26/07/2017

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:00:00. > :00:13.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

:00:14. > :00:15.Good afternoon and welcome to BBC London News.

:00:16. > :00:19.Police are investigating yet another suspected acid

:00:20. > :00:35.Two men were taken to hospital after an unknown liquid was thrown at them

:00:36. > :00:45.I'm joined in east London, close to where this incident

:00:46. > :00:46.happened last night, by Rabina Khan.

:00:47. > :00:50.-- She is a Tower Hamlets Councillor.

:00:51. > :00:54.I understand you've been to see one of the victims in hospital and met

:00:55. > :00:56.the family last night, how is he doing?

:00:57. > :00:59.I was with both the families and both of the victims, as well.

:01:00. > :01:02.And I have to say that both young men are very good,

:01:03. > :01:06.The mothers have been devastated by what they have seen.

:01:07. > :01:09.In particular one young man whose one side of his face

:01:10. > :01:12.And they've both been referred to a burns unit.

:01:13. > :01:14.That's Shakwat Hussain, isn't it, the 24-year-old?

:01:15. > :01:17.Any indication as to what might have provoked this?

:01:18. > :01:22.We understand the person police are looking for,

:01:23. > :01:24.the person they have said they saw do this,

:01:25. > :01:29.I think that's what the statements have stated but it is best

:01:30. > :01:32.So that they can catch the perpetrators and make sure

:01:33. > :01:36.that they are brought to justice, as well.

:01:37. > :01:38.My part in this is to support the families, make sure

:01:39. > :01:42.And often in these cases we talk about legislation,

:01:43. > :01:45.we talk about a range of other things, but we also have to talk

:01:46. > :01:48.about the victim and the support they and their families need.

:01:49. > :01:50.In terms of trying to stop acid attacks in London,

:01:51. > :01:53.and across the UK, there has been a lot of talk about greater

:01:54. > :01:56.regulation for those who sell acid or corrosive liquids and greater

:01:57. > :01:59.punishment for those found carrying or using it.

:02:00. > :02:04.And how soon do you think this can happen?

:02:05. > :02:13.Sentences need to be tougher, but at the same time,

:02:14. > :02:16.before we even get to that stage, we need to make sure

:02:17. > :02:19.Councils through their trading standards can also take

:02:20. > :02:23.We need to also hold retailers who sell corrosive substances to be

:02:24. > :02:26.far more responsible with whom they sell it to.

:02:27. > :02:28.Thank you very much for joining us here.

:02:29. > :02:31.Police continue to investigate this incident last night in which two

:02:32. > :02:33.young men had a corrosive liquid thrown at them.

:02:34. > :02:41.As it stands there have been no arrests.

:02:42. > :02:45.A man accused of the kidnap, rape and murder of a young woman

:02:46. > :02:47.in Kingston upon Thames is to stand trial

:02:48. > :02:50.Celine Dookhran was found dead at a house a week ago.

:02:51. > :02:52.Mujahid Arshid appeared at the Old Bailey today -

:02:53. > :02:56.alongside another man, who's accused of kidnap.

:02:57. > :03:04.One in seven women who die within a year of giving birth

:03:05. > :03:09.Yet mental health problems for pregnant women and new mothers

:03:10. > :03:11.is still not something many people talk about.

:03:12. > :03:14.Now St Mary's Hospital in Paddington is trying to change this -

:03:15. > :03:16.and make sure women across London have the support they need.

:03:17. > :03:29.The most common side effect you can have

:03:30. > :03:35.during pregnancy is problems with your mental health.

:03:36. > :03:37.On the surface Pippa enjoyed two perfectly healthy pregnancies.

:03:38. > :03:40.But she couldn't understand why things were so hard.

:03:41. > :03:42.I always thought that being depressed was being

:03:43. > :03:51.And I ended up going to see my gynaecologist for an appointment

:03:52. > :03:55.And she said, I think we need to get you to see somebody.

:03:56. > :03:59.For every five women in the UK who have a baby,

:04:00. > :04:04.One in seven women who die in the first year of their baby's

:04:05. > :04:15.It makes you feel like you are failing, it makes you feel

:04:16. > :04:18.like you are not being the mum your child deserves.

