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That's all from us. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:00 | |
Now on BBC One, it's time | 0:00:00 | 0:00:00 | |
Good evening from BBC London News. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:17 | |
There are concerns over
the diagnosis and treatment | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
of breast cancer in the capital. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:22 | |
Women in Greater London
are the least likely to be screened | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
and early detection rates lag
behind other regions. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
The findings have been revealed
in a major new report by MPs | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
and a leading cancer charity. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:32 | |
Tolu Adeoye reports. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:36 | |
So, my mum's had breast cancer,
my aunt's had breast cancer, | 0:00:36 | 0:00:38 | |
I've had breast cancer. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
And in my family in total,
12 members of the family | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
have had breast cancer. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
Toral's family know more than most
how important detecting | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
cancer early can be. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:47 | |
She found a lump while checking her
own breasts, but said her mother | 0:00:47 | 0:00:59 | |
She had three tumours. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
was saved by screening. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:04 | |
She had three tumours. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:05 | |
They were the size of peas,
and they wouldn't have been able | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
to be felt through self-examination,
so it's so important | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
she went for screening. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:11 | |
Because if she had waited,
if she thought she was too busy now, | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
which she nearly did,
it might have been too late. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
The figures are stark. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:18 | |
Every year around 11,500 women
die from breast cancer. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
That's nearly 1000
deaths each month. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:21 | |
And this is concerning in London
because here the attendance rate | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
at screenings was the lowest
in England's last year. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
Just 64% of women who were invited
to a screening attended within six | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
months, and that falls well short
of the national target of 70%. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
Screening is offered to women aged
between 50 and 70 years old. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
The vast majority of women survive
for at least five years | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
if it is caught at the earliest
stages, but statistics show women | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
are less likely to go for breast
screening appointments in London. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
Why? | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
We know women in London are very
busy, and that it can be | 0:01:46 | 0:01:49 | |
very difficult to attend
a screening appointment. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
We've also seen that women tend
to be more transient in London. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:53 | |
So, they move house more regularly,
and if they are registering | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
with a GP, that can mean
their screening | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
invitation is delayed. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:03 | |
But we also know London has
higher rates of BME women, | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
and there are some cultural
sensitivities around talking | 0:02:06 | 0:02:07 | |
about breast screening,
talking about breast cancer, | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
and that can make it much more
difficult for women to attend. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
There is some good news. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:13 | |
Although still below
the national average overall, | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
more women are taking up screening
in London than ever before. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
Tower Hamlets had one of the lowest
uptake rates across the country, | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
but following a number
of interventions, there's been | 0:02:21 | 0:02:22 | |
significant improvement. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:23 | |
They include offering people
a second appointment if they don't | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
respond to the first invite,
calling people up before | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
an appointment, and also going out
into the community to remind people | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
how important it is
to go for screenings. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:39 | |
NHS England says it's helping local
areas to improve the consistency | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
of service for patients
across the country. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
Toral says awareness is vital. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
It's so important to talk about it,
so other people are conscious of it | 0:02:47 | 0:02:52 | |
and know to check themselves and go
for screenings so they can | 0:02:52 | 0:02:55 | |
be diagnosed earlier. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:56 | |
Tolu Adeoye, BBC London News. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:01 | |
Two men have died in a fire
in a flat above a shop | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
in South West London. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:05 | |
Flames ripped through the property
in Tolworth in the early hours. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
Five other people were taken
to hospital for smoke inhalation. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
An investigation's begun
into how the blaze started. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:17 | |
Let down by prison management -
that's the claim by the family | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
of an inmate who recently
took his own life | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
at Wormwood Scrubs. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
It comes months after a damning
report found numerous | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
failings at the prison. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:27 | |
Marc Ashdown has more. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
Just four weeks ago,
an inmate at Wormwood Scrubs | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
was stabbed to death. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
Outside, we spoke to
worried relatives of other | 0:03:34 | 0:03:35 | |
prisoners at visiting time. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
I'm terrified what's
going to happen next. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
Whoever's been visiting today,
they are all really shocked. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
This is Sarah today. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:49 | |
Tragically, her partner died
at the prison on Friday. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
He took his own life. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:52 | |
She believes the authorities
let him down. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:56 | |
They could have done more, yes,
cos I was concerned and they said | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
to me that they would monitor him
every day, and I don't | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
think that was true. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:03 | |
So, he was on hunger strike?
