:00:00. > :00:00.Yard's handling of the case. That's all from the BBC News at Six, so
:00:00. > :00:13.it's goodbye from me. On BBC One we now join the BBC's news teals where
:00:14. > :00:17.you are. Tonight, the damning review into the allegations of corruption.
:00:18. > :00:21.The deputy mayor for policing says the force needs to earn the
:00:22. > :00:25.confidence of Londoners. It's very important that The Met can come to
:00:26. > :00:32.terms with the past but also that we secure the future, we need ht police
:00:33. > :00:41.had all Londoners can have trust in. We speak to The Met police `nd the
:00:42. > :00:44.brother of Stephen Lawrence. Calls for changes to the way anim`ls are
:00:45. > :00:47.slaughtered for religious rdasons ` we get reaction from Londondrs
:00:48. > :00:50.buying and selling kosher and halal meat. Plus the bad smell th`t won't
:00:51. > :00:53.go away. Complaints of a lingering problem at a landfill site hn
:00:54. > :01:01.Surrey. And: Prince Harry l`unches a sporting competition in London for
:01:02. > :01:05.injured members of the armed forces. Sport is proven to have a htgely
:01:06. > :01:16.positive effect on the rehabilitation of these guys.
:01:17. > :01:23.Good evening and welcome to the programme. Public confidencd in the
:01:24. > :01:25.Metropolitan Police could bd seriously harmed after the
:01:26. > :01:28.announcement by the Home Secretary that there's to be a public inquiry
:01:29. > :01:31.into the work of undercover officers. That was the view of the
:01:32. > :01:34.Mayor this afternoon after dvidence of police corruption in the Stephen
:01:35. > :01:37.Lawrence murder case came to light, in a damning review of Scotland
:01:38. > :01:40.Yard's handling of the case. In a moment we'll hear from the police
:01:41. > :01:48.and from Stephen Lawrence's brother. But first, here's our Polithcal
:01:49. > :01:51.Correspondent, Karl Mercer. For more than 20 years, the Lawrence
:01:52. > :01:57.family have battled on. In the early days, flowers were left at the spot
:01:58. > :02:00.where their son was murdered. The message on the card reads "Justice
:02:01. > :02:03.will be done". Today another example of why they feel it still h`sn't
:02:04. > :02:09.been. A public enquiry annotnced into undercover policing and alleged
:02:10. > :02:12.corruption at The Met. People will lose faith if they try to do
:02:13. > :02:19.undercover and discredit thd family who love their child. I still have
:02:20. > :02:22.faith in the police. They try to hide a lot of things, The Mdt, I
:02:23. > :02:26.don't know what's going on there either! The Home Secretary hope the
:02:27. > :02:32.judge`led inquiry will find out exactly what has been going on. In
:02:33. > :02:37.policing as in other areas, the problems of the past have a danger
:02:38. > :02:42.of endangering the presence. Policing stands damaged tod`y. Trust
:02:43. > :02:47.and confidence in the mesh Brighton police and policing more generally
:02:48. > :02:50.is vital. That trust has taken a few knocks over the past year or so The
:02:51. > :02:55."plebgate" row that saw an officer jailed. Revelations about undercover
:02:56. > :03:02.officers having relationships with protestors. And concerns ovdr
:03:03. > :03:08.inaccurate crime figures. Almost every day that you open a ndwspaper,
:03:09. > :03:11.there is another story about the Metropolitan police. The Met's
:03:12. > :03:14.commissioner Bernard Hogan Howe has recognised his force's reputation
:03:15. > :03:21.has taken a hit. This was hhm last September. I want Londoners to love,
:03:22. > :03:24.respect and be proud of thel met. That task will be made harddr by
:03:25. > :03:29.today's report. The public hnquiry that follows will be equallx
:03:30. > :03:34.difficult. The Independent Dllison Review has some serious and damaging
:03:35. > :03:38.findings, we need to move qtickly to a public enquiry, digest thd report,
:03:39. > :03:42.and it is essential that Thd Met comes to terms with the past but
:03:43. > :03:45.also that we secure the futtre and ensure that there is a propdr
:03:46. > :03:48.oversight of undercover polhce officers. That will be the bare
:03:49. > :03:53.minimum expected of the new enquiry if The Met's reputation is to be
:03:54. > :03:56.restored. Well a little earlier I spoke to Deputy Commissioner Craig
:03:57. > :04:03.Mackey from the Metropolitan Police and asked him what his reaction was
:04:04. > :04:07.to the findings of today's report? Like everyone, we were sadddned by
:04:08. > :04:11.what we heard today. We can understand the impact that this has
:04:12. > :04:16.had on the people of London. At the heart of what we do is keephng the
:04:17. > :04:22.trust and confidence of the 8.4 million people of London who we
:04:23. > :04:24.serve, and my thoughts, at ` personal level and professional
:04:25. > :04:30.level, were absolutely with the Lawrence family and Duwayne Brooks.
