:00:10. > :00:16.Tonight on BBC London News. It's the final day of campaigning for
:00:16. > :00:20.the men and women who want to be mayor. The two front runners are
:00:20. > :00:24.standing by to make their final appeals for your vote, live. We
:00:24. > :00:27.will also give you a simple guide on how to vote at the polling booth
:00:27. > :00:30.tomorrow. Also tonight: A show of strength in
:00:30. > :00:33.the skies. The Typhoon jets arrive which will protect London during
:00:33. > :00:41.the Olympics. Scientists appeal to campaigners
:00:41. > :00:44.not to destroy their field of genetically modified wheat.
:00:44. > :00:47.Some kids just don't do athletics so this will be a really big chance
:00:47. > :00:57.for them. And the youngsters who will take
:00:57. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:07.centre stage at the opening Good evening and welcome to the
:01:07. > :01:11.programme. Tomorrow millions of Londoners head to the polls to
:01:11. > :01:13.choose the person who will be mayor for the next four years. Whoever
:01:13. > :01:16.wins will control a budget of nearly �15 billion, have the
:01:16. > :01:20.largest personal mandate of any politician in the country, and be
:01:20. > :01:23.the figurehead who represents London around the world. It has
:01:23. > :01:28.been a hotly fought campaign, where transport, crime and the economy
:01:28. > :01:31.were key issues. But trust and integrity have also featured. Today
:01:31. > :01:37.all the candidates wanting London's top job have been out across the
:01:38. > :01:46.capital for the final day of campaigning. Tim Donovan reports.
:01:46. > :01:52.Nice to see you? And many thousands of leaflets have been exchanging
:01:52. > :01:56.hands these last few weeks. Today, he got backing from his
:01:56. > :02:01.Conservative leader. Not necessarily a help according to
:02:01. > :02:06.recent polls. David Cameron said, I am giving the country the chance to
:02:07. > :02:16.have many more Boris Johnsons. I want one in Birmingham, Leeds and
:02:16. > :02:21.Bradford, he said. 24 hours left! His focus was clear enough. Behind
:02:21. > :02:27.in the polls, the final surge needed. If there is strong Labour
:02:27. > :02:32.support, can he count on enough of it? The winner of this contest
:02:32. > :02:38.becomes the political face of the Olympics. Latest polls predict
:02:38. > :02:43.Boris will be keen. The Lib Dems are hoping they can defy the polls,
:02:43. > :02:46.which suggests they are suffering in coalition of. People really like
:02:47. > :02:50.the policies, the fact we are the most ambitious in terms of building
:02:50. > :02:57.new homes in London and I think people will respond positively
:02:57. > :03:02.tomorrow. Some Londoners are yet to make up their minds and a lot of
:03:02. > :03:07.those undecided voters will be voting Liberal Democrat tomorrow.
:03:07. > :03:11.We have great policies, we have a positive vision of London for the
:03:11. > :03:16.future and that is what people want to hear. They do not want to hear
:03:16. > :03:20.about arguments about the past, they want to hear about the future.
:03:21. > :03:25.The Green candidate says her main objective was to make London
:03:25. > :03:30.affordable for. It is moving out of the range of so many people. The
:03:30. > :03:34.poverty gap is opening. We have to make housing cheaper and more
:03:34. > :03:38.secure and reduce fares and make sure the police are trusted by the
:03:38. > :03:42.majority of the population, and whether as mayor or an Assembly
:03:42. > :03:47.member, people can hold me to a count on all the policies I have
:03:47. > :03:52.written down. The candidates know these last few hours could make a
:03:52. > :03:57.difference, a last chance to remind people of their core beliefs.
:03:57. > :04:04.in five jobs is dependent on the success of the financial services
:04:04. > :04:08.industry which is being hit heavily by the EU. People say I am
:04:08. > :04:14.independent and then see my policies and like it even more --
:04:14. > :04:20.see that I am independent. In two days time, they will will discover
:04:20. > :04:25.if it was worth it. We have heard from other candidates. Let's hear
:04:25. > :04:31.from the two leading candidates, Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone,
:04:31. > :04:37.out on the campaign trail. First to Mr Livingstone, in Kilburn. As we
:04:37. > :04:39.heard, you have been campaigning for weeks. What has been the
:04:39. > :04:45.defining moment that has crystallised what this election is
:04:45. > :04:51.all about? It was when a young mother in Barking came up to me
:04:51. > :04:54.right at the beginning and said, you have to win. People are saying
:04:54. > :04:59.good luck and all that, and suddenly you realise it really
:04:59. > :05:03.matters to people because these are the worst economic times for 80
:05:03. > :05:07.years and anything you can do to put money back in people's pockets,
:05:07. > :05:11.by reducing energy bills, cutting fares, bringing back the
:05:11. > :05:17.educational maintenance allowance. What the mayor can do to help
:05:17. > :05:20.people get through these times. Four years ago, there was not that
:05:20. > :05:25.sense of urgency. I have been struck by how desperate people are
:05:25. > :05:31.for me to win because they think I am on their side. There will be
:05:31. > :05:37.some undecided voters. We know that second preferences really matter.
