0:00:00 > 0:00:12a deal at the Brexit talks in Brussels.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Good afternoon, I'm Asad Ahmad. talks in Brussels.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18There's a call for an urgent review talks in Brussels.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20of how criminal record checks are carried out after
0:00:20 > 0:00:24a 90-year-old woman in west London was stabbed in the neck by a carer.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Pamela Batten was attacked at her home in Hillingdon
0:00:26 > 0:00:30by Abosede Adeyinka, who already had convictions
0:00:30 > 0:00:35for assault and burglary.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Yvonne Hall has this exclusive report.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Guilty of assault, burglary, stealing from an employer and fraud,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44but Abosede Adeyinka was given a job as a carer, sent into the homes
0:00:44 > 0:00:48of vulnerable elderly people to look after them.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51This was the result - 90-year-old Pamela Batten nearly died
0:00:51 > 0:00:55when Abosede Adeyinka tried to kill her for cash
0:00:55 > 0:00:58at her home near West Drayton.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00This is where the attack happened.
0:01:00 > 0:01:06Amazingly, the frail grandmother managed to pull
0:01:06 > 0:01:10the knife out of her neck and scare her attacker off.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15My mum had two injuries on the head from the hammer,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17one to the front and one to the back.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21And she had a knife wound on the right-hand side,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24and the knife went in five centimetres,
0:01:24 > 0:01:27just missing the spinal cord.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31This is Pamela now, left disabled and very frightened of strangers.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Her son has filmed her for us.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Adeyinka, also a Sunday-school teacher, had been employed
0:01:37 > 0:01:42by Avant Healthcare to help look after Pamela's sick husband.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Last month, the mother of three was jailed for 21 years
0:01:45 > 0:01:50for trying to murder Pam.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Avant Healthcare Services are based in this office block in Hounslow.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Nobody wants to be interviewed, but in a statement the company said
0:01:56 > 0:02:00it had thoroughly vetted Adeyinka, including criminal records checks
0:02:00 > 0:02:02through the Government's Disclosure and Barring Service,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04and it said her convictions for assault and burglary
0:02:04 > 0:02:07were not revealed.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09It added, if Avant Healthcare had been aware of the assault
0:02:09 > 0:02:14conviction, Abosede Adeyinka would not have been employed.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19So how did the safety checks fail Pamela?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22The Home Office is in charge of the system to check criminal records,
0:02:22 > 0:02:27it's called the Disclosure and Barring Service, or DBS.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29We've repeatedly asked officials here how Adeyinka's convictions
0:02:29 > 0:02:34appear not to have been included in a DBS check.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37But nobody here will tell us how it happened or what is being done
0:02:37 > 0:02:38to stop it happening again.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41A charity campaigning for new laws to protect older people is now
0:02:41 > 0:02:43demanding to know how many other carers have convictions
0:02:43 > 0:02:48for violence too.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51It's a huge concern, because where else is it happening?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54There is blame somewhere, we need to establish where the blame is.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Think about your own parents, would you be happy with the idea
0:02:58 > 0:03:00that somebody with those sorts of serious convictions
0:03:00 > 0:03:02are coming into somebody's home?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Pamela wants answers too.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Well, I'm shocked as well, it surprised me,
0:03:06 > 0:03:12because it makes you wonder now just what is going on.
0:03:12 > 0:03:19Yvonne Hall, BBC London News.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Police are searching for two men after a teenager travelling
0:03:22 > 0:03:24on the Underground was attacked and forced to apologise
0:03:24 > 0:03:26for being gay.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28They want to speak to these two men
0:03:28 > 0:03:32after the 19-year-old was verbally abused and put in a headlock.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34The attackers then threatened to stab the teenager
0:03:34 > 0:03:39unless he said sorry for being gay.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41It happened on the Jubilee line in October.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43A hospital trust in Essex is providing a new service
0:03:43 > 0:03:46for sufferers of dementia and their families.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51It provides an environment where patients can be safe and meet
0:03:51 > 0:03:53others with similar symptoms, while their carers,
0:03:53 > 0:03:55who are often family members, can do the same.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Richard Daniel has been to see it at work.
0:03:58 > 0:03:59Every fortnight, people who have dementia meet
0:03:59 > 0:04:03at the community cafe at St Peter's Hospital in Maldon.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Frances Watson was a hairdresser, Alex Warren an engineer at Ford -
0:04:08 > 0:04:11they love meeting up here.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15We can chat and, you know, just think about different things,
0:04:15 > 0:04:17and I think it's just nice.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20But getting help when Alex was first diagnosed with vascular dementia
0:04:20 > 0:04:23wasn't straightforward.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26I was so upset, and I just felt
0:04:26 > 0:04:30there wasn't anything there for the support for me.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35Now a new dementia intensive support service could help.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Instead of dealing with a myriad of services from GPs to social
0:04:39 > 0:04:42workers, dementia charities and dietary advice, just one phone
0:04:42 > 0:04:45number will put families in touch with specialist help and support.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49It should reduce the number of unnecessary hospital admissions,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52helping people to continue living at home for longer.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54The outcomes for these people are far better
0:04:54 > 0:04:57than people who end up in hospitals.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00It's a lot of comfort for the family to see the care for people
0:05:00 > 0:05:03being provided in their own homes and their normal surroundings.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07There's another reason why this is so important.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09At the moment, in the UK, it is estimated around 850,000
0:05:09 > 0:05:15people have dementia, but by 2050, that number is forecast
0:05:15 > 0:05:18to more than double to 2 million.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23The new service has already helped the Warrens -
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Alex has had home visits and is now on medication,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28while Linda is reassured that when she needs more help,
0:05:28 > 0:05:29she will get it.
