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That's all from the BBC News at Six,
so it's goodbye from me - | 0:00:00 | 0:00:01 | |
Coming up on BBC London News. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:11 | |
The epilepsy drug responsible
for birth defects. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:17 | |
The families who fear
they could be passed | 0:00:17 | 0:00:18 | |
on from generation to generation. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:24 | |
She's one of thousands of women
who want compensation | 0:00:24 | 0:00:26 | |
from the government. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:27 | |
Also tonight. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:28 | |
We speak to the model raped
as a teenager while on assignment, | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
who says there must be tighter
regulation of the industry. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:35 | |
Plus how good is the
children's centre near you? | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
We reveal why thousands of parents
have been left in the dark. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:41 | |
And from this... | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
To this. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
An Oscar winning film director
helps restore First World | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
War archive footage -
100 years after the end | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
of the conflict. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:59 | |
Welcome to the programme
this Monday evening. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
BBC London has learned that
a powerful drug to treat epilepsy | 0:01:06 | 0:01:10 | |
could harm families for generations
- according to a new study. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
Sodium valproate has been used
to treat epilepsy since the 1970s. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:22 | |
But thousands of pregnant women say
they weren't warned of the risks | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
of severe birth defects including
brain damage and spina bifida. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
They're calling on the government
for compensation to help | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
care for their families. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:30 | |
Tarah Welsh has this special report. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:35 | |
You are going to swallow it. It is
horrible. Bridget is 19 but she is | 0:01:35 | 0:01:41 | |
cared for at home by her mum Karen.
When pregnant, she was prescribed a | 0:01:41 | 0:01:47 | |
high dosage of the drug sodium
valproate. She has epilepsy and the | 0:01:47 | 0:01:52 | |
pills were meant to control the
seizures but the powerful chemicals | 0:01:52 | 0:01:56 | |
that protected her health damaged
her daughter's. I popped these | 0:01:56 | 0:02:01 | |
tablets into my system, six months
down the line and turned round and | 0:02:01 | 0:02:05 | |
say to me... What do you want to do?
You want to have an abortion, you | 0:02:05 | 0:02:11 | |
are carrying a spina bifida baby.
Like many other women Karen had no | 0:02:11 | 0:02:16 | |
idea it was linked to her
medication, now 20,000 children in | 0:02:16 | 0:02:20 | |
the UK are believed to have foetal
valproate syndrome. These children | 0:02:20 | 0:02:32 | |
have an increased risk of cleft
incleft palate and they are more | 0:02:32 | 0:02:37 | |
prone to spina bifida, or other
defects. The risk of taking the drug | 0:02:37 | 0:02:44 | |
in pregnancy have been known since
the 70, the Government regulates | 0:02:44 | 0:02:48 | |
what information is given to
patients and it chose not to reveal | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
this. But in a statement it told us
that at the time, according to | 0:02:51 | 0:02:56 | |
clinical practise, it was for the
doctor to decide how much | 0:02:56 | 0:03:00 | |
information a patient was given
about their medicine. Since then, | 0:03:00 | 0:03:04 | |
the need for patients to be fully
informed about their medication has | 0:03:04 | 0:03:08 | |
been under pinned by legislation.
Yet many women say they still are | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
not aware of the risk, particularly
alarming in light of new findings. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:17 | |
While researching this film we spoke
to several families who suspect that | 0:03:17 | 0:03:22 | |
sodium valproate is somehow not just
harming their children, but their | 0:03:22 | 0:03:28 | |
guardian children too, until know
those suspicions have not been | 0:03:28 | 0:03:33 | |
deemed credible. We have got the
result of a major project in South | 0:03:33 | 0:03:37 | |
Korea which supports the idea that
the drug can harm successive | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
generations. The study found
autistic-like behaviour in the | 0:03:41 | 0:03:47 | |
grandchildren and great
grandchildren of mice that were | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
injected with sodium valproate while
pregnant. That was the first bit of | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
evidence we had, in any species that
this could be carried on, this is | 0:03:54 | 0:03:58 | |
something now that needs to be
looked at as quickly as possible to | 0:03:58 | 0:04:02 | |
give families reassurance.
