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Tonight on BBC London. The Mayor scraps plans to set up ten academy | :00:09. | :00:14. | |
schools in the capital, one of the key promises when he came to power. | :00:14. | :00:17. | |
His death was not an accident says the brother of Tom Ousby, who fell | :00:17. | :00:28. | |
Toxicology was carried out on Tom and it revealed no drugs in his | :00:28. | :00:32. | |
system and a very small inadequate amount of alcohol to suggest any | :00:32. | :00:37. | |
drunkenness. That rings alarm bells. Also tonight. Cracking down on | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
latest drive to make London's roads safer. And the vinyl revival. How | :00:42. | :00:51. | |
records are making their mark on more than just the music scene. | :00:51. | :01:09. | |
Hello and good evening. The Mayor is to scrap plans to set up ten academy | :01:09. | :01:21. | |
promise to set up the schools was one of his key promises as Mayor but | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
tonight 's City Hall said times one of his key promises as Mayor but | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
changed and the Mayor would focus on free schools instead. Clearly that's | :01:29. | :01:39. | |
not the right picture there. This was the May two years ago as he | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
opened the first of what he promised would be ten Meru academies. —— | :01:43. | :01:49. | |
Mayor. The aim was clear and this promises. It would provide in ten | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
GLA to make sure every student, academies he planned planned to | :01:53. | :02:05. | |
GLA to make sure every student, coming from academies has access to | :02:05. | :02:07. | |
hinted that as long as three years coming from academies has access to | :02:07. | :02:33. | |
hinted that as long as three years ago. I think we need to consider the | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
aspiration for academies in light of the changing national educational | :02:35. | :02:41. | |
context. The free schools etc. You know, it's not beyond the bounds of | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
possibility that we would want to tweak that anyway. No one from City | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
Hall was available for interview tonight but insiders say the Mayor | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
switching is focused to supporting programme instead. He won't get | :02:55. | :03:01. | |
involved in running skills any more but BBC London has been told he | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
involved in running skills any more identified ten sites for new free | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
schools. It's believed some, at least, will be in form a PlayStation | :03:07. | :03:09. | |
is being closed down as part of least, will be in form a PlayStation | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
savings programme from Scotland Yard. Dutch police stations. —— | :03:13. | :03:21. | |
police stations. Lots more to come including. It was the place Olympic | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
Uxbridge who fell to his death from Majorca say they fear it wasn't | :03:25. | :03:40. | |
Uxbridge who fell to his death from accident. 19—year—old Tom Ousby | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
Uxbridge who fell to his death from two weeks ago in Magaluf, where | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
Uxbridge who fell to his death from been working. Police in Spain have | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
told the BBC they can't rule out foul play. Secunder Kermani has | :03:48. | :04:00. | |
told the BBC they can't rule out story. Tom Ousby was a talented | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
drummer and a former model. He'd been working as a promoter in the | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
Spanish holiday resort of Magaluf over the summer. But he died two | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
weeks ago falling from the fire escape of this hotel. Detectives say | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
the case was probably an accident but that they can't rule anything | :04:15. | :04:21. | |
out. His family think he has been chased the time. But toxicology | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
out. His family think he has been carried out on Tom and it revealed | :04:25. | :04:25. | |
no drugs in his system and a very carried out on Tom and it revealed | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
no drugs in his system and a very small inadequate amount of alcohol | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
friends and relatives. His brothers that rings alarm bells. Tribute | :04:31. | :04:44. | |
friends and relatives. His brothers of the family first found out about | :04:44. | :04:45. | |
his death through the Internet. The news first broke to my parents via | :04:45. | :04:53. | |
social networking, Facebook, and it was only when my mum typed in my | :04:53. | :05:08. | |
publicised. She said, " oh my God, it's true. He has been flown back to | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
Britain today but the family say information from the Foreign Office. | :05:12. | :05:18. | |
The longer we don't know and find a genuinely what happened, the more it | :05:18. | :05:22. | |
tends to play on our minds. The consular assistance to the family | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
