:00:05. > :00:10.Tonight on BBC London News. Two years on from the riots and the
:00:10. > :00:13.Tonight on BBC London News. Two is told to pay up to £50 million
:00:13. > :00:16.after it loses a High Court battle. Also tonight. Campaigning for more
:00:16. > :00:20.time to grieve. The mother whose husband was forced back to work
:00:20. > :00:26.time to grieve. The mother whose five days after the death of their
:00:26. > :00:31.son. Jack's father was told he had to go back to work after five days.
:00:31. > :00:36.And five days after the death of a child, he had not even buried him.
:00:36. > :00:40.Plus plans to create one of the world's largest sewers underneath
:00:40. > :00:47.the capital. Now, inspectors pour over the proposals. Following in her
:00:47. > :00:48.heroine's footsteps, Beverly Knight takes on the role of Whitney Houston
:00:48. > :01:25.claiming it was a crime which wasn't takes on the role of Whitney Houston
:01:25. > :01:27.claiming it was a crime which wasn't a judge has backed a claim for
:01:27. > :01:38.nearly £50 million brought by Sony's insurers. Tim Donovan reports. It
:01:38. > :01:43.burned for ten days — one of the most striking images of the violence
:01:43. > :01:44.and damage inflicted two years ago. It had been petrol bombed and noted
:01:45. > :01:51.that a mob of at least 20 young It had been petrol bombed and noted
:01:51. > :01:56.million in compensation for the damage and also stock of the police
:01:56. > :02:04.argued it was not part of a riot at well—known gang. They said things
:02:04. > :02:08.like it was not very noisy, it was quite quiet and did not take very
:02:08. > :02:12.long, over in three minutes. It quite quiet and did not take very
:02:12. > :02:14.taking place on a quiet industrial estate where we would not expect
:02:14. > :02:19.much opposition. They also said estate where we would not expect
:02:19. > :02:26.this was premeditated and a riot needs to be spontaneous. The judge
:02:26. > :02:31.said this should be seen as an act specifically, these young people
:02:31. > :02:37.were riotously and jewelled justly assembled together. Their actions
:02:37. > :02:40.can properly and objectively be described as the behaviour of an
:02:40. > :02:44.agitated, excited and volatile group. Not the behaviour of a gang
:02:44. > :02:50.of professional thieves. No one group. Not the behaviour of a gang
:02:50. > :02:54.interviewed today but a statement said it is immensely disappointing
:02:54. > :02:58.that the court has ruled this was a riotous act. There is a point of
:02:59. > :03:05.principle and public money at stake. ruling, saying it would unable to
:03:05. > :03:10.recover its losses in respect to material damage. The prime minister
:03:10. > :03:13.visited when the warehouse finally material damage. The prime minister
:03:13. > :03:20.visited when the warehouse finally reopened. The insurers had also
:03:20. > :03:23.rebuilt. The judge rejected this claim for so—called consequential
:03:23. > :03:50.enquiries continue. No one has been Both the claimants and police have
:03:50. > :03:56.enquiries continue. No one has been brought to justice get over what
:03:56. > :03:59.happened here. —— yet. Coming up. As a judge decides whether a Muslim
:03:59. > :04:01.woman should be forced to lift her veil in court, we hear from an MP
:04:01. > :04:15.A mother from Berkshire whose son died just before his second birthday
:04:15. > :04:23.is calling for paid bereavement leave to be made a legal right.
