25/05/2017

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:00:00. > :00:10.Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

:00:11. > :00:14.The man in charge of the Metropolitan Police

:00:15. > :00:20.during the 7/7 bombings has warned there will never be enough resources

:00:21. > :00:23.to prevent future terror attacks from taking place.

:00:24. > :00:26.Lord Blair said difficult choices will always need to be made in order

:00:27. > :00:32.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Nick Beake assesses the scale

:00:33. > :00:45.Outside Scotland Yard, they paused to remember the victims

:00:46. > :00:47.Among those murdered was a police officer.

:00:48. > :00:51.Elaine McIver, off-duty at the concert.

:00:52. > :00:53.The Met is the beating heart of the UK's counterterrorism

:00:54. > :01:00.network, but today, a reality check from a former boss.

:01:01. > :01:04.There just are not enough resources, and there could never be enough

:01:05. > :01:08.resources to cover everybody inevitably, and I do think

:01:09. > :01:13.the Government is completely right to raise the situation to critical,

:01:14. > :01:16.because he cannot have done this alone.

:01:17. > :01:19.So what exactly is the size of the threat facing the police

:01:20. > :01:27.We are told around 3,500 people are of interest in the UK.

:01:28. > :01:30.Among them will be the 200 or so Londoners who have

:01:31. > :01:32.been to Syria to fight and have now returned.

:01:33. > :01:38.We're also told there are around 500 live counterterrorism investigations

:01:39. > :01:44.Many of those will be in and around London.

:01:45. > :01:47.The Manchester attack is the first time since 7/7,

:01:48. > :01:53.The terrorists have now succeeded again in using explosives.

:01:54. > :02:01.In August 2006, the thwarted plan to blow up planes between here

:02:02. > :02:07.This was a demonstration for the BBC of what could happen.

:02:08. > :02:11.In June 2007, outside the Tiger Tiger nightclub police

:02:12. > :02:17.found an explosive device filled with nails and nuts

:02:18. > :02:24.Then, another plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange.

:02:25. > :02:27.And in 2012, a plan to attach an explosive to a remote-controlled

:02:28. > :02:34.car and target the Territorial Army centre in Newton was also foiled.

:02:35. > :02:37.I think we have some of the best police services

:02:38. > :02:44.in the world and they really respect our capability.

:02:45. > :02:47.It is a capability that has got better with time and should carry

:02:48. > :02:51.It has some of the most talented people in the country doing

:02:52. > :02:58.But the Manchester suicide bomber was reported to the authorities.

:02:59. > :03:01.Once again, the question of resources and which suspects

:03:02. > :03:08.to concentrate on has been brought into focus.

:03:09. > :03:11.Well, the controversial Government strategy aimed at stopping people

:03:12. > :03:14.from becoming terrorists is called Prevent.

:03:15. > :03:17.It's controversial because some communities feel it

:03:18. > :03:22.Yet that hasn't stopped sections the Muslim community from attempting

:03:23. > :03:31.to tackle the issue of violent extremism head on.

:03:32. > :03:34.These two people might look like they are having fun,

:03:35. > :03:43.They have been specially trained to spot signs of radicalisation.

:03:44. > :03:48.Not talking to people as much as they used to,

:03:49. > :03:50.a different atmosphere in their tone, their

:03:51. > :03:55.Even the small things make differences.

:03:56. > :03:59.The 17-year-old says it is just a matter of speaking

:04:00. > :04:01.to people in everyday life, counteracting the tactics groups

:04:02. > :04:09.We use the same tactics, get to those people who are vulnerable,

:04:10. > :04:12.get them in a safe space where they can speak to us and let

:04:13. > :04:16.go of those emotions and make sure those emotions don't stay in them

:04:17. > :04:20.and doesn't end up turning into something detrimental to themselves

:04:21. > :04:29.This is part of a charity that tries to stop the spread of extremism.

:04:30. > :04:31.This man used to work with the Government's Prevent

:04:32. > :04:33.strategy, which tries to stop people getting into terrorism,

:04:34. > :04:46.Our focus has now moved from intense, effective work

:04:47. > :04:52.We need a team that can speak to the experts

:04:53. > :04:58.who know what the hell is going on to tackle the problem.

:04:59. > :05:01.It is no secret, this strategy has been controversial.

:05:02. > :05:03.But the Government says it has reached hundreds of thousands

:05:04. > :05:06.of people and stopped many others travelling to places

:05:07. > :05:12.But hundreds across the UK have still been radicalised,

:05:13. > :05:16.including the three Bethnal Green schoolgirls, Jihadi

:05:17. > :05:24.As for Iram, she says she will continue to keep her eyes

:05:25. > :05:33.and ears open in the hope of making a difference in her community.

:05:34. > :05:40.Well, for the latest I'm joined now by Ayshea Buksh.

:05:41. > :05:47.This is now a massive challenge for the police and security services.