Three generations of one family. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:07 | |
They believe the drug has affected
them all. Sue was prescribed it | 0:04:07 | 0:04:14 | |
decades ago, her daughters have the
syndrome. Although they didn't take | 0:04:14 | 0:04:20 | |
the drug in pregnancy they believe
their children have inherited the | 0:04:20 | 0:04:22 | |
condition. I do think my grand kids
have been affected by it. I have had | 0:04:22 | 0:04:28 | |
my wore Iry with them growing up. I
have it again with my grand kids, | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
how long is it going to go on for?
It is not fair, it is not fair, it | 0:04:31 | 0:04:36 | |
is so wrong. So many people's lives
have been affected and ruined. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:41 | |
Campaigners want the Government to
pay compensation and they believe | 0:04:41 | 0:04:45 | |
this new evidence makes their case
for support even stronger. We are in | 0:04:45 | 0:04:52 | |
a good dialogue, the minister
appears to have taken this very | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
seriously, is willing to engage with
us, he appears to be completely | 0:04:56 | 0:05:02 | |
conscious of the need to stop this
scandal continuing. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:06 | |
But it could be too late for
Bridget, her health is deteriorating | 0:05:06 | 0:05:11 | |
and she could have only months left,
after a life of suffering, caused by | 0:05:11 | 0:05:15 | |
something that was supposed to keep
her mother alive. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
something that was supposed
to keep her mother alive. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
And Tarah's here now. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
This is one study, to clarify. That
is right. But the authors of the | 0:05:22 | 0:05:27 | |
report believe showing the condition
can be passed through generations in | 0:05:27 | 0:05:31 | |
mice, it could give us a clue the
same thing could be happening in | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
humans, but very early days and lots
more research needs to be done on | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
this. And decades on, is there any
sense of what these families can | 0:05:39 | 0:05:44 | |
expect in terms of support, or
compensation? Well, this has | 0:05:44 | 0:05:49 | |
affected families across the world
and in France the Government is | 0:05:49 | 0:05:53 | |
supporting legal action being taken
by families, and they have put aside | 0:05:53 | 0:05:57 | |
millions of pounds to compensate
them. Here, in 2010, families had to | 0:05:57 | 0:06:02 | |
abandon a court case against the
drug company when their legal aid | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
was withdrawn three weekses before
the case was due to begin. They | 0:06:06 | 0:06:11 | |
signed letters promising never to
sue again and weren't billed for the | 0:06:11 | 0:06:16 | |
legal cost, but recently, the
Department of Health has started | 0:06:16 | 0:06:21 | |
conversations with MPs and
campaigners, who want a public | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
inquiry, so the families believe
that there may be some hope in | 0:06:25 | 0:06:30 | |
future, anyone with concerns about
their medication should speak to | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
their doctor before making any
changes at all. Thank you for that. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:39 | |
That is Tara Welsh | 0:06:39 | 0:06:43 | |
That | 0:06:43 | 0:06:44 | |
And you can see Tarah's full report
in an Inside Out London special. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
That's tonight at 7.30
here on BBC One. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
You're watching BBC London News,
plenty more ahead including... | 0:06:49 | 0:06:51 | |
The Met's latest weapon to help
crack down on motorists | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
using mobiles behind the wheel. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:59 | |
A model who claims she was raped
as a young woman is calling | 0:06:59 | 0:07:03 | |
for greater regulation to protect
others in the industry | 0:07:03 | 0:07:04 | |
from sexual exploitation. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:08 | |
Dunja Knezevic says
she was sexually assaulted | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
while on an assignment
as a teenager, but was | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
told not to report it. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:13 | |
Now following a number of high
profile allegations, she's speaking | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
out in the hope other victims
will come forward. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
Victoria Cook reports. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:24 | |
Dunja Knezevic started
modelling succesfully at 17. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
She was excited about the future. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
At 19 years old that all changed. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:32 | |
Dunja was raped by someone
high up in the industry. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:36 | |
