:00:00. > :00:11.It was controversial from the beginning.
:00:12. > :00:22.costing taxpayers 46 million pounds. project is scrapped,
:00:23. > :00:24.It raises questions over who's accountable for this
:00:25. > :00:29.Firearms officers in the Met are to be given helmet
:00:30. > :00:33.cameras to help improve transparency surrounding shootings.
:00:34. > :00:36.Plus: we hear from some of our athletes about winning
:00:37. > :00:51.World Championship medals in their home city.
:00:52. > :00:57.The whole of London, they support their own. They probably didn't know
:00:58. > :01:04.how I was in the beginning. But as long as you have the British vest
:01:05. > :01:07.on, when you mention your name, the whole crowd roars. Walk on by...
:01:08. > :01:09.And bringing Burt Bacharach to the London stage.
:01:10. > :01:12.We meet the producer in charge of his first
:01:13. > :01:30.First tonight, officially scrapped.
:01:31. > :01:32.The Garden Bridge Project has been abandoned -
:01:33. > :01:34.costing taxpayers up to 46 million pounds.
:01:35. > :01:36.The landscaped pedestrian walkway over the Thames was a pet project
:01:37. > :01:38.of the former Mayor, Boris Johnson -
:01:39. > :01:42.supported by the former Chancellor George Osborne.
:01:43. > :01:45.They both committed large amounts of public money to it.
:01:46. > :01:48.But last year the Mayor Sadiq Khan ordered a review into its finances.
:01:49. > :01:50.Today, the Trust behind the project blamed his lack of support
:01:51. > :01:55.Our transport correspondent Tom Edwards has the story.
:01:56. > :02:04.You've been following this from the beginning?
:02:05. > :02:11.Five years we have been following this story. If you don't know, the
:02:12. > :02:16.bridge was going to be built from Temple tube station right across the
:02:17. > :02:19.River Thames to the South bank. Not any more. Today, the Garden bridge
:02:20. > :02:31.was abandoned. The garden bridge is dead, leaving
:02:32. > :02:41.behind questions about taxpayer money which has been spent on it.
:02:42. > :02:47.Campaigners are happy but angry. The trust project spent money without
:02:48. > :02:51.telling us what they were spending it on. They have kept everything
:02:52. > :02:56.behind closed doors and have not been transparent. It is entirely
:02:57. > :03:01.their own doing. One of the issues was it was never really a transport
:03:02. > :03:09.project, it was more a tourist attraction. Campaigners said it was
:03:10. > :03:12.in completely the wrong place. So far, ?37.4 million of taxpayer money
:03:13. > :03:19.has been spent on this project. That could increase to ?46.4 million. And
:03:20. > :03:24.there are bound to be further questions and further scrutiny about
:03:25. > :03:30.that waste of money. Those funds were signed off by the previous
:03:31. > :03:34.mayor, Boris Johnson, and the then Chancellor, George Osborne. And even
:03:35. > :03:39.early on, it never had political consensus. This whole thing is a
:03:40. > :03:48.load of cobblers. You cannot bear the idea that this project is going
:03:49. > :03:52.ahead. The former mayor has said Sadiq Khan should've made a project
:03:53. > :03:56.work. And today the garden bridge trust also blamed the current mayor
:03:57. > :04:01.for a lack of support. He changed his mind after a scathing review.
:04:02. > :04:05.His opponents accuse him of dithering. He had all the
:04:06. > :04:12.information he needed to take a decision in May last year. But he
:04:13. > :04:15.didn't have the courage or conviction to take that conviction.
:04:16. > :04:22.He has just waited. In that time, we have spent ?9 million of taxpayer
:04:23. > :04:32.money. My question is, how do we get the mayor to make a decision more
:04:33. > :04:39.quickly. The Mayor disputes that and said he cannot leave London is open
:04:40. > :04:43.to unlimited costs. Others say the garden bridge was always a vanity
:04:44. > :04:48.project. ?50 million of taxpayer money has been spent with nothing to
:04:49. > :04:53.show Fred apart from some glossy press releases and furious local
:04:54. > :04:57.communities. We have to look at where the blame lies for this
:04:58. > :05:06.project. I think the lion's share of the blame has to go to Boris
:05:07. > :05:11.Johnson. I think he has questions to answer. The garden bridge has been
:05:12. > :05:12.abandoned. But the fallout from this embarrassing infrastructure failure
:05:13. > :05:35.is far from over. This is the editorial from the
:05:36. > :05:40.London standard. It says it is a sad day for London. There has been
:05:41. > :05:44.another development tonight. A group of Labour councillors and a Labour
:05:45. > :05:46.MP are calling for a full public enquiry.