:04:23. > :04:25.is calling for paid bereavement drowning in a garden pond. His
:04:25. > :04:29.father had to return to work just five days after the tragedy. Now
:04:29. > :04:37.she's hoping to have the issue debated in Westminster. Kurt Barling
:04:37. > :04:43.reports. Jack was a cheeky little monkey. He was a happy—go—lucky
:04:43. > :04:46.reports. Jack was a cheeky little spirit and he made everybody that
:04:46. > :04:48.and smile. Lucy was enjoying her summer holiday with her young son,
:04:48. > :04:53.Jack, animal injury destruction summer holiday with her young son,
:04:53. > :04:57.to tragedy. I took a phone call summer holiday with her young son,
:04:57. > :05:02.in time, Jack had opened the back door, wandered off, climbed a wall
:05:02. > :05:07.and fell into the garden pond. Losing Jack was just beginning of
:05:07. > :05:11.the project. The family soon find there was barely any time to grieve
:05:11. > :05:16.before they were forced back to work. Jack's father was told he
:05:16. > :05:19.before they were forced back to to go back to work after five days.
:05:19. > :05:25.And five days after the death of a child, we had not even buried him.
:05:25. > :05:30.How can we possibly go back to work? The lack of time to grieve, Lucy
:05:30. > :05:36.believes, caused the duration of her marriage, a fate that befalls nine
:05:36. > :05:39.out of ten couples who lose a child. Other campaigners say that too
:05:39. > :05:44.often, society fails to recognise the depth of the drama involved
:05:44. > :05:47.often, society fails to recognise this time of tragedy. When someone
:05:47. > :06:01.what about the resources going into old days, it is sad, when someone
:06:01. > :06:01.what about the resources going into when death comes prematurely? Lucy
:06:01. > :06:16.Parliament to debate bereavement when death comes prematurely? Lucy
:06:16. > :06:18.if they need to take time off to console family members and come
:06:18. > :06:21.if they need to take time off to terms with their own grave, they
:06:21. > :06:26.will not be risking their job or their income to do so. I think that
:06:26. > :06:30.is the very basic right that people should expect. David Cameron lost
:06:30. > :06:39.his son tragically and they asked him, did you take enough time of? He
:06:39. > :06:46.said no. Two weeks. Some people don't even have the tragedy ——
:06:46. > :06:51.government offered just two weeks. But it's better than being told
:06:51. > :06:54.government offered just two weeks. cannot take any time off. Nothing
:06:54. > :06:56.can bring a lost child back but Jack's family said that proper time
:06:56. > :06:59.to grieve is the least that society can do to help families struck a
:06:59. > :07:10.tragedy like this. —— struck by can do to help families struck a
:07:10. > :07:15.tragedy. A nationwide appeal will be programme tonight for an Essex
:07:16. > :07:18.attempted murder of two of his neighbours. Francis O'Donoghue is
:07:18. > :07:21.being hunted by police following a shooting on a travellers' site in
:07:22. > :07:25.Knavestock just over two weeks ago. Two men in their 20s sustained
:07:25. > :07:30.gunshot wounds to the legs and chest but are now recovering from their
:07:30. > :07:35.transport should be frozen at the according to a group of London
:07:35. > :07:39.Labour MPs. If it gets the go ahead, sewerage systems in the world,
:07:39. > :07:46.designed to prevent effluent from ending up in the Thames. Today,
:07:46. > :07:48.planning officials started the lengthy process of looking at the
:07:48. > :07:49.proposals for the £4 billion scheme, which has already been met with
:07:49. > :07:53.widespread opposition. Let's get more from Nick Beake, who is by
:07:53. > :07:55.widespread opposition. Let's get river now. They call it the super
:07:55. > :07:57.sewer with good reason, it will snake through 14 different London
:07:57. > :08:04.people and businesses along the snake through 14 different London
:08:04. > :08:09.and every one of Thames water 's 14 million customers would see their
:08:09. > :08:14.bills go up to pay for this. Critics say it is something which will be
:08:14. > :08:19.far too expensive, it will damage the environment but supporters say
:08:19. > :08:28.metres below the city and you find the slimiest of subterranean scenes.
