07/05/2014 BBC London News

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Tonight on BBC London News: The foreign investment flowing into

London's growing economy. Creating jobs, but is it fuelling the housing

crisis? The rebel for everyone in London is

that this creates extra pressure on housing. You are creating extra

jobs, but not housing supply to meet them.

Also tonight: The police held this teenager with Down's Syndrome for

nine hours. His family lodge a complaint.

Calls for all migrant care workers to speak good English.

And could it be the end of the line for this steam engine? How younger

volunteers are needed to keep it running.

Good evening and welcome to the programme. We begin tonight with

news about London's economy and a record amount of investment in

technology companies. London and Partners, the body which promotes

the city, says foreign investment is booming, with ?3 billion of funding

from Asia announced this year. But whilst the money means new jobs are

being created, some economists worry that it's also fuelling London's

housing crisis, and hitting manufacturers. Alex Bushill is in

south London now. Battersea Power Station behind me

sums up what foreign money can do for our city. Malaysia has put Liam

is into this area. It will be a thriving district of our city. Today

we found out more about how much foreign money is now flowing into

the capital. Is this wonderful news? Well, it is not as simple as

that. London is the global city of the

billions of foreign currency are to be believed. The big winner `` the

biggest winner is technology start`ups. Chris has moved his

ticketing company from his hometown of Copenhagen to London. We believe

London is the most interesting market. We also believe London is a

hub for a lot of people in Europe, meaning that we can bring access to

interesting people here. In the last financial year, 260 foreign

companies have set up shop in London, a 16% increase on last year.

The figures include a record number of tech companies, 19 new firms this

year. It is thought in all, this will create more than 4400 new jobs

in their first year. So is this good news, pure and simple? Not

necessarily, as these two economists explained over a cup in the heart of

tech city. The problem for everyone in London is that this creates extra

pressure on things like housing. You are creating new jobs, but not the

housing supply to meet them, which has immediate consequences for the

affordability of housing. It is fantastic news when there is

investment in the capital. But you have to be conscious that the holy

grail for an economy is balanced growth. So capital flows coming into

one region do have an impact on the currency, and that has a negative

impact on the manufacturing sector, which has to struggle against the

strong pound we are enjoying. For London, it means big regeneration

project, with Chinese money flowing in as never before. For example,

?700 million on one development, and one Liam each regenerating the Royal

Albert Hall that the docks. So should we demanding more investment

in affordable housing from these investors? Not according to the

people whose job it is to bring those investors here in the first

play. It is a very competitive market. These investors are looking

around the globe. They could go elsewhere to look at investments, so

they have to see a return on their investment. So the smart money is

heading our way. The question is for how long, and how can we make sure

it stays? Instead of globalisation, it makes

us rich, but it also makes us more vulnerable. The billions flowing in

will certainly promised new jobs, companies and buildings. The

question is, how much more vulnerable will be big to money that

flows in, flowing out again? Lots more to come, including:

tickets to this year's Chelsea Flower Show should cost no more than

?68, but I will be finding out just how much they are really selling

for. The mother of a teenager with Down's

Syndrome is lodging a formal complaint against the Met after her

son was held for nine hours, accused of burglary. She says 19`year`old

Abdul Al`Faisal climbed through a window at his school in Tottenham

because he wanted to get his baseball cap, and claims officers

were "heavy`handed" in their response. But police insist they

treated Abdul appropriately as a "vulnerable adult". Here's Sonja

Jessup. Abdul Al`Faisal says his arms are

still hurting after being handcuffed by police. It is ridiculous. He has

down syndrome, and yet you handcuffed him and bruised his arms.

It is ridiculous. You can see that he has down syndrome. His family

said Abdul had only wanted to get his baseball cap back. He had left

it at school, and even though it was closed over the bank holiday, he

decided he would go there to retrieve it. It is thought Abdullah

tome on his own and walked three miles here to Haringey sixth form

centre, where he is eschewed in. He climbed through an open window and

set off an alarm. He `` police found him inside and arrested him. Police

say he was found with not only the baseball cap, but other items that

did not belong to him. They said they recognised him straightaway as

a vulnerable adult, and treated him appropriately. The officers would

not have handcuffed him if it was not sorry. And let's not make the

present that because he is suffering from Down syndrome, he is not a

physically able man who could not have escaped from police custody.

