18/09/2014

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:00:14. > :00:18.Good evening and welcome to BBC London News with me, Asad Ahmad.

:00:19. > :00:21.More now on the disappearance of 14`year`old Alice Gross

:00:22. > :00:25.Police are working with their counterparts

:00:26. > :00:28.in Latvia to trace a man who has a previous murder conviction.

:00:29. > :00:31.The teenager was last seen three weeks ago on a towpath

:00:32. > :00:39.This is the home of 41`year`old Arnis Zalkalns.

:00:40. > :00:41.Since Monday, police have been carrying out

:00:42. > :00:45.an intensive search of his flat including every inch of the garden.

:00:46. > :00:50.The Latvian builder hasn't been seen for two weeks.

:00:51. > :00:52.Alice Gross disappeared the week before,

:00:53. > :01:01.she crossed this lock bridgd in Brentford, West London.

:01:02. > :01:04.Police now say the same camdra captured Arnis Zalkalns

:01:05. > :01:07.riding a red mountain bike across the same bridge in the same

:01:08. > :01:12.This is the route Alice is known to have

:01:13. > :01:19.We asked a cyclist to follow at a moderate speed, 15 minutes behind.

:01:20. > :01:25.It is not a scientific experiment, but this section of the can`l does

:01:26. > :01:27.have the odd houseboat and there is noise from

:01:28. > :01:34.But it is pretty secluded and it is noticeable how difficult it would be

:01:35. > :01:37.to get to and from the canal because of these high hedgerows

:01:38. > :01:41.It is highly likely that he certainly came past her or

:01:42. > :01:48.What happened at that point is a focus of our investigation.

:01:49. > :01:51.Police say they have no evidence Alice has been harled.

:01:52. > :01:57.But they have said in 1998 he was convicted

:01:58. > :02:05.In 2009, he was alleged to have indecently

:02:06. > :02:13.Scotland Yard has offered a ?20,000 reward for help

:02:14. > :02:19.Her family and friends wait and hope.

:02:20. > :02:23.600 asylum seekers have been found living in a hotel in Crystal Palace

:02:24. > :02:29.Housing inspectors visited the Queen's Hotel

:02:30. > :02:32.after locals complained abott noise and anti`social behaviour.

:02:33. > :02:35.The Home Office says it's t`king action to reduce the number

:02:36. > :02:41.A group of London Muslims has begun a fightback against Islamic State

:02:42. > :02:46.militants in Syria, using social media.

:02:47. > :02:49.They're openly condemning the terrorist actions

:02:50. > :02:52.and murders committed by IS, while also taking a stand to

:02:53. > :02:55.distance their faith from the actions of extremists, who they say

:02:56. > :03:07.The video comes as a government advisor

:03:08. > :03:14.`` video comes as an open letter. It's the first time leaders and Imam

:03:15. > :03:20.is from most branches of Islam in the UK have come together to say,

:03:21. > :03:25.not in our name. In a letter this morning to a national newspaper,

:03:26. > :03:29.more than 100 prominent Muslims, many from mosques in London, issued

:03:30. > :03:31.an appeal to the kidnappers of aid worker Alan Henning to rele`se him.

:03:32. > :03:35.They express horror and revulsion at They express horror and revulsion at

:03:36. > :03:48.the recent murders by the so`called Islamic State.

:03:49. > :03:56.This is one of the people who helped write the statement, he runs an

:03:57. > :04:00.interfaith ballroom in the capital. They are bunch of lunatics who are

:04:01. > :04:07.trying to use Islam as a disguise to further their control over the

:04:08. > :04:14.region. ISIS do not represent any Muslim. It is totally unIslamic

:04:15. > :04:15.Front young British Muslims in London have launched a campaign

:04:16. > :04:16.Front young British Muslims in London have launched a camp`ign to

:04:17. > :04:24.reject the propaganda and rhetoric of hate on social media. Zahra

:04:25. > :04:26.appeared in the video. She told me there is no room for extremhsm in

:04:27. > :04:33.Islam. The hashtag not in my name is Islam. The hashtag not in my name is

:04:34. > :04:39.now trending on Twitter. We want to give a voice to young people and the

:04:40. > :04:44.Muslims of Britain to speak out against ISIS. So far it's

:04:45. > :04:48.successful, Muslims and non`Muslims are spreading this message. Her

:04:49. > :04:53.father fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan but now works to help

:04:54. > :04:55.young Muslims in danger of being radicalised. I can guaranted you

:04:56. > :04:56.radicalised. I can guarantee you there are hundreds if not thousands

:04:57. > :05:00.of them out there now who want out. of them out there now who w`nt out.

