:00:00. > 3:59:59the student loan system, but now on BBC One, it's time
:00:00. > :00:34.for the Good evening from BBC London News.
:00:35. > :00:50.Locked on a tube train, as smoke filled the carriages the terrifying
:00:51. > :00:56.moment passengers tried to escape from a Central line train last
:00:57. > :01:00.August. The report into the electrical fault at Holland Park was
:01:01. > :01:04.published today. The driver had a lack of training and it took four
:01:05. > :01:07.minutes to open the doors. Mass panic on a tube train, as
:01:08. > :01:10.passengers find themselves trapped in carriages filling with smoke.
:01:11. > :01:12.There are no announcements. All the alarms are pulled and travellers
:01:13. > :01:15.desperately try and climb out of the train themselves. Those who are
:01:16. > :01:18.there ` many heading home after Notting Hill Carnival, say they felt
:01:19. > :01:22.forgotten. I kept my knee wedged in the door and my hands in, so I could
:01:23. > :01:24.get some air. I suffer from panic attacks. Today's report highlight
:01:25. > :01:26.concerns around the incident last August. It found there were no
:01:27. > :01:28.members of station staff visible on the platform for about
:01:29. > :01:30.two`and`a`half minutes. The drivers are not equipped to deal with
:01:31. > :01:32.multiple passenger emergency alarms T seriousness of the incident was
:01:33. > :01:35.not recognised by the senior staff involved and, an investigation only
:01:36. > :01:39.launched after management saw this footage in the media. Unions say
:01:40. > :01:44.what happened highlights other issues. You will be aware that
:01:45. > :01:48.London Underground are presently intenteding to reduce the number of
:01:49. > :01:53.staff `` intending to reduce the number of staff by 1,000. Clearly,
:01:54. > :01:59.we believe that the presence of properly trained staff on the
:02:00. > :02:02.stations and on the trains and in the control rooms greatly assist
:02:03. > :02:09.passengers in the event of emergency situations. Tube bosses say safety
:02:10. > :02:17.is a priority. The smoke came from a faulty motor. Could it happen again?
:02:18. > :02:21.There would be that happen again. We do occasionally have drags and
:02:22. > :02:24.breaks on the line. With the actions we've put in place already as a
:02:25. > :02:30.result of the investigation and the actions we are continuing to
:02:31. > :02:34.implement, think I that the pan ensued would be unlikely to occur
:02:35. > :02:38.again. This report makes it clear even though they are in no Daning
:02:39. > :02:43.ther was a very distress `` danger, this was a very distressing incident
:02:44. > :02:48.for many. London Underground said it is reviewing the training of drivers
:02:49. > :02:52.and staffing levels at its stations during carnival.
:02:53. > :02:57.London Underground say safety is always a priority. With big changes
:02:58. > :03:00.planned for the Tube and its staff, these chaotic scenes will concern
:03:01. > :03:08.many Londoners. It has been dubbed saturation
:03:09. > :03:13.policing and is the latest tactic to be imported from America by the Met.
:03:14. > :03:21.Now a dedicated force of 100 officers will be on duty in the West
:03:22. > :03:24.End. They will patrol the areas including Leicester Square, Coventry
:03:25. > :03:31.Street and Piccadilly Circus. Well, in fact, many more. 100 extra
:03:32. > :03:34.officers will be on patrol from today. Tourists and Londoners seeing
:03:35. > :03:40.a doubling of the number already in the West End. These will be
:03:41. > :03:44.dedicated to just three locations ` Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square
:03:45. > :03:49.and Coventry Street. Is it really needed? Absolutely. Given that the
:03:50. > :03:53.West End attracts 28 million visitors every year and on a
:03:54. > :03:57.Saturday night you can expect 250,000 people in this part of the
:03:58. > :04:01.West End it is needed so people feel safe and we can deal with any
:04:02. > :04:07.criminality. It is an idea apparently from New York. A policing
:04:08. > :04:11.model the NYPD has used in time square, which has led to dramatic
:04:12. > :04:15.falls in crime. We have six months to prove it works. We have seen it
:04:16. > :04:21.work in New York. The tone of the city changes with this type of
:04:22. > :04:27.policing. These police are part of the new team. Their presence is
:04:28. > :04:31.expected to be reassuring. It is hoped this type of policing will
:04:32. > :04:36.have the same impact as it has in New York, saturating an area with
:04:37. > :04:43.highly visible officers. There'll be a mobile police office here for the
:04:44. > :04:48.next six months. Some will be on show, on a podium to see and to be
:04:49. > :04:53.seen. This is not taking officers away from other parts. This is
:04:54. > :04:57.adding officers here in the centre n the real tourist activity zone. When
:04:58. > :05:02.you have that bit of the lumpy mattress that boings up, you can
:05:03. > :05:08.push it down with more officers. A real opportunity, or just a photo
:05:09. > :05:12.opportunity? The new scheme will be evaluated. If successful, we could
:05:13. > :05:22.be seeing more of this in crime hot spots around the capital.
