:00:00. > :00:00.sunshine. The highest temperatures in the south. Now we join otr news
:00:00. > :00:13.teams where you are. is accused of electoral fratd at the
:00:14. > :00:17.High Court. If the court decides there should be a recount and the
:00:18. > :00:22.numbers do not add up and are not consistent, then the court has the
:00:23. > :00:24.power to order another election But Lutfur Rahman insist thd
:00:25. > :00:30.election was free and fair. Also tonight, it is nearly two ydars
:00:31. > :00:34.since Julian Assange sought refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy. We
:00:35. > :00:37.investigate the cost to London taxpayers.
:00:38. > :00:40.Demands that potential noisd pollution is looked at when plans
:00:41. > :00:46.for airport expansion are considered.
:00:47. > :00:50.I can see 10 Downing Street from here! And the cartoonist celebrating
:00:51. > :01:03.15 years of lampooning London's most famous people.
:01:04. > :01:07.Good evening and welcome to the programme. The mayor of Towdr
:01:08. > :01:12.Hamlets could be forced to rerun last month's election if a High
:01:13. > :01:15.Court petition accusing his party of electoral fraud, corruption and
:01:16. > :01:20.political smears is successful. Lutfur Rahman insists the election
:01:21. > :01:23.was above board, but some of his opponents claim voters were
:01:24. > :01:33.intimidated at polling stathons and in some cases even told how to vote.
:01:34. > :01:39.I declare that Lutfur Rahman is electoral as mayor of Tower Hamlets.
:01:40. > :01:42.A second term as mayor, won after an acrimonious campaign. And for some,
:01:43. > :01:47.the bitter taste in jewels. Four local people have served Lutfur
:01:48. > :01:50.Rahman with a petition alleging a electoral malpractice. We h`ve
:01:51. > :01:57.received allegations of corruption across the borough. We are dxamining
:01:58. > :02:01.those allegations and our solicitor is collecting the information. Among
:02:02. > :02:04.those allegations are that those swept caste in the name of people
:02:05. > :02:09.not entitled to be on the electoral register, that voting papers
:02:10. > :02:12.including postal votes were acquired and marked in favour of Lutfur
:02:13. > :02:18.Rahman and that canvassers were gathered to `` paid to gathdr in
:02:19. > :02:22.support for him. Tower Hamldts' returning officer is accused of
:02:23. > :02:25.allowing agents for Lutfur Rahman to canvass for votes inside polling
:02:26. > :02:30.stations to accompany voters into the compartment when they c`st their
:02:31. > :02:35.vote and to leave campaign laterial in and around voting compartments.
:02:36. > :02:39.It is also alleged that Labour's mayoral candidate was falsely
:02:40. > :02:43.accused of racism. I was very angry with that. It was a cynical device
:02:44. > :02:47.being used by them to polarhse opinion. I don't want to cole across
:02:48. > :02:53.as a bad loser. I lost the election. But if serious qudstions
:02:54. > :02:56.are being asked, they need to be properly explored. But would those
:02:57. > :03:02.questions on things that genuinely might have if `` have affected the
:03:03. > :03:04.result? People have a right to do this. Tower Hamlets today s`id it
:03:05. > :03:13.was not appropriate to commdnt on the specific allegations. Tower
:03:14. > :03:14.Hamlets council said the petition raised no new issues. A statement
:03:15. > :03:24.said: doing to the High Court on dlection
:03:25. > :03:28.matters is fairly rare, and this is very much the first stage of this
:03:29. > :03:33.petition. What happens now hs that the people behind it have 28 days to
:03:34. > :03:37.seek a hearing before a High Court judge, who will then decide whether
:03:38. > :03:43.there are grounds to take this further. And if there were, that
:03:44. > :03:45.might one day mean the ballot boxes being reopened and the counting down
:03:46. > :03:50.again, and even rerunning the election.
:03:51. > :03:57.Tim joins us now from both. What is the likelihood of succeeding?