:05:37. > :05:41.To help people to make up their minds, just some up for us in 30
:05:41. > :05:48.seconds, no more, why Londoners should vote for you. Your time
:05:48. > :05:57.starts now. Transport for London officials are working on two plans,
:05:57. > :06:01.one is a 7% cut in phase in October if I win, one is a 5% increase plus
:06:01. > :06:06.2% in case Boris Johnson wins, that is in January. That is why I can
:06:06. > :06:13.say the difference between a Labour mayor and a Tory mayor over the
:06:13. > :06:17.next four years will save you �4,000 if you live in the centre of
:06:17. > :06:23.London and �1,700 if you live in the outskirts. I will start
:06:23. > :06:28.building council homes... You 30 seconds are up. We must turn down
:06:28. > :06:35.to Boris Johnson. You have been campaigning for weeks. -- we must
:06:35. > :06:38.turn out to Boris Johnson. What has been the defining moment for you?
:06:38. > :06:44.The thing that really brought home to me the difficulties young people
:06:44. > :06:48.are facing was I was at Croydon College talking to a young
:06:48. > :06:52.apprentice about his plans to go forward and run his own restaurant
:06:52. > :06:57.business, and I understood the huge challenge we face in this city to
:06:57. > :07:03.get people into work and I think if you look at our apprentice scheme,
:07:03. > :07:07.what we are doing to create 200,000 jobs over the next four years, my
:07:07. > :07:13.advantage is getting the cash that London needs and I hope I have the
:07:13. > :07:17.right policies, I know I do, to take this City forward and to lead
:07:17. > :07:20.London out of recession. For me this is about jobs, growth and
:07:21. > :07:27.taking London forward into the future. And for people making up
:07:27. > :07:32.their mind, in 30 seconds, and you have heard that I will stop you
:07:32. > :07:36.after 30 seconds, why should Londoners vote for you? I hope they
:07:36. > :07:40.will vote for me because I will invest in the transport system,
:07:40. > :07:44.keep fares down in an honest and sustainable way, but more police on
:07:44. > :07:50.the streets, get the budgets from government that London needs and
:07:50. > :07:55.above all, managed my budgets in a fair and sustainable way so we can
:07:55. > :08:01.cut council tax by 10% and maintain vital freedoms like the freedom
:08:01. > :08:05.pass. I will create jobs, 200,000 of them, over the next four years,
:08:05. > :08:12.take London into the future, not a lurch back to their mistakes and
:08:12. > :08:17.the waste... Time is up, thank you very much Ken Livingstone and Boris
:08:17. > :08:21.Johnson. Maybe you have decided who to cast
:08:21. > :08:25.your vote for, maybe you will be deciding later. But what exactly do
:08:25. > :08:28.you have to do when you get into the polling booth tomorrow? Here's
:08:28. > :08:38.Karl Mercer to explain how Londoners vote for the mayor and
:08:38. > :08:38.
:08:38. > :08:44.Some things in an election never changes. All you need is a pencil,
:08:44. > :08:47.a ballot paper, and a ballot box. But when you go into the polling
:08:47. > :08:52.station tomorrow, things are slightly different because you will
:08:52. > :08:56.get three ballot papers. One to vote for your candidate for mayor,
:08:56. > :09:00.one for your local constituency member of the London Assembly and
:09:01. > :09:06.one for a top-up list. This is because the Assembly is made up of
:09:06. > :09:11.40 members who represent one constituency. The other 11 seats
:09:11. > :09:16.are to reflect the way the capital has voted. It is here parties like
:09:16. > :09:23.UKIP, the Lib Dems, the Greens and the BNP have picked up some votes
:09:23. > :09:27.in the past. Then you can vote for mayor, first preference and second
:09:27. > :09:32.preference. If the candidate wins more than 50% of first preferences,
:09:32. > :09:36.they will be mayor. So far no one has, which means it will all be
:09:36. > :09:43.done to the crucial second preferences. They are reallocated
:09:43. > :09:49.until somebody crosses the 50% threshold. Last time, 400,000
:09:49. > :09:54.people did not use their second preference. The winning margin was
:09:54. > :09:58.just 140,000 votes. There are spoiled ballot papers in many
:09:58. > :10:05.elections, sometimes because they choose to and sometimes because
:10:05. > :10:08.they do not understand, so we have tried to provide many different
:10:08. > :10:13.kinds of information to make sure as many people know how to fill in
:10:13. > :10:23.the ballot paper as. With the polls opening at 7 o'clock tomorrow
:10:23. > :10:23.
