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The families of the four men
murdered by serial killer | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
Stephen Port learn of missed
opportunities and failures | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
by the police in their
initial investigation. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
Officers were interviewed and some
of them remain under the microscope | 0:00:22 | 0:00:26 | |
for damning failings. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:27 | |
We'll hear how the victims families
are frustrated about how | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
long investigation into the police
response is taking. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:31 | |
Hundreds of homeless people leave
a central London building they'd | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
been squatting in during cold
weather, ahead of bailiffs arriving. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
A court hears how a French nanny
living in south London was held | 0:00:37 | 0:00:41 | |
captive and badly beaten
before her death. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:45 | |
We'll hear from Russians living
in the capital concerned | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
for their safety after the nerve
agent attack in Salisbury. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:57 | |
Thank you. Thank you from you
specifically. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
And we'll be finding out
why our school reporters got a big | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
thank you from Star Wars
actor John Boyega. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:13 | |
Good evening and welcome
to the programme. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
I'm Louisa Preston. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
First tonight - the families
of the men murdered | 0:01:20 | 0:01:25 | |
by serial killer Stephen Port have
learnt of "multiple | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
failures" and "missed
opportunities" by the Met. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:28 | |
Port drugged and raped four young
men and dumped their bodies | 0:01:28 | 0:01:32 | |
in a graveyard near his
home in Barking. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:34 | |
He was given a life sentence
for their murders in 2016. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:38 | |
The families of the victims say
they are frustrated about how slow | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
the investigation has been. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:42 | |
Frankie McCamley reports. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:48 | |
The graveyard in Barking where
Stephen Port dumped three of his | 0:01:48 | 0:01:53 | |
four victims' bodies. He invited
them to his home using dating apps | 0:01:53 | 0:01:58 | |
before killing them with a gleeful
dose of a | 0:01:58 | 0:02:02 | |
-- with a lethal dose of a drug.
Police were asked multiple times | 0:02:06 | 0:02:14 | |
whether they thought the deaths had
been connected, but officers missed | 0:02:14 | 0:02:19 | |
all signs there was a serial killer
at work. Today the victims' families | 0:02:19 | 0:02:26 | |
say they have been told a report
into the net's response to the | 0:02:26 | 0:02:30 | |
murders will be damning. We have
been told the reporter is likely to | 0:02:30 | 0:02:35 | |
be critical of the Metropolitan
Police and a good number of officers | 0:02:35 | 0:02:40 | |
employed by the Met. 17 officers
have been interviewed and a fair | 0:02:40 | 0:02:44 | |
number remain under the microscope
for some damning failings. The force | 0:02:44 | 0:02:50 | |
refuses to comment that the
Independent office for police | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
conduct launch the enquiry after
families raised concerns. If they | 0:02:53 | 0:03:01 | |
had done what they were supposed to,
lives would have been saved. People | 0:03:01 | 0:03:05 | |
would not have gone through what
they went through. Anthony Walgate's | 0:03:05 | 0:03:13 | |
mother accused the force of ignoring
the death simply because the men | 0:03:13 | 0:03:19 | |
were gay. It was homophobic. They
refuse to investigate anything. No | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
matter what you said to them. The
former chef was given a life | 0:03:23 | 0:03:29 | |
sentence despite a catalogue of
errors by police. But questions | 0:03:29 | 0:03:34 | |
still remain. Why did it take so
long for police to take notice and | 0:03:34 | 0:03:40 | |
what can be done to stop it
happening again? | 0:03:40 | 0:03:45 | |
Frankie joins us now. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:46 | |
You spoke to the lawyer working
with the victims families today - | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
how are they feeling? | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
The families have spoken to the BBC
on a number of occasions expressing | 0:03:51 | 0:03:56 | |
frustration towards the police and
since their meeting with the | 0:03:56 | 0:04:01 | |
independent office for police
conduct I still think that is the | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
case, especially as they are not as
far down the line in this as they | 0:04:04 | 0:04:09 | |
wanted. It is a complex enquiry,
looking into more than a dozen | 0:04:09 | 0:04:14 | |
officers and also sadly into a
number of deaths and the family are | 0:04:14 | 0:04:19 | |
unaware of that. They say they are
understanding towards that because | 0:04:19 | 0:04:23 | |
their main priority is to get to the
bottom of what happened in the | 0:04:23 | 0:04:28 | |
investigation. Are we clearer on
when they will find out more | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
information? We understand the
report will be sent to the | 0:04:31 | 0:04:38 | |
Metropolitan Police by May. It does
not mean the findings will be made | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
public and the families will see it,
that will happen further down the | 0:04:41 | 0:04:46 | |
line but we know 17 officers are
being investigated, seven of whom | 0:04:46 | 0:04:51 | |
could be sacked if found guilty of
gross misconduct. The Metropolitan | 0:04:51 | 0:04:56 | |
Police say it is inappropriate to
comment and it is said that the | 0:04:56 | 0:05:06 | |
independent office does not have
views on the findings. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:14 | |
Lots more to come including.... | 0:05:14 | 0:05:15 | |
The people living on the River Lea
who say it's taking too long | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
to clean up the the worst oil
spill in years. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
Some homeless people who have been
squatting in a central London | 0:05:21 | 0:05:25 | |
building during the cold weather say
