0:00:00 > 0:00:00men in the charity sector, Unicef's Justin Forsyth, has quit. We will
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0:00:11 > 0:00:15Good evening from BBC London News, I'm Victoria Hollins.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19A warning from Scotland Yard today - the Met Police will struggle to keep
0:00:19 > 0:00:21London safe and fund crime prevention, if further
0:00:21 > 0:00:23funding isn't forthcoming.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27The message - in a police report - comes on the same day the Mayor
0:00:27 > 0:00:32confirmed he's investing an extra £110 million in the Met.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35But he admits it's still not enough to stop officer numbers falling.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40Here's our political correspondent, Karl Mercer.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42The Met Police is being stretched.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45It's dealing with another worrying rise in knife crime and has been
0:00:45 > 0:00:47challenged by a year of terror attacks.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49It's also dealing with a growing population in London,
0:00:49 > 0:00:55rising by 100,000 people a year, while police numbers are falling.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57A report seen by BBC London underlines the growing pressure
0:00:57 > 0:01:00the police are under.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02This is the report that sets out Scotland Yard's pretty stark
0:01:02 > 0:01:04vision of the future.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Over 30-odd pages it sets out a vision of what the coming years
0:01:07 > 0:01:10will be like without extra government funding.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13It warns that unless it gets more money cuts to workforce
0:01:13 > 0:01:16numbers could be damaging.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19It says that pressures on its budget mean that it's struggling to invest
0:01:19 > 0:01:22sufficiently in crime prevention.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24It also outlines the effect that cuts and rising crime
0:01:24 > 0:01:29are having on officers, saying that a lack of resources is
0:01:30 > 0:01:32having a worrying impact on morale.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34There is also a blunt warning on police numbers.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38The report says that without extra money London could see just
0:01:38 > 0:01:4227,000 officers by 2022.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45That's a drop of 3000 on current levels.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48They've made a prediction based upon the cuts they are facing.
0:01:48 > 0:01:5375% of the Met Police budget goes on human beings, on police officers.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57They've cut as much as they can, all that is left is the bone.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00They have sold off the buildings, closed police stations, they've got
0:02:00 > 0:02:03rid of many police staff.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06This document is Scotland Yard's submission to something called
0:02:06 > 0:02:09the Police Remuneration Review Body.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Basically, the body that says how much officers should get paid.
0:02:12 > 0:02:18Scotland Yard wants a 3% pay rise for staff and also £2000 extra
0:02:18 > 0:02:20in London weighting - measures it hopes will make the Met
0:02:21 > 0:02:24an attractive place to work.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27We are very clear about some of those morale issues and we talk
0:02:27 > 0:02:30in the document about the fact that pay and rewards is part of that.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34We hope that in the submission that we're taking note of that and trying
0:02:34 > 0:02:37to do something that strikes that difficult balance between being fair
0:02:37 > 0:02:41to our officers and making sure it is something realistic,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43but also accepting that that means there are consequences
0:02:43 > 0:02:47on what money we have to spend on police in London.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Paying police more may attract more recruits,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52but the real sticking point will be over who pays for that pay rise.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Will central government hand over more, or will the Met and the mayor
0:02:55 > 0:03:01have to hand over the cash?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Staying with policing for a moment - because according to an independent
0:03:04 > 0:03:08inspection 90 % of child protection investigations in the capital have
0:03:08 > 0:03:10been unsatisfactory.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13In some cases children have been left to live
0:03:13 > 0:03:15with paedophiles in London.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17The Met insists it is making progress.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22Chris Rogers explained some of the findings to me earlier.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25This is a quarterly report ordered by the Home Office.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30The HM Inspectorate have to carry out.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33This is in response to failures within the Met Police in responding
0:03:33 > 0:03:35to crimes like this that were highlighted last year
0:03:35 > 0:03:38and put down to budget cuts and other pressures.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41The inspectors do highlight new measures have been put in place
0:03:41 > 0:03:44but it's still too early to see if there are any benefits.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47It makes a staggering read.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Some of the cases I can highlight for you now.
