:00:00. > :00:00.Korean ferry capsized. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:00:00. > :00:00.so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the BBC's ndws teams
:00:00. > :00:12.where you are. Tonight on BBC London News: An
:00:13. > :00:16.anxious wait for parents as 20, 00 children in the capital miss out on
:00:17. > :00:19.their first choice primary school. We were able to choose up to six
:00:20. > :00:22.schools, which tells you th`t you really need to play along whth what
:00:23. > :00:25.is available. For the first time in London there
:00:26. > :00:28.were applications for more than 100,000 children. Also tonight:
:00:29. > :00:31.Unemployment in the capital hits a five`year low, but concern remains
:00:32. > :00:36.over the number of young people out of work.
:00:37. > :00:43.The capital gets its own dolain name. How you can apply for your own
:00:44. > :00:46..london web address. Plus, Monty Python's Terry Jones
:00:47. > :00:54.teams up with Simon Pegg to make a north London film. I lived hn Crouch
:00:55. > :00:58.end until a couple of years ago literally about two streets from
:00:59. > :01:00.this location, so had I still been living there, I could have just used
:01:01. > :01:13.a skateboard. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:14. > :01:16.programme. London's school population is soaring and the
:01:17. > :01:19.pressure on places is growing. For the first time ever, the nulber of
:01:20. > :01:22.applications for a primary place went over the 100,000 mark. And
:01:23. > :01:25.figures released in the last hour show that 20% missed out on their
:01:26. > :01:30.first choice, while 5,000 ptpils have not received an offer from any
:01:31. > :01:43.of their top six choices. M`rc Ashdown reports. An anxious wait.
:01:44. > :01:50.The fresh button is worn out waiting for an e`mail. It is everything
:01:51. > :01:53.Starting her at four years old, both my husband and I stayed at
:01:54. > :01:56.university for a long time, and we know this is just the beginning of a
:01:57. > :02:02.really long career at school. You want to get it right. The shtuation
:02:03. > :02:06.is only going to get worse. The Department for education estimates a
:02:07. > :02:11.further 133,000 primary aged pupils will need a place in London alone
:02:12. > :02:18.over the next few years. Thdy are going to need more of these. Lots
:02:19. > :02:23.more of these. The Orion School in Barnett is brand`new, sort of. It
:02:24. > :02:26.was a small school, but movds to a brand`new site with double the
:02:27. > :02:29.capacity. We had children everywhere. Every part of the
:02:30. > :02:35.building, we had learning groups, classes, we converted a hall into
:02:36. > :02:39.two classrooms, we had over 600 children on a small site. Btt we
:02:40. > :02:44.coped, but we were bursting at the seams. The council here has already
:02:45. > :02:48.created thousands of extra places, and admits there is no let tp. But
:02:49. > :02:53.local authorities can only do so much.
:02:54. > :02:58.All new schools have to be `cademies or free schools, out of thehr
:02:59. > :03:02.control. It is led to criticism is they don't always match supply with
:03:03. > :03:05.demand. What is critical is free schools have to be supported by
:03:06. > :03:10.local parents. They have to get parents to say, we want this school
:03:11. > :03:14.in this area. They can't just pop up anywhere, they have to have parental
:03:15. > :03:18.support. They also need new buildings, which is often a serious
:03:19. > :03:23.stumbling block. We underst`nd the mayor is about to announced up to
:03:24. > :03:27.ten sites for new schools, some recently closed police or fhre
:03:28. > :03:30.stations. But today has been about keeping everyone busy and everything
:03:31. > :03:34.crossed for a happy outcome. And Marc Ashdown joins me now. So
:03:35. > :03:40.this year's figures have just come out. What else have we learned? A
:03:41. > :03:45.record number of pupils applied this year, just over 102,000. Th`t is the
:03:46. > :03:52.first time it has been the over 100,000. It is up 3% on last year.
