:00:11. > :00:14.Welcome to BBC London News with me, Victoria Hollins.
:00:15. > :00:16.Noah Serra-Morrison was just 13 months old, when he was killed
:00:17. > :00:22.The family was known to children's services in London,
:00:23. > :00:25.but when they moved to Luton, social workers didn't properly
:00:26. > :00:31.Today a review into the killing found serious failings in the way
:00:32. > :00:34.the local authorities handled Noah's case.
:00:35. > :00:50.Noah Serra-Morrison was just 13 months old when his life was so
:00:51. > :00:52.violently cut short. He had suffered multiple injuries over a sustained
:00:53. > :00:59.period at the hands of his mother's boyfriend. The couple's life
:01:00. > :01:05.revolved around drink and drugs. This video was shown in court. No
:01:06. > :01:10.was alone in the next room. Hardeep Hunjan was jailed for life last
:01:11. > :01:14.year. His mother, Ronnie Tayler-Morrison, was jailed for six
:01:15. > :01:17.years. But could more have been done to protect him? The family was known
:01:18. > :01:24.to social services in healing but they move to Luton weeks before
:01:25. > :01:27.Noah's death. Today a serious case review highlighted multiple
:01:28. > :01:30.failures. There is concern that information is not transferred
:01:31. > :01:34.between councils, which means vulnerable children can slip through
:01:35. > :01:39.the net. Health visitors are described as the crucial eyes and
:01:40. > :01:45.use of the safeguarding system. But there are critical vulnerabilities
:01:46. > :01:49.in a system which lead to errors. There is no clearer understanding of
:01:50. > :01:55.the risks to children whether its domestic abuse. Better training and
:01:56. > :01:58.resources are needed to enable cases to be investigated thoroughly.
:01:59. > :02:02.Melanie has been a social worker for 19 years. These findings were no
:02:03. > :02:08.surprise to. I think every case review says the same thing. Social
:02:09. > :02:12.workers need to step away from some of the bureaucratic processes and we
:02:13. > :02:18.need to be allowed to work with families more. We need to be allowed
:02:19. > :02:22.to spend more time on the ground. In terms of information, I think the
:02:23. > :02:26.information would flow more easily. The report stresses the difficulty
:02:27. > :02:33.of dealing with on cooperative or avoidant parents. Noah's mothers
:02:34. > :02:37.spent days getting high drugs. When Hunjan battered him to death, she
:02:38. > :02:46.waited three hours before calling an ambulance and claimed he had fallen.
:02:47. > :02:49.He is out of his cot and he is not breathing. The NSPCC is concerned
:02:50. > :02:56.that the pressure on children's services mean anyone in science can
:02:57. > :02:59.be missed. Sadly although organisations often talk about early
:03:00. > :03:01.intervention, what happens in reality does not match the rhetoric.
:03:02. > :03:07.There is not enough early intervention and therefore families
:03:08. > :03:11.can slip through the net. Both Luton and Ealing councils say this review
:03:12. > :03:16.increases the need for national guidance on transferring cases
:03:17. > :03:22.between boroughs. They insist measures have been reviewed and
:03:23. > :03:23.strengthened. But this case brings into view the tragic cost when the
:03:24. > :03:24.system fails. Two teenagers have been
:03:25. > :03:26.injured in a suspected acid Emergency services were called
:03:27. > :03:29.to the scene in Bethnal Green at about seven o'
:03:30. > :03:31.clock this evening. It's the latest in a spate
:03:32. > :03:34.of attacks in recent week. Dan Friedman is in Bethnal
:03:35. > :03:50.Green this evening. This is the car behind me were two
:03:51. > :03:54.young men were travelling in when a corrosive liquid was sprayed in
:03:55. > :03:58.through the window. It hit them. That was a three minutes Drive away
:03:59. > :04:03.from here. They got here as quickly as they could to go to a local shop
:04:04. > :04:08.to access some fresh water. You can see some footage of the fire brigade
:04:09. > :04:13.and police a short time afterwards, posing one of these young men down.
