:00:00. > :00:10.Calling on a cash injection from the government...
:00:11. > :00:12.The Mayor's warning over the Met's police budget.
:00:13. > :00:15.If it is the case that the government does not give us the
:00:16. > :00:22.complete money we need as a capital city, I'm
:00:23. > :00:24.afraid it will lead to fewer police officers
:00:25. > :00:28.The Government says the Met's the best funded
:00:29. > :00:33.Rolf Harris is accused of sexually assaulting a blind woman,
:00:34. > :00:36.Plus the Premiership clubs criticised over their access
:00:37. > :00:45.With the Premier League, we're talking about the wealthiest
:00:46. > :00:50.They've had years to make these adaptations and changes
:00:51. > :00:53.to make disabled fans welcome and give enough space for them.
:00:54. > :00:55.And hatching a plan for his latest artistic project.
:00:56. > :01:05.We meet the man who lived in a wooden egg for a year.
:01:06. > :01:11.Good evening and welcome to the programme with me Louisa Preston.
:01:12. > :01:14.Policing in the capital will suffer if Scotland Yard doesn't
:01:15. > :01:16.receive additional funding from the government.
:01:17. > :01:20.That's the warning tonight from the Mayor, who claims Londoners
:01:21. > :01:24.will not be as safe if the money's not made available.
:01:25. > :01:27.The Home Office is currently working out what to award police forces
:01:28. > :01:36.But Sadiq Khan fears that if City Hall doesn't receive
:01:37. > :01:40.a sufficient settlement he won't be able to reach his target of 32,000
:01:41. > :01:46.Our Political Correspondent Karl Mercer reports
:01:47. > :01:48.Police cars used to come up this ramp once.
:01:49. > :01:50.Police officers used to patrol outside.
:01:51. > :01:53.And the building used to be the most famous in world policing.
:01:54. > :01:57.Now just the local barber shop remains.
:01:58. > :02:00.If you wanted a picture of how London's police has had
:02:01. > :02:04.You need look no further than what was New Scotland Yard.
:02:05. > :02:06.Sold for 370m pounds and soon to be luxury flats.
:02:07. > :02:15.And today the mayor called on central government
:02:16. > :02:27.If the government makes further cuts to our budget than that which we've
:02:28. > :02:35.been already told about, we cannot keep to the target of 32,000
:02:36. > :02:40.officers. If the government gives as less money than we should get, my
:02:41. > :02:42.job of the maximum number of officers will be increasingly
:02:43. > :02:48.difficult which will have an impact on safety.
:02:49. > :02:54.At the moment it gets just half of that.
:02:55. > :02:59.he needs more money from central government.
:03:00. > :03:01.Particularly from a special fund that recognises
:03:02. > :03:12.Mayors says London needs ?340M London gets ?170M
:03:13. > :03:18.worries over new funding formula We have been here before.
:03:19. > :03:22.Two years ago when Boris Johnson was mayor the govt planned
:03:23. > :03:25.changes to the money given to police forces.
:03:26. > :03:29.The response back then sounds similar to what's being said now.
:03:30. > :03:37.It is going to be a challenge. It is an unfair way of funding which
:03:38. > :03:44.doesn't take into account the extra challenges.
:03:45. > :03:48.Conservatives on the London assembly said
:03:49. > :03:51.the mayor could do more himself to keep officer numbers up.
:03:52. > :03:54.He has already raised council tax to pay for officers.
:03:55. > :03:57.They say he should have gone further.
:03:58. > :04:05.He didn't need to make the cut for council tax. He could have made the
:04:06. > :04:18.money go round further. How seriously should we take this
:04:19. > :04:23.warning? It is the sort of thing we hear every time funding comes up.
:04:24. > :04:29.It's the sort of thing we heard a couple of years ago. What is
:04:30. > :04:34.different this time around. Last time, Boris Johnson was mayor. You
:04:35. > :04:41.had a Conservative Home Secretary in Theresa May. Is the relationship
:04:42. > :04:49.different now? Theresa May has been moved up to an elevated position.