:10:23. > :10:26.morning, the blow up ballot boxes These are the seven candidates for
:10:26. > :10:30.mayor. You will find more information about the candidates
:10:30. > :10:33.for the London Assembly, and the details of these policies, on our
:10:33. > :10:35.website. Still to come:
:10:35. > :10:44.The Government warns if we have another dry winter, standpipes
:10:44. > :10:47.RAF Typhoon jets will be flying over London and the south-east of
:10:47. > :10:51.England this week as part of a security training operation for the
:10:51. > :10:55.Olympic Games. It is the first time fighter aircraft have been
:10:55. > :11:04.stationed at RAF Northolt since the Second World War. Jonathan Beale
:11:04. > :11:09.reports. The sound of the engines from four
:11:09. > :11:14.Typhoon jets announce their arrival in London, marking the start of
:11:14. > :11:18.this major Olympic security exercise over the next eight days.
:11:18. > :11:21.Hurricane fighter planes are dressed in line, waiting for a
:11:21. > :11:25.signal. It is the first time fighter planes had been based at
:11:25. > :11:30.Northolt in west London since the Second World War, when Hurricanes
:11:30. > :11:34.were flown here in the Battle of Britain. Now in peace time, the
:11:34. > :11:41.RAF's most advanced fighter jets are training to act in the Olympics
:11:41. > :11:46.if necessary, as a last resort. we decide that an unknown aircraft
:11:46. > :11:51.is a threat to the Games, there will be decision-making at the
:11:51. > :11:55.highest political level to take care of that aircraft. The Typhoons,
:11:55. > :12:00.along with military helicopters with snipers and spy planes, will
:12:00. > :12:05.be flying over the main Olympic sites over the next few days. There
:12:05. > :12:11.will be a lot of military hardware on show. As well as the Typhoon,
:12:11. > :12:19.HMS Ocean, the Royal Navy's largest warship, will be sailing up the
:12:19. > :12:29.Thames, to Greenwich. Ground braced -- ground-based air-defence systems
:12:29. > :12:32.
:12:32. > :12:36.It is unusual air activity but there is nothing to worry about and
:12:36. > :12:40.it is all part of us preparing for the Olympics and to reassure the
:12:40. > :12:46.public we are watching. We will still be there at the Olympics but
:12:46. > :12:52.very much out of side. The focus will be on security around the
:12:52. > :12:56.capital, but HMS Bulwark will be stationed near Weymouth. This is
:12:56. > :13:01.just the exercise but later this summer, they will be ready to act
:13:01. > :13:05.if necessary. This exercise is about training military personnel
:13:05. > :13:10.involved in the Olympics and it is also about deterrence for any
:13:10. > :13:14.potential attackers. It is also about reassuring, not just people
:13:14. > :13:19.here but the wider world that will be watching. Of course, this
:13:19. > :13:20.military hardware would only be used as a last resort.
:13:20. > :13:23.Scientists in Hertfordshire developing genetically-modified
:13:23. > :13:28.wheat have written an open letter to activists urging them not to
:13:28. > :13:31.destroy the experimental plants. The researchers fear that a
:13:31. > :13:34.campaign group called Take the Flour Back is planning to wreck the
:13:34. > :13:44.trial site near Harpenden. Scientists claim the work could
:13:44. > :13:45.
:13:45. > :13:48.help reduce pesticide use. Sarah It is not what you would expect on
:13:48. > :13:53.a walk in the middle of the Hertfordshire countryside, but
:13:53. > :13:57.researchers who planted this crop of GM wheat are not taking any
:13:57. > :14:02.chances. They have been working for years to develop a plant which
:14:02. > :14:06.contains the synthetic gene to deter pests. But protesters have
:14:06. > :14:12.threatened to dig it all up. We are appealing to them to change their
:14:12. > :14:16.mind. To protest peacefully. We do not want to be building fences. We
:14:16. > :14:22.need to be able to carry out research without the threat of it
:14:22. > :14:27.being destroyed. There has been no proper safety research for GM wheat.