:08:28. > :08:30.The Victorians built the and 50 years ago to drain water from the
:08:30. > :08:44.sewage from half a million homes and years ago to drain water from the
:08:44. > :08:46.sewage from half a million homes and not consistent for a world leading
:08:46. > :08:51.city to be using its river as an open sewer. We need to build a
:08:51. > :08:55.project that will intercept that and take it to East London for treatment
:08:55. > :09:00.before it is discharged into the river. The so—called super sewer
:09:00. > :09:04.would run for 15 miles from Acton and Hammersmith in the West to new
:09:04. > :09:10.in the East. Passing through 14 London boroughs. It means digging
:09:10. > :09:15.down 200 feet and setting up 24 construction sites. It would take
:09:15. > :09:19.ten years at a cost of 4.2 young pounds. It would create the biggest
:09:19. > :09:26.network of its kind in the northern hemisphere. And some living along
:09:26. > :09:29.the path are worried. The amount of waste that will come out from this
:09:29. > :09:34.tunnel would be astronomical dustup we want a clean river and this has
:09:34. > :09:39.been proven to be ineffective so what we know is a promising to build
:09:39. > :09:43.Champions and critics of the Thames Tunnel came to the Barbican Centre.
:09:43. > :09:47.It'll be here that experts from Tunnel came to the Barbican Centre.
:09:47. > :09:53.planning Inspectorate will consider the 50,000 page application. 37
:09:53. > :09:58.different group have signed up to have their say. Building the tunnel
:09:58. > :10:02.will mean that 14 million customers will eventually pay up to £80 more
:10:02. > :10:07.each year. The former water rail glitters says that is not good value
:10:07. > :10:13.for money. My problem is this is just quite unnecessarily expensive.
:10:13. > :10:21.It could be done, and studies have shown this, but the benefits could
:10:21. > :10:24.Environmentalists say that the so—called living Walls could be
:10:24. > :10:26.Environmentalists say that the answer, trapping rainwater before it
:10:26. > :10:31.gets any chance to get into the sewers. Thames water says its tunnel
:10:31. > :10:39.the Thames and building it would is the only to stop sewage entering
:10:39. > :10:41.the Thames and building it would create 9000 jobs. The planning
:10:41. > :10:47.Inspectorate will have six months to it will go away to decide whether or
:10:47. > :10:56.we will have to wait about one year will be government ministers who
:10:56. > :10:58.we will have to wait about one year for that. Thank you. The biggest
:10:58. > :11:02.of wrangling. The Fire Authority ever cuts to London's Fire Service
:11:02. > :11:02.of wrangling. The Fire Authority today voted in favour of the plans
:11:02. > :11:08.being directed by the Mayor. But today voted in favour of the plans
:11:08. > :11:10.being directed by the Mayor. But four boroughs are still considering
:11:10. > :11:18.legal action against closures in their area. Here's Karl Mercer.
:11:18. > :11:24.legal action against closures in is what democracy looks like. At
:11:24. > :11:27.authority met again to decide if cuts should be made to the service.
:11:27. > :11:30.This not have been talking about the issue for months. Firefighters have
:11:31. > :11:36.been demonstrating against the plans for just as long. They started in
:11:36. > :11:42.January, they rallied in July. Today, it was decision day. It is
:11:42. > :11:48.not the buildings ever fight fires, it is firefighters. In some parts of
:11:48. > :11:51.London, the result of these closures means fire engines will take minutes
:11:51. > :11:57.longer to arrive and that will lead to danger for Londoners. In the
:11:57. > :12:00.longer to arrive and that will lead the chairman backed the £29 million
:12:00. > :12:04.saving plan that will seek ten fire stations close and loss supporting
:12:04. > :12:09.fire engines and 532 firefighters losing their job. Londoners have
:12:09. > :12:13.made it clear they don't want these cuts. Betty 4% of the people who
:12:13. > :12:18.responded said they don't want these cuts and these closures and they
:12:18. > :12:22.don't want the firefighters to go. I completely understand the proposals
:12:22. > :12:26.which suggest the closure of fire stations causes concern, it worries
:12:26. > :12:31.people and I understand that but these plans have been put forward
:12:31. > :12:32.are one of the most senior and experienced firefighters in the
:12:32. > :12:38.world. They will keep Londoners experienced firefighters in the
:12:38. > :12:41.The battle might take another turn. Tomorrow, seven London boroughs
:12:42. > :12:43.The battle might take another turn. Fire Brigade union 's will meet
:12:43. > :12:46.The battle might take another turn. discuss a legal challenge to the
:12:46. > :12:50.plans. Our message is London's firefighters have not given up and
:12:50. > :12:56.we want you to help support us so the battle is not over. A row that
:12:56. > :13:04.has lasted the best part of a year might not be over. It may yet be
:13:04. > :13:07.decided by the courts. A judge has backed down to allow a Muslim woman
:13:07. > :13:16.of men for religious reasons. Today, without removing her face veil.
