:00:00. > :00:00.children. That's all from the BBC News. We can now join the ndws teams
:00:00. > :00:07.where you are. Concerns are raised over
:00:08. > :00:10.the possible Islamification of a primary school where four governors
:00:11. > :00:13.have resigned over what thex The Department for Education says it
:00:14. > :00:25.will investigate any allegations Also tonight, an inquest begins
:00:26. > :00:29.into the death of a mother whose shooting during a police rahd
:00:30. > :00:34.sparked the 1985 Brixton riots. Revealed,
:00:35. > :00:36.the proposal to build a ?600 million Rock legends the Who announce
:00:37. > :00:51.a 50th anniversary tour. Good evening
:00:52. > :01:09.and welcome to the programmd. First tonight concerns over possible
:01:10. > :01:11.religious extremism at a school BBC London has learned that the
:01:12. > :01:15.council has information concerning the possible Islamification of
:01:16. > :01:18.Kobi Nazrul Primary school. A number of governors have resigned
:01:19. > :01:20.over what they describe The Department for Education
:01:21. > :01:24.has told us it will investigate It follows the so`called
:01:25. > :01:27.Trojan Horse plot in Birmingham in which a number of schools were
:01:28. > :01:31.the target of an alleged takeover David Cameron once chose Kobi Nazrul
:01:32. > :01:49.as the backdrop to deliver plans for Tower Hamlets council is already
:01:50. > :01:53.trying to remove the entire governing body over
:01:54. > :01:56.an alarming slip in standards. Now BBC London understands
:01:57. > :01:58.information has being received raising concerns over Islamhc
:01:59. > :02:03.extremists at the school. After the events in Birmingham,
:02:04. > :02:06.we asked every single London council to tell us of any tip`offs they ve
:02:07. > :02:09.received about any of their schools. We asked for any details
:02:10. > :02:12.of any alleged attempt by Islamic extremists to infiltrate anx school
:02:13. > :02:15.or try and influence Tower Hamlets confirmed it was
:02:16. > :02:21.in possession of relevant information, a document,
:02:22. > :02:24.but so far has refused to show it But we understand the inforlation
:02:25. > :02:31.does indeed relate to Kobi Nazrul. Four of the 15 governors
:02:32. > :02:34.of the school have now resigned This man is one of them
:02:35. > :02:37.and says he was not invited to meetings and was alarmed
:02:38. > :02:40.at the amount of long`serving staff Some of the staff were
:02:41. > :02:44.at the school for over a decade And
:02:45. > :02:47.for them to suddenly walk away from Obviously I don't know what happened
:02:48. > :02:51.in terms of the management from the top layer but therd's no
:02:52. > :02:55.other conclusion you could reach. There must have been
:02:56. > :02:57.a reason why they resigned. It must be what happened
:02:58. > :03:00.at the school and the way the school Results have gone from 82% of pupils
:03:01. > :03:06.gaining good sats to 40%, the worst Parents also have concerns
:03:07. > :03:14.at the secrecy. We questioned the governors
:03:15. > :03:17.and we asked them the reasons why But to this day we haven't had
:03:18. > :03:25.a valid answer basically. Behind our backs, they tried to
:03:26. > :03:30.put the school into an acaddmy. There was no consultation
:03:31. > :03:34.with parents. How do I know
:03:35. > :03:45.about my grandchildren? None of the parents we spokd to have
:03:46. > :03:53.seen any overt extremism but we now know one of the governors
:03:54. > :03:58.is a member of an Islamist group. Successive prime ministers have
:03:59. > :04:02.considered banning the group. It has in the past infiltrated
:04:03. > :04:05.and recruited at universitids and remains under constant review
:04:06. > :04:09.by the Home Office. A local MP says the governmdnt
:04:10. > :04:15.should have acted sooner. The government and the Secrdtary
:04:16. > :04:18.of State has sat on its hands and, in the meantime, children are
:04:19. > :04:20.suffering, parents are suffdring, parent governors have raised alarm
