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has fallen into the hands of militants. That is all from the BBC

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News at Six. detectives were bribed by some of

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the capital's most notorious crime syndicates.

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They weren't asking the right questions, they weren't being told

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the situation. Alternativelx, a deliberate decision was taken that

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it would be inappropriate to draw attention to just how weakened the

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Metropolitan Police was. One officer said at the timd it

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Metropolitan Police was. One officer said at the time it was

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impossible to conduct an ethical murder investigation without it

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being compromised. Also tonhght murder investigation without it

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being compromised. Also tonight: The being compromised. Also tonight: The

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Mayor and Home Secretary at odds over water cannon. Cree is a

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Mayor and Home Secretary at odds over water cannon. Cree is ` ``

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Theresa May says she is yet to agree their use.

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Two teenagers die after falling from a balcony at a party.

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Why Jazzy B is now officially a London legend.

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Good evening. The details of a secret report describing widespread

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corruption among some Met Police detectives in the early 2000s can be

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revealed tonight. The document revealed tonight. The documdnt

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called Operation Tiberius says revealed tonight. The document

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called Operation Tiberius says more than 40 serving officers were

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working with eight crime syndicates to help them evade justice for

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crimes including murder and drug`trafficking. MPs whose job it

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is to scrutinise the Met had asked to be given the intelligencd report

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but Scotland Yard have only allowed six heavily redacted pages to be

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published. You said this committee document and

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You said this committee doctment and you have redacted so much

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information. All that's left is the title. Five more pages with very

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little detail about how organised little detail about how org`nised

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crime syndicates infiltrated Scotland Yard. There are huge gaps.

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That's all that the Metropolitan Police wanted MPs to know. BBC

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London can reveal much more. There are 180 pages of top secret

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intelligence. About drug deals, intelligence. About drug de`ls,

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armed robberies and even contract killings. The document called

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killings. The document calldd Operation Tiberius shows just how

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bad the problem of police corruption had become in two areas of London. A

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secret Scotland Yard unit identified 42 serving officers as corrupt.

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secret Scotland Yard unit identified 42 serving officers as corrtpt. 19

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ex`officers and the same number 42 serving officers as corrupt. 19

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ex`officers and the same nulber of ex`officers and the same number of

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career criminals linked to eight major crime syndicates. A rdtirement

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major crime syndicates. A retirement lunch in 2002 for a senior

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detective. Among the guests, at least four former officers who are

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on the payroll of some of the most violent and dangerous criminal gangs

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in North and East London. Serving in North and East London. Serving

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officers are also here, potentially vulnerable to being recruitdd

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officers are also here, potdntially vulnerable to being recruited into

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this corrupt world. They ard vulnerable to being recruitdd into

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this corrupt world. They are all under investigation by a Scotland

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Yard anti`corruption team. The document says:

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This man was the chairman of the defunct Met Police Authoritx.

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defunct Met Police Authority. It acted as the watchdog oversdeing

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defunct Met Police Authoritx. It acted as the watchdog overseeing and

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acted as the watchdog oversdeing and scrutinising Britain's biggest

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force. He says the Met reassured him they had a grip on corruption. The

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general impression was that they took it seriously, they were

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general impression was that they took it seriously, they werd clear

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took it seriously, they were clear they still had work to do btt

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essentially it was under control. The secret document reveals how

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sports like golf are used to recruits serving officers. One page

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states that a corrupt ex`detective even ran an annual golf trip to the

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United States. The membershhp of which reads like a who's who of bent

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cops. Simply, the crime syndicate is the customer. They have a so`called

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conduit. This is an ex`detective who has close contacts with serving

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officers who in turn have access to sensitive intelligence and the Met's

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valuable databases. The conduit is often the only one who knows the

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customer. It distances key lembers customer. It distances key lembers

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of the syndicate from investigation. Interestingly, criminal gangs don't

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want to work directly with crooked cops because they don't trust them.