:03:58. > :04:04.Impossible to know that at this stage. It is very early stages in
:04:05. > :04:08.this process, and these do remain just allegations. A couple of weeks
:04:09. > :04:11.ago, the police said they h`d received a couple of weeks `go, the
:04:12. > :04:13.police said they had receivdd 8 or so complaints about potenti`l
:04:14. > :04:22.misdemeanours, and in only dight of those cases were they looking for
:04:23. > :04:26.other. It is a difficult ond. Politics is done differentlx in this
:04:27. > :04:30.area. Some say it is a pavelent passion, even outside polling
:04:31. > :04:34.stations. Some will say no smoke without fire, others will wonder
:04:35. > :04:38.whether this is increasinglx demonising this authority. @t this
:04:39. > :04:42.stage, we need some perspective and we need to see a lot more ddtail and
:04:43. > :04:45.the witness statements of the people making allegations. When those are
:04:46. > :04:50.forthcoming, we need to givd Lutfur Rahman and his team a full chance to
:04:51. > :04:54.respond to them. Lots more still to come on the
:04:55. > :04:58.programme, including: free cash hidden somewhere in the citx, but
:04:59. > :05:07.what lengths would you go to find it and who is hiding it?
:05:08. > :05:10.Julian Assange, the founder of the website Wikileaks, has been holed up
:05:11. > :05:14.in the Ecuadorian Embassy in Knightsbridge for two years now as
:05:15. > :05:19.he tries to avoid being sent abroad to face trial. He set up Wikileaks
:05:20. > :05:24.in 2006 to publish confidential documents, many of which have
:05:25. > :05:27.embarrassed the US government. Miss Truss and is also wanted in Sweden
:05:28. > :05:32.after allegedly sexually assaulting two women. Today, the Met rdvealed
:05:33. > :05:38.that the cost of stationing officers outside the embassy to arrest him
:05:39. > :05:44.has risen to more than ?6 mhllion. And there are few signs that he will
:05:45. > :05:46.be leaving soon. For the offices outside the
:05:47. > :05:51.Ecuadorian Embassy, it must feel like a never`ending circle. Watched
:05:52. > :05:55.by Julian Assange's supportdrs across the road, the police have
:05:56. > :05:59.been in this corner of excltsive Knightsbridge for two years now
:06:00. > :06:03.ready to arrest the Wikileaks founder if he leaves the buhlding.
:06:04. > :06:08.They are still waiting, and the Met is still paying. Police resources
:06:09. > :06:11.are stretched. Now is the thme for the mayor to ask the governlent for
:06:12. > :06:15.them to foot the bill. Therd needs to be more pressure behind the
:06:16. > :06:18.scenes, both from the air on the government to resolve this once and
:06:19. > :06:21.for all. The Met says the bhll for guarding us and, who is wanted for
:06:22. > :06:26.questioning over rape alleg`tions of Sweden, has now topped ?6 mhllion.
:06:27. > :06:29.Most of that came from the diplomatic protection budget, but
:06:30. > :06:36.more than a million has been in police overtime. A couple of months
:06:37. > :06:42.ago, Julian Assange spoke to the BBC from within the embassy. Others are
:06:43. > :06:49.in a more difficult environlent But what is his life like in th`t, two
:06:50. > :06:53.years on? Veterinary investhgative journalist Gavin Macfadyen knows. He
:06:54. > :06:58.visited his friend last year. It is hard in there without the ahr, the
:06:59. > :07:04.sunlight. It is difficult. Does he have a treadmill? He does. He has
:07:05. > :07:09.got a bicycle, I think of a stationary bicycle to do exdrcises
:07:10. > :07:16.on. He has a small group of Wikileaks supporters with hhm. There
:07:17. > :07:20.is a lot of stuff that happdns, so he is busy. His morality is good.
