:00:00. > :00:12.Now on BBC One, let's join our news teams where you are.
:00:13. > :00:14.Good afternoon and welcome to BBC London News.
:00:15. > :00:19.One in four terminally ill people are struggling to get the end
:00:20. > :00:23.And their families aren't being given enough support,
:00:24. > :00:29.The charity Hospice UK says people from deprived areas,
:00:30. > :00:32.or from black and ethnic minority communities, are at particular
:00:33. > :00:37.Dan Freedman is at London's first modern hospice,
:00:38. > :00:44.I'm at St Christopher's Hospice in Sydenham, which today
:00:45. > :00:47.is celebrating 50 years providing end of life care to patients
:00:48. > :00:52.When it was started in 1967, it was the world's
:00:53. > :00:56.And Dr Heather Richardson is the Chief Executive.
:00:57. > :01:01.Dame Cicely wanted something that was radically different
:01:02. > :01:07.She wanted care that was really focused on their symptoms.
:01:08. > :01:13.She wanted to look after their families,
:01:14. > :01:16.she wanted them to be in the picture, and she wanted them
:01:17. > :01:21.It was founded on the basis of equal access to all communities,
:01:22. > :01:28.To some extent, but we could do a lot better.
:01:29. > :01:34.And in particular, we want to reach people who either don't know
:01:35. > :01:36.about hospice care and palliative care
:01:37. > :01:38.and could benefit, or people that
:01:39. > :01:41.know about it but are concerned that they might not get
:01:42. > :01:45.To that end, we are providing a whole variety of services,
:01:46. > :01:48.but also working with communities so that we can help get it
:01:49. > :01:51.We've been talking particularly today about black and ethnic
:01:52. > :01:53.minority communities, as well as the LGBT+ committees,
:01:54. > :01:55.how can you access them, and why are they not accessing
:01:56. > :01:59.I think they have a history of thinking that they
:02:00. > :02:01.may not be welcome. We would welcome anybody here.
:02:02. > :02:03.But importantly, we need to have conversations with them
:02:04. > :02:07.to know what they want, and we also need to connect
:02:08. > :02:11.with people that they trust, help them to do end of life care,
:02:12. > :02:13.too, and work in partnership with them.
:02:14. > :02:15.Dr Heather Richardson, thank you much, celebrations
:02:16. > :02:17.will continue here through the day to mark 50 years here
:02:18. > :02:24.A man's appeared in court charged with the murder,
:02:25. > :02:27.rape and kidnap of a 19 year old woman in south west London.
:02:28. > :02:31.Her body was found at a house in Kingston on Wednesday.
:02:32. > :02:33.The 33-year-old man, who's also accused of
:02:34. > :02:36.raping another woman, appeared at Wimbledon
:02:37. > :02:38.Magistrates Court, alongside a second man who's has
:02:39. > :02:47.been charged with kidnap. They've been remanded in custody.
:02:48. > :02:52.There's growing anger in parts of East London
:02:53. > :02:54.after a 20-year-old man died while being arrested by police.
:02:55. > :02:57.Rashan Charles was chased into a shop in Haggerston
:02:58. > :02:59.in Hackney by officers, thrown to the floor and restrained.
:03:00. > :03:01.Scotland Yard says he'd tried to swallow an object,
:03:02. > :03:03.and that officers had tried to prevent him harming himself.
:03:04. > :03:07.The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating.
:03:08. > :03:11.A mother from Surrey, whose son has down syndrome,
:03:12. > :03:14.has called for doctors and midwives to be given better advice
:03:15. > :03:17.on how to talk to parents if their baby is diagnosed
:03:18. > :03:21.Sarah Roberts from Woking feels the language used
:03:22. > :03:23.when she was told her son Oscar was affected left her
:03:24. > :03:26.She wants other parents to have better support.
:03:27. > :03:35.Like most toddlers, he's a bit of a handful.
:03:36. > :03:39.When Oscar's mum Sarah Roberts first found out her eldest son
:03:40. > :03:42.had Down's syndrome, she admits it was hard to accept.
:03:43. > :03:45.I'm going to be completely honest with you, it was
:03:46. > :03:48.absolutely devastating. I thought the world had ended.
:03:49. > :03:52.I thought, you know, that was it for our life.
:03:53. > :03:58.Oscar is now five and doing well, but Sharon believes the language
:03:59. > :04:00.used by midwives and other health professionals around his
:04:01. > :04:04.diagnosis was negative, unsympathetic and out of date.
:04:05. > :04:10.If the medical professionals were starting off their conversation
:04:11. > :04:13.with, "This is the statistics, you have a one in 50
:04:14. > :04:16.chance of having a baby with Down's syndrome..."
:04:17. > :04:19.I don't think that mother would potentially panic as much
:04:20. > :04:21.as she would if she heard the word "risk".
:04:22. > :04:24.She was so concerned about the effect it had
:04:25. > :04:26.on her and other mums she knows with Down's syndrome
:04:27. > :04:32.children, she decided to do something about it.
:04:33. > :04:35.I've called my blog Don't Be Sorry, because first thing
:04:36. > :04:38.the paediatrician said to me when they delivered the news was,
:04:39. > :04:42.We suspect Oscar has Down's syndrome."
:04:43. > :04:46.I feel like if she'd opened it with, "First of all, congratulations.
