:00:00. > :00:00.The Governor of the Bank of England says leaving the EU would affect
:00:00. > :00:11.Mark Carney makes his warning to MPs and provokes sharp exchanges
:00:12. > :00:15.with those in favour of leaving the EU.
:00:16. > :00:24.The issue is the biggest domestic risk to financial stability.
:00:25. > :00:27.It is speculative and beneath the dignity of the Bank of England
:00:28. > :00:30.to be making speculative pro-EU comments.
:00:31. > :00:35.We'll be assessing the significance of Mr Carney's words and how
:00:36. > :00:37.they might affect the EU Referendum debate.
:00:38. > :00:41.A warning from the UN about the migrant crisis -
:00:42. > :00:47.a proposal to send back refugees would be against international law.
:00:48. > :00:49.It's not about other people around you, it's not
:00:50. > :00:54.As major sponsors pull out over her doping admission,
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:01:10. > :01:12.And old habits die hard - but how some town planners are thinking of
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:01:24. > :01:45.in tonight's Fifth Round Replay at the KC Stadium.
:01:46. > :01:49.The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has told MPs that
:01:50. > :01:52.leaving the EU is the biggest domestic risk
:01:53. > :01:57.That led to sharp criticism by MPs in favour of leaving the EU -
:01:58. > :02:00.who said Mr Carney was breaching the impartiality of the Bank
:02:01. > :02:04.of England, being partisan, and "entirely political".
:02:05. > :02:07.Our economics editor, Kamal Ahmed, has more.
:02:08. > :02:11.He's the man charged with maintaining economic stability
:02:12. > :02:13.and today the Governor of the Bank of England said that stability
:02:14. > :02:18.could be at risk if Britain decides to leave the European Union.
:02:19. > :02:21.In evidence before MPs, Mark Carney made it clear this
:02:22. > :02:28.The issue is the biggest risk, the biggest domestic risk
:02:29. > :02:35.And part of the issue's around uncertainty.
:02:36. > :02:39.But also because - if I may just finish quickly -
:02:40. > :02:42.because it has the potential - potential, depending on how
:02:43. > :02:47.it is prosecuted and how these issues can be addressed -
:02:48. > :02:52.to amplify risks around the current account as has been discussed,
:02:53. > :02:54.potential risks around housing, potential risks around market
:02:55. > :02:57.fluctuation, which we're trying to mitigate.
:02:58. > :03:01.Sterling's value could fall, jobs could be lost,
:03:02. > :03:06.Mr Carney also wrote to the Select Committee praising
:03:07. > :03:10.the Prime Minister's EU deal, saying it would improve
:03:11. > :03:13.competitiveness and reinforce the positive impact
:03:14. > :03:18.The list of reasons for staying in the EU was a long one,
:03:19. > :03:21.so long that MPs that back Britain leaving the EU
:03:22. > :03:28.The statements you make about the dynamism of the economy
:03:29. > :03:30.could just as well refer to the reforms introduced
:03:31. > :03:34.It is speculative and beneath the dignity of the Bank of England
:03:35. > :03:45.Mr Carney making it clear, with the raised eyebrow
:03:46. > :03:49.depicting Governor anger, that there could also be dangers
:03:50. > :03:55.We say membership of the European Union brings risk
:03:56. > :03:59.as well and the principle risk - risks, I should say,
:04:00. > :04:03.because there is more than one - are associated with the unfinished
:04:04. > :04:10.After what were sometimes bad-tempered exchanges with MPs,
:04:11. > :04:14.Mark Carney returned here, the somewhat safer environment
:04:15. > :04:18.of his office at the Bank of England.
:04:19. > :04:21.I am told he's pleased with today's session.
:04:22. > :04:24.He thinks he got across two big points.
:04:25. > :04:28.Firstly, that, yes, there could be a short-term economic risk
:04:29. > :04:31.if Britain were to leave the European Union and,
:04:32. > :04:35.second, that no politicians lent on him to say that.
:04:36. > :04:37.Maybe not, but his critics said he was drifting
:04:38. > :04:44.And I think it is quite wrong for a Governor of the Bank
:04:45. > :04:48.of England to enter the political fray in this way.
