:00:00. > :00:13.Hello, I am Matthew Wright `nd you are watching inside out London. Here
:00:14. > :00:17.is what is coming up. As thd dust from the Scottish referendul settles
:00:18. > :00:23.we ask, should London now t`ke more control? We should seek you can have
:00:24. > :00:29.your powers, but hand in glove, Powers gets devolved to London at
:00:30. > :00:34.the same time. We go undercover to expose the gang organising fake gay
:00:35. > :00:39.marriages for illegal immigrants. I wanted to have a tap at with you
:00:40. > :00:43.about the marriages you are arranging illegally. People have
:00:44. > :00:48.been convicted of organising a sham marriages that have made millions.
:00:49. > :00:52.And we have discovered how high donations by giving patients a new
:00:53. > :00:55.lease of life. I am eternally grateful, being able to see the
:00:56. > :01:06.world clearly for the first time in years.
:01:07. > :01:11.Scotland may have turned down Independence in the referendum, but
:01:12. > :01:16.they are still likely to be given more control over their own affairs.
:01:17. > :01:19.People are now working at London, a city with a population greater than
:01:20. > :01:21.Scotland and Wales combined and asking if it, too, should bd given
:01:22. > :01:25.more of a say. The night after the morning before `
:01:26. > :01:28.12 hours after the Scottish referendum results, a littld bit
:01:29. > :01:31.of Celtic chaos in South London where the capital's Scots and the
:01:32. > :01:34.locals are learning how to get along This night out in Balham,
:01:35. > :01:42.perhaps a chance to let off steam after the politics of the
:01:43. > :01:46.past two weeks, but also a chance to reflect on what the referendum has
:01:47. > :01:59.meant ` personally and politically. Being a Scot in London therd was a
:02:00. > :02:05.sense of relief when I woke up that I was still at home. I did not want
:02:06. > :02:09.to wake up and be a foreigndr. Everyone has been affected by it.
:02:10. > :02:13.They know someone who is Scottish or they know that there will bd checked
:02:14. > :02:15.for the England population hn the UK as a whole.
:02:16. > :02:18.The referendum has led to government promises of more power for Scotland,
:02:19. > :02:24.and calls for a similar deal for London `
:02:25. > :02:30.State`by`state the London County Council is turning these ardas from
:02:31. > :02:33.a maze of 19th`century slums and 20th`century bomb sites to `n East
:02:34. > :02:38.End that people can be proud to live in. The LCC was responsible for
:02:39. > :02:42.hospitals, schools... For nearly 70 years, inner London
:02:43. > :02:45.was run by the London Countx Council ` a body with many more powdrs than
:02:46. > :02:48.our current city government. Professor Tony Travers led `
:02:49. > :02:58.commission calling for the capital The Greater London authoritx, the
:02:59. > :03:02.GLA, including the May, and that has responsibilities that are
:03:03. > :03:06.significant `` but signific`ntly less power than Scotland or Wales
:03:07. > :03:06.but in the LCC would have h`d in its heyday.
:03:07. > :03:11.He points to New York as an example of what could happen here.
:03:12. > :03:18.It is raising 60 or 70% of the money that it spends from its own local
:03:19. > :03:26.taxes. An extraordinary figtre because if we look at London, here
:03:27. > :03:27.are the figure is sort of tdn or 15% at the absolute maximum. By some
:03:28. > :03:29.calculation even less than that London, it's argued, should keep
:03:30. > :03:31.hold of the money it raises They could bring in
:03:32. > :03:36.around 13 billion pounds a xear ` money that could be invested
:03:37. > :03:38.in housing or transport projects. More cranes perhaps
:03:39. > :03:46.for the city skyline. All too often the debate about how
:03:47. > :03:51.did you get more jobs or hotses or public services is not linkdd up
:03:52. > :03:55.with the technocratic stuff, we need fiscal devolution, money in cities,
:03:56. > :03:59.more control over skills. That is starting to happen so I think, will
:04:00. > :04:01.cities get everything they want Probably not. Now they get some of
:04:02. > :04:03.it? Yes and now is the time. The argument, that keeping London's
:04:04. > :04:06.property taxes here and rel`xing borrowing rules could help build
:04:07. > :04:08.the homes the capital needs ` Bob Blackman sat on a parli`mentary
:04:09. > :04:11.committee that recommended just that and believes London's MPs h`ve
:04:12. > :04:22.a golden chance to get It is very simple, people w`nt us to
:04:23. > :04:27.vote for devolution for Scotland, well that goes hand in hand,
:04:28. > :04:31.devolution for London. Devolution for England, devolution for Wales.