:07:21. > :07:24.Critics say Assad has endangered lives by publishing details of
:07:25. > :07:28.top`secret military intelligence. Supporters say he is a fighter for
:07:29. > :07:32.the truth, who could ultimately end up in prison in the US if hd leaves
:07:33. > :07:38.the embassy. So he has been here two years. It has cost the Met lore than
:07:39. > :07:42.?6 million, and there is no indication that Julian Assange will
:07:43. > :07:46.be leaving here any time soon. And this form a government lawydr says
:07:47. > :07:49.there is no chance that the officers will be withdrawn. The reason for
:07:50. > :07:56.that? UK's responsibilities to Europe. 6 million is a relatively
:07:57. > :07:59.small sum, considering that this is a very rare case involving
:08:00. > :08:04.international obligations to other countries. So certainly, if I were
:08:05. > :08:08.the Home Secretary or the m`yor of London or whoever is accountable for
:08:09. > :08:13.that spending, I would think it was money well spent, rather th`n
:08:14. > :08:17.expenditure that I needed to put an end to immediately. Or it Johnson
:08:18. > :08:20.says the Met has not yet asked the government for extra money to cover
:08:21. > :08:25.the security costs. That cotld change, depending on just how wrong
:08:26. > :08:34.this particularly expensive resident remains here. `` how long.
:08:35. > :08:37.Then there and had of the government's aviation commission
:08:38. > :08:42.have met all those behind the short listed airport expansion pl`ns. The
:08:43. > :08:46.end result? The mayor said he wants any plan to include regener`tion to
:08:47. > :08:50.cope with huge increases in London's population. So How`rd
:08:51. > :08:53.Davies wants an independent regulator to limit the impact of
:08:54. > :09:01.noise pollution, whichever dxpansion plan goes ahead.
:09:02. > :09:06.In the aviation debate, everyone thinks their idea for expansion is
:09:07. > :09:10.the best. This is the man everyone including the mayor is trying to
:09:11. > :09:14.convince, Sir Howard Davies. He will eventually make a recommend`tion to
:09:15. > :09:19.government. Today, he again heard about expansion at Heathrow and
:09:20. > :09:25.Gatwick and they got on an dstuary airport. We have to acknowlddge that
:09:26. > :09:28.we cannot expand Heathrow while increasing noise pollution `cross
:09:29. > :09:33.London. We need a flexible solution for the future. We believe Gatwick
:09:34. > :09:38.is that solution. We need an airport. Don't mix it up with
:09:39. > :09:43.developments or regeneration. The mayor wants to close Heathrow for
:09:44. > :09:46.homes and redevelopment, and build a new airport in the estuary. He
:09:47. > :09:53.believes that would regener`te the East, which would better cope with
:09:54. > :09:56.huge population growth as predicted. Do you think Sir Howard is listening
:09:57. > :10:02.to these arguments being made about development and linking it to an
:10:03. > :10:03.airport? I hope so, because you can't look at aviation just in the
:10:04. > :10:07.abstract. This is a massive piece of abstract. This is a massive
:10:08. > :10:13.transport infrastructure. Transport leads housing and jobs. London has a
:10:14. > :10:18.colossal shortage of housing. If we can get the aviation solution right,
:10:19. > :10:22.we can address our housing problems both in the west of the citx and in
:10:23. > :10:26.the EEC. Not everyone agrees an airport in the estuary is the
:10:27. > :10:30.answer. And wherever expanshon happened, there would be fidrce
:10:31. > :10:35.protests. But the head of the commission is trying to build some
:10:36. > :10:39.agreement. We are going to have to make a very difficult balancing
:10:40. > :10:43.decision. I hope we can produce a solution which attract broad
:10:44. > :10:50.support. Businesses say thex want certainty in this debate. That is
:10:51. > :10:56.unlikely in the short term, with no recommendation until after the next
:10:57. > :11:03.election. A man who stole a woman's h`ndbag
:11:04. > :11:07.after she was knocked over by a robber fleeing the raid at the
:11:08. > :11:10.Dorchester has been jailed for eight months. Craig Edwards from Chapel
:11:11. > :11:13.street in the West End pleaded guilty at Westminster magistrates on
:11:14. > :11:18.Friday. An officer recognisdd the 35`year`old on CCTV footage released
:11:19. > :11:23.the police. His victim has since been released from hospital. The Met
:11:24. > :11:26.are still appealing for information about the Dorchester robberx.
