he might He turned around and started saying

some quite homophobic slurs. He then turned around and stamped

on my hand and from that stamp I found out two days later

that my knuckle was broken. The last thing I expected

was for a young man to find it offensive and to come up and think

it was OK to hit me. New research carried out

by Stonewall suggests hate The number of lesbian,

gay and bisexual people who experienced hate crime

in the last year increased 41% of transgender people said

they had suffered an incident in the last 12 months but 81%

of people surveyed did not report I've been walking in the streets

and had someone scream at me, I've had some abusive

words and shouting. But I've definitely noticed

attitudes have sharpened. In terms of verbal,

you just kind of expect it, which is wrong in itself and sad

in itself but I wouldn't report any kind of verbal,

but if it was physical, Would you report any hate crime that

happens to you to the police? Only if it was an actual

physical assault. Because I used to work

for the police and I know how difficult it is for them to follow

up something like that. So, really, you are willing

to put up with it? I don't know if I'm

willing to put up with it. The research also highlights

the discrimination that The charity says that LGBT people

still face prejudice in cafes, It really needs police forces

to step up, it needs the government to look at how they deal

with hate crime. What we're asking people to do

is to sign a pledge on the website that they will stand up for LGBT

equality in their communities because it is actually going to take

individuals to change this. The Met Police believe the rise

in recorded homophobic crime is due to a range of factors,

including a growing willingness among victims to report it

and better awareness among staff The Home Office says it's working

with police and the justice system to help ensure victims

have the confidence to come forward. Calls for changes to passport rules

over claims that some mothers face distress and delays at border

patrols. As we've been hearing,

Brexit negotiations are ramping up and Parliament's considering key

legislation to take Meanwhile, tens of thousands

of anti-Brexit protestors are preparing to take

to the capital's The People's March for the EU

includes celebrity support from the likes of Sir Bob Geldof

and Sir Patrick Stewart. But what does it really

hope to achieve? Our Brexit reporter Katharine

Carpenter's been taking a look. She might have said it again

and again but here in Blackheath, the Prime Minister's words have

fallen on deaf ears. I'm just going to put

some stickers here. Instead, they're busy thinking up

slogans of their own for this weekend's anti-Brexit march

through the capital. I just think that if you believe

in something so strongly, And I don't believe Brexit

is a done deal yet anyway. Most of them probably realise

what a mistake they have made and they probably need a chance

to redeem themselves. By continuing to make our voice

heard, we are not letting the reality of it be brushed

under the carpet. Here in the capital, there is a lot

of sympathy with these views. After all, nearly 60% of Londoners

voted to stay in the EU. So what's the deal

with stopping Brexit? And in reality, how might

it actually happen? I want the people in power

to investigate in a mature and considered way what all

the options are and what all the consequences are and to tell

them honestly to the people of this country and then say, you know what,

it's not going to work, as it? Not an impossible dream,

according to the experts. But an unlikely one,

as things stand. There's no reason constitutionally

why Brexit shouldn't be reversed but politically it depends

on a radical change in public opinion and there is no sign of that

at all at the moment. Indeed, survey evidence shows that

most people still want to leave Among them, South London

comedian Jeff Northcott. He has built his sketches around

the trials of being a Leave voter Look at the modern crowd

and they don't look very scary, two squirts of the water cannon

and they will be in Ubers. And they're probably only marching

for their Fitbit targets anyway! I think the people of Scotland

wisely realised in the main that referendums are hard and divisive

but the only thing that is harder and more divisive is not

to respect the outcome. So I'm not saying it's

a perfect thing but this is the situation that we're left

with and we have to proceed. Nothing has been decided

in negotiations yet so most people in the middle,

whether you leaned towards Leave or Remain, are still waiting

to see what the colour And the colour of the deal

is likely to be made up As varied and complex

as our views on Brexit. But let's just pick up

on a point raised there - a second referendum,

which is what the Liberal We can talk to their leader,

Vince Cable, who's also Good evening. As we heard, why can't

you just respect the outcome of a democratic referendum? We do respect

the outcome, we're not asking for a rerun of the last one but as he

