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:00:05. > :00:07.Tonight on BBC London: Labour's leader tells us he'll scrap a key

:00:07. > :00:19.part of the government's reform leader tells us he'll scrap a key

:00:19. > :00:29.government will end the bedroom leader tells us he'll scrap a key

:00:29. > :00:32.Also tonight: A hit and run leaves a policeman fighting for his life

:00:32. > :00:38.Also tonight: A hit and run leaves a More calls to criminalise squatting

:00:38. > :00:39.Plus Sylvia Young, London's stage school queen, taking on Simon Cowell

:00:39. > :01:03.Miliband has revealed that if his scrap a key part of the government's

:01:03. > :01:13.changes to housing benefit, which scrap a key part of the government's

:01:13. > :01:14.changes to housing benefit, which government says the move is designed

:01:14. > :01:20.to slash the housing—benefit bill for it partly by taxing financial

:01:20. > :01:24.London, Mr Miliband says he'll for it partly by taxing financial

:01:24. > :01:35.services. He's been speaking to for it partly by taxing financial

:01:35. > :01:39.Mercer. Polls suggest many people back the plans but there are plenty

:01:39. > :01:41.who don't. What protest is the bedroom tax is known by government

:01:41. > :01:44.as the spare room subsidy. It's bedroom tax is known by government

:01:44. > :01:48.way of cutting housing benefit of those deemed to be living in a house

:01:48. > :01:54.that's too big for them. Claimants lose 14% of their benefit for having

:01:54. > :01:58.one spare room. They have 35% cut if they have two spare rooms. Labour

:01:58. > :02:04.says it will scrap the policy if it gets into power. We know people

:02:04. > :02:07.says it will scrap the policy if it falling behind and being threatened

:02:07. > :02:11.with eviction. I am going to scrap the bedroom tax. My government will

:02:11. > :02:15.be a government that stands up for families and doesn't kick them in

:02:15. > :02:19.the teeth. Labour says official figures show 80,000 people have

:02:19. > :02:19.the teeth. Labour says official far lost money in London because of

:02:19. > :02:27.average loss is more than £1000 far lost money in London because of

:02:27. > :02:31.year. But to pay for it, but party says it will crack down on some

:02:31. > :02:32.year. But to pay for it, but party avoidance and bring back of the

:02:32. > :02:38.charges on financial services. Is this going back to the days when

:02:38. > :02:42.Labour bashes the bankers? No, it is about fairness and making a decision

:02:42. > :02:47.about how you spend very scarce resources in our country. If you ask

:02:47. > :02:51.most people in Britain, most people in London, is a right to be giving a

:02:51. > :02:55.tax break to the hedge funds while hitting the poorest people in our

:02:55. > :02:59.society and creating hardship for them? I would say the fairer choice

:02:59. > :03:05.is to reverse that tax cut for the hedge funds introduced by George

:03:05. > :03:12.are necessary. There is something government says its benefit changes

:03:12. > :03:16.are necessary. There is something which I'm afraid that I am nobody in

:03:16. > :03:19.any position of responsibility can households on the social housing

:03:19. > :03:23.waiting list, with hundreds of households on the social housing

:03:23. > :03:27.waiting list, with hundreds of properties with more rooms than

:03:27. > :03:34.waiting list, with hundreds of need. Labour's plan would cost

:03:34. > :03:36.nearly £500,000. This announcement today is a slap in the face for

:03:36. > :03:36.nearly £500,000. This announcement 1.5 million families who are in

:03:36. > :03:40.overcrowded accommodation waiting to 1.5 million families who are in

:03:40. > :03:45.overcrowded accommodation waiting to get social rented property. So it's

:03:45. > :03:50.overcrowded accommodation waiting to you will get subsidised by the

:03:50. > :03:53.that spare room empty. Labour's announcement way please its own

:03:53. > :04:01.supporters, but it will harden opposition from those who back the

:04:01. > :04:08.benefit changes. The scrapping of grassroots Labour supporters, but

:04:08. > :04:12.what about wider support? Labour have been saying that the bedroom

:04:12. > :04:16.tax is unfair. It would have been more of a surprise at Ed Miliband

:04:16. > :04:19.had said he wasn't going to scrap it. Clearly he wills —— will appeal

:04:19. > :04:26.to an Labour supporters. There is suggesting that maybe two thirds of

:04:26. > :04:31.people think the so—called bedroom tax should go. The government will

:04:31. > :04:36.look at plenty of other polls and say there is a groundswell of public

:04:36. > :04:40.opinion that says the benefits bill needs to be tackled. What we will

:04:40. > :04:43.see and what we have seen is the fact that cost of living and the

:04:43. > :04:52.cost of benefits will be key issues as we go to the next election. We

:04:53. > :05:05.will be back with more on this story this Sunday at 11am on BBC One.

