08/05/2017 London News

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The Mayor accuses the Prime Minister of failing the capital

I've got to say, Theresa May is the most anti-London leader of any

We hear from Theresa May as she joined Tory candidates in Harrow.

A mother who believes debt drove her 20-year-old son

to take his own life calls for greater protection

Every time Jerome got one of those texts,

he would look up different ways of ending his life.

As Emmanuel Macron sweeps to victory in the French presidential race,

could the former investment banker lure London's City workers to Paris?

I'm looking to fight again. Just a one-off. I don't care who they put

begin with. That's right they put me in with. -- they put me in with.

Art imitating life - the new film by actor and writer

Johnny Harris about his early life as a boxer in the East End.

A very warm welcome to the programme with me, Riz Lateef.

The Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has described the Prime Minister as the most

"anti-London" party leader since Margaret Thatcher.

Theresa May ignored the criticism as she met Tory candidates

But the issue of immigration and its role in the city's economy

has emerged as one deep difference between them,

as our political editor, Tim Donovan, reports.

In her approach to business and to the capital's rail services,

from our funding for schools to her policy on air quality,

today the Prime Minister was under fire from the Mayor.

I think Theresa May has shown by her actions since she became

Prime Minister she is an anti-London Prime Minister.

She's taking money away from our schools, our policing,

not helping businesses in London with the business rates hike.

I've never seen such an anti-London leader of a mainstream

But a war of words there was not - because appearing this morning

with her candidates lined up for London's seats, she ignored both

In their choice is, do they want to get the best possible

deal out of the Brexit negotiations, the best deal for Britain,

To do that, we need a strong hand in those negotiations,

and that is a strong hand from me and from my team, and that can be

gained by supporting my local candidates here in London.

The alternative is a coalition of chaos, led by Jeremy Corbyn.

Limiting that to 100,000 a year across the UK would mean

on current proportions, a limit of approximately

Hello, Jason from CFS, how can I help?

This company recruiting EU nurses to hospitals here says they have

become integral to the NHS, but for how much longer?

We are highly dependent on EU nurses, and we have seen the number

of them entering the system decreasing by 92%, and the number

of nurses leaving the NHS at the moment has increased by 68%

And that's happening already, we haven't even had Brexit?

Along with the Mayor, business groups have argued

for special London visas or permits after Brexit.

We have recognised the need to ensure that where there

are skills shortages, those can be met, that the brightest

and best are welcomed here in the UK, and we will

What will be different once we leave the EU is we will also be able

to set our own rules for people coming from inside the EU

into the UK, but we will continue to recognise the need to ensure

the brightest and the best are welcome and able to come to the UK.

You're not going to give special arrangements to London, then?

We will ensure that we have the rules on immigration that

will provide for the economy, and that is the economy in London

We want to be able to continue to attract talent,

that is one of the reasons why we are the greatest

When I speak to chief executives across London,

when I speak to innovators, when I speak to investors,

when I speak to those in construction, when I speak

to those in the NHS, when I speak to those in teaching,

all of them are telling me the importance of attracting

The Mayor may think he speaks for the capital, but she has

a mandate for Brexit across the UK and could have a further mandate

How the TV hypnotist Paul McKenna has helped this 7/7 police officer

deal with Bustamante stress. -- post-traumatic stress.

The mother of a 20-year-old man who took his own life after getting

into debt has told BBC London she believes more needs to be done

Jerome Rogers was given two driving fines which quickly escalated

His family has told our reporter that more needs to be done

This is the last footage there is a Jerome Rogers. It is from a body

camera worn by a bailiff who had come to collect a debt of over

?1000. It started because of two finds of ?65 each. After the bailiff

clamped Jerome's bike, Jerome left the house and went and took his

life. Jerome had already paid ?800 but was told on this day he owed

another ?300. The biking needed to work as a courier was clamped and a

request for a payment plan denied. At the end of the day, you now have

a balance of ?1019. As the bailiff waited outside, Jerome was applying

for payday loans and looking at ways to end his life. He was found dead

by his brother the next day. None of it feels real. Even months later, it

does not feel real. The only time it does feel real to me is when I go up

to my son's grave and I see his name there. But as my I know he's not

with us. -- that is when I know. At an inquest into Jerome's, coroner

expressed concerns about some of the practices of the debt collection

agency, although she said the bailiff himself had been reasonable.

