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Tonight, on BBC London News. Security measures are to be lifted

on six terror suspects. Labour say the men could pose a considerable

threat. Can she put her hand on her heart today and tell us she is

confident she is doing the right thing for the British people?

Tonight, the Home Secretary insists security will not be jeopardised.

Also tonight: Treating the growing number of cancer patients in the

capital. NHS bosses reveal a plan to save 1,000 more lives every year.

Plus, the UK's first motorway services pub opens on the M40. We

will ask, is this pub a relaxing break for drivers, or a dangerous

temptation? And, behind the mask, BAFTA winners and nominees past and

present as seen through the lens of one London photographer.

Hello and good evening. Security measures on six terror suspects are

to be lifted this week, one of whom had plans to launch a major attack

on the capital. They are to be let free because of a two`year limit on

the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures which

restrict their movements. Labour say the men still pose a considerable

threat and have accused the Government of putting Londoners in

danger. Today, Theresa May says the sex suspects will remain under

surveillance. This is Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed, trying to evade attempts

to keep him under surveillance. Ever since the bomb beings on the London

Tube in 2005, keeping a watchful eye on those expected of serious

terrorist activity before they cause harm has been a top priority for

government. Control orders were used on suspects like Abu Qatada.

They could be rehoused away from their hometown and subjected to

16`hour curfews. These were replaced by terrorism and prevention and

investigation measures. Today the opposition challenged the Home

Secretary on their effectiveness. Can she get up and tell us she's not

doing exactly that? Can she put her hand on her heart today and tell us

she's confident she's doing the right thing for the British people

by removing these TPims from the six individuals this month? TPims were

less restrictive and lasted for two years. Suspects can be tagged and

report regularly to the police am they are allowed to mobile phone and

access to the internet and can apply to the courts to stay away from

home. Theresa May today defended the Government's position. I completely

reject the suggestion, which the opposition is ut ping about, that

the police and security service have not carried out proper risk

assessments of these individuals. They have done so because that is

their job. The they have put in place specific, tailored plans to

deal with each individual. Human rights rights organise Liberty say

that neither set of terms work effectively. We let them stay in our

communities and tip them off about the fact they might cause trouble.

That in itself prevents us gathering evidence to prosecute them. It has

been a fail you usual of public policy. Kurt joins me now. What else

is the Government doing about any terror threats? What they won't do

is take their eye of these six people. This started in 2005. An

attempt to prevent recurrence of terrorism atrocities. You will have

to remember with suicide bombing`type atrocities there is no

warning. Therefore, the Government, and the agencies of the Government,

have to intervene earlier on in the chain. Control orders came first.

Replaced by TPims. What I'd say, this Government has gone actually

one stage further than that even, with certain suspects, particularly

those who have been overseas fighting, for example in Syria, if

they have dual nationality they will actually withdraw their citizenship.

The Government's prepared to go a long way to make sure it keeps the

public safe. Of course the thing that will keep us all safe is to

make sure that there's proper debate and that parliament scrunitises

every single detail. Kurt, thank you very much. Many flood victims living

along the Thames are still unable to return to their homes almost a month

after their properties were damaged by heavy rainfall. There is a

flagged warning in place for the Henley stretch of the River.

Residents are facing repairs bills running into tens of thousands of

pounds. Feels like a never`ending job, according to staff, cleaning up

after the worst floods here anyone can remember. This activity centre

in Marlow is a charity and relies on volunteers, but without the help of

local people, they say, they simply won't get on their feet again before

their first visitors come next month. We expected it to flood, not

as high as we did flood. Fridges, freezers, ovens, all the office

furniture, filing cabinets, everything you can think of that

would be in an office and environment like this is now wet and

is in the skip. Further upstream, in the village of Wargrave and many

residents still haven't been able to move back to their homes. Those who

have, are being told to boil their tap water. Their clean`up is still

some way off. Every time there's a dry day like this, it's a blessing

for people living around here. Although the water is it still deep

it's starting to go down. You have to remember that the heavy rains

came around Christmas time. People have been living like this for

almost a month. All they want is to come out of their front door and to

step on to dry land. With many roads still closed and drives flooded,

it's been especially challenging for those families who need medical

supplies. Jeff's wife is diabetic. It's a bit of a worry, but I'm sure

the services would be there if we need. You try not to panic too much

or else you wouldn't sleep. Back in Marlow, things are beginning to dry

out. With ?100,000 worth of damage to contend with, for the charity the

crisis certainly isn't over. A 16`year`old boy has died after it's

believed he took ecstasy at a West London rave. Daniel was taken to

hospital on Saturday morning after going to the party at an industrial

estate in Haze. He died in hospital yesterday. Two men have been

arrested for supplying controlled drugs. Three Tottenham Hotspur fans

have been charged for using racially abusive language. The incidents

happened in games against FC Sheriff in the Europa league and West Ham

United in the Premier League. The trust are saddened by the decision.

