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officer taken ill after heaping the
former Russian spy | 0:00:00 | 0:00:10 | |
Coming up on BBC London News... | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
We hear from the parents
of a severely disabled baby boy | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
who's died after his life support
was withdrawn against their wishes, | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
after long legal battle. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:18 | |
Right now, all I can feel is pure
anger. All I know is justice was | 0:00:18 | 0:00:24 | |
served at all. -- was not served. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:31 | |
Medical staff say their thoughts
are with the parents. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:33 | |
Also tonight... | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
Putting their lives at risk -
a mother's warning | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
against an online craze that
saw her son putting himself | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
in the path of oncoming traffic. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:40 | |
Plus, the oil slick
which threatened wildlife | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
on a stretch of the River Lea. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
Now the Government reveals it knows
who was responsible. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
And, on International Women's Day,
we're on the beat | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
with head of the Met. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:57 | |
-- with the first
female head of the Met. | 0:00:57 | 0:00:59 | |
She tells us what her late mum
would have thought of her becoming | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
the first female commissioner. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:03 | |
I think she would have laughed and
been amazed that her little girl had | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
gone on to do this. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:12 | |
A very warm welcome
to the programme. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
The parents of a severely
disabled baby - | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
who fought against London doctors
over the decision to | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
withdraw his treatment -
have paid an emotional tribute | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
to their "brave little boy
who fought all the way". | 0:01:23 | 0:01:28 | |
One-year-old Isaiah Haastrup passed
away hours after being | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
removed from life support. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
It was switched off
after his parents lost | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
a long-running legal battle. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:36 | |
They told us, they are heartbroken,
as they shared photos of their final | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
moments with their son. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:41 | |
Marc Ashdown reports. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:51 | |
Isaiah Haastrup's short life came
to a tragic end yesterday evening. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:54 | |
While he's been fighting to live,
his parents have been | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
fighting his hospital,
determined he should be given | 0:01:57 | 0:01:58 | |
every chance to survive. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:00 | |
He had a little
cheekiness about him. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:05 | |
Especially when you come
beside him and call his name, | 0:02:05 | 0:02:15 | |
when you open his eyes and stuff
and turn his head towards you. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
That I'm going to miss, but,
right now, all I can feel | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
is just pure anger and... | 0:02:22 | 0:02:27 | |
All I know is justice
was not served at all. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
Isaiah was born at Kings College
Hospital last February. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
He suffered catastrophic
brain damage. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
After an investigation,
Kings eventually apologised | 0:02:35 | 0:02:36 | |
for mistakes doctors made that day. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:42 | |
His parents originally
accepted his prognosis but in April | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
they saw signs of life and disagreed
he should simply be allowed to die. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
The hospital went to the High Court
to seek legal backing. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:54 | |
In November, a judge
agreed to a second opinion | 0:02:54 | 0:02:58 | |
from an independent expert. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:03 | |
In January the court ruled life | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
support could be removed. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
After the parents' appeals to UK | 0:03:09 | 0:03:13 | |
and European courts failed,
yesterday, medical support | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
was removed and Isaiah passed away. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:16 | |
Kings told us they have always
actively sought to involve Isaiah's | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
parents in his care and have always
acted in his best interests. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
They say the decision to apply
to the courts to remove | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
treatment was only taken
after careful consideration. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
The parents still feel let down. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:27 | |
They say in court the doctors
claimed Isaiah could only breed | 0:03:27 | 0:03:37 | |
-- breathe for a few minutes unaided
- he actually survived | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
yesterday for seven hours. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:40 | |
They'd always argued he'd
have a chance of living | 0:03:40 | 0:03:42 | |
if he was weaned slowly
off life support. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
These are Isaiah's
last precious moments. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
Parents must be listened to more
and not just say, well, | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
the doctors have spoken and looking
at the parents from a prism of, | 0:03:48 | 0:03:52 | |
they are in grief or pain. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
They don't know what they're doing,
they're delusional. | 0:03:54 | 0:04:03 | |
But they allowed you to
get a second opinion? | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
All the judges agreed
with the hospital. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
The attitude of the court is,
well, we don't care. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:16 | |
They're doctors, we are not a doctor
will stop that we are the parents, | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
and we see our child. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:21 | |
We see him helpless in the bed. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:22 | |
The beauty of it is Isaiah
showed us what he can do | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
and that he wanted to live. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:27 | |
As a system we let him down again,
even at that stage. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
I think we need to review our system
and save more kids. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
Kings maintained it was always
impossible to predict how long | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
Isaiah could breathe
on his own and their priority | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
was to ensure he was
comfortable with his family. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
We kept talking to him,
we kept singing to him, | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
to encourage him, to let him know
we were here for him. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
And he fought,
he fought all the way. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
And Marc, a really upsetting
story for all involved. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
A sad and tragic end to a difficult
year. Upsetting and distressing for | 0:04:51 | 0:04:56 | |
the family but also for the hospital
staff. There are no villains will | 0:04:56 | 0:05:01 | |
stop their one set out to harm
Isaiah but there are lessons to be | 0:05:01 | 0:05:05 | |
learned. The one at the centre is
about trust. Any hospital manager | 0:05:05 | 0:05:10 | |
watching now will be concerned about
the fundamental breakdown between | 0:05:10 | 0:05:14 | |
parents and the medical experts.
