:00:00. > :00:00.has fallen into the hands of militants. That is all from the BBC
:00:00. > :00:12.News at Six. detectives were bribed by some of
:00:13. > :00:17.the capital's most notorious crime syndicates.
:00:18. > :00:22.They weren't asking the right questions, they weren't being told
:00:23. > :00:26.the situation. Alternativelx, a deliberate decision was taken that
:00:27. > :00:29.it would be inappropriate to draw attention to just how weakened the
:00:30. > :00:31.Metropolitan Police was. One officer said at the timd it
:00:32. > :00:34.Metropolitan Police was. One officer said at the time it was
:00:35. > :00:36.impossible to conduct an ethical murder investigation without it
:00:37. > :00:38.being compromised. Also tonhght murder investigation without it
:00:39. > :00:40.being compromised. Also tonight: The being compromised. Also tonight: The
:00:41. > :00:46.Mayor and Home Secretary at odds over water cannon. Cree is a
:00:47. > :00:49.Mayor and Home Secretary at odds over water cannon. Cree is ` ``
:00:50. > :00:53.Theresa May says she is yet to agree their use.
:00:54. > :00:58.Two teenagers die after falling from a balcony at a party.
:00:59. > :01:10.Why Jazzy B is now officially a London legend.
:01:11. > :01:17.Good evening. The details of a secret report describing widespread
:01:18. > :01:20.corruption among some Met Police detectives in the early 2000s can be
:01:21. > :01:23.revealed tonight. The document revealed tonight. The documdnt
:01:24. > :01:25.called Operation Tiberius says revealed tonight. The document
:01:26. > :01:28.called Operation Tiberius says more than 40 serving officers were
:01:29. > :01:31.working with eight crime syndicates to help them evade justice for
:01:32. > :01:35.crimes including murder and drug`trafficking. MPs whose job it
:01:36. > :01:40.is to scrutinise the Met had asked to be given the intelligencd report
:01:41. > :01:48.but Scotland Yard have only allowed six heavily redacted pages to be
:01:49. > :01:50.published. You said this committee document and
:01:51. > :01:55.You said this committee doctment and you have redacted so much
:01:56. > :01:58.information. All that's left is the title. Five more pages with very
:01:59. > :02:03.little detail about how organised little detail about how org`nised
:02:04. > :02:08.crime syndicates infiltrated Scotland Yard. There are huge gaps.
:02:09. > :02:13.That's all that the Metropolitan Police wanted MPs to know. BBC
:02:14. > :02:19.London can reveal much more. There are 180 pages of top secret
:02:20. > :02:25.intelligence. About drug deals, intelligence. About drug de`ls,
:02:26. > :02:28.armed robberies and even contract killings. The document called
:02:29. > :02:32.killings. The document calldd Operation Tiberius shows just how
:02:33. > :02:39.bad the problem of police corruption had become in two areas of London. A
:02:40. > :02:42.secret Scotland Yard unit identified 42 serving officers as corrupt.
:02:43. > :02:42.secret Scotland Yard unit identified 42 serving officers as corrtpt. 19
:02:43. > :02:44.ex`officers and the same number 42 serving officers as corrupt. 19
:02:45. > :02:48.ex`officers and the same nulber of ex`officers and the same number of
:02:49. > :02:51.career criminals linked to eight major crime syndicates. A rdtirement
:02:52. > :02:56.major crime syndicates. A retirement lunch in 2002 for a senior
:02:57. > :03:00.detective. Among the guests, at least four former officers who are
:03:01. > :03:02.on the payroll of some of the most violent and dangerous criminal gangs
:03:03. > :03:07.in North and East London. Serving in North and East London. Serving
:03:08. > :03:08.officers are also here, potentially vulnerable to being recruitdd
:03:09. > :03:10.officers are also here, potdntially vulnerable to being recruited into
:03:11. > :03:12.this corrupt world. They ard vulnerable to being recruitdd into
:03:13. > :03:16.this corrupt world. They are all under investigation by a Scotland
:03:17. > :03:34.Yard anti`corruption team. The document says:
:03:35. > :03:38.This man was the chairman of the defunct Met Police Authoritx.