:04:31. > :04:36.He mentioned that it is important for Londoners to have trust and
:04:37. > :04:39.respect for the police, the mayor has echoed those thoughts. How do
:04:40. > :04:44.you plan on reassuring Londoners today? In terms of the two reports
:04:45. > :04:52.published, in the report were published this afternoon, the
:04:53. > :04:55.investigation which is run by an officer from Derbyshire, we have
:04:56. > :04:59.been open and transparent in terms of what we have been doing, the
:05:00. > :05:04.scale of the investigation `nd the fact that this looking at 40 years
:05:05. > :05:08.worth of activity. It's quite shocking that some of these lapses
:05:09. > :05:15.of judgement are fairly recdnt. Key evidence in investigations hnto
:05:16. > :05:20.police corruption was the stbject of mass shredding in 2003. Also, hard
:05:21. > :05:28.drive containing relevant d`ta took a year to find it was only found in
:05:29. > :05:33.2013. In recent day shredding, it is one of the issues we will look at.
:05:34. > :05:39.Like everyone, we only got that report today. So there are things to
:05:40. > :05:43.do to look at, but finding data information over a 40 year history
:05:44. > :05:51.is a challenge for any organisation. What is your lessage
:05:52. > :05:54.to the Lawrence family tonight? I am not good do personal messagds over
:05:55. > :05:57.the television, there will be opportunities to speak to them in
:05:58. > :06:02.the days and weeks ahead, btt by message to Londoners is, we are open
:06:03. > :06:06.and transparent in finding out what took place, what went on, what we
:06:07. > :06:13.can learn from it and putting in context what we have done shnce
:06:14. > :06:16.Listing to that in joining le now is Stephen Lawrence's brother Stuart
:06:17. > :06:23.and the solicitor for Doreen Lawrence, Imran Khan. We he`rd him
:06:24. > :06:26.say that they will speak to your family in the days and weeks to
:06:27. > :06:29.come. What do you hope to hdar from The Met? Is there anything they
:06:30. > :06:39.could say to make today's fhndings more palatable? No. To me
:06:40. > :06:43.personally, I don't think so. I have tried to keep an open mind `s much
:06:44. > :06:48.as possible, my whole familx has, and this is just another re`son why
:06:49. > :06:54.we can't trust the police, we can't have any faith in the policd. We
:06:55. > :06:57.have been here before on a number of investigations and enquiries to find
:06:58. > :07:01.out what has happened, and back then we didn't get to the truth. We have
:07:02. > :07:05.got a bit more of the truth today but how much more is there to come
:07:06. > :07:10.out? How much more than tryhng to hide from us? We heard the
:07:11. > :07:15.commissioner said only way to have trust and integrity is to bd open
:07:16. > :07:21.and transparent about the p`st. You feel they are doing that in some way
:07:22. > :07:25.now? Why have we waited unthl now to be told the truth? I thought through
:07:26. > :07:28.the McPherson enquiry that they would tell the truth then, `nd we
:07:29. > :07:34.could find some closure and moved on. We celebrated the 15 ye`rs of
:07:35. > :07:39.the McPherson report last wdek, and this week, we are here again,
:07:40. > :07:45.hearing more revelations, fhnding out more different things h`ve
:07:46. > :07:49.happened. Can I ask you, wh`t do you make of this judge led publhc
:07:50. > :07:52.enquiry announced today? I think it's the only thing that will
:07:53. > :07:59.provide some sort of closurd. We hope that this time, the police are
:08:00. > :08:04.going to keep their promises to cooperate and provide all they can.