there, you Everybody told me to shut
up about it. All the friends, fellow | 0:07:36 | 0:07:43 | |
model, agencies, they didn't want to
look at me, they didn't want to | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
acknowledge that that had happened,
told me not to talk about it. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:52 | |
And to just move on because it would
only be detrimental to me. Testify | 0:07:52 | 0:07:58 | |
Testify | 0:07:58 | 0:07:59 | |
It wasn't until later that Dunja | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
realised that she wasn't alone. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:02 | |
Other models were sharing stories
of sexual exploitation. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
She then turned her focus
into starting the first | 0:08:04 | 0:08:06 | |
models trade union. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:09 | |
Everybody kept saying to me you
should just leave, I said no, I love | 0:08:09 | 0:08:15 | |
the fashion industry, I love
fashion. So that is why I am | 0:08:15 | 0:08:18 | |
sticking around. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
Ten years later and the industry
is now under a spotlight again. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:29 | |
When you are there this that
environment, models often feel like | 0:08:29 | 0:08:34 | |
their voice is not welcome, the last
voice anybody would want to hear, | 0:08:34 | 0:08:38 | |
that has to change, you know, we
want to see a culture where there | 0:08:38 | 0:08:44 | |
aren't bystanders any more. With
recent allegation of sexual | 0:08:44 | 0:08:48 | |
exploitation in the industry the
media is under the spotlight. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
Questions are being asked as to how
safe models are at work. Some high | 0:08:52 | 0:08:57 | |
profile agencies have signed up to a
code of standards. I think it is | 0:08:57 | 0:09:01 | |
difficult for a model to say no on a
shoot, the model doesn't have to | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
make a big scene, they tell us, if
we are to happy with the situation | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
we deal with it. And if that client
is trying to get them to do | 0:09:08 | 0:09:13 | |
something without it having been
approved by us, then, they are the | 0:09:13 | 0:09:17 | |
ones in the wrong, if they say they
won't want to work with that model | 0:09:17 | 0:09:22 | |
Genk we won't work with them. There
are plenty agencies that don't take | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
that approach. The industry is
largely unregulated. Anyone can set | 0:09:26 | 0:09:31 | |
up an agency, there is calls for the
Government to step in and introduce | 0:09:31 | 0:09:36 | |
stricter rules to keep models safe. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:40 | |
Doctors who want to stop life
support treatment for an 11 month | 0:09:40 | 0:09:43 | |
old boy at the centre
of a High Court battle say it's | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
"futile, burdensome and not
in his best interests". | 0:09:46 | 0:09:48 | |
Specialists at King's College
Hospital today told the court that | 0:09:48 | 0:09:50 | |
Isaiah Haastrup suffered
catastrophic brain damage | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
after being deprived
of oxygen at birth - | 0:09:52 | 0:09:53 | |
and does not respond to stimulation. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:55 | |
Isaiah's parents have brought
the private trial and want | 0:09:55 | 0:09:57 | |
treatment to continue. | 0:09:57 | 0:09:58 | |
His mother says he does
respond to her touch. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:08 | |
Scotland Yard has suspended forcible
searches of suspects' mouths. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
The force took the step
after investigators looking | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
into the the death of Rashan Charles
warned officers were being given | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
"conflicting advice" about searching
individuals suspected of placing | 0:10:18 | 0:10:20 | |
packages in their mouths. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:21 | |
Tolu Adeoye is at Scotland Yard
for us now with the details. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:30 | |
Yes, rashen Charles died in July
last year after he was followed into | 0:10:30 | 0:10:34 | |
a shop by police officers is and
detained in Hackney, a package was | 0:10:34 | 0:10:39 | |
discovered in his throat, and it was
during investigations into the | 0:10:39 | 0:10:44 | |
circumstances surrounding his death
that the independent office for | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
police conduct said conflicting
advice was identified regarding | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
mouth search, so some advice said it
was never appropriate to use force | 0:10:51 | 0:10:56 | |
to search one who may have something
in their mouth due the risk of | 0:10:56 | 0:11:01 | |
choking, other advice said it may be
appropriate, why this guidance is | 0:11:01 | 0:11:05 | |
being reviewed the Metropolitan
Police have taken the decision to | 0:11:05 | 0:11:09 | |
suspend all mouth searches.