:03:39. > :03:42.defunct Met Police Authority. It acted as the watchdog oversdeing
:03:43. > :03:42.defunct Met Police Authoritx. It acted as the watchdog overseeing and
:03:43. > :03:45.acted as the watchdog oversdeing and scrutinising Britain's biggest
:03:46. > :03:51.force. He says the Met reassured him they had a grip on corruption. The
:03:52. > :03:53.general impression was that they took it seriously, they were
:03:54. > :03:53.general impression was that they took it seriously, they werd clear
:03:54. > :03:57.took it seriously, they were clear they still had work to do btt
:03:58. > :04:02.essentially it was under control. The secret document reveals how
:04:03. > :04:06.sports like golf are used to recruits serving officers. One page
:04:07. > :04:10.states that a corrupt ex`detective even ran an annual golf trip to the
:04:11. > :04:16.United States. The membershhp of which reads like a who's who of bent
:04:17. > :04:23.cops. Simply, the crime syndicate is the customer. They have a so`called
:04:24. > :04:28.conduit. This is an ex`detective who has close contacts with serving
:04:29. > :04:36.officers who in turn have access to sensitive intelligence and the Met's
:04:37. > :04:38.valuable databases. The conduit is often the only one who knows the
:04:39. > :04:42.customer. It distances key lembers customer. It distances key lembers
:04:43. > :04:46.of the syndicate from investigation. Interestingly, criminal gangs don't
:04:47. > :04:52.want to work directly with crooked cops because they don't trust them.
:04:53. > :04:55.The document states there is still a distaste towards corrupt officers.
:04:56. > :05:00.But one of the most disturbhng statements in this document is from
:05:01. > :05:04.a senior detective who says: "I feel at the current time I cannot carry
:05:05. > :05:10.out an ethical murder investigation without the fear of it being
:05:11. > :05:14.compromised." Either senior officers were unbelievably complacent, they
:05:15. > :05:18.weren't asking the right questions, they weren't being told the
:05:19. > :05:19.situation. Or alternatively, a deliberate decision was takdn
:05:20. > :05:19.situation. Or alternatively, a deliberate decision was taken that
:05:20. > :05:24.deliberate decision was takdn that it would be inappropriate to draw
:05:25. > :05:27.attention to just how weakened the Metropolitan Police was, a
:05:28. > :05:31.deliberate attempt to mislead the deliberate attempt to mislead the
:05:32. > :05:35.Police Authority. That doesn't surprise this man. His brother was
:05:36. > :05:39.killed in a pub car park in 198 and the murder of the private
:05:40. > :05:42.investigator is still unsolved. There is now an independent review
:05:43. > :05:44.into alleged police corruption. There is now an independent review
:05:45. > :05:44.into alleged police corrupthon. If into alleged police corruption. If
:05:45. > :05:49.the public were aware of thd real the public were aware of the real
:05:50. > :05:53.extent and the seriousness of corruption in the police, that it
:05:54. > :06:01.would seriously undermine public would seriously undermine ptblic
:06:02. > :06:05.confidence. And I know that the vast majority of officers are
:06:06. > :06:09.hard`working and honest. But nevertheless, I believe there is a
:06:10. > :06:12.significant minority that are seriously corrupt. The full`scale of
:06:13. > :06:15.corruption is unknown. But ht corruption is unknown. But ht
:06:16. > :06:24.provides a disturbing insight into the threat to the Criminal Justice
:06:25. > :06:28.System at that time. Keith Vaz, the chairman of the home
:06:29. > :06:32.affairs Select Committee joins us. affairs Select Committee joins us.
:06:33. > :06:36.Hello. You asked to see this report, but didn't get the full extent of
:06:37. > :06:41.it. What is your reaction to what we have revealed tonight? Good evening.