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The document states there is still a distaste towards corrupt officers.

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But one of the most disturbhng statements in this document is from

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a senior detective who says: "I feel at the current time I cannot carry

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out an ethical murder investigation without the fear of it being

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compromised." Either senior officers were unbelievably complacent, they

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weren't asking the right questions, they weren't being told the

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situation. Or alternatively, a deliberate decision was takdn

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situation. Or alternatively, a deliberate decision was taken that

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deliberate decision was takdn that it would be inappropriate to draw

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attention to just how weakened the Metropolitan Police was, a

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deliberate attempt to mislead the deliberate attempt to mislead the

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Police Authority. That doesn't surprise this man. His brother was

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killed in a pub car park in 198 and the murder of the private

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investigator is still unsolved. There is now an independent review

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into alleged police corruption. There is now an independent review

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into alleged police corrupthon. If into alleged police corruption. If

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the public were aware of thd real the public were aware of the real

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extent and the seriousness of corruption in the police, that it

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would seriously undermine public would seriously undermine ptblic

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confidence. And I know that the vast majority of officers are

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hard`working and honest. But nevertheless, I believe there is a

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significant minority that are seriously corrupt. The full`scale of

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corruption is unknown. But ht corruption is unknown. But ht

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provides a disturbing insight into the threat to the Criminal Justice

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System at that time. Keith Vaz, the chairman of the home

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affairs Select Committee joins us. affairs Select Committee joins us.

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Hello. You asked to see this report, but didn't get the full extent of

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it. What is your reaction to what we have revealed tonight? Good evening.

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Can I congratulate BBC London on doing better than the Home Affairs

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doing better than the Home @ffairs Select Committee in obtaining

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information from the Metropolitan Police Commission? The fact is,

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exactly 24 hours ago I asked the Deputy Commissioner for the

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information that you have just information that you have jtst

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released and he said he was not able to release it. He only gave us a

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redacted version. From what I have heard, I think both I and the rest

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of the Committee will be astonished at some of the points that are

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contained in that report and to be frank, it was quite possible to

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contained in that report and to be frank, it was quite possibld to give

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frank, it was quite possible to give us this information for publication

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without the names of the officers, we weren't interested in the names,

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we were interested in the extent of the problem of corruption and what

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the Metropolitan Police were doing the Metropolitan Police were doing

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about it. So I am disappointed and I will be writing to the Deputy

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Commissioner again, indeed trying to phone him this evening to ask how it

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was possible for this inforlation to get out into the public domain

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without Parliament having it when we asked? And the extent of thd

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asked? And the extent of the corruption, with organised crime

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that's revealed, it is astonishing. But it is more than ten years ago.

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Why does it matter? Well, exactly. That is exactly what we said when we

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asked for the information. To be fair to the Deputy Commission, he

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did say we could go to Scotland Yard and read it. Now, we can he`r

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did say we could go to Scotland Yard and read it. Now, we can hear about

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and read it. Now, we can he`r about it on the BBC, so we don't need to

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do that. That was ten years ago. If it's been cleared up, as I hope that

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it has been cleared up, I think this could be a big success story. Why

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it has been cleared up, I think this could be a big success storx. Why is

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it still being kept secret and it still being kept secret and

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redacted? As you saw, whole pages containing no information wdre

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redacted? As you saw, whole pages containing no information were put

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containing no information wdre put on our website today, just to make

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the point that we don't have the the point that we don't have the

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information. I think what wd do need information. I think what wd do need

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is a statement of clarification and I hope that he can provide it. I

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I hope that he can provide ht. I will talk to other members of the

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Committee. Perhaps it may be better Committee. Perhaps it may be better

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to hear from him again next week as to precisely why this information

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to precisely why this inforlation was withheld and how it's got into

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the public domain. Also, an assurance that it's actuallx all

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assurance that it's actually all been dealt with. That's what I think

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the people in London want to know, that there was a thorough

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investigation, properly completed and the matter is now closed. I

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think probably it isn't closed because as we heard yesterday,

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think probably it isn't closed because as we heard yesterd`y, it is

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still ongoing. He talked about between four and six investigations.

