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A not-so-special night
for the so-called Special One. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:00 | |
John Watson, BBC News. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:00 | |
Good evening.
I'm Riz Lateef. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
It was the news that
leaseholders in two tower blocks | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
in Croydon were dreading. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:22 | |
Today, they were told they will have
to pay to remove and replace | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
flammable cladding similar
to Grenfell - a potential bill of up | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
to £2 million. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:28 | |
They'd argued that it was
the building owner's responsibility. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
The tribunal ruling could have
implications for thousands | 0:00:31 | 0:00:32 | |
of people across the capital. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
Our Political Editor
Tim Donovan explains. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:39 | |
Somehow we managed to
get legal support... | 0:00:39 | 0:00:43 | |
Anuj is on to his lawyer
because the news isn't good, | 0:00:43 | 0:00:48 | |
a tribunal judgment has gone
against him and other residents. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
The cladding was
removed when it failed | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
tests after Grenfell,
since then fire marshals have been | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
patrolling 24/7. | 0:00:56 | 0:01:04 | |
Together its cost £500,000 so far
and that is a bill to | 0:01:04 | 0:01:08 | |
be shared between the 95
leaseholders here after the ruling | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
the landlords were entitled
by the terms of their leases | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
to recover it in service charge. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
We are already paying
£2,000 service charges and | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
this year it will increase up
to £20,000 for some people. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
I have to pay £4,000,
I'm not sure how I will | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
get that to repay it on one month. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
But that's only up until now,
new cladding could take the | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
bill to £2 million. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:35 | |
We cannot plan our lives,
people's work is | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
suffering, they are stressed,
it's affecting our lives on a | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
daily basis. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
The Mayor said the Government
should end that anxiety. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:48 | |
The Government should
be stepping in to | 0:01:48 | 0:01:50 | |
make these buildings safe,
then there is a discussion to be had | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
about the cost and the removal. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:57 | |
Noticeable in this ruling, the judge
says it is foreseeable leaseholders | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
may have further legal claims
against a number of parties. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:05 | |
The manufacturers of the cladding,
Barratt Homes which installed it, | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
and the local council, Croydon,
which provided the certification. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
Finally the Government itself. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:16 | |
If it's building
regulations are found to | 0:02:16 | 0:02:17 | |
have been not up to scratch. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
It's possible many
other leaseholders | 0:02:20 | 0:02:21 | |
could be affected in a similar way. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:26 | |
We think up to 50,000 leaseholders
in London could be liable for paying | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
costs up to £30,000
per flat or beyond, simply | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
because they bought a flat in good
faith that the cladding | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
on the outside of it was safe. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
They believed that
because the Government | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
told them it was safe, we now know
the Government was wrong. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
The Government must
take responsibility | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
for taking the cladding down
and stop abandoning leaseholders to | 0:02:45 | 0:02:47 | |
their fate. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:52 | |
The Government must pay for this
work to be done, nobody else. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:55 | |
The landlords said
today they would work | 0:02:55 | 0:02:56 | |
to minimise the costs
of cladding and they too urged | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
the Government to offer support. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:05 | |
Marc Ashdown has more on this -
this judgement could have | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
far reaching consequences? | 0:03:07 | 0:03:17 | |
Well it could. There is no doubt
this feels like a major judgment, | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
but today all we had was hints at
what could happen next. The judge | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
hinting people affected and as we
heard it could run to tens of | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
thousands. People's homes are
blighted. The judge hinted that | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
possibly the Government could look
at compensation, underwriting cases | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
to make sure that lease holders who
have bought in good faith are not | 0:03:44 | 0:03:49 | |
stung with huge costs. What about
the Government. The Government say | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
ministers have made it clear they
want private landlords to follow the | 0:03:52 | 0:03:57 | |
social sector and not pass on the
costs of essential cladding. They | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
drop a hint, saying we will consider
the implication of today's judgment. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
How about that for loaded comment?