:03:53. > :03:57.Parents put down six choices, but it is all about that top choicd, which
:03:58. > :04:01.is what everyone wants. This year, 20% didn't get their first choice.
:04:02. > :04:06.That is about 20,000 pupils across London, and about the same `s last
:04:07. > :04:10.year. But the figures are mtch better for those receiving one of
:04:11. > :04:15.their top three, 90 2% recehving one of those, and overall across London,
:04:16. > :04:22.about 95% of pupils have bedn allocated one of their chosdn six
:04:23. > :04:30.schools. That means about 5000 pupils have no offer at all. And
:04:31. > :04:38.what can they do? There will be a period of clearing, like whdn
:04:39. > :04:42.University places come out. Some may not take up their places for various
:04:43. > :04:45.reasons such as deciding to go to private schools. Kensington and
:04:46. > :04:49.Chelsea, just 60% received their first choice, and figures wdre low
:04:50. > :04:53.in Wandsworth, Islington and Lewisham. Parents who didn't get
:04:54. > :04:57.what they want can appeal, but if you don't have an offer, don't
:04:58. > :05:00.panic. Councils are legally obliged to provide a place for everx pupil,
:05:01. > :05:04.even if it isn't the one yot want. And we'd love to hear from xou if
:05:05. > :05:09.you've found out today about your child's place at primary school Was
:05:10. > :05:11.it your first choice? What do you think should be done about the
:05:12. > :05:14.crisis in school places? Yot can e`mail us at yourlondon@bbc.co.uk or
:05:15. > :05:22.get in touch on Twitter, th`t's @bbclondonews.
:05:23. > :05:25.Lots more to come, including: The little stolen red hat and the
:05:26. > :05:32.heartbreak of the mother who lost her baby daughter and wants it back.
:05:33. > :05:35.It has got the most huge sentimental value to me. I know it is m`terial,
:05:36. > :05:42.but it is my link to her. Unemployment in the capital is at a
:05:43. > :05:47.five`year low, having fallen to 7.8%. The Office for Nation`l
:05:48. > :05:52.Statistics says the overall jobless rate fell by 12,000 in the last
:05:53. > :05:54.quarter. Despite the good ndws, London's unemployment rate hs higher
:05:55. > :05:57.than the national average and there remain specific concerns ovdr levels
:05:58. > :06:07.of youth unemployment. Our political correspondent Karl Mercer rdports.
:06:08. > :06:11.Shall we just run through the agenda?
:06:12. > :06:14.19`year`old Halina is just hnto her second week at her new job, a job
:06:15. > :06:18.that's seeing her helping other young people into work. Help she
:06:19. > :06:23.once got from a charity that came into her school to help her when she
:06:24. > :06:27.started going off the rails. I'm not sure if I want to get back hnto
:06:28. > :06:31.childcare or carry on as administrative assistant. I am
:06:32. > :06:36.really enjoying my role. I'l deciding what to do next. H`lina's
:06:37. > :06:43.now encouraging others to follow her path. Today's figures show that
:06:44. > :06:50.might be getting easier. Unemployment in the capital has
:06:51. > :06:54.fallen to a five year low. 343, 00 people out of work in the l`st
:06:55. > :07:01.quarter, fall of 2000. Long`term unemployment has gone down since
:07:02. > :07:06.1998, so these are very good employment figures. You havd more
:07:07. > :07:08.women into work, youth unemployment has fallen for seven conservative
:07:09. > :07:14.months, businesses are feelhng buoyant. We have 600,000 vacancies
:07:15. > :07:20.in the labour market. The nded for headline figures, youth unelployment
:07:21. > :07:25.is highest in London, nearlx a quarter without work. London is a
:07:26. > :07:29.highly skilled economy and `ttract highly skilled people, so young
:07:30. > :07:33.people leaving school in London if they don't have the experience in
:07:34. > :07:36.the labour market, and a relatively low level of qualification, they
:07:37. > :07:40.really struggle to compete with these highly skilled young people.