Yesterday, we learned the officer | 0:11:09 | 0:11:13 | |
involved in restraining Rashan
Charles will face no charges, have | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
we heard from the family? Yes, Mr
Charles's family say they do not | 0:11:16 | 0:11:21 | |
understand that decision by the CPS.
They say they want the officer to | 0:11:21 | 0:11:27 | |
face a full criminal trial. They
said we are aware concerns have been | 0:11:27 | 0:11:32 | |
raised about police train on | 0:11:32 | 0:11:33 | |
is We have had more information
about the postmortem examination | 0:11:41 | 0:11:46 | |
into the death. Results have shown a
sudden cardiac arrest was brought on | 0:11:46 | 0:11:53 | |
by a blocked upper airway, there was
no other significant injuries that | 0:11:53 | 0:11:58 | |
would suggest prolong of excessive
restraint. Investigations are very | 0:11:58 | 0:12:02 | |
much continuing into the
circumstances of the death and an | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
inquest is due to take place in
June. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
Thank you. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:08 | |
Thank you. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:10 | |
The board of deputies of British
Jews is demanding a senior coroner | 0:12:10 | 0:12:13 | |
be removed from her post
for refusing to prioritise | 0:12:13 | 0:12:15 | |
Jewish burials. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:16 | |
It's after a meeting
with her to discuss their concerns | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
ended without ageeement. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:20 | |
Today the Mayor of London got
involved saying the "legitimate | 0:12:20 | 0:12:22 | |
concerns" of Jewish and Muslim
communities need to be met. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
Here's our political
editor Tim Donovan. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:34 | |
A ceremony at City Hall to mark
Holocaust Memorial Day and he has | 0:12:35 | 0:12:40 | |
found himself drawn into a row
affecting Jewish and Muslim people | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
in London.
One part of the capital to be exact | 0:12:43 | 0:12:50 | |
because the senior inner north
London coroner refused to go along | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
with demands to fast track burials
for these communities and a meeting | 0:12:53 | 0:12:58 | |
with her on Friday apparently
brought little progress. It is a | 0:12:58 | 0:13:02 | |
practise in the Jewish religion to
bury as soon as possible, what we | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
need for that to happen is the
coroners to be available, including | 0:13:05 | 0:13:10 | |
out of hours, to be able to register
deaths and to be able to pass the | 0:13:10 | 0:13:14 | |
body on for burial, and everywhere
else people seem to be able to do | 0:13:14 | 0:13:18 | |
it. She is refewing to provide a
service, she is holding up | 0:13:18 | 0:13:23 | |
unnecessary delays as far as we can
see. The board is demanding she is | 0:13:23 | 0:13:30 | |
sacked The Lord Chancellor and the
Lord Chief Justice have the power to | 0:13:30 | 0:13:34 | |
dismiss a coroner, that process is
being initiated and we will write to | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
make them aware of her concerns and
ask them to act in this case. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:45 | |
The mayor said today that legitimate
concerns had been raised and he was | 0:13:45 | 0:13:49 | |
waiting for answers. I understand
completely the sensitivities of this | 0:13:49 | 0:13:55 | |
issue, I understand how distressing
it is to lose a loved one. If you | 0:13:55 | 0:14:00 | |
are a follower of the Jewish faith
or Islamic faith you believe it is | 0:14:00 | 0:14:06 | |
important to bury your loved one as
soon as possible. But coroners enjoy | 0:14:06 | 0:14:12 | |
significant powers and independence.