Such a difficult case but not the | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
only one of its kind. The young lady
being treated at Kings, we have | 0:05:18 | 0:05:25 | |
reported that story and also Alfie
Evans, the case is being played out | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
in Liverpool right now. What unites
them is parents are differing wildly | 0:05:29 | 0:05:35 | |
in their views of what is the best
care, challenging the view that the | 0:05:35 | 0:05:41 | |
doctor knows best. Today the parents
are saying, what if? Have we | 0:05:41 | 0:05:47 | |
received the best care? Hospitals
will want to persuade people you can | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
trust us and they will want to make
parents feel they are fully | 0:05:51 | 0:05:57 | |
involved. Sadly, more of these cases
might crop up. Thank you. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:06 | |
You're watching BBC London News. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:07 | |
Coming up later in the programme... | 0:06:07 | 0:06:14 | |
I am in Totten is more details
emerge of who caused the oil spill | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
which aren't wild life on this
stretch of the River Lee. -- | 0:06:17 | 0:06:29 | |
Tottenham. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
A teenager has died
after being shot at a cinema | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
complex in Wood Green. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:36 | |
Armed police were on the scene last
night along with paramedics. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:38 | |
The 19-year-old was taken
to hospital but died | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
a short time later. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:41 | |
No arrests have been made. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:42 | |
Here's Alpa Patel. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:43 | |
This was the scene outside a popular
cinema in Wood Green last night. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
Today, cordoned off, along with
several restaurants and a bus stop. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:52 | |
While forensic officers conduct a
thorough search of the area after a | 0:06:52 | 0:06:57 | |
19-year-old was shot and killed
before half-past midnight last | 0:06:57 | 0:07:01 | |
night. We met Brian Finnegan, who
was walking home shortly after the | 0:07:01 | 0:07:06 | |
shooting he told us what he saw.
Myself and two colleagues, we were | 0:07:06 | 0:07:12 | |
heading home and we actually saw the
guy. He was on the ground. There | 0:07:12 | 0:07:17 | |
were two girls and one fella. They
were trying to comfort him but, as | 0:07:17 | 0:07:24 | |
far as we know, he was already gone.
