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Plenty of food from thought there
fromical foreigna. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:00 | |
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Good evening, welcome
to the programme. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:19 | |
BBC London has found there's been
a huge rise in the number of victims | 0:00:19 | 0:00:23 | |
of sexual assault coming forward
to the Met Police. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:25 | |
We've obtained figures that show
reports have gone up by more | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
than 7,000 in the last four years. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:29 | |
Scotland Yard says it suggests
victims are more confident that such | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
crimes will be taken seriously. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:33 | |
But support groups say many cases
are still not reaching the courts. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:36 | |
Our home affairs correspondent,
Nick Beake, reports. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:41 | |
Jenn Selby wants to speak out
about what happened to her. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:45 | |
She says she was raped
by a man she knew well. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
It was a really difficult decision
for me to come forward about it, | 0:00:48 | 0:00:52 | |
because it involved a lot of people
that I knew and a lot of friends, | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
and it took me quite a few days
to decide to go to the police. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:59 | |
I was in a lot of shock. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:00 | |
I did that, and I ended up
being on this absolute emotional | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
roller coaster of a court system. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:07 | |
It took police a year to charge
the man, and the court | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
case was delayed twice,
before being dropped - | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
just three days before the trial. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:16 | |
The first time was absolutely
devastating because as a diligent | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
worker that I am, I'd organised
all my own time off and cover, | 0:01:19 | 0:01:28 | |
and I was determined to come back
and get on with my job and get | 0:01:28 | 0:01:35 | |
on with life, and this would be
done, and I was so mentally | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
transfixed on this date
being the time that it | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
would be over. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:41 | |
And then it just moved,
and I couldn't imagine | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
going through another six months
of waiting and waiting. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:46 | |
There's been a big rise
in the reporting of sexual assaults. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
10,000, in all, back in 2012. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:50 | |
Last year, more than 17,000. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:51 | |
The number of reports
of women being raped went | 0:01:51 | 0:01:53 | |
from 3,000 to more than 5,400,
and reports of male rape has tripled | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
in the last four years. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
Mary Mason's charity
is supporting more and more | 0:01:58 | 0:02:00 | |
victims of sexual crimes. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
She says the increased reporting had
not been matched by a similar | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
rise in prosecutions. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
So, they'll say the woman
won't make a credible witness | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
in court, which I find
deeply, deeply troubling. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:19 | |
So, because somebody is vulnerable,
do we allow them to be | 0:02:19 | 0:02:23 | |
raped, with impunity? | 0:02:23 | 0:02:25 | |
That is not acceptable. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
Police officer Richard Unwin has
supported victims of sexual | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
offences for over a decade. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:30 | |
His force says it's now
better at investigating, | 0:02:30 | 0:02:34 | |
and attitudes have changed. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:41 | |
Some things have been in place
for such a long time. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
The attack in a dark alley at 2am
because of what someone | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
was wearing, or by a stranger -
that can happen, but it's not | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
something that we deal
with all the time. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
What we tend to deal
with are assaults, sexual violence | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
involving partners, or friends. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
The Crown Prosecution Service says
more defendants have been | 0:02:56 | 0:03:01 | |
convicted for sexual offences
than ever before. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
It insists it wasn't its fault
Jenn's case was delayed and then | 0:03:03 | 0:03:08 | |
dropped, but campaigners say more
offenders need to be | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
brought to justice. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
Nick Beake, BBC London News. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
The widow of a man killed
when a plane exploded over Libya - | 0:03:16 | 0:03:22 | |
killing 157 people, 25 years ago -
is demanding compensation. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
At the time, experts believed
it was a mid-air collision. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:27 | |
But since the fall of Gaddafi,
there have been claims the plane | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
