:00:09. > :00:12.Tonight on BBC London News: As passenger numbers hit new
:00:12. > :00:20.records, MPs warn Heathrow may buckle under the pressure of coping
:00:20. > :00:25.with the Olympics. Knowing that it is going to be busy, let's do what
:00:25. > :00:28.we can, and that means get the passport desk manned, get those
:00:28. > :00:31.bags as quickly off the planes as possible.
:00:31. > :00:37.Do we really want to move to Stratford? West Ham fans organise
:00:37. > :00:40.their own opinion poll. If the club wins the bid and the keys are
:00:40. > :00:44.handed over, we don't believe the club will then want to ask
:00:44. > :00:47.supporters because it will be a fait accompli.
:00:47. > :00:52.A battle over numbers - the mayoral candidates clash over what election
:00:52. > :00:59.promises London can afford. And the remarkable story of the
:00:59. > :01:09.toddler kept alive by an artificial heart for nine months. I have got a
:01:09. > :01:13.
:01:13. > :01:18.new heart now. I've got a little Good evening. It's our largest
:01:18. > :01:24.airport, where passenger numbers have hit new levels. For the first
:01:24. > :01:26.time, 70 million passengers in a year have passed through Heathrow.
:01:26. > :01:30.But as bosses there were celebrating that figure, there came
:01:30. > :01:33.a warning from MPs that it may not be able to cope with the influx of
:01:33. > :01:43.visitors for this summer's Olympics. They warn that planes could be left
:01:43. > :01:46.on runways for long periods, deterring tourists from returning.
:01:46. > :01:50.Arriving in to London for this summer's Olympics was supposed to
:01:50. > :01:54.set the right mood for the millions of visitors coming to enjoy or take
:01:54. > :01:57.part in the 2012 games. Extra staff and volunteers are being laid on to
:01:57. > :02:02.help smooth that the passenger experience, as is a temporary
:02:02. > :02:05.terminal. But a group of influential MPs believe queues for
:02:05. > :02:09.immigration will be one of the major problems at Heathrow as it
:02:10. > :02:13.struggles to cope this summer. Westminster's Culture, Media and
:02:13. > :02:17.Sport committee also warned of planes facing delays and backlogs
:02:17. > :02:22.on runways as the airport focuses more on visitors departing rather
:02:22. > :02:25.than arriving. As a result, have we are told tourists could be put off
:02:25. > :02:30.from returning to Britain altogether. Knowing it is going to
:02:30. > :02:35.be busy, let's do what we can, and that means get the passport desk --
:02:35. > :02:39.passport desk manned, get those bags as quickly off the plane as
:02:39. > :02:47.possible and don't make people wait for a long time. And recognise that
:02:47. > :02:52.everyone at the airport is an ambassador for tourism. BBA say the
:02:52. > :02:56.issue of immigration accuses one for the Home Office and the UK
:02:56. > :03:02.Border Agency -- BAE A. They have called for the problem to be
:03:02. > :03:06.addressed as a matter of urgency. Alice Bhandakrahvhi is at Heathrow.
:03:06. > :03:10.This is all about London's image, isn't it?
:03:10. > :03:13.Yes, it is all about making a good first impression and last week, we
:03:13. > :03:18.had from several of the big airlines who expressed their
:03:18. > :03:22.concern with Heathrow's ability to deal with those extra passengers
:03:22. > :03:25.during the Games. Virgin went as far to say that if we didn't get it
:03:25. > :03:30.right and passengers did have a bad experience, they wouldn't want to
:03:30. > :03:37.return to London. And what has BA eight, which runs
:03:37. > :03:40.Heathrow, had to say? They are laying the responsibility
:03:40. > :03:45.squarely at the door of the UK Border Agency and say they already
:03:45. > :03:48.have concerns about the long queues at immigration during busy periods.