It is not clear how Government law | 0:14:12 | 0:14:17 | |
officers will respond.
We approached the Coroner's Office | 0:14:17 | 0:14:23 | |
for response but she has told the
BBC no death reported to her office | 0:14:23 | 0:14:27 | |
will be prioritised over any other,
because of the religion of the | 0:14:27 | 0:14:30 | |
deceased or family. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
Next: how around 150 children's
centres in London have not been | 0:14:33 | 0:14:35 | |
inspected by Ofsted for more
than five years. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:37 | |
The Government temporarily suspended
inspections in 2015. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
One charity says it's left tens
of thousands of parents - | 0:14:39 | 0:14:41 | |
with no idea of how good
their centre is. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:44 | |
Here's our education
reporter, Marc Ashdown. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:54 | |
For babies and toddler it is a
chance to play. For parents a chance | 0:14:54 | 0:14:59 | |
to socialise and get free support
from social workers. Two years ago | 0:14:59 | 0:15:04 | |
this woman lost her mother before
giving birth to her son. If the | 0:15:04 | 0:15:09 | |
centres weren't here to help me and
my health visitor, I am not sure how | 0:15:09 | 0:15:16 | |
we would have coped. I don't think
we would have coped very well. These | 0:15:16 | 0:15:20 | |
centres are a lifeline. There are
3,000 or so across England and like | 0:15:20 | 0:15:26 | |
schools Ofsted inspects themselves
for safety and quality. In 2015 the | 0:15:26 | 0:15:31 | |
Government decided to consult over
their futures and told inspectors to | 0:15:31 | 0:15:35 | |
stop inspecting. The charity Action
for Children says some haven't had | 0:15:35 | 0:15:43 | |
one. That is 40% of the total. In
that time con sills have | 0:15:43 | 0:15:48 | |
inininvested 1.4 billion in the
centres but it is not clear how well | 0:15:48 | 0:15:51 | |
that money has been spend. In London
about 150 centres are affected, | 0:15:51 | 0:15:55 | |
there are concerns over their
futures. What it means of course is | 0:15:55 | 0:15:59 | |
a that with local authorities under
pressure for cash, if they aren't | 0:15:59 | 0:16:04 | |
inspected they are inadvice. It is
easier to close them. It gives him a | 0:16:04 | 0:16:10 | |
chance to interweekend with other,
myself with others and get him | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
weighed and see how he is doing. I
had postnatal depression with both | 0:16:13 | 0:16:20 | |
children so gives me something to
get out of the house and get her to | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
have. So company, we come here every
Monday, so if this went, I would | 0:16:23 | 0:16:27 | |
have nowhere to go.
Ofsted confirm the inspections are | 0:16:27 | 0:16:34 | |
still suspended by the Department
for Education said partial | 0:16:34 | 0:16:38 | |
inspections do still take place. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:44 | |
Coming up before seven o'clock...
Told she may never compete again | 0:16:44 | 0:16:49 | |
after shattering her knee, the
skater from Maidenhead now, Eric -- | 0:16:49 | 0:16:53 | |
now competing for the Winter and
next month. -- Winter Olympics. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:59 | |
The Met Police has unveiled it's
latest weapon against motorists | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
who are determined to break the law. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:03 | |
Despite a ban on using phones
at the wheel in 2003, | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
and tougher penalties introduced
just last year, the number of people | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
using their mobiles to call,
text, and surf the net, | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
while driving are staggeringly high,
as Chris Rogers reports. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:20 | |
If you use your mobile phone today
while driving, you're one of | 0:17:20 | 0:17:24 | |
millions who do. And the
Metropolitan Police are determined | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
to catch you with this, a big truck.
