:00:10. > :00:12.Welcome to BBC London News with me Victoria Hollins.
:00:13. > :00:15.New figures suggest London has the worst domestic abuse conviction
:00:16. > :00:19.rate in the country with a figure that's 10% lower than
:00:20. > :00:23.The charity, Women's Aid, says that means victims
:00:24. > :00:26.are being let down by the police who should be better at tackling
:00:27. > :00:31.the issue of coercive control, as well as physical abuse.
:00:32. > :00:36.Alex Bushill has been speaking to a victim in Surrey.
:00:37. > :00:40.I met Laura at this refuge in Surrey.
:00:41. > :00:42.If the figures today underline how the Metropolitan Police could be
:00:43. > :00:45.doing far more to convict abusive partners, her story drives home
:00:46. > :00:51.I feared that night I would have ended up dead had I not left.
:00:52. > :00:55.He had smashed candles over my head, glass candles.
:00:56. > :00:58.I was in the corner curled up with my hands over my face
:00:59. > :01:03.She is a survivor of coercive control.
:01:04. > :01:06.In her case, her partner used the threat of suicide
:01:07. > :01:10.to force her to stay in a deeply abusive relationship where
:01:11. > :01:16.Complete blackmail, for me it was the reason
:01:17. > :01:18.I could not leave permanently, because I did not want
:01:19. > :01:20.the conscience of his death, I didn't want it
:01:21. > :01:25.Coercive control is an area which charities say explains why
:01:26. > :01:41.64% of Met prosecutions result in conviction,
:01:42. > :01:42.significantly ower than the national average.
:01:43. > :01:45.If they don't understand coercive controlled and all they are looking
:01:46. > :01:48.for is a black eye and broken bones, they can underestimate the impact
:01:49. > :01:51.of coercive control and may not necessarily even think to look
:01:52. > :01:59.no physical assault, therefore the story ends there.
:02:00. > :02:02.Unfortunately for that victim when the police walk away
:02:03. > :02:05.A charity is calling for police training which is
:02:06. > :02:07.what the Met is doing, with more specialist
:02:08. > :02:13.People my not even realise they are themselves a victim
:02:14. > :02:16.of coercive control because it is the way
:02:17. > :02:20.it manifests itself, slowly and over time.
:02:21. > :02:23.Our officers are getting a better understanding reflected
:02:24. > :02:25.in the amount we are recording on an annual basis
:02:26. > :02:31.The leadership is there but for Laura and so many like her,
:02:32. > :02:33.it is about delivering on those promises, raising awareness
:02:34. > :02:40.and knowledge amongst officers across the force.
:02:41. > :02:43.The owners of a retirement complex in Surrey have been fined nearly
:02:44. > :02:47.half a million pounds for safety breaches which contributed
:02:48. > :02:53.87-year-old Irene Cockerton perished in a fire at Gibson Court
:02:54. > :02:59.The flames destroyed an entire block in a matter of minutes.
:03:00. > :03:03.Today, a judge said "extensive and substantial" safety failings had
:03:04. > :03:05.put residents in danger, as Marc Ashdown reports
:03:06. > :03:13.Every time I close my eyes, I could see those flames.
:03:14. > :03:15.It was six years ago but May Moorhouse is still haunted
:03:16. > :03:28.Within minutes, fire ripped through the Gibson Court retirement flats.
:03:29. > :03:35.87-year-old Irene Cockerton was overcome by smoke,
:03:36. > :03:39.her body was found in a wardrobe in her room.
:03:40. > :03:42.The blaze started after another resident's TV caught fire.
:03:43. > :03:44.Surrey Fire Service brought a health and safety case
:03:45. > :03:47.against the company which owned the apartments
:03:48. > :03:54.They hadn't carried out a suitable risk assessment which the judge said
:03:55. > :03:59.Fire dividing walls in the loft space were described as inadequate,
:04:00. > :04:04.Greasy vapours had built up in kitchen vents which opened up
:04:05. > :04:12.Managers had not been trained properly and there was no clear
:04:13. > :04:17.All this had been flagged up by previous safety inspections
:04:18. > :04:21.First Port Retirement is a very different company today
:04:22. > :04:29.We have new owners, a completely new management team,
:04:30. > :04:32.and as the judge has previously noted, a much improved
:04:33. > :04:35.safety environment, including stronger policies,
:04:36. > :04:41.So we are sorry, we have applied the lessons,
:04:42. > :04:44.and safety is our number one priority.
:04:45. > :04:47.Walking around the corner to see the whole building alight
:04:48. > :04:53.Annie's mother Mary lived close to Irene and May.
:04:54. > :04:56.The family still feel they have not had the proper support
:04:57. > :04:59.after the fire and trying to resettle.
