:00:12. > :00:22.I'm Katharine Carpenter. news teams where you are.
:00:23. > :00:25.A review into the death of a baby in Luton, who was murdered
:00:26. > :00:27.by his mother's partner, has found failings
:00:28. > :00:29.in the way the local authorities handled his case.
:00:30. > :00:32.The family had moved from west London and the report
:00:33. > :00:35.calls on councils to do more to share information
:00:36. > :00:54.Know that was just 13 months old when life was cut short. He suffered
:00:55. > :01:09.multiple injuries over a sustained period. Should more have been done
:01:10. > :01:15.to protect know ya? The -- Noah. The family moved to Luton weeks before
:01:16. > :01:17.Noah's death. A Serious Case Review highlighted multiple failures in the
:01:18. > :01:20.sharing of the information. There is concern that information is not
:01:21. > :01:24.transferred between councils which means vulnerable children can slip
:01:25. > :01:28.through the net. Health visitors described as the crucial eyes and
:01:29. > :01:31.ears of the safeguarding system, but there are critical vulnerabilities
:01:32. > :01:35.and flaws highlighted which lead to predictable errors. It means there
:01:36. > :01:39.is no clear understanding of the risks the children, where there is
:01:40. > :01:43.domestic abuse, better training and extra resources are needed, the
:01:44. > :01:46.report says, to enable cases to be investigated more thoroughly.
:01:47. > :01:51.Melanie has been a social worker 19 years. These findings were no
:01:52. > :01:57.surprise to her. Every Serious Case Review says the same thing - social
:01:58. > :02:00.workers need to step away from some of the bureaucratic processes and we
:02:01. > :02:06.need to be allowed to work with families more, we need to be allowed
:02:07. > :02:12.to spend more time on the ground. We are building that relationship with
:02:13. > :02:17.families, young people, we need to do that, with professionals and then
:02:18. > :02:22.in termsinformation, I think the information would flow more easily.
:02:23. > :02:26.Both Luton and Ealing council say this review increases the need for
:02:27. > :02:31.national guidance on transferring cases between boroughs. They insist
:02:32. > :02:33.cases have been strengthened, but Noah's death brings into focus the
:02:34. > :02:48.tragic cost when the system fails. The blow that killed a Polish man
:02:49. > :02:59.has been described as a Superman punch in court. He died in a
:03:00. > :03:04.shopping centre in Harlow last year. The defendant was 15 at the time,
:03:05. > :03:09.he's not sitting in the dock, but behind his defence counsel and
:03:10. > :03:14.beside his father. He is of small build and was wearing a shirt and
:03:15. > :03:18.tie. No-one in the court is wearing wigs at all, not even the judge, the
:03:19. > :03:21.idea behind that is to make the court less formal so that the
:03:22. > :03:29.youngsters felt more comfortable giving evidence. Opening the case
:03:30. > :03:33.for the prosecution, they were saying that the victim was out in
:03:34. > :03:37.Harlow, he had been drinking vodka, eating pizza and they were drunk.
:03:38. > :03:41.Their attention was drawn to a group of youths cycling around the area
:03:42. > :03:45.when something was thrown or kicked in their direction so two of them,
:03:46. > :03:49.including the victim, went over to talk to them, although his English
:03:50. > :03:54.was poor and he couldn't say much to them. He said that there was some
:03:55. > :04:00.laughter about his English. The court heard the defendant moved
:04:01. > :04:05.deliberately around the back of the victim to take him by surprise and
:04:06. > :04:10.that the 16-year-old jumped from the ground, used his full force and hit
:04:11. > :04:14.him on the head and, as he fell to the ground, the youths scattered.
:04:15. > :04:20.The victim was found with a pool of blood around his head. He suffered
:04:21. > :04:24.catastrophic brain injuries, he never regained consciousness and
:04:25. > :04:28.died in hospital two days later. The prosecution says the defendant will
:04:29. > :04:34.claim he was acting in self-defence but there was that there was no
:04:35. > :04:41.threat from the victim, so that there was no need for self-defence.