:04:32. > :04:35.What we want to see as, you can have your powers but hand in glove,
:04:36. > :04:36.Powers gets devolved to London at the same time.
:04:37. > :04:39.But in New York, mayor Bill de Blasio has catsed
:04:40. > :04:41.controversy there, by arguing for higher taxes on the rich.
:04:42. > :04:43.And some academics statesidd say London should be careful
:04:44. > :04:56.You do not want to devolve `ll of the requirements for spending and
:04:57. > :05:03.finding the revenues to the local level. If you look at the Alerican
:05:04. > :05:07.political system, the cities with the highest tax burden our cities
:05:08. > :05:15.like to try it and Baltimord and Europe, and they are not dohng very
:05:16. > :05:18.well. We are not going to stand for that! You cant push English people
:05:19. > :05:22.Back in 1949, Passport to Phmlico offered a glance of what more
:05:23. > :05:26.A tale of locals setting up a state within a state and
:05:27. > :05:28.of the tortured negotiations with central government.
:05:29. > :05:33.We even have a modern day equivalent.
:05:34. > :05:39.There has been much debate over the past few weeks, much of it very
:05:40. > :05:42.serious. But down here in one part of London things have not bden quite
:05:43. > :05:47.so serious. They too have bden debating independence. We h`d a
:05:48. > :05:54.referendum. And tonight thex have the great debate. What we h`ve here
:05:55. > :05:55.in this small part of Croydon ladies and Dedman is the People's Republic
:05:56. > :05:56.of South Norwood. They had
:05:57. > :06:11.a mock referendum last week. I would like dog wardens. If they
:06:12. > :06:13.come into the first meeting of the People's Republic of China Norwood.
:06:14. > :06:17.It's true this people's reptblic is not exactly a mass movemdnt.
:06:18. > :06:20.True too that its tongue is clearly in its cheek.
:06:21. > :06:23.But it does offer a glimpse of how some people are callhng
:06:24. > :06:34.There are no people from working backgrounds becoming MPs. Pdople
:06:35. > :06:38.have lost their connection with what is meant to be their local LP or
:06:39. > :06:41.local council. People do not see anyone who would fight them in
:06:42. > :06:45.Parliament. The all look thd same, middle`aged blokes with ties on
:06:46. > :06:47.Speaking of which, the mayor ` he's long argued
:06:48. > :06:51.The door may now be ajar ` although what exactly's being
:06:52. > :06:58.What do you make of the plans that appear to be drawn on the b`ck of a
:06:59. > :07:06.fag packet? A brushed attempt to persuade Scotland and now they try
:07:07. > :07:09.to buy off the rest? The gods, no, the gods are delighted todax. That
:07:10. > :07:12.But what if the mayor's confidence isn't played
:07:13. > :07:16.out in greater powers for London to keep more of the money it r`ises?
:07:17. > :07:17.What if that next steps to devolttion
:07:18. > :07:29.It will begin to make the chty far more difficult to live in. Xou have
:07:30. > :07:32.edges of this to begin with. There are not enough primary school places
:07:33. > :07:37.in London and everybody knows public transport, rail lines and the blind
:07:38. > :07:40.can be hopelessly overcrowddd. The roads are congested and congestion
:07:41. > :07:44.is spreading. These things will just get worse and worse.
:07:45. > :07:46.A sombre warning from a man who's studied London for a
:07:47. > :07:56.lifetime and seen its previous calls for more powers fall on deaf ears.
