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Tessa Jowell talking to Nick
Robinson. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:00 | |
Good evening. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:12 | |
I'm Asad Ahmad. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:13 | |
In a highly unusual move,
Labour-run Haringey Council has been | 0:00:13 | 0:00:18 | |
told by the party's ruling Executive
to put a halt to a multi-million | 0:00:18 | 0:00:21 | |
pound regeneration
project in north London. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:26 | |
The plan to renew thousands
of council homes has proved | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
hugely controversial -
but in this latest move, there's | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
also some discomfort locally
about Labour's National Executive | 0:00:31 | 0:00:35 | |
stepping in to tell a local
council what to do. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
Here's Susana Mendonca. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:42 | |
This resident has lived
on Northumberland Park | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
in Tottenham for 29 years. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:50 | |
The local council wants to knock
this down and rebuild it. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
And it has promised that all social
tenants like her would get to return | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
to live here if they want to. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
Yes, I have been here a long time
and I love the place. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
I wish to come back. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
I asked about the rent and they said
the rent is going to be the same. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:08 | |
But I am wondering how
true it is going to be. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:14 | |
This is one of the areas in this
north London borough that would be | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
included in the so-called
Haringey Development | 0:01:17 | 0:01:19 | |
Vehicle, or HDV. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
That's a 50-50 partnership
between the council | 0:01:21 | 0:01:22 | |
and a private developer. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
Haringey Council says this plan
is all about regenerating inadequate | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
estates and building much-needed
new homes - more than 6000 of them, | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
40% of which they say
would be affordable. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:37 | |
But it has been met with huge
opposition, not least | 0:01:37 | 0:01:39 | |
because of the council's choice
of business partner. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:45 | |
Lendlease was the company
behind the Heygate estate | 0:01:45 | 0:01:50 | |
redevelopment in Southwark -
once home to more than a thousand | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
socially rented properties,
the development that replaced it now | 0:01:52 | 0:01:54 | |
has less than 100 of them. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:59 | |
Which is a comparison that those
protesting against the Haringey | 0:01:59 | 0:02:01 | |
plans have continued to make. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:05 | |
This is not a rejection
of the ambition behind the HDV. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
It is the fact it is poorly thought
out, it is too risky, it is very, | 0:02:09 | 0:02:13 | |
very likely to fail in at least some
way, the most likely way | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
of which is the proportion of homes
for genuine affordable social rent | 0:02:16 | 0:02:21 | |
will probably be small and will no
doubt dwindle over time. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:28 | |
The plans, which also include
building on council-owned | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
sites in Wood Green,
have led to huge divisions | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
within the Labour Party here. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:34 | |
Councillors who support the HDV have
been deselected and some opposed | 0:02:34 | 0:02:36 | |
to it have now got the backing
of Labour's ruling body. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:42 | |
We have now got the Labour Party's
National Executive Committee | 0:02:42 | 0:02:44 | |
effectively telling a Labour council
what to do over a specific | 0:02:44 | 0:02:48 | |
policy, which is in itself
quite extraordinary. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:53 | |
And I am thinking where does this
end, so what happens the next time | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
a campaign group who is now part
of the Labour Party is not happy | 0:02:56 | 0:03:00 | |
with something that a Labour
council leader is doing? | 0:03:00 | 0:03:07 | |
With pressure continuing
to mount, the future of this | 0:03:07 | 0:03:09 | |
development remains unclear. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
Tim Donovan is our political editor. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:21 | |
Apologies wasn't issues with sound
this evening. -- apologies | 0:03:21 | 0:03:27 | |
Apologies wasn't issues with sound
this evening. -- apologies about | 0:03:28 | 0:03:28 | |
some issues. We are back on track
now. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
This is a local issue, | 0:03:30 | 0:03:31 | |
but with many people outside
Haringey watching what happens? | 0:03:31 | 0:03:35 | |
Because it is a row that some people
think lays bare wider divisions | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
within the Labour Party, both
locally in Haringey and suggesting a | 0:03:39 | 0:03:44 | |
potential split and differing
factions within Labour nationally, | 0:03:44 | 0:03:50 | |
too. The main organisation,
Momentum, the activist, grassroots | 0:03:50 | 0:03:57 | |
community organisation not created
that long ago, has run 35,000 | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