:04:42. > :04:43.The prosecution say the defendant took a decision to use unlawful
:04:44. > :04:46.violence. Plans to increase opening
:04:47. > :04:49.hours for shops, museum, galleries and theatres
:04:50. > :04:50.in the capital have been The industry is already
:04:51. > :04:54.worth ?26 billion and the Mayor, Sadiq Khan,
:04:55. > :04:56.hopes his 24-hour vision for the city will help bring
:04:57. > :04:59.about further growth to the sector and not just involve
:05:00. > :05:09.late night drinking. There are some parts of London where
:05:10. > :05:12.there's not really much of a night-time economy at all and I
:05:13. > :05:17.would like to see the possibility of our being able to even out provision
:05:18. > :05:22.so as to provide greater jobs for local workers, so as to reduce some
:05:23. > :05:26.of the stresses within the hotspots so as to improve sustainability and
:05:27. > :05:28.so as to bring the economic opportunities to the night-time
:05:29. > :05:33.economy to all parts of London. It's 100 years since the start
:05:34. > :05:36.of one of the most bloody battles The Battle of Passchendael saw
:05:37. > :05:39.the British launch a series of failed assaults against German
:05:40. > :05:41.forces overlooking the city Nearly half 1 million
:05:42. > :05:45.men lost their lives. Today a special sculpture has been
:05:46. > :05:57.unveiled in Trafalgar Square It was one of the deadliest episodes
:05:58. > :06:02.in one of the deadliest wars this country has ever known. The Battle
:06:03. > :06:09.of Pashen deal near Ypres in Belgium. Exactly a hundred years on,
:06:10. > :06:14.relatives of the victims have been paying tribute beside a specially
:06:15. > :06:19.commissioned sculpture -- Passchendaele. Father and son Harry
:06:20. > :06:24.and Ronald Moore house were killed on the same day. They were both in
:06:25. > :06:30.the same battalion and when Ronald was wounded, the son was wounded,
:06:31. > :06:34.the father set out to find a doctor. He was insistent that he'd get some
:06:35. > :06:38.help for him, but unfortunately, he was shot as he went out to find a
:06:39. > :06:46.doctor and by then Ronald was dead anyway so it was all a hideous waste
:06:47. > :06:51.of life. This sculpture is made in part from the earth taken at
:06:52. > :06:56.Passchendaele, earth which turned to mud in battle, killing thousands.
:06:57. > :07:01.And whilst legions died, some survived, albeit with horrific
:07:02. > :07:05.injuries. He was taken to a field hospital in Bologna, the 83rd Dublin
:07:06. > :07:10.Hospital and he was there for about five months before he was then
:07:11. > :07:14.transferred to Sidcup Hospital in Kent where there was some pioneering
:07:15. > :07:18.plastic surgery going on. William Henry Nicholl lived until the ripe
:07:19. > :07:24.old age of 91, one of the lucky ones. This mud soldier will survive
:07:25. > :07:28.for the next four days in Trafalgar Square where it will eventually be
:07:29. > :07:30.worn away with water, a symbol of the mud and slaughter of this
:07:31. > :07:39.senseless battle. Now let's check on the
:07:40. > :07:49.weather with Kate. How is it looking?
:07:50. > :07:53.Not too bad. An improvement on the last few days. A bit of blue sky and
:07:54. > :07:56.sunshine which is working a treat out there at the moment as the
:07:57. > :08:02.temperature is rising that bit higher. It felt fresh yesterday.
:08:03. > :08:05.Today is feeling a bit warmer. Brighter spells this afternoon and
:08:06. > :08:08.yes, temperatures continue to rise. There is a fair amount of cloud
:08:09. > :08:12.around but it should stay dry. We are getting some breaks in the cloud
:08:13. > :08:16.or at least some thinner spells, so we are looking at some bright
:08:17. > :08:23.spells, maybe a glimmer of sunshine, especially further west later
:08:24. > :08:27.Onthank. The temperature, 23 is the maximum. If you manage to see some
:08:28. > :08:30.sunshine, it will feel pleasant. A nice, fine dry evening with evening
:08:31. > :08:35.sunshine. Overnight, we'll start to see a bit more cloud moving in from
:08:36. > :08:38.the weather. Minimum temperature, dropping down to around 15, 16
:08:39. > :08:43.Celsius, so it's going to be a mild night. For most of us, it will be a
:08:44. > :08:49.grey start tomorrow morning. A bit of cloud around again. The settled
:08:50. > :08:54.weather won't last. This rain pushes through. Heavier spells in there. It
:08:55. > :08:57.will fragment in the afternoon turning lighter, so less persistent.
:08:58. > :09:02.It's going to be that bit cooler tomorrow. A maximum of 21. The
:09:03. > :09:06.weather fronts move away overnight Wednesday and through Thursday, we
:09:07. > :09:10.are looking at a more showery regime, so there is still going to
:09:11. > :09:14.be quite a lot of dry weather around, but the chance of some
:09:15. > :09:18.showers over Thursday and through Friday and even into the weekend, it
:09:19. > :09:20.stays changeable. Thank you very much.
:09:21. > :09:24.Victoria Hollins will be here with our 6:30 evening programme.
:09:25. > :10:09.But for now, from us all, a very good afternoon.
:10:10. > :10:11.From the depths of our forests and rivers,
:10:12. > :10:19...we're on a mission to prove the UK is wilder than you think.
:10:20. > :10:24.So join us for a week of adventure, UK-style.