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of Ashya King are in a Spanish jail tonight fighting extradition to

Britain after they took their Britain after they took thehr

five`year`old son out of hospital in Southampton. That is all from me. We

joined the news teams where you are. On the programme tonight:

The mayor's plan to build a Thames Estuary airport `

the BBC understands that the idea has been rejected by the

Government's Aviation commission. We'll get reaction from Citx Hall

and look at what options ard now left on the table.

Also tonight. The plebgate scandal `

new CCTV is revealed of the argument between the MP Andrew Mitchdll

and a Downing street policelan. The missing 14 year`old frol Hanwell

` her family make an emotional appeal to help find her.

Plus: the art exhibition which has

provoked a race row ` going on show at one of London's top galldries.

Welcome to BBC London News with me Riz Lateef.

For years it's been the Mayor's big transport idea ` to build a brand

new airport in the Thames Estuary to serve the growing demand

never get further than a computer generated image.

The Mayor's aviation advisor has told the BBC within

the last hour that he believes the estuary airport won'y bd

on the shortlist of proposals being announced by the government's

It comes as a leading busindss group warned that the UK economy will

suffer unless there is a single hub airport for the capital.

Here's our Transport Correspondent Tom Edwards.

It seems the Mayor's dream of an airport in the Thames Estuary has

been killed off. City Hall call it a failed choice. he became maxor, he

has backed an airport in thd Thames Estuary. The Mayor believes that an

estuary airport will solve this The South East has one of the

busiest air spaces in the world Business groups say it is t`king too

long. This is a tricky issue

but we are saying to politicians it is also really important and just

because it is difficult, we cannot duck it, so we want to see ` clear

recommendation from Howard Davies, who leads the Airports Commhssion,

and we want to see politici`ns We want spades in the ground

by 2020. Without a Thames Estuary airport

left, the airport is on the short list are:

So far on the commission's short list are a new runway

at Heathrow to the north west that could extend over the M25 or another

option would be to extend the existing runway to allow take`offs

A third option would be for another runway at Gatwick.

There was a suggestion that London's third airport should be sitdd not

in England at all but somewhere in Europe.

The debate on whether and if London's airports should be expanded

As was the case in 1971 in Bucks, expansion would be opposed

Heathrow today took out advdrts in local newspapers saying only it

could deliver world`class connections and capacity.

Gatwick though says it is the soluthon.

The Thames Estuary was alwaxs too expensive. We have said for months

or four years that the Thamds Estuary option is too expensive and

has a number of issues with it. We think the only deliverable option is

expanding Gatwick. An offichal announcement on the Thames Dstuary

airport is expected tomorrow. The Mayor says he will continue to fight

for that option. The final recommendation comes next stmmer.

Our political correspondent joins us. It seems that City Hall has

broken the bad news rather than waiting until tomorrow. It hs like a

boxer who has thrown in the towel but they have done so with some

strong words. They have said that they suspect the commission have not

short listed the Thames Esttary option and call it short sited. We

only had one opportunity to break out of this and it seems like the

airport commission has taken us back to the same old failed choice.

Speaking to other sources at City Hall, some have gone further and

calls the decision criminally feeble. They have called thd thought

process meandering. I understand there was no silver bullet that sunk

the idea. There was a phone call between Howard Davies and the

Mayor's team. We understand that there were concerns raised. Things

like the cost and environmental impact, things that they cotld not

really overcome in the short term. Reminders what options for dxpansion

are left on the table. We h`ve two options at Heathrow for exp`nsion.

We know the coalition droppdd the idea of the runway when thex came

into power. That is controvdrsial. There is the option of expansion at

Gatwick, an extra runway. That will prove unpopular with many local

people in the area. We're not going know until, conveniently, after the

next election. That is when the commission comes up with thd final

recommendations. Thank you. Coming up later in the programme:

The chip and pin fraudsters ` we down one criminal targeting

Londoners from thousands of miles of the so`called 'plebgate' incident

which led to the resignation The officer in charge

of the investigation said it was the first time the material could

be published, because of crhminal Tom Symonds,

joins us from Whitehall. It is and it is unusual for the Met

Police to publish this report but it is so controversial that thdy always

had to offer to put these vhdeos in the public domain. They show Andrew

Mitchell cycling to the front gate and being told by police officers

that he could not cycle out of the that he could not cycle out of the

main gate. He is shown to the side gate where he is alleged to have

made these remarks to the police officer there. He used expldtives.

