:00:00. > :00:00.early 1990s. That's all from the BBC News at Six. It's goodbye from me.
:00:00. > :00:18.On BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:19. > :00:23.On the programme tonight Cashing in on the growth of tech`based business
:00:24. > :00:26.in the capital... The Mayor promises London will rival Silicon V`lley. It
:00:27. > :00:29.is the cultural and scientific capital of Europe. And it is the
:00:30. > :00:36.tech capital of Europe. We get the view from across the pond. @lso
:00:37. > :00:39.tonight... The Met drops a legal battle to have claims over secret
:00:40. > :00:45.sexual relationships by unddrcover officers struck out of court. It's
:00:46. > :00:51.not that we get flooded by water, it's that we get flooded and they do
:00:52. > :00:57.not do anything. Expressing their frustration, flood victims taking on
:00:58. > :00:59.the Environment Agency. I h`ve been speaking to people who say their
:01:00. > :01:04.village has been devastated the cause of this flood defence. And
:01:05. > :01:13.captured on camera, three of the world's rarest tigers born `t London
:01:14. > :01:18.Zoo. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:19. > :01:21.programme. Could London ever become the global leader in emerging
:01:22. > :01:24.technology? The Mayor believes so and today outlined his vision for
:01:25. > :01:31.the capital to take on the world and rival the likes of Silicon Valley in
:01:32. > :01:34.the US. Boris Johnson wants to expand the specialist area `round
:01:35. > :01:37.Old Street in east London to the rest of London. Today he brought
:01:38. > :01:40.together a group of industrx experts, which he hopes will help
:01:41. > :01:53.him achieve his ambition. Otr Political Correspondent, Karl
:01:54. > :01:57.Mercer, reports. This is thd throbbing gizmo behind the whole
:01:58. > :02:03.thing. It is a superfast cabinet. Technology may not be the m`yor s
:02:04. > :02:07.strong point. But if he's not exactly part of the IT Crowd, he
:02:08. > :02:14.certainly knows how much it could mean to the capital... This was him
:02:15. > :02:17.this morning at yet another launch in what's been labelled Tech City,
:02:18. > :02:21.the area around Old Street hn east London. And he came with a bold
:02:22. > :02:25.plegde. It is the commercial and financial capital of the world. It
:02:26. > :02:28.is the artistic capital of the world and the scientific capital of Europe
:02:29. > :02:34.now. And it is the tech caphtal That may not yet, be strictly trte. Of
:02:35. > :02:37.the world. Silicon valley in San Francisco might argue that ht's got
:02:38. > :02:42.a bit more to offer than Silicon roundabout out east. But London does
:02:43. > :02:46.have plenty to offer. We have 3 nationalities in our companx,
:02:47. > :02:51.everything from scientists to providers. The universities here are
:02:52. > :02:55.amazing and we have everythhng we need. Tech city is growing `nd
:02:56. > :03:03.politicians like to attach themselves to success storids. But
:03:04. > :03:07.with the area going up, so `re some of the rents for the smaller firms
:03:08. > :03:12.who first started this boom. Start`ups are being priced out. We
:03:13. > :03:19.have partnerships and other things with corporate, which help ts to
:03:20. > :03:22.subsidise start`ups. This lhttle printer is a web printer th`t prints
:03:23. > :03:26.out news and gossip from all over the web. Matt Webb's firm h`s
:03:27. > :03:35.already been moved out of one office to make way for new housing. They'll
:03:36. > :03:40.have to move out again soon. Not ideal, but good for the are` he
:03:41. > :03:45.says. It's a problem for us, but are really want to be in the arda. Is it
:03:46. > :03:48.good for Hackney? Cannot bl`me them for that because if they have the
:03:49. > :03:53.possibility of pulling in btsiness rates, then it is a great thing But
:03:54. > :03:59.it would be a shame for the area if the network dissipated. There are
:04:00. > :04:05.other parts of London where we will help people to go if they nded to
:04:06. > :04:11.expand, other parts of the city where, like Brighton, which is
:04:12. > :04:15.taking off, and central Croxdon I think London, although I will not
:04:16. > :04:19.deny that the cost of rent hs obviously a factor, London will
:04:20. > :04:27.continue to have a consider`ble place in this. London is fighting
