:00:00. > :00:00.Gompertz has the story. That's all from us tonight. Don t
:00:00. > :00:00.forget Newsnight's starting over on BBC 2 in a moment,
:00:00. > :00:00.with a special programme on Syria, but now on BBC1, it's time
:00:07. > :00:16.for the news where you are. Good evening and welcome, I'm Alice
:00:17. > :00:22.Bhandhukravi. down on the increasing numbdr
:00:23. > :00:26.of rough sleepers and beggars Responding to complaints
:00:27. > :00:33.from local residents, officdrs were joined by Home Office offichals and
:00:34. > :00:37.Romanian authorities this morning. Emilia Papadopoulos went
:00:38. > :00:49.along with them. It's 4am in this underpass near Park
:00:50. > :00:53.Lane and these rough sleepers, mostly Roma gypsies, are about to be
:00:54. > :00:58.woken up. Understand ably they aren't too pleased, but for many,
:00:59. > :01:00.this is nothing new. It's h`ppened last year, the year before `nd the
:01:01. > :01:06.year before that. TRANSLATION: I'll have nothhng in
:01:07. > :01:10.Romania. Why should I go back there. At least we have pounds and food.
:01:11. > :01:15.This operation is the latest effort by the Metropolitan Police. , the
:01:16. > :01:18.Romanian authorities and thd Home Office to tackle homelessness,
:01:19. > :01:23.begging and other antisocial behaviour in the capital Each
:01:24. > :01:26.morning four or five officers are here collecting intelligencd,
:01:27. > :01:30.speaking to these people, to check on their welfare, to see if they're
:01:31. > :01:33.offending and collect the intelligence which supports the
:01:34. > :01:37.bigger days of action which you re seeing here Many local todax.
:01:38. > :01:42.Residents welcome the action and say it's time to stop this recurring
:01:43. > :01:46.prob Lenle `` problem. It drags down an area that should be a showpiece
:01:47. > :01:50.for London. It affects all those who have businesses there, who work
:01:51. > :01:56.there, who live there and even the visitors to the area. This lorning,
:01:57. > :02:00.the Met identified around 80 rough sleepers around Marble Arch and Park
:02:01. > :02:03.Lane, they were mostly Roma gypsies from Romania. They've been brought
:02:04. > :02:06.to this administration point, where they'll be assessed by police and
:02:07. > :02:10.passed on to immigration officials who will check to see if thdy have a
:02:11. > :02:13.criminal record and determine how long they've been in the cotntry. If
:02:14. > :02:16.any of them have been here for over three months and can't provd that
:02:17. > :02:19.they're employed or activelx looking for a job, they could be sent back
:02:20. > :02:23.home. Further more, new regulations
:02:24. > :02:27.introduced in January mean they could be banned from re`entdring the
:02:28. > :02:32.UK for 12 months, unless thdy provide a valid reason for being
:02:33. > :02:41.here. For some, it's not enough The City of Westminster Council told us:
:02:42. > :02:48.Everyone here this morning was offered a free trip back to Romania.
:02:49. > :02:52.Liliana is the only one who volunteered to take it.
:02:53. > :02:57.TRANSLATION: I came to find my daughter. I sold everything from my
:02:58. > :03:00.house to get here to find hdr. She's also diabetic and sleeping on the
:03:01. > :03:04.streets is taking its toll. TRANSLATION: It's been extrdmely
:03:05. > :03:08.hard. I thought I might die sleeping on the pavements. As for thd other
:03:09. > :03:13.migrants, they also moved on, but just 200 metres down the ro`d. It's
:03:14. > :03:17.not hard to see why they're so reluctant to leave. No runnhng water
:03:18. > :03:21.and no electricity. This footage filmed by BBC London in Rom`nia last
:03:22. > :03:26.year shows the kind of condhtions many would have to return to. These
:03:27. > :03:35.raids are clearly not a long`term solution. We are trying to break
:03:36. > :03:39.centuries of distrust, systdmatic persecution and scrim nation and so,
:03:40. > :03:44.this is going to take time. It needs help for the Roma community to come
:03:45. > :03:47.together to voice their needs. Sleeping in doorways and packing up
:03:48. > :03:51.their lives every few days hs a small price to pay for living in the
:03:52. > :03:52.capital. For most, it beats the bleak prospect of returning back
:03:53. > :03:58.home. A 20`year`old man's been arrested
:03:59. > :04:01.on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving,
:04:02. > :04:04.after a 16`year`old boy was killed Fazan Ahmed died after the collision
:04:05. > :04:09.in Jupiter Drive last Fridax. Police say they're still qudstioning
:04:10. > :04:15.the suspect from Berkhampstdad. Heathrow's chief executive has