:05:05. > :05:10.including? New iPhones have gone on sale, but are companies doing enough

:05:10. > :05:12.A policeman has been critically injured during a hit—and—run in

:05:12. > :05:15.south London in the early hours injured during a hit—and—run in

:05:15. > :05:19.this morning. PC Andy Duncan, who was on foot, tried to stop a car in

:05:19. > :05:23.Sutton, which then struck him before driving off. The officer's courage

:05:23. > :05:34.has been praised by the Metropolitan correspondent Tom Edwards reports.

:05:34. > :05:38.main roads, an officer was this On Reigate Avenue, one of Saturn's

:05:38. > :05:42.main roads, an officer was this morning critically injured. The

:05:42. > :05:45.main roads, an officer was this enforcement operation. The PC tried

:05:45. > :05:54.to pull over a car but the driver didn't stop. Those who live nearby

:05:54. > :05:59.probably running a speed trap there and he stepped out hoping to stop a

:05:59. > :06:01.car and the car has mowed him down. Those who live here say this road is

:06:01. > :06:06.particularly bad for drivers who break the speed limit. This is where

:06:06. > :06:07.the officer was hit, by the black golf. He was with another officer

:06:08. > :06:16.Service. Hit and runs are quite golf. He was with another officer

:06:16. > :06:19.Service. Hit and runs are quite common in the capital, and it is

:06:19. > :06:23.increasing. Hit and run driver are an absolute scourge on our streets.

:06:23. > :06:28.The latest figures we've got show that 68 people we get hit by a

:06:28. > :06:33.hit—and—run driver, injured or seriously, they do do a lot of

:06:33. > :06:39.traffic policing but it's time to do even more. The black golf involved

:06:39. > :06:43.nearby. Police have arrested a 25—year—old man. They believe he

:06:43. > :06:52.wasn't alone in the car and want to happened. These sites are carefully

:06:52. > :06:58.experienced traffic officer. I'm satisfied that the safety measures

:06:58. > :07:02.were in place. Are you appealing for witnesses? We are. We'd like to

:07:02. > :07:04.were in place. Are you appealing for from anyone who's seen any thing or

:07:04. > :07:07.knows anything. We do believe there were other people in the car at

:07:07. > :07:10.knows anything. We do believe there time. I would be anxious to hear

:07:10. > :07:20.from them. Tonight the injured condition in hospital. Train drivers

:07:20. > :07:23.on the Victoria line to go on strike next Tuesday evening. They are

:07:24. > :07:27.walking out in a row over working conditions, and it will affect the

:07:27. > :07:33.Wednesday morning rush hour. London husband of a woman who was stabbed

:07:33. > :07:38.to death in her home in East London has been charged with her murder.

:07:38. > :07:45.The mother of two was found dead in 11—year—old son discovered her

:07:45. > :07:53.body. Her husband has been charged together with another man. Clear up

:07:53. > :07:56.travellers camped on tooting Common. The group arrived on Tuesday but

:07:56. > :08:00.left yesterday, after once with council told them they face legal

:08:00. > :08:02.Next, the calls to criminalise squatting in commercial buildings.

:08:02. > :08:08.One property owner has revealed squatting in commercial buildings.

:08:08. > :08:13.squatters to get them to move on, and he claims the police told him it

:08:13. > :08:14.was common practice. Although it's been illegal for squatters to move

:08:14. > :08:38.only because a group of squatters been illegal for squatters to move

:08:38. > :08:44.have moved on. And they only left because he paid them a large amount

:08:44. > :08:48.somewhere in the region of 25 to 30. We paid them £5,000, on the base of

:08:48. > :08:53.the legal costs would have been twice if not more than that. More

:08:53. > :08:57.importantly, there's no guarantee of how long that would have taken.

