0:00:00 > 0:00:00A quick reminder that Newsnight is getting
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Good evening, I'm Asad Ahmad.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18The wife of an academic who was stabbed to death
0:00:18 > 0:00:20in Islington two years ago, says she's having to 'crowdfund'
0:00:20 > 0:00:26in order to get legal representation at the inquest.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Dr Jeroen Ensink had just become a father and had
0:00:29 > 0:00:31gone to the post box to send cards to mark
0:00:31 > 0:00:32his daughter's birth.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Metres from his home he was attacked,
0:00:34 > 0:00:38by a man with mental health problems who, just days earlier,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41had charges against him dropped connected to knife crime.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42The widow has been speaking of her loss.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Caroline Davies reports.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51There were three police officers standing in front of our door
0:00:51 > 0:00:54and I just opened the door and you just know, your entire
0:00:54 > 0:00:56world collapses.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59They hadn't even said said a word.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01They hadn't even said, "Is this your husband?"
0:01:01 > 0:01:04You just know.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09This was the last photo taken of Nadja's husband, Jeroen Ensink.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12His little daughter, Fleur, had been born just 11 days before.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14He left the house to post cards announcing
0:01:14 > 0:01:20her birth, when he was attacked and killed.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Jeroen was killed by a man he'd never met, Femi Nandap
0:01:22 > 0:01:25was suffering from a cannabis induced psychotic
0:01:25 > 0:01:27rage when he stabbed the academic.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Today he's serving an indefinite sentence at Broadmoor Hospital for
0:01:30 > 0:01:32manslaughter.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Nandap had a history of severe mental health problems.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38In May 2015, he was arrested and charged
0:01:38 > 0:01:44for wielding a knife in public and attacking a police officer.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45He was released on bail.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47In December, the charges against him were dropped
0:01:47 > 0:01:49because of insufficient evidence.
0:01:49 > 0:01:55Six days later, he killed Jeroen.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Nadja hopes the inquest into his death will give her some answers
0:01:58 > 0:02:00about what happened, but while the CPS and the police
0:02:00 > 0:02:02will have legal representation at that inquest, paid
0:02:02 > 0:02:04for by the public purse, she's been denied legal aid.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07And without legal representation, I won't be able to
0:02:08 > 0:02:09get the answers we need.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11As if it's not important enough.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13As if we don't count.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16The Met told us that while there had been no misconduct, there
0:02:16 > 0:02:18had been areas of learning.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21The CPS said that the case against the
0:02:21 > 0:02:23previous knife offence should never have been discontinued.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25The Ministry of Justice have said they're
0:02:25 > 0:02:28committed to reviewing the situation on legal aid for bereaved families,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30but that review is delayed.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32In the meantime, Nadja is crowdfunding for
0:02:32 > 0:02:37her lawyer.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40All this is going on, I still believe in the goodness of
0:02:40 > 0:02:41people, because it's out there.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44But I don't believe in the system.