Just a terrible scene to see when | 0:07:24 | 0:07:30 | |
you are heading home. Brian and
another witness told us they saw the | 0:07:30 | 0:07:35 | |
teenager lying on the ground inside
the doors of the cinema. We have | 0:07:35 | 0:07:40 | |
been speaking to several residents
and people who own businesses in | 0:07:40 | 0:07:44 | |
this immediate area. Most wouldn't
appear on camera out of fear of | 0:07:44 | 0:07:49 | |
being identified. What they did tell
us was about their worries of gangs | 0:07:49 | 0:07:55 | |
operating in and around this
complex. They said that stabbings, | 0:07:55 | 0:07:59 | |
and the sound of gunshots, had
become a regular occurrence around | 0:07:59 | 0:08:03 | |
here. Brian, who lives in the local
area, echoed those views. If there | 0:08:03 | 0:08:08 | |
were less crime, no knives were no
guns, whatever, it would be a lovely | 0:08:08 | 0:08:14 | |
area. How bad is the crime around
here? Well, what has been | 0:08:14 | 0:08:23 | |
experienced in the last few weeks,
quite bad. Police say they are | 0:08:23 | 0:08:28 | |
looking into whether this murder was
gang-related. They also want to | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
speak to anyone who saw two people
making off on mopeds shortly after | 0:08:31 | 0:08:36 | |
the shooting. The 19-year-old is the
second person to die from a gunshot | 0:08:36 | 0:08:42 | |
wound this year in London and the
seventh teenager to be killed on | 0:08:42 | 0:08:46 | |
London's streets will stop --
streets. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:53 | |
A man, who killed three
former partners, has | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
had his minimum sentence increased
at the Court of Appeal. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:57 | |
54-year-old Theodore Johnson
from north London, had two previous | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
convictions for manslaughter
when he was jailed for life | 0:09:00 | 0:09:02 | |
for murder in January. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:03 | |
He was ordered to serve at least
26 years behind bars | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
but three senior judges said
that the minimum tariff was too | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
lenient and it's been
increased to 30 years. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
The Government is warning travellers
not to repeat the action | 0:09:10 | 0:09:15 | |
of some railway passengers
who walked on the tracks | 0:09:15 | 0:09:17 | |
near Lewisham station last week
when their train was stranded | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
for four hours. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:21 | |
The Southeastern service
from London Bridge to Dartford | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
stopped as engineers were unable
to move a broken down train further | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
up the line amid the snow and ice. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
Some of the passengers forced open
the doors to escape. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:38 | |
The deputy leader of
Westminster City Council | 0:09:39 | 0:09:40 | |
has "stepped aside"
while an investigation | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
into his conduct takes place. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:43 | |
Conservative councillor Robert Davis
declared receiving more | 0:09:43 | 0:09:45 | |
than 500 gifts and hospitality over
a three-year period. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
Last month, he referred himself
to the council's monitoring officer. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:51 | |
He strenuously denies any
wrongdoing, but the council's | 0:09:51 | 0:09:52 | |
Labour group says his
behaviour was inappropriate. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:59 | |
It will transform rail
journeys through London. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
That's how the new
Transport Minister | 0:10:01 | 0:10:04 | |
Jo Johnson greeted plans
for new Thameslink | 0:10:04 | 0:10:06 | |
services announced today. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
It'll mean shorter journeys
and capacity freed up on the Tube. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
Mr Johnson, whose
surname may be familiar, | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
also recently became
Minister for London. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
Our political editor, Tim Donovan,
joined him on his journey today. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:28 | |
Not just an opportunity to get a
different perspective but for the | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
new rail minister chance to get good
news on the trains, extra through | 0:10:31 | 0:10:35 | |
service is happening on Tenzing,
joining Cambridge and Peterborough | 0:10:35 | 0:10:39 | |
in the north to Brighton and Horsham
in the south and relieving pressure | 0:10:39 | 0:10:45 | |
on London's choopo. Yell it will
transform services. We're on a train | 0:10:45 | 0:10:50 | |
from Brighton, all the way through
London, to Cambridge was that this | 0:10:50 | 0:10:54 | |
is really transforming journeys for
people. What has happened is the | 0:10:54 | 0:11:00 | |
East Coast Main line has been joined
to Thames -- Thamelink. Thousands of | 0:11:00 | 0:11:11 | |
passengers do not have to get up at
Kings Cross and on again at London | 0:11:11 | 0:11:14 | |
Bridge. This has opened up and
created a network of further journey | 0:11:14 | 0:11:22 | |
opportunities for passengers. As
well as being new rail minister, | 0:11:22 | 0:11:28 | |
this visitor was also a
representative from London. It is | 0:11:28 | 0:11:41 | |
about looking for opportunities we
have before us. We need a city | 0:11:41 | 0:11:48 | |
attracting inward investment. That
is what I want to work with as the | 0:11:48 | 0:11:54 | |
Mayor of London to achieve. The
previous mayor has a strong legacy | 0:11:54 | 0:12:01 | |
from his eight years as the Mayor of
London and we have seen in many of | 0:12:01 | 0:12:05 | |
the things around us today. Do you
think Sadiq Khan is damaging that | 0:12:05 | 0:12:14 | |
legacy? Here's early on in his
mayoralty and has a lot to prove. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:18 | |
What about complaints about the hard
seats on the trains? I have been | 0:12:18 | 0:12:24 | |
sitting in it for a while but I find
it home and comfortable. He headed | 0:12:24 | 0:12:29 | |
off, in press with what he had seen.
