:00:00. > :00:07.You Tonight on BBC London News: Thousands of girls in the capital
:00:08. > :00:19.are at risk of being raped by gangs ` the finding of an official study.
:00:20. > :00:22.We are hearing about children who are being victims of rape and just
:00:23. > :00:26.assumed that that is what happens, it is part of growing up.
:00:27. > :00:30.We'll hear from a victim and ask what can be done. Also tonight: She
:00:31. > :00:33.was the first person to die on a Boris bike. Today a coroner rules it
:00:34. > :00:37.was an accidental death. The medics who helped amputate a
:00:38. > :00:42.man's leg after he became stuck up a crane.
:00:43. > :00:44.Plus how do you turn this moment of movie magic into a hit West End
:00:45. > :01:07.show? Sir Tim Rice reveals all. Good evening. Thousands of girls in
:01:08. > :01:11.London are at risk of being raped by gangs. That's the verdict of the
:01:12. > :01:14.woman in charge of an official inquiry looking at sexual
:01:15. > :01:18.exploitation amongst young people. The two`year investigation has found
:01:19. > :01:20.that some girls as young as ten are being lured into situations where
:01:21. > :01:27.they are repeatedly sexually abused by boys, but that most of the
:01:28. > :01:38.attacks go unreported. This special report from Tarah Welsh.
:01:39. > :01:42.I was 11, and I was gang raped by boys in my area. Barely out of
:01:43. > :01:48.primary school, she was targeted and forced to have sex with an older boy
:01:49. > :01:52.and his friends. The group of boys was in his bedroom, they started
:01:53. > :01:57.touching me and stuff. I told them to stop, then it happened one by
:01:58. > :02:02.one. The next time they saw her, they raped her again. They said they
:02:03. > :02:06.would stop me or beat me up, I was scared but it did not really bother
:02:07. > :02:11.me, I was at a point in my life when it did not really bother me. I
:02:12. > :02:18.didn't care any more. She didn't tell anyone. In some parts of London
:02:19. > :02:22.we are hearing about children who are being victims of rape and just
:02:23. > :02:26.assumed that that is what happens, it is part of growing up. There is
:02:27. > :02:32.no point in telling anybody or complaining, it is just what
:02:33. > :02:36.happens. A two year enquiry has looked at the scale of sexual
:02:37. > :02:40.exploitation in gangs across England. It has heard from councils,
:02:41. > :02:45.police and big ones and the point is to try to tackle the problem. ``
:02:46. > :02:49.heard from councils, police and victims. They want to try to
:02:50. > :02:53.identify every single girl with links to a gang member, whether it
:02:54. > :03:03.be her cousin, boyfriend, brother or a friend. There several thousand
:03:04. > :03:07.known gang members in London `` that are several thousand. If each of
:03:08. > :03:11.those boys is linked to simply one girl, there are a few thousand
:03:12. > :03:17.girls. Every single one of them is at very high risk of sexual exploit
:03:18. > :03:22.Asian. The Metropolitan Police say that it is starting to look at Hugh
:03:23. > :03:26.potential victims might be. The inquiry will make recommendations
:03:27. > :03:30.next month about what can be done to protect children. In south London
:03:31. > :03:34.they are trying already, GPs and nurses work with specially trained
:03:35. > :03:40.youth workers at this clinic to try to help young women who may have
:03:41. > :03:44.been exploited. The clinical team are asking questions when young
:03:45. > :03:49.people attend asking for sexual health screening or pregnancy tests.
