:00:00. > :00:00.Moyes has been sacked after a season of blue results. He spent just ten
:00:00. > :00:08.months in the job. It is time for the news where
:00:09. > :00:16.Tonight on BBC London ` crime in the capital is down but critics say the
:00:17. > :00:20.figures are misleading. So many crimes involve human trafficking or
:00:21. > :00:24.cyber crimes, they are not reported. We need to make sure we are
:00:25. > :00:28.accurately getting a true reflection of crime across London. We will be
:00:29. > :00:32.asking if Londoners feel any safer. Also tonight: Talks have begun to
:00:33. > :00:36.try to prevent five days of strikes on the Tube over ticket office
:00:37. > :00:41.closures. Every council seat in London is up
:00:42. > :00:50.for grabs next month. We ask ` what are the key issues that may affect
:00:51. > :00:52.the way you vote. Plus: the London actor who's landed a debut role
:00:53. > :01:09.alongside a Hollywood A`Lister. Good evening. Crime in London has
:01:10. > :01:12.fallen. New figures show that nearly 50,000 fewer offences were reported
:01:13. > :01:21.last year than in the previous 12 months. There were fewer burglaries,
:01:22. > :01:26.robberies, and mobile phone tlefts. The Metropolitan `` mobile phone
:01:27. > :01:32.thefts. The Metropolitan Police say they have a strategy against crime.
:01:33. > :01:36.Critics say the figures are misleading and they've accused
:01:37. > :01:40.Scotland Yard of massaging figures for certain types of crime.
:01:41. > :01:46.These are been the #k458ence facing the Met. Robbery, burglary, violence
:01:47. > :01:49.and even murder. And this has been part of the
:01:50. > :01:54.answer, according to the Met. Three years of highly`visible police
:01:55. > :01:58.operations across London, targeting speing civic problems. It seems to
:01:59. > :02:02.be working. `` specific problems. Total crime is down. In the past
:02:03. > :02:08.year, by more than 6%. Robberies have fallen by almost one`fifth.
:02:09. > :02:13.Burglaries, by 8%. And other high`volume crime, motor vehicle
:02:14. > :02:19.theft, by nearly 6%. If we look at gun crime, it's dropped by 17%.
:02:20. > :02:24.Knife crime, also has decreased. Youth violence, which was such an
:02:25. > :02:29.issue a few years ago s down by 4%. And if we look at the worse crime of
:02:30. > :02:35.all, murder, then compared to other capital cities, London is relatively
:02:36. > :02:40.safe. In particular, Ealing. Crime falling here by more than 14%. The
:02:41. > :02:45.biggest drop in the capital. There are a lot of police around here. I
:02:46. > :02:50.see a lot around. I'm safe here. I feel safe in Ealing. We do feel
:02:51. > :02:55.safe. I think we have had more police on patrol about the place.
:02:56. > :02:58.It's welcome that crime seems to be falling in London but the pattern
:02:59. > :03:02.differs across each of the London Boroughs. The real issue for me is
:03:03. > :03:06.how we are actually tackling crime and whether we are actually solving
:03:07. > :03:10.crime in London. When you look at those figures, only one in six
:03:11. > :03:14.crimes is solved in London. The bigger problem is trust in how the
:03:15. > :03:18.police record crime. This officer has accused the Met of routinely
:03:19. > :03:22.fiddling the figures, telling MPs in one borough, 300 burglaries
:03:23. > :03:26.disappeared over a couple of weeks. Things would clearly be being
:03:27. > :03:30.reported as burglaries. You then re`run the same report, there had
:03:31. > :03:34.been a human intervention, ie a management intervention and they had
:03:35. > :03:36.disappeared in a puff of smoke. Earlier this year the Met
:03:37. > :03:39.Commissioner admitted he was concerned. I have accepted from the
:03:40. > :03:42.start that in fact there are more things to do. This month a
:03:43. > :03:51.parliamentary Select Committee report, titledIng caught Red Handed,
:03:52. > :03:58.criticised the police for being less than honest. Ultimately inaccurate
:03:59. > :04:05.figures gives an inaccurate figure of where crime is taking place.
:04:06. > :04:08.Joining me now is Metropolitan police Assistant Commissioner, Simon
:04:09. > :04:12.Byrne. Scotland Yard must have been a happy place to be today We are
:04:13. > :04:16.pleased with what the figures show. At the end of the day, the amount of
:04:17. > :04:20.people that haven't been victims is effectively the size of a small
:04:21. > :04:23.town. Nearly 50,000 people haven't had the experience of having their
:04:24. > :04:28.home burgled and being attacked in the street and so on and so forth.