they don't know where they will | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
sleep tonight, after leaving ahead
of a court deadline. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
More than 150 people were staying | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
in the Great Portland Street site,
and left voluntarily. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:34 | |
But many were worried
about where they would end up, | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
as Helen Drew reports. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:42 | |
Midday today, the deadline for
around 150 homeless people to leave | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
this building. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:46 | |
They waited for the bailiffs,
who did not show up. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
But they left anyway. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:49 | |
Nearly all without a plan. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
Where are you going to go now? | 0:05:52 | 0:05:57 | |
This is the thing, we don't know. | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
We have not got
a clue at the moment. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
We could be heading
back to the streets. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:03 | |
The doorways. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:04 | |
In corners, with rubbish. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:05 | |
We could be eating out of bins. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
We don't know. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:08 | |
We don't know what's
going to happen tonight. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
They have had somewhere to sleep
since the beginning of the | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
month, when activists took over this
four-storey building on great | 0:06:13 | 0:06:15 | |
Portland Street because
of the cold weather. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
The primary object of this building
was to try and beat the | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
Beast from the East. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
To try to raise awareness
of empty buildings. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
Trying to save people'slives. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:25 | |
I have been speaking
to volunteers who have | 0:06:25 | 0:06:27 | |
told me stories of the amazing
generosity they have experienced | 0:06:27 | 0:06:29 | |
from strangers. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:31 | |
They tell me supermarket
shops delivered straight | 0:06:31 | 0:06:32 | |
to the door here. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
And one lady told me
when she gave the man a pair of | 0:06:35 | 0:06:37 | |
socks he cried and said
it was the first time he had had | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
a pair of socks for years. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:42 | |
But there are local residents
who say they have seen | 0:06:42 | 0:06:44 | |
people urinating outside
and are worried about aggressive | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
and drunken behaviour. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:47 | |
Last week, the building's
landlord went to court | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
saying these people had
no right to be here. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:52 | |
And the judge backed
their eviction order. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
Westminster Council tells us
they are aware of the | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
situation and have been offering
support to those with a genuine | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
housing need. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:01 | |
They say they offer over 400
bed spaces every night | 0:07:01 | 0:07:05 | |
through local partners and the Mayor
of London says his team have spoken | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
to Westminster Council and | 0:07:08 | 0:07:09 | |
made sure help is at hand. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:14 | |
But most of the people we met
did not have a bed for | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
tonight and volunteers
feel frustrated. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:18 | |
They will have food
in their bellies, | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
they would have had
a | 0:07:20 | 0:07:21 | |
hot cup of coffee. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:22 | |
That is the best we can do. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:24 | |
We will keep in touch
with them as best as we can. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:27 | |
It is absolutely terrible. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:28 | |
People are going to go
out on the streets to | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
die. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:31 | |
With all the buildings spare in this
country, I don't understand | 0:07:31 | 0:07:35 | |
what is going on. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:35 | |
I think it is disgusting. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:36 | |
After we spoke to Andrew,
he headed out to Bexley for | 0:07:36 | 0:07:39 | |
a meeting with the charity
about a place to stay, | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
but they have nothing just yet
so tonight he has come back | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
to central London. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:45 | |
He may well rejoin the group. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
It is not confirmed, but many told
us they had found another | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
building just down the road. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:51 | |
But they would not say where. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:56 | |
A French nanny, whose body
was found in a garden | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
in South London, was held captive
and badly beaten before her death, | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
a court has heard. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:10 | |
21-year-old Sophie Leonnet
was discovered at a | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
house in Southfields. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:13 | |
Her former employers are on trial
at the Old Bailey for her murder. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
Richard Lister was in court. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
Opening the prosecution, the QC told
the jury that Sophie Leonnet's last | 0:08:19 | 0:08:24 | |
hours must've been truly wretched.
