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That's all from the BBC News at One
so it's goodbye from me - | 0:00:00 | 0:00:00 | |
and on BBC One we now join the BBC's
news teams where you are. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:11 | |
Welcome to BBC London News. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
I'm Victoria Hollins. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:15 | |
The family of a 12-month-old baby
boy who was the subject of a legal | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
battle to keep him alive have
confirmed he died last night. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:23 | |
Isaiah Haastrup from
Peckham was brain damaged. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:25 | |
Specialists at King's College
hospital had said giving him | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
further treatment was not
in his best interests. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:31 | |
But his parents wanted it
to continue in the hope | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
they could eventually care
for their son at home. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:36 | |
Caroline Davies has more on this. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:46 | |
When Isaiah was born he suffered a
catastrophic injury that left him | 0:00:46 | 0:00:50 | |
profoundly brain-damaged. Since then
the question has been how best to | 0:00:50 | 0:00:55 | |
care for Isaiah. According to the
doctors, they believe there was no | 0:00:55 | 0:00:59 | |
prospect of him recovering, they
thought it was in his best interests | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
to remove life support and give him
palliative care only. That is | 0:01:03 | 0:01:07 | |
something his parents have always
disputed, they took that argument to | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
the courts where the judge decided
in favour of doctors that life | 0:01:10 | 0:01:15 | |
support could be removed. His
parents appealed but lost the | 0:01:15 | 0:01:19 | |
appeal, then took it to the European
Court of Human Rights but that was | 0:01:19 | 0:01:24 | |
rejected two days ago. Yesterday his
life support was turned off and | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
Isaiah died yesterday evening. We've
also heard from his parents today | 0:01:28 | 0:01:33 | |
who were incredibly distressed and
said how much they will miss their | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
little boy. He had a little
cheekiness about him, especially | 0:01:35 | 0:01:45 | |
when you come beside him and call
his name or he opens his eyes and | 0:01:45 | 0:01:50 | |
turns his head to you. That I'm
going to miss but right now all I | 0:01:50 | 0:01:56 | |
can feel is just pure anger. All I
know is justice was not served at | 0:01:56 | 0:02:07 | |
all. We've also heard from Isaiah's
father who said how proud he was of | 0:02:07 | 0:02:15 | |
his son. Hospital have given a
statement but the main thought that | 0:02:15 | 0:02:20 | |
the thoughts of the trust are with
the family at this difficult time. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
Thank you. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
The Government says a potential
source of an oil spill along | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
the River Lea in north east London
has been traced. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
The Environment Agency
is investigating the spillage, | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
which started last month
and polluted a large | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
stretch of the river
between Enfield and Newham. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
Responding to a question raised
in the House of Commons | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
by the Labour MP for Tottenham,
David Lammy - the Environment | 0:02:41 | 0:02:43 | |
Minster - had this to say. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:50 | |
Mr Speaker, I've already replied to
the right honourable gentleman | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
through written questions but in
particular the Environment Agency | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
has traced the potential polluter
but I cannot give further details | 0:02:57 | 0:03:01 | |
due to the ongoing investigation. I
can reassure the Environment Agency | 0:03:01 | 0:03:06 | |
visits along the area and we are
still working to clear that up. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
To mark International Women's Day
today, all this week BBC London has | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
been speaking to some of the senior
women running London. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
Today we hear from Cressida Dick,
the country's most senior police | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
officer and the Met's
first female commissioner. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
She told Riz Lateef about some
of the helpful advice she received | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
early on in her career. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:28 | |
What was your first thought
when you were appointed | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
as the Met commissioner? | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
I was thrilled, I was humbled. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
I was astonished, and I
thought about my mum - | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
no longer with us, sadly. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:43 | |
What would your mum have said? | 0:03:43 | 0:03:44 | |
I think she would have laughed. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
I think she would be
amazed at how her little | 0:03:48 | 0:03:58 | |
girl had, you know,
gone on to do this. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
How did you cope in those early days
with the canteen culture | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
and sexism in the force? | 0:04:04 | 0:04:05 | |
It was a different age. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
I loved policing and I was
prepared to challenge. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
I stood up for what I believed in. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:15 | |
But I remember one of my bosses
taking me into an office | 0:04:15 | 0:04:20 | |
