20/01/2017

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:00:11. > :00:16.Good evening - I'm Alice Bhandhukravi.

:00:17. > :00:19.A jury has found that neglect by the Prison Service and a private

:00:20. > :00:21.healthcare provider, contributed towards the death

:00:22. > :00:27.Dean Saunders, who had mental health problems,

:00:28. > :00:33.electrocuted himself while in Chelmsford prison.

:00:34. > :00:36.A two-week inquest heard he'd been let down by serious failings

:00:37. > :00:45.Dean Saunders, a loving father and much loved family man.

:00:46. > :00:49.But in December 2015, with no previous

:00:50. > :00:52.history of mental health issues, out of the blue he suffered a paranoid

:00:53. > :00:54.episode which resulted in him grabbing a knife and stabbing

:00:55. > :01:00.He was arrested for attempted murder and taken to

:01:01. > :01:07.But after a few days of being on constant

:01:08. > :01:11.observation a decision by staff was taken to reduce that monitoring.

:01:12. > :01:14.They feel that 30 minutes is sufficient and I said, "I'm telling

:01:15. > :01:18.you now, if you do not put my son back on constant watch he will

:01:19. > :01:23.You won't be able to say you didn't know, you hadn't been

:01:24. > :01:25.told, you wasn't aware, because you know.

:01:26. > :01:31.And if he kills himself it will be your fault."

:01:32. > :01:34.Failed attempts to find a place in a secure unit

:01:35. > :01:39.On January 5th he committed suicide, electrocuting himself using

:01:40. > :01:51.Today, an inquest concluded that Dean's death was

:01:52. > :01:55.contributed to by neglect and multiple failings, a key fact that

:01:56. > :01:58.his family learned was that none of the people who decided

:01:59. > :01:59.to reduce his monitoring were medically trained.

:02:00. > :02:03.I don't want another Dean or another family

:02:04. > :02:10.I'm just so grateful that someone's finally listened to us.

:02:11. > :02:13.Much too late in the day but they finally listened.

:02:14. > :02:16.Words can't describe how much we miss him, how much of a

:02:17. > :02:25.The blessing is we've got a little bit of him in his son who

:02:26. > :02:29.will grow up knowing that his dad was a proud dad.

:02:30. > :02:35.And he will, in turn, know the injustice against him.

:02:36. > :02:38.After the verdict was returned, Care UK, the private

:02:39. > :02:42.company that provided health care in Chelmsford Prison, announced that

:02:43. > :02:50.they were to end their present contract.

:02:51. > :02:52.they were to end their prison contract.

:02:53. > :02:55.In a statement they said that the level of resources the

:02:56. > :02:57.prison planned to make available is insufficient to meet

:02:58. > :03:03.For the family they're urging the coroner to issue a report

:03:04. > :03:05.highlighting the failings so a similar tragedy can never

:03:06. > :03:14.Train conductors on London Midland are to vote over strike action.

:03:15. > :03:17.The rail union - the RMT - said it was "left with no option

:03:18. > :03:20.but to ballot" its members over plans to put private

:03:21. > :03:22.security staff on trains - a move the union says

:03:23. > :03:27.Plans to build three concrete factories next

:03:28. > :03:31.to the Olympic Park have been rejected by the London Legacy

:03:32. > :03:33.Development Company - over environmental concerns.

:03:34. > :03:40.More than 11,000 people petitioned against the proposals.

:03:41. > :03:42.They feared the development would have a negative impact

:03:43. > :03:45.on the health of residents and schools close to the site.

:03:46. > :03:49.City Hall has invited independent companies to bid to carry

:03:50. > :03:52.Thames Water have admitted they are too slow to react

:03:53. > :03:56.to flooding and say they have no clear idea which of their pipes

:03:57. > :04:00.It comes after a number of major floods around

:04:01. > :04:05.Hundreds of people had to be evacuated from their homes

:04:06. > :04:06.and businesses because of burst water mains.

:04:07. > :04:09.Chris Rogers went to speak to some of those who say they're

:04:10. > :04:12.Yet another burst water main in Brixton.

:04:13. > :04:16.Many residents were unable to shower this morning.

:04:17. > :04:18.They got off relatively lightly compared to other areas hit over

:04:19. > :04:27.And during that time, we have filmed the lives and businesses

:04:28. > :04:32.devastated by London's 150-year-old water pipes.