:14:27. > :14:33.This is the campaign video for protesters who intend to, what they
:14:33. > :14:37.call, decontaminate the countryside by pulling up the GM crop. We feel
:14:37. > :14:41.they are not adhering to the precautionary principle which has
:14:42. > :14:47.been outlined by the EU. Although they are small scale, they are
:14:47. > :14:51.open-air trials which is our problem. We are prepared for people
:14:51. > :14:54.to do trolls in the laboratory but they are bringing it into the open
:14:54. > :14:59.air and there is a risk of cross- contamination and a danger to
:14:59. > :15:02.public health. But scientists are following government guidelines and
:15:02. > :15:07.saying there is no chance of the modified strain spreading into
:15:07. > :15:13.neighbouring fields. Genetically- modified week has been grown here
:15:13. > :15:18.successfully back in the 1990s. But in 2000, attempts had to be
:15:18. > :15:23.abandoned after protesters broke into the field and tore up the crop.
:15:23. > :15:27.And it was not the only place GM crops have been destroyed across
:15:27. > :15:32.the countryside over the years. The protesters have agreed to talk to
:15:32. > :15:38.the scientists but so far, the May 27th demonstration will go ahead as
:15:38. > :15:43.planned. Police in Luton are urging a
:15:43. > :15:46.business-as-usual approach to this weekend's EDL march. Last year,
:15:46. > :15:51.businesses boarded-up properties and shoppers stayed away to avoid
:15:51. > :15:55.the rally. Police said there could be 2000 protesters but they will be
:15:55. > :15:59.kept away from the town centre. Luton is going to be open for
:15:59. > :16:03.business as far as it can be. The business will not be normal as any
:16:03. > :16:08.other day. There will be lots of police officers. They are here for
:16:08. > :16:12.your safety and security. If there is any misbehaviour or criminal
:16:12. > :16:17.activity, we will deal with it then and there.
:16:17. > :16:21.Still to come tonight: Today, the plans for the Paralympic opening
:16:21. > :16:30.ceremony were announced here at the Circus Space in Hackney, so there
:16:30. > :16:33.is a hint of what to expect. To we could see a return to
:16:33. > :16:37.standpipes in the streets, according to the Environment
:16:37. > :16:42.Secretary. Caroline Spellman said that could be a possibility if we
:16:42. > :16:45.have another dry winter. London and the south-east are experiencing a
:16:45. > :16:50.drought already and a hosepipe ban is in force.
:16:50. > :16:53.It has been the wettest April on record, yet here we are in a
:16:53. > :16:58.drought potentially so serious, but the government is not ruling out a
:16:58. > :17:02.return to scenes like this in 1976, when we had to resort to stand
:17:02. > :17:07.pipes. It is far too early to tell yet whether we will have the wet
:17:07. > :17:11.winter we do need, but whereas it is most unlikely we would have
:17:11. > :17:16.standpipes this year, if we have another dry winter, that becomes
:17:16. > :17:21.more likely. The lack of rain is only partially to blame, according
:17:21. > :17:26.to the union which represents workers at Thames Water. The GMB's
:17:26. > :17:29.has too many reservoirs have been sold off and resources have been
:17:29. > :17:35.mismanaged. This is Hornsey waterworks. This party still used
:17:35. > :17:39.by Thames Water. But over here where there was once a reservoir,
:17:39. > :17:42.there are now flat. This, say unions, is symptomatic of a sell-
:17:42. > :17:48.off by Thames Water which has contributed to the drought we are
:17:48. > :17:52.now in. We have now had two drowns in two years. That is because we do
:17:52. > :17:56.not have the storage capability. That has to come down to somebody.
:17:56. > :18:01.Thames Water have sold off site which they think, not useful and we
:18:01. > :18:05.have got hosepipe bans. Now we have water running through the streets
:18:05. > :18:10.which we cannot correct. That cannot be right. But Thames Water
:18:10. > :18:14.insists it has got the situation under control. This, we have closed
:18:14. > :18:19.some of our facilities as and when they become redundant following
:18:19. > :18:24.improvements to our network. A lot of the site the GMB is talking
:18:24. > :18:27.about, were not used to store water at all. London has not run out of
:18:27. > :18:31.four to six years ago, it has not run out of water this year. What we
:18:31. > :18:36.have had this year is a water shortage and what we have done to
:18:36. > :18:39.mitigate that shortage is put in a hosepipe ban. Nevertheless, the
:18:39. > :18:45.possibility of more stringent measures will confound some,
:18:45. > :18:50.especially if they are currently wading around in floodwater.