0:05:29 > 0:05:35Richard Daniel reporting.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Now, take a look at this, it looks like a black cab.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42But a new fully electric London black cab has started picking up
0:05:42 > 0:05:43passengers from this morning.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45It's being hailed as the world's most advanced electric taxi,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48and taking a closer look at what'll become a normal sight on our roads
0:05:48 > 0:05:51very soon is our transport correspondent Tom Edwards.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55This is the TX eCity - London's electric cab,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58out today picking up fares for the first time.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02John Dowd has been a cabbie for nine years.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06He's been trialling this one for seven weeks, and he loves it.
0:06:06 > 0:06:12Everything about it, really - the space, the luxury,
0:06:12 > 0:06:13the suspension, everything.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14You know, and the quietness.
0:06:14 > 0:06:23It's a whole new experience, for both the passengers and the drivers.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26What striking when you get in this cab is the roof -
0:06:26 > 0:06:28completely see-through, and you can see absolutely everything.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31It's got a range of its battery of 70 miles, but that can be
0:06:31 > 0:06:34extended with a petrol generator to about 370.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38The cab is being built in Coventry and has been tested in the Arctic.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42It isn't cheap - £55,000.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45But the manufacturer says there are savings.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47There are, though, concerns about the lack of
0:06:47 > 0:06:52rapid charging points in London.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53There's only two 550 kilowatt chargers
0:06:53 > 0:06:56within six miles of Charing Cross.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59This vehicle is now on sale, coming on the streets,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01and we've got nowhere to charge it, it's a disgrace.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06TfL says there will be 150 rapid chargers across London
0:07:06 > 0:07:09by the end of next year, and the on-board generator means
0:07:09 > 0:07:17cabs won't end up stranded.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19You can't have a city full of rapid chargers
0:07:19 > 0:07:22and no vehicles to use them, you can't have a city
0:07:22 > 0:07:24full of zero emission vehicles and nowhere to charge them,
0:07:24 > 0:07:26so this is a progressive thing.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28All new cabs have to be zero emissions from the New Year,
0:07:28 > 0:07:32so you can expect to see more of these on the streets of London.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Tom Edwards, BBC London News.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Now the weather with Kate.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Good afternoon.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40It has been a predominantly cloudy days so far,
0:07:40 > 0:07:44and we are going to hang onto scenes like this through the afternoon,
0:07:44 > 0:07:45that blanket of cloud hardly budging at all.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47But it's not, however, despite the cloud,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50feeling especially cold.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53As we head to the afternoon, the wind, you may get
0:07:53 > 0:07:55one or two brighter spells, but no sunshine
0:07:55 > 0:07:57to get excited about.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59The temperature, however, despite the cloud, still managing
0:07:59 > 0:08:01to reach nine, maybe 10 Celsius.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03We are going to hang onto these conditions as we head
0:08:03 > 0:08:04into this evening as well.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Now, it stays rather cloudy overnight, one or two
0:08:07 > 0:08:09breaks in the cloud, but not enough to cause any
0:08:09 > 0:08:11problems with mist or fog, and it also it keeps
0:08:11 > 0:08:12us reasonably mild.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14The minimum temperatures, six or seven Celsius,
0:08:14 > 0:08:18so frost free tomorrow morning.
0:08:18 > 0:08:24Quite a grey start, however, and what we will notice through
0:08:24 > 0:08:27the course of Wednesday is the wind.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30That southwesterly wind will start to strengthen through the day,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33becoming quite strong as we head towards the evening.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36The maximum temperature, again, milder than today, at 12 Celsius.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Overnight Wednesday, we see outbreaks of rain,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40but also the wind really strengthen, quite a windy night
0:08:41 > 0:08:42as we head into Thursday.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Still hanging onto the rain first thing, but through
0:08:44 > 0:08:49the afternoon it will clear, and that is when our cold
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Arctic air starts to dig in, so getting much colder by Thursday
0:08:52 > 0:08:53afternoon, colder still for Friday.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Finally, if you thought tacky Christmas lights
0:08:55 > 0:08:57were only seen in your area, then you haven't seen
0:08:58 > 0:08:59the ones on Tate Britain.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01This is what's gone up,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04and we're going to be there tonight at 6:30 for a closer look.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07But what I'd like you to do is this.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Try and top what you see here,
0:09:09 > 0:09:12by sending us the best of the worst Christmas lights in your area.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16You can send them via Facebook or Twitter.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20We look forward to seeing them and sharing your snaps too.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Join us later. For now, have a very good afternoon.