and are in regular contact. They advise them to appoint a lawyer | :05:27. | :05:32. | |
and are in regular contact. They Spain to keep informed about the | :05:32. | :05:32. | |
investigation there. The family Spain to keep informed about the | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
raised over £15,000 for legal fees and say they would be devastated by | :05:37. | :05:46. | |
his death and want answers. Drivers who stop in cycle boxes at traffic | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
lights are being targeted in a fortnight—long operation. City Hall | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
and the police say it's part of campaign to make cycling safer and | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
deny motorists are being singled out. In a moment we'll be talking to | :05:56. | :06:00. | |
the mayor's cycling commissioner Andrew Gilligan about this and his | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
other plans. But first here's Nick Beake. This is a so—called bike | :06:03. | :06:11. | |
other plans. But first here's Nick in central London. It's not that | :06:11. | :06:12. | |
well—known but motorists face a in central London. It's not that | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
fine and three points on their licence if they drive into it when | :06:15. | :06:20. | |
the light is on red. We are told it is happening more and more. We | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
filmed the next ten changes of the likes. In that time, some vehicles | :06:24. | :06:29. | |
crept over the first line a little, others nearly filled the bike box. | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
Transport for London say taking cyclists space is putting safety at | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
risk. So, for a fortnight, you will see this. Once you go over this | :06:39. | :06:44. | |
white line, it's three points on your licence. Officers from the | :06:44. | :06:50. | |
transport command of issued more than 60 fines to motorists and | :06:50. | :06:51. | |
bikers so far in the first week than 60 fines to motorists and | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
the crackdown. This man was one than 60 fines to motorists and | :06:55. | :07:03. | |
them. How much is it? £60. Three points on my license. Very harsh. | :07:03. | :07:10. | |
targeting motorists for an offence understand and plan ahead a little | :07:10. | :07:20. | |
legitimately end up in a box due to bit. We don't want motorists to | :07:20. | :07:33. | |
legitimately end up in a box due to traffic movements we take it into | :07:33. | :07:35. | |
consideration. The police say they are not singling out motorists. | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
consideration. The police say they far, this week, they have given | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
consideration. The police say they than 50 cyclists finds £30 a time | :07:42. | :07:45. | |
for jumping red lights. Cycling campaign groups want better overall | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
enforcement, though. It's a bit overdue. These things have been | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
enforcement, though. It's a bit London streets for 18 years and | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
enforcement, though. It's a bit would be easier if it was a better | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
relationship between drivers and cyclists is often strained to say | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
the least. But the Mayor's cycling commissioner says tough action on | :08:05. | :08:08. | |
offences by both parties is the commissioner says tough action on | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
And the Mayor's Cycling Commissioner Andrew Gilligan joins me. Good | :08:12. | :08:21. | |
talking about tougher enforcement on both motorists and cyclists. How are | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
lorries. This is what we can do both motorists and cyclists. How are | :08:24. | :08:35. | |
reduce that because this box is designed to ensure they feel vision, | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
lorries have a blind spot in front of a man to the side of, so unless | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
there is a space between him and the cyclist, they will run them over. | :08:44. | :08:46. | |
These boxes have saved hundreds cyclist, they will run them over. | :08:46. | :08:54. | |
lives. A lot of those cycling deaths necessarily cyclist jumping red | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
lights. Wouldn't it be better to focus on making those super highways | :08:59. | :09:05. | |
safer? We are doing that, too. We are upgrading them, segregating | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
them, in the heart of London. But intervention on the road to reduce | :09:10. | :09:15. | |
the capacity of the roads take out parking in things like that. That | :09:15. | :09:17. | |
takes longer and we can do this parking in things like that. That | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
the short term. Clamping down in two weeks is one thing. It's not easy to | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
perhaps those cameras you have in enforce, though. You could imagine | :09:27. | :09:30. | |
perhaps those cameras you have in bus lanes, but for cyclists, you | :09:30. | :09:32. | |