So, let me show you inside the | 0:17:27 | 0:17:35 | |
truck, to show you just how clever
this all is and how it works. And | 0:17:35 | 0:17:40 | |
just to see how effective it is
going to be and to help me do that I | 0:17:40 | 0:17:44 | |
am joined by Inspector Alex
Burleson. Just climbing in here, the | 0:17:44 | 0:17:50 | |
vantage point is clearly what makes
it such a great weapon. It allows us | 0:17:50 | 0:17:55 | |
to look into vehicles as we are
driving around and we can see what | 0:17:55 | 0:17:59 | |
drivers are doing. We have various
cameras fitted up around the | 0:17:59 | 0:18:06 | |
vehicle. In fact, they caught a
couple of offenders on the way to | 0:18:06 | 0:18:10 | |
meet us. This guy is on his mobile
phone. They have picked up taxing. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:16 | |
As you come across, you will see
that he has the phone in his hand | 0:18:16 | 0:18:22 | |
and he puts it back and our team in
the truck have signalled to motor | 0:18:22 | 0:18:29 | |
cyclists too, and do him. Another
motorist was stopped for using her | 0:18:29 | 0:18:33 | |
laptop while driving. We are told it
is as is as dangerous as | 0:18:33 | 0:18:38 | |
drink-driving yet in 2016, 11
million of the UK's 30 million | 0:18:38 | 0:18:43 | |
drivers admit it and they are the
honest ones, to using their phone | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
while at the wheel. That survey
inspired a tougher penalty, a £200 | 0:18:47 | 0:18:52 | |
fine and six points on your licence.
It seems it has had little effect. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:57 | |
Between March and August last year,
the Metropolitan Police said they | 0:18:57 | 0:19:03 | |
caught 8612 motorists using their
mobile phone while driving. And in a | 0:19:03 | 0:19:08 | |
survey by the RAC, 9.2 million
people are admitted to breaking the | 0:19:08 | 0:19:13 | |
law, despite the tougher penalties.
There has been a small effect in | 0:19:13 | 0:19:19 | |
terms of reductions, but clearly
this enforcement week, we want to | 0:19:19 | 0:19:24 | |
make sure that members of the
public, firstly, we prevent them | 0:19:24 | 0:19:29 | |
from using their mobile phone and if
they persist in doing so, then we | 0:19:29 | 0:19:31 | |
will take action. Road charities and
organisations say the answer to | 0:19:31 | 0:19:36 | |
ending deaths and stopping serious
injuries lies in the phone itself. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:40 | |
There are calling on the industry to
include an opt out setting that | 0:19:40 | 0:19:44 | |
blocks messages and social media
when motorists are behind the wheel. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:51 | |
For now, road safety lies very much
in the hands of the law and our own | 0:19:51 | 0:19:56 | |
common sense. Chris Rogers, BBC
London News. In the last half an | 0:19:56 | 0:20:02 | |
hour, Manchester United have
confirmed the signing of Alexis | 0:20:02 | 0:20:04 | |
Sanchez. It is understood he joins
other three and a half year deal | 0:20:04 | 0:20:10 | |
with Mkhitaryan moving in the
opposite direction to join Arsenal. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
He has been quoted as saying, I am
thrilled to be joining the biggest | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
club in the world. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
18 months ago, British Ice Dancing
Champion Penny Coomes was told | 0:20:20 | 0:20:22 | |
what no athlete ever wants to hear -
that she might never compete again. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:26 | |
The skater from Maidenhead
shattered her knee during training. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:28 | |
But she defied the odds and is
heading to the Winter Olympics | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
in South Korea next month. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:32 | |
Sara Orchard has the story. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:41 | |
This is life in Michigan for Team
GB's number one ice dancing couple, | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
Maidenhead's Penny Coomes
and her partner Nick Buckland. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:49 | |
They moved to the States
to live just three minutes | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
from the rink where they train. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
It was a big move and a big
change moving here, | 0:20:53 | 0:21:00 | |
because all of a sudden,
we are around other couples | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
that we compete against. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:03 | |
We are trading with our competitors,
so if anything, we make each other | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
better and stronger. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:07 | |
The pair have flown the flag