:04:28. > :04:31.other cities in the UK and Durope to be in the lead, let alone those in
:04:32. > :04:35.the states. Joining me now hs the BBC's Technology Corresponddnt, Rory
:04:36. > :04:38.Cellan`Jones. And to get thd view from across the pond Katie
:04:39. > :04:41.Fehrenbacher who's been writing about Silicon Valley start`tps for
:04:42. > :04:46.around a decade. She joins ts via webcam from San Francisco. Good
:04:47. > :04:49.evening. Turning to you first, the mere sounds pretty confident about
:04:50. > :04:57.London being able to rival Silicon Valley. How do you view it from the
:04:58. > :05:02.States? I'm based in San Fr`ncisco Hyundai spent last summer in London
:05:03. > :05:08.working out of Google London and interviewing a lot of their
:05:09. > :05:10.companies. At this point, London is not close to rivalling Silicon
:05:11. > :05:17.Valley in terms of wealth creation and business creation, and hn terms
:05:18. > :05:23.of entrepreneurs and technology I think it is not close. But ht is
:05:24. > :05:31.very exciting and I thought it was an important emerging sector. Rory,
:05:32. > :05:34.one to watch? But a lot of places are trying to be Silicon Valley
:05:35. > :05:38.Absolutely. Some places outside of London will look at Boris's
:05:39. > :05:41.statement and think it is a bit overblown, suddenly redefinhng
:05:42. > :05:46.London, from just being arotnd the Silicon Roundabout, to saying that
:05:47. > :05:50.the whole of London is a technological city. Places like
:05:51. > :05:57.Cambridge, have a longer tr`dition. And places across Europe, from limb
:05:58. > :06:07.to the Baltic states. And across to Israel, which is very powerful.
:06:08. > :06:13.London has a lot of creativd people. What is lacking is the hard science.
:06:14. > :06:17.And a real tie`in between the universities and the start`tp
:06:18. > :06:23.companies. Picking up on th`t, can occur that point to you? Ard
:06:24. > :06:32.companies in the silicon valley keen to invest in start`ups here? There
:06:33. > :06:35.are companies that are lookhng to invest in London start`ups `nd it
:06:36. > :06:38.has been happening. I think one of the issues is that a lot of those
:06:39. > :06:46.companies end up wanting to go public, in New York or in the US,
:06:47. > :06:50.instead of taking that to the London stock exchange. But there is a
:06:51. > :06:54.sector in silicon valley th`t is interested in London tech
:06:55. > :06:58.start`ups. Particularly what he was talking up in terms `` talkhng of in
:06:59. > :07:04.terms of advertising technology fashion tech, Banjul start`tps.
:07:05. > :07:11.London has a particular set of start`ups that are emerging. In that
:07:12. > :07:16.case, is the lure of the St`tes too hard to resist? One start`ups get
:07:17. > :07:23.big enough, do they leave r`ther than be grown into million`dollar
:07:24. > :07:27.companies? Companies that are going to do well will immediately see the
:07:28. > :07:31.market as the world, and in particular the US. But London has
:07:32. > :07:36.been desperate for technology companies to float here. Ond example
:07:37. > :07:41.is a company behind Candy crush a very popular game. They havd decided
:07:42. > :07:50.to float on the US stock exchange, and not in London. Interesthng times
:07:51. > :07:54.ahead. Thank you both. Coming up later in the programme,
:07:55. > :08:07.why in the capital the only way is up. We look at the future of a high
:08:08. > :08:09.rise in London. The Metropolitan Police has
:08:10. > :08:12.withdrawn an attempt to block claims for compensation brought by women
:08:13. > :08:17.who were allegedly deceived into sexual relationships with undercover
:08:18. > :08:21.police officers. In a statelent the force said it did not think it was
:08:22. > :08:23.appropriate to go ahead with the application, because of the upcoming
:08:24. > :08:27.public inquiry into undercover policing. Alice Bhandhukravh is
:08:28. > :08:38.outside Scotland Yard and c`n tell us more. There are a number of
:08:39. > :08:42.allegations being made against the Met. Several women are clailing that
:08:43. > :08:45.they were tricked into having relationships with men who turned
:08:46. > :08:51.out to be undercover officers. In some cases, those officers fathered
:08:52. > :08:55.their children. Next week, five women are due to be at the High
:08:56. > :08:59.Court, where the Met was gohng to try to strike down to their claims.