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If that is the case, then wd between four and six investhgations.

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If that is the case, then we need between four and six investigations.

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If that is the case, then we need to give him and the rest of thd

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Metropolitan Police the resources they need to clear this up `s

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quickly as possible so that they have a grip on corruption in the

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Met. Thank you very much. With me here now is Guy Smith.

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Shocking revelations. What hs With me here now is Guy Smith.

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Shocking revelations. What hs the Met saying about this? As we heard

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Met saying about this? As wd heard from Keith Vaz, the Met have

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Met saying about this? As we heard from Keith Vaz, the Met havd invited

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from Keith Vaz, the Met have invited MPs to read the document in private,

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a full unredacted copy. But they say they are not prepared to discuss

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publicly any of the detail. They have just, in the last hour, given

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me a statement saying the passage of time does nothing to reduce the very

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real risks to anti`corruption tactics, intelligence sourcds or

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current operations. I asked them also a number of questions, firstly

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how many individuals in this document have they prosecuted

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how many individuals in this document have they prosecutdd and

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document have they prosecuted and convicted over the last ten or so

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years. They couldn't give md exact years. They couldn't give md exact

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numbers. How confident is the Met that the level of corruption is

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still not ongoing? Again, in a statement, they say the nattre of

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corruption within the Met has corruption within the Met h`s

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changed over the last decade, however we still have up to six live

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anti`corruption investigations running at any one time. We are

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determined for the good of Londoners and the honest, hard`working men and

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women of the Met to do all we can to tackle current corrupt staff.

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Finally, I asked them what was their reaction to the chair of the

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Metropolitan Police Authority accusing them of being complacent or

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misleading the Police Authority. They weren't prepared to colment.

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Thank you. Coming up: On the day unemployment

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falls in the capital, thous`nds falls in the capital, thousands

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queue in Islington to visit a jobs fair.

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The Home Secretary says she will decide is whether to approve

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The Home Secretary says she will decide is whether to approvd the use

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decide is whether to approve the use of water cannon in London only after

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considering the safety issues carefully and properly. Theresa May

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was responding after the Mayor gave was responding after the Maxor gave

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the go`ahead for the Met to purchase three second hand machines from the

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German police. It would be a big step for policing

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here and the Home Office says it here and the Home Office saxs it

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needs to get this right. The Mayor needs to get this right. The Mayor

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claims there is urgency because if the Met don't buy three second hand

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cannons for ?220,000 by July, they cannons for ?220,000 by July, they

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will sell them to someone else. The decision was entirely to do with

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efficiency in the management of public funds which is what I am paid

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to do. And you would expect me to do that. Are you and your office, have

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been frustrated by the Home Office's delay as you see it in making a

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decision? Look, my view is that we have got to get on and make the `

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equip the police with the w`ter equip the police with the w`ter

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cannon that they need. What if the Home Secretary says no, you have got

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three water cannon, cannot... I think it highly

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unlikely. You are again putting pressure on the Home Secret`ry?

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unlikely. You are again putting pressure on the Home Secretary? I am

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giving you my view. The Gerlan water cannon would have three years use

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left in them. The Home Secrdtary faces a decision on a long`term plan

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for the whole country, after consultation and safety tests. No

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sign today of her being bounced. The sign today of her being bounced The

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police have to put a case for water power. They did not submit that case

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to the Home Office until March 014. I will be taking a decision but I

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will be taking it on the right basis. Together, they rallied people

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basis. Together, they rallidd people to clean up after the 2011 riots.

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One desired affect for him lay have been the Times newspaper saying he

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been the Times newspaper saxing he was challenging the Home Secretary's

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authority. If or more likelx when she does finally approve water

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cannon, expect the Mayor to point out it came after his lobbying.

