:00:00. > 3:59:59so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC
:00:00. > 3:59:59priority. This afternoon, Bill to legally under pin David I
:00:00. > :00:00.priority. This afternoon, Bill to One we can now join the BBC's news
:00:00. > :00:09.teams where you are. Tonight on BBC London News: Boris Johnson and Bob
:00:10. > :00:14.Crowe still poles apart as next week's Tube strike looms.
:00:15. > :00:17.The Mayor and RMT leader say they're both prepared to meet but what will
:00:18. > :00:21.it take to get them around the table?
:00:22. > :00:27.Also tonight, life in prison for the gang who stabbed to death a
:00:28. > :00:30.16`year`old on an estate in Pimlico. The number of new builds increases,
:00:31. > :00:35.but critics say it's nowhere near enough to deal with the housing
:00:36. > :00:38.crisis. And being gay in the Premier League
:00:39. > :00:40.` the new play about the difficulties of coming out in the
:00:41. > :00:54.beautiful game. Good evening and welcome to the
:00:55. > :00:59.programme. The Mayor says he'll negotiate with
:01:00. > :01:02.the RMT if they call off the strike. Bob Crowe says he'll come to the
:01:03. > :01:07.table if Boris Johnson cancels plans to close almost all of the Tube's
:01:08. > :01:11.ticket offices. There are four days to go until 48 hours of Tube strikes
:01:12. > :01:15.that are likely to bring major disruption to London, and both sides
:01:16. > :01:19.seem as far apart as ever. Meanwhile, both are claiming they
:01:20. > :01:29.have the public backing. Here's Karl Mercer.
:01:30. > :01:32.This afternoon it was only the wind and rain Londoners had to content
:01:33. > :01:36.with as they made their way around, but Ings are about to get worse,
:01:37. > :01:40.with unions threatening to walk out in four days over plans to shut
:01:41. > :01:44.every ticket office on the chew. Prospects for the strike being
:01:45. > :01:47.called off do not look great, and were not helped today when Transport
:01:48. > :01:53.for London released details of the survey it said showed the public
:01:54. > :01:58.supported closure plans. The unions called it bogus. We have made
:01:59. > :02:02.ourselves available to talk on any subject whenever they like, and we
:02:03. > :02:06.are there to talk to them to help get this nonsense called off. The
:02:07. > :02:11.union have said they think it is time for the mayor to step in. Do
:02:12. > :02:15.you think his influence might be helpful? We have been talking to the
:02:16. > :02:20.unions about our proposals, things we want to do. What the mayor does
:02:21. > :02:23.is a matter for him. And this is what the mayor has done, and likely
:02:24. > :02:47.to endear him to Bob Crow. But then the off the first meeting.
:02:48. > :02:52.`` the offer of a first meeting. What chance of that? We have been
:02:53. > :02:56.waiting to meet Boris Johnson four`year is, and suddenly he
:02:57. > :03:00.appears just like that. I don't think that is really what this is
:03:01. > :03:07.about. We need senior managers around the table, which we have been
:03:08. > :03:11.doing, to try to listen to us. They have to suspend the implementation
:03:12. > :03:15.of 1000 job cuts and booking office closures, get round the table and
:03:16. > :03:20.take the pressure off us, off the staff, and we can talk about these
:03:21. > :03:24.things. For the past two weeks, there have been meetings at this
:03:25. > :03:29.central London hotel with the conciliation service, trying to find
:03:30. > :03:34.a way out of this dispute. Both sides publicly say they want the
:03:35. > :03:40.strike called off. Rightly, the two sides are as far apart as ever. ``
:03:41. > :03:46.privately. The Londoners, this may be the best way of getting to work
:03:47. > :03:50.next week. Lets talk to our transport
:03:51. > :03:55.correspondent. What is your take on the day's developments? It is normal
:03:56. > :04:00.to see this kind of posturing and brinkmanship in the run`up to eight
:04:01. > :04:06.tube strike. What is not normal is to see the mayor involved. It shows
:04:07. > :04:10.how high the stakes are. As for the meeting, someone is going to have to
:04:11. > :04:13.back down, whether it is on the Tube strikes or the ticket office
:04:14. > :04:21.closures. At the moment, it is very difficult to see. How likely are the
:04:22. > :04:25.strikes to go ahead? Everyone is asking that. At the moment, as
:04:26. > :04:30.things stand, I think the strikes will go ahead. But feasibly we could
:04:31. > :04:38.see more talks on Monday. The RMT have just put out a statement from
:04:39. > :04:41.Bob Crow which says the process has not yet been exhausted. Perhaps a
:04:42. > :04:49.softening of the language. You never know. Thank you.
