:00:00. > :00:13.but now on BBC One it's time for the news where you
:00:14. > :00:18.Good evening. A top London Catholic state school
:00:19. > :00:22.has been heavily criticised over its admissions procedure.
:00:23. > :00:24.The Schools watchdog says the London Oratory School was found to
:00:25. > :00:28.have discriminated against pupils on the grounds of ethnicity
:00:29. > :00:30.and social background. The secondary
:00:31. > :00:32.in Fulham is where Tony Blahr and Nick Clegg sent their sons.
:00:33. > :00:36.Our reporter, Sonja Jessup, joins us with more details.
:00:37. > :00:40.The findings were published today Absolutely. This, is, of course
:00:41. > :00:41.The findings were published today Absolutely. This, is, of cotrse a
:00:42. > :00:44.Absolutely. This, is, of course a prestigious and therefore, heavily
:00:45. > :00:45.over`described academy. Tod`y prestigious and therefore, heavily
:00:46. > :00:45.over`described academy. Today it prestigious and therefore, heavily
:00:46. > :00:48.over`described academy. Today it has been ordered to change its `dmission
:00:49. > :00:53.been ordered to change its admission policy, following a complaint by the
:00:54. > :00:58.British Humanist Association. The watchdog, the office of the Schools
:00:59. > :01:03.Adjudicator looked at its admission policy for this year and next and it
:01:04. > :01:07.found the school had broken the admissions code in 105 areas. So,
:01:08. > :01:10.for example, the school doesn't recognise parents who don't have any
:01:11. > :01:13.faith and it also criticised the school for asking for the baptism
:01:14. > :01:15.school for asking for the b`ptism certificates of parents because it
:01:16. > :01:20.said that revealed too much information on them. But also, the
:01:21. > :01:24.adjudicator compared the school to 12 other Catholic schools in London
:01:25. > :01:28.and it found that the London Oratory had the highest proportion of white
:01:29. > :01:31.British pupils and the lowest promorgues of non`white puphls. The
:01:32. > :01:35.promorgues of non`white pupils. The adjudicator said, "I do not believe
:01:36. > :01:39.that the school can claim that its ethnic composition is even
:01:40. > :01:40.representative of that of the Catholic children attending schools
:01:41. > :01:43.in the part of London in which it Catholic children attending schools
:01:44. > :01:46.in the part of London in which it is located." The other thing it found
:01:47. > :01:48.is that while the average ntmber located." The other thing it found
:01:49. > :01:52.is that while the average number of children on free school meals was
:01:53. > :01:56.23%, at this school it was 6%. Although it may be unintentional,
:01:57. > :01:58.the adjudicator says it is effectively creating a degrde of
:01:59. > :02:02.effectively creating a degree of social selection. What is the school
:02:03. > :02:05.saying? They point out this isn't the fist time their admissions
:02:06. > :02:09.policy has been criticised in this way. ` the first time. They say they
:02:10. > :02:14.have successfully challenged it before. They say they may now seek a
:02:15. > :02:18.judicial review. The British Humanist Association who made the
:02:19. > :02:20.original complaint, this is what they had to say. The most
:02:21. > :02:23.significant findings have to be the fact that the school is both
:02:24. > :02:29.racially and socially econolically racially and socially econolically
:02:30. > :02:32.selective as a result of its admissions policy. We are not aware
:02:33. > :02:34.of a school discriminating in both of a school discriminating in both
:02:35. > :02:37.those ways before. So we ard of a school discriminating hn both
:02:38. > :02:42.those ways before. So we are pleased the adjudicator will look at that
:02:43. > :02:46.and take things seriously. Today's findings aren't about whether faith
:02:47. > :02:50.schools can be selective. It is about whether they adhere to the
:02:51. > :02:53.admissions rules that are in place. In this case, of course, thd school
:02:54. > :02:57.was found to have broken a large number of them and to not be
:02:58. > :03:00.representing the local community. Thank you for bringing us
:03:01. > :03:05.up`to`date. House prices in London have risen by
:03:06. > :03:07.a record annual rate of just over 20% according to figures released by
:03:08. > :03:13.the Office for National Statistics. joins us with more details.
:03:14. > :03:15.It means an average home in the capital now costs almost ?500,000.
:03:16. > :03:18.It comes on the day that Maxor It comes on the day that Maxor
:03:19. > :03:19.Boris Johnson unveiled a project to build more affordable homes.
:03:20. > :03:22.to build more affordable holes. But critics say he's failed to do
:03:23. > :03:23.enough about the soaring cost of property.
