16/12/2017 London News

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Good evening and welcome

to the programme.

I'm Katharine Carpenter.

The sisters of a Surrey schoolboy

who was murdered by a man

who groomed him online have

spoken for the first

time to warn other young

people about the dangers.

Breck Bednar was 14

when he was lured to his death.

Now his younger siblings are calling

on the Government, the police,

and internet companies, to do more

to keep young people safe.

Helen Mulroy reports.

Times like these without him,

Christmas and birthdays,

it just doesn't feel right not

having him here.

Two sisters facing another Christmas

without their older brother.

One less stocking.

Even just little things like that...

It's hard, it hits us.

Their brother, Breck Bednar,

was just 14 when he was murdered

nearly four years ago,

groomed online by

19-year-old Lewis Daynes.

He befriended Breck over

the internet, lured him to his flat

in Essex and fatally stabbed him.

Now his sisters are speaking out,

joining their mother Lauren

campaigning to warn other youngsters

of the potential dangers online.

Us and our mum, we've come up

with this thing called...

Well, just think about it.

You need to think, do

I know who this person is?

Do I know that they are safe?

Do I know that I can trust them?

You just need to think

about everything, really.

Just be careful.

The family have set up

a foundation in Breck's memory,

where they promote the think

you know message.

They are also working

with a film company to create

a short educational film

about Breck's story.

That's after a similar film was made

about the murder of 15-year-old

Kayleigh Haywood in Leicestershire.

That film has now been viewed

worldwide over 36 million times.

As a family, they have taken comfort

in working together to tell

the story of their brother and son.

We all went through the same thing

and we all have someone to talk to,

it is not like we are on our own,

so I think...

Our family is so close,

it is just really comforting to know

that we've got each other.

It is difficult and there are times

I would like to run away and hide

in a cave with my own family.

It was difficult for me to leave

and once I was able to stand up

and speak at the end

of the investigation and the trial,

I had my opportunity

to use my voice to help others

and I haven't stopped since.

They hope their campaign

will prevent a crime like this

ever happening again.

Detectives say they still

don't know how a man

from Haringey caught fire and died.

Members of the public found

70-year-old John Nolan

on the street and tried to save him.

The Met says he doesn't appear

to have been in contact with anyone

else beforehand and it hasn't been

able to establish how

the fire started.

Police in Walthamstow say the same

man may be responsible

for two homophobic attacks

in the area.

They've issued these e-fit images

after a 31-year-old man

was punched in the face

on Hoe Street on 4th November.

A month earlier a 47-year-old man

was grabbed and verbally abused

in Walthamstow Village.

A West End theatre has

reversed its decision to cancel

a play over allegations of sexual

misconduct against its

former artistic director

Max Stafford-Clarke.

The Royal Court had faced

accusations of censorship

after pulling its production

of Rita, Sue and Bob Too.

Mr Stafford-Clarke has blamed health

problems and apologised

for any offence caused.

Now it's been another cold day

and with a look ahead

to the rest of the weekend,

here's Elizabeth Rizzini

Hello, good evening.

A crisp, sparkling start

to the day with lots

of winter sunshine around, then more

clouds, a few spots of rain into

the afternoon.

There will be some clear

spells overnight tonight.

It's going to feel

cold, we will see a

patchy frost form and also some mist

and fog develop, too, which will

be slow to lift and clear

tomorrow morning.

It will lift to low cloud,

so quite a murky start to the day.

So brightness towards eastern areas

first thing, and then we will see

the clouds thicken from the West

and eventually we'll get some

outbreaks of rain, too.

And the breeze will

pick up most of this

rain, light and patchy.

Temperatures in theory a bit milder,

seven or eight Celsius, but

in eastern areas it will take some

time for that milder air to filter

through.

Quite cool again on Monday,

but lots of sunshine around.

More mist and fog

forming on Monday night.

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That's all from us -

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Bye-bye.