:04:49. > :04:52.Mr Carney said this would be his last substantial intervention
:04:53. > :04:57.Yes, leaving the EU could have short-term risks, but he ended
:04:58. > :05:03.In the long-term he said it is impossible to be conclusive
:05:04. > :05:06.about whether leaving the EU would be better or worse
:05:07. > :05:19.What is your assessment then of what Mr Carney had to say today? Well, it
:05:20. > :05:24.was three hours. I sat through all three hours. Certainly, I think the
:05:25. > :05:30.big point that Mark Carney wanted to leave viewers and listeners with is
:05:31. > :05:34.that if Britain does leave the European Union, there would be, in
:05:35. > :05:40.his words, short-term risks. What does that mean? He means two, three,
:05:41. > :05:44.four years, possibly, as Britain renegotiates free trade deals and
:05:45. > :05:48.our relationship with Europe and the rest of the world. These are
:05:49. > :05:52.shark-infested waters for the Governor. He is an independent
:05:53. > :05:59.person, he is not a politician and he knows almost anything he says on
:06:00. > :06:03.this issue is going to be taken by both the remain in the EU camp and
:06:04. > :06:07.the leave campaign to be supporting their position. He did put some
:06:08. > :06:11.important caveats about his point about the risk of leaving the
:06:12. > :06:15.European Union. The issue that in the long-term kind of who knows
:06:16. > :06:19.ultimately and there are risks to staying in, this idea of the
:06:20. > :06:25.two-speed Europe where the eurozone goes in one direction and the
:06:26. > :06:28.countries out of the European Union go in the other. Mr Carney hopes
:06:29. > :06:33.this has laid out the Bank of England's position. It is their
:06:34. > :06:38.independent belief that leaving the EU has risks. He doesn't want to get
:06:39. > :06:40.too political. When it comes down to the European Union referendum, he
:06:41. > :06:43.probably knows that is almost impossible. Thank you.
:06:44. > :06:44.And there's more about the EU Referendum and the economic
:06:45. > :06:47.arguments on both sides on our "reality check" pages.
:06:48. > :06:57.The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has disowned and dismissed as a cock
:06:58. > :07:00.up an email sent to his senior staff telling them not
:07:01. > :07:02.to contradict his views on the EU Referendum.
:07:03. > :07:06.But despite that, the rule remains in place this evening.
:07:07. > :07:10.At the weekend, Mr Johnson had criticised the dismissal of the head
:07:11. > :07:12.of the British Chambers of Commerce after HE had spoken out
:07:13. > :07:16.Here's our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg.
:07:17. > :07:18.REPORTER: Why have you gagged members of your staff from speaking
:07:19. > :07:23.Boris Johnson is rarely known for keeping his views to himself.
:07:24. > :07:25.REPORTER: Isn't this gross hyprocisy?
:07:26. > :07:28.But on Europe, is there one rule for him and another
:07:29. > :07:36.I was only made aware of this edict very late last night and it ceased
:07:37. > :07:39.to be operative as soon as I was made aware of it.
:07:40. > :07:43.But the accusation followed him from home this morning,
:07:44. > :07:47.REPORTER: Have you gagged your staff?
:07:48. > :07:50.Because the London Mayor's office did warn his staff to keep quiet
:07:51. > :07:54.if they disagree with his view that we should leave the EU.
:07:55. > :07:56.In so far as that edict was ever operative,
:07:57. > :08:02.Mr Johnson's chief of staff, Sir Edward Lister, sent an email,
:08:03. > :08:06.just on Friday, to Mr Johnson's deputy mayors and his senior
:08:07. > :08:11.He wrote, "During the referendum campaign, I would expect you either
:08:12. > :08:15.to advocate the Mayor's position or otherwise not openly
:08:16. > :08:22.When the very next day Boris Johnson was determinedly defending this man,
:08:23. > :08:25.John Longworth, bumped out of his job as leader of the business
:08:26. > :08:28.group, the British Chambers of Commerce, because he argued
:08:29. > :08:38.With every week that passes, Boris' credibility, not only
:08:39. > :08:41.as a future Prime Minister, but certainly as somebody who wants
:08:42. > :08:46.to play a vocal part in this EU referendum campaign, is diminished.
