28/07/2017 London News

BBC London has discovered that hundreds of confidential documents -

some relating to child protection - have been dumped in

an unlocked storeroom on an estate in south London.

The papers show names and addresses and now a survivors group

for child sex abuse victims in Lambeth has contacted us,

saying the hoard could include files relating to abuse at a local

Sarah Harris has been investigating, for this exclusive report.

Concerned resident Mitchell Krishnan contacted BBC London

But on closer inspection, it was clear the documents

Lambeth ACPC child protection interagency protection...

This is data protection against possibly child abuse or whatever.

The piles of Lambeth Council paperwork have been stored

in the unlocked ground floor storeroom as long

They also include names and addresses of families

It's a disgusting thing, that it's just left here

for anybody, like myself, and yourself to be able to see this

information and possibly use it in an horrible,

ugly way that it possibly it could be used in.

It's not, it's not being protected while it's exposed like this, is it?

We took some of the documents to a leading solicitor on data

This is very serious from the council's perspective...

He's worked for the Australian government and the Obama

administration in the US, advising on data protection issues

and says this kind of security failure is being taken increasingly

seriously by the courts under the Data Protection Act.

Organisations have very serious responsibilities around

the data that they hold and the data they create.

So if a local council were to just dispose of data in a basement

or in a way that's inappropriate, that would probably breached

Watching BBC London's report on the dumped documents

He was a victim of abuse at Shirley Oaks children's home

in Croydon, and leads the survivors group.

He says he's been told by Lambeth Council 140 boxes

of documents have gone missing relating to the case.

He wants to be sure these files were not left in this store room.

I think about those care files being people, human beings,

and I think about their stories being left just in any situation,

But we also think about what we believe has been a cover-up,

and it's consistent with what we know Lambeth have done

They've been removed from council buildings and just locked

The physical and sexual abuse of children at Shirley Oaks

while in the care of Lambeth Council, was said to be

on an industrial scale, stretching back to the 1960s.

A former detective working on the case then says this

It's imperative that the history of these documents

How did they arrive in the basement of this tower block?

Who actually put them there, and what was the reason for these

sensitive documents being placed in effectively an insecure basement?

Because the continuity and integrity of that documentation could be

the difference between a successful or a failed conviction at court.

It will be a painstaking job, going through these files,

but there are many people who want questions answered.

How did they get to this store room and why?

Well, we asked Lambeth Council for an interview but they declined.

Protestors angry at the death of a black man following a police

chase have blocked a road in east London.

Crowds have gathered in response to the death of Rashan Charles

who died on Saturday after unverified video footage

showed him being restrained by a police officer.

Alpa Patel has the details, and Alpa, as well as the trouble,

some developments tonight as far as the investigation is concerned?

Yes, the death has caused a lot of anger in the local community and is

the subject of an independent police investigation. Rashan Charles was

chased into a shop in Hackney last Saturday. Pictures show a police

officer tackling him to the ground. A member of the public also helping.

Police say Rashan was trying to swallow something as he was

struggling and when he arrived at hospital he was pronounced dead.

Since last Saturday, there have been angry scenes near the shop where

this happened. Tonight, protesters are out again, some have clashed

with police, as these pictures show. I have just spoken to the police and

they say the protests are still ongoing, even though no arrests have

taken place so far. There is an IPCC investigation, perhaps telling that

they are updating us on the investigation even though it is not

yet concluded. The Kbits of that say that they are looking through body

camera footage and CCTV not in public domain. This is the third

death in five weeks, in contact with police. It is an extremely tense

time when it comes to community relations. A tweet by Hackney police

says that officers have been subjected to abuse and violence and

that would not be the wish of the family. We will keep a close eye on

what is happening. Thank you. Let's find out what the weather's

going to be like tonight and for the weekend,

with Jay. It, since God, but it didn't take

long for the cloud to thicken up. By the middle of the afternoon we were

seeing some light rain and drizzle. Some rain around at the moment but

it will clear away. Tomorrow, we get off to a dry start. Make the most of

that because there will be rain coming in later on. Wet for a time

overnight tonight. By the end of the night, any rain is confined to the

far south-east. The skies will be clearing for many of us.

Temperatures of 40 or 50 degrees by dawn with a bit of a breeze. The

further north you are, a bright start. Good spells of sunshine. Make

the most of the morning, that is when you will see the best of the

dry and right whether through the afternoon. As you go through the

afternoon, some of the rain could turn out to be on the heavy side.

Top temperatures, getting into the upper teens, maybe the low 20s. It's

going to feel a bit cooler underneath all that rain. Let's look

at the Outlook. Sunday looks like a better day overall. Monday or

Tuesday, largely dry. at the Outlook. Sunday looks like a

better day overall. Monday or Tuesday, largely dry.

Hello, I am sure anybody on holiday in the UK right now is not too

impressed with the holiday. This weather watcher picture sums things

up. In Highland Scotland, at least there was some sunshine between the

downpours. Further south across England and Wales, thickening cloud,

outbreaks of rain, initially heavier in Wales, and then in northern

England pushing to the North Sea. Dribs and drabs of rain heading

across the Midlands to the south-east. Walt two heavy bursts

and gusty wind in the south-east ahead of the rain. Later, skies were

clear and the wind will drop a bit. In the north-west, we are going to

hang on to the showers. Temperatures about 12 or 13 degrees. Into the

start of the weekend, some more showers around and some sunshine for

Scotland and Northern Ireland. Showers initially near the north

coast of Northern Ireland, western Scotland, that bit dry across

eastern