:04:50. > :04:52.You have a Labour mayor. All parties will say to central government,
:04:53. > :04:54.London is a special case and needs extra funding. You need to fund what
:04:55. > :05:01.goes on in the capital city. Why Silicon Roundabout has become
:05:02. > :05:09.a victim of its own success. The startups now being forced
:05:10. > :05:13.out by rising rents. A blind woman has told a court
:05:14. > :05:17.that she was left "appalled" and "degraded" after allegedly
:05:18. > :05:20.being indecently assaulted She is one of seven women,
:05:21. > :05:27.who've accused Rolf Harris of indecent assault
:05:28. > :05:29.spanning a 30-year period. Our Home Affairs
:05:30. > :05:45.Correspondent Nick Beake Throughout this trial, Rolf Harris
:05:46. > :05:49.is appearing via video link up because he is serving a prison
:05:50. > :05:54.sentence for a series of indecent assaults. Today, the court heard an
:05:55. > :05:59.interview that was recorded more than two years ago with an alleged
:06:00. > :06:03.victim in this particular case, she recalled the events of some 40 years
:06:04. > :06:08.ago at the Moorfields eye Hospital. She said that the entertainer came
:06:09. > :06:14.out of nowhere and pounced on there and started to grope her. She said
:06:15. > :06:19.he was like a hawk pouncing on his prey. She said that she could tell
:06:20. > :06:25.it was him because of his unmistakable voice. The woman is
:06:26. > :06:31.blind and disabled. The woman said she said, nobody touches me like
:06:32. > :06:37.this, get off. To which she says Rolf Harris replied, well, you can't
:06:38. > :06:41.see me. He said, apparently, don't be like that, I'm only being
:06:42. > :06:51.friendly. The court heard that the woman remained in the room with Rolf
:06:52. > :06:54.Harris during which time he tried to teach her how to play the
:06:55. > :07:02.didgeridoo, which he carried with him. The woman was asked why she
:07:03. > :07:07.waited before reporting this to the police. She said, quite frankly, she
:07:08. > :07:12.didn't think she would be believed. She didn't want to be in this
:07:13. > :07:13.position. He denies all the charges made against him. The trial
:07:14. > :07:16.continues. British Airways says it will operate
:07:17. > :07:19.all its long-haul services During a three-day cabin crew strike
:07:20. > :07:23.starting on Thursday. But the airline says it
:07:24. > :07:25.will cancel one per cent Meanwhile, unions and London
:07:26. > :07:31.Underground met today in the hope Last
:07:32. > :07:40.week's 24 hour tube strike crippled the network,
:07:41. > :07:42.after workers walked out over the number of new jobs to be
:07:43. > :07:45.reintroduced after cuts in 2015. The RMT union has warned of further
:07:46. > :07:48.industrial action after sixth February if the two sides don't come
:07:49. > :08:05.to an agreement. Pharmacists across London are
:08:06. > :08:07.warning that they could be put out of business.
:08:08. > :08:10.Chemists are often at the heart of a community, dispensing pills,
:08:11. > :08:16.But the way they are funded is changing, that means that this
:08:17. > :08:21.pharmacy near Harpenden in Hertfordshire is under threat.
:08:22. > :08:24.We are just short of a mile away from the nearest other pharmacy.
:08:25. > :08:35.We are subject to the full force of the cuts.
:08:36. > :08:37.Now, that will leave the business non-viable.
:08:38. > :08:40.Obviously, I won't sign a lease on the premises where I won't know
:08:41. > :08:43.the business is not going to be able to pay its way.
:08:44. > :08:46.We will close in the next few months.
:08:47. > :08:48.It's a so-called modernisation that customers can't
:08:49. > :08:54.Because, not only is it the pharmacy, they are friends.
:08:55. > :08:56.You know, you build up a rapport with people.