:09:00. > :09:03.But today it decided to let those civil claims go`ahead, saying that
:09:04. > :09:06.it would not be appropriate or proportionate to go ahead whth the
:09:07. > :09:13.application to strike out those claims. And how significant is the
:09:14. > :09:17.timing of the decision? The force made it very clear that the decision
:09:18. > :09:23.was all about context. It t`lks about the upcoming public enquiry
:09:24. > :09:29.into uncovering `` undercovdr policing and the public intdrest in
:09:30. > :09:32.this. Asked week, `` last wdek the Home Secretary announced th`t there
:09:33. > :09:36.would be an enquiry into undercover policing after what was discovered
:09:37. > :09:39.about the tactics used by the Met in the Stephen Lawrence murder
:09:40. > :09:45.investigation. It was discovered that there was an undercover police
:09:46. > :09:48.officer acting as a spy on the Lawrence family. So now the Met
:09:49. > :09:51.wants to be seen to be transparent and open and it will not want to be
:09:52. > :10:01.seen as if it is putting obstacles in light of this very close scrutiny
:10:02. > :10:05.and high`profile, in the wax. Councils will find it more difficult
:10:06. > :10:07.to get developers to build affordable housing under pl`ns by
:10:08. > :10:10.the mayor to raise rent levdls. That's the claim by nine London
:10:11. > :10:13.councils in the High Court today. They've begun a legal challdnge
:10:14. > :10:23.after Boris Johnson stopped them from setting their own lower rates.
:10:24. > :10:26.Victims of the recent floodhng along the Thames have taken on thd
:10:27. > :10:29.Environment Agency, claiming their homes were sacrificed to save
:10:30. > :10:32.others. Residents living in Wraysbury vented their anger at a
:10:33. > :10:35.public meeting yesterday, as the Agency attempted to defend hts
:10:36. > :10:39.position. Tarah Welsh has rdturned to the area today to speak to some
:10:40. > :10:44.of those, who last night, wdre looking for answers.
:10:45. > :10:48.Every time I speak to someone that has been flooded, they menthoned
:10:49. > :10:53.this. It is the Jubilee Rivdr, and its job is to channel water away
:10:54. > :10:59.from the Thames when there hs a flood risk. And to protect `reas
:11:00. > :11:03.like Windsor and Maidenhead. Race bree is three miles from here and
:11:04. > :11:07.people they say that when this is put in operation, the water levels
:11:08. > :11:10.rise they are, and that is what caused the severe flooding. The
:11:11. > :11:14.Environment Agency says that is not true, that it was caused by the
:11:15. > :11:20.extraordinary amount of rainfall. But the row goes on. Got a phone
:11:21. > :11:26.call on Thursday to say we would have a catastrophic flood. On a day
:11:27. > :11:30.like this, it is hard to believe that Dave was waist deep in rainfall
:11:31. > :11:38.the other morning. But round the corner there is a reminder. The
:11:39. > :11:41.smell. His father built this house and this winter's floods have ruined
:11:42. > :11:45.it. It is likely to be pulldd down and his elderly mother will probably
:11:46. > :11:52.never go back. Rob sewage c`me through from the sewage works. ``
:11:53. > :11:56.raw sewage. We could not stop it. It devastated everything. The smell is
:11:57. > :12:03.in everything. Spend a couple of hours here and you will find stories
:12:04. > :12:06.like this again and again and again. It is thought about 50 families are
:12:07. > :12:11.still living away from their homes. And some do not even know if they
:12:12. > :12:13.will be able to return becatse the insurance companies still nded to
:12:14. > :12:21.decide whether they need to be repaired or knocked down. Order
:12:22. > :12:24.order. Many are angry. Last night, the Environment Agency took the
:12:25. > :12:31.brunt of it. The Jubilee River was put in the narrowly to protdct 000
:12:32. > :12:38.homes in Windsor and Maidenhead It is not that we get flooded, it is
:12:39. > :12:43.that we get flooded and thex do not. Why tell them they are wrong? The
:12:44. > :12:49.Jubilee River went through ` public enquiry and was examined in public.
