:00:23. > :00:26.Good evening. The Mayor believes London could
:00:27. > :00:29.become the global leader in emerging technology and today outlindd his
:00:30. > :00:32.vision for the capital to t`ke on the world and rival the likds of
:00:33. > :00:36.Silicon Valley in the United States. Boris Johnson wants to expand the
:00:37. > :00:38.innovation in Old Street to the rest of the city. Today he brought
:00:39. > :00:42.together a group of industrx experts to help him achieve his ambhtion.
:00:43. > :00:45.Our political correspondent, Karl Mercer, reports.
:00:46. > :00:51.This is the throbbing gizmo behind the whole thing. This is thd
:00:52. > :00:56.superfast cabinet. Technology may not be the Mayor's strong point but
:00:57. > :01:02.if he's not exactly part of the IT crowd he knows how much it could
:01:03. > :01:06.mean to the capital. This w`s him this morning at yet another launch
:01:07. > :01:09.in what has been named Tec City the area around Old Street in e`st
:01:10. > :01:14.London and it came with a bold pledge. It is the commercial capital
:01:15. > :01:17.of the world, the financial capital of the world, it is the cultural,
:01:18. > :01:21.the artistic capital of the world. It is the scientific capital of
:01:22. > :01:27.Europe now and it is the tech capital of the world. That lay not
:01:28. > :01:31.yet be strictly true. Silicon Valley in San Francisco will argue it has
:01:32. > :01:34.got a bit more to offer than Silicon roundabout in East London. @t this
:01:35. > :01:38.point, London isn't close to rivalling Silicon Valley in terms of
:01:39. > :01:39.wealth creation, in terms of business creation in terms of
:01:40. > :01:49.entrepreneurialism and technology and venture capitalists. It is not
:01:50. > :01:57.close to rivalling it but it is very exciting and a very important
:01:58. > :01:59.emerging sector. Tec City is growing and politicians like to att`ch
:02:00. > :02:03.themselves to success storids. But with the area going up, so the rents
:02:04. > :02:10.for some of the smaller firls who first started this boom. St`rt`ups
:02:11. > :02:14.are starting to be priced ott of Shoreditch. That is what we try to
:02:15. > :02:18.do, we have partnerships and other things with corporates that help us
:02:19. > :02:21.to subsidise the cost of st`rt`ups' memberships to be at Tech Htb so
:02:22. > :02:26.they can stay in Shoreditch. This is Little Printer. It is our wdb
:02:27. > :02:32.connected receipt printer, print out news and gossip from all ovdr the
:02:33. > :02:36.web. Matt Webb's firm has already been moved out of one officd to make
:02:37. > :02:39.way for new housing and thex'll have to move out again soon. Not ideal
:02:40. > :02:44.but good for the area, he s`ys. It is a problem. It is great to be in
:02:45. > :02:51.the area and I want to be strrounded by people. Is it that the H`ckney?
:02:52. > :02:56.`` is it bad that Hackney? This is my other hat, if they have the
:02:57. > :03:00.chance of getting better business rates to help, it would be ` great
:03:01. > :03:07.thing but it would be a shale for the area if this network dissipated.
:03:08. > :03:10.This is a good starter base. But there are other parts of London
:03:11. > :03:15.where we are going to expand. Croydon is starting to take off
:03:16. > :03:22.Croydon is going to be regenerated. I am not going to deny it, the cost
:03:23. > :03:27.of rent is obviously a factor. London will continue to havd a
:03:28. > :03:31.considerable lead. It will be a battle, London is fighting of the
:03:32. > :03:38.cities in the UK and Europe to be in the lead.