:05:47. > :06:01.Thank you. Coming up later in the programme:
:06:02. > :06:07.The unique opportunity for these London students restoring ancient
:06:08. > :06:09.carvings for Southwark Cathedral. Armed officers in the Met are to be
:06:10. > :06:12.issued with head-mounted cameras in an attempt to address concerns
:06:13. > :06:14.about the transparency They'll be attached to the caps
:06:15. > :06:31.and protective helmets of members Glock pistol, MP five automatic
:06:32. > :06:36.rifle and now the acts and Fleck camera. The message, with power
:06:37. > :06:39.comes responsibility. At the unveiling today, officers
:06:40. > :06:48.overwhelmingly welcomed it. I think it is great to have an independent
:06:49. > :06:53.witness. There is the evidential benefits, so in court or during an
:06:54. > :06:59.investigation, there can be no doubt on where you were standing or what
:07:00. > :07:03.an individual said. Already, thousands of cameras have been
:07:04. > :07:07.issued to officers across the Metropolitan Police force. Now it is
:07:08. > :07:14.the turn was uniformed or overworked firearms officers. This has not been
:07:15. > :07:22.without its problems. There were concerns the view of a camera worn
:07:23. > :07:29.on the body would be skewered by a weapon. The solution is to make the
:07:30. > :07:36.camera on the head. You decide how clear the view is when a two-handed
:07:37. > :07:41.rifle is used instead automatic of a pistol. We are keen to capture the
:07:42. > :07:46.build-up to the point. Conversations that take place, threats that they
:07:47. > :07:49.face. That is what we are keen to capture, to demonstrate why an
:07:50. > :08:04.officer ultimately took a decision to pull the trigger. It is often
:08:05. > :08:09.hope that if lots of officers feel to turn the camera on, it won't
:08:10. > :08:16.matter because other officers will have it. Covert officers will not
:08:17. > :08:23.have to release cameras yet. The Met say that to do so it would pull
:08:24. > :08:28.their cover. PC they are working on it. We want to show the public what
:08:29. > :08:32.officers were faced with and the action they took. At the moment, we
:08:33. > :08:38.are not there with the covert solution, but we are working hard in
:08:39. > :08:42.the background. That is why the Met are investing so heavily in
:08:43. > :08:45.body-worn cameras. Describing this as the largest such roll-out by any
:08:46. > :09:01.police force in the world. Next tonight, a warning that around
:09:02. > :09:04.20,000 vulnerable children in London have potentially dangerous home
:09:05. > :09:06.lives, but are not receiving the help they need because they
:09:07. > :09:08.are not deemed to be The charity, Action for Children
:09:09. > :09:12.says the youngsters are stuck in what it calls a "revolving door"
:09:13. > :09:14.of children's services. Here's our Education
:09:15. > :09:16.Reporter Marc Ashdown. It was the case which prompted
:09:17. > :09:18.the largest review of child Victoria Climbie,
:09:19. > :09:21.an eight-year-old murdered by those Early warnings of
:09:22. > :09:24.the abuse she suffered 17 years on, it is feared thousands
:09:25. > :09:28.of vulnerable children are still being left
:09:29. > :09:29.in potentially dangerous situations. Debbie started working in children's
:09:30. > :09:32.services just after this case. She helps families with everything
:09:33. > :09:34.from behavioural problems But she says it is becoming harder
:09:35. > :09:38.to provide the support needed. Across the sites I run, I've got
:09:39. > :09:41.just under 2500 under fives. So as much as we do,
:09:42. > :09:47.there is a lot that we can possibly do because we can't be
:09:48. > :09:52.everywhere at once. So, you know, we are already aware
:09:53. > :09:55.of families we are not picking up. And it's only going to
:09:56. > :09:59.get worse than that. The charity Action for Children
:10:00. > :10:01.asked local authorities about the number of children
:10:02. > :10:03.referred to them after concerns It found about 180,000