The men are due to appear at Hendon Magistrates' Court in February. Tube

bosses and union representatives have begun talks aimed at averting

strikes by London Underground workers next month. Members of the

RMT Union are due to stage two 48`hour walkouts over plans to close

ticket offices and cut hundreds of jobs. Transport for London says

there won't be any compulsory redundancies and customer service

will not be affected. A thousand lives could be saved in the capital

every year, if cancer services are improved. That's the claim made by

the NHS in London, which today launched its five`year strategy for

tackling the disease. Doctors say survival rates are increasing, but

could be improved with a better take`up of screening programmes and

if more GPs recognised the symptoms. Katharine Carpenter reports.

Diagnosed in November November, Peter Smith says the fact he has

cancer hasn't really sunk in. In London, around three people an hour

get similar news, but the speed of diagnosis and the treatment they

receive varies across the capital, with many unhappy with their

experience in hospital. Here at the University College Hospital

Macmillan Cancer Centre, they are at the forefront of changing that. The

care I've had has been brilliant. I didn't know much about chemothearpy

before hand. It's been a lot easier than what I thought it was going to

be, mainly due to the nurses. They want to raise awareness of cancer

prevention schemes and make sure people across London go for

screening as well as having access to these services. They have brought

together doctors, patients and charities who sl have set out a

series of recommendations including how to improve early detection

rates. Unfortunately, over a quarter of cancers get diagnosed in A If

we change the way we treat cancer, the way we detect it early, work

with the public, help people change their life styles, we could achieve

so much more in terms of outcomes. We think we could save over 1,000

flooifs London per per annum. Rates are increasing. Many people will

live with cancer on its side effects long`term, presenting new

challenges. Rather than see cancer as dominating their lives. Their

lives can be increasingly to the forefront. Centres like this allow

people to come in, have their care and go home. Come in, stay in our

hotel, and come here and then go home. Improving cancer prevention,

detection and treatment in the capital all at once won't be easy,

until now many services have fallen short. The NHS knows the need for

change is urgent. Meanwhile, a leading health charity says the NHS

isn't doing enough to tackle an equally fatal illness. Only 15% of

those diagnosed with a brain tumour survive. The Brain Tumour Charity

says GPs should be better trained to diagnose the symptoms. One patient

from Croydon, who had a brain tumour that almost killed her, was

mis`diagnosed five times. Alex Bushill has the story.

They have endured two or deals, having to convince doctors to take

them seriously as well as having a brain tumour. They will not taking

notice of her. Despite me telling them there was something wrong, they

told me there is nothing wrong. They said to me, they are the doctors,

not us. Yet, you were right? Yes. Maybe my time had come because

nobody wanted to know. Nobody wanted to help. He had to fight all the

way. You know to get me where I am. He's my hero. He saved my life. Over

eight months, three separate doctors at this practice dismissed their

fears that she had a brain tumour. . Refused to give her an M R scan.

They test her for everything else, all the time her condition was

deteriorating. Within a few weeks she was enable to walk a few yards

without falling over. They paid for a private MRI scan. The day after

Sheila collapsed and was brought to Croydon's University Hospital A

she had a 5cm tumour by her brain stem. She was operated on two`days

later. Any longer and she would have died. Their experience isn't unique.