:04:47. > :04:49.You have a beautiful baby boy. I'm going to tell you something that
:04:50. > :04:51.isn't exactly the news you were expecting,
:04:52. > :04:59.I don't think I would have felt quite so sad for as long.
:05:00. > :05:01.Sarah hopes her blog will help others understand that having
:05:02. > :05:09.a child with Down's syndrome isn't the end of the world,
:05:10. > :05:11.and she hopes more training and guidance for midwives
:05:12. > :05:14.There's a lot of training and education going on
:05:15. > :05:25.And I think we will include discussions about language in that.
:05:26. > :05:28.Sarah says her family wouldn't be complete without Oscar at its heart.
:05:29. > :05:43.Now, if you don't like rodents, you may want to look away.
:05:44. > :05:46.Harrow, in North West London has been nicknamed Rat Land
:05:47. > :05:48.with locals saying the situation is out of control.
:05:49. > :05:50.A video's emerged online of the problem
:05:51. > :05:52.showing a large number of rats swarming around bin bags.
:05:53. > :05:54.Victoria Cook's here, you've been looking into this-
:05:55. > :05:57.just talk us through what we can see in this footage?
:05:58. > :06:00.You have looked through this, talked us through what the footage shows.
:06:01. > :06:02.Let's look at the video straightaway. You can see the
:06:03. > :06:07.problem instantly. There are bin bags on the floor, this is the
:06:08. > :06:11.middle of the day, not a secluded area, an area in Harrow, and you can
:06:12. > :06:16.see the numbers there. It is hard to see how many there are, but I would
:06:17. > :06:20.say more than 20. This was captured by a local councillor, Susan Hall.
:06:21. > :06:25.It is so bad in Harrow, 600 people have created a Facebook group to
:06:26. > :06:29.raise awareness of the environment a problem in Harrow. They say an
:06:30. > :06:33.increase in rubbish and rats, that kind of thing. This is not an
:06:34. > :06:38.isolated video. I have another one to show you. This one shows rats
:06:39. > :06:41.scurrying around, a bit more spread out, later in the day, but no
:06:42. > :06:46.rubbish to be seen in this particular video. But again, the
:06:47. > :06:49.rats very big. Lots of people commenting on line, saying things
:06:50. > :06:54.like the bins are collected fortnightly, what do you expect?
:06:55. > :06:58.Local citizens have themselves to blame for fly-tipping, they enjoy
:06:59. > :07:02.the conditions they deserve. What has the local council had to say
:07:03. > :07:05.about this? We spoke to them and they acknowledge there is a real
:07:06. > :07:09.problem in Harrow. They say they are addressing the problem urgently.
:07:10. > :07:14.They are putting more rat traps in the area, and are talking to local
:07:15. > :07:18.traders to explain how to dispose of waste properly. Victoria, I am sure
:07:19. > :07:21.you will keep us updated, thank you very much.
:07:22. > :07:23.Many of the services into Britain's busiest rail station, Waterloo,
:07:24. > :07:25.have now been restored, following major
:07:26. > :07:33.You will have seen it on the travel bulletins this morning. South West
:07:34. > :07:36.trains advised commuters this morning to avoid travelling into
:07:37. > :07:40.Waterloo altogether because of a signal failure. Most trains are
:07:41. > :07:44.running again, but services between Woking and Surbiton still have
:07:45. > :07:48.delays of around 45 minutes, so do be warned. Network Rail says it is
:07:49. > :07:52.sorry for the disruption caused to passengers.
:07:53. > :07:56.Well, let's get the weather now with Georgina Burnett.
:07:57. > :07:59.Well, what a dreary, damp start to the day.
:08:00. > :08:01.And we continue in that vein for the afternoon.
:08:02. > :08:03.This was captured by a weather watcher this morning.
:08:04. > :08:09.I'm sure there will be further puddles on the way, as we
:08:10. > :08:12.are seeing more outbreaks of rain, some of us anyway,
:08:13. > :08:13.and fairly light for the most part.
:08:14. > :08:17.We're likely to seem more brightness this afternoon, but not
:08:18. > :08:19.everywhere, and there is that north-westerly breeze.
:08:20. > :08:22.Temperatures struggling to get above the mid-teens for some of us,
:08:23. > :08:24.and where they are high, probably feeling a good few degrees below.
:08:25. > :08:28.But through the night, we see that rain clear away,
:08:29. > :08:32.and we are left with a fair amount of cloud,
:08:33. > :08:39.temperatures down to around 13 or 14 degrees.
:08:40. > :08:43.But tomorrow is a different day altogether.
:08:44. > :08:45.Largely dry and fine, not quite as breezy as
:08:46. > :08:47.today, and a good deal of sunshine around as well.
:08:48. > :08:50.One or two very isolated showers, most of us having
:08:51. > :08:54.Temperatures getting up to 22 or 23, possibly even a touch above that.
:08:55. > :09:00.As the band of rain pushes eastwards, and a fairly wet
:09:01. > :09:01.day altogether. The wind picking up.
:09:02. > :09:05.That stays with us for the rest of the week.
:09:06. > :09:08.Thursday and Friday look more settled, sunshine with a few
:09:09. > :09:11.Temperature wise, always in the mid to low 20s for the
:09:12. > :09:16.There'll be much more on our evening programme, of course,
:09:17. > :09:21.Victoria Hollins will be here at 6:30. Bye bye.