:00:00. > :00:00.combat for the first time. That's all from the BBC News.
:00:00. > :00:12.Tonight on BBC London: Gathering video evidence. Hundreds of
:00:13. > :00:19.Metropolitan Police officers are fitted with cameras attached to
:00:20. > :00:22.their uniform. This gives an opportunity to have a victimless
:00:23. > :00:25.prosecution. We can take the evidence and put it before a court.
:00:26. > :00:27.But some civil liberty campaigners say the strategy is open to
:00:28. > :00:31.corruption. Also tonight: Abu Hamza tells a US
:00:32. > :00:36.court he's not a radical and says he's worked with MI5 to keep London
:00:37. > :00:39.safe. A bumper year for London's tourism
:00:40. > :00:46.trade with a record number visiting the capital last year. Nearly 17
:00:47. > :00:48.million tourists visited, spending billions of pounds. I'll have more
:00:49. > :01:04.on the capital's top attractions. Good evening. Hundreds of police
:01:05. > :01:10.officers have been equipped with portable cameras attached to their
:01:11. > :01:13.uniforms. Scotland Yard says the state`of`the`art gadgets will help
:01:14. > :01:17.the force deal with stop`and`search operations and cases of violence.
:01:18. > :01:22.It's also hoped the technology will bring speedier justice for victims
:01:23. > :01:31.and improve trust in the force. But some civil liberty campaigners say
:01:32. > :01:34.the cameras are open to abuse. A warning that this report from
:01:35. > :01:43.Matthew Prodger has some disturbing scenes.
:01:44. > :01:56.Police responded to a report of domestic violence. The evidence from
:01:57. > :02:01.a police body camera is undeniable. Your children are here? At your
:02:02. > :02:05.mother's. The attacker pleaded guilty and his victim was spared the
:02:06. > :02:10.further ordeal of attending court. Sometimes victims are so terrified
:02:11. > :02:15.they feel unable to take forward the prosecution. It enables a victimless
:02:16. > :02:19.prosecution. We can take the evidence and put it before a court.
:02:20. > :02:23.And what is important for me, as you will see in that footage, you will
:02:24. > :02:27.see the terror. This scheme will establish our effective body cameras
:02:28. > :02:32.can be. Officers say they have boosted the number of guilty pleas
:02:33. > :02:36.and helped to avoid costly trials. A similar exercise in California also
:02:37. > :02:40.found that police officers fitted with cameras were less likely to use
:02:41. > :02:49.force and complaint against the police dropped by to B `` 88%. If a
:02:50. > :02:52.criminal knows there is recorded evidence of their wrongdoing, they
:02:53. > :02:56.are more likely to plead guilty early. If somebody knows they are
:02:57. > :03:06.being filmed, they are less likely to be violent. Camera use will focus
:03:07. > :03:10.initially on reports of violence and stop and search. Video will be
:03:11. > :03:15.stored for a month and then deleted unless it is needed for evidence in
:03:16. > :03:20.a prosecution or complaint. Police in Lambeth have been trying out a
:03:21. > :03:23.different body camera to carry out an independent record searches on
:03:24. > :03:28.the street, a flash point for animosity between police and the
:03:29. > :03:32.public. But there are concerns that police could abuse their power to
:03:33. > :03:36.stop and start recording. Clearly there is a risk that if an officer
:03:37. > :03:40.recognises a situation is arising and does not want it recorded, then
:03:41. > :03:44.that officer can turn the camera off. If that does happen and
:03:45. > :03:49.evidence is not created, then the Met Police have got to crack down on
:03:50. > :03:55.that very hard. The Met predicts that in London alone ten to 20,000
:03:56. > :04:04.body cams will eventually be in use. And many more across the UK.
:04:05. > :04:06.Stay with us, as there's lots more to come on tonight's BBC London
:04:07. > :04:07.including: Protecting London from flooding. The Thames Barrier
:04:08. > :04:20.celebrates its 30th year. Lawyers for the radical Muslim
:04:21. > :04:26.cleric Abu Hamza have claimed he secretly worked with MI5 to keep the
:04:27. > :04:29.streets of London safe. The cleric has been giving evidence at his
:04:30. > :04:32.trial in New York on 11 terrorism charges. Our home affairs
:04:33. > :04:42.correspondent Guy Smith has this report.