:08:57. > :09:00.importantly, there's no guarantee of think it is extortion. The point is

:09:00. > :09:04.that the law is such that we are not protected. Last year, squatting

:09:04. > :09:06.that the law is such that we are not residential properties was made

:09:06. > :09:08.that the law is such that we are not criminal offence. But at the moment

:09:08. > :09:14.if anyone squats in a commercial property the owners have to go

:09:14. > :09:17.through the civil courts. Nick believes in London, things may not

:09:18. > :09:25.be getting out of hand. When we spoke with the police, they did

:09:25. > :09:26.be getting out of hand. When we that I think there's —— this is

:09:26. > :09:31.be getting out of hand. When we fifth site that has been taken over

:09:31. > :09:37.in the Wandsworth area. The Ministry of Justice says it is now closely

:09:37. > :09:42.commercial properties. I see the usual mess up here. Richard and

:09:42. > :09:44.Philomena Chadwick save their life has been made a misery by squatters

:09:44. > :09:49.living in a commercial property has been made a misery by squatters

:09:49. > :09:55.to their house. There's noise, music, invasion of privacy. The

:09:55. > :09:59.to their house. There's noise, doesn't cover it. It's a really

:09:59. > :09:59.to their house. There's noise, squatters invited us in and said

:09:59. > :10:03.they were sorry for being noisy squatters invited us in and said

:10:03. > :10:06.the past and it would stop, and squatters invited us in and said

:10:06. > :10:12.were only here because London's rents are too high. I can't afford

:10:12. > :10:17.rent in London. Maybe if I did I would have to get help from the

:10:17. > :10:22.council. I think it is quite fair that we live here. Would you think

:10:22. > :10:25.it would be fair if you were made a criminal for living here? No. These

:10:25. > :10:29.squatters claim thousands could criminal for living here? No. These

:10:29. > :10:33.made homeless. The property owners, though, say the law has to change

:10:33. > :10:38.and the government is watching. though, say the law has to change

:10:38. > :10:42.woman raped when she was a young anonymity to urge other victims

:10:42. > :10:46.woman raped when she was a young abuse to report it to the police.

:10:46. > :10:52.40 years ago. But in June of this Debbie Grafham and her younger

:10:52. > :10:53.40 years ago. But in June of this year their attacker was finally

:10:53. > :11:10.violently sexually abused. Her year their attacker was finally

:11:10. > :11:13.violently sexually abused. Her sister Lorraine was seven. Absolute

:11:13. > :11:20.hell. He basically promised me that touch my sister again. He lied.

:11:20. > :11:24.hell. He basically promised me that caught him time and time again. Now

:11:24. > :11:40.64, this is the man who raped them. targeted the sisters in 1973. He

:11:40. > :11:41.lived in the flat above their home in Blackheath. Debbie and Lorraine

:11:41. > :11:44.only disclosed what happened to in Blackheath. Debbie and Lorraine

:11:44. > :11:47.in 2011, 40 years later. We'd stayed quiet for too long. Once it was

:11:47. > :11:48.in 2011, 40 years later. We'd stayed in the open, I just wanted justice

:11:48. > :11:51.done. I didn't want to be scared or for it to be a secret any more.

:11:51. > :11:59.Patrick Ryan was jailed for 12 years Lorraine. The judge in the case

:11:59. > :12:04.described what happened to them Lorraine. The judge in the case

:12:04. > :12:07.harrowing. There was no forensic evidence, no independent witnesses

:12:07. > :12:11.who could say that both women had been raped. But their own evidence

:12:11. > :12:19.was strong enough to convict him. Both sisters say the jailing of

:12:19. > :12:23.difference. He is being punished now. I don't know, it's a relief to

:12:23. > :12:27.me. I don't have to carry that around with me any more. All the

:12:27. > :12:32.time he was abusing us, he always told us to keep our eyes open. Even

:12:32. > :12:36.though it was really hard to keep your eyes open when he was doing

:12:36. > :12:41.that to you. I thought, I will keep them open in court. It's my turn to

:12:41. > :12:47.watch him now. I'm not afraid of him anymore. Gaining just as 40 years

:12:47. > :12:58.on, Debbie and Lorraine hope their story will inspire others to speak