:04:14. > :04:18.The two young men are in hospital. There have been no arrests. If you
:04:19. > :04:21.look closer at the card, you can see where the acid has started to
:04:22. > :04:27.corrode the bodywork. Earlier I spoke to the shopkeeper who treated
:04:28. > :04:33.them. Two young Bengali boys came into my shop asking for water. I
:04:34. > :04:41.gave them some water to wash their face. I was calling an ambulance for
:04:42. > :04:47.them as well. There have been a spate of
:04:48. > :04:51.incidents, haven't there? Yeah, particularly in this part of London.
:04:52. > :04:55.Less than two weeks ago, there were five acid attacks in less than 90
:04:56. > :05:01.minute in this part of town. And only yesterday police said they
:05:02. > :05:06.would issue a thousand acid kits, response kits, to the Metropolitan
:05:07. > :05:10.police. That includes five litres of fresh water as part of their rapid
:05:11. > :05:15.response to this. So that when police get on the scene they can
:05:16. > :05:20.treated quickly. I am joined by Rabin can, an independent councillor
:05:21. > :05:25.from Tower Hamlets. We saw some officers on the scene earlier. Do
:05:26. > :05:30.you believe this is gang-related? We should leave that to the police to
:05:31. > :05:35.investigate it and we support them. We have certainly seen a spike in
:05:36. > :05:40.acid attacks in east London. In Tower Hamlets, we have had 84
:05:41. > :05:44.attacks. We need to realise that predominantly it has been a weapon
:05:45. > :05:50.of choice and has disproportionately impacted on women. We are now seeing
:05:51. > :05:53.that it is being used by young people in gang rivalry, it is being
:05:54. > :05:57.used as part of hate crime, as part of burglary and robbery. We have to
:05:58. > :06:01.make sure we support the police their investigations. The mayor of
:06:02. > :06:06.London has called for a life sentences for people carrying it. Do
:06:07. > :06:12.you believe in that? I think it is very important. We need to make sure
:06:13. > :06:13.that young people do not access the sale of corrosive substances. Thank
:06:14. > :06:17.you for joining us. Eight penguins have been killed
:06:18. > :06:20.by a fox at Chessington World of Adventures, according to staff
:06:21. > :06:24.at the resort. It's believed the animal managed
:06:25. > :06:27.to get into the birds' enclosure. The remaining 20 have been moved
:06:28. > :06:31.to a safer area while security Penguin Bay was only built in 2015
:06:32. > :06:40.and had special measures put in place specifically to deter foxes
:06:41. > :06:44.and we are therefore shocked The remaining penguins have been
:06:45. > :06:52.relocated while we make additional measures to secure Penguin Bay
:06:53. > :06:55.which we hope to reopen It was one of the bloodiest battles
:06:56. > :07:00.of the First World War, in which nearly half a million
:07:01. > :07:05.troops were killed or wounded. The Battle of Passchendaele saw
:07:06. > :07:07.the British launch a series of failed assaults against German
:07:08. > :07:10.forces in Belgium. Today, relatives of some
:07:11. > :07:12.of the soldiers who died attended the unveiling of an art installation
:07:13. > :07:15.made in honour of the victims. Over the top and into the unknown,
:07:16. > :07:25.this was the Battle of Passchendaele, one of the bloodiest
:07:26. > :07:30.episodes of the First World War. 100 years on,
:07:31. > :07:33.a specially commissioned sculpture was unveiled
:07:34. > :07:38.in Trafalgar Square. Rebecca's great-grandfather
:07:39. > :07:40.and his son were killed on the They were both in the same
:07:41. > :07:45.battalion and when Ronald was wounded, the father set
:07:46. > :07:50.out to find a doctor. He was insistent he would get help
:07:51. > :07:55.but unfortunately he was shot as he went out to find
:07:56. > :07:58.the doctor by then Ronald was dead anyway.