:04:21. > :04:24.bells that in the governing board they've been in a minority so
:04:25. > :04:30.this school needs action quhckly. The Department for Education told us
:04:31. > :04:33.if they find evidence of extremism They are also awaiting the result
:04:34. > :04:39.of an emergency OFSTED inspdction. That may shed light
:04:40. > :04:42.on what's really happening inside because, at the moment,
:04:43. > :04:44.the wider community is clearly not To clarify, these are concerns
:04:45. > :04:59.at the moment about governance not necessarily about what's behng
:05:00. > :05:05.taught in the school? That's right. Tower Hamlets are
:05:06. > :05:08.concern about the school from way back in 2012 when the headm`ster was
:05:09. > :05:13.hired after the council 's wishes. They objected strongly. The result
:05:14. > :05:18.of dropped dramatically and other tried to intervene and calldd off ``
:05:19. > :05:21.Ofsted in. What to make of this letter is lacking a possibld
:05:22. > :05:26.concerns about extremism? It's hard to tell, really. Yes, this lan seems
:05:27. > :05:30.to be a member of this extrdmist group. He did not deny it to us on
:05:31. > :05:34.the phone today, but should it matter in the day`to`day running of
:05:35. > :05:36.the school? We don't know if it does any effect at all full stop
:05:37. > :05:41.certainly nothing in our investigation so far suggests only
:05:42. > :05:45.kind of overhead attempt at this. This culture of secrecy does not
:05:46. > :05:47.helpful for many parents we spoke to said they have been shot out and
:05:48. > :05:50.then there is a clandestine attempt by the governors to turn thd school
:05:51. > :05:56.into an academy out of council control with freedom of what they
:05:57. > :06:02.teach. It doesn't really help. Poor governance and results is the real
:06:03. > :06:05.key here. The Ofsted findings will be very interesting. Certainly, I
:06:06. > :06:08.would be surprised given evdrything I've seen of that was not some kind
:06:09. > :06:28.of intervention by the government very soon.
:06:29. > :06:36.Why transport bosses say thd Tour de France will be good for London.
:06:37. > :06:43.I will have the forecast for you from SWR 19.
:06:44. > :06:46.An inquest into the death of a mother whose shooting sparked
:06:47. > :06:49.Cherry Groce was shot by armed officers
:06:50. > :06:52.during a police raid 29 years ago and died of her injuries in 201 .
:06:53. > :06:55.Her son told the inquest how he was left confused, shocked
:06:56. > :07:00.Our Home Affairs Corresponddnt, Guy Smith reports.
:07:01. > :07:03.He was only 11`years`old when he saw his mother lying
:07:04. > :07:06.on the floor wounded at the family home in Brixton.
:07:07. > :07:09.She had been shot by an armed police officer.
:07:10. > :07:13.Today he told a jury he was screaming and shouting repe`tedly,
:07:14. > :07:20.He said he then heard her s`ying ?I can't feel my legs, I can't breathe,
:07:21. > :07:25.He said he ?became hysteric`l when the police officer pointed a
:07:26. > :07:31.Cherry Groce was left paralxsed and confined to a wheelchair.
:07:32. > :07:37.She died from her injuries hn 2 11, 26 years after the shooting.
:07:38. > :07:41.A shooting that provoked a riot in Brixton and raised questhons
:07:42. > :07:44.at the time about policing the black colmunity
:07:45. > :07:50.Police had been looking for her son, Michael Groce,
:07:51. > :07:56.He was suspected of carrying out an armed robbery in Hertfordshire.
:07:57. > :08:00.On a Thursday in September 0985 at an address in London, he pointed
:08:01. > :08:05.a shotgun at a Hertfordshird police officer and then disappeared.
:08:06. > :08:07.The next day, armed officers from The Met carried
:08:08. > :08:14.It wasn't until early the ndxt morning that they targeted the
:08:15. > :08:20.The jury heard that there wdre serious deficiencies in how
:08:21. > :08:25.There was a lack of information about the layout of propertx
:08:26. > :08:30.An independent review by West Yorkshire Police found grave
:08:31. > :08:35.risks were created for both the public and the police.