:08:05. > :08:08.But as he Stuart says, how can we have trust? That is one of the
:08:09. > :08:13.reasons the Home Secretary hs ordering that, that an enquhry can
:08:14. > :08:18.produce all the documents ndcessary, to have a transparent process and
:08:19. > :08:21.cover as much of the historx as we can. We don't want another two or
:08:22. > :08:27.three years of the family fhghting to justice and finding out they were
:08:28. > :08:32.still more skeletons in the closet. You were 16 at the time, I believe.
:08:33. > :08:39.You and your friends now, you feel the relationship with the police has
:08:40. > :08:50.moved on in a positive way `t all? Again, yes and no. I try to be as
:08:51. > :08:56.positive about the police as possible, I am a citizen in London
:08:57. > :09:00.and I want to call on the police, but if certain members of the police
:09:01. > :09:04.force will use their powers are their own personal issues or
:09:05. > :09:08.vendettas or gripes, then no, I can't go ahead and say to other
:09:09. > :09:14.people, trust the police, they will do a good job because at thd moment
:09:15. > :09:21.we don't have much evidence of that positive outlook. You have been with
:09:22. > :09:24.the family throughout this, one of the shocking findings is th`t the
:09:25. > :09:31.family were effectively spidd on by The Met during the investig`tion.
:09:32. > :09:38.What, if anything, did one suspect at the time? We had some suspicions
:09:39. > :09:41.that because the family werd so vocal and the police so bad in their
:09:42. > :09:46.approach to the family that they would try and do things which might
:09:47. > :09:49.damage the family. I don't think any of us had any idea that there were
:09:50. > :09:55.police officers amongst those campaign meetings, spying. That was
:09:56. > :10:00.beyond belief, so those revdlations are among the most shocking, because
:10:01. > :10:04.it's a real invasion of prophecy. I can understand if you are a
:10:05. > :10:10.politician or involved in some nefarious activity but this is a
:10:11. > :10:15.grieving family. This has bden going on to you and your family for 2
:10:16. > :10:20.years. Do you feel like you will ever get closure? I would lhke to
:10:21. > :10:24.have closure, I have a young family myself, I would like to put this
:10:25. > :10:30.chapter of my life to one shde and be able to move on to a new chapter,
:10:31. > :10:37.to look forward, try and enjoy life, try and show my son that London was
:10:38. > :10:43.one way 21 years ago but now it has changed. That is what I would like
:10:44. > :10:54.to be able to do. Thank you very much for coming in today.
:10:55. > :10:57.Plenty more ahead tonight including: we are live on the Thames b`rrier to
:10:58. > :11:15.find out how it coped during its busiest winter yet.
:11:16. > :11:19.The leader of Britain's vets has called for a change to the way that
:11:20. > :11:22.animals are slaughtered for the Muslim and Jewish faiths, arguing
:11:23. > :11:25.they should be stunned first. But the Deputy Prime Minister h`s
:11:26. > :11:29.defended the rights of religious groups to use traditional mdthods.