:08:57. > :09:00.Everything's going. We don't need the pharmacy to go.
:09:01. > :09:03.If I were to have to go to Harpenden because this pharmacist had closed,
:09:04. > :09:07.I would have to climb into my car and, like many people,
:09:08. > :09:10.and bearing in mind that pharmacists serve something between eight
:09:11. > :09:13.and 10,000 people in the locality, you'd then have lots of car journeys
:09:14. > :09:18.The government says everyone should have access to a pharmacy
:09:19. > :09:26.But that makes chemists in densely populated London even more at risk.
:09:27. > :09:31.We're talking of a cut of 12% in pharmacy budgets,
:09:32. > :09:34.just in the months December up to March 2017 and more cuts
:09:35. > :09:40.Now, for a lot of pharmacies, that is a big hit.
:09:41. > :09:43.What you are going to see ultimately, if the government
:09:44. > :09:44.doesn't change course, could be large-scale
:09:45. > :10:15.The full impact of the changes will be know until later
:10:16. > :10:18.in the year but, by then, many chemists say they will already
:10:19. > :10:23.And you can see more on that report on Inside Out London.
:10:24. > :10:29.The new series starts tonight at 7.30 here on BBC One.
:10:30. > :10:32.Premier League football clubs could be fined or even have points
:10:33. > :10:35.deducted if they don't do more to improve access for disabled fans.
:10:36. > :10:39.That's the conclusion reached in a new report,
:10:40. > :10:42.which suggests that clubs, including Chelsea and Watford aren't going
:10:43. > :10:45.to meet the deadline for new basic standards for accessibility.
:10:46. > :10:54.Emma North is outside Stamford Bridge for us this evening.
:10:55. > :11:00.Today's report adds to the voices calling for some of the most
:11:01. > :11:05.successful names in football to get their act together. The culture,
:11:06. > :11:09.media and sport committee said that some clubs are putting profit over
:11:10. > :11:15.access. There is an August deadline for clubs to make sure that any
:11:16. > :11:19.disabled fans can watch a match comfortably. Some clubs, like
:11:20. > :11:25.Watford and Chelsea are not going to be able to meet the deadline.
:11:26. > :11:30.Earlier we spoke to the disability
:11:31. > :11:35.charity Scope to find out what it's like for some fans.
:11:36. > :11:38.Well, at Scope we hear from disabled people all the time that, actually,
:11:39. > :11:40.they have huge barriers in getting into football stadiums
:11:41. > :11:44.If there are parents who want to go with their disabled children,
:11:45. > :11:47.they are often told that they can't sit with their children.
:11:48. > :11:50.Football is our national game and it should be open to everyone.
:11:51. > :11:57.What will happen if the clubs don't improve access? The human rights
:11:58. > :12:02.commission says it is prepared to sue clubs and even they could have
:12:03. > :12:08.points docked. In the Premier League, where the wage bill topped
:12:09. > :12:13.?200 billion, does a ?20,000 fine really do the job? So what are clubs
:12:14. > :12:20.going to do? What is going to happen. Chelsea has said it will
:12:21. > :12:24.fulfil the quotas within the next four years when it is building its
:12:25. > :12:29.replacement stadium. A club like Watford is nowhere near fulfilling
:12:30. > :12:44.the quota and doesn't appear to be planning to. They said. The.
:12:45. > :12:56.This additional space would mean 700 able bodied supporters would be
:12:57. > :13:01.displaced from seats they may well have cherished for Leeds. These
:13:02. > :13:05.guidelines were made around 20 years ago. Who knows whether this will
:13:06. > :13:22.drive people to change. New figures suggest that the area
:13:23. > :13:27.known as Silicon roundabout has fallen out of favour and now
:13:28. > :13:35.start-ups are shunning the area, pushed out by rising rents. This
:13:36. > :13:42.start-up is happening in a front room. The gift buying service
:13:43. > :13:51.couldn't afford to stay. It became trendy and the prices started going.
