:00:07. > :00:10.On BBC London: Outrage from the families of the British victims
:00:10. > :00:12.On BBC London: Outrage from the 9/11, after a memorial unveiled
:00:12. > :00:23.On BBC London: Outrage from the years ago is discovered dumped in a
:00:24. > :00:29.warehouse. It has got to be erected artwork a permanent home in the
:00:29. > :00:34.Also tonight: Caught on camera, artwork a permanent home in the
:00:34. > :00:39.fraudsters targeting London's bus companies with bogus insurance
:00:39. > :00:39.How will the capital's Fire Service cope with fewer resources? London's
:00:39. > :00:53.Plus: tell me, have you had any cope with fewer resources? London's
:00:53. > :00:55.The London surgeons transforming the The London surgeons transforming the
:00:55. > :01:20.lives of children born with facial in the 9/11 attacks have reacted
:01:20. > :01:25.angrily after a memorial given to London by New York was found dumped
:01:25. > :01:29.in a farmyard. A suitable location for the steel girder taken from
:01:29. > :01:32.in a farmyard. A suitable location ruins of the Twin Towers still
:01:32. > :01:43.hasn't been found. The London Mayor promised to find it a permanent
:01:43. > :01:49.Battersea Park, two years ago, the London Mayor unveils a sculptor
:01:49. > :01:54.Battersea Park, two years ago, the attacks. A steel girder from the
:01:54. > :01:59.Twin Towers, donated by New York. A symbol of solidarity between the two
:01:59. > :02:04.cities. It is very powerful and touching. People will want to see
:02:04. > :02:09.it. But they haven't, it was taken down a month later and has been
:02:09. > :02:16.rusting in a farmyard in Cambridge because no permanent home was found.
:02:16. > :02:20.Patricia from Essex lost her son Kevin on 9/11. Not much you can
:02:20. > :02:22.Patricia from Essex lost her son about it other than it should be
:02:22. > :02:27.there. Not just families would like it but a lot of people would like to
:02:27. > :02:34.see it somewhere in London in a prominent position. Lord West is a
:02:35. > :02:41.former head of the Navy. His project structure shipped to the UK. He
:02:41. > :02:46.former head of the Navy. His project it is shameful no London borough
:02:46. > :02:48.accepted the memorial. It is an embarrassment, and insult to New
:02:48. > :02:52.York and nobody would want to do When one thinks about the special
:02:52. > :02:57.relationship, our worries over When one thinks about the special
:02:57. > :03:01.relationship, our worries over Syria, goodness, this isn't a good
:03:01. > :03:03.message. Two years ago, Southwark Council granted permission for the
:03:03. > :03:15.the Park trust rejected the plans saying the 28th foot structure was
:03:15. > :03:29.too big for the area. Two years the borough 's and bureaucrats were
:03:29. > :03:33.He has asked his staff to find a to blame. He does have a solution.
:03:33. > :03:36.He has asked his staff to find a permanent home for the artwork in
:03:36. > :03:40.the Olympic Park, welcomed by the charity behind the memorial which
:03:40. > :03:45.was today taking a group of British children around ground zero. It
:03:45. > :03:46.was today taking a group of British been an embarrassment for the UK, I
:03:46. > :03:55.hope we can put that right now. been an embarrassment for the UK, I
:03:55. > :04:03.Another girder is buried beneath the remembers the British victims. This
:04:03. > :04:08.particular transatlantic tribute, although no longer in a farmyard, is
:04:08. > :04:24.Recreating London's best—known skate park, but why the boarders are still
:04:24. > :04:39."crash—for—cash" fraudulent claims criminals involved deliberately
:04:39. > :04:42.drive into buses, and claim for whiplash or, in some cases, claim
:04:42. > :04:45.for injuries when their cars are hit, even though they were never in
:04:45. > :04:53.the vehicle. This exclusive report from our transport correspondent Tom
:04:53. > :05:01.It is a scam that can mean a big pay—out, fraudsters are targeting
:05:01. > :05:06.London's buses. This car was driven by a man who stops suddenly and
:05:06. > :05:06.London's buses. This car was driven bus crashes into him. It was along
:05:06. > :05:11.here that peopled out on a side bus crashes into him. It was along
:05:11. > :05:17.and slammed on his brakes. He was then hit from behind by a bus. He
:05:17. > :05:21.then submitted an insurance claim to the bus company of £500 for a new
:05:21. > :05:28.Patricia Walker claimed she was the bus industry, it will probably
