28/11/2013 BBC London News

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Tonight on BBC London News: More than 150 sex offenders are currently

wanted or have gone missing in the capital, according to new figures.

If I was a victim, I might be afraid of meeting one of these characters

in the street. One rape charity says it could deter

victims from coming forward. Also tonight: A college lecturer is

suspended after a homophobic rant recorded by a colleague. He claimed

gay teachers indoctrinate people to become homosexual. An investigation

is underway. The Mayor's accused of being an

unpleasant elitist by the Deputy Prime Minister after a speech on the

legacy of Margaret Thatcher. Plus:

London singer`songwriter Paloma Faith on the importance of pop art

in music. Good evening.

New figures have revealed that more than 150 registered sex offenders

have gone missing or are currently wanted in the capital. BBC London

has learnt that those who've disappeared include rapists and

paedophiles. The figures were released by the Metropolitan Police

after a Freedom of Information Request made by the Conservatives on

the London Assembly. Our home affairs correspondent, Guy Smith,

reports. From indecent assault on the cheap

too serious child abuse, these are the types of crime covered on the

sex offenders register. In London, currently about 6100 people are on

the list. But the London Assembly's Conservative group has learned from

a Freedom of Information request that more than 60 have disappeared

while under supervision. 96 sex offenders have left the country.

Tony arbour, who sits on the crime committee, says it is unacceptable.

The police should know that these characters could well be serial

offenders. The police should be on their backs. The impetus should not

be on the common is to show they have changed their address. The

police should be keeping tabs on them. A charity agrees. With

paedophiles, we need to be careful of whether are. We need to know

where they are. The fact we don't know where a certain number of them

are, we don't know where they are, it is a real worry for our children.

A risk assessment is made of each sex offender, and the level of

monitoring depends on the same business of the crime. It is managed

by a system. The police, probation and prison service share

information. If the vendor goes missing, the risk of reoffending is

increased. `` Freddy Fender. The maximum jail term is five years if

they sex offender fail to notify police of whether are. `` where they

are. We are very concerned. We risk assess everyone and we use every

opportunity we have to sue them. Rewritable using every opportunity

to find these people. `` we are actively using. Britain is only one

of a handful of countries that have a sex offenders register. As we

know, dozens of sex offenders are off the radar here in London. The

authorities simply don't know where they are. That, in itself, heightens

the risk the public. Then again, it may be nothing more sinister than

the police `` Fender forgetting to tell the police of a change of

address. `` the offender. Lots more to come, including...

Caring for London's ageing population ` GPs are told to

radically change their services. A senior lecturer at one of London's

biggest colleges has been suspended after claiming gay staff

indoctrinate pupils to become homosexual.

Let's get more from Marc Ashdown, who's outside the college. There are

20,000 students here. It has a large faculty of staff. A number of male

lecturers were having ended back `` debating 2012, when Doctor Mark

Walcott made these remarks, which can only be described as offences

and homophobic. He was secretly recorded by another lecturer. The

ranch went on for about 50 minutes. This is an extract from which you

may find offensive. They indoctrinated them by

subliminal information and suggestion. That is all I am saying.

I think Nazis are grooming people into their beliefs, the KKK are

grooming people, the Freemasons, the illuminati. Their main objective is

to get membership. Gay people's objective is not just to have lots

of sex but to increase the gay community, to make it be more

accepted, and to do that, they do it by increasing numbers. This rant

went on and on, and at some point Elton John was singled out for his

over burdensome gayness, and gay teachers are grooming pupils to

become homosexual. Today he has been suspended. The principal has taken a

leave of absence. What happens next? It has actually been

investigated in full. This recording was handed to the college just after

it was made. The union was involved. There was an eight month

investigation. At the end of it, there was noticeably remit is at

all. Since then it has become public. Last night the governors had

a meeting and swift action was taken. They have taken an external

review. I understand it will focus on the quality and the `` integrity

of it. Questions were raised about certain relationships within the

college. We have tried to get hold of the makeable involved. None of

them wanted to comment. The principal has taken this leave of

absence pending investigations. They say the focus is on the students. A

former principal has been poor but to oversee things until then. ``

brought in. A conman has been jailed for life

for stabbing a wealthy woman to death in her flat and hiding her

body in the boot of a car. Rakesh Bhayani, from Wembley, targeted

50`year`old Carole Waugh. She was killed in May last year. Her body

was found in a garage in New Malden several months later. Another man,

Nicholas Kutner, was jailed for 13 years for helping to conceal the

death. I think they are just too greedy, evil conman who don't have a

shred of decency between them. One thing I think is that they will

sleep easy in their beds because they have showed no remorse at all.