:06:42. > :06:44.Can I congratulate BBC London on doing better than the Home Affairs
:06:45. > :06:48.doing better than the Home @ffairs Select Committee in obtaining
:06:49. > :06:53.information from the Metropolitan Police Commission? The fact is,
:06:54. > :06:54.exactly 24 hours ago I asked the Deputy Commissioner for the
:06:55. > :06:57.information that you have just information that you have jtst
:06:58. > :07:02.released and he said he was not able to release it. He only gave us a
:07:03. > :07:06.redacted version. From what I have heard, I think both I and the rest
:07:07. > :07:12.of the Committee will be astonished at some of the points that are
:07:13. > :07:13.contained in that report and to be frank, it was quite possible to
:07:14. > :07:14.contained in that report and to be frank, it was quite possibld to give
:07:15. > :07:18.frank, it was quite possible to give us this information for publication
:07:19. > :07:23.without the names of the officers, we weren't interested in the names,
:07:24. > :07:27.we were interested in the extent of the problem of corruption and what
:07:28. > :07:30.the Metropolitan Police were doing the Metropolitan Police were doing
:07:31. > :07:35.about it. So I am disappointed and I will be writing to the Deputy
:07:36. > :07:39.Commissioner again, indeed trying to phone him this evening to ask how it
:07:40. > :07:42.was possible for this inforlation to get out into the public domain
:07:43. > :07:46.without Parliament having it when we asked? And the extent of thd
:07:47. > :07:49.asked? And the extent of the corruption, with organised crime
:07:50. > :07:54.that's revealed, it is astonishing. But it is more than ten years ago.
:07:55. > :07:58.Why does it matter? Well, exactly. That is exactly what we said when we
:07:59. > :08:02.asked for the information. To be fair to the Deputy Commission, he
:08:03. > :08:04.did say we could go to Scotland Yard and read it. Now, we can he`r
:08:05. > :08:04.did say we could go to Scotland Yard and read it. Now, we can hear about
:08:05. > :08:10.and read it. Now, we can he`r about it on the BBC, so we don't need to
:08:11. > :08:15.do that. That was ten years ago. If it's been cleared up, as I hope that
:08:16. > :08:19.it has been cleared up, I think this could be a big success story. Why
:08:20. > :08:19.it has been cleared up, I think this could be a big success storx. Why is
:08:20. > :08:25.it still being kept secret and it still being kept secret and
:08:26. > :08:26.redacted? As you saw, whole pages containing no information wdre
:08:27. > :08:27.redacted? As you saw, whole pages containing no information were put
:08:28. > :08:28.containing no information wdre put on our website today, just to make
:08:29. > :08:30.the point that we don't have the the point that we don't have the
:08:31. > :08:35.information. I think what wd do need information. I think what wd do need
:08:36. > :08:37.is a statement of clarification and I hope that he can provide it. I
:08:38. > :08:39.I hope that he can provide ht. I will talk to other members of the
:08:40. > :08:42.Committee. Perhaps it may be better Committee. Perhaps it may be better
:08:43. > :08:45.to hear from him again next week as to precisely why this information
:08:46. > :08:50.to precisely why this inforlation was withheld and how it's got into
:08:51. > :08:51.the public domain. Also, an assurance that it's actuallx all
:08:52. > :08:54.assurance that it's actually all been dealt with. That's what I think
:08:55. > :08:58.the people in London want to know, that there was a thorough
:08:59. > :09:02.investigation, properly completed and the matter is now closed. I
:09:03. > :09:04.think probably it isn't closed because as we heard yesterday,
:09:05. > :09:07.think probably it isn't closed because as we heard yesterd`y, it is
:09:08. > :09:09.still ongoing. He talked about between four and six investigations.
:09:10. > :09:12.If that is the case, then wd between four and six investhgations.
:09:13. > :09:12.If that is the case, then we need between four and six investigations.
:09:13. > :09:16.If that is the case, then we need to give him and the rest of thd
:09:17. > :09:20.Metropolitan Police the resources they need to clear this up `s
:09:21. > :09:27.quickly as possible so that they have a grip on corruption in the
:09:28. > :09:33.Met. Thank you very much. With me here now is Guy Smith.
:09:34. > :09:35.Shocking revelations. What hs With me here now is Guy Smith.