:12:50. > :12:53.It was given the go`ahead and there were concerns in 2003 that we had
:12:54. > :12:56.worsened the situation down here by operating at but there were
:12:57. > :12:59.independent reports done th`t included that was not the c`se. The
:13:00. > :13:04.Environment Agency said work would start on new flood defences in 016.
:13:05. > :13:09.Not soon enough say many people here.
:13:10. > :13:16.Those people told me that they had plans after the 2003 floods and
:13:17. > :13:20.nothing came of them. I askdd the director of the about it agdncy
:13:21. > :13:23.about that, I asked him if we would still be talking about this in ten
:13:24. > :13:28.years time and he said he hoped not but he would not make any promises.
:13:29. > :13:31.Next tonight: an issue which polarises opinions. Do immigrants
:13:32. > :13:41.make a contribution to the capital's economy or are they a burden on the
:13:42. > :13:44.public purse? Well, the latdst report from MigrationWatch says
:13:45. > :13:47.they've cost UK taxpayers ?040 billion over the past 17 ye`rs.
:13:48. > :13:50.The research is at odds with several reports which have highlighted the
:13:51. > :13:54.financial benefits of immigration. In a moment we'll discuss the issue.
:13:55. > :14:01.First, Helen Drew has been looking at the contradictory figures.
:14:02. > :14:07.It is a highly divisive isste. Do migrants cost taxpayers a slall
:14:08. > :14:10.fortune or bring huge benefhts? A recent study by UCL's centrd for
:14:11. > :14:17.research and analysis of migration says that immigrants brought ?5
:14:18. > :14:21.billion of net benefit to the UK between 2001 and 2011, but ` report
:14:22. > :14:25.out today from migration watch says that there was zero contribttion to
:14:26. > :14:30.the UK economy. They argue that recent immigration has cost the
:14:31. > :14:36.taxpayer ?27 billion since 2001 so why are these figures so different?
:14:37. > :14:39.They are very different bec`use of the different assumptions they make.
:14:40. > :14:43.All of these estimates are based on assumptions about how much
:14:44. > :14:51.immigrants are paid and what they are taking out. There are not any
:14:52. > :14:53.figures beyond a shadow of ` doubt. Different people make different
:14:54. > :14:58.assumptions and get different answers. The UCL report says that
:14:59. > :15:02.migrants are 45% less likelx to claim benefits than UK natives. But
:15:03. > :15:06.migration watch argues that immigrants are more likely to claim
:15:07. > :15:10.expensive benefits, like hotsing, as well as being more likely to live in
:15:11. > :15:15.London and the south`east, where payments for these benefits are
:15:16. > :15:20.nearly twice as high. The immigration picture is changing all
:15:21. > :15:24.the time. Only this January, Romanians and Bulgarians gahned the
:15:25. > :15:27.same rights to work here as other EU citizens. Figures released on their
:15:28. > :15:31.impact to the economy are lhkely to be hotly contested.
:15:32. > :15:34.Joining me to discuss this hs Alp Mehmet from Migration Watch UK, and
:15:35. > :15:44.Albert Ellis from a recruitlent consultancy which has carridd out
:15:45. > :15:51.research on migrant workers. If I can turn to you first, Alberta, ``
:15:52. > :15:56.Alberta, the point we heard there is that it is hard to assess the costs.
:15:57. > :15:59.Our reports are supportive of the contribution that migrants lake to
:16:00. > :16:03.the economy and they have bden done by the centre for economic research.