But several charities are calling on top regulations in the sector. We

have found despite the new regulations, we are still

experiencing the same problems when it comes to bailiffs, still

experiencing the intimidating behaviour, people not following the

rules, so we will say the rules are not strong enough in the first place

but also there is nothing to make sure people follow the rules in

terms of a regulator. The company did not respond to our request for a

comment, but the civil enforcement associations say that it is

important as members protect the vulnerable. Figures out today from a

charity say that of the 1200 crimes they saw last year, three quarters

sought medical attention while facing financial problems. 38% have

thought about suicide while just over one in ten have actually

attempted to take their own life. That is twice as many as the year

before. Jerome's friends raised thousands for his funeral and

everyone who loved him wishes he had asked them for helpful us to his

mother hopes a company will encourage others to do just that.

And if you or anyone you know needs advice on debt,

you can find help and support by going to the BBC

Action Line website - the address is on your screen.

A teenage boy has been stabbed to death in north-east London.

Police found the 17-year-old on Walthamstow High Street.

He died a short while later in hospital.

Our home affairs correspondent Nick Beake joins me now.

What more do we know? It happened late last night in Walthamstow. The

police have told us they believe two men were lying in wait for the

victim, who was stabbed. Paramedics tried to save him, but he could not

be saved and he is the sixth teenager to be stabbed to death in

her city this year. He has not yet been formally named but his family

had been told. But it is not just teenagers who are losing their

lives. Over the weekend 23-year-old man was stabbed to death in

Uxbridge. On Friday a man in his 30s was to death in Harlesden. And in

all of these cases so far they have not been any arrests. Knife crime

does seem to be on the political agenda in London over the coming

weeks? Yes, in the past year it has risen by a quarter, and that is a

big concern. There was a march yesterday in Islington against

micro-and I was talking to families and also youth workers. -- against

knife crime. There is a feeling this may have dropped off the agenda for

some politicians. Those families will be hoping for more information

in the party manifestos, which are published soon. But how do you

tackle the problem of knife crime? Is it tougher sentences, to the

police do more stop-and-search? Do schools do more or what sort of role

should parents play? Today I spoke to one father who said his son was

stabbed last year and he is never in a vegetative state, he cannot walk

or talk. We will bring you that family's story tomorrow and we will

be asking politicians what they intend to do, to try and tackle what

is clearly a scourge of our city. Indeed, a challenging and complex

subject. Nick, thank you. Police have released video footage

of a group of moped riders who mounted the pavement

in Park Lane to try It happened just over a week ago,

with the riders working together to chase the man,

who tried to run away. It is the latest in a spate of moped

thefts in Central London. A fire which killed a family

of three, including a six-year-old Investigators say the fire

near Reigate in Surrey Officers are not searching

for any other suspects Services at London Bridge

underground station have been unaffected by a 24-hour strike

over the sacking of a colleague - that's according to

London Underground. RMT union members are

protesting over an incident The union says staff should have

been praised, rather than sacked, Underground bosses say the employee

demonstrated "unacceptable conduct". The protest ends

at ten o'clock tonight. After Emmanuel Macron swept to

victory in the French presidential race, good French business chiefs

have their sights firmly set on the Square Mile? As a former investment

banker, Micron wants to lure city bankers to Paris. -- macron.

When they met in Paris Weasley, the Mayor of London was left in no doubt

that Emmanuel Macron hoped to capitalise on Brexit nerves. His

ambition, to make the French capital the financial capital of Europe.

Around 200,000 press people will be impacted by Brexit. I would be very

happy to host them again but obviously, we will work together

with the UK and we will work together with London, because they

live there. On the campaign trail, he pledged to overhaul France's

labour market, to simplify the tax system and eased back in regulation,

to make Paris more alluring for banks. There have been French

financiers in London since the 17th century and there are still

thousands of them living and working here today. So here in the heart of

the City at the Guildhall, are they worried that the charms of Paris

might lure them home and entice others across the Channel? London is

the big global financial centre for the whole continent of Europe. It is

Europe's gateway to the world economy, and that will not change as

a result of Brexit and it will not change as a result of Macron. This

is a big asset for the whole European economy. If the ideal

location for financial services was Paris, it would be in Paris already.

The election result has led to fighting talk from the man behind

the project to try and steal away in London's financial workers to Paris.