:10:04. > :10:09.in England were not deemed to be at crisis point,
:10:10. > :10:11.so didn't meet the In London, about 23,000
:10:12. > :10:17.children were referred, but after an assessment
:10:18. > :10:19.it was deemed no further There are still soft services
:10:20. > :10:25.available, like children's centres Across the capital,
:10:26. > :10:28.nearly 20,000 children So, just one in five
:10:29. > :10:33.of those originally referred We know from too many cases
:10:34. > :10:46.that if we are not able to help children early,
:10:47. > :10:50.then there are strong likelihoods For example, in Serious Case
:10:51. > :10:54.Reviews, 70% of the time, we know there have been
:10:55. > :10:56.early warning signs. But we also know if we give children
:10:57. > :11:00.and families the tools to help themselves much earlier,
:11:01. > :11:02.they are much more likely to not Differing thresholds from council
:11:03. > :11:16.to council were highlighted. Depending on location help might be
:11:17. > :11:19.provided in one area, but in a neighbouring Bahrain might
:11:20. > :11:21.be deemed unnecessary. We have been hit by a double whammy
:11:22. > :11:25.of major government cuts to our massive funding pressures
:11:26. > :11:27.facing local government The Department for Education Xavier
:11:28. > :11:33.taking action by reforming social The Department for Education say
:11:34. > :11:36.they are taking action care services and better protecting
:11:37. > :11:39.victims of domestic It says councils spent almost
:11:40. > :11:42.?8 billion last year on children's social care,
:11:43. > :11:48.but it wants to help them do more. And Marc joins me now -
:11:49. > :11:51.as we heard there, cases involving these vulnerable children can have
:11:52. > :12:01.tragic consequences? That is right. Of the often start
:12:02. > :12:06.with something very minor like a teacher flagging up that a child is
:12:07. > :12:12.late or falls asleep in class. Social services would assess the
:12:13. > :12:18.child's situation and a decision would be taken if any help was
:12:19. > :12:21.needed. Some of these children might be living in domestic abuse
:12:22. > :12:26.situations or with an alcoholic parent. Unless they are at crisis
:12:27. > :12:32.point, there is every chance no action will be taken. Sadly there
:12:33. > :12:38.have been lots of tragic cases since Victoria Climbie a. Sara Morrison, a
:12:39. > :12:44.one-year-old child battered to death by the mother's abusive partner.
:12:45. > :12:49.When all councils are under pressure. People want bins collected
:12:50. > :12:54.and roads fixed, so we have to make tough decisions. Only a tiny number
:12:55. > :13:03.of these children will ever be in any serious risk. Of us will be
:13:04. > :13:07.concerning. 23,000 children across London who someone somewhere has
:13:08. > :13:11.felt worried enough about to raise concerns, but for what ever reason
:13:12. > :13:21.they're not getting the help they need. Thank you.
:13:22. > :13:24.A second man has been arrested as part of the investigation
:13:25. > :13:26.into an incident where a jogger appeared to push a woman
:13:27. > :13:30.The 41-year-old was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily
:13:31. > :13:32.harm, but has now been eliminated from enquiries.
:13:33. > :13:34.CCTV captured the incident which happened on Putney Bridge
:13:35. > :13:38.A fire engulfed a double decker bus in north London last night.
:13:39. > :13:41.The blaze broke out on a 113 bus on Finchley Road
:13:42. > :13:44.Passers-by reported a bang followed by thick black smoke.
:13:45. > :13:46.Transport for London is investigating what caused it.
:13:47. > :13:49.A high profile school in south London has become the first
:13:50. > :13:51.to successfully challenge an Ofsted inspection report which would have
:13:52. > :14:00.The Durand Academy in Stockwell spent six months fighting
:14:01. > :14:08.Meanwhile, it also announced today that it will be closing the free
:14:09. > :14:11.boarding school in West Sussex that it set up for London students.
