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Newsnight's about to begin over
on BBC Two in a few moments. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:01 | |
Good evening and welcome
to BBC London News, | 0:00:13 | 0:00:15 | |
with me, Louisa Preston. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:18 | |
The families of the men
murdered by serial killer | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
Stephen Port have learnt
of "multiple failures" | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
and "missed opportunities"
by the Met. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
Port drugged and raped four young
men and dumped their bodies | 0:00:26 | 0:00:28 | |
in a graveyard near his
home in Barking. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
He was given a life
sentence for their murders. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
The families of the victims say
they are frustrated about how slow | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
the report into the police
investigation has been. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
Frankie McCamley has the details. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:43 | |
The graveyard in Barking
where Stephen Port dumped three | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
of his four victims' bodies. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:50 | |
He invited them to his home
using dating apps before killing | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
them with a lethal dose of
the date rape drug GHB. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:58 | |
Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari,
Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor - | 0:00:58 | 0:01:02 | |
all young adults with their futures
ahead of them, all murdered | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
by Stephen Port within
the space of 15 months. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:07 | |
Police were asked multiple times
whether they thought the deaths had | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
been connected but officers missed
all signs that there was in fact | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
a serial killer at work. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:18 | |
Today the victims' families say
they've been told a report | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
into the Met's initial response
to the four murders will be damning. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
Well, in general terms we've been
told the that report is highly | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
likely to be critical
of the Metropolitan Police | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
and a good number of officers
employed by the Met. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
There were 17 officers been
interviewed and as I understand, | 0:01:31 | 0:01:34 | |
a fair number of them remain under
the microscope for some | 0:01:34 | 0:01:36 | |
quite damning failings. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:46 | |
The force has refused to comment
but the Independent Office | 0:01:48 | 0:01:50 | |
for Police Conduct launched
the inquiry after families | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
raised their concerns. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:53 | |
If they'd done what they were
supposed to, lives would have | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
definitely been saved and obviously
certain people wouldn't | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
have been raped and gone
through what they've gone through, | 0:01:58 | 0:02:00 | |
so to us, they need
to be held accountable. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
It's as simple as that. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
Anthony Walgate's mother accused
the force of ignoring the deaths | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
simply because the men were gay. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:09 | |
It was homophobic.
I really do think that. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:15 | |
And they just refused
to investigate anything. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
Didn't matter what you said to them. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:19 | |
All we got all the time
it was "nothing to investigate". | 0:02:19 | 0:02:23 | |
The former chef was eventually
given a whole life sentence | 0:02:23 | 0:02:25 | |
in 2016 despite a catalogue
of errors by police. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
But questions still remain. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:32 | |
Why did it take so long
for police to take notice, | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
and what can be done to stop
it happening again? | 0:02:34 | 0:02:38 | |
Frankie joins us now. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:40 | |
You spoke to the lawyer working
with the victims families today. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
How are they feeling? | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
As you saw from my report, the
families have spoken to the BBC on a | 0:02:45 | 0:02:51 | |
number of occasions, saying how
frustrated they are continuously | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
with the police. Since their meeting
with the independent office for | 0:02:54 | 0:02:58 | |
police conduct, from what I have
been told, that is still very much | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
the case, especially as they are not
as far down the line as they thought | 0:03:01 | 0:03:05 | |
they would be. This is an extremely
complex enquiries, not only looking | 0:03:05 | 0:03:11 | |
at a dozen police officers, but
also, unfortunately, looking at the | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
deaths of four young men. The family
solicitor does say that they all do | 0:03:15 | 0:03:21 | |
understand this and appreciate how
complex this is and really their | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
focus now is to find out exactly
what happened in that police | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
investigation and they know they
need to be patient for that. Is | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
there any indication of when they
will find out more? The enquiry | 0:03:32 | 0:03:37 | |
findings will be handed to the
Metropolitan Police by May. That | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
doesn't mean the media will find
out, the families will find out | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
then, and that might be further down
the line when the details are made | 0:03:44 | 0:03:49 | |
public. What we know is 17
Metropolitan Police officers are | 0:03:49 | 0:03:53 | |
being investigated, seven of whom
could be sacked if found guilty of | 0:03:53 | 0:03:58 | |
gross misconduct. Speaking to the
Metropolitan Police, they say it is | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
not suitable for them to comment at
the moment. Thank you for that | 0:04:01 | 0:04:07 | |
update. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:12 | |
Some homeless people who have been
squatting in a Central London | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
building during the cold weather say
they don't know where they will | 0:04:15 | 0:04:18 | |
sleep tonight, after leaving ahead
of a court deadline. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
More than 150 people were staying
in the Great Portland Street site | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
and left voluntarily. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:24 | |
But many were worried
about where they would end up, | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
as Helen Drew reports. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:31 | |
Midday today - the deadline
for around 150 homeless people | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
to leave this building. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
They waited for the bailiffs,
who didn't show up. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
But they left anyway.