:13:16. > :13:18.of men for religious reasons. Today, the judge allowed her to enter the
:13:18. > :13:20.dock after first being identified by the judge allowed her to enter the
:13:20. > :13:22.dock after first being identified by a female police officer. It is
:13:22. > :13:24.elitist controversy surrounding Islamic dress which surrounds the
:13:24. > :13:38.face feels like the burka and also Islamic dress which surrounds the
:13:38. > :13:44.face feels like the burka and also Katherine Heseltine, Chief Executive
:13:44. > :13:52.committee. Do you welcome this move? exception. There can be legitimate
:13:52. > :13:59.reasons why a judge might ask a woman to remove her veil. However,
:14:00. > :14:05.that should not be a green light to have some French style general and
:14:05. > :14:11.where we all end up with the fashion police on the streets of Britain are
:14:11. > :14:16.telling women what they cannot wear. Philip, that is what you want to
:14:16. > :14:21.say? You want to ban this in public? I do and this is very worrying
:14:22. > :14:25.jewellers wearing veils and what unveiled? People want to see justice
:14:25. > :15:16.country. Do you really want to spend police time arresting women
:15:16. > :15:25.because of the clothes they wear? covering their faces in public. It
:15:25. > :15:30.is quite clearly aimed at the tiny minority of Muslim women. Do you
:15:30. > :15:33.feel you are discriminating against a whole group of women? There is
:15:34. > :15:48.full—face balaclavas. This can be growing concern about the number of
:15:48. > :15:49.full—face balaclavas. This can be religious reasons, is it? Nowhere
:15:49. > :16:08.as they please. This does not harm religious reasons, is it? Nowhere
:16:08. > :16:09.as they please. This does not harm Britain should be a free country.
:16:09. > :16:15.We should have better things to Britain should be a free country.
:16:15. > :16:20.than worrying about a piece of material that a tiny number of
:16:20. > :16:24.women choose to wear. What do you make of the argument that women
:16:24. > :16:28.women choose to wear. What do you not want and cannot remove it in
:16:28. > :16:33.the presence of men? Why should they not wear the veil? Part of
:16:33. > :16:35.the presence of men? Why should British way of life is smiling,
:16:35. > :16:41.waving and saying hello to people you pass in the street. You cannot
:16:41. > :16:44.do this if people cover their faces. How miserable this can she would be
:16:44. > :16:51.if more and more people covered their faces. You want it to make
:16:51. > :17:00.people happy quest that yes, I do. Is Britain not a free country? ——
:17:00. > :17:04.people happy? I have known people who contribute greatly to their
:17:04. > :17:17.communities and a very much part of Many thanks indeed. Still to come...
