:00:11. > :00:14.Tonight on BBC London, a special investigation ` we go undercover to
:00:15. > :00:16.expose letting agents who are willing to racially discriminate
:00:17. > :00:28.against would`be tenants on behalf of landlords.
:00:29. > :00:32.I thought, why should he discriminate because of the colour
:00:33. > :00:36.of my skin. I left their angry. The Race Equalities Watchdog now says
:00:37. > :00:40.it'll investigate. Also tonight... The NHS in London is at breaking
:00:41. > :00:44.point and needs a radical change ` the call from health bosses in the
:00:45. > :00:48.capital. Improving London's trade links as
:00:49. > :01:01.the Mayor and the Chancellor get together to court China.
:01:02. > :01:05.She looks like Cameron Diaz! Plus, Gavin Stacey's James Corden
:01:06. > :01:16.on his latest film about playing a reality TV star.
:01:17. > :01:19.Good evening. First tonight, an exclusive report
:01:20. > :01:24.exposing letting agents prepared to select tenants by their race. Our
:01:25. > :01:27.undercover investigation reveals the illegal and underhand techniques
:01:28. > :01:33.used by agents on behalf of landlords to discriminate against
:01:34. > :01:36.potential tenants. It comes 45 years after the introduction of race laws
:01:37. > :01:42.to stop discrimination after notorious signs in the '60s saying
:01:43. > :01:45."No blacks, no dogs, no Irish". The Race Equalities Watchdog says it
:01:46. > :01:54.will now conduct a major investigation. This report from Guy
:01:55. > :01:58.Lynn. 45 years after it was first and in
:01:59. > :02:04.housing, young black Londoners tell us they have been the victim of
:02:05. > :02:08.discrimination by letting agents. You ask why it is still in the
:02:09. > :02:14.window and they will make up any reason. They will say, someone has
:02:15. > :02:21.taken it. I am under cover in a flat posing as a landlord. These are some
:02:22. > :02:26.of the many agents the BBC discovered by willing to select
:02:27. > :02:34.tenants were landlords by race. 99% of my landlord still want
:02:35. > :02:36.Afro`Caribbean 's. Without openly advertising it with no
:02:37. > :02:44.Afro`Caribbeans allowed, we would understand if it is not available.
:02:45. > :02:46.That is not a problem. The race relations act outlawed
:02:47. > :02:55.discrimination of services in England, Scotland and Wales. `` such
:02:56. > :02:59.as adverts discriminating. Today, it might be more subtle. We might say,
:03:00. > :03:06.we have to come back to you and we do not call them back. Would any of
:03:07. > :03:10.them do it in practice? Two researchers, one black and one
:03:11. > :03:14.white, will try to get a viewing of a flat we have put on the market.
:03:15. > :03:24.First at this agency, the black researcher is fobbed off repeatedly.
:03:25. > :03:35.If you ring on Monday... Compare it with the white researcher. What sort
:03:36. > :03:42.of time, for 30? `` four .30? At the second place, the white researcher
:03:43. > :03:52.got it straightaway, but when the black researcher asked to view the
:03:53. > :03:57.same flat. Dot. It is gone? I thought, why should he discriminate
:03:58. > :04:05.me for the colour of my skin. I left their angry. We showed the footage
:04:06. > :04:12.to a Brit award`winning pop artist who has worked hard to battle the
:04:13. > :04:15.scrum and Asia. I am thinking, did I really see that? They seem OK about
:04:16. > :04:20.it. They do not feel like they are doing anything wrong, that is what I
:04:21. > :04:27.am confused about. Is that the most jogging thing? Yes, casual. They
:04:28. > :04:34.were not trying to hide it they were like, this is the way it is. Maybe
:04:35. > :04:41.they want to think about his background? After not getting a
:04:42. > :04:44.response, we wanted answers from two or discriminated. You aware that it
:04:45. > :04:51.is against the law to agree not to show people a flat because there are
:04:52. > :04:58.four Caribbean? Yes. So you will agree to do anything? It's not say
:04:59. > :05:04.we would agree. `` I did not say. This one refused to open the doors.
:05:05. > :05:06.Can you talk to us, please? And we found many more prepared to act in
:05:07. > :05:10.the same way. Whatever economic pressures they are under to keep
:05:11. > :05:16.clients have become agents should not agree to disseminate. As a
:05:17. > :05:22.response to our findings, there is going to be an investigation.