Watch the video does not show, because it has no sound, is what was

actually said. That matter will not be cleared up. It does show that

there were members of the ptblic passing by at the time and that is

what has previously been sahd. The Crown Prosecution Service h`s said

that the presence in the videos of members of the public backs up

previous statements. Is this the end of the saga? Four police officers

have been disciplined and s`cked from the Met Police with thd wave of

rumours that ran around the police and the leaks to newspapers that

followed. One police officer, Keith Wallace, was found guilty of

misconduct in public office because he said he was there that nhght and

complains to its MP that night. It turned out that that was not true.

He went to prison for that. `` complained to his MP. It dods seem

that this long saga of allegation and counter allegation is drawing to

a close. The family of a much loved

grandfather murdered in Notting Hill on the weekend have said thdy're

devastated at their loss. Tony Charlerly was stabbed to death

soon after leaving a bar on Portobello road in

the early hours of Sunday morning. Police are looking for two local men

and are appealing for inforlation. The widower of a taxi driver

killed on Valentine's Day bx falling building debris told an inqtest

today how he had asked her to stay Mother`of`three Julie Sillitoe was

killed when large pieces of masonry fell from a building

in High Holborn, crushing hdr. Her two passengers narrowly escaped

with their lives after the chunks of cement fell just centimetres

from their heads. Fusilier Lee Rigby is one

of 17 British servicemen and women who have been remdmbered

in a special service The soldier was murdered by two men

outside Woolwich barracks l`st year. The annual service commemor`tes

service personnel who have died on active service or through acts

of terrorism. chip and pin `

which was introduced to help keep Well, a BBC London investig`tion has

found that Londoners have bden targeted by a fraudster thotsands

of miles away in Canada. Using specially adapted

machines he's able to steal Jonathan Gibson has

this exclusive report. I am being shown how to makd this

machine ready to steal people's cash, after being sent it from a

London address. It is collecting data. The man I am talking to is

part of a gang who recruits shop assistants. He thinks I work in a

restaurant and will help hil to clone my customer's card in exchange

for a share of the cash. It is fully customisable. Paul has had his cards

cloned twice. I want to see if the machine I have been given would make

him suspicious. I think that the machine could retain my information.

At the card in, it does its duty and you would hope it would deldte the

information. It is scary th`t it does not. I want to see how far I

can push the gang soap I botght a supply of prepaid debit cards,

pretending they belong to the customers. After I process the

payment, I am shown what to do with it. Can you plug that into xour

laptop? He is then downloadhng the data, giving the gang ever think

they need to clone my cards and withdraw my cash with the PHN

numbers it had collected. As the cards are in my name, I can check

what has been happening. Thdse cards have never left my wallet btt

according to the transaction history, they have been emptied of

operates across Europe and hn operates across Europe and hn

Canada. In Toronto, this is home to one gang member. I decided to pay

him a visit. I am from the BBC in the UK. I would like to ask you a

couple of questions in your involvement in a chip and phn fraud.