:09:36. > :09:37.Shocking revelations. What hs the Met saying about this? As we heard
:09:38. > :09:39.Met saying about this? As wd heard from Keith Vaz, the Met have
:09:40. > :09:40.Met saying about this? As we heard from Keith Vaz, the Met havd invited
:09:41. > :09:45.from Keith Vaz, the Met have invited MPs to read the document in private,
:09:46. > :09:49.a full unredacted copy. But they say they are not prepared to discuss
:09:50. > :09:54.publicly any of the detail. They have just, in the last hour, given
:09:55. > :09:58.me a statement saying the passage of time does nothing to reduce the very
:09:59. > :10:05.real risks to anti`corruption tactics, intelligence sourcds or
:10:06. > :10:10.current operations. I asked them also a number of questions, firstly
:10:11. > :10:12.how many individuals in this document have they prosecuted
:10:13. > :10:12.how many individuals in this document have they prosecutdd and
:10:13. > :10:14.document have they prosecuted and convicted over the last ten or so
:10:15. > :10:18.years. They couldn't give md exact years. They couldn't give md exact
:10:19. > :10:23.numbers. How confident is the Met that the level of corruption is
:10:24. > :10:25.still not ongoing? Again, in a statement, they say the nattre of
:10:26. > :10:28.corruption within the Met has corruption within the Met h`s
:10:29. > :10:33.changed over the last decade, however we still have up to six live
:10:34. > :10:36.anti`corruption investigations running at any one time. We are
:10:37. > :10:42.determined for the good of Londoners and the honest, hard`working men and
:10:43. > :10:46.women of the Met to do all we can to tackle current corrupt staff.
:10:47. > :10:49.Finally, I asked them what was their reaction to the chair of the
:10:50. > :10:53.Metropolitan Police Authority accusing them of being complacent or
:10:54. > :11:00.misleading the Police Authority. They weren't prepared to colment.
:11:01. > :11:04.Thank you. Coming up: On the day unemployment
:11:05. > :11:09.falls in the capital, thous`nds falls in the capital, thousands
:11:10. > :11:17.queue in Islington to visit a jobs fair.
:11:18. > :11:18.The Home Secretary says she will decide is whether to approve
:11:19. > :11:18.The Home Secretary says she will decide is whether to approvd the use
:11:19. > :11:23.decide is whether to approve the use of water cannon in London only after
:11:24. > :11:24.considering the safety issues carefully and properly. Theresa May
:11:25. > :11:29.was responding after the Mayor gave was responding after the Maxor gave
:11:30. > :11:35.the go`ahead for the Met to purchase three second hand machines from the
:11:36. > :11:37.German police. It would be a big step for policing
:11:38. > :11:39.here and the Home Office says it here and the Home Office saxs it
:11:40. > :11:43.needs to get this right. The Mayor needs to get this right. The Mayor
:11:44. > :11:48.claims there is urgency because if the Met don't buy three second hand
:11:49. > :11:52.cannons for ?220,000 by July, they cannons for ?220,000 by July, they
:11:53. > :11:57.will sell them to someone else. The decision was entirely to do with
:11:58. > :12:02.efficiency in the management of public funds which is what I am paid
:12:03. > :12:07.to do. And you would expect me to do that. Are you and your office, have
:12:08. > :12:11.been frustrated by the Home Office's delay as you see it in making a
:12:12. > :12:16.decision? Look, my view is that we have got to get on and make the `
:12:17. > :12:22.equip the police with the w`ter equip the police with the w`ter
:12:23. > :12:24.cannon that they need. What if the Home Secretary says no, you have got
:12:25. > :12:31.three water cannon, cannot... I think it highly
:12:32. > :12:32.unlikely. You are again putting pressure on the Home Secret`ry?
:12:33. > :12:36.unlikely. You are again putting pressure on the Home Secretary? I am
:12:37. > :12:40.giving you my view. The Gerlan water cannon would have three years use
:12:41. > :12:44.left in them. The Home Secrdtary faces a decision on a long`term plan
:12:45. > :12:46.for the whole country, after consultation and safety tests. No
:12:47. > :12:54.sign today of her being bounced. The sign today of her being bounced The
:12:55. > :13:01.police have to put a case for water power. They did not submit that case
:13:02. > :13:05.to the Home Office until March 014. I will be taking a decision but I
:13:06. > :13:13.will be taking it on the right basis. Together, they rallied people
:13:14. > :13:19.basis. Together, they rallidd people to clean up after the 2011 riots.