:05:28. > :05:50.her parked car in Edmonton when the bus industry, it will probably
:05:50. > :05:56.affect consumers for insurance potentially into higher fares, which
:05:56. > :06:03.is why we have to keep on top of it. When this empty car is hit by a
:06:03. > :06:06.is why we have to keep on top of it. the owner claims there were four
:06:06. > :06:11.people in the vehicle and all were injured. They filed an insurance
:06:11. > :06:21.claim for £26,000. They were all defraud. Crash—for—cash 's scams
:06:21. > :06:25.cost insurance industries £400 million a year. While only a handful
:06:25. > :06:35.involve buses, the police say they are detecting more of them. We hope
:06:35. > :06:42.opportunistic or slam onto the front of buses, by showing that people who
:06:42. > :06:52.obtain convictions, we hope people will see this, that people are being
:06:52. > :06:57.conviction of dangerous diving in this case and he will be sentenced
:06:57. > :06:59.next month. Police say it will send a strong message to those who try
:06:59. > :07:11.A 22—year—old woman may lose the attacked by three men on New Oxford
:07:11. > :07:16.Street over the weekend. She was morning when the men assaulted her,
:07:16. > :07:19.then ran off. Police say the attack was unprovoked, and that it's left
:07:19. > :07:28.her with "serious, long—lasting London's fire chief has admitted
:07:28. > :07:30.future savings could be made by sharing services with the police and
:07:31. > :07:34.ambulance services. He also defended his plans to close ten fire stations
:07:34. > :07:38.in the capital, although he admitted to MPs that they had caused a lot of
:07:38. > :07:49.They are plans which have led to protests, and angered fire fighters
:07:49. > :07:53.and led to the London Mayor trying protests, and angered fire fighters
:07:53. > :08:18.to take on difficult choices around to force the fire authority to
:08:18. > :08:19.to take on difficult choices around how much you want to save. He hinted
:08:19. > :08:28.at more sharing with other emergency services to save money. We could be
:08:28. > :08:36.doing procurement together. Vehicles for example. It seems to be an area
:08:36. > :08:40.we should be looking at. Control and command centres. The London Mayor
:08:40. > :08:45.stations. It means fire engines command centres. The London Mayor
:08:45. > :08:49.not be able to get to fires as quickly as they do now. The union
:08:49. > :08:57.has produced this video campaigning When you close a fire station, when
:08:58. > :09:01.you dial emergency services, it When you close a fire station, when
:09:01. > :09:05.take longer for fire engines to When you close a fire station, when
:09:05. > :09:12.to a fire or emergency. That means fires will be worse and bigger.
:09:12. > :09:21.Lies, safety, property will be at risk. Fire fighters plan to protest
:09:21. > :09:24.London is still a global hub for the maritime industry, despite a decline
:09:24. > :09:26.in Britain's merchant navy and shipbuilding since the fifties.
:09:27. > :09:28.in Britain's merchant navy and a new conference starting in the
:09:28. > :09:31.capital today aims to showcase London's shipping credentials to the
:09:31. > :09:40.world. Let's get more from Alex Bushill, who's on board the HMS
:09:40. > :09:49.Northumberland near Canary Wharf. As venues for conferences they don't
:09:49. > :09:53.Docklands. The venue for the first London shipping week celebrating
:09:53. > :09:58.London's place at the heart of the global maritime industry. You won't
:09:58. > :10:07.find propellers, instead, lawyers British maritime matters, here in
:10:07. > :10:13.Essex you can see for yourself. Everything is on a massive scale.
:10:13. > :10:25.Which is why the maritime industry is worth so much to the London
:10:25. > :10:31.even more. In the 1940s, we have the Londoners employed. It once meant
:10:31. > :10:36.even more. In the 1940s, we have the largest merchant Navy. A third of
:10:36. > :10:42.global shipping was British. Now, there are Dutch and Danish shipping
:10:42. > :10:47.names. Which is why none of the there are Dutch and Danish shipping
:10:47. > :10:47.names. Which is why none of the dockers here are complacent. My
:10:47. > :10:55.have been here 23 years. If we lost dockers here are complacent. My
:10:55. > :11:01.have been here 23 years. If we lost this, we could lose everything,
:11:01. > :11:04.have been here 23 years. If we lost houses. It means a lot. He knows
:11:04. > :11:15.container port so why does the city remain a global hub for shipping?