Nearly all without a plan. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
Brandon, where are
you going to go now? | 0:04:41 | 0:04:42 | |
Well, this is the thing,
we don't know. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
We haven't got a clue at the moment. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
We could be heading back
to the streets, to doorways, | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
to corners, with rubbish. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
We could be eating out of bins.
We don't know. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:54 | |
We don't know what's
going to happen tonight. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
They've had somewhere to sleep
since the beginning of the month, | 0:04:56 | 0:05:01 | |
when activists took over
this four-storey building | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
on Great Portland Street
because of the cold weather. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:05 | |
The primary object of this
building was to try and beat | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
the Beast from the East,
to try to raise awareness | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
of empty buildings,
to try to save people's lives. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:15 | |
I've been speaking to volunteers
here, who've told me stories | 0:05:15 | 0:05:17 | |
of the amazing generosity
they've experienced from strangers. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:20 | |
They tell me supermarket shops
delivered straight to the door here. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
And one lady told me that
when she gave a man a pair of socks, | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
he cried and said it was the first
time he'd had a pair | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
of socks for years. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:30 | |
But there are local residents
who say they've seen people | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
urinating outside and are
worried about aggressive and | 0:05:32 | 0:05:34 | |
drunken behaviour. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:35 | |
Last week, the building's landlord
went to court saying these people | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
had no right to be here,
and the judge backed | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
their eviction order. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:44 | |
Westminster Council tells us they're
aware of the situation and have been | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
offering support to those
with a genuine housing need. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
They say they offer
over 400 bed spaces every night | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
through local partners. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:55 | |
And the Mayor of London
says his team have spoken | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
to Westminster Council
and made sure help is at hand. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
But most of the people we met
didn't have a bed for tonight | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
and volunteers feel frustrated. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
They will have food
in their bellies, they would have | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
had a hot cup of coffee.
That's the best we can do. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:11 | |
We'll keep in touch
with them as best as we can. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:14 | |
It is absolutely terrible. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:15 | |
People are going to go out
on the streets to die, basically. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:18 | |
With all the buildings
spare in this country, | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
I don't understand what's going on,
to be honest. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
I think it's disgusting. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:23 | |
After we spoke to Andrew,
he headed out to Bexley | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
for a meeting with
a charity about a place to stay, | 0:06:26 | 0:06:32 | |
but they have nothing just yet
so tonight he's come back | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
to Central London.
He may well rejoin the group. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
It's unconfirmed, but many told us
they had found another | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
building just down the road.