Passengers will find out for | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
themselves when the new services
begin in May. -- impressed. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:39 | |
The Government says a potential
source of an oil spill | 0:12:39 | 0:12:41 | |
along the River Lea in north east
London has been traced. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:45 | |
Last month plus Max Bill it is being
investigated by the Environment | 0:12:45 | 0:12:49 | |
Agency. -- | 0:12:49 | 0:12:53 | |
The Environment Agency
is investigating last month's | 0:12:53 | 0:12:55 | |
spillage between Enfield and Newham. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:56 | |
Let's get more from Louisa Preston
who's on the banks of the river now. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:59 | |
Louisa... | 0:12:59 | 0:13:00 | |
the oil spillage caused chaos and
the clean-up operation is ongoing. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
Wildlife was really badly affected.
We saw lots of pictures of swans | 0:13:04 | 0:13:08 | |
covered in black oil who had to be
rescued and then taken to local | 0:13:08 | 0:13:12 | |
sanctuaries where they were cleaned.
It caused chaos for people living on | 0:13:12 | 0:13:17 | |
the river. Basically, people living
on the river had been in lockdown | 0:13:17 | 0:13:21 | |
for the last four weeks. That is
because all of the locks on a four | 0:13:21 | 0:13:26 | |
mile stretch of this river have been
closed. That is to stop the oil | 0:13:26 | 0:13:33 | |
spill from spreading. We heard from
David Lambie he was asking the | 0:13:33 | 0:13:37 | |
environment minister in the House of
Commons as to how this could be | 0:13:37 | 0:13:42 | |
prevented from ever happening again.
Joining me now is Dick Vincent from | 0:13:42 | 0:13:46 | |
the canal and with that trust. Thank
you for joining us. David was saying | 0:13:46 | 0:13:54 | |
that the agencies have to work
together more closely. What do you | 0:13:54 | 0:13:58 | |
make of that? I would like to thank
David for raising it. It is a really | 0:13:58 | 0:14:03 | |
important issue. We need MPs and the
public to make a real change was | 0:14:03 | 0:14:10 | |
this has caused chaos and something
needs to be done. Do you have any | 0:14:10 | 0:14:15 | |
idea as to who caused the spillage?
We do not know ourselves. We can | 0:14:15 | 0:14:20 | |
speculate. It was on an industrial
scale and has polluted four miles of | 0:14:20 | 0:14:26 | |
canals. It is a criminal act and
that is why we are pleased that | 0:14:26 | 0:14:33 | |
David has raised this. We need a
stronger deterrent to prevent this | 0:14:33 | 0:14:37 | |
kind of thing happening. Many would
say there has to be a stronger | 0:14:37 | 0:14:43 | |
deterrent in place, maybe fines and
things, to stop this happening | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
again. It is not for us, as the
charity that cleans up and looks | 0:14:46 | 0:14:50 | |
after the canals, to do that. We
bear the brunt. The real story, the | 0:14:50 | 0:14:56 | |
great story, is we have had help
from the local community and people | 0:14:56 | 0:15:00 | |
living on the boats to help clear up
what is a terrible thing and has | 0:15:00 | 0:15:04 | |
caused terrible damage to wildlife
in the area. Thank you for joining | 0:15:04 | 0:15:09 | |
us. As you heard the terrible damage
to the environment. This is one of | 0:15:09 | 0:15:15 | |
the most polluted rivers in the
capital but hopefully things have | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
been done to stop this kind of thing
from happening again. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:24 | |
Still to come this
Thursday evening... | 0:15:24 | 0:15:29 | |
I was thrilled, humbled and
astonished. Getting the top job in | 0:15:30 | 0:15:39 | |
the net on International Women's
Day. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:42 | |
Cressida Dick's reaction to becoming
London's FIRST female | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
police commissioner. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
A mother of a 15-year-old
who was knocked off his bike | 0:15:49 | 0:15:52 | |
in an online craze -
which sees youngsters try | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
and swerve in front of a car -
is warning it's only a matter | 0:15:54 | 0:15:57 | |
of time before someone is killed. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
Her son escaped with
