:00:00. > :00:13.of those living with HIV. Don't forget, there is a
:00:14. > :00:17.Good evening and welcome. Confidence in the Metropolitan Police could be
:00:18. > :00:20.seriously harmed after the announcement by the Home Secretary
:00:21. > :00:25.that there is to be a public inquiry into the work of undercover
:00:26. > :00:28.officers. That was the view of the Mayor, after a damning revidw into
:00:29. > :00:32.Scotland Yard showed evidence of police corruption in the Stdphen
:00:33. > :00:38.Lawrence murder case. Our political correspondent, Karl Mercer, reports.
:00:39. > :00:44.For more than 20 years, the Lawrence family have battled. In the early
:00:45. > :00:47.days, flowers were left at the spot where their son was murdered. The
:00:48. > :00:50.message on the card reads, "Justice will be done." Today, anothdr
:00:51. > :00:53.example of why they feel it still hasn't been. A public enquiry
:00:54. > :01:03.announced into undercover policing and alleged corruption at the Met.
:01:04. > :01:06.We have been here before, a number of enquiries to find out wh`t
:01:07. > :01:11.happened. We did not get to the truth so we have it more today which
:01:12. > :01:18.is great, but how much more are they trying to hide? That is the feeling
:01:19. > :01:23.I get. We hope that this tile, the police are going to keep to their
:01:24. > :01:25.promises to cooperate and to provide all they can. But how can wd have
:01:26. > :01:28.trust in that? The Home Secretary hope the
:01:29. > :01:33.judge`led inquiry will find out exactly what has been going on. In
:01:34. > :01:40.policing, as in other areas, the prop ones of the past in fact the
:01:41. > :01:43.present and lay traps for the future `` albums. Policing is damaged
:01:44. > :01:48.today, trust in the Metropolitan Police and policing is vital.
:01:49. > :01:51.That trust has taken a few knocks over the past year or so. The
:01:52. > :01:57.Plebgate row that saw an officer jailed. I have told the truth. The
:01:58. > :01:59.police did not. Revelations about undercover officers having
:02:00. > :02:06.relationships with protestors. And concerns over inaccurate crhme
:02:07. > :02:10.figures. Almost every day, that you open the newspapers, there hs
:02:11. > :02:13.another story about the Metropolitan Police. The Met's Commissioner
:02:14. > :02:17.Bernard Hogan Howe has recognised his force's reputation has taken a
:02:18. > :02:23.hit. This was him last Septdmber. I want Londoners to love, respect and
:02:24. > :02:29.be proud of their net. `` Metropolitan Police. That t`sk will
:02:30. > :02:35.be made harder by today's rdport. People will lose faith if they go
:02:36. > :02:40.undercover and discredit thd family of the child. I still have faith in
:02:41. > :02:46.the police and they are doing a good job. They try to hide a lot of
:02:47. > :02:51.things so I do not know what is going on. The independent rdview has
:02:52. > :02:57.serious and damaging findings and we need to move quickly to a ptblic
:02:58. > :03:00.enquiry. Today just the report, but it is essential the Metropolitan
:03:01. > :03:03.please come to terms with the past and that we secure the future and
:03:04. > :03:09.ensure there is a proper ovdrsight of undercover police officers. That
:03:10. > :03:12.will be the bare minimum expected of the new enquiry if the Met's
:03:13. > :03:15.reputation is to be restored. I am joined now by our home affairs
:03:16. > :03:20.correspondent, Guy Smith. Gty, what do you make of this?
:03:21. > :03:25.As we have heard from the Home Secretary, she summed it up in
:03:26. > :03:33.format by words, policing standards damaged today, and the Metropolitan
:03:34. > :03:39.Police damaged `` four words. The Stephen Lawrence family havd been
:03:40. > :03:44.let down time and time again, 1 years ago was the first enqtiry and
:03:45. > :03:47.now these revelations that there was corruption in the initial mtrder
:03:48. > :03:52.investigation, there was mass shredding of key evidence in 20 3,
:03:53. > :03:59.and undercover officers spidd on the family. And probably more worrying
:04:00. > :04:03.is that this `` their potentially dozens of miscarriages of jtstice.
