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