:03:39. > :03:40.The Met has withdrawn an attempt to block claims for compensation
:03:41. > :03:42.brought by women who were allegedly deceived into sexual relationships
:03:43. > :03:50.with undercover police officers Let's get more from Gareth Furby,
:03:51. > :04:02.who's at Scotland Yard for ts now. This is all about The Met's response
:04:03. > :04:09.the claims undercover officdrs got involved with sexual relationships
:04:10. > :04:11.with some women without revdaling who they were. Five women are
:04:12. > :04:17.bringing legal action. They argue they suffered intense, emothonal
:04:18. > :04:23.trauma. The Met was planning to block this in the High Court. But
:04:24. > :04:29.there has been a change of heart and the context of this is, the Home
:04:30. > :04:34.Secretary's announcement thdre will be a public enquiry into thhs
:04:35. > :04:36.affair. The Met has said tonight it would not be appropriate or
:04:37. > :04:41.proportionate to go ahead whth this application to strike out these
:04:42. > :04:46.claims. But it is not saying whether it is more or less likely to settle
:04:47. > :04:50.with the women. A new study has revealed th`t more
:04:51. > :04:55.than 200 skyscrapers are in the pipeline for London, mostly in the
:04:56. > :04:58.East and centre of the city. Victoria Graham reports now on what
:04:59. > :05:09.impact the new buildings will have on London's skyline.
:05:10. > :05:15.The past... Present... And future. This is how London could look in ten
:05:16. > :05:18.years. Our skyline has changed and is changing and it is about to get
:05:19. > :05:25.more crowded. In response to the housing strategy, a think t`nk
:05:26. > :05:27.looked into how London's local authorities were tackling the need
:05:28. > :05:33.for more housing. Collating figures, 236 new buildings `re on
:05:34. > :05:36.their way, all at least 20 stories high. Almost half have alre`dy been
:05:37. > :05:44.approved and most will be residential. There is no dotbt a
:05:45. > :05:49.building so many towers will radically altered the skyline, but
:05:50. > :05:53.the impact would depend on what the towers individually look like and
:05:54. > :05:56.where they are located. It hs not just about the positioning of a
:05:57. > :06:02.building, it is about its ddsign which can divide opinion. T`ke this
:06:03. > :06:09.tower in North Kensington. Ht was not seen as trendy when it was built
:06:10. > :06:13.and it was hated and seen as a blot on the landscape. But it became a
:06:14. > :06:18.listed building in 1998 and now it is a place to live. It helpdd solve
:06:19. > :06:25.a housing crisis over 50 ye`rs ago so could we see the building boom of
:06:26. > :06:28.the 60s return? We need mord homes, but for different reasons than what
:06:29. > :06:33.we needed in the 60s. In thd 60s we were building more homes because of
:06:34. > :06:38.the shortage after the Second World War. But we are doing it now because
:06:39. > :06:42.we are desperately short of housing in London. With the need to
:06:43. > :06:48.accommodate 1 million more people over the next few years, it seems in
:06:49. > :06:51.terms of London's growth, the only way is up.
:06:52. > :06:53.That's it from me. So let md hand you over to Elizabeth for the
:06:54. > :07:03.weather forecast. The fog is reforming as we speak.
:07:04. > :07:10.Another foggy day tomorrow. Temperatures down to single figures.
:07:11. > :07:13.We have a Met Office warning out, poor visibility into tomorrow
:07:14. > :07:16.morning's rush hour and this could lead to potential travel problems.
:07:17. > :07:22.The fog will have cleared the most areas into the late part of the
:07:23. > :07:26.morning to be replaced with lots of sunshine. As we head into the
:07:27. > :07:29.afternoon, it will clear quhcker than it did today across parts of
:07:30. > :07:32.the Thames estuary, temperatures than it did today across parts of
:07:33. > :07:40.the Thames estuary, temperatures could be 17 or 18 degrees. Now we
:07:41. > :07:47.will get the National forecast. It has been a funny day. Warm and
:07:48. > :07:50.sunny for some, cool and mystique for others, cloudy and damp for a
:07:51. > :07:55.few. Wet weather getting into northern Scotland tonight. Fog is
:07:56. > :08:00.the issue. It already is across the heart of England with thick patches.
:08:01. > :08:04.It could become widespread through the rest of the night. Touches of
:08:05. > :08:06.frost where the skies remain clear for