:04:29. > :04:31.It is important. But when we talk about crime figures we qualify it
:04:32. > :04:35.that there is always more to do to make the capital safer. How
:04:36. > :04:39.confident can Londoners be that the falling crime you point, to and I
:04:40. > :04:44.don't know how to put it subtley so you will say it ` is the case.
:04:45. > :04:47.That's the elephant in the room conversation at the moment. Can you
:04:48. > :04:49.trust the figures? I encourage people to think about ` if I'm
:04:50. > :04:53.running a business, this is the nearest thing to my bottom line I
:04:54. > :04:56.can offer the public. I have to be confident what is reported is
:04:57. > :04:59.accurate. There has been a lot of debate recently about that whole
:05:00. > :05:02.issue. From the Met's point of view, we are one of the most regulated
:05:03. > :05:08.police forces in the country. We have had an independent inspection
:05:09. > :05:14.by a body called HMIC. The mayor's office have also looked at our crime
:05:15. > :05:19.figures. We have detailed internal checks and balances. Let me bring
:05:20. > :05:23.viewers up to date. If you run a business, you say you have to be
:05:24. > :05:29.accurate. If you were running it, it would be out of business. Crime
:05:30. > :05:33.figures have been stripped of approval because of questions about
:05:34. > :05:36.be a radioscy. And your crime Commissioner said figures have been
:05:37. > :05:39.fiddled and it is ongoing. MPs have said there is strong evidence that
:05:40. > :05:43.the police under`record crime. That's really not good? It is not
:05:44. > :05:47.reliable for you to come on and say crime is going down and for us to
:05:48. > :05:51.say ` that's great, Sir. I think you have to accept these are damning
:05:52. > :05:56.allegations from a broad church of opinion. Which the Commissioner
:05:57. > :06:00.accepts. He does. Your clip showed he recognised we need to assure
:06:01. > :06:03.ourselves that all we are doing is robust in terms of the checks and
:06:04. > :06:07.balances my officers make every day to make sure, if you are saying your
:06:08. > :06:10.home is burgled we record it accurately. If we cannot trust the
:06:11. > :06:14.figures that the police give, how can we as Londoners, trust the
:06:15. > :06:18.police? There are a few issues when you look at the to tal it why of
:06:19. > :06:22.what we are talking B firstly, recorded crime is falling
:06:23. > :06:27.dramatically in some instances. You can't make nearly 7,000 robberies
:06:28. > :06:31.disappear. You can't make nearly 8,000 burglaries disappear. If you
:06:32. > :06:34.took burglary as one example, even if you don't trust our figures, most
:06:35. > :06:38.people have to report through their insurance company to get that next
:06:39. > :06:42.bit, which is getting your property replaced. There are certain types of
:06:43. > :06:45.crime you can be more confident or accurate. There are others, based on
:06:46. > :06:49.personal experience, whether they are being assaulted or not, where
:06:50. > :06:53.there can sometimes be room or error and where we know and are frustrated
:06:54. > :06:57.that people don't report enough of it to us. We could talk about this
:06:58. > :07:01.for a long time yet, but thank you for coming on.
:07:02. > :07:07.Stay with us tonight. There is lots more to come, including: 70,000
:07:08. > :07:10.people sign a petition against cuts at Kew. Its director tells us it may
:07:11. > :07:23.increase charges to make ends meet. Talks aimed at averting tube strikes
:07:24. > :07:27.next week and and the week after have resumed. The walkout is over
:07:28. > :07:30.the proposed closure of ticket offices with London Underground
:07:31. > :07:35.saying their plans will radically improve customer service. Not
:07:36. > :07:40.surprisingly, the RMT union strongly disagrees.
:07:41. > :07:45.This dispute disrupted the Tube back in February. Now the same thing
:07:46. > :07:49.could happen again. This afternoon, unions and transport bosses met to
:07:50. > :07:55.try to avert another strike. This is about modernising the Tube.
