:00:00. > 3:59:59That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me and on
:00:00. > :00:13.BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where xou are.
:00:14. > :00:17.The gang jailed for forcing more than a hundred women into a life
:00:18. > :00:19.of prostitution, trafficked from Eastern Europe to work
:00:20. > :00:26.It is hugely exploitative. Behind each of these cases is exportation.
:00:27. > :00:28.The Met says it's the largest trafficking casd they've
:00:29. > :00:33.Surpassing their 2007 peak, house prices in the capital rise by more
:00:34. > :00:37.After this firearms officer wins a race and sex discrimination case,
:00:38. > :00:41.now calls for an investigathon at Scotland Yard.
:00:42. > :00:45.We talk to musician Will.i.`m about his love of technologx
:00:46. > :00:52.as he opens his first ever exhibition.
:00:53. > :01:00.All of this art, it is for the community. I want to be part of all
:01:01. > :01:10.of this wonderful activity that is happening here at the Barbican.
:01:11. > :01:14.A gang has been sentenced to a total of 55 years in what
:01:15. > :01:17.Scotland Yard has described as the largest trafficking case it's
:01:18. > :01:24.At least 120 women were brotght from Eastern Europe to work
:01:25. > :01:28.Today the judge said the gang had made hundreds of thousands
:01:29. > :01:32.Figures from the Met show the number of people being trafficked
:01:33. > :01:40.But many believe the real numbers could be much higher.
:01:41. > :01:55.He was the ruthless boss of a gang that kept women as sex slavds. Today
:01:56. > :01:59.he was locked up for 12 years. His accomplice was sentenced to ten
:02:00. > :02:07.years. Their money`laundering or five years. This man watch them go
:02:08. > :02:15.down. His girlfriend was ond of their victims. I wish they could
:02:16. > :02:28.have got a life sentence. They've taken people's lives away. The
:02:29. > :02:34.majority of them are really poor. They recruited women by prolising
:02:35. > :02:40.them a better life. They got the opposite. We are talking about the
:02:41. > :02:44.extreme end of sex, unprotected and dangerous sex acts. That is probably
:02:45. > :02:47.as much as we want to talk `bout at the moment. It's hugely
:02:48. > :02:54.exploitative, and behind each one of these jobs is a wake of hum`n misery
:02:55. > :02:58.and explication. Some of thd women were forced to have sex with up to
:02:59. > :03:05.20 minute day. Clients pay between 30 and ?100. Most of that money went
:03:06. > :03:09.to the gang and to fund his lifestyle he drove a convertible
:03:10. > :03:12.Mercedes. He lived in a luxtry flat on Canary Wharf. Because thhs was an
:03:13. > :03:18.organised operation, run from a house in a leafy street. A lakeshift
:03:19. > :03:22.call centre would send clients to one of 40 brothels across the
:03:23. > :03:26.capital. Women have passports taken away and were controlled with
:03:27. > :03:32.violence and threats. Many `re still suffering, mentally and physically.
:03:33. > :03:36.They are not alone. This wolan was trafficked from Africa by a
:03:37. > :03:39.different gang. Her family would be threatened if she refused sdx and
:03:40. > :03:45.she didn't go out side the brothel for a year. She started bringing in
:03:46. > :03:48.men every day. Sometimes I would try to talk to the client and plead with
:03:49. > :03:51.them, but they would report it to the lady and she would beat me up.
:03:52. > :04:03.You would do anything a clidnt wanted, anything. It was hard. I can
:04:04. > :04:11.say I went through hell. Evdn now, when I'm sleeping, I dream `bout
:04:12. > :04:18.that incident. Suddenly, I wake up. That is still a reality for people
:04:19. > :04:21.in this city now. Because of its nature, it's a hidden crime and
:04:22. > :04:25.often difficult to find people that are victims of this crime. Tonight,
:04:26. > :04:29.a criminal gang is behind b`rs. You know there are more out there
:04:30. > :04:40.keeping women trapped in a life they can't escape. Coming down and going
:04:41. > :04:44.back up, I'm live at Battersea Power Station, where the chimneys of one
:04:45. > :04:48.of London's greatest landmarks are being rebuilt.
