0:00:00 > 0:00:00Sarah Smith, BBC News.
0:00:00 > 0:00:12Here on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Good evening. for the news where you are.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15I'm Riz Lateef. for the news where you are.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18We start tonight with a BBC London investigation exposing rogue
0:00:18 > 0:00:22beauticians who carry out illegal teeth whitening treatments.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Achieving a perfect smile is big business in the capital -
0:00:26 > 0:00:28and when it's carried out by qualified professionals
0:00:28 > 0:00:31in dental clinics it's a safe and simple procedure.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34But in the wrong hands it can lead to crippling pain and burns -
0:00:34 > 0:00:38and dentists have told us it can even put patients' lives at risk.
0:00:38 > 0:00:47Guy Lynn has this exclusive report.
0:00:49 > 0:00:55Teeth whitening is one of the most popular procedures in the UK. But as
0:00:55 > 0:01:02it is a medical procedure only a dentist or regulated dental
0:01:02 > 0:01:07professional can legally do it on customers. These pictures show why.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12Used incorrectly the hydrogen peroxide can cause burns and
0:01:12 > 0:01:17blisters and gum damage. BBC London went undercover to find rogue
0:01:17 > 0:01:22beauticians offering treatments. Such as Ashley Smith near Paddington
0:01:22 > 0:01:31who charges £100. She implies that she is qualified. Yes, I am trained
0:01:31 > 0:01:35and qualified. Her only qualification a one-day course with
0:01:35 > 0:01:38the tooth whitening firm. Yet she illegally performs dental
0:01:38 > 0:01:44procedures.If you're seeing someone on the high street that attended a
0:01:44 > 0:01:49one-day course, dentists attend a five-year training programme to
0:01:49 > 0:01:53qualify so you are placing yourself in harms way.The whitening kits and
0:01:53 > 0:02:00toothpastes that you could buy on the high street can only contain a
0:02:00 > 0:02:05maximum of 0.1% of hydrogen peroxide and anything stronger, up to 6%,
0:02:05 > 0:02:14must be prescribed by dentists. Fran from West Ham is no dentist but this
0:02:14 > 0:02:18untrained beautician carries out dental procedures in her bedroom.Do
0:02:18 > 0:02:24not touch that because it could burn your hands.And tell us what
0:02:24 > 0:02:29strength hydrogen peroxide she will use to whiten teeth.It contains
0:02:29 > 0:02:35hydrogen peroxide 25%.Using whitener warden four times the
0:02:35 > 0:02:40strength allowed by a dentist is breaking the law and she knows it.
0:02:40 > 0:02:46In all honesty you're not supposed to use this. That is why you paid
0:02:46 > 0:02:52£300 as a dentist.So will she go ahead? First of all she gives us a
0:02:52 > 0:02:58gum shield and then applies hydrogen peroxide. That is the peroxide.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Usually she would leave it on for over an hour but we have taken
0:03:02 > 0:03:08dental advice and we bought straightaway. After filming our
0:03:08 > 0:03:12researcher gets the peroxide removed and has a full dental checkup and
0:03:12 > 0:03:17gets the all clear.It is putting a life at risk to do dental procedure
0:03:17 > 0:03:21is not in a dental surgery. I see where things have gone wrong and I
0:03:21 > 0:03:27have to deal with that. And this is astounding, it should not happen.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32Ashley Smith said she used a safe non-peroxide product but ignored all
0:03:32 > 0:03:40requests for a response. Fran low denied using peroxide gel is on
0:03:40 > 0:03:43customers. She claims she said she did in order to get the sale and Ben
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Checchi was not aware that what she was doing was illegal. She now says
0:03:47 > 0:03:51that she has stopped doing teeth whitening altogether. She also sold
0:03:51 > 0:03:54as a syringe with 700 times the strength peroxide that can be
0:03:54 > 0:03:59purchased on the high street. We will hamper to the authorities and
0:03:59 > 0:04:04during our investigation we heard of many other beauticians ignoring
0:04:04 > 0:04:08warnings and playing roulette with patient safety.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Thousands of cervical cancer smear tests are being reviewed
0:04:10 > 0:04:12after an issue identified at a laboratory in Essex.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16It's after some women in the county were wrongly given the all-clear.
0:04:16 > 0:04:23Let's get more details from Marc Ashdown.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28What do we know? All women aged between 25 and 64 are offered the
0:04:28 > 0:04:33cervical smear test to test for cervical cancer. His tests in
0:04:33 > 0:04:38question are from a laboratory which carries out testing for Southend
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Hospital trust and Basildon Hospital trust. And 17 women were given the
0:04:41 > 0:04:48all clear by mistake. They should not been told that at all. They have
0:04:48 > 0:04:53now been contacted and some of them in fact need further testing.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Because of August 2000 500 smear tests are now being retested. We
0:04:57 > 0:05:00understand about 900 of those have already taken place and depending
0:05:00 > 0:05:05what happens with those, if for example they detect significant
0:05:05 > 0:05:08variations then worst-case scenario they may have to take all 55,000
0:05:08 > 0:05:12women who were tested over the past few years in the area and bring them
0:05:12 > 0:05:18back in for retesting. The local says this is all troubling and
0:05:18 > 0:05:21raises serious issues. One of the big questions I do not understand,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25if the fault was found last June why has it taken so long to come to
0:05:25 > 0:05:31light. And I do not understand why the government 's procedures were
0:05:31 > 0:05:36not in place so this must bring more rigorous. But at the moment is to
0:05:36 > 0:05:41seems to be simply speculation as to exactly what went on.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Add water but the hospital trusts, whatever they said?Basildon told us
0:05:45 > 0:05:51we understand this is a worrying time for the women involved and they
0:05:51 > 0:05:55would like to reassure everyone that this is an isolated incident. We
0:05:55 > 0:05:59understand an independent screening service has been brought in to carry
0:05:59 > 0:06:03out three tests which should take a couple of weeks. Women who have a
0:06:03 > 0:06:08Tesco back negative will not be contacted Sobey advises you think
0:06:08 > 0:06:11you are affected do not contact your GP. If there is an issue the
0:06:11 > 0:06:15hospital will get in touch with and Public Health England said cervical
0:06:15 > 0:06:22cancer is one of the most deadly but also one of the so they do not want
0:06:22 > 0:06:27people to be put off being tested because of this.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29The father of an eleven month old baby boy is to challenge
0:06:29 > 0:06:31a high court judgment, allowing doctors to withdraw
0:06:31 > 0:06:32life support treatment.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Specialists at King's College hospital had argued that giving
0:06:34 > 0:06:36further intensive care treatment to Isaiah Haastrup was 'futile' not
0:06:36 > 0:06:41in his best interests.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43One of the ringleaders convicted of the Hatton Garden heist -
0:06:43 > 0:06:44has died in prison.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45He was 69.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Terry Perkins was jailed for seven years after stealing over
0:06:48 > 0:06:50£13 million of valuables in the 2015 raid.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52He's believed to have been ill for some time.