:08:47. > :08:49.They've ditched the email advice in Mr Johnson's office
:08:50. > :08:52.and say his team can say whatever they want, but not when
:08:53. > :08:57.Boris Johnson has dismissed this email as a blunder,
:08:58. > :09:00.but the official rules are still in place at London's City Hall
:09:01. > :09:02.and it matters because, like all the big players
:09:03. > :09:05.in the arguments over the EU, he wants you to believe him and then
:09:06. > :09:12.to back his case and what his office warned in private sits uncomfortably
:09:13. > :09:21.alongside what the Mayor himself has said loudly in public.
:09:22. > :09:24.Boris Johnson famously said his policy on cake is pro
:09:25. > :09:30.But on the European Union, might he have bitten off
:09:31. > :09:36.Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.
:09:37. > :09:39.It's not quite 24 hours since EU leaders talked of a possible
:09:40. > :09:43.solution to the migrant crisis - already cracks are starting
:09:44. > :09:47.The United Nations says a key proposal to send migrants who've
:09:48. > :09:49.arrived in Greece back to Turkey is incompatible with EU
:09:50. > :09:56.Our Europe editor, Katya Adler, assesses whether the chances
:09:57. > :10:07.It is not the promised land, but it is better than where they ran from.
:10:08. > :10:11.Syrian families stuck here on the border between Greece and Macedonia
:10:12. > :10:15.were stunned today by rumours whispered through this camp that
:10:16. > :10:23.Europe now plans to push them en masse back across the Mediterranean.
:10:24. > :10:27.TRANSLATION: all we wanted was to have reached
:10:28. > :10:32.safety. We don't want to go backwards. We want to live. We want
:10:33. > :10:36.a future. It is a violent change of course for Europe, which months ago
:10:37. > :10:42.spoke of solidarity and helping those in need. But even once
:10:43. > :10:50.welcoming Germany and Sweden now say enough is enough. Fortress Europe is
:10:51. > :13:17.slamming shut. But is that really workable? Enter the new hoped-for
:13:18. > :13:23.It's angler Michael's political career that is on the line. She has
:13:24. > :13:27.key elections this weekend. She was pushing the moves at the EU summit,
:13:28. > :13:32.and luckily for her, votes will be counted in Germany before it all has
:13:33. > :13:37.a chance to unravel. The Chief Executive of Sunderland
:13:38. > :13:41.football club, Margaret Byrne, has resign because of her involvement in
:13:42. > :13:44.the Adam Johnson case. The footballer is facing a jail sentence
:13:45. > :13:51.after he was convicted of sexual activity with the 15-year-old girl.
:13:52. > :13:57.Sunderland has been criticised for allowing Johnson to continue to
:13:58. > :14:01.play. The executive was under pressure for a few days, Fai has she
:14:02. > :14:06.resigned today? Quite simply, I think Sunderland felt this was the
:14:07. > :14:10.only way to draw a line under this after so much damage had been done
:14:11. > :14:15.to their reputation. The club has been in crisis since last week, when
:14:16. > :14:20.former player Johnson was convicted. Today, that intensified with the
:14:21. > :14:26.resignation of Margaret Byrne, the chief Executive. Johnson was
:14:27. > :14:29.suspended initially, having been arrested, then he was reinstated by
:14:30. > :14:36.Margaret Byrne and allowed to resume his career. He earned around ?3
:14:37. > :14:40.million more despite facing four criminal charges. Eventually, the
:14:41. > :14:46.club decided to sack him when he changed his plea to guilty on two of
:14:47. > :14:49.those counts. The Chief Executive faces criticism -- faced criticism
:14:50. > :14:56.for allowing him to continue to play. She said today that she had
:14:57. > :15:00.indeed, last May, been handed information by Johnson's barrister
:15:01. > :15:04.in which he admitted kissing his 15-year-old victim and communicating
:15:05. > :15:08.with our, and she said it was wrong to allow him to play on. The club,
:15:09. > :15:11.meanwhile, said they were sorry to the victim and they had let her
:15:12. > :15:17.down. Johnson is expected to be sentenced at the end of this month.