:16:04. > :16:07.However, the cost of the conflict, one tends to have to look at this in
:16:08. > :16:13.a more passionate and emotional way. We need to step back and look
:16:14. > :16:16.at the heart of this. We ard based in the centre of the city and we
:16:17. > :16:20.have a sense that many of the workers that we have employdd, many
:16:21. > :16:24.of them had EU migrants that work for us. We have a sense that they
:16:25. > :16:28.make a huge contribution to the economy and they are an important
:16:29. > :16:33.part of the capital. So do xou dispute that migrant workers, as
:16:34. > :16:36.Albert said, are more likelx to come and work year and perhaps rdturn
:16:37. > :16:40.home but during that time they are working and paying taxes? There are
:16:41. > :16:51.costs as well. I'll give yot one example. The business tax. Hn 2 11,
:16:52. > :16:56.there was something like ?200 million paid by 40,000 Romanians and
:16:57. > :17:01.Bulgarians. That is ?650 each. I do not buy that. There are costs to
:17:02. > :17:02.people being here as well as their contributions. You cannot look at
:17:03. > :17:20.contributions in isolation. We are a global company. Evdry
:17:21. > :17:24.country we are established hn, the USA, parts of Europe, even @sia are
:17:25. > :17:29.having this debate about immigration. The reason is, many
:17:30. > :17:31.people around the world are moving particularly young people. They have
:17:32. > :17:39.the wherewithal and resourcds and/or mobile so all companies are
:17:40. > :17:42.leveraging the phone asking us to find the best people so thex can
:17:43. > :17:46.have competitive advantages but you absolutely right. There is ` cost to
:17:47. > :17:50.this. It is an and that's where public policy needs to play a proper
:17:51. > :17:55.part. If the government got it right and they will wasn't a backlash
:17:56. > :18:00.then migration could be far more positive and good for us. London may
:18:01. > :18:03.be different portion of the affected positively or negatively depending
:18:04. > :18:07.on which way you look at it but free movement within the EU means that
:18:08. > :18:11.not a lot can be done about it. Going back to what the Mayor was
:18:12. > :18:20.saying earlier about us becoming a silicon valley. Whatever, the
:18:21. > :18:23.factors, some of our best pdople, graduates and IT, there's a bigger
:18:24. > :18:30.proportion of unemployed in this country, than in any other `rea We
:18:31. > :18:38.should be looking at providhng jobs for our people here and then looking
:18:39. > :18:41.abroad. We must leave it thdre. I'm sure there was a time will want to
:18:42. > :18:47.have their say. Thank you joining us this evening. London alreadx has
:18:48. > :18:51.it's fair share of skyscrapdrs, the Shard, the Gherkin and the Heron
:18:52. > :18:54.Tower to name a few. A new study has revealed that more than 200 are in
:18:55. > :18:57.the pipeline, mostly for East and Central London. Victoria Gr`ham
:18:58. > :19:01.looks at what impact it will have on our skyline.
:19:02. > :19:07.The past. Present. And future. This is how London could look in ten
:19:08. > :19:12.years' time. Our skyline has changed and is changing. And it's about to
:19:13. > :19:15.get a lot more crowded. In response to the Mayor of London's revised
:19:16. > :19:17.housing strategy, think tank New London Architecture, looked into how
:19:18. > :19:23.London's local authorities were tackling the need for more housing.
:19:24. > :19:32.Collating all of the figures, 2 6 new buildings are on their way. All
:19:33. > :19:35.at least 20 storeys high. Almost half of already been approvdd. And
:19:36. > :19:38.most will be residential. Boris Johnson said it wouldn't me`n towers
:19:39. > :19:45.popping up all over London. The reality is a little different.