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Part of Central London was grid`locked this afternoon after

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taxi drivers staged a protest around Trafalgar Square. They were

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protesting at what they say is a lack of action from Transport for

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London over a new app on the lack of action from Transport for

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London over a new app on thd market London over a new app on thd market

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called Uber which could revolutionise the industry. Our

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transport correspondent Tom Edwards was there.

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Central London became a car park this afternoon. Cabbies brotght the

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road to a standstill. We are road to a standstill. We ard

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protesting about TEFL. We are sticking together `` transport for

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London. It is everyone's problem. The Met restricted the demonstration

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to just Whitehall for one hour. But there was still widespread gridlock

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right across central London. Is it worth getting arrested for? Do I

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look like I am an imminent threat to my fellow Londoners quit in I would

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not have thought so bust thd my fellow Londoners quit in I would

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not have thought so bust thd reason are here today is because transport

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for London are refusing to dnforce for London are refusing to dnforce

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their own laws `` to my fellow Londoners? It is about this

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smartphone app Uber. By law, Hackney carriages are the only taxis that

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can use meters. The cab drivers say this is not just about a sm`rtphone

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app. It is about what they call incompetence at transport for

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London. There is no doubt that these smartphone apps are changing this

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market. Transport for London says it licensed Uber after a complhance

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check but it does want changes to the website to make it clear

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bookings are being taken in London. Should you have licensed thdm if

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they are not complying with your own rules? Well, they are complxing

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they are not complying with your own rules? Well, they are complying with

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rules? Well, they are complxing with the rules. You said they are not.

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There are some things in thd the rules. You said they ard not.

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There are some things in the terms There are some things in the terms

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and conditions that is not `s clear and conditions that is not `s clear

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as we would like it to be. We are working together to get it straight.

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Uber says it complies with legislation and is bringing

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competition to the market. The issue will end up in the High Court. The

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whole industry is now facing big changes driven by technology.

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was there. Two teenagers have fallen to

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their deaths from the sixth`floor balcony of a flat in Deptford.

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The pair were at a party. Police investigating their deaths

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believe it was a tragic accident. Nick Beake has the story.

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The banks of the Thames in dast London, a new riverside

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development. The party was being held here on the sixth floor. The

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one that has the red flag. This youth worker says he heard lusic

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youth worker says he heard music coming from the flat and at one

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point saw a young couple kissing right on the edge of the balcony. I

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saw them go over. You saw it happen? Yeah. I was just like... My partner

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screen. I just ran to put a top on and ran downstairs. Nothing could be

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done to save the 18`year`old man and 19`year`old girl, students `t

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done to save the 18`year`old man and 19`year`old girl, students at two

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19`year`old girl, students `t two nearby colleges. Police said their

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deaths are not suspicious and have the `` they have described ht

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deaths are not suspicious and have the `` they have described it as an

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the `` they have described ht as an accident. Just looking down, it is

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pretty clear they would not have stood a chance. This evening, the

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colleges released a joint statement saying that they will be providing

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counselling to students and staff. Still to come, they look ahdad

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counselling to students and staff. Still to come, they look ahead at

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the weekend weather. Plus, rising stars and established stars and

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music will be here at Roundhouse raising funds for over 14,000 young

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musicians. Nick Beake has the story.

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Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in five ye`rs

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in the UK. In London,

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while the number of people out of work has also fallen, it's

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higher than the national avdrage. higher than the national avdrage.

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At a jobs fair in Islington today, thousands queued to meet potential

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employers in the hope of securing work, as our political

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correspondent, Karl Mercer, reports. Inside there was a lot

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of selling going on. Employers selling their jobs.

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Would`be employees selling themselves.

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Outside, the queues of people wanting to find

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work stretched right up the road. This jobs fair in Islington comes

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on the day unemployment in the capital fell again.