:15:18. > :15:19.The tennis star, Maria Sharapova, looks set to lose millions
:15:20. > :15:22.after three major sponsors - including the sportswear firm Nike -
:15:23. > :15:24.have suspended their links with her, in the light
:15:25. > :15:29.Yesterday, the five-times Grand Slam winner revealed she'd tested
:15:30. > :15:31.positive for a drug called Meldonium, saying she took it
:15:32. > :15:44.Our sports correspondent, Richard Conway, reports.
:15:45. > :15:53.She's one of the world's most famous sports stars with a string
:15:54. > :15:55.of lucrative endorsements, but after admitting to using
:15:56. > :15:56.a banned performancing-enhancing drug, Maria Sharapova's tennis
:15:57. > :16:00.career and brand are at risk of grinding to a halt.
:16:01. > :16:07.Porsche, Tag Heuer and Nike have all now distanced themselves
:16:08. > :16:10.from the five-time Grand Slam winner, but her great on court rival
:16:11. > :16:13.today expressed admiration for her stance.
:16:14. > :16:16.Most people were surprised and shocked by Maria but,
:16:17. > :16:19.at the same time, I think most people were happy
:16:20. > :16:22.that she was upfront and very honest.
:16:23. > :16:27.Meldonium is used to treat heart conditions such as angina.
:16:28. > :16:29.It's manufactured in Latvia, but it's not approved for use
:16:30. > :16:36.In healthy people, there's evidence it can improve athletic performance
:16:37. > :16:40.by boosting endurance and aiding recovery.
:16:41. > :16:42.Wada, the World Anti-Doping Agency, added Meldonium to its list
:16:43. > :16:51.Sharapova insists she was unaware the substance had been prohibited
:16:52. > :16:54.and that her doctor legally prescribed it to her for close to 10
:16:55. > :16:58.years, a period during which she was at the top of the women's game.
:16:59. > :17:05.But the former head of Wada has his doubts.
:17:06. > :17:08.10 years is a long time to take a drug like that.
:17:09. > :17:10.Are you assured by her that she was taking it
:17:11. > :17:25.Whatever comment I've seen on it is that a drug like this
:17:26. > :17:27.you wouldn't take it over a long period of time.
:17:28. > :17:30.So that would suggest that perhaps she was taking it
:17:31. > :17:34.That's why there was an urge to put the drug on the list.
:17:35. > :17:37.I made a huge mistake and I've let my fans down.
:17:38. > :17:47.Following her mea culpa, Maria Sharapova will now try to argue for
:17:48. > :17:54.a reduction in a likely two-year ban from tennis. Her commercial value
:17:55. > :18:01.has been badly damaged but so too her chances of ending a glittering
:18:02. > :18:05.playing career on her own terms. Richard Conway, BBC News.
:18:06. > :18:08.The World Health Organisation has told the BBC it's concerned
:18:09. > :18:11.by the number of children and young people on antidepressants in the UK.
:18:12. > :18:14.A new international study shows that there has been a 54% increase
:18:15. > :18:16.in use over seven years, despite warnings about the potential
:18:17. > :18:18.Hywel Griffith has this exclusive report.
:18:19. > :18:25.I was terrified, I'm still terrified of medication.
:18:26. > :18:27.At one point, I stayed in my house for six months,
:18:28. > :18:32.memories of that time definitely do still give me flashbacks and it does
:18:33. > :18:36.It's a simple routine - every day, every week,
:18:37. > :18:44.for five years, George has taken an antidepressant.
:18:45. > :18:47.He started at 15 and says they were prescribed on his first
:18:48. > :18:52.My doctor put me on the antidepressants really
:18:53. > :18:57.I wasn't offered, you know, counselling or anything like that.
:18:58. > :19:02.Antidepressants are a recognised treatment for managing depression
:19:03. > :19:06.in children, but the guidelines are clear - they shouldn't be
:19:07. > :19:09.offered initially if the symptoms are mild.