:03:50. > :03:56.The nurses and doctors are asking questions around their relationship
:03:57. > :04:01.and the behaviour. It is giving young people the opportunity to talk
:04:02. > :04:05.about things they have kept secret. There is no official exact number of
:04:06. > :04:12.how many big wins of sexual violence that are within gangs. Most crimes
:04:13. > :04:16.go unreported for a number of reasons. Fear of retaliation or an
:04:17. > :04:19.acceptance that this just happens. Many of these girls are from a world
:04:20. > :04:23.where you just don't go to the police. Princess has worked with
:04:24. > :04:29.young people for years but says that, lately, more girls are
:04:30. > :04:35.speaking to her about rape. Some of the young females that have been
:04:36. > :04:41.referred to us have been raped or assaulted in some way. It is quite
:04:42. > :04:45.shocking, but it is really high. The inquiry found some girls are being
:04:46. > :04:50.used to set up others. As sad as it sounds, they can start off as a
:04:51. > :04:56.victim and become a perpetrator for someone else, for that to happen to
:04:57. > :05:00.someone else. The chair of the inquiry says the authorities have to
:05:01. > :05:03.do more to protect these children. The girls can be so hard to reach
:05:04. > :05:06.because sometimes they do not even know they are victims.
:05:07. > :05:16.Tarah joins us now. How aware are the police of the this? `` of the
:05:17. > :05:20.extent of this? They are aware and there have been prosecutions for
:05:21. > :05:23.gang rapes, but the scale has been highlighted by this enquiry and they
:05:24. > :05:27.are starting to map where these vulnerable girls might be. Officers
:05:28. > :05:32.know they are not necessarily the best people to go into schools and
:05:33. > :05:36.talk about sexual relationships, they are doing this with partner
:05:37. > :05:41.organisations. When a girl has been raped she is more vulnerable for it
:05:42. > :05:46.to happen again, so youth workers like the ones in my report are
:05:47. > :05:51.telling young girls that you do not have to go through with this, this
:05:52. > :05:56.is not the way to be treated. What does the inquiry recommend? The
:05:57. > :05:59.chair has said there is a lot of things to be learned from the great
:06:00. > :06:03.work being done out there, but there is a long way to go and everyone
:06:04. > :06:06.that has contact with a child must be able to spot signs of sexual
:06:07. > :06:11.abuse, and at the moment they are not and that is not good in.
:06:12. > :06:13.Coming up later: Schoolchildren and celebrities join the Duchess of
:06:14. > :06:14.Cornwall to celebrate Westminster Abbey's first harvest festival in
:06:15. > :06:26.nearly 50 years. I think for young children to know
:06:27. > :06:31.where things come from, whether it is fruit and veg all, for that
:06:32. > :06:43.matter, electricity and water, is very important. Philippine de
:06:44. > :06:49.Gerin`Ricard was the first person to die rating a Boris bike. She was hit
:06:50. > :06:52.by a lorry in July on one of the flagship cycling superhighways.
:06:53. > :06:57.Today a coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death and said it was
:06:58. > :07:03.an appalling accident. It comes a day after the inquest into another
:07:04. > :07:08.death on the same superhighway, and it was said that concerns had been
:07:09. > :07:12.raised about the junction. Outside Aldgate tube on a Friday
:07:13. > :07:18.night, a French student died while using a higher bike and cycling on
:07:19. > :07:22.superhighway number two. Philippine de Gerin`Ricard was in an HGV's
:07:23. > :07:27.blindspot. The driver did not see her at the side of his lorry as the
:07:28. > :07:32.lanes converged. After her death, her mother was highly critical of
:07:33. > :07:35.the superhighway. TRANSLATION: The most difficult
:07:36. > :07:41.thing to come to terms with is that by using this bike lane she didn't
:07:42. > :07:45.stand a chance from the outset. A Metropolitan Police Road safety
:07:46. > :07:51.expert said they had warned TfL about the Aldgate gyrate 35 years
:07:52. > :07:55.ago. They listed 21 concerns, making it unsafe for cyclists. Concerns
:07:56. > :08:02.were made before the superhighway was put along this road to encourage
:08:03. > :08:07.or cyclists to use it. As CCTV of the collision was shown to the
:08:08. > :08:12.court, Philippine's mother cried out. Later, she said what needs to
:08:13. > :08:16.be tackled is the provision of cycling lanes. She said it needs to
:08:17. > :08:22.be tackled now and quickly. Later, as the family left court, the father
:08:23. > :08:26.of Philippine shook the hand of the HGV driver. Today the coroner
:08:27. > :08:31.recorded a conclusion of accidental death. Yesterday after an inquest in
:08:32. > :08:38.front of the same coroner, the family of Brian Dalling also
:08:39. > :08:42.criticised TfL after he died on the same cycling superhighway.
