20/11/2017 London News

the north it will feel more chilly

by the end of the week.

Coming up on BBC London News.

How modern day slavery

is on the rise here in the capital.

A leading charity says London is

a hub for slavery in this country.

I think it is absolutely a blot on

our country, the nation and the

world that in 2017 slavery still

exists, probably just down the road.

We speak to a woman who was beaten

daily whilst in domestic servitude.

Also tonight...

The four-year-old now safe,

but who went missing

from his breakfast club.

The school says it is shocked

and is investigating.

Support for the HS2 protest camp

from the Green Party co-leader,

as activists camp along

the proposed route.

Plus...

She's been my best friend all these

years and I just love everything

about her.

On the royal wedding anniversary,

we're at the Queen's

honeymoon hotel, in Luton.

This time with Ted and Doris,

who married the exact same year.

A very warm welcome

to the programme.

We start tonight with the shocking

figures that show the scale of those

forced into modern day slavery

here in London.

What's more, the numbers

are rising year on year.

The charity that compiled the report

says it's the first time there's

been a detailed account of people

enslaved in the capital -

and they reveal the boroughs

where the problem is at its worst.

We also hear from one woman

who was beaten daily.

Our political correspondent

Karl Mercer has the story.

It is a very real issue for the

government and for all of us.

And it

is a very real issue for Mama, who

was brought to London for she

thought was a cook's job but she

ended up a modern-day slave.

I come

from Morocco...

Now being helped by

a specialist charity, she endured

months of beatings and about

treatment and was made to work

extremely long hours.

She is far from an isolated case.

Last year the charity Hestia helped

more than 600 victims, that is a 30%

increase on the previous year. And

already this year they have seen 822

people. Worst three boroughs were...

It was very moving, especially the

account from Mama, the victim of

human traffic in. It is important

that we always remember that behind

the statistics are people. This is a

very important report and it has

shone a light on what's happening in

London, two men and women in London

who have been trafficked.

Raids like

these ones launched last month in

London and across the country to

help, but dealing with the victims

can be tough. One young Albanian

woman who had been trafficked to the

capital for use as a sex worker was

taken in by the charity at one of

their safe houses.

When she first

arrived here she actually thought

that she had come into a brothel.

And when I thought about it, I

thought, oh, my goodness, it was

five other women in that house and

there was a mad if and I was the

madam. And that was her thought.

City Hall has now set up a team to

look at modern slavery which

charities, councils and the police.

It wants to stop the trade in the

first place but also to help rescue

those being used as modern-day

slaves in the capital.

Karl's here now.

This report does highlight the stark

difference between slavery

here in London and the

rest of the country?

Yeah, the charity has broken it down

into forced labour and sex work and

one other category. We see a

different profile in other parts of

the country, with many more men

being trafficked and put into forced

labour, working illegally very often

in bad conditions. In London 80% of

those being trafficked are women and

most of those are going into the sex

industry. What they also looked at

was where people are coming from.

And more than a third, 35% of those

being trafficked to London, were

from Albania, 17% from Nigeria, so

just two countries ticking up more

than half of the instances of modern

slavery here in the capital. But

also interesting to look at why

there has been a rise in the

figures. Is it because more people

are comfortable with coming forward

and saying they have been

trafficked, and more people are

looking at it as an issue? Or is it

simply that more people are being

trafficked here to the UK? And to be

honest I think that is something

nobody is sure about.

Coming up later in the programme.

I'm never going to be a millionaire.

But I've got a millionaire in my

heart.

We meet this year's unsung sporting

hero, who has helped raise millions

to improve his local football club.

The father of a four-year-old

boy who went missing

from his school's breakfast club

in Redhill has spoken

of his disbelief that his son

was then found wandering along

the road alone and lost.

The school says it is shocked

that this could have

happened and has now put

in extra safeguarding measures.

Victoria Hollins has been

speaking to the family.

Kevin is four. He hasn't been going

to school for very long. But last

Friday morning he managed to walk

out of first field primary in

Redhill all by himself. His dad

Philip says Kevin was dropped off at

the schools breakfast club at 7.45.