:12:58. > :13:01.Still to come before 7:00pm: Why British tennis fans may have to

:13:01. > :13:06.Still to come before 7:00pm: Why without their star attraction for

:13:06. > :13:08.From drama school Queen to running her record label, Sylvia Young aims

:13:08. > :13:20.Around 10,000 mobile phones are stolen in London every month. Most

:13:20. > :13:25.are smart phones and so today Apple technology, designed to protect

:13:25. > :13:29.their latest devices from getting into the wrong hands. But is it

:13:29. > :13:38.down on mobile phone crime, which enough to help Scotland Yard crack

:13:38. > :13:46.they now regard as a high priority? Alex Bushill has been finding out.

:13:46. > :13:50.The wait is over. They cute night and day, around the block, in their

:13:50. > :13:55.hundreds and all for a new iPhone. —— they cute. This is how the finger

:13:56. > :14:04.button. It reads DiFranco Brent —— they cute. This is how the finger

:14:04. > :14:11.in a fraction of a second you are takes a little longer to register

:14:11. > :14:16.your fingerprint as one of five recognised by the phone. David

:14:16. > :14:21.Phelan is a leading technology expert and says the new features

:14:21. > :14:28.will deter thieves. New software arrived for all iPhones which make

:14:28. > :14:33.it more secure but the most secure one is the iPhone five S because it

:14:33. > :14:36.responds to your fingerprint and unlocks only to you. It is more

:14:36. > :14:41.secure than butting in a pass code that someone could read over your

:14:41. > :14:47.shoulder. That is why he thinks thefts like this will drop. Without

:14:47. > :14:51.a fingerprint, it is useless. There are 317 mobile phone thefts every

:14:51. > :15:00.day on average in London, of which half are iPhones. Most manufacturers

:15:00. > :15:09.are looking to target phones, they are all starting to do it. Apple is

:15:09. > :15:11.doesn't always work. No wonder one of the country's leading chronology

:15:11. > :15:23.A huge number of phones go overseas or are broken down into parts. I

:15:24. > :15:30.think the fingerprint technology will have a small debt on crime

:15:30. > :15:32.levels but it is not the silver bullet in terms of addressing the

:15:32. > :15:47.already seen a drop of two thirds we have. There is much to play for.

:15:47. > :15:52.already seen a drop of two thirds technology will be as tough to

:15:52. > :16:02.everyone is thrilled about it. Since the Olympics, we can't seem to

:16:02. > :16:07.everyone is thrilled about it. Tour of Britain, which lands on

:16:07. > :16:09.everyone is thrilled about it. Wiggins racing past the end of the

:16:09. > :16:15.driveway does not cut it for some Surrey residents. This weekend is

:16:15. > :16:19.the third cycling event in two months to close roads in the county

:16:19. > :16:26.and an online petition to stop them has attracted over 2000 signatures.

:16:26. > :16:30.It is almost like a chainring action in Guildford. When the cycling comes

:16:30. > :16:34.to town, the roads are closed. Now some residents in the middle of

:16:34. > :16:39.to town, the roads are closed. Now 100 mile course wish cycling would

:16:39. > :16:42.get on his bike. The entrance to and from my property leads me to the

:16:42. > :16:46.road that is closed. Therefore I cannot get out of my house in a

:16:46. > :16:53.motor vehicle unless I want to leave before 5am and come home after

:16:53. > :16:58.motor vehicle unless I want to leave How does it make you feel? Kettles,

:16:58. > :16:59.to use an expression. More than 16,000 cyclists took part in the

:16:59. > :17:07.right London event this summer, 16,000 cyclists took part in the

:17:07. > :17:15.roads closed for 14 hours. However we are having a cycling strategy

:17:15. > :17:20.consultation that has gone to parish councils, individuals, businesses,

:17:21. > :17:27.other councils. Talking about what inconvenient for residents. Surrey

:17:27. > :17:33.has been a focus for the cycling since the Olympics and that legacy

:17:33. > :17:38.is also causing problems. This whole part of the county is absolutely

:17:38. > :17:43.saturated with wannabe Bradley Wiggins or Mark Cavendish, anybody

:17:43. > :17:48.who wants to write a road race. Businesses that this —— say that

:17:48. > :17:51.despite the popularity, they are not cashing in. It is putting our normal

:17:51. > :17:54.customs totally off the area because cashing in. It is putting our normal

:17:54. > :17:56.customs totally off the area because they are slowed down all the time,

:17:56. > :18:31.divisive issue for residents and the country lanes —— they ride.