very early on and saying, you know,
Cressida if you fight | 0:04:20 | 0:04:25 | |
every battle at the parapet
you will get shot down and that | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
will be the end of you. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
So I think I learned that, you know, | 0:04:31 | 0:04:35 | |
you can't take on absolutely every
battle head on but you should | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
stand up for yourself. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:39 | |
In terms of the shooting
of Jean Charles de Menezes, | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
you were cleared of any wrongdoing. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:43 | |
You were in charge
of that operation. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
Did you ever question your
judgment after that? | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
I don't think you can be
an effective operational leader | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
if you don't ask yourself hard
questions, so absolutely. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:56 | |
Did I think that I had made,
you know, a fundamental error | 0:04:56 | 0:05:02 | |
of judgment in the decisions I made
based on the information I had? | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
No, I didn't, but a terrible,
terrible thing happened. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
An innocent man was killed. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:16 | |
You can hear the full interview in
our programme at 6:30pm. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
We've heard a lot about
the difficulties disabled | 0:05:19 | 0:05:21 | |
people face in getting around
on public transport. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:23 | |
Improvements have been made
in recent years to accessibility | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
at tube stations, and there are now
more than 70 stations | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
which are either fully
accessible or offer some form | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
of step-free access. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:32 | |
But people with mobility issues
continue to have problems | 0:05:32 | 0:05:34 | |
using the transport system,
as Ellis Palmer has been | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
finding out. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
TfL has spent £600 million
on upgrading Tottenham | 0:05:40 | 0:05:42 | |
Court Road tube station. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:46 | |
They are claiming Tottenham Court
Road and other stations are now | 0:05:46 | 0:05:50 | |
fully accessible and step-free,
but I found this isn't | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
always the case. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
This is me on my way to work. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
I can easily get on at Stratford
station, but the only | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
way I can get on or off
here at Tottenham Court Road | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
is by asking random
passengers to help me. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:10 | |
There's a 22 centimetre step
between the train and the platform, | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
and the ramps that I'm entitled
to use have had "do not | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
use" stickers on them
for at least about six months. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:20 | |
Other parts of the station
though are really good. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
The end of this platform has been
raised and signposted, | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
making it really easy. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:33 | |
There are 270 tube stations
in London, 72 of those are step free | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
but only 50 are fully accessible
from street to train. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:20 | |
Now the weather with
Elizabeth Rizzini. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
Good afternoon. It's been a mixed
picture so far today, we started off | 0:07:50 | 0:07:54 | |
with early rain and that pushed
eastwards, and the sun came out. We | 0:07:54 | 0:07:59 | |
saw blustery conditions but also
plenty of cloud through the late | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
morning. There is still reign to
clear from parts of Hertfordshire | 0:08:02 | 0:08:07 | |
and six but that should continue to
push eastwards and after that the | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
winds will ease down. We should see
sunshine develops just about | 0:08:10 | 0:08:14 | |
everywhere. Watch out for some
showers that may pop-out in western | 0:08:14 | 0:08:19 | |
areas but most can count on a dry
afternoon. Temperatures may be as | 0:08:19 | 0:08:25 | |
high as ten or 11 Celsius. Lighter
winds through this evening and | 0:08:25 | 0:08:30 | |
overnight, and clear skies with
temperatures dropping low enough to | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
get a touch of frost, particularly
in rural spots. Maybe some early | 0:08:33 | 0:08:39 | |
mist patches around too but for most
of us are bright start of the day. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:43 | |
We have more cloud spreading from
the south, that will tend to thicken | 0:08:43 | 0:08:47 | |
as we had through the afternoon.
Eventually we will start to see rain | 0:08:47 | 0:08:51 | |
as well but drive the most of the
daylight hours I suspect with the | 0:08:51 | 0:08:55 | |
rain only arriving for the vast
majority of the capital in the | 0:08:55 | 0:08:58 | |
afternoon. Then we have some more
rain on Saturday morning, that will | 0:08:58 | 0:09:05 | |
clear away. If we get any brightness
through the day on Saturday we could | 0:09:05 | 0:09:09 | |
get as high as 14 or 15 Celsius. A
grey, damp start of the day on | 0:09:09 | 0:09:18 | |
Saturday but hopefully some
brightness too. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
That's about it from me. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:21 | |
Riz Lateef will be here
with our 6:30 evening programme. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
But for now, from us all,
a very good afternoon. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 |