:07:56. > :07:59.This is about really providing increased benefits to our customers,
:08:00. > :08:02.getting more face`to`face contact with our customers. Instead of
:08:03. > :08:06.people being behind pieces of glass in ticket offices, we want our staff
:08:07. > :08:10.out on frontline helping our customers. London Underground wants
:08:11. > :08:16.to close all ticket offices and cut 950 jobs. In talks over the last
:08:17. > :08:21.eight weeks, it claims it's made the changes for staff fairer. The RMT
:08:22. > :08:25.union disputes that, though, and says cutting jobs will affect
:08:26. > :08:30.safety. A strike is planned for next Monday, for two days and the
:08:31. > :08:34.following week, for three. Today there has also been a change
:08:35. > :08:41.of language from London Underground. In an open letter to Londoners, it
:08:42. > :08:45.says, "Stations will become personalise #d, customer service
:08:46. > :08:52.strss. We cannot stand by and force customers to pay for ticket offices
:08:53. > :08:56.through their fares. What." What is interesting, is with the RMT
:08:57. > :09:00.leadership up for grabs, are saying that election could play a part in
:09:01. > :09:05.these negotiations. Do you think had it will have an impact, the RMT
:09:06. > :09:08.leadership up for grabs? None whatsoever. This is a dispute about
:09:09. > :09:12.the London Underground and the staff who work on T that's all this
:09:13. > :09:16.dispute is about. `` work on it. It is what it has been about since 21st
:09:17. > :09:20.November last year when the underground told us they had to save
:09:21. > :09:23.?4.2 billion between now and the end of 2021, they had to close every
:09:24. > :09:27.London Underground ticket office. Also they had to reapply for their
:09:28. > :09:32.jobs and this is the first wave. These talks will probably go on all
:09:33. > :09:41.week. If it is not resolved, expect much more of this from Monday night.
:09:42. > :09:44.A man from Staines who opened a scuba diving business in the
:09:45. > :09:48.Philippines has been shot dead on the island where he lived.
:09:49. > :09:52.35`year`old Tony Gilchrist was shot by a security guard who he had
:09:53. > :09:56.sacked for turning up late for work after a drinking session. His
:09:57. > :10:01.brother described Mr Gilchrist as a compassionate person who cared
:10:02. > :10:05.deeply about the Philippines. The former X Factor judge, Tulisa
:10:06. > :10:08.Contostavlos, has appeared in court accused of being involved in
:10:09. > :10:12.brokering a drug deal. The former N dubs singer from Friern Barnet in
:10:13. > :10:16.north London is charged with offering to supply an undercover
:10:17. > :10:20.newspaper supporter with a class A drug. The 25`year`old denies the
:10:21. > :10:25.allegation. She'll return to Southwark Crown Court in June.
:10:26. > :10:31.A petition against a cut in funding at Kew Gardens has been signed by
:10:32. > :10:36.almost ?70,000 people. The Government has told Kew it faces a
:10:37. > :10:40.total cut of ?1.5 million which will lead to job losses and a possible
:10:41. > :10:46.rise in ticket prices. Our reporter, Yvonne Hall is in Kew for us now.
:10:47. > :10:52.It is a lovely spring evening here at Kew Gardens with everything just
:10:53. > :10:55.about to burst into life. Kew gardens is renowned for its
:10:56. > :10:58.scientific and educational programmes across the world. There
:10:59. > :11:04.is concern this work is threatened by a ?5 mill divron short fall in
:11:05. > :11:09.funding, including a ?1.5 million cut by the Government over the next
:11:10. > :11:13.two years. Unions here say they fear 125 jobs could be lost but directors
:11:14. > :11:17.say they'll try and keep the cuts to a minimum.
:11:18. > :11:22.We are going to have to reduce headcount quite significant cli. Our
:11:23. > :11:28.aim is to do that `` significantly. Our aim is to do that whilst avoid
:11:29. > :11:31.voiding redundancies. We will try to make efficiencies with minimum or
:11:32. > :11:35.zero impact on visitors and science colleagues. In terms of pricing, we
:11:36. > :11:39.may have to increase it. If we do, we will do it modestly and
:11:40. > :11:43.carefully. Well, we asked the Government for
:11:44. > :11:47.response to the growing protests about these cuts. The Department for
:11:48. > :11:51.the Environment told us, "Like all departments we are making savings
:11:52. > :11:56.and playing our part in reducing the deficit but we are pleased they have
:11:57. > :12:00.been able to offer relative protection to Kew. They are funded
:12:01. > :12:03.from a variety of sources and we continue to work closely with Kew to
:12:04. > :12:08.help them to explore further options." That's unlikely to pacify
:12:09. > :12:12.the growing protests about these cuts. Nearly 70,000 people have now
:12:13. > :12:16.signed an online petition. They are being backed by Sir David
:12:17. > :12:21.Attenborough, the local MP and local councillors. Meetings are being
:12:22. > :12:26.planned here over the next few months to try to decide what can be
:12:27. > :12:30.cut and what can be saved. Next month, Londoners will go to the
:12:31. > :12:35.polls to decide who will run their local councils. All seats in all 32
:12:36. > :12:39.boroughs are up for grabs. But what are the key issues like lie to sway
:12:40. > :12:45.the way you vote? Tim Donovan looks ahead to May 22nd.
