:00:00. > :00:00.perhaps 48 hours of drier weather for many of us. But between
:00:00. > :00:00.year. And 157 people attended more than 50 times. Doctors say I d
:00:00. > :00:18.Tonight on BBC London News... The gang found guilty of trafficking
:00:19. > :00:28.scores of women to work as prostitutes in and around South
:00:29. > :00:31.London. I have no chance to leave the United Kingdom The BBC travels
:00:32. > :00:33.to Hungary to track down another suspected gang member. Without a
:00:34. > :00:36.passport. Also tonight... Protecting homes in Surrey. The Environment
:00:37. > :00:39.Agency tests water levels to monitor possible flooding in Guildford.
:00:40. > :00:41.Sorry, says the boss of Gatwick, for the Christmas Eve chaos that left
:00:42. > :00:52.thousands of passengers stranded. And... Who is Marilyn Monroe? She is
:00:53. > :01:03.an actress. I do not know what she was in. Educating a new generation.
:01:04. > :01:07.A documentary follows trainee teachers as they are put through
:01:08. > :01:11.their paces in the classroom. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:12. > :01:13.programme. An organised gang which brought scores of vulnerable women
:01:14. > :01:16.through London's airports and set them up in hotels as prostitutes,
:01:17. > :01:22.has been found guilty of trafficking. One victim was told
:01:23. > :01:25.she'd be killed if she didn't continue to work as a prostitute. In
:01:26. > :01:31.all, the Croydon`based gang trafficked 50 women from Hungary,
:01:32. > :01:34.some of them just teenagers. But the Home Office believes the true number
:01:35. > :01:46.is likely to have been significantly higher. Colin Campbell has the
:01:47. > :01:49.story. Together they ran a massive international prostitution ring,
:01:50. > :01:57.exploiting bone of all young women trafficked from Hungary. How many
:01:58. > :02:03.men would you have to see? In one day, five. Leila was one of the many
:02:04. > :02:12.trafficked for sex. She was confined to hotel rooms in Croydon, Kent and
:02:13. > :02:20.elsewhere. I had to go to the shop maybe he said, no because the client
:02:21. > :02:22.is coming. Marty, who ran an Internet business in Croydon,
:02:23. > :02:28.controlled and exploited many of them. The gang recruited the women
:02:29. > :02:34.from polar Hungarian communities. There is the promise of a better
:02:35. > :02:39.life overseas which has yielded many women from poorer communities into
:02:40. > :02:42.the clutches of people traffickers. Those I have spoken to say it is
:02:43. > :02:47.poverty and lack of job opportunities which are the causes
:02:48. > :02:53.of prostitution in villages like this one. It is claimed gang members
:02:54. > :02:58.were making up to ?20,000 a week. There are others the police want to
:02:59. > :03:02.track down. This man is alleged to have been involved with the
:03:03. > :03:09.trafficking gang. My investigations led me to a small, remote village on
:03:10. > :03:14.the Hungarian/Rumanian border. Locals showed me where he lived. To
:03:15. > :03:25.my surprise, he was at home. You have been to England. Two hotels in
:03:26. > :03:33.England? Two hotels, yes. With women? You take women to England? No
:03:34. > :03:40.understand. No understand. He did not want to show his face on camera.
:03:41. > :03:43.He is named as a co`conspirator but says he knows nothing about the
:03:44. > :03:49.trafficking of prostitutes to the UK and does not know anyone involved.
:03:50. > :03:54.Leila said she escaped with help from her boyfriend. They are
:03:55. > :04:01.trafficked by criminals who exploit, control and degrade them for
:04:02. > :04:05.financial gain. Lots more to come, including: Why the Lord Mayor of
:04:06. > :04:14.London is looking for some new faces to take the top jobs in the City.
:04:15. > :04:17.The bad weather is set to continue. And this evening there are a total
:04:18. > :04:23.of 150 flood alerts and warnings in place for London and the South East.
:04:24. > :04:24.Yvonne Hall is in Guildford, where measures are being taken to protect
:04:25. > :04:37.the town. People here in Guildford are on
:04:38. > :04:41.tenterhooks, dreading that once again the river may burst its
:04:42. > :04:49.banks. That has already happened twice in the last few weeks. It has
:04:50. > :04:54.flooded dozens of businesses and caused widespread damage. Last night
:04:55. > :04:59.is temporary flood barriers were installed. There are growing calls
:05:00. > :05:05.for a more permanent solution to the flooding problems in Guildford.