relatively minor injuries. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:00 | |
She's now helping launch a campaign
to stop the craze spreading. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
Yvonne Hall reports
from Hertfordshire. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:04 | |
This is the so-called game teenagers
are calling "swerve the car". | 0:16:04 | 0:16:08 | |
But 15-year-old Paul
Belcher pushes his | 0:16:08 | 0:16:08 | |
luck too far and doesn't
swerve in time. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
Incredibly, Paul only suffers
bruising in the collision in | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
Hertfordshire. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:16 | |
I didn't know if he was OK,
if he was dead, if he had | 0:16:16 | 0:16:20 | |
broken any bones, if anyone
else had been there. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
The impact of such a stupid game
could have been a loss | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
of life in so many situations. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:32 | |
For drivers, it is terrifying
and dangerous too. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:36 | |
A pregnant woman in
this car had to be | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
treated for shock. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
This is the roundabout in
Borehamwood and a popular location | 0:16:42 | 0:16:44 | |
for teenagers playing
the so-called swerving game. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
You can see how busy it is and how
dangerous it would be | 0:16:47 | 0:16:51 | |
to ride a bike straight
towards these vehicles. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
But what a lot of these youngsters
probably don't realise is | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
their actions are being picked up
on the CCTV camera and it should | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
lead to prosecutions. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:03 | |
This is really dangerous,
to get as close to the | 0:17:03 | 0:17:07 | |
car as possible, usually
to intimidate the driver and it is | 0:17:07 | 0:17:11 | |
often being recorded,
because it is something | 0:17:11 | 0:17:12 | |
to put on social media
to | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
show their friends as a fun game. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
Well, our message is
it isn't a fun game, | 0:17:18 | 0:17:20 | |
it is a dangerous game
and | 0:17:20 | 0:17:25 | |
people will end up getting
killed and injured. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:27 | |
Here a cyclist even
swerves towards a | 0:17:27 | 0:17:28 | |
police car. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:29 | |
Officers say the number of
complaints they're getting about the | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
craze is increasing. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:33 | |
They're now planning
a campaign in schools to | 0:17:33 | 0:17:35 | |
stop more teenagers risking theirs
and other people's lives. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:42 | |
Now to mark International
Women's Day - | 0:17:42 | 0:17:44 | |
this week we're getting an insight
into the some of senior | 0:17:44 | 0:17:46 | |
women who run London. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
Yesterday, we heard from the London
Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:52 | |
Today the first woman in charge
of the Met, Cressida Dick, | 0:17:52 | 0:17:56 | |
talks about advice in her early
career, the shooting of an innocent | 0:17:56 | 0:18:01 | |
man and whether the woman in charge
of the largest police force | 0:18:01 | 0:18:05 | |
in the country can ever relax. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:05 | |
I caught up with her
earlier this week. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
What was your first thought when you
were appointed? I was thrilled, I | 0:18:09 | 0:18:17 | |
was humbled, I was astonished and I
thought about my mum, no longer with | 0:18:17 | 0:18:21 | |
us sadly. What would your mum have
said? I think she would have | 0:18:21 | 0:18:28 | |
laughed. I think she would be amazed
that her little girl had you know | 0:18:28 | 0:18:36 | |
gone on to do this. How How did you
cope in the earlies with the canteen | 0:18:36 | 0:18:44 | |
culture and the sexism in the force?