:03:48. > :03:51.We offered the UK Border Agency the opportunity for an interview but
:03:51. > :03:54.they declined. They did give us a statement in which they say they
:03:54. > :03:59.are prepared for the Olympics and have additional staff for busy
:03:59. > :04:03.periods. They will not compromise on border security and are working
:04:03. > :04:06.with the UN is a pit road to make sure they can deal with the extra
:04:06. > :04:10.passengers. -- the owners of Heathrow. But it seems they have
:04:11. > :04:13.some convincing to do. Lots more to come, including:
:04:13. > :04:23.The green campaigners who've hijacked the 2012 website in a row
:04:23. > :04:24.
:04:24. > :04:30.Some West Ham fans say they're not being listened to by the club over
:04:30. > :04:33.plans to move to the Olympic stadium after the Games this summer.
:04:33. > :04:36.So they've taken things into their own hands and are asking 15,000
:04:36. > :04:42.supporters if they want the Hammers to move to Stratford. Sara Orchard
:04:42. > :04:47.reports. Vicky's to the Olympic Stadium. The
:04:47. > :04:50.prize awaiting one successful bidder on 21st May -- the keys. One
:04:50. > :04:54.of the bidders is West Ham United Football Club, who have applied for
:04:55. > :04:59.a 99 year lease of the stadium. However, the club now finds itself
:04:59. > :05:02.in a tricky situation. They are unable to discuss their exact plans
:05:02. > :05:06.for a stadium move to Stratford because of a confidentiality
:05:06. > :05:11.agreement connected to the bidding process. And it is that that has
:05:11. > :05:16.upset one group of fans who want to be consulted. West Ham will run a
:05:16. > :05:19.supporters' poll after 21st May, but some say that will be too late.
:05:19. > :05:23.If the club wins the bid and the keys are handed over, we don't
:05:23. > :05:27.believe they will then want to ask supporters because it will be a
:05:27. > :05:32.fait accompli. And it has prompted the fans to start running their own
:05:32. > :05:36.poll, handing out 50,000 ballot papers. Everton, for example, when
:05:36. > :05:41.they were going to move ground, they hired the Electoral Reform
:05:41. > :05:44.services, it any cost �10,000 and for a football club that is nothing,
:05:44. > :05:49.and they had an independently audited poll of their fan base.
:05:49. > :05:59.West Ham bosses have shown their plans to the fans are the
:05:59. > :06:18.
:06:18. > :06:23.supporters Advisory Board and gave The Football supporters' Federation
:06:23. > :06:26.believes West Ham has not broken any Football League rules regarding
:06:27. > :06:31.consulting its fans. But future roles expected to come into force
:06:31. > :06:34.soon should see the club conduct a thorough consultation process.
:06:34. > :06:37.Technically speaking, if the Football League Havant introduced
:06:37. > :06:41.the world yet, they might say they are not obliged to do it -- have
:06:41. > :06:44.not. In the case of West Ham and this proposed move to the Olympic
:06:44. > :06:49.Stadium, in line with the spirit of the rules that the Football League
:06:49. > :06:52.are going to introduce, we believe West Ham should carry out a proper,
:06:52. > :06:57.independent and objective consultation with their fan-base.
:06:57. > :07:02.Others of clubs come and go, but for supporters, a club is for life
:07:02. > :07:07.and we should have as much say as the others do. Sara Is here. West
:07:07. > :07:10.Ham's hands are tied, almost? They are in a really difficult
:07:10. > :07:14.situation. They could run a poll but they don't want to because they
:07:14. > :07:17.cannot get all of the information to the fans about their plans for
:07:17. > :07:22.the Olympic Stadium, should they be when the bid. They are constrained
:07:22. > :07:25.by this confidentiality agreement. They think they could show the fans
:07:25. > :07:28.all of the plans, the majority would be happy to move, but they
:07:28. > :07:32.feel at the moment it would not be fair or an accurate poll if they
:07:32. > :07:35.did run one. But part of West Ham's bid will
:07:35. > :07:39.require them to consult with fans at some point.
