:00:00. > 3:59:59soon. That is all from the BBC News at Six, goodbye from me. On BBC
:00:00. > 3:59:59Durham universities say the term "dyslexia" is used I we now
:00:00. > :00:00.Durham universities say the term we now join the BBC's news teams
:00:00. > :00:13.where you are. Goodbye. Tonight on BBC London News: The Met
:00:14. > :00:22.carries out its largest ever series of raids on a suspected criminal
:00:23. > :00:29.gang. We are using the proceeds of crime act to target this group. It
:00:30. > :00:32.targeted alleged associates of the Adams family ` a suspected north
:00:33. > :00:36.London criminal network. Also tonight: Hundreds of millions will
:00:37. > :00:43.be spent making junctions safer for cyclists and pedestrians. The people
:00:44. > :00:54.who feel their community will become an island trapped by the works for
:00:55. > :01:09.HS2. Plus, 18 years on from her 80s mega hit ` Neneh Cherry is back.
:01:10. > :01:16.Good evening and welcome to the programme. Scotland Yard says it was
:01:17. > :01:20.its biggest ever operation against a suspected criminal gang. A series of
:01:21. > :01:24.early morning raids across north London on people they believe work
:01:25. > :01:28.with the Adams family ` alleged to be a criminal network. 200 officers
:01:29. > :01:31.were involved and 15 people were arrested on suspicion of money
:01:32. > :01:34.laundering, fraud and conspiracy to assault. Our reporter, Nick Beake,
:01:35. > :01:47.joined the police operation in the early hours. 5am, Highgate, nvrt
:01:48. > :01:51.London a secret operation, months in the planning is coming to a head.
:01:52. > :01:59.Much of the capital is still sleeping. Including here. Not for
:02:00. > :02:06.much longer. Go, go, go! As the police pile in, a dog escapes and
:02:07. > :02:11.disappears through the deserted streets. Inside, a detailed search
:02:12. > :02:17.is under way. The police have been inside for about five minutes.
:02:18. > :02:23.They're looking for cash, passports and any documentation. This is one
:02:24. > :02:27.of 20 locations they're raiding. The Met say they're hitting a group they
:02:28. > :02:31.suspect of being one of the country's longest established
:02:32. > :02:35.organised crime gangs. The police haven't named them, but it is
:02:36. > :02:41.believed they're the Adams family, said to be one of the most feared
:02:42. > :02:46.crime families during the 80s and 90s. They say accountants and
:02:47. > :02:53.property developers were among those taken into custody after police
:02:54. > :02:56.followed a money trail. We are using the Proceeds of Crime Act to seize
:02:57. > :03:01.their assets. Assets that we have have heaped misery on to
:03:02. > :03:06.communities. We will look at the high value goods, property, vehicles
:03:07. > :03:12.and cash in particular. Police say in the past 24 hours 200 police
:03:13. > :03:19.officers have seized firearms, expensive watches and around
:03:20. > :03:23.?150,000 in cash. Among those arrested today a 57`year`old man and
:03:24. > :03:28.his wife. He was detained on suspicion of money laundering. Back
:03:29. > :03:33.in Highgate, a suspect is brought out and taken away for questioning.
:03:34. > :03:38.So far no one arrested has been charged. But the police claim this
:03:39. > :03:47.represents an important moment in their ongoing fight against
:03:48. > :03:51.organised crime. Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Guy Smith, joins us.
:03:52. > :03:54.The Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan`Howe has made clear he's
:03:55. > :03:57.taking a tough stance over criminal gangs and the money they make from
:03:58. > :03:59.crimes. Thirty of London's worst junctions
:04:00. > :04:07.Yes they were talking about creating a more hostile climate for
:04:08. > :04:11.criminals. It was hoped the Proceeds of Crime Act which came into effect
:04:12. > :04:14.more than ten years would send out a message that crime doesn't pay and
:04:15. > :04:18.hit the criminal where it hurts in the pocket, bankrupting them, by
:04:19. > :04:23.stripping them of their illegal assets. There has been criticism
:04:24. > :04:28.that it has not BP working. `` has not been working, because criminals
:04:29. > :04:32.have clever lawyers and they appeal against their assets being seized
:04:33. > :04:37.and sometimes recovering the assets is actually costing more than the
:04:38. > :04:46.actual value of the assets. The Met Office say they have o' `` Met say
:04:47. > :04:52.they have had success and seized ?62 million in London. They said they
:04:53. > :04:56.were raiding offices, solicitors' offices and financial services,
:04:57. > :05:02.suspected of having links to the Met, links to what the Met claims to
:05:03. > :05:07.be one of London's most high`profile organised crime gangs. 15 suspects
:05:08. > :05:13.were arrested. It is 12 months of an investigation and what has been
:05:14. > :05:18.described as painstaking work and that is still ongoing. Thank you.