members already, runs parallel with
Labour, supportive of Corbyn and his | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
beliefs. They are very active in
Haringey and have oppose these | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
plans. There is not a total
crossover, lots of people oppose | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
these plans who are not in Momentum,
but politically Momentum are held to | 0:04:12 | 0:04:17 | |
have been responsible for about 20
existing councillors, Cymbeline | 0:04:17 | 0:04:24 | |
deselected all voluntarily standing
down, because they do not want to | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
stand in the May elections. Lots of
people wondering what will happen | 0:04:27 | 0:04:31 | |
now. The senior ruling body will
send in a senior MP to mediate, it | 0:04:31 | 0:04:36 | |
is thought the leader, who has put
so much political capital and effort | 0:04:36 | 0:04:40 | |
into getting these plans up and
running, will meet party bosses. She | 0:04:40 | 0:04:44 | |
cannot you press the button because
she is waiting for the outcome of a | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
judicial review, but I suppose it is
possible but the outcome of the May | 0:04:47 | 0:04:52 | |
elections will lead to a Momentum
heavy, heavy with people who oppose | 0:04:52 | 0:04:57 | |
this scheme, thus it may not get off
the ground. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
It will be interesting to see what
happens. Thank you, Tim Farron and | 0:05:00 | 0:05:04 | |
-- Tim Donovan. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:05 | |
The mother of a young girl who died
when playground equipment | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
collapsed on her in east London,
has been told that the council | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
responsible for its upkeep
won't face any criminal charges. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:13 | |
Alexia Walenkaki was enjoying
playing near her mother | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
in a park in Mile End,
when a wooden post collapsed. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
Her mother says the decision shows
there's one law for some people - | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
and another for those
of colour, and who are poor. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
She's been speaking to Alex Bushill. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
Baby, flowers of light. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
Sleep and see brighter dreams... | 0:05:29 | 0:05:34 | |
This is a poem chosen by Vida that
always reminds her of her little | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
five-year-old girl. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:39 | |
She was crushed to death
here before her mum's eyes. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:43 | |
The playground has since been
closed, remodelled and reopened, | 0:05:43 | 0:05:45 | |
but everywhere, there
are reminders of Alexia. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:50 | |
Alexia was a charmer. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
Whoever she came into contact with
instantly fell in love with her. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
This photo even shows the equipment
that was to crush her, | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
the wooden timbers in the background
clear to see. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
It was a moment Vida watched unfold. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:06 | |
I noticed the log on which they
were playing as a swing | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
started to collapse. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:11 | |
I ran as fast as I could to where
the children were playing. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:16 | |
But when I got there,
Alexia was already on the floor. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
There was not much I could do. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:21 | |
Today, we learned that the CPS
are not going to bring | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
charges against the council
which runs this playground. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:29 | |
That's despite the fact that we now
know that in 2014 and 2015 | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
in the years leading up to Alexia's
death, there were not | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
annual safety inspections. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
Alexia's family say
that if there had been, | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
she would be alive today. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:42 | |
In a letter seen by the BBC,
the CPS explain this decision. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:47 | |
Whilst accepting that annual checks
had not been carried out since 2013, | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
the CPS did point to how there had
been an operational inspection | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
on 1st June and a daily inspection
on the day Alexia died, | 0:06:52 | 0:06:55 | |
17th July 2015. | 0:06:55 | 0:07:00 | |
No issue with the log
was identified in either. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
For Vida's lawyers, though,
it simply isn't good enough. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
I don't think the system
they had in place for | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
inspections was good enough. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:09 | |
Yes, there were daily and quarterly
inspections being carried out. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
However, the last annual inspection
wasn't carried out for a year | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
and ten months prior
to Alexia's death. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
This inspection is important
because it's a lot more | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
thorough and more in-depth
