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He was the man accused of "a sweetheart deal" | :00:10. | :00:15. | |
with the Government to scrap plans to raise council tax by 15% | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
which would have triggered a local referendum. | :00:19. | :00:19. | |
Today, an attempt to oust David Hodge, the leader | :00:20. | :00:22. | |
of Surrey County Council, failed. Helen Catt has the story. | :00:23. | :00:29. | |
It was the backroom row that became embarrassingly public | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
Could the Prime Minister explain the difference between a sweetheart | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
The substance of what he is asking is, has there been a particular deal | :00:39. | :00:46. | |
with Surrey County Council that is not available | :00:47. | :00:49. | |
Today, the man who caused his leader to squirm was unrepentant. | :00:50. | :01:25. | |
In Surrey, he faced down a vote of no confidence | :01:26. | :01:28. | |
Liberal Democrat opponents pointed to miss-sent text messages | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
which sparked rumours of a sweetheart deal, | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
and to a secret recording leaked to this programme. | :01:36. | :01:57. | |
I think talk of secret deals and gentlemen's agreements doesn't | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
In the end, his fellow councillors backed David Hodge 47-8, | :02:01. | :02:06. | |
his future, it seems, secure, although he didn't | :02:07. | :02:10. | |
want to speak to us this evening after the meeting. | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
This was the last full meeting of Surrey council before | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
elections on May 4th, and as several councillors | :02:20. | :02:21. | |
observed this morning, that is when we will get the final | :02:22. | :02:24. | |
verdict on this episode from the voters. | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
Scotland Yard is facing two separate investigations tonight. | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary has been asked | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
to look into how the Met handled allegations of electoral fraud | :02:40. | :02:41. | |
and malpractice in Tower Hamlets, while a whistleblower is claiming | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
the force used hackers in India to spy on campaigners. | :02:45. | :02:46. | |
Remind us what this relates to? Remember these chaotic scenes in | :02:47. | :03:03. | |
Tower Hamlets, when Lutfur Rahman was re-elected as mayor? There has | :03:04. | :03:11. | |
been criticism since then that the Met failed to get involved in | :03:12. | :03:14. | |
investigations of fraud in the run-up to polling day for this | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
election. In 2015, Lutfur Rahman was removed from office. He was found | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
guilty of electoral fraud at a special High Court hearing, but no | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
one has faced any woman or prosecution. Just last month, the | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
London Assembly accused the Met of major failings and today, the deputy | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
mayor for policing has written to HMI sea and asked them to look into | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
the Met's own investigation. That has been welcomed by some in Tower | :03:39. | :03:39. | |
Hamlets. Up to 2014 and the immediate | :03:40. | :03:40. | |
aftermath, the police We saw, far too often, | :03:41. | :03:42. | |
letters ignored, letters unopened, requests for action, | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
nothing being done. We need justice to be seen to be | :03:48. | :03:50. | |
done and we need justice delivered and we need | :03:51. | :03:58. | |
closure on this matter. We mentioned another investigation, | :03:59. | :04:08. | |
allegations that the Met hacked e-mails of environmental | :04:09. | :04:10. | |
campaigners? That's right, the IPCC is looking into claims that the Met | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
used hackers in India to target campaigners including some from | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
Greenpeace. This came to light rather mysteriously in an e-mail | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
sent to Baroness Jenny Jones. She explained what was said. | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
The letter alleged that the Metropolitan Police had been | :04:26. | :04:27. | |
hacking illegally into e-mails of people who were not criminals, | :04:28. | :04:30. | |
were not serious criminals by any stretch of the imagination, | :04:31. | :04:32. | |
It struck me that it was something we really don't expect | :04:33. | :04:40. | |
our police force to do, and that we have to stop. | :04:41. | :04:48. | |
So very serious stuff, and if true, this hacking would be unlawful. | :04:49. | :04:55. | |
Azman communications can only be hacked to combat major crime or | :04:56. | :04:58. | |
terrorism and then you'd express permission from the Home Secretary. | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
Scotland Yard tonight told us these allegations are deeply troubling. | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
The Met says it will provide the IPCC with its fullest possible | :05:07. | :05:07. | |
support. It's a move welcomed by motorists, | :05:08. | :05:09. | |
but one that's angered They're facing a ban on overtaking | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
along stretches of the M11 in Essex. The restrictions, being introduced | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
next week, are to improve the flow of traffic, | :05:18. | :05:19. | |
especially around Stansted Airport. Our transport correspondent | :05:20. | :05:21. | |
Tom Edwards has the story. As we found out today on the M11, | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
it does not take long to get stuck It can be frustrating | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
for others and cause Now, on a section of the M11 | :05:29. | :05:34. | |
just outside London, overtaking by lorries | :05:35. | :05:39. | |
will be banned. The lorry ban will take place | :05:40. | :05:43. | |
on this section of the M11 between 7am and 7pm | :05:44. | :05:50. | |
on the uphill sections. What is really interesting | :05:51. | :05:54. | |
is the wider picture and what it Congestion is a huge issue. | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
This is the M25, where they are using the hard shoulder | :06:01. | :06:07. | |