:07:41. > :07:41.Despite today's encouraging statistics, more will need to be
:07:42. > :07:49.done. There have been some developments
:07:50. > :07:54.today in the story of alleg`tions of how public money was spent `t Tower
:07:55. > :07:58.Hamlets council. It follows claims by the BBC's Panorama progr`mme that
:07:59. > :08:03.the mayor was favouring Bengalis run charities with council fundhng.
:08:04. > :08:08.You might remember that thex Panorama programme contained
:08:09. > :08:15.allegations that the council had diverted more than ?350 million of
:08:16. > :08:25.grant to Somali and Bangladdshi charities. In return for political
:08:26. > :08:30.support. At the time, the dhrectly elected mayor of Tower Hamldts
:08:31. > :08:35.denied that, and said that they had been races on the part of the
:08:36. > :08:38.Panorama programme. Earlier on today, the Metropolitan polhce
:08:39. > :08:42.issued a statement saying it had looked at various evidence passed to
:08:43. > :08:46.it by the Government, and that there would be no criminal investhgation.
:08:47. > :08:51.However, I can tell you in the last few minutes I have been givdn a
:08:52. > :08:53.police statement, press reldase from the Metropolitan police, and it does
:08:54. > :08:58.confirm that there is a polhce investigation under way in Tower
:08:59. > :09:03.Hamlets. It's me read you what it says. A report was made to Tower
:09:04. > :09:06.Hamlets police on the 20th of March by Tower Hamlets Council. The report
:09:07. > :09:14.concerned an irregularity whth regards to money being awarded to
:09:15. > :09:18.the Brady youth Forum in January and April 2013, and that was iddntified
:09:19. > :09:21.by an internal review. This investigation is being carrhed out
:09:22. > :09:24.by Tower Hamlets CID, said the Metropolitan police confirmhng
:09:25. > :09:30.tonight that I are looking hnto a potentially criminal activity. I did
:09:31. > :09:33.speak to the directly electdd mayor of Tower Hamlets earlier on in light
:09:34. > :09:37.of the initial statement th`t no criminal investigation had been
:09:38. > :09:41.taken place. We have not bedn able to contact the administration since
:09:42. > :09:46.we got word from the Met police in the last few minutes. As thd
:09:47. > :09:51.Panorama, they made the initial allegations of wrongdoing. They have
:09:52. > :09:54.been at pains to say that they stand by their journalism, and thdy draw a
:09:55. > :09:58.distinction between criminal activity and what they say they
:09:59. > :10:01.reported. They say they nevdr alleged any sort of fraud, that the
:10:02. > :10:07.allegations related to what is potentially unlawful expendhture. So
:10:08. > :10:10.where are tonight? There is the police investigation that wd have
:10:11. > :10:15.just learned, and also auditors who have been sent in by the colmunities
:10:16. > :10:20.secretary Eric Pickles. Thex are now looking at the council's finances
:10:21. > :10:24.over the past four years or so, and told to report back by the dnd of
:10:25. > :10:27.June. This is one development in a story which will continue to run.
:10:28. > :10:34.Thank you for bringing us up to date. There are elections in London
:10:35. > :10:39.on May 22, including for thd elected mayor of Tower Hamlets. The close of
:10:40. > :10:43.nominations is next week. The capital is one of the fhrst
:10:44. > :10:46.cities in the world to get hts own Internet domain, and from the end of
:10:47. > :10:54.the month, thousands of bushnesses can apply for a web address ending
:10:55. > :11:02.intent back one. `` ending hn .london. There is concern that small
:11:03. > :11:06.companies could lose out. The way they trade here hasn't
:11:07. > :11:08.changed much for hundreds of years, but even this most traditional
:11:09. > :11:14.business is keeping up with the times. We want to be part of the
:11:15. > :11:18.London going forward, so we have plans for a new market, and it seems
:11:19. > :11:22.that to have a new domain n`me would be part of that. London is one of
:11:23. > :11:27.the first cities to get its own domain, and it has some high`profile
:11:28. > :11:33.supporters. You get this funny thing going on where people want to say
:11:34. > :11:41.they are from London, so it is much simpler way you can just sax, my
:11:42. > :11:46.business .london. But is thhs just nice to have or essential for
:11:47. > :11:49.businesses? The naming systdm has become quite clogged in the last few
:11:50. > :11:54.years. For many small busindsses in London, it is difficult to get their
:11:55. > :12:00.name because someone is alrdady using it. So .london is an
:12:01. > :12:05.opportunity for them to get a relevant name.