:08:36. > :08:41.It has taken the family of Cherry Groce
:08:42. > :08:45.the past three years since her death to secure legal aid so that they can
:08:46. > :08:58.Tomorrow, the jury is due to hear from the officer who shot hdr.
:08:59. > :09:01.Four men have been arrested in connection with the rape
:09:02. > :09:05.The girl was attacked by a group of men in the woods near
:09:06. > :09:11.A 19`year`old and a 20`year`old remain in custody
:09:12. > :09:13.A teenager who was stabbed to death as he walked home
:09:14. > :09:16.from a friend's house in Harlesden over the weekend has been n`med
:09:17. > :09:21.The 19`year`old was chased by two men wearing black hooded tops
:09:22. > :09:26.He was taken to hospital but died hours later.
:09:27. > :09:30.An eight day strike by power workers on London Underground will go ahead
:09:31. > :09:33.after talks to resolve a row over pensions failed.
:09:34. > :09:39.Members of the RMT union and Unite are due to walk out
:09:40. > :09:43.Transport bosses say it'll have no impact on Tube services.
:09:44. > :09:50.But unions warn there will be disruption.
:09:51. > :09:55.Eric Pickles has accused in East London council of holding up an
:09:56. > :09:59.investigation into how the borough spends taxpayers money. He says
:10:00. > :10:02.Tower Hamlets has been slow in providing key information about its
:10:03. > :10:12.administration. The council says it wants the investigation finhshed as
:10:13. > :10:14.quickly as possible. What started as a BBC investigation into spdnding
:10:15. > :10:18.Tower Hamlets quickly becamd an investigation ordered by thd
:10:19. > :10:20.government. In April, it sent a team of accountants from
:10:21. > :10:23.PricewaterhouseCoopers into the council to look at how the borough
:10:24. > :10:27.had been spending its money. They were due to report back to
:10:28. > :10:31.government today. Instead, there was this announcement by the man who
:10:32. > :10:37.ordered that investigation. The council has considerably delayed the
:10:38. > :10:41.investigation by delaying the provision of key information or not
:10:42. > :10:45.providing it at all. This is not acceptable and I am consequdntly
:10:46. > :10:49.extending the period for thdm to report and the costs will bd met by
:10:50. > :10:53.the council. Whether the cotncil likes it or not, this investigation
:10:54. > :10:56.will be thorough and comprehensive. In letters of the government, the
:10:57. > :10:58.ordered it was claimed their investigation was held up the
:10:59. > :11:02.documents they had requested had been delivered late to them, not
:11:03. > :11:05.delivered at all. In a lettdr sent to the council today, the government
:11:06. > :11:10.says Tower Hamlets will be footing the bill for the process. It will
:11:11. > :11:14.cost around ?1 million. We don't want this to descend into a slanging
:11:15. > :11:17.match. It is important for public confidence we get to the bottom of
:11:18. > :11:23.these allegations and the sooner the better. I worry about the expense of
:11:24. > :11:27.all this but clearly there hs still a cloud hanging over Tower Hamlets
:11:28. > :11:32.politics. And I think public confidence requires us to gdt a move
:11:33. > :11:36.on, get to the bottom of it, leave no stone unturned, and restore that
:11:37. > :11:39.confidence. The council is considering a judicial revidw of the
:11:40. > :11:42.governments decision to award an investigation. It expected the Mayor
:11:43. > :11:58.will make a decision on that tomorrow. Today it said:
:11:59. > :12:05.Tomorrow the focus will switch from spending two elections with a from
:12:06. > :12:08.the electoral commission looking the count at Tower Hamlets in M`y, which
:12:09. > :12:12.ended up taking five days to complete. It is expected to be
:12:13. > :12:20.highly critical of the borotgh s planning for the polls. Offhcers
:12:21. > :12:23.investigating an illegal rave in Croydon have released six ndw images
:12:24. > :12:26.of people they would like to speak to. The men are not connectdd to the
:12:27. > :12:30.death which occurred after the raid at a disused sorting office but they
:12:31. > :12:34.could help police with other lines of enquiry regarding violence and
:12:35. > :12:38.drugs. So far, 16 people have been arrested in connection with the
:12:39. > :12:42.event. Thousands of passengdrs are still waiting to get the luggage
:12:43. > :12:46.back after an IT failure at terminal five. Heath Row bosses say the
:12:47. > :12:48.problem has now been fixed. At Gatwick, passengers suffered long
:12:49. > :12:55.delays over the weekend which the airport blamed on staff shortages at
:12:56. > :12:59.the handling company. A company that has traded 20,000 tonne towdr of
:13:00. > :13:01.waste just a few yards from homes in Orpington has had its application to
:13:02. > :13:06.bring more rubbish to the shte blocked by the High Court. The
:13:07. > :13:10.company, which collect wastd from across the south`east, has barely
:13:11. > :13:15.been ordered to remove all flammable material from the site. In dxactly
:13:16. > :13:20.one week, the largest annual sporting event in the world comes to
:13:21. > :13:24.London. Organisers are expecting around 1 million spectators to
:13:25. > :13:29.welcome the cyclists. It is cost Transport for London ?6 million to
:13:30. > :13:36.get it. So is it worth it? Where in the capital can you see it?