An hour later, somewhere between the

club and his classroom, Kevin left

the school grounds of. He was

brought home by two strangers who

had found him walking the streets.

When he got into the house he was

screaming, you didn't want to leave

the house.

He was absolutely

petrified. Nothing would calm him

down, not his toys, suites, cuddles,

nothing. I've never seen him like

that.

Philip says he still doesn't

know how Kevin got out of. He says

the four-year-old was walking around

alone for 20 minutes. First field

primary says it was a matter of

minutes and it was grateful for the

stranger's help.

Words cannot

explain how grateful I am that they

found him safe and well. It is a

disgrace that they can let something

like this happen to a child of four.

There's not many children go to

breakfast club, so is not hard to

keep track.

The family said a

process by which children should be

marketed in and out of the club is

not safe enough and they want a

change in procedures. Furzefield

says it is shocked and devastated by

what has happened. The school says

it is carrying out a thorough

investigation into what happened

last Friday. But it says it has

already taken steps to tighten what

it has described as it's already

robust safeguarding systems.

I know

they had people at the gates this

morning making sure it was locked.

That's what I heard this morning.

Is

that different from normal?

The

caretaker has always closed it at

nine o'clock, so that is a concern.

Today my daughter was in the

after-school club, which is in the

same location as the breakfast club.

And there was never a case of anyone

getting out at all. It was always

the case that she was in a very safe

environment.

Kevin was back in

breakfast club and in class today,

although his dad says they're

looking at different clubs for the

future. He still wants an expert

nation from the school. -- an

explanation.

Police want to trace the driver

of a van after it hit an elderly man

who was crossing the road at a busy

junction in Stamford Hill

on Saturday morning.

The vehicle initially stops

and reverses back to the spot

where it collided with the man,

before making a U-turn

and speeding off.

The victim was knocked unconscious

and left with head injuries.

1,000 employees of two European

agencies currently headquartered

in Canary Wharf have today found out

where their jobs will be moved to.

Ministers from 27 EU member states

have been voting on which two cities

will be chosen to host

the European Medicines Agency

and the European Banking Authority.

The organisations can't be based

in London after we've left the EU.

What impact will it have?

Here's our Brexit reporter

Katharine Carpenter.

This is the European Medicines

Agency. Around 900 people work here.

And over in the upper floors of that

skyscraper is the European Banking

Authority, which employs around 200

more. Ever since we voted to leave

the European Union, we've known they

have to leave London. And today, the

workers here and their families will

find out where they might be living

next. EU cities have been competing

to offer them a new home. And now,

we know Amsterdam has won the prize

of the European Medicines Agency's

well-paid workforce. Its 36,000

visitors each year and the 30,000 or

so hotel rooms it books.

It is a

sort of "halo effect", because lots

of American and Japanese businesses

set up in London precisely because

they want their staff to be close to

the regulator so that they can help

shape its decisions and get their

products under their noses. So, lots

of companies, once the regulator

moves, they will be thinking about

moving their staff.

The idea is that

any worker in the world can use

this...

It is a dilemma facing this

small business in Waterloo. It has

developed a secure messaging service

for health workers. Having the

European Medicines Agency close eye

has been important for growth.

There's a lot of complex rain and

hoops you've got to jump through. If

we are losing all of the people who

know about these regulations, it is

a disaster for us.

Is it enough of a

disaster that you would consider

moving to where the European

Medicines Agency moves?

Yeah, we

would probably keep a London office

but I could easily see as creating

an office to be moving with them and

stay close to the regulators.

There

are hopes that the UK might be able

to come up with a more streamlined

approach to rain. Others say

London's pulling power is a place to

work is still stronger than its

rivals.

London remains a global city

with a fantastic opportunity, money

to invest in life sciences. I think

we can still continue to attract

talented scientists with our great

institutes of. It's just made it a

little bit harder, losing the

agencies.