was deliberately destroyed. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
That, and the deaths
of many other Londoners, | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
have all been linked back
to his regime. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:36 | |
But so far, no UK families have
received compensation, | 0:03:36 | 0:03:40 | |
despite Libyan assets
in London being seized. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:42 | |
Jim Wheble reports. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:47 | |
This piece I did, self-portrait,
it represents my lost life. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:54 | |
I'd lost my husband,
I felt I had been killed and I'd | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
lost my life as well. | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
Her husband was Victor Prazak,
a contractor working in Libya, | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
and one of those on board
Flight 1103. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
Denied the right to bring
back her husband's body, | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
or even to visit the grave for years
after, painting was how she coped. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:13 | |
I can express myself more
in paintings than in words. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
How I felt. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
And then, after the fall of Gaddafi,
a different truth emerged. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
His inner circle admitting the plane
was shot down on Gaddafi orders - | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
an act of terror the present Libyan
government has not | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
publicly accepted. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
Yet, Felicity has never received
a penny of compensation. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:35 | |
It's just what I should have. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
If other people have had big
pay-outs, why is my husband ignored? | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
As a family, we try to cope,
but we know our lives would have | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
been very different. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:51 | |
And yet in the UK, around £9
billion-worth of Gaddafi | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
frozen assets are held. | 0:04:53 | 0:05:01 | |
This house in North London was some
of it until, in this case, | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
the High Court gave it back
to the current Libyan authorities. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
The question for UK victims
of Gaddafi-sponsored terrorism - | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
why can't some of these frozen
assets be used to pay compensation? | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
Yesterday, a memorial
was held for the victims | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
of the 1983 IRA Harrods bomb -
the explosives supplied by Gaddafi. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:22 | |
Susanne Dodds' police
officer father, hailed | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
a hero, lost his life. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:26 | |
Our government should be stronger
with the frozen assets. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:33 | |
We do have a bill going
through the House of Lords. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:36 | |
It's going to the Commons,
hopefully in January. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
And the Government needs to stand up
for their victims, to actually give | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
us the compensation. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:48 | |
In a special debate here last week,
the Minister for the Middle East, | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
Alastair Burt, addressed these
questions of Gaddafi's | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
frozen billions. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:58 | |
He said that the UN resolution used
to freeze the assets is clear - | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
they should be for the benefit
of the Libyan people, and to breach | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
that would break international law. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:08 | |
This is the aftermath of the IRA's
1996 Docklands bombing - | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
again, using Gaddafi explosives. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
The local MP feels compensation
for the victims in his | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
constituency needs to be paid. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:21 | |
Families have not been compensated. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
The frozen assets are
sitting in bank accounts. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
Other countries have been able
to compensate their victims. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:31 | |
I don't understand why the UK
Government can't compensate ours. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
You've lived with this for 25 years,
and I can see you've lived with it | 0:06:34 | 0:06:38 | |
every day of your life. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:39 | |
I think you never give up hope. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
Once you give up hope,
all is lost, really. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:51 | |
At points, I have given up hope, but
something will happen, in new window | 0:06:51 | 0:06:57 | |
will open. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:58 | |
in new window will open. | 0:06:58 | 0:06:59 | |
A Foreign Office spokesman said
the Government is determined | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
to see a just resolution,
but due to the problems | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
facing Libya, progress
is likely to remain slow. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
The hope is, another 25