0:02:44 > 0:02:52Caroline Davies, BBC London News.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55BBC London has learnt that an increasing
0:02:55 > 0:02:57number of care homes appear to be 'cherry-picking'
0:02:57 > 0:03:00the patients they take-in to keep costs down.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03A lack of funding and increasing demand for places
0:03:03 > 0:03:06means those who need the most care are sometimes overlooked.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09The Government accepts the system is under huge pressure.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Here's Helen Mulroy.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Back to work for Alex Turner.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18It's been a long time coming for the graphic designer,
0:03:18 > 0:03:23after he was forced to take a career break, at just 26, when his mum,
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Sue, was diagnosed with early-onset dementia.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29I'd get five or six phone calls a day, members of the public
0:03:29 > 0:03:36would find her or the police would pick her up, or she'd be
0:03:36 > 0:03:39in hospital, in different hospitals around our area and I'd have to go
0:03:40 > 0:03:42and collect her a lot of the time.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44When she was living at home, there'd be different carers every day.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46She wouldn't want to let them in.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48They hadn't been trained as to how to do that.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50So, full-time jobs were impossible.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55Alex became his mum's main carer, even living with her for a period
0:03:55 > 0:04:00of time, but her condition worsened and she went into hospital.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03By then, it was clear the only option was a care home.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06For the next year, Alex looked at over 20 homes
0:04:06 > 0:04:09and applied for a place at more than ten of them.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12But at each one, after assessing Sue, who was still relatively young,
0:04:12 > 0:04:17physically fit and mobile, none could offer her a place.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20It was really depressing and demoralising and I felt really
0:04:20 > 0:04:25unsure about where she was going to be going.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27It wasn't a nice time.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Sadly, Alex and Sue's story is far from unique.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34The Alzheimer's Society helpline increasingly gets calls
0:04:34 > 0:04:35of this exact nature.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37We're finding that care homes are picking and choosing the people
0:04:37 > 0:04:41that they accept into their homes, largely because they don't
0:04:41 > 0:04:44have the funding to be able to provide the specialist support
0:04:44 > 0:04:46that is needed to help somebody with dementia.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48The national living wage is going up soon.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50The property, and the upkeep of that property, particularly in London,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53that can be extremely expensive.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55In contacting the Government, we asked the Department of Health
0:04:55 > 0:04:59and Social Care what they're doing about the lack of appropriate
0:04:59 > 0:05:03care home places.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07They told us that they've invested an extra £2 billion in social care
0:05:07 > 0:05:10and that over the summer they're publishing planned reforms to make
0:05:10 > 0:05:12the social care system more sustainable for the future.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17But for Sue and Alex, any such reform is too late.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20I've missed a chunk of my career, I just couldn't get a job.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22My mum wouldn't have been happy about that.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25It would have been incredibly upsetting for my mum to know
0:05:25 > 0:05:26what I've gone through.
0:05:26 > 0:05:36Helen Mulroy, BBC London News.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41There's been a lot of talk about driverless cars on our roads
0:05:41 > 0:05:46and one of the largest city trials has been taking place in Greenwich.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Our transport correspondent, Tom Edwards, has been there to find
0:05:49 > 0:05:53out how safe we feel in the vehicles.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57For 18 months these driverless shuttles have been running around
0:05:57 > 0:05:59the Greenwich peninsula, testing how they react to people,
0:05:59 > 0:06:05other vehicles and even dogs.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08In that case the onboard safety pilot intervened,
0:06:08 > 0:06:12and here they're also trying to find out our reactions to the pods.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It felt very safe.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16The vehicle itself was very cautious, it was very aware
0:06:16 > 0:06:18of its surroundings.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21I didn't feel at any point that we came up to an obstacle
0:06:21 > 0:06:23and it wasn't going to stop.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I've been following the technology for a while, so it's been quite
0:06:26 > 0:06:27exciting to finally get in one.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31Although our pod today was misbehaving initially.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33According to those behind the scheme, the technology has
0:06:33 > 0:06:36performed well, even in the recent poor weather.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Of those people who you use these pods in Greenwich,
0:06:39 > 0:06:4247% had a positive experience.
0:06:42 > 0:06:4743% though had concerns, mainly around cyber
0:06:47 > 0:06:49security and road safety.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54And driverless technology has been in the headlines after a pedestrian
0:06:54 > 0:06:58died after being hit by a self-driving car in the US.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Some have called that a wake-up call for the industry.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Others say the technology shouldn't yet be on the roads.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07So safety is always going to be a priority.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10We've got a lot of work to do to develop trust.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Some people need to feel trust in these vehicles
0:07:13 > 0:07:14and the technology.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16London still wants to be at the forefront
0:07:16 > 0:07:18of this new technology.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21There's still some way to go to convince everyone that this
0:07:21 > 0:07:23is the future of transport.