:05:19. > :05:32.Stay us with. A lot more to come. Including: Could the former king of
:05:33. > :05:36.Stamford Bridge stop Chelsea here in Istanbul. 30 of London's worst
:05:37. > :05:44.junctions for cyclists and pedestrians will be transformed to
:05:45. > :05:47.make them safer. ?300 million will be spent ripping out some of the
:05:48. > :05:50.capital's most famous roundabouts and gyratory systems. Tarah Welsh is
:05:51. > :05:53.at Elephant and Castle with the details. Across London, 33 junctions
:05:54. > :05:58.will be transformed in a bid to make cycling safer in the capital. This
:05:59. > :06:03.is part of major's vision to make cycling safer. This announcement
:06:04. > :06:11.means the end for what Boris Johnson describes as relics of 60s `
:06:12. > :06:15.London's biggest and nasiest road `` nasiest road junctions. This is at
:06:16. > :06:20.Elephant and Castle. You will know it is difficult to negotiate as a
:06:21. > :06:26.driver. But if you're on a bike it can be dangerous. There are already
:06:27. > :06:30.plans to regenerate the area, but today the mayor said this would be
:06:31. > :06:38.one of the junctions that would be ripped up and made safer. There is a
:06:39. > :06:45.?300 million programme to improve safety and to improve the lives of
:06:46. > :06:53.cyclists and pedestrians at Archway and Aldgate, Swiss Cottage,
:06:54. > :07:02.Wandsworth among other places. So what we know that across London 33
:07:03. > :07:06.junctions will be transformed. The round about here in Elephant and
:07:07. > :07:10.Castle will be removed. This is the location which has the highest
:07:11. > :07:18.cyclist casualty rate in London. Now, in other areas like Archway,
:07:19. > :07:26.Aldgate, Swiss Cottage and Wandsworth, the gyratory systems
:07:27. > :07:32.will be replaced. What have campaigners said about this? Well
:07:33. > :07:36.the London cycle campaign has welcomed this and say they have been
:07:37. > :07:39.protesting for a long time to get something like this in place and say
:07:40. > :07:46.it is a step in the right direction. But there has been some criticism of
:07:47. > :07:50.the mayor today. There is over 80 junctions that were previously
:07:51. > :07:54.identified as danger hotspots in London, that aren't being included
:07:55. > :07:59.and if the mayor hadn't been underspending on his cycling budget
:08:00. > :08:02.each year, it is up to ?150 million underspend, that money could have
:08:03. > :08:09.been used to get on with the work and we could have had all those
:08:10. > :08:15.junctions made safe by now. City hall has responded to that today by
:08:16. > :08:19.saying yes, there was a longer list of areas that needed improvement,
:08:20. > :08:23.but it won'ted to `` wanted to concentrate on the most problematic
:08:24. > :08:27.areas and it would still be spending money to upgrade other locations.
