:00:00. > :00:00.has been talking to Will Gompertz. That's all from us.
:00:00. > :00:14.Now on BBC One, time for the news where you are
:00:15. > :00:22.Good evening and welcome. The first of the Government's
:00:23. > :00:27.flagship Technical College hn London is closing its doors just two years
:00:28. > :00:32.after it opened. Hackney Unhversity Technical College is near old street
:00:33. > :00:38.roundabout, also known as shllion roundabout, the hub for Intdrnet
:00:39. > :00:40.businesses. Due to a lack of applicants governors have ddcided to
:00:41. > :00:45.close it. This is what the Government would like the ftture of
:00:46. > :00:48.education to look like. This University Technical Collegd was
:00:49. > :00:53.opened in Hertfordshire by Lichael Gove last week. This week, the UTC
:00:54. > :00:57.in Hackney made the difficult decision to close after it only
:00:58. > :01:04.managed to attract 29 students out of a target of 75 for year 00. It
:01:05. > :01:08.was a recruitment drive that the principal concedes would be
:01:09. > :01:12.difficult. Many students, understandably, families and
:01:13. > :01:16.students choose to stay put at the end of year nine and continte their
:01:17. > :01:21.education in what are good `nd outstanding schools in the local're
:01:22. > :01:27.yand and not make `` local `rea and not to make a change. Do yot mean
:01:28. > :01:32.the system is structurely flawed? That it would be a difficult task to
:01:33. > :01:38.get the students here in thd first place? I am not saying it is flawed.
:01:39. > :01:41.It is encouraging young people to make a choice which is diffdrent.
:01:42. > :01:44.Those who have been positivd about their experience here. Studdnts like
:01:45. > :01:49.this, who will now have to go elsewhere to do his A levels. This
:01:50. > :01:51.is our control centre and Andy is checking out the equipment there.
:01:52. > :01:56.Despite the fact his course is closing, he still has every faith in
:01:57. > :02:01.the concept. I believe that it is the future of education bec`use they
:02:02. > :02:06.give us the skills and the communication skills we need for
:02:07. > :02:10.employers. We learn how to network, which I would not get in a normal
:02:11. > :02:12.school. Down the road in thd technology quarter, tech city, these
:02:13. > :02:16.employers. We learn how to network, which I would are the creathves who
:02:17. > :02:20.support the Technical College. The links they forge with peopld like
:02:21. > :02:26.ourselves are really quite progressive, I think and thdy allow
:02:27. > :02:34.the kids to develop sort of skills in the real world that norm`lly they
:02:35. > :02:38.wouldn't do in the classrool. For some, specialising in technology at
:02:39. > :02:42.the age of 14 is too late. @ctually we need to look further down the
:02:43. > :02:45.chain, all the way back to primary school. Getting children thhnking, I
:02:46. > :02:51.don't want to be a doctor, ` dentist, I want to have a c`reer in
:02:52. > :02:57.tech. In the mean time jobs in the technology sector are proving ill lu
:02:58. > :03:02.sieve for London `` proving illusive for London students. What they need
:03:03. > :03:06.to do is convince young people that this is an exciting industrx they
:03:07. > :03:11.can enter and start their own companies. It seems with thd lack of
:03:12. > :03:15.applicants with this collegd it is not happening. This boy is confident
:03:16. > :03:17.he's a coder in the making. The question is, how many others will be
:03:18. > :03:26.able to follow him? 150 kilos of cocaine has bedn
:03:27. > :03:30.discovered hid no`one a consignment of bananas from Colombia.
:03:31. > :03:35.Four men have been arrested in Lambeth and Kent. The consignment
:03:36. > :03:40.arrived in Dover and was delivered by lorry to a trading estatd in
:03:41. > :03:44.Kent. An inquiry into the economic case for the high speed rail link is
:03:45. > :03:48.to be held by a House of Lords committee. It says it wants to find
:03:49. > :03:52.out who the winners and losdrs will be from the ?50 billion project and
:03:53. > :03:58.if London will gain more from HS2 than other areas around the country.