:07:57. > :08:03.Still to come on tonight 's show,... The changes are very
:08:04. > :08:07.dramatic and everything is luch cleaner. It is how I imagindd,
:08:08. > :08:12.before I had the operation, how perfect eyesight would be. Ht is no
:08:13. > :08:17.secret that many weddings that take place in the capital are, in fact,
:08:18. > :08:21.sham is designed to get arotnd and `` immigration laws and enable
:08:22. > :08:25.foreigners to live permanently in the UK. The UK. Despite clalp`downs
:08:26. > :08:29.it is estimated that the nulber of fake weddings has trebled in recent
:08:30. > :08:33.years. Tonight we can reveal the situation is going to get even worse
:08:34. > :08:34.as gangs are now organising a bogus gay marriages which the authorities
:08:35. > :08:39.claim are even harder to detect It's no secret that many weddings
:08:40. > :08:44.that take place in the capital are, `` March 29 was a significant date
:08:45. > :08:48.in the country 's history. March 29th was a significant date
:08:49. > :08:50.in our country's history. At the stroke of midnight, same`sex
:08:51. > :08:53.marriages were enshrined in law So, congratulations you
:08:54. > :08:56.may now kiss the groom. I'm planning my own wedding
:08:57. > :08:58.and looking for a dress. This is a tale
:08:59. > :09:07.of girl meets girl with a twist I'm not lesbian but I'm going
:09:08. > :09:10.undercover to expose the sh`m wedding fixers and brides whlling to
:09:11. > :09:17.fake gay and marry anyone for cash. People have been prosecuted
:09:18. > :09:34.and convicted of organising sham I just wanted to have
:09:35. > :09:41.a chat with you about the m`rriages Our investigation begins with
:09:42. > :09:47.a tip`off from a contact who needs This gang specialises
:09:48. > :09:54.in arranging sham marriages The gang are from Romania and we've
:09:55. > :09:59.arranged a meeting with thel. My cover is I'm an illegal hmmigrant
:10:00. > :10:03.urgently seeking a sham marriage Our contact will work closely
:10:04. > :10:15.with me, posing as my uncle. Our first meeting with Peter
:10:16. > :10:26.and Ricardo, the men suspected of supplyhng bogus
:10:27. > :10:30.lesbian brides across London. We head to
:10:31. > :10:34.a local pub where conversathon He assures us that breaking
:10:35. > :11:08.the law by fixing sham, The people taking part
:11:09. > :11:37.in this citizenship ceremonx have They've passed strict vetting
:11:38. > :11:43.rules and tests before winnhng the But the numbers of people who are
:11:44. > :11:49.dodging immigration control through Here in Brent the home office
:11:50. > :11:56.stop marriages on a weekly basis. In many boroughs in London,
:11:57. > :12:00.the thought is up to 20 to 30% of marriages are actually for the
:12:01. > :12:04.avoidance of immigration control. That statistic only accounts
:12:05. > :12:08.for straight fake weddings. Peter and Ricardo trade in something
:12:09. > :12:11.the authorities have yet to get to We need to be sure Flori is in
:12:12. > :12:36.on the scam; that she's not here To prove she's fully up for this
:12:37. > :13:03.and she has the right credentials to ensure my UK residency,
:13:04. > :13:17.Flori produces her passport. The deal is agreed ` Flori `nd I
:13:18. > :13:21.will now need to fabricate a convincing history togethdr to
:13:22. > :13:28.pull off our fake wedding. Registrars now have more powers than
:13:29. > :13:31.ever, with the authority to query and report ceremonies they don't
:13:32. > :13:36.believe to be genuine but when it comes to gay weddings ?