:07:39. > :07:42.And they have consulted with fans, they have spoken to the supporters
:07:42. > :07:47.Advisory Board and the lucky few fans he got to sit on it gave
:07:47. > :07:51.positive feedback but they also had to sign a confidentiality agreement.
:07:51. > :07:55.It is the rest of the fans, the majority of the fans, who want
:07:55. > :07:58.their say. They are not campaigning against the move, they just want
:07:58. > :08:02.their voices to be heard on whether they should move or not and they
:08:02. > :08:06.feel that after 21st May, it will be too late. It West Ham have been
:08:06. > :08:09.awarded the stadium by that point, they don't think they will go back
:08:10. > :08:12.on the move -- if. The senior Metropolitan Police
:08:12. > :08:15.commander Ali Dizaei insists his police career is not over, despite
:08:15. > :08:18.convictions for misconduct in a public office and perverting the
:08:19. > :08:21.course of justice. Mr Dizaei told the BBC's Hardtalk he had no
:08:22. > :08:28.intention of resigning as a police commander and would fight to prove
:08:28. > :08:35.his innocence. I remain absolutely convinced that
:08:35. > :08:38.I will challenge his conviction and I will win and be able to
:08:39. > :08:45.demonstrate that I have been a subject of a miscarriage of justice.
:08:45. > :08:47.And you can watch the full interview on bbc.co.uk/hardtalk.
:08:47. > :08:50.The mayoral election campaign turned into a battle of numbers
:08:50. > :08:55.today, with with Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson clashing over
:08:55. > :08:58.exactly how much London could afford. As Labour launched their
:08:58. > :09:00.manifesto aimed at helping Londoners in hard times, the Tories
:09:00. > :09:10.published a dossier claiming that many of Ken Livingstone's promises
:09:10. > :09:14.are unaffordable. Our political editor Tim Donovan reports.
:09:14. > :09:19.With the Labour leader joining him, Ken Livingstone today unveiled an
:09:19. > :09:23.online cost calculator to show how he could help Londoners. With the
:09:23. > :09:28.fare cut would come lower fuel bills, the event and more help for
:09:28. > :09:31.students. Did he think this was affordable? All of those things are
:09:31. > :09:38.costed affordable proposals and reflect the priorities of somebody
:09:38. > :09:45.who wants to be Mayer for the 99% of London -- mayor. Boris Johnson's
:09:45. > :09:49.campaign responded with a dossier claiming that the cost of Ken
:09:49. > :09:55.Livingstone, excluding fares, would be �48 billion. So how would the
:09:55. > :09:57.Labour candidate fund the promises? The Conservatives say restoring the
:09:57. > :10:02.education maintenance allowance would cost 220 million over four
:10:02. > :10:04.years. Labour say it is money already held by colleges and needs
:10:04. > :10:08.already held by colleges and needs to be allocated centrally. His
:10:09. > :10:11.policing promises would cost another 220 million. Labour has no
:10:11. > :10:16.detailed funding of this yet. They detailed funding of this yet. They
:10:16. > :10:21.are citing some savings for police chauffeurs and first-class travel.
:10:21. > :10:25.Under new lettings agency to reduce private rents would, say the Tories,
:10:25. > :10:28.cost �130 million. They do say it would just be some admin costs to
:10:28. > :10:32.sign up and monitor existing estate agents.
:10:32. > :10:36.Are you concerned that Londoners may think, yes, that may be a good
:10:36. > :10:40.idea in good times but they know it is not possible at the moment?
:10:40. > :10:46.is a good idea in the worst times. We have done this because it is the
:10:46. > :10:53.worst of times. But the good times, you don't need to do these things.
:10:53. > :11:00.High taxing outer London borough, ignoring Sammy reformed...
:11:00. > :11:06.Romford, he drummed his message home, but are his claims fair?