He said she was found with four | 0:08:24 | 0:08:29 | |
broken ribs, a broken jaw and
fractured sternum and said the | 0:08:29 | 0:08:33 | |
defendants tried to conceal her body
by burning it in their garden. He | 0:08:33 | 0:08:38 | |
told the court that Sabrina had a
fixation with the former member of | 0:08:38 | 0:08:49 | |
the band Boyzone. He's said that she
had accused her nanny of conspiring | 0:08:49 | 0:08:54 | |
with him, an accusation he denies.
The court said he had not met Sophie | 0:08:54 | 0:08:58 | |
Leonnet and not in touch with her
and lives in Los Angeles. The court | 0:08:58 | 0:09:08 | |
heard that other allegations were
made against the nanny, that she had | 0:09:08 | 0:09:13 | |
beat and interrogated her and refuse
to let her go home. Sophie Leonnet's | 0:09:13 | 0:09:18 | |
parents were in court to hear the
sometimes distressing account of her | 0:09:18 | 0:09:24 | |
life. Both defendants deny murder. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:31 | |
Police are looking for a man
who burgled an elderly | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
woman as she lay in bed. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:35 | |
The 90-year-old was in her home
in Blackbrook Lane in Bromley | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
when a man forced open the window,
climbed inside her bedroom | 0:09:38 | 0:09:44 | |
and took her jewellery.
climbed inside her bedroom | 0:09:44 | 0:09:44 | |
Her family had installed CCTV in her
home as she suffers from Alzheimers. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
A man has been charged
with attempted murder after a car | 0:09:47 | 0:09:50 | |
was driven into a busy nightclub
injuring at least 13 people. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
It happened in Gravesend
on Saturday night. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:54 | |
21-year-old Mohammed Abdul
from Deptford has been remanded | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
in custody and will appear
in court next month. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:58 | |
The incident isn't being
treated as terror-related. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:04 | |
Residents in Croydon
were evacuated from their homes | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
overnight after a car drove
into an energy plant | 0:10:07 | 0:10:08 | |
and caused a gas leak. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:11 | |
It happened on Whitestone Way
and cordons were put in place. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:16 | |
Roads have now reopened
and residents will be able to return | 0:10:16 | 0:10:18 | |
home once safety checks
are carried out. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
Two men found guilty
of organising hundreds | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
of cockfights have escaped jail. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:27 | |
The RSPCA says the case against
Bill Ripley and Moses Brinkley, | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
who both live in Kent,
is the biggest of its kind | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
they've ever seen. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:36 | |
More than 45,000 pieces
of evidence were gathered, | 0:10:36 | 0:10:38 | |
showing the men were obsessed
with the illegal sport, often | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
forcing birds to fight to the death. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:42 | |
They were handed a 14-week
suspended sentence. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:49 | |
In May, Londoners will be
heading to the polls | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
for the local council elections. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:52 | |
Today a campaign to crack down
on voter fraud was launched. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
One of the measures being trialled
in some parts of the capital | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
will require people to show
ID to vote. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:00 | |
But as Marc Ashdown reports,
some are questioning | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 | |
what difference it will make. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:09 | |
Your vote belongs to you. Your
voice, your vote is the message | 0:11:09 | 0:11:13 | |
behind the campaign to tackle voter
fraud. Three areas in London will | 0:11:13 | 0:11:19 | |
run a pilot at local elections and
voters will have to present photo ID | 0:11:19 | 0:11:24 | |
to cast their ballot. But it has
prompted a group of 40 charities, | 0:11:24 | 0:11:31 | |
campaign groups and academics to
write to the government to outline | 0:11:31 | 0:11:35 | |
their concerns. The letter
effectively says it is like using a | 0:11:35 | 0:11:39 | |
sledgehammer to crack a nut and
notes according to official figures | 0:11:39 | 0:11:43 | |
there were 44 allegations of voter
impersonation in 2016, compare to | 0:11:43 | 0:11:50 | |
3.5 million voters in the UK who do
not have access to photo ID and | 0:11:50 | 0:11:55 | |
concerned that the 7.5% of the
electorate might be put off trying | 0:11:55 | 0:12:00 | |
to vote. I think it is a concern
that is not founded and risk | 0:12:00 | 0:12:06 | |
scaremongering. People have said it,
the electoral reform Society and | 0:12:06 | 0:12:12 | |
organisations saying people do not
have access to photo ID. The | 0:12:12 | 0:12:17 | |
authorities who have taken part in
the pilots have made sure everybody | 0:12:17 | 0:12:21 | |
has an alternative method. If you
are concerned you do not have the | 0:12:21 | 0:12:29 | |
IDE, you do not need to worry, speak
to the council if they are part of | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
the pilot and they will help with an
alternative method. In Tower Hamlets | 0:12:33 | 0:12:35 | |
they are focusing on postal ballots
after the 20 14th scandal. There | 0:12:35 | 0:12:40 | |
will be checks and home visits were
multiple people registered. The main | 0:12:40 | 0:12:46 | |
challenge is getting people engaged.
