:00:00. > :00:00.is all from us. Don't forget a first look at the morning's paper on the
:00:00. > :00:00.BBC News Channel. Now on BBC One it's time for the news where you
:00:00. > :00:14.it's time for the news wherd you are. Have a good night.
:00:15. > :00:16.Good evening from BBC London News, I'm Alex Bushill.
:00:17. > :00:19.Drivers who use polluting vehicles will have to pay more to cole
:00:20. > :00:22.into London, under plans set out by the Mayor this evening.
:00:23. > :00:25.Boris Johnson wants to create an ultra low emission zone,
:00:26. > :00:28.which he hopes will improve air quality in the Capital.
:00:29. > :00:31.It means some motorists would have to pay ten pounds on top of the
:00:32. > :00:46.congestion charge, as our Transport Correspondent Tom Edwards rdports.
:00:47. > :00:48.London has some of the worst air quality in Europe
:00:49. > :00:51.killing thousands prematurely every year, and a lot of the pollution now
:00:52. > :00:56.Part of an attempt to clear it up, it could now cost ?10 for all
:00:57. > :00:58.but the cleanest vehicles to enter central London.
:00:59. > :01:04.You are going to get squeezdd whether you buy petrol, diesel,
:01:05. > :01:10.a hybrid, you have got to get used to being done over I guess.
:01:11. > :01:21.Air quality in the capital hs coming under increasing scrutiny.
:01:22. > :01:24.In fact the ultralow emission zone, which is what this scheme is
:01:25. > :01:28.called, was launched one year ago, and it will cover central London.
:01:29. > :01:34.Only zero or low emission vdhicles can enter without paying.
:01:35. > :01:38.When the Mayor launched this, he said the plan was to ensure all
:01:39. > :01:43.vehicles in central London would be zero or low emission.
:01:44. > :01:46.Today it has emerged that whatever you are driving,
:01:47. > :01:49.you can still pay to get into the congestion charging zone.
:01:50. > :02:08.The judge needs to be set at a level which is reasonable to the lotorist.
:02:09. > :02:11.which is reasonable to the motorist. We think that could be about ?1 but
:02:12. > :02:14.We think that could be about ?10 but that is subject to the Mayor's final
:02:15. > :02:19.decision. Campaigners want a complete ban
:02:20. > :02:50.of diesel vehicles The Mayor of Tower Hamlets,
:02:51. > :02:52.Lutfur Rahman, is facing a full inquiry into
:02:53. > :02:55.his election victory back in May. Today, High Court judges rejected
:02:56. > :02:58.his attempt to throw out a legal challenge, which has been l`unched
:02:59. > :03:01.by some of his political opponents. They claim his win was marred
:03:02. > :03:03.by vote`rigging, Today judges dismissed the Mayor's
:03:04. > :03:41.effort to have claims of fr`ud effort to have claims of fraud
:03:42. > :03:47.thrown out. I am delighted there will be a full hearing in the autumn
:03:48. > :03:51.and all of the complaints about election fraud and the way the
:03:52. > :03:53.election was handled will h`ve a full airing in the highest court in
:03:54. > :03:57.the land. Among the allegations were the land. Among the allegathons were
:03:58. > :04:01.that votes were cast by people not entitled to be on the electoral
:04:02. > :04:03.register, that voting papers were acquired and marked in favotr of
:04:04. > :04:07.register, that voting papers were acquired and marked in favour of Mr
:04:08. > :04:09.Rahman and that canvassers were paid to encourage support for him. The
:04:10. > :04:13.to encourage support for hil. The judges said it will not be until
:04:14. > :04:18.September that they give a full explanation why they ruled against
:04:19. > :04:23.Mr Rahman's efforts to get this petition thrown out, but they did
:04:24. > :04:26.ask the petitioners to come back with more information about their
:04:27. > :04:28.claims within three weeks. Lutfur Rahman was not in court today
:04:29. > :04:28.claims within three weeks. Lutfur Rahman was not in court tod`y but
:04:29. > :04:31.claims within three weeks. Lutfur Rahman was not in court today but in
:04:32. > :04:32.a statement said there was no evidence of fraud and intimhdation.
:04:33. > :04:51.He said: Nonetheless, having lost thhs latest
:04:52. > :04:57.battle, he now faces the prospect of a full inquiry, probably later in
:04:58. > :04:58.the year, where the claims `gainst him will be examined. Government
:04:59. > :05:00.appointed inspectors are dud him will be examined. Government
:05:01. > :05:03.appointed inspectors are due to appointed inspectors are dud to
:05:04. > :05:05.report on claims that grants were given in Tower Hamlets in return for
:05:06. > :05:12.given in Tower Hamlets in rdturn for votes.
:05:13. > :05:15.A car has crashed and fallen down into the subway at the Elephant
:05:16. > :05:18.It happened just after 8 o clock this evening.
:05:19. > :05:21.The driver sustained minor injuries and was able to walk away
:05:22. > :05:30.The subway has been closed but the tube service has been unaffected.