:11:06. > :11:09.put his -- he put council tax up for an average band D house hold by
:11:09. > :11:14.other �900 and put that money to completely useless projects like
:11:14. > :11:19.flying off to Cuba, things that brought no economic benefit. What
:11:19. > :11:23.was 80% of that money spent on? large proportion of it went on the
:11:23. > :11:29.police budget, as indeed we have continued to do. Legitimate
:11:29. > :11:34.spending, then? I am very proud to say we have increased police
:11:34. > :11:37.numbers by 1,000. Cost-of-living or cost-effectiveness? Diverging views
:11:37. > :11:42.amounted to Ken Livingstone saying he can do more and Boris Johnson
:11:42. > :11:45.saying it is unaffordable. As you saw there, the campaign
:11:45. > :11:47.trail got started early this morning and it continues this
:11:47. > :11:55.evening, with all four candidates appearing in a hustings in central
:11:55. > :12:00.London. Our political correspondent Karl Mercer is there.
:12:00. > :12:02.Yes, with three weeks to go until polling day, it is fair to say that
:12:02. > :12:08.some Londoners are already fed up with this campaign, but not this
:12:08. > :12:12.lot, about 1,500 people, they were queueing around the block to get in.
:12:12. > :12:15.This is the first time the four main candidates have got in
:12:15. > :12:19.together since that row over their tax affairs. Since then, most of
:12:19. > :12:23.them have tried to move the debate much more on to policy ground, so
:12:23. > :12:26.it will be interesting to see where the arguments go tonight. About
:12:26. > :12:31.half-an-hour ago, I spoke to Clive Anderson, who is chairing the
:12:31. > :12:35.debate and I asked him what will make tonight a success? He thought
:12:35. > :12:38.about it for a minute and said, if they start fighting, if somebody
:12:38. > :12:45.swears, if somebody cries or read somebody storms off.
:12:45. > :12:48.I wondered... They give. Later in the programme, I'll be
:12:48. > :12:51.talking live to another candidate hoping to become mayor next month,
:12:51. > :12:54.Lawrence Webb from the UK Independence Party.
:12:54. > :12:57.A group of political activists have tricked a number of media outlets
:12:57. > :13:00.by setting up a spoof London 2012 website to criticise the choice of
:13:01. > :13:08.corporate partners for the games. Alex Bushill joins us now from the
:13:08. > :13:13.Olympic Park to tell us more. Well, we have heard of hacking,
:13:13. > :13:20.fishing, but what about cyber squatting? It is an ugly phrase but
:13:20. > :13:27.it does sum up what happened. This is the authentic Web page. Now take
:13:27. > :13:31.a look at this. This is the bogus, spoof site that fault two media
:13:31. > :13:35.outlets. Apart from the changing the colour of the logo, it looks
:13:35. > :13:40.like a neat match and it certainly worked. We had two out that running
:13:41. > :13:44.a bogus story that BP had been dropped as a partner for the
:13:44. > :13:47.Olympic Games. It was not a true story and once it was revealed as a
:13:47. > :13:51.hoax, it was pretty soon pulled down but it does raise interesting
:13:51. > :13:57.questions about how safe the Games are from a cyber attack. Let's be
:13:57. > :14:01.to one of the top experts in this field. You are one of the biggest
:14:01. > :14:08.companies in the world that deal with this, does low card have some
:14:08. > :14:16.responsibility? But the domain name is pretty similar -- log on. Cyber
:14:16. > :14:19.squatting isn't a normal kind of issue but that may be similar to
:14:19. > :14:23.their own and they should have been aware that somebody could hijack
:14:23. > :14:28.their brand name. What else can be done in the Olympics to mitigate
:14:28. > :14:32.against this? If I were in their place, I would be contacting the
:14:32. > :14:35.agency that looks at this kind of situation. I would also be looking
:14:35. > :14:39.at Twitter and monitoring that to see if there is any kind of
:14:39. > :14:44.activity of this nature which is targeting them. We will have to
:14:44. > :14:54.leave it there, thank you. Low-cost have said perceiving that they are
:14:54. > :15:02.very pleased the Web page itself was not hacked -- LOCOG.
:15:02. > :15:05.Still to come: the toddler kept alive by an
:15:05. > :15:10.artifical heart for nine months. And why Londoners are being
:15:10. > :15:15.encouraged to make gardens and window boxes more bee friendly.
