20/05/2014 BBC London News

Good evening from BBC London News. The Prime Minister has said he would

like to see speedier extradition proceedings after Abu Hamza ` who

for years spread racial hatred from Finsbury Park Mosque ` was found

guilty of supporting terrorism by a court in New York. It took the US

authorities ten years to get him extradited. Questions have also been

raised about why the UK government wasn't able to prosecute the radical

cleric for his part in a kidnapping which saw three Britons killed. Our

Home Affairs Correspondent, Guy Smith reports.

This was supposed to be a place for quiet contemplation, but during the

1990s the dominant figure of Abu Hamza turned the Finsbury Park

mosque into a set of political extremism, preaching hate and

intolerance. Although eventually kicked out, his sermons on the

street attracted more notoriety. Abu Hamza was not qualified, who was

formerly a bouncer at a strip club who discovered religion, and had a

smattering of Arabic, and unfortunately presented himself as a

shake. In court, Abu Hamza was convicted of 11 offences. Among them

helping to organise hostagetaking in the Yemen in which four tourists

were killed. Asked why the British justice system didn't prosecute him

rather than the US, this was the answer from government. The key

thing is that Abu Hamza has faced justice and is likely to be behind

bars for many years. The Crown Prosecution Service, which is

independent from government, takes decisions and Abu Hamza has been

sentenced to seven years in prison. This man is chairman of trustees at

the mosque and knows all about the troubles. How damaging was Abu Hamza

to the image of Islam in Britain? It has been tough for the Muslim

community to deal with and it wasn't fair on the Muslim community to be

in that position during that period. Tensions between communities, and

some far right extremists coming here to protest. Do you think the

security services failed to take Abu Hamza seriously? We all felt things

could be done better during that period. In what way? In the way of

bringing communities together, taking away hatred. This is Abu

Hamza in 2002 talking to BBC London. What is going to stop you

preaching? What do they have to do to stop you? Build me a grave. You

are not going to stop? No. Today the mosque is a very different place,

its management are saying it is what it is supposed to be ` ascent of for

tolerance and understanding in the community. `` a centre for

tolerance. UKIP supporters have been involved

in clashes with protesters at a street rally in Croydon. It happened

after protestors confronted UKIP party members about Nigel Farage's

remarks last week about Romanian neighbours. The BBC's Political

Correspondent, Ross Hawkins, reports. They hoped for a street

party atmosphere, the mini carnival to highlight their candidates from

ethnic minorities, but protesters moved in and the mood soured. Before

long, the music stopped, the musicians hadn't been told that this

was the UKIP event and when they found out they weren't happy. When

did you first know this was a UKIP event? When I got here. The drums

were packed away but the arguments went on. I use saying UKIP are going

to be out on the streets? This is what he told the press about the

place he wanted to serve. Successive governments still continue to fail

communities like Croydon, Croydon which was once the place to be, the

place to shop, and has now become a dump. Nigel Farage was expected to

turn up but he didn't because... No, he wouldn't feel safe. Can you

blame him? Croydon wasn't safe, said the candidate, bringing to an end as

memorable and event as any in this campaign, if not perhaps the one

that UKIP had planned. Ross Hawkins with that report. And

there's a full list of candidates standing for election in Croydon, on

the council's website. Tributes have been paid to veterans

of the Second World War who served on HMS Belfast to mark the 70th

anniversary of the D`day landings. They were joined onboard by Chelsea

Pensioners as well as politicians including the Prime Minister and the

Mayor of London for a special service. HMS Belfast was one of the

first ships to open fire on German positions at 5:27am on the sixth

June, 1944. This ship we are on now, when it is firing its guns you would

have a big battleship and all of them bombarding the beach. I can

remember our landing craft work in line, in past a line of battleships,

and then cruise that were giving us firing cover on the beach. That's

all from me, so I'll wish you a very goodnight. And hand you over to

Wendy for a check on the weather. goodnight. And hand you over to

Wendy for As we go through the next few days, we will see this warm

sunny spell that was started the week with breaking down. We will

have some breaks in the cloud developing and that could lead to

some mist and fog patches. It will be a cooler night and last night,

about 15 degrees, some places could fall as low as six degrees in the

countryside. We will start the day with some rain pushing in, you might

have to travel through that tomorrow morning. Generally through the day,

the brighter it is going to be and the dryer it will be the further

west you go. Temperatures will be at around 20 degrees in the centre of

London. After that, we will see a batch of rain, quite torrential as

it moves through overnight. The good news is that it will be out of the

way by the time most of us getup on Thursday morning. There will be

heavy showers but also heavy showers but also sunny spells.

Maybe some showers for the weekend. Good evening, yet again we are

finishing the day with some thunderstorms clustered across parts

of Cumbria, some torrential downpours at the moment, and flashes

of lightning. Along the front of this weather system, showers have

developed. They are