than in the quarterly | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
and daily inspections. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
Tools are used which detect
defective equipment which may not be | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
apparent during a quarterly
and daily inspection. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
Vida puts it far stronger. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
There are different laws
for people of this country | 0:07:34 | 0:07:38 | |
and there are different laws
for people of colour. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:42 | |
You think you're a victim of racism? | 0:07:42 | 0:07:44 | |
Yes. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:45 | |
Because I'm a nobody and I am poor. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:49 | |
That's the way I see it. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:50 | |
Because I'm alone, there
was nobody to fight back, | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
so they do what they want. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
The CPS has declined
to comment on Vida's | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
concerns of discrimination,
but it is going to | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
review its decision. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
As for Tower Hamlets,
they won't comment either, | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
with an inquest into Alexia's death
now set for early spring. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:09 | |
I just felt that if I needed Alexia,
this is where I should come get her. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:13 | |
In the early days, I would stand
outside and actually | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
yelled her name, calling,
expecting a response. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
But, you know, that wouldn't happen. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
That silence is obviously forever,
but Alexia's image, her memory, | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
will be here too, for ever. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:30 | |
If you're passing
the stretch along the Thames | 0:08:32 | 0:08:34 | |
near the South Bank from now on,
look out for pyramids. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
Colourful ones. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
They've been installed
to fix a leaky roof. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
That's one way of dealing
with it - and it's given | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
the Hayward Gallery
a whole new light. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:46 | |
Here's Wendy Hurrell. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:48 | |
A rare view of a gallery. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:50 | |
Installation in progress
and the first exhibition to be put | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
on these walls for over two years. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:59 | |
In the meantime,
a multi-million-pound restoration | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
has been happening to update
the electrics, to replace | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
the painted-over decaying
pyramid roof lights. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:09 | |
Now the ceiling has windows
onto the sky, we will see the works | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
beneath quite differently. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
Of course, normally,
we get daylight coming in, | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
but right now you see | 0:09:16 | 0:09:17 | |
the wonderful purple,
changing lights of David | 0:09:17 | 0:09:24 | |
Batchelor's sculpture that's
on the rooftop right now. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
And this is what it looks
like from the roof - | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
66 brand-new pyramids especially lit
up until the end of March to mark | 0:09:29 | 0:09:34 | |
the reopening of the Hayward Gallery
and celebrate its 50th year. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:38 | |
We are continuing to try to find
artists from across the world | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
who we think are really articulating
something new and saying something | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
about the world we live in -
showing it to us in a way that | 0:09:43 | 0:09:47 | |
makes you think. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:51 | |
The Director of the Hayward Gallery
speaking to Wendy Hurrell. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
Now for the weather with Ben. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
Now for the weather with Ben. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:02 | |
A very wet state today? Not
particularly inspiring at all. Heavy | 0:10:02 | 0:10:08 | |
rain, very strong winds as well. The
good news is tomorrow looks | 0:10:08 | 0:10:13 | |
considerably brighter and
considerably quieter. We will see | 0:10:13 | 0:10:17 | |
some sunny spells, Shell is passing
through in the breeze, not as windy | 0:10:17 | 0:10:20 | |
as today.
During the rest tonight, largely dry | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
conditions with clear spells, a few
showers might pass through time. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:29 | |
Chillier than last night, four, five
or six the minimum temperatures. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:34 | |
A bright enough start tomorrow,
spells of sunshine. There is the | 0:10:34 | 0:10:38 | |
chance that one or two will creep
through at times but they should be | 0:10:38 | 0:10:42 | |
fairly light, very few and far
between. I suspect many places will | 0:10:42 | 0:10:46 | |
still dry all day.
Not as windy as it has been, eight | 0:10:46 | 0:10:51 | |
to 10 degrees.
Into tomorrow, staying fairly cool | 0:10:51 | 0:10:55 | |
with clear spells and a few showers.
Friday looks nice, still fairly | 0:10:55 | 0:11:00 | |
cool, | 0:11:00 | 0:11:00 |