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But for many here, getting back to work or getting

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the right job is still tough. If you have a permanent job, you can

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plan for the future rather than living week to week. I have come

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today to hopefully make an impression on someone. It has been

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impression on someone. It h`s been pretty tough. Hopefully this job

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that will open up opportunities for me.

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the right job is still tough. With signs

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the economy may be improving, the charity running this jobs fair

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says there are more jobs on offer here than in previous years.

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It started about four years ago and they have been getting biggdr and

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better. This year we have a lot more vacancies and employers and people

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coming through the door. here than in previous years.

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One of the lucky ones today was Martin Cyrille.

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Out of work since Christmas, he was up early for the jobs fair.

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And tomorrow he will be interviewed for a new post.

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I said, put me in for the caretaker. He made a phone call then

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and there. I spoke to the guy caretaker. He made a phone call then

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and there. I spoke to the gty and and there. I spoke to the gty and

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they told me they had won in Hackney starting in four weeks and one in

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Camden is ready to go now. interviewed for a new post.

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Union leaders today though said many of the new jobs are

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not well paid enough. London has been doing better than

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anywhere else in the countrx but average wages have not been keeping

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up with inflation. The picttre average wages have not been keeping

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up with inflation. The picture for up with inflation. The picture for

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London is positive. 350,000 private sector jobs, more than in 2010. It

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is one of the strong engines in the country. You can see what is

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happening on the skyline, in construction, as well as in

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professional sectors. not well paid enough.

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It?s hoped at least 200 people will get work

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from today?s job fair in Islington. The first London Music Awards are

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taking place at the Roundhotse taking place at the Roundhotse

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in Camden this evening. They're being staged to recognise

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the achievements of the capital's aspiring young

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musicians and rising stars. Our entertainment correspondent,

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Brenda Emmanus, is there. Some big names expected?

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Including Jazzie B who is joining me right now. He will be joined by

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Boris Johnson and others for the first London Music Awards. Tonight

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Roundhouse will showcase London's rising stars and talent likd this.

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Her vibrant and edgy pop music world and edgy pop music will do nicely

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this singer officially decl`red a this singer officially decl`red a

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rising star. `` will officially see. rising star. `` will offici`lly see.

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The awards celebrates some of the talented individuals who have helped

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ensure London's status as one of the world's great music capitals. I have

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been independent up until this point. It is nice to get recognition

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from the industry and support. It is getting there. We are going in your

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right direction. The event has been organised to raise money for the

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mayor's music fund which benefits over 14,000 young musicians. The

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fund was set up in 2011 to help young Londoners who have a lot of

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potential. They have real commitment and enthusiasm to learn a musical

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instrument that they have not got the means to pursue their p`ssion.

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The Voice winner will perform tonight having just been assigned a

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new role by the mayor, his champion for music. We are going to be

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ambassadors, leading the way for ambassadors, leading the way for

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young musicians, making surd that young musicians, making surd that

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people invest in young musicians so that they have the right

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opportunities and the right platform to showcase their talent. That is

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what the event is about. Tonight it is about celebrating talent and you

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have become a London legend. How cool is that? Finally. Very

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appropriate. You have travelled the world, just back from Afric`.

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appropriate. You have travelled the world, just back from Africa. What

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world, just back from Afric`. What makes London such a musical force?

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We have always been innovathve and We have always been innovative and

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creative. This is a good representation of it. The fact the

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representation of it. The f`ct the mayor is backing it and supporting

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it, great. The idea is to raise it, great. The idea is to raise

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money for young musicians. How important is it? How much supporting

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important is it? How much stpporting and mentoring do you do? It is

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really important. That in the 8 s, and mentoring do you do? It is

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really important. That in the 80s, I really important. That in the 80s, I

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started out with the Manpowdr started out with the Manpower

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services commission. I understand how important support is. For me, it

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has been everything. Part and parcel of what we managed to creatd over

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the last 25 years with the support of the community. It is very

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important. How do you think London is seen on an international level?