:15:15. > :15:17.We heard from Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone earlier this evening.
:15:17. > :15:21.Another candidate hoping to become mayor next month is Lawrence Webb
:15:21. > :15:27.of the UK Independence Party, or UKIP. We'll hear from him in a
:15:27. > :15:31.moment. First, a quick look at some of his policies.
:15:31. > :15:35.Our Transport, he wants to take control of parking across the city
:15:35. > :15:39.away from the boroughs. He would introduce 20 minutes of free
:15:39. > :15:42.parking across London. He would also scrap the congestion charge
:15:42. > :15:47.and a post a high-speed to rail link. You could claims half a
:15:47. > :15:51.million jobs are under threat from proposed EU laws on financial
:15:51. > :15:55.services, so he would protect the city. On jobs and housing, he says
:15:55. > :15:58.he would give priority to Londoners and create a central register of
:15:58. > :16:04.empty properties to reduce council waiting lists.
:16:05. > :16:08.And Lawrence Webb, UK Independence Party candidate for mayor joins me
:16:08. > :16:16.now. So you want to take control of parking, does that mean he will
:16:16. > :16:19.strip the boroughs of that money? Absolutely. One of the mayor's
:16:19. > :16:22.responsibility is transport and I understand you can't have a fully
:16:22. > :16:27.integrated system and they should take control of the roads as well.
:16:27. > :16:31.The motorist is the single largest computer group, 35% of journeys
:16:31. > :16:35.involve the car, even in the great and outer boroughs. At the moment,
:16:35. > :16:40.the motorist is being faced by greedy councils, simply used as a
:16:40. > :16:43.cash cow. What Westminster were tried to do recently... But the
:16:43. > :16:47.Mannin heat -- the money used by boroughs that they get in parking
:16:47. > :16:50.is used for road improvement and maintenance, so would the mayor
:16:50. > :16:57.take control of that question our absolutely, but by taking it under
:16:57. > :17:02.one roof, there would be economy savings of possibly �100 million.
:17:02. > :17:05.When you get rid of the heads of parking across all of the boroughs.
:17:05. > :17:10.Currently, they issue a red 5 million tickets per year in London,
:17:10. > :17:13.one 5th of which are successfully appealed, so there is an over-
:17:13. > :17:18.zealous enforcement at the moment. That all costs money. By bringing
:17:18. > :17:21.it under one roof, there would be savings. And you have indicated
:17:21. > :17:26.you're on the side of the motorist and want to get rid of the
:17:26. > :17:30.congestion charge, but it does bring in �174 million net after all
:17:30. > :17:35.of its operating costs paid here, which is used to improve transport
:17:35. > :17:40.in the capital. If you lose that money, what suffers? A parking
:17:40. > :17:45.revenue is �700 million per year. But she would still be losing �174
:17:45. > :17:49.million. Not if I have taking control of parking revenue. That
:17:49. > :17:59.would give me money to spend, even when you take into account the
:17:59. > :18:00.