:13:20. > :13:21.One desired affect for him lay have been the Times newspaper saying he
:13:22. > :13:25.been the Times newspaper saxing he was challenging the Home Secretary's
:13:26. > :13:28.authority. If or more likelx when she does finally approve water
:13:29. > :13:35.cannon, expect the Mayor to point out it came after his lobbying.
:13:36. > :13:40.Part of Central London was grid`locked this afternoon after
:13:41. > :13:44.taxi drivers staged a protest around Trafalgar Square. They were
:13:45. > :13:46.protesting at what they say is a lack of action from Transport for
:13:47. > :13:47.London over a new app on the lack of action from Transport for
:13:48. > :13:49.London over a new app on thd market London over a new app on thd market
:13:50. > :13:51.called Uber which could revolutionise the industry. Our
:13:52. > :13:56.transport correspondent Tom Edwards was there.
:13:57. > :14:04.Central London became a car park this afternoon. Cabbies brotght the
:14:05. > :14:13.road to a standstill. We are road to a standstill. We ard
:14:14. > :14:20.protesting about TEFL. We are sticking together `` transport for
:14:21. > :14:24.London. It is everyone's problem. The Met restricted the demonstration
:14:25. > :14:30.to just Whitehall for one hour. But there was still widespread gridlock
:14:31. > :14:36.right across central London. Is it worth getting arrested for? Do I
:14:37. > :14:37.look like I am an imminent threat to my fellow Londoners quit in I would
:14:38. > :14:39.not have thought so bust thd my fellow Londoners quit in I would
:14:40. > :14:44.not have thought so bust thd reason are here today is because transport
:14:45. > :14:49.for London are refusing to dnforce for London are refusing to dnforce
:14:50. > :14:56.their own laws `` to my fellow Londoners? It is about this
:14:57. > :15:03.smartphone app Uber. By law, Hackney carriages are the only taxis that
:15:04. > :15:07.can use meters. The cab drivers say this is not just about a sm`rtphone
:15:08. > :15:16.app. It is about what they call incompetence at transport for
:15:17. > :15:25.London. There is no doubt that these smartphone apps are changing this
:15:26. > :15:29.market. Transport for London says it licensed Uber after a complhance
:15:30. > :15:34.check but it does want changes to the website to make it clear
:15:35. > :15:38.bookings are being taken in London. Should you have licensed thdm if
:15:39. > :15:41.they are not complying with your own rules? Well, they are complxing
:15:42. > :15:41.they are not complying with your own rules? Well, they are complying with
:15:42. > :15:43.rules? Well, they are complxing with the rules. You said they are not.
:15:44. > :15:46.There are some things in thd the rules. You said they ard not.
:15:47. > :15:48.There are some things in the terms There are some things in the terms
:15:49. > :15:52.and conditions that is not `s clear and conditions that is not `s clear
:15:53. > :15:57.as we would like it to be. We are working together to get it straight.
:15:58. > :16:00.Uber says it complies with legislation and is bringing
:16:01. > :16:05.competition to the market. The issue will end up in the High Court. The
:16:06. > :16:12.whole industry is now facing big changes driven by technology.
:16:13. > :16:15.was there. Two teenagers have fallen to
:16:16. > :16:18.their deaths from the sixth`floor balcony of a flat in Deptford.
:16:19. > :16:20.The pair were at a party. Police investigating their deaths
:16:21. > :16:23.believe it was a tragic accident. Nick Beake has the story.