The Mayor's been accused of unpleasant elitism by the Deputy

Prime Minister. It follows comments made by Boris Johnson as he gave a

lecture at a think`tank in memory of Baroness Thatcher. Nick Clegg

believes he made remarks which imply a number of people are too stupid to

succeed. Our political editor, Tim Donovan, reports.

Last night he was giving a lecture in memory of Margaret Thatcher and

said some inequality was essential for the spirit of envy and greed

which drove economic activity in a competitive world. Nobody can ignore

the harshness of that competition, or the inequality that it inevitably

accentuates. It is surely relevant to a conversation about equality

that as many as 16% of our species have an IQ below 85 while 2% have an

IQ above 130. The harder you shake the pack, the easier it will be some

`` for some corn flakes to get to the top. Today, some of those

remarks were interpreted by Nick Clegg is writing some people are. He

said: Last night and the medics say it was

futile trying to stamp out inequality. `` last night, the mayor

said. We have to try to do things to alleviate that to insure there is at

least equality of opportunity. One Labour MP said the mayor was

glorifying greed and insulting the poor. It is an insult to cleaners in

London to suggest they are bottom of because like packet. That is not the

kind of society that I thought we wanted to live in. To aid the social

mobility he says is needed, the mayor appeared to favour a return to

grammar schools. The government said they would be no change in policy.

`` fare would be no change in policy. What was the mayor trying to

say? He has said nothing today but people at City Hall are saying that

either Nick Clegg did not see the speech in its context or that the

mayor was talking about social mobility and how you make it happen.

Yes, there is a need for aspiration and an element of greed, too. But

the most vulnerable, the people who couldn't help themselves, should be

helped. At the same time, there should be more opportunities for the

less well off to make headway. But there was this ambiguity about what

he said. Sometimes you think this is delivered with Rich Johnson. I have

been `` this is deliberate with Boris Johnson. I have been

struggling to understand everything he said. A wide`ranging speech. A

number of commentators think this was an attempt by him to reach out

as an heir to Margaret Thatcher and to reach out to the right of the

party. The theme of this was what would Margaret Thatcher do now. He

said she would build more houses, she would approve his idea for an

airport in east London. He thought she would give more powers to local

governments, more tax`raising powers. Many people will question

that and wonder why he didn't mention the fact she abolished

devolved government in London, the GLC.

The decision to grant bail to a fugitive Mafia boss has been

overturned at the High Court. Domenico Rancadore, from Uxbridge in

West London, is facing extradition to Italy, where he faces a

seven`year sentence. He has now been remanded in custody.

London cabbies are being encouraged to be the eyes and ears of the

police. The scheme has been launched by the charity, Crimestoppers. It's

hoped London Taxi Watch will get more cabbies passing on what they

see and here while at work. So far, one taxi company has signed up to

the scheme. Family doctors in the capital have

been told to open longer hours, improve the technology in their

surgeries and give patients more access to the same GP. They're just

some of the changes called for in a report by the NHS today to help GPs

cope with our ageing population. Here's our political correspondent,

Karl Mercer. They've come not just to eat but to

talk politics ahead of next year's elections in London. With the

charity Age UK, they plan to make a few demands of the politicians, and

they'll be a stronger and stronger voice. Because London's population

is ageing. More people, and older ones in

London, mean GP services have to change, according to health service

bosses in a report published today. If they wanted to know what needed

doing, they should have come to lunch. I have a very good GP. He is

delightful, very good. My problem would be that quite often I can't

get to see him. The lack of equipment to do all the necessary

tests. I seek committed, dedicated people trying to do their job,

trying to do it well, and increasingly under more stress

because they are not being given resources. What we need as well as

the current services is for extended hours.

NHS bosses say they get the point. They want to see more money going to

GPs and less to hospitals. Our health service is unsustainable if

we don't invest in primary community care, invest in the people

delivering the care, invest in the technology to deliver the care, and

to invest in the buildings and the training. The report talks of

community health services, and that resources need to be diverted. It

calls for funds to be made available and says the creation of local

health services should be explored. Those are the words not to their

Power Mac report but one written 21 years ago. `` today's report.

