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died aged 88. That's all from the BBC News at Six so it's goodbye from

me and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

Tonight on BBC London News: Jailed for mocking an act of terror, the

Muslim couple who posted videos making fun of the murder of Lee

Rigby. In the wake of the killing of Lee

Rigby it is being taken seriously, and it was important it was punished

and a message was sent that this will not be tolerated in this

country. The judge described the videos as "offensive in the

extreme". Also tonight: Please consider

alternatives for HS2, a plea to Boris Johnson from his father.

By the medium of television, I say to the mayor, give serious thought

to the old Oak Common option. It does make sense.

Plus, forced from their homes by a sinkhole. Why Hertfordshire

residents are now refusing to return.

And the London twins starring in one of Europe's biggest country

festivals at the O2 centre. Good evening and welcome to the

programme. A Muslim couple from east London

have been jailed today for glorifying the murder of Fusilier

Lee Rigby. Royal Barnes and Rebekah Dawson posted videos on the internet

in which they mocked the killing of the soldier outside Woolwich

barracks last May. An Old Bailey judge described the material as

"offensive in the extreme". Both pleaded guilty to charges of

disseminating a terrorist publication. Here's Nick Beake.

The pain was raw, the grief self evident, Woolwich was stunned by the

barbaric murder of Lee Rigby. They came from far and wide to leave

their tributes to the murdered soldier, a public outpouring of

sympathy in our capital, which was mocked by two Londoners. This is

where he died. This is a man called Royal Barnes, 23, from Hackney,

driving past the flowers and flags. He said the killing had been a

brilliant, brilliant day. His wife is doing the filming. At one point,

they turned back for a second look. This, one of three films they

edited, with images of beheadings and 9/11 and then uploaded to you

choose. In sentencing, the judge said the videos were offensive in

the extreme and taken at a particularly sensitive time. He said

while there may be arguments about freedom of speech, no one is

entitled to glorify murder on the streets of London. Royal Barnes also

pleaded guilty to inciting murder, a more serious charge, for which he

was sentenced to five years. He had written on Facebook, anyone who

kills an invading soldier in Muslim land, I will give them a Vauxhall

Astra and money. French, British, American, take your pick. Groups

which try to tackle radicalism welcomed the length of his sentence.

He was involved in glorification of terrorism. In the wake of the

killing of Lee Rigby it is being taken seriously. It is very

important he was punished and a message was sent that this

incitement will not be tolerated. His wife, Rebekah Dawson, was

sentenced to 20 months for making and uploading the videos. She gained

attention when she refused to lift her veil to give evidence in court.

This is Royal Barnes on the left, with Michael Adebowale, one of Lee

Rigby's killers. It was filmed at a protest calling for Islamic law in

the UK, outside St Paul's Cathedral on Christmas eve 2012. This is a

Muslim area. Royal Barnes was previously jailed for taking part in

so`called Muslim patrols, ordering people in east London to cover up

and stop beating alcohol. Now, his actions after the Lee Rigby killing

have been met with revulsion by the courts.

Lots more to come. A call for more disabled people to use public

transport but are our stations wheelchair friendly?

Residents who had to leave their homes in Hemel Hempstead after a

massive sinkhole appeared nearby, say they're being forced to return

before the area has been made safe. They've been told that once gas and

electricity has been restored insurers will stop paying for their

temporary accommodation. But tests have revealed more areas of soft and

weak soil. Yvonne Hall has the story.

This man says he and his family are lucky to be alive after a massive

sinkhole opened under their home in Hemel Hampstead. He is angry at the

news that other residents may have to move back to the estate before

safety tests are completed. You do not want to put their lives at risk

and go back there because what happened to me could happen to them.

It could get worse. They don't know. The housing association has

told 38 families who had to be evacuated that once gas and

electricity is back on, payment for alternative accommodation and

allowances will stop. That has infuriated some residents, because

100 boreholes are still being drilled to find out if there are

more cavities. The homes were built near old clay and chalk pits. The

engineer leading the investigation says another hole has already been

found and more potentially unstable areas. Some weak ground. All parties

are waiting on our interpretation of ground conditions to see whether we

consider it sufficiently safe for normal life to continue. Despite

ongoing concerns, the housing association says the insurers will

not pay for alternative accommodation once gas and

electricity are restored. I am not categorically saying it is safe, but

we are repeating what a combination of the building control people are

saying, the sinkhole expert and the insurance company. It could take

nine months or longer for all of the tests and repair work to be

completed. Residents are arguing that, meanwhile, they feel it is

only fair they continue to get financial help, so they can live

somewhere they feel is safe. The father of a four`year`old girl

from Hatfield in Hertfordshire has appeared in court charged with her

murder. Alexa`Marie died in hospital after police went to her house in

Queen Bee Court on Wednesday morning. Her father, Carl Wheatley,

will appear at St Albans Crown Court next week.

