:00:17. > :00:20.Good evening. Latest figures from Heathrow show the airport is
:00:21. > :00:23.operating at 98% capacity ` after record passenger numbers in 2013. It
:00:24. > :00:26.once again raises the question of where new runways should be built in
:00:27. > :00:30.the South East ` something the Government's Airports Commission is
:00:31. > :00:40.currently looking at. Chris Rogers is at Heathrow with more details.
:00:41. > :00:44.Today alone, 191,000 passengers would have passed through this
:00:45. > :00:48.airport. Heathrow Limited has long argued the need for a third runway
:00:49. > :00:53.to meet increasing demand, saying the facts speak for themselves. Like
:00:54. > :00:57.all recommendations, politicians remain undecided, certain sectors of
:00:58. > :01:03.the public disapprove. Finding a solution that will keep everyone
:01:04. > :01:07.happy is all but impossible. It's the third biggest airport in
:01:08. > :01:13.the world and it's getting busier. So many passengers now use Heathrow
:01:14. > :01:17.it's simply running out of space. 72 million people used Heathrow last
:01:18. > :01:23.year, that is two million more than the year before. There were 470,000
:01:24. > :01:28.flights, just 10,000 short of its maximum capacity. Demand for air
:01:29. > :01:39.travel increases year on year on year. People are moving an awful lot
:01:40. > :01:44.more than they used to, moving abroad. The demand for London
:01:45. > :01:50.Heathrow has gone through the roof. So, the demand for air travel is
:01:51. > :01:54.there. The question is where should extra capacity be built. The Chief
:01:55. > :01:58.Executive of Heathrow wants expansion. He says the airport is
:01:59. > :02:02.good for business. It will create more jobs and boost the economy.
:02:03. > :02:06.Campaigners say the figures simply don't add up and the cost to the
:02:07. > :02:10.quality of life in London is just too great. There may well be some
:02:11. > :02:14.economic gain if a third runway is built at Heathrow. But the
:02:15. > :02:28.environmental and social costs are far too high. 125,000 people live
:02:29. > :02:33.under the Heathrow flight paths. That alone we believe should rule
:02:34. > :02:36.out any further expansion. The Government's advisers on air
:02:37. > :02:40.strategy have shortlisted proposals for new runways at Heathrow and
:02:41. > :02:52.Gatwick. But they haven't ruled out plans for a completely new airport
:02:53. > :02:59.on the so`called Boris Island. Gatwick is not the right answer. The
:03:00. > :03:03.right place for it to go, from a social and economic point of view,
:03:04. > :03:07.will be to the eastern side of the capital. Building an airport there
:03:08. > :03:11.would have a huge impact on this internationally protected marshland.
:03:12. > :03:15.The idea that all of this would need to be destroyed, would need to be
:03:16. > :03:20.removed to make it safe to fly aircraft, let alone to build an
:03:21. > :03:25.airport on top of all of this, it would be environmental vandalism. If
:03:26. > :03:31.the marshland is built on, developers would have to relocate
:03:32. > :03:34.the birds. A decision on whether Boris Island would be a
:03:35. > :03:37.fully`fledged contender will be made in September. In the second half of
:03:38. > :03:40.next year, after the general election, the Airports Commission is
:03:41. > :03:47.due to issue its final recommendations on where a new
:03:48. > :03:51.runway should be built. It is perhaps no coincidence that that
:03:52. > :03:55.final recommendation from the Airports Commission comes a long
:03:56. > :03:59.time after next year's general election. Whoever wins it still
:04:00. > :04:03.faces one of the most contentious issues in London today ` which
:04:04. > :04:08.environment do you potentially destroy? Which community do you
:04:09. > :04:12.flatten to make way for more planes? STUDIO: Thank you.