That was when Sir Bernard Tomlinson made recommendations about how

health care should change in London. Two decades on and the

reccomendations are pretty similar. We have been through many of these

reviews are for. `` before. The last useful one was in the days of the

Tomlinson review, that in 1992. `` back in 1992.

The challenge for today's NHS leaders is delivering that change at

a time when money is tight once more.

Two men have been cleared of threatening to blow up a plane which

had to be diverted from Manchester to Stansted Airport. Typhoon fighter

jets were sent to intercept the flight. It was claimed the pair had

threatened to kill crew and passengers, but a judge ruled they

had no case to answer. Stansted is the designated airport for hijacked

aeroplanes or emergency. They go away from the terminal so normal

operations can continue. This happened on this occasion. From

start there was confusion as to the precries nature of the threat. We

have a statement from the Crown Prosecution Service who said,

"during the course of the trial, fresh information was received

revealing significant inconsistencies in the accounts

given by some witnesses. It is satisfied the decision to bring the

case was correct in the face of a serious allegation." Stay with us.

Still to come: Plans to restore London's historic lifeboats which

once helped to keep the river thames safe. Paloma Faith can add curator

to her list of achievements as she presents a new exhibition of album

artwork. Campaigners fear they've lost an eight year battle to stop a

massive rail freight depot being built on green belt land in

Hertfordshire. Council officers are recommending that the140 hectare

site near St Albans should be sold to developers. Yvonne Hall reports.

They call them the lungs of South West Hertfordshire, 300 acres of

green belt land. It's the last large piece of green belt land in South

West Hertfordshire. It could provide jobs, it would be few, it's mainly

mechanical, it's warehousing, it's industrial. There would be very

little benefit at all to the whole of the county of Hertfordshire.

Developers, hell yobs Slough this is an ideal site for a new

international rail freight interchange. `` hell yobs Slough.

The plan would involve an estimated 3,000 extra lorries aday on nearby

roads bringing freight from across the country which would be taken

into London by train. It would create jobs and take some lorries

off London's roads. This is what protesters believe the site would

look like. One building would be bigger than Heathrow's Terminal 5.

For eight years campaigners have been fighting to stop it building

built back by all political parties at Hertfordshire Council. They are

recommending the land can be sold or leased, it has horrified

campaigners. If they could honour the people who they are actually

serving. The County Council say they have a legal duty to get the best

financial deal they can for taxpayers from the line. The

Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, has already said he is likely to

give it the go`ahead. Arsenal have confirmed that former defender and

Northern Ireland international Pat Rice has been admitted to hospital

after being diagnosed with cancer. The 64`year`old made 528 appearances

for the Gunners and was assistant manager to current boss Arsene

Wenger for 16 years before he retired last year. The London

Aquatics Centre on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will host the