Of course, Canary Wharf is

made up of so much more than these

two European agencies said losing

them will have an impact here. And

that loss may be felt more widely

across the capital, too.

We're all familiar with the Tube

map - but this shows

the weekend all-night services.

There are already five lines -

and now, a new line is to be added.

From Friday 15th December,

Londoners will be able to travel

on this strip of the Overground -

that's from New Cross Gate

in the south up to Dalston

Junction in Hackney.

Let's join Marc Ashdown in

New Cross, who has got more details.

Marc...

Yeah, this is the very southern and

of the east London line which runs

from New Cross Gate for seven miles

up to Dalston Junction. It is

affectionately known as the ginger

line, and in about a month's time it

will be running 24/7 on Friday and

Saturday nights. The idea is to

build on the success of the night

Tube across the rest of the network.

It was launched back in August last

year and it currently runs five

lines in the centre of town, and it

is thought to support 2000 jobs and

it is estimated that in one year

alone it has boosted the night-time

economy by about £170 billion.

Transport for London hopes that they

could be a similar kick-start to the

night economy up and down this line

as well.

We think this will benefit

two parts of London's population.

First of all, those involved in the

night-time economy, like

entertainment, if you want to get to

and from work. And particularly

those people who work early shifts,

perhaps an early on Saturday or

Sunday or late in the evening.

But

there have been issues with the

night Tube?

Yeah, it is fair to say

it has not been plain sailing. There

have been arguments between TfL and

the unions in the run-up to its

eventual launch. Then, this April,

narrowly a strike was averted over

jobs and safety of the drivers. And

there have been rumblings about

possibly strike action over this

festive period, although that seems

to have gone quiet. I think it is

fair to say that Londoners have

welcome and the night Tube. And

businesses up and down this line are

queueing up to say that this will

put them on the night-time map. If

you are planning to use it, a couple

of things. It will be starting on

the 15th of December. You will be

charged off-peak fares to use it. If

you're getting a travel card, that

will run from the day before

overnight until half past four the

following morning. There will be no

services at Whitechapel and

eventually, this will run all the

way up to Highbury and Islington

next year.

Now still to come before seven...

I will be reporting live from Luton

who, where the Queen and Prince

Philip spent part of their honeymoon

70 years ago. And coming up in the

weather, we're alternating between

sunny and cloudy and damp days. Join

me for the forecast.

The Green Party co-leader says he's

fully supportive of protestors

who've set up in the path

of the proposed HS2 rail line.

Jonathan Bartley visited

their makeshift camp

in Harefield, west London today.

In recent weeks, demonstrators

have chained themselves

to diggers in protest.

in Harefield, west London today.

In recent weeks, demonstrators

have chained themselves

The company behind the project has

vowed to protect endangered wildlife

but says it did have the legal

powers to cut down

hundreds of trees.

Our Political Editor,

Tim Donovan reports.

On a muddy verge directly

on the route of the proposed train

line, a small camp has been set up.

It could be here some time.

We are all here, investing time

and energy for the purpose

that we are going to stop this

and we're all very hopeful

and positive that's going to happen.

Do you think you can stop it?

It'd be nice.

I think we need more

people if we're going to.

More animal activists,

more nature lovers, more

wildlife lovers generally.

If they all come along and make it

a nice sort of party, you know.

Sarah has been here longest and has

already made her mark.

One night she slept

beneath a digger.

Last week she climbed up this crane.

More fencing and more security have

now been put in place.

The high-speed rail route

has the legal backing

of an act of Parliament,

but Sarah says the works have

already breached EU law on habitats.

About 500 trees have been cut,

all different ages, including

some very old trees,

and no attempt has been

made to protect any

of the wildlife and that's clearly

against the habitat's directive.

It's clearly illegal.

Our wonderful view of what we are

trying to save.

Today she had a visit

from the Green Party's leader

and gave him a tour.

This is our office.

This tent donated by

the fishing tackle shop...

And he offered his strong support.

When a local community has been

ignored, has been sidelined,

when the council has been bought off

- so it seems - by the money

from HS2,

the only means of stopping this

massive destruction is for local

people to take direct action.