But they wouldn't say where. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:45 | |
In May, Londoners will be
heading to the polls | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
for the local council elections. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
Today a campaign to crack down
on voter fraud was launched. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:52 | |
One of the measures being trialled
in some parts of the capital | 0:06:52 | 0:06:55 | |
will require people
to show ID to vote. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:58 | |
But as Marc Ashdown reports,
some are questioning whether it | 0:06:58 | 0:07:00 | |
will make a difference. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:01 | |
Your vote belongs to you... | 0:07:01 | 0:07:05 | |
"Your voice, your vote" -
that's the message behind this | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
new campaign to tackle voter fraud. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:17 | |
Three areas in London
will be running a pilot | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
at the local elections
and voters will have to present | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
photo ID in order
to cast their ballot. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:24 | |
But it's prompted a group of 40
charities, campaign groups | 0:07:24 | 0:07:27 | |
and academics to write
to the Government | 0:07:27 | 0:07:28 | |
outlining their concerns. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
The letter effectively says
this is like using a sledgehammer | 0:07:31 | 0:07:35 | |
to crack a nut and notes according
to official figures there were 44 | 0:07:35 | 0:07:43 | |
allegations of voter impersonation
in 2016 compared to 3.5 million | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
potential voters in the UK
who don't have access to photo ID. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:51 | |
There's concern, then,
that that 7.5% of the electorate | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
might be put off
even trying to vote. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
I think this is an unfounded concern
and I think actually it rather risks | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
scaremongering amongst people. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
People have said it, though -
the Electoral Reform Society, | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
Age UK - lots of organisations
saying there's a lot | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
of people out there who don't
have access to photo ID. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
The key point is this -
the authorities who've taken part | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
in the pilots are making sure
that everybody can have an | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
alternative method. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
If you're listening to this
programme and you're concerned | 0:08:17 | 0:08:19 | |
you might not have voter ID,
you don't need to worry. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:22 | |
Speak to your council
if they're part of this pilot, | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
and they'll help make sure
you have an alternative method. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
In Tower Hamlets
they're focusing on postal ballots | 0:08:27 | 0:08:29 | |
after the 2014 fraud scandal. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:32 | |
Now, there'll be more
checks and home visits | 0:08:32 | 0:08:34 | |
where multiple people
are registered to vote. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
The real challenge, though,
may be getting people engaged. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
Will you vote in
the local elections? Yeah. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:45 | |
Do you know when they are?
I don't know anything. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
I'm not interested in
votings and politics. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:49 | |
Nah, probably not. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
No? Why's that?
I don't know how to vote. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
There's lots of fraud
going on still. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
Would it put you off
if you had to show ID? | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
No, it wouldn't. | 0:08:58 | 0:08:59 | |
You'd still vote? Yes. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
This is really a solution looking
for a problem and people should | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
focus on getting the turnout up
and not creating new barriers | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
to people when they get
to the polling station. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:13 | |
Turnout in local elections can be
as low as 40% or lower. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
We should be focusing on people
exercising their democratic right. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
Ministers say this is keeping
democracy safe and are urging anyone | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
with concerns to report them
to the police. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
That's it for now from me, so I'll
say goodnight and hand you over | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
to Chris Fawkes for the weather. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
Are we in for warmer weather? | 0:09:31 | 0:09:35 | |
Are we in for warmer weather? It
couldn't get much colder, | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
temperatures have been moving in the
right direction. Over the weekend, | 0:09:39 | 0:09:44 | |
temperatures of 1 degrees, so today
was the warmest day since the mini | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
beast arrived on our shores, 4
degrees, warm is the wrong word. We | 0:09:47 | 0:09:52 | |
had those bitter easterly winds, but
a beautiful end to the day with | 0:09:52 | 0:09:57 | |
barely a cloud in the sky over the
City of London School is to there | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
will be cloud in the sky tomorrow.
Looking at this area of cloud across | 0:10:00 | 0:10:05 | |
the north-east of England, just
moving southwards, knocking on our | 0:10:05 | 0:10:09 | |
doorstep towards the end of the
night. We will lose clear skies we | 0:10:09 | 0:10:12 | |
have. A frost is forming, a risk of
icy stretches for a time, but it | 0:10:12 | 0:10:17 | |
will cloud over at the end of the
night and the cloud will be thick | 0:10:17 | 0:10:20 | |
enough for one or two showers. They
will be there or thereabouts in the | 0:10:20 | 0:10:24 | |
morning, a few showers, a
bittersweet or snow, but nothing | 0:10:24 | 0:10:30 | |
significant. The cloud will clear
southwards quickly on Tuesday | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
morning, leaving us with sparkling
sunshine to look forward to. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:38 | |
Temperatures, four today, doubling
that and a bit more, nine in the | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
centre of London. The wind still
quite brisk, so feeling on the cool | 0:10:41 | 0:10:47 | |
side, but better news as we head
into the next few days, look at the | 0:10:47 | 0:10:52 | |
trend in temperatures. For Wednesday
and Thursday, cloud, but | 0:10:52 | 0:10:56 | |
temperatures will build, a few
brighter spells. Milder through the | 0:10:56 | 0:11:00 | |
weekend, and into next week,
temperatures as high as 15. That's | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 |