:04:43. > :04:45.For many years, he was the face of Britain's battle against extremism.
:04:46. > :04:51.Abu Hamza, a radical Muslim cleric, was jailed in the UK for inciting
:04:52. > :04:56.murder and racial hatred. Two years ago, he was extradited to the United
:04:57. > :05:00.States and now faces 11 terrorism charges there. In a New York
:05:01. > :05:05.courtroom, he repeatedly denied his part in the kidnapping of Western
:05:06. > :05:10.tourists in Yemen in 1998, a plot to set up a jihadist training camp in
:05:11. > :05:22.Oregon, and calling for holy War in Afghanistan. The court has also been
:05:23. > :05:26.told about claims he secretly worked for British intelligence agency MI5
:05:27. > :05:31.to keep the streets of London safe. Abu Hamza's lawyer claims he was a
:05:32. > :05:33.moderating influence within the Muslim community, seen here around a
:05:34. > :05:38.decade ago preaching outside the Finsbury park mosque in North
:05:39. > :05:43.London. The defence wants to introduce documents from Scotland
:05:44. > :05:46.Yard, showing how he cooperated with police to calm tensions and help
:05:47. > :05:51.release hostages. At the US judge has ruled that evidence
:05:52. > :05:55.inadmissible. The version Abu Hamza is presenting to an American court
:05:56. > :06:00.is very different to the one he was accused of here, that of running a
:06:01. > :06:04.global terror network from this mosque in Finsbury Park. Claims of
:06:05. > :06:08.him working with British intelligence will only go to the all
:06:09. > :06:15.conspiracy theories about why he was able to preach hatred in the UK for
:06:16. > :06:19.so long. Meanwhile, Abu Hamza told the court his life story, of how he
:06:20. > :06:23.started out on the wrong side of morality, running a strip club in
:06:24. > :06:28.Soho, but then turned to Islam. He said he had been a member of the
:06:29. > :06:35.royal Society of Engineering and also worked at Sandhurst, the
:06:36. > :06:39.military Academy in Surrey. Abu Hamza's testimony is expected to
:06:40. > :06:43.last until next week. He has already spent eight years in prison in the
:06:44. > :06:51.UK. If found guilty this time of aiding terrorism, he faces life in
:06:52. > :06:54.jail in the USA. Police are still questioning the
:06:55. > :06:58.violent armed robber known as the Skull Cracker who has been
:06:59. > :07:02.recaptured in London after squandering from an open prison in
:07:03. > :07:06.Kent. Michael Wheatley was arrested in Tower Hamlets yesterday hours
:07:07. > :07:12.after allegedly robbing a villain society at Sunbury`on`Thames.
:07:13. > :07:18.The mother of a teenager who was stabbed to death has bagged for help
:07:19. > :07:23.in finding his killers. `` begged for help. The teenager was stabbed
:07:24. > :07:26.to death on Tuesday in Feltham. His mother has said she is in
:07:27. > :07:32.unimaginable pain and has asked for witnesses to come forward.
:07:33. > :07:34.It's been a bumper year for London's tourism trade. Around 17 million
:07:35. > :07:37.people visited the capital last year. That's a record number with
:07:38. > :07:41.tourists spending more than ?11 billion. We can get more on this
:07:42. > :07:46.from Helen Drew who's at one of our most popular attractions.
:07:47. > :07:50.I am at Trafalgar Square and just behind me is the National Gallery,
:07:51. > :07:56.the second most visited tourist attraction not just in London but in
:07:57. > :07:58.the UK. They saw just over 6 million visitors last year and say this
:07:59. > :08:10.could have been because of exhibitions including Turner and
:08:11. > :08:15.Monet. The only place with more visitors was the British Museum. Of
:08:16. > :08:21.course there are many other sites as well. History, culture and heritage.