:08:43. > :08:47.Businessmen to be a dedicated cycle route offering people a safer way to
:08:48. > :08:50.use their bikes. It was only after Brian putts`macro death that TfL has
:08:51. > :08:57.seen fit to change the layout of the junction. It is terribly sad that
:08:58. > :09:00.these people died, and it seems that the superhighway scheme was not
:09:01. > :09:07.justified in terms of security and safety. The coroner concluded that
:09:08. > :09:12.TfL should find new ways of making the lanes say. She will file a full
:09:13. > :09:20.report into both deaths at a later date, which could mean more
:09:21. > :09:24.criticism of these flagship schemes. A convicted killer who stabbed a 17
:09:25. > :09:28.year`old outside a nightclub has escaped from a secure mental health
:09:29. > :09:33.unit in Hackney. He was sentenced to 28 years in prison for the murder,
:09:34. > :09:38.he escaped from the John Hammond Centre this afternoon. The East
:09:39. > :09:40.London foundation NHS trust says it is reviewing security as a matter of
:09:41. > :09:44.urgency. 11 people have been arrested in dawn
:09:45. > :09:47.raids as part of an operation to stop a gang smuggling millions of
:09:48. > :09:50.pounds worth of drugs into the country. Police say cocaine was
:09:51. > :09:53.transported to Heathrow airport in cargo containers on flights from
:09:54. > :09:55.Mexico. Officers said that during the investigation quantities with a
:09:56. > :10:01.street value totalling many millions of pounds were recovered.
:10:02. > :10:05.Thames Water's request to increase customer bills by up to 8% next year
:10:06. > :10:08.may be blocked by its regulator. Ofwat published the draft decision,
:10:09. > :10:14.saying current evidence did not justify the rise. Thames Water had
:10:15. > :10:18.asked to add an extra ?29 to the annual average household bill. There
:10:19. > :10:32.will now be a consultation period, and the final decision is due in
:10:33. > :10:35.November. . The Mayor says Britain needs to
:10:36. > :10:38.learn from China when it comes to big building projects like the
:10:39. > :10:41.high`speed rail line HS2. Boris Johnson said too much time and money
:10:42. > :10:44.was spent on consultants and not enough on getting schemes started.
:10:45. > :10:52.He was speaking to our political editor, Tim Donovan, on a high`speed
:10:53. > :10:57.train to Shanghai. The Boris sales drive move to
:10:58. > :11:03.Shanghai today. It is incredible for me to see how much Shanghai has
:11:04. > :11:07.changed. First there was the folder bikes against the stunning skyline
:11:08. > :11:17.of the city, where he showed supporters his first attempt at
:11:18. > :11:23.writing Mandarin. And then it was off to Marks
:11:24. > :11:28.Spencer's biggest store here. Earlier on the high`speed train from
:11:29. > :11:31.Beijing, he insisted he did not feel personal pressure from his constant
:11:32. > :11:36.need to promote the capital, and he is impressed by the train ` how
:11:37. > :11:45.could you not be? We need to learn from this. In our country, we spend
:11:46. > :11:50.colossal sums on consultants, on valuations, engineering studies,
:11:51. > :11:54.impact assessments of all kinds, on reviews. We observe literally
:11:55. > :12:00.billions of pounds of cost in that way before we build a single thing.