:04:19. > :04:20.And telling someone that, that is kind of hard.

:04:21. > :04:30.Madeline leads a team at St Mary's Hospital who treat

:04:31. > :04:33.pregnant women and new mothers who have mental health problems.

:04:34. > :04:36.We are finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.

:04:37. > :04:38.This centre wants to get rid of the stigma of

:04:39. > :04:42.In a sense our society doesn't give women permission to become unwell or

:04:43. > :04:44.to be honest about how unwell they can feel.

:04:45. > :04:47.And many women for instance have a fear of childbirth

:04:48. > :04:49.or may feel estranged from their babies.

:04:50. > :04:56.And this feeling is very difficult to disclose.

:04:57. > :05:02.Thanks to ?3 million grant, this centre can now help women across

:05:03. > :05:06.five boroughs make their fears more normal.

:05:07. > :05:09.The aim is to catch the problems early so that they can

:05:10. > :05:16.safeguard a more hopeful and happy future for all the family.

:05:17. > :05:19.A man serving a life sentence for raping and murdering the teenage

:05:20. > :05:21.model Sally Anne Bowman in south London has admitted previously

:05:22. > :05:28.Mark Dixie was jailed for repeatedly stabbing Miss Bowman,

:05:29. > :05:32.He's appeared via videolink at Southwark Crown Court

:05:33. > :05:35.and admitted raping a woman in 1987- when he was 16 and attacking

:05:36. > :05:43.This week marks five years on from the start

:05:44. > :05:47.And of course it all began with the torch-bearers -

:05:48. > :05:50.who carried the flame to the stadium in east London.

:05:51. > :05:52.Among those chosen for the honour was John Lake,

:05:53. > :05:54.who was nominated after overcoming a brain tumour and depression.

:05:55. > :06:03.He's been sharing his memories of that day.

:06:04. > :06:06.In 2012 I was nominated to carry the torch with the Olympic flame.

:06:07. > :06:15.And following the surgery from that I got a very severe depression,

:06:16. > :06:24.and I got suicidal, and I got sectioned in 2006.

:06:25. > :06:27.As I was waiting for the torch what went through my mind

:06:28. > :06:41.One thing I found that really made me feel better was exercise.

:06:42. > :06:43.Running and getting the endorphins flowing through the system

:06:44. > :06:49.So I did the London Marathon in 2007 for the Brain Research Trust.

:06:50. > :06:52.In the year after that I did the Ironman triathlon.

:06:53. > :07:00.COMMENTATOR: No false starts, thank goodness.

:07:01. > :07:03.I went to see Usain Bolt run his 200 metre heat,

:07:04. > :07:08.So I'd been watching all of the field events,

:07:09. > :07:11.which were quite mad, you know, the high jump and the long

:07:12. > :07:15.And when Usain Bolt came in the whole stadium stood up.

:07:16. > :07:19.And he won, of course, he won his heat.

:07:20. > :07:22.It was mad to be seeing that, to be a part of that,

:07:23. > :07:26.Looking on, five years back, I feel like I've made

:07:27. > :07:34.I'm now a qualified mental health counsellor.

:07:35. > :07:37.My commitment to exercise is still there because I still like to get

:07:38. > :07:39.out and run because it makes me feel mentally better,

:07:40. > :07:44.It feels like a real journey, if I look back to see how far I have

:07:45. > :07:56.Great memories. What is not great is the weather. It does not feel like

:07:57. > :08:01.July, does it? Not at the moment. He did earlier.

:08:02. > :08:03.This was West London earlier today. A promising start with

:08:04. > :09:24.the low 20s with some sunshine, as well.

:09:25. > :09:26.Well that's all from us on the lunchtime team

:09:27. > :09:29.Asad Ahmad will be here tonight though with our evening programme -

:09:30. > :09:47.We've got a wild week of adventure planned, UK-style...

:09:48. > :10:04.Join us to celebrate our own home-grown wilderness.

:10:05. > :10:06.Ahead of his final race, the inside story of the fastest man.

:10:07. > :10:11.Bolt is a shining example of the best that we can be.

:10:12. > :10:17.A man like him is not born very often.

:10:18. > :10:21.There's just so much work to get to that one moment,