:00:00. > :00:00.independent Scotland. That is all from the News at six, so
:00:00. > :00:08.are. Tonight on BBC London News. The
:00:09. > :00:17.Mayor explains why he wants the Met to have water cannon. If it can save
:00:18. > :00:20.life. If it's something that the police believe is operation Ali
:00:21. > :00:25.necessary, it's very difficult for us as policy makers to say, no. Some
:00:26. > :00:33.say water cannon won't work in London and could inflame community
:00:34. > :00:37.relations. Also tonight: There could be good news for 800,000 part`time
:00:38. > :00:42.workers who use these to get into London. We go inside Broadmoor, the
:00:43. > :00:49.country's most famous psychiatric hospital, as it prepares to move to
:00:50. > :01:00.a new site. Plus. It's an interpretation of my face, not a
:01:01. > :01:09.photographic portrayal of it. Sir Dere eck Jacobi on his latest role,
:01:10. > :01:16.being sculpted in front of a live audience. `` Dereck. Good evening to
:01:17. > :01:20.you. The Mayor's been spelling out why he thinks London's police force
:01:21. > :01:23.should have water cannon. The Met wants to buy three, ready for the
:01:24. > :01:27.summer, if the Home Secretary approves their use. Boris Johnson
:01:28. > :01:31.told the London Assembly he thought water cannon would have had limited
:01:32. > :01:35.use during the London riots, but that it was wrong to with hold auto
:01:36. > :01:44.crowd`control tool from the police that could potentially save a life.
:01:45. > :01:49.Could we soon be seeing this on the streets of London? Well, today, with
:01:50. > :01:58.the consultation underway, it moved a step closer. One person who might
:01:59. > :02:03.welcome such a thing is Duncan Mundell whose shop was burnt down in
:02:04. > :02:08.the 2011 riots. I think water cannons are a pretty good idea. The
:02:09. > :02:13.situation in Clapham Junction was, not only was there no water cannons,
:02:14. > :02:17.to police at all. The police desserted the whole area for an hour
:02:18. > :02:21.or two leaving the rioters to run wild. The Mayor left no doubt about
:02:22. > :02:25.his feelings. If it can save life, if it is something that the police
:02:26. > :02:30.believe is operation Ali necessary. I think it's very difficult for us,
:02:31. > :02:35.as policy makers, to say, no, that is not a tool you should have at
:02:36. > :02:40.your disposal. Compare that to his views in 2010. We don't have water
:02:41. > :02:45.cannon. We don't have rubber bullets. Do you think we should? I
:02:46. > :02:51.would be most unhappy to see us go that way. Was some unhappiness at
:02:52. > :02:57.City Hall. Assembly members questioned the Mayor and the Met.
:02:58. > :03:02.I'm not going to be stopped by a machine that moves at snail pace and
:03:03. > :03:08.actually if used at full force is emptied within five minutes. This is
:03:09. > :03:15.not the tool to catch breakaway ` This isn't the thin edge of the
:03:16. > :03:20.wedge between crossing that line of policing by consent and policing by
:03:21. > :03:25.fear. Today, Boris Johnson confirmed he wouldn't have wanted water cannon
:03:26. > :03:30.used against student protests. Although a future Mayor will be
:03:31. > :03:34.consulted on its use, he or she will not have the final decision. Like
:03:35. > :03:37.with all contentious operations we speak to the Mayor. Take a view. If
:03:38. > :03:42.he had a different view, I would want to listen to why it was. I will
:03:43. > :03:45.have to make the final decision. The consultation will now continue for
:03:46. > :03:52.four weeks and there will be a public meeting here at City Hall on
:03:53. > :03:56.17th February. Then it will be down to the Home Secretary to decide
:03:57. > :04:04.whether London gets up to three of these. Hundreds of thousands of
:04:05. > :04:07.part`time workers could soon benefit from flexible travelcards which
:04:08. > :04:11.would allow them to commute around the capital for less. After another
:04:12. > :04:15.change of heart by the Mayor. The Victoria Graham has more details for
:04:16. > :04:21.us. Victoria, we have heard of this before. The question is, will it
:04:22. > :04:26.definitely happen? Possibly, just possibly. This should in theory
:04:27. > :04:30.bemusic to the ears of 800,000 people who work part`time in London
:04:31. > :04:34.who use travelcards to get there. If you work full`time at the moment you
:04:35. > :04:38.have the benefit of buying a week travelcard at a discounted rate.
