:00:00. > :00:00.worth around ?80 million. There's more throughout the evening on the
:00:00. > :00:00.BBC News Channel, and I'll be back with the late news at 10:10. Now on
:00:00. > :00:19.BBC One, it's time for the news where you are. Bye for now. Good
:00:20. > :00:22.evening. Counting has been suspended in the local elections in Tower
:00:23. > :00:25.Hamlets after close results meant re`counts were necessary in some
:00:26. > :00:27.wards. Last night saw the re`election of the independent mayor
:00:28. > :00:32.for the borough, Lutfur Rahman, who beat the Labour candidate, John
:00:33. > :00:34.Biggs. Separately, Mr Rahman is being investigated after allegations
:00:35. > :00:36.of fraud and poor financial management at the council,
:00:37. > :00:45.allegations he denies. Marc Ashdown reports. I hereby declare that
:00:46. > :00:55.Lutfur Rahman is duly elected. With a salute to his supporters, Lutfur
:00:56. > :00:58.Rahman swept back into power. It had been close, at times acrimonious.
:00:59. > :01:01.Labour's John Biggs beaten into second by a few thousand votes.
:01:02. > :01:05.Judge me on my record. Judge me on what we have done for the people of
:01:06. > :01:08.this borough. The trouble is, people do not seem to. In Tower Hamlets,
:01:09. > :01:15.controversy is never far away. Last night was emotional. For people to
:01:16. > :01:21.unfairly judge me and say I am a racist, I am sectarian, it saddens
:01:22. > :01:27.me. The counting to decide the make up of the new council ran throughout
:01:28. > :01:37.the night. This is the final council across the whole of England yet to
:01:38. > :01:41.be decided. Counting has continued today but with a few wards still to
:01:42. > :01:44.declare and recounts on the cards, they have given up and gone home.
:01:45. > :01:47.Counting will resume tomorrow. But with seats slipping away, it is
:01:48. > :01:50.already looking like a bad result for Labour after such positive news
:01:51. > :01:53.elsewhere in London. There is clearly something going on if one
:01:54. > :01:56.looks at the result and we need to work to build confidence across
:01:57. > :02:01.communities in the East End. I am proud of the record of the Labour
:02:02. > :02:04.Party in doing that. There was some pretty foul politics in the
:02:05. > :02:07.background but we need to lick our wounds and build confidence. It is
:02:08. > :02:10.the executive mayor who holds the power. Last night, Lutfur Rahman was
:02:11. > :02:19.mobbed by several thousand supporters as he left. I want to
:02:20. > :02:27.thank you. CHEERING. His job now is to prove he is the man to unite this
:02:28. > :02:30.often fractious community. An academy in South London has been
:02:31. > :02:33.told its head and governors must not provide services to the school from
:02:34. > :02:36.their private businesses. The government says that a company run
:02:37. > :02:39.by the head teacher at Durand Academy can no longer provide
:02:40. > :02:48.facilities to the school, nor can the PR company owned by one of the
:02:49. > :02:52.governors. The school says it has been open about the arrangements,
:02:53. > :02:55.which have benefited its pupils. It's the last day of the Chelsea
:02:56. > :02:58.Flower Show but if you didn't make it, there is a slightly different
:02:59. > :03:01.option still on offer. The Chelsea Fringe Festival is a gardening event
:03:02. > :03:03.with a difference. Here's Jim Wheble.
:03:04. > :03:09.The gardens at Chelsea this year, typically beautiful and serene. But
:03:10. > :03:14.down the road by Victoria station, there is an alternative. It is a
:03:15. > :03:17.display next to the pavement. The Travel Garden is one of over 100
:03:18. > :03:20.Chelsea Fringe Festival displays dotted across London. This one was
:03:21. > :03:28.designed to inspire weary travellers. It is amazing the amount
:03:29. > :03:32.of people it is making smile. When we were setting it up, we were asked
:03:33. > :03:38.by tonnes of people, what is it for, what is it about. The festival is in
:03:39. > :03:41.its third year, and the idea behind it is to give anyone who thinks they
:03:42. > :03:46.have a decent gardenening concept a chance to show it off to the public.
:03:47. > :03:48.The more quirky the better. There are lots of different pop`up
:03:49. > :03:52.gardens, gardens that you would not expect or have known about in your
:03:53. > :03:57.city. There will be gardens in Belgrave Square which is normally
:03:58. > :04:00.not open to the public. This might look like someone's back garden in
:04:01. > :04:07.Maida Vale, but it has an unusual healing quality. Calendula, for
:04:08. > :04:19.example, sage, which many people know has fantastic medicinal
:04:20. > :04:22.qualities. This Plot To Potion garden is a showcase for traditional
:04:23. > :04:25.English medicinal plants, where you can learn to use them as natural
:04:26. > :04:27.remedies. We will be running workshops, free workshops, whereby
:04:28. > :04:30.we are going to take people through the plants. We have about 50
:04:31. > :04:36.varieties. How to make tinctures, ointments, medicinal teas. Whether
:04:37. > :04:39.you're into home`grown tonics or courtyard gardens, the Chelsea
:04:40. > :04:44.Fringe may well have what you're looking for.
:04:45. > :04:49.Tomorrow's weather now and it should be a much better day with sunny
:04:50. > :04:54.spells and a small chance of the odd light shower in the afternoon. Highs
:04:55. > :04:56.of 19 degrees. That's it. We'll be back tomorrow afternoon. Whatever
:04:57. > :05:12.you're doing, enjoy your weekend. Bye`bye.
:05:13. > :05:20.The heavens opened for some of us today. As far as tomorrow is
:05:21. > :05:23.concerned, more of the same. We have a mixture of whether on the way,
:05:24. > :05:24.showers,