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it's time for the news where you are. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Good evening and welcome to BBC London News. | :00:00. | :00:14. | |
More than 200 police officers have carried out the first major | :00:15. | :00:16. | |
counter-terrorism exercise on the River Thames. | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
Emergency services were tested on their ability to tackle a lethal | :00:20. | :00:24. | |
attack on the water, in which dozens of people | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
Our Home Affairs correspondent Nick Beake, was watching. | :00:28. | :00:33. | |
A chilling sight on the River Thames. | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
Terrorists have hijacked a tourist boat and taken dozens | :00:38. | :00:39. | |
But someone manages to raise the alarm and help is on its way. | :00:40. | :00:49. | |
More than a dozen armed officers hurtle along the river | :00:50. | :00:54. | |
It's a race to reach the hijackers, who are heading for the City | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
A few moments later, the elite marksmen catch up and open fire. | :01:00. | :01:12. | |
One terrorist is down, now they must take out the others. | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
So they board the boat, neutralise the threat and secure | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
This is the first major exercise the Met and its partners have | :01:21. | :01:27. | |
London is prepared, we train and work and firearms officers | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
are trained to the highest levels to go forward and confront | :01:33. | :01:34. | |
You know, there is no intelligence that this is going to take place | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
but we want to make surewe are prepared, we are ready for it | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
and we can keep Londoners safe if that's what's required. | :01:43. | :01:45. | |
Scotland Yard says there is no intelligence to suggest anyone | :01:46. | :01:47. | |
is planning this sort of specific attack for real. | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
But last year an independent report commissioned by the Mayor of London | :01:51. | :01:53. | |
said security on the River Thames should be improved. | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
By inviting the cameras to watch this exercise this morning | :01:59. | :02:00. | |
the police are trying to achieve two things. | :02:01. | :02:03. | |
First, show they're prepared for a terrorist attack, and second, | :02:04. | :02:06. | |
remind the public that the threat level remains severe, | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
The 200 police officers and other staff involved in this exercise | :02:10. | :02:16. | |
will have seen the shooting of a terror suspect | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
Yet another reminder of why the Met and others prepare for the worst. | :02:21. | :02:27. | |
Nick Beake, BBC London News, on the banks of the River Thames. | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
Now this might come as a surprise, but London is one of the least | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
densely populated metropolises in the world. | :02:37. | :02:40. | |
But the desperate need for more housing may soon change that. | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
With more, here's our Political Editor, Tim Donovan. | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
Mill Harbour, just south of Canary Wharf, is the most densely | :02:49. | :02:51. | |
populated part of the UK, and it reflects a trend. | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
In six out of the last seven years, the homes built in the capital have | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
exceeded the recommended City Hall guidelines on density. | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
This, I think, is the pattern of the future. | :03:05. | :03:06. | |
And not only in inner and central London now. | :03:07. | :03:08. | |
If you look in places like Wembley and Harrow, | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
even, you begin to see, not things quite as dense as this, | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
but things that are beginning to look more like this. | :03:16. | :03:19. | |
Small is beautiful, believes the developer behind hundreds | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
of flats like this one, which are 400 square feet, | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
That is not the view of people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, | :03:27. | :03:35. | |
who are absolutely critical to the London economy. | :03:36. | :03:38. | |
They want a different kind of housing. | :03:39. | :03:40. | |
They want to get into the centre of town faster. | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
They want to have buildings that meet their particular needs. | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
So I think actually, the garden may be for a slightly outdated view. | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
It's led to renewed calls for pressure on London to be relieved. | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
GLA, the Conservatives have been arguing for a long time | :03:55. | :03:57. | |
that the government needs to ramp up the idea of garden cities | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
in the south-east to solve the problems in the south-east. | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
It's not just London's housing problems. | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
But there seems no sign soon of space becoming | :04:09. | :04:10. | |
Peckham has been revealed as the most desirable location | :04:11. | :04:22. | |
in London in a list published today in the Sunday Times. | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
Up and coming areas include Walthamstow, | :04:27. | :04:28. | |
That's according to the newspaper's Best Places to Live Guide. | :04:29. | :04:36. | |
A mild, damp start to the day tomorrow. | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
Still windy though, with some outbreaks of rain at times. | :04:41. | :04:42. | |
Enjoy what's left of your Sunday. Bye for now. | :04:43. | :05:06. | |
Good evening. There is some rain coming into the southern half of the | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
UK as we speak. I think by the end of the night it will have got into | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
the Midlands and much of East Anglia as well. A bit of a breeze here as | :05:17. | :05:22. | |
well. Some gusty winds and snow on the hills of Scotland. With all | :05:23. | :05:24. |