:08:28. > :08:32.Now it is difficult to scrutinise the plans, because there is not much
:08:33. > :08:39.detail released. But we will expect that next month. Thank you. The
:08:40. > :08:43.Attorney General is considering whether to review the four`year
:08:44. > :08:45.sentence given to a man from south London who killed a 40`year`old with
:08:46. > :08:48.a single punch. The unprovoked assault which took place in
:08:49. > :08:52.Bournemouth last November was caught on CCTV. The family of the victim `
:08:53. > :08:54.who suffered a head injury and died in hospital ` said the sentence was
:08:55. > :09:07."an absolute joke". Chris Rogers reports. Caught on camera, a good
:09:08. > :09:13.Samaritan act that would cost this man his life. The 40`year`old, who
:09:14. > :09:18.offers from a form of autism challenges a man for cycling on the
:09:19. > :09:25.pavement. Mr Young had the social skills of a 14`year`old due to his
:09:26. > :09:30.condition. The cyclist Lewis Gill issues a single punch and his victim
:09:31. > :09:37.falls and later dies from his injuries. Lewis Gill pleaded g
:09:38. > :09:41.guilty to manslaughter. The sentence was branded a joke by the man's
:09:42. > :09:47.family and much of the press back him. Gill was no stranger to the
:09:48. > :09:53.police and was handed an extra six months for handling stolen goods and
:09:54. > :10:08.breaching a suspended sentence order. Andrew Young's mother said:
:10:09. > :10:14.You have to be careful about forming a view about a case when you have
:10:15. > :10:17.not sat through it and defend the judges who have done so. In this
:10:18. > :10:22.particular case, I think it is right that the Attorney General and he is
:10:23. > :10:26.considers whether this sentence is too lenient. Reviews of sentences by
:10:27. > :10:30.the Attorney General are not rare. Only one complaint has required to
:10:31. > :10:37.trigger the process. But at a time the Government is promising tougher
:10:38. > :10:59.sentencing, dozens of complaints were made about this case within a
:11:00. > :11:03.few hours. The consultation on the impact of the high speed rail act
:11:04. > :11:14.will end tomorrow and many fear there will be no compensation. At
:11:15. > :11:18.ice road, some of the homes were built for railway workers, but
:11:19. > :11:27.residents fear a new railway is the threat. It is an island right in the
:11:28. > :11:32.middle of the H 16789 2 construct `` HS2 construction. They would be
:11:33. > :11:38.based by the station. Here they fear years of disruption and blight with
:11:39. > :11:45.no compensation. We haven't been recognised as a special case, so we
:11:46. > :11:51.have no compensation if we need to or are forced to move out of our
:11:52. > :11:57.homes. So our homes are devalued by a half if not two thirds of the
:11:58. > :12:02.market rate. Old oak common will be one of the main stations for HS2 and
:12:03. > :12:07.the tunnels to the north will come under here. The residents can't
:12:08. > :12:12.believe that at the moment there is no mechanism for compensation. And
:12:13. > :12:16.they feel like they have been forgotten about. High speed two will
:12:17. > :12:24.reduce journey times to the north and cost over ?40 billion. Its
:12:25. > :12:29.supporters say it will provide extra rail Ca pas pi. But here transport
:12:30. > :12:35.bosses say there will be much needed regeneration and those directly
:12:36. > :12:40.affected will be compensated fairly. Residents are not expecting any and
:12:41. > :12:47.want mitigation. We think we have been overlooked in this and the high
:12:48. > :12:50.speed two machine has gone on and come hurtling towards us and
:12:51. > :12:53.nobody's been taking any notice of us. Tomorrow is the last day
:12:54. > :12:58.communities can comment on the the environmental impact of the project.
:12:59. > :13:08.There will though be many more battles ahead between supporters and
:13:09. > :13:14.opponents of HS2. He won the league, the FA Cup and the Champions League
:13:15. > :13:23.as a Chelsea play, but tonight drog Troggs faces his `` but tonight
:13:24. > :13:34.Didier Drogba faces his his old team in Istanbul. In the city that is the
:13:35. > :13:39.gate way to the east, the former king of Stamford Bridge stands in
:13:40. > :13:45.the way of Chelsea. That man is Didier Drogba. The striker fired
:13:46. > :13:51.dhels to three league titles and his last Chelsea kick brought the prize
:13:52. > :13:55.Roman Abramovich coveted most ` the Champions League. That was two years
:13:56. > :14:02.ago. But wait, even here the old king already has now followers with
:14:03. > :14:07.Galatasaray. Last night there were reports of incidents between Chelsea
:14:08. > :14:12.and Galatasaray fans. And the club have issued warnings for fans to
:14:13. > :14:17.take care. I met up with one fan who was caught up in an incident. He
:14:18. > :14:22.described by approached by a group of 20 men and being stabbed with a
:14:23. > :14:26.small object. He wasn't Serce usely `` seriously injured. Jose Mourinho
:14:27. > :14:31.batted off questions on comments he made about his current strike force.
