23/03/2014 BBC London News

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A Government minister says he would support an appeal against a court's

decision to block the extradition of a convicted mafia boss to Italy.

Domenico Rancadore had been living in Uxbridge under an assumed name.

He was the subject of a European Arrest Warrant earlier this week but

some politicians are unhappy with the system.

He lived undisturbed in this suburban street for 20 years, and

this week, Domenico Rancadore won the right to stay here even longer.

A court refused a European arrest warrant because the telling him to

an overcrowded Italian jail would have preached his human rights. It

sums up how absurd the European arrest warrant is, that this country

will not extradite somebody who is a convicted individual. Every Italian

prosecutor will say, my lord, next time I try to get somebody a prison

sentence, a fellow EU member said our prisons are too dangerous. One

minister says he supports an appeal. Assurances can be given, this does

not mean we cannot extradite people to Italy. The focus is on working

that through, which is what the CPS and the Italian authorities will do,

so we can see that these warrants are upheld. This man was deported to

Greece aged 18, accused of killing a man in a nightclub. It took two

years for him to fight the case and clear his name, one of them was

spent in prison. Many members will the Corby case of Andrew. The

government says it recognises that in Andrew's case, something went

wrong. They changed to the law means people can only be extradited to

face trial abroad in future but not to face an investigation. Andrew is

not convinced. In my case, they claimed it, but do can not work with

them at all. It is a significant change. I am sure there is more we

can do at a European level, that we can continue to challenge on the

overall framework. It is something the European Parliament is getting

its teeth into. It is recognised that the warrant has helped in the

cross`border fight against crime. Around 100 Asian women had their

first taste of football yesterday when Luton Town invited them to

their match against Chester. It's part of a drive to improve

relationships with the local community. And the club might just

have gained a few new fans. Most of these women who live

locally, it is the first time they have been near a football match. I

am nervous, but not by what will happen. It is quite intimidating, to

hear about hooligans, but because it is a big group of us, we are OK. The

day has been organised by the National Asians in football forum,

which says the sport needs to do more to make women like this feel

welcome. It is about looking at the misconceptions that this community

has about football and what supporters have about this

community, and I hope it will be a sharing experience. Commercially,

they form a significant part of the demographic of Luton. The numbers

attending are relatively small, we want to increase that, because we

want to increase our revenues. It is a great atmosphere, it is unified.

The atmosphere is awesome, everybody is cheering. The songs that they are

sinking, it is quite good. It is their first time at the football,

they have been a bit confused about some of the songs they have heard,

so we are teaching them the words. The organisers want this much to be

the first of many for these funds. It is try and clear for the rest of

the night tonight, a cold and frosty start tomorrow. The temperatures

dropping just below freezing away from the towns. For tomorrow

morning, it is dry, with lots of sunshine. Cloud for the afternoon.

The temperatures are below average for the time of year. Outbreaks of

rain at times. And that's all from us. We'll be

back in Breakfast from 6am tomorrow morning, but from the late team,

have a very good night. Today's showers have almost gone

from eastern areas, it will be a classic radiation night, clear

skies, light winds, temperatures tumbling. The night could still get

down to -6 in rural Scotland and northern England, the coldest it has

been for quite a few months. It will not be as cold elsewhere. Cloud

arrives ahead of the weather front, which brings rain from the Atlantic

to western parts of the UK. Further east, it will be dry. Quite a bit of

sunshine, so a good-looking day across Scotland. Western areas

tending to cloud over later. It will cloud over quickly in Northern