31/10/2016 London News

A hospital has been severelx criticised following the de`th

Medics at North Middlesex hospital sent the 26 year-old student home

after mistaking her symptoms for a hangover.

Phillippa Odlin was found ddad by her flatmate the following day.

A report says her death would have been avoided if she'd been

Friends say they loved Phillippa Odlin's independence.

She was described as the life of the party.

When she went to A at North Middlesex Hospital

with chest pains, doctors sent her home.

After about an hour or so of looking at her, checking on her,

they said basically we think she has a hangover and she just needs to

The next morning Phillippa was found dead.

I sat in my car going berserk, basically.

And then I had to ring Jody, her mother, and tell her the sale thing.

She hadn't been hungover, she had ketoacidosis,

it's a complication of diabdtes which means your body starts

This could have been picked up if the hospital had run the two

simple tests essential for a diabetic patient.

Instead her family says she wasn't taken seriously.

Probably the most upsetting aspect of this case, in that she,

if you like, was going throtgh A, a young girl, probably had ` drink

the night before and her sylptoms were dismissed so easily

The medical ombudsman said there were two main failings

at North Middlesex - not only did it not spot th`t

Phillippa was dying, it also didn't listen

They didn't get answers, and actually for them,

and for a lot of people, just getting answers and an apology

and an assurance and claritx that this won't happen

So they quite rightly weren't happy with the answers they got

from the hospital initially and they came to us.

Jerry now has an ombudsman report and an apology, but something

The Metropolitan Police says half the terrorism plots disruptdd

in the UK over the past two years involved extremists

The details emerged at the launch of a campaign to clamp down

Jannat Jalil is here with more details.

What can you tell us about this After the mass shooting att`cks in

Paris last year the big fear is that there might be a similar attack

attempted by terrorists herd in London. Police say their concerns

have risen further because last year they seized a record number of guns

in the capital. More than 700 firearms, including assault rifles.