:04:39. > :04:43.Boris Johnson wants to extend the benefits to part`time workers who
:04:44. > :04:48.work say three day as week. We spoke to some part`time workers who say in
:04:49. > :04:52.theory it's a good idea. People tend to go outside every day. I don't
:04:53. > :04:56.think people tend to stay at home so much. It may or may not benefit.
:04:57. > :05:02.Very good idea. They have to spend a lot of money coming up for four hour
:05:03. > :05:08.working. Maybe half their wages go to their cards. I work part`time,
:05:09. > :05:14.that be would amazing. Is There you go. Most people think it's a pretty
:05:15. > :05:18.good idea. If you think it's a turn around, it is by Boris Johnson. Last
:05:19. > :05:20.October, along with Transport for London, he said it wasn't the
:05:21. > :05:25.sensible way forward. Fast forward just four months it could be really
:05:26. > :05:29.good news for flexible workers. Many are here in Strafford tonight. This
:05:30. > :05:32.was one of Boris Johnson's pre`election promises to get 20,000
:05:33. > :05:37.more people working part`time in London. There is a but though.
:05:38. > :05:42.No`one has seen the financial detail, who will pay for this? There
:05:43. > :05:46.is no business plan at the moment. As ever, the devil is in the detail.
:05:47. > :05:51.Transport for London say they are fully behind this idea. The new
:05:52. > :05:57.ticketing idea should be in place by January 2015. From a busy Strafford
:05:58. > :06:03.station, Victoria, thank you. Coming up later in the programme: Darts
:06:04. > :06:13.down at the bell. The Duchess of Cornwall scores well with the locals
:06:14. > :06:17.in Essex. Boris Johnson has urged the Government to back European
:06:18. > :06:22.parliament calls for improved lorry safety, in an effort to cut the
:06:23. > :06:26.number of cyclist deaths. The Mayor said he was "deeply concerned" that
:06:27. > :06:31.the Government plans to reject moves to enlarge windscreens and windows
:06:32. > :06:40.to prevent blind spots. Here's our transport correspondent, Tom
:06:41. > :06:45.Edwards. Three cyclists have died at Bow roundabout in collisions with
:06:46. > :06:49.lorries. By law not HGVs have to have equipment that can improve
:06:50. > :06:55.safety, like the latest mirrors and side guards. Construction vehicles
:06:56. > :07:01.are exempt. This morning, we counted 100 lorries, 14 didn't have side
:07:02. > :07:05.guards. In in the three cases of the cyclists who died here, the drivers
:07:06. > :07:11.of the HGVs said they didn't see them. Now the Mayor wants tougher
:07:12. > :07:17.legislation from Europe to reduce those blind spots, in particular cab
:07:18. > :07:20.design. It's all glass. The windscreen is huge. Brussels a
:07:21. > :07:26.delegation from London has been pushing to make these kind of cab
:07:27. > :07:32.designs with better visibility mandatory. In k City Hall, they
:07:33. > :07:36.wouldn't back changes. The Mayor of London is pressing hard. British
:07:37. > :07:40.Government appears to be a lot less keen. They are saying they oppose
:07:41. > :07:44.any requirement to make this cab mandatory. We are extremely
:07:45. > :07:49.disappointed. The Mayor is extremely disappointed by that. I'm, you know,
:07:50. > :07:56.faintly bemused by, it to be honest. In London yas year of the 16 cycling
:07:57. > :08:01.deaths, nine involved HGVs, the UK Government say changes to European
:08:02. > :08:05.regulations will just mean additional bureaucracy. Campaigners
:08:06. > :08:09.though say it could save lives. We kind of accept the fact that, you
:08:10. > :08:13.know, people will just say, oh, well the driver couldn't see them, shrug
:08:14. > :08:17.their shoulders, walk away. No, that is not acceptable. These things are
:08:18. > :08:22.preventible and avoidable and we should expect everybody to do what
:08:23. > :08:25.they need to do. The amendments proposed will help emissions. We
:08:26. > :08:29.have steep emissions targets to meet by 2050, it will help with that. The
:08:30. > :08:33.lorries will be efficient for hauliers, they are happy. The
:08:34. > :08:37.lorries can be safer to reduce the amount of deaths, particularly on
:08:38. > :08:42.London's roads. Are many factors that contribute to cycling safety.