:18:00. > :18:06.You say you oppose the high-speed rail link, but there's very little
:18:06. > :18:10.that you can do about it, so are you in danger of promising
:18:10. > :18:14.something you can't deliver on? local MPs have come out against it
:18:14. > :18:18.too. This project, when it was first thought up ten years ago,
:18:18. > :18:21.didn't take into account the amount of development that would take
:18:21. > :18:26.place in London. Every rail yard has been turned into a business
:18:26. > :18:32.park or housing. All these will be affected. There's a massive
:18:32. > :18:38.environmental impact in doing the work. It's going to cost - it
:18:38. > :18:42.varies - but I pegged it around �1,400 per household in the UK just
:18:42. > :18:46.to shave 30 minutes off the journey time to Birmingham. As the Mayor
:18:46. > :18:51.you can't do anything about that, so you are promising things you
:18:51. > :18:55.can't deliver. As are Boris and Ken. Boris the other day - I take that
:18:55. > :19:00.as a yes? Yes, but the Mayor has to set a vision for London. That's
:19:00. > :19:04.part of my vision. In the event that you don't win, we know that
:19:04. > :19:09.second preference voting plays a very key part, who do you suggest
:19:09. > :19:16.that your supporters vote for? I've gone on record as suggesting
:19:16. > :19:19.they vote for Siobhan, because everyone is fed up with the same,
:19:19. > :19:23.old tired faces and we need a fresh face for London. Thank you very
:19:23. > :19:26.much. In total, there are seven candidates standing to be Mayor on
:19:26. > :19:29.May 3rd. Details also on our website, where you can find plenty
:19:29. > :19:32.more information on the election campaign and if you want to talk
:19:32. > :19:37.about the issues that matter in this election, we're giving you the
:19:37. > :19:44.opportunity. Andrew Neil is hosting a special debate programme with the
:19:44. > :19:48.four main candidates. If you want to take part email us. Tell us the
:19:48. > :19:52.question you'd like to ask and please do include a phone number so
:19:52. > :19:55.that we can contact you. With the decline of honey bees in London
:19:55. > :19:58.over recent years, environmental campaigners have come up with an
:19:58. > :20:00.idea to help boost their numbers. They've set up a wildflower garden
:20:00. > :20:03.on the Southbank and invited Londoners to take home bee-friendly
:20:03. > :20:06.plants. Friends of the Earth claims that if bee numbers don't increase
:20:06. > :20:16.it would cost the economy millions of pounds to hand-pollinate crops.
:20:16. > :20:20.
:20:20. > :20:23.Greg McKenzie has more. Bees need flowers, which are rich in Nectar
:20:23. > :20:28.and pollen to survive. Over recent years there has been a rapid
:20:28. > :20:32.decline in their numbers. In London alone, almost half of our honey
:20:32. > :20:35.bees have simply disappeared over the last five years. Bees are
:20:35. > :20:38.declining for a range of reasons. For instance, the way we farm in
:20:38. > :20:43.the countryside, but also because we don't plant enough wild flowers
:20:43. > :20:46.and the flowers that they like in our gardens. Friends of the Earth
:20:46. > :20:51.built this garden overnight on the South Bank, where people are
:20:51. > :20:56.enradged to plant these types of flowers -- encouraged to plant
:20:56. > :21:02.these types of flowers on their window sills or in their gardens.
:21:02. > :21:08.Bees can see violets and blues, so this is a real bee favourite.
:21:08. > :21:11.Another one is this one here, yarrow. They are native wild
:21:11. > :21:15.flowers. The campaigners are calling on the Prime Minister to
:21:15. > :21:23.back a British bee action plan, taking steps on town planning and
:21:23. > :21:27.on the way UK farms use some pesticides. If we were to hand
:21:27. > :21:32.pollenate all the crops it would cost the economy 1.8 billion a year.
:21:32. > :21:35.That would harm the economy and push up food prices and make our
:21:35. > :21:39.farming uncompetitive in this country and we can't afford that.
:21:39. > :21:43.The department for environment, food and rural affairs says there
:21:44. > :21:48.is currently a ten-year plan in place to protect bees. As the day
:21:48. > :21:52.comes to an end, members of the public are being welcomed to take
:21:52. > :22:00.away the plants, so they too can be part of the campaign in saving or
:22:00. > :22:03.native bees. Joe Skerratt is just three years old. In his short life
:22:03. > :22:06.a serious medical condition caused his heart to stop beating three
:22:06. > :22:11.times which led doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital to fit him
:22:11. > :22:14.with a temporary artificial heart. As his family struggled to find a
:22:14. > :22:17.donor heart, the toddler from Kent was kept alive for eight months,
:22:17. > :22:27.which doctors say is longer than any other child in Britain. Simon
:22:27. > :22:27.