:04:49. > :04:50.House prices in the capital have risen
:04:51. > :04:54.Latest figures from the Nathonwide show the average value of a home
:04:55. > :04:59.in London now tops ?400,000 for the first time.
:05:00. > :05:02.Property prices here have increased by more than 25% in the past year.
:05:03. > :05:12.The BBC's economics correspondent Simon Jack reports.
:05:13. > :05:19.According to the UK's second`biggest lender, house prices accelerated
:05:20. > :05:22.again in June. Once again, there were massive regional differences.
:05:23. > :05:27.If we look at price rises shnce last year, the lowest was in Scotland,
:05:28. > :05:32.which saw 5.4% growth. In the south`west, prices rose 98%. That
:05:33. > :05:38.was overshadowed by a whopphng 5.8% rise in London. It is definhtely the
:05:39. > :05:42.case that the gap between London and the rest of the UK has never been
:05:43. > :05:46.wider. If you look outside of London, prices are basicallx half
:05:47. > :05:50.what they are in the capital. So what? Does it matter that house
:05:51. > :05:54.prices are double the national average? The Bank of England said an
:05:55. > :05:59.overheating housing market was the number one threat to the UK economy
:06:00. > :06:04.and a 26% rise sounds white hot So, are things getting dangerous? Even
:06:05. > :06:10.before these figures came ott, the Bank of England was concerndd enough
:06:11. > :06:14.the mortgages, relative to hncomes. The Bank of England have bedn very
:06:15. > :06:16.keen to emphasise they are not targeting house prices per se, they
:06:17. > :06:20.are worried about levels of household debt. That complicates
:06:21. > :06:23.matters for them, because they have to formulate a policy for the
:06:24. > :06:27.country as a whole and therd is only one part of the market, an hsolated
:06:28. > :06:35.part, London, showing this rapid growth. Two bedrooms? I don't think
:06:36. > :06:38.we could afford three. Wherd do we go from here? The number of
:06:39. > :06:42.mortgages approved have acttally been falling and there is some
:06:43. > :06:47.evidence that even London btyers are beginning to bolt at high prices.
:06:48. > :06:52.We've noticed more propertids coming on the market, prices are softer,
:06:53. > :06:56.not so much confidence of t`king offers forward. Less interest, few
:06:57. > :07:02.of us. As a result, more balance between supply and demand than we
:07:03. > :07:06.have seen for some time. Wotld`be buyers and the bank of Engl`nd hope
:07:07. > :07:13.that anecdotal evidence shows up in the numbers in the months to come.
:07:14. > :07:18.Lets talk to Lucien Cook from Savills, who joins me now. Xou have
:07:19. > :07:22.more than 20 years experience. It's not new, is it, London being more
:07:23. > :07:30.expensive? The gap has never been wider? That's absolutely right.
:07:31. > :07:35.London has, for a long period, been above the national average. Over the
:07:36. > :07:38.course of the cycle, the extent to which it is high varies and it is up
:07:39. > :07:43.by high level. That reflects the fact that London has been
:07:44. > :07:49.outperforming the UK for a period of nine years. Surpassing the 2007 peak
:07:50. > :07:52.is quite something. Some economists are warning of a damaging correction
:07:53. > :07:58.at some point in the next fdw years, and that is growing? Do you agree?
:07:59. > :08:04.House prices in London 30% `bove what they were in 2007, the third
:08:05. > :08:08.quarter of 2007. Certainly, what you will see as levels of house price
:08:09. > :08:13.growth slow. There are indications that already. Have seen the number
:08:14. > :08:16.of new buyer inquiries fall. At a national level, we have seen the
:08:17. > :08:25.number of mortgage approvals fall. Thirdly, in some of cod's indices,
:08:26. > :08:31.we have seen a slowing in price growth. `` Savills's. Most people
:08:32. > :08:35.are not in those sort of prhme markets, if you like. We know that
:08:36. > :08:40.wages are in no way keeping up with property prices. Families that
:08:41. > :08:45.already own property but ard perhaps looking to upsize, what abott them?
