0:00:00 > 0:00:00here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Good evening.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14I'm Asad Ahmad.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The parents of a severely disabled boy who fought doctors
0:00:17 > 0:00:20at King's College Hospital to keep their son on life support
0:00:20 > 0:00:23say they feel "pure anger" that it was removed,
0:00:23 > 0:00:27and Isaiah Haastrup was allowed to die.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30The one-year-old was born with "catastrophic" brain damage,
0:00:30 > 0:00:32after mistakes by doctors.
0:00:32 > 0:00:39His parents have been speaking to Marc Ashdown about their loss.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Isaiah Haastrup's short life came to a tragic end yesterday evening.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46While he's been fighting to live, his parents have been
0:00:46 > 0:00:48fighting his hospital, determined he should be given
0:00:48 > 0:00:51every chance to survive.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56He had a little cheekiness about him.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Especially when you come beside him and call his name,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03when he open his eyes and stuff and turn his head towards you.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06That I'm going to miss, but, right now, all I can feel
0:01:06 > 0:01:16is just pure anger and...
0:01:16 > 0:01:21All I know is justice was not served - at all.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Isaiah was born at King's College Hospital last February.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26He suffered catastrophic brain damage.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29After an investigation, King's eventually apologised
0:01:29 > 0:01:32for mistakes doctors made that day.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34His parents originally accepted his prognosis,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37but in April they saw signs of life and disagreed he should
0:01:37 > 0:01:40simply be allowed to die.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43The hospital went to the High Court to seek legal backing.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46In November, a judge agreed to a second opinion
0:01:46 > 0:01:48from an independent expert.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50In January, the court ruled life support could be removed.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55After the parents' appeals to UK and European courts failed,
0:01:55 > 0:02:01yesterday, medical support was removed and Isaiah passed away.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03King's told us they have always actively sought to involve Isaiah's
0:02:03 > 0:02:05parents in his care, and have always acted
0:02:05 > 0:02:08in his best interests.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11They say the decision to apply to the courts to remove
0:02:11 > 0:02:15treatment was only taken after careful consideration.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17The parents still feel let down.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19They say in court, doctors claimed Isaiah could only breathe
0:02:19 > 0:02:22for a few minutes unaided - he actually survived
0:02:23 > 0:02:25yesterday for seven hours.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27They'd always argued he'd have a chance of living
0:02:27 > 0:02:31if he was weaned slowly off life support.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34These are Isaiah's last precious moments.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Parents must be listened to more and not just saying, well,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41the doctors have spoken and looking at the parents from a prism of
0:02:41 > 0:02:46they are in grief or in pain, they don't know what they're
0:02:46 > 0:02:48doing, they're delusional.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50But they allowed you to get a second opinion?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52All the judges agreed with the hospital.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55The attitude of the court is, well, we don't care.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57They are doctors, you're not a doctor.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00But we are the parents, and we see our child.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02I mean, we see him every single day.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06The beauty of it is Isaiah showed us what he can do
0:03:06 > 0:03:08and that he wanted to live.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11As a system, we let him down again, even at that stage.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16I think we need to review our system we need to save more kids.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18King's maintain it was always impossible to predict how long
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Isaiah could breathe on his own and their priority
0:03:20 > 0:03:25was to ensure he was comfortable with his family.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27We kept talking to him, we kept singing to him,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30to encourage him, to let him know that we're here for him.
0:03:30 > 0:03:36And he fought, he fought all the way.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Takesha Thomas, Isaiah's mother, speaking to Marc Ashdown.