:14:32. > :14:35.They don't score goals and he isn't just of their ages he joked in
:14:36. > :14:41.private. But on his former leading man. Will bit emotional for you
:14:42. > :14:45.coming up against Didier Drogba? It is a strange feeling, I know before
:14:46. > :14:52.the game. Even during the game sometimes you look and when you have
:14:53. > :14:56.this players, the situation and I have had many others in other teams.
:14:57. > :15:00.But during the game you have to do your job. You do the best you can.
:15:01. > :15:09.We want to win. They want to win. It seems there is still mutual respect.
:15:10. > :15:15.When somebody who is that important looks at you. As a friend because
:15:16. > :15:20.you respect him. You forget about the special one, you forget about
:15:21. > :15:28.the striker or something like this. Fond memories then. These supporters
:15:29. > :15:38.are just focussed on the game and sense victory. I reckon 2`1 Chelsea.
:15:39. > :15:42.But Drogba will score. We have a good chance of winning or getting a
:15:43. > :15:46.draw. The important thing is to score. Chelsea are the favourites
:15:47. > :15:51.going into the match, but in a city which has seen the rise and fall of
:15:52. > :16:04.four civilisation, Galatasaray feel they have the weight of history op v
:16:05. > :16:09.on their side. This year marks a century since the start of the First
:16:10. > :16:12.World War. BBC London has teamed up with the Imperial War Museums to
:16:13. > :16:16.unearth the local stories from the global conflict. Continuing our
:16:17. > :16:22.World War I at home series, tonight, the story of how one of the most
:16:23. > :16:25.unlikely of suburbs made its own mark on history. Author and
:16:26. > :16:30.historian, Christy Campbell explains. It's the small London
:16:31. > :16:35.suburb, once home to the British Army's biggest secret. A secret that
:16:36. > :16:41.would cause the hillside here to tremble and the very sky above to
:16:42. > :16:48.reverberate with a mighty mechanical roar. Who might have guessed there
:16:49. > :16:55.would have been a rise of a new kind of fighting machine. One that could
:16:56. > :17:03.deflect bullets, crash through bashed wire and go over trenches,
:17:04. > :17:08.the tank. An iron monster, breathing fire and ex`hailing bullets and
:17:09. > :17:14.shells, hurling itself against the enemy. The race was on to create a
:17:15. > :17:20.more effective fighting machine. One that would break the stalemate of
:17:21. > :17:28.trench warfare and win the war. So, it was right here where the supply
:17:29. > :17:36.department secretliest itted their new machines in mock German trenches
:17:37. > :17:46.and mine fields. `` secretly. There was a stream of drivers to serve the
:17:47. > :17:53.corps. The tank's engine was the same that powered the London B`type
:17:54. > :18:02.bus, that is why the crews called their machines, buses. In the
:18:03. > :18:06.reservoir was tested an am fishious one, the Mark 9. There was a plan
:18:07. > :18:10.that this swimming tank would be part of an army of thousands of
:18:11. > :18:18.unstoppable tanks to be unleashed in a spring offensive in 1919. The aim
:18:19. > :18:27.to cross the river and advance all the way to Berlin. The number of
:18:28. > :18:32.tanks required by May 1919 is 2,000. There is every prospects of ending
:18:33. > :18:38.the war. The plan never saw the light of day. The armistice in
:18:39. > :18:47.November 1918 saw the end to the conflict. The site was dismanteled.
