:00:00. > :00:08.Good evening. That's all from us. Now on BBC
:00:09. > :00:11.The lives of a Sussex doctor and her family were put at risk
:00:12. > :00:14.because the Home Office failed to listen to their warnings about a
:00:15. > :00:19.A damning report by a parli`mentary watchdog found mistakes meant
:00:20. > :00:22.Alison Hewitt suffered a living nightmare at the h`nds
:00:23. > :00:29.The family will receive ?130,000 compensation.
:00:30. > :00:38.He disguised himself as a doctor to go after his ex`girlfriend,
:00:39. > :00:44.After Alison finished with him and he bought weapons and adapted
:00:45. > :00:47.this van, which the police feared he would use to kidnap Alison.
:00:48. > :00:53.and possibly harm her mother and stepfather.
:00:54. > :00:56.He had already turned to arson in his campaign of hate.
:00:57. > :00:59.A report has found all of this would not have happdned
:01:00. > :01:04.without serious failings by the Home Office.
:01:05. > :01:08.He should not have been in the country, not have had a visa.
:01:09. > :01:15.But when I notified them thdy had every opportunity to remove him
:01:16. > :01:19.I am absolutely convinced none of this would have happened had
:01:20. > :01:27.Several months before he went on the rampage,
:01:28. > :01:31.Alison's family discovered he had a violent past in his native Canada.
:01:32. > :01:35.He had lied about his criminal record to get ` visa.
:01:36. > :01:38.The family warned the Home Office repeatedly about this
:01:39. > :01:40.but it did not listen to thdir concerns
:01:41. > :01:45.and missed vital opportunithes to keep the family safe.
:01:46. > :01:52.During which time he conducted an escalating campaign of
:01:53. > :01:58.He even tried to burn down the family home
:01:59. > :02:02.but luckily Pam and David were on holid`y.
:02:03. > :02:09.that they helicoptered the couple to safety under armed guard.
:02:10. > :02:12.The parliamentary report fotnd that his campaign of terror
:02:13. > :02:22.For the family, those mistakes made it harder to protect themselves
:02:23. > :02:25.and concludes that it must have had a lasting negative effect.
:02:26. > :02:30.They expected UK immigration laws and the Home Office to protdct them
:02:31. > :02:34.Instead, mistakes that were made
:02:35. > :02:36.and a failure to listen to the family
:02:37. > :02:43.He is now in prison after bding convicted of a range of offdnces,
:02:44. > :02:48.The family he terrorised is to receive ?130,000
:02:49. > :02:55.from the Home Office becausd of its failings.
:02:56. > :02:57.A mother has described her `nger and disgust,
:02:58. > :03:03.daughter was run over by a hit`and`run cyclist. Aaliyah Raj is
:03:04. > :03:07.recovering at home after thd collision on Eastbourne seafront,
:03:08. > :03:11.which left her with a tyre lark on her face. The cyclist rode off.
:03:12. > :03:17.Three men have been given life sentences for murdering
:03:18. > :03:21.a young Italian man, who'd been in the UK for less than a wdek.
:03:22. > :03:24.The killers, all from Lithu`nia were all jailed for a minimtm of
:03:25. > :03:29.They attacked 20`year`old Joele Leotta last October
:03:30. > :03:35.in Maidstone, leaving him with more than 100 injuries.
:03:36. > :03:37.The Kent property magnate Fergus Wilson, who rents out
:03:38. > :03:42.around 1,000 properties across Maidstone, Ashford and Hawkhnge
:03:43. > :03:48.The landlord has been at thd centre of a number of controversies.
:03:49. > :03:51.Last year he evicted 200 tenants who depended on welfare
:03:52. > :03:56.66`year`old Mr Wilson says he's selling up
:03:57. > :04:03.Campaigners opposed to plans to build a massive new airport off the
:04:04. > :04:07.North Kent coast say they bdlieve it's dead in the water tonight,
:04:08. > :04:10.after the Government`appointed Airports Commission publishdd a
:04:11. > :04:13.report identifying serious environmental
:04:14. > :04:19.It says building a Thames Estuary airport would lead to a loss
:04:20. > :04:22.of around a quarter of wildlife habitats in the area.
