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Tonight on BBC London News. It's the final day of campaigning for

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the men and women who want to be mayor. The two front runners are

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standing by to make their final appeals for your vote, live. We

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will also give you a simple guide on how to vote at the polling booth

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tomorrow. Also tonight: A show of strength in

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the skies. The Typhoon jets arrive which will protect London during

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the Olympics. Scientists appeal to campaigners

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not to destroy their field of genetically modified wheat.

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Some kids just don't do athletics so this will be a really big chance

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for them. And the youngsters who will take

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centre stage at the opening Good evening and welcome to the

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programme. Tomorrow millions of Londoners head to the polls to

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choose the person who will be mayor for the next four years. Whoever

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wins will control a budget of nearly �15 billion, have the

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largest personal mandate of any politician in the country, and be

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the figurehead who represents London around the world. It has

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been a hotly fought campaign, where transport, crime and the economy

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were key issues. But trust and integrity have also featured. Today

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all the candidates wanting London's top job have been out across the

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capital for the final day of campaigning. Tim Donovan reports.

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Nice to see you? And many thousands of leaflets have been exchanging

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hands these last few weeks. Today, he got backing from his

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Conservative leader. Not necessarily a help according to

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recent polls. David Cameron said, I am giving the country the chance to

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have many more Boris Johnsons. I want one in Birmingham, Leeds and

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Bradford, he said. 24 hours left! His focus was clear enough. Behind

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in the polls, the final surge needed. If there is strong Labour

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support, can he count on enough of it? The winner of this contest

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becomes the political face of the Olympics. Latest polls predict

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Boris will be keen. The Lib Dems are hoping they can defy the polls,

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which suggests they are suffering in coalition of. People really like

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the policies, the fact we are the most ambitious in terms of building

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new homes in London and I think people will respond positively

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tomorrow. Some Londoners are yet to make up their minds and a lot of

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those undecided voters will be voting Liberal Democrat tomorrow.

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We have great policies, we have a positive vision of London for the

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future and that is what people want to hear. They do not want to hear

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about arguments about the past, they want to hear about the future.

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The Green candidate says her main objective was to make London

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affordable for. It is moving out of the range of so many people. The

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poverty gap is opening. We have to make housing cheaper and more

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secure and reduce fares and make sure the police are trusted by the

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majority of the population, and whether as mayor or an Assembly

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member, people can hold me to a count on all the policies I have

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written down. The candidates know these last few hours could make a

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difference, a last chance to remind people of their core beliefs.

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in five jobs is dependent on the success of the financial services

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industry which is being hit heavily by the EU. People say I am

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independent and then see my policies and like it even more --

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see that I am independent. In two days time, they will will discover

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if it was worth it. We have heard from other candidates. Let's hear

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from the two leading candidates, Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone,

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out on the campaign trail. First to Mr Livingstone, in Kilburn. As we

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heard, you have been campaigning for weeks. What has been the

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defining moment that has crystallised what this election is

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all about? It was when a young mother in Barking came up to me

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right at the beginning and said, you have to win. People are saying

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good luck and all that, and suddenly you realise it really

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matters to people because these are the worst economic times for 80

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years and anything you can do to put money back in people's pockets,

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by reducing energy bills, cutting fares, bringing back the

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educational maintenance allowance. What the mayor can do to help

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people get through these times. Four years ago, there was not that

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sense of urgency. I have been struck by how desperate people are

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for me to win because they think I am on their side. There will be

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some undecided voters. We know that second preferences really matter.

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To help people to make up their minds, just some up for us in 30

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seconds, no more, why Londoners should vote for you. Your time

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starts now. Transport for London officials are working on two plans,

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one is a 7% cut in phase in October if I win, one is a 5% increase plus

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2% in case Boris Johnson wins, that is in January. That is why I can

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say the difference between a Labour mayor and a Tory mayor over the

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next four years will save you �4,000 if you live in the centre of

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London and �1,700 if you live in the outskirts. I will start

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building council homes... You 30 seconds are up. We must turn down

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to Boris Johnson. You have been campaigning for weeks. -- we must

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turn out to Boris Johnson. What has been the defining moment for you?