:13:37. > :13:38.While Yorkshire has been gohng Tour de France crazy,
:13:39. > :13:40.in the capital preparations here have been more low`key.
:13:41. > :13:46.So far, most of the focus h`s been on Yorkshire and the north
:13:47. > :13:50.And the Tour is a commercial organisation and so cities `nd towns
:13:51. > :13:54.along the route have to pay for the privilege to hold the Tour.
:13:55. > :14:01.Last time the Tour was here was in 2007,
:14:02. > :14:04.and an official survey afterwards showed that nearly half of those who
:14:05. > :14:13.Transport for London has pahd ?6 million to host this Tour.
:14:14. > :14:16.All the cycling events we h`ve, there are people who watch ht
:14:17. > :14:21.They think, "I can try this cycling as well "
:14:22. > :14:24.Maybe not as fast as some of the elite riders,
:14:25. > :14:29.When we had the Tour de France in 2007, we had an increase in cycling.
:14:30. > :14:33.Cycling is now part of our mainstream transport.
:14:34. > :14:35.I think that after the Tour de France,
:14:36. > :14:41.Stage Three of the Tour starts in Cambridge and makes its way
:14:42. > :14:46.It will finish on the Mall `t about 4pm on Monday.
:14:47. > :14:49.While there has been critichsm of the number
:14:50. > :14:53.of events being held in London, City Hall says the tour is different
:14:54. > :14:56.The Government has calculatdd it's worth 100 million right
:14:57. > :15:02.About a third of that will be in London, if not a bit mord.
:15:03. > :15:05.There will certainly be a bdnefit for the hotels and tourism hndustry.
:15:06. > :15:07.But the real advantage is the pictures
:15:08. > :15:14.People will say to themselvds, "I looked at that at the Olxmpics,
:15:15. > :15:16.it looked interesting, I'm seeing it again now,
:15:17. > :15:22.The Tour will cause disrupthon on many roads and motorists have
:15:23. > :15:25.been warned they will have to move their cars from the main rottes
:15:26. > :15:27.Nonetheless, the authorities believe a mhllion
:15:28. > :15:51.A new bridge connecting Thalesmead Tibetan is being headed by the
:15:52. > :15:56.London chamber of commerce, who claim it would bring huge bdnefits
:15:57. > :16:02.to the area. Let's find out more from Victoria in east London. Bring
:16:03. > :16:08.us up to date. I'm standing just down the road next
:16:09. > :16:11.to the river from gallows rdach and uninterrupted stretch of thd
:16:12. > :16:15.Thames, rather attractive at this time of the evening. But a lot of
:16:16. > :16:19.people think this bit is rather wasted and that there should be a
:16:20. > :16:23.new crossing over the Thames. This has been discussed for around 3
:16:24. > :16:32.years. The nearest bridge crossing to hear is actually at Tower
:16:33. > :16:35.Bridge. They are saying that for a growing city, for a populathon that
:16:36. > :16:39.is moving east across London, there needs to be a crossing and the time
:16:40. > :16:43.is now. This is being driven by the London chamber of commerce, who have
:16:44. > :16:48.released these architectural plans. They say if this bridge werd to get
:16:49. > :16:52.the go`ahead, it would create around ?55 million economic benefits every
:16:53. > :16:57.single year. It would lead to around 18,000 more jobs, as this area was
:16:58. > :17:12.better connected. These plans have been released but they are just
:17:13. > :17:14.plans at the moment. But already we've heard people not parthcularly
:17:15. > :17:17.pleased at this idea, not ldast the Green Party, who say another bridge
:17:18. > :17:19.and more traffic would just bring more pollution and that's the wrong
:17:20. > :17:23.way forward for London. Will it get the go`ahead?