0:03:38 > 0:03:45And Louisa Preston, this is a tragic case.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50Yes, extremely upsetting for the family, but also extremely
0:03:50 > 0:03:53distressing for the hospital staff involved in this case and obviously
0:03:53 > 0:03:57there are lessons to be learned from this. I think at the centre of this
0:03:57 > 0:04:00the lesson has to be learned about trust. Any hospital manager watching
0:04:00 > 0:04:04this evening will be extremely concerned about the fundamental
0:04:04 > 0:04:07breakdown in that level of trust between the parents and their
0:04:07 > 0:04:11doctors. But we've seen many cases like this before, melody Driscoll
0:04:11 > 0:04:15another young girl being treated in Kings, we've covered her story and
0:04:15 > 0:04:21of course Charlie Gard, the case of Charlie Gard. What they all have in
0:04:21 > 0:04:23common is that parents are questioning the notion that the
0:04:23 > 0:04:27doctor knows best. As we go forward what we have to think about is
0:04:27 > 0:04:31hospital staff have to think very much about parents being involved in
0:04:31 > 0:04:34all those difficult decision-making and making sure the parents feel
0:04:34 > 0:04:38they are being listened to, otherwise we will see many more
0:04:38 > 0:04:44cases like this.Louisa Gurski, thank you. -- Louisa Preston, thank
0:04:44 > 0:04:46you.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Police are warning that a social media craze for cyclists to get
0:04:49 > 0:04:52as close as they can to moving cars before swerving out the way
0:04:52 > 0:04:54will lead to deaths, after footage emerged
0:04:54 > 0:04:55of a teenager being hit.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58The boy's mother is now supporting a campaign to stop other
0:04:58 > 0:05:00cyclists who do the same, who also put drivers
0:05:00 > 0:05:01at serious risk.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Here's Yvonne Hall.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05This is the so-called game teenagers are calling "swerve the car".
0:05:05 > 0:05:08But 15-year-old Paul Belcher pushes his luck too far
0:05:08 > 0:05:10and doesn't swerve in time.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Incredibly, Paul only suffers bruising in the collision
0:05:12 > 0:05:16near St Albans in Hertfordshire.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20I just didn't know if he was OK, if he was dead, if he had broken any
0:05:20 > 0:05:22bones, if anyone else had been hurt.
0:05:22 > 0:05:28The impact of such a stupid game could have been a loss of life
0:05:28 > 0:05:30in so many situations.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34For drivers, it's terrifying and dangerous too.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38A pregnant woman in this car had to be treated for shock.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40This is the roundabout in Borehamwood and it's a popular
0:05:40 > 0:05:45location for teenagers playing the so-called swerving game.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49You can see how busy it is and how dangerous it would be to ride a bike
0:05:49 > 0:05:52straight towards these vehicles.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54But what a lot of these youngsters probably don't realise
0:05:54 > 0:05:58is their actions are being picked up on the CCTV camera and it
0:05:58 > 0:06:00could lead to prosecutions.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03This is really dangerous, to get as close to the car as possible,
0:06:03 > 0:06:09usually to intimidate the driver and it's often being recorded,
0:06:09 > 0:06:10because it's something to put on social media
0:06:10 > 0:06:13to show their friends as a fun game.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Well, our message is it isn't a fun game, it's a dangerous game
0:06:16 > 0:06:20and people will end up getting killed and seriously injured.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Here, a cyclist even swerves towards a police car.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Officers say the number of complaints they're getting
0:06:28 > 0:06:29They're now planning a campaign in schools
0:06:29 > 0:06:31to stop more teenagers risking theirs and
0:06:31 > 0:06:32other people's lives.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Yvonne Hall, BBC London News.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Today is International Women's Day, and as part of our series hearing
0:06:38 > 0:06:41from women who help run London, tonight we meet Metropolitan Police
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Commissioner, Cressida Dick.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46In an open and honest conversation with Riz Lateef,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49she tells us about her personal feelings every time there's
0:06:49 > 0:06:51a fatal stabbing in London.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53But she began by explaining what it was like
0:06:53 > 0:06:59when she learned she was to be given the country's top job in policing.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03I was thrilled, I was humbled, I was astonished and I thought
0:07:03 > 0:07:07about my mum, no longer with us, sadly.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09What would your mum have said?