:12:01. > :12:05.Ask yourself how much HS2 has cost already without anything being
:12:06. > :12:09.built. He said his agenda and itinerary had been distinctive from
:12:10. > :12:13.the Chancellor's. How has it made you feel with George
:12:14. > :12:19.Osborne here, where the real power is, coming on the back of big
:12:20. > :12:25.announcements? Does it make you envious? It has been very, very good
:12:26. > :12:31.for the UK plc and for London. He prepares to leave for Hong Kong
:12:32. > :12:37.tomorrow. No new deals have been revealed but he insists that coming
:12:38. > :12:42.here in person has been worth it. The personal contact has counted. It
:12:43. > :12:47.is an believably interesting and absorbing. I wouldn't be here if
:12:48. > :12:50.they hadn't been aware of what happened, been impressed by that.
:12:51. > :12:56.That is why we are getting a good reception. They think me yet, we saw
:12:57. > :13:02.that guy, he came in 2008, we saw him on the zip wire. Let's have him.
:13:03. > :13:11.That is fantastic and it opens doors and gets things done. I am not going
:13:12. > :13:15.to come back to London with any pandas, I haven't been offered any,
:13:16. > :13:18.but we will have billions and billions of pounds worth of
:13:19. > :13:24.investment and this trip has certainly helped to keep that going.
:13:25. > :13:28.He hasn't seen much of ordinary, shall we say, hard`working Chinese
:13:29. > :13:40.people, but claims that this will all at the high end in June course
:13:41. > :13:44.bring good results. A power outage at Gatwick airport
:13:45. > :13:48.has caused travel chaos. Check`in services have been effect did and
:13:49. > :13:52.all easyJet flights will depart from the North terminal. There are still
:13:53. > :13:59.some minor delays and the airport has apologised for any
:14:00. > :14:02.inconvenience. Police have released a photograph of
:14:03. > :14:05.a businessman who died defending his wife and shop in east London
:14:06. > :14:09.yesterday. It's thought Shammi Atwal was pushed in front of a moving
:14:10. > :14:13.lorry outside his Cash and Carry in Barking as he grappled with a gang
:14:14. > :14:16.of up to ten men, some armed with a sledgehammer and metal bars.
:14:17. > :14:19.Passengers are being warned part of a main overground route will remain
:14:20. > :14:22.closed until next week after a freight train derailed in Camden.
:14:23. > :14:26.The crash caused extensive damage to the railway and to overhead wires.
:14:27. > :14:29.The train was carrying scrap metal from the Midlands to Folkestone,
:14:30. > :14:32.early on Tuesday morning. It's not known what caused the derailment,
:14:33. > :14:40.but foul play has been ruled out as a cause. At the moment, the overhead
:14:41. > :14:44.line is wrapped around the train. We have to secure it because it is
:14:45. > :14:47.under tension, in order to remove and cut away the infrastructure from
:14:48. > :14:52.around the train and then move it. We hope to have done that by the end
:14:53. > :14:55.of today. We have to assess the damage and put the infrastructure
:14:56. > :14:57.back together. At the moment we are attempting to get the track back
:14:58. > :14:59.together. At the moment we are attempting to get the TrackBack for
:15:00. > :15:07.passenger services on Monday morning. Surgeons have been
:15:08. > :15:11.describing the moment they saved the life of a dock worker from Essex.
:15:12. > :15:15.The team flew to the port of Tilbury when the worker became trapped on
:15:16. > :15:20.top of a crane. Ben Bland went to meet them. Preparing for the next
:15:21. > :15:23.rescue, but few will be as dramatic as the one Louise was involved in on
:15:24. > :15:27.Monday. She was the paramedic on board the Essex and hearts of
:15:28. > :15:32.ambulance which flew two Cambridge surgeons to help a man whose leg was
:15:33. > :15:36.stuck in machinery in a crane in Tilbury. Normally the training the
:15:37. > :15:43.team has on the helicopter, we can manage almost every incident, being
:15:44. > :15:47.able to join together our experiences. But this was a very
:15:48. > :15:53.complex and unusual incident, so being able to call in a specialist
:15:54. > :15:57.team was very helpful indeed. It improved the outcome of the patient.