Councils are warning that 50,000 children in the capital will be

without a place at secondary school within five years unless new schools

are built. The Local Government Association says only six out of

London's 32 boroughs will have enough places. The Government's

announced ?350 million for schools over the next two years. ?NEWLINE

Campaigners opposed to the controversial High Speed two rail

line are warning the project will devastate areas around Euston

station where the line terminates. One resident in particular would

like Mayor Boris Johnson to re`think his position, his father, Stanley

Johnson. Sarah Harris has been speaking to him and joins us now

from Euston. Sarah. Yes, no one in the Johnson family is

shy of giving their opinion. But on this one, on HS2, father and son are

very much divided. It is a good time for people living near Euston to

give their view ahead of Monday, when the new boss of HS2 will give

his recommendations on how he thinks the future of the project will pan

out. Earlier today, I went up the road with Mr Stanley Johnson and

this is what he had to say. I like the view. From his bedroom, close to

Regents Park in Camden, the father of the mayor, Stanley Johnson, is a

stones throw from what he says will be an HS2 construction site for 25

years. Noise, pollution, dust. These are crucial. Just take the sheer

extent of the land grab. We are talking about the size of 17

emirates stadiums. That could boost the economy, more skilled jobs for

people in Camden. At the moment, Camden economy represents 1% of

total UK GDP. That is actually going to be deeply threatened if you knock

down Camden market. I don't think the economic benefit for Camden is

going to be anything like it. Much of his neighbourhood will be

affected by the project. He is having his say ahead of next week's

report by Sir David Higgins, which is expected to outline cost`cutting

revisions to HS2. It says on your campaign document, contact the

mayor, over this. You cannot stop his pocket money but surely over

Sunday lunch you can lobby him. Do not think the mayor is a pushover. I

have no personal contact with him, as you can imagine, and I certainly

would not talk about these things. Anything I say to him, I saved

through the medium of television, or through the newspapers, which is how

it should be. What have you got to say to him about what is happening?

By the medium of television, I say to the mayor, give serious thought

to the old Oak Common option. It does make sense. That option would

not pass so close to his front door. The Labour Party has threatened to

ditch the project if the costs go over 50 billion. Would you vote

noises? I would never vote Labour, noises? I would never vote Labour,

for heaven 's sake! We need tin courage Labour and the Conservatives

to make the right noises. He is not likely to give up trying.

Unfortunately for Stanley and the other campaigners, it is unlikely

the route will be changed. Insiders are telling me that what is likely

is that it will be recommended that the link between HS one and HS2 will

be scrapped or postponed, saving about ?1 billion. But all of those

official details will come after the weekend.

London gang has been convicted of fraud, after stealing more than ?1

million by hacking into the computers of high`street banks.

Asked a mind of the operation was once a well`known promoter of acid

device into a computer at Barclays device into a

Bank to access people's bank accounts. This report contains flash

photography. It is a story that begins in the

1980s, in the world of illegal raves. The man was a promoter, some

say paved the way for our 24`hour culture. Guests can dance all might

and go on until the morning. There is no club where you can dance or

might, so that is an attraction. But he became the Mr Big of banking

fraud. What he did for London's nightlife was child's play compared

to what he tried to do to London's banks. The scam was simple but

audacious, and involved bringing cybercrime to the heart of London's

local branches, such as Surrey quays, Lewisham and Swiss Cottage.

The gang posed as telecoms engineers, getting into branches by

saying they were fixing computers. They would attach a device that

allowed the computer to be controlled remotely from a flat in

Mala bone. They stole over ?1 million. It is a standard device.

What is surprising is that they can go and plug it in without anybody

noticing it had been changed and detecting it afterwards. But there

was more. Inside the flat, boxes of stolen credit cards. The gang,

including these men, James Murphy and Stephen Hannah, posed as bank

staff and caused customers to give their PIN numbers, again, taking

over ?1 million. It could have been huge. The banks had vast sums of

money. If we had not intervened and dealt with this group from top to

bottom, they could have targeted the banking system and several more

millions could have been stolen. Two people have been found guilty and a

further 11 had met at their part in the fraud. The banks are constantly

under attack these days but this shows that sometimes the most

immediate threat comes from the front door.

One fifth of disabled Londoners use public transport. Transport for

London wants to change that, and along with Taney Grey Thompson it is

calling for more people with disabilities to use services. They

have started by changing the way people can get assistance, but

campaigners say that Access ability is still a huge problem.

She has won several gold medals for her speed, but when it comes to

public transport, even a Paralympian can struggle to get anywhere fast.