:17:24. > :17:26.If recent history is anything to go by, it's not going to get the
:17:27. > :17:31.go`ahead in the near future. In 2007, there was a judicial review
:17:32. > :17:37.into the last plans for a bridge here. That got rejected bec`use
:17:38. > :17:40.there were around 4500 objections to the plans. Supporters of thd latest
:17:41. > :17:44.campaign say times have changed we've seen the whole area around
:17:45. > :17:48.East London change, particularly since the Olympic Games. New
:17:49. > :17:52.buildings springing up everxwhere, new business, new foreign money
:17:53. > :17:57.coming into the area. If thd area is to continue to grow, there has to be
:17:58. > :18:01.this crossing. They say that local people will now support this. In
:18:02. > :18:05.2008, Boris Johnson also rejected these plans, took away around ? 00
:18:06. > :18:08.million of funding, so I thhnk it's fair to say there isn't going to be
:18:09. > :18:18.an agreement tomorrow, and probably not in the near future. Towdr
:18:19. > :18:24.Bridge, one of the most famous bridges in the world, is celebrating
:18:25. > :18:27.its 120th anniversary. It w`s opened in 1894, after eight years of
:18:28. > :18:30.construction, built as a response to the growth of East London and
:18:31. > :18:32.increasing demand to cross the river. The bridge was built at a
:18:33. > :18:37.cost of just over ?1 million. Roger Daltrey is calling it "the
:18:38. > :18:40.beginning of the long goodbxe". Rock veterans The Who have announced a
:18:41. > :18:43.series of 50th anniversary shows. The tour, which starts in November,
:18:44. > :18:46.will end at the O2 Arena in Greenwich in December. With more
:18:47. > :18:49.details here's our entertainment # I was born with a plastic spoon
:18:50. > :18:53.in my mouth... With an intimate a cappella set
:18:54. > :19:00.and a chat with the press, Who members Roger Daltrey
:19:01. > :19:03.and Pete Townshend take to the stage of Ronnie Scott's to announce
:19:04. > :19:05.their 50th anniversary tour. But this exciting news
:19:06. > :19:08.for fans is bittersweet, as it marks the fact that these ageing rockers
:19:09. > :19:11.plan to wind things down a little. I don't think we are
:19:12. > :19:14.going to stop playing. We've always been available
:19:15. > :19:16.for charity shows and events, one`offs, but the touring shde
:19:17. > :19:20.of it is going to have to come to I should say that not all of
:19:21. > :19:37.The Who's history has been pleasant It is great just to have thhs
:19:38. > :19:45.partnership with Roger, we share The Who and what's good and bad
:19:46. > :19:49.about it but today it's all good. It was here in May 1969 that The Who
:19:50. > :19:53.premiered Pete Townshend's rock opera, Tommy, so it seems only
:19:54. > :19:56.fitting that the band should return to this West End venue to announce
:19:57. > :20:01.their long goodbye. Tommy was called pretentious
:20:02. > :20:04.by journalists with no imaghnation. But in actual fact we were
:20:05. > :20:17.encouraged to be pretentious. Pete Townsend probably is working
:20:18. > :20:27.for ever on material, it wotld seem. Equally, Roger, he loves totring,
:20:28. > :20:30.singing and playing. I think there's plenty more
:20:31. > :20:37.to come from both of them. Both have confirmed plans to record
:20:38. > :21:08.so it's certainly not all over yet. The sun has been in and out of the
:21:09. > :21:11.clouds today. It is one for the vegetation, the grass is certainly
:21:12. > :21:16.going to be green after the showers we've had here. They've popped up
:21:17. > :21:20.across the rest of London and the Home Counties here and therd. Still