:08:43. > :08:46.Many campaigners believe something agree gaited routes are the best
:08:47. > :08:52.solution. The debate is now reaching beyond the capital `` segregated.
:08:53. > :08:56.Police officers from the counter`terrorism unit have spent
:08:57. > :09:00.three days searching a house in Stratford. A 36`year`old woman, who
:09:01. > :09:07.was arrested on Sunday, remains in custody on suspicion of an offence
:09:08. > :09:16.under the Anti`, Crime and Security Act. Two properties in Steatham were
:09:17. > :09:22.also searched on Saturday. A 19`year`old man has been on bail
:09:23. > :09:28.with no further action. It's housed some of the most iminfamous names in
:09:29. > :09:32.British criminal history. Broadmoor Hospital is preparing to close tos
:09:33. > :09:36.doors and move to a new purpose`built facility. The
:09:37. > :09:44.Victorian building will be sold off and the money used to pay for new
:09:45. > :09:48.hospital in to be completed in 2017. Ben Moore has been granted rare
:09:49. > :09:53.access to the psychiatric hospital. Still a working ward it reflects the
:09:54. > :09:58.Victorian attitude that patients here will were more like prisoners.
:09:59. > :10:02.The wards are designed as a T. So there is a long, long corridor. The
:10:03. > :10:06.corridor can be 75 yards long. At the end of that is a shorter
:10:07. > :10:10.corridor. Very difficult for nurses working on the ward to monitor the
:10:11. > :10:15.patients on the ward and ensure their safety and ensure the safety
:10:16. > :10:18.of our staff. Patients here suffer severe pent mental illness. Some
:10:19. > :10:23.have been responsible for the most notorious crimes in British history.
:10:24. > :10:27.The Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper who killed 13 women, has
:10:28. > :10:33.called this home for 32 years. Gangster, Ronald Kray have also past
:10:34. > :10:42.through the wards. Now Broadmoor is home to 196 patients, all men. This
:10:43. > :10:48.is a typical patient's room. As you can see, it's small, it's secure, in
:10:49. > :10:51.the past, has provided opportunity for patients to self harm. When you
:10:52. > :10:59.consider that the average stay of a patient, in the hospital was six
:11:00. > :11:04.years, it really isn't suitable. So the first sod of earth on the new
:11:05. > :11:07.site has been cut. The state`of`the`art, high`security
:11:08. > :11:12.institution, will stand in the shadow of the vast, Grade II listed
:11:13. > :11:20.buildings that will now be sold off to help pay the ?242 million bill.
:11:21. > :11:24.It's a variety of different things, housing, communal facilities for the
:11:25. > :11:27.community. Possibly some flats. Something that the community will be
:11:28. > :11:32.involved in, nursing home, that kind of thing. Are they going to sit well
:11:33. > :11:36.next to Broadmoor Hospital? I think they will sit well. We need to break
:11:37. > :11:41.down the stigma. Patients will move into the new hospital in 2017. At
:11:42. > :11:49.least one thing will remain a constant, they will still be able to
:11:50. > :11:54.enjoy this view. London's labour market is facing a "ticking time
:11:55. > :11:57.bomb" because of proposed cuts to funding for 18`year`old students who
:11:58. > :12:01.have taken an extra year to study. That's the claim from London
:12:02. > :12:04.councils which warns that is proposed cuts discriminate against
:12:05. > :12:08.students who drop out and change courses. Ministers maintain they're
:12:09. > :12:14.creating a fairer system to help all students. Marc Ashdown has more.