:14:12. > :14:18.What is the best thing about this school?
:14:19. > :14:20.When he was Education Secretary, Michael Gove was one
:14:21. > :14:25.He saw the way it was run, as a model for how other
:14:26. > :14:30.Critical of the style of management at the school,
:14:31. > :14:35.But with his backing Durand then set up a free boarding school for young
:14:36. > :14:44.Since he left office that message has changed.
:14:45. > :14:47.A report by the school inspectors Ofsted due to be published
:14:48. > :14:49.earlier this year had labelled Durand as inadequate and said it
:14:50. > :15:05.I have things changed? That's a really good question. Michael Gove
:15:06. > :15:08.left. He was very much in favour of this approach.
:15:09. > :15:11.The school had argued that rules that stop a challenge
:15:12. > :15:20.His Honour Judge Mckenna backed that, saying...
:15:21. > :15:23.He did though raise concerns over whether the Durand had been able
:15:24. > :15:37.to cope with its success, describing it as...
:15:38. > :15:45.I find that very odd that a judge would consider we have grown to
:15:46. > :15:50.quickly and require improvement. Stellar wrong, the judge is wrong,
:15:51. > :15:53.everyone else is wrong. I didn't see the judge was wrong. Ofsted were
:15:54. > :15:57.wrong, they have lost. Durand confirmed today
:15:58. > :15:59.that the boarding school With pupils there being
:16:00. > :16:02.brought back to London. But parents here say
:16:03. > :16:10.the constant issues are a worry. Most parents I have spoken to, and
:16:11. > :16:15.I've spoken to a lot, are very worried. Very, very worried. We are
:16:16. > :16:21.asking me for advice, what should I do? I'm trying to get a parent Forum
:16:22. > :16:24.together to help parents support and guide one another.
:16:25. > :16:28.The government schools funding agency has said it will stop giving
:16:29. > :16:32.Meaning new people will be brought in to run the schools.
:16:33. > :16:37.Durand says it will fight that decision too.
:16:38. > :16:40.Still to come before 7pm: We meet the London theatre producer,
:16:41. > :16:42.bringing a brand new musical from songwriting legend
:16:43. > :16:55.And just as we had all forgotten what summer was like, it made a
:16:56. > :16:57.brief reappearance at the weekend. But it couldn't possibly lasts until
:16:58. > :17:14.the end of the week, could it? Students at a South London art
:17:15. > :17:17.college have been given a one-off opportunity to put their skills
:17:18. > :17:20.into practice - as part of a restoration project
:17:21. > :17:21.at Southwark Cathedral. The ancient carvings on the building
:17:22. > :17:24.date back to the early 19th century and over time have weathered
:17:25. > :17:26.and worn away. Tarah Welsh has been to see
:17:27. > :17:29.the delicate work up close. It is an art form that dates
:17:30. > :17:32.back to ancient Egypt. It is the same techniques,
:17:33. > :17:35.using a chisel with a mallet. This bit, the carving bit,
:17:36. > :17:38.you have to just use your eye. These are the next
:17:39. > :17:40.generation of stone carvers. Students getting a rare opportunity
:17:41. > :17:43.to work on a real historic building, and arguably one of London's best,
:17:44. > :17:48.Southwark Cathedral. It is quite nerve-racking,
:17:49. > :17:50.although it doesn't feel like work. It just inspires you to get your
:17:51. > :18:04.hands into something Alongside her tutors,
:18:05. > :18:08.Sue and other students happen are recreating the stonework that
:18:09. > :18:11.has weathered away over 200 years. It all starts with these
:18:12. > :18:13.rectangular sandstone blocks. And it takes at least a week
:18:14. > :18:15.to create the final product. So the carvers will be
:18:16. > :18:25.here for at least another month. This is all part of a wider ?500,000
:18:26. > :18:28.restoration of the building. The students are getting paid
:18:29. > :18:31.for every carving the create, The students are getting paid
:18:32. > :18:34.for every carving they create, so there is extra incentive
:18:35. > :18:38.to get it right. You have to be careful not
:18:39. > :18:41.to whack it too hard. And different stones are different,
:18:42. > :18:44.so this is sandstone, And the skills she is learning