:04:50. > :04:53.Lots more to come, including: A lack of dignity in his dying days.
:04:54. > :04:55.A daughter demands to know why her father was so poorly cared for in
:04:56. > :05:07.hospital. Five men who stabbed a teenager to
:05:08. > :05:12.death with meat cleavers and knives have been jailed for life today.
:05:13. > :05:15.Hani Abou El Kheir was attacked by up to ten people as he walked
:05:16. > :05:21.through an estate in Pimlico in January last year. The judge said
:05:22. > :05:24.today the killers were involved in a drug`related turf war and the
:05:25. > :05:28.victim, Hani, must have been "utterly terrified as the blows
:05:29. > :05:39.rained down on him". Alex Bushill reports.
:05:40. > :05:43.Sunday evening in January, and the 16`year`old is walking home with his
:05:44. > :05:48.friend and girlfriend. Without warning, a pack of young men is set
:05:49. > :05:52.upon him. The chase began. Glinting in the twilight, you can see the
:05:53. > :05:57.weapons used to butcher him a few minutes later. It is still not clear
:05:58. > :06:00.why they chose him. There is no evidence he was a gang member and
:06:01. > :06:07.police confirmed he had no criminal record. The attack was sustained and
:06:08. > :06:13.frenzied. He was stabbed with long knives and meat cleaver is over 20
:06:14. > :06:19.times. Injuries were horrific. It was here that Hani realised what was
:06:20. > :06:23.about to happen to him. He turned to see the ten strong gang coming for
:06:24. > :06:28.him, armed to the teeth wearing balaclavas and hooded tops. He ran
:06:29. > :06:32.but only got as far as Lupus Street around the corner before he was set
:06:33. > :06:37.upon, bludgeoned, knifed, stabbed. Local residents saw it all, just a
:06:38. > :06:42.stones throw from Pimlico Tube station. Members of public gave
:06:43. > :06:46.first aid, but he died a little later in hospital. Today, five men
:06:47. > :06:55.were sentenced for their part in his killing. One cannot be named for
:06:56. > :07:01.legal reasons. One was armed with a meat cleaver. And one was a drug
:07:02. > :07:08.dealer who boasted how he was moving up the criminal world. The oldest
:07:09. > :07:11.will serve 27 years in prison. Outside court today, Hani's mother
:07:12. > :07:19.asked a priest to speak on her behalf. I cannot face the truth of
:07:20. > :07:22.Hani's death, and cannot get over the devastating image of my son
:07:23. > :07:28.lying dead in the hospital. The thought of a future without him
:07:29. > :07:35.leaves me brokenhearted. For her heart rate, five gang members out of
:07:36. > :07:38.a possible ten were jailed. There remains a ?20,000 police reward for
:07:39. > :07:43.information leading to the arrest of the others, for those responsible
:07:44. > :07:46.for the cold`blooded butchering of a 16`year`old boy as he wandered home.
:07:47. > :07:49.The judge said he must have been terrified as the blows rained down
:07:50. > :07:51.on him. It's one of London's greatest
:07:52. > :07:56.problems, how to provide enough homes for those who need them. Well,
:07:57. > :08:00.new figures suggest there's been a big increase in the number of new
:08:01. > :08:04.builds since last year. The Mayor has welcomed the news but most agree
:08:05. > :08:07.the actual number of new homes is still far too low and doesn't come
:08:08. > :08:14.anywhere near to tackling the housing crisis. Tarah Welsh reports.