It was a different age. I loved | 0:18:44 | 0:18:49 | |
policing and I was prepared to
challenge. I stood up for what I | 0:18:49 | 0:18:53 | |
believed in. But I remember one of
my bosses saying, if you fight every | 0:18:53 | 0:19:04 | |
battle, you will get shot down and
that will be the end of you. I think | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
I learned you can't take on every
battle head on. But you should stand | 0:19:07 | 0:19:12 | |
up for yourself. Do you ever show
vulnerability? I heard myself saying | 0:19:12 | 0:19:18 | |
to my senior officers the other day
that we had had a terrible year and | 0:19:18 | 0:19:22 | |
I knew that some of them would be
feeling like crying and sometimes it | 0:19:22 | 0:19:29 | |
is good for a team to see a boss
making themselves vulnerable. In | 0:19:29 | 0:19:37 | |
terms of shooting of a man, you were
cleared of any wrong doing, did you | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
ever question your judgment after
that? I don't think you can an | 0:19:41 | 0:19:48 | |
effective operational leader if you
don't ask yourself hard questions. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:52 | |
Absolutely. Did I think that I had
made... You know fundamental error | 0:19:52 | 0:19:59 | |
of judgment in the decisions that I
made based on the information I had? | 0:19:59 | 0:20:05 | |
No I didn't. But a terrible thing
happened, an innocent man was | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
killed. Does it ever feel like a
personal failure when you hear of | 0:20:09 | 0:20:13 | |
another stabbing? I suppose in a
way... It does. I feel sad of course | 0:20:13 | 0:20:26 | |
for what has happened. I feel sorry
for everybody involved. And I know | 0:20:26 | 0:20:34 | |
that you know the public and the
media are kind of counting each one | 0:20:34 | 0:20:38 | |
and quite right too, because they're
all... You know cherished children. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:45 | |
Ry death is a tragedy and we should
all feel outraged by that. What do | 0:20:45 | 0:20:51 | |
you want your legacy to be? I want
to leave a Met that is in really | 0:20:51 | 0:20:58 | |
good slap. More importantly -- in
really good shape and I want London | 0:20:58 | 0:21:03 | |
to be seen as a safe city in which
people can see that we have taken | 0:21:03 | 0:21:09 | |
violence seriously and reduced the
most pernicious sorts of violence | 0:21:09 | 0:21:13 | |
and that we have done everything we
can to prevent attacks. The | 0:21:13 | 0:21:20 | |
terrorist threat is a generational
issue. How long have you been doing | 0:21:20 | 0:21:27 | |
this? Over a year. Does it help your
partner was in the force and | 0:21:27 | 0:21:33 | |
understands the climate you work? .
It does in some ways, it means if I | 0:21:33 | 0:21:40 | |
need to drop everything and go and I
have to take a phone call, she does | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
get it. There might be a few down
sides as well. Talking shop? | 0:21:43 | 0:21:48 | |
Exactly. The nature of the job is
that you are on 24/7, 365 days a | 0:21:48 | 0:21:56 | |
year. So how on earth does the Met
commissioner relax? I have got a | 0:21:56 | 0:22:02 | |
great team. Fantastic people. I have
always slept well and I find I eetzy | 0:22:02 | 0:22:10 | |
to relax. -- Easy to relax. Can we
imagine you putting your feet up and | 0:22:10 | 0:22:15 | |
watching a box set? Box sets might
be for retirement. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:21 | |
And tomorrow we'll hear
from the new Bishop | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
of London, Sarah Mullally -
the first woman to hold the post. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:26 | |
More on International Women's Day
on our Facebook Page. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:29 | |
Talking of positive role models - | 0:22:29 | 0:22:31 | |
how one charity is putting
its weight behind getting | 0:22:31 | 0:22:33 | |
more girls into rugby. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
It's still seen as a male-dominated
sport but one London club | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
is helping to change that. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:40 | |
Emma Jones has the story. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:48 | |
Now then, no roughness, girls! Oh
this isn't a bargain sale. Attitudes | 0:22:48 | 0:22:54 | |
to women playing rugby have
hopefully changed a lot over the | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
years. The London Welsh women's team
are top of their league and are keen | 0:22:57 | 0:23:04 | |
to inspire others to take up a sport
that means so much to them. It can | 0:23:04 | 0:23:11 | |
be offputing to start a sport if you
don't think you're slinky or skinny. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:17 | |
In rugby it is about strength as
well and it can help with your | 0:23:17 | 0:23:20 | |
fitness. Being strong, independent
women who play sport is an | 0:23:20 | 0:23:27 | |
attractive thing. It is not worrying
what other people will think about | 0:23:27 | 0:23:30 | |
you, but going for something that
feels right for you. This season the | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
team is being sponsored by the
inspiring girls charity. Founded by | 0:23:33 | 0:23:42 | |
international lawyer Miriam Gonzalez
it aims to find role models for | 0:23:42 | 0:23:48 | |
women. We have more men who say we
want that society with women and | 0:23:48 | 0:23:55 | |
girls feel free to play rugby and
men feel free to do caring jobs and | 0:23:55 | 0:24:01 | |
we kick out the stereotypes. It is
easier than getting the vote. He and | 0:24:01 | 0:24:13 | |
her husband Nick Clegg know about
the challenges. I'm optimistic. Some | 0:24:13 | 0:24:23 | |
of us who are older come to equal
opportunities through a process. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:29 | |
These people have it in their DNA.