:05:06. > :05:09.Frightening and unpredictable, the fears of people in Guildford today
:05:10. > :05:14.about the rising level of the river in the town centre. There is such a
:05:15. > :05:22.concentration of people that it needs to be looked at. It really is
:05:23. > :05:27.bad. I live in Woking and it is really bad. It is all over the road.
:05:28. > :05:32.It is quite scary. We have never had this before. These temporary
:05:33. > :05:37.barriers have been installed to try to stop Guildford flooding for the
:05:38. > :05:40.third time since Christmas. These are temporary flood defences we put
:05:41. > :05:44.in last night when a flood warning was issued for the town. We were
:05:45. > :05:49.very concerned that properties in the town, shops and banks, as we
:05:50. > :05:55.have over here, would be flooded for a third time. This was the first
:05:56. > :06:00.time we have actually put in some temporary defences to try to stop
:06:01. > :06:04.that happening. Still mopping up to date, dozens of shots desperate not
:06:05. > :06:10.to lose any more business. Hopes are pinned on the new barriers. This may
:06:11. > :06:15.look like a toy boat but to the new crucial part of the environment
:06:16. > :06:22.agency 's blood fighting kit. It checks the accuracy of gauges. As
:06:23. > :06:29.Guildford struggles to keep the river at bay, more calls tonight for
:06:30. > :06:34.more permanent solutions. We need to examine how flood warnings actually
:06:35. > :06:39.work. Also, whether we establish our own sensors on the bridges so we can
:06:40. > :06:43.take our own actions and are not necessarily completely reliant on
:06:44. > :06:50.other agencies. These aerial pictures, taken by Richard Simmons,
:06:51. > :06:59.showed just how widespread and disrupted the flooding has been. ``
:07:00. > :07:03.disruptive. It is the story of two Rivers tonight. Not only are back
:07:04. > :07:06.concerned here, in Guildford there are still dozens of flood risks
:07:07. > :07:11.along the River Thames and more preventative work has been carried
:07:12. > :07:16.out as well. For the 11th time this year the Thames flood barrier has
:07:17. > :07:24.been in operation and Gareth has been to find out why. Today we went
:07:25. > :07:30.behind the scenes and in the control room they have rarely been so busy.
:07:31. > :07:35.At this point, ten closures on ten consecutive tights. Preparing this
:07:36. > :07:39.afternoon for another. It is all about holding back the sea so flood
:07:40. > :07:46.waters from the river can flow out more easily. We have seen tremendous
:07:47. > :07:55.blows coming over telling to win. We do not want the tide to come up and
:07:56. > :08:01.prevent that from going down. They want to check out the machinery that
:08:02. > :08:04.has been working day in and day out. We have hydraulic motors driving
:08:05. > :08:13.high`pressure oil into cylinders. They are connected to gate arms. Do
:08:14. > :08:17.you keep it or oiled? 18 here does preventative maintenance. The name
:08:18. > :08:30.of the game has to be reliability in operation. We cannot get this wrong.