0:07:23 > 0:07:29Tom Edwards, BBC London News, Greenwich.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32A memorial has been laid in honour of two soldiers from Islington
0:07:32 > 0:07:35who were awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War
0:07:35 > 0:07:39for their immense bravery.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Lance Corporal John Sayer and Lieutenant Colonel Frank Roberts
0:07:42 > 0:07:45were remembered at a ceremony in north London.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Charlotte Franks was there.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49EXPLOSION.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52It was where some of the bloodiest battles were fought
0:07:52 > 0:07:54during the First World War.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Millions died on the Western front, amid the lines of mud trenches
0:07:56 > 0:08:02and fortifications dug to prevent the enemy from advancing.
0:08:02 > 0:08:09Lieutenant Colonel Frank Roberts lived in Highbury.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12But in 1914, 26 years old, he left to fight on the front in France.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14On one occasion, the enemy attacked a nearby village,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16but Lieutenant Roberts led a counterattack, driving
0:08:16 > 0:08:20them away temporarily so troops could withdraw.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25The fight was basically round the church.
0:08:25 > 0:08:32But you've only got to look at the commendation,
0:08:32 > 0:08:34the number of people he killed and took prisoner.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37For his courage, he received the Victoria Cross.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40John Sayer, also from Islington, single-handedly seized and defended
0:08:40 > 0:08:44a strategic post close to the Hindenburg Line
0:08:44 > 0:08:46in northern France, in 1918.
0:08:46 > 0:08:52For this deed, he too was awarded the VC.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57LAST POST
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Today, both soldiers were remembered by their families as memorials
0:08:59 > 0:09:03were unveiled in Islington to mark the sacrifice they made fighting
0:09:03 > 0:09:07on the Western front.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10The countryside was churned up by heavy shelling from both sides.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11It was covered in barbed wire.
0:09:11 > 0:09:17The weather made the ground impossible in many places.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19But despite those difficult conditions, John Sayer
0:09:19 > 0:09:21would never forget his family, writing to his children
0:09:21 > 0:09:25on each of their birthdays.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29"Dear Eric, I'm writing this hoping you will get it on your birthday,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32to wish you many happy returns..."
0:09:32 > 0:09:35The letter is very quiet and personal and it makes no
0:09:35 > 0:09:38mention, really, of war and what he must have been
0:09:38 > 0:09:41going through at that time.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44It's hoped that by laying these stones, the memory of both soldiers'
0:09:44 > 0:09:46achievements will be kept alive, as well as educating future
0:09:47 > 0:09:48generations about the Great War.
0:09:48 > 0:09:54Charlotte Franks, BBC London News.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58That's it for now from me, but let's find out what
0:09:58 > 0:09:59the weather's up to with Stav.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00the weather's up to with Stav.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Beautiful day at times today? That is right. Temperatures have been
0:10:04 > 0:10:08recovering in fact after that very cold weekend and ha that disruptive
0:10:08 > 0:10:12snow. It will be mild as we head into the weekend. Tomorrow you will
0:10:12 > 0:10:15notice that when you step out of the door. Much milder than it was this
0:10:15 > 0:10:18morning. We should get sunny intervals as well. Overnight there
0:10:18 > 0:10:22will be quite a lot of cloud around. Thicker cloud drifting down from the
0:10:22 > 0:10:25north anded it could just squeeze out a few spots of rain,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28particularly towards the eastern side of the capital. Look at the
0:10:28 > 0:10:33temperatures. First thing Thursday, five or six Celsius. There will be
0:10:33 > 0:10:36some cloud around through the morning. It will clear away,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39probably taking its time from the eastern side of the country.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44Bubbling up again. This is over doing it. We should see sunny
0:10:44 > 0:10:49intervals. Temperatures up to 12-13 Celsius given the sunshine. Winds
0:10:49 > 0:10:53will be light, coming in from the south-west. Then really it's looking
0:10:53 > 0:10:57dry for the next few days and into the weekend. Sunday is looking like
0:10:57 > 0:11:01being the best day of the weekend. It will be very mild indeed. Stay
0:11:01 > 0:11:02tuned for