:05:23. > :05:27.With us now is Rob Berkeley from the Runnymede Trust, a leading
:05:28. > :05:34.anti`racism charity. Good evening. Watching that, RU surprise by the
:05:35. > :05:41.blatant nature of the Scottish? `` are you surprised? I am surprised
:05:42. > :05:49.how willing people are to own up to racism and to use it for business
:05:50. > :05:52.game. What they are doing is against the law and against rights fought
:05:53. > :05:56.for by all communities. I worry there is not enough protection to
:05:57. > :06:00.address the problem. This is agents prepared to do this on behalf of
:06:01. > :06:06.landlords. You saying there is not enough protection? What would you
:06:07. > :06:09.like to see? I would like to see somebody prosecuted for this
:06:10. > :06:14.behaviour. I think it is amazing that nobody has yet been prosecuted,
:06:15. > :06:20.so I am very pleased that there will be an investigation. Is that enough?
:06:21. > :06:25.Isn't the nature of what we saw there, these were undercover
:06:26. > :06:29.reporters, we will never necessarily know that it goes on and it is hard
:06:30. > :06:35.to prove. How widespread do you think it is? We did a survey over
:06:36. > :06:39.the summer and found that as much as 30% of Afro`Caribbean people say
:06:40. > :06:43.they have been discriminated against in city housing. This is a
:06:44. > :06:48.significant housing problem and something that we thought is a thing
:06:49. > :06:54.of the past, the no dogs, no Blacks, no Irish quote, that is reality in
:06:55. > :06:59.our city. How does it feel to hear things like that? We have spent 45
:07:00. > :07:04.years struggling against this kind of practice. What we are hopeful
:07:05. > :07:09.about is that people are shocked by this kind of behaviour and landlords
:07:10. > :07:15.have families, have friends, and we need to talk to them about what they
:07:16. > :07:18.are doing around addressing racism. Letting agents particularly, that
:07:19. > :07:24.industry, what can be done there specifically? There is
:07:25. > :07:28.self`regulation. There is the National landlords Association and
:07:29. > :07:37.others, they need to straight people off and make it clear there is no ``
:07:38. > :07:44.it is not acceptable to behave like this. So, they need consequences?
:07:45. > :07:47.Yes, they need to make it clear it is not acceptable to get financial
:07:48. > :07:50.gain from breaking the law. Well, you can see the full
:07:51. > :07:53.undercover investigation on letting agents on Inside Out London, tonight
:07:54. > :07:58.at 7.30 here on BBC One. Coming up later in the programme....
:07:59. > :08:10.Could this be the new HQ for Scotland Yard? We get a first look
:08:11. > :08:13.at designs for the Met's new home. A minicab driver has been describing
:08:14. > :08:19.the police shooting of Mark Duggan, whose death in 2011 sparked the
:08:20. > :08:23.Tottenham riots. The man told an inquest that Duggan was shot two to
:08:24. > :08:28.three feet from the cab as he tried to run away. Alex Bushill joins us
:08:29. > :08:35.from the High Court. Alex what more was said?
:08:36. > :08:44.A taxi driver gave his evidence at the High Court. He used an
:08:45. > :08:50.interpreter. He described how three unmarked police that they goes
:08:51. > :08:54.surrounded Mark Duggan in August 2011. The taxi driver said he
:08:55. > :08:58.thought he was under attack. It was at this point Mark Duggan jumped
:08:59. > :09:04.from the vehicle and as the taxi driver put it, run. He said a tall
:09:05. > :09:09.officer opened fire. He went on to say, I saw him get hit in the back.
:09:10. > :09:13.Mark Duggan was only two to three feet from my car when he was shot.
:09:14. > :09:17.He fell on the floor suddenly but I could not see everything. The police
:09:18. > :09:21.dragged me out of my cat like I was some sort of criminal.
