:00:00. > :00:15.-- treasured past. There is a first look at
:00:16. > :00:24.Good evening. Criticism over bankers' bonuses has resurf`ced
:00:25. > :00:29.after The Royal Bank of Scotland announced it was paying nearly 600
:00:30. > :00:36.million in bonuses despite the bank making annual losses of just over ?8
:00:37. > :00:40.billion. The MEP who pushed through European legislation to curb bonuses
:00:41. > :00:49.has compared bankers to drug dealers and says the city is better off
:00:50. > :00:53.without the bonus culture. This is a picture postcard
:00:54. > :01:00.brussels, the square in the centre of the old town has been attracting
:01:01. > :01:05.visitors for centuries. It hs as popular as ever. Once the hdart of
:01:06. > :01:09.the city's power, it is now the heart of the tourist trade. Some
:01:10. > :01:14.parts of Brussels have not `lways been popular, particularly hn
:01:15. > :01:17.England. We are here at the European Parliament and it is legisl`tion
:01:18. > :01:23.past year that could soon bd hitting the pockets of the wealthiest in
:01:24. > :01:27.London. They will be the people in the city, because laws across the
:01:28. > :01:38.Channel have curb bankers' bonuses in Britain. London is a citx like no
:01:39. > :01:43.other. I would doubt that bonus limitations would be enough of an
:01:44. > :01:50.incentive to huge chunks of the industry moving out. Then again you
:01:51. > :01:54.have to decide. Sorry for the comparison, but if drug dealers are
:01:55. > :02:02.infesting my neighbourhood, when they move out, I will not complain.
:02:03. > :02:07.This is Ross McEwan, the chhef executive at RBS, the bank largely
:02:08. > :02:13.owned by the taxpayer that lost more than ?8 billion last year. Ht pay
:02:14. > :02:18.bonuses to its staff of mord than half ?1 million, justified, says the
:02:19. > :02:23.boss, to keep the talent in the capital. I cannot afford to have my
:02:24. > :02:29.mortgage advisers are walking away, I cannot afford to lose those who
:02:30. > :02:37.work with corporate customers to go elsewhere because I cannot pay them.
:02:38. > :02:43.The city as 20 by billion pounds to the London economy. We live in a
:02:44. > :02:48.globally competitive world `nd you will not be surprised to he`r that
:02:49. > :02:53.places like the US and Asia are not following your's lead on thhs
:02:54. > :03:00.because you have to pay for top talent. What do you want me to do?
:03:01. > :03:05.Can we act on the mindset? That is a hard thing to do. Greed is not
:03:06. > :03:10.something you can eliminate through legal ways. It will take more than
:03:11. > :03:17.visits from top bankers to help mend the industry's image. They know the
:03:18. > :03:22.public and politicians are watching. I wrote in Kennington in sotth
:03:23. > :03:26.London has been flooded aftdr a large water main burst. London Fire
:03:27. > :03:31.Brigade has been unable to confirm whether or not it is a sewage pipe.
:03:32. > :03:36.Part of Clapham Road has bedn closed. Our reporter is there for us
:03:37. > :03:40.now. The water is coming from three holes
:03:41. > :03:46.in the middle of the road. Ht is believed to be caused by a burst
:03:47. > :03:51.pipe. The road looks like a river, the road is completely covered and
:03:52. > :03:57.there is a police cordon here. It goes on for about 400 metres. The
:03:58. > :04:01.Fire Brigade are here as well and they have been giving out s`ndbags
:04:02. > :04:07.to residents who live in basement flats because the concern is there
:04:08. > :04:12.is sewage in this water. People have been told to stay in their homes,
:04:13. > :04:16.but people who are not in their homes cannot get through thd cord
:04:17. > :04:21.on. The emergency services `nd the water board are meeting to try and
:04:22. > :04:25.resolve this. The Metropolitan police has been questioned over
:04:26. > :04:29.plans to buy water cannon ftnded by the Mayor.
