hatton garden is the center of the uk garden trade, but following the u.s. traders would have put their own unmounted diamonds in security boxes for safe-keeping. now, they say they're waiting to hear if they've been lucky or not? not. >> not hearing until tomorrow afternoon. >> reporter: how are you feeling about that? >> not very happy. they could have told us today. people will go home really worried they've got their stuff taken. >> reporter: in 1987 customers had a similar weight when valuables worth 60 million pounds were stolen from this safe deposit vault. the timing of this raid and the way it was carried out suggest familiar with security measures in place and workings of the jewelry trade. in the early stages of the investigation, any who's been inside the vault, with the staff or customers, will be un ser suspicion. 12 years ago a thief escaped with 1.5 million pounds after breaking into six box business at the hatton garden safe deposit. this weekend's raiders may have escaped with millions more. "bbc news." >> okay. the annual climbing season i

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charlie d'agata is at the scene of the crime in london's hatton garden.orning. >> reporter: it's the scene of what might have been the biggest high. they believe they may have drilled through the walls, went down an elevator shafto the vaults without triggering alarms and got away scot-free. hat-on-garden is the heart of the diamond district and thieves drilled right through it. jewelers are counting up the costs although some of the contents weren't the kind declared on any legal documents. >> it's private. we don't want to disclose all that. >> reporter: they call down the flying squad. john o'connor said the first place they'll be looking is close to home. >> you're looking for somebody who turn as blind eye, somebody who opens the doors, in fact literally opens doors, somebody who gives information about the alarm system. somebody who gives the layout of the building. >> somebody on the inside. >> someone with intimate knowledge of the vault. installed in 1949 -- >> they now headed to the strong room available to every jeweler merchant in the district

. >> reporter: just four minutes after hatton's safe deposit closed for the long weekend burglars weree side view. this morning police released nine pictures of the camera of the men pulling off an audacious good friday heist. the gang dropped down an elevator shaft from the second floor basement pried open the shutter doors, drilled through nearly seven feet of reinforced concrete and raided the vault. >> the scene still remains chaotic down there. the floor is strewn with discarted safety deposit boxes and numerous power tools. >> reporter: when the vault opened in 1949 it was built as bomb and burglar-proof. >> nearly a thousand individual saves are contained within this mass of steel and reinforced concrete. >> reporter: and protected by an alarm. it went off three hours into the heist. a security guard reportedly checked the front door and found nothing, while a diamond core drill like this was cutting concrete under his feet. what's even more remarkable is that the thieves came and went through this side door for nearly 12 hours and no one noticed. they came back for a second all

our correspondent, ceila hatton reports now on one family's battle to get justice for their son. >> reporterworking the fields in china's northern province are used to a hard life. but it's not one they want for their families. so they send their children to rural boarding schools, like this one, in this village. it was known as one of the best in the area. that was before this teacher was convicted of confining students inside his home. there, teenage boys were bound and gagged, tortured, and raped. this went on for years. >> translator: our son used to cry and refuse to return to school. at first, we did not understand why. my husband became so angry. but now we know. our son was suffering. >> reporter: this couple's then 16-year-old son was the first to break the silence. >> the situation was getting worse, so i told my parents. but the memories still haunt me. >> reporter: the teacher was sentenced to two years and ten months in prison. he admitted to sexually assaulting his students, but china has no law banning male rape over the age of 14. so in court, he was only found guilty of deta

on security video you can see the burglars going in and out of a side door at the hatton deposit buildingreak-in wasn't reported for four hole days. it was supposed to be the safest place in london to store your jewels. but yesterday police released security camera pictures showing a gang of thieves using a side door for nearly 12 hours, hauling away diamonds and gems. police say the thieves disabled the elevator on the second floor, then dropped down the shaft to the basement. they used a diamond core drill like this one to cut through more than six feet of reinforced concrete and raided the vault. police say the gang spent all night robbing the lawsuit. then returned for another all-nighter a day later. only one alarm went off that first night. a security guard reportedly checked the front door found it locked and did nothing more. >> there have been a number of reports in the media on the alarm being activated on the friday and the police response. this is of course part of the investigation. >> reporter: some customers are still waiting to learn what they have lost. 65 boxes were clea

hatton garden safe deposit is where london puts its bling for safekeeping.s of it is gone. especially over the easter holiday. but how did the robbers get in? a lot of attention and speculation has focussed on the roof. its thought they abseiled down the lift shaft to the vault in the basement. police say they used heavy cutting equipment to get inside. it is possible they spent the whole easter weekend in there. the police weren't called until tuesday morning. apparently the alarm did go off on friday. it's been suggested a security guard checked the front door, but no one went inside. this vault's been hit before in 1975 by armed robbers. they got away with loot worth a million pounds. this time it will be a lot, lot more. >> if the diamond merchants' boxes have been broken into and goods were stolen, then we will be talking about individual boxes containing millions of pounds worth of stock. here they believe the valuables were stolen to order and the gang and their bounty are long gone. >> woodruff: the robbery could turn out to be the largest in british

police say the gang disabled the alarm system at the hatton garden safe deposit company, repelled downevator shaft, and used heavy cutting equipment to slice through the metal doors, gaining access to the vault. the thieves made their move over easter weekend. nobody realized until tuesday. investigators are now combing through the vault looking for clues. a $750,000 diamond is among the gems feared stolen. >>> a new dynasty in college basketball. the uconn huskies beating notre dame, 63-53, last night to capture their third consecutive women's title. coach geno auriemma has now led uconn to ten championships. >>> and finally, an important message to the men of america. up your game, please. a dating app called clover has released this list of the top 30 date spots, first date spots. okay, so, number one, starbucks. >> really? >> also on the list, chipotle and the cheesecake factory. >> oh, no. >> further down the list, in-n-out burger, also making the list, red lobster, tim hortons, not far behind, also something called yogurtland and torchy's tacos. >> i love torchy's tacos. >> where