18/09/2014 BBC London News

Good evening and welcome to BBC London News with me, Asad Ahmad.

More now on the disappearance of 14`year`old Alice Gross

Police are working with their counterparts

in Latvia to trace a man who has a previous murder conviction.

The teenager was last seen three weeks ago on a towpath

This is the home of 41`year`old Arnis Zalkalns.

Since Monday, police have been carrying out

an intensive search of his flat including every inch of the garden.

The Latvian builder hasn't been seen for two weeks.

Alice Gross disappeared the week before,

she crossed this lock bridgd in Brentford, West London.

Police now say the same camdra captured Arnis Zalkalns

riding a red mountain bike across the same bridge in the same

This is the route Alice is known to have

We asked a cyclist to follow at a moderate speed, 15 minutes behind.

It is not a scientific experiment, but this section of the can`l does

have the odd houseboat and there is noise from

But it is pretty secluded and it is noticeable how difficult it would be

to get to and from the canal because of these high hedgerows

It is highly likely that he certainly came past her or

What happened at that point is a focus of our investigation.

Police say they have no evidence Alice has been harled.

But they have said in 1998 he was convicted

In 2009, he was alleged to have indecently

Scotland Yard has offered a ?20,000 reward for help

Her family and friends wait and hope.

600 asylum seekers have been found living in a hotel in Crystal Palace

Housing inspectors visited the Queen's Hotel

after locals complained abott noise and anti`social behaviour.

The Home Office says it's t`king action to reduce the number

A group of London Muslims has begun a fightback against Islamic State

militants in Syria, using social media.

They're openly condemning the terrorist actions

and murders committed by IS, while also taking a stand to

distance their faith from the actions of extremists, who they say

The video comes as a government advisor

`` video comes as an open letter. It's the first time leaders and Imam

is from most branches of Islam in the UK have come together to say,

not in our name. In a letter this morning to a national newspaper,

more than 100 prominent Muslims, many from mosques in London, issued

an appeal to the kidnappers of aid worker Alan Henning to rele`se him.

They express horror and revulsion at They express horror and revulsion at

the recent murders by the so`called Islamic State.

This is one of the people who helped write the statement, he runs an

interfaith ballroom in the capital. They are bunch of lunatics who are

trying to use Islam as a disguise to further their control over the

region. ISIS do not represent any Muslim. It is totally unIslamic

Front young British Muslims in London have launched a campaign

Front young British Muslims in London have launched a camp`ign to

reject the propaganda and rhetoric of hate on social media. Zahra

appeared in the video. She told me there is no room for extremhsm in

Islam. The hashtag not in my name is Islam. The hashtag not in my name is

now trending on Twitter. We want to give a voice to young people and the

Muslims of Britain to speak out against ISIS. So far it's

successful, Muslims and non`Muslims are spreading this message. Her

father fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan but now works to help

young Muslims in danger of being radicalised. I can guaranted you

radicalised. I can guarantee you there are hundreds if not thousands

of them out there now who want out. of them out there now who w`nt out.

They didn't sign up to this hostile brutality that ISIS are abott,

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

brutality that ISIS are abott, they signed up for humanitarian issues,

to fight President Assad and his regime, they did not sign up to kill

aid workers. But what is thd impact back home? There are fears of an

increased risk of Islamophobic attacks. Although after the first

beheading of photojournalist James Foley, here on the left, thd Met

police says there was not a significant rise in hate crhme in

London. The Met police says there was not a significant rise in hate

crime in London. Some Tube stations could lose more

than half their staff as part of plans to close ticket offices

and cut nearly 600 jobs. Transport bosses insist the changes

won't make the system less safe and they claim it will give

remaining staff more visibld roles. But members of the Labour group

on the London Assembly who obtained There are the mayor needs to ask the

public what they think, in particular people with disabilities.

We think this is a big cut in We think this is a big cut hn

service standards, while the We think this is a big cut in

service standards, while thd mayor is continuing to put fares up.

service standards, while the mayor is continuing to put fares tp. We

is continuing to put fares up. We are clear that the quality of

services is going to be enhanced. Yes, there will be fewer st`ff

Yes, there will be fewer staff overall, we have been cleardr about

that, but because we can redeploy the lions share of staff to be in

front of customers, customers see more staff. That is it. Full

reaction to the Scottish referendum vote tomorrow, but now a weather

forecast. Even warmer today than yesterday. It was beautiful. 26

degrees, 79 Fahrenheit todax, but degrees, 79 Fahrenheit today, but

some subtle changes for tomorrow. Muggy but a few showers across the

capital. Quite a muggy night again, 16 degrees, and another clotdy

start. A potential of showers first thing. Some of them could bd

start. A potential of showers first thing. Some of them could be heavy

thing. Some of them could bd heavy and thundery, not quite as much

sunshine but still promising in the sunshine with 23 degrees thd hive.

Showers continuing to Saturday with a weak cold front. `` the hhgh. On

Saturday, we could potentially start off again with some showers. A brief

dry interviewed through the middle of the day before further showers

threatening up into the far north and west. Top temperatures likely of

21 degrees. Possibly a bettdr day by 21 degrees. Possibly a better day by

Sunday. 21 degrees. Possibly a better day by

Sunday. Hello, you know when you get

temperatures in the mid-20s at this time of year that we are on borrowed

time. By the weekend, we will