:05:23. > :05:26.An NHS employee is facing jail after siphoning ?624,000 from the Royal
:05:27. > :05:31.Marsden which was meant to buy cancer drugs. Stacey Tipler, who is
:05:32. > :05:36.32 and from Carshalton was part of a gang which spent the money on luxury
:05:37. > :05:40.goods and paying off mortgages. More than one million Muslims in London
:05:41. > :05:44.are celebrating Eid today, to mark the end of Ramadan. Joining this
:05:45. > :05:51.emwas an orthodox rabbi from Edgware, who decided to observe the
:05:52. > :05:57.holy month by fasting as well. Rabbi Natan Levy is saddened by the
:05:58. > :06:04.situation in the Middle East. During his fast the rabbi offers his normal
:06:05. > :06:08.morning prayers at his synagogue in north London. His aim is to narrow
:06:09. > :06:13.the divide during these difficult times abroad. The idea to fast
:06:14. > :06:18.itself came a lot closer to home. We had a guest ` a Muslim woman. We
:06:19. > :06:23.invited here to come to the synagogue for Friday night prayers
:06:24. > :06:27.and she was wearing a hijab. The Jewish woman sitting next to here
:06:28. > :06:30.basically took one look at her, saw what she was wearing, closed the
:06:31. > :06:35.book and ran out of the back of the door and ran home. When I heard
:06:36. > :06:39.about this, it made me realised our two communities are so far apart.
:06:40. > :06:45.The Israeli offensive on Gaza has led to hundreds of deaths, which has
:06:46. > :06:49.only fuelled interest in the rabbi's Ramadan fast, particularly back in
:06:50. > :06:54.the Middle East. Despite the occasional threat received on social
:06:55. > :06:59.media, the support from both faiths has been overwhelmingly positive.
:07:00. > :07:04.The University of London has been hosting a Ramadan tenth, where
:07:05. > :07:09.anyone, in`` tent, where anyone is welcome to a free meal at sunset.
:07:10. > :07:16.The rabbi said he was asked to attend.
:07:17. > :07:22.It is abnormal to see a rabbi who is fasting. A commendable act. It is
:07:23. > :07:27.fantastic. The onus is on us now to actually pick up and return the
:07:28. > :07:30.favour. I think it is great he's fasting for Ramadan. It is a good
:07:31. > :07:34.symbol to bring different faiths together. One rabbi here in London
:07:35. > :07:40.has got, well people here thinking about and talking about why that two
:07:41. > :07:43.major world faiths with so much in common, appear so divided on the
:07:44. > :07:48.world stage, particularly in the Middle East. One of the students
:07:49. > :07:50.told me a short time ago that this one rabbi has got him feeling
:07:51. > :08:01.hopeful for his future. Roads became rivers in parts of
:08:02. > :08:06.London this morning, following downpours. A 40 and western avenue
:08:07. > :08:11.was closed in both directions after rain water flooded the road. Several
:08:12. > :08:26.motorists had to be rescued. At the end of the day, it was
:08:27. > :08:30.glorious. Lovely sunsets across London. Thank you for sending
:08:31. > :08:34.pictures in. I have good news for you. As you go through some of this
:08:35. > :08:38.week, it will be mainly fine. I think at least until the end of the
:08:39. > :08:42.week. There's more of this, rather than what we started the day with.
:08:43. > :08:47.However, we have seen some showers this evening. Kent, Sussex, maybe
:08:48. > :08:51.Surrey as well, likely to see one or two dotted around. There could be
:08:52. > :08:57.one or two heavier ones: They will not be like what we saw in places.
:08:58. > :09:01.12`15 Celsius. Not too uncomfortable for sleeping. There may be one or
:09:02. > :09:04.two showers around first thing tomorrow morning. They will ease
:09:05. > :09:07.away. As we go through the second part of the morning into the
:09:08. > :09:13.afternoon, we'll have dry and sunny conditions. Temperatures picking up
:09:14. > :09:18.nicely. London likely to get to 27 Celsius.
:09:19. > :09:24.So, quite a pleasant afternoon. On the outlook, we have something
:09:25. > :09:29.similar to Wednesday and Thursday. One or two showers will creep in
:09:30. > :09:37.towards the end of the week, turning more unsettled by then.
:09:38. > :09:43.Good evening. Spare a thought for the forecasters who were trying to
:09:44. > :09:47.pin down those storms which brought so many problems to south-east
:09:48. > :09:52.England this morning. You can see the way this line developed, causing
:09:53. > :09:56.havoc from Brighton to the western fringes of London. That line is
:09:57. > :10:00.about about five to ten miles wide. Either side of it, really no problem
:10:01. > :10:04.at all. It is really difficult science trying to get that
:10:05. > :10:05.absolutely right. More straightforward through
:10:06. > :10:07.tonight.