0:07:09 > 0:07:14I think she'd have laughed.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16I think she'd be amazed that her little girl
0:07:16 > 0:07:21had gone on to do this.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25How did you cope in those early days, with the canteen culture
0:07:25 > 0:07:29and sexism in the Force?
0:07:29 > 0:07:35It was a different age, and I was prepared to challenge.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39I stood up for what I believed in, but I remember one of my bosses
0:07:39 > 0:07:42taking me into an office very early on and saying, "You know,
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Cressida, if you fight every battle at the parapets,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49you'll get shot down and that will be the end of you".
0:07:49 > 0:07:52So I think I learned that you can't take on absolutely
0:07:52 > 0:07:54every battle head on, but you should stand
0:07:54 > 0:07:56up for yourself.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Do you ever show vulnerability?
0:07:59 > 0:08:03I heard myself saying to my senior officers the other day that we'd had
0:08:03 > 0:08:06a terrible year and I knew that some of them would be feeling
0:08:06 > 0:08:10like crying and, actually, sometimes it's good for a team
0:08:10 > 0:08:16to see a boss making themselves kind of vulnerable in that way.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18In terms of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes,
0:08:18 > 0:08:20you were cleared of any wrongdoing.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22You were in charge of that operation.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Did you ever question your judgment after that?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28I don't think you can be an effective operational
0:08:28 > 0:08:35leader if you don't ask yourself hard questions.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36So, absolutely.
0:08:36 > 0:08:42Did I think that I had made, you know, a fundamental error
0:08:42 > 0:08:45of judgment in the decisions that I made based on the
0:08:45 > 0:08:46information I had?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49No, I didn't - but a terrible, terrible thing happened,
0:08:49 > 0:08:52an innocent man was killed.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Does it ever feel like a personal failure, when you hear
0:08:54 > 0:08:56of another stabbing?
0:08:56 > 0:09:02Umm...
0:09:02 > 0:09:06I suppose in a way...
0:09:06 > 0:09:08It does.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12I feel sad, of course, for what has happened.
0:09:12 > 0:09:19I feel sorry for everybody involved, and I know that the public and media
0:09:19 > 0:09:21are kind of counting each one, and quite right too, because they're
0:09:21 > 0:09:27all cherished children.
0:09:27 > 0:09:34Every death is a tragedy and we should all feel outraged by that.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37What do you want your legacy to be?
0:09:37 > 0:09:42I want London to be seen as a safe city, in which people can see
0:09:42 > 0:09:46that we have really taken violence seriously and reduced the most
0:09:46 > 0:09:50pernicious sorts of violence, and that we have done everything
0:09:50 > 0:10:00we can to prevent attacks.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Cressida Dick, speaking to Riz Lateef. Now for a very different
0:10:04 > 0:10:07weather forecast to the one we had
0:10:07 > 0:10:07Lateef. Now for a very different weather forecast to the one we had
0:10:07 > 0:10:11exactly a week ago? And greatly different, a lovely end
0:10:11 > 0:10:16to the day and the March sunshine is starting to get strength to it. It's
0:10:16 > 0:10:19still cold enough for a touch of frost which we will see tonight.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Partly cloudy skies, good clear spells and even if temperatures
0:10:23 > 0:10:31don't drop below freezing there will be close enough for a touch of grass
0:10:31 > 0:10:35on the -- touch of frost on the grass. The best part of the day
0:10:35 > 0:10:38early on, some sunshine in many areas. Quickly turning hazy as cloud
0:10:38 > 0:10:40drifts up through the south and late morning. There will be some splashes
0:10:40 > 0:10:44of rain towards the south of London. It will turn heavier as we go into
0:10:44 > 0:10:48the night, temperatures peaking at 9 degrees. Saturday morning, while the
0:10:48 > 0:10:51start. The best of the sunshine in a morning. More cloud into the
0:10:51 > 0:10:56afternoon with one or two showers. It's going to be incredibly mild,
0:10:56 > 0:11:01the warmest day of the year so far. Temperatures up to around 15. It
0:11:01 > 0:11:02stays mild into