:12:15. > :12:19.These four college students are on vastly different courses, but have
:12:20. > :12:23.one thing in common, they were all study A`levels at their old schools,
:12:24. > :12:27.for various reasons dropped out. They gave me a second chance. I was
:12:28. > :12:32.waitressing full`time. I thought that was it. Then the college really
:12:33. > :12:36.has opened my eyes to a lot more. If you have to get it right first time,
:12:37. > :12:41.no guarantee can you do that. You can't possibly know what you want to
:12:42. > :12:45.do straightaway. In future, students in similar positions might not have
:12:46. > :12:53.the choice. Colleges like here in barking say 17.5% cut in funding for
:12:54. > :12:57.18`year`old learn mean second chances will be impossible to come
:12:58. > :13:00.by. It's not been thought through. A reduction in public funding that is
:13:01. > :13:04.targeting 18`year`olds. The majority of whom in London. These young
:13:05. > :13:11.people are the people closest to the workplace. They are forensic science
:13:12. > :13:14.technicians, master plumbers, electrical engineers. With the
:13:15. > :13:22.skills that the London employers are calling out for. The Government says
:13:23. > :13:27.the changes will affect less than a fifth of 16`18`year`old students and
:13:28. > :13:32.amounts to an average reduction of 2% across all institutions. London
:13:33. > :13:36.has some of the highest numbers of young people not in education,
:13:37. > :13:42.employment or training, some say it threatens to create a ticking time
:13:43. > :13:44.bomb. In London we have a dis disproportionate number of
:13:45. > :13:48.18`year`olds from lower income backgrounds at college studying.
:13:49. > :13:52.Anything that deters them from staying in education or funding
:13:53. > :13:56.their education at 18 is bad news for London and for London's jobs. If
:13:57. > :14:00.I hadn't come to this college, I probably would not have got very
:14:01. > :14:07.good grades in my A`levels because I wasn't very motivated. Education
:14:08. > :14:11.should 100% be free, everyone should be entitled to it. The changes come
:14:12. > :14:15.into effect in September. Pressure is growing on the Government to have
:14:16. > :14:26.a rethink. If not, a quarter of the students at this college alone face
:14:27. > :14:38.an uncertain future. Still to come: It's an interpretation of my face,
:14:39. > :14:44.not a photographic portrayal of it. Sir Dereck Jacobi on his latest
:14:45. > :14:55.role, being sculpted in front of a live audience.
:14:56. > :15:01.back in football now and two big Premier League games which could
:15:02. > :15:04.affect the top of the table. Warren Nettleford is that White Hart Lane
:15:05. > :15:11.where Tottenham take on Manchester City.
:15:12. > :15:18.Already they have scored more than 100 gold this year so far and two of
:15:19. > :15:27.their strikers have scored more than 20 goals. Last time Manchester City
:15:28. > :15:31.beat Tottenham by 6`0. However, Tim Sherwood has changed things around
:15:32. > :15:39.and out of six games he has won five. He won away at Manchester
:15:40. > :15:43.United. He will be hoping that players like Emmanuel Adebayor your
:15:44. > :15:47.will step up tonight and perform at their best and he hopes that will
:15:48. > :15:54.lead to a greater sense of belief. Huge belief, to be able to walk away
:15:55. > :15:59.tomorrow with three points, and the players would know that we can
:16:00. > :16:03.compete. In their minds they think they can. It is one thing thinking
:16:04. > :16:09.you can and going out there and doing it. Meanwhile a London derby
:16:10. > :16:14.at Stamford Bridge which could also change things?