:19:10. > :19:12.In more serious cases, they should only be used alongside
:19:13. > :19:16.psychological therapies and the type of antidepressant is key.
:19:17. > :19:20.There are some drugs licensed for adults that guidelines say
:19:21. > :19:27.The only recommended drug is fluoxetine, commonly known
:19:28. > :19:30.as Prozac, but new research shows in most cases doctors
:19:31. > :19:36.are prescribing other antidepressants.
:19:37. > :19:40.The World Health Organisation says it's particularly concerned
:19:41. > :19:41.by this use of so-called 'off label' drugs.
:19:42. > :19:47.There are legal regulations and also there are professional guidelines.
:19:48. > :19:52.Off label use of drugs many times cross both of them and that's
:19:53. > :19:55.something which we are very concerned about.
:19:56. > :19:57.We must be reliant upon the clear evidence and guidelines that
:19:58. > :20:02.We do recognise doctors need some flexibility, but very often use off
:20:03. > :20:06.label reasons for prescription is something which
:20:07. > :20:13.12 years ago, antidepressant use amongst children dropped
:20:14. > :20:16.after concerns they could lead to suicidal behaviour.
:20:17. > :20:19.The new research for the European Journal
:20:20. > :20:22.of Neuropsychopharmacology shows use then grew within years.
:20:23. > :20:27.GPs say they aren't the ones initiating the prescriptions,
:20:28. > :20:31.but they have seen a growth in children needing help.
:20:32. > :20:32.The mild end, the school counsellors pick up,
:20:33. > :20:37.The more severe end can access specialist psychological
:20:38. > :20:40.and psychiatric help for children and for teenagers.
:20:41. > :20:43.The problem is, everybody in the middle.
:20:44. > :20:46.None of the other services seem geared to picking them up,
:20:47. > :20:48.so this is a huge problem and it is that middle group
:20:49. > :20:58.They're trying to prove something to themselves...
:20:59. > :21:00.More children reaching out for help may be positive,
:21:01. > :21:02.but putting more of them on antidepressants shouldn't
:21:03. > :21:05.We need to start thinking about mental health from birth
:21:06. > :21:07.and giving children the tools that they need
:21:08. > :21:11.Teaching children about their brains and how they work in just the same
:21:12. > :21:14.way we would their bodies and encouraging them to get
:21:15. > :21:17.For George, daily medication has moved into adulthood.
:21:18. > :21:20.He hopes the time will come when he can cope without and feel
:21:21. > :21:38.The Government is facing a possible Commons defeat over plans to extend
:21:39. > :21:41.Sunday trading in England and Wales after the SNP decided to join Tory
:21:42. > :21:45.The plans would give local councils the power to grant larger shops
:21:46. > :21:50.Eleanor Garnier is in Westminster tonight.
:21:51. > :21:56.Have the SNP got involved in this? ? Scotland shops can open when they
:21:57. > :22:02.like. Staff are paid more to work on a Sunday. The SNP claims it's those
:22:03. > :22:06.higher wages that will be hit if the Government changes go through. The
:22:07. > :22:09.SNP, not for the first time, are intervening on legislation that
:22:10. > :22:13.technically only covers England and Wales. That's something their leader
:22:14. > :22:17.said they wouldn't do. The Government's calling the SNP
:22:18. > :22:21.hypocritical for denying people the freedoms to shop that are already
:22:22. > :22:25.available in Scotland. But it is a difficult time for the Government.