:16:24. > :16:29.The banks of the Thames in dast London, a new riverside
:16:30. > :16:36.development. The party was being held here on the sixth floor. The
:16:37. > :16:38.one that has the red flag. This youth worker says he heard lusic
:16:39. > :16:41.youth worker says he heard music coming from the flat and at one
:16:42. > :16:49.point saw a young couple kissing right on the edge of the balcony. I
:16:50. > :17:02.saw them go over. You saw it happen? Yeah. I was just like... My partner
:17:03. > :17:09.screen. I just ran to put a top on and ran downstairs. Nothing could be
:17:10. > :17:12.done to save the 18`year`old man and 19`year`old girl, students `t
:17:13. > :17:12.done to save the 18`year`old man and 19`year`old girl, students at two
:17:13. > :17:18.19`year`old girl, students `t two nearby colleges. Police said their
:17:19. > :17:19.deaths are not suspicious and have the `` they have described ht
:17:20. > :17:20.deaths are not suspicious and have the `` they have described it as an
:17:21. > :17:25.the `` they have described ht as an accident. Just looking down, it is
:17:26. > :17:31.pretty clear they would not have stood a chance. This evening, the
:17:32. > :17:38.colleges released a joint statement saying that they will be providing
:17:39. > :17:42.counselling to students and staff. Still to come, they look ahdad
:17:43. > :17:46.counselling to students and staff. Still to come, they look ahead at
:17:47. > :17:53.the weekend weather. Plus, rising stars and established stars and
:17:54. > :17:56.music will be here at Roundhouse raising funds for over 14,000 young
:17:57. > :18:02.musicians. Nick Beake has the story.
:18:03. > :18:09.Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in five ye`rs
:18:10. > :18:12.in the UK. In London,
:18:13. > :18:13.while the number of people out of work has also fallen, it's
:18:14. > :18:16.higher than the national avdrage. higher than the national avdrage.
:18:17. > :18:19.At a jobs fair in Islington today, thousands queued to meet potential
:18:20. > :18:21.employers in the hope of securing work, as our political
:18:22. > :18:25.correspondent, Karl Mercer, reports. Inside there was a lot
:18:26. > :18:27.of selling going on. Employers selling their jobs.
:18:28. > :18:28.Would`be employees selling themselves.
:18:29. > :18:32.Outside, the queues of people wanting to find
:18:33. > :18:34.work stretched right up the road. This jobs fair in Islington comes
:18:35. > :18:36.on the day unemployment in the capital fell again.
:18:37. > :18:38.But for many here, getting back to work or getting
:18:39. > :18:49.the right job is still tough. If you have a permanent job, you can
:18:50. > :18:53.plan for the future rather than living week to week. I have come
:18:54. > :18:55.today to hopefully make an impression on someone. It has been
:18:56. > :18:59.impression on someone. It h`s been pretty tough. Hopefully this job
:19:00. > :19:03.that will open up opportunities for me.
:19:04. > :19:05.the right job is still tough. With signs
:19:06. > :19:08.the economy may be improving, the charity running this jobs fair
:19:09. > :19:09.says there are more jobs on offer here than in previous years.
:19:10. > :19:15.It started about four years ago and they have been getting biggdr and
:19:16. > :19:16.better. This year we have a lot more vacancies and employers and people
:19:17. > :19:26.coming through the door. here than in previous years.
:19:27. > :19:29.One of the lucky ones today was Martin Cyrille.
:19:30. > :19:32.Out of work since Christmas, he was up early for the jobs fair.
:19:33. > :19:33.And tomorrow he will be interviewed for a new post.
:19:34. > :19:36.I said, put me in for the caretaker. He made a phone call then
:19:37. > :19:38.and there. I spoke to the guy caretaker. He made a phone call then
:19:39. > :19:40.and there. I spoke to the gty and and there. I spoke to the gty and
:19:41. > :19:42.they told me they had won in Hackney starting in four weeks and one in
:19:43. > :19:49.Camden is ready to go now. interviewed for a new post.
:19:50. > :19:51.Union leaders today though said many of the new jobs are
:19:52. > :19:58.not well paid enough. London has been doing better than
:19:59. > :20:00.anywhere else in the countrx but average wages have not been keeping
:20:01. > :20:03.up with inflation. The picttre average wages have not been keeping
:20:04. > :20:06.up with inflation. The picture for up with inflation. The picture for
:20:07. > :20:13.London is positive. 350,000 private sector jobs, more than in 2010. It
:20:14. > :20:18.is one of the strong engines in the country. You can see what is
:20:19. > :20:19.happening on the skyline, in construction, as well as in
:20:20. > :20:26.professional sectors. not well paid enough.
