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nick beake has the story. a bungalow in a quiet street in west london, a visitor arrives.w hours, while acting out the role of a policeman, he will attack his victim and leave him for dead. it's all captured on this cctv. but jason marshall nearly got away with it. on his way out, he set fire to the property. in 2013, investigators concluded peter fasoli, a 58—year—old with heart problems, had died in an accidental blaze. some of peter fasoli's possessions, including his computer, had been recovered from his flat after the fire. they were kept in storage for more than a year. but then his nephew, out of curiosity, thought he'd have a look at the hard drive. and at that point, he discovered the video that showed his uncle had been murdered. it's obviously disappointing that the cctv was not seen until 18 months later, but i'm satisfied the initial investigation between the london fire brigade and the metropolitan police into the cause of the fire was sufficient. and, again, there was no pathological evidence to suggest any third party involvement. marshall had smothered his

our home affairs correspondent, nick beake, joins me. give us a bit more detail on the numbers.give an insight into how many people are dying from drugs, what they are taking, how old they were, where they were living. there were 3744 drugs poisoning deaths registered in 2016. that is a rise of 2%, and crucially, the highest figure on record since the data was recorded about 1k years ago. two thirds of the death were due to the misuse of drugs. the majority of people had taken things like heroin and morphine. last year, we saw 371 people died because of taking cocaine, a rise of 16%. the 0ns thinks this is because taking on a new all pure form of the drug. —— a more pure form. we have seen people in their 40s dying more than people in their 40s dying more than people in their 30s because of taking drugs. experts call this the trainspotting generation, a reference to the film 20 years ago, meaning people who may have started to ta ke meaning people who may have started to take hard strokes in the 1990s have died because they have lost a long—standing battle with substance abuse a

our correspondent nick beake is at the old bailey. tell us more about what happened in court.t operation between m15 and west midlands police, who had set up a fa ke midlands police, who had set up a fake career company in birmingham. and they managed to get two of the men to be recruited as drivers. when they were trying to bug one of the vehicles, they found a bag of weapons, a partially constructed pipe bomb and also a meat cleaver with a word on its meaning non—believer that had been scratched on the side of the blade. the judge said he believed an attack was imminentand it said he believed an attack was imminent and it would have led to lots of casualties. three of these men called themselves the three musketeers, and they had previously been jailed... problems with sound. before becoming... i do apologise, a terrible problem with the line. we will try to talk to him later in the programme. for now, will turn oui’ the programme. for now, will turn our attention is to one of other main stories. the cladding on more than 200 buildings in england have now failed fire safety

our home affairs correspondent nick beake reports.s across newcastle smashed a grooming gang that was drugging and abusing young girls, one just 1a years old. the victims were mostly white, the attackers mainly british men from pakistani, indian and bangladeshi heritage. it's a story we've heard time and again, oxford, rochdale, cardiff to name a few. today, one former leading prosecutor condemned what he said had been a reluctance to investigate asian gangs who target vulnerable white girls, and that a big change was needed. i think some recognition that this is a problem in all communities and across communities, and recognising it for what it is, not pretending it's something else, recognising it for what it is, which is profoundly racist crime. it's thought more than 1,400 children in rotherham were groomed and abused by networks of predominantly asian men. the town's mp says a fear within the public sector of being branded racist has allowed this to happen. sadly, i think there is political correctness going on. people historical

earlier i asked our correspondent nick beake about the year on year increase.is this geographical breakdown. in wales and the north—east we have seen a rise. has there been any reaction to this figure? drugs charities have said that the government need to do more and with awareness for young people going to nightclubs, potentially testing at those venues. also making people aware that the purity of some drugs is getting stronger. we have seen the government ban psychoactive substances, known as legal highs. that remains active too. about half of all these deaths are people taking heroin, the most strong form of drugs. a short while ago the government outlined a strategy to try to tackle this problem. some interesting trends emerging and some a cause for concern. the world's biggest football transfer is set to go ahead after barcelona confirmed that it was letting its star neymar go. he's now likely to leave for paris saint—germain in a deal thought to be worth £198 million. ernest macia is a spanish football pundit. hejoins us now from barcelona. he appeared at

our correspondent nick beake is at the old bailey now.ack? these men we re carrying out an attack? these men were caught in a joint operation between m15 and west midlands police. they set up this fake courier company called hero careers and got two of the men to work as drivers for them. it was only when they tried to barge the car of one of them that they found a bag of weapons, a partially constructed pipe bomb, ammunition and a meat cleaver with the word ford nonbeliever scratched onto the blade. thejudge said he nonbeliever scratched onto the blade. the judge said he thought an attack was in and and it would lead toa attack was in and and it would lead to a considerable loss of life. that is why he gave the sentences do this man. they said they would serve eat at least 20 —— serve eat at least 20 years in prison. they called themselves the three musketeers. the first two had gone to a al-qaeda training camp at pakistan but they became disillusioned, rank their mothers and returned to the uk where they we re and returned to the uk whe