Will you vote? Yes. In the local | 0:12:46 | 0:12:50 | |
elections, do you know when they
are? I don't know. I am not | 0:12:50 | 0:12:55 | |
interested. Probably not. Would it
put you off if you had to show ID? | 0:12:55 | 0:13:03 | |
No. You would still vote? This is a
solution looking for a problem and | 0:13:03 | 0:13:10 | |
people should focus on getting the
turnout up and not creating new | 0:13:10 | 0:13:14 | |
barriers at the polling station.
Turnout can be 40%, or lower, so we | 0:13:14 | 0:13:22 | |
should focus on people exercising
their democratic right. People say | 0:13:22 | 0:13:28 | |
this is keeping democracy safe. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:30 | |
It's more than a month since the oil
spill on the River Lea | 0:13:30 | 0:13:33 | |
and people living on the north
London canal are calling | 0:13:33 | 0:13:36 | |
on the government to investigate
the inadequate clean up. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
Boaters and businesses say it's
taken too long to clean the polluted | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
stretch of the canal,
and they've been | 0:13:41 | 0:13:43 | |
exposed to toxic waste. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:44 | |
Gareth Furby reports. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:49 | |
Today it look pretty but five weeks
after a massive oil spill on the | 0:13:49 | 0:13:55 | |
River Lea, some patches have still
not been cleared up. The lorry lives | 0:13:55 | 0:14:00 | |
on a canal boat and showed as one
location -- Laurie Watkins. It is | 0:14:00 | 0:14:07 | |
not healthy for wildlife and for
people living on the boats. If it | 0:14:07 | 0:14:11 | |
happens again I want to make sure
there is something in place to | 0:14:11 | 0:14:15 | |
prevent it from spreading to the
scale it has. No one yet knows who | 0:14:15 | 0:14:20 | |
is to blame but the theory is it was
dumped into a Zurich chip pipe that | 0:14:20 | 0:14:25 | |
went into the river. Some think it
is wrong they had to play such a | 0:14:25 | 0:14:32 | |
large role in the clean-up. An
industrial spill of this size should | 0:14:32 | 0:14:37 | |
not come down to volunteers. When
the agency who are responsible have | 0:14:37 | 0:14:43 | |
not done enough about it after
weeks, that is where we felt we | 0:14:43 | 0:14:48 | |
needed to step in. An open letter
has been written calling on the | 0:14:48 | 0:14:53 | |
authorities to rethink their
approach. So that if it happens | 0:14:53 | 0:14:57 | |
again, the response is better
organised. We would like to see a | 0:14:57 | 0:15:04 | |
faster response in future if a
future disaster happened, in order | 0:15:04 | 0:15:10 | |
to contain the oil quicker and not
allow it to spread as far as it has | 0:15:10 | 0:15:15 | |
this time. Today we filmed as the
official clean-up continued. This | 0:15:15 | 0:15:20 | |
was the Environment Agency. This is
unprecedented. This event that has | 0:15:20 | 0:15:29 | |
happened to us has never happened in
the past. We have never had anything | 0:15:29 | 0:15:34 | |
on this scale. We have kept up with
it but because of the flow of the | 0:15:34 | 0:15:38 | |
river it continuously comes in. In
future we would deal with it the | 0:15:38 | 0:15:44 | |
same way, working multi-agency and
responding quickly. Today at last | 0:15:44 | 0:15:48 | |
the canal was reopened. The blooms
that have blocked traffic finally | 0:15:48 | 0:15:53 | |
removed. But some river users will
not rest until all remnants have | 0:15:53 | 0:15:58 | |
gone and they have been reassured
that any future emergency will be | 0:15:58 | 0:16:03 | |
dealt with differently. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:03 | |
Still to come.... | 0:16:03 | 0:16:07 | |
Talking school, stardom
and science fiction. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:10 | |
What happened when our
school reporters met | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
Hollywood actor John Boyega. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:18 | |
At last, today the sun was out and
the snow was melting. Could we at | 0:16:18 | 0:16:23 | |
last be about to see Spring? Join me
later. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:30 | |
Some Russian families living
in the capital have told this | 0:16:30 | 0:16:32 | |
programme that they feel anxious
about their safety after | 0:16:32 | 0:16:34 | |
the nerve agent attack
just over two weeks ago. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:40 | |
Few are willing to speak on camera
for fear of getting into trouble | 0:16:40 | 0:16:43 | |
with the authorities
in their home country. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
But as Sarah Harris reports