She is hoping to change that. Until now, anyone that needed assistance

on the overground had to give 24 hours notice. Not any more. Disabled

people want flexibility. They want to turn up and go, to have a social

life. You don't always know what you are doing. This is a really

important step that London is leading the way. On a personal

level, I hope train companies outside London will also start to

have more flexibility. But many stations on the overground and

underground are still in possible for disabled people to use. This

station has no lift, so I can't use it. Not far away, she can begin her

journey, but it takes quite some organising. I have a mobility

impaired person who would like the use of the ramp. Often things go to

plan, but she cannot get off at the first stop because not even half of

stations are step free. There are parts of London I still do not know

because there are no access will tube stations and I have never been

there. If someone asks to meet there, I say, can we meet somewhere

else. Access ability really is affecting my life. After a short

wait, a ticket inspector helped out, but she has been stranded in the

past. Things will get better, according to TEFL. Every black cab,

every London bus, the Docklands Light Railway, they are all

accessible. It is changing. It is a big investment to make a real change

in the Victorian infrastructure. Millions has already been spent

modernising services, but clearly there is still some way to go. Still

to come. Did they make it? Shearer and Savage on their Sport Relief

challenge to sit on every seat at Wembley.

Now, News of the World Cup coming to London and an unusual achievement

for two former footballers at Wembley Stadium. Sara Orchard can

tell us more. Yes, thank you Alice. We will speak

about those footballers later. But first it's now less than three

months until the start of the Football World Cup in Brazil, and

today thousands of sports fans flocked to West London to have their

picture taken with the trophy. It's currently on a tour of 90 countries.

But it does have a great history from its visits to London.

Especially after one trophy was stolen here in 1966. Weighing nearly

a stone and made of 18 carat gold, the FIFA World Cup trophy fuels the

dreams of children and adults across the world. But, for most mere

mortals, we cannot touch it. The FIFA World Cup trophy can only be

touched and held by very specific people, so it's only the heads of

states and former winners. Because it makes it more special. The

security that actually surrounds this trophy is quite impressive and

understandable. This isn't the original football World Cup trophy.

That was the Jules Rimet trophy. And, ahead of the World Cup in

England in 1966, was actually stolen from an exhibition in Westminster.

The theft of the World Cup is now squarely centred on the security

arrangements under which the display was authorised here.

COMMENTATOR: Bobby Moore comes up to receive the Jules Rimet trophy for

England. It was eventually found a week later by a dog called Pickles

under a bush in plenty of time for it to be presented to the victorious

England team later that year. Although that trophy was later

stolen again in Brazil and has never been seen since. The current FIFA

World Cup was first presented in 1974.

COMMENTATOR: The new president gives the new World Cup to Franz

Beckenbauer, the captain of West Germany. As the trophy makes its way

to Brazil this summer, it draws affection and fond memories from all

who see it. It's quite amazing. Obviously you hear about it so much

but to get it in the UK is pretty cool. There's no chance of us

actually winning it, so it's the closest you're going to get to it.

I've never seen anything like it before. It's quite small. I expected

it to be bigger. Beautifully said of the impact of

the beautiful game. It really is a special trophy. Now staying with

football, Brentford has been granted planning permission to build their

new 20,000`seater stadium. The new development will promise 900 new

homes, a hotel and shops. The decision was referred to the

Planning Minister following objections by English Heritage. This

weekend the Formula one season gets under way with Reigate's Max Chilton

competing in his second season. Sunday's first race of 2014 is in

Melbourne and it's Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton who's tipped as the

favourite for the title. But Chilton, who races for the Marussia

Team is hoping to impress. I'm very ready. Everyone always says I'm

ready this year, but I genuinely am. I'm seriously motivated for it. In

your rookie year, you kind of get let off sometimes for not getting

things quite right, but in your second year, you've really got to

show your worth. Now next Friday marks the start of the Big Sport

Relief weekend, with events up and down the country. But earlier this

evening, just a few miles north`west of our studios in central London,

two former footballers have just finished sitting in every seat in

Wembley stadium. It's taken them five days to complete and I'm

delighted to say we're joined live by Robbie Savage and Alan Shearer.

Congratulations to both of you. This is probably the only time I can say

before the watershed to two gentlemen, how are your buttocks?

Not just our buttocks, but everywhere else on our body is

aching. We are delighted to be stood here instead of sitting down,

because I think we've done enough of that in the last five days. Allen,

just explain to people who think this sounds quite easy. Why was it

so hard? Well, we thought it was going to be pretty tough, but when I

asked us three months ago, not ever did we think it would be as

difficult as it was. We finished on Monday, 12 or 13 hours, sitting in

the stadium and because we are competitive, we worked really hard

and trying to get up on Tuesday morning was agony and I thought

there's no way we would do it but we had to get through for Sport Relief.