:20:27. > :20:29.It?s hoped at least 200 people will get work
:20:30. > :20:31.from today?s job fair in Islington. The first London Music Awards are
:20:32. > :20:35.taking place at the Roundhotse taking place at the Roundhotse
:20:36. > :20:41.in Camden this evening. They're being staged to recognise
:20:42. > :20:43.the achievements of the capital's aspiring young
:20:44. > :20:45.musicians and rising stars. Our entertainment correspondent,
:20:46. > :20:51.Brenda Emmanus, is there. Some big names expected?
:20:52. > :20:59.Including Jazzie B who is joining me right now. He will be joined by
:21:00. > :21:05.Boris Johnson and others for the first London Music Awards. Tonight
:21:06. > :21:16.Roundhouse will showcase London's rising stars and talent likd this.
:21:17. > :21:17.Her vibrant and edgy pop music world and edgy pop music will do nicely
:21:18. > :21:18.this singer officially decl`red a this singer officially decl`red a
:21:19. > :21:26.rising star. `` will officially see. rising star. `` will offici`lly see.
:21:27. > :21:30.The awards celebrates some of the talented individuals who have helped
:21:31. > :21:37.ensure London's status as one of the world's great music capitals. I have
:21:38. > :21:41.been independent up until this point. It is nice to get recognition
:21:42. > :21:46.from the industry and support. It is getting there. We are going in your
:21:47. > :21:53.right direction. The event has been organised to raise money for the
:21:54. > :21:57.mayor's music fund which benefits over 14,000 young musicians. The
:21:58. > :22:02.fund was set up in 2011 to help young Londoners who have a lot of
:22:03. > :22:06.potential. They have real commitment and enthusiasm to learn a musical
:22:07. > :22:14.instrument that they have not got the means to pursue their p`ssion.
:22:15. > :22:21.The Voice winner will perform tonight having just been assigned a
:22:22. > :22:24.new role by the mayor, his champion for music. We are going to be
:22:25. > :22:26.ambassadors, leading the way for ambassadors, leading the way for
:22:27. > :22:30.young musicians, making surd that young musicians, making surd that
:22:31. > :22:33.people invest in young musicians so that they have the right
:22:34. > :22:43.opportunities and the right platform to showcase their talent. That is
:22:44. > :22:47.what the event is about. Tonight it is about celebrating talent and you
:22:48. > :22:53.have become a London legend. How cool is that? Finally. Very
:22:54. > :22:55.appropriate. You have travelled the world, just back from Afric`.
:22:56. > :22:56.appropriate. You have travelled the world, just back from Africa. What
:22:57. > :22:57.world, just back from Afric`. What makes London such a musical force?
:22:58. > :23:04.We have always been innovathve and We have always been innovative and
:23:05. > :23:06.creative. This is a good representation of it. The fact the
:23:07. > :23:08.representation of it. The f`ct the mayor is backing it and supporting
:23:09. > :23:15.it, great. The idea is to raise it, great. The idea is to raise
:23:16. > :23:19.money for young musicians. How important is it? How much supporting
:23:20. > :23:20.important is it? How much stpporting and mentoring do you do? It is
:23:21. > :23:24.really important. That in the 8 s, and mentoring do you do? It is
:23:25. > :23:24.really important. That in the 80s, I really important. That in the 80s, I
:23:25. > :23:27.started out with the Manpowdr started out with the Manpower
:23:28. > :23:34.services commission. I understand how important support is. For me, it
:23:35. > :23:39.has been everything. Part and parcel of what we managed to creatd over
:23:40. > :23:45.the last 25 years with the support of the community. It is very
:23:46. > :23:49.important. How do you think London is seen on an international level?
:23:50. > :23:53.Travelling the world and seding it for what it is, it has been
:23:54. > :23:57.amazingly important. It just shows the power of this little country.
:23:58. > :24:00.the power of this little cotntry. London is a powerful tool. You
:24:01. > :24:04.the power of this little country. London is a powerful tool. Xou have
:24:05. > :24:09.won numerous awards. Are they still important? It is nice to get the
:24:10. > :24:11.accolade. For me, particularly something like this, it is equally
:24:12. > :24:15.something like this, it is dqually important. It is part of my
:24:16. > :24:17.community and how I grew up and it has just been so supportive. There
:24:18. > :24:22.will be a special place on my table will be a special place on my table
:24:23. > :24:34.for this award. Nice to meet a legend! Enjoy this evening. Back to
:24:35. > :24:41.you, in the studio. Time now for a check on the weather.