:09:22. > :09:26.What did he have to say about whether Mark Duggan was armed with a
:09:27. > :09:30.gun at the time? The police case in this is one of
:09:31. > :09:33.self defence. They believe that Mark Duggan had picked up a firearm on
:09:34. > :09:38.that journey. The taxi driver did confirm that he had been to an
:09:39. > :09:46.address in Leyton" Duggan was given a cardboard box. `` where Duggan was
:09:47. > :09:49.given. They carried on to an address where Duggan was intercepted. The
:09:50. > :09:53.taxi driver said he did not believe that he had seen Mark Duggan with a
:09:54. > :09:58.thing in his hand, nor had he raised his arm. He went on to describe how
:09:59. > :10:03.the tall officer, the one the taxi driver thought had shot Mark Duggan,
:10:04. > :10:06.was very angry, like someone who had lost their senses. The inquest will
:10:07. > :10:10.resume tomorrow morning. A man from north west London who
:10:11. > :10:13.raped a stranger hours before murdering his ex`girlfriend has been
:10:14. > :10:18.jailed for life, with a minimum term of 33 years. The court heard that
:10:19. > :10:23.31`year`old Marvin Samuels raped the stranger ` who resembled a former
:10:24. > :10:27.partner ` at a reservoir in Brent. He then went on to kill Sharlana
:10:28. > :10:40.Diedrick, the mother of his son, stabbing her 16 times in a car
:10:41. > :10:43.parked outside his home. Police have arrested at least ten
:10:44. > :10:46.people for begging today in the west end of London. It's part of a
:10:47. > :10:49.continuing crackdown on anti`social behaviour. Meanwhile, Westminster
:10:50. > :10:51.Council is calling on the Home Office to rethink plans to amend
:10:52. > :10:55.Anti Social Behaviour Orders, saying the new plan will mean beggars can't
:10:56. > :10:58.be arrested. The Home Office said the bill will make it quicker and
:10:59. > :11:00.easier for local authorities to protect their communities.
:11:01. > :11:03.Westminster have the wrong end of the stick and perhaps misunderstand
:11:04. > :11:05.the range of powers we are making available, which is more extensive
:11:06. > :11:11.and flexible than the present arrangements. We are replacing the
:11:12. > :11:17.anti`social behaviour orders with criminal behaviour orders, and we
:11:18. > :11:20.will have a new injunction which will deal with behaviour at an
:11:21. > :11:23.earlier stage. Health bosses have been outlining
:11:24. > :11:26.their vision for NHS in London. In a report which warns that the
:11:27. > :11:29.capital's hospitals are at breaking point, they say radical change is
:11:30. > :11:32.needed to avoid unsafe services and a funding crisis by 2020. But our
:11:33. > :11:43.political correspondent, Karl Mercer reports. `` we have heard such
:11:44. > :11:48.warnings before. Born to a fanfare of publicity, the
:11:49. > :11:53.NHS has been the focus of constant plans about how it's a change. In
:11:54. > :11:59.1992, Bernard Tomic then had a go, as did another in 1998. In 2008,
:12:00. > :12:05.there was another attempt. They shared a common message... Choose
:12:06. > :12:09.your doctor now. Today, another report saying patients should be
:12:10. > :12:13.treated out of hospitals, with warnings of a looming care crisis.
:12:14. > :12:17.If we do not do this, the public will seek services becoming eroded
:12:18. > :12:25.at not being as safe as they could be, and not getting services when
:12:26. > :12:28.they should. The sort of care Michelle is getting is the son of
:12:29. > :12:36.the NHS wants to see more of. This minor injuries unit in Roehampton is
:12:37. > :12:43.busy. There is no A but plenty of other services on`site. We see
:12:44. > :12:49.17,000`18,000 patients per year, so that speaks for itself. The patients
:12:50. > :12:56.like coming here. The messages chime today's report. It says on healthy
:12:57. > :13:02.lifestyles are pushing of NHS bills. But across town in your Lewisham
:13:03. > :13:09.there is scepticism. This GP was part of a campaign to save the local
:13:10. > :13:16.A My concern is is a fair you'd `` is it is a pro lead to closures
:13:17. > :13:21.of Accident Emergency is in London. This would not begin for
:13:22. > :13:28.patient care. Changing the NHS is politically difficult. The politics
:13:29. > :13:33.are stacked against unpopular changes like reducing the role of
:13:34. > :13:37.local hospitals. On the other hand, financial pressures are building by
:13:38. > :13:43.the day. We also know that care in some hospitals is not safe, so
:13:44. > :13:46.something has to be done. We convincing politicians, patients and
:13:47. > :13:50.some doctors that changes needed will be no easy task.