heard, even from the Brexit comedian, we do not know what the

outcome is and the argument for a further referendum is to actually

have a first referendum on the fact that once we know what is going to

happen, when the government has negotiated something, if it does,

you give the people the choice as to whether the press ahead or if they

want to exit from the exit. To most people but is effectively a second

referendum but we have just begun negotiations, were not due to leave

until 2019, is it disrespectful to the democratic process? I do not

believe it is disrespectful and I was opposed to the idea of having

another referendum after the last one to change it, that would have

been wrong and undemocratic. When we get to the end of the negotiation,

the end of the process, we're in a very different place. Starting off

is not the same as the destination and I think it was David Davis, he

said that in a democracy people have the right to change their mind. When

the facts are known, we want to give the people the opportunity to

choose. There is no evidence that people have changed their mind. I

YouGov poll a few months ago suggested the majority of people,

70%, are in favour of pushing on with it even if they did not support

it in the first place. There is a wide range of models, some people

are implacably opposed to leaving and some people believe under any

circumstances and there is a lot of other people currently giving the

government the benefit of the doubt. Although I suspect the more it

becomes clear that we have totalled this organisation and weak

negotiation in government they might change their mind. There are a lot

of flocks and people changing their views. We are in the middle of the

process, not at the end of it. That is when you will begin to see public

opinion moving. Do you feel that the Lib Dems are in touch with public

opinion? Even here in London, the election was filed earlier this year

on an anti-Brexit ticket. You got three out of 73 seats. The last

Richmond to an Brexiteer. That is true. -- you lost Richmond. We did

not do as well as we thought, I won my seat back and so did Ed Davey in

Kingston. We are dealing with different circumstances and we have

to be forward looking rather than backward looking. As you said in the

introduction to the package, the people of London as a whole voted

strongly to remain. Some of those people are reconciled to what is

happening and others are not. I think there is a lot to play for

here and I think the Liberal Democrats have been very consistent

and clear in our view and clear in our warnings about the dangers and I

think we're going to see those dangers become real and I think

people will turn to us when they realise that our judgment has been

right. Sir Vince Cable, we will leave it there. We are at the

beginning of the process. Many thanks for your time.

Detectives investigating an attack on an 82-year-old cancer patient

in east London have described it as "beyond comprehension".

Ahmet Dobran suffered fractures to his spine

after being dragged to the floor, beaten and having his watch

and gold bracelet stolen in Newham last month.

Police have released a picture of three men they want to speak

Prosecutors are considering charging a man, known only as Nick,

who claimed a paedophile ring operated at the heart

Scotland Yard spent almost 18 months examining claims that senior

politicians and other public figures sexually assaulted children and even

Police have now passed a file to the Crown Prosecution Service

which will decide whether he should be charged with perverting

A London MP is calling for a change in passport regulations

after being stopped with her daughter at UK border control

because they didn't share the same surname.

Tulip Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn,

says she's since found hundreds of thousands of other women have

been asked to produce marriage or birth certificates,

Marc Ashdown is here to tell us more.

Tulip Siddiq was on her way home from a relaxing family holiday in

France and was in Paris, about to get onto the Eurostar when she was

separated by staff from her husband, she was on the fast track you with

her 18-month-old daughter where he was held back. She was waved through

French border control but when she got to the UK border check, she was

stopped and the problem was her daughter has her husband's name on

the passport. She kept her maiden name when they got married. This is

what happened. There followed an intense period of questioning, they

asked if I had her birth certificate, my marriage

certificate, if I could prove she was my daughter and where my husband

was. He was stuck in the back of a very long queue, I can find him...

And I was holding up the queue, there was an air of suspicion and I

felt very uncomfortable. Do we have any idea how widespread these

problems are? Tulip Siddiq wrote to Amber Rudd and she has found that in

the last five years, 600,000 women have been asked to prove they were

related to their children at UK border control. Some have been

delayed for hours if they did not have marriage or birth certificates.

