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of the weekend. Now, the BBC's news teams wdre you

are. Hundreds of convictions could be

overturned after the Home Sdcretary orders review of cases involving

undercover police officers. During the last couple of years through the

endeavours of activists we have undercovered 50 miscarriages of

justice. The Met Police says it will co`operate with the inquiry, but

what will the cost be to its reputation. The mayor releases

public land for new free schools. Unions say it's not the answer to

the shortage of school placds. Those mortgage changes ` what will they

mean for you and your home? Plus: # I'm walking on sunshine...

From pop videos to movies, we meet directors hitting the right notes on

the capital's film scene. Hello. A very good tofrng you.

Hundreds of convictions could be overturned as a result of a major

review of cases involving undercover police officers. That is accord to a

lawyer representing environlental activists who told BBC London that

50 cases have already been puashed. The review will initially focus on

criminal convictions includhng the Met's Special Demonstration Squad.

He was known as Mark Stone, a dedicated green activist. In fact

was Mark Kennedy of the Met Police, who infiltrated environment`l

organisations. A criminal trial against protestors accused of

planning to break into this power station in Nottingham collapsed in

2011 because the undercover officer offered to give evidence on their

behalf. Since then 50 criminal convictions have been overttrned.

The majority linked to PC Kdn ne di. There will be a major review to show

miscarriages of justice. Thhs was her reaction this year when

revelations that an officer from the Special Demonstration Squad spied on

the Stephen Lawrence family. The picture which emerges from the,

about the SDS from this report and other material in the public domain

is of significant failings of judgment, intrusive supervision and

leadership over a sustained period. This afternoon, the lawyer who

represents many of the green campaigners told BBC London the

implications of this review are serious. I have no doubt th`t the 50

miscarriages of justice is the tip of the iceberg. They have bden

exposed by activists, lawyers and journalists.

of the iceberg. They have bden exposed by activists, lawyers This

is the first time this annotncement today, for there to be some

innocent`ish scrutiny by people with proper access to all the files. One

human rights charity is calling for judges to approve undercover

operations. Internally they are authorised by the colleagues of the

people carrying them out. There s no supervision. We have seen to time

and time again this has led to grave abuses. This is the man leading the

review, Mark Ellison the senior barrister, who published a

condemning report into corrtption in the Stephen Lawrence investhgation

and the role of undercover officers. A day later, the Met commissioner

admitted mistakes had been lade This is an awful outcome. A terrible

day yesterday, where obviously the results of Mark Ellison's inquiry

told us some awful things about the past. So, I have to make sure that

people have trust in the Met of today and of the future. Tonight the

Met said it will co`operate fully with the review, which will look at

unsafe convictions. Plenty more ahead tonight `

including, after 90 years, one of the first purpose`built churches for

deaf people is to hold its last service.

The mayor has released publhc land and property to help tackle the

chronic shortage of school places in the capital. The aim is to speed up

the building of 11 new schools, nine of them free schools. Unions say it

is not enough and that free schools are not the answer. Here is our

political correspondent. Good morning, everybody. Undeterred,

the mayor got on with one of his favourite things ` he likes opening

stuff. Three, two, one.

As it happens, the mayor didn't have much to do with King Fisher Hall

Academy. When you announce plans for 11 new schools, this is as good a

place as any to do it. # What a wonderful world

The mayor said City Hall land and buildings will be used for the new

schools. It will be handed, in nine cases, to six free schools. There is

this one in Hampstead, which will become a new primary by 2014. It

will create 7,000 new school places. London actually needs more than

100,000 by 2016. They are not the whole solution. No`one is pretending

that. This is part of the solution. I want to see loads more schools in

Londonch we had 136,000 babhes born last year in London. Critics remain

unconvinced that free schools are the answer to shortages. Thd problem

we've got is local authorithes can no lodger open community schools. ``

longer open community schools. It is only free schools and acadelies that

can be opened now. It makes it difficult to plan. The head of King

Fisher says free schools ard the only game in town at the molent It

is not an ideological crusade. Free schools are what is best. It's

what's on the table at the loment. It is what the Government are

enabling people like us to set up free schools. There was a m`ssive

demand in this area of London. Oh, my gosh! City Hall says the new

schools announced will eithdr be up and running or being built by 2 16.

The Government has announced security staff who carry out

deportations are to be trained in new restraint techniques. It comes

after a man was restrained on board a flight three years ago. Three

employees are facing man sl`ughter charges.

Members of three trade unions will walk out for 24 hours, from 8pm on

Tuesday, after a breakdown hn talks. The union's cancelled a previous

strike last month. London Underground claims there'll be no

impact on the network should the strike go ahead. It has been

confirmed that contracts have been signed by City Hall to buy three

water cannon. The second`hand machines, brought from the German

Federal Police, are costing ?216,000, which includes thd cost of

transportation and modification Our political editor is outside Scotland

Yard with more details. It hs one of the big questions here, isn't it?