This could be big, we are just not | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
sure how yet. Thank you. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:15 | |
Two victims of the serial sex
attacker John Worboys have begun | 0:04:15 | 0:04:17 | |
a High Court challenge
to the decision to | 0:04:17 | 0:04:19 | |
release him from prison. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
The former taxi driver has served
ten years for attacks on 12 women. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
Tom Burridge was in court. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
John Worboys tricked
and drugged young women. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
Just eight years ago,
he was jailed indefinitely for one | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
rape and several assaults
in the back of his taxi. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
When the Parole Board
announced earlier this year | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
that he was to be released, it
caused outrage, especially among | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
his victims. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
Now, two women he attacked
are hoping to overturn | 0:04:46 | 0:04:48 | |
that decision. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
One of them was in the High Court
today - with Worboys | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
appearing by video link -
as we learned why the | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
Parole Board thought
he was fit for release. | 0:04:56 | 0:05:01 | |
It believed Worboys had
become open and honest, | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
that he had taken full
responsibility for his offences and | 0:05:04 | 0:05:09 | |
had, the Parole Board thought,
shown insight into factors that | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
could cause him to reoffend. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:16 | |
But the case put
forward by the victims' | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
barrister painted a very
different picture. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:23 | |
Philipa Kaufman QC said John Worboys
had still only admitted | 0:05:23 | 0:05:27 | |
the attacks on 12 women
for which he was convicted. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
She presented graphic evidence
to back up the police's | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
assertion that he actually raped
and assaulted more than 100 women. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:38 | |
And according to these court
documents, as recent as September, | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
prison officials decided to keep
Worboys in a Category A prison, | 0:05:40 | 0:05:46 | |
because he was deemed
of sufficient risk. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
That was just three months before
the Parole Board decided he | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
should be released. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
Those campaigning
on behalf of Worboys' | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
victims say vital
evidence was ignored. | 0:05:55 | 0:06:03 | |
We heard in court today that
the Parole Board haven't listened | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
to the women who had been raped
by John Worboys, they didn't look at | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
any evidence from the trial,
or from the judge's finding | 0:06:09 | 0:06:11 | |
that he was a risk to people. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:13 | |
It looks like the Parole Board
decision was completely | 0:06:13 | 0:06:15 | |
irrationsal to release John Worboys
and it is good that we're able to | 0:06:15 | 0:06:18 | |
review that decision now. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:19 | |
Tomorrow, the Parole
Board will present it | 0:06:19 | 0:06:21 | |
case over why this convicted rapist
was ready for release. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:23 | |
The reasoning behind
such decisions is | 0:06:23 | 0:06:25 | |
normally kept secret. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:27 | |
This case has already
raised questions over | 0:06:27 | 0:06:28 | |
whether that should change. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:34 | |
While no-one knows
for sure what Brexit | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
will mean for the capital. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
There is though a small group
of Londoners in the heart of Belgium | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
who know exactly what it will mean
for them - the loss | 0:06:42 | 0:06:45 | |
of their jobs as our MEPs
in the European Parliament. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:47 | |
Katharine Carpenter has been
speaking to two of them about life | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
in Brussels since the vote to leave. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:57 | |
For 18 years, Labour MEP
Mary Honeyball has made | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
this journey from
London to the European | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
Parliament once a week. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
She's one of the longest serving
MEPs, still believes Brexit can be | 0:07:04 | 0:07:08 | |
stopped and denies it's having
an impact on her work here, yet. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
Obviously, everybody here is aware
of Brexit, but we are still | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
in the European Union and we're
all still getting on with our jobs. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:19 | |
But for one of the two London MEPs
who voted to leave the EU, | 0:07:19 | 0:07:22 | |
things have been
more tense at times. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:27 | |
I thought perhaps one of the things
that went through my mind is - | 0:07:27 | 0:07:33 | |
actually will I have to resign? | 0:07:33 | 0:07:35 | |
Will I lose my job as group leader,