0:03:50 > 0:03:59In one incident a 13-year-old girl was calling the police,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02saying she was being blackmailed by a boy to send explicit
0:04:02 > 0:04:04pictures of herself, but the police didn't
0:04:04 > 0:04:05respond for 11 days.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08In another case teachers informed police that a seven-year-old boy
0:04:08 > 0:04:10was being abused by his parents but he wasn't taken into care
0:04:10 > 0:04:12and continued to be abused for four months.
0:04:12 > 0:04:22The inspectors looked at a total of 214 child protection cases
0:04:25 > 0:04:28ranging from blackmail, exploitation to paedophilia and of those cases
0:04:28 > 0:04:30they said almost 191 were judged to be requiring improvement
0:04:30 > 0:04:31or there was an inadequate response.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34The backdrop to that is a rise in the number of child protection
0:04:34 > 0:04:36cases being reported.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39A staggering 65,000 offences between 2016 and 2017 and children's
0:04:39 > 0:04:42charities say we have to bear that record number of cases in mind
0:04:42 > 0:04:46when we're scrutinising the police.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48The police are under pressure.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50They've had resources cuts to the front line,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53which is making it more difficult for them to do their jobs,
0:04:53 > 0:04:55but ultimately we want them to be doing a lot
0:04:55 > 0:04:57more multi-agency working.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00That's really the key to most of those child protection cases.
0:05:00 > 0:05:06The Met Police does point out that they are pleased
0:05:06 > 0:05:09that the inspectors recognised that significant changes have been made
0:05:09 > 0:05:11to protect children across London in the face of demands,
0:05:11 > 0:05:15of policing in the capital in 2017.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18You have to remember one child is abused every eight minutes
0:05:18 > 0:05:21across England and well.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25-- England and Wales macro.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30That's what the Met are up against.
0:05:30 > 0:05:38A businessman was in court today, after being accused of dangerous
0:05:38 > 0:05:42driving. The driver said he hadn't been showing off.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Described in court as formidably powerful, the Ferrari F50 that
0:05:44 > 0:05:47crashed was filmed on the day of the tragedy for
0:05:47 > 0:05:48a promotional video.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Later it was delivered back to a storage unit
0:05:50 > 0:05:53in North Warnborough in Hampshire that was visited by the jury and
0:05:53 > 0:05:55court officials earlier this week.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Matthew Cobden, seen here with the red hair,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00ran the storage business, and he offered to give
0:06:00 > 0:06:0513-year-old Alexander Worth a quick spin in the car.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08The Ferrari struck a wooden post, was launched into the air,
0:06:08 > 0:06:13and rolled over, throwing out Mr Cobden and Alexander.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Today, in court a statement made by Mr Cobden and quotes from police
0:06:16 > 0:06:19interviews were read to the jury.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Mr Cobden said he had used a torch to make sure he had put his feet
0:06:23 > 0:06:26on the right pedals when he first got into the Ferrari to move it
0:06:26 > 0:06:28off a car transporter.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Neither of us had seat belts on, he said, because I had no intention
0:06:31 > 0:06:35that going more than a very low speed and just along the track.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39After negotiating a bridge, he said, as soon as I touched the accelerator
0:06:39 > 0:06:42the car took off uncontrollably.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46I do not know if the accelerator jammed or what had happened,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49but I'm certain that nothing I did caused the car to speed up
0:06:49 > 0:06:51in the way that it did.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Mr Cobden suffered injuries including a broken rib
0:06:54 > 0:06:55and punctured lung.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Alexander, from Kings Worthy near Winchester,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01was pronounced dead at the scene.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Mr Cobden said it was impossible to express in words how terrible
0:07:04 > 0:07:07he felt at what had happened.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10He said he'd sent a message of sorrow and condolence
0:07:10 > 0:07:14to Alexander's parents, and was at a loss to explain how
0:07:14 > 0:07:17the accident had occurred.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20The defence have told the jury they believe a pre-existing fault
0:07:20 > 0:07:25with the Ferrari caused it to accelerate uncontrollably.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29But the prosecution says it was running normally before the crash.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Mr Cobden denies causing death by careless driving