couldn't have a policeman at every traffic light, could you? The reason | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
do less damage than a car. It is why cyclists get fined less if they | :09:38. | :09:44. | |
do less damage than a car. It is right that they are fined, too, | :09:44. | :09:46. | |
do less damage than a car. It is cyclists don't carry registration | :09:47. | :09:47. | |
drivers. Will you have more cameras number so we can't do an automatic | :09:47. | :09:58. | |
drivers. Will you have more cameras on London's roads for motorists | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
drivers. Will you have more cameras more policemen standing? Yes, we are | :10:01. | :10:01. | |
going to increase police by 25% more policemen standing? Yes, we are | :10:01. | :10:07. | |
time when police generally falling, in numbers, and... Is that the best | :10:07. | :10:14. | |
use of police time? Every time I talk about cycling, they say people | :10:14. | :10:21. | |
frightened a lot of people. I don't think it's particularly dangerous, | :10:21. | :10:23. | |
only nine cyclists were injured think it's particularly dangerous, | :10:23. | :10:28. | |
serious accidents last year but people always mention it so that's | :10:28. | :10:33. | |
why we're doing it. We also want to ask the government for the power to | :10:33. | :10:36. | |
enforce these bike boxes with our own cameras the same as bus lanes. | :10:36. | :10:38. | |
That's something we can't do at own cameras the same as bus lanes. | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
moment. Talking of the government, we spoke about five months ago about | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
the Mayor's £1 billion cycling vision. Only one third of the money | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
was guaranteed them. How are you doing now, given that the government | :10:52. | :10:59. | |
London's budget by a third? The Mayor said every penny is protected. | :10:59. | :11:05. | |
Even though we doesn't have it? Transport for London have been given | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
another year 's money and the final five years is still being negotiated | :11:08. | :11:12. | |
but every penny in the current programme for the next four years is | :11:12. | :11:18. | |
protected. And that is quite clear. The savings will have to come from | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
other parts of their budget, not cycling. Andrew Gilligan, thank | :11:22. | :11:33. | |
other parts of their budget, not thousands of A—Level students assess | :11:33. | :11:35. | |
their options after receiving their results, London's universities are | :11:35. | :11:37. | |
battling to attract the brightest unlimited number of school leavers | :11:37. | :11:44. | |
Ashdown reports, some students are being offered cash incentives to | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
take up places. Results day is always an emotional roller—coaster. | :11:49. | :11:56. | |
but some eye watering calculations Mostly tears of joy here in Sutton, | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
but some eye watering calculations to be made about the affordability | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
of university. Are you worried about the money side of it? No, I will | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
on. £9,000 a year, I am worried the money side of it? No, I will | :12:08. | :12:14. | |
worth it. It's alone, and if I about coming a long term, it will | :12:14. | :12:20. | |
like food, travel and leisure. Over graduate, it means I can repay | :12:20. | :12:38. | |
like food, travel and leisure. Over a typical three—year course, a | :12:38. | :12:40. | |
London undergraduate could pay just over £70,000. It used to be an | :12:40. | :12:48. | |
university, for some students. They used to think, I'm definitely going | :12:48. | :12:51. | |
to university and didn't used to looking at the £9,000 and thinking | :12:51. | :12:59. | |
Universities are thinking, too, institutions are offering cash | :12:59. | :13:09. | |
incentives to those with As and environment in universities. We | :13:09. | :13:22. | |
incentives to those with As and restricted on a number of students | :13:22. | :13:26. | |
we can take and the ABB is the place we can expand. Roehampton wants | :13:26. | :13:31. | |
we can take and the ABB is the place expand, and art engaged in that | :13:31. | :13:35. | |
market. More students are choosing apprenticeships and jobs and many | :13:35. | :13:36. | |
employers say A—levels are more apprenticeships and jobs and many | :13:36. | :13:39. | |
adequate for someone to forge a apprenticeships and jobs and many | :13:39. | :13:41. | |
career. And of course, get paid rather than get into debt. I think | :13:41. | :13:46. | |
it would be appalling of young people who've got great other than | :13:46. | :13:54. | |
Asian bees at the moment, —— who got grades of As and Bs. All of those | :13:54. | :14:03. | |
grades are key to future employment. The eventual need for a job is | :14:03. | :14:07. | |
something they all have in common. The advice now is to take stock | :14:07. | :14:10. | |
something they all have in common. consider the options available. | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
something they all have in common. the moment, though, the students | :14:12. | :14:14. | |
just want to go and celebrate their results before making what could be | :14:14. | :14:23. | |
the biggest decision of their lives. A 19—year—old man has appeared in | :14:23. | :14:26. | |