our home affairs correspondent nick beake reports. a grooming gang that was drugging and abusing young girls, one just 1a years old. the victims were mostly white, the attackers mainly british men from pakistani, indian and bangladeshi heritage. it's a story we've heard time and again, 0xford, rochdale, cardiff to name a few. today, one former leading prosecutor condemned what he said had been a reluctance to investigate asian gangs who target vulnerable white girls, and that a big change was needed. i think some recognition that this is a problem in all communities and across communities, and recognising it for what it is, not pretending it's something else, recognising it for what it is, which is profoundly racist crime. it's thought more than 1,400 children in rotherham were groomed and abused by networks of predominantly asian men. the town's mp says a fear within the public sector of being branded racist has allowed this to happen. sadly, i think there is political correctness going on. people historically have been more concerne

nick beake has the details. before the 14th ofjune, few people had even heard of grenfell tower.ions that didn't do theirjob and to inspection regimes that didn't pick up the risk of fire. and in the weeks since, tower blocks across the capital have had to be evacuated, deemed unsafe. at the chalcots estate in camden, hundreds had to leave their homes. at the ledbury estate in southwark, the gas was turned off over safety fears. today, the woman charged with looking at what went wrong with those regulations promised answers. i can understand that people living in those tower blocks right now are worried and rightly so. and it's important that we get some recommendations out quickly so that the right rectifications can be made and things can be progressed quickly. her inquiry will focus on fire and building regulations and how they've worked. in the wake of grenfell, the government ordered tests on hundreds of pieces of cladding from tower blocks. they all failed the test. i think it would be obvious to most people, having seen the data on the number of high—rise buildings where t

our home affairs correspondent nick beake reports.ging and abusing young girls, one just 1a years old. the victims were mostly white, the attackers mainly british men from pakistani, indian and bangladeshi heritage. it's a story we've heard time and again, 0xford, rochdale, cardiff, to name a few. today, one former leading prosecutor condemned what he said had been a reluctance to investigate asian gangs who target vulnerable white girls, and that a big change was needed. i think some recognition that this is a problem in all communities and across communities, and recognising it for what it is, not pretending it's something else. recognising it for what it is, which is profoundly racist crime. it's thought more than 1,400 children in rotherham were groomed and abused by networks of predominantly asian men. the town's mp says a fear within the public sector of being branded racist has allowed this to happen. sadly, i think there is political correctness going on. people historically have been more concerned about not being seen to be

earlier i spoke to our correspondent nick beake and asked him how close these men were to carrying outen m15 and west midlands police. they set up this fake courier company called hero couriers and got two of the men to work as drivers for them. it was only when they tried to bug the car of one of them that they found a bag of weapons, a partially constructed pipe bomb, ammunition and a meat cleaver with the word "kafir" — or "nonbeliever" — scratched onto the blade. the judge said he thought an attack was imminent and it would lead to a considerable loss of life. that is why he gave the sentences to these men. they said they would serve at least 20 years in prison. they called themselves the three musketeers. each had beenjailed previously for terrorism offences. the first two had gone to an al-qaeda training camp at pakistan but they became disillusioned, rang their mothers and returned to the uk where they were arrested and jailed. a fourth man joined the plan later on, he will serve at least 15 years. their lawyers had argued that they were fitted up, framed by west midlands police

our home affairs correspondent nick beake is here. they are quite stark figures. they are.ay people died from taking drugs. what exactly they have taken, how old they were, what part of the country they were living. if we look at some of those biggest details, we will see there are 37aa deaths linked to poisoning registered in 2016. there is the figure. that is a rise of just 2% 2016. there is the figure. that is a rise ofjust 2% but 2016. there is the figure. that is a rise of just 2% but significantly 2016. there is the figure. that is a rise ofjust 2% but significantly it is the highest figure on record and the ons is the highest figure on record and the 0ns have collected data in this way for about 25 years. two thirds of all these deaths were said to be related to the misuse of drugs, so thatis related to the misuse of drugs, so that is significant. most people have taken things like morphine and heroin. last year, we saw that there we re heroin. last year, we saw that there were 371 deaths related to cocaine. that is a rise of 16%. the 0ns thinks this may be because a

they were arrested last august in an undercover police sting. 0ur correspondent nick beake is at thefe. that is why he jailed each of them from life and said it would have to serve a from life and said it would have to servea minimum from life and said it would have to serve a minimum of 20 years in prison. a fourth man who joined the group ata prison. a fourth man who joined the group at a later stage was told he would have to serve at least 15 yea rs would have to serve at least 15 years in prison. thejudge said you only have to look at the recent events in manchester and london to see the dreadful impact people using explosives and knives can have. he said in this case, these men had both of those types of weapons. this was an elaborate sting by m15 and the undercover unit at westminster police because they created this fa ke police because they created this fake courier company. they managed to recruit two of the men to be drivers. it was when they were trying to book one of their cars that they found a bag full of weapons. there was a meat cleaver and a partially constructed pip