:04:04. > :04:08.Police say they have closed on the top`secret unit, undercover officers
:04:09. > :04:13.operate under strict laws. But the Home Secretary has ordered ` public
:04:14. > :04:19.enquiry. But for Stephen Lawrence 's family, 21 years after his death,
:04:20. > :04:22.they still have not got justice Thank you very much. The he`d of the
:04:23. > :04:25.British Veterinary Associathon is calling for a change to the way that
:04:26. > :04:28.animals are slaughtered in keeping with the Muslim and Jewish faiths,
:04:29. > :04:31.arguing they should be stunned first. But the Deputy Prime
:04:32. > :04:33.Minister, Nick Clegg, has ddfended the rights of religious grotps' use
:04:34. > :04:42.of traditional methods. Sonja Jessup reports.
:04:43. > :04:46.Shepherd's Bush shoppers selecting their halal meet this morning,
:04:47. > :04:51.animals killed according to Muslim practice. The throat slit, the
:04:52. > :04:58.animal light, but there are calls for it to be stunned first, not
:04:59. > :05:01.acceptable for some Muslims. It is offensive because we are forced to
:05:02. > :05:07.move to something we are not happy with. If I am forced not to buy
:05:08. > :05:12.meat, it is unacceptable. As a Muslim, it is very important how the
:05:13. > :05:18.meat it is killed. I know it is cruel, we all feel for the `nimals.
:05:19. > :05:22.But at the same time, this hs the only way we can eat. Some h`lal meet
:05:23. > :05:27.is stunned before slaughter but now the leader of Britain 's th`t's
:05:28. > :05:35.wants to apply to all halal and kosher. `` vets. New in his job he
:05:36. > :05:39.accepts his comments are controversial.
:05:40. > :05:46.What we need to get away from is that we are going for a ban over
:05:47. > :05:53.religious belief. We are gohng for a ban on non`stuns slaughter. He says
:05:54. > :05:56.if groups will not accept change, ministers should consider a ban
:05:57. > :06:02.which has happened in Denmark. But some Jewish leaders think hhs
:06:03. > :06:06.comments could be exploited by right groups and they insist slaughter
:06:07. > :06:12.methods for kosher meet are fuming. Imagine `` humane. Imagine `n animal
:06:13. > :06:15.you have tried to knock out and it does not work, you leave an animal
:06:16. > :06:22.suffering and pain and in dhstress and in fear. Some butchers fear if
:06:23. > :06:28.they had to sell stunned me`t, customers would vanish. It would
:06:29. > :06:31.turn a lot of people away and maybe they will. Slaughtering get on the
:06:32. > :06:36.quiet which would cause mord problems. Today, the Deputy Prime
:06:37. > :06:39.Minister Nick Clegg said he disagreed with a ban, and it would
:06:40. > :06:44.remove the rights of people to practise their religion.
:06:45. > :06:46.That is all from me, so I whll wish you a very goodnight, and h`nd you
:06:47. > :06:56.over to Sara for the weather. It felt like spring today and it
:06:57. > :07:01.will do for the next couple of days. Not too cold tonight, cloud from the
:07:02. > :07:06.North West. That will give ts rain over the next couple of days. It is
:07:07. > :07:10.light and patchy through thd first part of the morning, clearing the
:07:11. > :07:16.way, and by the time it cle`rs at lunchtime, we will see the sunshine.
:07:17. > :07:20.And another lovely afternoon. A high of 15 Celsius. More cloud on
:07:21. > :07:25.Saturday morning, but through the day, that will push towards the
:07:26. > :07:31.North. More on that in the National forecast. I will leave you with the
:07:32. > :07:32.outlook for London. Temperatures stay
:07:33. > :07:37.outlook for London. Temperatures stay like this.
:07:38. > :07:44.Hello, after the teenage tantrums of the last couple of months, the
:07:45. > :07:48.weather is going to move into more sedate middle age will stop maybe
:07:49. > :07:50.tonight is the