For the Brain Tumour Charity there is concern that GPs are not better

trained to recognise the symptoms. We did a survey, 38% of those people

who responded had to visit their GP five or more times before they got

referred. As we know, to diagnose a brain tumour you need a scan. For a

GP, they can't do that particularly when they have so many other

priorities. Referring somebody on when they have signs and symptoms is

vital. For the doctors, the GHandi's said failed them they refused to

comment citing patient confidentiality. Sheila says it's

too short to blame anyone she just praises God she's alive to tell her

story. 56`year`old windel Baker was found guilty last year of subjecting

his victim to what the judge described as "extreme violence and

exceptional depravity." Our reporter is outside the Court of Appeal with

more details. Mr Baker was by all accounts a dangerous man. In 1997

#4e beat and raped his victim 66`year`old Hazel Blackwell and

locked her in a cupboard in her own home where she would have died were

it not for a neighbour who happened to be passing by. Now, after the

attack Hazel was left too scared to continue living on her own, too

afraid to go outside on her own. Her family said when she died in 2002

she had a broken heart. She wasn't around to see Mr Baker be sentenced

last year for his crime. A sentence of 10 years and six months. A

punishment which her family said fit the crime. Today, three Appeal Court

judges disagreed on basically what is a technicality. They reduced that

minimum sentence by two years. The sentence he will have to serve

before being eligible for parole. Wasn't a clear`cut case in the first

place, was it? No. That's right. You should be seeing pictures now of

when a BBC crew tried to approach him back in 2009. By that time, he'd

already been arrested and tried in connection with the rape, but the

case had fallen through. It was eventually re`opened. As we know, he

was found guilty and sentenced. Appeal Court judges here today were

keen to stress that although they reduced the sentence by two years,

Wendell Baker will only be released when it is safe to do so. Back to

you. Stay with us.

Still to come: The plan to turn one of the west End's oldest cinemas

into a hotel, and why campaigners are fighting the move.

And as we approach the awards, I will be speaking to the photographer

who spent over 20 years shooting BAFTA winners and nominees. His work

is on show here at Somerset House in an exhibition. The UK's first

motorway service station pub has opened in Buckinghamshire. The venue

on the M40, which is open 24 hours a day, hasn't been welcomed by road

safety campaigners, who say it sends out the wrong message. Like all

service areas, this one off junction two of the M40, can offer drivers a

lifeline. They can buy a coffee or a newspaper, or do food shopping. For

the first time in the UK, now you can go to the pub. The Hope and

Champion opened this morning. It will be serving alcohol from 9am

until 1am. Not everyone is happy. Lunchtime at Britain's first

motorway pub. Is this a relaxing break for drivers, or a temptation

to drink and drive dangerously? If it's within the legal limit, I don't

think it makes any difference. It's just another pub. It's going to be

open people `` to people drinking too much and driving. If you are

going to drink and drive, you will do it anyway. It doesn't matter if

there's a bar there or not. The owners say drivers can already buy

alcohol at service area shops, and can consume it anywhere en route.

They say they are taking steps to stop their customers drinking

irresponsibly. We're not going to ask people if they are driving or

not. We put soft drinks at the lowest prices we can possibly

offer. We don't have any drinks promotions. The staff are being

trained to look at people they don't think should drink any more. The

drinks or a bit more expensive than in other pubs. Health and is a

campaigners are outraged. They say any alcohol can impair judgement,

especially at high speeds. These areas are designed to be rest areas

for tired, stressed drivers, and the idea of a tired, stressed driver

having a drink... He may not go above the limit, but any alcohol

does impair motor function. The pub owners say is this bar is a

success, they will consider opening more on other motorways across the

UK. As you can see, the pub is filling

up. The bar is getting very busy, but drivers have told us it's not

going to in courage them to drive irresponsibly. Apparently neither

the police nor the licensing authorities have objected to this

pub, but critics say they will continue to stop any more like this

opening on any other motorways in the UK. Thank you. The former Spurs

player and manager Ozzie Ardiles is in hospital following a car accident

which left him needing several stitches to his head. It happened on

the Falkland islands, where he was filming a documentary.

The future of one of London's oldest cinemas is to be decided tonight.

Westminster Council is voting on a proposal to knock down the Odeon

West End in Leicester Square, which opened in 1930, and turn it into a

hotel. It's a plan opposed by a number of campaign groups. Ayshea

Buksh has more. It's one of the oldest cinema in

London, and behind its modern billboards lie years of history.

Built in 1930, the Odeon West End was originally called the Leicester

Square Theatre, where music Hall, variety and cabaret were performed.

It's feared that heritage and its art Eco architecture could be lost

if it is pulled down. Our concern is the actual material lost, the fabric

of the cinema, which we think makes a contribution to Leicester Square.

There's an enormous range of building types and dates here, many

of which are special, and we feel this cinema contributes to that.

Odeon sold the site eight years ago, and many of the surrounding sites

are now derelict. This is what the News scheme is meant to look like.