:04:33. > :04:34.In December, Jackie tells us she's waiting for repairs

:04:35. > :04:42.And in Streatham we met 92-year-old Sydney.

:04:43. > :04:43.And in Streatham we met 92-year-old Sidney.

:04:44. > :04:45.Today he remains upstairs escaping the damp

:04:46. > :04:49.In Blackheath in Islington and Angel we filmed the

:04:50. > :04:58.Water poured like a river into John Watts's hairdressers.

:04:59. > :05:00.Well, almost a month later many businesses remain

:05:01. > :05:01.closed here in Camden Passage in Islington.

:05:02. > :05:03.Condensation still in this property here.

:05:04. > :05:05.They're struggling to get back on their feet

:05:06. > :05:07.because they are still waiting for the help

:05:08. > :05:10.promised by Thames Water and their insurance companies.

:05:11. > :05:12.Questions are now being raised about a company that has made huge

:05:13. > :05:15.profits over the last couple of years and

:05:16. > :05:18.why they're not investing some of that money in kit that could

:05:19. > :05:20.pre-empt what's happening beneath our feet.

:05:21. > :05:25.Last year, Thames Water made ?750 million profit.

:05:26. > :05:29.I think it's not beyond the wit of man or

:05:30. > :05:32.woman to spend some of that money on getting that

:05:33. > :05:33.kit into those pipes so

:05:34. > :05:36.we can detect the leaks as early as possible.

:05:37. > :05:40.A lot of leaks reported, a lot of them are on very small pipes

:05:41. > :05:43.The leaks on the big pipes happen very rarely but

:05:44. > :05:47.when they do they can be devastating.

:05:48. > :05:49.In each of those cases, of course we wish we'd reacted much

:05:50. > :05:54.Before we close the road we need to plan the repair work carefully.

:05:55. > :05:57.But even before that we've got to find out which pipe is

:05:58. > :06:06.actually causing the leak and that does take time.

:06:07. > :06:10.We can't just go in and dig the street up willy-nilly

:06:11. > :06:14.Thames Water is reviewing how they identify potential leaks

:06:15. > :06:17.They're due to report back to the London

:06:18. > :06:20.Too late for this art shop in Islington -

:06:21. > :06:25.and dozens of other businesses and homes.

:06:26. > :06:31.That's it for now from me, but let's find out what the weather's

:06:32. > :06:43.There is a frozen over pond. More water if you can bear it.

:06:44. > :06:47.Romford Tom provided some of the graphics last night, picking up on

:06:48. > :06:51.some chilly weather in the countryside. Buildings looking their

:06:52. > :06:57.best in the sunshine but the payoff with clear skies is that we start

:06:58. > :07:01.cold, already -2 at Gatwick. It is this area of high pressure keeping

:07:02. > :07:06.things essentially dry. Off and running into another frosty start,

:07:07. > :07:11.-4 in the countryside, something of that order, but there will be decent

:07:12. > :07:15.spells of sunshine, East elite to south-easterly breeze putting an

:07:16. > :07:20.edge on the field, I felt cold today, three or 4 degrees at best

:07:21. > :07:25.tomorrow and then we do it all again tomorrow. The real variable is the

:07:26. > :07:30.amount of cloud. If you are stuck in the shadows with a bit of breeze and

:07:31. > :07:36.there isn't that much around it will feel cooler. Can we keep it going

:07:37. > :07:40.until the start of the new week? I suspect we can. Unconfirmed about --

:07:41. > :07:46.concerned about the fog around. Here is Helen with the national picture.

:07:47. > :07:52.Good evening. The weather is upon us. The cloud has made all the

:07:53. > :07:56.difference this week in particular. We have had some wonderful weather

:07:57. > :08:00.watcher pictures, this is Marlowe in Buckinghamshire, this was Conwy

:08:01. > :08:06.earlier in the day. Some areas still have the cloud. What a difference

:08:07. > :08:14.that makes. Edinburgh, the central lowlands, plagued by this band of

:08:15. > :08:18.narrow cloud, overnight more areas share in the frost. Pretty

:08:19. > :08:21.widespread, the frost overnight, cold across northern England,

:08:22. > :08:25.Southern Scotland and Northern Ireland than it has been this week.

:08:26. > :08:30.These are town and city temperatures but in the countryside a harsh frost

:08:31. > :08:32.and sharp in some areas and colder than it has been. Because we have

:08:33. > :08:33.had