:08:31. > :08:37.The machinery is doing its job. If this continues, the Thames Barrier
:08:38. > :08:44.will set a new record, beating 2003 when it stopped 14 consecutive
:08:45. > :08:50.tights. This evening, each of the gates was holding back tidal waters
:08:51. > :08:53.weighing about 9000 tons. This pattern will continue until the
:08:54. > :09:11.flood risk on the Thames upstream has receded. Here on the River Wey
:09:12. > :09:13.the levels stable. The environment agency said more rain is expected
:09:14. > :09:19.tomorrow and it will be keeping a very close eye on what happens here
:09:20. > :09:21.and along the Thames. The boss of Gatwick Airport has apologised for
:09:22. > :09:26.the chaos on Christmas Eve when flooding left thousands of
:09:27. > :09:29.passengers stranded. Giving evidence to MPs, the airport's chief
:09:30. > :09:36.executive, Stewart Wingate, said his staff only learnt of the exceptional
:09:37. > :09:45.flood 30 minutes before it happened. Our transport correspondent, Tom
:09:46. > :09:50.Edwards, reports. Christmas Eve at Gatwick Airport when flooding not
:09:51. > :09:55.doubt power. Forcing the closure of one terminal, 67 flights were
:09:56. > :09:59.cancelled. As this that it shows, the airport struggled to cope with
:10:00. > :10:06.the sheer number of stranded passengers. It left many with ruined
:10:07. > :10:11.plans Christmas. We have been here since 9:10am. The only found out our
:10:12. > :10:14.flight was cancelled because of the work we have done. Sign accurate a
:10:15. > :10:22.lot of flights have been cancelled so I am trying to remain positive
:10:23. > :10:27.that I will get home. `` a lot of flights. Today, Gatwick offered ?100
:10:28. > :10:32.to those who had had flights cancelled. There is never a good
:10:33. > :10:38.time to have something like this happen but Christmas Eve is the
:10:39. > :10:41.worst time. Today, the airport repeatedly apologised. It told the
:10:42. > :10:45.transport select committee it had half an hour 's warning of
:10:46. > :10:50.flooding. It claimed The Met office forecast had not indicated such high
:10:51. > :10:54.levels of rain. To try to get passengers home, the airport moved
:10:55. > :10:59.flights from the North to the South terminal. On Christmas Eve, we all
:11:00. > :11:06.decided we wanted to go the extra mile to get passengers to
:11:07. > :11:12.destinations. It was actually a step too far. EasyJet was highly critical
:11:13. > :11:16.of the airport. Eventually, crowd hostility in baggage reclaim meant
:11:17. > :11:21.the police asked airline staff to leave. What I was confronted with
:11:22. > :11:25.something of biblical proportions. The airline blamed much of the
:11:26. > :11:30.problems on the lack of buses available to transfer passengers.
:11:31. > :11:34.They revealed they only had four buses to do the ferrying from north
:11:35. > :11:39.to south. We said that is not enough. You must go and get more
:11:40. > :11:44.buses. They said, that is what it is, it is Christmas eve. Gatwick has
:11:45. > :11:48.said it will make any investment necessary. In now says if the same
:11:49. > :11:53.thing happened on Christmas eve, it would cancel more flights much
:11:54. > :11:57.earlier. With warnings of extreme weather becoming more common, many
:11:58. > :12:05.of the transport operators will be taking note. `` many other transport
:12:06. > :12:10.operations. A passenger plane landed without clearance at Gatwick Airport
:12:11. > :12:13.yesterday evening. It is understood the controller instructed the pilot
:12:14. > :12:17.to abort the landing because the runway was occupied by another
:12:18. > :12:21.aircraft. By the time the plane landed, the runway had been cleared.
:12:22. > :12:25.A multimillionaire from Hampstead has been jailed for life for
:12:26. > :12:28.murdering his pregnant wife, who went missing six years ago.
:12:29. > :12:31.39`year`old Robert Ekareb was found guilty last month of killing Likwa
:12:32. > :12:34.Tsow following a row in October 2006. Police say they're unlikely to
:12:35. > :12:41.find out exactly how the 27`year`old died, or find her remains. A court
:12:42. > :12:44.has heard that a woman accused of throwing acid in her friend's face
:12:45. > :12:54.while disguised in a Muslim veil later pretended to give her a
:12:55. > :13:10.shoulder to cry on. Police today released CCTV footage of a suspect
:13:11. > :13:13.following EU migrants should be banned from claiming benefits for
:13:14. > :13:19.two years according to the Mayor of London. In answer to a question from
:13:20. > :13:22.listeners during a radio phone`in, he said he believed it would stop
:13:23. > :13:27.Britain from being a magnet for economic migrants. Our political
:13:28. > :13:31.Editor Tim Donovan is at Westminster for us now, and Tim what exactly did
:13:32. > :13:36.the Mayor have to say? There has been a lot more talk today about
:13:37. > :13:41.immigration and the three months that EU migrant workers are being
:13:42. > :13:46.expected to wait now before they can claim out of work benefits. Boris
:13:47. > :13:50.Johnson was asked about this and he said it was entirely reasonable for
:13:51. > :13:54.that to be extended to two years. This was an interesting
:13:55. > :13:58.intervention. Just a month ago before Christmas, he was saying six
:13:59. > :14:03.months or 12 months. There is a certain amount of fluidity. He has
:14:04. > :14:07.not settled himself on a final position but it may be seen by some
:14:08. > :14:13.as an awkward intervention by the Prime Minister on this issue. How
:14:14. > :14:19.does he say the should happen? That is not clear. He was not asked about
:14:20. > :14:22.that today. That is the key question. EU law, the issue of
:14:23. > :14:27.freedom of movement and discrimination, not much more
:14:28. > :14:33.clarity coming from City Hall. Asked how he could do it, he said he was
:14:34. > :14:37.merely expressing a view on that. Others are saying there are big
:14:38. > :14:41.issues to overcome, big difficulties. That is very
:14:42. > :14:44.impractical and likely to be impossible under current European
:14:45. > :14:48.Union rules, which restrict the degree to which we can discriminate
:14:49. > :15:02.against people who are not from this country. We are entitled to this but
:15:03. > :15:05.imposing a blanket ban would not be possible. The Department for Work
:15:06. > :15:09.and Pensions said it did not have anything to say about this today.