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The thing that really brought home to me the difficulties young people

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are facing was I was at Croydon College talking to a young

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apprentice about his plans to go forward and run his own restaurant

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business, and I understood the huge challenge we face in this city to

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get people into work and I think if you look at our apprentice scheme,

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what we are doing to create 200,000 jobs over the next four years, my

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advantage is getting the cash that London needs and I hope I have the

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right policies, I know I do, to take this City forward and to lead

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London out of recession. For me this is about jobs, growth and

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taking London forward into the future. And for people making up

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their mind, in 30 seconds, and you have heard that I will stop you

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after 30 seconds, why should Londoners vote for you? I hope they

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will vote for me because I will invest in the transport system,

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keep fares down in an honest and sustainable way, but more police on

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the streets, get the budgets from government that London needs and

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above all, managed my budgets in a fair and sustainable way so we can

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cut council tax by 10% and maintain vital freedoms like the freedom

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pass. I will create jobs, 200,000 of them, over the next four years,

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take London into the future, not a lurch back to their mistakes and

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the waste... Time is up, thank you very much Ken Livingstone and Boris

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Johnson. Maybe you have decided who to cast

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your vote for, maybe you will be deciding later. But what exactly do

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you have to do when you get into the polling booth tomorrow? Here's

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Karl Mercer to explain how Londoners vote for the mayor and

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Some things in an election never changes. All you need is a pencil,

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a ballot paper, and a ballot box. But when you go into the polling

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station tomorrow, things are slightly different because you will

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get three ballot papers. One to vote for your candidate for mayor,

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one for your local constituency member of the London Assembly and

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one for a top-up list. This is because the Assembly is made up of

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40 members who represent one constituency. The other 11 seats

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are to reflect the way the capital has voted. It is here parties like

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UKIP, the Lib Dems, the Greens and the BNP have picked up some votes

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in the past. Then you can vote for mayor, first preference and second

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preference. If the candidate wins more than 50% of first preferences,

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they will be mayor. So far no one has, which means it will all be

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done to the crucial second preferences. They are reallocated

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until somebody crosses the 50% threshold. Last time, 400,000

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people did not use their second preference. The winning margin was

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just 140,000 votes. There are spoiled ballot papers in many

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elections, sometimes because they choose to and sometimes because

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they do not understand, so we have tried to provide many different

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kinds of information to make sure as many people know how to fill in

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the ballot paper as. With the polls opening at 7 o'clock tomorrow

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morning, the blow up ballot boxes These are the seven candidates for

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mayor. You will find more information about the candidates

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for the London Assembly, and the details of these policies, on our

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website. Still to come:

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The Government warns if we have another dry winter, standpipes

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RAF Typhoon jets will be flying over London and the south-east of

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England this week as part of a security training operation for the

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Olympic Games. It is the first time fighter aircraft have been

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stationed at RAF Northolt since the Second World War. Jonathan Beale

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reports. The sound of the engines from four

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Typhoon jets announce their arrival in London, marking the start of

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this major Olympic security exercise over the next eight days.

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Hurricane fighter planes are dressed in line, waiting for a

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signal. It is the first time fighter planes had been based at

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Northolt in west London since the Second World War, when Hurricanes

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were flown here in the Battle of Britain. Now in peace time, the

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RAF's most advanced fighter jets are training to act in the Olympics

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if necessary, as a last resort. we decide that an unknown aircraft

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is a threat to the Games, there will be decision-making at the

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highest political level to take care of that aircraft. The Typhoons,

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along with military helicopters with snipers and spy planes, will

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be flying over the main Olympic sites over the next few days. There

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will be a lot of military hardware on show. As well as the Typhoon,

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HMS Ocean, the Royal Navy's largest warship, will be sailing up the

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Thames, to Greenwich. Ground braced -- ground-based air-defence systems

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It is unusual air activity but there is nothing to worry about and

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it is all part of us preparing for the Olympics and to reassure the

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public we are watching. We will still be there at the Olympics but

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very much out of side. The focus will be on security around the

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capital, but HMS Bulwark will be stationed near Weymouth. This is

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just the exercise but later this summer, they will be ready to act

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if necessary. This exercise is about training military personnel

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involved in the Olympics and it is also about deterrence for any

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potential attackers. It is also about reassuring, not just people

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here but the wider world that will be watching. Of course, this

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military hardware would only be used as a last resort.

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Scientists in Hertfordshire developing genetically-modified

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wheat have written an open letter to activists urging them not to

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destroy the experimental plants. The researchers fear that a

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campaign group called Take the Flour Back is planning to wreck the

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trial site near Harpenden. Scientists claim the work could

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help reduce pesticide use. Sarah It is not what you would expect on

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a walk in the middle of the Hertfordshire countryside, but

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researchers who planted this crop of GM wheat are not taking any

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chances. They have been working for years to develop a plant which

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contains the synthetic gene to deter pests. But protesters have

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threatened to dig it all up. We are appealing to them to change their

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mind. To protest peacefully. We do not want to be building fences. We

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need to be able to carry out research without the threat of it

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being destroyed. There has been no proper safety research for GM wheat.

