14/03/2018 London News

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I'm Charlotte Franks.

Ten years after the murder

of a Norwegian student in central

London, detectives are urging

the man wanted for her death

to return to the UK.

Martine Vik Magnussen, who was 23,

was attacked after a night out

with friends in 2008.

The only suspect in the case,

Farouk Abdulhak, fled

to the Yemen within hours

of Martine's disappearance.

Carrie Davis reports.

Laughing and smiling, recording a

message for her friend. This is

Martine Vik Magnussen, a Norwegian

business student. She was studying

in London when she was murdered ten

years ago. She had been partying at

a nightclub. She left with a

classmate, Farouk Abdulhak. This

CCTV footage shows them leaving

together. Her body was discovered

the day after in the basement of a

block of flats. She had been raped

and strangled. Her body had been

partially bubbled -- covered by

rubble. Mr Rabbo had left the

country the same day. He is believed

to be in Yemen. Although he protests

his innocence, he has refused to

return to the UK. Today Mairtin

O'Muilleoir's father spoke directly

to him.

Once my family -- once my

family has continued to suffer the

greatest loss in family can suffer,

I want you to know that we continue

to pursue justice for Mairtin

O'Muilleoir. We want you to know

that this case will never go away

until justice has prevailed.

Police have urged Farouk Abdulhak to

come forward. Ten years on, the

family of Martine Vik Magnussen

continue to fight for justice.

A vet with two practices

in West London has been accused

of helping a gang sell

thousands of illegally bred

sick and dying puppies,

to buyers who thought the animals

were home-reared and healthy.

Vet Daniel Doherty denies conspiring

with the gang by providing

vaccination certificates,

even though he knew

buyers were being duped.

Yvonne Hall reports

from Isleworth Crown Court.

The RSPCA has brought the case

against Daniel Doherty at Isleworth

Crown Court. Barrister Hazel Stevens

said this morning the background to

the case involved a gang of eight

men and women importing puppies into

the UK, which had been illegally

bred mainly in Ireland and Eastern

Europe, and were often very sick.

The puppies were then advertised on

sites like commentary, pretending to

the public the animals were healthy

and had been homebred in the UK.

These puppies were often so sick

they died soon afterwards, and

complains to the RSPCA began to

mount. That Daniel Doherty, who runs

practices in Oxbridge and --

Oxbridge and Hillingdon, is accused

of helping the gang deceive the

public by providing vaccination

certificates for more than 4000

puppies. It is said he was paid

nearly £80,000. He denies conspiracy

to commit fraud. The trial is

expected to last three weeks.

Yvonne Hall reporting there.

A 14-year-old boy's

in hospital, after he was shot

near Seven Sisters station.

No-one's been arrested

following the incident just

after 11 o'clock last night.

Scotland Yard says the boy's

in a stable condition.

A group of squatters

who've taken over a building

in Xentral London are preparing

to go to court later,

to fight a possession order

from the landlord in a bid to stay.

The group, who have

named the office block

the Sofia Solidarity Centre,

claim the building has been empty

for several years, and they're

meeting a social need.

The Government says

it's investing £1 billion

to tackle rough sleeping.

Counter-terror police

are leading an investigation

into the "unexplained" death

of a Russian man in Kingston.

He is believed to be

businessman Nikolai Glushkov,

who claimed political asylum

in the UK after being

convicted of fraud.

The Metropolitan Police

said its specialist unit was looking

at his cause of death

"as a precaution".

A new research unit exploring why

some babies are born

prematurely, is being set up

at Imperial College London.

The scientists will be

in partnership with three

London hospitals -

Chelsea and Westminster,

St Mary's and Queen Charlotte -

where 5000 babies are born

prematurely every year.

Sarah Harris reports.

Sincerely appreciate every second

she can spend with her six-year-old

daughter. Before she was born, she

had gone through 16 miscarriages,

including a 20 week pregnancy. So

when her precious daughter came at

24 weeks, she feared she would die

as well.

Yes, that was my first

thought. It was a difficult

situation. I keep praying to God.

When the baby came out at 24 weeks,

there was torment in my head. I was

thinking, oh my God, is the baby

going to make it? It was really a

tough time for me.

Thousands of

babies are born nearly every year

across the capital. Many experienced

health problems and learning

difficulties. But now scientists

have secured funding to help find

out why and do something about it.

I

would say there are two reasons. One

is the leading expertise we have in

London. Secondly, there may be an

interplay between where a person

comes from, genetic factors, the

microbes that live in her body.

London is a perfect place to study

that.

The work we are going to do

has come from finding is that there

is a link between the bacteria that

live in the reproductive tract, and

a risk of preterm birth. Not

everybody who has these normal --

abnormal bacteria goes into preterm

labour. The question is, why do some

people respond and others do not?

Piniella is thriving and happy

despite her early start. Researchers

want to make sure that becomes the

expected outcome for the majority of

premature babies across the capital.

The South Bank's famous

Under Croft skate park

is to be extended, after being

awarded hundreds of thousands

of pounds from City Hall.

Money will also be spent

on a new creative space

in the Southbank Centre,

which owns the area where skaters

have gathered for decades.

But the cash will only be

released - if campaigners

can match the £700,000

offered by the mayor.

South bank is one of the most iconic

spots in London. It is definitely

one of the most iconic skateboarding

spot in the world. It is one of the

oldest and most used in the world.

Built in 1967, and first used by

skaters in 1973. We have been

offered a match funding grant of

£700,000, which means we have to

raise £700,000 to be given the

ground. It is a real incentive to

get on board with the project, but

it does mean we have a lot more to

do.

Now the weather with Kate Kinsella.

Now the weather with Kate Kinsella.

Good afternoon. It has been feeling

more like spring today. Quite a

chilly start this morning. A

beautiful Sunrise down on the River

Thames. A sunny day in all. Quite

hazy sunshine. I tired restricting

sunshine. A lovely afternoon. A

brisk south-easterly wind is

developing. A perfect afternoon

forgetting the washing on the line.

Temperatures remain unaffected. 15

Celsius. Overnight, clear at first

before cloud bruising from the

south-west. Heavy and persistent

rain. Wet and windy by dawn tomorrow

morning. Temperatures overnight

between six and eight Celsius. A wet

start to Thursday. The rain moving

north during the day. Showers in the

afternoon. A bit brighter later.

Temperatures not too bad for

Thursday at 13 Celsius. The next

couple of days remain reasonably

mild. As we head towards Friday, we

start to lose this milder air. But

gradually that this appears to be

replaced by colder air coming in on

quite a strong easterly wind. You

will notice perhaps some snow

showers are affecting some of us,

particularly towards the south of

London, maybe towards the North as

well. Not too many around but a

dramatic change in temperature as we

head into Saturday and Sunday. Two

Celsius by the time we get to

Sunday. The wind will make feel

colder.

That's about it from me.

Asad Ahmad.

will be here with our

6:30 evening programme.

But for now, from us all,

a very good afternoon.