years won't pass by. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
Jim Wheble, BBC London News. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
She has described it as a wonderful
privilege. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
A former nurse in the NHS
has been appointed as | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
the new Bishop of London. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:17 | |
The Right Reverend Sarah Mullally
is the first woman to ever be | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
appointed to the role,
which is one of the most | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
senior positions within
the Church of England. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:24 | |
Some of the first to meet her
following the announcement might not | 0:07:24 | 0:07:27 | |
be who you'd expect. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:28 | |
Here's our religious affairs
correspondent, Martin Bashir. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:33 | |
It wasn't the congregation
at St Paul's Cathedral, | 0:07:33 | 0:07:42 | |
but students at Urswick secondary
school, in Hackney, that had | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
the first opportunity to meet
with the new Bishop of London. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
A nurse by training and profession,
her appointment as the 133rd Bishop | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
of London marks an historic move
toward gender equality and means | 0:07:50 | 0:07:54 | |
that a woman now holds one
of the three most senior positions | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
in the Church of England. | 0:07:57 | 0:08:01 | |
London is a diverse place and,
therefore, it is right | 0:08:01 | 0:08:03 | |
that we represent the diversity
of this city. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:07 | |
The Diocese of London is one
of the few areas where the Church | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
of England is growing. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:11 | |
But it also has a formidable
presence of conservatives - | 0:08:11 | 0:08:18 | |
both from the Anglo-Catholic
and Evangelical traditions - | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
who disapprove of women priests. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:22 | |
For those that can't
accept my ordination as either | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
a bishop or a priest because I'm
a woman, I say to them I fully | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
respect their theological position. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:32 | |
And my question to them always is,
how can I enable their | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
ministry to flourish? | 0:08:35 | 0:08:40 | |
Bishops of London are traditionally
made Dean of the Chapels Royal. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:46 | |
Churches like St George's
Chapel, in Windsor. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
This raises the prospect of
Bishop Sarah at the Royal wedding. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:51 | |
Is there any possibility that
you might officiate at the wedding | 0:08:51 | 0:08:53 | |
of Prince Harry
and Miss Meghan Markle? | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
I haven't even officially become
the Bishop of London yet. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:58 | |
There are many parts of my roles
that I have yet to discover. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:01 | |
At the moment, I just
want to celebrate with Prince Harry | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
and Meghan, and my prayers go
with them in the time ahead. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:09 | |
Bishop Sarah will now prepare
for the installation | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
at St Paul's Cathedral,
which is likely to take | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
place in June next year. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:15 | |
Martin Bashir, BBC London News. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:21 | |
Let me wish you a very
goodnight now, and I'll | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
leave you with Elizabeth,
who's got the weather for us. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:24 | |
A lovely day today, starting with a
frost which was crisp, and lots of | 0:09:30 | 0:09:35 | |
sunshine around. This is more like
what we will be looking at tomorrow. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:40 | |
Or not looking at! A lot of fog
forming overnight. As we look at the | 0:09:40 | 0:09:45 | |
weather for the week ahead, Doctor
night, quite widespread. Some of it | 0:09:45 | 0:09:51 | |
is freezing fog patches. Very cold
out there. Mild for much of the rest | 0:09:51 | 0:09:55 | |
of the week at Melton are from
Tuesday onwards. And mostly dry. | 0:09:55 | 0:10:00 | |
Under the influence of high
pressure. Overnight tonight, | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
conditions ripe for widespread fog,
moist and colder, clear skies, light | 0:10:03 | 0:10:10 | |
winds. Temperatures below freezing
away from towns and fog very | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
stubborn to clear into tomorrow
morning. A Met Office weather | 0:10:14 | 0:10:19 | |
warning for the fog, very poor
visibility on the roads tomorrow. If | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
you are travelling in the rush-hour
or flying, check before you go to | 0:10:22 | 0:10:28 | |
the airport even. Very poor
conditions. Keep up-to-date by | 0:10:28 | 0:10:32 | |
watching BBC London in the morning.
Some clearance of the fog through | 0:10:32 | 0:10:36 | |
the afternoon. It should brighten up
at temperatures between 5-7. For | 0:10:36 | 0:10:42 | |
many, the fog lasts until the
afternoon and a bleak December day. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:47 | |
Wednesday, more brightness and help
fog around, temperatures up to ten, | 0:10:47 | 0:10:52 | |
11 degrees. That is where they will
stay on Thursday and possibly | 0:10:52 | 0:10:56 | |
Friday. A couple of degrees lower.
For the weekend, mild and a touch | 0:10:56 | 0:11:02 | |
breezy. And | 0:11:02 | 0:11:04 |