:22:26. > :22:29.We are a week away from the Budget. In the middle of a very challenge EU
:22:30. > :22:34.referendum campaign. The Government won't want to be left red faced if
:22:35. > :22:40.it loses the argument on Sunday trading. But with the SNP, with
:22:41. > :22:44.Labour, with around 20 Tory MPs potentially and more all opposing
:22:45. > :22:48.the Government's plans, it will be very difficult to push these changes
:22:49. > :22:50.through unless they can come up with a new compromise. Eleanor, at
:22:51. > :22:59.Westminster, thank you. Police investigating
:23:00. > :23:01.the disappearance of the chef Claudia Lawrence in York,
:23:02. > :23:03.say four men arrested last year on suspicion of murder
:23:04. > :23:10.will not face any charges. when she failed to turn up for work
:23:11. > :23:15.at York University in March 2009. Detectives have said they will not
:23:16. > :23:26.give up their investigation. There's been a series of stabbing
:23:27. > :23:31.attacks in Jaffa in Israel - an American tourist has been
:23:32. > :23:34.killed and several other Police are said to have
:23:35. > :23:39.shot dead the attacker, US Vice President Joe Biden -
:23:40. > :23:43.who's visiting Israel - It's five years since the start
:23:44. > :23:47.of peaceful uprisings in Syria The subsequent government crackdown
:23:48. > :23:50.led to a conflict that has left a quarter of a million
:23:51. > :23:53.people dead and over half Peace talks are due to resume
:23:54. > :23:56.in Geneva this week, but with four of the five permanent
:23:57. > :23:59.UN Security Council members involved in the conflict, our Middle East
:24:00. > :24:05.editor, Jeremy Bowen, This was Damascus in October last
:24:06. > :24:11.year. The current truce is a respite, not an end. The war has
:24:12. > :24:16.killed more than 200,000, created millions of refugees and re-ignited
:24:17. > :24:21.wars in Syria's neighbours. It's also pulled in the world's biggest
:24:22. > :24:29.military powers - Russia, as well as the US, Britain and France. At the
:24:30. > :24:35.UN's Geneva headquarters they're trying to end five years of
:24:36. > :24:37.diplomatic failure. Five years in which Syria's internal uprising has
:24:38. > :24:45.become a mini world war. Another deadly complication
:24:46. > :24:48.is the fact that the war in Syria is now a major front in the conflict
:24:49. > :24:52.between Shia and Sunni Muslims that stretches right across
:24:53. > :24:54.the Islamic world. Syria has produced layers of war,
:24:55. > :24:56.about power, as well as identity. It started with demonstrations five
:24:57. > :25:02.years ago against the Assad regime. Now that quickly turned
:25:03. > :25:07.into a shooting war and when the two sides main backers got involved,
:25:08. > :25:10.the sectarian dimension deepened. The Assad regime is dominated
:25:11. > :25:15.by Alawites, they are a sect of Shia Islam and their main backers
:25:16. > :25:19.are in the main Shia as well. There's Iran and also
:25:20. > :25:21.the Lebanese Hezbollah movement as well of course as Russia,
:25:22. > :25:27.who aren't Shi'ites. The armed rebels have been
:25:28. > :25:30.backed by Saudi Arabia, by Turkey, by Jordan and by Qatar,
:25:31. > :25:34.all Sunni countries. The Saudis and the Iranians already
:25:35. > :25:37.saw themselves as regional rivals but now that's escalated
:25:38. > :25:51.into a proxy war with Syria In Damascus and across Syria, each
:25:52. > :25:56.new layer of war has made peace making harder. After five years,
:25:57. > :26:03.it's become a tangled, complex fight. Deals between Syrians are
:26:04. > :26:08.possible, but the war that ruined Syria left space that has been
:26:09. > :26:13.filled by the jihadists who call themselves Islamic State. IS
:26:14. > :26:18.brutality, not the destruction of Syria, forced a reluctant US and
:26:19. > :26:22.Britain into the fight. But long before so much was lost, the world's
:26:23. > :26:28.big powers should have acted to stop the war and the exodus of civilians,
:26:29. > :26:35.say the UN Human Rights Chief. One of the most upsetting parts of this
:26:36. > :26:40.migration discussion is that it's the migrants who have to pay the
:26:41. > :26:44.price for the failure of the international system. So permanent
:26:45. > :26:49.members of the Security Council, Britain among them, should have
:26:50. > :26:53.tried harder My feeling is, yes. They are the riposte are you of
:26:54. > :26:55.institutional knowledge. They have special responsibilities, not just
:26:56. > :26:59.special privileges, they should have known better. Should have done more?