:21:21. > :21:24.spitting at it this evening. There's a terrific shower over the
:21:25. > :21:29.southeastern part of the M24 that's just gone through. Let's take a look
:21:30. > :21:32.at the picture for this evening Some showers very heavy, thdy are
:21:33. > :21:36.going to be tailing off as we go through the night. Come abott ten
:21:37. > :21:40.p.m., we should have seen the back of them and most of the dry weather
:21:41. > :21:45.will come through tonight. Ht will also be clear. Temperatures below
:21:46. > :21:49.last night, they got into shngle figures in a few places, thdy will
:21:50. > :21:56.probably be at about 11 degrees in London suburbs. Some shallow mist or
:21:57. > :22:01.fog patches early tomorrow lorning, but they will burn away quickly and
:22:02. > :22:06.won't cause a problem. Tomorrow is going to be quite a contrast. There
:22:07. > :22:12.will be plenty of sunshine. We will have the sunshine continuing. That
:22:13. > :22:16.is into the afternoon as well very miniscule chance of a shower through
:22:17. > :22:21.the day tomorrow, but mostlx it s going to be dry and lots of sunshine
:22:22. > :22:25.to enjoy. The winds won't bd too strong either and temperatures will
:22:26. > :22:30.be up to around 22 Celsius, very pleasant indeed. Through thd middle
:22:31. > :22:34.part of this week into Wedndsday, high pressure prevails, there will
:22:35. > :22:42.be plenty of sunshine, largdly dry conditions once again. It's going to
:22:43. > :22:46.be a tiny bit warmer day by day On the outlook for Wimbledon, this is
:22:47. > :22:50.just an example. It will be very similar across London and the Home
:22:51. > :22:56.Counties elsewhere. We will have temperatures nearer the mid`20s on
:22:57. > :23:00.Thursday. We will cling on to that fine weather for Friday as well
:23:01. > :23:03.before it clouds over overnhght Saturday is looking like a real
:23:04. > :23:05.disappointment, but we don't have to worry about that yet becausd there's
:23:06. > :23:11.sunshine to enjoy tomorrow. Now a reminder
:23:12. > :23:12.of the day's headlines. The veteran entertainer Rolf Harris
:23:13. > :23:15.has been found guilty of 12 charges of indecent assault
:23:16. > :23:17.against women and young girls. The offences were committed
:23:18. > :23:21.between 1968 and 1986. The former editor of the News
:23:22. > :23:24.of the World, Andy Coulson, and the paper's former Royal editor, Clive
:23:25. > :23:27.Goodman, are to face a retrhal. A jury convicted Coulson
:23:28. > :23:31.of phone hacking last week, but was unable to reach verdicts on charges
:23:32. > :23:34.that they paid police officdrs to Every employee in Britain
:23:35. > :23:39.now has the right to request Employees can expect
:23:40. > :23:42.their request to work flexibly to be considered "in a reasonable manner"
:23:43. > :23:51.by employers. A school in Tower Hamlets is
:23:52. > :23:54.at the centre of concerns over BBC London has learned that the
:23:55. > :23:57.council has information concerning the possible Islamification of
:23:58. > :24:05.Kobi Nazrul primary in Whitdchapel. I'll be back later during the
:24:06. > :24:08.Ten O'Clock News. From all the team here, thanks for
:24:09. > :24:32.watching and enjoy your evening If you were there,
:24:33. > :24:34.you'll all get done for murder We don't have to prove
:24:35. > :24:36.who used a knife any more. He's only gone and stabbed someone,
:24:37. > :24:40.hasn't he? If you were there,
:24:41. > :24:44.you'll all get done for murder I thought
:24:45. > :24:48.they were going for a pizza! I'm pleading guilty to nothing, Mum.
:24:49. > :24:52.They can do what they want. Our son's innocent, Mrs Ward.
:24:53. > :24:56.Please, go.