:13:52. > :14:03.If it was possible to get somewhere for ?150 per month per desk, now it
:14:04. > :14:08.is going up to 450. Silicon roundabout on Old Street was branded
:14:09. > :14:13.the ultimate .com destination. Figures suggest that the number of
:14:14. > :14:21.start-ups has fallen by 70%. From more than 10,000 to just over 3000.
:14:22. > :14:26.Has Silicon roundabout had its day? Tech firms have flocked here and
:14:27. > :14:29.demand for office space has outstripped supply. Rents have
:14:30. > :14:34.soared and some people say it is a victim of its own success. Others
:14:35. > :14:40.suggest it is a sign that business is booming. It's a reflection of the
:14:41. > :14:48.fact that the digital industry which started around Old Street has grown
:14:49. > :14:53.so much and how the digital industry in the sector is spreading to all of
:14:54. > :14:59.Britain, not just London and one specific postcode. Figures suggest
:15:00. > :15:04.small firms haven't moved far. Thousands of new businesses have
:15:05. > :15:13.opened up around the corner on the city Road. Croydon Tech city is now
:15:14. > :15:17.home to 1000 plus Tech start-ups and it is hoped that the former media
:15:18. > :15:26.Centre at Stratford Olympic Park will become one of the biggest tech
:15:27. > :15:30.hubs in the world. This business owner says it is a shame to leave
:15:31. > :15:37.Silicon roundabout but hasn't matter where you are. It is nice to be in
:15:38. > :15:39.the middle of all the buzz, events, and networking but you can really
:15:40. > :15:50.make it work out of your own bedroom.
:15:51. > :16:00.Still to come, why Piccadilly Circus's famous screen is being
:16:01. > :16:03.switched off until the autumn. Imagine being told you're going to
:16:04. > :16:11.lose your eyesight. Difficult enough for an adult to deal with. You cope
:16:12. > :16:15.if you just nine years old? That's the prospect facing this schoolboy
:16:16. > :16:18.from heart should force. And now his family fear his younger sister could
:16:19. > :16:23.also have the same genetic condition.
:16:24. > :16:31.Last year, he discovered that he suffers from a rare genetic
:16:32. > :16:33.disorder which is slowly eroding his eyesight.
:16:34. > :16:36.The disease affects my central vision.
:16:37. > :16:39.Sometimes, when I'm reading, it puts dots there and blurriness.
:16:40. > :16:44.And, over the years, it'll get worse.
:16:45. > :16:48.He now has to wear sunglasses when he's outside and struggles
:16:49. > :16:51.with everyday things like playing football.
:16:52. > :16:59.The discovery of the disease came as a shock to his parents.
:17:00. > :17:02.They have no idea what the condition was or that they were carriers
:17:03. > :17:07.I had a discussion with Ethan about a bucket list of several
:17:08. > :17:16.One thing he really wanted to do was go to Universal Studios.
:17:17. > :17:19.So, we went to California for the summer holidays.
:17:20. > :17:21.I just want him to have visual memories.
:17:22. > :17:24.There's no telling how quickly Ethan's eyesight will degenerate.
:17:25. > :17:26.There are also fears that his three-year old sister
:17:27. > :17:29.These are the thoughts that keep me up at night.
:17:30. > :17:33.I wake up in the morning and my heart breaks.
:17:34. > :17:37.Thinking about Ethan, obviously, that he's got the condition
:17:38. > :17:41.And having a life, being a parent of definitely one visually impaired
:17:42. > :17:49.She hopes that advances in stem cell research
:17:50. > :17:51.will restore her son's vision but, until then, she's determined for him
:17:52. > :17:55.to see as much of the world as he can before it's too late.
:17:56. > :17:57.For Ethan, the one place he loves more than anywhere
:17:58. > :18:01.I like doing go-karting because it's fun for me to experience driving
:18:02. > :18:04.because I won't be able to do driving when I'm older.