:16:15. > :16:18.Chelsea take on West Ham and if Chelsea win this game, and if
:16:19. > :16:21.Manchester City failed to beat Tottenham, Chelsea could find
:16:22. > :16:30.themselves at the top of the league. If West Ham win, they will be out of
:16:31. > :16:35.the relegation part of the table. The Jose Mourinho was saying it was
:16:36. > :16:40.all about building for next season, but he did say he hoped West Ham did
:16:41. > :16:45.not get relegated. They have got good players, they have got good
:16:46. > :16:51.experience and being a London club, even being a rival, but being a
:16:52. > :16:57.London club I hope they stay. The only thing standing in West Ham's
:16:58. > :17:02.way is Jose Mourinho's formidable home record. He has never lost a
:17:03. > :17:06.home Premier League match, so it is a big challenge for West Ham, but it
:17:07. > :17:11.should be an interesting game at Stamford Bridge and also here at
:17:12. > :17:15.White Hart Lane. It is not how you normally see them,
:17:16. > :17:21.but the Prince of Wales and that that is of Cornwall saw a slice of
:17:22. > :17:26.life in Essex. They enjoyed a pint in a pub, but also had a taste of
:17:27. > :17:31.high culture with workers from the Royal Opera house. This report
:17:32. > :17:35.contains flash photography. It is perhaps not the most glamorous of
:17:36. > :17:40.settings, but in the shadow of the bridge bearing his mother's name,
:17:41. > :17:47.Prince Charles came to see how the artistic men and women of the future
:17:48. > :17:51.are learning their trade. High house production Park has been
:17:52. > :17:54.open for four years and a couple met producers and directors who will be
:17:55. > :17:59.building the stages and lighting the light in our theatres to come.
:18:00. > :18:06.Anyone who trains here takes their skills into the wider area and it is
:18:07. > :18:10.not just Essex. We are on the border of a world city. London is the
:18:11. > :18:15.pre`eminent centre for the creative industries. They are only less than
:18:16. > :18:20.half an hour from central London. The jewel in the crown is the set
:18:21. > :18:25.building area for the Royal Opera house. Everyone was shipshape for
:18:26. > :18:32.the Royal line`up, but things were more relaxed once the royal couple
:18:33. > :18:39.had left. They are working to a song by Frank Zappa, nonetheless many
:18:40. > :18:43.have learnt to love opera. You build it over a few months and you go and
:18:44. > :18:49.see it. And once you get into it in the first 20 minutes and stay away,
:18:50. > :18:54.you listen to the end of the production. Bthere is a lot of pride
:18:55. > :19:01.seeing your work on stage and knowing it will go on tour around
:19:02. > :19:06.the world. We are aware that because of digital broadcasting everything
:19:07. > :19:16.needs to be perfect. After all that perfection it was time for a
:19:17. > :19:22.breather. If you have got two ruse, we can have one of each. And onto
:19:23. > :19:29.Purley for a pint. If that does not work, there is always darts!
:19:30. > :19:34.Almost 15 million people attended shows in the West End last year
:19:35. > :19:39.according to latest figures. The Society of London Theatre says
:19:40. > :19:48.overall attendance were up by 4%. It is believed to be down to the launch
:19:49. > :19:53.of several new musicals and plays. She has sculpted everyone from the
:19:54. > :19:56.Queen to Dame Edna Everage. Now Frances Segelman has just finished
:19:57. > :20:03.her latest commission in front of a live audience. Her subject was actor
:20:04. > :20:06.Sir Derek Jacobi. Brenda Emmanus has been to meet the artist and the
:20:07. > :20:12.sitter. A lump of clay is being transformed
:20:13. > :20:17.into the distinctive face of actor Sir Derek Jacobi by artist Frances
:20:18. > :20:21.Segelman. Twice a year the London sculptor creates work live in front
:20:22. > :20:27.of an audience to raise money for charity, this time for Islington
:20:28. > :20:32.arts factory. This must be a rather unique experience, even for you.
