06/03/2014 BBC London News

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Good evening and welcome. Confidence in the Metropolitan Police could be

seriously harmed after the announcement by the Home Secretary

that there is to be a public inquiry into the work of undercover

officers. That was the view of the Mayor, after a damning revidw into

Scotland Yard showed evidence of police corruption in the Stdphen

Lawrence murder case. Our political correspondent, Karl Mercer, reports.

For more than 20 years, the Lawrence family have battled. In the early

days, flowers were left at the spot where their son was murdered. The

message on the card reads, "Justice will be done." Today, anothdr

example of why they feel it still hasn't been. A public enquiry

announced into undercover policing and alleged corruption at the Met.

We have been here before, a number of enquiries to find out wh`t

happened. We did not get to the truth so we have it more today which

is great, but how much more are they trying to hide? That is the feeling

I get. We hope that this tile, the police are going to keep to their

promises to cooperate and to provide all they can. But how can wd have

trust in that? The Home Secretary hope the

judge`led inquiry will find out exactly what has been going on. In

policing, as in other areas, the prop ones of the past in fact the

present and lay traps for the future `` albums. Policing is damaged

today, trust in the Metropolitan Police and policing is vital.

That trust has taken a few knocks over the past year or so. The

Plebgate row that saw an officer jailed. I have told the truth. The

police did not. Revelations about undercover officers having

relationships with protestors. And concerns over inaccurate crhme

figures. Almost every day, that you open the newspapers, there hs

another story about the Metropolitan Police. The Met's Commissioner

Bernard Hogan Howe has recognised his force's reputation has taken a

hit. This was him last Septdmber. I want Londoners to love, respect and

be proud of their net. `` Metropolitan Police. That t`sk will

be made harder by today's rdport. People will lose faith if they go

undercover and discredit thd family of the child. I still have faith in

the police and they are doing a good job. They try to hide a lot of

things so I do not know what is going on. The independent rdview has

serious and damaging findings and we need to move quickly to a ptblic

enquiry. Today just the report, but it is essential the Metropolitan

please come to terms with the past and that we secure the future and

ensure there is a proper ovdrsight of undercover police officers. That

will be the bare minimum expected of the new enquiry if the Met's

reputation is to be restored. I am joined now by our home affairs

correspondent, Guy Smith. Gty, what do you make of this?

As we have heard from the Home Secretary, she summed it up in

format by words, policing standards damaged today, and the Metropolitan

Police damaged `` four words. The Stephen Lawrence family havd been

let down time and time again, 1 years ago was the first enqtiry and

now these revelations that there was corruption in the initial mtrder

investigation, there was mass shredding of key evidence in 20 3,

and undercover officers spidd on the family. And probably more worrying

is that this `` their potentially dozens of miscarriages of jtstice.

Police say they have closed on the top`secret unit, undercover officers

operate under strict laws. But the Home Secretary has ordered ` public

enquiry. But for Stephen Lawrence 's family, 21 years after his death,

they still have not got justice Thank you very much. The he`d of the

British Veterinary Associathon is calling for a change to the way that

animals are slaughtered in keeping with the Muslim and Jewish faiths,

arguing they should be stunned first. But the Deputy Prime

Minister, Nick Clegg, has ddfended the rights of religious grotps' use

of traditional methods. Sonja Jessup reports.

Shepherd's Bush shoppers selecting their halal meet this morning,

animals killed according to Muslim practice. The throat slit, the

animal light, but there are calls for it to be stunned first, not

acceptable for some Muslims. It is offensive because we are forced to

move to something we are not happy with. If I am forced not to buy

meat, it is unacceptable. As a Muslim, it is very important how the

meat it is killed. I know it is cruel, we all feel for the `nimals.

But at the same time, this hs the only way we can eat. Some h`lal meet

is stunned before slaughter but now the leader of Britain 's th`t's

wants to apply to all halal and kosher. `` vets. New in his job he

accepts his comments are controversial.

What we need to get away from is that we are going for a ban over

religious belief. We are gohng for a ban on non`stuns slaughter. He says

if groups will not accept change, ministers should consider a ban

which has happened in Denmark. But some Jewish leaders think hhs

comments could be exploited by right groups and they insist slaughter

methods for kosher meet are fuming. Imagine `` humane. Imagine `n animal

you have tried to knock out and it does not work, you leave an animal

suffering and pain and in dhstress and in fear. Some butchers fear if

they had to sell stunned me`t, customers would vanish. It would

turn a lot of people away and maybe they will. Slaughtering get on the

quiet which would cause mord problems. Today, the Deputy Prime

Minister Nick Clegg said he disagreed with a ban, and it would

remove the rights of people to practise their religion.

That is all from me, so I whll wish you a very goodnight, and h`nd you

over to Sara for the weather. It felt like spring today and it

will do for the next couple of days. Not too cold tonight, cloud from the

North West. That will give ts rain over the next couple of days. It is

light and patchy through thd first part of the morning, clearing the

way, and by the time it cle`rs at lunchtime, we will see the sunshine.

And another lovely afternoon. A high of 15 Celsius. More cloud on

Saturday morning, but through the day, that will push towards the

North. More on that in the National forecast. I will leave you with the

outlook for London. Temperatures stay

outlook for London. Temperatures stay like this.

Hello, after the teenage tantrums of the last couple of months, the

weather is going to move into more sedate middle age will stop maybe

tonight is the