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This is the campaign video for protesters who intend to, what they

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call, decontaminate the countryside by pulling up the GM crop. We feel

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they are not adhering to the precautionary principle which has

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been outlined by the EU. Although they are small scale, they are

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open-air trials which is our problem. We are prepared for people

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to do trolls in the laboratory but they are bringing it into the open

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air and there is a risk of cross- contamination and a danger to

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public health. But scientists are following government guidelines and

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saying there is no chance of the modified strain spreading into

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neighbouring fields. Genetically- modified week has been grown here

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successfully back in the 1990s. But in 2000, attempts had to be

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abandoned after protesters broke into the field and tore up the crop.

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And it was not the only place GM crops have been destroyed across

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the countryside over the years. The protesters have agreed to talk to

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the scientists but so far, the May 27th demonstration will go ahead as

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planned. Police in Luton are urging a

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business-as-usual approach to this weekend's EDL march. Last year,

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businesses boarded-up properties and shoppers stayed away to avoid

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the rally. Police said there could be 2000 protesters but they will be

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kept away from the town centre. Luton is going to be open for

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business as far as it can be. The business will not be normal as any

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other day. There will be lots of police officers. They are here for

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your safety and security. If there is any misbehaviour or criminal

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activity, we will deal with it then and there.

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Still to come tonight: Today, the plans for the Paralympic opening

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ceremony were announced here at the Circus Space in Hackney, so there

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is a hint of what to expect. To we could see a return to

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standpipes in the streets, according to the Environment

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Secretary. Caroline Spellman said that could be a possibility if we

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have another dry winter. London and the south-east are experiencing a

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drought already and a hosepipe ban is in force.

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It has been the wettest April on record, yet here we are in a

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drought potentially so serious, but the government is not ruling out a

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return to scenes like this in 1976, when we had to resort to stand

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pipes. It is far too early to tell yet whether we will have the wet

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winter we do need, but whereas it is most unlikely we would have

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standpipes this year, if we have another dry winter, that becomes

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more likely. The lack of rain is only partially to blame, according

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to the union which represents workers at Thames Water. The GMB's

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has too many reservoirs have been sold off and resources have been

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mismanaged. This is Hornsey waterworks. This party still used

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by Thames Water. But over here where there was once a reservoir,

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there are now flat. This, say unions, is symptomatic of a sell-

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off by Thames Water which has contributed to the drought we are

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now in. We have now had two drowns in two years. That is because we do

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not have the storage capability. That has to come down to somebody.

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Thames Water have sold off site which they think, not useful and we

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have got hosepipe bans. Now we have water running through the streets

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which we cannot correct. That cannot be right. But Thames Water

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insists it has got the situation under control. This, we have closed

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some of our facilities as and when they become redundant following

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improvements to our network. A lot of the site the GMB is talking

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about, were not used to store water at all. London has not run out of

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four to six years ago, it has not run out of water this year. What we

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have had this year is a water shortage and what we have done to

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mitigate that shortage is put in a hosepipe ban. Nevertheless, the

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possibility of more stringent measures will confound some,

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especially if they are currently wading around in floodwater.

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And there is lots more on this on an Inside Out London special:

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Drought 2012, later this evening at 7:30pm here on BBC One.

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Next, to the innovations in space exploration being made on an

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industrial estate in Hertfordshire. Space city, just outside Stevenage,

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makes a quarter of the world's satellite. Now one company based

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there has been chosen to make a new system which will get closer to the

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sun than ever before. I know it does not look like we are

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going boldly where no man has gone before, but walk through this door

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on an industrial estate in Stevenage, and you onto the surface

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of Mars. This is Bruno. He is our Mars Rover prototype. Six year ifs

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from now, Bruno's successor should be scouring the Red Planet hunting

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for signs of life. Mars is a long way away and even sending a command

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signal there and back can take 20 minutes. It is very important that

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the Rover can make as many decisions for itself as possible.

