: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