:18:05. > :18:06.For a nine-year-old boy who is going blind, he's remarkably
:18:07. > :18:14.I'm kind of, a bit scared about it in case I bump into stuff.
:18:15. > :18:47.Volunteers working in an unusual toy shop are worried that it might
:18:48. > :18:51.close. Don't be fooled by the Jolly surroundings, life in this toy shop
:18:52. > :18:59.is tough. The owner struggles to pay the bills. I'm very happy with very
:19:00. > :19:06.little for myself. So, when I have money in the till, I think what do I
:19:07. > :19:11.want to spend it on most? As you can see, I'm still wearing my old
:19:12. > :19:21.clothes. This Jersey, I've had for 15-20 years. She makes a hand to
:19:22. > :19:27.mouth existence in this toy shop she has owned for many years. It may not
:19:28. > :19:33.look like much outside but inside it's like collaborative of toys. She
:19:34. > :19:36.started making them aged 15 and never stopped. Her speciality is
:19:37. > :19:45.making dolls houses and miniature is. I hate selling my work so I
:19:46. > :19:53.thought if I had a little shop, I could put it where all the people's
:19:54. > :20:01.work I love. It's been a slow Christmas as the lure of Internet
:20:02. > :20:10.shopping tykes hold. A building development threatens the future of
:20:11. > :20:17.the shop. The shop is kept going by volunteers and regular customers.
:20:18. > :20:23.It's dusty exterior doesn't tell you about the inside. When I came in, I
:20:24. > :20:30.was thrilled. What do you not like about modern toy shops? The things
:20:31. > :20:35.they have are so ugly. I think it's wonderful if children can have
:20:36. > :20:38.beautiful things. What a fascinating little shop.
:20:39. > :20:40.A home, a boat, a studio, a sculpture.
:20:41. > :20:44.That's how the artist Stephen Turner has described this giant wooden egg.
:20:45. > :20:46.It's on display at an exhibition in east London
:20:47. > :20:49.along with the art he created while he was living inside it.
:20:50. > :20:59.It's made of western red cedar and two skins
:21:00. > :21:09.For a year, Stephen Turner lived and worked in this
:21:10. > :21:15.And the six months to construct with an architect and boat
:21:16. > :21:16.builder helping him realise his artistic vision.
:21:17. > :21:19.It was great waking up in the morning inside this
:21:20. > :21:29.The egg is divided into quite distinct compartments.
:21:30. > :21:31.So, on my right, I have the shower area and loo.
:21:32. > :21:34.As I went along, I made the chair and I made the bench.
:21:35. > :21:37.There is no denying it is a striking piece of work but there
:21:38. > :21:51.Well, I was given a fantastic opportunity to work somewhere
:21:52. > :21:54.on some saltmarshes and I wanted the place I lived in to be symbolic
:21:55. > :22:00.Since everything in nature comes from an egg, or if it's a plant,
:22:01. > :22:02.from a seed, and they are kind of related to eggs
:22:03. > :22:05.in terms of evolution, it's a perfect symbol for nature.
:22:06. > :22:08.The egg is now on display as part of an exhibition in east London
:22:09. > :22:10.which also features work Stephen created while living inside it,
:22:11. > :22:13.like these mini eggs made from natural materials he found
:22:14. > :22:16.So, what's next for the man who's lived in an egg,
:22:17. > :22:19.as well as a sea fort, in the name of art?
:22:20. > :22:28.I'm hatching a plan to create a four metre tall oyster shell sculpture.
:22:29. > :22:30.Steven won't be living there but hopes his art
:22:31. > :22:48.will continue to increase people's appreciation of nature.
:22:49. > :22:51.The exhibition at Trinity Buoy wharf runs until the end of January.
:22:52. > :22:59.It's been lighting up London for more than 100 years but this
:23:00. > :23:03.The billboard lights have been switched off
:23:04. > :23:07.Now, they have been turned off briefly in the past,
:23:08. > :23:09.during Winston Churchill and Princess Diana's funerals
:23:10. > :23:12.but this will be the longest period of time since World War II.
