14/03/2018

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0:00:00 > 0:00:13That's all from the BBC News at One - so it's goodbye from me -

0:00:13 > 0:00:16Welcome to BBC London News. I'm Charlotte Franks.

0:00:16 > 0:00:20Ten years after the murder of a Norwegian student in central

0:00:20 > 0:00:23London, detectives are urging the man wanted for her death

0:00:23 > 0:00:25to return to the UK.

0:00:25 > 0:00:29Martine Vik Magnussen, who was 23, was attacked after a night out

0:00:29 > 0:00:35with friends in 2008.

0:00:35 > 0:00:37The only suspect in the case, Farouk Abdulhak, fled

0:00:37 > 0:00:39to the Yemen within hours of Martine's disappearance.

0:00:39 > 0:00:48Carrie Davis reports.

0:00:48 > 0:00:51Laughing and smiling, recording a message for her friend. This is

0:00:51 > 0:00:57Martine Vik Magnussen, a Norwegian business student. She was studying

0:00:57 > 0:01:00in London when she was murdered ten years ago. She had been partying at

0:01:00 > 0:01:08a nightclub. She left with a classmate, Farouk Abdulhak. This

0:01:08 > 0:01:11CCTV footage shows them leaving together. Her body was discovered

0:01:11 > 0:01:16the day after in the basement of a block of flats. She had been raped

0:01:16 > 0:01:20and strangled. Her body had been partially bubbled -- covered by

0:01:20 > 0:01:24rubble. Mr Rabbo had left the country the same day. He is believed

0:01:24 > 0:01:30to be in Yemen. Although he protests his innocence, he has refused to

0:01:30 > 0:01:34return to the UK. Today Mairtin O'Muilleoir's father spoke directly

0:01:34 > 0:01:42to him.Once my family -- once my family has continued to suffer the

0:01:42 > 0:01:46greatest loss in family can suffer, I want you to know that we continue

0:01:46 > 0:01:52to pursue justice for Mairtin O'Muilleoir. We want you to know

0:01:52 > 0:01:57that this case will never go away until justice has prevailed.

0:01:57 > 0:02:07Police have urged Farouk Abdulhak to come forward. Ten years on, the

0:02:07 > 0:02:09family of Martine Vik Magnussen continue to fight for justice.

0:02:09 > 0:02:11A vet with two practices in West London has been accused

0:02:11 > 0:02:15of helping a gang sell thousands of illegally bred

0:02:15 > 0:02:17sick and dying puppies, to buyers who thought the animals

0:02:17 > 0:02:18were home-reared and healthy.

0:02:18 > 0:02:21Vet Daniel Doherty denies conspiring with the gang by providing

0:02:21 > 0:02:24vaccination certificates, even though he knew

0:02:24 > 0:02:25buyers were being duped.

0:02:25 > 0:02:34Yvonne Hall reports from Isleworth Crown Court.

0:02:34 > 0:02:39The RSPCA has brought the case against Daniel Doherty at Isleworth

0:02:39 > 0:02:42Crown Court. Barrister Hazel Stevens said this morning the background to

0:02:42 > 0:02:47the case involved a gang of eight men and women importing puppies into

0:02:47 > 0:02:51the UK, which had been illegally bred mainly in Ireland and Eastern

0:02:51 > 0:02:57Europe, and were often very sick. The puppies were then advertised on

0:02:57 > 0:03:01sites like commentary, pretending to the public the animals were healthy

0:03:01 > 0:03:04and had been homebred in the UK. These puppies were often so sick

0:03:04 > 0:03:09they died soon afterwards, and complains to the RSPCA began to

0:03:09 > 0:03:15mount. That Daniel Doherty, who runs practices in Oxbridge and --

0:03:15 > 0:03:20Oxbridge and Hillingdon, is accused of helping the gang deceive the

0:03:20 > 0:03:23public by providing vaccination certificates for more than 4000

0:03:23 > 0:03:26puppies. It is said he was paid nearly £80,000. He denies conspiracy

0:03:26 > 0:03:31to commit fraud. The trial is expected to last three weeks.

0:03:31 > 0:03:32Yvonne Hall reporting there.

0:03:32 > 0:03:35A 14-year-old boy's in hospital, after he was shot

0:03:35 > 0:03:37near Seven Sisters station.

0:03:37 > 0:03:39No-one's been arrested following the incident just

0:03:39 > 0:03:40after 11 o'clock last night.

0:03:40 > 0:03:45Scotland Yard says the boy's in a stable condition.

0:03:45 > 0:03:49A group of squatters who've taken over a building

0:03:49 > 0:03:51in Xentral London are preparing to go to court later,

0:03:51 > 0:03:55to fight a possession order from the landlord in a bid to stay.

0:03:55 > 0:03:57The group, who have named the office block

0:03:57 > 0:04:00the Sofia Solidarity Centre, claim the building has been empty

0:04:00 > 0:04:03for several years, and they're meeting a social need.

0:04:03 > 0:04:05The Government says it's investing £1 billion

0:04:06 > 0:04:10to tackle rough sleeping.

0:04:10 > 0:04:11Counter-terror police are leading an investigation

0:04:11 > 0:04:16into the "unexplained" death of a Russian man in Kingston.

0:04:16 > 0:04:18He is believed to be businessman Nikolai Glushkov,

0:04:18 > 0:04:20who claimed political asylum in the UK after being

0:04:20 > 0:04:21convicted of fraud.

0:04:21 > 0:04:24The Metropolitan Police said its specialist unit was looking

0:04:24 > 0:04:29at his cause of death "as a precaution".