The problem could get even more common, recent research found that

one in seven women are intending to keep her maiden name when they marry

and same-sex couples often have different names also. Job city's

answer is for children's passports to carry the names of both parents

to avoid confusion but the Home Office told us they have a duty to

safeguard children and prevent people trafficking, child sexual

exploitation and other crimes and they have no plans to make any

changes and they say a passport as a travel document and it would

fundamentally change its purpose if they started identifying parental

relationships. They say parents can write details in the emergency page

and there is some advice on the government website. Many thanks.

I will speak to European Olympic and world champion Liam Heath about his

success in the kayak and the fact he is about to become a father for the

first time. And the problem has come to an end this weekend at the Royal

Albert Hall and Hyde Park. -- the Proms. She is introducing me in a

little while! The first day at school can be

a nervous time for any pupil but especially if you're unable

to speak English. So students at the Nightingale

Academy in Edmonton have been helping out their new classmates

by translating for them - whether it be Romanian,

Portugese or Kurdish. And they are also

helping parents, too. A multilingual welcome

to Nightingale Academy in Edmonton. 44 languages are spoken

here and pupils are being trained as interpreters to help new arrivals

learn English and how Berivan Merrick is from Turkey

and is helping new Turkish 14-year-old Asen Ivanov

joined the school from He's now fluent in English and has

trained as an interpreter. He remembers how hard it can be

starting school in a new country. When I came here two years ago

I didn't know enough English And now when I see others,

when I see new students coming, I just bring myself in the situation

and I don't really like it because They don't know what happens and

stuff, so I just want to help them. The interpreters also help

translate our parents evenings. They help new arrivals,

they translate into the languages They help teachers make phone calls

or translate in lessons. And there are plans now to expand

the scheme to train more As well as helping new pupils,

teachers hope the skills learned by the interpreters could help them

with job-hunting the future. The former Sutton United goalkeeper

Wayne Shaw has been fined almost ?400 and banned for two months

for breaching FA betting rules. He was seen eating a pie

during February's FA Cup loss to Arsenal after a bookmaker had

offered odds of 8-1 that he would It was alleged he intentionally

influenced a football Believe it or not, London is said

to be no longer the most expensive place in the country to enjoy a beer

- that honour now belongs In the capital the average is ?3.60

- 13 pence up on last year, The least expensive beers

are in Yorkshire and Herefordshire, where it's more than

a pound cheaper. Next, our success in rowing

means that the likes of Steve Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent

and Katherine Granger have But if we swap oars for paddles,

is it harder to name an Olympic, Because we do have one -

and when it comes to kayaks, Emma Jones has been to meet

Liam Heath from Surrey. It has been quite a special 12

months for Liam Heath. He became Olympic champion

in Rio last summer. Before defending his European title

in a world leading time this July... And then becoming world

champion for the first time. It is something, well,

every item was something I laid out at the beginning of the year

and was something It's quite a rarity that you can

walk away from a season having ticked everything off

the list, essentially. I've been chasing that World

Championship title for a long time. His achievements, reward

for all of the hard work that he puts in here on the Olympic

rowing course at Eton Dorney, You find yourself tired and a bit

run down and fatigued Floating on the water

in the rain, thinking, Then, you jump out the water

and have some food, get your sugar levels back up and you are right

as rain again. But while he may be all conquering

on the water, he is about to take You are about to become

a dad for the first time, Very excited, we are

both very excited. And as a sportsman,

all of the preparation you've done to achieve all that you have

achieved, is that giving you any I don't know what it's like to be

a dad, but I think I have a cool With the Tokyo Olympics

in his sights, Liam doesn't plan on hanging up his paddles just yet,

but the next few months could be less about hard training,

and more about nappy changing. It's one of the highlights

of the music calendar, and now the eight-week-long Prom

season is drawing to a close. This weekend sees what's become one

of its best-known performances - the traditional Last Night

and the huge outdoor Let's go live to Wendy Hurrell

at the Albert Hall to tell us more. Where has the summer gone? That

eight weeks seems to have flown by and there is a striptease to stream

of people coming, there are already here listening to the beautiful

tones of the Vienna Philemon lake. And there's some more music here

tomorrow. I have spent the day watching rehearsals for the Last

Night. Every year the Proms close with fun,

fanfair and flag-waving, They were in their civvies

today for rehearsals At Maida Vale studios,

the BBC Symphony Orchestra On Saturday, they will be

at the Royal Albert Hall together. There's always a fantastic

atmosphere with the promenade there. I think the last night just has

an extra special dimension to it. Everyone comes wanting

to have a party, wanting to enjoy themselves,

wanting to have a good time. There will be good times

across Hyde Park too on the same night, this year Proms

in the Park will feature songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan,