This morning he has given an interview saying as many as 20,000

people could now relocate and he is leading a delegation to the US later

this month to try and encourage banks there to swap London for

Paris. But is the uneasy as here in the City justify? I think the result

was a bit of a panic, things I knew, we will see what happens. Do you

fancy a move? Not particularly. It probably will happen but it will be

the junior people that go. Not necessarily the senior people who

will want to stay in London. So yes, it might happen. Probably quite a

few million people in this country that might be happy to lose 4000

bankers! So for now, London is talking a confident game but these

commuters could be swapping the Underground for the Metro yet.

I'm at the Southbank for the premiere of the new boxing film job,

with its stars Johnny Harris and Ray Winstone. -- Jawbone.

And I will tell you which of the days will look like this, which will

be the warmest and which day you will need your umbrella.

One of the police officers who was first on the scene

at Russell Square after the 7/7 bombings has been helped to overcome

post-traumatic stress by the TV hypnotist Paul McKenna.

Richard Oakley helped carry the wounded out of the station,

He wasn't diagnosed with PTSD until 2015, but now says he's been

helped by a new relaxing technique - as Gareth Furby explains.

The 7/7 bombings killed 52 and injured 700. Thousands more were

left traumatised by what they had seen. Including PC Richard Oakley

from British Transport Police. Until recently, those memories had

blighted his life. From severe burns, lacerations, two missing

limbs, I have gone through ten years of not knowing what was going on

with my body, violent nightmares, a heightened alert awareness of

everything going on around me. And he says previous treatment for

post-traumatic stress disorder made little difference. I spoke to two or

three psychiatrists, I went to my doctor, no one could just help me, I

tried everything. But now he says he has put those memories behind him.