:18:45. > :18:51.are rare in the capital. We are on the endangered
:18:52. > :18:53.crafts list. But hopefully we are
:18:54. > :18:57.keeping the skills life. But hopefully we are
:18:58. > :18:59.keeping the skills alive. This building has stood
:19:00. > :19:02.here for 1400 years. But still seems to
:19:03. > :19:04.have great purpose. After the recent terror attack
:19:05. > :19:07.in nearby Borough market, The community really missed
:19:08. > :19:10.this as a holy space, an oasis within a very busy
:19:11. > :19:15.part of London. So making sure that the building
:19:16. > :19:21.is here for future generations is part of our role,
:19:22. > :19:24.part of the job of a dean. And these local students
:19:25. > :19:26.have now left their mark The capital put on quite a show
:19:27. > :19:35.at the London Stadium - with 700,000 fans there over
:19:36. > :19:37.the last ten days. As the World Athletics Championships
:19:38. > :19:40.came to a close last night, Britain added two more medals
:19:41. > :19:41.to their tally. And today Emma Jones has been
:19:42. > :19:45.to meet some of the London athletes Martyn Rooney has found himself
:19:46. > :20:01.here many times before. But he was able to banish memories
:20:02. > :20:04.of just missing out on a medal at the London Olympics
:20:05. > :20:09.and being controversially disqualified in Rio last year,
:20:10. > :20:11.by finishing third at his home World Picking up a world relay medal
:20:12. > :20:15.in London with that kind Can't compare it to any
:20:16. > :20:21.other championships. The noise was outstanding,
:20:22. > :20:23.to cure your name being chanted as you're running round,
:20:24. > :20:25.you cannot ignore it. So very proud of the guys and how
:20:26. > :20:28.we handled the situation. Just glad that we kept
:20:29. > :20:32.the relay medals coming. While this was Rooney's seventh
:20:33. > :20:50.World Championships, They probably didn't know who I was,
:20:51. > :20:55.especially at the beginning, but I put the British vest
:20:56. > :21:00.on and they mention my name It gave me extra incentive to
:21:01. > :21:09.actually run that little bit harder. Lavia Nielsen carried Jessica Ennis'
:21:10. > :21:14.kit at the 2012 Olympics. She was back at the stadium
:21:15. > :21:16.to win silver as part It means Britain won just six medals
:21:17. > :21:20.at the championships, But the 21-year-old believes
:21:21. > :21:24.more success will come. This is the start of what could
:21:25. > :21:26.be an amazing career. I think last night gave me such
:21:27. > :21:30.a taste of what can happen. When you have success,
:21:31. > :21:44.you always want to carry it on. And I think the Great Britain team
:21:45. > :21:47.at this championships has And a lot of fourth,
:21:48. > :21:50.fifth, sixth places. I think in the future,
:21:51. > :21:52.that will turn into medals. And I really hope that
:21:53. > :21:55.I can be a part of that. And as the stadium starts
:21:56. > :21:57.to be converted back into a football ground,
:21:58. > :22:00.we will wait to find out when Now, it's not every day that you get
:22:01. > :22:21.to produce a musical by songwriting legend Burt Bacharach -
:22:22. > :22:23.only the second that But that's the task facing
:22:24. > :22:26.a London theatre producer. The show will also be
:22:27. > :22:28.the first to play at Alice Bhandhukravi has been to meet
:22:29. > :22:36.the rising star behind some of Walk on by a. Walk on by. The
:22:37. > :22:38.unmistakable sound of Burt Bacharach, as Simon by Dion wore
:22:39. > :22:44.black. Despite the skill of his back catalogue, the songwriter rant pop
:22:45. > :22:50.legend had only written one musical, back in 1968. Sobering news of a
:22:51. > :22:59.second emerged, this London producer was eager to bring it to the stage.
:23:00. > :23:05.It is so easy to cure his orchestrations and do an original
:23:06. > :23:11.score of his is a dream. So what exactly does a producer of musicals
:23:12. > :23:16.do? Every single decision from choosing a shawl, a theatre, our
:23:17. > :23:22.budget, the creative team, raising the money, understanding how to sell
:23:23. > :23:26.the show, that is ultimately the producer's responsibility. It is a
:23:27. > :23:32.skill that seems to come naturally to her, according to the co-writer.