Diving World Series in April 2014, the first international event to be

held at the venue since the London Olympic Games. This week the venue

was also confirmed as the new Diving High Performance Centre for British

Swimming. It's hoped that the country's leading divers will be

using the facility from spring next year. Lifeboats built in east London

over 100 years ago to keep the Thames safe could make a return to

the capital. Just 14 of the original 250 remain, now a heritage group

wants to restore them to their former glory to be used on the

canals around the Olympic Park. Here's Emma North. This is the site

of the old Thames Ironworks in 1927, 15 years after it was shut down. It

made its name for making some of Britain's great 19century war ships

when London was a pioneer of shipbuilding. It produced lifeboats,

when finished they were skillfully crafted they were beautiful to look

at. More than 100 years later the Frederick Kitchen is just one of 15

still remaining. Explain to me the heritage of the boat. It was made in

1908 by the Thames Ironworks. It was based in Anglesey in 1914. The

Thames Ironworks was known as being the best boat builder in the Empire

as it was then. This is made from mahogany in a double dieing a in a

construction. Well made. It has lasted over 100 years. Her current

home is nothing special, during her time at sea, 46 people were hauled

to safety over these sides. If a new project succeeds, the Frederick

Kitchen will return to the water. In an effort to bring local

craftsmanship back to its home, young apprentices will be hired for

the restoration job. It's getting them trained around the boats, there

is a wider community emphasis, that is about creating a sense of history

and cohesion in the area. Day trippers will use them to visit the

Olympic Park. Fund raiding has begun bringing a spirit of enterprise back

to London's waterways. Art has always played a big part in music,

especially album covers. You only have to think of the imagery used by

the Beatles, but in the age of the digital download it's a disappearing

art form. Now London singer/songwriter Paloma Faith is

bringing it back in the spotlight with an exhibition of her album

covers by renowned photographers. As our arts correspondent, Brenda

Emmanus, reports. # We could live... #

Her fashion style and vocals has seen Paloma Faith carve out an

award`winning career and stand out amongst her pop rivals. She has now

added curator to her list of achievements as she presents a new

exhibition featuring past photo shoots and album covers. It's so

nice really to actually see the pictures as they should be seen.

Now, obviously with, like, the fact that most people download music, you

don't really get to experience the artwork in like a proper scale.

# Don't say nothing... # Downloading has denied today's music

lovers to Saviour the artwork that gave past album covers iconic

status. Do you approach these shoots like you are creating art, is that

how you see it? Absolutely, yeah. I went to art school. The way I work,

the process I work is, it's very similar to visual artists. I

actually find an easier relationship for me to cultivate than when I'm in

the studio. The idea of the exhibition came from music art

dealers album Artistes who identified a desire by fans to

obtain unique images of their music idols having work with The Killers

and Coldplay. If if you can give the fans an extra experience that is a

million miles further from the other band, art is a great way to do that.

One of the photographers whose work is featured in the exhibition

believes that Paloma's theatrical nature lends itself to both visual

art and music? They are linked and they always have been. It depends on

the kind of music, for Paloma's style of music I think it's

absolutely integral to what she does. The show runs at 50 Red Church

Street until Sunday. Now, the let's get a check on the weather with

Peter. What surprises do you have for us? If you have enough of the

grey gloom I have good news for you. At the moment we have still got the

cloudy skies and it is starting to turn rather misty out there. During

the first part of the night that mist is going to thicken up into a

few denser fog patches. They won't be there all night. The breeze will

start to pickup. Ta will thin the fog out. Visibility is improving

later on in the night. It will be a frost`free night with minimum

temperatures at sixes and sevens. Don't despair if it is a grey start

again tomorrow because the breeze will continue to freshen and we will

get showery rain. Both those things will help to break up that grey

overcast. By the afternoon brighter skies, a bit of sunshine, a top

temperature of 10 or 11 Celsius. It won't feel warm if you are out on

the breeze. There will be a chill feel to things. The breeze will blow

Friday night into Saturday morning. You might see showers across

Hertfordshire, Essex, might graze East London across the Thames

Estuary and into Kent. Most of those should be out of the way. You will

notice that temperatures tomorrow night will be lower. However, we

will still have the breeze. That will keep the air well mixed. We

won't have to worry about frost tomorrow night either. It should be

frost`free again. The breeze will still be there on Saturday. It will

help keep the cloud broken up so there will be sunshine. On Sunday

the breeze will fall light, with that calmer weather will come

cloudier skies. Some good news in the forecast. Here comes the sun for

a couple of days at least. You might want to make the most of the rays an

top up your vitamin D levels, with the lighter winds and cloudier skies

on Sunday that gloom will be back for the start of next week. Let's

forget about that and enjoy the sunshine that will be with us

tomorrow and again on Saturday. That is the forecast.

A quick look at the headlines before we go. A man has been jailed for

life after admitting he murdered his disabled neighbour because he

wrongly thought that he was a paedophile. 24`year`old Lee James

killed Bijan Ebrahimi in Bristol in July. The Bank of England has

scrapped a scheme to boost cheap mortgages amid concern of a housing

market bubble. The Funding for Lending Scheme will be scaled back

and will no longer apply to home loans. A jury has heard that Charles

Saatchi was funding a bill of ?100,000 a month for credit cards

used by his wife, Nigella Lawson, and her two assistants. The pair

deny using the cards for their personal use. New figures have

revealed that more than 150 registered sex offenders have gone

missing or are currently wanted in the capital. The figures from the

Met came from a Freedom of Information request. More on our

website. We will be back later during the Ten O'Clock News on BBC

One. From all of us on the team here though thank you very much for

watching enjoy your evening. Goodbye for now.