:00:00. > 3:59:59with us here on BBC One. It is time for the news where you are. From us
:00:00. > :00:20.all, have a very good night. A very good evening.
:00:21. > :00:24.The victim of a violent burglary, who has been left with serious
:00:25. > :00:29.facial injuries has told BBC London that the attack was like something
:00:30. > :00:33.from a gangster movie. The university lecturer from Wimbledon
:00:34. > :00:37.spoke in his first interview to our reporter. A warning, you might find
:00:38. > :00:42.some of the images in this report upsetting. The, at the time they
:00:43. > :00:47.thought my skull was fractured because it swelled up so badly. My
:00:48. > :00:50.jaw was fractured. In the end, it was just my eye socket was
:00:51. > :00:56.fractured. I cannot look to the left properly. I have to move my head. If
:00:57. > :01:00.I look to the left, I get double vision. Paul's face is hardly
:01:01. > :01:04.recognisable, six days on from a violent burglary. At 10pm on Monday,
:01:05. > :01:08.he answered the door to four men. He was battered and his wife
:01:09. > :01:11.threatened. His daughter and her boyfriend hid upstairs and called
:01:12. > :01:16.the police. Paul was left like this. It is terrifying. It is probably
:01:17. > :01:20.more now that I look back at it than at the time because you are so
:01:21. > :01:24.stunned. There is a sense of bewilderment - this isn't really
:01:25. > :01:30.happening. You almost look as if it sounds like a gangster movie. Two
:01:31. > :01:35.men have been charged with GBH and burglary. The police are looking for
:01:36. > :01:39.two suspects - male, believed to be Eastern Europe peen and between
:01:40. > :01:44.20-30. They want to speak to anyone who saw a two door style silver car,
:01:45. > :01:49.with I they believe the suspects used that night. These CCTV images
:01:50. > :01:54.show one of the suspects going through Wimbledon theatre car park
:01:55. > :01:58.and removing surgical gloves. Paul says anyone who knows anything, must
:01:59. > :02:02.come forward. This eye was closed. I had a tiny crack of light and that
:02:03. > :02:08.was it. There'll be repair work done. Hopefully next week. They will
:02:09. > :02:13.repair the eye socket. I think I will make a full recovery and, you
:02:14. > :02:17.know, I would say, you probably won't put it in your piece - but
:02:18. > :02:22.worse things have happened. I am very, very lucky. That is the point,
:02:23. > :02:25.it could have been worse, I could have lost my sight. This attack
:02:26. > :02:27.which lasted just minutes will have a long-term impact on Paul and his
:02:28. > :02:38.family's lives. Britain's first specialist clinic
:02:39. > :02:42.for child victims of female againal mutilation will open in London next
:02:43. > :02:46.month. It will be at University College London and provide support
:02:47. > :02:51.for girls. Doctors will carry out examinations if the police are not
:02:52. > :02:55.sure if mutilation has occurred. Just days after A level results day,
:02:56. > :03:00.there are calls for apprenticeships to be given the same importance as
:03:01. > :03:04.going to university. In London, the number of young people gaining
:03:05. > :03:09.apprenticeships has doubled in recent years. Some say schools need
:03:10. > :03:16.to do more. Jack gained eight A levels. You
:03:17. > :03:24.might think top university beckoned. He choss the apprenticeship -- he
:03:25. > :03:28.chose the apprenticeship road. For a people-based role, where you work
:03:29. > :03:33.with lots of groups, working to deliver items and learn on the job,
:03:34. > :03:38.I think that an apprenticeship can offer you great experience. The
:03:39. > :03:43.mayor has made apprentices one of his priorities and seems to be
:03:44. > :03:45.delivering. A target of 100,000 in four years was exceeded.
:03:46. > :03:49.delivering. A target of 100,000 in four years was Now up wards of
:03:50. > :03:53.40,000 apprentices start every year. Some are now pushing for the
:03:54. > :03:59.creation of a clearing system, a bit like with university places. This
:04:00. > :04:05.budding talent pool is vital for the economy. Wed call out for skilled
:04:06. > :04:13.trade people. Apra taships are doing that. -- apprenticeships are doing
:04:14. > :04:20.that. Like Tim Campbell. He was the winner of the first show of the
:04:21. > :04:26.apprentice. Now a businessman and the mayor's ambassador for
:04:27. > :04:31.apprentices. At the moment, there is a very small margin of success
:04:32. > :04:34.does a young person go on to a university place. Fantastic if that
:04:35. > :04:38.is what you want to do. If you want to work, you are not seen as a
:04:39. > :04:44.success criteria for a school. That has to change. Apprenticeships are
:04:45. > :04:47.available in a range of industries. Growing numbers are learning
:04:48. > :04:50.university is far from the only way to get ahead.
:04:51. > :04:55.Tomorrow's weather now. We should have a mainly dry morning. Rain in
:04:56. > :04:58.the afternoon. Top temperature, 21 Celsius. That is it. Goodbye for
:04:59. > :05:11.now. A northerly wind is never a welcome
:05:12. > :05:16.visitor across the shores of the UK. And particularly in the middle of
:05:17. > :05:23.August. Despite weather conditions improving, we gales bombarding
:05:24. > :05:27.Scotland. A rash of showers merging for longer spells of rain here. That
:05:28. > :05:28.area of low pressure is drifting further