All we have to do is not ruin it. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:36 | |
With the women's Six Nationses back
this weekend, it seems we are not | 0:24:36 | 0:24:40 | |
too short of candidates for role
models. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:46 | |
Time for a check on the weather. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:47 | |
Ben's joined us -
hard to believe now | 0:24:47 | 0:24:49 | |
what it was like this
time last week. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:50 | |
what it was like this
time last week. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
Yes you might have struggled to
believe we could get above freezing | 0:24:53 | 0:24:57 | |
again. But wait until you see the
temperatures for the week. Certainly | 0:24:57 | 0:25:01 | |
we are going to see some mild
weather over the next few days. At | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
the same time there will be some
rain at types. Most of us got to | 0:25:05 | 0:25:10 | |
enjoy some sunshine today. Some
cloud for our weather watcher in | 0:25:10 | 0:25:18 | |
Hertford but a beautiful scene above
The Shard earlier. We had some area | 0:25:18 | 0:25:25 | |
of cloud. But we have had some
sunshine. Where we have the sunny | 0:25:25 | 0:25:30 | |
skies by day we will have clear
skies at night and temperatures will | 0:25:30 | 0:25:34 | |
dip. Some patchy cloud during
tonight. Some clear starry scars for | 0:25:34 | 0:25:39 | |
most and the -- skies for most and
temperatures just above freezing, | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
but for many places down to minus
one or two degrees. Some frost in | 0:25:43 | 0:25:49 | |
the morning. And some mist patches.
We get some sunshine, but it won't | 0:25:49 | 0:25:53 | |
last. Because the cloud will be
spreading up from the south and into | 0:25:53 | 0:25:57 | |
the afternoon you can see these
outbreaks of rain. The blue colours | 0:25:57 | 0:26:03 | |
show the rain will be light. But the
odd heavy burst. Won't stop the | 0:26:03 | 0:26:09 | |
temperatures getting up to 10
degrees. Breezy but we say goodbye | 0:26:09 | 0:26:13 | |
to the wet weather on Friday and
Saturday starts off with spells of | 0:26:13 | 0:26:17 | |
sunshine. One or two hefty showers.
But look at the temperatures - 14, | 0:26:17 | 0:26:24 | |
15, maybe even 16 degrees if you're
lucky. Because this area of low | 0:26:24 | 0:26:29 | |
pressure will drive things through
the weekend and yes, it will bring | 0:26:29 | 0:26:33 | |
rain, but it will also give us this
feed of southerly winds. So mild air | 0:26:33 | 0:26:40 | |
continuing to waft in. But some of
us could see a bit of rain clipping | 0:26:40 | 0:26:44 | |
through on Sunday. Particularly in
Essex and Kent. But generally a | 0:26:44 | 0:26:48 | |
largely dry day. Still mild. Next
week not as mild, but still 11 or | 0:26:48 | 0:26:54 | |
12. We might have struggled to think
we would see temperatures like that | 0:26:54 | 0:27:00 | |
again after last week. Thank you. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:03 | |
we would see temperatures like that
again after last week. Thank you. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:05 | |
Let me just recap
the main headlines. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:07 | |
The police officer who
helped a former Russian | 0:27:07 | 0:27:09 | |
spy and his daughter,
after they'd been poisoned by nerve | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
gas is now able to sit up and talk. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:13 | |
But Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey
remains in a serious condition. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:22 | |
A one-year-old from
South London who was left | 0:27:22 | 0:27:24 | |
brain damaged at birth has died,
hours after doctors | 0:27:24 | 0:27:27 | |
withdrew life support. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:28 | |
Isaiah Haastrup's parents had
fought against a decision | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
by King's College Hospital
to move him to palliative care. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
That's it. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:33 | |
Asad Ahmad will be back later
during the ten o'clock news, | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
but for now from everyone
on the team have a lovely evening. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:38 | |
Goodbye. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 |