:00:00. > :00:18.Good evening and welcome. Five men who stabbed a teenager to death with
:00:19. > :00:23.swords and knives have been jailed for life. Hani Abou El Heir was
:00:24. > :00:28.attacked by up to ten people as he walked through an estate in Pimlico
:00:29. > :00:31.in January last year. The judge said earlier Hani must have been utterly
:00:32. > :00:43.terrified as the blows rained down on him. Alex Bushill reports.
:00:44. > :00:48.It's a Sunday evening in January. 16 pro Hani Abou El Kheir is walking
:00:49. > :00:54.home. His friend is beside him, his girlfriend behind. Without warning,
:00:55. > :00:59.a gang of men descend upon him. Glinting in the twilight you can see
:01:00. > :01:03.the weapons they used to butcher him just a few moments later. It's not
:01:04. > :01:10.clear why they chose Hani. He wasn't a gang member and he didn't have a
:01:11. > :01:15.criminal record. The attack on Hani was a sustained and frenzied. He was
:01:16. > :01:20.stamped with long knives and meat cleaver is over 20 times. It was
:01:21. > :01:25.here that Hani Abou El Kheir realised what was about to happen to
:01:26. > :01:30.him. He turned to see the ten strong gang coming for him, armed to the
:01:31. > :01:36.teeth wearing balaclavas and hooded tops. He only got as far as Lupus
:01:37. > :01:41.Street around the corner before he was set upon. Local residents store
:01:42. > :01:48.it `` saw it all unfold, just a stone's throw from Pimlico station.
:01:49. > :01:57.The public gave Hani `` gave Hani first aid, but to no avail. He died
:01:58. > :02:04.in hospital. Today, the men were sentenced to life imprisonment. One
:02:05. > :02:11.cannot be named, but the others can. They were sentenced to a minimum of
:02:12. > :02:17.26 years in prison each. Boyce, as the oldest, will serve 27. Outside
:02:18. > :02:25.court, Hani's asked a priest to speak on behalf `` on her behalf
:02:26. > :02:30.about her loss. I cannot get over the devastating image of my son
:02:31. > :02:35.lying dead in the hospital. The thought of a future without him
:02:36. > :02:39.leaves me brokenhearted. Five gang members out of a possible ten were
:02:40. > :02:46.jailed today. There remains a reward for information leading to the
:02:47. > :02:52.arrest of the others. The judge today said Hani must have been
:02:53. > :02:55.utterly terrified as the blows rained down on him.
:02:56. > :02:59.The Mayor has said he will negotiate with the RMT union if it calls off a
:03:00. > :03:02.two`day strike planned for next week. But the union's leader Bob
:03:03. > :03:05.Crow says he'll only come to the table if Boris Johnson axes plans to
:03:06. > :03:10.close almost all of the underground's ticket offices. Tube
:03:11. > :03:13.workers will walk out on Tuesday night in a strike that's likely to
:03:14. > :03:17.cause major disruption. Both sides seem as far apart as ever. Here's
:03:18. > :03:24.our political correspondent, Karl Mercer.
:03:25. > :03:28.This afternoon it was only the wind and rain that Londoners had to
:03:29. > :03:32.contend with as they made their way around. But things are about to get
:03:33. > :03:35.a whole lot worse ` With unions threatening to walk out in four
:03:36. > :03:38.days' time over plans to shut every ticket office on the tube. Prospects
:03:39. > :03:41.for the strike being called off don't look great, and weren't helped
:03:42. > :03:44.today as Transport for London released details of a survey it said
:03:45. > :03:51.showed the public supported its closure plans. The unions called it
:03:52. > :03:54.a bogus survey. We made ourselves available to talk to the unions
:03:55. > :03:58.whenever they want about any subject. We are there talking to
:03:59. > :04:03.them in order to help get this nonsense called off. The union have
:04:04. > :04:08.said they think it's time for the mayor to step in. Do you think his
:04:09. > :04:13.influence might be helpful? We have been talking to the unions about our
:04:14. > :04:19.proposals. There are changes in the things got we want to do. This is
:04:20. > :04:27.what the Mayor has done. Words are unlikely to end their him to the RMT
:04:28. > :04:28.union leader Bob Crow. Then, the first meeting between the pair in
:04:29. > :04:41.six years. The Mayor says: What chance of that? We have been
:04:42. > :04:46.waiting to meet Boris Johnson for years. All of a sudden, he appears,
:04:47. > :04:51.just like that. That's not what it's about. We need the senior managers
:04:52. > :04:57.to get round the table to try and listen to us. They've got to suspend
:04:58. > :05:02.this implementation of 1000 job cuts and the ticket office closure
:05:03. > :05:06.programme. The RMT and Transport for London have been meeting here at
:05:07. > :05:11.this Central London hotel, trying to find a way out of this dispute.
:05:12. > :05:18.Though the sides publicly say they want the strike called off.
:05:19. > :05:22.Privately, the two sides are as far apart as ever. The Londoners, this
:05:23. > :05:27.may be the best way of getting to work next week.
:05:28. > :05:35.Mark Ashdown is that great Portland Street Station. What does this
:05:36. > :05:40.development mean? It has been an interesting day. Everyone realises
:05:41. > :05:45.how high the stakes are. We ended the day with the Mayor taking the
:05:46. > :05:50.unprecedented step of offering to get involved himself. Some posturing
:05:51. > :05:55.and brinkmanship on both sides, but perhaps a softening too. How likely
:05:56. > :06:02.is it that the strikes will go ahead? Highly likely at this stage.
:06:03. > :06:06.The negotiating table is set, but the chairs are very much empty. Both
:06:07. > :06:12.sides have set up their position. One saying, call off the strike and
:06:13. > :06:18.we will talk. The other saying, call of the threat of closing the ticket
:06:19. > :06:24.offices and we will talk. My advice is to make some different travel
:06:25. > :06:29.arrangements for the next two Tuesdays, just to be safe. Let's
:06:30. > :06:35.find out what a weekend weather has in store.
:06:36. > :06:42.Wet for many at the moment, but lots of dry weather at the weekend. It
:06:43. > :06:46.will stay quite windy throughout. There will be some showers,
:06:47. > :06:54.particularly on Saturday, but there will be some showers and bright
:06:55. > :07:00.patches too. A nice dry slot perhaps, just a chance for
:07:01. > :07:04.temperatures to tumble away, and some icy stretches into tomorrow
:07:05. > :07:08.morning. A chilly start, but some brightness, mostly dry through the
:07:09. > :07:13.morning. The chance of some heavy showers through the afternoon, and
:07:14. > :07:18.very windy throughout. The showers will be fewer and further between on
:07:19. > :07:21.Sunday, and there will be some lovely spells of early February
:07:22. > :07:25.sunshine. Thank you. We are back tomorrow at
:07:26. > :07:47.1:10pm. Good night. Good evening. Today's heavy and
:07:48. > :07:52.persistent rain is disappearing over the horizon. Sadly, the other
:07:53. > :07:56.problems are not. Problems to come tonight include snow over Scotland
:07:57. > :08:02.and Northern Ireland, and tomorrow, strong winds and high tides bringing
:08:03. > :08:07.the potential for flooding. This area of low pressure is moving
:08:08. > :08:11.towards us. The first weather front brought today's rain, and there is
:08:12. > :08:13.another one tucking in behind. As