:18:50. > :18:56.And there is lots more on this on an Inside Out London special:
:18:56. > :19:00.Drought 2012, later this evening at 7:30pm here on BBC One.
:19:00. > :19:05.Next, to the innovations in space exploration being made on an
:19:05. > :19:09.industrial estate in Hertfordshire. Space city, just outside Stevenage,
:19:09. > :19:13.makes a quarter of the world's satellite. Now one company based
:19:13. > :19:18.there has been chosen to make a new system which will get closer to the
:19:18. > :19:22.sun than ever before. I know it does not look like we are
:19:22. > :19:26.going boldly where no man has gone before, but walk through this door
:19:26. > :19:33.on an industrial estate in Stevenage, and you onto the surface
:19:33. > :19:40.of Mars. This is Bruno. He is our Mars Rover prototype. Six year ifs
:19:40. > :19:46.from now, Bruno's successor should be scouring the Red Planet hunting
:19:46. > :19:50.for signs of life. Mars is a long way away and even sending a command
:19:50. > :19:55.signal there and back can take 20 minutes. It is very important that
:19:55. > :20:01.the Rover can make as many decisions for itself as possible.
:20:01. > :20:09.Space is a British success story right now. Satellite business alone
:20:09. > :20:14.is worth �7.5 billion a year. The company's bread and butter is
:20:14. > :20:21.launching a satellite which been our television signals and that
:20:21. > :20:26.helps fund space exploration - Mars, Mercury and now the sun. This is
:20:26. > :20:30.the solar or bitter, a project worth almost a quarter of a billion
:20:30. > :20:36.pounds that will see a spacecraft travel closer to the sum than ever
:20:36. > :20:41.before. It will carry a set of instruments to look at the surface
:20:41. > :20:46.of the Sun and try and understand the link between the two and we
:20:46. > :20:54.will have a better understanding of how to protect ourselves. In these
:20:54. > :20:58.surgically clean workshops, British engineers and scientists are
:20:58. > :21:03.working on new machines. De football now and in less than
:21:03. > :21:08.hour's time, Chelsea will kick-off in their last Premier League
:21:08. > :21:11.fixture before Saturday's have a cup final against Liverpool. While
:21:11. > :21:17.the Blues have struggled in the league this season, they have taken
:21:17. > :21:21.the FA Cup by storm. There is a good spirit at the
:21:21. > :21:27.moment in the dressing room and that is connected to the positive
:21:27. > :21:32.results we are getting. It is also exciting because we have so many
:21:32. > :21:37.targets to play and I think it is better to be like this than to not
:21:37. > :21:42.have any targets. Meanwhile, Tottenham are away to
:21:42. > :21:46.Bolton as they also battled to hold onto it up four spot in the Premier
:21:46. > :21:49.League. Fabrice Muamba will attend the match. It will be the first
:21:49. > :21:53.time the midfielder has attended a game since he suffered a cardiac
:21:53. > :21:57.arrest on the pitch in March. More than 3,000 volunteers, many
:21:57. > :22:01.from east London, will take part in the opening ceremony for the
:22:01. > :22:05.Paralympics. The details were revealed today and will also
:22:05. > :22:09.include a fly-past by a charity which trains disabled people to
:22:09. > :22:12.become pilots. Brenda Emmanus has more.
:22:12. > :22:16.The circus based in the heart of Hackney has been training people of
:22:16. > :22:20.all ages and abilities in performance skills for over a
:22:20. > :22:24.decade. Today, it was revealed they will play a significant part in the
:22:24. > :22:28.Paralympic Games opening ceremony. They will be teaching a special
:22:28. > :22:33.group of performers who will be part of the event in August.
:22:33. > :22:38.think there has been a long term perception that disability arts is
:22:39. > :22:42.mediocre, it is what they do, for them, marginalised, get wised,
:22:42. > :22:46.dismissed. And all of our work is absolutely about putting deaf and
:22:46. > :22:52.disabled people at the forefront. Now we have a massive arena to do
:22:52. > :22:57.exactly that. Organisers announced that the event will include a cast
:22:57. > :23:01.of over 3,000 and will be a showcase for deaf and disabled
:23:01. > :23:05.artists, challenging perceptions with a ground-breaking experience.