the mayor is keen to reassure them | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
they are living in a safe city. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:55 | |
Queensway in west London. Known
locally as little Russia. That is | 0:16:55 | 0:16:59 | |
where many of the shop and stall
owners and customers originate from. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:05 | |
It is eerie quiet. Nothing much to
do that count the stock. Katya came | 0:17:05 | 0:17:12 | |
to the capital with her family when
she was nine will stop her child | 0:17:12 | 0:17:16 | |
goes to a Russian school here. She
is not surprised many of her friends | 0:17:16 | 0:17:21 | |
and family are lying low. I have had
a few of my friends cracking jokes | 0:17:21 | 0:17:25 | |
and telling me, better that I don't
eat from your house because you | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
might poison me. When I meet
strangers over the last month they | 0:17:28 | 0:17:34 | |
are like, I need to be careful
around you, I do not know if I | 0:17:34 | 0:17:37 | |
should make friends with you. It is
weird and silly. What the | 0:17:37 | 0:17:42 | |
politicians are doing has nothing to
do with us. A luxurious £24 million | 0:17:42 | 0:17:48 | |
house for sale in an exclusive
square in Belgravia. The ideal pad | 0:17:48 | 0:17:53 | |
for a Russian oligarch, to Google
client for estate agent Becky, who | 0:17:53 | 0:17:59 | |
also runs a concierge service or her
wealthy clients. -- a typical | 0:17:59 | 0:18:06 | |
client. They're looking at close,
personal security and air that comes | 0:18:06 | 0:18:11 | |
into rebuilding. We have certain
requests from the IP clients for | 0:18:11 | 0:18:16 | |
masks with a charcoal filter,
because that is the best for | 0:18:16 | 0:18:22 | |
counteracting an attack. The Mayor
of London is keen to reassure | 0:18:22 | 0:18:30 | |
Russians living here. It is really
important to distinguish and | 0:18:30 | 0:18:34 | |
separate Londoners of Russian origin
or Russians in London on business | 0:18:34 | 0:18:40 | |
from reactions of what appears to be
the Russian government. My message | 0:18:40 | 0:18:45 | |
to law-abiding Russians is you are
welcome here. With President Putin | 0:18:45 | 0:18:49 | |
now serving his next term in office,
many Russians in London are hoping | 0:18:49 | 0:18:55 | |
to get on with their lives, even if
any that means for now staying at | 0:18:55 | 0:18:59 | |
home and keeping a low profile. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:03 | |
They're a common sight
in the capital. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:04 | |
Box trees cut into hedges
of all shapes and sizes. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
But, they're under threat
from box tree caterpillars. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:09 | |
Now horticulturalists in Surrey
are trying to find the best | 0:19:09 | 0:19:12 | |
way to tackle the pest. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:13 | |
Our Environment Correspondent, Tom
Edwards, has been finding out more. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:20 | |
The boxtree caterpillar
arrived from China | 0:19:20 | 0:19:24 | |
around 2011 and since then,
it has been destroying the capital's | 0:19:24 | 0:19:30 | |
boxtrees, leaving them
looking like this. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:32 | |
Last summer this was eaten
completely by caterpillars of the | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
Boxtree moth. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
And in particular it seems to be
a problem in gardens in | 0:19:37 | 0:19:39 | |
south-west London. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:44 | |
They can completely
strip the plant of | 0:19:44 | 0:19:46 | |
leaves and do not
look very attractive. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
They covered them in webbing. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:50 | |
It does not look or smell
very nice at all. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:57 | |
At the Royal Horticultural
Society in Surrrey, they | 0:19:57 | 0:19:59 | |
are now breeding the caterpillars,
because they want to test the best | 0:19:59 | 0:20:05 | |
way to tackle them, including
when and how to apply insecticide | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
or natural control methods
such as nematodes. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:13 | |
We probably start off quite simple
or basic with how well do these | 0:20:13 | 0:20:17 | |
nematode biological control work
on the Boxtree Caterpillar? | 0:20:17 | 0:20:23 | |
Perhaps how well does
some pesticides work on | 0:20:23 | 0:20:28 | |
them, are there different ways