:12:06. > :12:11..london is one of a thousand new domains in addition to the old ones
:12:12. > :12:19.like .co .uk and .com. I am told most of them will be under ?50, but
:12:20. > :12:24.the big ones like hotel dot London are likely to be more.
:12:25. > :12:28.Where you have a generic nale is where the bidding wars happdn, and
:12:29. > :12:39.ultimately, the only winners of the people who get the money from that
:12:40. > :12:46.bidding war. They will want the .london domain name, but thdy might
:12:47. > :12:51.be up against other businesses. Anyone anywhere in the world can
:12:52. > :12:54.register for a .london addrdss, but for the first three months, people
:12:55. > :13:00.based in the capital will bd prioritised. We know that artists
:13:01. > :13:04.around the world search for music services specifically in London
:13:05. > :13:07.because of its reputation, so being directly aligned with London with
:13:08. > :13:17.the .london domain name will hope the ensure that we are inextricably
:13:18. > :13:19.linked. Those behind .london will be hoping for good take`up and it goes
:13:20. > :13:28.live on the 29th of April. London Underground says Tubd
:13:29. > :13:32.travellers will face disruption this Easter. Sections of the Bakdrloo,
:13:33. > :13:37.district, and Piccadilly lines will be shut at times over the holiday
:13:38. > :13:41.weekend. Improvement work is being carried out.
:13:42. > :13:44.The family of a runner who died after competing in the London
:13:45. > :13:48.Marathon say they are overwhelmed by the heartfelt messages of stpport
:13:49. > :13:53.they have received. 42`year`old Robert Berry collapsed at the
:13:54. > :13:59.finishing line on Sunday and was later announced to be dead. More
:14:00. > :14:03.than ?600,000 has been donated via his page.
:14:04. > :14:06.The first facility in the world is to convert landfill waste into jet
:14:07. > :14:14.fuel will be created in Essdx. It will be built on the site of a
:14:15. > :14:20.former oil refinery in Thurrock It will create up to 150 permanent
:14:21. > :14:25.jobs. This is very much arotnd our long`term sustainability in terms of
:14:26. > :14:28.the impact on climate changd, and we recognise that aviation, like all
:14:29. > :14:32.forms of transport, does have an impact on climate change, ghven that
:14:33. > :14:38.we produce CO2, and any step that we can take to reduce that production
:14:39. > :14:42.is a positive, so we are very excited indeed about this.
:14:43. > :14:45.Still to come: I am in Purldy, where the couple who live here were hoping
:14:46. > :14:50.to lay a new driveway this Daster, until workmen found a human skull
:14:51. > :14:54.under the old one. Police h`ve launched an investigation.
:14:55. > :14:59.And the film he almost forgot. Terry Jones tells about his new work ahead
:15:00. > :15:04.of the Monty Python reunion this summer.
:15:05. > :15:10.Imagine losing your child and then having the one thing that lhnked you
:15:11. > :15:14.to her stolen from you. Kathe McGregor lost her baby daughter when
:15:15. > :15:18.she was born prematurely. Two weeks ago the little red hat she was
:15:19. > :15:21.wearing when she died was stolen. And as Emma North reports, thousands
:15:22. > :15:27.of Londoners have now taken to social media to try and help her get
:15:28. > :15:34.it back. It was a tiny red hat, just five
:15:35. > :15:38.centimetres wide, but it has brought together thousands. It was
:15:39. > :15:44.reassurance. It was hers and she was mine and that is it really. It was
:15:45. > :15:49.recognition that I am a mother and she was there with me. Katid
:15:50. > :15:55.McGregor's daughter Isabel was born premature. When she died shd was
:15:56. > :16:02.wearing this little red hat. `` red hat. Katie had her bag stoldn from
:16:03. > :16:07.Tottenham Court Road and inside was the hat. It had huge sentimdntal
:16:08. > :16:12.value for me. If I was at work I would make sure it was in the bag.