:18:48. > :18:51.Within months, all clues that Dollis Hill was once at the centre of
:18:52. > :18:55.developing tanks, fighting machines that would subsequently change the
:18:56. > :19:02.nature of warfare for ever, had disappeared. Well, almost. You can
:19:03. > :19:11.find out more about the impact of the Great War on the welcome site,
:19:12. > :19:15.bbc.co.uk/ww1. She exploded onto the UK music scene in the late 80s with
:19:16. > :19:19.hits like Buffalo Stance and Manchild. Now BRIT Award`winning
:19:20. > :19:23.singer, Neneh Cherry, is back after nearly two decades out of the
:19:24. > :19:28.limelight. Performing in Shoreditch tonight as much of her new album was
:19:29. > :19:31.produced in East London. She has been speaking to Brenda Emmanus
:19:32. > :19:43.about that and about what triggered her return. It's a new sound, but
:19:44. > :19:48.the same old maverick spirit, Neneh Cherry, the woman who brought a
:19:49. > :19:53.fresh hip`hop sound to British pop in the 80s and 90s returns to the
:19:54. > :20:00.Limelight following an 18 year hiatus. Where have you been? Where
:20:01. > :20:04.have you been? Everybody is asking where I've been. I've been in my
:20:05. > :20:12.life, you know, in a different way. I needed time. I wanted to look
:20:13. > :20:16.after my daughters. I wanted to keep growing and going in the right
:20:17. > :20:26.direction with my creativity and my music. She has been collaborating
:20:27. > :20:30.with other artists while remaining out of the spotlight. It was the
:20:31. > :20:34.death of her mother that triggered Neneh Cherry's return as a solo
:20:35. > :20:39.performer with her album Blank Project. I have my family, amazing
:20:40. > :20:43.friends, people that are there, there was just that thing that only
:20:44. > :20:52.I could kind of make better. The way that I do that is with my work.
:20:53. > :20:56.After years in pop bands it was Neneh Cherry in urban attire and
:20:57. > :21:00.seven months pregnant on Top of the Pops that led to her mainstream
:21:01. > :21:04.breakthrough. It's a way of not going out of my way to Mick a
:21:05. > :21:12.statement, I sure wasn't going to hide it. `` make. Despite her
:21:13. > :21:16.international lifestyle and career, she feels strongly connected to the
:21:17. > :21:23.capital. I mean, I have my best friends, my family, children, the
:21:24. > :21:31.grandchild here and with the music and stuff it's where it all, sort
:21:32. > :21:35.of, seems to grow from. If I could look back at where I would have
:21:36. > :21:39.dreamed that I could be just before I was turning 50. I would kind of
:21:40. > :21:50.maybe hope that creatively I would be where I am now. It feels right.
:21:51. > :21:54.Brenda Emmanus, BBC London News. 60 years ago a man from London did what
:21:55. > :21:58.many believed wasn't humanly possible, running a mile in under
:21:59. > :22:03.four minutes. Now, a one`mile race in Westminster is being officially
:22:04. > :22:07.dedicated to Sir Roger Bannister ban to mark the anniversary of his
:22:08. > :22:12.record. He says he is humbled by the gesture and if one school child
:22:13. > :22:18.takes up running as a ult are, he will be very happy. It was one of
:22:19. > :22:23.the biggest mile stones in sport when Roger Bannister, born and bred
:22:24. > :22:28.in harrow, did the unthinkable in 1954, running a mile in under four
:22:29. > :22:35.minutes. 60 years on, he is back where he trained for that
:22:36. > :22:40.achievement and remembers his father taking him to see a race at the Old
:22:41. > :22:44.White City Stadium. That was a moment of inspiration that I felt
:22:45. > :22:50.that was what I wanted to do. The mile race is so perfect, in that
:22:51. > :22:56.it's short enough never to be boring, but it's long enough to be
:22:57. > :23:01.tactical, in a sense you wait and you watch and watch each runner and
:23:02. > :23:04.guess how much finish they have left, according to the way in which
:23:05. > :23:10.the race has been run. That's so exciting. It's like a sort of unity,
:23:11. > :23:16.almost takes you back to the concept of a Greek play. It was announced
:23:17. > :23:26.today the Bpa Westminster Mile will be held in May to mark the 60th an
:23:27. > :23:30.anniversary. David Weir will try to finish in less than three minutes.
:23:31. > :23:35.He is a part of history. What has it been like meeting the man today?