:11:27. > :11:29.Detectives investigating an illegal rave in Croydon over the wedkend
:11:30. > :11:35.have released CCTV images of seven men they want to speak to. @bout
:11:36. > :11:38.1300 people went to the event at a disused postal sorting office. Some
:11:39. > :11:43.of the crowd threw fire extinguishers at the police as they
:11:44. > :11:46.arrived. A 15`year`old boy, Rio Andrew, fell ill at the party and
:11:47. > :11:51.later died, it is believed from a drug overdose. Elise say none of the
:11:52. > :11:56.men pictured are to be conndcted to his death `` police. Our mahn focus
:11:57. > :12:04.of the investigation is to hdentify the drug dealer that supplidd the
:12:05. > :12:09.drugs to Rio. We want to iddntify that individual. We want to ask
:12:10. > :12:12.anyone who was with Rio on the night what these drugs were and when they
:12:13. > :12:22.were sold. We are going to prosecute the drug dealer. Still to come:
:12:23. > :12:26.Happy birthday to Lord, the home of cricket is 200 not out this Sunday.
:12:27. > :12:36.And to help celebrate, a very famous batsman will be playing herd.
:12:37. > :12:40.And the story of late like hn Dagenham is turned into a Wdst End
:12:41. > :12:47.musical. `` the story of a strike in Dagenham.
:12:48. > :12:49.Next, are white children from impoverished backgrounds getting
:12:50. > :12:54.enough support from London's schools? As you may have he`rd, a
:12:55. > :12:58.group of MPs has released a report slamming the education systdm for
:12:59. > :13:02.letting them down. Statistically, they do worse at school than any
:13:03. > :13:12.other ethnic book. But the picture is not so bleak in the capital.
:13:13. > :13:15.We have a question here abott a headteacher who wants to find out
:13:16. > :13:18.how long his students spend doing their homework. The first ydar of
:13:19. > :13:22.school can be tricky. This is when education starts to get
:13:23. > :13:25.more testing, and the testing gets more frequent. MPs have said today
:13:26. > :13:30.that some in our education system are being left hand. White children
:13:31. > :13:32.on free school meals, they say, perform less well than their
:13:33. > :13:39.counterparts from other cultures and much worse than rich childrdn. But
:13:40. > :13:43.here in London, the divide hs not as bad as elsewhere. In the capital,
:13:44. > :13:49.47% of children on free school meals get fired A*`C grades at GCSE,
:13:50. > :13:54.compared to 35% for the rest of the country. And the gap between what
:13:55. > :13:59.they get compared to richer pupils is 19% here and 27% for the rest of
:14:00. > :14:04.the country. Our report shows that if you are on free school mdals
:14:05. > :14:08.whatever category of ethnichty you are in, you are likely to do less
:14:09. > :14:12.well than people in your colmunity who are not on free school leals.
:14:13. > :14:19.But of those people on free school meals, it is the white Brithsh Huard
:14:20. > :14:22.challenged. But if, as one of those children, you go to an outstanding
:14:23. > :14:26.school, you are twice as likely to get your five A*`C English `nd
:14:27. > :14:29.maths. The school has been `n improvement in the last year. They
:14:30. > :14:36.run extended schooldays and extra less than is at weekends, as the
:14:37. > :14:39.select committee has suggested. They say the improvement in performance
:14:40. > :14:42.is not just about targeting different ethnic groups. Thd
:14:43. > :14:47.assembly this week was on dhversity in our academy, which is fitting for
:14:48. > :14:52.this topic at the moment. Otr students mix together. Therd is not
:14:53. > :14:57.this notion of, we are one particular group or another. The
:14:58. > :15:00.kids growing up in today's society, those issues are disappearing
:15:01. > :15:05.because they are used to growing up in a mixed culture society. The
:15:06. > :15:08.biggest thing the principle here thinks could improve perforlance and
:15:09. > :15:14.extend school hours ` more loney to allow them to do it.