:11:30. > :11:34.Shepherd's Bush offers, seldcting their halal meet, from anim`ls
:11:35. > :11:39.killed a college of Muslim practice. The throat is slick, the anhmals
:11:40. > :11:45.bled. There are calls for it to be stunned first but that is not
:11:46. > :11:49.acceptable for some Muslims. We are being forced to move somethhng we're
:11:50. > :11:54.not happy with. If I'm forcdd not to buy meat because it is not
:11:55. > :11:57.slaughtered a certain way. Ht is very important to us how thd meat is
:11:58. > :12:02.killed, I know it is cruel, don t get me wrong, I think we all feel
:12:03. > :12:09.for the animals. But at the same time, this is the only way we can
:12:10. > :12:14.eat. Some halal meat is alrdady stunned before slaughter but now the
:12:15. > :12:17.leader of Britain's's vets wanted to apply to all halal and koshdr
:12:18. > :12:25.products. He accepted comments are controversial. It will be unpopular
:12:26. > :12:29.within those sects who hold firm beliefs, and what we need to get
:12:30. > :12:34.away from is that we are calling for a ban of a religious belief. We are
:12:35. > :12:39.calling for a ban on not sttnned slaughter. He says if they won't
:12:40. > :12:43.accept change, ministers should consider a ban, something that has
:12:44. > :12:48.happened in Denmark. But sole Jewish leaders feel his comments could be
:12:49. > :12:54.exploited by far right groups. They insist slaughter methods for kosher
:12:55. > :12:57.meat are humane. If you can imagine an animal which you have trhed to
:12:58. > :13:01.knock out, in the case of a cow with the bolt, and it doesn't work,
:13:02. > :13:07.you are leaving an animal stffering pain and distress and fear.
:13:08. > :13:11.Somebody's fear, if they were forced to sell stunned meat, their
:13:12. > :13:16.customers would vanish. It would turn a lot of people off and maybe
:13:17. > :13:19.they would start slaughtering it on the quiet which would cause more
:13:20. > :13:24.problems for the country. The Deputy Prime Minister said he disagreed
:13:25. > :16:30.with a ban, saying it would remove the rights of people to practice
:16:31. > :16:32.their religion. Still to cole: Prince Harry launches London
:16:33. > :16:38.sporting competition for injured members of the Armed Forces. And
:16:39. > :16:42.they protect the copyright of some of our favourite artists, P`ul
:16:43. > :16:45.McCartney, Elton John and Jdsse J. We look at the work of PRS for
:16:46. > :16:58.music. The Thames Barrier ` built to
:16:59. > :17:01.protect London from flooding ` has closed a record 50 times thhs winter
:17:02. > :17:04.` which was the wettest since records began. That means it's been
:17:05. > :17:07.the busiest time in its 32 xear history. So how significant is this
:17:08. > :17:16.and what does it mean for the landmark's long term future? Let's
:17:17. > :17:21.join Emma North who's there now I suppose it's only a couple of months
:17:22. > :17:24.ago that many of us Londoners took it for granted that the grotnd
:17:25. > :17:28.beneath our feet were strikd which is curious given the fact that
:17:29. > :17:33.London is built on a flood plain and we have the Thames, which is little
:17:34. > :17:37.more than an extension of the sea. But of course, we have this, the
:17:38. > :17:41.Thames barrier, doing its job beautifully for the last 30 years.
:17:42. > :17:48.Boston is being raised about how much longer it can last. I took a
:17:49. > :17:50.tour earlier. It is elegant, its engineering is brilliant and it has
:17:51. > :18:00.been earning it keep like ndver before. We are in the tunnel... This
:18:01. > :18:05.is where we feed this applids across the barrier. Above us is thd River
:18:06. > :18:09.Thames. Now we are in the upper cylinder area. This is some of the
:18:10. > :18:17.largest equipment on the barrier. Here we create hydraulic prdssure to
:18:18. > :18:20.move all the equipment. This winter the barrier protected us from the
:18:21. > :18:26.sea and the rainfall. It wotld close at high tide, creating a sp`ce at
:18:27. > :18:31.low tide into which the floodwaters could flow. At its busiest, the
:18:32. > :18:37.barrier was raised twice a day for ten days, pushing both the team and
:18:38. > :18:40.it. Obviously but stresses `nd strains on the equipment of the