:20:33. > :20:37.Totally unique and I have never been sculpted before, certainly not in
:20:38. > :20:42.front of 200 people. I do not like having my photograph taken, but this
:20:43. > :20:49.kind of is different because it is an interpretation of my face, not a
:20:50. > :20:54.photographic portrayal. For two hours the stage and screen star
:20:55. > :20:59.posed patiently while the audience watched and France's produced her
:21:00. > :21:05.interpretation of her sitter. What I didn't realise at the beginning is
:21:06. > :21:13.that eventually when it is waxed and bronzed, I get to take it home. So,
:21:14. > :21:23.yes, it will be on some mantelpiece somewhere. Almost as good as winning
:21:24. > :21:27.a BAFTA or an Oscar. Much better. Francis at her home on Tower Bridge
:21:28. > :21:33.works on another famous face, entertainer Bradley Walsh. I am
:21:34. > :21:37.self`taught and I learned through anatomy books and going to the V and
:21:38. > :21:41.day and sitting there and studying all the muscles and every single
:21:42. > :21:47.detail in these wonderful galleries, I studied them. The house is
:21:48. > :21:52.littered with her creations from steel furniture to busts of the
:21:53. > :21:59.famous, Dame Edna Everage, Linford Christie, the Duke of Edinburgh and
:22:00. > :22:04.the Queen. She is the most amazing lady and I absolutely adored her.
:22:05. > :22:07.After the third sitting I felt close to home. Although she keeps a
:22:08. > :22:14.distance, she chatted all the way through the sitting. The next to be
:22:15. > :22:19.putty in her hand is Mayor Boris Johnson.
:22:20. > :22:23.That should be interesting. It is that time of the evening to get a
:22:24. > :22:28.check on the weather. Has it stopped raining?
:22:29. > :22:36.No. Is it ever going to stop?
:22:37. > :22:46.It is pretty grim out there. This afternoon there were 200 millimetres
:22:47. > :22:53.of rain through the whole of January. Around the London area it
:22:54. > :22:57.should be more like 54 millimetres for the entire month. There has been
:22:58. > :23:04.an exceptional rainfall throughout this month so far. It is not going
:23:05. > :23:10.to let up and there will be figures throughout the week and there is
:23:11. > :23:15.going to be higher numbers. More rain over the next 24 hours and
:23:16. > :23:21.sometimes it will be heavy as well. At the moment some heavy bursts. It
:23:22. > :23:26.is patchy in nature and we have got weather warnings in place for parts
:23:27. > :23:30.of Kent and Sussex. There will be some lulls in the rain, but
:23:31. > :23:34.generally there is a damp feel and we have still got that easterly
:23:35. > :23:39.winds and temperatures will be falling as low as two or three
:23:40. > :23:44.degrees, which means some of the rain might produce sleet in some
:23:45. > :23:48.places. It will not settle, but it is something you might see as we go
:23:49. > :23:53.through the evening and overnight. That rain is still with us tomorrow
:23:54. > :23:58.and it will be pretty gloomy. The wind is coming in from an easterly
:23:59. > :24:03.direction, so we maintain that fairly chilly field. The showers
:24:04. > :24:09.will become fewer and further in between. Then it will start to dry
:24:10. > :24:16.out through the first part of Friday, but it will not be for very
:24:17. > :24:20.long. This sweeps through on Friday night and into Saturday. It
:24:21. > :24:25.eventually dries off over the weekend, and there is more rain on
:24:26. > :24:30.the way, so it is not looking very good. The main headlines: The Bank
:24:31. > :24:34.of England Governor says an independent Scotland would have to
:24:35. > :24:38.give up some powers if it wanted to keep the pound.
:24:39. > :24:42.Mark Carney warned of some of the challenges ahead. The trial of the
:24:43. > :24:48.Coronation Street actor William Roache has heard he was an always
:24:49. > :24:53.perfect gentleman according to the actress and Coatbridge.
:24:54. > :24:57.He has denied rape and indecent assault. And the Mayor has been
:24:58. > :25:03.explaining why he supports plans for water cannons. Boris Johnson says
:25:04. > :25:09.that in crowd control situations it could save lives.
:25:10. > :25:13.That is it for now. Assad Ahmed will be back with the late news. Plenty
:25:14. > :25:34.more on the website. Have a lovely evening.
:25:35. > :25:39.'The cost of living crisis goes deep into people's lives,
:25:40. > :25:42.'deep into the way our country is run,