0:04:29 > 0:04:33A new research unit exploring why some babies are born

0:04:33 > 0:04:35prematurely, is being set up at Imperial College London.

0:04:35 > 0:04:39The scientists will be in partnership with three

0:04:39 > 0:04:41London hospitals - Chelsea and Westminster,

0:04:41 > 0:04:44St Mary's and Queen Charlotte - where 5000 babies are born

0:04:44 > 0:04:54prematurely every year. Sarah Harris reports.

0:04:57 > 0:05:01Sincerely appreciate every second she can spend with her six-year-old

0:05:01 > 0:05:05daughter. Before she was born, she had gone through 16 miscarriages,

0:05:05 > 0:05:10including a 20 week pregnancy. So when her precious daughter came at

0:05:10 > 0:05:1524 weeks, she feared she would die as well.Yes, that was my first

0:05:15 > 0:05:20thought. It was a difficult situation. I keep praying to God.

0:05:20 > 0:05:25When the baby came out at 24 weeks, there was torment in my head. I was

0:05:25 > 0:05:30thinking, oh my God, is the baby going to make it? It was really a

0:05:30 > 0:05:35tough time for me.Thousands of babies are born nearly every year

0:05:35 > 0:05:39across the capital. Many experienced health problems and learning

0:05:39 > 0:05:42difficulties. But now scientists have secured funding to help find

0:05:42 > 0:05:50out why and do something about it.I would say there are two reasons. One

0:05:50 > 0:05:56is the leading expertise we have in London. Secondly, there may be an

0:05:56 > 0:06:00interplay between where a person comes from, genetic factors, the

0:06:00 > 0:06:05microbes that live in her body. London is a perfect place to study

0:06:05 > 0:06:11that.The work we are going to do has come from finding is that there

0:06:11 > 0:06:14is a link between the bacteria that live in the reproductive tract, and

0:06:14 > 0:06:20a risk of preterm birth. Not everybody who has these normal --

0:06:20 > 0:06:24abnormal bacteria goes into preterm labour. The question is, why do some

0:06:24 > 0:06:33people respond and others do not? Piniella is thriving and happy

0:06:33 > 0:06:38despite her early start. Researchers want to make sure that becomes the

0:06:38 > 0:06:42expected outcome for the majority of premature babies across the capital.

0:06:42 > 0:06:45The South Bank's famous Under Croft skate park

0:06:45 > 0:06:49is to be extended, after being awarded hundreds of thousands

0:06:49 > 0:06:50of pounds from City Hall.

0:06:50 > 0:06:54Money will also be spent on a new creative space

0:06:54 > 0:06:56in the Southbank Centre, which owns the area where skaters

0:06:57 > 0:06:58have gathered for decades.

0:06:58 > 0:07:01But the cash will only be released - if campaigners

0:07:01 > 0:07:09can match the £700,000 offered by the mayor.

0:07:09 > 0:07:13South bank is one of the most iconic spots in London. It is definitely

0:07:13 > 0:07:17one of the most iconic skateboarding spot in the world. It is one of the

0:07:17 > 0:07:23oldest and most used in the world. Built in 1967, and first used by

0:07:23 > 0:07:29skaters in 1973. We have been offered a match funding grant of

0:07:29 > 0:07:33£700,000, which means we have to raise £700,000 to be given the

0:07:33 > 0:07:38ground. It is a real incentive to get on board with the project, but

0:07:38 > 0:07:41it does mean we have a lot more to do.

0:07:41 > 0:07:44Now the weather with Kate Kinsella.

0:07:44 > 0:07:47Now the weather with Kate Kinsella.

0:07:47 > 0:07:51Good afternoon. It has been feeling more like spring today. Quite a

0:07:51 > 0:07:54chilly start this morning. A beautiful Sunrise down on the River

0:07:54 > 0:08:01Thames. A sunny day in all. Quite hazy sunshine. I tired restricting

0:08:01 > 0:08:06sunshine. A lovely afternoon. A brisk south-easterly wind is

0:08:06 > 0:08:13developing. A perfect afternoon forgetting the washing on the line.

0:08:13 > 0:08:18Temperatures remain unaffected. 15 Celsius. Overnight, clear at first

0:08:18 > 0:08:21before cloud bruising from the south-west. Heavy and persistent

0:08:21 > 0:08:27rain. Wet and windy by dawn tomorrow morning. Temperatures overnight

0:08:27 > 0:08:32between six and eight Celsius. A wet start to Thursday. The rain moving

0:08:32 > 0:08:37north during the day. Showers in the afternoon. A bit brighter later.

0:08:37 > 0:08:42Temperatures not too bad for Thursday at 13 Celsius. The next

0:08:42 > 0:08:46couple of days remain reasonably mild. As we head towards Friday, we

0:08:46 > 0:08:51start to lose this milder air. But gradually that this appears to be

0:08:51 > 0:08:57replaced by colder air coming in on quite a strong easterly wind. You

0:08:57 > 0:09:01will notice perhaps some snow showers are affecting some of us,

0:09:01 > 0:09:05particularly towards the south of London, maybe towards the North as

0:09:05 > 0:09:09well. Not too many around but a dramatic change in temperature as we

0:09:09 > 0:09:13head into Saturday and Sunday. Two Celsius by the time we get to

0:09:13 > 0:09:15Sunday. The wind will make feel colder.

0:09:15 > 0:09:16That's about it from me.

0:09:16 > 0:09:18Asad Ahmad. will be here with our

0:09:18 > 0:09:196:30 evening programme.

0:09:19 > 0:09:24But for now, from us all, a very good afternoon.