:15:15. > :15:18.It is a craze which began l`st month in San Francisco. A wealthy man
:15:19. > :15:22.began hiding cash in envelopes around the city and posting clues of
:15:23. > :15:26.how to find it online. It ldd to thousands of people on a trdasure
:15:27. > :15:30.hunt. It is now expanding to Europe, with the capital the first stop All
:15:31. > :15:34.the millionaire behind the cash giveaway has said so far is that the
:15:35. > :15:37.money will be hidden in a p`rk this weekend, somewhere in London. Tarah
:15:38. > :15:53.Welsh is in one now. Any more clues? London park somewhere. The puestion
:15:54. > :16:00.is how far would you search for ?100? This is how they hunt for cash
:16:01. > :16:04.in the United States. In trdes, under bushes and every wherd. Clues
:16:05. > :16:11.on Twitter hint where it will be found. It is a shaft and a beach.
:16:12. > :16:18.Did you find the cash? Cash was being left anonymously, unthl the
:16:19. > :16:25.man was unmasked as Jason Boosy I have done well and some of ly
:16:26. > :16:29.friends have done well. We wanted to give back and we do that through
:16:30. > :16:36.charity and I have said it hs not instead of charity. It was like a
:16:37. > :16:41.fun way to give back. Hidden cash announced to 600,000 Twitter follows
:16:42. > :16:48.that it is coming to London. So will the there be a stampede? If I was a
:16:49. > :16:58.child I might be tempted. Are you not tempted now? No. Only one
:16:59. > :17:04.hundred? I need more. We can't come for ?100. It is not worth gdtting
:17:05. > :17:08.out of bed for? It is a fantastic idea. I will have to see how many
:17:09. > :17:12.people will look for it. Whdre will you look. It could be anywhdre.
:17:13. > :17:16.There will be a lot of ground to cover. The only clue is that the
:17:17. > :17:20.cash is going to be hidden hn a large central London park, which
:17:21. > :17:24.doesn't narrow it down much. Thousands of people will be watching
:17:25. > :17:30.and waiting for the next clte. If you're planning to go out sdarching,
:17:31. > :17:34.it is unlikely you will be `lone. My mum always said you don't gdt
:17:35. > :17:39.anything for free. Others think this is being done for publicity. But it
:17:40. > :17:43.started a anonymously. But ht is not the first time it has happened in
:17:44. > :17:48.the UK. A copy cat started doing it a few weeks ago and he was
:17:49. > :17:52.advertising where it would be in cities around the country and people
:17:53. > :17:59.would have to take a picturd and post it online. Thois shows `` this
:18:00. > :18:03.showers the power of social media and a lot of competition for
:18:04. > :18:06.Saturday. But you never know you might grab yourself ?100. So good
:18:07. > :18:19.luck. Thank you. This Sunday marks 200 years to
:18:20. > :18:22.the day since Lord's staged its first ever cricket match.
:18:23. > :18:25.To celebrate, the two teams who met then will play each other again
:18:26. > :18:26.although this time, as Chris Slegg reports, there will be one very
:18:27. > :18:32.famous face at the crease. Lords, calmer today than in the
:18:33. > :18:38.final stages of England's g`me with Sri Lanka on Monday. They h`ve been
:18:39. > :18:48.doing high drama here for 200 years since the MCC played Hertfordshire.
:18:49. > :18:52.Cricket has changed a lot. We rely on the paintings for an ide` of how
:18:53. > :18:57.the game was played. You had a very heavy bat that was used mord like a
:18:58. > :19:03.hockey stick. It changes our ideas about cricket. This Sunday, 200
:19:04. > :19:10.years to the day, the MCC t`ke on Hertfordshire again. Helping Lords
:19:11. > :19:15.celebrate is a man who once scored five`in`one innings, playing for the
:19:16. > :19:21.MCC, the Great Brian Lara. What makes this ground so special? When
:19:22. > :19:26.the West Indies played in the 7 s and the World Cup finals and
:19:27. > :19:31.listening to Clive Lloyd whdn I got into the team and others talk about
:19:32. > :19:35.Lords and how they looked forward to the occasion. It grew on me
:19:36. > :19:40.definitely. The at fear herd is special. Lordings will have a
:19:41. > :19:46.different feel about it this Sunday. For the first time, since 1866 you
:19:47. > :19:52.don't have to be a member to be here in the pavilion and for the first
:19:53. > :19:58.time since 1987, people will be able to sit and watch the match here on
:19:59. > :20:03.the outfield. They can have their picnic on the hallowed pitch.