:22:27. > :22:33.Jones has the story. He's a picture of health now, but Joe Skerratt was
:22:33. > :22:36.born with a rare condition that left him with an abnormally large
:22:36. > :22:42.heart, which eventually stopped -- eventually stopped beating three
:22:42. > :22:46.times. He was hooked up to a device called a Berlin heart for a record
:22:46. > :22:51.amount of time. It could so easily have been very, very different at
:22:51. > :22:57.this point in time. It's just - we have been - we have been incredibly
:22:57. > :23:02.lucky. This is the device fitted at the hospital, that helped Joe's
:23:02. > :23:08.real heart continue to pump blood around his body, keeping him alive
:23:08. > :23:15.for 251 days. He didn't let it affect him in anyway. He just
:23:15. > :23:18.carried on doing what he wanted to do and got on with it basically.
:23:18. > :23:28.Eventually a transplant was found and Joe knows he's now got a heart
:23:28. > :23:31.
:23:31. > :23:36.that's just the right size. I got a tiny one now. I got a little one. I
:23:36. > :23:42.haven't got a big one. Just a little one. His parents are now
:23:42. > :23:46.encouraging others to join the organ donor register. He's gorgeous.
:23:46. > :23:50.Peter's joined us for a check on Peter's joined us for a check on
:23:50. > :23:53.the weather. Not quite so at the moment. Showers today. More to come
:23:54. > :23:57.over the next few days, but if we didn't have the April showers, we
:23:57. > :24:03.would enjoy the May flowers. Those showers are fading this evening.
:24:03. > :24:08.The skies will start to clear, so I think it should be dry by the time
:24:08. > :24:18.they kick-off at Loftus Road. As soon as the sun sets it will turn
:24:18. > :24:21.
:24:21. > :24:26.quite chilly. Live commentary on The odd thundery shower could
:24:26. > :24:30.rumble on through the evening, but even those will disappear overnight.
:24:30. > :24:34.Generally, the skies clear and it will be cold. Remember, the numbers
:24:34. > :24:39.in the boxes are air temperatures. The blue look on the map is the
:24:39. > :24:44.computer telling us there is likely to be a frost again on the grass
:24:44. > :24:47.from the suburbs out into the countryside. A fine, frosty start
:24:47. > :24:52.in the morning. As soon as the sun gets up, the clouds will start to
:24:52. > :24:55.pop up and rain will start to come down. Like today, some of those
:24:55. > :25:02.showers will be thundery. The heaviest ones having hail mixed in.
:25:02. > :25:06.In between them, in the sun, top temperature 12 or 13. On Friday,
:25:06. > :25:10.the showers probably not quite as heavy, not so many of them around.
:25:10. > :25:14.Mind you, it will start to feel a bit colder. Some of the showers
:25:14. > :25:21.into the weekend could fall as snow up over the highest ground, but
:25:21. > :25:27.they are going to be the exception rather than the rule. The showers
:25:27. > :25:33.will be scattered this weekend. It will turn cold. We might lose the
:25:33. > :25:36.showers. Don't go casting clouts showers. Don't go casting clouts
:25:36. > :25:39.until May is out. Thank you. Tonight's headlines - a man, who
:25:39. > :25:41.set fire to a furniture shop during last summer's riots, has been
:25:41. > :25:50.jailed for 11-and-a-half years. 34- year-old Gordon Thompson admitted
:25:50. > :25:52.starting the blaze at the House of Reeves shop in Croydon. The big six
:25:52. > :25:56.energy companies in Britain have agreed to write to their customers
:25:56. > :25:59.every year to let them know which are the best tariffs available. It
:25:59. > :26:02.could save some households up to �100 a year. Serious doubts have
:26:02. > :26:06.been raised by a group of MPs about Heathrow's ability to cope with the
:26:06. > :26:09.arrival of thousands of extra passengers during the Olympic Games.
:26:09. > :26:13.And, a group of West Ham fans have started their own poll of 15,000
:26:13. > :26:16.supporters asking if they want to move to Stratford. The club says it
:26:16. > :26:21.can't run a poll itself until after the stadium's wining bidder is