:08:15. > :08:17.More house building means more orders for this supplier and at
:08:18. > :08:26.their warehouse in Croydon, they've been busy recently. In the last
:08:27. > :08:29.year, it has really picked up and we have had a lot more business.
:08:30. > :08:33.Importantly, our customers are telling us there is more business
:08:34. > :08:40.and they have full order books. This has been one of our best months
:08:41. > :08:42.ever. This business supplies plastics to large home`building
:08:43. > :08:45.companies and to distort it is those big developers choosing to build in
:08:46. > :08:48.the capital because of investors from overseas and here that has
:08:49. > :08:50.caused this increase in house`building.
:08:51. > :08:53.When a developer is ready to start building it registers the plot with
:08:54. > :08:56.The National House`Building Council. Its figures show that more than
:08:57. > :09:00.26,000 new homes were registered in the capital last year, compared to
:09:01. > :09:12.over 16,000 in 2012. An increase of 60%. Looking back, that is the
:09:13. > :09:17.highest since the early 1980s, at least 30 years, so a tremendous
:09:18. > :09:23.increase in the number coming through. Those will turn into sales
:09:24. > :09:24.in 2014 and 2015 for the larger tower blocks.
:09:25. > :09:27.Boris Johnson said the figures are hugely encouraging but along with
:09:28. > :09:35.other voices, says there's still more to do. If many more people want
:09:36. > :09:38.a genuinely affordable home, we need bold solutions, including more
:09:39. > :09:42.innovative ways of drawing in private finance and getting smaller
:09:43. > :09:46.builders back into the market. We need social housing and we need to
:09:47. > :09:49.look at innovative schemes like part rent, part by, for those who cannot
:09:50. > :09:52.get a mortgage at the moment. While the supply of new homes seems
:09:53. > :10:06.to have grown, the question is, will it ever meet the demand for housing
:10:07. > :10:09.in the capital? A woman who claims her father was
:10:10. > :10:11.neglected by staff at Barnet hospital says he died in inhumane
:10:12. > :10:14.conditions. Frank Reuben suffered from a lung condition but after
:10:15. > :10:16.going into hospital his daughter says he sustained bruising, and was
:10:17. > :10:26.left in unsanitary conditions without a bed. Marc Ashdown has the
:10:27. > :10:31.story. A lovely, kind, gentle man. Loved his family, adored his
:10:32. > :10:35.grandchildren. He had a lung condition, hardening of the lung.
:10:36. > :10:41.Unfortunately, he got a chest infection and was admitted to the
:10:42. > :10:45.hospital about three weeks ago. He was on a very nice ward at one point
:10:46. > :10:50.near the beginning, where the nurses were phenomenal and caring. Sadly,
:10:51. > :10:55.he was moved to another ward. He was not being looked after. He was in
:10:56. > :11:02.dirty robes all the time. He looked unkempt, miserable, and quite often
:11:03. > :11:07.the shock of seeing him made me want to cry. It didn't smell my surround
:11:08. > :11:13.the bedside and the nurses, or whoever, had not emptied the euro in
:11:14. > :11:18.bottles and there were two full bottles that were just left there
:11:19. > :11:25.and we don't know how long for. At one point, he was moved and in a
:11:26. > :11:29.panic, she had to search for him. I found it heartbreaking. My dad was
:11:30. > :11:36.sitting in this play with no bed, in a chair, shivering. A nurse came up
:11:37. > :11:41.to me and said, excuse me, is this your father? I said, yes. She said,
:11:42. > :11:46.we don't know who he is because he has been left here. Can we have his
:11:47. > :11:51.name? Every time I went to ask the nurses how he had been, if he was
:11:52. > :11:55.distressed cause of the oxygen, I was met with, I would say,
:11:56. > :11:59.hostility. I would visit, stay with him, kiss him and hold his hand and
:12:00. > :12:04.as soon as I left I would often get back into my car in the evening in
