23/11/2017 London News

he hopes to prove the earnings

forecasts wrong.

Welcome to BBC London News.

I'm Sara Orchard.

"A senseless attack that has

left a family broken" -

the words of Jan Pearce,

the mother of murdered

builder Danny Pearce.

He was killed in Greenwich

in July while being robbed

of his Rolex watch.

Now the Metropolitan Police

are renewing their appeal

for information about his killers,

with a £10,000 reward

for information that leads

to a secure conviction.

Helen Mulroy reports.

Enjoying a night out with friends.

This was Danny Pearce in Greenwich

on the 14th of July this year. Hours

after this video was taken, he was

stabbed for his Rolex watch. The

events of that night have left his

family broken.

I have got no life

now, he was my baby. All our lives

have changed.

Two men have been

arrested but no charges have been

laid. Now the Metropolitan Police

are renewing their appeal for

information. Newly released CCTV

shows Danny making his way down the

street with friends just after

midnight. This is the moment he was

singled out by killers on their

mopeds. They make a U-turn to launch

their attack.

One produces a knife

and the other a gun. A struggle

ensues and ultimately Danny ends up

here unfortunately fatally stabbed,

here on these very steps Danny lost

his life.

The -- Danny was

repeatedly stabbed.

It is most

likely the most sustained stabbing I

have come across.

Danny's family

hoped that in revealing more details

about the sustained attack that

killed their son and brother, in

here, what is a popular London

nightspot, it may jog the memory of

anybody who knows anything further

about the identity of his killers.

I

just cannot get it out of my head,

such a senseless, senseless thing to

do and he's not here with us. He's

just not here.

Crimestoppers is

offering a £10,000 reward for any

information that will secure a

conviction.

And the number

to call Crimestoppers

is on the screen now.

0800 555 111.

The husband of Nazanin

Zaghari-Ratcliffe understands

that his wife, who remains

imprisoned in Tehran, has been given

a court date in December.

She's been held since April 2016

after being accused of spying -

charges she denies.

The court date is understood to be

for her second charge

of spreading propaganda.

The introduction of new

Thameslink rail services

to ease north to south travel

through central London has been

delayed by up to a year.

The new timetable of 24 trains

an hour at peak times on the Bedford

to Brighton line was meant to be

in place by December 2018

but it has been put back.

The National Audit Office said

adequate arrangements hadn't yet

been made to manage the launch.

More than 80 firefighters

were called to a fire

at an industrial estate in north

London this morning.

It started just after nine

o'clock and destroyed

part of football club

Tottenham Hotspurs'

merchandise warehouse.

The cause of the fire

is unknown and there are no

reported casualties.

Christmas shoppers are

being urged not to rush

into buying gifts from unknown

sellers as new figures show victims

lost nearly £16 million

to fraudsters last year.

Police have launched a campaign

warning buyers that they could be

playing into the hands of scammers

in their attempts to snap

up seasonal bargains.

Jon Ironmonger reports.

Christmas is coming, which means,

for many, the pressure

is on to start shopping.

In the big rush to buy presents,

it's not unusual to spend

first and think second,

but police are warning of a sharp

increase in shopping fraud over

the Christmas period.

The Action Fraud unit of City

of London Police says more

than 15,000 victims across all age

groups came forward

to report crimes last year.

From identity theft and card cloning

to dodgy online apps,

costing shoppers a total

of nearly £16 million.

Compared to this time last year,

we've had a 25% increase of overall

fraud and we've also seen this year

65% increase of auction fraud,

online fraud and marketplace fraud.

Mobile phones continue to be

the most likely products to be

bought from fraudsters,

but clothing and footwear are high

on the list too, as well as make up,

drones and Fitbit watches.

The growing problem has prompted

a police video campaign,

showing the many scams targeting

Christmas shoppers and what people

can do to avoid them,

like making sure a good deal

is the real deal.

Now to the man who has sold 150

million records across the world.

He's Arnold Dorsey to his

friends and family,

but to us, Engelbert Humperdinck.

At the age of 81, he's still touring

and has a new album.

He's been talking to Wendy Hurrell

about how his music

is helping his wife,

who has Alzheimer's.

# Please release me... #.

The song that kept the Beatles off

the top spot in 1967 and launched a

half-century career.

I'm so thrilled

that one has given me that passport

to the world.

Now Engelbert

Humperdinck has produced a new album

of covers. The album is dedicated to

his wife of 53 years, Patricia was

diagnosed with Alzheimer's a decade

ago.

Just like the first time was

written especially for her. The duet

I'm Glad I Danced With You, a lot of

the songs depict exactly what a man

thinks about his better half, you

know? I met her in a dance hall when

she was 17 years old, and we have

been dancing together ever since.

# I'm glad I danced with you #.

She listens to the album everyday!

Does she?

Yes, she listens to it

every morning and there's a smile on

her face when she hears it. She's

not totally compos mentis but she's

beginning to understand more now and

I think musically it is great

therapy for her because it brings

back the past and it is wonderful,

and she's learning to talk a bit

more now again. It is just

wonderful, wonderful. The progress,

it's not supposed to happen but it's

happening and I think it's a

miracle.

What a beautiful story.

Now let's get a check on the weather

with Elizabeth Rizzini.

Hello, good afternoon.

It was a mild but a wet

and windy start to the day.

we saw some squally bands of rain

sweep through early on this morning.

That has now introduced some cooler

but also some clearer air,

so lots of blue sky and sunshine,

and that should last for most of us

for the rest of the afternoon.

Just a bit of fair weather cloud

bubbling up here and there,

still a brisk westerly wind.

Temperatures which were on 13 or 14

Celsius will be lower by the time

we get to the end of the day,

between nine and 11 Celsius.

They will drop away quite quickly

as we head through this evening.

A clear rush hour to come but then

we see some cloud and outbreaks

of rain spread in from the south

as we head through the

course of the night.

That is going to clear eastwards

but possibly a bit of a cloudy,

damp start to the day.

Out to the north-west,

we may see temperatures

here to blow enough to get a touch

of frost if we keep those clear

skies for some time.

Tomorrow, a cold-feeling

day but once the cloud,

the early dampness, has cleared

away, the sun will come out and it

will be pretty pleasant with much

lighter winds than today, falling

quite light, temperatures

only between eight and

ten, so it will feel

quite cool but there

will be lots of sunshine

around to compensate.

On Friday night, many of us

could see a frost as we head

into Saturday but we do have this

area of

rain brushing the south coast.

That may well come

a bit further north,

so it all depends on that.

But a frosty start for some of us

on Saturday morning.

The winds will be fairly

light over the course of

Saturday but they will strengthen

and it is still feeling cold but

there will be lots

of sunshine around.

That's about it from me,

Riz Lateef will be here

with our 6:30 evening programme.

But for now, from us all,

a very good afternoon.