Following a new treatment in Kensington by the TV hypnotist Paul

McKenna. It is called havening. It involves repeated striking of the

arms as good memories recall. Imagine walking on a beach as a

newborn child. We are hard-wired to produce more delta waves and good

feelings when we are touched on the side of arms like this. But this

police officer says it has made all the difference. Absolutely, so full

of joy at the end of it, like a new person. It is amazing. There are

several other more established treatments for post-traumatic stress

disorder, but Paul McKenna thinks he is on to something. People should be

sceptical, of course, of everything, but I am looking at hard science

that shows this works. Why does it work? It works because the landscape

of the brain chemistry is altered through a simple touch of the

shoulders and it is deceptively simple. British Transport Police

says it is a priority for staff to have access to the support they

need. This treatment, we are told, was free and this officer is

certainly happy with the outcome. She says she hopes to

come back with a medal, but this tennis player

from Leytonstone has already made sporting history by becoming

part of the first-ever Emma Jones caught up

with Brenda Cassell and her team-mates at their training centre

in Roehampton before they headed off to an international

tournament in Spain. It is the same tennis court

we are all familiar with, but with a few modifications,

including markings on the court, eye shades for some of those taking

part, and a bell in the ball. This is blind tennis,

and this is the first British team, created to play

in the first-ever I have been thinking about facing

the best of the world's players, for two and a half years

since my very first national championship, so to actually get

the opportunity to do that, One of the team is Brenda Cassell

from Leytonstone, who became And she has got pretty

high hopes for her first I think everybody is hoping that

I come back with some sort And I hate to lose as well,

so I'm hoping that I really do bring Yeah! I really hope so,

I really, really hope so. You've got to go down the line,

so just roll it in, just Tennis in this form was invented

in 1984, but as the sport has grown, And this will be another step up

for the players and their coaches. I'm extremely proud to be part

of the team and going For me, it is going to be

an absolutely fantastic learning opportunity,

to see what the standards are, what's going on in other countries,

and to really get the players to inspire the next generation

of visually impaired players, and just get the sport promoted,

because it is travelling The first aim, to become

the first-ever world number one. In future, though, it's hoped

blind tennis could become Next, the story of an amateur boxer

who tries to clean up his life The new film Jawbone,

which premiers tonight, is written by and stars

Londoner Johnny Harris, Alice. That's right, I am at the BFI

here on the Southbank, not far from where the film was set, in fact. The

cast have been arriving here for the premiere. We will hear from Ray

Winstone trophy but earlier I caught up with the writer and star of the

film, Johnny Harris, for whom Jawbone was a very personal labour

of love. He was unforgettable

as sexual predator Mick in This Is England '86,

and now as troubled I don't care who

they put me in with. It is a story about boxing

from an actor who himself used to be So, Johnny, this is your area,

you grew up in this part of South East London,

and this was your actual boxing gym? This is the Fitzroy Lodge

Amateur Boxing Club, and most areas in London

have a boxing gym, and I was just very lucky that this one

happened to be mine. And even though he is an experienced

boxer, Johnny Harris trained for more than two years

with the help of former champ Barry McGuigan to make sure

the fight sequences were just right. As with most boxing films,

there's a fight within it, and I just wanted to get

it right, really. I had seen a few films

where I had not quite believed But it is not just about fighting,

it is also about homelessness, This film is dedicated

to a man called Mick Carney, who was the guy who ran this club

for years and years and years, and not only me, but covers boys

and young girls now, like me were helped by this

man, far beyond boxing. -- countless boys. He was one of the

first men who thought I was letting myself done. As you get further on

in life you realise how important those people weren't much love and

care I had around me. So this is a way for me in my folder like to go

back and recognise that and say these places are amazing and this

place, so some people it might look like railway arch but to me it was

home. And in that sense it is more than a boxing film, it is a

dedication to boxing clubs and youth clubs all over the capital that have

helped nurture young people. I'm joined now by Ray Winstone.

Welcome to the programme. You play a boxing trainer, but you were

something of a boxing champion yourself? I have done not bad. I had

a lot of fights. I enjoyed it, what I did, but I was never going to be a

pro, never good enough or dedicated enough to be that. But I think

boxing kind of taught me something else and I think it does for a lot

of boys. Maybe only 1% going to be champions, the other 99%, if I got

the right... They cannot take something else with them come away

from it, which is like a respect you have for other people, -- they kind

of take. And some confidence, you can get your confidence and go for

it. Johnny Harris described the film as something of a love story.

Between men who do not actually tell each other they love each other, but

they show it. That is what your character does. I think so. When me

and Johnny sit down and talk about our trainers in the past, at the

time, they were quite tough and there were loud, you do not get much

back from them. But you have a mutual respect. It is like you walk

into a gym and there is a World Champion in the macro and you are a

novice but they talk to you like he would talk to a World Champion and

vice versa. So, it is a can of love story about the way you show

appreciation for people. We have to leave it there but thank you very

much. The film is out on Friday. Thanks a lot, goodbye.

OK, let's get a check on the weather with Wendy.

May feels like it is struggling a bit! It does add it. This was the

scene today, grey skies throughout. But we have some news of change to

the forecast. There will be more sunshine and it will be getting

warmer. But that comes at the expense of the settled weather we

have had for ages. High pressure has been in charge for weeks, it seems,

and finally, a couple of low Bashar systems come in a pincer movement.

It is this one that develops towards the end of the week that finally

changes the weather. It will push up front and that will bring some heavy

and thundery showers towards the end of this week. That will be a

novelty! We haven't seen them since the end of February. So that will be

a colourful change to what has otherwise been a very grey day

today. That is also coupled with the fact we have had a fairly keen

north-easterly wind blowing so we were stuck with temperatures of just

12 Celsius in Central London. You have to go quite far West to get

more summary temperatures of 19, like Northern Ireland was enjoying

today. So this evening and overnight, we stick with a fair

amount of cloud. There will be some clear skies and that is most

particularly South of London. There we will see temperatures dropping to

four, five or 6 degrees. Enough for a touch of frost on the glass.

Chilly for your early to meet tomorrow. We will see plenty of

cloud tomorrow but some bright sunny spells will break through. The wind

is a little lighter so the temperature in London has a chance

of getting to 15 or 16 Celsius. But where you are catching the breeze,

it will feel more chilly. If you like sunshine, Wednesday will be

your favourite because there will be plenty of it. 17 is the average for

May. Again, the breeze is from the East. Towards the end of the week,

turning unsettled so there could be a couple of showers around on

Thursday. More particularly overnight into Friday, some heavy

showers possible. Warmer into the weekend.

The President-elect Emmanuel Macron has been celebrating his decisive

victory over Marine Le Pen in yesterday's election.

He has already started work on forming his government

ahead of his formal inauguration on Sunday.

The City of London Corporation has dismissed claims that Emanuel McCann

will lure significant business away from the Square mile.

Theresa May has confirmed that the Conservatives will stick

to their target of reducing immigration

It is a pledge which has been repeatedly missed,

with numbers in the hundreds of thousands instead.

There's plenty more on the website, and I will be back later

From me and all the team here, do enjoy your evening.

The choice you now face is all about the future.