:15:10. > :15:13.Downing Street appeared to have a similar view to that last speaker,
:15:14. > :15:17.indicating they need and are working within the law. This may well be
:15:18. > :15:32.outside EU law. Still to come... She is an actress.
:15:33. > :15:36.I think she was in... I do not know what she was in. A documentary
:15:37. > :15:41.follows trainee teachers as they are put through their paces in London 's
:15:42. > :15:45.classrooms. The England hockey team get a free training session at the
:15:46. > :15:53.Olympic Park. Local schoolchildren get to join in.
:15:54. > :15:59.London will lose out if the city does not do more to attract people
:16:00. > :16:05.from diverse backgrounds. That is the warning from the Lord Mayor
:16:06. > :16:12.today. Fiona Wolf is only the second woman in more than 800 years to hold
:16:13. > :16:16.the title. She is using her position to employ talented people
:16:17. > :16:21.irrespective of background, race or gender. The London stock exchange in
:16:22. > :16:25.the 80s. Predominantly white, predominantly male. An outdated
:16:26. > :16:31.image but one the city has found hard to shed. It is collaboration
:16:32. > :16:35.three times over. The latest bid to improve diversity was launched by
:16:36. > :16:42.the Lord Mayor. Backed by 34 companies, her programme of lectures
:16:43. > :16:48.and conferences was designed to show best practice. For me, it is about
:16:49. > :16:53.top talent getting to the top. That is so we do not miss a trick. We
:16:54. > :16:58.need people from different backgrounds to challenge traditional
:16:59. > :17:02.thinking. Is that message getting through? I asked students at the
:17:03. > :17:08.Tower Hamlets College if they felt they had access to jobs in the
:17:09. > :17:13.city. I have not really thought about it. I did want to. I wanted to
:17:14. > :17:17.be a lawyer but change my mind completely. That is what I was
:17:18. > :17:24.wanted to do. I wanted to work in a bank and I want to work on a bank.
:17:25. > :17:28.This college busy chances to do an internship after the business
:17:29. > :17:33.course. Those who have already forged their way now it is not
:17:34. > :17:36.easy. Initially it is quite daunting. You do not really know
:17:37. > :17:42.what you're going to face, how people will respond to you. In a
:17:43. > :17:48.sense, it is easier to have a name like John Smith as opposed to a
:17:49. > :17:56.foreign sounding name. Over the years, I think the culture, within
:17:57. > :18:06.the city, has changed. The city knows that showing off its diverse
:18:07. > :18:17.nature is key. That means `` that means getting rid of this prejudice.
:18:18. > :18:20.These are encouraging signs for the next generation in the city. There
:18:21. > :18:31.is still work to do. Police are looking into reports that
:18:32. > :18:34.anti`Semitic comments were tweeted by football supporters after the
:18:35. > :18:38.match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. The messages
:18:39. > :18:42.were posted in the wake of news that Theo Walcott will miss the rest of
:18:43. > :18:44.the season due to an injury sustained in Saturday's game.
