25/07/2017 London News

Welcome to BBC London News with me, Victoria Hollins.

Noah Serra-Morrison was just 13 months old, when he was killed

The family was known to children's services in London,

but when they moved to Luton, social workers didn't properly

Today a review into the killing found serious failings in the way

the local authorities handled Noah's case.

Noah Serra-Morrison was just 13 months old when his life was so

violently cut short. He had suffered multiple injuries over a sustained

period at the hands of his mother's boyfriend. The couple's life

revolved around drink and drugs. This video was shown in court. No

was alone in the next room. Hardeep Hunjan was jailed for life last

year. His mother, Ronnie Tayler-Morrison, was jailed for six

years. But could more have been done to protect him? The family was known

to social services in healing but they move to Luton weeks before

Noah's death. Today a serious case review highlighted multiple

failures. There is concern that information is not transferred

between councils, which means vulnerable children can slip through

the net. Health visitors are described as the crucial eyes and

use of the safeguarding system. But there are critical vulnerabilities

in a system which lead to errors. There is no clearer understanding of

the risks to children whether its domestic abuse. Better training and

resources are needed to enable cases to be investigated thoroughly.

Melanie has been a social worker for 19 years. These findings were no

surprise to. I think every case review says the same thing. Social

workers need to step away from some of the bureaucratic processes and we

need to be allowed to work with families more. We need to be allowed

to spend more time on the ground. In terms of information, I think the

information would flow more easily. The report stresses the difficulty

of dealing with on cooperative or avoidant parents. Noah's mothers

spent days getting high drugs. When Hunjan battered him to death, she

waited three hours before calling an ambulance and claimed he had fallen.

He is out of his cot and he is not breathing. The NSPCC is concerned

that the pressure on children's services mean anyone in science can

be missed. Sadly although organisations often talk about early

intervention, what happens in reality does not match the rhetoric.

There is not enough early intervention and therefore families

can slip through the net. Both Luton and Ealing councils say this review

increases the need for national guidance on transferring cases

between boroughs. They insist measures have been reviewed and

strengthened. But this case brings into view the tragic cost when the

system fails. Two teenagers have been

injured in a suspected acid Emergency services were called

to the scene in Bethnal Green at about seven o'

clock this evening. It's the latest in a spate

of attacks in recent week. Dan Friedman is in Bethnal

Green this evening. This is the car behind me were two

young men were travelling in when a corrosive liquid was sprayed in

through the window. It hit them. That was a three minutes Drive away

from here. They got here as quickly as they could to go to a local shop

to access some fresh water. You can see some footage of the fire brigade

and police a short time afterwards, posing one of these young men down.

The two young men are in hospital. There have been no arrests. If you

look closer at the card, you can see where the acid has started to

corrode the bodywork. Earlier I spoke to the shopkeeper who treated

them. Two young Bengali boys came into my shop asking for water. I

gave them some water to wash their face. I was calling an ambulance for

them as well. There have been a spate of

incidents, haven't there? Yeah, particularly in this part of London.

Less than two weeks ago, there were five acid attacks in less than 90

minute in this part of town. And only yesterday police said they

would issue a thousand acid kits, response kits, to the Metropolitan

police. That includes five litres of fresh water as part of their rapid

response to this. So that when police get on the scene they can

treated quickly. I am joined by Rabin can, an independent councillor

from Tower Hamlets. We saw some officers on the scene earlier. Do

you believe this is gang-related? We should leave that to the police to

investigate it and we support them. We have certainly seen a spike in

acid attacks in east London. In Tower Hamlets, we have had 84

attacks. We need to realise that predominantly it has been a weapon

of choice and has disproportionately impacted on women. We are now seeing

that it is being used by young people in gang rivalry, it is being

used as part of hate crime, as part of burglary and robbery. We have to

make sure we support the police their investigations. The mayor of

London has called for a life sentences for people carrying it. Do

you believe in that? I think it is very important. We need to make sure

that young people do not access the sale of corrosive substances. Thank

you for joining us. Eight penguins have been killed

by a fox at Chessington World of Adventures, according to staff

at the resort. It's believed the animal managed

to get into the birds' enclosure. The remaining 20 have been moved

to a safer area while security Penguin Bay was only built in 2015

and had special measures put in place specifically to deter foxes

and we are therefore shocked The remaining penguins have been

relocated while we make additional measures to secure Penguin Bay

which we hope to reopen It was one of the bloodiest battles

of the First World War, in which nearly half a million

troops were killed or wounded. The Battle of Passchendaele saw

the British launch a series of failed assaults against German

forces in Belgium. Today, relatives of some

of the soldiers who died attended the unveiling of an art installation

made in honour of the victims. Over the top and into the unknown,

this was the Battle of Passchendaele, one of the bloodiest

episodes of the First World War. 100 years on,

a specially commissioned sculpture was unveiled

in Trafalgar Square. Rebecca's great-grandfather

and his son were killed on the They were both in the same

battalion and when Ronald was wounded, the father set

out to find a doctor. He was insistent he would get help

but unfortunately he was shot as he went out to find

the doctor by then Ronald was dead anyway.

It was a hideous waste of life. 500,000 people were wounded

or lost their lives. It was one of the biggest

and bloodiest battles It is important because it shows how

intense and appalling the First It was one of the darkest

years in British history. Driving rain turned the battlefield

into a city of mud which drowned The sculpture is to

remember the men who It is not the only way

Passchendaele is being To help the next generation

understand the brutality of the battle, the British Legion

has created these videos. Like these cadets,

they want the public to You get more respect

for how horrific it All the effects are so much

more real like the It definitely gives depth

to the You get to see lots of

different bits around you. Also the information is given

to you, you take it in much better. The mud soldier will be worn away

by rain, falling to the air. But hopefully the

memories it invokes But let's find out what

the weather's up to, with Wendy. Thanking you. It was a beautiful end

to the data across London and the Home Counties. This is looking along

the Thames from Wapping. I don't think it will look like that of

tomorrow. We'll get some rain and it will turn breezy the rest of the

week. Nothing much to worry about. There is patchy cloud. That will

increase as we go through the night. Mainly light winds. It is feeling

quite warm. If you get help super early tomorrow, you will see some

brightness in the sky before the cloud comes in. The rain arrives in

Surrey at 11 o'clock. It sweeps through pretty quickly and is light

and patchy. It will be a breezy day. Towards the end of it you may see a

return of some sunshine west of London. Temperatures 19 or 20

degrees. Low pressure prevails through the end of the week. We have

an active jet stream hushing tonnes of stuff towards us through the

Atlantic as we get to the weekend. On the outlook you can see, Thursday

start sunny. Heavy showers in the afternoon. Probably less of them on

Friday. At the moment it looks like there will be further rain over the

weekend as well. there will be further rain over the

weekend as well. More on that pesky jet stream with Matt Taylor.

Good evening. Temperatures for the rest of the week fall below

expectations. That all comes after a spell of wet and windy weather

tomorrow. If you are on holiday, do not despair. There will be some dry

moments. The rain courtesy of this son of cloud. It will take most of

the night before the rain settles in Northern Ireland, parts of Wales and

south-west England. Patchy rain in the north-east of Scotland. Most of

you drive. Mostly clear skies tonight. Temperatures in the

countryside could drop into single figures. Most in the teens. The big

driving force behind not only tomorrow's weather but the rest of

the week is this area of low pressure. These weather fronts will

bring a wet and windy start to the west. In the eastern half of the

country, this is the best part of the day. Enjoy