:15:58. > :16:02.Emergency crews were called just before 11am to reports of a man
:16:03. > :16:07.trapped 30 metres above the ground. At 11:30am the air ambulance
:16:08. > :16:12.arrived, carrying the surgeons. An hour later they asked for specialist
:16:13. > :16:15.equipment, after engineers failed to release the crane gears. Then a
:16:16. > :16:19.specialist vascular surgeon was brought in from Chelmsford, but it
:16:20. > :16:23.wasn't until 5pm that evening that the man was released and flown to
:16:24. > :16:30.Addenbrooke's. The men praised for saving his life of the surgeons. It
:16:31. > :16:34.was a pretty austere environment. It was very tight in space. It was
:16:35. > :16:38.filthy, there was thick grease every where from the gearing mechanism,
:16:39. > :16:42.the patient was covered in grease. His other leg was trapped behind him
:16:43. > :16:46.and he was leaning forward onto the mechanism itself. The incident
:16:47. > :16:50.happened here at Tilbury docks in south Essex, one of the main port
:16:51. > :16:54.serving London. Containers taken off ships come from all over the world
:16:55. > :16:59.with goods destined for shops across the country. The engineer whose leg
:17:00. > :17:03.was trapped didn't want to be identified. It's thought he is still
:17:04. > :17:09.being at hospital, lucky to be alive, thanks to the skill and
:17:10. > :17:16.courage of the rescue team. Still to come tonight... I'm Rebecca
:17:17. > :17:23.Thornhill. And Darius Campbell. We start in from here to eternity, Sir
:17:24. > :17:32.Tim Rice's first musical in almost 30 years. Next, how old should you
:17:33. > :17:35.be before you get behind the wheel for the first time? The Government
:17:36. > :17:39.is proposing the legal age should be raised to 18. But at one school in
:17:40. > :17:46.south London, pupils as young as 13 have been getting lessons. Just 13,
:17:47. > :17:53.in the playground and behind the wheel. It was exciting. The day is
:17:54. > :17:57.focusing on their steering technique. But where possible, we
:17:58. > :18:01.are giving them as much control as we can. At King 's College School in
:18:02. > :18:05.Wimbledon, they'd be learning about the dangers of driving. There to
:18:06. > :18:08.teach them, someone who knows the risks all too well. I've come to
:18:09. > :18:13.terms with what happened on that day, but I would never wish going
:18:14. > :18:17.through that experience all my disability on anyone. But winning
:18:18. > :18:43.discus gold that last year's Paralympics, Josie Pearson helped
:18:44. > :18:46.inspire a generation. Now she wants to help educate one. When I was 17 I
:18:47. > :18:49.was involved in a road traffic accident. My boyfriend was driving,
:18:50. > :18:51.he died instantly, I broke my neck. I want to show people that it
:18:52. > :18:53.doesn't have to happen. In 2011, more than 20% of road deaths
:18:54. > :18:56.involved a driver between the ages of 17 and 24. Last week, the
:18:57. > :18:59.government announced it is thinking of raising the legal driving age
:19:00. > :19:01.from 17 to 18. Do you back those proposals? I think if the education
:19:02. > :19:03.of youngsters is adequate enough and compulsory in schools, I don't think
:19:04. > :19:09.you'd even need those restrictions. But is this too young to learn? They
:19:10. > :19:14.are young enough to take very seriously the massive risk of
:19:15. > :19:18.driving such a powerful machine as a car. I think there is excitement but
:19:19. > :19:23.there's also a wariness. It was a bit nerve wracking to start but you
:19:24. > :19:30.got the feel of it. It gets you a bit more prepared. I never thought
:19:31. > :19:34.I'd be able to drive a car, it was a good experience. And hopefully an
:19:35. > :19:40.experience they will be all the safer for 11 day they take to the
:19:41. > :19:43.roads for real. Primary school pupils from London joined the
:19:44. > :19:46.Duchess of Cornwall and some other famous faces today to celebrate
:19:47. > :19:49.Harvest Festival. The children were at Westminster Abbey to show Camilla
:19:50. > :19:53.the fruit and vegetables that they had grown at school. It's the first
:19:54. > :19:58.time the Abbey has played host to the tradition since 1966. Helen Drew
:19:59. > :20:01.was there. Schoolchildren from across the country enjoying a
:20:02. > :20:04.Harvest Festival service in Westminster Abbey today. It was
:20:05. > :20:08.attended by the Duchess of Cornwall, who wants children to
:20:09. > :20:12.learn about from `` where food comes from. They've grown their own fruit
:20:13. > :20:18.and veg, an initiative backed by several familiar faces. What will we
:20:19. > :20:23.eat, what will we drink or what will we wear? It's really important. Let
:20:24. > :20:27.them know and make them aware of something they weren't aware of
:20:28. > :20:31.before. I know that inner`city children don't see stuff grow, so
:20:32. > :20:36.they don't know where it grows. These pupils from a plaque `` M
:20:37. > :20:40.Rees: Plumstead loved the experience. It's a big thing for us.