Why would you go ahead and buy these three cannon when they are not yet

legal? When they still need approval from the Home Secretary. Of course

they are still used in Northern Ireland at the moment, but have not

been approved for use on thd mainland. One of the things the

mayor says it is a foregone conclusion ` only a matter of time T

other thing which is said and amplified today by the deputy mayor

for policing is this was a time`limited offer availabld from

the German police. We had to buy them now, by the end of Julx,

otherwise the French would buy them. There are a number of peopld who are

concerned, including Assembly Members, who say, why do we want

these if the German police have decided they are defunct and they

only have a limited use over a number of years. The deputy major

for policing say it makes good sense. It will close a gap, in what

he calls, the public order tool kit. Quite clearly there is a vidw that

for a period of year thss whll be perfectly adequate to the t`sk. Not

for as long as a new water cannon, but they are second`hand. There are

second`hand markets for manx things. The second`hand market for water

cannon is limited. As was pointeded out, this was a one`off opportunity

to get great value for monex. So, they will be bought and transported

over here, but not necessarhly ever used? No, and the mayor and the

deputy mayor say it is a good thing. We don't want to have to usd them.

They are jumping the gun n that the Home Secretary has not made that

final decision yet. I think the mayor has been happy for it to be

perceived he thinks she's going too slowly. She has made it cle`r she's

not going to be bounced into a decision and the Home Officd have

confirmed again today that they will make a decision in due course.

Thank you. Celebrities, lawyers and he`lth

experts are among 90 people who have writ on the the Prime Minister

calling for current drug `` written to the Prime Minister calling for

current drug laws to be changed The Government says that thd current

legislation works and they have no plans to change it.

We want drugs to be dealt whth through health and education

approaches. At the minute, people are simply fined if they ard caught

in possession of any drug. We want to see people diverted into a system

that can support them to make healthy life choices. So, as we have

been hearing the Bank of England is to introduce measures to help cool

the housing market. The pacd of growth in London is currently

running at twice the nation`l average, with houses going tp nearly

20% annually. So, what does this mean for the average home btyer in

the capital ` if there is stch a thing? This is all about salaries

and affordability. From October the maximum lend will be capped at .5

times your salary. Loans of more than that can only make up 05% of

the bank's lending. What dods that mean for Londoners? The average wage

is ?34,000. So, a couple both earning that could theatric`lly

borrow ?316,000. They need ` deposit. Using the new mod ler, they

could live in a few London boroughs, Red fields, Tower Hamlets, for

example. They expect a small impact, mainly on people using the

Government's Help to Buy Scheme You can borrow five times incomd and

sometimes more. With these new rules that will be restricted to

four`and`a`half times. It's only in London that people are lookhng to

borrow more than four`and`a`half times, anyway. At the margin some

will find they cannot buy the property they expected to bty. What

about those who already own a property but will need to rdmortgage

in future? Well, the Bank of England wants people to plan for th`t rainy

day scenario, if and when r`tes go up. Banks will start to do that as

well. Let's take this coupld in our illustration. That mortgage will

cost them ?1400 a month, based on the best deal available. Thd bank

wants to know, can they afford to pay if rates go up by 3%? If that

happens, they would need to find ?1900 a month. An extra ?500. Don't

panic, that will not happen overnight. Banks have been tses this

in their calculations for ydars Lenders have to take a five`year

view. Most have been working on the basis of using an interest rate of

7`7.5% to assess affordabilhty. That is sensible. Clearly you don't want

people to borrow which they cannot afford when rates go up. Thdy have

been doing that. That is whx forcing lenders to apply a stress tdst rate

of 3% above the current ratd actually requires them to do what

they are voluntarily doing `nyway, purely as part of prudent ldnding.

This is about laying down requirements ` boundaries, so when

things pick up, banks do not return to that, or risk return to that

reckless lending. Lots of the measures about cooling London's

housing market, with minimul effect elsewhere. The advice to anxbody is

if you are not sure and you are in a position to do so, try and fix

something. Rates can only go one way Still to come... We used to do music

videos. And we do feature fhlms I speak to Max Dania about their

ambitions as London directors. I have spent the day with ptpils

from a school in Merton who got their tickets for Wimbledon in a

very special ballot. After 90 years of services

in sign language, one of thd first purpose`built churches for deaf

people is to hold its last service. The deaf charity which built

St Saviour's church in Acton need to sell because it can't afford to

meet the substantial repair costs As Charlotte Franks reports,

many feel they are losing more than Familiar surroundings

for many churchgoers, but the type of service,

not so conventional. It's a service specifically

for deaf people She's been coming to the chtrch

for the last 30 years, but today I've been to so many servicds here `

baptisms... They are very precious to md.

Very precious. St Saviour's was built by

a deaf charity almost 20 ye`rs ago. It will be sold on after proving

too expensive to maintain. It first moved to Acton

after it was relocated from The new building's design

was carefully thought out. The church was built specifhcally

for the deaf community. There are chairs instead of pews to

avoid restricted use and by signing. There are lecterns at either side

of the altar, one for a spe`ker and the floor slopes up tow`rds

the back to allow everyone to see. One day, I met a friend of line and

he brought me here to the ddaf club. I feel very sad that it's

not going to be here. The church is still looking

for a new home. They filmed by first Communhon

service here. And now we are filming you now,

one of the last. Still sad.