:17:17. > :17:30.The high price of being a football fan in the capital when it comes to
:17:30. > :17:38.tickets, and pies. Coming up: We the musical, which we are both
:17:38. > :17:46.involved in a would like to tell you more about. Do not move because
:17:46. > :17:50.it will be awesome. For 350 years, recognisable in the East End, as
:17:50. > :17:54.pie and mash or pearly kings. Then it went out of business — a victim
:17:54. > :17:57.of the 1980s financial crash. Now though it's back, heading up a
:17:57. > :18:00.resurgence in real ales which has opening in London, double over the
:18:00. > :18:15.There is something brewing in the east end. A once famous giant of
:18:15. > :18:19.the industry has been reawakened. east end. A once famous giant of
:18:19. > :18:23.London's newest Brewery is one of London's newest Brewery is one of
:18:23. > :18:50.its oldest. Truman's first opened leading the resurgence says it
:18:50. > :18:52.heyday where we have a huge range. There are a vast amount of flavours
:18:52. > :19:01.and it is exciting. The process There are a vast amount of flavours
:19:01. > :19:07.simple and precise. This is a giant at that. Bitters moulted barley
:19:07. > :19:12.simple and precise. This is a giant water. In a fortnight, this will
:19:12. > :19:20.turn into 10,000 pints. —— it is malted barley. It seems when belts
:19:20. > :19:26.are tight, quality counts over quantity. It is very expensive.
:19:26. > :19:33.are tight, quality counts over you want a couple of memorable pts.
:19:33. > :19:36.People are looking for quality. There are 50 breweries in London.
:19:36. > :19:40.Truman's used to be everywhere. There are 50 breweries in London.
:19:40. > :19:46.overstretched and closed down. There are 50 breweries in London.
:19:46. > :19:57.original East were cryogenically One noticeable change is that women
:19:57. > :20:09.Older women still like it. The kids come in and they won ails
:20:09. > :20:14.different trend. —— they want. Can a new found love of traditional
:20:14. > :20:24.corner? Londoners pay the most to tipples help landlords turn the
:20:24. > :20:27.corner? Londoners pay the most to watch live football. That is the
:20:27. > :20:45.findings of the price of football Arsenal tops the charts once again.
:20:45. > :20:54.the top of, not just London, but of different aspects. Arsenal Arab
:20:54. > :21:00.second with their most expensive Arsenal are at the top. Chelsea
:21:00. > :21:02.second with their most expensive tickets, costing £87. The cheapest
:21:02. > :21:09.one is at Crystal Palace. That is where you can pay up to £45. It
:21:09. > :21:11.one is at Crystal Palace. That is not just ticket prices where fans
:21:11. > :21:18.in London Pen the most. The survey covers not just tickets, we're
:21:18. > :21:24.talking about cup of tea —— cups of tea and pies. West Ham have the
:21:24. > :21:31.cheek of pies in London. They are £3.20. We go back to Crystal Palace
:21:31. > :21:37.and the newly promoted team. They pay £4 for their pies and are meant
:21:37. > :21:43.to be top quality. It is a locally produced pied. That is not mass
:21:43. > :21:50.produced. We have had a fantastic feedback to the quality of the pies.
:21:50. > :21:54.You need to look at the quality price on an amount of pie. We have
:21:54. > :22:00.had nothing but good feedback on the product. I am sure that Crystal
:22:00. > :22:07.Palace fans will tell you how good mentioned a handful of teams for
:22:07. > :22:12.the goat the website and you can find that the price of tickets,
:22:12. > :22:19.season tickets, pies and cups of tea. If you did not see the film,
:22:19. > :22:27.you almost certainly would have heard the sound track. Next to
:22:27. > :22:30.tread the boards in the lead role of The Body Guard at his Beverly
:22:30. > :22:34.Knight. She told our entertainment correspondent she had to find her
:22:34. > :22:44.in a diva to make her West End debut. —— inner devour. Beverley
:22:44. > :22:51.Knight belts out with the Houston a pastor and his queen of the night.