:08:46. > :08:48.One of the things we have sden is, in the last three years, thd
:08:49. > :08:53.difference between buying a two bedroom property, and the additional
:08:54. > :08:58.cost of going to a three`bedroom property, that has gone frol
:08:59. > :09:04.?104,000, up to ?134,000. Those are the forgotten people in the housing
:09:05. > :09:07.market. A lot of people concentrate on first`time buyers. It's become
:09:08. > :09:12.difficult for people to stax in the same area and upsize to a f`mily
:09:13. > :09:15.home that meets their need. They need to look to cheaper parts of
:09:16. > :09:17.London, and what that tends to do is spread price growth across ` wide
:09:18. > :09:19.area. An employment tribunal has
:09:20. > :09:26.criticised the Metropolitan Police for telling staff to delete internal
:09:27. > :09:28.findings of discrimination. The allegation emerged
:09:29. > :09:30.during a hearing which ruled that a firearms officer had been t`rgeted
:09:31. > :09:33.because she was black and a woman. Scotland Yard says it will review
:09:34. > :09:38.the findings, while the Mayor, Boris Johnson, said there were, whthout
:09:39. > :09:40.doubt, lessons to be learned. Here's our Home Affairs
:09:41. > :09:53.Correspondent, Guy Smith. She was publicised as a member of an
:09:54. > :09:57.elite Scotland Yard unit, hdlping keep Londoners safe during the
:09:58. > :10:01.Olympics. A positive image of reassurance and diversity. But,
:10:02. > :10:06.behind`the`scenes, the storx was very different. For almost ` year,
:10:07. > :10:11.PC Carol Howard was being shngled out and targeted by her lind
:10:12. > :10:13.manager, Acting Inspector D`vid Kelly. An employment tribun`l found
:10:14. > :10:19.his management style was overbearing, intrusive and
:10:20. > :10:24.unreasonable. Someone who engaged in conduct designed to undermine,
:10:25. > :10:30.discredit and belittle her. Today, her lawyer gave a flavour of what he
:10:31. > :10:34.was doing. She was absent for one day on sickness and he sent a police
:10:35. > :10:39.car around to check up on hdr, which he didn't do for anybody else. He
:10:40. > :10:43.monitored her Facebook when he was away from work one day. He blocked
:10:44. > :10:48.her application to leave thd department, leave his. I was
:10:49. > :10:54.dismayed to read the account this morning... London's Mayor, hn charge
:10:55. > :10:57.of holding The Met to account, promised to look into the c`se. No
:10:58. > :11:02.doubt there are lessons to be learned. What is more interdsting is
:11:03. > :11:07.that there was a deliberate attempt to cover up an internal report that
:11:08. > :11:12.found PC Howard had, in fact, been disconnected against. The ddtective
:11:13. > :11:16.Sergeant who wrote the report was asked to delete any references to
:11:17. > :11:24.racism and sexism. The tribtnal said they were very concerned th`t this
:11:25. > :11:26.might have been misleading. BBC London previously obtained figures
:11:27. > :11:32.about allegations of racism within The Met. Over six years, thd number
:11:33. > :11:36.of complaints almost tripled. But the Black Police Association said
:11:37. > :11:42.this latest case was worrying. I'm absolutely appalled and shocked
:11:43. > :11:46.that, in 2014, we can still have cases of direct the nation. The
:11:47. > :11:51.question now is what future this officer has in The Met. Meanwhile,
:11:52. > :11:55.Scotland Yard said that it was very disappointed with the judgelent and
:11:56. > :11:57.it had never been part of policy to delete allegations of discrhmination
:11:58. > :12:04.and a full review was being conducted.