:20:41. > :20:52.For us to come and see the Duchess is really important for us. We've
:20:53. > :21:01.grown some onions. And some charred. We have two types of squash. Not all
:21:02. > :21:07.efforts were so successful. So the results have been somewhat
:21:08. > :21:11.disappointing. It's the first Harvest service to be held at
:21:12. > :21:15.Westminster Abbey since 1966. It is all part of British food fortnight,
:21:16. > :21:19.which has been running for 12 years and aims to celebrate home`grown
:21:20. > :21:28.produce. Homeland actor Damian Lewis also got involved. The crop is in. I
:21:29. > :21:33.think for young children to know when things come from, whether it is
:21:34. > :21:38.fruit and veg or electricity and water, it's very important that they
:21:39. > :21:42.understand there is a process to these things. The Duchess' hope is
:21:43. > :21:47.that children will now be encouraged to grow much more fruit and veg.
:21:48. > :21:56.Today's food is being distributed to the elderly. And to discover more
:21:57. > :22:04.about the tastes and science of this year's Harvest go to our website,
:22:05. > :22:06.bbc.co.uk/harvest. It's the academy award`winning film starring Burt
:22:07. > :22:10.Lancaster about three American soldiers stationed on Hawaii in the
:22:11. > :22:13.run up to the Pearl Harbour attack in 1941. Now it's the subject Sir
:22:14. > :22:17.Tim Rice's new stage musical, his first in over a decade. The lead
:22:18. > :22:19.role is to be played by TV talent show star, Darius. Our Arts
:22:20. > :22:29.Correspondent, Brenda Emmanus, has more. Burt Lancaster and Deborah
:22:30. > :22:35.Kerr in a steamy embrace is probably one of the most memorable scenes
:22:36. > :22:39.from the 1953 film, from here to eternity. A new stage adaptation
:22:40. > :22:47.retains that magic moment, but is inspired by the original novel and
:22:48. > :22:51.brings Sir Tim Rice back to the West End. I didn't just want to go on
:22:52. > :22:54.doing shows for the sake of it. I think the combination of a great
:22:55. > :22:58.score and great story means you are some way down the road to creating
:22:59. > :23:01.something that could work. But obviously we've had to add lots of
:23:02. > :23:12.other elements, it's a long battle. We are nearly there. From here to
:23:13. > :23:16.eternity will be Tim Rice's first new show for 13 years, but it also
:23:17. > :23:20.marks the West End debut for Stublic Grayson, who brought his musical
:23:21. > :23:25.interpretation of the James Jones novel to Tim Rice and set off a
:23:26. > :23:29.chain of events that led to this production. It's got newness all
:23:30. > :23:34.over. It is not sung through, there's some great acting going on
:23:35. > :23:40.on stage. But there's some fantastic show tunes, we have the romantic
:23:41. > :23:52.things going on. But there's a lot of gritty, real music. Recreating
:23:53. > :23:56.1941 Pearl Harbor and the American military base there has taken an
:23:57. > :24:00.impressive production team and a lot of sweat from the cast, quite
:24:01. > :24:04.literally. They were put through military style training to prepare
:24:05. > :24:08.them for their vocally and physically challenging roles. But
:24:09. > :24:14.now they are prepared for opening night, they hope the themes of the
:24:15. > :24:18.original novel will reel in new and younger audiences. I think it will
:24:19. > :24:23.work. It's important that young come out and get involved in theatre.