:16:13. > :16:19.It is my link to her and now it is gone. Katie immediately turned to
:16:20. > :16:25.social media to help find Isabel's hat. What happened next astonished
:16:26. > :16:33.her. There were 600 members within a couple of hours. I have had messages
:16:34. > :16:38.from America, New Zealand, ` lady in Bali has messaged me. It is the
:16:39. > :16:41.nominal. Sorry, it is so overwhelming, the way peopld have
:16:42. > :16:48.picked up on it and they re`lly want to help. It just macro if I can get
:16:49. > :16:56.that hat back, it would mean the world to me. It is from this
:16:57. > :17:04.outpouring of goodwill that Katie has founded a charity to help put
:17:05. > :17:09.parents who have lost a babx in touch. I do believe there are
:17:10. > :17:15.wonderful people out there. Hopefully this will really help
:17:16. > :17:18.people. Ideally in the UK fdstival but if it can spread and help
:17:19. > :17:25.mothers anywhere in the world who are going through this, my life s
:17:26. > :17:31.work is done. I will be a vdry happy lady. The charity launches tonight.
:17:32. > :17:36.Whether the hat is found or not this makes sure Isobel's melory will
:17:37. > :17:39.not be lost. Human bones, including what is
:17:40. > :17:41.believed to be a skull, havd been found by workmen underneath a
:17:42. > :17:45.driveway in Surrey. The house in Purley has been cordoned off and is
:17:46. > :17:48.being treated as a crime scdne while a team of experts investigate how
:17:49. > :17:54.old the remains are. Victorha Graham is there for us now. Victorha, what
:17:55. > :17:58.more do we know? The discovery was made here on
:17:59. > :18:05.Monday. The landscape gardeners would digging up the drivew`y to lay
:18:06. > :18:10.a new one. They found what they thought was a coconut. On closer
:18:11. > :18:14.inspection it was a skull. They found other bones nearby. They
:18:15. > :18:21.downed tools and called the owners who were out at the time. A strange
:18:22. > :18:24.phone call to get? Yes, quite strange and shopping. When we
:18:25. > :18:31.realised the bones were quite old we thought we had a piece of hhstory in
:18:32. > :18:37.our garden. This is still a crime scene while they investigatd? Yes,
:18:38. > :18:41.it is. We are waiting to he`r from the police. They are doing carbon
:18:42. > :18:45.dating to work out how old the bones are. We are keen to find out what
:18:46. > :18:51.the procedure is and what wd need to do and show the proper respdct. I
:18:52. > :18:56.work for a firm of criminal defence solicitors and used to dealhng with
:18:57. > :19:01.grisly things but you never expect to find something like this in your
:19:02. > :19:07.front dry. It is like a trip to the museum for the kids. What an Easter
:19:08. > :19:10.holiday. What did you think? I thought it was really excithng
:19:11. > :19:16.because nothing like this ever happens. Big news to go to school
:19:17. > :19:20.with. What are the neighbours saying? The neighbours have been
:19:21. > :19:32.filling us in on local history. We have only lived here for three
:19:33. > :19:38.years. This is still a crimd scene. Burial sites have been found a close
:19:39. > :19:42.here. Time will tell what the bones are. Intriguing, thank you.
:19:43. > :19:46.Now if you were on Blackheath today you might have noticed rathdr a lot
:19:47. > :19:49.of clowns. They were holding their annual general meeting, app`rently,
:19:50. > :19:52.and where else but at Zippo's Circus. Gareth Furby went down to
:19:53. > :19:58.find out what was top of thdir agenda.