:04:30. > :04:33.A report by the London Asselbly argues there is not a strong enough
:04:34. > :04:37.case for their use and is urging the decision to be delayed until the
:04:38. > :04:43.Home Secretary says it can be used across the country.
:04:44. > :04:47.Contradictory and unconvinchng, that is the damning verdict on the case
:04:48. > :04:52.for these to be used in London. Once upon a time the Mayor agreed. We do
:04:53. > :05:00.not have water cannons and rubber bullets. Do you think we should I
:05:01. > :05:06.would be most unhappy to sed us go that way. He has been one around to
:05:07. > :05:12.buying second`hand water cannon He says there are a couple of hncidents
:05:13. > :05:17.is a year when they can be tsed For decades now we have had peaceful
:05:18. > :05:24.protests. We have had this order, but what happened in the 2001 riots
:05:25. > :05:28.has showed that what the police got wrong was their tactics, thdy did
:05:29. > :05:32.not have the intelligence and they did not get officers on the ground
:05:33. > :05:36.quick enough. The Met says they have learnt from that and if thex have,
:05:37. > :05:42.they should not need water cannon. The riot many believe showed up how
:05:43. > :05:47.water cannon is an out of d`te tactic. The riots may have started
:05:48. > :05:53.here, but they spread to other parts of London, organised using social
:05:54. > :05:58.media. There are doubts over whether a slow, cumbersome, heavy phece of
:05:59. > :06:03.kit like a water cannon would be much use. In Tottenham todax, a
:06:04. > :06:09.community event aimed at engaging the young Londoners and manx people
:06:10. > :06:17.feel this is worth money should be invested. Is better. It is not great
:06:18. > :06:23.to think that would be used on the streets of London. Where yot have a
:06:24. > :06:27.violent mob with petrol bombs being thrown and paving stones behng
:06:28. > :06:31.broken up and thrown at polhce, where it is very intense, on those
:06:32. > :06:38.rare occasions it is import`nt the police should have that fachlity. It
:06:39. > :06:44.is a resource everyone hopes would be rarely seen or used, so hs it
:06:45. > :06:51.worth having? Now it is over to Elizabeth for the weather.
:06:52. > :06:57.We have had sightings of thd Northern lights over parts of Essex
:06:58. > :07:02.because it is so clear. But it is not going to stay that way for very
:07:03. > :07:07.long. It could turn a bit whntry over the higher ground, particularly
:07:08. > :07:15.over the Chilterns. A rather cold night. It will stay chilly tomorrow
:07:16. > :07:20.as well. There will be more outbreaks of rain, particul`rly in
:07:21. > :07:27.the rush hours. A cold, grex field to things, feeling raw and we could
:07:28. > :07:32.see sleep around as well. It is not looking too bad at the weekdnd.
:07:33. > :07:42.looking too bad at the weekend. Bash Street. I have got some wintry
:07:43. > :07:47.weather to talk about tonight and that has been a rare occurrence
:07:48. > :07:52.during this current winter. There will be a touch of frost and it
:07:53. > :07:55.could lead to icy patches across Northern Ireland and south-west
:07:56. > :07:59.Scotland. There is snow in the forecast as well. The Northern
:08:00. > :08:06.lights have been making an appearance in the evening. They had
:08:07. > :08:11.been reported in Essex and reporters in south Wales as well. But the
:08:12. > :08:16.light show is coming to an end as this arrives. This will be quite
:08:17. > :08:21.lively in the South West with strong gusts of wind in Cornwall and the
:08:22. > :08:26.Isles of Scilly. Further north the winds are lighter and it brings the
:08:27. > :08:31.risk of ice. In the South temperatures stay above freezing. We
:08:32. > :08:36.will be seeing rain as that weather system pushes in. As you can see
:08:37. > :08:38.there will be a bit of snow, but