His family, unaware that Abdul was being held in custody, ported him

missing. Police say they quickly brought his mother along to the

station along with other adults trained in how to support people

with special needs, but Abdul's mother says it was nine hours before

he was released. Something needs to be done about the police arresting

people with learning difficulties. I think the laws need to be changed.

And they need to be trained properly in how to handle people with

learning difficulty. Abdul says he is now looking forward to going back

to school, but the police caution he was given will stay on his record.

The care industry needs to make sure that their workers have a basic

grasp of English before they're allowed to work with vulnerable

people in their homes. That's according to a report for the

Department of Health which says that poor language skills could lead to

the bad care and abuse of patients and racial abuse towards carers.

Half of all care workers in the capital don't have English as their

first language, as Tarah Welsh reports.

Allowing a stranger into your home can leave many people feeling

vulnerable. Carers are often as to carry out basic tasks such as

cooking, cleaning and bathing. So being able to understand each other

is crucial. Many workers from outside the European Union already

have to prove they can speak basic English. Now this government adviser

says it is time for care agencies to ensure their employees on within the

EU do the same. It is the core of the care work, communication and

interpersonal relationships. If you don't have the necessary skills to

build that on, that may cause further problems and

misunderstandings and a stressful situation. The care industry relies

heavily on foreign workers . At least 50% of carers in London are

migrants. 36% of those are from the EU. These Hungarian women used to

work as carers. Even though they both speak good English, they still

had problems. I did not know the word gravy, that you put into

consumers. Care agencies accept that good communication skills are

essential, but said paying for more training could be difficult. Social

care is dramatically underfunded in the UK. We need to make sure local

authorities are funding care police. One of the biggest risks is

that training suffers if caring is underfunded. The government says

communication skills would be required to get the new care

certificate. As the population ages, even more carers will need to have

the right skills. Three men have been jailed for life

for the murder of a teenager in Poplar. 16`year`old Ajmol Alom was

days away from receiving his GCSE results when he was the victim of an

unprovoked attack near his home. Aminur Nadir Khan and Ali Akbar

Choudary, who are both 20, and 22`year`old Mashudur Rahman were

told today they will serve a minimum of 23 years in prison.

The executive headteacher of a primary academy in Stockwell was

paid a salary of more than ?200,000 last year after being given a pay

rise. Sir Greg Martin, who's the executive head of Durand Academy,

saw his salary increase by around 56% in 2013. A Durand Academy

spokesman said that Sir Martin also oversees the early years, junior and

middle schools. A woman who killed her husband as

part of a botched suicide pact has been spared jail. Ann Pollen from

Edmonton, on the right, who was described by the judge as "highly

vulnerable", went along with her husband's plan to kill each other

after he was accused of child abuse. The 47`year`old was given an 18

month suspended sentence. Next: is it the Titchmarsh effect?

Tickets for this year's Chelsea Flower Show are being sold on the

web for many times their face value. And some say it's because the famous

TV gardener is showing there again for the first time in years, as

Helen Drew reports. It is a beautiful day out and

officially cost between ?23 and ?68. But with tickets to the Chelsea

Flower Show sold`out, an online site is selling some for up to 575

pounds. How much would you pay? I can't imagine paying that much to go

to the Chelsea Flower Show if I'm honest. I am surprised people even

pay that much to see music event. I have got friends that worked on it,

and they say it is a lovely outing. But that is a fair amount of money.

Tickets to this year's show sold out in the second fastest time ever.

Apparently, that is because of Alan Titchmarsh. He will have his first

garden here since 1985. One of the sites reselling tickets is via

go`go. There will always be a small percentage of evil that want to

resell that gives after they have got them on the box office. It might

be because their plans have changed. And no doubt there are couple who

want to sell them for a profit. But if you have not got a ticket from

the box office, you will be grateful to buy them in this market. The

website guarantees all tickets sold through its site. The organisers of

the flower show say that with some sites, there can be risks with

buying tickets. With all these tickets that are being resold, you

should try and avoid them, because there is no guarantee that they will

get you into the show. I could be fraudulent. Our terms and conditions

say that any resale of tickets will make them null and void. There are

official ticket still for sale a charity for ?400, with profits going

to horticulture apprenticeships. The value of gardening is something

ex`soldier Chris Parrott knows well. After two tours in Afghanistan and

two injuries, he retrained in horticulture. Before this, I was in

no man's land. I felt lost in a way. To be honest, if I had not found

gardening, I would working in the shop. Regardless of the price of

your ticket this year's show opens on the 20th of May.

