:00:14. > :00:20.Good evening. Welcome. The family of a man who died in
:00:21. > :00:24.police custody want to block the resignation of an officer facing
:00:25. > :00:29.investigation. Sean Rigg, who was schizophrenic,
:00:30. > :00:33.dice of being restrained at Brixton police station in 2008. An inquest
:00:34. > :00:37.found four officers used unsuitable force. His family wants to stop one
:00:38. > :00:43.of them from resigning, claiming he's trying to avoid possible
:00:44. > :00:48.disciplinary action. An inquest jury described it as
:00:49. > :00:51.unsuitable force. 40`year`old Sean Rigg known by police to have mental
:00:52. > :00:55.health problems, was restrained for eight minutes by officers. A short
:00:56. > :01:00.time later, he died of heart problems. That was 200. Now the IPCC
:01:01. > :01:04.is reinvestigating and was about to summon the officers involved, only
:01:05. > :01:09.to find that one of themPC Andrew Burkes, is about to be allowed to
:01:10. > :01:12.resign. Sean's family call it an insult.
:01:13. > :01:19.Officers have always played the get out of jail card to resign or retire
:01:20. > :01:24.before any proceedings have been brought against them and then the
:01:25. > :01:32.opportunity is for them that they literally get away with it. So I and
:01:33. > :01:35.my family are absolutely livid that the Commissioner has accepted his
:01:36. > :01:39.resignation. The IPCC has expressed extreme
:01:40. > :01:43.disappointment that they weren't told the officer was about to leave
:01:44. > :01:51.and have written to the Met urging them to reverse the decision adding:
:01:52. > :01:58.The pressure will be mounting here too. The Home Secretary, Theresa
:01:59. > :02:02.May, in her hard`hitting speech to the Met Police federation last week,
:02:03. > :02:06.promised endless practice of officers retiring or resigning
:02:07. > :02:11.before facing disciplinaries, strong words Sean Rigg's family though want
:02:12. > :02:16.to see some action. What's so worrying about that case is it's not
:02:17. > :02:18.isolated. It's part of a systemic problem we see around the country.
:02:19. > :02:22.It sends a clear message out that It sends a clear message out that
:02:23. > :02:27.the police are above the law. The Met told us they are considering the
:02:28. > :02:31.request to block the resignation. If not, PC Burkes will officially
:02:32. > :02:36.resign on Sunday, in which case Sean Rigg's family will launch legal
:02:37. > :02:40.action on Monday. The mayor should be stepping in to
:02:41. > :02:44.stop Londoners being priced out of the housing market by foreign
:02:45. > :02:47.investors. That's the view of one of the country's most respected
:02:48. > :02:51.planners. Peter Wynne`Rees, who was Head of Planning in the City of
:02:52. > :02:54.London, denounces what he describes as dirty Russian money and Chinese
:02:55. > :03:02.gamblers. We met across the Thames from where
:03:03. > :03:07.he says one mistake's already been made. The St George's tower in
:03:08. > :03:11.Vauxhall and where another is about to happen, skyscraper even taller
:03:12. > :03:15.containing many apartments and a luxury hotel given the green light
:03:16. > :03:21.by the mayor just last week. Be`he says it typifies what is going wrong
:03:22. > :03:24.at the moment. I think it's homogenized international
:03:25. > :03:28.architecture out of scale with its surroundings, damaging the London
:03:29. > :03:32.skyline and giving a very bad impression to people who visit
:03:33. > :03:37.London. And for what purpose? To provide
:03:38. > :03:40.safety deposit boxes for international investors. It's not
:03:41. > :03:44.creating the right homes and communities, he claims. People are
:03:45. > :03:47.buying them for financial security. They are furnishing them, locking
:03:48. > :03:50.the door and maybe they'll have a vacation for twoer three weeks a
:03:51. > :03:55.year. The rest of the time they are empty. There will be no people, no
:03:56. > :03:57.community. All that's missing is the tumbleweed blowing between the
:03:58. > :04:01.buildings. Less than half a mile away, he shows
:04:02. > :04:08.me what he thinks are the homes we should be building, a 1970s estate
:04:09. > :04:12.in Pimlico, seven or eight floors high,en closed, plentiful greenery.