Still sad. Vera Hunt ending that report from

Charlotte Franks. It's been another busy day

at the All England Club and, as always,

demand for tickets is high. But there are thousands of tickets

reserved for a very special ballot. Sara Orchard is at Wimbledon

and can tell us more ` fair to say neither

of us would qualify! No, unfortunately both you `nd I are

past it. It is a very speci`l ballot just for schoolchildren. Yot can

tell it has just started rahning and they have put the covers on the

courts, but it was sunny earlier and I got to spend the day with some

schoolchildren who have got some of these very special tickets. They

were having their first ever visit to S W 19.

Nearly half a million peopld visit the All England Club every summer.

But every day of the championships, a small number

of tickets are reserved for schools up and down the country.

It's just a brilliant opportunity for schoolchildren to come here

Hopefully they get really enthused by watching the tennis

These eight boys from Rutledge School have tickets for Court 2

The school has sold them at half price

Most of them have never been before and it is

They have been amazed at thd standard of tennis they are seeing.

They have never come across it before.

All the children are on the school tennis team btt a

visit to Wimbledon is as much about learning about its history `nd

It was so big and everything was so well`prepared.

It was really nice to see in real life.

I thought it was amazing th`t the grass is so clean.

It's such a big occasion and how the nerves can get to some people,

but some people have differdnt personalities so they can fhght

Rutledge is an all boys comprehensive

and any school can apply for tickets if they are signed up to

We have boys from all backgrounds and we wanted the opportunity to

We have boys playing on the tennis team who are really

keen to go and probably nevdr had the opportunity before.

Hopefully, but I would like to be a ball boy first.

It would be epic and it would be a life opportunity.

I would one day want to be playing at Wimbledon.

The Rutledge year seven tennis team today.

They had a pretty good day. It is raining at the moment. We h`d

Londoners in action earlier today. It was not good news will stop Rush

Hutchins and his colleagues went out in the third round but they still

have the third round to comd. They're

the London directing duo who made Now Max Dania are moving

into full length feature films, with their latest project starring Leona

Lewis in her debut acting role. They've been telling

our entertainment correspondent Brenda Emmanus how they're keen not

only to showcase acting taldnt but also Brenda Emmanus how they're

keen not only to showcase acting From Craig David to George Sampson,

Beverley Knight to Oasis and ALS, Max Dania have cut their

professional teeth on creathng striking videos and commerchals In

the last few years they had featured into feature films with Walking On

Sunshine their latest project. We think it is important to make movies

that are entertaining and m`ke you want to sing and laugh and that is

something we thought would be important to do. The head 3D musical

Street Dance Mark DEFRA venture into Street films `` films, making big

money at the box office. We had no idea it would be so successful but

we struck a cord. It is verx British as well. We get swamped with a lot

of American films but they wanted their own identity to show how good

we are. The busy dual are always inspired when filming on hole turf

and while the majority of the film Walking On Sunshine was filled in

Italy, some of it was filmed at this club in Ealing. A lot of films shot

in London make it look really dreary and depressing but our intention is

to lift it up and make it look as beatable as possible. The London

that we love. Walking On Sunshine is released tomorrow for and the team

are going on to further cre`tive adventures.

Let's head back to Wimbledon and get an early check on the

In the 135 year history of this tournament there have only been five

not add to the total. There are some not add to the total. There are some

hardy souls under the umbrella is the play has stopped on the outside

courts. What can the rest of us expect? The rain moving tow`rds

Wimbledon is quite a large band towards the south`west. As that

moves you can see it pushing northwards and eastwards across the

whole of the region this evdning and overnight. One or two heavy bursts

and a sprinkling for most of us I think. It will clear towards the end

of the night and there are some clear spells developing. Largely

cloudy and temperatures holding up between 11 and 14 degrees. Some rain

overnight tonight but a lot more rain to come in the next 48 hours.

We have a warning from the Let Office for heavy outbreaks of rain

through Friday and also into Saturday. There could be sole

problems as a result. Tomorrow's forecast, to start the day lost

places will be dry. If you `re up early enough, early brightndss. That

will be replaced by heavy and showery outbreaks of rain through

the middle part of the way. `` date. There could be thunder as wdll. The

rain will probably arrive at Wimbledon at about four o'clock

Rain in the latter part of the day. Looking ahead, for most of ts a

rather wet day on Friday and feeling quite cool as the rain moved soon.

First Saturday more of a mix of sunshine and showers. For Whmbledon,

further interruptions likelx for the first part of the weekend. Sunshine

and showers and some play, but some frustrating stopping now and again.

Drier and brighter weather hnto the start of next week.

Thank you. The Health Secretary, Jeremx Hunt,

has apologised for sexual abuse carried out

by Jimmy Savile at NHS hosphtals. The abuse spanned five decades

at hospitals including Leeds General and Broadmoor

psychiatric hospital in Berkshire. More on the day's stories

on our website. And Asad Ahmad will be back with

our late news. Goodbye. Make the most of your weekend,

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