10/06/2014 BBC London News

That's all from us. Don't forget, there's a first look

at the papers over on the BBC City Hall has given the

Metropolitan Police permission to go ahead and buy three water cannon

for use on the capital's streets. The decision comes

despite the fact that final approval for their use would need to be given

by the Home Secretary. They've never been used

on mainland Britain before. Our Home Affairs Correspondent,

Guy Smith reports. Some see them as a military

weapon that can potentially The Met, though, says it needs water

cannon to control violent disorder. And today,

London's Mayor gave the go`ahead to But critics say Boris Johnson

should not be pre`empting the Home Even the Met's own report

after the 2011 riots said that water cannon would not have been effective

or practical. It is no substitute for

a properly resourced police force. Since the last general election,

we've seen over 5,000 police Only recently,

20 out of 25 London Assembly members This is not the tool to catch

breakaway rioting units. Isn't this the thin edge

of the wedge between crossing that I have to say I'd be most

unhappy to see us go that way. But he changed his mind

earlier this year. If it's something

the police believe is operationally necessary, I think it's very

difficult for us as policymakers to say no, that is not a tool you

should have your disposal. City Hall says

the second`hand machines are only on New ones would cost more

than three times that. The Met welcomes the Mayor's

decision and stresses they will only be used if consent is given

by the Home Secretary. Policing officials say there is no

intelligence there will be violence over coming months but if water

cannon is to be of value, then it's A major investigation has been

launched to catch a gang of thieves who have been stealing

ticket machines across North London They used angle grinders

and pick axes to prize open British Transport Police say they've

caused more than ?100,000 worth Police have revealed that

a man jailed for life for stabbing another man to death

in the West End 40 years ago has Robert Donovan left Ford Open Prison

on day release in June 2010 and didn't return, He had been

sentenced for the murder in 1974. This follows a series

of incidents last month in which high`profile prisoners went

on the run from open prisons. Thousands of taxi drivers are

expected to bring traffic to a standstill tomorrow afternoon in a

protest over an internet`based firm The row is over protecting

their exclusive right to charge Let's cross to Chris Rogers

who's got more details. Up to 12,000 cab`drivers hope to

bring the streets of central London to a standstill at 2pm tomorrow. The

protesters over Transport for London's decision to allow UBER, an

online minicab service, to use a type of meter system. You can

download a UBER app onto your phone and use it to book one of their

drivers. There are 3000 licensed already in the capital but instead

of being charged normal flat rate for a journey, you are charged for

distance and time, a meter appears on the screen of your mobile phone.

Back cab`drivers say the use of metres is exclusive to them by law

and say tomorrow's protest is about passengers getting value for money.

This is a very difficult city to get about

But when you haven't got that knowledge and to follow Google Maps,

The reason why cab drivers are unhappy is the silence from TfL.

The silence is just deafening at the moment regarding the Uber.

Really we look at it as they should be helping us,

backing us up regarding this, and we're getting no help from them.

All cab drivers now have been pushed into this position.

The Met police are not happy either and told BBC London they plan to

stop the protest within an hour because the haven't contacted them

to discuss conditions and a route for the protest.

We'd have to consider placing conditions on this demonstration.

As it's a procession, we would be looking at time

and duration in order to minimise disruption to the rest of London.

And if the protesting taxi drivers don't abide to those conditions,

We would consider taking action because it's an offence not to

comply with any conditions placed on a procession of this sort.

Potentially it could result in arrest.

The organisers of tomorrow's black cab protest to save they have been

treated like criminals by the Met police and say they have tried to

contact them to discuss tomorrow's plans for their protest. Meanwhile,

TfL say they hope to settle a dispute over the use of the type of

meter scheme UBER are using it in the High Court later this year.

Chris, many thanks. Andy Murray is back at Queen's Club

tomorrow where he'll be defending Unfortunately it was a second round

defeat for Londoner James Ward. The British number three seed lost

in straight sets 7`5, 6`3 to the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov,

who's ranked 13th in the world. Time

for me to wish you a very goodnight and hand you over to Georgina

Burnett for a look at the weather. Fairly cloudy but with high

temperatures tomorrow. With that, comes the very high pollen cancer

hay fever sufferers beware. For tonight we start to lose the

south`westerly breeze we've had over the last few hours. Clear night

altogether. Fairly mild but not assume it assume it as it has been

recently with temperatures down to 9`10. A little cooler than last

night. For tomorrow, lots of sunny skies. Cloud comes and goes

throughout the day. Pretty much starts to thin out, though, as we

head towards the end of the day. Some late sunshine, a light breeze

as well. Temperatures, 22`23dC. Warmer than today. And we see those

temperatures gradually rising through the week, as well. The

outlook is looking dry, looking sunny, and may even be that we have

the highest temperature of the year so far on Friday. We will have to

wait and see for that. wait and see for that. Now the

National forecast. Hello. The thunderstorms and bumbling around at

the end of the day and the most intense in north-west England. In

Lancashire, Preston about 15 metres of rain nationally metres. That's

going summer. Today has been another in a long line of days. Of course,

these big showers and storms. But we are about to get a break. High

pressure is about to build into the UK, settling the weather down. That

means an end for now to the downpours. Not only will it be warm

but I think we will have dry weather for time, too. There are some heavy

showers around at the moment, though. Northern Scotland,

north-west England and Wales. Some of these will continue well into the