:23:36. > :23:38.Amazing. You know, he has that aura around him. What did he say to you
:23:39. > :23:42.about breaking that record? He said, I can do it. He said, believe in
:23:43. > :23:45.yourself and you can do it. That's the kind of support he has been
:23:46. > :23:53.giving to Westminster's school children too. All I would ask is
:23:54. > :24:01.that there are those who will meet me, like the children today, and
:24:02. > :24:05.even if one of those feels a real determination to become a runner,
:24:06. > :24:10.then I would be satisfied. A humble man who was only a part`time
:24:11. > :24:23.athlete, but who is still a huge inspiration. Humble but what a
:24:24. > :24:28.legend. It's time for a check on the weather We have a tricky low
:24:29. > :24:31.pressure system for Friday. We have definitely conditions turning colder
:24:32. > :24:36.as we end the week and it looks like we will have wet and windy weather
:24:37. > :24:39.as well. Just how much of the wet and windy weather we will get
:24:40. > :24:43.depends on the low pressure system. It tracks west to east across the
:24:44. > :24:47.south of the UK. If it's further north we will get strong gusty winds
:24:48. > :24:51.as the rain goes through. That the will go through early Friday
:24:52. > :24:56.morning. Wrapped around it outbreaks of rain that could turn a little bit
:24:57. > :24:59.on the wintry side. Sleet mixed in, falling over higher ground
:25:00. > :25:03.especially as that low pressure system moves eastwards. One we have
:25:04. > :25:08.to watch through the day on Friday. The and, as I say, it keeps changing
:25:09. > :25:10.its mind. It is us custodying a the lo of headache at the moment. The
:25:11. > :25:14.next 24`hours not quite so difficult. One or two showers likely
:25:15. > :25:18.through the next few hours, over night it becomes dry, there will be
:25:19. > :25:21.plenty of clear sky to begin with. The wind will be picking up all the
:25:22. > :25:25.time. The cloud will come from the west. Eventually, through the early
:25:26. > :25:27.hours of the morning being we will have another spell of rain. This
:25:28. > :25:32.could be quite heavy. It won't hang around for too long. A good couple
:25:33. > :25:37.of hours. Temperatures down to four to six degrees Celsius. If you are
:25:38. > :25:40.up early tomorrow and getting around about London and the Home Counties
:25:41. > :25:44.you might see the rain before it moves away. There will be decent
:25:45. > :25:48.spells of sunshine. It will be blustery. Towards the evening's
:25:49. > :25:53.rush`hour tomorrow we will get heavy showers being swept in on that
:25:54. > :25:58.breeze. Temperatures 10`11 degrees Celsius. Some of the showers may be
:25:59. > :26:02.on the heavy side. Friday, heavy rain, we will have to watch that.
:26:03. > :26:06.Chillier than we had this week through Saturday as well. Settles
:26:07. > :26:12.down on Sunday, some sunshine then. Thank you very much The main
:26:13. > :26:16.headlines now. Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale were sentenced to
:26:17. > :26:20.life in prison today for the murder of soldier Lee Rigby outside
:26:21. > :26:25.Woolwich Barracks. The pair were involved in violent scuffles in the
:26:26. > :26:27.dock and had to be pinned down by guards. Northern Ireland's First
:26:28. > :26:32.Minister, Peter Robinson, is threatening to resign unless there's
:26:33. > :26:37.a judicial inquiry into the secret letters sent to paramilitaries that
:26:38. > :26:42.caused the IRA Hyde Park bomb prosecution to collapse. The Co`op
:26:43. > :26:47.is set to announce a ?2 billion shortfall. That's the biggest in its
:26:48. > :26:51.history. Up to 15 farms and hundreds ever pharmacies could be sold off to
:26:52. > :26:55.help. The Met's carried out its largest ever series of raids on a
:26:56. > :26:59.suspected criminal gang. It targeted alleged associates of the Adams
:27:00. > :27:03.family, who are said to be a criminal network, earlier this
:27:04. > :27:07.morning. More on the stories on our website. Chris Rogers will be back
:27:08. > :27:09.with our late news. Thank you very much for watching. Do have a lovely
:27:10. > :27:12.evening, goodbye.