court charged with the murder of a teenager from east London. Aminur | :14:27. | :14:29. | |
Khan from Poplar is accused of death on Monday. He's also charged | :14:30. | :14:34. | |
with the attempted murder of another teenager. Mr Khan has been remanded | :14:34. | :14:36. | |
in custody and is due to appear could be lost and passenger safety | :14:36. | :14:47. | |
is considering closing all tube could be lost and passenger safety | :14:47. | :14:54. | |
decisions have been made yet. We're looking at every economy can make to | :14:54. | :15:07. | |
run a cost efficient underground in a growing city with less public | :15:07. | :15:12. | |
subsidy. When we are ready to talk to Londoners about what we're going | :15:12. | :15:16. | |
to do, we will do that, having started appropriate consultations. | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
Next, you might have thought finding your way along the canals was simply | :15:21. | :15:27. | |
for the first time in the UK, a high—tech camera is being used to | :15:27. | :15:38. | |
From the towpath, you would expect wildlife, maybe. But probably not | :15:38. | :15:42. | |
this. Attached to a backpack is wildlife, maybe. But probably not | :15:42. | :15:48. | |
camera that takes 365 pictures every couple of seconds. It is unusual | :15:48. | :16:00. | |
piece of equivalent. —— and unusual. But people aren't encouraging and | :16:00. | :16:05. | |
interested in what you are doing. Using cameras on cards, Google has | :16:05. | :16:09. | |
already done this for streets. But it has used the tracker to capture | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
harder to reach places, like the Grand Canyon. And now, the region's | :16:14. | :16:20. | |
canal. Stars from the canal and River trust had borrowed the gadget | :16:20. | :16:23. | |
and will capture pictures across miles of waterways. They have local | :16:23. | :16:28. | |
knowledge and they know where to go. Now that we will be going across the | :16:28. | :16:33. | |
UK to do the entire canal network, it only feels right that we partner | :16:33. | :16:36. | |
with the right organisation to walk with us. But it will be a few months | :16:36. | :16:43. | |
before this virtual mapping of the see lots of jurists coming through | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
who do not know where this goes see lots of jurists coming through | :16:48. | :16:54. | |
They come looking for Camden and that is on the other side. So lots | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
iPads or iPhones, and do not look. of people walk around with their | :16:59. | :17:05. | |
iPads or iPhones, and do not look. It means that in the future, river | :17:05. | :17:07. | |
views will be available without having to step outside. Still to | :17:07. | :17:09. | |
How records are making a mark on having to step outside. Still to | :17:09. | :17:17. | |
is something fresh in the forecast more than just the music scene. | :17:17. | :17:24. | |
is something fresh in the forecast for this weekend. I will have their | :17:24. | :17:24. | |
Laura Trott pedals to all a big for this weekend. I will have their | :17:24. | :17:40. | |
Laura Trott pedals to all a big victory last summer. Today, it was | :17:40. | :17:41. | |
announced that the velodrome will open to the public in March next | :17:41. | :17:42. | |
year. As your roaders who visit open to the public in March next | :17:42. | :17:48. | |
Queen Elizabeth venue can try out the track for as little as £9. —— | :17:49. | :17:56. | |
Great Britain wins! Last year, it could be you. The BMX and velodrome | :17:56. | :18:05. | |
tracks, along with mountain bike trails and a road circuit, will | :18:05. | :18:09. | |
tracks, along with mountain bike open to the public. It is more | :18:09. | :18:13. | |
Glasgow, but the demand is expected to be huge. We are comparable with | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
Manchester. Taking into account to be huge. We are comparable with | :18:16. | :18:24. | |
London factor, we think we have attend sessions, you will need to go | :18:24. | :18:34. | |
through an accreditation process, which could be 60 or £70. Most | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
sessions are £6 or £4. Although which could be 60 or £70. Most | :18:38. | :18:45. | |
accreditation stage. The riders alone will not pay to run their | :18:46. | :18:53. | |
accreditation stage. The riders —— run the venues. Generating income | :18:53. | :18:54. | |
from commercial opportunities will programme, with the positive bottom | :18:54. | :19:03. | |
line which means there will be no burden on the taxpayer. While the | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
velodrome is ready to go, it is other areas of the park that are | :19:06. | :19:11. | |
being developed. The road circuit is starting to take place but the | :19:11. | :19:14. | |
service is not down. We are reducing the year next from an eight metre | :19:15. | :19:21. | |
high ramp to a four metre high ramp. The mountain bike circuit is taking | :19:21. | :19:26. | |
already. But we still need a little bit more time. This is the approach | :19:26. | :19:28. | |
to the finish line. And this track bit more time. This is the approach | :19:28. | :19:37. | |
to the finish line. And this track is really scary. The current direct | :19:37. | :19:37. | |
42 degrees. —— the corners are at 42 42 degrees. —— the corners are at 42 | :19:37. | :19:45. | |
degrees and you are on a bike with no brakes and ears. It makes you | :19:45. | :19:45. |