we can apply them to make them more | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
effective and eventually
we would piece together the separate | 0:20:31 | 0:20:33 | |
research projects into the advice
we can give | 0:20:33 | 0:20:35 | |
to gardeners. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:39 | |
The other alternative is to use
other types of hedges that | 0:20:39 | 0:20:48 | |
the caterpillars do not eat. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:57 | |
Experts believe these pests will be
difficult to get rid of. And we will | 0:20:57 | 0:21:02 | |
see changes to the capital's and is
permanently. -- Gardens. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:10 | |
Now it's not very often you get
to see behind the scenes | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
when a new Hollywood film
is being promoted but as part | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
of the BBC's School Report we sent
two students from Lewisham | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
to experience it first hand -
and for their first assignment | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
they spoke to Star Wars'
actor John Boyega. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
Wendy Hurrell was also
there to give them some pointers. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:30 | |
Welcome to the baffling world of the
movie junket, into which we have | 0:21:30 | 0:21:35 | |
brought our intrepid school
reporters. We are here in a 5-star | 0:21:35 | 0:21:43 | |
hotel... To interview John Boyega
about his new film. Don't give up. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:50 | |
He plays Jake Pentecost, fighting
off sea monsters in Pacific Rim | 0:21:50 | 0:21:59 | |
Uprising. We are in a small room at
a posh hotel filled with production | 0:21:59 | 0:22:04 | |
staff and a startling array of
light, sound and camera equipment. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:09 | |
We are really nervous. It is an
intimidating situation. In a holding | 0:22:09 | 0:22:14 | |
room, a pep talk from me. There will
be people hiding in the corner and | 0:22:14 | 0:22:19 | |
you are wondering what they are
doing. Ignore them and that is fine. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:23 | |
The movie stars have been sitting
here all day answering pretty much | 0:22:23 | 0:22:27 | |
the same questions over and over.
Taking presents always goes down | 0:22:27 | 0:22:32 | |
well. Do you know what, other people
keep the mind me it is my birthday | 0:22:32 | 0:22:39 | |
and I had totally forgotten. Thank
you for this. Thank you so much. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:46 | |
There was a battle scene in the film
and there were weapons like light | 0:22:46 | 0:22:57 | |
sabres from Star Wars. I wish we
could have won from Pacific rim. You | 0:22:57 | 0:23:03 | |
are known as a peck boy. Does this
help to fulfil your acting dreams? | 0:23:03 | 0:23:10 | |
-- peck. I am blessed. I have had a
good time in theatre schools with | 0:23:10 | 0:23:18 | |
friends who were aiming for the same
thing as myself. I was there when I | 0:23:18 | 0:23:23 | |
had the biggest role in my life. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:29 | |
What a brilliant start! | 0:23:29 | 0:23:31 | |
Let's find out when it's going to
get a bit warmer with Matt Taylor. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
Plenty of snow across London during
the weekend. Today at least we will | 0:23:39 | 0:23:43 | |
see some sunshine. Probably felt
warmer when you are out there but | 0:23:43 | 0:23:47 | |
still a cold wind out of the wind
and sun it felt nice. It has started | 0:23:47 | 0:23:52 | |
to snow -- it has stopped snowing in
and around London. A few problems | 0:23:52 | 0:24:05 | |
with the graphics of the Locatelli
what will happen for them tonight at | 0:24:05 | 0:24:09 | |
the moment clear skies around for
the temperatures are set to plummet | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
for that there will be a frost here
and there to take us into the | 0:24:12 | 0:24:16 | |
morning. A keen, north-easterly wind
which will bring more cloud later | 0:24:16 | 0:24:22 | |
on. As the cloud rolls in in
Hertfordshire and Essex, there could | 0:24:22 | 0:24:27 | |
be the odd spot of light rain. Maybe
sleep as well. Nothing too | 0:24:27 | 0:24:34 | |
significant. The clearest conditions
in the first part of the night for | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
the plenty of cloud with a few
breaks here and there. For morning | 0:24:38 | 0:24:43 | |
commuters, be prepared. It will be
on the cold side. Temperatures | 0:24:43 | 0:24:46 | |
hovering between -1 and minus to.