:11:15. > :11:20.The maritime sector, law, insurance, ship—breaking, finance, education,
:11:20. > :11:25.the ship owner and ship operator needs these. That has been growing
:11:25. > :11:29.over hundreds of years. So a Chinese shipping magnates will come to
:11:29. > :11:35.London to source a Greek ship using an English contract. But if we don't
:11:35. > :11:43.have the shipping to match the expertise, are our days of dominance
:11:43. > :11:49.none —— numbered? We see have seen a travelling ships on the register. We
:11:49. > :11:53.are seeing expansion in the number of shipping companies operating
:11:53. > :11:57.are seeing expansion in the number of the UK. A very good sustained
:11:57. > :12:01.position in the maritime services. hopeful. Two miles downstream they
:12:01. > :12:06.are building a bigger container hopeful. Two miles downstream they
:12:06. > :12:11.at London Gateway which should rank among the largest 50 in the world,
:12:11. > :12:17.maritime industries remain for London and the country as a whole.
:12:17. > :12:21.We may not build ships like we used inshore, and source them like nobody
:12:21. > :12:30.All without getting our feet wet. Plans have been unveiled to move the
:12:30. > :12:33.South Bank's famous skateboarding park, traditionally seen as the
:12:33. > :12:37.birthplace of the sport in the UK. Three designs are being considered a
:12:37. > :12:41.few hundred yards away, close to Hungerford Bridge, to allow the
:12:41. > :12:43.existing site to be developed. But users of the park reacted angrily,
:12:43. > :12:51.saying they don't want to move. users of the park reacted angrily,
:12:51. > :13:17.planning team have had to grapple skateboarders have been perfecting
:13:17. > :13:24.planning team have had to grapple hiding the skateboarding. I suppose
:13:24. > :13:30.something filled with skateboarders all the time. But there will also be
:13:30. > :13:36.BMX riders, graffiti writers, the public. It has been a long—running
:13:36. > :13:40.saga. Ten years ago, we spoke to a skateboarder called Richard who
:13:40. > :13:43.saga. Ten years ago, we spoke to a still involved today. He shares
:13:43. > :13:43.saga. Ten years ago, we spoke to a of the fear is the history and
:13:43. > :13:51.transplanted. In a way, you can of the fear is the history and
:13:51. > :13:57.the spirit of history, the spirit of what skateboarding is here. And
:13:57. > :14:01.the spirit of history, the spirit of can keep people skateboarding. It
:14:01. > :14:05.might be a hard sell. Judging by some of the reactions today. No
:14:05. > :14:10.matter what they build it won't compare. This wasn't built for
:14:10. > :14:19.skateboarding. Why would that not be the same out there? It hasn't got
:14:19. > :14:23.the history behind it. It is a street skate spot. If they get rid
:14:23. > :14:27.of this, we will have to go to the streets around offices. There's
:14:27. > :14:30.of this, we will have to go to the more consultation before the plans
:14:30. > :14:34.are finalised. The South Bank is considered the spiritual birthplace
:14:34. > :14:35.of skateboarding here and designers have a challenge to make sure it
:14:35. > :14:54.A stilted —— are still to come: Against all odds — climbing the
:14:54. > :14:59.mountain which almost claimed his life. The Londoner who was told
:14:59. > :15:01.mountain which almost claimed his And the homeless man making a name
:15:01. > :15:06.for himself on the east London art Nearly 40 years on from the end
:15:06. > :15:11.for himself on the east London art Vietnam War, the toxic legacy of the
:15:11. > :15:14.born with horrific deformities, of children there continue to be
:15:14. > :15:16.born with horrific deformities, which the Vietnamese claim are
:15:16. > :15:26.caused by the huge amounts of Agent Orange sprayed by American forces.
:15:26. > :15:27.children's damaged faces. Mark Jordan joined them on their latest
:15:27. > :15:48.keep coming. Birth defects plagued Jordan joined them on their latest
:15:48. > :15:53.keep coming. Birth defects plagued the country. They call them the
:15:53. > :15:56.children of Agent Orange. America is sprayed the chemical over vast areas
:15:56. > :16:01.to create hunger, destroy crops sprayed the chemical over vast areas
:16:01. > :16:07.the Jungle their communist enemy used for cover. An old war that
:16:07. > :16:12.the Jungle their communist enemy now drawing new recruits in London.
