12/03/2017

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:00:00. > :00:14.Now on BBC one it's time for the news where you are.

:00:15. > :00:16.Good evening, I'm Claudia-Liza Armah.

:00:17. > :00:18.One of the capital's top universities is reviewing

:00:19. > :00:20.its procedures for tackling anti-semitism, after a spike

:00:21. > :00:25.in reported incidents involving students across

:00:26. > :00:29.A number of concerns were raised after a week of anti-Israeli

:00:30. > :00:36.As Dan Freedman reports it's proving a difficult area

:00:37. > :00:45.When does a healthy campus debate turn into something more serious?

:00:46. > :00:48.At University College London they are wrestling with this issue

:00:49. > :00:52.as the contentious Israel apartheid week draws to a close,

:00:53. > :00:54.here and at dozens of academic institutions.

:00:55. > :00:57.We expect them to have robust policy and procedures in place

:00:58. > :00:59.to comply with the law, to investigate and swiftly address

:01:00. > :01:03.hate crime, including any anti-Semitic incidents

:01:04. > :01:08.Back in October, things got really out of hand here.

:01:09. > :01:12.The university's Friends of Israel group organised a talk

:01:13. > :01:14.from a former Israeli soldier, but didn't follow

:01:15. > :01:20.The university rejected their application, but changed their mind

:01:21. > :01:23.at the last moment on appeal, causing Palestinian supporters

:01:24. > :01:25.to accuse the University of double standards,

:01:26. > :01:28.Things got very heated, the police were called,

:01:29. > :01:31.but there were no arrests and no reports of serious violence.

:01:32. > :01:56.However, UCL's official report into the event found that:

:01:57. > :02:01.Anti-Semitism has been in the spotlight amid a reported 30%

:02:02. > :02:06.year on year increase in incidents nationally,

:02:07. > :02:12.and a doubling of incidents involving students or academics.

:02:13. > :02:20.One thing I have agreed is that we will review our procedure but also

:02:21. > :02:22.do a lot more sign posting, so that people who feel that there is a

:02:23. > :02:26.concern, that they know where to go. This is one-year-old

:02:27. > :02:31.Sophia Elia-Schenka. To look at she's like any other

:02:32. > :02:36.toddler, but she has a rare condition, where life expectancy

:02:37. > :02:38.in most cases is just two years. Her parents, from Loughton,

:02:39. > :02:41.are now desperately trying to raise money for her treatment and boost

:02:42. > :02:43.public awareness of the condition. Like most 18 month olds,

:02:44. > :02:54.Sofia loves to play with her toys and read her books,

:02:55. > :02:58.but for her these things aren't easy, because she has spinal

:02:59. > :03:01.muscular atrophy type one, So her muscles don't get messages

:03:02. > :03:11.from the motor neurons, so they don't know to work

:03:12. > :03:16.and therefore they waste away. Though few people will have

:03:17. > :03:21.heard of the condition, it is the most common inherited

:03:22. > :03:24.cause of death in infants. And in 95% of case, life expectancy

:03:25. > :03:29.is under two years old. Yet despite its severity,

:03:30. > :03:33.Sofia's parents Victoria and Gee have struggled to access

:03:34. > :03:36.the treatment and We went and we started talking

:03:37. > :03:42.to the NHS about getting it At that time she was already

:03:43. > :03:46.close to one-and-a-half. Victoria and Gee told us

:03:47. > :03:50.that the NHS said they weren't eligible for a wheelchair

:03:51. > :03:52.because they live up a very narrow flight of stairs,

:03:53. > :03:54.and there is nowhere here on the ground floor

:03:55. > :03:56.for an electric wheelchair It's the most difficult

:03:57. > :04:04.thing to have to watch your child struggling

:04:05. > :04:11.with the simplest of tasks. She can't turn a page

:04:12. > :04:14.of a book, she can't pick up We contacted their local NHS,

:04:15. > :04:20.who said they do offer a range of services for children with life

:04:21. > :04:22.limiting conditions, and Epping Forest Council claimed

:04:23. > :04:24.they are trying to help, in spite of a shortage

:04:25. > :04:32.of social housing. Any early cloud should clear,

:04:33. > :04:39.to make way for some sunshine. Cloud in the afternoon,

:04:40. > :04:41.but staying dry. Asad is here with BBC

:04:42. > :04:51.Breakfast in the morning. But from all of us here,

:04:52. > :05:11.have a good night. Good evening. For many places it was

:05:12. > :05:14.a fairly cloudy day on suspend but there was sunshine for western areas

:05:15. > :05:20.during the afternoon, and here are the clear skies at sunset in

:05:21. > :05:24.Northern Ireland. Thanks to weather watcher Robin for this picture,

:05:25. > :05:27.those clear skies have been making their way further east ward.

:05:28. > :05:32.Temperatures are dropping away, we have seen temperatures of freezing

:05:33. > :05:33.in parts of Northern Ireland. More cloud rolling in