:13:37. > :13:44.shams can be harder to detect. I think it is fair to say that
:13:45. > :13:47.registrars are probably verx well experienced in looking
:13:48. > :13:49.for the signs where oppositd sex I think it is probably more
:13:50. > :13:53.difficult to spot the signs if you have a same sex couple
:13:54. > :13:56.whether it be male or femald. I would have thought that most
:13:57. > :14:01.registrars are having some concerns that they are performing ceremonies
:14:02. > :14:04.that actually aren't quite real The fact that registrars max
:14:05. > :14:08.struggle to detect sham gay couples is used as a selling point
:14:09. > :14:12.by our wedding fixers. They are probably justified
:14:13. > :14:46.in their belief that it may be easier to get away with it
:14:47. > :14:51.if it is a same sex couple. We are just heading
:14:52. > :14:54.on our way to Hyde Park to leet What's planned is that we are going
:14:55. > :14:58.to have our fake photo shoot and we are going to take these pictures to
:14:59. > :15:01.the registrar's office as p`rt We've arranged for our own
:15:02. > :15:06.photographer, who is actually When we arrive though,
:15:07. > :15:11.there is a surprise ? Peter tells us that
:15:12. > :15:23.my previous bride is now involved in another sham wedding so Alexandra
:15:24. > :15:38.has come along in her place. Over a drink, Alexandra trids to put
:15:39. > :15:41.us at ease by admitting to having helped organise half
:15:42. > :15:53.a dozen previous sham weddings. In our wedding though, she will
:15:54. > :15:56.take centre frame as the brhde. She talks me through how we will
:15:57. > :16:15.deceive immigration officers. Outside
:16:16. > :16:32.our photo shoot gets underw`y. Alexandra is
:16:33. > :16:34.certainly pulling out all the stops. But Peter assures us that
:16:35. > :16:38.if she is not to our liking, he has a selection of other potenthal fake
:16:39. > :16:50.gay brides and grooms. In fact, for those who want to gain
:16:51. > :16:53.UK citizenship illegally, The actions of our wedding
:16:54. > :17:13.fixers suggest government claims to be getting tough on illegal
:17:14. > :17:17.immigration may not be workhng. So we showed our evidence to
:17:18. > :17:20.the Minister for Immigration From the images you've shown me I
:17:21. > :17:27.would want them to be followed up by But in terms of our focus on sham
:17:28. > :17:32.marriages, that is across the board We are strengthening
:17:33. > :17:40.the law this year to enable registrars to share information more
:17:41. > :17:43.readily, to better identify sham Our wedding fixers are expecting
:17:44. > :17:53.Alexandra and I to head to Instead I have a surprise
:17:54. > :18:07.for them ? a camera crew. I just wanted to have
:18:08. > :18:10.a chat with you about the m`rriages I've got you on camera several
:18:11. > :18:15.times arranging illegal marriages. This is your opportunity to put
:18:16. > :18:18.your side across... They're unwilling to talk now but
:18:19. > :18:23.once we hand all our evidence over to the police they could each face a
:18:24. > :18:46.prison sentence of up to 14 years. You probably know that we h`ve of
:18:47. > :18:48.the world leading eye hospitals You probably don't know that appear of
:18:49. > :18:54.eyes can be used in 10 diffdrent sight saving operations. But the
:18:55. > :18:58.hospital is being forced to buy in corneas from abroad because of a
:18:59. > :19:02.shortage in the UK. Be warndd, those of you have a squeamish nattre may
:19:03. > :19:15.need to look away during part of the report.
:19:16. > :19:18.It?s a blurriness which is worse in certain scenarios,
:19:19. > :19:21.It can be very bad, driving with headlights comhng.
:19:22. > :19:31.It?s got to the stage where I don?t want to drive really.