:13:51. > :13:53.The Mayor has called for more Chinese investment in the capital's
:13:54. > :13:55.infrastructure, saying there's nothing to fear. Boris Johnson is
:13:56. > :13:59.with the Chancellor George Osborne on a trade mission to China. And
:14:00. > :14:02.today he broadly welcomed the Government's announcement to relax
:14:03. > :14:03.visa rules for Chinese visitors. Our political editor Tim Donovan reports
:14:04. > :14:17.from Beijing. they are seen by many as rivals for
:14:18. > :14:24.the Tory crown, probably the top contenders, although it said they
:14:25. > :14:28.are not that close. Some have wondered why the Chancellor chose
:14:29. > :14:32.the same time as the London Mayor to come to China, but at Peking
:14:33. > :14:39.University, they were working as one. Who is the boss on the trip?
:14:40. > :14:49.Britain is. We are representing our country. Is it to separate chips? It
:14:50. > :14:57.is a nest of singing birds! `` trips? There was probably an
:14:58. > :15:03.expression for perfect harmony. The London Mayor wants clarity on
:15:04. > :15:08.the latest relaxation of Visa rules. He said London needed more Chinese
:15:09. > :15:12.students and tourists so it could maintain this status. To be the
:15:13. > :15:18.artistic, financial capital of the world, the innovation and scientific
:15:19. > :15:24.capital, the financial capital, the international capital, so we welcome
:15:25. > :15:32.Chinese students to London and work with great universities like Peking
:15:33. > :15:37.so we can solve our common together. During this trip, Boris Johnson is
:15:38. > :15:41.celebrating recent Chinese investment in the capital and the
:15:42. > :15:46.promise of more. One Chinese company has taken a stake in Heathrow, and
:15:47. > :15:49.Thames Water, which promises to recreate Crystal Palace and
:15:50. > :15:57.redevelop the Royal Albert docks. But there are questions.
:15:58. > :16:03.It was a university student who asked, wouldn't more Chinese
:16:04. > :16:07.investment in London come to be seen as threatening?
:16:08. > :16:11.Is it really the case that London needs to prostrate itself to the
:16:12. > :16:14.Chinese businessmen with the biggest cheque`book? That is completely the
:16:15. > :16:22.wrong way to look at it, naturally, it is a sign of confidence in our
:16:23. > :16:25.economy that we are willing to take investment and welcome people from
:16:26. > :16:31.around the world. Today, he met the bosses of one vast
:16:32. > :16:37.commercial property company behind plans for a luxury riverside hotel
:16:38. > :16:41.complex. They announced they would be creating another 300 jobs in
:16:42. > :16:53.London when they opened new offices. Still to come: hundreds of Londoners
:16:54. > :17:01.queue up to meet Mo Farah. We find out about the next steps in
:17:02. > :17:06.his running career. She looks like Cameron Diaz. She
:17:07. > :17:11.said you looked like someone famous as well.
:17:12. > :17:12.Plus, James Corden, on the challenges of playing a TV reality
:17:13. > :17:22.star, in his new film. It's the famous symbol of Scotland
:17:23. > :17:26.Yard, and it'll be moving, along with the force, to a new location on
:17:27. > :17:29.the banks of the Thames. Today, the Met unveiled the proposed designs
:17:30. > :17:40.for its new HQ on Victoria Embankment. As our home affairs
:17:41. > :17:45.correspondent Guy Smith reports. The home of Scotland yard. But not
:17:46. > :17:53.for much longer, after half a century in Victoria, the
:17:54. > :17:58.headquarters is being sold. Scotland yard's new home will return
:17:59. > :18:02.to the banks of the River Thames were it once was 50 years ago.
:18:03. > :18:07.Today, these images were released to the public showing what it could
:18:08. > :18:13.look like. By 2015, the redevelopment of this former police
:18:14. > :18:17.station is expected to be complete. Paul is from the architect firm
:18:18. > :18:24.which beat off competition to redesign the grade two listed
:18:25. > :18:27.building. He showed me the plans which will be refined over coming
:18:28. > :18:33.months. We are in a totally historical
:18:34. > :18:39.setting in one of the key sites in London, next door to the original
:18:40. > :18:45.building, the famous building. In some ways, back to its rightful
:18:46. > :18:49.place. The famous revolving sign, roll of honour those who died in a
:18:50. > :18:55.line of duty, and eternal flame, we'll all be moved to the new site.