for a Team GB for the last two | 0:21:07 | 0:21:11 | |
Winter Olympics and have risen up
the world rankings, but in June, | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
2016, a third Olympic Games looked
like it would not happen. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
I obliterated my kneecap. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:17 | |
LAUGHTER. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:18 | |
There is no other way to put it! | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
I messed it up, good and proper. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
I had a fall in practice,
a freak accident and like that, | 0:21:23 | 0:21:27 | |
I am on the floor, with half
of my kneecap appear | 0:21:27 | 0:21:36 | |
I am on the floor, with half
of my kneecap up here | 0:21:36 | 0:21:38 | |
and the other half down there. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:41 | |
Penny had shattered her knee
in eight places and was told | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
she might not skate again,
but after surgery and extensive | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
rehab, she returned to competitive
action in August and they have | 0:21:47 | 0:21:49 | |
qualified for the Olympics. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:50 | |
We have come through so much,
but the best bit is | 0:21:50 | 0:21:53 | |
kind of yet to come. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
It is just so emotional because,
this has always been my goal, | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
you know, when we first set out,
it was like, let's do three | 0:21:57 | 0:22:01 | |
Olympic Games and we wanted to be
the best at the next Olympics. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
Being an Olympian is what I am most
proud of and the moments in my life | 0:22:04 | 0:22:08 | |
that I look back and love the most,
and so, I just want to take it | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
all in and just pat myself
on the back and the like, | 0:22:11 | 0:22:15 | |
yeah, I own this. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
Sara Orchard, BBC London News. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:22 | |
It's an ambitious undertaking -
but one that will bring to life some | 0:22:22 | 0:22:25 | |
of the forgotten faces
of the First World War | 0:22:25 | 0:22:27 | |
and those who sacrificed
their life for our country. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
The Imperial War Museum has teamed
up with the Oscar winning director | 0:22:30 | 0:22:33 | |
behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy
- using latest technology to restore | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
and colour original archive footage
100 years on from the end | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
of the conflict. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:40 | |
Emma North can tell us more. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:45 | |
The Battle of the Somme as we have
come to know it, grey, | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
grainy and very much a thing
of the past. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
But what if it was treated using
technology used in feature films, | 0:22:53 | 0:22:56 | |
such as Lord of the Rings? | 0:22:56 | 0:22:58 | |
Well, that is exactly what the film
director Peter Jackson has done. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:03 | |
We are making a film
and we're making a film, | 0:23:03 | 0:23:05 | |
not the usual film that
you would expect of | 0:23:05 | 0:23:07 | |
the First World War,
but we are making a film that shows | 0:23:07 | 0:23:10 | |
us incredible footage
in which the faces of the men | 0:23:10 | 0:23:12 | |
are just jumping out at you. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:19 | |
Faces of the people come
to life in this film, | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
so human beings that were actually
there, that were thrust into this | 0:23:21 | 0:23:24 | |
extraordinary situation,
and it defined their lives | 0:23:24 | 0:23:26 | |
in many cases. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:33 | |
Peter Jackson has been
viewed and catalogued, | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
shot by shot, detail by detail,
hundreds of hours of footage. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
He has also listened
to stories told by veterans. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:40 | |
The idea is a collaboration
between the 14-18 Now project | 0:23:40 | 0:23:42 | |
in which modern artists explore
the themes of the First World | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
War and the Imperial
War Museum in London. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:49 | |
He has got hundreds of hours worth