:08:22. > :08:27.London has a huge amount of tourist sites and they are attracting more
:08:28. > :08:32.visitors than ever before. 16.8 million foreign visitors came to
:08:33. > :08:40.London last year, an increase of 9% in 2012. And they spent more than
:08:41. > :08:43.?11 billion. Every place we have visited has been magnificent and the
:08:44. > :08:47.people are magnificent. We have had a wonderful time. It is attractive
:08:48. > :08:53.with a lot of monuments. Beautiful, very beautiful. Wonderful, except
:08:54. > :08:56.for the weather. We are from Florida. One of the most visited
:08:57. > :09:01.sites as the Tower of London, with 2.5 million visitors last year. One
:09:02. > :09:05.of the biggest attractions of coming to London is the enduring interest
:09:06. > :09:11.in heritage, especially royal heritage. We are kind of popular
:09:12. > :09:14.again, and we have always been successful with inbound visitors,
:09:15. > :09:23.but at the moment we are one of the must see parts of a visit to this
:09:24. > :09:27.amazing capital city of ours. Small businesses can also benefit, like
:09:28. > :09:33.this cafe close to the Tower of London. Tourists come here on their
:09:34. > :09:37.way to Tower Bridge. So of course we see a lot of tourists coming here.
:09:38. > :09:41.And the impact of tourism is felt far wider than just these sites. The
:09:42. > :09:46.great thing about a rise in tourism is that it equals a rise in jobs.
:09:47. > :09:50.All that foreign currency flowing in will provide jobs, especially for
:09:51. > :09:55.young people from Bromley, Bexley, Redbridge, those areas that do not
:09:56. > :09:59.necessarily access financial services at the Stella and the jobs
:10:00. > :10:09.market, they can find volume jobs with a good wage. `` the Stella
:10:10. > :10:12.end. London seems to be the only city where visitor numbers have
:10:13. > :10:16.increased since the Olympic Games. Their hopes are it will continue.
:10:17. > :10:19.The highest number of visitors come from America and the biggest
:10:20. > :10:24.increases from the emerging markets, like China. If you would
:10:25. > :10:30.like to know who spends the most in London, an average American tourist
:10:31. > :10:42.spends ?700. The average Chinese visitor ?3500. What an amazing
:10:43. > :10:45.difference. Thank you very much. The Green Party currently only has
:10:46. > :10:49.to councillors in London and one MEP. Today they launched their
:10:50. > :10:51.campaign to change all that. They say they want to curb bankers'
:10:52. > :10:54.bonuses, improve air quality and make a London living wage
:10:55. > :11:00.compulsory. Party Leader Natalie Bennett has been speaking to our
:11:01. > :11:04.political correspondent Karl Mercer. The weather does not respect
:11:05. > :11:09.political whim, just ask the Green party. Timing, as they say, is
:11:10. > :11:14.everything. Huddled beneath a tree, this was the launch of the London
:11:15. > :11:18.campaign, a wet affair with spirits and dampened. After the rain comes
:11:19. > :11:23.the sunshine so let's go out and make some sunshine. Thank you. The
:11:24. > :11:25.Greens have one MEP at the moment and two members of the London
:11:26. > :11:29.Assembly but they are looking to improve and this time round they are
:11:30. > :11:33.fielding their biggest number of candidates for the town hall
:11:34. > :11:38.elections. There are 1800 councillors in London and you just
:11:39. > :11:42.have two. We do and that was a significant fall from 2010 but we
:11:43. > :11:48.have strong campaigns. Candidates in Camden and Lewisham have strong
:11:49. > :11:51.campaigns and so does Islington. Haringey and Lambeth are looking
:11:52. > :11:57.strong. We are the party of real change, the party offering different
:11:58. > :12:00.ideas. Recent polling has seen the Green party edging upwards and they
:12:01. > :12:03.are talking about beating the Lib Dems in the European vote and they
:12:04. > :12:08.are talking tough on banking bonuses. We have a banking sector
:12:09. > :12:11.that is fuelling our problems are not solving them. Would you be happy
:12:12. > :12:17.to see the bankers upped sticks and moving? Anyone who does not want to
:12:18. > :12:20.pay any tax and is threatening to leave, my reaction is that he
:12:21. > :12:32.favours that way. Fairly blood? Exactly. `` blunt? If you are making
:12:33. > :12:36.a lot of money, it is not because of individual brilliance. That income
:12:37. > :12:41.comes from the society. Businesses will not necessarily agree with that