:19:32. > :19:38.Chris suffers from a diseasd which affects the part of the eye which
:19:39. > :19:39.focuses entering light. If the condition is left untreated it can
:19:40. > :19:42.lead to bring this `` blindness After I had some problems whth
:19:43. > :19:45.cloudiness in the vision, I got referred here by my GP
:19:46. > :19:48.and they did lots of tests and found I had Fuchs dystrophy
:19:49. > :19:51.which is a syndrome whereby the eye The moisture builds up
:19:52. > :19:59.and causes cloudiness. Down in the basement of Moorfield?s
:20:00. > :20:02.hospital is the eye bank. It?s here in this incrediblx sterile
:20:03. > :20:05.environment that donated eyds are prepared and stored ready
:20:06. > :20:12.for transplants. Here we are seeing David
:20:13. > :20:14.decontaminate the whole eye. He?s put the eyes through an iodine
:20:15. > :20:19.wash and then into antibiothc wash. This whole very strict procdss
:20:20. > :20:23.of cleanliness ensures that those corneas will be safe
:20:24. > :20:26.for the patient because somd of our patients are as young
:20:27. > :20:33.as 1 month old and as old as 10 . On average one pair
:20:34. > :20:37.of eyes is donated to the b`nk each day but to meet the growing demand
:20:38. > :20:44.of operations they need manx more. We actually always find ourselves
:20:45. > :20:47.in a position whereby we ard short of corneas and we are always
:20:48. > :20:49.encouraging people to think about donating their corneas
:20:50. > :20:52.so we can benefit the patients that And how quickly after this person
:20:53. > :20:57.died would these eyes have been We have to do the whole process
:20:58. > :21:02.in 24 hours. Once the eyes have been cle`ned they
:21:03. > :21:05.are then dissected ready to use What you don?t want to do
:21:06. > :21:11.at this stage is bend the cornea One pair of eyes can be used in ten
:21:12. > :21:17.different sight saving oper`tions. There are the corneas,
:21:18. > :21:20.the whites of the eye... This is just a small piece of the
:21:21. > :21:23.sclera and what will classically tend to happen is that we provide
:21:24. > :21:26.this to glaucoma surgery. Even the parts
:21:27. > :21:28.of the eye that can?t yet bd The retina, the lens,
:21:29. > :21:35.the macula and the optic nerve can be used by various research groups
:21:36. > :21:39.at the Institute of Ophthallology. Finally all the tissues frol
:21:40. > :21:42.the eye are stored for 2`4 weeks before the transplant to make sure
:21:43. > :21:51.they are free of any infecthon. Upstairs
:21:52. > :21:53.in the operating theatre and the eye tissue for Chris?s transplant has
:21:54. > :21:56.one final stage to go through. Manni is preparing
:21:57. > :21:59.the donor material in such ` way that we can do this particular
:22:00. > :22:02.version of transplant that we are Just replacing
:22:03. > :22:09.the thin back layer of the cornea that supports the pump cells that
:22:10. > :22:13.help to keep fluid pumped b`ck into We?ll end up with a disc sh`pe
:22:14. > :22:22.of a membrane that is 20,000th of a millimetre thick
:22:23. > :22:25.and that gives you some ide` Preparing the cornea to sizd is a
:22:26. > :22:29.difficult but vital procedure ` if it doesn?t go to plan then the whole
:22:30. > :22:33.operation will have to be aborted. What Mani is going to do thdre is
:22:34. > :22:37.cut a circular shape and yot?ll see The Roman philosopher Cicero
:22:38. > :22:46.believed that the eyes were In Hinduism and Buddhism, the third
:22:47. > :22:52.eye represents enlightenment. So we can tell that people `re
:22:53. > :22:56.emotionally if not mystically Maybe be that?s why 10 percdnt
:22:57. > :23:02.of those who sign up to the organ I think there is a lot
:23:03. > :23:13.of misconceptions when it comes to Some people believe
:23:14. > :23:17.their loved one will have their facial appearance altered in some
:23:18. > :23:21.way from the eye donation process. But thankfully
:23:22. > :23:23.the way that we retrieve thd eye there is no cutting of skin, no
:23:24. > :23:26.bleeding, no bruising that occurs. When we remove the eyes you
:23:27. > :23:30.would not notice we had dond so Anyone up to the age
:23:31. > :23:33.of 90 can donate their eyes ` Corneas do not have a blood supply
:23:34. > :23:39.therefore patients that havd had breast cancer, cervical cancer,
:23:40. > :23:43.colon cancers, etc, they can all still donate their corneas `nd that
:23:44. > :23:48.is a very positive thing for patients who have suffered
:23:49. > :23:49.and have unfortunately died Chris Whitehouse understands more
:23:50. > :23:54.than most about the process His father Alan died last ydar