:05:01. > :05:04.They didn't sign up to this hostile brutality that ISIS are abott,

:05:05. > :05:05.They didn't sign up to this hostile brutality that ISIS are about, they

:05:06. > :05:08.brutality that ISIS are abott, they signed up for humanitarian issues,

:05:09. > :05:15.to fight President Assad and his regime, they did not sign up to kill

:05:16. > :05:18.aid workers. But what is thd impact back home? There are fears of an

:05:19. > :05:23.increased risk of Islamophobic attacks. Although after the first

:05:24. > :05:27.beheading of photojournalist James Foley, here on the left, thd Met

:05:28. > :05:30.police says there was not a significant rise in hate crhme in

:05:31. > :05:32.London. The Met police says there was not a significant rise in hate

:05:33. > :05:36.crime in London. Some Tube stations could lose more

:05:37. > :05:39.than half their staff as part of plans to close ticket offices

:05:40. > :05:42.and cut nearly 600 jobs. Transport bosses insist the changes

:05:43. > :05:45.won't make the system less safe and they claim it will give

:05:46. > :05:48.remaining staff more visibld roles. But members of the Labour group

:05:49. > :06:00.on the London Assembly who obtained There are the mayor needs to ask the

:06:01. > :06:02.public what they think, in particular people with disabilities.

:06:03. > :06:06.We think this is a big cut in We think this is a big cut hn

:06:07. > :06:07.service standards, while the We think this is a big cut in

:06:08. > :06:10.service standards, while thd mayor is continuing to put fares up.

:06:11. > :06:10.service standards, while the mayor is continuing to put fares tp. We

:06:11. > :06:14.is continuing to put fares up. We are clear that the quality of

:06:15. > :06:16.services is going to be enhanced. Yes, there will be fewer st`ff

:06:17. > :06:20.Yes, there will be fewer staff overall, we have been cleardr about

:06:21. > :06:24.that, but because we can redeploy the lions share of staff to be in

:06:25. > :06:30.front of customers, customers see more staff. That is it. Full

:06:31. > :06:34.reaction to the Scottish referendum vote tomorrow, but now a weather

:06:35. > :06:40.forecast. Even warmer today than yesterday. It was beautiful. 26

:06:41. > :06:45.degrees, 79 Fahrenheit todax, but degrees, 79 Fahrenheit today, but

:06:46. > :06:54.some subtle changes for tomorrow. Muggy but a few showers across the

:06:55. > :06:58.capital. Quite a muggy night again, 16 degrees, and another clotdy

:06:59. > :07:00.start. A potential of showers first thing. Some of them could bd

:07:01. > :07:00.start. A potential of showers first thing. Some of them could be heavy

:07:01. > :07:05.thing. Some of them could bd heavy and thundery, not quite as much

:07:06. > :07:09.sunshine but still promising in the sunshine with 23 degrees thd hive.

:07:10. > :07:17.Showers continuing to Saturday with a weak cold front. `` the hhgh. On

:07:18. > :07:21.Saturday, we could potentially start off again with some showers. A brief

:07:22. > :07:25.dry interviewed through the middle of the day before further showers

:07:26. > :07:27.threatening up into the far north and west. Top temperatures likely of

:07:28. > :07:30.21 degrees. Possibly a bettdr day by 21 degrees. Possibly a better day by

:07:31. > :07:31.Sunday. 21 degrees. Possibly a better day by

:07:32. > :07:41.Sunday. Hello, you know when you get

:07:42. > :07:45.temperatures in the mid-20s at this time of year that we are on borrowed

:07:46. > :07:46.time. By the weekend, we will