:18:45. > :18:47.Scotland Yard is also investigating reports that objects were thrown at
:18:48. > :18:57.Walcott and paramedics as he was stretchered off the pitch.
:18:58. > :18:59.Teaching can be a tough job, especially in some of London's most
:19:00. > :19:03.deprived state schools. And a new series for BBC Three shows just how
:19:04. > :19:06.tough, following the progress of graduates from Teach First, a
:19:07. > :19:10.charity which places them into challenging schools to earn their
:19:11. > :19:13.qualification. In a minute we'll speak to two of those graduates, but
:19:14. > :19:21.first, here's a taste of what's in store.
:19:22. > :19:31.Everybody in the class, right? Every lesson you will see a new quote. You
:19:32. > :19:35.will be inspired by legends. I like quotes because I am inspired by the
:19:36. > :19:43.people who say them. Who is Marilyn Monroe? An actress? I think she was
:19:44. > :19:53.in... I don't know what she was in. I will find out tomorrow exactly
:19:54. > :19:55.what it was. Well I'm joined now by Charles Wallendahl, who teaches
:19:56. > :19:58.religion at Archbishop Lanfranc School in Croydon and Oliver Beach
:19:59. > :20:06.who teaches at Crown Woods College in Eltham. Oliver, it must have been
:20:07. > :20:12.harder with a camera crew following you, what was it like? It was a
:20:13. > :20:19.challenge, but I thrive under the challenge. It is so rewarding.
:20:20. > :20:27.Becoming a teacher is so rewarding. Charles, what drew you to teaching?
:20:28. > :20:32.I think it was my Christian faith. I was inspired to do something that
:20:33. > :20:40.was serving people and trying to help people in their lives. Oliver,
:20:41. > :20:45.the programme is called Tough Young Teachers, are you tougher as a
:20:46. > :20:52.result now? I think I am tough in general, I do not know. Do you have
:20:53. > :20:58.to be tough in this job? You do need a measure of resilience in this job.
:20:59. > :21:07.Get as much confidence as you can and the kids feed off that energy,
:21:08. > :21:12.and it is a chain reaction. It can be really rewarding for them and the
:21:13. > :21:23.teacher. What impact do you think the cameras had on your experience
:21:24. > :21:31.in the classroom, did it give an element of the children acting up? I
:21:32. > :21:36.think a little bit. But the kids got used to it and they behaved
:21:37. > :21:41.normally. Certain children do play up more than others, but everybody
:21:42. > :21:47.get used to it. What were some of the high point? There are so many
:21:48. > :21:56.high points. Towards the end of the year I got a letter from one of the
:21:57. > :22:02.parents for inspiring her child. Just to have that impact on one
:22:03. > :22:09.child, is amazing for a new teacher. There must have been some hard
:22:10. > :22:15.times? Definitely. It is a struggle in your first year. I think that
:22:16. > :22:19.makes it better when you do succeed and you do have moments of success.
:22:20. > :22:25.Because you know it has not always been that way and there have been
:22:26. > :22:30.times you have struggled. Thanks for talking to others and good luck in
:22:31. > :22:34.your future jobs. And you can see Oliver and Charles in Tough Young
:22:35. > :22:39.Teachers which starts on BBC three on Thursday at 9.00pm.
:22:40. > :22:43.The European Hockey Championships take place in Vienna later this
:22:44. > :22:48.month. And today the England Indoor Hockey team have been doing final
:22:49. > :22:51.training at the Copper Box in Stratford. They're being allowed to
:22:52. > :22:53.use the former Olympic venue for free in return for the community
:22:54. > :22:55.work they're doing with schoolchildren in Newham. Sara
:22:56. > :23:02.Orchard went to see them in training.