:19:59. > :20:03.London, home to the mother of Parliaments and now this. Mdeting
:20:04. > :20:09.today in Blackheath was the world's oldest organisation for clowns.
:20:10. > :20:14.Think of this scene as a reconstruction. But in the real
:20:15. > :20:20.events, something serious w`s discussed. We are actually trying to
:20:21. > :20:26.keep the art of clowning alhve and keep the history alive. Othdrwise
:20:27. > :20:30.everything becomes a dying `rt. One thing that is happening is
:20:31. > :20:34.membership of the Clowns International organisation hs being
:20:35. > :20:41.widened to beyond circus performance. Whether that is tempted
:20:42. > :20:47.circuses or people who work at children's birthday parties and
:20:48. > :20:50.fetes and fester. Macro one report suggests clowning is not so popular
:20:51. > :20:59.today with children so what was the view here today on Blackheath? They
:21:00. > :21:06.did not make me laugh. They did funny things. And today, soleone who
:21:07. > :21:11.was afraid of clowns as a boy but has decided to make a career out of
:21:12. > :21:16.it. At the age of eight I ddcided to get over the fear with the help of
:21:17. > :21:22.another professional clown. I like clowning and making people smile.
:21:23. > :21:26.Today, Clowns International presented its first`ever lifetime
:21:27. > :21:30.achievement award to three performers from Italy whose clowning
:21:31. > :21:35.heritage dates back seven generations. If the clowns here have
:21:36. > :21:40.their way, this is a perforling style which will continue for many
:21:41. > :21:44.more. What wonderful eccentric 's.
:21:45. > :21:47.Monty Python fans have lots to look forward to ` this summer thd Pythons
:21:48. > :21:51.are reuniting, but before hd joins them on stage, Terry Jones has a new
:21:52. > :21:55.film out, his first for mord than a decade. Absolutely Anything was shot
:21:56. > :21:58.in north London, stars Simon Pegg, and the script was originally thrown
:21:59. > :22:04.out by Terry Jones 20 years ago Our entertainment correspondent, Brenda
:22:05. > :22:10.Emmanus has been on set. An early morning in north London and
:22:11. > :22:15.Terry Jones directs a crowd scene at the races. It is one of sevdral
:22:16. > :22:19.being shot today for his latest project, Absolutely Anything.
:22:20. > :22:24.Revived from a script the Monty Python star had sitting on ` chair
:22:25. > :22:29.at home, it is his first tile in the director's chair for the first time
:22:30. > :22:34.in 16 years. I find it extr`ordinary that your editing when you `re
:22:35. > :22:38.filming. It takes a bit of time but it fills in the time actually.
:22:39. > :22:53.Filming is constantly waiting around for lighting to happen. It fills in
:22:54. > :23:01.the time. The film stars Silon Pegg as a hapless teacher and thdre are
:23:02. > :23:06.Terry's Monty Python colleagues as the voices of aliens. He will be
:23:07. > :23:10.back with a live show at thd O2 in the summer. How excited are you
:23:11. > :23:16.about the reunion? Is it distracting you from the job at hand? No, I am
:23:17. > :23:21.not really thinking about it. I am not thinking about it at all. Not in
:23:22. > :23:31.the slightest bit nervous or anxious? Well, maybe! It is a day of
:23:32. > :23:37.stunts and silliness for Silon Pegg as the teacher with magic powers. He
:23:38. > :23:41.admits he had loved the acthon but he is really enjoying filming in the
:23:42. > :23:46.capital. I lived in Crouch dnd until a couple of years ago. I literally
:23:47. > :23:51.lived two streets away from this location. I could have skatdboard
:23:52. > :23:59.did to work. Absolutely Anything should be released next sprhng.
:24:00. > :24:06.Now let's get a check on thd weather with Nick Miller.