:23:33. > :23:37.Sheers this a young person who walks with a sense of her destiny. She has
:23:38. > :23:46.sucked a sense of who she is, what she's about what she wants to do. I
:23:47. > :23:52.think it's kind of remarkable. Recently, Katie Watson has produced
:23:53. > :23:59.the Addams family musical and yank in the West End. But this year's
:24:00. > :24:03.highlight was being invited to Burt Bacharach's home in California. Very
:24:04. > :24:10.humbling. He was just a normal guy. He played as a new song which will
:24:11. > :24:14.be put in. And asked us what we thought. It is absolutely a dream. I
:24:15. > :24:19.try not to get too intimidated. The long-awaited musical will be one of
:24:20. > :24:26.the first show to grace the stage at Andrew Lloyd Webber's new Theatre
:24:27. > :24:45.later this month. No raindrops falling on our heads? !
:24:46. > :24:49.It was almost like summer. Yesterday, we managed to squeeze 12
:24:50. > :25:01.hours of sunshine out of the day. Today, we had to 25 degrees at
:25:02. > :25:11.Gravesend, making it easily the year. It will start to feel autumnal
:25:12. > :25:16.later on, dare I say it. Beautiful conditions today. Lots of blue sky
:25:17. > :25:19.over the Barbican. The action was happening in the west of the
:25:20. > :25:24.country, with heavy rain coming from this cloud over parts of the West
:25:25. > :25:29.Country and Wales. It has pushed over a little towards us in the last
:25:30. > :25:33.few hours. Some heavier burst north and west of London over the last
:25:34. > :25:38.couple of hours. Most of tonight will be dry, some clear skies as
:25:39. > :25:41.well, and the winds will be light. Early hours of the morning, this
:25:42. > :25:46.little pulse of frameworks that we up. It will probably be mostly for
:25:47. > :25:52.the south-east, you might hear a rumble of thunder. Temperatures
:25:53. > :25:58.following not much lower than 15 or 16. Keep your umbrella because you
:25:59. > :26:02.might catch the rain before it moves away from us. Most of us will have
:26:03. > :26:07.bright and sunny weather. In the afternoon, a line of showers starts
:26:08. > :26:11.to go through. Temperatures in the best of the sunshine tomorrow will
:26:12. > :26:16.get up to around 2324 degrees once again. The evening is looking
:26:17. > :26:22.absolutely lovely. Leading us into a clear night, so quite chilly into
:26:23. > :26:26.the morning on Wednesday. We will see some sunshine at first, turning
:26:27. > :26:31.more hazy as the day goes on. Temperatures are tiny bit down on
:26:32. > :26:36.popular fad this week. It will be a case of some showers around on
:26:37. > :26:40.Thursday and will be cooling off and becoming quite unseasonably breezy
:26:41. > :26:42.as we go through Friday as well. Summer is here for now at least!
:26:43. > :26:58.Thank you. Recapping the headlines: More
:26:59. > :27:01.than 300 people are feared dead and others remain trapped,
:27:02. > :27:04.after a mudslide in the West African A hillside on the outskirts
:27:05. > :27:07.of the capital Freetown collapsed early on Monday,
:27:08. > :27:08.following heavy rains. Pakistan has been marking 70
:27:09. > :27:11.years since its creation. The former British colony of India
:27:12. > :27:13.was divided into two independent nations -
:27:14. > :27:16.India and Pakistan. The Garden Bridge Project has been
:27:17. > :27:21.officially scrapped, leaving taxpayers with
:27:22. > :27:22.a ?46 million bill. Last year the Mayor Sadiq Khan
:27:23. > :27:25.ordered a review into the finances And firearms officers
:27:26. > :27:29.in the Met are to be issued It's part of an attempt to address
:27:30. > :27:32.concerns about the transparency More from me later during
:27:33. > :27:40.the ten o'clock news. Plenty more on our website and feel
:27:41. > :27:43.free to join the conversation From all of us here -
:27:44. > :27:47.do enjoy your evening.