:23:03. > :23:07.During the Olympic games, this was known as the box that rocks, such
:23:08. > :23:13.was the popularity of handball at the Copper Box. This is a community
:23:14. > :23:18.multisport venue now and it has been handed over to the England, indoor
:23:19. > :23:26.men's hockey team for free as a thank you. It is in return for their
:23:27. > :23:32.support of a local project called The Free Flyers which was set up
:23:33. > :23:36.before the 2012 games per `` offering opportunities for young
:23:37. > :23:44.people. Now they get to join in with the England training. Then coming
:23:45. > :23:48.down is great for us. Every single one of us looked up to the National
:23:49. > :23:53.England team when we were young. We don't see this because we will get
:23:54. > :23:59.the place the free, we like to do it anyway. They are famous people and
:24:00. > :24:02.you have watched them on TV. Exciting and it is only like a
:24:03. > :24:09.once`in`a`lifetime opportunity. But it is an opportunity the project
:24:10. > :24:14.want more local people in east London to experience. The worst
:24:15. > :24:19.nightmare is if it became a tourist attraction or a place people came to
:24:20. > :24:26.from far`away just to have a look will stop we want young people to
:24:27. > :24:32.feel they own this park. People keep going on about the legacy and this
:24:33. > :24:36.shows the young people want to play sport. So that is a legacy of 2012.
:24:37. > :24:39.The relationship between elite sport and grass`roots sport is blossoming
:24:40. > :24:45.and the children leave with a parting gift as the team leave to
:24:46. > :24:47.practice for the championships in Vienna next month.
:24:48. > :24:53.Let's get the forecast from Elizabeth.
:24:54. > :25:01.It looks like the end is in sight from our stormy cell. But not before
:25:02. > :25:09.we see more weather tonight. We have a Met Office warning for Southern
:25:10. > :25:13.and home county areas. Saturated ground, rivers fall the falling rain
:25:14. > :25:20.will not help the situation. For this evening, and the next few
:25:21. > :25:26.hours, a few showers here and there. Mostly dry. We have this rain coming
:25:27. > :25:32.in and it will clear through the early hours of tomorrow morning. It
:25:33. > :25:39.should become by midnight, 1am from eastern areas of town. After that it
:25:40. > :25:44.is looking dry, clearing skies. Stargazing live tonight, 8pm on BBC
:25:45. > :25:51.Two. If you are hoping to look across the capital, keep away from
:25:52. > :25:57.the city's bright lights. Your best chance of seeing the stars will
:25:58. > :26:01.probably be after midnight. It does look like it will be dry and bright,
:26:02. > :26:08.spells of sunshine. Winds are lighter than what we have been used
:26:09. > :26:13.to. Top temperatures, nine and perhaps as high as 11 or 12 Celsius.
:26:14. > :26:16.It will cloud over into the afternoon and that is another
:26:17. > :26:22.weather front approaching from the south and the West. It will give us
:26:23. > :26:26.drips and drops of rain overnight on Wednesday but the heaviest of the
:26:27. > :26:30.rain will pass to the north of us. Not as bad as it has been recently.
:26:31. > :26:36.Yes, there will be showers around at times on Thursday and Friday, but as
:26:37. > :26:40.we head towards the weekend it is looking more settled and looking
:26:41. > :26:45.cooler by the time we get to Saturday. But until then watch out
:26:46. > :26:51.for the heavy rain. This is the flood line number.
:26:52. > :26:56.Now the main news headlines: High winds and heavy rain have caused day
:26:57. > :26:59.of further disruption across the UK, with hundreds of properties now
:27:00. > :27:01.affected by flooding. The Environment Agency has issued
:27:02. > :27:06.warnings of more possible floods across all areas of England and
:27:07. > :27:10.Wales. The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, has dismissed David Cameron's
:27:11. > :27:12.target of cutting net migration to below 100 thousand by next year. He
:27:13. > :27:20.says the idea is impractical and almost certainly won't be achieved.
:27:21. > :27:23.An organised gang which brought scores of vulnerable women through
:27:24. > :27:25.London's airports and set them up in hotels as prostitutes, has been
:27:26. > :27:28.found guilty of trafficking. The group forced the young Hungarian
:27:29. > :27:30.women into brothels and hotels across the South East. Gatwick's
:27:31. > :27:33.Chief Executive has apologised to MPs for problems on Christmas Eve
:27:34. > :27:37.when flooding caused a major power failure at the airport. One of the
:27:38. > :27:41.two terminal buildings had to be shut down leading to long queues,
:27:42. > :27:44.delays and cancellations. That's it. I'll be back later during the Ten
:27:45. > :27:46.o'clock news, but for now from everyone on the team have a lovely
:27:47. > :27:55.evening. Goodbye. A tenth of a second
:27:56. > :28:13.could be the difference