:18:41. > :18:45.marvellous thing about it, ht's a great piece of kit and has proved
:18:46. > :18:51.reliable over the recent closures with few equipment thoughts. And we
:18:52. > :18:55.have lots of back`up systems. In the three decade since the barrher has
:18:56. > :18:59.been in existence, climate change is more of a pressing issue as is
:19:00. > :19:05.public funding. So the question is, how do we go about replacing it It
:19:06. > :19:08.would be the taxpayer paying for it, but if we start thinking about it
:19:09. > :19:15.now, we can have the best options and technology, and it would be a
:19:16. > :19:19.bargain if it works. It has been argued that the Thames barrher has
:19:20. > :19:22.pay for itself countless tiles already. What the future nedds is
:19:23. > :19:30.not only another grand vision at a budget to match. We have bedn told
:19:31. > :19:36.several times at the barrier is solid until at least 2070, `fter
:19:37. > :19:40.that, a replacement must be up and running. So what might happdn to
:19:41. > :19:44.this beautiful construction? Earlier I spoke to one employee who says he
:19:45. > :19:52.already has this marked out as his own in case it gets turned hnto
:19:53. > :19:54.luxury flats. Prince Harry was at the Olympic Park today to officially
:19:55. > :20:03.launch a Paralympic`style sporting competition for injured service men
:20:04. > :20:06.and women. He said he hoped 'the Invictus Games' involving 13 nations
:20:07. > :20:08.would ensure troops who've lost limbs fighting for their cotntry
:20:09. > :20:16.wouldn't be forgotten. Nicholas Witchell has more. The welf`re of
:20:17. > :20:21.wounded servicemen and women has become one of his top priorhties.
:20:22. > :20:24.Nearly 12 months ago, Harry visited the warrior games in the US, an
:20:25. > :20:29.annual event at which young men and women who have suffered lifd
:20:30. > :20:32.changing injuries in the cotrse of their military duties compete. Harry
:20:33. > :20:37.made it his mission to bring games to Britain. That mission has been
:20:38. > :20:40.accomplished. Rebranded the Invictus games, it will take place in
:20:41. > :20:46.September and several other venues have been built for the London
:20:47. > :20:50.Olympics. I wanted to bring this event to a broader and more
:20:51. > :20:55.international audience. To hncrease the opportunity to others and for
:20:56. > :20:59.others to participate and to inspire many more who have suffered life
:21:00. > :21:05.changing injuries, either bx taking part in the games or simply watching
:21:06. > :21:10.at home. It's expected that 300 wounded athletes from 13 different
:21:11. > :21:14.countries will attend, taking part in eight different sports. Harry
:21:15. > :21:19.says it is harnessing the power of competitive to inspire recovery
:21:20. > :21:23.Sport is proven to have a htgely positive effect on the
:21:24. > :21:27.rehabilitation of these guys. They finally get a chance to set their
:21:28. > :21:34.mind to a task, bear in mind these are military people, they h`ve been
:21:35. > :21:37.cut down in their prime. Invictus is the Latin word for unconquered, and
:21:38. > :21:42.Harry and the organisers believe this one word sums up the spirit of
:21:43. > :21:55.the athletes, the spirit of these games. The Invictus games whll open
:21:56. > :21:58.in London on September ten. Photographs of some of the greatest
:21:59. > :22:07.music artists over decades `re being shown as part of a new exhibition
:22:08. > :22:11.celebrating British song wrhting. It's the first of a series of events
:22:12. > :22:13.to mark the 100th anniversary the organisation which protects the
:22:14. > :22:15.copyright of songwriters and composers ` as our Entertainment
:22:16. > :22:17.Correspondent, Brenda Emmants, reports Time for a check on the
:22:18. > :22:29.weather Adele is one of the most successful
:22:30. > :22:32.artists in British music, who has made millions from her vocal and
:22:33. > :22:37.songwriting talents, making sure that musicians such as her get paid
:22:38. > :22:40.for their work PRS for music and last night held a gathering of
:22:41. > :22:48.industry folk to celebrate their centenary. When somebody usds music,
:22:49. > :22:55.it's not free. They have to pay a license to use it so that those who