Hope people will support us go onto the BBC website and buy a ticket for

?5 and support us for as much as we can. Some great prizes to be won.

Robbie, you'd had to have medical treatment throughout this. Talk us

through how you're been helped by the massages. The whole medical

staff and Sport Relief team that got us through, to be fair. In the

breaks, they have been working on us, our injuries, we had previously

as footballers, knees, backs, ankles, shoulders. It was physically

and mentally the toughest thing I've ever done in my whole life, to be

fair. I'm so glad to be standing here. We've raised over ?220,000 so

far. We want to get to 500,000. We urge people, please, go to the

website and please donate ?5 to enter the competition. What was a

moment like when you finished? Who did win? I just won, but I think

Robbie was struggling a lot with his knees, because he could only go one

way and then walk back the other way to do the other Rome. I took

advantage of that. There was competitiveness but, listen, at the

end of the day, it is about raising as much as we can and hopefully we

can do that. When we sleep both next on Match Of The Day, tell me who

will be sitting and who will be standing? We are on tomorrow night,

the pair of us, so I think we will be sitting down in agony. I hope

they have some nice cushions for us! Thank you both so much for joining

us. Congratulations again. If you want to donate to Sport Relief you

can get more details on the website. That's www.sportrelief.com. That's

it from me. Back to you, Alice. Thanks very much. 30,000 country

music fans will descend on the O2 this weekend in one of the biggest

festivals of its kind. Some of the world's best known names will be

bringing a bit of Nashville to Greenwich as Wendy Hurrell reports.

The first country to country Festival last year, 20,000 fans each

night. And ahead of this year 's event, similar enthusiasm. What it

is about country music you love? Everything. It's not on my playlist.

It's not my taste in music. Surprising the number who would

admit country music is OK. Die`hard fans would have had this in the

diary for months, a chance to see their idols, that over here, country

music hasn't always been much more than a guilty pleasure. It seems,

though, that may be changing. Artists like Martina McBride, who

sold 40 million albums worldwide, is headlining this weekend. We were due

to chat but her luggage got lost at the airport, cue an emergency share

that shopping took to Oxford Street. But these twins live in Clapham.

They will be on the pop`up stage on Sunday, one of the acts you can see

for free. Country music has become about everyday life. More than, you

know, cowboys and staff. We tried to mix our English country going up

with the American country sound. So we are growing our own country

singers and according to experts, a few years, they could be on the big

stage. Had you said me five years ago, we would have some good new

country influenced artists coming out of country, who, not only are

building of a British audience, but could have won internationally, I

would've said I'm likely, but it's a measure of how things are changing

because there are now some really good new artists coming through. If

all you know about country music is new kind of thick or delighted, try

the O2 from tomorrow. I secretly like it. Now let's check on the

Weather with Elizabeth Rizzini. What can we expect?

It's my pleasure to tell you this weekend is going to be a lovely

spring weekend. It's going to be dry. The nicest day in terms of

sunshine, Saturday. It's quite possible it will be cloudy start of

the day on Saturday and on a cloudy end to the day on Sunday but there

will still be lots of sunshine around in between. The main

difference with last weekend, there will be a noticeable breeze, but

still feeling nice and warm in the sunshine. For, well, we properly

won't see any fog at all because it will turn a cloudy from the West and

also, a north`westerly breeze picking up a bit. It will be dry.

The cloud spreading in tomorrow morning. Temperatures dropping to

between 5`8. A slightly milder night than we have been experiencing

recently. Tomorrow morning, plenty of cloud around, but it is going to

break through the morning. Lots of sunshine around. Under the cloud,

quite nippy at times, I think, but nice and pleasant. Temperatures up

to 15`16. Quite possible, 17`18 in the centre of town. All in all, a

pretty nice day. We will continue on Sunday. The isobars are slightly

tighter on this chart than they were for last Sunday, so the breeze will

be a bit stronger. Temperatures not getting quite as high, but we are

pretty confident we could get up to 16`17. Some places perhaps seeing 18

on Sunday. 64 Fahrenheit. Next week, high pressure. Monday is looking

dry, but quite cloudy. Tuesday, things could start to turn wet. And

windy. Make the most of the sunshine.

Thanks very much, Elizabeth. The main headlines. The veteran Labour

politician, Tony Benn, has died at the age of 88 after a short illness.

The Labour Leader Ed Miliband called him a champion of the powerless.

Investigators are examining the wreckage of a helicopter which

crashed in Norfolk last night, killing four people. The helicopter

was travelling in thick fog when the accident happened. Intensive talks

in London between Russia and the US have broken up, with Russia's

Foreign Minister saying the two countries have no common vision over

the crisis in Ukraine. That's it. I'll be back later during the Ten

O'Clock news. But for now, from everyone on the team, have a lovely

evening. Goodbye.