:16:12. > :16:16.We have a big project in central Vietnam's which has got the highest
:16:16. > :16:23.incidence of conjunctive deformity in the world, and that is thought to
:16:23. > :16:30.be as a result of Agent Orange used during the Vietnam war. It is day
:16:30. > :16:37.one for the surgeons. Stories abound about what the doctors from London
:16:37. > :16:44.achieved last year. They have two weeks to help normalise these little
:16:44. > :16:48.faces. Some too disfigured to show. You see them turn up on the back of
:16:48. > :16:53.a motorbike coming from miles and miles and miles and they will have
:16:53. > :16:59.heard of a hope, just that tiny flicker that may be this is somebody
:16:59. > :17:04.that can help their child, so they will take every penny that they
:17:04. > :17:12.that can help their child, so they got to get there. And they will
:17:12. > :17:17.that can help their child, so they and wait. The Vietnamese Red Cross
:17:17. > :17:23.claims 150,000 child birth defects linked to dioxin in Agent Orange.
:17:24. > :17:27.America says that is exaggerated and lacks proper science. Amid the
:17:28. > :17:31.bustle, this boy was treated last year and returns for a checkup. Have
:17:31. > :17:42.you had any problems at all? It year and returns for a checkup. Have
:17:42. > :17:42.been an amazing transformation. I was so scared, maybe I would have
:17:42. > :17:47.lost my eyes because they were so was so scared, maybe I would have
:17:47. > :17:47.lost my eyes because they were so big, and I am so scared, maybe I
:17:47. > :18:06.be able to come over and feel that I big, and I am so scared, maybe I
:18:06. > :18:06.be able to come over and feel that I have skills to teach them. The idea
:18:06. > :18:24.In two weeks, they have performed 20 operations. They are heading home.
:18:24. > :18:30.Huge learning curve on both ends of the trip. Chelsea have a lot to
:18:30. > :18:36.learn. Vietnam has a lot to learn. Eimear Murphy ending that report by
:18:36. > :18:39.Mark Jordan. And you can see more on that including how the surgeons
:18:39. > :18:44.Mark Jordan. And you can see more on continuing their work back in the
:18:44. > :18:48.tonight at 7:30, here on BBC One. Here's another remarkable journey of
:18:48. > :18:53.recovery. You may remember last instructor who was left paralysed
:18:53. > :18:56.after being caught in an avalanche in the French Alps nearly five years
:18:56. > :19:01.ago, as he prepared to climb the very mountain that almost claimed
:19:01. > :19:06.his life. Paul Stewart from Fulham defied doctors who thought he would
:19:06. > :19:10.never walk again. He took his first steps with the aid of crutches last
:19:10. > :19:13.year. And that's what inspired the 32—year—old to train for what would
:19:14. > :19:19.be a 15—day physical, and emotional Paul Stewart has just achieved his
:19:19. > :19:26.goal and I'm pleased to say he joins us. A very warm welcome to you.
:19:26. > :19:29.goal and I'm pleased to say he joins it you wanted to beat the mountain
:19:29. > :19:34.that almost broke you. —— you said. How do you feel now? I can't quite
:19:34. > :19:38.believe it but I am very proud. How do you feel now? I can't quite
:19:38. > :19:44.fact I managed to turn a horrible thing into such a nice thing and I
:19:44. > :19:54.have got such happy memories now. We can see pictures of you. It must
:19:54. > :19:58.it painful? Every bit of my body was screaming for me to stop because it
:19:58. > :20:04.had been 15 days of using three muscle groups and that was it, and
:20:04. > :20:12.mentally it was very tough. It was mountain and I relived the last
:20:12. > :20:24.didn't want to lose again. The last through and a lot came over me.
:20:24. > :20:24.didn't want to lose again. The last time I was there it was a very sad
:20:24. > :20:34.got to the top and managed to do time I was there it was a very sad
:20:34. > :20:49.got to the top and managed to do something and make people proud
:20:49. > :20:53.got to the top and managed to do closure? Indeed. I didn't look back
:20:53. > :20:58.in a sad way. It was something that was good for me and I can get on
:20:58. > :21:03.with my life. I am an injured person but I put that to bed. Was there
:21:03. > :21:09.ever any doubt in your mind that you would not get to the top? Knots
:21:09. > :21:13.because my body could give up at any time. My legs were cut up —— lots.
:21:13. > :21:20.But mentally in my head, I knew time. My legs were cut up —— lots.
:21:20. > :21:22.had to get to the top and I had time. My legs were cut up —— lots.
:21:22. > :21:24.beat what broke me. And you did time. My legs were cut up —— lots.
:21:24. > :21:31.in the process you raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity.