of material, some of it has | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
never been seen before,
in broadcast terms. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
What he has actually done is he has
cast his net incredibly wide, | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
which means he is looking
at all the little details, | 0:23:57 | 0:23:59 | |
all the things that some
people might have missed, | 0:23:59 | 0:24:01 | |
he has actually driven down,
looking at everything in fine detail | 0:24:01 | 0:24:04 | |
and looking for some of the most
impressive, most potent, | 0:24:04 | 0:24:06 | |
most powerful shots that him
and his team can work with. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:13 | |
Peter Jackson's project places
history in the hands of a master | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
storyteller from cinema. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:17 | |
It is hoped it will make
a connection with the generation | 0:24:17 | 0:24:19 | |
of people who either do not know
very much about black-and-white | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
films like this or no longer care. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:26 | |
We have found that most young
people now don't watch | 0:24:26 | 0:24:28 | |
black-and-white films. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:29 | |
It is something that they don't
completely understand, | 0:24:29 | 0:24:31 | |
they don't love the feel of it
in the way that previous | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
generations have. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:39 | |
Each frame is now being coloured. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:40 | |
The end product of the 30 minute
long film will be shown | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
in the autumn in London. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:44 | |
Emma North, BBC News. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:45 | |
Let's see how the weather's
shaping up this week - | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
and Phil Avery is here. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:53 | |
A change from the weekend. It
certainly was I knew were not | 0:25:00 | 0:25:04 | |
impressed. It was very miserable.
Thankfully there has been a bit of | 0:25:04 | 0:25:13 | |
blue sky and even I saw it as my
mood is pretty up and I am focusing | 0:25:13 | 0:25:18 | |
on the river. As were our weather
watchers and why not? It looks | 0:25:18 | 0:25:23 | |
magnificent with the blue sky. There
was some cloud, but many of us will | 0:25:23 | 0:25:30 | |
have stayed dry. Can we keep that
going? Yes we can. I don't think | 0:25:30 | 0:25:35 | |
there will be much breeze, really
pleasant conditions if you are out | 0:25:35 | 0:25:38 | |
and about. The cloud will move on
from the West as we get into Bill | 0:25:38 | 0:25:43 | |
wee small hours but many of us will
stay dry and it will not be a cold | 0:25:43 | 0:25:47 | |
night, you will not be scraping the
car on Tuesday morning, between 6-8 | 0:25:47 | 0:25:53 | |
and then the rain comes. If you're
up early enough and see a dry | 0:25:53 | 0:25:58 | |
stored, do not bank on it for the
rush-hour, it is dry and brighten up | 0:25:58 | 0:26:03 | |
nicely for a time, but I think
another weather front towards the | 0:26:03 | 0:26:08 | |
north-west will cloud things over.
Look at that, 12-13d. That will | 0:26:08 | 0:26:15 | |
bring the remnants of the old
weather front through. Look at that, | 0:26:15 | 0:26:23 | |
then, 11, 12 degrees. As we move
into Wednesday, a lot of mild air, | 0:26:23 | 0:26:29 | |
but things get a little bit fresher
once we get behind it and you will | 0:26:29 | 0:26:33 | |
notice about the day that it is
milder. You will notice for | 0:26:33 | 0:26:43 | |
Wednesday itself, as it starts, it
will be wet, it will be really windy | 0:26:43 | 0:26:47 | |
as well and that frontal system
gradually clears away in the latter | 0:26:47 | 0:26:52 | |
part of the day but it will be late
on, while it is around, we stayed | 0:26:52 | 0:26:56 | |
with those mild conditions, 12 or 13
degrees and as we move into Thursday | 0:26:56 | 0:27:01 | |
and Friday, wings will turn fresher
as the winds go out of that | 0:27:01 | 0:27:07 | |
south-westerly by the end of the
week we are back into something more | 0:27:07 | 0:27:11 | |
of a northerly. Thank you. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:13 | |
week we are back into something more
of a northerly. Thank you. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:17 | |
That's it for now. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:18 | |
More from me and the London
team at ten thirty. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
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and have a lovely evening. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:28 |