:04:16. > :04:18.written an open letter to Boris Johnson urging him
:04:19. > :04:21.to back expansion at the airport should his plan for a so`called
:04:22. > :04:25."Boris Island" not go ahead. John Holland`Kaye said expansion
:04:26. > :04:28.at Heathrow would be "the only option left in thd race"
:04:29. > :04:31.if the estuary plan is scrapped Our Political Correspondent,
:04:32. > :04:42.Karl Mercer, reports. Heathrow this afternoon, thd
:04:43. > :04:47.country's biggest airport, the country's busiest airport and quite
:04:48. > :04:51.possibly, today at least, the country's cheekiest airport. It s no
:04:52. > :04:55.secret they want a third runway and no secret that the mayor wants a new
:04:56. > :05:01.airport in the Thames Estuary. If he got it, he said Heathrow cotld shut,
:05:02. > :05:05.replaced by a new neighbourhood for London. Next week, this man Sir
:05:06. > :05:09.Howard Davis, is expected to rule on whether the mayor's plan should go
:05:10. > :05:14.forward to a final short list for airport expansion. Today, a dear
:05:15. > :05:18.Boris letter from Heathrow's boss: "If your proposal for a new airport
:05:19. > :05:22.is not short listed by the `irport's commission, then Heathrow whll be
:05:23. > :05:27.the only option left in the race." It was a letter helpfully m`de
:05:28. > :05:31.public. We are reminding Boris today of the many things he's said over
:05:32. > :05:35.the last year or two about what the right answer is for UK
:05:36. > :05:40.competitiveness. That is a hub airport. I suppose we're just
:05:41. > :05:44.joining the dots up today and saying look, if Thames Estuary doesn't get
:05:45. > :05:47.short listed, you believe a hub is the right answer and therefore,
:05:48. > :05:53.logically, we would hope th`t you would back Heathrow. So you're just
:05:54. > :05:56.being helpful? Absolutely. Some helpful advice from Heathrow for the
:05:57. > :06:00.mayor today. No interview from City Hall, but they told us that they
:06:01. > :06:04.thought the estuary airport remained the most credible option. In the
:06:05. > :06:09.past, Boris Johnson has gond on record as saying if he doesn't get
:06:10. > :06:13.his estuary airport, he'd lhke to see expansion at Gatwick and not
:06:14. > :06:16.here at Heathrow, which may explain Gatwick's own response todax, no
:06:17. > :06:21.reminding the mayor or offering helpful advice just this in their
:06:22. > :06:25.own statement: "If the option is taken off the table, we will write
:06:26. > :06:29.privately to the mayor, givhng him the respect he deserves." The public
:06:30. > :06:35.relations game is very much afoot. The decision itself is expected
:06:36. > :06:42.early next week. Well it's good night from md. I
:06:43. > :06:46.leave you now with the forecast Good weather actually. It's warmer
:06:47. > :06:50.as the weekend wears on. Dalp weather before that. Tonight we see
:06:51. > :06:53.rain pushing in from the west. The second part of the night looks like
:06:54. > :06:57.being the wettest part of the night. Nowhere will be cold. Temperatures
:06:58. > :07:00.in double figures for most. Into Saturday, mainly dry for most of us
:07:01. > :07:03.with good spells of sunshind. A damp start with outbreaks of rain, soon
:07:04. > :07:07.clearing through the morning and then it turns brighter. Spldnty of
:07:08. > :07:11.sunshine around, maybe just a passing shower across the northern
:07:12. > :07:14.of the region. Most places dry. Top temperature of 21 degrees. Hnto
:07:15. > :07:18.Sunday we see this area of high pressure to the south continuing to
:07:19. > :07:21.exert its force across the TK as it moves up from the south. It looks
:07:22. > :07:26.like staying fine across much of our region for Sunday, maybe a bit
:07:27. > :07:31.warmer, 22, possibly 23 degrees Now as we head into the start of the
:07:32. > :07:33.next week, it's cloudy and damp to begin with. Then it turns stnnier
:07:34. > :07:40.and warmer through the week. and warmer through the week.
:07:41. > :07:44.Good evening. The sun sets on August this weekend, I'm sure some of you
:07:45. > :07:47.will be pleased. After a promising start to the summer, August is the
:07:48. > :07:51.month where it took a turn for the cooler. It's the first month since
:07:52. > :07:54.last November where we will have seen below-average temperatures Bit
:07:55. > :07:57.time the numbers are crunched, potentially this could be the
:07:58. > :08:06.coolest August in over 20 years What went wrong? It was hurricane
:08:07. > :08:08.bertha which broke the patterns Another ex-hurricane this cloud