:22:56. > :22:58.wrote it can make a living. The organisation was formed agahnst the
:22:59. > :23:05.backdrop of the First World War with one member, a soprano. A
:23:06. > :23:11.century later, PRS for music boasts over 100,000 members in the UK with
:23:12. > :23:14.2 million worldwide. Formerly known as the performing rights Society,
:23:15. > :23:20.their first royalty cheque was paid to an English composer for ?50. A
:23:21. > :23:26.majority editions welcomed the organisation taking care of their
:23:27. > :23:33.business. There is no way artists could go around saying, did you play
:23:34. > :23:35.that song? Did you play that in your gym already already a station or did
:23:36. > :23:41.you use it in your film? We couldn't. All the big names like the
:23:42. > :23:48.Beatles, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan didn't make a
:23:49. > :23:57.penny for years, they didn't see it. So they are kind of naive in that
:23:58. > :24:02.way, musicians. Broadcaster and musician is justified for shnging
:24:03. > :24:07.the blues. She found her new album pirated online she uploaded it to
:24:08. > :24:13.sell last month, showing th`t it still faces challenges. It was like
:24:14. > :24:17.somebody had thrown my baby in the water. PRS do the best job they can
:24:18. > :24:27.in making sure that our mondy comes to us, but generally, myself and
:24:28. > :24:34.people like myself are fighting a losing balance. 100 events have been
:24:35. > :24:36.found around the UK to recognise the impact of British music
:24:37. > :24:43.internationally. It kicks off with an exhibition of songwriters across
:24:44. > :24:44.the decades. The show will run at a such a London gallery until March
:24:45. > :25:02.12. No significant rain in the forecast,
:25:03. > :25:07.and I will be bold, it has been a nice day today. It is not
:25:08. > :25:16.wall`to`wall sunshine but it feels like spring has sprung. 15 Celsius
:25:17. > :25:18.today in Gravesend, the warlest day of the year. Even warmer,
:25:19. > :25:26.potentially as we go through the weekend. Another degree or so by
:25:27. > :25:30.Sunday. Tonight, this weathdr front is sinking towards us from the
:25:31. > :25:35.North`West. It has been introducing some cloud towards us in thd last
:25:36. > :25:39.few hours. So yes, we had some sunshine but the cloud is now with
:25:40. > :25:44.us. It does keep the temper`ture is up as we go through the night. We
:25:45. > :25:48.have seen some frost earlier this week but we won't see that tonight
:25:49. > :25:54.because we have the cloud moving across us, bringing some light and
:25:55. > :25:59.patchy rain by tomorrow. Th`t is keeping the temperature up. Not too
:26:00. > :26:05.cold start tomorrow but it will be cloudy, damp for a time. Bits and
:26:06. > :26:10.pieces of patchy rain thinnhng and breaking, they will clear away
:26:11. > :26:15.gradually. By the afternoon, the sun starts to come out again by the
:26:16. > :26:22.North`West, and temperatures will go up again. Tomorrow night, wd see
:26:23. > :26:27.things clearing up for a tile. It looks like towards the Englhsh
:26:28. > :26:33.Channel, we will see some cloud advancing from the south as we start
:26:34. > :26:37.Saturday morning. The furthdr north you, the more cold it will be, some
:26:38. > :26:41.cloud to continue first thing on Saturday, that it will be dry and
:26:42. > :26:47.things will be looking nice by the end of the afternoon. We kedp a
:26:48. > :26:55.southerly flow as we go through Sunday, 16 degrees is what we are
:26:56. > :26:56.looking at by the afternoon. No significant rain in the next few
:26:57. > :27:08.days! Recapping the main headlines... 21
:27:09. > :27:10.years after the murder of Stephen Lawrence, the Home Secretarx has
:27:11. > :27:13.announced a public inquiry hnto undercover policing in response to a
:27:14. > :27:17.damning review of Scotland Xard s handling of the case. Stephdn
:27:18. > :27:20.Lawrence's brother told this programme he would like to put this
:27:21. > :27:26.chapter of his life behind him and take steps forward to a better
:27:27. > :27:29.London. MPs in Crimea have voted to leave Ukraine and become part of
:27:30. > :27:38.Russia. The proposal will bd put to the people of Crimea in a rdferendum
:27:39. > :27:39.in ten days' time. More on our website. Have a good evening.