:19:46. > :19:48.There's no doubt that buildhng so many towers would radically alter
:19:49. > :19:51.the skyline. But it will crtcially depend, the impact will depdnd, on
:19:52. > :19:54.what the towers individuallx look like and where they are loc`ted
:19:55. > :19:58.And, of course, it's not just about the positioning of buildings. Its
:19:59. > :20:01.about its design which can really divide opinion for them to take the
:20:02. > :20:05.tower here in trendy North Kensington. It wasn't seen `s trendy
:20:06. > :20:08.in the late 60s when it was built, in fact it was universally hated and
:20:09. > :20:11.seen as a real blot on the landscape. It became a listdd
:20:12. > :20:15.building in 1998 and, today, it s seen as quite the place to live It
:20:16. > :20:22.helped solve a housing crishs over 50 years ago. So could we bd seeing
:20:23. > :20:25.the building boom of the 60s return? Well, we certainly need mord homes
:20:26. > :20:28.but we need them for differdnt reasons than we did in the 60s. In
:20:29. > :20:33.the 60s, we were building homes because of a shortage after the
:20:34. > :20:36.Second World War. Now the ptsh to build is privately financed, and
:20:37. > :20:39.we're doing it just because we are desperately short of housing in
:20:40. > :20:44.London. And long may we build up just to cope with it. With high land
:20:45. > :20:47.prices and the need to accolmodate one million more people over the
:20:48. > :20:55.next few years, it seems, in terms of London's growth, the onlx way is
:20:56. > :21:00.up. Images have been releasdd of three Sumatran tiger cubs born at
:21:01. > :21:03.London Zoo. The hidden camera footage shows the triplets who were
:21:04. > :21:06.born last month together with their mother. Keepers say they ard now
:21:07. > :21:12.confident that the cubs are healthy. Emma North has more. From the
:21:13. > :21:19.privacy and comfort of the cosier stiffing closures, three baby tigers
:21:20. > :21:23.eat, play and get used to lhfe. They were born in early February and it
:21:24. > :21:27.will be some weeks before the latest additions to London zoo are
:21:28. > :21:30.introduced to their public. Now they're are five and half wdeks old,
:21:31. > :21:34.they are all very strong, they've all got full bellies every day. We
:21:35. > :21:39.see it on the cameras on thd monitors. They are all very active
:21:40. > :21:43.so, at the moment, it's quite common for tigers to rear three cubs. We
:21:44. > :21:46.have been here before, of course. This was the mother early l`st
:21:47. > :21:49.autumn with another tiger ctb. A male, who, at just 20 days old,
:21:50. > :21:53.wandered out of the enclosure and drowned in a pool. But the lourning
:21:54. > :21:59.process among tigers is thankfully short. There are just 300 Stmatran
:22:00. > :22:02.tigers in captivity in the whole world so the addition of three is
:22:03. > :22:05.really quite something. But given what happened here last auttmn,
:22:06. > :22:10.London zoo isn't taking any chances this time. The pond in which the
:22:11. > :22:19.first cub drowned in has now been filled in. The free access `llowed
:22:20. > :22:22.to the mother has been restricted. Instead, a new cub enclosurd has
:22:23. > :22:26.been built with luxury in mhnd. Yes, brilliant news, good to see new
:22:27. > :22:38.babies. Great. What noise to the Tiger make? A bit louder th`n that.
:22:39. > :22:47.Maybe just a little bit louder. What noise does the Tiger make? ROAR
:22:48. > :22:50.These little cubs are already having their futures mapped out. They will
:22:51. > :22:53.be sent to other zoos to strengthen the species. But given all that
:22:54. > :22:58.happened in this enclosure, as well as a focus on conservation, there's
:22:59. > :23:02.still room for celebration. A record 16,000 tickets will be offered free
:23:03. > :23:05.to London's school children in a bid to introduce them to Shakespeare. A
:23:06. > :23:08.fast paced, modern`dress version of The Merchant of Venice has been
:23:09. > :23:13.produced by The Globe to encourage young Londoners to appreciate the
:23:14. > :23:15.Bard. Our Arts Correspondent, Brenda Emmanus, went to find out how it's
:23:16. > :23:23.being received. A young attractive cast in lodern
:23:24. > :23:27.dress present the Merchant of Venice to London pupils. This reim`gined
:23:28. > :23:30.production is part of an inhtiative by Shakespeare's Globe to introduce
:23:31. > :23:38.the work of the Bard to new audiences. ?? YELLOW The pl`ys were
:23:39. > :23:45.written to be performed. Thdy weren't written to be read. And the
:23:46. > :23:48.practice of reading it as a novel is not helpful to youngsters. What they
:23:49. > :23:52.need to do is to see it being performed. To hear those words in
:23:53. > :23:55.those characters' mouths. This is the eighth year of a partnership
:23:56. > :23:57.between Globe Education and an international bank. The project
:23:58. > :24:02.Playing Shakespeare, supports the provision of free tickets to
:24:03. > :24:06.schools. It seems to be ticking all the boxes for us. We want to engage
:24:07. > :24:09.as many people with live Sh`kespeare as possible, and make it as
:24:10. > :24:14.pleasurable as possible and as accessible as possible without
:24:15. > :24:18.dumbing down. And it seems to be doing the trick. All those hnvolved
:24:19. > :24:20.in the Playing Shakespeare Initiative believe it's the live
:24:21. > :24:25.theatre experience that unlocks the magic of the Bard to these xoung
:24:26. > :24:28.minds. Some people have nevdr been to the theatre before, so coming
:24:29. > :24:33.here is just like a whole ndw experience for them. They sde it,
:24:34. > :24:36.they love it, they enjoy it, they speak to their friends about it
:24:37. > :24:38.Most of them, they've never stepped foot in this place before. They ve
:24:39. > :24:42.never seen Shakespeare before. Some of them haven't even seen the Thames
:24:43. > :24:47.before, so it's a really big experience and for that to be free
:24:48. > :24:51.is very important. This was the Globe's take on A Midsummer Nights
:24:52. > :24:55.Dream two years ago which w`s well received by audiences. But were this
:24:56. > :25:00.year's pupils equally impressed I thought the production was dxciting.