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Space is a British success story right now. Satellite business alone

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is worth �7.5 billion a year. The company's bread and butter is

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launching a satellite which been our television signals and that

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helps fund space exploration - Mars, Mercury and now the sun. This is

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the solar or bitter, a project worth almost a quarter of a billion

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pounds that will see a spacecraft travel closer to the sum than ever

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before. It will carry a set of instruments to look at the surface

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of the Sun and try and understand the link between the two and we

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will have a better understanding of how to protect ourselves. In these

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surgically clean workshops, British engineers and scientists are

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working on new machines. De football now and in less than

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hour's time, Chelsea will kick-off in their last Premier League

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fixture before Saturday's have a cup final against Liverpool. While

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the Blues have struggled in the league this season, they have taken

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the FA Cup by storm. There is a good spirit at the

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moment in the dressing room and that is connected to the positive

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results we are getting. It is also exciting because we have so many

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targets to play and I think it is better to be like this than to not

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have any targets. Meanwhile, Tottenham are away to

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Bolton as they also battled to hold onto it up four spot in the Premier

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League. Fabrice Muamba will attend the match. It will be the first

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time the midfielder has attended a game since he suffered a cardiac

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arrest on the pitch in March. More than 3,000 volunteers, many

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from east London, will take part in the opening ceremony for the

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Paralympics. The details were revealed today and will also

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include a fly-past by a charity which trains disabled people to

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become pilots. Brenda Emmanus has more.

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The circus based in the heart of Hackney has been training people of

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all ages and abilities in performance skills for over a

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decade. Today, it was revealed they will play a significant part in the

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Paralympic Games opening ceremony. They will be teaching a special

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group of performers who will be part of the event in August.

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think there has been a long term perception that disability arts is

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mediocre, it is what they do, for them, marginalised, get wised,

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dismissed. And all of our work is absolutely about putting deaf and

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disabled people at the forefront. Now we have a massive arena to do

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exactly that. Organisers announced that the event will include a cast

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of over 3,000 and will be a showcase for deaf and disabled

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artists, challenging perceptions with a ground-breaking experience.

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The biggest challenges we are doing this show for half a billion people

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and that is a big number. Thrilling and daunting but there is an

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extraordinary team at LOCOG supporting us and enabling us to

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create this most magnificent and truly spectacular show.

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training programme for the 50 specialist performers will take

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place here for eight weeks. This ceremony is about participation and

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induces the -- implicity. Today, the schools in the host boroughs

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were also announced. The East Leake Community School in Newham were

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dancing for joy. Their students will be involved in

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a bespoke part of the Paralympic Games opening ceremony.

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Olympics is such a great things that many kids do not understand. I

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think it is a really big on that kids go there, to feel the

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excitement and see the whole world compete in athletics, swimming,

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some kids do not do athletics so I think this will be a really big

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chance for them. And a massive opportunity for these delighted

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youngsters when they are in the spotlight at the Olympic Stadium.

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Peter is here with a check on the weather. It is very topical at the

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We have got a special programme about the drought this evening.

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However, I am going to talk about rain. The right sort of rain but it

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will end up in the wrong place. You will know what I mean if you watch

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that programme later on BBC One. It looks like the heaviest rain will

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be with us once it gets dark. There is the satellite view, lots of

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cloud across south-east England. You can see where the rain is

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coming from, bright echoes moving across the southern North Sea. Some

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of the rain we will get later this evening and over tonight tonight

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will be heavy and thundery and the Met Office has issued a weather

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warning for that heavy rain. So, let's take a look at what we can

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expect. Those bright echoes, eventually coming into the London

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area. It looks as though the heaviest of the rain can turn up to

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the north of London. The counties to the north of London at the

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moment will get the wettest weather. There will be some heavy rain south

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of the Thames. That is an inch to an inch and a half of rain. There

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are a lot of flood alerts in force across south-east England. If there

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will be a flood warning, you may want to make a note of the

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Floodline number. Tomorrow, the heavy rain will turn light and

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showery. The Thunder will rumble itself out. Still a chance of

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getting wet with a light shower in the afternoon. Temperatures up to

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10 or 11 Celsius. And then, some more rain on Friday night. That

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will probably turn it much colder for the Bank Holiday weekend. The

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bottom numbers, air temperatures at night. They could be a touch of

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frost again on the grass. A reminder of the headlines: The

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coroner hearing the inquest into the death of an MI6 worker found

:26:33.:26:37.

locked in a bag in his London flat has said she believes someone else

:26:37.:26:42.

was involved in his death. But she said it was doubtful that Gareth

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Williams' death will never be explained.

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Over 2000 government employees are being paid through private

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companies are not paying tax at source. Big chief-executive of the

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Student Loans Company has been using the same practice.

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The leader of Ireland's Catholics has said he will not resign,

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despite revelations in a BBC documentary. It said evidence

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suggested that Cardinal Sean Brady did not alert the parents of

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children who had been abused by a priest.

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All the mayoral candidates have been out on the capital's streets

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today for one last day of campaigning. Tomorrow, millions of

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Londoners will go to the polls to elect the person who will hold the

:27:23.:27:26.

top job at City Hall for the next four years.

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RAF Typhoon jets will be flying over London this week as part of a

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