:20:04. > :20:07.Although with Brian Lara sm`shing the ball around you should be
:20:08. > :20:13.careful chl What have the tdam made of the fact they're facing Brian
:20:14. > :20:18.Lara? There is great excitelent If you're a cricketer at a minor county
:20:19. > :20:23.and get the chance to play one of world's greats at the best ground in
:20:24. > :20:29.the world, what could be better It should be a special birthdax for the
:20:30. > :20:35.home of cricket as Lords re`ches 200 not out.
:20:36. > :20:38.famous face at the crease. It was a strike by women at
:20:39. > :20:40.Ford's Dagenham car plant in the 1960s that transformdd the
:20:41. > :20:44.way female workers were tre`ted As a result the Equal Pay Act was
:20:45. > :20:47.introduced in 1970, ensuring men and women doing the same work were
:20:48. > :20:50.given the same pay and condhtions. The machinists' story has already
:20:51. > :20:52.been made into a film ` now it will be a West End mtsical
:20:53. > :20:59.as Lizo Mzimba reports. It is a production based
:21:00. > :21:02.on the true story of a group of women in the 1960s whose strike at
:21:03. > :21:06.Ford led to the 1970 Equal Pay Act. The feel good story has alrdady
:21:07. > :21:09.been made into a film. This new stage version stars
:21:10. > :21:11.Jemma Arthurton, her first lusical I've done lots of different
:21:12. > :21:21.things, but I think this is Because it's not just singing and
:21:22. > :21:24.acting at the same time, which is something
:21:25. > :21:29.in itself, but also it is the sort of you know you have to be
:21:30. > :21:34.very fit and vocally fit to be Right now
:21:35. > :21:47.the musicals market is more competitive than it has ever been,
:21:48. > :21:50.with some of music's biggest names It's a tough time, because several
:21:51. > :21:55.shows have closed back`to`b`ck. I Can't Sing is the biggest
:21:56. > :21:58.example at the Palladium. It wasn't a show I fancied,
:21:59. > :22:01.but the critic liked it. The public didn't and that hs
:22:02. > :22:03.the most important thing. Tickets are expensivement,
:22:04. > :22:05.some tickets are ?70 plus. I sat next to a woman who p`id 85,
:22:06. > :22:08.including services. That is a lot of money to go
:22:09. > :22:11.and see a show. When musicals do connect with the
:22:12. > :22:14.audience they can huge succdsses. Book of Mormon has been
:22:15. > :22:16.playing to house for months. But the cinema version of M`de in
:22:17. > :22:19.Dagenham was only And the team behind the show are
:22:20. > :22:30.hoping their musical will h`ve as much impact on the box office as
:22:31. > :22:41.the Dagenham women's determhnation Colin Firth has pulled out of
:22:42. > :22:46.voicing the character of Paddington Bear. The actor was supposed to
:22:47. > :22:52.voice the bear, who travels to London, but he and the director have
:22:53. > :22:58.agreed his voice didn't fit. Another actor has yet to be found.
:22:59. > :23:02.They are cartoons which have captured event's
:23:03. > :23:05.in London over the last 15 xears ` lampooning politicians
:23:06. > :23:07.and other national figures. But now
:23:08. > :23:10.for the first time the colldcted work of the cartoonist Marthn Rowson
:23:11. > :23:12.is on show in Bloomsbury. Today he's been creating
:23:13. > :23:14.his latest work there and Gareth Furby had a sneek prdview.
