12/05/2017

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:00:13. > :00:17.New figures have revealed the hundreds of weapons seized

:00:18. > :00:22.in schools across London in the past 18 months.

:00:23. > :00:26.They include samurai swords, knives and even air pistols.

:00:27. > :00:29.Most of the cases involve teenagers, but some weapons were found

:00:30. > :00:39.Friday prayers at the East London Mosque.

:00:40. > :00:45.Hundreds came to honour another victim of knife crime.

:00:46. > :00:48.Prayers were heard around the body, stabbed to death

:00:49. > :00:53.Afterwards, his family pleaded for change.

:00:54. > :00:58.Please make sure you look after your children, pray for my son.

:00:59. > :01:01.This is what these kind of crimes do to individuals,

:01:02. > :01:40.Thousands of people today at his funeral were crying

:01:41. > :01:41.He is one of 16 young people stabbed to death so far this year.

:01:42. > :01:42.There is new evidence the problem of knives is coming

:01:43. > :01:43.New figures show an increase in the number of weapons

:01:44. > :01:44.Over the last two years, there were 533 weapons found

:01:45. > :01:44.in schools in London, ranging from samurai

:01:45. > :01:45.swords to airguns, and included bricks and rocks.

:01:46. > :01:45.215 were taken from 13 to 15-year-olds, but four were taken

:01:46. > :01:50.Sometimes the younger children are used to carry for older

:01:51. > :01:52.children, so they are learning from their siblings,

:01:53. > :01:55.These cases are very worrying, because if you don't catch

:01:56. > :01:58.the younger children now, they will go on to continue to be

:01:59. > :02:03.That is the challenge for police, finding the weapons

:02:04. > :02:07.Last week we went out with undercover police,

:02:08. > :02:10.A lot of kids carry them in school bags.

:02:11. > :02:14.It is not until another classmate tells the teacher

:02:15. > :02:18.That is where this sort of approach comes in.

:02:19. > :02:25.A response unit from Lewisham tackling knife crime.

:02:26. > :02:27.This is one way of easing the problem, but it

:02:28. > :02:32.also risks alienating the young people affected.

:02:33. > :02:35.Another option is weapons arches, one of the tactics being used

:02:36. > :02:37.at Newman Catholic College in Harlesden, where they are

:02:38. > :02:42.This school is not having problems with weapons.

:02:43. > :02:44.The headteacher says trust between pupils,

:02:45. > :02:47.teachers and the local police is key.

:02:48. > :02:51.Psychologically, the children know that the teachers are everywhere,

:02:52. > :02:55.we welcome them in the morning, we are at the bus stops,

:02:56. > :02:58.we bring people to assemblies, we can do safety arches,

:02:59. > :03:02.so they know that safeguarding and all of the issues have a really

:03:03. > :03:08.high priority in our lives and in their lives.

:03:09. > :03:11.Charities say a lot of the young people who carry weapons do it

:03:12. > :03:13.because they feel unsafe, so what might help?

:03:14. > :03:16.It is giving young people a space to be heard.

:03:17. > :03:21.Young people say they are not heard, so they give up.

:03:22. > :03:25.They are not being heard, they feel there is no space for them

:03:26. > :03:30.One of the programmes we deliver, they have that space.

:03:31. > :03:34.Violent crime is very rare, but to keep it that way,

:03:35. > :03:40.weapons have to stay out of classrooms.

:03:41. > :03:43.More now on that cyberattack on NHS computers.

:03:44. > :03:46.As we've been hearing, hospital services have been hit

:03:47. > :04:04.Yes, it has been hit hard, the number of hospitals are growing. If

:04:05. > :04:08.you hours it was at eight hospitals, now we know 15 hospitals have been

:04:09. > :04:45.hit right this attack. We have a full list, ...

:04:46. > :04:52.The QE2 hospital and Northwick Park have also been affected. GP

:04:53. > :04:59.surgeries have also been affected, but we don't know how many. What is

:05:00. > :05:03.the advice to patients? If it is not an emergency, do not go into your

:05:04. > :05:10.accident and emergency, call the non-emergency line, 111. This is

:05:11. > :05:17.affecting non-emergency operations and switchboards, so add new

:05:18. > :05:20.hospital their switchboard is down. We also know that ambulances are

:05:21. > :05:26.being diverted to neighbouring hospitals. One doctor said he is

:05:27. > :05:30.using pen and paper, one patient who was due to have an operation today

:05:31. > :05:36.said he had been waiting for months, he was frustrated by this. The

:05:37. > :05:40.system is still down, and every hour that goes by, there is more

:05:41. > :05:44.disruption, and that means patients are going to have to wait until they

:05:45. > :05:46.know when they can use their local hospital.

:05:47. > :05:48.A virtual-reality company in London has raised

:05:49. > :05:52.$500 million of investment, one of the biggest amounts ever

:05:53. > :05:57.A Japanese bank is backing Farringdon-based Improbable,

:05:58. > :06:01.valuing the start-up at more than $1 billion.

:06:02. > :06:03.The firm was founded just five years ago and builds large-scale virtual

:06:04. > :06:07."worlds" and simulations, mainly for gamers.

:06:08. > :06:09.Hundreds of would-be Cilla Blacks turned out

:06:10. > :06:17.They were auditioning for the lead role in a new show about the singer.

:06:18. > :06:20.Cilla The Musical at the Dominion Theatre will tell

:06:21. > :06:22.the story of the late star's rise from cloakroom attendant to major

:06:23. > :06:27.That's it for now from me, but let's find out what the weather's

:06:28. > :06:43.It looked reasonable where I was, and it does across King's Cross. It

:06:44. > :06:47.is not especially cold. A fair amount of cloud first up, but I am

:06:48. > :06:54.hopeful the odd light show will pass away. The showers in the afternoon

:06:55. > :06:57.are light and largely connected, or collected, across northern and

:06:58. > :07:02.western parts. If you are stepping out for Saturday evening, there will

:07:03. > :07:06.be a couple of hours of wet weather. The frontal system clears away

:07:07. > :07:11.eventually and leaves us with a lot of dry weather around. Don't be

:07:12. > :07:16.surprised north of town to see a scattering of showers. Most of them

:07:17. > :07:23.will be light. Should a long on that south-westerly breeze. I would urge

:07:24. > :07:29.you if you can to make the most of that weekend whether prospect,

:07:30. > :07:30.because, as you can see, by Monday we are looking at something wet and

:07:31. > :07:42.windy. A bit of a mixed bag earlier on

:07:43. > :07:43.today, some of us were cloudy with