:12:42. > :12:45.or with plans to make a living wage compulsory. One of the things we
:12:46. > :12:50.have to do, which is for the good of London and the rest of the country,
:12:51. > :12:53.is that we have a problem with regional development policies. Eight
:12:54. > :12:57.out of ten new jobs created since 2010 have been in London. That is
:12:58. > :13:03.not ultimately for the good of London. We need an all England and
:13:04. > :13:07.all Wales economy, and Scotland, that London is part of. We don't
:13:08. > :13:10.want to concentrate everything in London. That will not win you folks
:13:11. > :13:17.in London. Spreading out the economy. I think people fully
:13:18. > :13:21.understand that if we proffered the North and the Midlands, we're
:13:22. > :13:30.impoverishing all of us as a community. `` if we impoverish the
:13:31. > :13:34.North. King's College hospital, the largest
:13:35. > :13:38.liver disease centre in Britain, has carried out a record number of
:13:39. > :13:43.transplants over the last year, accounting for a quarter of all
:13:44. > :13:47.transplants in the UK. Rice has been fuelled partly by an increase in the
:13:48. > :13:53.number of donors coming forward. `` the increase has been fuelled. Tracy
:13:54. > :13:58.knows she is one of the lucky ones. These pictures tell the story. Until
:13:59. > :14:03.only a few months ago, she was gravely ill with an inherited liver
:14:04. > :14:07.disease. Thanks to an emergency transplant, her life has been
:14:08. > :14:14.transformed. Since my operation, I feel amazing. I can get out and I am
:14:15. > :14:19.not in pain. I was in discomfort before and I did not want to go
:14:20. > :14:26.anywhere. I still get tired, but I am not as tired as I was. Not in
:14:27. > :14:30.pain like I was. She was treated at King's College hospital, one of the
:14:31. > :14:34.country's leading liver transplant centres. And in the last year they
:14:35. > :14:41.have helped more people than ever before. 220 patients had successful
:14:42. > :14:45.operations, an increase of 25%. The more transplant we can do, the
:14:46. > :14:49.better it is, because of the less people dying on the waiting list. As
:14:50. > :14:53.a doctor we have always had this terrible problem of people getting
:14:54. > :14:57.listed, thinking their life will be saved, then not being transplanted
:14:58. > :15:01.and dying. It is terrible for us but much more terrible for the patients
:15:02. > :15:06.on the list. Just ten days after being placed on emergency transplant
:15:07. > :15:09.list, Tracy got a phone call. I was really shocked. They told me the
:15:10. > :15:14.ambulance would be there in 20 minutes and I needed to have
:15:15. > :15:20.breakfast and get ready. The thought of eating at that time just was not
:15:21. > :15:26.going to happen. That and expect a call has given Tracy what she wanted
:15:27. > :15:30.most of all. Hope. She is now back at work. 90% of those that receive a
:15:31. > :15:33.liver transplant at Kings live for more than five years and doctors are
:15:34. > :15:39.keen for more of us to become organ donors.
:15:40. > :15:44.It is a terrific team at the hospital. It has been quite a year
:15:45. > :15:49.for the Thames Barrier in Woolwich. It has just had its busiest period
:15:50. > :15:53.in history after an unusually wet winter. It proves that 30 years to
:15:54. > :15:59.the day since it officially opened, the barrier remains effective at
:16:00. > :16:03.protecting London from flooding. I want to congratulate all of those
:16:04. > :16:09.responsible for this great feat of engineering. It was strange,
:16:10. > :16:15.brilliant and beautiful. The pushing of a Britain that showed that London
:16:16. > :16:19.was ambitious. Nowadays they are not ones for a big show. The birthday
:16:20. > :16:28.was not privately with a cup of tea and slice of cake. And for the
:16:29. > :16:32.celebratory ways `` raising, they worked slowly to not create waves.
:16:33. > :16:38.We always have to work with the tide. We are just waiting at the
:16:39. > :16:42.moment. The barrier was built in response to the 1953 floods which
:16:43. > :16:47.claimed the lives of 300 people, a third of whom lived in the Thames
:16:48. > :16:51.estuary. It enables scientists to predict with complete accuracy what
:16:52. > :16:54.effect the sea will have on the structure. Gradually sciences taming
:16:55. > :17:01.the waters to work for man. What they chose was simple and adaptable.