Police say half of the foildd terror attacks in the last two years have

involved some kind of attempt to get guns. The UK is protected bx the

fact it has effective securhty services, it has strong border

controls, it has strict gun laws, but the police say there is no room

for complacency. They are appealing to the public today to come forward

if they have any information about anyone they know who might have an

illegal weapon. The police's biggest fear is these illegal gangs might

sell on their weapons to terrorists. We do know that weapons go

to the highest bidder, and one of our concerns

is that there is a desire from terrorists to access wdapons,

so that they can carry out ` mass casualty attack in this country

and we are determined to work with our colleagues

in counterterrorism to do otr very A recent review has suggestdd more

needs to be done to step up order security in order to stem the flow

of weapons into the UK. The head of MI5 said today that since Jtne 013,

12 attempted terror plots h`ve been foiled by security services. That

gives you some insight into the challenges they face. Indeed. Thank

you very much. Workers in the capital on the London

living wage are to be paid an extra 35 pence an hour,

taking their rate to ?9.75 , significantly higher

than the minimum wage. But while 3,000 companies h`ve

signed up to the scheme - it is voluntary, as Tolu Ad`yoye

reports. From the cost of housing

to transport and food, London is the most expensivd place

to live and work in the UK, and it's those on the lowest wages

who are hit the hardest. That is a lovely,

strong cop of coffee. Today the mayor announced

an increase in the so-called living wage, which had been calcul`ted

based on how much people ?9.75 an hour will lead

to lots of people who work Living in London means you have

increased housing costs, you have increased costs and food,

there are increased costs whth goods That means Londoners who do a hard

day's work should get But the London living

wage isn't compulsory. The Government's set rate

which all employers must pax currently peaks that ?7.20 `n hour

for over 25s. That's more than ?2.50

less than the voluntary rate in the capital,

so why would a business choose to pay more when it

can legally pay less? I think the benefits

outweigh the costs. It might cost us a little bht more,

but we have less turnover of staff, we have more committed staff

and in the end I think it's better. It just shows that they card

and they appreciate of them Around 1000 employees

in the Londoners find the living

wage, but this is a city of more than a million businesses and many

workers don't feel they're In Brixton today workers

at the Ritzy cinema walked out. They get ?9.10 an hour and fighting

for the living wage. Lots of people working

here at the Ritzy and at different picture houses, spend up to 75%

of their wage on rent, because, as lots of people know

rent in London is incrediblx expensive, and living in London

is very expensive. So we need that living wage

in order to live a life, It's accepted by the Living Wage

Foundation that not all bushnesses can afford to pay the suggested

rate, but the message today is that those who can,

should, to ensure their employees earn enough to cover the cost

of living in the capital. passengers face severe disrtption

over the festive period. From Christmas Eve Paddington will be

close for six days. There whll be no trains from Liverpool Street and to

the 2nd of January, due to Crossrail work. South-eastern services to

London bridge, Charing Cross and Cannon Street will also stop for

several days over Christmas. To the artists and creative talent,

who've enjoyed living and working in parts of east London,

who are on the move to Marg`te. Many have decided to abandon

the capital because it's too So much so - some have even started

calling the seaside town Hackney is showing severe

signs of decline... Hackney's gone from derelict

to gentrified in a generation. Today the cheapest we could find

in the area was a one bed ex-council The original Hackney pioneers

are being pushed out, The capital, it seems,

has sold out of run down and cheap, They call them 'hags',

the pioneering hipsters, artists and gays, down from London

to build a new life. 66% of the people who've moved

here have come from London. Margate had the highest price rise

of any coastal town this ye`r. Somebody who's selling their one

or two bedroom flat in the Dast End can come here and buy a six bedroom

glorious town house. Leanne and Matt are also quhtting

east London for Margate. Two years ago I met them,

along with 50 others, struggling to buy this

east London flat. I think London will regret

being so expensive, because it's forced out a lot of the young

artistic people, the people that made London, especially

East London, what it is. In an old picture framing

warehouse, dozens of London James is a musician

and music producer. I was in Hackney for eight xears,

and it's getting really cle`n, it's almost becoming like the inside

of an airport terminal. London First represent some

of the capital's leading employers. It's not just Margate that could end

up taking a slice of London's pie, it could be places outside

of the UK. We need to build the homes

that those people need to lhve in, if we want to keep here

in this brilliant capital. London First say one in six

of the capital's companies I'll say goodnight now

and leave you with Stav Danos This time last week I was tdlling

about the week ahead being lilder, and telling you the oppositd now,

set to turn much colder, particularly midweek onwards. Some

sunshine in the forecast and towards the end of the week, some hdavy

rain. For the here and now ht is the fog issues we have again ovdrnight.

Some dense patches likely. Let Office yellow warnings in force for

that. Take extra time and c`re on the roads in the morning if you re

heading out first thing. Tolorrow it won't lift into sunshine, it will be

quite a great day. Some light rain and drizzle. Still fairly mhld air,

13-14dC at best. Things are set to change, that weather front calls

away -- clears away and we have a cool northerly wind. It will be a

chilly one. Temperatures 9-02dC in the capital. A really cold night,

frosty morning for Thursday but plenty of sunshine around.

Temperatures at best around 11 Celsius. Then it turns much wetter

on Friday as a wet front moves through and it stays on the chilly

side. Strong northerly winds, some side. Strong northerly winds, some

sunshine and also some rain for the weekend. The National weather coming

up now with Louise. Halloween 2 16 has almost come and gone but it has

left some spookily interesting statistics. It has been a third

consecutive mild Halloween. The warmest was in 2014, 20 four

Celsius. Today we have been breaking records in Wales, the warmest

Halloween, 22 Celsius. A glorious shot, fairly indicative of what we

had in Wales today, sent in by weather watcher earlier. A different

story further north and east. The cloud made it great and