Yes. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:04 | |
And I don't think that was true,
that he was getting monitored. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
Her partner was jailed
after he became abusive | 0:04:08 | 0:04:13 | |
in a betting shop last year. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
After a short sentence,
he was due to be deported | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
to his native Sri Lanka. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:19 | |
He had been refusing to eat. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:20 | |
The Prison Service has
offered its sincere condolences | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
and says a full independent
investigation will be carried out. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
CHANTING: No more prison deaths! | 0:04:26 | 0:04:30 | |
Protesters outside Wormwood Scrubs
earlier this month again raised | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
concerns about conditions inside. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
Repeated inspections have
flagged staff shortages | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
and high levels of violence. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
Families just want to know
prisoners are safe. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
London prisons take
people from local courts, | 0:04:46 | 0:04:48 | |
and there is a churn of people
coming in and out, | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
so people will come in on remand
or for short periods of time, | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
or until they are transferred
to a longer term prison. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:57 | |
So there are people coming
and going every day in huge numbers. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
That puts a great strain
on the prison because the staff | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
don't know the prisoners. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
They are awash with drugs, vermin,
they are overcrowded, filthy, | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
under-resourced, understaffed. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
They are not safe. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
My partner was a loving
person, and... | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
I loved him too much,
and he shouldn't have... | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
He shouldn't have died. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
He shouldn't, he shouldn't. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
I just... | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
I just wish he was
with me, that's all. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:34 | |
Mark Ashdown, BBC London News. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
More now on the disruption
to the travel network | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
today due to the weather. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
While it wasn't as widespread
as expected - commuters | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
in Essex and Kent did face
delays and cancellation. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
As our Transport Correspondent
Tom Edwards reports. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
This time-lapsed footage
from a tower block shows a snowstorm | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
engulf the Greenwich peninsula. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:59 | |
Blizzards and snow showers came
and went throughout the day | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
in London and the Home Counties. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:03 | |
Sometimes it was localised,
sometimes thick. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:08 | |
It meant Central London looked more
like Moscow at times. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
And out in Essex, commuters this
morning faced cancellations | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
and delays on the trains. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:20 | |
It is annoying that it got
cancelled at the last | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
minute, when you have got
here, especially when... | 0:06:22 | 0:06:24 | |
I have planned this,
for, like, a month. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
They are doing OK, aren't they? | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
The main trains are going through,
they are working, it is just | 0:06:29 | 0:06:31 | |
the little stations that
are struggling at the moment. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
An amended timetable
was brought in by Network Rail | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
and the train companies. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:37 | |
They thinned out services, it meant
that they could use more of these. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:42 | |
I think we were right to make
contingency plans and also to warn | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
customers what they were going to be
and what the levels | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
of service were going to be. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
I also think we are quite right,
now, when the weather has not proved | 0:06:52 | 0:06:55 | |
as bad as it was predicted,
to start reinstating services. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
At some stations like Chelmsford,
it took over an hour to get | 0:06:59 | 0:07:04 | |
on a train as they were full and TfL
rail also suffered. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:09 | |
On the roads, ice did mean some
tricky driving conditions in places | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
and longer journeys. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:16 | |
The M20 was just gridlocked. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
We tried to go some
backstreets and basically | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
it was just even worse. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
Most transport in the capital has
not been badly affected. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:25 | |
Yet. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
Although there will still be
apprehension from commuters | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
about what lies ahead
later this week. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:31 | |
Tom Edwards, BBC London News. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:36 | |
You might remember these
toys from the late 90s. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:42 | |
But for one east Londoner Furbies
have proved to be somewhat | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
of a musical inspiration
and online hit. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
Our own Furby, well Gareth Furby,
has been to meet the inventor. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
And his report does contains
some flashing images. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
We're inside a disused building off
the Mile End Road in East London | 0:07:54 | 0:08:01 | |
to meet a 27-year-old called Sam
Battle. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
He's rapidly filling this
room with electronic | 0:08:04 | 0:08:05 | |
inventions he's built himself. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:10 | |
They are musical instruments, often
made out of other people's junk. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:15 | |
When I'm very lucky,
I find it on the streets. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:18 | |
I've never been shy of diving
into a skip when I see one. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:22 | |
He's starting to make a bit
of a name for himself, | 0:08:22 | 0:08:26 | |
taking his inventions on tour,
so here are his top three. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:31 | |
In third place, the musical bike. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
With a synthesiser and
a drum machine on it. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:40 | |
In second place, the megadrone. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
I call it a megadrone
because one pitch would be | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
a drone going "uuuhhhh",
but this is 100 of them. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:53 | |
But even that can't compare to his
newest and most ambitious creation. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
At number one... | 0:08:56 | 0:09:00 | |
This is a Furby Organ. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:04 | |
It takes 45 Furbies. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:09 | |
I've found them in charity
shops, car-boot sales. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
Each of the Furbies
are assigned a note, | 0:09:12 | 0:09:16 | |
and they are assigned a key to sing,
so they are singing in tune. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:21 | |
Of course, for someone
who shares the name Furby, | 0:09:21 | 0:09:25 | |
which has been traced back
to medieval Yorkshire but was then | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
adopted by a toy company,
this is all quite fascinating. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:33 | |
But even Sam admits he may
have created something | 0:09:33 | 0:09:36 | |
a little unpleasant. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:38 | |
I've made a monstrosity. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
What have I done?! | 0:09:41 | 0:09:45 | |
But it's already a viral hit
on the internet, and soon they'll be | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
joining him on tour. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:50 | |
Gareth Furby, BBC London News. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:55 | |
I'll say goodnight now,
and let's get that all important | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
weather check from Stav Danaos. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:00 | |
What's the latest? | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
What's the latest? | 0:10:03 | 0:10:04 | |
All the snow showers have been
piling in from the east. They are | 0:10:07 | 0:10:12 | |
showers, which is why some areas
have seen lots of snow and others | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
haven't seen so much. Tomorrow is
looking bitterly cold, probably the | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
coldest day of the week with further
snow showers. Tonight 's concerns a | 0:10:19 | 0:10:24 | |
pretty frequent prolonged snow
showers across the east of the | 0:10:24 | 0:10:28 | |
region, particularly of Kent, East
Anglia and the Thames estuary. An | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
amber warning has been issued.
Further inland shouldn't be so bad | 0:10:31 | 0:10:35 | |
but snow showers working in land and
it will be a very cold night. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:41 | |
Tomorrow, we have yellow warnings in
force for further snow showers but | 0:10:41 | 0:10:45 | |
fewer than the last few days. The
odd passing one with good spells of | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
sunshine and the wind will be
strong, bitterly cold. The maximum | 0:10:48 | 0:10:52 | |
temperatures, but add in the wind
and it will feel much colder. It is | 0:10:52 | 0:10:56 | |
set to stay bitterly cold to the end
of the week as wind picks up to gale | 0:10:56 | 0:11:00 | |
force as we | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 |