:17:02. > :17:04.3500 tonne plates, rotating slowly. From their vantage point in the
:17:05. > :17:09.middle of the river, the people who work here have watched London
:17:10. > :17:15.expand. My name is Bill and I have been here since 1984. What has built
:17:16. > :17:18.up is mainly apartments on the North side. Canary Wharf as well. We
:17:19. > :17:26.actually watched the tower being built from the barrier. Canary Wharf
:17:27. > :17:33.has been built since we came here. It has worked its hardest this year.
:17:34. > :17:39.We have used the barrier 50 times in a three`month period this winter.
:17:40. > :17:43.Out of a grand total of 174, that means it has got busier. Given what
:17:44. > :17:48.has sprung up around it, the barrier no longer seem strange. Questions
:17:49. > :17:53.have now been asked about its life span and there is work being done to
:17:54. > :18:03.find a replacement. Slowly but steadily the barrier plans to shield
:18:04. > :18:09.London for three decades more. The gift, , from Sir Michael and Lady
:18:10. > :18:18.Hinz, is the biggest single donation it's been dashed back as been
:18:19. > :18:22.received in its history. Angelina Jolie is as much known for her
:18:23. > :18:25.humanitarian work as for her acting. But tonight she's back in London
:18:26. > :18:28.promoting her new film Maleficent. Before we catch up with her, let's
:18:29. > :18:41.see a clip of the film where Jolie plays the villain in the story of
:18:42. > :18:51.Sleeping Beauty. Well, well. I shall bestow a gift on the child. Before
:18:52. > :19:01.the sun sets on her 16th birthday, she will fall into a sleep like
:19:02. > :19:07.death. Angelina Jolie is as much known for her humanitarian work as
:19:08. > :19:10.for her acting. Various costumes used in the film are being exhibited
:19:11. > :19:12.at Kensington Palace, which is where our entertainment correspondent,
:19:13. > :19:16.Brenda Emmanus caught up with the star of the film. We celebrate the
:19:17. > :19:20.costumes and props of this Disney offering. A host of celebrities and
:19:21. > :19:24.designers are expected this evening to join the cast, joining me now,
:19:25. > :19:30.looking magnificent as Maleficent, is Angelina Jolie. How exciting was
:19:31. > :19:36.to explore the villain of this true Disney classic? It was great fun, a
:19:37. > :19:42.dream. I've loved her since I was a kid. She's wonderfully wicked and
:19:43. > :19:47.really a great deal of fun to play. Once I got... I was nervous at first
:19:48. > :19:52.that I would do it right and pay respects to the original, then once
:19:53. > :19:56.I got my horns on and decided to just try to entertain and be as open
:19:57. > :20:01.as possible, I had a great time. Is it true you found this one of the
:20:02. > :20:06.most difficult, challenging the most emotional roles? I did, the story is
:20:07. > :20:11.emotional. It's a proper film, it has all the different elements that
:20:12. > :20:17.make for a great film and complex characters. I was really nervous
:20:18. > :20:21.because you can't do this halfway. I'm not a theatre actress and as a
:20:22. > :20:27.film actress you keep things inside and are quite cool about it. She has
:20:28. > :20:36.to be big and loud and funny, and I don't do funny. To really kind of
:20:37. > :20:39.play it up, that little bit camp and a bit wild, it was something that
:20:40. > :20:45.was a little frightening for me because I hadn't done it and I
:20:46. > :20:48.wasn't sure I would do it right. You also wore the executive producer hat
:20:49. > :20:55.in this film. How much are you enjoying being behind the camera as
:20:56. > :20:59.well as in front? I love directing. Is it just another personal
:21:00. > :21:04.challenge? As an actor, you come in and out. You come in, do your part
:21:05. > :21:11.and are aware of the whole story but you... You're not handling every
:21:12. > :21:15.aspect of it. When you direct, it's two years of your life where you get
:21:16. > :21:19.to study this period of history and these people and you really get to
:21:20. > :21:22.know the crew. You really become a family in a very different way. The
:21:23. > :21:27.actors do a bit, but you kind of stay back and in your character. As
:21:28. > :21:31.a director, you get to be a member of the team. You are here tonight
:21:32. > :21:41.celebrating a very exciting project, it's out on May the 28th. Some
:21:42. > :21:44.breaking news, the football Association has announced that
:21:45. > :21:49.Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been fined ?10,000. It follows
:21:50. > :21:53.comments made by him about referee Mike Dean, and the referee's chief,
:21:54. > :22:01.following Chelsea's match against Sunderland last month.