:12:05. > :12:07.A man has been arrested in west London on suspicion of arranging
:12:08. > :12:11.funding for terrorism as part of an investigation led to Syria. A man
:12:12. > :12:15.was arrested by counterterrorism officers and is being questhoned at
:12:16. > :12:18.a south London police station. Officers said 12 addresses were
:12:19. > :12:22.being searched as part of the investigation, one in Hertfordshire
:12:23. > :12:25.and 11 in the West London area. Final planning permission h`s been
:12:26. > :12:31.given to Luton airport to increase the number of passengers from 1
:12:32. > :12:36.million two 80 million a ye`r by 20 21. It's part of a ?100 million
:12:37. > :12:41.developer and of the airport, expected to create more than 50 0
:12:42. > :12:44.jobs. Imagine living next to a 20,000 tonne pile of rubbish will
:12:45. > :12:48.stop people living close to a waste site in Bromley say they cannot open
:12:49. > :12:53.their windows because of thd smell. They are furious after a High Court
:12:54. > :12:57.judge threw out the latest legal challenge from the Environmdnt
:12:58. > :13:00.Agency against the company responsible.
:13:01. > :13:04.For more than three years, ` rotting mountain of waste has cast ` shadow
:13:05. > :13:11.over this quiet cul`de`sac hn Bromley. A stinking heap, 40 feet
:13:12. > :13:16.high, estimated to be 20,000 tonnes. This is supposed to be a waste
:13:17. > :13:20.transfer station, where rubbish is brought in, separated and then taken
:13:21. > :13:24.away and turned into electrhcity. But here, it is just piling up and
:13:25. > :13:30.up. Judges have already told the site operators to get rid of all of
:13:31. > :13:35.the combustible waste. In the latest legal twist, the High Court has
:13:36. > :13:42.thrown out a challenge against the company. I'm absolutely horrified.
:13:43. > :13:46.It's an absolute blot on thd landscape. We are having to live in
:13:47. > :13:54.the punishing conditions, dtst, dirt, flies, rats and a complete
:13:55. > :13:58.carbuncle on the landscape. Is not yet clear on which grounds the
:13:59. > :14:07.Environment Agency lost its latest legal efforts to clear the site
:14:08. > :14:10.Waste4Fuel says it wants to shift the rubbish but can't afford it The
:14:11. > :14:15.local MP says a loophole nedds closing. I've written to thd Prime
:14:16. > :14:19.Minister asking him to meet me and two other neighbouring MPs, so that
:14:20. > :14:22.we can look and say, I feel that there might be a gap in the legal
:14:23. > :14:27.framework of these sites. That's going to require some joined up
:14:28. > :14:31.approach by a number of govdrnment departments and agencies. W`ste Fuel
:14:32. > :14:36.has argued, so far unsuccessfully, that it should be allowed to bring
:14:37. > :14:39.in even more waste so it can generate cash to pay for thd removal
:14:40. > :14:44.of all of the rubbish. The Environment Agency says it will do
:14:45. > :14:49.everything in its power to reduce the waste to a lawful level and is
:14:50. > :14:53.considering what further legal action it can take. For people
:14:54. > :14:54.living here, there is no end in sight. Just a very large pile of
:14:55. > :15:06.rubbish. Still to come: It might be `
:15:07. > :15:11.Championship without Andy Mtrray, following his departure frol S W 19,
:15:12. > :15:16.but we'll be looking at how some of London's young hopefuls havd been
:15:17. > :15:20.getting on in London. Yellow rattle and I'll be talking to Will.i.am
:15:21. > :15:28.about his new project. Battersea Power Station's chimneys
:15:29. > :15:30.are a familiar landmark on London's Now all four of them are about to be
:15:31. > :15:37.dismantled only to be rebuilt once And developers say they'll look
:15:38. > :15:41.identical to how they did bdfore. Can you see the chimney
:15:42. > :15:49.on the far left? We are going on a journey to
:15:50. > :15:52.a part of London that everyone knows It is a long climb
:15:53. > :16:01.and our guide is the man We are going to run
:16:02. > :16:09.our heads through here. Waiting for us, quite a bit closer,
:16:10. > :16:18.a landmark that many Londondrs have I can see the power stations, the
:16:19. > :16:37.football stadiums, the London Eye, The reason we are here is bdcause
:16:38. > :16:45.work is now starting on the plan to take down and rebuild Battersea s
:16:46. > :16:50.crumbling power station chilneys. We will do that in four foot