:18:56. > :19:00.Part of the plan to save more than half ?1 billion over the next two
:19:01. > :19:05.and half years. The existing headquarters is one of 200 police
:19:06. > :19:11.buildings to be sold, 40% of the property of the Metropolitan Police.
:19:12. > :19:17.This old building is costing ?12 million a year to run. It is an
:19:18. > :19:23.opportunity to move to its historic home in Whitehall. And to reduce
:19:24. > :19:26.running costs and avoid spending ?50 million in updating it. We don't
:19:27. > :19:37.know how much the new headquarters will cost. It's still subject to
:19:38. > :19:41.planning permission. Marching towards a new century. Scotland
:19:42. > :19:47.Yard. He's the Londoner that captured the
:19:48. > :19:50.nation's heart at the 2012 Games. Today, the double Olympic champion
:19:51. > :19:54.Mo Farah caused quite a stir in Canary Wharf, as hundreds of fans
:19:55. > :19:57.rushed to see him. As Sara Orchard reports, he's now focused on running
:19:58. > :20:01.the marathon, after just having had his Lottery funding renewed for the
:20:02. > :20:02.next 12 months. Just to warn you, there will be some flash
:20:03. > :20:13.photography. It is relentless from Mo Farah, he
:20:14. > :20:19.is digging deep. The last time we saw Mo Farah on
:20:20. > :20:24.British soil, running home in a rare second best in the great North run.
:20:25. > :20:28.He is focusing on going the distance in the marathon, leaving the track
:20:29. > :20:32.behind him. He still spends most of his day 's training overseas so
:20:33. > :20:38.whenever he is in London, everyone wants a piece of their favourite
:20:39. > :20:43.double Olympic champion. Mo Farah is leading it and solving the problems
:20:44. > :20:48.of the country. Do I go to college or stay at home? I grew up in
:20:49. > :20:54.London, everything happened in London, this is my home town. He
:20:55. > :20:58.brought shoppers and office workers to a standstill as the 30`year`old
:20:59. > :21:03.from Teddington made an appearance at his book signing at Canary Wharf.
:21:04. > :21:09.There are literally hundreds of people in the shopping centre
:21:10. > :21:14.waiting to see Mo Farah today. Why did you want to come and see him?
:21:15. > :21:19.He's such an inspiration to everyone. I saw him at the Olympics
:21:20. > :21:24.and cheered him on. What about you? I really loved him at the Olympics
:21:25. > :21:29.and wanted to see him in person. Whilst the Olympics shot him to
:21:30. > :21:33.fame, he is now focusing on the London at them. After dropping out
:21:34. > :21:37.half awake as planned this year, he hopes to run the whole distance in
:21:38. > :21:44.2014. I'm looking forward to it. They say
:21:45. > :21:49.you will hit the wall at some point. That is on my mind. London has been
:21:50. > :21:55.a good running partner so far for him, and fans are hoping he will be
:21:56. > :21:57.back to his best in first place next April.
:21:58. > :22:02.He's the award`winning writer and co`star of Gavin and Stacey, who's
:22:03. > :22:06.become a household name. James Corden has starred on stage, as well
:22:07. > :22:10.as on TV. His latest film premieres this week, where he plays a reality
:22:11. > :22:17.TV star. He's been speaking to our entertainment correspondent Brenda
:22:18. > :22:23.Emmanus. Who is that? It's a talent
:22:24. > :22:28.competition. Do it. He did and following a streak of bad found
:22:29. > :22:33.fortune as the winner of Britain's Got Talent. Now, James Gordon brings
:22:34. > :22:37.the true story of Paul Potts, the amateur opera singer, to the big
:22:38. > :22:47.screen. Did you say you thought it was a
:22:48. > :22:53.rocky story `` Rocky story. Yes, it is. Rocky is the most
:22:54. > :22:57.famous, and underdog, a guy who wants something so much, yet the
:22:58. > :23:02.world seems to be telling him to give up. But it's only his absolute
:23:03. > :23:06.determination that pulls him through. You know, I'm very proud of
:23:07. > :23:11.it, I'm completely bowled over by the reaction it's had from people.
