08/03/2018 London News

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I'm Victoria Hollins.

The family of a 12-month-old baby

boy who was the subject of a legal

battle to keep him alive have

confirmed he died last night.

Isaiah Haastrup from

Peckham was brain damaged.

Specialists at King's College

hospital had said giving him

further treatment was not

in his best interests.

But his parents wanted it

to continue in the hope

they could eventually care

for their son at home.

Caroline Davies has more on this.

When Isaiah was born he suffered a

catastrophic injury that left him

profoundly brain-damaged. Since then

the question has been how best to

care for Isaiah. According to the

doctors, they believe there was no

prospect of him recovering, they

thought it was in his best interests

to remove life support and give him

palliative care only. That is

something his parents have always

disputed, they took that argument to

the courts where the judge decided

in favour of doctors that life

support could be removed. His

parents appealed but lost the

appeal, then took it to the European

Court of Human Rights but that was

rejected two days ago. Yesterday his

life support was turned off and

Isaiah died yesterday evening. We've

also heard from his parents today

who were incredibly distressed and

said how much they will miss their

little boy.

He had a little

cheekiness about him, especially

when you come beside him and call

his name or he opens his eyes and

turns his head to you. That I'm

going to miss but right now all I

can feel is just pure anger. All I

know is justice was not served at

all.

We've also heard from Isaiah's

father who said how proud he was of

his son. Hospital have given a

statement but the main thought that

the thoughts of the trust are with

the family at this difficult time.

Thank you.

The Government says a potential

source of an oil spill along

the River Lea in north east London

has been traced.

The Environment Agency

is investigating the spillage,

which started last month

and polluted a large

stretch of the river

between Enfield and Newham.

Responding to a question raised

in the House of Commons

by the Labour MP for Tottenham,

David Lammy - the Environment

Minster - had this to say.

Mr Speaker, I've already replied to

the right honourable gentleman

through written questions but in

particular the Environment Agency

has traced the potential polluter

but I cannot give further details

due to the ongoing investigation. I

can reassure the Environment Agency

visits along the area and we are

still working to clear that up.

To mark International Women's Day

today, all this week BBC London has

been speaking to some of the senior

women running London.

Today we hear from Cressida Dick,

the country's most senior police

officer and the Met's

first female commissioner.

She told Riz Lateef about some

of the helpful advice she received

early on in her career.

What was your first thought

when you were appointed

as the Met commissioner?

I was thrilled, I was humbled.

I was astonished, and I

thought about my mum -

no longer with us, sadly.

What would your mum have said?

I think she would have laughed.

I think she would be

amazed at how her little

girl had, you know,

gone on to do this.

How did you cope in those early days

with the canteen culture

and sexism in the force?

It was a different age.

I loved policing and I was

prepared to challenge.

I stood up for what I believed in.

But I remember one of my bosses

taking me into an office

very early on and saying, you know,

Cressida if you fight

every battle at the parapet

you will get shot down and that

will be the end of you.

So I think I learned that, you know,

you can't take on absolutely every

battle head on but you should

stand up for yourself.

In terms of the shooting

of Jean Charles de Menezes,

you were cleared of any wrongdoing.

You were in charge

of that operation.

Did you ever question your

judgment after that?

I don't think you can be

an effective operational leader

if you don't ask yourself hard

questions, so absolutely.

Did I think that I had made,

you know, a fundamental error

of judgment in the decisions I made

based on the information I had?

No, I didn't, but a terrible,

terrible thing happened.

An innocent man was killed.

You can hear the full interview in

our programme at 6:30pm.

We've heard a lot about

the difficulties disabled

people face in getting around

on public transport.

Improvements have been made

in recent years to accessibility

at tube stations, and there are now

more than 70 stations

which are either fully

accessible or offer some form

of step-free access.

But people with mobility issues

continue to have problems

using the transport system,

as Ellis Palmer has been

finding out.

TfL has spent £600 million

on upgrading Tottenham

Court Road tube station.

They are claiming Tottenham Court

Road and other stations are now

fully accessible and step-free,

but I found this isn't

always the case.

This is me on my way to work.

I can easily get on at Stratford

station, but the only

way I can get on or off

here at Tottenham Court Road

is by asking random

passengers to help me.

There's a 22 centimetre step

between the train and the platform,

and the ramps that I'm entitled

to use have had "do not

use" stickers on them

for at least about six months.

Other parts of the station

though are really good.

The end of this platform has been

raised and signposted,

making it really easy.

There are 270 tube stations

in London, 72 of those are step free

but only 50 are fully accessible

from street to train.

Now the weather with

Elizabeth Rizzini.

Good afternoon. It's been a mixed

picture so far today, we started off

with early rain and that pushed

eastwards, and the sun came out. We

saw blustery conditions but also

plenty of cloud through the late

morning. There is still reign to

clear from parts of Hertfordshire

and six but that should continue to

push eastwards and after that the

winds will ease down. We should see

sunshine develops just about

everywhere. Watch out for some

showers that may pop-out in western

areas but most can count on a dry

afternoon. Temperatures may be as

high as ten or 11 Celsius. Lighter

winds through this evening and

overnight, and clear skies with

temperatures dropping low enough to

get a touch of frost, particularly

in rural spots. Maybe some early

mist patches around too but for most

of us are bright start of the day.

We have more cloud spreading from

the south, that will tend to thicken

as we had through the afternoon.

Eventually we will start to see rain

as well but drive the most of the

daylight hours I suspect with the

rain only arriving for the vast

majority of the capital in the

afternoon. Then we have some more

rain on Saturday morning, that will

clear away. If we get any brightness

through the day on Saturday we could

get as high as 14 or 15 Celsius. A

grey, damp start of the day on

Saturday but hopefully some

brightness too.

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.