:24:24. > :24:27.We've had members of the audience walked out because they are not
:24:28. > :24:32.prepared for the swearing, nudity, sex, the things that we explored,
:24:33. > :24:36.real grittiness, because we haven't shied away from exploring all of
:24:37. > :24:41.those things that are very explicit in the novel. So for gritty themes
:24:42. > :24:54.and a string of new songs, it runs at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
:24:55. > :25:00.We had some wet weather today. A foggy start and the rain arrived.
:25:01. > :25:04.But now the skies are clearing. We have a bit of a breeze blowing, and
:25:05. > :25:08.that will continue through the night. But that is not bad news,
:25:09. > :25:13.because that breeze. Any mist and fog forming. However, it is likely
:25:14. > :25:17.to chase a few sharp showers our way as dawn approaches. But it's not
:25:18. > :25:21.going to be as cold as it was last night. A couple of places last night
:25:22. > :25:27.had a touch of frost on the grass, but a much milder night tonight.
:25:28. > :25:32.Tomorrow, that breeze still blowing in the morning. It will keep any
:25:33. > :25:37.showers on the move, not that there will be very many around in the
:25:38. > :25:43.afternoon. For many, it is going to be a dry day. A sunny day. Where you
:25:44. > :25:50.find some shelter from the wind, 17 or 18 Celsius will feel pleasantly
:25:51. > :25:53.warm. Tomorrow evening we will lose the showers and cloud. Tomorrow
:25:54. > :26:00.night, we are going to lose the breeze as well. That means by Friday
:26:01. > :26:04.morning, I and fog will be back. Friday's weather is going to be very
:26:05. > :26:09.similar to today. A rather grey start and then wind and rain
:26:10. > :26:14.arriving later on. As far as the weekend is concerned, it is looking
:26:15. > :26:18.bright and breezy. But we will have bands of showers crossing from west
:26:19. > :26:24.to east across London and the Home Counties. Some cloud and rain but in
:26:25. > :26:28.between the grave, wet bits, I think there will be a good deal of dry and
:26:29. > :26:34.sunny weather as well. As far as the outlook is concerned, tomorrow
:26:35. > :26:40.should be a dry day. Fog, wind and rain on Friday. I don't think we
:26:41. > :26:45.will see very much fog over the weekend, but we will get a mixture
:26:46. > :26:49.of wind and rain in the form of those showers I mentioned. At the
:26:50. > :26:57.moment, it looks as though Sunday's showers will be heavier than
:26:58. > :27:00.Saturday's showers. The Government has welcomed the latest unemployment
:27:01. > :27:03.figures, which show the number of people out of work fell by 18,000
:27:04. > :27:08.between June and August. The number of part`time workers has risen.
:27:09. > :27:12.There's been a dramatic rise in the number of people using food banks.
:27:13. > :27:14.The Trussell Trust charity says it's handed out more than 350,000 food
:27:15. > :27:22.parcels since April, calling the situation scandalous. The woman in
:27:23. > :27:25.charge of an official inquiry looking at sexual exploitation by
:27:26. > :27:28.gangs says thousands of teenage girls are at risk of being raped in
:27:29. > :27:35.London. The two year investigation also found most attacks go
:27:36. > :27:40.unreported. That's it for now. Thank you for joining us. We will be back
:27:41. > :27:43.with the late news. From me and the team, have a lovely evening.