:05:00. > :05:09.At that time of their lives when they needed to be somewhere
:05:10. > :05:16.I feel now we should receive some compensation for the trauma
:05:17. > :05:23.Fire-fighters were praised in court for their bravery,
:05:24. > :05:26.tackling the huge fire, and for bringing this
:05:27. > :05:28.prosecution which highlighted what were described as substantial
:05:29. > :05:35.First Port faces a fine with costs of ?460,000,
:05:36. > :05:40.But no fine, said the judge, can compensate for the loss
:05:41. > :05:49.The father-in-law of Gordon Ramsay has pleaded guilty to conspiring
:05:50. > :05:52.to hack a computer system relating to the celebrity chef's
:05:53. > :05:57.Chris Hutcheson, who's 68, admitted plotting to unlawfully
:05:58. > :05:59.access the computer system of Gordon Ramsay Holdings
:06:00. > :06:04.Two of his children, Adam Hutcheson and Chris Hutcheson Junior,
:06:05. > :06:09.They could face up to two years in jail
:06:10. > :06:15.The friend of a British man who was killed in the terror attack
:06:16. > :06:18.in Stockholm says he's still making sense of a world that doesn't
:06:19. > :06:24.Chris Bevington was one of four people who died when a hijacked
:06:25. > :06:26.lorry was driven into shoppers last Friday.
:06:27. > :06:31.He'd been working for the music streaming group Spotify.
:06:32. > :06:34.He was the most amazing father, husband, son, brother and friend
:06:35. > :06:40.We are obviously all going to miss him terribly.
:06:41. > :06:42.He loved his family, he loved his friends,
:06:43. > :06:48.Piles of rubbish bags in the street, overflowing recycling
:06:49. > :06:54.These are just some of the problems faced by people living in one part
:06:55. > :06:56.of south London after the local council changed their rubbish
:06:57. > :07:01.Sutton Council has now apologised for the problems.
:07:02. > :07:10.Frustration today in a queue for a council recycling depot.
:07:11. > :07:14.Hundreds of cars, many waiting more than half an hour.
:07:15. > :07:23.Sutton have changed their collection of bins, OK, and I don't think
:07:24. > :07:26.people quite know where to throw all the stuff.
:07:27. > :07:29.One resident, Bert, showed us how he now has to use five bins
:07:30. > :07:35.Garden waste, paper and card, non-recyclable rubbish.
:07:36. > :07:40.Bottles, tins and plastics, food waste.
:07:41. > :07:43.He says not only is it confusing, his food waste
:07:44. > :07:49.As you can see, it is really festering by now
:07:50. > :07:54.It seems they have been inundated by calls and are not coping.
:07:55. > :07:58.Some Sutton residents have been posting pictures
:07:59. > :08:00.of piles of rubbish, on social media.
:08:01. > :08:03.And this man witnessed another long queue at the weekend
:08:04. > :08:15.People went to B to get a free bin because Sutton Council
:08:16. > :08:19.told thousands of people that free bins were available.
:08:20. > :08:25.It caused a vast queue, lots of very angry people,
:08:26. > :08:29.and families were there forced to stay there for hours on end,
:08:30. > :08:35.This opposition councillor says it is all because a new waste
:08:36. > :08:39.collection contract has been agreed but not introduced properly.
:08:40. > :08:49.If you don't get your message clear, chaos ensues.
:08:50. > :08:51.Sutton Council says improved recycling will save
:08:52. > :08:58.But today, along with the new contractor, it admitted
:08:59. > :09:04.We recognise people are unhappy, they have every right to be so.
:09:05. > :09:07.We have been working on this hard but in the first week things didn't
:09:08. > :09:15.In every service change, especially of that magnitude,
:09:16. > :09:25.This one is probably a bit more difficult than we expected.
:09:26. > :09:30.The council says 90% of collections have now been made
:09:31. > :09:35.Residents will no doubt be watching their bins
:09:36. > :09:44.That's it for now from me, but let's find out what the weather's up to
:09:45. > :10:01.Thank you. This one was sent in by our Weather Watcher this afternoon.
:10:02. > :10:06.As we get through the middle part of this week it will be cloudier and I
:10:07. > :10:11.do not think we will be seeing such blue sky as we started the week.
:10:12. > :10:15.There is a little bit of a breeze blowing tonight. That tends to keep
:10:16. > :10:21.things stirred up. It will not be quite as cold as last night. There
:10:22. > :10:26.will be some brightness first thing tomorrow morning. Maybe even some
:10:27. > :10:32.sunny spells, make the most of those. It will cloud over from the
:10:33. > :10:39.north. It will be a breezy day. Temperatures will get to 16 degrees
:10:40. > :10:44.as the day goes on. Not very much rain at all. As we get to Thursday,
:10:45. > :10:48.it is a generally dry day again. There will be plenty of cloud
:10:49. > :10:54.around. Temperatures up to 14 degrees. Not much sunshine around.
:10:55. > :10:59.On Good Friday, a similar sort of day. We may start Saturday with some
:11:00. > :11:03.rain but it will be brighter later. On Sunday, on the cool side for East
:11:04. > :11:23.itself. Good evening. Grace of all it -- it
:11:24. > :11:24.is greatest of all in Scotland. A weather front is on