:25:01. > :25:06.And, like, funny. And, like, really cool. Before, I didn't think of it
:25:07. > :25:09.like this. After I learned `bout it and learned what he said, I thought
:25:10. > :25:13.was very good. Further free tickets will be provided for communhty
:25:14. > :25:21.groups and families at weekdnds The production runs until 29th Larch.
:25:22. > :25:25.Let's get a check on the we`ther with Elizabeth Rizzini. It looks
:25:26. > :25:35.lovely ad that now. A foggy start. We've had some lovely pictures sent
:25:36. > :25:39.in the fog this morning. Thhs was the gherkin in the background
:25:40. > :25:43.peeking through. This is ond of the Victoria embankment. Thank xou very
:25:44. > :25:50.much for these photos we have been getting from you. We did sed the fog
:25:51. > :25:53.clear in the morning and temperatures rising accordingly with
:25:54. > :25:56.sunshine but where the fog stayed the longest through the Thales
:25:57. > :26:00.Estuary and to the north of the Chilterns, temperatures havd been
:26:01. > :26:08.suppressed here. Overnight tonight, clear skies, the fog will bd
:26:09. > :26:14.re`forming. The air cools down close to the ground and it can't hold any
:26:15. > :26:18.more moisture. We see it condensing and the fog forms. It will be very
:26:19. > :26:23.thick because it already forming towards North Western areas of the
:26:24. > :26:27.capital. One ` five Celsius. Visibility is very poor tomorrow
:26:28. > :26:32.morning. A Met Office warning for fog down to as low as 50 metres
:26:33. > :26:37.visibility. It may cause sole travel problems. Tomorrow morning, the fog
:26:38. > :26:40.will disperse and clear. A little bit quicker through the Thales
:26:41. > :26:46.Estuary because there's a wdsterly breeze picking up and it will bring
:26:47. > :26:52.warm air from the south. Pldnty more sunshine. Temperatures all the way
:26:53. > :26:57.up to 16`17. We may even sed 18 depending on the sunshine wd get.
:26:58. > :27:00.It's going to be a pretty nhce day. It's going to be good for the
:27:01. > :27:04.weekend as well so good news. A bit more breezy. Fog is not a problem
:27:05. > :27:10.for the weekend. Loudly on Saturday morning. A little bit more sunshine
:27:11. > :27:15.on Sunday, but not as nice `s last week. There's going to be bht more
:27:16. > :27:18.of a breeze but it's not bad news at all.
:27:19. > :27:26.Elizabeth, thank you very mtch. The main headlines. The News of the
:27:27. > :27:29.World's former Royal Editor, Clive Goodman, has told the phone hacking
:27:30. > :27:32.trial he was given a directory of palace contacts by Princess Diana.
:27:33. > :27:37.More on the day's stories on our website and Alice Bhandhukr`vi will
:27:38. > :27:41.be back with our late news. From me and the team here. Thanks for
:27:42. > :27:44.watching and have a lovely dvening. Bye bye.