:21:31. > :21:37.The support has been amazing. The challenge has made people be so
:21:37. > :21:41.generous and I am overwhelmed by the Congratulations. Do you think it
:21:41. > :21:47.challenges? I think so. I would Congratulations. Do you think it
:21:47. > :21:50.to see what my body can do with Congratulations. Do you think it
:21:50. > :21:56.and I think I have got the bug. But don't tell my mum! I think you might
:21:56. > :22:04.have just told her! Thank you for joining us and congratulations once
:22:04. > :22:18.More than 80,000 people have applied mile cycle challenge. More than
:22:18. > :22:24.part of the UK's largest ever mass Applicants will find out if they
:22:25. > :22:26.A homeless man who has been drawing pictures of the streets around him
:22:26. > :22:31.is making a name for himself on pictures of the streets around him
:22:31. > :22:35.east London art scene. John Dolan has documented the surrounding
:22:35. > :22:43.sights and architecture. And his critics. So much so, that he has his
:22:43. > :22:49.gallery space next week. Alice Bhandhukravi went to meet him.
:22:49. > :22:57.living rough for 20 years, John John Dolan and his dog George,
:22:57. > :22:59.living rough for 20 years, John decided to put felt tip pen to paper
:22:59. > :23:10.the old buildings while they are or whatever he could earn from
:23:10. > :23:12.the old buildings while they are still there. For the last few years,
:23:12. > :23:17.John has watched shortage developed culture and is now being credited
:23:17. > :23:22.himself with being at the heart culture and is now being credited
:23:22. > :23:27.this new movement. It is a really exciting time for street art and a
:23:27. > :23:30.lot of these artists are turning the tables on galleries and institutions
:23:31. > :23:42.and working outside the established artists, the city is their open
:23:42. > :23:45.and working outside the established potentially quite lucrative. Many
:23:45. > :23:52.art collectors have been enquiring about his pieces and they have been
:23:52. > :23:59.few months ago we sold five of John's pieces for £15,000. Financial
:23:59. > :24:09.recognition as well as recognition Argentina is one of dozens who have
:24:09. > :24:15.work. It makes me so proud to thinks these guys have paid me a huge
:24:15. > :24:22.amount of respect. Yet, I am very proud. But if you can't afford
:24:22. > :24:34.these, you can still buy some of John's sketches on the street, for
:24:34. > :24:50.A grotty start of the working week. Things are not going to improve
:24:50. > :24:52.A grotty start of the working week. rest of the working week. It will
:24:52. > :24:56.stay pretty unsettled. The breeze will pick up and we will see various
:24:56. > :25:00.weather systems that will give us weather. Not good news for the rest
:25:00. > :25:14.We can see the band of rain that came in from the west. That is now
:25:14. > :25:25.rush—hour. We will see showers, clearing off to the east. It did
:25:25. > :25:29.rush—hour. We will see showers, particularly over parts of Essex and
:25:29. > :25:29.rush—hour. We will see showers, Northern Home Counties. For most of
:25:29. > :25:46.us it is going to be a dry night. Down to single figures in some areas
:25:46. > :25:51.tonight. It will not be a bad start of the day tomorrow, better known
:25:51. > :25:59.today. That will be best towards western areas. The breeze will
:25:59. > :26:05.increase through the course of the north—westerly, feeling quite surely
:26:05. > :26:09.towards the north—east into the afternoon. Eventually we will see
:26:09. > :26:22.rain that will continue into Tuesday Wednesday. A wet start for Wednesday
:26:22. > :26:26.morning. And then another weather system on Wednesday will give us
:26:26. > :26:31.some rain for the end of the day. So lots of clout, a little bit of wet
:26:31. > :26:36.weather and a breeze tomorrow. —— A reminder of the headlines: The
:26:37. > :26:41.Chancellor George Osborne has said his policies were right and the
:26:41. > :26:44.economy has turned a corner. But Labour says he's out of touch and
:26:44. > :26:48.living standards for ordinary people The Syrian President has issued
:26:48. > :26:54.living standards for ordinary people warning to America saying it could
:26:54. > :27:05.strike. He denied responsibility for the chemical weapons attack which
:27:05. > :27:11.took place in Syria last month. A group of MPs says it is shocked by
:27:11. > :27:16.the lack of leadership at the top of the BBC. The BBC's former Director
:27:16. > :27:17.General Mark Thompson and other executives have been questioned
:27:17. > :27:21.before a committee of MPs about executives have been questioned
:27:22. > :27:24.British families who lost loved executives have been questioned
:27:24. > :27:28.in the 9/11 attacks have reacted angrily after a memorial given to
:27:28. > :27:30.London by the US two years ago was found dumped in a farmyard. The