Pardon? Do you know about it? Are you making a lot of money? H'd ring

the encouraging thing is th`t these frauds are very rare. We ard seeing

convictions in the Old Baildy in respect of that. The people who make

the machines declined our rdquest for an interview. They say that this

is not a result of tampering with their devices and required the

collusion of two criminals. It said that it takes the security of

consumer data very seriouslx and works with authorities to uncover

fraud and its machines are not to blame. A decade after we were

promised chip and pin technology would cut fraud, it is being used by

at least one gang to commit it. And you can see Jonathan's full

report on the new series of Inside Out London which beghns

tonight at 7.30, here on BBC one. The parents of

a missing teenage girl have made an 14`year`old Alice Gross hasn't

been seen since last Thursd`y. Her parents have described her as a

"Talented, smart and lively girl." Carolyne Hepker has more on this and

joins us from close to wherd the Yes, family and friends havd put up

posters like this all over Hanwell and West London. They have tsed the

Internet to try and trace the missing teenager. Concerns `re

mounting over her whereabouts. She was last seen on Thursday ltnch time

where she told her family she would be back at 6pm but she has not been

seen since. It is hard becatse I miss her. I really hope she knows

that we really, really love her We just love her. Missing for four

days, 14`year`old Alice was last seen on Thursday. Her familx are

desperate for news. Alice is an amazing daughter. She is sm`rt, she

is kind, she is funny, she hs incredibly creative and taldnted,

she is an amazing daughter. The Facebook page has more than 500

followers as her family try to find her. The high school here in West

London is preparing for the start of the academic year and she is

expected to start her GCSE dxams. The school says it is supporting her

family and staying in touch with police. The headteacher says she is

an exceptional student. She is a fantastic student, academic`lly able

but an all`rounder as well, and exceptional singer and musician She

is exceptionally gifted. It is very urgent that we need to find her

Police have carried out a m`jor search of the area but are lost

concerned because the teenager left home without money or her Oxster

card. She has had health problems recently. Five or 6000 young people

are reported missing to ple`se every year which is a shocking st`tistic.

Angry, most people who go mhssing are found safe within a short period

of time, usually a couple of days. The family say her disappearance is

out of character. I miss thd sound of her voice. She is a big part of

our family and there is a m`ssive hole now. We really need her back as

soon as possible. They hope news from the public will help to locate.

She was a talented musician and is, in fact, she had a single ott and

wrote a song which she composed and sang for a fundraising CD. The

police are asking for anyond who has seen the 14`year`old who is slim

built to get in touch as soon as possible or get in touch with the

charity, Missing People. much but is there something brighter

on the way. I will tell you in the forecast later.

holding the line against thd odds. One of the capital's top g`lleries

has been criticised for plans to host an exhibition

which has been branded racist. The show features live performers

including black men and women shackled and caged.

Campaigners say it's a detrhmental portrayal of black people.

But the Barbican has defenddd the exhibition as an explor`tion

of black history. Alice Bhandhukravi's report

does conatin images some viewers may find upsetting.

Moving, disturbing, unbearable, essential. Some of the words used to

describe this show by critics. Somewhere between theatre and arcs

exhibition. `` art. I'd takd colonial history right from the

beginning of the 19th century all the way up until liberation in the

1950s and 1960s. I look at the residues of racism. The arthst aims

to depict the horror of slavery through the phenomenon of the human

zoo, in the 19th century. Btt for some this piece of art is anything

but. It is rude in 2014 that an institute like the Barbican thinks

that putting black people in cages is challenging art. And it hs

important work for London. H keep saying, who is it important for But

the Barbican insists that these exhibitions constitute important

work for us all. The biggest challenges racism. It

does not endorse racism in `ny way. It aims to educate people. Ht aims

to expose these terrible histories. I think it is important that arts

organisations like the Barbhcan engage in this kind of debate. It

will make people feel uncomfortable not just about racism at whdre we

exist in the wider framework historically. Whether it is racist

is a different question. Thd row over the show coming to London

raises some perennial questhons such as what is art and who is qtalified

to tell the stories of individual communities. The Barbican s`ys it

stands `` stands by its dechsion to host the exhibition at the dnd of

September. viewers may find upsetting.

Well some of you have been in touch on our Facebook page

about this, mostly, in support of the artist, Brett Bailey."It s

provocative, what art should be , says Kenny Nicholson.

Deborah Huntley says "yes it is confronting,

but so was the Holocaust. You can't deny history,

if you don't like it, don't go" she simply says. Gill

Harris contacted us to say, "It happened.

People might learn from this " And time for one more.

Peter Field says, "We all know slavery existed but

didn't know it dropped to stch depths on our shores".

Thank you for your thoughts ` do keep them coming.

Should councils in the capital have more control over free schools and

academies. A new study suggdsts 80% of parents questioned thought that

they should. But the findings paint a picture of confusion when it comes

to who has what powers over at the school. For boys schools is one of

30 new opening its doors in London this week. But the survey stggests a

whole parents are still sceptical and confused. 81% think councils

should have more influence over where and when schools are built.

60% felt they should have more powers to intervene although half of

those with children at a prdschool mistakenly already believe they can.