:03:24. > :03:24.Gareth Furby reports. The original
:03:25. > :03:26.fireplace there. All open. It's The original
:03:27. > :03:28.fireplace there. All open. It's a ground floor flat for sale hn
:03:29. > :03:29.Catford and even here in one ground floor flat for sale in
:03:30. > :03:31.Catford and even here in ond of Catford and even here in ond of
:03:32. > :03:34.London's poorest boroughs, the prices are rising fast. This is a
:03:35. > :03:42.two`bed ground floor garden flat. On at 260. That's up ?50,000 in just
:03:43. > :03:48.one year. It's astonishing. It makes it difficult for first`time buyers
:03:49. > :03:50.to get on the property market as to get on the property markdt as
:03:51. > :03:53.well as people who want to move to get on the property market as
:03:54. > :03:56.well as people who want to love on. And we now know Catford is just
:03:57. > :03:58.feeling the effects of a property boom affecting almost all of London,
:03:59. > :04:07.according to the latest offhcial according to the latest offhcial
:04:08. > :04:10.figures. The price increases estate agents are seeing here are just
:04:11. > :04:11.typical. We have seen in the agents are seeing here are just
:04:12. > :04:12.typical. We have seen in thd last agents are seeing here are just
:04:13. > :04:13.typical. We have seen in the last 12 months about a 20% increase. Average
:04:14. > :04:15.price say of a three`bedrool months about a 20% increase. Average
:04:16. > :04:19.price say of a three`bedroom house a price say of a three`bedroom house a
:04:20. > :04:24.year ago, 350. Now you are looking around 475. What do you think about
:04:25. > :04:30.this? Well, good for us, good for business. But not so good for people
:04:31. > :04:37.who don't yet own homes. Today the mayor was in Catford, helping to lay
:04:38. > :04:43.the foundations for a development on the site of the old dog track. He
:04:44. > :04:47.wants more power to release land like this for development, which he
:04:48. > :04:51.says will help increase the supply of homes, and mean more affordable
:04:52. > :04:55.housing. The answer is not to hang around hoping for house prices to
:04:56. > :04:58.fall. The answer is to increase supply. On this site there will be
:04:59. > :04:59.almost 600 new homes H 113 for affordable rent. 60 for shared
:05:00. > :05:10.ownership but some say the mayor ownership but some say the layor
:05:11. > :05:13.isn't doing enough. I think it is very sad that you have people
:05:14. > :05:19.working very hard who are scraping together money every month to try to
:05:20. > :05:22.save for a deposit and every month the dream seems to get pushdd
:05:23. > :05:26.further and further away. The question now is ` what will happen
:05:27. > :05:27.next? With some people hoping for a continuing boom, but others wanting
:05:28. > :05:39.only a bust. Michael Adebowale, one of
:05:40. > :05:42.the men convicted of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich in May
:05:43. > :05:45.last year, has been given permission to appeal against his sentence.
:05:46. > :05:50.Adebowale was jailed for life with minimum of 45 years for his part
:05:51. > :05:51.in running over the young soldier and then attacking him, along with
:05:52. > :05:55.fellow extremist Michael Addbolajo. fellow extremist Michael Adebolajo.
:05:56. > :06:01.Foreign embassies have clocked up more than ?82 million
:06:02. > :06:05.in unpaid London Congestion Charges over the last decade.
:06:06. > :06:06.The figures from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office reveal
:06:07. > :06:07.The figures from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office revdal that
:06:08. > :06:10.and Commonwealth Office reveal that the largest bill belonged to the
:06:11. > :06:14.US Embassy, with an outstanding debt of more than ?8.5 million.
:06:15. > :06:15.They United States were closely followed by the Japanese and Russian
:06:16. > :06:24.embassies. Now time for me to wish you good
:06:25. > :06:28.night and hand you over to Wendy to look at the weather.
:06:29. > :06:30.Today we got to 26 or 27 in London. Through this week, it is going to
:06:31. > :06:34.Through this week, it is gohng to become hotter and hotter. A pretty
:06:35. > :06:36.warm evening out there to enjoy at the moment. As we go through, I
:06:37. > :06:38.don't think it will be quitd the moment. As we go through, I
:06:39. > :06:40.don't think it will be quite as close and muggy as last night. There
:06:41. > :06:42.will be a fair amount of cldar close and muggy as last night. There
:06:43. > :06:44.will be a fair amount of clear sky, will be a fair amount of clear sky,
:06:45. > :06:47.patchy cloud and maybe the odd mist patch into the early hours.
:06:48. > :06:50.Temperatures still thick at 16 in urban areas but something like
:06:51. > :06:52.Temperatures still thick at 16 in urban areas but something lhke 0`13
:06:53. > :06:55.elsewhere across the Home Counties. A lovely sunny start to the day
:06:56. > :06:58.tomorrow which will lift temperatures. There is going to be a
:06:59. > :07:00.fair amount of cloud into the afternoon. A weak weather front
:07:01. > :07:04.which might introduce enough instability to the hot and humid air
:07:05. > :07:09.to produce one or two showers as the day goes on, because we are talking
:07:10. > :07:12.about temperatures of 27 or maybe 28 tomorrow. If we see the showers,
:07:13. > :07:16.they will be late afternoon and evening and affecting mainly
:07:17. > :07:21.Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, up into Hertfordshire. On the outlook, two
:07:22. > :07:26.more hot days. By Friday we could be hitting 31 or 32 Celsius. It looks
:07:27. > :07:30.like we'll get heavy thundery rain to finish that off on Saturday. A
:07:31. > :07:32.tricky situation. Matt will explain more. And he will tell you that it
:07:33. > :07:45.didn't rain today. The outlook for the next 40 days
:07:46. > :07:49.will be straightforward to St swith an were to be believed. Thankfully
:07:50. > :07:53.for my job at least, it is far from straightforward. Even after today, a
:07:54. > :07:57.dry day, weather is on the turn in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
:07:58. > :08:02.Around western coastal hills of England and Wales turning misty with
:08:03. > :08:06.light rain and drizzle. For most a dry night with clear skies.
:08:07. > :08:10.Temperatures a degree or so down on last night. A warm start to
:08:11. > :08:14.Wednesday. Early risers in Northern Ireland may get wet but turning
:08:15. > :08:18.brighter here with one or two heavy showers. Rain spreading across
:08:19. > :08:23.Scotland through the morning, hit and mist. A dry and bright start for
:08:24. > :08:27.many in England and Wales. Low cloud in the Midlands. This will thicken
:08:28. > :08:29.during the second half of the day to bring outbreaks of rain.
:08:30. > :08:35.Temperatures across the north and west are in the high keens or low
:08:36. > :08:41.20s. Driest and brightens for longest in the south. Here close to
:08:42. > :08:43.82 Fahrenheit. Late in the afternoon or evening, West county,