0:07:31 > 0:07:35and the case continues.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38His paintings sell for millions - and he is one of the most
0:07:38 > 0:07:41influential artists of the 20th century.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Quite a surprise then that one of Pablo Picasso's works,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46along with unseen photographs of the great painter,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49have been stored at the bottom of a sock drawer in Surrey
0:07:50 > 0:07:51for half a century.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Sarah Harris has the story.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58That's the camera my father used then, and that I kind of grew up
0:07:58 > 0:08:00having pointed at me when I was a kid.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04And it took the pictures that recorded the week his father spent
0:08:04 > 0:08:08with one of the most famous artists of modern times.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11The plate was given to Jonathan's father by Picasso to celebrate
0:08:11 > 0:08:15the week they spent together in the south of France back in 1964,
0:08:15 > 0:08:19after a chance meeting on the beach.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22The Surrey amateur photographer, pictured here with the man himself,
0:08:22 > 0:08:26kept the gift and the photos in an old sock drawer.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28My father was not a fan of Picasso's as an artist.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31He thought he was a lovely man but didn't like the art.
0:08:31 > 0:08:37His taste was much more 19th-century and Rubens and Constable and sort
0:08:37 > 0:08:39of representational stuff, and Picasso was a bit
0:08:39 > 0:08:41out there for him.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44So he just put it in the sock drawer!
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Absolutely, he knew it was valuable, worth keeping, and put it
0:08:46 > 0:08:48in the bottom off his chest of drawers.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52Picasso's work sell for tens of million pounds.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56The photographs Jonathan's dad took show him enjoying the company
0:08:56 > 0:09:01of friends he even sometimes used as human canvases.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06Stanley, he says, was not fazed by the painter's fame one jot.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08He just took it completely in his stride.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10He was very pleased to have met Picasso, then move
0:09:10 > 0:09:12on and do whatever is next.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14But most people would have said "hi".
0:09:14 > 0:09:16There must have been something magnetic about his personality
0:09:16 > 0:09:19that he invited him back to his home and he was taking pictures
0:09:19 > 0:09:20of him the whole time.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23He just had charm, you know?
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Now a Picasso exhibition is being curated at the local
0:09:26 > 0:09:27gallery in Woking.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30This discovery was actually the beginning of the whole
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Picasso Fiesta, which is happening at the Lightbox, because Jonathan
0:09:33 > 0:09:37is a great supporter of ours.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40He lives just down the road and happened to mention in a totally
0:09:40 > 0:09:45chance conversation that he had all these photographs.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48The exhibition starts next month.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Jonathan says he'll not sell his late father's
0:09:50 > 0:09:52photographs at any price.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54They are just part of his family's history.
0:09:54 > 0:10:04Sarah Harris, BBC London News.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06What I find.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09That's it for now from me, but let's find out what the weather's
0:10:10 > 0:10:11up to with Ben Rich.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Today was chilly, if you thought that was cold, there's something
0:10:19 > 0:10:25called on the way. Turning chilly out there after a clear end to the
0:10:25 > 0:10:28day in most places. The skies remain clear through the rest of the night
0:10:28 > 0:10:31and temperatures will dip away, perhaps in the very centre of town
0:10:31 > 0:10:35holding just above freezing. Most places will fall below freezing, so
0:10:35 > 0:10:41quite widespread frost to take us tomorrow morning. But a bright start
0:10:41 > 0:10:43formally tomorrow. We will see some good spells of sunshine around. It
0:10:43 > 0:10:48may be that we bring a bit more clouding from East, initially Essex
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Adkins, then spreading westwards to other areas in the afternoon. Still,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55decent spells of sunshine to be had. Feeling chilly particularly when you
0:10:55 > 0:11:00add on a brisk easterly breeze. Things will turn colder still as we
0:11:00 > 0:11:04had through the weekend, particularly into next week. More