:05:48. > :05:51.The Met Police know of 3000 people who are of interest to them, they

:05:52. > :05:56.cannot follow every lead, they have to prioritise. Counterterrorism

:05:57. > :06:01.teams are making at least one arrest a day, and an act which have been

:06:02. > :06:05.told that they have arrested a 64-year-old man at an address in

:06:06. > :06:09.north London, following the arrest of a 37-year-old man attempting to

:06:10. > :06:15.board a flight to Turkey on Tuesday at Stanstead Airport. These arrests

:06:16. > :06:19.are not, police insist, in connection to the Manchester

:06:20. > :06:24.incident, it is about travel to Syria, but both men are being held

:06:25. > :06:28.on suspicion of preparing for acts of terrorism. Also British Transport

:06:29. > :06:33.Police have begun deploying armed officers on the national rail

:06:34. > :06:36.network. This is the first time in its history, the first patrol teams

:06:37. > :06:40.were seen at Euston Station earlier today. They say it is in response to

:06:41. > :06:46.the critical threat level that the country currently has. Armed

:06:47. > :06:50.officers have been patrolling on the London Underground since December.

:06:51. > :06:52.Accident investigators have found "no evidence" to explain why

:06:53. > :06:55.a passenger put his head out of a train window,

:06:56. > :07:00.Simon Brown was travelling to Victoria station

:07:01. > :07:02.when the accident happened near Balham last year.

:07:03. > :07:04.The Gatwick Express train had been travelling

:07:05. > :07:12.A post-mortem examination found no traces of drugs or alcohol.

:07:13. > :07:15.Advice to keep your eyes off your mobile phone

:07:16. > :07:20.because of nearby mopeds has been issued by police in London.

:07:21. > :07:24.It comes after the number of mopeds stolen has rocked in the past year,

:07:25. > :07:29.with most of them being used to carry out further crimes.

:07:30. > :07:31.The opportunists look for unsuspecting pedestrians,

:07:32. > :07:37.who then have valuables snatched out of their hands.

:07:38. > :07:41.They are fearless and they are aggressive.

:07:42. > :07:49.London's thieves are using stolen mopeds more than ever,

:07:50. > :07:52.and it is our mobiles they are mostly after.

:07:53. > :07:57.Here in Islington last week, 31 phones were stolen in a single hour.

:07:58. > :08:00.In just five minutes, we found two people it had happened to.

:08:01. > :08:03.There was one guy driving and one guy on the back.

:08:04. > :08:06.Just took it out of my hand, split second, didn't

:08:07. > :08:11.Your phone just disappears out of your hand and you kind

:08:12. > :08:14.of realise what happened, and then you beat yourself up,

:08:15. > :08:20.Think about chasing after him, probably don't.

:08:21. > :08:24.But police say we are still walking around with our phones in full view.

:08:25. > :08:27.We go up to them and they say, "We have already had them stolen

:08:28. > :08:35.And we say, "Wow, you are still doing it!"

:08:36. > :08:38.What they say, they know somebody who has had their phone stolen

:08:39. > :08:44.In the past year 15,000 scooters have been stolen.

:08:45. > :08:48.They are then used to commit more crime.

:08:49. > :08:52.The man fighting this theft wants us to know just how

:08:53. > :08:57.In under 20 seconds he showed us how to steal one.

:08:58. > :09:01.The bike like this without a lock on the back wheel, you can just grab

:09:02. > :09:05.We can't show you any more of that, sorry.

:09:06. > :09:09.But what we can show you is how to keep your mopeds safer.

:09:10. > :09:13.The way to do it is put a big chain through the back wheel and put

:09:14. > :09:23.When it's at home, put a big hook into the concrete.

:09:24. > :09:28.This is one of 22 stolen every day, and the police say they only solve

:09:29. > :09:39.about 5% of the crimes associated with mopeds.

:09:40. > :09:46.With annual train tickets costing several thousand pounds, but a

:09:47. > :09:51.second-hand mopeds around 700, many people are choosing the cheaper

:09:52. > :09:57.option. London needs to bricks and habits to stay safe.

:09:58. > :10:10.It is getting a little bit uncomfortable for some of us, and it

:10:11. > :10:16.is getting hotter. It got up to 27 degrees today. Not an awful lot

:10:17. > :10:24.happening, clear sky. In the sunshine the temperatures

:10:25. > :10:43.will be shooting up. We could even get to 29 degrees. On

:10:44. > :10:47.Saturday there is a change. We anticipate a few storms from the

:10:48. > :10:55.south. Quite often they bring fresh weather, but not on this occasion.

:10:56. > :11:10.There will be slightly fresher weather as we head into next week.

:11:11. > :11:15.You would expect strong sunshine at this time of year, but it has been

:11:16. > :11:26.stronger than you would normally expect, and that continues tomorrow.

:11:27. > :11:27.It has been the hottest day of the year so far. I suspect we might beat