:04:13. > :04:15.There's criticism tonight of a mental health unit in the capital
:04:16. > :04:21.after it emerged that more than 200 patients, including a convicted
:04:22. > :04:23.killer, absconded. Figures from a hospital trust revealed they went
:04:24. > :04:27."absent without leave" from the medium`secure unit in Homerton over
:04:28. > :04:32.a 13`year period. Jean Mackenzie has the story.
:04:33. > :04:37.This man, Lerone Boye, was jailed for life for stabbing a 17`year`old
:04:38. > :04:41.boy to death at a party three years ago. He was sent here to the John
:04:42. > :04:45.Howard Centre in Homerton. But in October last year, he escaped and
:04:46. > :04:50.was on the run for more than three months before being caught. Now,
:04:51. > :04:55.figures obtained through a Freedom of Information Request so this case
:04:56. > :05:01.doesn't stand`alone. Over 13 years, 211 prisoners have gone absent
:05:02. > :05:07.without leave. Broken down, between 2001 and 2004, so over a three`year
:05:08. > :05:13.period, 48 patients absconded. In the five years between 2004 and
:05:14. > :05:19.2009, it was 68. In the last five years, 95 patients have gone absent
:05:20. > :05:23.without leave. A big part of the care is focussed on reintegrating
:05:24. > :05:26.them back into their communities, and that includes sending them on
:05:27. > :05:30.unaccompanied days out. If a prisoner is 30 minutes late back
:05:31. > :05:34.from one of these trips, they are recorded as an absconder. The Trust
:05:35. > :05:37.which runs this unit is keen to point out that not all these cases
:05:38. > :05:41.are of people who have chosen not to return. It says it is very careful
:05:42. > :05:46.about who is granted leave. The decision to release the patient out
:05:47. > :05:50.for the day is made after very careful consideration of risk
:05:51. > :05:54.assessment by the treating clinical teams. That is also discussed with
:05:55. > :05:58.the Ministry of Justice to make sure they agree to it and they grant the
:05:59. > :06:02.patient a number of leaves and we assess it carefully. But a leading
:06:03. > :06:05.mental health charity says it's concerned about the increasing
:06:06. > :06:09.pressure on mental health services and the impact that's having. This
:06:10. > :06:14.is the result of what has been happening over the years. The
:06:15. > :06:19.relentless closure of hospitals, the idea that people don't need to be in
:06:20. > :06:23.hospital. Some of that is right. The end result is that there are people
:06:24. > :06:27.who may not be able to live in the community or go out into the
:06:28. > :06:31.community unescorted quite as quickly as is being demanded. The
:06:32. > :06:37.concern is that these patients may not only be a risk to themselves,
:06:38. > :06:41.but also to others. That's all from me, so I'll wish you
:06:42. > :06:45.a very goodnight and hand you over to Wendy for a look at the weather.
:06:46. > :06:53.We have a mild and sometimes quite unsettled week ahead of us. There
:06:54. > :06:57.will be some decent weather. Today was a good example. We have some
:06:58. > :07:02.more rain to come tonight. A couple of hours of heavy stuff in the early
:07:03. > :07:06.hours of the morning. All of that meaning a mild night. If you wake up
:07:07. > :07:10.in the east tomorrow, you might still see a bit of cloud. Some
:07:11. > :07:14.showers dotted around elsewhere that could be a bit on the heavy side.
:07:15. > :07:18.Largely dry through the afternoon, with some sunshine, just the risk of
:07:19. > :07:24.a shower. A little bit on the breezy side, too. So mild again. Here is
:07:25. > :07:30.the outlook for you. A bit of a chilly start on Wednesday and there
:07:31. > :07:31.will be more rain overnight into Thursday.
:07:32. > :07:35.will be more rain overnight into Thursday.
:07:36. > :07:42.Good evening. We have a spell of wet and windy weather working across the
:07:43. > :07:48.British Isles. Today brought many of us some decent spells of sunshine
:07:49. > :07:53.and it brought us some decent temperatures. In fact, our warmest
:07:54. > :07:55.day of the year so far. At the moment,