:07:59. > :08:02.It was a hideous waste of life. 500,000 people were wounded
:08:03. > :08:09.or lost their lives. It was one of the biggest
:08:10. > :08:17.and bloodiest battles It is important because it shows how
:08:18. > :08:21.intense and appalling the First It was one of the darkest
:08:22. > :08:25.years in British history. Driving rain turned the battlefield
:08:26. > :08:28.into a city of mud which drowned The sculpture is to
:08:29. > :08:34.remember the men who It is not the only way
:08:35. > :08:40.Passchendaele is being To help the next generation
:08:41. > :08:43.understand the brutality of the battle, the British Legion
:08:44. > :08:49.has created these videos. Like these cadets,
:08:50. > :08:51.they want the public to You get more respect
:08:52. > :09:00.for how horrific it All the effects are so much
:09:01. > :09:05.more real like the It definitely gives depth
:09:06. > :09:12.to the You get to see lots of
:09:13. > :09:18.different bits around you. Also the information is given
:09:19. > :09:25.to you, you take it in much better. The mud soldier will be worn away
:09:26. > :09:29.by rain, falling to the air. But hopefully the
:09:30. > :09:30.memories it invokes But let's find out what
:09:31. > :09:54.the weather's up to, with Wendy. Thanking you. It was a beautiful end
:09:55. > :09:58.to the data across London and the Home Counties. This is looking along
:09:59. > :10:02.the Thames from Wapping. I don't think it will look like that of
:10:03. > :10:08.tomorrow. We'll get some rain and it will turn breezy the rest of the
:10:09. > :10:13.week. Nothing much to worry about. There is patchy cloud. That will
:10:14. > :10:19.increase as we go through the night. Mainly light winds. It is feeling
:10:20. > :10:22.quite warm. If you get help super early tomorrow, you will see some
:10:23. > :10:27.brightness in the sky before the cloud comes in. The rain arrives in
:10:28. > :10:31.Surrey at 11 o'clock. It sweeps through pretty quickly and is light
:10:32. > :10:36.and patchy. It will be a breezy day. Towards the end of it you may see a
:10:37. > :10:41.return of some sunshine west of London. Temperatures 19 or 20
:10:42. > :10:47.degrees. Low pressure prevails through the end of the week. We have
:10:48. > :10:50.an active jet stream hushing tonnes of stuff towards us through the
:10:51. > :10:55.Atlantic as we get to the weekend. On the outlook you can see, Thursday
:10:56. > :11:01.start sunny. Heavy showers in the afternoon. Probably less of them on
:11:02. > :11:02.Friday. At the moment it looks like there will be further rain over the
:11:03. > :11:06.weekend as well. there will be further rain over the
:11:07. > :11:12.weekend as well. More on that pesky jet stream with Matt Taylor.
:11:13. > :11:17.Good evening. Temperatures for the rest of the week fall below
:11:18. > :11:22.expectations. That all comes after a spell of wet and windy weather
:11:23. > :11:29.tomorrow. If you are on holiday, do not despair. There will be some dry
:11:30. > :11:35.moments. The rain courtesy of this son of cloud. It will take most of
:11:36. > :11:38.the night before the rain settles in Northern Ireland, parts of Wales and
:11:39. > :11:44.south-west England. Patchy rain in the north-east of Scotland. Most of
:11:45. > :11:47.you drive. Mostly clear skies tonight. Temperatures in the
:11:48. > :11:52.countryside could drop into single figures. Most in the teens. The big
:11:53. > :11:55.driving force behind not only tomorrow's weather but the rest of
:11:56. > :11:59.the week is this area of low pressure. These weather fronts will
:12:00. > :12:03.bring a wet and windy start to the west. In the eastern half of the
:12:04. > :12:04.country, this is the best part of the day. Enjoy