to try and reduce delays. With more vehicles on our roads, | :06:08. | :06:10. | |
the authorities are now looking at cheaper solutions | :06:11. | :06:12. | |
to free up capacity. The overtaking ban on the M11 | :06:13. | :06:16. | |
will be between junctions eight at Stansted Airport | :06:17. | :06:19. | |
and junction nine. If you get stuck behind a massive | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
queue of trucks all going at 40 mph, it makes quite an impact and there's | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
going to be a long queue of traffic. All lorries do 56 miles an hour, and | :06:31. | :06:44. | |
some are slower. You are going to have a long queue of traffic which | :06:45. | :06:46. | |
will make it worse. You have different weights | :06:47. | :06:49. | |
and loads, and if there's a slight incline, it can slow you down | :06:50. | :07:02. | |
and you can probably get stuck Motoring groups have | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
welcomed this ban. It should start by the end | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
of the month, and it probably A whirl of cream with unusual | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
toppings - and a recreation That's what we can expect | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
to see in one of London's Today, the latest commissions that | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
will grace the fourth plinth were announced - | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
and Alice Bhandhukravi has been It's quite literally one | :07:27. | :07:28. | |
of the biggest platforms an artist can get in one of London's | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
most famous sites. The fourth plinth in | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
Trafalgar Square has been home to many exciting projects over | :07:40. | :07:42. | |
the years, from the ship in the Today, it was revealed the current | :07:43. | :07:45. | |
thumbs up will be replaced by two A reproduction of an ancient Iraqi | :07:46. | :07:49. | |
treasure destroyed by Isis, and a dollop of cream | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
with a cherry on top. Trafalgar Square is a special place, | :07:54. | :08:01. | |
a place of heritage, a place where democracy, | :08:02. | :08:14. | |
happens and it is a bold move for the city to place | :08:15. | :08:18. | |
in that space a piece People have responded | :08:19. | :08:20. | |
to the idea of it. The winning entries are both | :08:21. | :08:27. | |
in their own way political statements on the era | :08:28. | :08:30. | |
we are living in. I've been reconstructing the | :08:31. | :08:32. | |
artefacts looted from the museum. Unfortunately, that project has | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
grown to include the archaeological sites destroyed in the | :08:40. | :08:45. | |
aftermath of the Iraq war. Thinking of cream as this | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
celebratory but unstable substance, and then adding the cherry, | :08:51. | :08:53. | |
you know, it has this very jubilant thrust into the air that maybe harks | :08:54. | :08:57. | |
back to Nelson's Column somewhere There are also elements creeping | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
in that perhaps suggest something more malevolent, | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
something more sinister. Both artists have plenty of time | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
to complete their full scale works. The ancient Iraqi treasure | :09:08. | :09:10. | |
will replace the huge thumbs up next March, | :09:11. | :09:11. | |
followed by the giant dollop Finally, how George Clooney | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
surprised an 87-year-old fan He unexpectedly turned | :09:15. | :09:25. | |
up at her care home in Sonning with flowers | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
for her birthday. Staff had written to the actor, | :09:31. | :09:32. | |
who lives nearby, saying it would make her dreams come true | :09:33. | :09:36. | |
if he popped in. They wrote a letter, | :09:37. | :09:43. | |
I believe, and sat and waited, I know the flowers won't last | :09:44. | :09:46. | |
for ever, but the card will. That's it for now from me, | :09:47. | :09:58. | |
but let's find out what We had probably the best day of the | :09:59. | :10:11. | |
week today in terms of sunshine. For the rest of this week, it is staying | :10:12. | :10:18. | |
chilly and I will be when times. The low pressure is spending a few days | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
with us. It will lead in later tonight. For the time being, we have | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
dry and clear conditions, with a bit of a breeze blowing again. You might | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
just get to work without the use of the Bromley, but keep one with you | :10:32. | :10:35. | |
because this rain pushes up from the south-west of the north as we go | :10:36. | :10:39. | |
through the day -- keep a brolly with you. Feeling chilly tomorrow, | :10:40. | :10:47. | |
temperatures resolutely in single figures. When you factor in the rain | :10:48. | :10:51. | |
and wind, it will feel quite chilly. A murky start to Thursday. But on | :10:52. | :10:57. | |
the outlook, you can see things gradually improve through Friday and | :10:58. | :11:01. | |
Heavy rain, snow and ice are all in the forecast once again. It was | :11:02. | :11:14. | |
quite a wintry scene today, especially in Scotland. Some very | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
cold looking winter skies here, and we had some snow falling at times in | :11:19. | :11:22. | |
West Lothian. For a while earlier today, there were quite a few | :11:23. | :11:25. | |
showers running through central Scotland, all in that cold air. | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
Right now, we have two areas of cloud, one in northern Scotland and | :11:31. | :11:36. | |
this deepening area bringing heavy rain into south-west England and | :11:37. | :11:39. | |
Wales overnight, with snow over the hills. That wetter weather will move | :11:40. | :11:45. | |
into the cold, icy weather in Scotland, so we could see snow over | :11:46. | :11:50. | |
the hills in Scotland. Eastern parts of England will be dry, clear and | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
chilly. The lowest temperatures will become Scotland, especially where we | :11:56. | :11:59. | |
have that covering of snow. Quite icy conditions overnight and into | :12:00. | :12:06. | |
the morning. Further south, if we get some snow moving | :12:07. | :12:07. |