:23:15. > :23:22.When you're a political cartoonist, it helps if you're inspired by your
:23:23. > :23:28.subject. Boris Johnson's hahr. There is something about it. It is this
:23:29. > :23:35.preposterous thatch! This is the latest from Martin Rowson, showing
:23:36. > :23:40.the mayor as King Kong. What? I can see Downing Street from herd! This
:23:41. > :23:49.exhibition is the first timd his work lampooning London politics has
:23:50. > :23:53.been on show in one place. @re you sure they're loud enough se`ts for
:23:54. > :23:59.the newt racing? From Ken Livingstone reign and mraior. This
:24:00. > :24:04.is the clean air and there he is. I Neville realised it was there until
:24:05. > :24:11.the fumes cleared. And sincd 20 8 the reign of Boris Johnson. I am
:24:12. > :24:17.committed to protecting London's views. He claims the deal for being
:24:18. > :24:22.London's unofficial politic`l cartoonist was meant to be one pint
:24:23. > :24:28.of beer a year. He hasn't bden paid. There is still a contract somewhere
:24:29. > :24:33.in city hall saying the mayor has to pay me a pint of beer. Ken hs six
:24:34. > :24:37.years in ray rears and Boris Johnson is six years in arrears. Tonight Ken
:24:38. > :24:43.Livingstone opened the exhibition. So will he pay up? I think H owe him
:24:44. > :24:48.about three years worth. So we might get hammered tonight. But someone
:24:49. > :24:52.missing is Boris Johnson. Apartly he turned down the invitation. I don't
:24:53. > :24:57.know why he doesn't want to come. I Stipes suspect he doesn't lhke other
:24:58. > :25:01.people getting the laughs. But the organisers say the invitation to the
:25:02. > :25:10.mayor remains open and the exhibition in Bloomsbury opdns to
:25:11. > :25:19.the public tomorrow. Worth ` look. And now the weather with Chris. It
:25:20. > :25:24.wasn't a promise day with some cloud and drizzle. But you can sed the
:25:25. > :25:32.cloud melted away and a glorious afternoon. In the North Sea we have
:25:33. > :25:37.a sheet of clued and oept `` cloud and this cloud will come back in
:25:38. > :25:43.across East Anglia and then London and the south`east as well. It
:25:44. > :25:48.should stay dry. That cloud will help keep attempts `` temperatures
:25:49. > :25:53.up. Lows of around 14 degreds. That takes us into tomorrow and we are
:25:54. > :25:58.looking at a mild start and any cloud should break up and wd should
:25:59. > :26:02.see sunny spells develop. It will feel warmer again. Perhaps on the
:26:03. > :26:06.humid side as well. The reason for the increased temperatures hs we
:26:07. > :26:11.have an area of high pressure and we have had that hot air across
:26:12. > :26:15.Scotland and the winds are wafting that air into the south`east and
:26:16. > :26:20.temperatures should rise. Cloud will break up through the afternoon with
:26:21. > :26:27.sunny spells breaking outment and in the sunshine it will feel w`rm. Top
:26:28. > :26:32.temperatures up to 25 degreds in London. That is 77 Fahrenheht. The
:26:33. > :26:35.warmest weather we have seen this week. That weather continues into
:26:36. > :26:39.Friday with high pressure in charge. The winds will stay light and any
:26:40. > :26:49.morning cloud on Friday will break up with sunny spells. In thd
:26:50. > :26:53.sunshine up to 24 degrees. Perhaps cooler towards the north Kent coast
:26:54. > :26:57.and this fine weather looks set to last into the weekend as high
:26:58. > :27:01.pressure still is in charge. So we should see sunshine and temperatures
:27:02. > :27:15.into the mid 20s around London. Thank you. Our head looichs.
:27:16. > :27:19.Extremist are battling for control of Iraq's largest oil refindry.
:27:20. > :27:26.David Cameron said the extrdmists are a threat to the United Kingdom.
:27:27. > :27:39.The mayor of Tower Hamlets could be forced to rerun last week's
:27:40. > :27:41.election. That is it. I'm b`ck later. But for now a very good
:27:42. > :27:44.evening.