:12:46. > :12:49.This was the picture, after the last London council elections in 2010,
:12:50. > :12:54.held on the same day as the general election. Labour controlled 17
:12:55. > :12:57.boroughs. The Conservatives had 11 and the Liberal Democrats were in
:12:58. > :13:02.charge of two and that left two boroughs where there was no overall
:13:03. > :13:06.control. That means no party had a majority of seats. Now, since then,
:13:07. > :13:13.two more councils have become no overall control. That's Harrow and
:13:14. > :13:18.Havering. Har yes was previously Labour`run and Dobb harrow was
:13:19. > :13:23.previously Labour`run. Now thee elections come at a time of
:13:24. > :13:27.considerable financial constraints on all councils The Conservatives
:13:28. > :13:31.council in London have rolled that you are sleeves on it but have done
:13:32. > :13:35.it by cutting out the fat, the back office, administrative office,
:13:36. > :13:39.slimming down drastically but thinking of new, clever, more
:13:40. > :13:45.go`ahead ways to deliver frontline services. Labour councils have built
:13:46. > :13:48.twice as many affordable housing as Conservative councils. Labour
:13:49. > :13:54.councils are having free school means in school. They pay a living
:13:55. > :13:59.wage. Labour councils are trying to protect police officers on the
:14:00. > :14:02.street. Good examples in tough Financial Times. You won't waste
:14:03. > :14:06.money in hard times and spend it on the priorities. We have kept
:14:07. > :14:11.swimming pools and libraries oe. We have built affordable housing when
:14:12. > :14:15.we are in power. Other councils have use used reductions of government
:14:16. > :14:22.finances as an excuse for not doing what they should. Back in 2010,
:14:23. > :14:27.Labour won the most seats with 876 council councillors, the
:14:28. > :14:32.Conservatives 717. Liberal Democrats 246 and the Green 11. But UKIP have
:14:33. > :14:36.made their mark since 2010, maybe as a result of several defests from
:14:37. > :14:39.other parties which mean they had 19 councillors going into these
:14:40. > :14:43.elections while the Greens had dropped to 2. We are looking to
:14:44. > :14:47.protect public services, fight against the privatisation and
:14:48. > :14:51.reverse it where we can and we are looking at the fact we knead a much
:14:52. > :14:55.better environment on a local scale, air quality, air pollution has to be
:14:56. > :15:02.tackled but also, we have to deal with climate change. All All three
:15:03. > :15:04.parties are losing votes national by to the United Kingdom Independence
:15:05. > :15:09.Party. We would like to kneel London, we will, in these elections
:15:10. > :15:12.in May, pick up somewhere between 20 to 50 seats. London will also be
:15:13. > :15:16.voting to elect members of the European Parliament. London elects
:15:17. > :15:18.eight MEPs at the moment. Labour currently have two. The
:15:19. > :15:22.Conservatives three and the Liberal Democrats, UKIP and the Greens one
:15:23. > :15:27.each. And the result of that election will be known on Sunday,
:15:28. > :15:32.May 25th. Now still to come before the end of
:15:33. > :15:35.the programme: I'm in Madrid to find out if Chelsea can take a step
:15:36. > :15:44.towards another Champions' League final.
:15:45. > :15:50.A company in East London has been awarded one of the highest accolades
:15:51. > :15:52.a business can achieve. London tradition produces and exports
:15:53. > :15:57.traditional duffle coats and they have seen their overseas sales grow
:15:58. > :16:00.massively in the past six years. Now that success has earned the firm a
:16:01. > :16:10.Queen 's Award for Enterprise as Victoria Graham reports.