:27:00. > :27:03.Should have done more. And because they didn't, that's a major factor
:27:04. > :27:10.what, in the last five years of killing? I think it's undeniably so
:27:11. > :27:14.it's a major factor. Yes. Neutral, quiet Switzerland feels as if it's a
:27:15. > :27:20.long way from the killing. That is an illusion. Belatedly Europeans are
:27:21. > :27:25.realising that Syria's mini world war is on their doorstep. Trying to
:27:26. > :27:30.contain it or ignore it is no kind of policy. Jeremy Bowen, BBC News,
:27:31. > :27:34.Geneva. The big car manufactures recognise
:27:35. > :27:37.that mass produced cars It is this revolution that has town
:27:38. > :27:41.planners rethinking the urban As part of our series on changing
:27:42. > :27:48.cars our home editor, Mark Easton, asks if the future
:27:49. > :27:50.could be green and serene? Or are we just too attached
:27:51. > :27:58.to our trusty motors? It was all supposed
:27:59. > :28:00.to be so different. NEWS REEL: ...of Harrow's
:28:01. > :28:02.garden villages. The suburbs promised the rural idyll
:28:03. > :28:07.close to the big city, instead of leafy streets
:28:08. > :28:09.and beautiful gardens, what we got was cars,
:28:10. > :28:15.cars and more cars. Maybe new technology,
:28:16. > :28:23.like driverless electric vehicles and Uber-style taxi apps, mean that
:28:24. > :28:28.rather than having your own car, which is parked up 95% of the time,
:28:29. > :28:32.you simply press a button and summon what you need, far cheaper,
:28:33. > :28:39.when you need it. And just think how that might change
:28:40. > :28:44.the places we live in. This is Capthorne Avenue in Harrow,
:28:45. > :28:48.a classic suburban street. Take the cars out of the picture,
:28:49. > :28:54.lay some grass, plants some trees, the cluttered road becomes a green
:28:55. > :28:57.space, a community resource where children can play
:28:58. > :29:02.and neighbours can meet. Instead of the private car,
:29:03. > :29:04.people only use a car It's a model that politicians
:29:05. > :29:10.in London took a close interest in as a way of dealing
:29:11. > :29:14.with the housing crisis and the design consultancy behind
:29:15. > :29:20.the proposals has even come up with a name for it -
:29:21. > :29:23.not suburbia, superbia. The point about the self-driven car
:29:24. > :29:26.is that it takes up much less space, it's much safer, it's
:29:27. > :29:28.smaller and it's not But people really like having
:29:29. > :29:33.their car just outside, And, when they get used
:29:34. > :29:42.to new technologies, it'll be just like
:29:43. > :29:44.whistling for your dog. We tried the idea on the residents
:29:45. > :29:48.of Capthorne Avenue. If me have music on,
:29:49. > :30:01.me like looking at the car You like to see it
:30:02. > :30:04.outside? Taking cars out of cities
:30:05. > :30:09.is hardly new. In Freiburg, in southern Germany,
:30:10. > :30:12.they started closing central streets But now the idea has spread
:30:13. > :30:25.to residential neighbourhoods, it's just you can't park it
:30:26. > :30:30.outside your house. You have to put it in
:30:31. > :30:33.the multistorey, on the edge of the estate, where a space
:30:34. > :30:35.costs 20,000 euros. So what's happened is people moved
:30:36. > :30:38.here, thought they'd need a car, but very quickly they've
:30:39. > :30:40.just given it up. They realised after a while they
:30:41. > :30:43.don't need to own one and actually sometimes they really
:30:44. > :30:46.felt very much relieved. The kids go to school on their own,
:30:47. > :30:48.even to kindergarten. It might seem a long way
:30:49. > :30:55.from the streets of Harrow today, but if technology can provide
:30:56. > :30:59.all the convenience and independence of a car without having to own one,
:31:00. > :31:02.then perhaps suburban Britain Mark Easton, BBC News,
:31:03. > :31:11.Capthorne Avenue. Tonight, it's morally messy,
:31:12. > :31:15.politically imperfect, Would the crisis be better
:31:16. > :31:22.solved if there was no EU? Join me now on BBC Two,
:31:23. > :31:31.11.00pm in Scotland. Here, on BBC One, it's time
:31:32. > :31:35.for the news where you are.