despite 33 council and police investigations into child despite 33 council and police abuse involving lambethonly six convictions, and only one senior council employee has ever been disciplined. the report says that children in the care of lambeth council were treated as worthless, they were pawns in a toxic power game with central government that inspired a vicious culture that left sex offenders feeling untouchable and children as captive victims. there was such a culture of cover—up that you need to look at the whole environment to make sure that you really get to the heart of why this happened, and that is our role, to get to the heart of why this happened, and to do that, you need to poke in every corner, and every corner we poked in here, we found something wrong. this used to be our music production office. do you remember? and we turned it into an investigations room. it is a measure of the establishment's failure that it took the abuse survivors themselves to piece together the full scale and horror of what had happened. these are care records. so, we've got 1,600 care records... ray

council run homes. it happened in lambeth from the 1960s to the 1990s. this done a long time ago. despite hundreds of complaints, only one member of staff at a children's home was ever disciplined. also on the programme — as more get vaccinated, covid cases fall for the seventh day in a row, but daily deaths rise.

council run homes. it happened in lambeth from the 1960s to the 1990s. the council has issued an unreserved apology, but victims say it's too late. i don't care what lambeth have apologised for. their apologies are meaningless, it doesn't mean anything. because if they meant what they said, then they would've sorted this out and they would've got this done a long time ago. despite hundreds of complaints, only one member of staff at a children's home was ever disciplined. also on the programme — as more get vaccinated, covid cases fall for the seventh day in a row, but daily deaths rise. so what's going on? candy bu gold and silver? yes! double joy for team gb in tokyo. gold and silver in the same race for the first time in over 100 years. 6,000 miles away in maidenhead, pandemonium, as tom dean's family, savour his victory. but there's a major upset as superstar american gymnast simone biles pulls out of the team final to focus on her "mental health". and coming up on the bbc news channel, bronze for bianca walkden, after a heartbreaking loss in the tae k

lambeth council gave known abusers unimpeded access to children, despite 33 council and police investigationss and only one senior council employee has ever been disciplined. the report says that children in the care of lambeth council were treated as worthless, pawns in a toxic power game that inspired a vicious culture that left sex offenders feeling untouchable and children as captive victims. there was such a culture of cover—up that you need to look at the whole environment to make sure that you really get to the heart of why this happened. and that is our role, to get to the heart of why this happened — and to do that, you need to poke in every corner, and every corner we poked in here, we found something wrong. this used to be a music production office. we turned it into an investigations room. it is a measure of the establishment's failure that it took the abuse survivors themselves to piece together the full scale and horror of what had happened. these are care records. we've got 1,600 care records... raymond stevenson, himself abused at a home, turned his music production office int

lambeth? the council was us. what went wrong in lambeth? tue: council was totally us. ise. �* ., what comes out, to me, is not a surprise-— surprise. and we have seen this before in other _ surprise. and we have seen this before in other areas _ surprise. and we have seen this before in other areas of - surprise. and we have seen this before in other areas of the - before in other areas of the country. what do councils need to do to stop this sort of thing ever happening again? what sort of safeguards do we need to see that we have not had in the past and maybe do not have now to prevent a repetition of this? we do not have now to prevent a repetition of this?— do not have now to prevent a repetition of this? we must treat children in care _ repetition of this? we must treat children in care as _ repetition of this? we must treat children in care as first-class - children in care as first—class citizens, not third class citizens. they were as third class citizens all the way through, as objects to be moved around, as problems to be put somewhere, and i think there are o

the report follows that lambeth council failed in for particular ways. o investigate and when abusers left theirjobs at lambeth it failed to tell their future employers about their suspicions that they were under. also it finds that lambeth, run by the labour party in the 1980s, was focusing on children but on politicised behaviour and the turmoil that resulted from the council's attempt to take on the conservative government run by margaret thatcher at the time. as a result, children became pawns in a toxic power game, the inquiry advice. it makes recommendations for the police and the council, which apologise what happened in 2016. thank you, tom. more burglars will have to wear electronic tags on release from prison, under a government plan to cut crime in england and wales. borisjohnson launched the programme on his first day out of covid isolation. it includes removing rules introduced by the former prime minister theresa may which made it harderfor police to stop and search suspects — and having a named officer for each local area. but the police fe

we are reporting it in tomorrow's telegraph about how the children in care were used by lambeth council about.— should be about. and those who did the abuse of — should be about. and those who did the abuse of course. _ should be about. and those who did the abuse of course. i _ should be about. and those who did the abuse of course. i would - should be about. and those who did the abuse of course. i would say - should be about. and those who did | the abuse of course. i would say was to have a cultural _ the abuse of course. i would say was to have a cultural problem _ the abuse of course. i would say was to have a cultural problem where - the abuse of course. i would say was to have a cultural problem where we j to have a cultural problem where we don't _ to have a cultural problem where we don't value _ to have a cultural problem where we don't value the lives of the vulnerable children enough also look at will— vulnerable children enough also look at will be _ vulnerable children enough also look at will be cheap children in the system — at will be cheap children in the system at _

the report follows that lambeth council failed in four particular ways. r party in the 1980s, was focusing not on children but on politicised behaviour and the turmoil that resulted from the council's attempt to take on the conservative government run by margaret thatcher at the time. as a result, children became pawns in a toxic power game, the inquiry finds. it makes recommendations for the police and the council, which apologise for what happened in 2016. let's cross to lucy hockings in tokyo. the big story in the past hour or so is one of the superstar names, the american gymnast simone biles has pulled out of the women's team event which is happening right now. she competed in the first rotation of the vault in sport. she then went off to the treatment room and returned flexing her ankle. the treatment room and returned flexing herankle. not the treatment room and returned flexing her ankle. not necessarily a sign of injury at the time but possibly she has injury to your ankle. earlier in the day she put up ankle. earlier in the day she put up a tweet

an official inquiry has found that hundreds of vulnerable children in the care of lambeth council inle it says was "hard to comprehend". more than 700 former residents complained about sustained cruelty and sexual abuse at 5 children's homes. apple, microsoft and google's parent company, alphabet, have reported sharp increases in sales and profits. the three tech giants have thrived during the pandemic as lockdowns pushed people to use their services. more on that in asia business report in the next half hour. indonesia has become the epicenter of asia's covid crisis. the country is reporting tens—of—thousands of new infections daily, and more than a thousand people are dying every day. that's putting a strain on hospitals, and on those who bury the dead. bbc indonesia's valdya baraputri has been following the funeral workers. a joint effort — firefighters and police now called to deal with the bodies of those who are dying at home. many having been turned away from hospitals which were already full. we can't show you the preceding inside the house, it obviously won't be fair to the

an official inquiry has found that hundreds of vulnerable children in the care of lambeth council inined cruelty and sexual abuse at five children's homes. the latest government figures show covid infections across the uk have fallen for the seventh day in a row. but there were also a further 131 deaths reported within 28 days of a positive test, the highest number since march. public health england said this showed the pandemic was "not over yet" and urged people to still take precautions. still to come a bit later in the programme: police officers who defended washington's capitol building from rioters give graphic accounts of what happened to a new inquiry. but first. . .. indonesia has become the epicentre of asia's covid crisis. the country is reporting tens—of—thousands of new infections daily, and more than a thousand people are dying every day. that's putting a strain on hospitals, and on those who bury the dead. bbc indonesia's valdya baraputri has been following the funeral workers. a joint effort — firefighters and police now called to deal with the bodies of those who are