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Huw, we will find out next month at
the Camp Nou. Natalie Perks with the | 0:00:00 | 0:00:01 | |
latest | 0:00:01 | 0:00:01 | |
Good evening from BBC London News. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:21 | |
Residents in a London borough
are patrolling the streets | 0:00:21 | 0:00:26 | |
after a series of
violent burglaries. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:27 | |
They say they've been forced to take
action because there aren't enough | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
local police officers. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:31 | |
Hundreds of people have signed up
to the group but the police have | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
warned them against taking matters
into their own hands. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:36 | |
Anna O'Neill reports. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:40 | |
He will be the driver and I will be
the patrol. This is Rakesh and | 0:00:40 | 0:00:45 | |
Dhawan and by day, they work in
finance but by night, they work as | 0:00:45 | 0:00:50 | |
vigilantes. They say they have been
forced to take action because of an | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
increase in burglaries in Redbridge
and a lack of officers. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
All we have is a group
of 250 members. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
If we see anything suspicious... | 0:01:00 | 0:01:01 | |
Sorry to interrupt. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:02 | |
I spoke to those lads. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:03 | |
There are three of them. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
There are a few of them walking
really strange in the avenue. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:12 | |
A few moments later
the people walking strangely | 0:01:12 | 0:01:14 | |
are nowhere to be found. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:15 | |
They were seen on the road
looking at people's houses. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
And taking photos. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:18 | |
Taking photos? | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
So that what is meant
by walking suspiciously? | 0:01:20 | 0:01:21 | |
Yeah. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
They are gone now. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
This is why they are worried, home
CCTV footage of a violent attack on | 0:01:28 | 0:01:33 | |
a family at 6:30pm. A gang left with
jewellery, money and a car and left | 0:01:33 | 0:01:40 | |
a 17-year-old with a knife wound to
the head. Burglaries have doubled. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:45 | |
As soon as they walked in,
I had that sinking feeling. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:47 | |
I opened the bedroom
door, it was wide open, | 0:01:47 | 0:01:50 | |
and everything from my cupboard,
everything was on the floor, | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
on the bed. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:53 | |
This woman was also
burgled last month, | 0:01:53 | 0:01:58 | |
and most of her friends. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:03 | |
I have been sleeping with the phone
under my pillow and every now and | 0:02:03 | 0:02:07 | |
again I check that somebody is on
patrol and I feel OK. The patrols | 0:02:07 | 0:02:12 | |
have the support of the local
council. I think it is totally | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
justified because the police numbers
have gone down. The last statistic | 0:02:16 | 0:02:20 | |
was they are down to 1985 level and
Redbridge being the second fastest | 0:02:20 | 0:02:25 | |
borough, we are not, per capita, we
do not have enough policeman and the | 0:02:25 | 0:02:29 | |
residents have enough reason to be
unhappy. I can't see us taking the | 0:02:29 | 0:02:34 | |
law into our own hands but again, we
don't want to do this, we are all | 0:02:34 | 0:02:39 | |
working people. If there were enough
police officers on the road, I | 0:02:39 | 0:02:43 | |
wouldn't want to patrol, I would
want to be at home. Police are | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 | |
launching a street watch scheme
later this month where local patrols | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
can be trained to operate under
their guidance. Police say they | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
admire the community spirit in the
area but want to make sure the | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
patrols remain within the law. They
shouldn't have this worry, they | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
shouldn't have to feel like this. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:04 | |
Jeremy Corbyn has been
speaking about his plans | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
for the City of London,
promising a Labour government | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
would take decisive steps to make it
a "servant of industry". | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
Alpa Patel listened
to the speech earlier today. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
Alpa, what did he say? | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
This was a hard-hitting speech in
front of a conference of | 0:03:18 | 0:03:23 | |
manufacturers in which Jeremy Corbyn
called for a fundamental rethink on | 0:03:23 | 0:03:27 | |
the way the city is regulated. He
said if he was Prime Minister, he | 0:03:27 | 0:03:32 | |
would end the out-of-control
financial wizardry and gambling of | 0:03:32 | 0:03:36 | |
bankers, as he put it. Here is a
little more of what he had to say. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:40 | |
We need a fundamental rethink
of who finance should serve and how | 0:03:40 | 0:03:42 | |
it should be regulated. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
There can be no rebalancing
of our distorted, sluggish | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