Still to come: she colours her hair. From Kilburn to the West End and

Broadway ` how the Tricycle Theatre goes from strength to strength.

And why new blood's needed to keep this steam train running. In the

last local elections, Havering became the first borough in London

to gain a UKIP councillor. Since then, three Conservative candidates

have defected. Meanwhile, in nearby Barking Dagenham, Labour have seen

several defections, some to UKIP. As part of our series looking at the

battle grounds for the local elections across London, our

Political Correspondent, Karl Mercer, has been to east London to

find out how much of a threat UKIP is to the main parties.

Campaigning can be a tricky old business. Can we count on your

support locally? What about me and Leslie? Maybe not. Others can be

more coy. Are you considering UKIP this time? I will have to think

about it. Which means the people of he bring will have to put up with

this for the next two weeks. Can I give you one of these? This is a are

that has seen a lot of lives could change in recent times. The

Conservatives used to have an overall majority in he bring, but

recent months, there have been 60 for action to the United Kingdom

Independence Party. It means campaigning now is harder than it

has ever been, which might explain why in heaven, you will see lots of

these post is, unlike in many places around London. But take a trip to

hundred yards down the road, and you find this. There is no doubt about

the way this person wants you to vote. This is the home of a former

Tory councillor who has defected to UKIP. This man was their first

counsellor ever elected in the capital last March. He now leads a

seven strong group in he bring. This is an area where we have always done

well. We have been working this patch for a long time. The working

class who live here have been abandoned. Local Tories questioned

whether UKIP has a strong enough record in local government. UKIP

cannot affect local councils. They don't have any policies. They would

not know what a black dustbin bag election was or what a social

service budget was. Unusually for London, he bring also has a strong

residents' group of councillors, offering an alternative to party

politics. I don't think it is a protest vote at all. I think the

residents' association stands for local people for local issues. We

very much have our emphasis on delivering what residents want. He

bring's Tories are not alone in suffering defections to UKIP. In

Barking and back in, four Labour councillors have crossed the floor.

The Labour Party locally is now campaigning for a referendum on

membership of the European Union. That is not yet national party

policy, but do not, they say, a response to UKIP. It is driven by

our own personal beliefs. I am a member of Labour for a referendum. A

lot of people are. I happen to be a Eurosceptic. Local councils cannot

change European policy, but it is possible that the politics of Europe

could change local councils, come May the 22nd.

And there's a full list of candidates standing in Havering and

Barking and Dagenham on the councils' websites. And we'll be

looking at other boroughs across London during the rest of the

campaign. London is to host the first ever

world wheelchair rugby challenge. The sport known as murder ball

attracted sell`out clouds during the 2012 Paralympic Games. It will be

held at the Copper Box Arena. It will be held alongside the Rugby

World Cup. And England have announced the swimming squad for the

Commonwealth games in Glasgow this summer. One of the 39 strong team is

Andrew Willis from Frimley in Surrey. At the 2012 Olympics, he

finished in eighth place in the men's 200 metres breaststroke. He is

hoping for big things this July. I am overwhelmed. I want to swim my

best, and I have got to get on that podium. I am really excited now. I

want to get through my training and put myself in the place I need to be

before the race. Next to the tiny theatre making a

big impact. The Tricycle Theatre in north London is having an

astonishing run of success, not just in Kilburn but also in the West End

and on Broadway, too. And the success is being credited to the

theatre's artistic director, Indhu Rubasingham, who's now being tipped

for even greater things. Wendy Hurrell's been to meet her.

It is about four miles to this theatre, but lately can almost hear

the applause in the West End. Behind the scenes of its success is Indhu

Rubasingham, who took the artistic director job less than two years

ago, reluctantly at first. I never wanted to run a building, never. And

somehow, there comes a point when you have to take responsibility for

the industry and what your contribution is. She's ever so

small! And what a contribution so far. In one week this spring,

handbag, transferred to the West End and took an Olivier award on the

way, and Red Velvet won an award. I was opening two shows, one in

London and one in the West End. So having compared their to in London

to that of New York, Indhu Rubasingham have decided that arts

Council funding mix huge difference to small theatres like the Tricycle

Theatre. That genuine need to tell stories to

people, to break boundaries, can't be taken in the same way. That is

why we are top of the game in new writing.

