:00:15. > :00:18.Good evening. Water cannon could be ready for use
:00:19. > :00:21.on the streets of London within months if the Home Secretary gives
:00:22. > :00:24.the go ahead. The Metropolitan Police and Mayor Boris Johnson are
:00:25. > :00:27.ready to buy, although they accept a water cannon wouldn't be useful in
:00:28. > :00:30.all riot situations ` for example, at the student protests in central
:00:31. > :00:38.London last month. Gareth Furby reports.
:00:39. > :00:44.Could we soon be seeing this on the streets of London? Today, with the
:00:45. > :00:49.consultation underway, it moved a step closer. One person who might
:00:50. > :00:57.welcome such a thing is this man, who shop in Clapham Junction was ran
:00:58. > :01:03.down in the 2011 riots. I think it is a good idea. The situation in
:01:04. > :01:07.Clapham Junction was not only was there no water cannons, there was no
:01:08. > :01:13.police. The police deserted the whole area. The rioters ran wild.
:01:14. > :01:20.Today the mayor left no doubt about his feelings. If it is something the
:01:21. > :01:28.police believe his operation and this was very, it's difficult to say
:01:29. > :01:34.no, it not a tool used to have. But compare that to his views in 2010.
:01:35. > :01:40.We don't have water cannon. We don't have rubber bullets. I would be most
:01:41. > :01:44.unhappy to see us go that way. Today there were some unhappiness at City
:01:45. > :01:52.Hall as Assembly members questioned the mayor and the Metropolitan
:01:53. > :01:57.Police. People are not going to be stopped by lumbering machine moving
:01:58. > :02:05.at a snail 's pace. This is not a tool to catch breakaway units. This
:02:06. > :02:15.could be the thin" between crossing the line of `` thin end of the wedge
:02:16. > :02:20.between crossing the line of policing by consent. Although a
:02:21. > :02:28.future mayor will be consulted on its use, he or she will not have the
:02:29. > :02:32.final decision. Of course we speak to the mayor. If he had a different
:02:33. > :02:39.view, I would want to hear what it was. But I have to make the final
:02:40. > :02:43.decision. The consultation will continue for four weeks. There will
:02:44. > :02:47.be a meeting here on the 17th of February. Then it will began to the
:02:48. > :03:00.Home Secretary to decide whether London gets up to three of these.
:03:01. > :03:03.Three men who were to stand trial accused of stealing food from a bin
:03:04. > :03:06.belonging to an Iceland store in north London have had the charges
:03:07. > :03:09.dropped. The men had allegedly taken vegetables, cheese and Mr Kipling
:03:10. > :03:12.cakes from the bins behind the supermarket on Kentish Town Road.
:03:13. > :03:14.The food was all for disposal, but they were still arrested and
:03:15. > :03:25.charged. Iceland say they hadn't called the police and didn't want
:03:26. > :03:28.the prosecution to go ahead. Hundreds of thousands of part time
:03:29. > :03:31.workers could soon benefit from flexible tickets and travel cards.
:03:32. > :03:34.It'll mean cheaper communing around London for many of those working
:03:35. > :03:37.less than five days a week and it could come into effect this time
:03:38. > :03:43.next year. Chris Roger is outside Baker Street tube station tonight to
:03:44. > :03:47.tell us more. Why should part`time workers pay for a five`day ticket or
:03:48. > :03:52.a full price season`ticket? That is a question put to Boris Johnson
:03:53. > :03:56.three years. We can save money on the Oyster card, but in a U`turn the
:03:57. > :04:03.Met has announced that he plans to bring in a three`day ticket. `` the
:04:04. > :04:07.mayor. With fares continuing to rise, they went up again in January,
:04:08. > :04:14.we heard no complaints from commuters today. People tend to go
:04:15. > :04:20.outside every day anyway. I don't think people tend to stay at home
:04:21. > :04:26.that much. It may not `` may or may not benefit. Otherwise they will
:04:27. > :04:33.spend money, half their wages going to their card. I work part`time.
:04:34. > :04:38.That would be amazing. But, and there is a but, the details of how
:04:39. > :04:44.this works will be sketchy. There are a few loopholes for the mayor to
:04:45. > :04:49.get through as one `` as well. People are not celebrating yet. He
:04:50. > :04:53.has made similar noises in the past. He has said was a good meeting
:04:54. > :04:56.it is. The reality is he has always ended up saying no. You may have
:04:57. > :05:04.said the right things now. Now he has got to persuade the officials.
:05:05. > :05:12.We want to see the product on the run. You are saying you don't trust
:05:13. > :05:17.him. I don't trust him at all. Let's see delivery. One in five of us work
:05:18. > :05:22.part`time in London. That is 800,000 people. Rich Johnson announced he
:05:23. > :05:28.wanted another 20,000 people to get into part`time work. `` Boris
:05:29. > :05:36.Johnson. That is a lot of eyes on him for the next 12 months.
:05:37. > :05:39.Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital in Berkshire will soon close its doors
:05:40. > :05:41.and move to a new, purpose`built facility. The Victorian listed
:05:42. > :05:45.buildings, which were built in 1863, will be sold off, with the money
:05:46. > :05:49.used to pay for a new psychiatric hospital which should be ready in
:05:50. > :05:52.three years' time. Almost 15 million people attended
:05:53. > :05:55.shows in the West End last year, according to latest figures. The
:05:56. > :05:58.Society of London Theatre says overall attendances were up by 4% on
:05:59. > :06:01.the previous year. It's believed to be down to the launch of several
:06:02. > :06:04.major new musicals and plays including The Book Of Mormon,
:06:05. > :06:09.Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and The Audience.
:06:10. > :06:14.Now let's go over for the weather forecast. The rain hasn't stopped.
:06:15. > :06:18.It has barely stopped all day. Will it ever stop? I am afraid there is
:06:19. > :06:22.still more as we go through the latter part of this week. Some of it
:06:23. > :06:26.is going to be on the heavy side. As we go through this even in, we still
:06:27. > :06:31.have a weather warning in place for part of Sussex and Kent. We are
:06:32. > :06:35.going to see a continuation of the rain we have seen today. Over the
:06:36. > :06:40.Chilterns, it could turn to sleep as well for a time as temperatures
:06:41. > :06:44.fall. We shouldn't have much frost as there will be cloud around. It is
:06:45. > :06:47.going to be another damp start to tomorrow. Some of the showers will
:06:48. > :06:56.be heavy. Where the show was our heavy, it may not rain all day. ``
:06:57. > :07:05.the showers. It will still thorny p in the breeds. `` feel nippy in the
:07:06. > :07:09.breeze. The Met Office has given us another early warning for the rain.
:07:10. > :07:15.It is only going to add to what we have already had. After that it
:07:16. > :07:19.tends to dry up a bit. A bit milder. The next rain comes through on
:07:20. > :07:23.Monday evening. That is its fortnight. From everybody on the BBC
:07:24. > :07:26.London News team, we hope you have a very good night. `` that is it for
:07:27. > :07:41.tonight. Hello. The next dose of wet and
:07:42. > :07:44.windy weather is due to arrive on Friday from the Atlantic. Today we
:07:45. > :07:49.have had an easterly wind bringing the chill as the threat of icy
:07:50. > :07:52.patches comes to the north where the cloud breaks. More cloud further
:07:53. > :07:55.south. Maybe some sleet and