:16:11. > :16:17.Big pockets and the ubiquitous toggles. It was a code created for
:16:18. > :16:22.the Royal Navy in the Second World War to protect men from the biting
:16:23. > :16:27.winds of the North Sea and the Atlantic. Here in this quiet
:16:28. > :16:31.backwater lies a boom in business, employing local people who are
:16:32. > :16:38.transforming what became a fashion staple of the 60s into an
:16:39. > :16:42.international fashion must have. The company prides itself on using
:16:43. > :16:51.manpower over machine. Every code is hand cut and hand finished. To
:16:52. > :16:56.achieve that experience is key. Our people traditionally learn how to
:16:57. > :17:00.make garments, how to work in this industry and we have very skilled
:17:01. > :17:08.people and I think we are the best people. I am very fortunate to be
:17:09. > :17:13.working with this company and we are making the highest quality product
:17:14. > :17:19.in London and the bestseller in the shops and hopefully we will keep on
:17:20. > :17:25.going. Today the design has evolved, but its history remains one of its
:17:26. > :17:29.biggest attractions. It is a wonderful British product and is
:17:30. > :17:33.made in England, made in London, and it is totally authentic. Anything
:17:34. > :17:39.that has authenticity and heritage is going to be popular. It is great
:17:40. > :17:44.news and one that other companies can follow as well. British
:17:45. > :17:57.tradition is there and if people have the foresight and ability to
:17:58. > :17:59.get up and find foreign buyers, rewards are there for them. The
:18:00. > :18:01.reward recognises companies that have made an outstanding
:18:02. > :18:03.contribution to the British company and it should help this company to
:18:04. > :18:09.fly the flag for British business for many years to come. In less than
:18:10. > :18:13.an hour Chelsea will kick off against Atletico Madrid in their
:18:14. > :18:17.first leg of the Champions League. Atletico Madrid are currently top of
:18:18. > :18:22.their league, whilst Chelsea's chances here have faded. Warren
:18:23. > :18:32.Nettleford said this report from Madrid.
:18:33. > :18:39.No city has one more European cups, nine, but they all belong to Real
:18:40. > :18:44.Madrid and if they are the King's club, then Atletico Madrid is the
:18:45. > :18:51.club for the workers. But times are changing and Atletico Madrid have
:18:52. > :18:56.won the Europa kit `` cup twice. They are also top of the Spanish
:18:57. > :19:03.league. For Chelsea the last few days have been traumatic. Losing to
:19:04. > :19:09.Bolton in the Premier league, it is dented their title hopes. But on his
:19:10. > :19:13.return to Spain he was keen to talk up the potential impact of the
:19:14. > :19:20.striker Fernando Torres, a former Atletico Madrid Madrid player. He is
:19:21. > :19:25.a real Atletico Madrid supporter, a big one, but he is a professional. I
:19:26. > :19:33.have no doubts that the minute he is on the pitch tomorrow he is going to
:19:34. > :19:40.try to do everything for Chelsea. But what about the talented Belgian
:19:41. > :19:44.keeper currently on loan to Atletico Madrid on Chelsea. Chelsea believed
:19:45. > :19:51.the clause in his contract meant he would not play for them, but that
:19:52. > :19:55.clause has been waived. There is a much broader question, which is how
:19:56. > :20:00.does he feel about the way this has been handled by the two clubs? How
:20:01. > :20:08.does he feel about potentially going back to Chelsea? Fans seemed to have
:20:09. > :20:16.mixed feelings for him. We played a lot of money for him a few years
:20:17. > :20:22.ago, he should not be playing. He is not going to concede on purpose. As
:20:23. > :20:28.the fans gathered for tonight's match, the evening is perfectly
:20:29. > :20:41.poised, the club characterised as one for the Spanish workers, taking
:20:42. > :20:45.one owned by a wealthy oligarchs. It was an unlikely career move, the
:20:46. > :20:48.chance to co`star alongside a Hollywood actors, but for Adam
:20:49. > :20:53.Pearson from Croydon, who suffers from a red genetic condition, that
:20:54. > :20:57.is what happened after he landed a role in a new film with Scarlett
:20:58. > :21:02.Johanssen. Adam is used to people staring, he
:21:03. > :21:08.was born with a condition that causes noncancerous tumours to grow
:21:09. > :21:13.on nerve tissue. There is a difference when people are being
:21:14. > :21:17.curious and when they are being ignorant or malicious. I had an
:21:18. > :21:22.incident when I was out in Croydon doing some shopping and some
:21:23. > :21:30.schoolgirls came in. They were talking as if I was not in the room
:21:31. > :21:35.and taking photos on their phones. It has not been easy, but Adam has
:21:36. > :21:40.never let his appearance hold him back and he is not shy. This
:21:41. > :21:45.billboard was displayed at King's Cross station. Being a television
:21:46. > :21:51.producer he is used to being behind the camera, but things changed when
:21:52. > :21:56.he was offered a direction and a role in the new film. He found out
:21:57. > :22:03.he would be acting alongside one of the biggest names in Hollywood,
:22:04. > :22:12.Scarlett Johanssen. When was the last time you had a girlfriend? I
:22:13. > :22:17.never had one. I thought it was awesome. In the
:22:18. > :22:22.film Scarlett Johanssen plays an alien who roams the streets of
:22:23. > :22:29.Glasgow killing unsuspecting men. Adam is one of her victims. It is
:22:30. > :22:33.about acceptance and how society looks without knowledge and
:22:34. > :22:40.prejudice. It was a really good role I could get behind and sink my teeth
:22:41. > :22:45.into. If one person sees it and it changes the way they think about
:22:46. > :22:51.disability and disfigurement, I have done my job. Despite the tours he
:22:52. > :22:57.has endured, Adam's confidence has never been knocked and he hopes his
:22:58. > :23:02.new`found fame will go a long way to challenge the stigma of
:23:03. > :23:06.disfigurement. It could be the start of a brand`new Hollywood career.