and I was prepared for that. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:38 | |
I said, I thought I shouldn't put my
own position ahead of my decision. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
The UK has 73 MEPs, eight of them
represent London and they earn just | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
over 100,000 euros a year before
taxes, with generous | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
pensions and allowances. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
Mary Honeyball admits perhaps
they could have done more to counter | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
the perception by some that they're
living the high life in Brussels. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
One of the consequences
of Brexit is that Europe, | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
the European Parliament,
what the EU does, has suddenly shot | 0:08:00 | 0:08:03 | |
up the political agenda. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:08 | |
So now I think we are getting a lot
of exposure and people do know | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
who we are and what we do. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
For Mary, that involves meetings
like this Brexit briefing | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
by the Shadow Health Secretary. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
She thinks her party's position
is still a work in progress, | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
even raising the possibility that
MEPs will have a role to play | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
beyond March next year. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:24 | |
No chance, says her colleague. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:28 | |
My job will come to an end,
end of March 2019. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:32 | |
At that time the UK will leave
and there will be no British MEPs. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
Will you feel sad about
it despite your vote? | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
Of course I'll feel sad. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
I mean, I've made many good
friends and it's been | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
a large part of my life. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
As for the future, he hasn't
ruled out another attempt | 0:08:44 | 0:08:45 | |
to become London's Mayor. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
If my party decides to select too
early and I'm still involved | 0:08:48 | 0:08:51 | |
in helping in negotiations,
then that won't work for me. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
Probably when that role
starts to wind down, | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
when we get closer to an agreement,
towards the end of the year, | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
early next year, then I'll have
to start seriously looking | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
for a new role. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:02 | |
What's next for you
now after Brexit? | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
I'm not really sure, actually. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:06 | |
I've had a long career in politics,
which has been good. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:11 | |
I should take time
to reflect, I think. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:14 | |
Katherine Carpenter,
BBC London News. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:19 | |
She made recently made global
headlines with a speech | 0:09:19 | 0:09:20 | |
about 'a new day on the horizon
for women and girls'. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:25 | |
Tonight Oprah Winfrey
was in London for the European | 0:09:25 | 0:09:27 | |
premiere of her latest film
and we asked her whether the film | 0:09:27 | 0:09:30 | |
industry was at a watershed moment
in addressing gender and racial | 0:09:30 | 0:09:32 | |
equality. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
Well I think it's the beginning,
I think everybody gets all excited | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
when there is something
new on the horizon, | 0:09:38 | 0:09:40 | |
which is what I talked
about in the Golden Globes speech. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:43 | |
This is the new, but we have
to continue the new. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
So you can't do this and then
wait ten years before | 0:09:46 | 0:09:50 | |
you do something else. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:50 | |
And you can see more
of that interview | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
on our Facebook page. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:53 | |
That's it for now from me, but let's
find out what the weather's | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
up to with Louise Lear. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:57 | |
Good evening, if you're off to bed,
a promising day in store tomorrow. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:08 | |
But no two days the same this week.
Make the most of tomorrow. This rain | 0:10:08 | 0:10:13 | |
is on the way. But a light southerly
wind will strengthen. But we will | 0:10:13 | 0:10:19 | |
see clear blue skies, a lot of
sunshine and temperatures up to 14 | 0:10:19 | 0:10:24 | |
degree. And that will feel quite
spring-like. All change into | 0:10:24 | 0:10:29 | |
Thursday morning. A spell of wet
weather will continue to push north | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
and east. Clearing by lunchtime.
Into the afternoon some showers, | 0:10:32 | 0:10:38 | |
some could be heavy. Possibly
thundery. Top temperatures 10 to 12. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:46 | |
We keep the showers going on Friday.
But I did say at the start, no two | 0:10:46 | 0:10:51 | |
days the same. I will live you a
summary at just look at what happens | 0:10:51 | 0:10:55 | |
at the weekend. Things will get cold
we are a cold easterly | 0:10:55 | 0:11:01 |