:18:31. > :18:33.divisive issue for residents and BBC London 94.9 will have travel

:18:33. > :18:40.updates throughout the weekend. Tomorrow, the tour will set off

:18:40. > :18:42.updates throughout the weekend. through Dorking to Cranleigh, then

:18:42. > :18:49.north past Woking and looping back via Farnan ahead of the finish in

:18:49. > :18:55.Guildford. The last stage will be in central London on Sunday. They will

:18:55. > :19:09.race ten laps around this 8.8, to Bradley Wiggins of Kilburn continues

:19:09. > :19:12.to lead the event in the gold jersey for Team Sky. The 2012 Tour de

:19:12. > :19:15.France champion finished seventh today, as stage six went through

:19:15. > :19:18.Devon finishing on Dartmoor. He leads Switzerland's Martin Elmiger

:19:18. > :19:23.by 32 seconds with the two stages Bad news for Surrey cricket fans.

:19:23. > :19:27.They have been relegated to division two of the LV County championship

:19:27. > :19:34.for the second time in five years. Warwickshire at Edgbaston. They

:19:34. > :19:43.for the second time in five years. the Bears a target of 281 to win,

:19:43. > :19:46.Overnight it was confirmed that Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is

:19:46. > :19:49.set to have a minor back operation next week. It's likely to end the

:19:49. > :19:53.26—year—old's season, meaning he's not guaranteed to be fit for the ATP

:19:54. > :19:57.World Tour Finals at the O2 in November. Murray is the poster—boy

:19:57. > :19:58.for the event but organisers are remaining hopeful he could still

:19:58. > :20:15.A male Wimbledon champion was a moment British tennis waited 77

:20:15. > :20:24.only have to wait another four moment British tennis waited 77

:20:24. > :20:27.only have to wait another four capital, at the ATP World Tour

:20:27. > :20:28.Finals in November. That is now looking unlikely following today's

:20:28. > :20:58.news from Andy Murray's management A blow for Andy Murray, and the

:20:58. > :21:00.organisers of the O2 event. I had a call from his team yesterday to

:21:00. > :21:04.inform me of mine back surgery. call from his team yesterday to

:21:04. > :21:09.will take a couple of days to have rehabilitation and will take a bit

:21:09. > :21:12.of time to make a more informed decision and he will make the right

:21:12. > :21:17.choice for him. The tournament has been held in London since 2009 and

:21:17. > :21:22.features the top eight in the world, so there will still be 20 of talent

:21:22. > :21:30.on show. Last year we broke the attended. It shows the calibre of

:21:30. > :21:34.the likes of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. It is

:21:34. > :21:38.important to have Andy Murray in that mix but the depth in men's

:21:38. > :21:50.tennis is so huge that the demand to watch these editorial athletes

:21:50. > :21:53.massive —— gladiatorial athletes. Barring a speedy recovery, the World

:21:53. > :22:00.Tour Finals weren't quite be the season finale that Murray fans were

:22:00. > :22:12.hoping for. —— won't quite be. We wish Andy all be very best.

:22:12. > :22:15.This is the lady, whose former pupils at her London drama school

:22:15. > :22:19.include Amy Winehouse, Billy Piper and Emma Bunton. But now — at the

:22:19. > :22:24.age of 74 — Sylvia Young has decided it's time for her to set up her

:22:24. > :22:26.age of 74 — Sylvia Young has decided surprisingly, she's already signed

:22:26. > :22:35.up some of her former students. Sarah Harris, went to meet her.

:22:35. > :22:39.She has been working with London's best young drama and singing talents

:22:39. > :22:45.for more than 40 years. Now Sylvia Young, at the age of 74, is becoming

:22:45. > :22:50.label and hoping to give the likes a music mogul, setting up her own

:22:50. > :22:55.label and hoping to give the likes money. She even has her own Simon on

:22:55. > :23:02.challenging. It is something quite new. If the group do well and get

:23:02. > :23:05.into the charts, which would be lovely, Simon has promised to buy me

:23:05. > :23:24.named in honour of its mental. Ever the leather trousers and the jacket,

:23:24. > :23:24.named in honour of its mental. Ever Young are all former pupils at the

:23:24. > :23:32.Sylvia Young Theatre School. Amy Young are all former pupils at the

:23:32. > :23:34.Sylvia Young Theatre School. Amy Winehouse, Emma Bunton and Rita

:23:34. > :23:37.Sylvia Young Theatre School. Amy have also passed through the doors.