:23:55. > :23:59.from a brain tumour. I think my dad probably did carry
:24:00. > :24:03.a donor card ` it was something we were always aware
:24:04. > :24:06.of that my dad would have w`nted to Chris?s father donated a nulber
:24:07. > :24:14.of organs including his eyes. The fact that it can potenthally
:24:15. > :24:17.alter 10 people?s lives from one set of eye donations is
:24:18. > :24:20.absolutely astounding that?s the main comfort we took
:24:21. > :24:23.from it knowing that we could have 32 year old Dhivya?s life h`s
:24:24. > :24:29.been transformed by her eye being able to see the world clearly
:24:30. > :24:43.for the first time in 15 ye`rs. Dhiyva has keratoconus `
:24:44. > :24:46.a disorder which causes When did you realise you had any
:24:47. > :24:53.sort of problem with your exes? When I was 14 I was reading a book
:24:54. > :24:57.and it was getting a bit bltrry A third of all corneal transplants
:24:58. > :25:02.are carried out on Keratoconus The most common type of transplant
:25:03. > :25:08.however is the one Chris is having We?re doing more and more of these
:25:09. > :25:17.operations and we frequentlx have to cancel the operations because
:25:18. > :25:25.we don?t have tissue available. I?m just making a few littld
:25:26. > :25:28.access points to the eye here.? The blue scroll there that hs
:25:29. > :25:31.the transplant. It?s stained with
:25:32. > :25:35.a blue dye there to help us see it. There?s lots of tapping on the eye
:25:36. > :25:39.surface at this stage just to get The implanted tissue is held
:25:40. > :25:44.in place with air bubbles. Chris,
:25:45. > :25:46.I?m just going to take that retainer The nice thing
:25:47. > :25:56.about this operation is it's just replacing the diseased cell
:25:57. > :26:04.layer with one that is healthy. It's vitally important to h`ve
:26:05. > :26:07.people who are prepared to be organ donors not just for the surgery
:26:08. > :26:10.but also for research to make Preparing the cornea
:26:11. > :26:13.for transplant by hand could soon be Funded by the Medical Research
:26:14. > :26:18.Council, Dr Maninder Bhogal is looking at new techniques
:26:19. > :26:24.of cutting corneas using lasers The advantage of the laser hs
:26:25. > :26:27.just the precision is can offer We are trying to create laydrs that
:26:28. > :26:33.are a 10th mm thick or smaller and so you can see that would be
:26:34. > :26:37.difficult to achieve by mantally A surgeon will spend time preparing
:26:38. > :26:41.the characteristics of the graft on the computer and then
:26:42. > :26:44.when we?re ready the laser will do Three months after Chris's
:26:45. > :26:59.transplant and I caught up with him The appearance of the corne` is
:27:00. > :27:03.great actually on both sides. The change is very dramatic
:27:04. > :27:06.and everything is much clearer. . It's how I imagined before H had
:27:07. > :27:09.the operation how perfect exesight would be, It is actually brhlliant
:27:10. > :27:23.and it?s made a huge differdnce What would you say? Thank you very
:27:24. > :27:26.much, it is brilliant, it h`s made a huge difference. I'm very grateful.
:27:27. > :27:37.And what better gift could xou give than the gift of sight?
:27:38. > :27:45.If you'd like details of how you can register for eye donation you can
:27:46. > :27:51.find that on the website. 1st, this is what comes up next week. Every
:27:52. > :27:59.day, 30 Londoners suffer cardiac arrest. Why do survival ratds vary
:28:00. > :28:02.so dramatically? London ambtlance research found if they get xou to 1
:28:03. > :28:10.of these centres in London rather than a quick dash, your survival
:28:11. > :28:17.chances double. How the maghc of the silver screen is leading new life to
:28:18. > :28:22.enter our village community. We want to keep this going. I knew there was
:28:23. > :28:28.a tradition of cinema so it seemed logical that we would go along this
:28:29. > :28:34.route. We join the underwatdr archaeologists unlocking thd secrets
:28:35. > :28:45.of a 17th`century shipwreck. It is like the Mary Rose. That is it. If
:28:46. > :28:51.you have missed any of the night, and would like to catch up, or would
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:29:05. > :29:06.Hello, I'm Sam Naz with your 90`second update.
:29:07. > :29:09.14`year`old Alice Gross went missing three weeks ago.
:29:10. > :29:12.Today, police carried out a finger`tip search of
:29:13. > :29:16.600 officers, from eight forces are working on the case.
:29:17. > :29:24.It has overestimated its profits by a quarter of a billion pounds.
:29:25. > :29:28.A new focus for Thai police looking into