:23:05. > :23:10.The biggest challenges we are doing this show for half a billion people
:23:10. > :23:15.and that is a big number. Thrilling and daunting but there is an
:23:15. > :23:18.extraordinary team at LOCOG supporting us and enabling us to
:23:18. > :23:21.create this most magnificent and truly spectacular show.
:23:21. > :23:28.training programme for the 50 specialist performers will take
:23:28. > :23:32.place here for eight weeks. This ceremony is about participation and
:23:32. > :23:38.induces the -- implicity. Today, the schools in the host boroughs
:23:38. > :23:42.were also announced. The East Leake Community School in Newham were
:23:42. > :23:47.dancing for joy. Their students will be involved in
:23:47. > :23:51.a bespoke part of the Paralympic Games opening ceremony.
:23:51. > :23:55.Olympics is such a great things that many kids do not understand. I
:23:55. > :24:01.think it is a really big on that kids go there, to feel the
:24:01. > :24:05.excitement and see the whole world compete in athletics, swimming,
:24:05. > :24:10.some kids do not do athletics so I think this will be a really big
:24:10. > :24:15.chance for them. And a massive opportunity for these delighted
:24:15. > :24:20.youngsters when they are in the spotlight at the Olympic Stadium.
:24:20. > :24:29.Peter is here with a check on the weather. It is very topical at the
:24:29. > :24:34.We have got a special programme about the drought this evening.
:24:34. > :24:38.However, I am going to talk about rain. The right sort of rain but it
:24:38. > :24:43.will end up in the wrong place. You will know what I mean if you watch
:24:43. > :24:48.that programme later on BBC One. It looks like the heaviest rain will
:24:48. > :24:54.be with us once it gets dark. There is the satellite view, lots of
:24:54. > :24:58.cloud across south-east England. You can see where the rain is
:24:58. > :25:01.coming from, bright echoes moving across the southern North Sea. Some
:25:01. > :25:06.of the rain we will get later this evening and over tonight tonight
:25:06. > :25:13.will be heavy and thundery and the Met Office has issued a weather
:25:13. > :25:16.warning for that heavy rain. So, let's take a look at what we can
:25:17. > :25:21.expect. Those bright echoes, eventually coming into the London
:25:21. > :25:24.area. It looks as though the heaviest of the rain can turn up to
:25:24. > :25:29.the north of London. The counties to the north of London at the
:25:29. > :25:39.moment will get the wettest weather. There will be some heavy rain south
:25:39. > :25:40.
:25:40. > :25:49.of the Thames. That is an inch to an inch and a half of rain. There
:25:49. > :25:52.are a lot of flood alerts in force across south-east England. If there
:25:52. > :26:02.will be a flood warning, you may want to make a note of the
:26:02. > :26:06.Floodline number. Tomorrow, the heavy rain will turn light and
:26:06. > :26:11.showery. The Thunder will rumble itself out. Still a chance of
:26:11. > :26:16.getting wet with a light shower in the afternoon. Temperatures up to
:26:16. > :26:21.10 or 11 Celsius. And then, some more rain on Friday night. That
:26:21. > :26:25.will probably turn it much colder for the Bank Holiday weekend. The
:26:25. > :26:30.bottom numbers, air temperatures at night. They could be a touch of
:26:30. > :26:33.frost again on the grass. A reminder of the headlines: The
:26:33. > :26:37.coroner hearing the inquest into the death of an MI6 worker found
:26:37. > :26:42.locked in a bag in his London flat has said she believes someone else
:26:42. > :26:45.was involved in his death. But she said it was doubtful that Gareth
:26:45. > :26:48.Williams' death will never be explained.
:26:49. > :26:55.Over 2000 government employees are being paid through private
:26:55. > :26:58.companies are not paying tax at source. Big chief-executive of the
:26:58. > :27:01.Student Loans Company has been using the same practice.
:27:01. > :27:05.The leader of Ireland's Catholics has said he will not resign,
:27:06. > :27:09.despite revelations in a BBC documentary. It said evidence
:27:09. > :27:12.suggested that Cardinal Sean Brady did not alert the parents of
:27:12. > :27:16.children who had been abused by a priest.
:27:16. > :27:19.All the mayoral candidates have been out on the capital's streets
:27:20. > :27:23.today for one last day of campaigning. Tomorrow, millions of
:27:23. > :27:26.Londoners will go to the polls to elect the person who will hold the
:27:26. > :27:31.top job at City Hall for the next four years.
:27:32. > :27:35.RAF Typhoon jets will be flying over London this week as part of a