13/05/2014 BBC London News

Good evening. London's two biggest airports have revised their

expansion plans in a bid to build the UK's next runway. Heathrow has

increased its compensation package for those who'll lose their home,

while Gatwick says its plan would keep fares low. Both say their

proposals will create thousands of jobs. The Airports Commission will

make its recommendation after the next general election. Here's our

Transport Correspondent, Tom Edwards. Heathrow and Gatwick

airports now locked in a battle over who should get a new runway, with

both claiming they will provide over 100,000 jobs and big economic

benefits. In its final submission to the government's commission, a

revised plan for a third runway at Heathrow and part of the offer, more

compensation to homeowners. It delivers ?100 billion of growth, it

has more support from the local community of an opposition from the

local community. Another option that has been short listed is to extend

and split another runway at Heathrow. Many question whether an

expansion is needed at all. They think it will mean more noise and

pollution. Initially the plan was to put the runway through this village,

now the proposal is to put it further to the south. It does mean

this 12th century church will be saved, however hundreds of homes to

the south will still be demolished and the M25 will have to be put in

the tunnel. Some believe it is the uncertainty that is the most

damaging. The area would cease to be the community we know it to be

today. My view is that they should let people know whether this is

going to happen or not. Gatwick says another runway here would disrupt

fewer people and be delivered earlier than Heathrow's at no

additional cost to the taxpayer. This would really make sure the UK

has the airport capacity it needs, and make sure we have a truly

competitive airport market. An estuary airport could still be an

option and whilst most expected to be dropped, the mayor who backs it

is still confident. Having exhausted all the alternatives, this country

will eventually do the right thing for long`term prosperity and give

ourselves the airport that we need. Any recommendations from the

commission will not be until after the next election, even then there

is no guarantee that politicians will act on it. Many in the industry

fear this is an expensive delaying tactic.

A cyclist has died after being involved in a collision with a lorry

in Elephant and Castle. It happened this afternoon. The driver has been

arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. In a

separate incident in the City this evening, another cyclist is in

hospital with serious injuries following a collision with a tipper

truck on Upper Thames Street. Nearby roads have been closed off.

A former head of a North London school has been banned from teaching

after fiddling her expenses. Jo Shuter spent thousands of pounds of

school cash on herself and her family. She was found guilty of

unacceptable professional conduct while working at Quintin Kynaston

School. Katharine Carpenter reports. Once the toast of the teaching

world, now banned from the classroom. In a dramatic fall from

grace, Jo Shuter CBE admitted owning ?28,000 for public speaking in

school time, spending around ?7,000 of school funding on her own 50th

birthday party, and having furniture for the school worth around ?1500 to

her home. She also claimed the personal taxes and mobile phone

contracts for her and her family. Today conduct panel found that:

She is now being given a prohibition order forbidding her from teaching.

I think it should be a reminder to all teachers and head teachers the

importance of upholding the highest possible standards. How can people

whose job it is in life to provide the right kind of example for young

people not understand that in so doing they need to behave properly

and in a manner which any member of the public would expect them to

behave? In a further blow Jo Shuter has been told she cannot ask to be

reinstated at any time in the future, but she can still appeal at

the High Court. And we can join Katharine outside

the Department for Education. How unusual is this action? Tonight the

Department for Education told me that 16 London`based teachers have

been given these prohibition orders since April 2012. I think now the

focus of this will be on minimising the impact of Jo Shuter's current

pupils because after she resigned from Quintin Kynaston School she got

a new job as head of King Solomon high school in Ilford. Tonight it

sent a letter to parents and staff saying Jo Shuter had been suspended

with immediate effect. So far, no word on all of this from Jo Shuter

herself. OK, thank you. An innovative

gardening therapy unit has opened at a military rehabilitation centre in

Epsom. Based at Headley Court, it's designed to help injured servicemen

recover their strength, mobility and co`ordination. Some of their plants

will be going on display at this year's Chelsea Flower Show, which

starts a week today. It is a nice change from the clinical physio that

we do, it is nice and relaxing. Not only is it mentally relaxing but

also it gets you up and about without realising it, which is

actually good physio. That's all from me, so I'll wish you a very

goodnigh and hand you over to Wendy for the weather. Still one or two

showers around at the moment, but they will clear away starting some

sunny weather this week. It will become warmer day by day. At the

moment we still have some showers dotted around. After midnight, we

are mostly clear of them. There will be some fog patches around first

thing tomorrow and these temperatures are little misleading,

five degrees is more typical, and in a prone spot it might get a touch of

frost. A chilly start of the day tomorrow but there will be plenty of

sunshine and light winds so the temperature will pick up to

something like 19 degrees in the centre of London tomorrow, feeling

pleasant. Maybe some showers tomorrow evening, but a sunny

outlook, although it might start to breakdown in some places at the

weekend. Today the weather was the sort of weather where it couldn't

really make its mind up. It changed from hour to