and unequal economy without taking
on the unfettered power of finance. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:57 | |
Well, as you can imagine, his
comments has certainly raised | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
eyebrows. One leading industry
analyst said Jeremy Corbyn had | 0:04:00 | 0:04:04 | |
failed to understand the value of
the city and the contribution it | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
makes towards jobs and tax revenue,
but his speech of course plays into | 0:04:08 | 0:04:12 | |
a core message by Labour over social
inequality and that widening gap | 0:04:12 | 0:04:17 | |
between rich and poor. And let's not
forget that we are merely two months | 0:04:17 | 0:04:23 | |
away from local elections, this is
why this speech matters. Thanks very | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
much. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
Tickets, dinners and trips abroad -
are some of the hundreds of perks | 0:04:28 | 0:04:32 | |
a Westminster councillor has been
criticised for receiving. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
The gifts and hospitality
were all fully declared - | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
but he's now referred himself
to the borough's monitoring board. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
As our Political editor
Tim Donovan reports. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
The application is
granted as advised. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
Shame on you. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
That was Robert Davis telling
an angry audience that his council | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
was backing the Garden Bridge. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
For many years, he was
the councillor in charge | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
of planning in Westminster,
overseeing the look and feel | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
of the heart of the capital. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
He is now deputy leader. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
An analysis of council records shows
just how much entertainment, | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
hospitality and gifts he's received. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
More than 500 occasions declared
on his register of interests | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
in the last three years. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
It certainly proved to be a role
with the capacity for fine dining. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
Councillor Davis has declared 296
meals over the three-year period, | 0:05:21 | 0:05:26 | |
including two here at the Ritz. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:31 | |
And four occasions at one
of London's most exclusive | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
restaurants, La Caprice. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
While this has been his
most regular haunt. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
He's been entertained 20 times
at this upmarket steak | 0:05:39 | 0:05:42 | |
restaurant just up the road
from the council offices. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:48 | |
Very clearly he has
an approach we disagree with. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:50 | |
We think it needs to change. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:51 | |
And we want there to be higher
standards of transparency for anyone | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
that has responsibility
for making planning decisions. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:56 | |
Look, he's not broken the rules,
but the rules need to change. | 0:05:56 | 0:06:00 | |
Rarely a week goes
by without some perk. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:02 | |
Like 12 bottles of wine
received in December 2015. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
Or tickets to Wimbledon
in July 2016. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
A few weeks later, lunch
with the theatre impresario | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
Andrew Lloyd Webber at his
home in Mallorca. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
While more recently, last December,
he gets his hands on a much | 0:06:15 | 0:06:19 | |
sought-after ticket to the musical
Hamilton. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:23 | |
One industry body has entertained
Councillor Davis 15 times. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:27 | |
But says it's open and transparent,
just a forum for discussing | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
complex planning issues. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
There is no exchange of money. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:36 | |
These are, every single event
that the Westminster Property | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
Association has hosted,
has been for a politician | 0:06:39 | 0:06:43 | |
or an officer both to actually speak
and engage and have a discussion | 0:06:43 | 0:06:48 | |
on emerging policy,
which impacts central London, | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
one of the most economically
productive parts of the UK. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
Robert Davis hasn't been speaking
publicly about this today. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:58 | |
But this afternoon, he said he had
referred himself to the town hall | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
official who monitors
the conduct of councillors. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
He said in a statement, | 0:07:04 | 0:07:05 | |
"I'm absolutely clear I have
not broken any rules. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
"But given recent attention,
I believe this is the right step | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
"to take so that can be