:22:02. > :22:06.It's thoroughly miserable. It looks like it will be a bit better
:22:07. > :22:10.tomorrow but as we head into the weekend, it looks like it will be
:22:11. > :22:15.pretty unsettled. We had a lot of rain around today, particularly this
:22:16. > :22:20.morning's heavy bursts. A slow improvement in the afternoon, it
:22:21. > :22:24.became a bit lighter. The picture from earlier, some of the heaviest
:22:25. > :22:28.rain moved through just before lunchtime. Some rain left in its
:22:29. > :22:32.wake, we may see some glimmers of brightness towards western areas
:22:33. > :22:36.before the day is out. Most of the rain eventually clearing up through
:22:37. > :22:40.the course of the night. For most, the night should be dry bar the odd
:22:41. > :22:48.bit of rain across the far North. The temperatures will keep up.
:22:49. > :22:53.Tomorrow, a better looking day. Writer, breezy, there will be a few
:22:54. > :22:59.showers around, particularly in the morning. We have a few heavier ones
:23:00. > :23:02.around northern and eastern parts. Eventually they push away and we see
:23:03. > :23:06.plenty of sunshine through the afternoon. Maybe the odd shower, but
:23:07. > :23:11.most places should stay dry. Quite different to today. That will impact
:23:12. > :23:15.on the temperatures. Up to 19 sources across some sheltered
:23:16. > :23:20.eastern parts of the city. The evening commute looks like being a
:23:21. > :23:23.fine, dry one, too, with lovely spells of sunshine. If you cast your
:23:24. > :23:27.mind back to last weekend, high`pressure, lots of sunshine.
:23:28. > :23:32.It's looking far more unsettled, low`pressure, rain at times and
:23:33. > :23:37.pretty windy. This is the picture for Saturday morning. Quite wet and
:23:38. > :23:41.windy. The heavy rain pushing eastwards. Then some heavy, blustery
:23:42. > :23:45.showers moving in from the West, maybe containing a bit of hail and
:23:46. > :23:52.under. But in between that there will be some sunshine. That is how
:23:53. > :23:57.it's looking for Saturday. On Sunday there will be a few showers will
:23:58. > :24:02.store maybe a degree or so cool as we head in towards the start of next
:24:03. > :24:06.week. It will be cooler and we will see West, north`westerly winds.
:24:07. > :24:15.Still a few showers. It is set to stay unsettled.
:24:16. > :24:21.Women soldiers in the British army could be allowed to serve on the
:24:22. > :24:24.front line for the first time. A review of whether women should be
:24:25. > :24:28.allowed to fight in close combat has been brought forward. Barclays has
:24:29. > :24:32.said it's to cut 19,000 jobs by 2016. Just under half of them will
:24:33. > :24:39.be in the UK this year. The bank is drastically reducing its investment
:24:40. > :24:42.division. The Nigerian President has said the kidnapping of more than 200
:24:43. > :24:45.schoolgirls is a turning point in the battle against extremists.
:24:46. > :24:51.Britain, the United States and France have joined the rescue
:24:52. > :24:54.effort. Metropolitan Police officers are to start wearing cameras on
:24:55. > :24:57.their uniforms, which will capture evidence at crime scenes. 500
:24:58. > :25:05.devices are being given to officers in ten London boroughs, as part of a
:25:06. > :25:08.trial. And lawyers for the radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza have claimed
:25:09. > :25:11.that he secretly worked with MI5 to keep the streets of London safe. The
:25:12. > :25:15.cleric has been giving evidence at his trial in New York on terrorism
:25:16. > :25:22.charges. That's it. I'll be back later during the 10 O'Clock News on
:25:23. > :25:24.BBC One. But for now, on behalf of everyone on the team, have a very
:25:25. > :25:52.good evening. No-one would have believed, in the
:25:53. > :25:57.first years of the 21st century, that Britain's affairs were being
:25:58. > :26:00.watched and scrutinised With the help
:26:01. > :26:05.of our three political parties, who lie to the British public
:26:06. > :26:08.about their intentions, minds immeasurably
:26:09. > :26:12.more bureaucratic than ours slowly and surely drew
:26:13. > :26:25.their plans against us. smashing our democracy
:26:26. > :26:30.and destroying our laws...