0:06:52 > 0:07:00An independent investigation into his death will now take place.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02It's estimated that 10,000 new construction jobs will be
0:07:02 > 0:07:06created in the capital over the next five years, but with a shortage
0:07:06 > 0:07:08of skilled workers in London - it raises the question
0:07:08 > 0:07:17who will fill them?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20And with Brexit talks underway in Downing street today -
0:07:20 > 0:07:22some are worried that Britain leaving the EU will exacerbate
0:07:22 > 0:07:24the existing skills gap here.
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Our Political Correspondent Karl Mercer reports.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27They're building a new school and new homes here in Paddington.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30And London's going to need a whole lot more of them.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Which means it will need a whole lot more workers like these.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34According to the industry training body
0:07:34 > 0:07:36the capital will need 10,000 more construction workers over
0:07:36 > 0:07:38the next five years.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43It will be a challenge.
0:07:43 > 0:07:49We need to retain and retrain the people already in the workforce. And
0:07:49 > 0:07:52then we need to recruit people into doing that.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54It's not just these hands on jobs that will be needed though.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00The industry is about more than working on chilly sites in February.
0:08:00 > 0:08:00I think there's working on chilly sites in February.
0:08:00 > 0:08:00I think there's a working on chilly sites in February.
0:08:00 > 0:08:00I think there's a chance working on chilly sites in February.
0:08:00 > 0:08:00I think there's a chance that working on chilly sites in February.
0:08:00 > 0:08:00I think there's a chance that people working on chilly sites in February.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05I think there's a chance that people just see us from the practical
0:08:05 > 0:08:09trades perspective which are vital in delivering projects but sometimes
0:08:09 > 0:08:15we tend to overlook the other skills needed in the industry as a whole.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18From professional architectural skills sets, sustainability and
0:08:18 > 0:08:25environmental skills.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28That might explain this latest video from the institution
0:08:28 > 0:08:28of civil engineers,
0:08:28 > 0:08:30aimed at schoolchildren to get them interested
0:08:30 > 0:08:33in a career in construction.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Part of the efforts of the industry to sell itself better at a time
0:08:36 > 0:08:44when jobs are being created but some skills can be in short supply.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49We are aware of the existing skills gap and Brexit is exacerbating that.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53So we need to make sure we get the skilled people we need in the places
0:08:53 > 0:08:57we need them to complete the infrastructure here in London. That
0:08:57 > 0:09:01is a huge challenge for the industry.It is a worry because
0:09:01 > 0:09:06London is this amazing and vibrant city but our global status is at
0:09:06 > 0:09:10risk if we do not do things like almost trebled the number of homes
0:09:10 > 0:09:14being built in the capital, improve the infrastructure.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15They are challenges that will
0:09:16 > 0:09:17need workers, thousands of them.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19The challenge will be to find those workers in time.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Time for me to say goodnight and let's get the latest
0:09:22 > 0:09:23on the weather with Stav.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25And bitterly cold out there?
0:09:25 > 0:09:29And bitterly cold out there?
0:09:29 > 0:09:34It is, it stays cold as well, typical early February weather
0:09:34 > 0:09:37throughout this week. Although plenty of crisp winter sunshine
0:09:37 > 0:09:42early in the week. It looks like telling perhaps a little less cold
0:09:42 > 0:09:49towards the end of the week. It will be cold tonight, a widespread frost
0:09:49 > 0:09:54and temperatures down to minus five Celsius. Close to -1 in the city
0:09:54 > 0:10:00centre. So you will have to scrape your car if you're heading out early
0:10:00 > 0:10:08first thing. But at least cold and bright with some sunshine around.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13Behind it is a band of cloud containing some sleet and snow.
0:10:13 > 0:10:19Primarily affecting east Anglia, and as the skies clear very cold on
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Tuesday night with a widespread frost to start Wednesday. But again
0:10:24 > 0:10:30not a bad day, bright with some sunshine. Things turning a little
0:10:30 > 0:10:36less cold as we reached Thursday but with that thick cloud and outbreaks
0:10:36 > 0:10:41of rain. And windy for a time as well. That system moves away
0:10:41 > 0:10:45gradually to the near continent as we head into Friday. The
0:10:45 > 0:10:49high-pressure moving in to settle things down. So Friday starting off
0:10:49 > 0:10:55wet and not as cold. But the sunshine should come out.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Temperatures at around 7 degrees. Heading towards the weekend, said to
0:10:59 > 0:11:03stay cold with a spell of rain and he'll snow Saturday