And absolutely it's right

they should do it, and absolutely

right that we should support it.

It may only take an hour

and a quarter to get from London

to Birmingham on the existing track

now, but those who back a high speed

rail route through this landscape

say it will greatly

increase connectivity to Leeds,

Manchester and beyond,

and bring huge economic benefits

to the whole country.

Realistically, you won't claim

you can stop this route, will you?

Is it about slowing it, delaying it?

I think we should be optimistic

about what we can achieve and I'd

like to see this project stopped,

absolutely, and scrapped.

Today a spokesman for HS2 said

he understood the strong

feelings in the area,

but everything was being done

to limit the impact on woodland,

wildlife and local communities.

Tim Donovan, BBC London news.

West Ham supporters are being urged

to stop calling 999

to complain after their team loses.

The Hammers suffered a 2-0 defeat

by Watford on Sunday,

leaving David Moyes' side

without a Premier League win in five

games and in the relegation zone.

On Twitter, Essex Police's Control

Room said "Ringing 999

because West Ham have lost again

and you aren't sure what to do

is not acceptable."

Every year BBC London honours one

of the Unsung Heroes

of the capital's sporting community.

This year's winner has helped

thousands of children and young

people in at a sports club in west

London.

Dave Reader has raised millions

of pounds to improve their facility

in his 30 years with the club.

Sara Orchard show us

what happened when we presented

him with his award.

Come on, lads.

Keep it going.

If you go back 33 years,

it was divine intervention

that brought Dave Reader

and Bedfont Football Club together.

The local vicar knocked on my door

with a football kit and directions

to tell me meet all the boys outside

a local youth club at 9.30.

"Dave, good luck."

And disappeared into the darkness.

God does move in mysterious ways!

When Dave set it up,

this was just an abandoned field

with burnt-out cars on it,

and now it's a football stadium,

£2 million complex that's been

built over the last 15,

20 years, that's the heartbeat

of the local community,

it's probably the most impressive

facility in Middlesex.

Now boasting 12 pitches,

29 football teams use the facility,

along with martial arts and boxing

classes, and it's all come

from the £2.5 million

fundraising efforts of Dave.

He's taken hundreds and hundreds

of kids off the street,

got them into sport.

He has given them an opportunity to

do something with their lives.

He has helped me a lot

because when I first started here,

he used to come and pick me up

sometimes and take me to training.

What Dave's done for us is that

he's teaching our boys

to play football obviously,

but he's also introduced myself

and my husband to a whole

new group of parents.

There is a young daughter in one

of my friend's teams who wanted

to play football in a girls' team,

now they've got 24 girls coming

in to start a girls' team now.

Even heart failure in 2012

didn't hold Dave back.

You've won.

You are the unsung hero of the year!

And that's why he's been named

the BBC London Unsung Hero 2017.

I'm never going to be a millionaire.

But I've got a millionaire

in my heart.

Congratulations to Dave, and talking

of congratulations...

As the Queen and the Duke

of Edinburgh celebrate

their platinum wedding anniversary

they aren't the only ones marking

70 years of marriage.

Ted and Doris Box from Chingford

also married in 1947.

They married a few days before Ted

was sent abroad on military service.

So what is the secret to seven

decades of marriage?

Here's Sarah Harris.

Yes, we all want to know the answer

to that question. Welcome to the

Queen Elizabeth suite, where

Princess Elizabeth as she was then

spend part of her honeymoon with

Prince Philip. This room is lovely

and ornate, a fireplace, cosy winter

evenings in. So sofa to sit and chat

with your new husband, and somewhere

to write thank you letters from the

wedding. They must have loved

staying here, the Queen and Prince

Philip, because they came back here

on the closest weekend to their

anniversary for years early on in

their marriage. This would have been

a stately home owned by one of their

friends but ten years ago it was

renovated and made into a 5-star

hotel. They have really gone to

great pains to make sure the detail

is here, all of the ornate details,

just as it was when the Queen

staying -- stayed here. 25 miles

south from here in Highbury, another

couple were getting married in 1947,

Doris and Ted. It was just after the

war, rationing was in, they didn't

have much money but the neighbours

gathered together and try to make it

a special day. 70 years on they

wouldn't trade places with anyone,

not even royalty, but we did

persuade them to come here and

sample Luton Hoo for one day.