:23:07. > :23:11.The weather forecast is not great, but it is not bad.
:23:12. > :23:22.It is in between. It is warm but wishy`washy. We have basically got
:23:23. > :23:26.high pressure over Scandinavia and we are not under the effects of
:23:27. > :23:32.that, but we have got low`pressure systems in the Atlantic which are
:23:33. > :23:37.not affecting us really. Basically this area nothing is going on, so
:23:38. > :23:41.the weather is not going to do anything dynamic over the next few
:23:42. > :23:46.days. At the moment we have got a fair amount of cloud drifting
:23:47. > :23:51.around, but also bright and sunny spells. Some showers have the
:23:52. > :23:56.potential to be on the heavy side, but they will fizzle out overnight.
:23:57. > :24:04.We will have some breaks in the cloud, so there may be a few missed
:24:05. > :24:09.or fog patches developing. We will have temperatures around eight or
:24:10. > :24:15.nine. Out in the countryside we may get down to six or seven, but it is
:24:16. > :24:20.not a cold night. We start the day tomorrow with a fair amount of cloud
:24:21. > :24:25.which will be drifting to and fro as we go through the afternoon. There
:24:26. > :24:31.will be some breaks in the cloud and there will be some sunny spells. It
:24:32. > :24:35.will feel quite warm with temperatures reaching about 18
:24:36. > :24:41.degrees. Towards the end of the day this weather front might introduce
:24:42. > :24:50.rain into the very final part of the day. That crosses overnight. We are
:24:51. > :24:55.in the middle bit where there is not much going on, so for Friday we do
:24:56. > :25:02.not have the effects of the low`pressure or the high and there
:25:03. > :25:06.will be cloud around. A bit more on the boring side. Uncertainty over
:25:07. > :25:10.the weekend and it looks as if we might get low`pressure. Wishy`washy
:25:11. > :25:15.weather this week, but not a wash`out. You also said flabby
:25:16. > :25:22.area. It was an interesting forecast.
:25:23. > :25:25.Let's remind ourselves of the headlines: Manchester United have
:25:26. > :25:31.sacked their manager David Moyes just ten months after he signed a
:25:32. > :25:36.six`year contract to replace Sir Alex Ferguson. Ryan Giggs will take
:25:37. > :25:41.temporary control. UKIP leader Nigel Farage has launched his party's
:25:42. > :25:46.campaign for the European and local elections. He has defended a series
:25:47. > :25:51.of posters which claimed Europeans are taking British jobs. His
:25:52. > :25:55.opponents claim they are racist. A seven`year`old boy who was badly
:25:56. > :26:01.burned in a fire in the street in Aberdeen has died in hospital.
:26:02. > :26:06.Preston Flores's family says his loss has ripped them apart. Crime
:26:07. > :26:14.has dropped in the capital over the last year. Critics claim the figures
:26:15. > :26:20.are misleading. And talks have begun to try and avert a five`day Tube
:26:21. > :26:26.strike. The industrial action is due to start next Monday. I will be back
:26:27. > :26:52.with the ten o'clock News on BBC One.
:26:53. > :26:57.Some people don't think real change in Europe is possible.
:26:58. > :27:00.Some people don't think real change is necessary.
:27:01. > :27:04.Some people don't think it's worth fighting for.
:27:05. > :27:07.But we want to make Europe work for Britain,
:27:08. > :27:11.and give you the final say with an in-out referendum in 2017.
:27:12. > :27:19.have made Britain's economy stronger and more competitive.
:27:20. > :27:23.a record number of people in work. And we're predicted to be