:04:23. > :04:26.And that a new habitat the size of nearly 3,000 football pitches
:04:27. > :04:30.would have to be created in compensation, at a cost potdntially
:04:31. > :04:36.But despite these concerns, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson,
:04:37. > :04:39.is still backing the idea, as our Political Editor Louhse
:04:40. > :04:46.The idea would be to create one of the world's biggest airports on the
:04:47. > :04:52.the unprecedented scale of the project.
:04:53. > :04:54.It says building an airport would radically `nd
:04:55. > :04:59.It says an area of compensation habitat would need
:05:00. > :05:01.to be built, on a scale unprecedented for any development
:05:02. > :05:05.in Europe and raises doubts that while it is technically possible
:05:06. > :05:09.there is a high level of uncertainty in achieving it.
:05:10. > :05:11.The Mayor of London's officd, who support the scheme,
:05:12. > :05:15.If you do large infrastructtre projects these days
:05:16. > :05:21.money will have to be spent on compensating for damage to habitats
:05:22. > :05:34.What we do disagree with about actually is the total cost.
:05:35. > :05:36.We estimate the cost of compensation to be at
:05:37. > :05:42.Those opposed to the building of an airport
:05:43. > :05:44.in the Thames estuary, which is a specially protected area,
:05:45. > :05:50.This new report confirms evdrything that we have been saying,
:05:51. > :05:54.that the idea of having an airport in the estuary
:05:55. > :05:57.would have huge implications, environmental implications,
:05:58. > :06:01.for the Southeast and also for the area locally.
:06:02. > :06:05.This may not be the final n`il in the coffin for an airport here.
:06:06. > :06:08.It is just one of four feasibility reports.
:06:09. > :06:10.The other three will be published on Thursday.
:06:11. > :06:16.But it does look less likelx that the Airports Commission
:06:17. > :06:18.will recommend including an estuary island airport
:06:19. > :06:30.when it publishes its findings in the autumn.
:06:31. > :06:32.That's it from me, the national weather forecast follows,
:06:33. > :06:33.but first let's get the picture in the South East with Rachel Lackley.
:06:34. > :06:50.You can go to. `` you. Some showers and with some hail mixed. They have
:06:51. > :06:57.been throughout this evening and increasingly it will be dry all
:06:58. > :07:03.others. AQ midfielder things. `` it will be dry for all of us. @ she
:07:04. > :07:09.midfielder things. Local fedd and from the East but mostly we will
:07:10. > :07:11.stay dry. Temperatures of 20 degrees. North`westerly bredze is
:07:12. > :07:17.picking up as you heard through the afternoon. That is ahead of summer
:07:18. > :07:26.rain that we will see tomorrow night. Temperatures dropping to 16
:07:27. > :07:28.degrees, uncomfortable sleeping That humid feel stays that has ended
:07:29. > :07:30.Thursday. Here is the outlook for us, with a look at the national
:07:31. > :07:33.weather. through the next few days into the
:07:34. > :07:36.weekend. Hot on Saturday with thundery showers.
:07:37. > :07:42.Good evening, the rain in Rio is matching the mood, I suspect, this
:07:43. > :07:47.evening. Here, we will take a day off from the rain tomorrow, at least
:07:48. > :07:53.most of us. There will be sunshine around. The showers will be back for
:07:54. > :07:57.the end of the week. Dry over night virtually everywhere. Winds easing
:07:58. > :08:02.down in many places except towards the North Sea coasts. The south west
:08:03. > :08:08.will keep a breeze going. Not a cold night, temperatures holding 12- 4
:08:09. > :08:11.degrees typically. A dry day virtually everywhere tomorrow. Cloud
:08:12. > :08:14.breaking up to allow good spells of sunshine coming through,
:08:15. > :08:19.particularly to Scotland, northern England, Wales and the south of had
:08:20. > :08:22.west. Rain will edge in from the North Sea with brisk winds. Rain
:08:23. > :08:26.getting towards the Lincolnshire coast before the afternoon is done.
:08:27. > :08:29.That is the sunshine, northern England into Scotland. Pleasant
:08:30. > :08:34.through the central belt, temperatures up into the low 20 s.
:08:35. > :08:35.Plenty of sunshine across the highlands and West Coast