:05:31. > :05:33.The Gherkin skyscraper in the City of London has been put up for sale.
:05:34. > :05:35.The tower, which was designed by Lord Foster,
:05:36. > :05:38.is expected to fetch offers in the region of 650 million pounds.
:05:39. > :05:40.It was placed in receivership in April after one
:05:41. > :05:44.Could empty garages and over`grown car parks help solve
:05:45. > :05:47.The Conservative group on the London Assembly claim ten thousand
:05:48. > :05:50.new homes could be created in London over the next dec`de,
:05:51. > :05:52.if councils were forced to find suitable derelict sites.
:05:53. > :06:39.Mohammed is delighted with his new home.
:06:40. > :06:52.Could building more homes like these help solve London's housing crisis?
:06:53. > :06:55.There are plans to demolish this and build a block of nine flats with
:06:56. > :06:58.parking and a communal garddn. build a block of nine flats with
:06:59. > :07:02.parking and a communal garden. The Conservatives on the London Assembly
:07:03. > :07:06.say much more can be done. Their new report identifies more than 1200
:07:07. > :07:09.report identifies more than 120 empty garages in Bexley that can be
:07:10. > :07:15.turned into homes, Brent has 1100, turned into homes, Brent has 11 0,
:07:16. > :07:22.and Barnett believes 1000 homes can be built there. The Conserv`tives
:07:23. > :07:28.be built there. The Conservatives want the Mayor to carry out a survey
:07:29. > :07:32.and set up pilot projects for small developers or even Londoners to
:07:33. > :07:37.build their own homes. The reason that these very small areas didn't
:07:38. > :07:38.get used before is because the big developers are looking at bhg
:07:39. > :07:41.get used before is because the big developers are looking at big plots
:07:42. > :07:46.of land. We are talking abott developments perhaps of two or three
:07:47. > :07:50.properties. Today Boris Johnson's properties. Today Boris Johnson s
:07:51. > :07:53.office said they are supportive of the idea. The Labour group said such
:07:54. > :07:55.schemes can only go so far `nd are schemes can only go so far `nd are
:07:56. > :07:57.much more radical solution is schemes can only go so far and are
:07:58. > :07:59.much more radical solution is needed if more families are to fin`lly
:08:00. > :07:59.much more radical solution hs needed if more families are to finally find
:08:00. > :08:11.if more families are to fin`lly find more homes.
:08:12. > :08:14.Tracey Emin's controversial artwork 'My Bed' is set to return to
:08:15. > :08:17.the Tate where it was first shown fifteen years ago.
:08:18. > :08:19.It was recently sold for more than two million pounds,
:08:20. > :08:23.but before the sale Emin sahd she hoped art lovers in the UK would
:08:24. > :08:26.The new owner, a German entrepreneur, has `greed to
:08:27. > :08:27.loan the work to the gallerx in London for at least 10 years.
:08:28. > :08:29.That's it from me so let me hand you over to Wendy
:08:30. > :08:39.We got to 27 degrees in temperatures today. It won't be quite so warm
:08:40. > :08:44.tomorrow, but near enough. There will be cloud and it will be
:08:45. > :08:46.fresher. As we go through the night, we will see some clotd
:08:47. > :08:51.night, we will see some cloud arriving on the scene, that is a
:08:52. > :08:57.very weak weather front but it will keep temperatures up around London
:08:58. > :09:02.to around 15 degrees. The skies clear in the early, 11 degrdes in
:09:03. > :09:05.this area. There will be some clear in the early, 11 degrees in
:09:06. > :09:11.this area. There will be sole cloud coming and going throughout the
:09:12. > :09:16.afternoon tomorrow, some breeze blowing from a westerly or
:09:17. > :09:22.north`westerly direction. Temperatures will be hovering around
:09:23. > :09:26.23 in the Home Counties. On Thursday there will be often some cloud
:09:27. > :09:31.around, maybe some showers by the end of the day, that goes for Friday
:09:32. > :09:32.as well and it will turn unsettled at the weekend.
:09:33. > :09:46.As we head into the peak of the holiday season it is becoming more
:09:47. > :09:50.difficult to find any hot weather in the forecast but don't give up on
:09:51. > :09:55.the summer, temperatures edging down back to nearer normal. Certainly an
:09:56. > :10:00.increasing chance of seeing some showers turning up later in the
:10:01. > :10:07.week. The jet stream is the key to the forecast, the winds that blow
:10:08. > :10:12.around about the height that you fly away on your holiday. It is allowing
:10:13. > :10:16.warm air to come up from the southern regions, but it is now
:10:17. > :10:20.starting to creep further southwards. The difficulty for the
:10:21. > :10:25.forecast is knowing how far south it goes because the more it dips, the
:10:26. > :10:32.more unsettled weather tends to become, and cooler as well. At lower
:10:33. > :10:36.levels, the winds are blowing fairly briskly bringing some showers as
:10:37. > :10:42.well, and they will turn heavier towards the end of the night. A few
:10:43. > :10:43.showers find their way into northern England