:22:51. > :23:02.Now she fits into her shoes in the Stepping into this role knowing
:23:02. > :23:12.kind of inspiration for me, has Stepping into this role knowing
:23:12. > :23:23.kind of inspiration for me, has daunting. Definitely. However, once
:23:23. > :23:31.interpretation of Rachel and where I thought she was and belonged in
:23:31. > :23:43.the story. For Tristan Kamal, who plays the bodyguard, it is beyond
:23:43. > :23:51.Kevin Costner fans. It has the element and the love story. The
:23:51. > :23:53.Kevin Costner fans. It has the script does it very cannily and
:23:53. > :24:02.cleverly. Tristan is probably best bodyguard? I guess I cannot seem to
:24:02. > :24:09.emergency assistance. Maybe one bodyguard? I guess I cannot seem to
:24:09. > :24:16.I will play a lumberjack all a lorry driver. The singing may have
:24:16. > :24:24.she had to learn to channel had been a diva. The way that Rachel
:24:24. > :24:29.issues commands and kind off the way she is, I could not speak to
:24:29. > :24:34.anyone like that. That is not my nature. That was in reach — that
:24:34. > :24:42.really was. The tensions and a good job fashioned love story, it is
:24:42. > :24:49.really was. The tensions and a good the Adelphi Theatre. Let's take
:24:49. > :24:54.It is looking rather interesting and challenging for me. I'm not
:24:54. > :24:58.sure everyone would agree with me. As for today, we did eventually
:24:58. > :25:01.sure everyone would agree with me. some hazy sunshine a few hours ago.
:25:01. > :25:05.Now the cloud is thickening up again. I think it will be tried
:25:05. > :25:11.Now the cloud is thickening up much of the evening but there is
:25:11. > :25:15.more rain on the way. —— dry. Round about 9:00pm, 10:00pm, 11:00pm,
:25:15. > :25:19.that is where the wetter weather about 9:00pm, 10:00pm, 11:00pm,
:25:19. > :25:22.that is where the wetter weather will arrive. Likely to turn a wee
:25:22. > :25:27.highest hills. It is not going to highest hills. It is not going to
:25:27. > :25:37.to 51 Fahrenheit in the centre of around 14 Celsius. From the closest
:25:37. > :25:37.to 51 Fahrenheit in the centre of London. Tomorrow will start of try
:25:37. > :25:53.degrees. Then, as the sun starts to London. Tomorrow will start of try
:25:53. > :25:56.degrees. Then, as the sun starts to set, the next dollop of frame will
:25:56. > :26:03.arrive and that is going to stay with us overnight and into Saturday.
:26:03. > :26:06.—— rain. It might take a wee while for that to happen and we might
:26:06. > :26:11.have to wait for the afternoon before the skies start to brighten
:26:11. > :26:17.up. We are going to see brighter skies on Sunday but also wet and
:26:17. > :26:20.windy weather. There will be the first major Atlantic storm of the
:26:20. > :26:26.autumn which will sweep across the British Isles. If you're going to
:26:26. > :26:30.the sea this weekend to have a look at Alex Deakin's report on the
:26:30. > :26:35.weather website was that you can get the latest local weather on
:26:35. > :26:41.weather website was that you can BBC London website. Some autumn
:26:41. > :26:47.weather. Not missed and mellow fruitfulness, it is the wetter and
:26:47. > :26:56.windier stuff. The Government has majority of the service will be
:26:56. > :27:02.of the shares, despite the threat of a strike by postal workers.
:27:02. > :27:13.President Assad has said Syria is proposals. Not due to threat of
:27:13. > :27:16.Prince William is to leave the military and focus on royal duties.
:27:16. > :27:20.Kensington Palace has announced military and focus on royal duties.
:27:20. > :27:28.has completed his tour as an RAF operational service. The High Court
:27:28. > :27:38.has ruled that London's police of Werritty must pay compensation for
:27:38. > :27:41.But as we have got time for. On today's stories on the website.
:27:41. > :27:44.From all of us on the team, thanks today's stories on the website.
:27:44. > :27:45.From all of us on the team, thanks for watching and having of the