:24:07. > :24:15.It was a blue sky bonanza and warm after a chilly start. With `ll of
:24:16. > :24:19.the sunshine, you will notice across the northern half of the UK, there
:24:20. > :24:24.are some cloud around and some of that will eventually come otr way
:24:25. > :24:29.tomorrow. It is not here yet. You will find after the Sun has gone,
:24:30. > :24:34.with light winds, the temperatures will dip away. It will turn out to
:24:35. > :24:41.be chilly night. Not quite `s cold as it was last night. No single
:24:42. > :24:49.figures in the countryside possible. Tomorrow is another day. Yot will
:24:50. > :24:55.need your jacket first thing. It will turn out to be a warm day
:24:56. > :24:59.compared with today even with a bit more cloud around. There will be
:25:00. > :25:04.some high cloud making the sunshine hazy but plenty more dry and sunny
:25:05. > :25:11.weather to come. Later on there will be more cloud coming our wax in the
:25:12. > :25:15.evening. The temperatures whll feel very pleasant indeed. Going out and
:25:16. > :25:22.about tomorrow evening, don't expect the blue sky because there will be
:25:23. > :25:31.more cloud. That takes us to the Easter weekend. Will it last? For
:25:32. > :25:35.Friday and Saturday it will but on Sunday there is a change coling our
:25:36. > :25:40.way. We will see a band of rain coming in from the east. Thd wind
:25:41. > :25:45.will pick up as well. It will feel colder. There will be some showers
:25:46. > :25:48.falling on behind. Friday and Saturday are looking dry. The best
:25:49. > :25:54.day of the holiday weekend with a fair amount of sunshine and the
:25:55. > :25:59.outside chance of a shower. Easter Day looks like a day when it will be
:26:00. > :26:02.turning whiter. It is a holhday weekend so we had to expect rain at
:26:03. > :26:14.sometime! Back to our top story. 20,000 people
:26:15. > :26:18.lost out on their first chohce of Reimer School. You have been getting
:26:19. > :26:24.in touch. Hazel Slade from Hillingdon says they have not been
:26:25. > :26:29.offering a place. She says the services they need are not
:26:30. > :26:34.available. Her daughter will get a place eventually but it will be at a
:26:35. > :26:38.school they really do not w`nt for her. Vladimir says they havd been
:26:39. > :26:43.offered a place in a Church of England school in Mill Hill which is
:26:44. > :26:49.three miles away. It is an `bsolute joke. The selection has not been
:26:50. > :26:53.done by a human being but bx a computer.
:26:54. > :26:58.Now the main news headlines: Teams of divers are searching the upturned
:26:59. > :27:02.hull of a South Korean ferrx, which sank with nearly 500 people on
:27:03. > :27:06.board. Five people are known to have died and nearly 300 are missing
:27:07. > :27:08.Unemployment in the UK has fallen by 77,000 in the three months to
:27:09. > :27:11.February, to just under two`and`a`quarter million. The
:27:12. > :27:14.jobless rate in the capital is now at a five`year low.
:27:15. > :27:18.NATO is to deploy more forcds in eastern Europe, as the crishs in
:27:19. > :27:21.Ukraine deepens. Convoys of Ukrainian troops have been seen in
:27:22. > :27:30.the east of the country, whdre pro`Russia gunmen have occupied
:27:31. > :27:34.government buildings. The Metropolitan Police says it is
:27:35. > :27:37.carrying out an investigation into Tower Hamlets Council. Council say
:27:38. > :27:42.they will not comment on thd development.
:27:43. > :27:45.That is it, I will be back later during the ten o'clock News. From
:27:46. > :28:01.everyone on the team, have ` lovely evening.
:28:02. > :28:14.In 1750, two visionaries were brought together
:28:15. > :28:20.This was a benefit concert on a massive scale.
:28:21. > :28:25.This evening was about to make history.
:28:26. > :28:31.And became a model for how art music and philanthropy