Leaving their home in Chingford for

a very special day out to celebrate

their 70 years of marriage.

Ted and Doris didn't

get a honeymoon so on

the day the Queen and

Prince Philip married,

we are taking them to Luton Hoo,

where the royal couple had theirs.

Ted said he wouldn't have

changed his wife for anyone.

How can you say anyone thing?

I have loved her and

she has loved me back,

she has been my best friend

all these years and that is it,

I just love everything about her.

Elizabeth and Philip came back

to Luton Hoo for many

years to celebrate

their anniversaries.

It was a friend's stately home

back then, now

a 5-star hotel.

Meanwhile Ted and Doris met

at primary school in Highbury and

after their wedding he was posted

to Palestine as part

of his National Service.

You missed out on your honeymoon

and it's here that the Queen and

Prince Philip had theirs,

what do you think?

It is really lovely,

even just to drive upto it.

It gives me great pleasure

to present you with a

unique one-off...

Justin Robinson was able

to give them one more

surprise, a silver medal

styled on the one given

to the Royal couple, who they say

they admire.

I'm sure they know it all,

I shouldn't think they want

any advice from us.

Obviously, you know,

it is just enjoying one's company

and doing things together,

sharing everything and being honest

with each other.

They have had a much

busier life, haven't they?

I think I did hear once

about Prince Philip having

a lot of tolerance.

I don't know! But no...

Congratulations to them.

And congratulations

to Ted and Doris.

In fact we couldn't live

without one another, could we?

No.

Congratulations to Ted and Doris. I

have a feeling you will know what

the weather was like 70 years ago on

the royal wedding day.

I did see

something today suggesting it was

quite mild on that day and

interestingly enough here we are now

and it is my old across our part of

the world again. There has been

cloud, it has been damp at times but

temperatures have reached into

double figures. I think we will beat

that over the next few days, we have

this flow of

my old air coming to the south-west

of the UK at the moment so we are in

that zone. We have not cloudy days

followed by sunny days over the last

three or four days, so tomorrow

Sunshine? No, think again. Some rain

and plenty of low cloud, Misty and

murky conditions but we start the

day tomorrow with double-figure

temperatures across the board, but

with plenty of cloud. I'm going to

try and split the difference between

cloudy and sunny days because we

will try to bring in some brighter

breaks tomorrow, it won't be as

gloomy as it has been, and apart

from the odd spot of rain it will be

dry. Temperatures edging up. We

might even get 16 Celsius somewhere

but for the most part it is 12-14d.

The breeze will pick up as we go

through tomorrow, and again with a

few showery bursts of rain moving

through after dark and into

Wednesday morning. On Wednesday I'm

hopeful it will be brighter, we will

see more of those sunny spells

coming through, but it will be a

blustery day. There is quite a brisk

wind so it may not feel like that.

There's no doubt we are in a mild

flow of air at the moment, and as

the week goes on we stay in that

until right at the end of the week

and into the weekend, but it looks

like it will be turning colder again

from the north.

Thank you.

Recapping the day's headlines:

Theresa May has been meeting senior

ministers to consider increasing

the amount of money the UK will pay

to leave the European Union.

It's been announced in Brussels that

Amsterdam will be the new location

of the European Medicines Agency.

It will leave its present

headquarters in London

when the UK leaves the EU.

The European Banking Authority will

be moving from the capital to Paris.

The German Chancellor says

she would prefer new elections

to leading a minority government

after coalition talks collapsed.

Germany's main opposition party,

has ruled out resuming a grand

coalition with Angela Merkel.

That's it.

We'll be back later during the ten

o'clock news, but for now

from everyone on the team,

have a lovely evening.

Goodbye.