17/03/2014 BBC London News

Good evening. A massive redevelopment of Euston will form

part of the plans for the ?50 billion HS2 project. The station

will become the London hub for the high`speed rail link to the north.

The decision has angered some people in the Camden area who say they will

face years of disruption. Here's our transport correspondent Tom Edwards.

Back to the drawing board again for Euston station. More expansive plans

will now be considered. This area will already lose hundreds of homes

and businesses to HS2. More uncertainty worries those who live

here. We keep asking them but we never get the right answer from

HS2, what they are going to do. We are still worried, the whole

community is worried. The plan for a link between HS2 and beeline to the

continent HS1 has also been chopped. Dash`macro the line. Building it

would have caused huge disruption. The link might still be tunnelled

but other ways for passengers to get between Euston and St Pancras will

now be looked at. This is actually the third plan we have had for

Euston station. The first was scrapped after the costs were

falsely underestimated and concerns about disruption. Campaigners say it

shows the whole scheme is badly thought out. I think it is a damning

indictment about what HS2 have done so far. We have been arguing the

plans would devastate Camden for years. 80% of the demolition and

more of the construction in the first phase is in Camden. The Euston

arch could be reinstated. Much of the funding will have to come from

private developers and concerns remain. Because we do not live in

the Chilterns, we are not being offered any compensation. The more

the start date is put off, if HS2 ever does happen, the more people

are saying, what will happen in two, three, five years time? HS2 will

cost ?50 billion and make journeys quicker to and from the north. The

government says it is needed to provide extra capacity and to boost

the economy. You have to look at the plans carried through for King's

Cross and four Saint pancreas and I think most people although they have

lived with disruption and found it difficult are very pleased with what

has been delivered. We need to deliver the same high`quality for

Euston. The mayor has also welcomed the announcement. He wants a

development in West London which is still part of the plan.

Well, one of the areas affected is Camden. Alice Bhandhukravi was at a

public meeting held there tonight. So, what was said? As we know, this

project is last in scale, in terms of cost and in terms of the impact

it will have. It is also hugely complicated. People tonight in

Camden wanted to hear about how they should go about campaigns against

HS2. The next task will be to organise petitions for a

Parliamentary select committee to consider. There were many questions

about how the process works. I spoke to one of the organisers of the

campaign and asked him what he made of the developments. We are in a

much better position today than yesterday. It is quite clear HS2 is

in a state of confusion about the HS1 `HS2 link which they have had to

pull. They are in confusion about what to do at Euston and the budget

for the whole project. For all of those opposed to HS2, there are

those who believe that the project could bring millions, billions of

pounds worth of investment in terms of jobs and in terms of business

that it could boost. What both sides are likely to agree on is the fact

that HS2 is a long way off and plans are far from being finalised.

Many thanks for that update. A convicted Mafia boss who's been

living in London for 20 years walked free from court today after winning

his battle against extradition to Italy. Domenico Rancadore was

arrested in Uxbridge last year living under an assumed name. The

BBC's legal correspondent Clive Coleman reports.

Leaving court undercover, Domenico Rancadore and his British wife,

after a significant victory. Oxbridge in suburban west London is

perhaps the last place you would expect to find a member of the

Sicilian Mafia. His crime family the Italian police said work involved in

extortion, drug trafficking. He was known as The Professor. Despite two

acquittals in Italian courts, in 1999 he was convert it in his

absence and sentenced to seven years. His quiet suburban life came

to an abrupt end last August when Lisa arrived here with an arrest

warrant. He has been in custody and fighting extradition until today ``

when police arrived here. The judge said he had originally decided to

order his extradition, satisfied with assurances from the Italian

authorities about its prison system. In a dramatic turnaround, he

said a judgement from the High Court just last week meant that those

assurances were now simply too vague. The general assurance as to

whether he would be held are insufficient and because of the

systemic problems they have in their Italian prison system they must give

specific assurances as to where people are held and the conditions

in which they will be held. The Italian authorities have said they

intend to appeal. The convicted Sicilian Matt `` Mafia man arrived

home to resume his quiet suburban life in Uxbridge.

Just before the weather, a quick reminder tonight's Late Kick`Off has

a round up of all the Football League action, including Charlton's

captain talking about their new manager. That's at 11.25pm here on

BBC One. I'll wish you a very good night and hand you over to Wendy

who's got the weather for us. The start of the week apart from a

little blip tomorrow will be generally fine. It will go downhill

through the week. At the moment, there is a fair amount of cloud, as

there has been throughout the day. Some thicker bits might give a spot

or two of rain. It will be frost free tonight. Tomorrow, rather grey

note to start. Some bright spells through the day. Another thicker

band of cloud ghost in the afternoon. But may introduce one or

two light showers once again. A little more sunshine in the

afternoon. On the outlook, the warmer sunniest day is probably

going to be Wednesday. going to be Wednesday. Unsettled

from there on in. More on that now with the UK forecast.

A frost free night across the whole of the UK across the whole of the

UK. Winds will strengthen tomorrow. Showers around. They will pep up as

we go through the end of the night. More significantly across parts of

Northern Ireland and into western Scotland. A little bit patchy rain

further. Most places staying dry. Plenty of cloud. Temperatures

Tuesday, seven or eight degrees to start. Fairly cloudy with the main

focus of the wet weather across the north-west. Showers feeding in

across parts of Scotland. Could be on the heavy side with the small

chance of the odd rumble of thunder. Showers across Northern Ireland and

into northern England. Further south, although it is quite

overcast, most places should be