As to critics in the know, Indhu is top of her game. They are tipping

her for the top theatre job. She is far and away the most talented and

exciting director working in theatre land. I would love her to be

national theatre director. I think it is about taking risk and

telling good stories, and it is about really believing in what we

are doing. I think that is the secret. That is what I believe it

is. Watch me fall on my face! The Battersea`based steam engine the

Clan Line has been running since the 1940s, but there's concern about how

long she can continue. Although still in perfect condition, most of

the volunteers who keep the engine running are as old as she is. And

without young people getting involved, her future is in jeopardy.

Gareth Furby reports. We are on board a steam train built

in the 1940s, but it is still in perfect condition, and heading out

of Victoria on the mainline. And on the footplate, making sure

everything's done by the book is Colin curs will, who is 78 and used

to drive steam trains through London in the 1950s and 1960s. For him,

it's an emotional experience to be on the same route.

The emotions of being on the steam again I just incredible. A lump in

the throat, and sometimes I shed a tear.

But the problem is, the people who maintain this engine are also

getting on a bit. I'm 61. 68. 65 at the end of the month.

The few under pensionable age who have volunteered to come to the

Battersea shed have done so because of a childhood memory. First steam

engine, probably about two. It is a sensory overload when you are on

it. You can feel the power. But with only a handful now taking

to the mainline, it is a rare sight, and isn't cap in the imagination of

many young mind will `` many young minds. Without Youngblood, this

engine might have to come off the rails. Anthony Clare, who paid ?2200

to save her from the scrap yard back in 1967, doesn't want this to

happen. This particular locomotive represents almost the penultimate

achievement of the steam locomotion, so it would be a sad event if it

could never run any longer. Tom, 24 and from Bexley Heath, has no doubt

this is a good way to spend the weekend. It is sweaty, hot,

satisfying. But will there eventually be enough

young volunteers who agree with the organisers that this is a good way

to let off steam? Now, before the weather round`up, we

have time to tell you about a firefighter who delivered a baby. A

firefighter called to a blaze in north London early this morning

delivered a baby at the scene. Mother and baby Antoni are said to

be recovering in hospital after the family got stuck in traffic near the

fire in Ponders End. Firefighter Ross McLaren, who delivered the

child in the back of the car, said it was one of the highlights of his

career. Lucky he was there! Now the weather. Here's Peter Gibbs.

It is looking unsettled, and a little wet at times. We have had a

few showers today, difficult to dodge them, and tomorrow it will be

even more difficult. On the satellite picture, we can see the

tell`tale speckled look at the map. That tells us these have been shower

clouds running in from the West, but they are just beginning to fade to

some extent. Over the next couple of hours, we should see the last of the

showers beginning to move away. A little dry overnight, lots of

cloud, but look at the rain started to come back in for the rest of the

night. Certainly no problems for gardeners in terms of low

temperatures, 8`11 Celsius. The wet weather will tend to clear, and then

it gets drier, but further showers coming in this afternoon. Never

reliably dry, but we are still talking about temperatures getting

up into the mid`teens. Probably not feeling quite as good as those

figures might suggest. Friday, a more straightforward mix of sunshine

and showers, but if you catch one of those showers, you will certainly

know about it. Brisk winds, and some sunshine in between, so overall not

a bad day. But then looking ahead towards the weekend, it is not

looking too brilliant. A little rain on Saturday, more sunshine and

showers on Sunday, so at least a little dry weather from time to

time, but witty unsettled. Thank you, Peter. The main

headlines: The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has described the kidnap of

more than 200 girls in Nigeria as "a pure act of evil". The girls were

taken from their schools three weeks ago by Boko Haram.

The former chairman of the Co`operative Bank, Paul Flowers, has

been fined after admitting possessing Class A drugs.

The violent robber nicknamed Skull Cracker has been arrested after

disappearing while on temporary leave from an open prison in Kent.

Police say Michael Wheatley is also being investigated in connection

with an armed robbery in Sunbury on Thames this morning.

That's it. We will be back later during the Ten O'Clock news, but for

now, from everyone on the team, have a lovely evening. Goodbye.

'This is the story of Nick Clegg - a man entrusted by a nation

'to act upon the policies he proposed.

'But he soon became The Un-Credible Shrinking Man.'

So, first on the agenda, tuition fees.

that my manifesto says that we would scrap them.