:04:13. > :04:16.Any reason why this can't be replicated aRoss the river? He
:04:17. > :04:20.claims the mayor should be getting more community benefits and money
:04:21. > :04:24.out of developers and imposing height restrictions. Only the mayor
:04:25. > :04:29.with a strategic plan can say that's not appropriate in that location,
:04:30. > :04:33.let's set a limit. The argument is if you put too many controls on
:04:34. > :04:40.they'll go elsewhere and won't invest? People will be able to
:04:41. > :04:45.afford to buy a home. So are we getting economic benefits from
:04:46. > :04:49.investors building developments? No, dirty Russian money is being
:04:50. > :04:56.laundered and Chinese are gambling, they pay a 10% deposit off plan in
:04:57. > :05:01.Hong Kong and take off a contract on the apartment reaching a certain
:05:02. > :05:07.price by a certain date so it's a combination of a casino and laundry.
:05:08. > :05:10.The mayor says such areas will boost the capital's economy considerably.
:05:11. > :05:13.He says he's delivering a record number of affordable home and
:05:14. > :05:19.tackling the issue of property left empty. Be` What I'm say thering is,
:05:20. > :05:23.I want to see the councils using their powers to impose pawnty of
:05:24. > :05:28.council taxes on people who buy a flat or whatever and leave it empty.
:05:29. > :05:31.We are providing for absolutely everybody in London. The difficulty
:05:32. > :05:35.is, we are trying to cope with a short fall that goes back 30 years.
:05:36. > :05:40.But the rate of acceleration is starting to take off now in the
:05:41. > :05:44.construction sector in London. After 0 years, constrained by his planning
:05:45. > :05:51.role in the Square Mile, from commenting much publicly, he now
:05:52. > :05:55.feels t time to speak out. Gareth Furby is by the Thames in
:05:56. > :06:04.Pimlico this evening. This is clearly a critical issue? Yes. And
:06:05. > :06:08.the MP will be giving evidence to the assembly inquiry. His view is if
:06:09. > :06:12.the mayor gave a clear enough lead on this, brown field sites like we
:06:13. > :06:16.have along the Thames would be the ideal location for new communities.
:06:17. > :06:21..s the view from City Hall though equally strong, that the billions of
:06:22. > :06:23.pounds which comes here from abroad is absolutely essential to the
:06:24. > :06:32.economy. Thank you very much.
:06:33. > :06:37.That is it from me. I'll leave you with the forecast.
:06:38. > :06:41.It was a nice day today, we saw plenty of sunshine. Conditions are
:06:42. > :06:46.set to turn more settled with lovely spells of sunshine. This evening and
:06:47. > :06:50.tonight it will be cloudy. Spits and spots of rain around, but most
:06:51. > :06:55.places remain dry. It should be pretty mild.
:06:56. > :06:58.Tomorrow, we start off a little bit grey with good spells of sunshine
:06:59. > :07:03.developing through the afternoon. It will feel pleasant as the winds
:07:04. > :07:08.remain light. A grey start at first. The odd spot of light rain or
:07:09. > :07:12.drizzle to the north of region. With the sunny spells, pleasant through
:07:13. > :07:17.the afternoon. Saturday is looking good. More in
:07:18. > :07:20.the way of sunshine. Light winds and temperatures reaching highs of
:07:21. > :07:26.around 0, maybe 21. As we head in towards Sunday, it
:07:27. > :07:36.looks like rain will push in from the west.
:07:37. > :07:42.Good evening. Most of us look like ending the week on a dry note. Some
:07:43. > :07:47.of us end it today on a particularly wet note. Notably across parts of
:07:48. > :07:52.south-west England and up into the Midland, a line of vicious storms
:07:53. > :07:57.and thunder in there too. They have been spreading further west in parts
:07:58. > :08:01.of Wales and southern counties. They'll tend to fade away the rest
:08:02. > :08:06.of the night, but one or two lingering on. Most other places
:08:07. > :08:10.having a quiet night. Cloud and mistiness out there.
:08:11. > :08:13.Across the glens of northern Scotland, temperatures will get well
:08:14. > :08:18.down into single fir. But for most of the rest of us, a relatively mild
:08:19. > :08:21.night staying in double digits. One or two showers from word go across
:08:22. > :08:24.the south-west which will be the focus for any showers tomorrow.
:08:25. > :08:27.There won't be that many. Most of the country will have a quiet day,
:08:28. > :08:37.albeit rather cloudy. Through the afternoon, a snapshot,
:08:38. > :08:43.mid afternoon one or two showers across Scotland but most places will
:08:44. > :08:44.avoid these. A fair bit of cloud. Some of the best of