And 41% would still go to the council with concerns inste`d of

said was central government. The survey paints a picture of

confusion. `` instead of offset or central government. It is not

surprising that parents do not understand by the buck stops but

what is clear is whether yot think it should stop is at the door of the

local council. We as parents from across the capital this chiles with

them. There is no clarity and you do not know where to go in terls of

transparency or accountabilhty. The answer is not to hand power back to

councils either. Parents ard content to have good and accountabld schools

whichever kind of school th`t is. That is what we're hearing from

across London. They are concerned at the lack of transparency and

openness and accountability within their schools. If the London

councils are really interested in parents and children, they would be

proposing how they would ch`nge the system to make it better rather than

just saying, trust us and ghve us back power. People who deal with

councils have little trust hn their systems. Does not mean they trust

academies or free schools more. Preschool campaigners say p`rents

are often more engaged with these kind of schools. It is right that

parents need information but that involves everyone, schools `nd local

authorities all working togdther and not squabbling about who controls

what. Ministers insist that the new schools are raising standards and

giving parents choice even hf there appears to be work to be done to

convince some. do keep them coming.

So as we've been hearing it's football's transfer deadlind day.

Clubs have until 11 o'clock tonight to sign new players before

business closes until January. Our sports reporter Chris Slegg is

here with details of a busy day for the capital's teams?

Disappointment for Arsenal fans The habit early whispers that R`damel

Falcao could be on his way to the Emirates. But he opted instdad to go

on loan to Manchester United. So a blow for Arsenal. But one of the

biggest deals as bad London clubs are concerned looks set to hnvolve

QPR. Fabio Borini, the Liverpool striker. Liverpool accepted a ? 0

million bid for him. Their lanager Randy Rogers has been keen to move

him on this summer after signing Mario Balotelli. The QPR manager

Harry Redknapp also made a bid for Sandro. And in south`east London was

the palace on the verge of one of their biggest deals ever, J`mes

McArthur from Wigan. We can say that fee is ?7 million which would be a

club record for Crystal Pal`ce. The 26`year`old midfielder will

strengthen their squad. He helped Wigan wind the FA Cup last season.

Which other players could bd on the move? Well within the last hour it

has emerged that Arsenal ard interested in the Manchester United

striker Danny Welbeck. He w`s part of the England World Cup sqtad. But

of the England World Cup sqtad. Tottenham are also interestdd in

him. So the most London riv`ls are both chasing Danny Welbeck. Probably

will be alone move if it happens. One club is looking for a ndw

manager? Yes Watford need a replacement for Beppe Sannino who

quit last night. He has takdn them to second in the championshhp

chasing a return to the Prelier League. They were in good form this

season but several of the players are said to be unhappy with his

managerial techniques. for the capital's teams?

Time for a look at the weather with Wendy Hurrdll ` and

a showery start to September, but things are looking up this week

September is going to look ` lot different for the first week at

least. We had some heavy around `` heavy rain around today. But this

week is going to be much brhghter. So we have had a tangle of weather

fronts today, the reason whx it is settling down is because of a huge

area of high pressure buildhng across the UK. This front is going

to work back into night and could cause some problems with tr`nsport

tomorrow. But the back edge of the rain has got some heavier breasts

through it. It is moving slowly south`east and will clear as by nine

o'clock tonight. In some ardas we could get cabbages down into single

fingers just for a short tile. `` temperatures down into single

fingers. `` figures. Now thd low cloud and fog will lift through the

morning quite quickly and wd will have some brightness into the

afternoon and certainly dry conditions. Sunshine will come and

go but pleasant conditions `nd feeling warm. London itself, around

23 degrees. Not bad for the time of year. Wednesday is looking pretty

decent once again with some sunshine. And as we continud to the

end of the week, Thursday and Friday chasing the clouds around.

things are looking up this week The main headlines.

David Cameron says police whll have temporary powers to seize p`ssports

at UK borders if they believe Britons are planning

to fight with terror groups. It's in response to the terrorist

threat from the Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.

The parents of five`year`old Asher King are being held in Spain

tonight as they fight extradition to Britain.

They were arrested in Malag` after removing their seriously ill

son from a hospital in Southampton. The BBC understands that thd mayor's

plan to build a Thames Estu`ry airport has been rejected bx the

Government's Aviation Commission. That's it, thanks for joining us.

More on the day's stories on our website and I'll be back with

our late news. Have a lovely evening.

Bye for now.