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Travelling the world and seding it for what it is, it has been

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amazingly important. It just shows the power of this little country.

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the power of this little cotntry. London is a powerful tool. You

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the power of this little country. London is a powerful tool. Xou have

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won numerous awards. Are they still important? It is nice to get the

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accolade. For me, particularly something like this, it is equally

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something like this, it is dqually important. It is part of my

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community and how I grew up and it has just been so supportive. There

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will be a special place on my table will be a special place on my table

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for this award. Nice to meet a legend! Enjoy this evening. Back to

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you, in the studio. Time now for a check on the weather.

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I have not had much chance to experience it today. Tomorrow I am

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at work again so I will miss the sunshine then as well. It has been

:24:50.:24:51.

sunshine then as well. It h`s been pleasant. Temperatures into the low

:24:52.:24:56.

20s quite widely. Not good for everybody. We have very high pollen

:24:57.:24:58.

levels at the moment. For hay fever levels at the moment. For h`y fever

:24:59.:25:03.

sufferers, we are moving into the peak of the grass pollen se`son It

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is going to be just as bad tomorrow. The satellite pictures show us some

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cloud developed this afternoon. Still some this evening. It will

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break up once again. There will be late evening sunshine for many of

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late evening sunshine for m`ny of us. A dry night to follow. Quite

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warm air across as at the moment so it will not turn chilly. Down to 12,

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13, 14. Perhaps in the centre of town, now lower than 15. If you are

:25:32.:25:34.

up early enough, you will sde town, now lower than 15. If you are

:25:35.:25:37.

up early enough, you will see the up early enough, you will sde the

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odd patch of mist. It will not last long. We are in sunshine probably

:25:40.:25:42.

than today. Cloud bubbling tp in the than today. Cloud bubbling up in the

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afternoon. It will stay fairly well broken. We are looking at

:25:50.:25:53.

temperatures of 23, 24, possibly 25. I would not be surprised if

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somewhere manages 26. It will be pleasant tomorrow evening. Decent

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for a barbecue. The dry weather staying with us. Friday, we might

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see the peak of the warmth. Temperatures picking up verx

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quickly. It will be dry again. quickly. It will be dry agahn.

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Sunshine coming through. 25, again one or two places going warmer.

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Sunshine coming through. 25, again one or two places going warler. Age

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`` a change for the weekend. Temperatures dropping back a little.

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Temperatures dropping back ` little. The peak of the warmth tomorrow.

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The peak of the warmth tomorrow Over the weekend, still 21, 22. It

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will be largely dry as well. The main headlines:

:26:34.:26:39.

Extra staff are being draftdd Extra staff are being draftdd

:26:40.:26:43.

in to deal with a big rise in passport applications

:26:44.:26:45.

which have hit a 12`year high. Unions say a backlog is being caused

:26:46.:26:49.

by job cuts, but ministers insist they are on top of the situ`tion.

:26:50.:26:52.

they are on top of the situation. Unemployment has fallen to hts

:26:53.:26:53.

Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in over five ydars with

:26:54.:26:56.

2.16 million people out of work The jobless total also fell

:26:57.:26:57.

in London, although it remahns in London, although it remains

:26:58.:27:01.

above the national average. A report into police corruption

:27:02.:27:04.

in the early 2000s reveals how some detectives were bribed by London's

:27:05.:27:07.

most notorious crime syndicates to help them avoid justice.

:27:08.:27:16.

The Met Police say they cannot publish the report in full to detect

:27:17.:27:26.

intelligence sorters ollie sources `` intelligence sources.

:27:27.:27:28.

help them avoid justice. And hundreds of taxi drivers brought

:27:29.:27:31.

part of central London to a standstill this afternoon.

:27:32.:27:33.

They were protesting at a mobile phone app used by the cab firm Uber.

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More on the day's stories on our website.

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And Asad Ahmad will be back with our late news.

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From me and the team here, thanks for watching

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and have a lovely evening.

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