:16:51. > :16:59.increments which is exactly how the The generators and
:17:00. > :17:05.the machinery that once filled this But the chimneys are here to stay,
:17:06. > :17:13.at least the replicas will be. At a cost to the site developers
:17:14. > :17:18.of ?11 million. It featured in the closing ceremony
:17:19. > :17:32.of the London Olympic Games. It was one of the eight London
:17:33. > :17:37.buildings in the closing ceremony. The new chimneys are
:17:38. > :17:41.designed to last 100 years. Watch the skies to see them
:17:42. > :17:47.come down and go back up. And Gareth's still there thhs
:17:48. > :18:02.evening, with a pretty uniqte view. It certainly is very special which
:18:03. > :18:06.is perhaps why people are prepared to spend many millions of pounds on
:18:07. > :18:12.new penthouse apartments whhch are going to be built on top of this
:18:13. > :18:22.famous building. Let us look at the view. We have the Shard, thd City of
:18:23. > :18:36.London, the Houses of Parli`ment and the London Eye. The engineers will
:18:37. > :18:41.start demolishing the chimndy and then rebuilding it bit by bht. We
:18:42. > :18:44.are told this process will take about two years at the only change
:18:45. > :18:48.will see is that the paint will look a lot cleaner because it is a bit
:18:49. > :18:55.tatty at the moment. To Wimbledon now,
:18:56. > :18:57.and it wasn't the quarterfinal we were hoping for with defendhng
:18:58. > :19:00.champion Andy Murray knocked out Let's see how some
:19:01. > :19:18.of our junior hopefuls have fared. As you might expect, a little bit
:19:19. > :19:27.flat, as sense of shock aftdr Andy Murray's defeat. After two straight
:19:28. > :19:32.set finals it is disappointhng to see him go out in the quartdrfinals,
:19:33. > :19:38.but Wimbledon is not only about the British men's number one. Wd have
:19:39. > :19:46.had Junior Wimbledon today. Past winners include Roger Federdr and
:19:47. > :19:54.Laura Robson, and seven youngsters from in and around the capital
:19:55. > :20:11.scheduled to play today. First up were Jamie Malik and wrecked
:20:12. > :20:18.personnel `` Rett Purcel. They had at least a set. This is what they
:20:19. > :20:22.had to say afterwards. It is great being a British junior. You aspire
:20:23. > :20:29.to come play here. There is a great atmosphere. All of the road behind
:20:30. > :20:36.you. So many people. It is great to play here. Hopefully I will be able
:20:37. > :20:42.to take the crowd and will not have as much pressure. It sounds as if
:20:43. > :20:52.they got plenty out of the experience. We also had Max Stewart
:20:53. > :21:01.and his partner who lost. Anna Brogan is in action at the loment.
:21:02. > :21:12.She and her partner won the first set and are in a tie`break hn the
:21:13. > :21:18.second. Anastasia McKeever hs also playing later tonight. Not ` great
:21:19. > :21:24.day for Britain's leading lhght and not a great day so far for our
:21:25. > :21:29.youngsters, but hopefully brighter days ahead.
:21:30. > :21:32.School children in north west London have swapped the classroom for a
:21:33. > :21:36.The pupils from Ruislip High School are being given special lessons to
:21:37. > :21:48.help mark the centenary of the start of the Great W`r.
:21:49. > :21:50.We thought the war would be over by Christmas.
:21:51. > :21:53.The whole of Ruislip High School have had a role in this particular
:21:54. > :21:57.project to build a trench where the canteen used to be.
:21:58. > :22:00.In Year Nine, students go to the battlefidlds and
:22:01. > :22:03.they learn all about the trdnches so we took research from the Ydar Nine
:22:04. > :22:08.photographs in France and worked with RAF Northolt very closdly
:22:09. > :22:13.The walls were made in technology lessons,
:22:14. > :22:20.The pupils have performed readings and sent letters abroad.
:22:21. > :22:23.It is a commemoration through education.
:22:24. > :22:28.It is hard because it could have been me having to help.
:22:29. > :22:31.Kids even younger than me had to do their part.
:22:32. > :22:36.I had family fighting in World War I so that affected me and I w`s
:22:37. > :22:43.This is certainly an English lesson with a difference.
:22:44. > :22:47.The school says all departmdnts have used the trench as a teaching tool.
:22:48. > :22:51.Science have had bombs and smoke going off.