:23:37. > :23:42.With someone like Amy, it was so clear. Other times, children develop

:23:42. > :23:51.anything, my gosh, that voice has come on. It takes time sometimes.

:23:51. > :23:55.Eliza Doolittle is one successful singer who won't be signing up to

:23:55. > :24:01.the new label. She is just happy to call Sylvia Young her grandmother.

:24:01. > :24:09.Her career is totally separate from wonderful and her new album is

:24:09. > :24:13.sensational. But we are hoping that the single of Ever Young is going to

:24:13. > :24:20.do tremendously well. There is plenty of room for everyone. And

:24:20. > :24:31.like any record label worth its provided the video for the new

:24:31. > :24:36.What an incredible woman, at the age of 74. Now let's get the forecast

:24:36. > :24:45.Yes it is and it is warmer in the next few days. We saw 19 Celsius

:24:45. > :24:49.which is where we should be for next few days. We saw 19 Celsius

:24:49. > :24:53.time of year. As we go through the next few days, it will get even

:24:53. > :25:00.warmer. There will be quite a bit of this an Indian summer? There are

:25:00. > :25:06.number of definitions but you are looking at a dry, find, settled

:25:06. > :25:10.spell through autumn, late September to November but after the first

:25:10. > :25:15.frost. We have not seen an air frost yet this season in the South East.

:25:15. > :25:22.We have the settled weather moving towards us, some cloud, especially

:25:22. > :25:25.drizzle first thing tomorrow will crucial, it could give us some

:25:25. > :25:31.we go through this evening and stop it is increasing the cloud

:25:31. > :25:33.we go through this evening and night. Not a cool night, staying in

:25:33. > :25:44.of rain, a bit of light drizzle night. —— staying in double figures.

:25:44. > :25:52.of rain, a bit of light drizzle through the morning. That all shifts

:25:52. > :25:52.of rain, a bit of light drizzle we go through the afternoon. ——

:25:52. > :26:05.As we go into tomorrow night, clear spells for a time but cloud starts

:26:05. > :26:09.to form. As we start on Sunday morning, we will have some cloud

:26:09. > :26:15.around. As we go through the weekend direction changes and that will

:26:15. > :26:17.around. As we go through the weekend clearer air towards us. We will

:26:17. > :26:23.start to lose the cloud and two bridges will start to rise. A lot of

:26:23. > :26:27.brighter spells in the afternoon. Temperatures gradually rising and by

:26:27. > :26:30.Monday or Tuesday, we are in the low 20s. Maybe a bit warmer if we get

:26:30. > :26:39.tonight's main news headlines: Hundreds of children are being

:26:39. > :26:42.tricked into sharing sexual images of themselves online and are then

:26:42. > :26:49.being blackmailed by paedophiles. children in Britain — some as young

:26:49. > :26:52.as eight — have been targeted. A senior UKIP politician insists he

:26:52. > :26:56.was joking when he called a roomful of women "sluts". MEP Godfrey Bloom

:26:56. > :27:05.made the comment at the UKIP Party Conference in Westminster this

:27:05. > :27:09.The Labour leader Ed Miliband has told us that if his party wins the

:27:09. > :27:12.next election, he'll scrap the changes made to housing benefit

:27:12. > :27:14.next election, he'll scrap the which critics often refer to as

:27:14. > :27:16.next election, he'll scrap the And a policeman has been critically

:27:16. > :27:19.injured during a hit—and—run in south London in the early hours

:27:19. > :27:22.injured during a hit—and—run in this morning. PC Andy Duncan, who

:27:22. > :27:27.was on foot, tried to stop a car in Sutton — which then struck him

:27:27. > :27:31.That's it. I'll be back during the Ten O'clock News on BBC One. For

:27:31. > :27:33.now, from everyone on the BBC London team, have a very good evening.