:12:05. > :12:07.floods of tears. And I would worry, actually, because I didn't want to
:12:08. > :12:13.leave him overnight, wondering how he would be looked after. She
:12:14. > :12:17.complained and the hospital admitted Frank's treatment was not
:12:18. > :12:21.acceptable. He died last Friday. It is too late for my dad, sadly, but
:12:22. > :12:26.the thought that other patients can go through this... There are
:12:27. > :12:33.patients with no relatives visiting them. It has left me terrified. We
:12:34. > :12:36.did ask the hospital for an interview but they refused to come
:12:37. > :12:43.on the programme. What have they said? The Acting Chief Executive,
:12:44. > :12:47.Fiona Smith, said she apologises to Samantha and her family and has
:12:48. > :12:50.launched an investigation. We are anxious to put right failing to the
:12:51. > :12:53.quality of care and are working with staff on the ward to be clear about
:12:54. > :12:58.expectations and to learn any lessons from the findings of this
:12:59. > :13:04.investigation. The Care Quality Commission harmonic drink this case
:13:05. > :13:08.as well. The big question was whether the treatment was a one`off
:13:09. > :13:11.or symptomatically wider problems. Samantha says she asked other people
:13:12. > :13:15.around the hospital visiting friends and relatives what was their
:13:16. > :13:18.experience, and she says there were other problems, other people
:13:19. > :13:24.reporting staff but being too scared to report it officially. That is
:13:25. > :13:28.anecdotal but the Care Quality Commission and the trust say they
:13:29. > :13:31.encourage patients with concerns to report them immediately, because
:13:32. > :13:38.that is the only way to avoid tragic cases like this.
:13:39. > :13:41.Still to come: We meet the capital's rugby stars hoping to lead their
:13:42. > :13:47.countries to glory in the Six Nations.
:13:48. > :13:51.And coming up, I am rustled to the we are here to talk about the sporty
:13:52. > :14:11.play, the Pass. It's a week since a City trader was
:14:12. > :14:13.shot and injured in a railway station car park in Essex, and today
:14:14. > :14:17.detectives are appealing to commuters for help in finding the
:14:18. > :14:19.gunman. Robin Clark was hit in the leg on his way to work. This
:14:20. > :14:22.morning, officers returned to Shenfield as part of their
:14:23. > :14:31.investigation. Felicity Simper sent this report.
:14:32. > :14:35.5:30am at Shenfield station, and again commuters are being asked to
:14:36. > :14:42.help. They are tax `` the attack, they believe, was targeted, but
:14:43. > :14:46.why, is unclear. It was a week ago that Robin Clark strode into the car
:14:47. > :14:51.park here at Shenfield railway station, parked his car and got out.
:14:52. > :14:56.It was approached by a masked gunman, who shot him in the leg, and
:14:57. > :15:00.he fell to the ground. This is the police's third appeal in a week.
:15:01. > :15:04.Speaking to commuters at the station and on the trains, they are trying
:15:05. > :15:09.to find people who knew Vista Clark. Their presence will highlight the
:15:10. > :15:13.fact that somebody needs to come forward and give them information if
:15:14. > :15:23.they have anything. You feel more secure, but yet again, it is just
:15:24. > :15:28.scary. It is obviously a shocking thing to happen. You don't expect it
:15:29. > :15:32.at this time of the morning. It seems like it was more of an
:15:33. > :15:38.organised thing than a random thing, so I don't feel unsafe in any way.
:15:39. > :15:42.While Robin Clark remains in hospital, the hunt for his attacker
:15:43. > :15:45.continues. Police say they have already spoken to him at length but
:15:46. > :15:56.they still need help and I gene anybody who knows why he was shocked
:15:57. > :15:59.to come forward. `` are urging. Sport now, and with news of some of
:16:00. > :16:01.the comings and goings on football's transfer deadline day, here's Chris
:16:02. > 0:09:05Slegg. The transfer window