It includes a new hotel and spa. Developers say there will still be a

cinema on site that will be able to host events and premiers. The cinema

chain Odeon says they are supportive of the plans. Locals and visitors to

the square had mixed feelings about the plans. I don't like it. I like

old stuff. These are not very good 1930s buildings. There are better

ones to be saved elsewhere. The whole square is a bit of a mess. I

can't see it doing too much damage. I think it's a dreadful idea. You

should keep London as intact as possible as it is. There's been too

much renovation, too much listed buildings being brought down.

English Heritage say if the scheme gets the go`ahead, they hope the

developers will incorporate the facade into the design.

They're images of film stars who have one thing in common ` they're

all BAFTA winners or nominees. The portraits are part of a new

exhibition by London photographer Andy Gotts, who's been taking photos

of celebrities for 20 years. Our arts correspondent, Brenda Emmanus,

has been to Somerset House to take a look.

A portrait of the young Johnny Depp sits alongside Lauren Bacall and

Helena Bonham`Carter, all shot by photographer Andy Gotts, and

featured in a new exhibition of his work, showcasing some of the most

famous faces shown on the Biggs Green. `` on the big screen. When I

go to see the actors, I don't have anything with me. When it is just

you and the other person, a friendship starts. I hear stories

you wouldn't read in any magazine. Although he's been shooting

celebrities for over two decades, this project came together in the

last three years, with Andy travelling the globe to shoot his

subjects. Taking over the entire West Wing of Somerset House, Behind

The Mask is a photographic census of over 100 international actors who

have either won or been nominated for BAFTAs. I was so lucky that my

first ever famous person was Stephen Fry. He's the reason why I do what I

do. If it wasn't for him being so lovely, I wouldn't have done this

style of photography. He made it so easy and so natural. I wanted to

photograph people just like him. But it was Tony Curtis who left Andy

with his most poignant memories, and inspired what he considered to be

one of his favourite portraits. In the morning, Tony saw the picture.

It is quite startling picture. He said to his wife, this is the best

picture I've ever seen of myself. Then he died in the afternoon. To

me, I don't think I will ever take another picture that will touch me

as much as that picture, because I know that's the last ever picture

taken of him, and I know he loved it. The exhibition is free and runs

until February the 7th. How's this for a different kind of

picture. The Trotters, Del boy and Robbie, have reunited for Sport

Relief, and they are bringing them to Peckham. He is joining the only

full sun horses cast in a special sketch for Sport Relief, which you

can see on Friday the 1st of March on BBC One.

Time for the weather. It was a foggy start to the day. We

have had some high pressure over the past few days, so things have been

relatively settled. The spinning globe shows a few rain globes

overnight, which means things are going to be a bit unsettled. You can

see the extent of the fog right across East Anglia today, right into

Kent and the Home Counties, and how that melted away through the morning

to give us an afternoon sunshine. Behind me is a mass of cloud which

is coming through tonight. Therefore it does so, we will have a fair

amount of clear sky in the next few hours. Parts of Kent and Essex just

about cold enough for a touch of frost in places. Not as cold as last

night. After midnight, it will cloud over. Haq ship and Surrey starting

to see the rain around midnight. It won't be late until `` it won't be

long until it gets elsewhere. The wind is going to be increasing as

well, Schurrle bit of a damp start tomorrow. That clears away, and

there will be a bit of damp cloud behind it. Temperatures might not

feel quite as mild as it looks, as we have cloud following through. We

also have the risk of some heavy showers into the afternoon. Not for

everyone, but some heavy ones going through tomorrow afternoon and

evening. Thursday, a mixed bag again. There will be some heavy

showers, particularly the further east you go. I suspect many places

will have a fairly dry day with some sunshine. Friday, largely

drive`through daylight hours. Overnight into Saturday, another

spell of rain through. Back to those on settled conditions at the

weekend. Thank you.

The main headlines: The Syrian Government has been accused of

systematically killing and torturing around 11,000 prisoners.

The claims in a report by three former war crimes prosecutors have

been denied by the Syrian authorities.

Energy companies have been accused of utter complacency by MPs over

their response to power cuts during storms over Christmas. Around

750,000 homes and businesses were affected.

The west Bromwich Albion striker, Nicolas Anelka, has been charged by

the FA over allegedly making an inverted Nazi salute at a match last

year. Anelka says the gesture was anti`establishment, not

anti`Semitic. And London health bosses have

announced plans to deal with the growing number of people developing

cancer. Over thirty thousand Londoners are currently diagnosed

with the disease every year. More on the day's stories on our

website. I'll be back with our late news. Thanks for watching and have a

lovely evening.