:22:52. > :22:55.They have taken an interest and it has brought the events
:22:56. > :23:00.We are still fighting hard and losing men.
:23:01. > :23:03.We knew nothing of the proposed peace treaty, the armistice.
:23:04. > :23:07.Volunteers from nearby RAF Northolt have also been taking part
:23:08. > :23:18.and other schools will be vhsiting the trench in the next thred weeks.
:23:19. > :23:21.He's best know as a musician and more recently a judge on thd BBC
:23:22. > :23:27.is also a self`styled geek, with a love of all things technological.
:23:28. > :23:29.So much so, he features in an exhibition
:23:30. > :23:31.at the Barbican, celebrating the development of digital ledia
:23:32. > :23:45.Our Arts Correspondent caught up with him at today's launch.
:23:46. > :23:53.Using 2`D and 3D technology, the director of this project has
:23:54. > :24:02.projected Brixton inhabited by a robot workforce. It forms p`rt of an
:24:03. > :24:05.exhibition at the Barbican. The difference was we are looking at the
:24:06. > :24:15.whole range of digital tools. Everything emanates from code. This
:24:16. > :24:21.show features interactive art works alongside exhibition based displays.
:24:22. > :24:25.Despite being a natural attraction for technology geeks, it has
:24:26. > :24:31.something for everyone. Inspiring gamers, movie fans, families and
:24:32. > :24:35.lovers of art. It looks at five decades of practice starting in the
:24:36. > :24:42.1970s so there's going to bd classic arcade games which people c`n play
:24:43. > :24:47.around with. The Barbican h`s a long history of engagement with digital
:24:48. > :24:50.creativity but this exhibithon is its most comprehensive look at how
:24:51. > :24:54.the arts have been transforled by digital technology, bringing
:24:55. > :25:02.together a range of artists pushing boundaries in their fields hncluding
:25:03. > :25:06.musician will.i.am. This experimental collaboration dxplores
:25:07. > :25:13.the connection between analog and digital music in a live gallery
:25:14. > :25:18.experience. This is a great environment and ensemble of creative
:25:19. > :25:26.people coming together and putting installations for the Barbican. I am
:25:27. > :25:30.so proud to be a part of crdative people excited about their product.
:25:31. > :25:37.Popular culture forgot about museums. Hopefully installations
:25:38. > :25:45.like this will inspire other creative people and popular culture
:25:46. > :25:50.back to museums. The exhibition runs until September.
:25:51. > :26:01.Let's head back to Wimbledon for a check on the weather.
:26:02. > :26:09.The weather has helped to lhft the mood after Andy Murray went out A
:26:10. > :26:13.little bit of load this aftdrnoon. We have that around but the next
:26:14. > :26:21.couple of days will see a rdturn of the blue skies. It will be ` fine
:26:22. > :26:26.night, no rain expected, drx lengthy clear spells. Temperatures down to
:26:27. > :26:32.11 degrees Celsius. It will turn cooler in rural areas. A frdsh feel
:26:33. > :26:35.first thing in the morning. It is going to be a cracking day. There
:26:36. > :26:46.will be a little bit of clotd here and there and the sunshine lay be
:26:47. > :26:52.hazy. There may be more of ` breeze tomorrow but overall a beautiful
:26:53. > :26:56.summer day and warmer. Tempdratures set to climb to perhaps as high as
:26:57. > :27:04.27 in the centre of London, that would make it the warmest d`y of the
:27:05. > :27:07.year anywhere in the UK. Thd UV levels will be high and pollen
:27:08. > :27:16.levels are claiming so take note of that, grass pollen levels expected
:27:17. > :27:21.to be high or very high. Frhday is another cracking day, plentx of
:27:22. > :27:23.sunshine, a bit more cloud hn western areas as we go throtgh the
:27:24. > :27:29.day and temperatures in the high 20s. For Wimbledon there is the
:27:30. > :27:35.possibility of a little bit of rain on Saturday, but hopefully ht will
:27:36. > :27:47.clear during the afternoon. Plenty more fine weather to come.
:27:48. > :27:49.From us here, thanks for watching and have a lovely evening.