:23:12. > :23:17.It's a lovely thing to be part of. Following his role in the National
:23:18. > :23:22.Theatre, James Corden gave a career defining performance again at the
:23:23. > :23:27.National Theatre and plans to continue his work on stage. It's
:23:28. > :23:33.such a brilliant art form. If you don't do it too long, you lose those
:23:34. > :23:38.muscles and start to be scared. Also on his list of things to do is a
:23:39. > :23:51.reunion with his co`star from Gavin and Stacey, Ruth Jones. I love
:23:52. > :23:57.working with her so much, we had a wonderful friendship for most, so I
:23:58. > :24:04.would really love to get back in the room with her at some point. This is
:24:05. > :24:08.a story of thrusting a man into the limelight, what are the greatest
:24:09. > :24:12.lessons you have learned? If you start to believe the good things, he
:24:13. > :24:16.might think you are more than you really are. If you believe the bad
:24:17. > :24:21.things, you can feel there is no hope. The important thing is to not
:24:22. > :24:26.really let that be the thing that drives you, and try to do your best.
:24:27. > :24:28.The film is released on the 25th of October.
:24:29. > :24:41.It's that time of the evening to get a check on the weather, with Wendy.
:24:42. > :24:46.We have a bit of everything. One day of rain, and next day of sunshine.
:24:47. > :24:54.It is going to be warming up, the opposite to last week. Warming up
:24:55. > :25:02.this week. Beautiful low`pressure system, circling around. That has
:25:03. > :25:07.been with us through the week since Friday. It has been pushing showers
:25:08. > :25:15.across through the afternoon, a few more still to come this evening.
:25:16. > :25:22.Lots of low cloud, mist and fog. It will be nippy, eight Celsius.
:25:23. > :25:27.Tomorrow is one of the sunny days. Once we get going, it will be murky
:25:28. > :25:32.to begin with, then decent spells of sunshine in the afternoon to London
:25:33. > :25:38.and the Home Counties, textures up to 14 Celsius, the wins will
:25:39. > :25:43.generally be liked. On Wednesday, we get the rain back. This is the rain
:25:44. > :25:46.going through, fairly quickly, returning to drier conditions in the
:25:47. > :25:54.afternoon. A few showers on Thursday, breezy, but that breeze
:25:55. > :25:59.will bring in the milder in. By Thursday, temperatures in London of
:26:00. > :26:05.18 Celsius, feeling very pleasant indeed. A dry start on Wednesday, an
:26:06. > :26:11.intense spell of rain in the middle of the day, clearing away mid
:26:12. > :26:15.afternoon and evening. Temperatures still 14 Celsius. Once that has gone
:26:16. > :26:22.through, it will inch juice milder weather, up to 18 Celsius on
:26:23. > :26:32.Thursday, plenty of sunshine. `` it will introduce. On Friday, it looks
:26:33. > :26:34.like it will turn rather unsettled once again.
:26:35. > :26:43.I'll just recap the main headlines: +British detectives have issued
:26:44. > :26:46.e`fits of a man they want to trace in connection with the disappearance
:26:47. > :26:50.of Madeleine McCann six years ago. He's aged between 20 and 40, and
:26:51. > :26:53.seen heading towards the seafront at Praia de Luz on the night the
:26:54. > :26:56.three`year`old went missing. A 44`year`old man has been arrested,
:26:57. > :26:59.after trying to enter Buckingham Palace in possession of a knife. The
:27:00. > :27:04.incident comes a month after police arrested two men in connection with
:27:05. > :27:07.a break`in at the Palace. The investigation into Jimmy
:27:08. > :27:10.Savile's alleged abuse of patients is to be extended to include more
:27:11. > :27:16.NHS hospitals. The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says new information has
:27:17. > :27:19.come to light. BBC London has exposed illegal and
:27:20. > :27:22.underhand techniques being used by agents on behalf of landlords to
:27:23. > :27:25.racially discriminate against potential tenants. The race
:27:26. > :27:32.equalities watchdog says it will now conduct an investigation.
:27:33. > :27:38.That's it for now. Thanks for joining us. I'll be back with the
:27:39. > :27:40.latest for you during the ten o'clock news. From the team here,
:27:41. > :27:43.have a lovely evening.