:23:13. > :23:16.The first electrical advertisements appeared in 1908.
:23:17. > :23:21.Midnight on Tuesday, August 14, 1945, before the Prime Minister had
:23:22. > :23:23.finished his radio announcement that Japan had surrendered,
:23:24. > :23:31.After the war, Piccadilly Circus was a popular place for Londoners
:23:32. > :23:36.Soon after, it also became a tourist attraction and the lights have
:23:37. > :23:38.moved with the times, starting with incandescent light
:23:39. > :23:40.bulbs, moving on to neon, digital projectors,
:23:41. > :23:46.This might not look like much but we're actually in the control
:23:47. > :23:49.room behind the lights and the screens are made up
:23:50. > :23:52.of thousands of these panels and when the work begins,
:23:53. > :23:55.all of this will be replaced by one big-screen which will have more
:23:56. > :24:01.It will be different because it will be one screen that
:24:02. > :24:04.will be used flexibly, it will be interactive,
:24:05. > :24:07.it will display a very high quality image.
:24:08. > :24:09.The way that the advertisers are using the screen
:24:10. > :24:16.The advertisers will have the ability to be very creative
:24:17. > :24:20.When the work's completed, Piccadilly Circus will be
:24:21. > :24:26.home to Europe's largest single digital screen.
:24:27. > :24:28.For now, a temporary advertising banner will replace the lights and,
:24:29. > :24:31.until October, the most luminous corner of the capital,
:24:32. > :24:49.Let's get a check on the weather now with Wendy. It's been extremely wet.
:24:50. > :24:54.I bet this was the picture you had outside the windows yesterday. I
:24:55. > :24:59.refused to go out because it was so soggy. This morning, you can see it
:25:00. > :25:04.was still pouring with rain. This great band dragging its way across
:25:05. > :25:11.London and the Home Counties. Then, it all fizzled away. Just before
:25:12. > :25:15.sunset, the skies were showing signs of clearing. That's the last
:25:16. > :25:22.substantial rainfall we will see this week. This week, sunshine. It
:25:23. > :25:26.is going to be feeling quite cold throughout because the weather is
:25:27. > :25:32.coming in from the east. The near continent has highs tomorrow of
:25:33. > :25:38.minus one. Not quite as chilly here but it is coming from that
:25:39. > :25:43.direction. After midnight, I think we will see starry skies with light
:25:44. > :25:46.winds which will lead to a frost tonight, most especially in the east
:25:47. > :25:53.and south-east where temperatures could get as low as -1, two, or
:25:54. > :25:58.three. A nippy start to the day. Crunchy underfoot. Then the day gets
:25:59. > :26:05.going with light winds and beautiful sunshine. However, it is going to
:26:06. > :26:10.stay feeling quite chilly. Temperatures not getting much higher
:26:11. > :26:16.than three degrees. It will lead as to a pretty hard frost overnight
:26:17. > :26:24.Interwetten stay. Wednesday, more beautiful sunshine. You will have to
:26:25. > :26:27.wrap up warm to enjoyed. The certainty of that sunshine becomes
:26:28. > :26:31.less as we go through the latter part of the week. More cloud
:26:32. > :26:38.starting to swell around that high-pressure system. That's open to
:26:39. > :26:43.some debate at the moment. Into the weekend, still a bit of cloud around
:26:44. > :26:47.but the next two days, sunshine not rain. Who skies. Great news. Thank
:26:48. > :27:02.you. An inquest into the attack on the
:27:03. > :27:10.beach in Tunisia in June 2015 has been told that some of the fixings
:27:11. > :27:15.might still be alive if local security forces had acted more
:27:16. > :27:19.quickly. The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has warned policing in the
:27:20. > :27:20.capital will suffer will the Scotland job doesn't receive
:27:21. > :27:24.additional funding from the government. That's it for now. From
:27:25. > :27:25.as here