best known for his # You give me the creeps when you

jump on your feet so get down. He will be playing his hit with a 60

piece BBC concert orchestra. A lot of my songs are used

to orchestral arrangements The fact there's 50 or 60

will enhance the arrangement so I'm Hyde Park is going

to be pretty special. If they're out to enjoy themselves,

hopefully we can help on that front. To make sure, they were in

the rehearsal studio too You're going to get an amazing

concert which includes Elaine Paige, Michael ball will sing as well as

narrating and we have the fabulous Gilbert Sullivan and Ray Davies of

the kinks. It's an opportunity to have orchestral backing to an act

like Ray Davies is amazing. It just broadens the whole scope of the

programme. But the British traditions remain unchanged.

Traditions such as forming an orderly queue. This is where it

begins for the late Proms which start at 9:30pm. I think this lady

is the first in the queue because everybody wants to get to the front

this evening. They will be watching a piano performance. There is no

queue here at the moment probably because of the weather.

A group of London firefighters who were among those

who risked their lives responding to the Grenfell Tower tragedy

swapped the fire station for the beach this week for a break

organised for them by their Cornish colleagues.

Tamsin Melville joined North Kensington station's

For these London firefighters, a bit of light relief is very welcome.

They're from North Kensington Blue Watch and were involved in tackling

Yeah, no one wants to see a disaster of that scale.

But yeah, we were down to do a job and I think everyone,

This week, Cornish colleagues are keen to show solidarity

and they're treating them to a break full of sand, surf

We offered to raise some money in the community so we did that

by the charity Ladder Climb, a JustGiving page, and help

from the local community all around really that have been very kind

It's just enabled us to actually - and for them - to enjoy Cornwall

and sort of open up and be able to chat, and feel rewarded

Things like this prove that human support is amazing.

The support and love we felt down here is amazing.

Penzance firefighters aren't the only ones

Last week another community effort - Cornwall Hugs Grenfell -

saw a group, including survivors of the blaze,

There are plans from both to repeat the invitations.

Let's get a check on the weather, shall we?

Over the next few days it will feel more like autumn with clouds slowly

increasing through the day and whilst many have been dry, there has

been the spot of rain around. Rain across northern parts of the country

at the moment will be the focus of our weather later tonight and

through tomorrow. In the coming hours we will see the cloud

gradually increasing further, that will bring the odd spot of rain but

as the night wears on that rain becoming more persistent and perhaps

even locally heavy by dawn. It won't be a cold night, temperatures not

dropping lower than 14 Celsius but the breeze strengthens and will

continue to do so tomorrow because low pressure is in charge of the

weather. A brisk wind, and this cold fronts could be slipping southwards

which will bring some fairly persistent rain. On and off through

much of the day, but it is likely to be heavy at times and through the

afternoon don't be surprised if you get the odd rumble of thunder. A

damp looking day, and it will always feel fairly cool given the wind and

rain. Overnight still some heavy rain at first tomorrow evening. In

time it will become patchy and start to ease with clear skies developing

as the night wears on. Temperatures down to 11 or 12 Celsius. That sets

us up for Saturday which should start with spells of sunshine,

family promising but the cloud will start to develop and we will see

showers pushing through the afternoon. Temperature wise,

pleasant enough in the sunshine but always a cool feel in the showers

and breeze. As we go into Sunday, we see the area pushing into the

north-west of the country, it may eventually bring some showers but

for Sunday it's a mixture of sunshine and showers, but will be

feeling cooler and start to ease off a little bit as we go into Monday.

Thank you. Hurricane Irma - one of the most

powerful storms ever recorded - has left a trail of destruction

in the Caribbean, with at least 10 people having

been confirmed as dead. The government's plan

for leaving the EU is being The so-called Repeal Bill

would transfer thousands of European That is it for now. More later

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