17/06/2014 BBC London News

over on the BBC News Channel. Now time for the news where you are on

BBC One. Jeremy Bowen, BBC News, Damascus.

Good evening from BBC London News. Tributes have been paid to `

Tributes have been paid to a 15`year`old boy who died after going

to an illegal rave in Croydon. Police say they're determindd to

find the drug dealer they believe sold the drugs that killed him.

But there's criticism that officers knew the rave was being planned

a week earlier and failed to intervene.

Alex Bushill reports. Rio Andrew, 15 years old, popular,

diligent, talented, and killed, it's thought, by a drug overdose at an

illegal rave in Croydon. He was far from his home. At his school in

Holland Park, teachers and pupils today in mourning. The asselblies

Holland Park, teachers and pupils today in mourning. The assemblies we

today in mourning. The asselblies we have held today with his fellow

students, the affection and the esteem in which they have clearly

held him was all too clear to us. Everyone who knew him admired him.

He had so much potential, particularly on the athletics

track, and the self`disciplhne particularly on the athletics

track, and the self`discipline to track, and the self`disciplhne to

fulfil it. A happy`go`lucky lad who was always willing to join in and

help somebody else. He was Dngland's help somebody else. He was Dngland's

schools champion for the under 5 is last year and he was improving

schools champion for the under 15 is last year and he was improvhng this

last year and he was improving this year and could easily have gone on

to be an international. He was one of around 1300 who dissented on this

and used Royal Mail building by Croydon station. Residents filmed

the noise from the sound systems inside. At one point, those fire

extinguishers at the police outside. In all, 14 arrests were made. Speak

In all, 14 arrests were madd. Speak to those who went and a picture

emerges of a well`organised event where Ketter mean and ecstasy were

readily available. This 16`xear`old didn't want to appear on camera, his

didn't want to appear on calera his parents didn't know he went to the

rave, nor do many others, as he says these are events designed for and

popular with schoolchildren. They don't really mind about drugs but

they do care if you are tryhng to they do care if you are tryhng to

rob people or start a fight or causing havoc inside the rave. It's

obvious people are either drug or on drugs. It has emerged the police

received a tip`off that this building be used for this so called

squat party two weeks ago. The first questions were being asked `bout

questions were being asked about police tactics. Today they grew into

a crescendo, with the local MP leading the charge. For manx

a crescendo, with the local MP leading the charge. For many of

a crescendo, with the local MP leading the charge. For manx of my

leading the charge. For many of my constituents that are uncomfortable

reminders of the rioting. There was a large crowd gathering and not

enough police officers present. The building could have been better

secure than they could have had enough officers there at the

secure than they could have had enough officers there at thd start

enough officers there at the start to make sure the event didn't go

ahead. Things would be very different than they are tod`y. The

different than they are today. The Met has launched an inquiry into why

that intelligence wasn't acted upon but also defended their tactics on

the night. We could either close the place down, potentially havd 20 0

place down, potentially have 2000 people roaming the streets of

Croydon, or we could contain them in a venue that they'd chosen to go to

where we would keep them safe, a disused building, where thex could

disused building, where they could make minimal damage. That w`s a

make minimal damage. That was a decision we have to make, I think it

was the right decision. Anolalous, one boy has died. Rio Andrew's death

is a reminder of these events. A man from Watford who faked his own death

so his wife could play more than ?1 million in insurance money has been

jailed for two and a half ydars million in insurance money has been

jailed for two and a half ydars She claimed that her husband, Sanjay,

claimed that her husband, S`njay, died of brain fever in India.

claimed that her husband, Sanjay, died of brain fever in Indi`. Police

discovered she'd wired money to died of brain fever in India. Police

discovered she'd wired monex to him discovered she'd wired money to him

two days after she claimed he had died, and insurers could find no

record of him being treated or admitted to hospital. There was

official confirmation today of the extent of London's property boom.

The office of National stathstics The office of National statistics

said house prices rose in early 20% in the past 12 months. For families

looking to move out of the capital in search of more space but a longer

commute, new research could help them decide where to look. House

prices in London have been rising by as much as ?4500 a week. It's no

wonder increasing numbers of families are cashing their equity

families are cashing their dquity and swapping their small flat

families are cashing their equity and swapping their small fl`t for

families are cashing their dquity and swapping their small flat for a

and swapping their small fl`t for a large house in the Home Counties.

But the map of London's traditional commuter belt is changing. Take this

family. In April, they moved 80 miles out from Wandsworth to Pewsey

in Wiltshire. We found the school that we liked and then we found this

house. We wanted a bit more space, a garden, we wanted to have fhelds

house. We wanted a bit more space, a garden, we wanted to have fields to

garden, we wanted to have fhelds to look out over. Technology is also

playing its part. Working from home part`time takes the sting ott of a

part`time takes the sting out of a long commute. I probably wotld have

long commute. I probably would have struggled to do that five d`ys

long commute. I probably wotld have struggled to do that five days a

week, just because it's that bit further. By being able to do what I

do and have those couple of days at home actually, I find that more

home actually, I find that lore productive when I'm at home than

when I'm in the office. For James, it's an hour and a half 's train

journey to the capital. I'm not crammed in like a sardine on the

Northern line, I get a seat, I can sit back and read the paper. Life

after London is offering online help to Londoners researching thd

to Londoners researching the fabulous country piles that their

basic Hackney flat could bux them. The ideal for people is certainly

what we call home in an hour. It is an hour on a mainline station. But

beyond that, people will go for two hours, that's a four our commute

beyond that, people will go for two hours, that's a four our colmute in

hours, that's a four our commute in a day. But a lot of people work is

changing, so they might be doing that four days a week rather than

size, and that is quite critical to people and their sense of

well`being. This is a map of affordability, produced by `

affordability, produced by a transport analyst who has added the

cost of the season ticket from every station to the annual cost of a

mortgage. The areas coloured red are the most expensive, the mord

the most expensive, the more traditional commuter belts such as

Cobham, which costs an aver`ge of Cobham, which costs an average of

?4556 a month, and Canterbury West, which will set you back ?1413. But

it is the cheaper places in green that increasing numbers of Londoners

have been tempted to head two. Swindon, near Pewsey, costs just

over ?1000 a month, and so does Folkestone. But the green areas on

that map in the distant futtre could that map in the distant future could

become red, as demand on hotsing that map in the distant futtre could

become red, as demand on housing and become red, as demand on housing and

train journeys increases, so could the prices. That is all from

train journeys increases, so could the prices. That is all frol me

the prices. That is all from me. Good night.

We are going to see more cloud through the middle part of this

week. It will creep south as we go through the night and it will turn

misty, murky with some drizzly, patchy rain. Humid, too. It might be

worth sticking with a brolly first worth sticking with a brollx first

thing tomorrow because there could thing tomorrow because there could

be some patchy rain, but it will gradually improve through the

afternoon with one or two stnny afternoon with one or two sunny

spells. Temperatures will gdt to spells. Temperatures will get to

around 22 degrees. The outlook, fairly cloudy through the ndxt few

days, a dip in temperature Friday with warmer temperatures over

days, a dip in temperature Friday with warmer temperatures over the

weekend. The main theme through this week is

one of mainly dry weather but with important variations from place to

play sand from day-to-day. That was the case again today. A sizzling day

across parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland. Plenty of sunshine. Not 1

million miles away, down across the border into northern England, a lot

more cloud and some places struggled to get higher than the mid-teens.

This is where the thickest of the cloud is into the night. Across

central and eastern parts of England, patchy rain turning