:24:42. > :24:49.I have not had much chance to experience it today. Tomorrow I am
:24:50. > :24:51.at work again so I will miss the sunshine then as well. It has been
:24:52. > :24:56.sunshine then as well. It h`s been pleasant. Temperatures into the low
:24:57. > :24:58.20s quite widely. Not good for everybody. We have very high pollen
:24:59. > :25:03.levels at the moment. For hay fever levels at the moment. For h`y fever
:25:04. > :25:07.sufferers, we are moving into the peak of the grass pollen se`son It
:25:08. > :25:12.is going to be just as bad tomorrow. The satellite pictures show us some
:25:13. > :25:16.cloud developed this afternoon. Still some this evening. It will
:25:17. > :25:17.break up once again. There will be late evening sunshine for many of
:25:18. > :25:25.late evening sunshine for m`ny of us. A dry night to follow. Quite
:25:26. > :25:31.warm air across as at the moment so it will not turn chilly. Down to 12,
:25:32. > :25:34.13, 14. Perhaps in the centre of town, now lower than 15. If you are
:25:35. > :25:37.up early enough, you will sde town, now lower than 15. If you are
:25:38. > :25:39.up early enough, you will see the up early enough, you will sde the
:25:40. > :25:42.odd patch of mist. It will not last long. We are in sunshine probably
:25:43. > :25:49.than today. Cloud bubbling tp in the than today. Cloud bubbling up in the
:25:50. > :25:53.afternoon. It will stay fairly well broken. We are looking at
:25:54. > :26:03.temperatures of 23, 24, possibly 25. I would not be surprised if
:26:04. > :26:08.somewhere manages 26. It will be pleasant tomorrow evening. Decent
:26:09. > :26:12.for a barbecue. The dry weather staying with us. Friday, we might
:26:13. > :26:13.see the peak of the warmth. Temperatures picking up verx
:26:14. > :26:18.quickly. It will be dry again. quickly. It will be dry agahn.
:26:19. > :26:23.Sunshine coming through. 25, again one or two places going warmer.
:26:24. > :26:25.Sunshine coming through. 25, again one or two places going warler. Age
:26:26. > :26:28.`` a change for the weekend. Temperatures dropping back a little.
:26:29. > :26:30.Temperatures dropping back ` little. The peak of the warmth tomorrow.
:26:31. > :26:33.The peak of the warmth tomorrow Over the weekend, still 21, 22. It
:26:34. > :26:39.will be largely dry as well. The main headlines:
:26:40. > :26:43.Extra staff are being draftdd Extra staff are being draftdd
:26:44. > :26:45.in to deal with a big rise in passport applications
:26:46. > :26:49.which have hit a 12`year high. Unions say a backlog is being caused
:26:50. > :26:52.by job cuts, but ministers insist they are on top of the situ`tion.
:26:53. > :26:53.they are on top of the situation. Unemployment has fallen to hts
:26:54. > :26:56.Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in over five ydars with
:26:57. > :26:57.2.16 million people out of work The jobless total also fell
:26:58. > :27:01.in London, although it remahns in London, although it remains
:27:02. > :27:04.above the national average. A report into police corruption
:27:05. > :27:07.in the early 2000s reveals how some detectives were bribed by London's
:27:08. > :27:16.most notorious crime syndicates to help them avoid justice.
:27:17. > :27:26.The Met Police say they cannot publish the report in full to detect
:27:27. > :27:28.intelligence sorters ollie sources `` intelligence sources.
:27:29. > :27:31.help them avoid justice. And hundreds of taxi drivers brought
:27:32. > :27:33.part of central London to a standstill this afternoon.
:27:34. > :27:36.They were protesting at a mobile phone app used by the cab firm Uber.
:27:37. > :27:39.More on the day's stories on our website.
:27:40. > :27:41.And Asad Ahmad will be back with our late news.
:27:42. > :27:43.From me and the team here, thanks for watching
:27:44. > :27:48.and have a lovely evening.