:03:59. > :04:04.Could the mayor's vision for an airport in the Thames Estuary have
:04:05. > :04:07.reached a cul`de`sac? Four independent reports appoint an
:04:08. > :04:12.airport commission have raised concerns over the cost, the
:04:13. > :04:16.environmental impact and thd implications for transport links. If
:04:17. > :04:22.an entirely new airport is to be built, it will be built herd in the
:04:23. > :04:27.Thames Estuary. The mayor's vision for a four runway hub is not on the
:04:28. > :04:29.short list and is further from becoming reality after a succession
:04:30. > :04:36.of reports from the Airports Commission have highlighted the
:04:37. > :04:41.potential costs involved. It says airports and passengers belheve it
:04:42. > :04:46.would of carry significantlx more risk than opportunity.
:04:47. > :04:52.It said removing wildlife would be ?2 billion. ?21 billion would have
:04:53. > :04:57.to be used to compensate businesses and rail links would run up to 27
:04:58. > :05:01.billion. Tonight the mayor's aviation adviser said the commission
:05:02. > :05:05.was legally and morally oblhged to consider their case. There hs a risk
:05:06. > :05:11.stepping out of your front door There is risk in HS2, in Crossrail.
:05:12. > :05:13.Financial risk in all these projects. The Government have
:05:14. > :05:19.approached them and said thdy are risks we will take because we can
:05:20. > :05:23.mitigate and manage the risks. The benefits are large enough to justify
:05:24. > :05:25.that. That, I think, is the conclusion that the Airports
:05:26. > :05:31.Commission will reach. Therd are those who live nearby who stpport
:05:32. > :05:37.his view. ?2 billion in the bigger picture when it is ?50 billhon
:05:38. > :05:43.investment doesn't matter. Ht's only money. It is an investment. Speaking
:05:44. > :05:48.on this sun's politic's show, the local MP for Isleworth said
:05:49. > :05:54.residents would not support the idea idea. The West Londoners ard not for
:05:55. > :05:57.his proposal, because they don't want Heathrow expanded. Thex don't
:05:58. > :06:02.want to get rid of Heathrow. The decision on whether to incltde a new
:06:03. > :06:07.hub airport will be taken in September. A final recommendation on
:06:08. > :06:11.which airport should be built or extended, not until after the next
:06:12. > :06:15.general election. You can see more on the airport
:06:16. > :06:20.debate on Sunday Politics London, which is on BBC One at 11am, of
:06:21. > :06:23.course on Sunday morning. That's it from me tonight. I will hand you
:06:24. > :06:30.over to Alex. The weather will swap and change for
:06:31. > :06:34.the next few days. There will be sunshine but there is potential for
:06:35. > :06:39.thunderstorms on Saturday. Ht will be a warm and humid day as well It
:06:40. > :06:43.will be a warm and sticky nhght tonight as well, as temperatures
:06:44. > :06:47.stay in the mid to high teens. That humid feel is likely to continue for
:06:48. > :06:53.most of Saturday. It will bd quite a grey start as well. It should
:06:54. > :06:59.brighten up. A warm and humhd feel. Potential for thunderstorms. Sunday
:07:00. > :07:04.starts dull and damp. It will get brighter. One or two showers kicking
:07:05. > :07:09.around at the moment. For most, a dry night. It will be a warl and
:07:10. > :07:14.humid night as well. Temper`tures staying in the mid`teens. It is not
:07:15. > :07:17.a cold start to the weekend. Quite grey, however it should brighten up
:07:18. > :07:21.during Saturday. By mid`morning later on through early afternoon, we
:07:22. > :07:26.will see sunshine and the potential for thunderstorms late in the day. A
:07:27. > :07:34.warm and humid feel. Sunday starts damp, but it should brighten up As
:07:35. > :07:41.for the outlook, well we will see showers on
:07:42. > :07:42.anditturnsfresheronMonday. AnditturnsfresheronMonday.??