You will have to wrap up first thing | 0:24:46 | 0:24:55 | |
in the morning. The morning cloud we
start with will break up. Some good, | 0:24:55 | 0:25:00 | |
long sunny spells. A few spots of
light rain towards the east. It | 0:25:00 | 0:25:06 | |
would be predominantly dry. More and
more sunshine developing as you go | 0:25:06 | 0:25:08 | |
through the day full stop the winds
will be lighter than they were | 0:25:08 | 0:25:12 | |
today. Temperatures are lifting up
nicely. Temperatures around 79 | 0:25:12 | 0:25:18 | |
degrees. A big improvement on what
we have seen in the last few days. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:24 | |
-- between seven and 9 degrees. The
frost will be back. Temperatures at | 0:25:24 | 0:25:32 | |
lowest on Wednesday. In Bedfordshire
and Buckinghamshire we could get | 0:25:32 | 0:25:37 | |
down to minus three. Some good, long
sunny spells to take us through the | 0:25:37 | 0:25:42 | |
day. Temperatures on Wednesday will
lift up to around eight, 9 degrees | 0:25:42 | 0:25:48 | |
once again. For the rest of the
week, as high-pressure drifts to the | 0:25:48 | 0:25:53 | |
south, instead of the wind coming in
from the East they will come from | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
the West. The westerly wind will
bring rain to the western side of | 0:25:56 | 0:26:01 | |
the UK and will of course dry out.
Westerly winds, a boost in the | 0:26:01 | 0:26:07 | |
temperature was up through Thursday
and Friday there are good, sunny | 0:26:07 | 0:26:16 | |
spells around. The wind is coming in
from the south-west and temperatures | 0:26:16 | 0:26:18 | |
will peak at anywhere between ten
and their team. Tomorrow is the | 0:26:18 | 0:26:22 | |
start of the astronomical spring. --
and 13. The weather might just about | 0:26:22 | 0:26:28 | |
feel like that as well. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:32 | |
A look at the main
headlines tonight. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:34 | |
A large part of the arrangements
for Britain's withdrawal | 0:26:34 | 0:26:36 | |
from the EU has been agreed. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:37 | |
Michel Barnier and David Davis said
the deal was a "decisive step", | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
though they conceded that issues
around the Northern Ireland | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
border remain unresolved. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:43 | |
International chemical weapons
experts have arrived in Salisbury | 0:26:43 | 0:26:45 | |
to examine the nerve agent used
to poison the former Russian spy, | 0:26:45 | 0:26:49 | |
Sergei Skripal, and his daughter. | 0:26:49 | 0:26:51 | |
The presenter, Ant
McPartlin, is to give | 0:26:51 | 0:26:52 | |
up his television commitments
after being arrested | 0:26:52 | 0:26:54 | |
for drink driving. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
ITV says he's taking time
off to seek treatment. | 0:26:56 | 0:27:00 | |
The families of the men
murdered by serial killer | 0:27:00 | 0:27:02 | |
Stephen Port have learnt
of "multiple failures" and "missed | 0:27:02 | 0:27:04 | |
opportunities" by the Met. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
Port drugged and raped four young
men and dumped their bodies | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
near his home in Barking. | 0:27:10 | 0:27:12 | |
And over 150 people
who were squatting | 0:27:12 | 0:27:14 | |
in a building in central London had
to leave this afternoon | 0:27:14 | 0:27:17 | |
after an eviction order. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:19 | |
The property in Great Portland
Street was taken over | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
during the cold weather. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:24 | |
That's it. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:25 | |
I'll be back later during the ten
o'clock news, but for now | 0:27:25 | 0:27:30 | |
from everyone on the team thanks
for watching and have | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
a lovely evening. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
Goodbye. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 |