shown to be the case, | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
"and to reassure residents." | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
In the meantime, the council
is saying that as the chair | 0:07:17 | 0:07:21 | |
of the country's biggest planning
authority, it's not surprising | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
Councillor Davis had
so many meetings. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:25 | |
Tim Donovan, BBC London news. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:26 | |
Next, the families living in a block
in Enfield who say they've endured | 0:07:29 | 0:07:33 | |
months of living living with mould,
damp and leaky pipes - | 0:07:33 | 0:07:37 | |
which is now affecting their health. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
They feel the council landlord has
turned its back on them. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
It has apologised and rehoused some
of the worst affected residents. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:47 | |
Gareth Furby reports. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:55 | |
Sian is a mother of two | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
who has had to move out | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
of her council flat because of this. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:03 | |
It is a water leak pouring
onto the electric fuse box. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
It is going over the plug
sockets, the fuse box... | 0:08:06 | 0:08:08 | |
No one was electrocuted but she says
the council only two complaints | 0:08:08 | 0:08:17 | |
No one was electrocuted but she says
the council only took her complaints | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
about damp and mauled seriously
when she showed them this recording. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
I think it is absolutely awful. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:24 | |
I was told that it was sewage water. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:26 | |
But I don't know where it is coming
from. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:31 | |
Upstairs, there is mould
in the bedrooms, and with conditions | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
like this, it is not surprisingly
has been few visitors. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
Yes, there has been
rats in this property. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
And she is not in the -- the only
one with problems that this block in | 0:08:38 | 0:08:42 | |
Edmonton. Husna has also moved out.
This was her ten-year-old's | 0:08:42 | 0:08:54 | |
daughter's bedroom. I have been
living like this three-year, it | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
comes from the water, the leaks.
Horrible feeling, depression, sad. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:07 | |
45 flats in this block, we were
shown for conditions in three, | 0:09:07 | 0:09:10 | |
some residents claim that almost
every flat is affected by damp. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:12 | |
They believe there may
be something wrong | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
with the block's structure,
pointing to this crack. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
I'm concerned there's subsidence,
if the property suffers subsidence, | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
there is an issue, they need
to decant all the residents | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
and have a thorough
investigation carried out. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
Enfield Council says
it is working hard to find out | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
where the water is coming
from and if it is a problem | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
with the whole block
or just a few properties. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:36 | |
But it is proving difficult because
the pipes all run internally. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:38 | |
The council says... | 0:09:38 | 0:09:40 | |
For now, the two
mothers have been moved | 0:09:50 | 0:09:54 | |
to separate rooms in the same hotel
and it may be dry with no mould, | 0:09:54 | 0:09:58 | |
but, with their children, | 0:09:58 | 0:09:59 | |
it is very cramped and they
want a solution soon. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:05 | |
I will say good night out and leave
you with Phil Avery for a check on | 0:10:05 | 0:10:09 | |
the weather. What have you got for
us? Quite a lot of cloud, if the | 0:10:09 | 0:10:14 | |
truth be known. That is the | 0:10:14 | 0:10:15 | |
us? Quite a lot of cloud, if the
truth be known. That is the way we | 0:10:15 | 0:10:15 | |
started across many central and
eastern parts, bits and pieces of | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
rain as well. Blue sky bab assured
me that things were cheering up when | 0:10:19 | 0:10:23 | |
he took this picture at Orpington
and it is not too bad at the moment. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:28 | |
The last of the day's rain fizzling
away overnight and so to sum up the | 0:10:28 | 0:10:32 | |
cloud, which will make for a chilly
night than last night and if your | 0:10:32 | 0:10:36 | |
skies remain clear for any length of
time, you may be scraping the car | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
first up on the new day. This is the
way things shape up, a lot of dry | 0:10:40 | 0:10:46 | |
weather around, just enough in a way
of cloud to drag a shower down | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
towards the Kent area if you are
heading that way or if you're going | 0:10:49 | 0:10:52 | |
further north towards the Midlands
but if you are staying close to | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
home, it is not too bad. Looking at
a high of around eight or 9 degrees. | 0:10:55 | 0:11:00 | |
I have to tell you that things are
going to get much cooler over the | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
next few | 0:11:03 | 0:11:03 |