:00:09. > :00:15.The Mayor of London claims up to half of the Met's police stations
:00:16. > :00:21.Sadiq Khan says conservative cuts of ?400 million over the next three
:00:22. > :00:23.years will make it 'extremely difficult' to keep them open.
:00:24. > :00:26.But the Conservatives say they'll protect police funding.
:00:27. > :00:30.Here's our political editor Tim Donovan.
:00:31. > :00:32.Bobbies or buildings, what if that is the choice now,
:00:33. > :00:39.Can't we have the police stations and the bobbies?
:00:40. > :00:41.What would happen if you had to choose?
:00:42. > :00:44.I would rather have the bobbies on the street.
:00:45. > :00:48.Just working out of fewer police stations maybe?
:00:49. > :00:49.Well, it doesn't really work, does it?
:00:50. > :00:59.People need face-to-face interaction and customer service,
:01:00. > :01:04.I do not want to see a lot of buildings close.
:01:05. > :01:14.If they do decide to cut buildings, we require a lot of police officers,
:01:15. > :01:20.More than 60 front office counters have closed in recent years,
:01:21. > :01:24.the shutters come down on stations like this one in Rotherhithe.
:01:25. > :01:28.More than 70 are left, like West End Central here but half
:01:29. > :01:32.now appear under threat, according to the Mayor.
:01:33. > :01:35.We have been working closely with the Met Police service
:01:36. > :01:39.The choice is cutting front-line police officers -
:01:40. > :01:42.nobody wants to do that - or having to close half of
:01:43. > :01:46.I have been witness to the devastating effects of police
:01:47. > :01:47.cuts during your time as Home Secretary.
:01:48. > :01:50.Theresa May was challenged last night over policing,
:01:51. > :01:52.but the Tories have said the Mayor is just scaremongering
:01:53. > :01:55.and that there is enough money to go around.
:01:56. > :01:58.What actually has happened here in the Metropolitan Police
:01:59. > :02:01.is that there has been a rethink about how best you can deploy
:02:02. > :02:04.the policing resources you have got to make theM most effective,
:02:05. > :02:07.get them on the front line, get the back office stuff done
:02:08. > :02:11.by people who are not actually going on to the front line,
:02:12. > :02:14.and what I would say to you is that I think with falling crime,
:02:15. > :02:16.and there has been falling crime in all those years,
:02:17. > :02:19.the Met Police is probably now more efficient and effective than it
:02:20. > :02:23.And as well as lobbying the government for more, has
:02:24. > :02:28.When it came to the Budget this year, the Mayor took ?30 million out
:02:29. > :02:32.of policing that would have funded and got us up to 32,000 police
:02:33. > :02:35.officers on our streets in London, and he also put 20 million
:02:36. > :02:38.into reserve, so if he is serious about keeping London safe,
:02:39. > :02:41.he should put as much money as he could into policing,
:02:42. > :02:43.as well as then made the case to government.
:02:44. > :02:45.Limited money, what is best for the public?
:02:46. > :02:51.Difficult decisions to be made in the coming years.
:02:52. > :02:54.Well, policing is just one of the major election issues
:02:55. > :02:57.which features in a BBC London debate to be aired tonight.
:02:58. > :03:00.Our political correspondent Karl Mercer was there
:03:01. > :03:06.Good evening, here we are with a panel of leading
:03:07. > :03:15.100 Londoners, five top politicians and a presenter and a heated debate.
:03:16. > :03:18.London was the only region in the country to vote Remain
:03:19. > :03:29.One questioner is worried about what will happen now.
:03:30. > :03:31.What will your party do to assure London's interests
:03:32. > :03:33.are being considered in the upcoming Brexit negotiations?
:03:34. > :03:35.There are different ways of leaving the European Union.
:03:36. > :03:39.You can do it in the hard extreme way this government has chosen.
:03:40. > :03:42.We didn't have to leave the single market, we don't have
:03:43. > :03:45.to leave the customs union, we do not have to break up
:03:46. > :03:48.the collaborative relationships around research which will happen
:03:49. > :04:04.If you stay in the single market and you stay in the customs union,
:04:05. > :04:08.You still have freedom of movement, you still have EU laws
:04:09. > :04:10.and you cannot do trade deals with other countries.
:04:11. > :04:15.It is no good for the country if we spend the whole of next year
:04:16. > :04:18.We have to bring the country together and get
:04:19. > :04:21.There are over a million EU nationals living in this
:04:22. > :04:24.country, living in London, and the Labour Party does not
:04:25. > :04:26.believe we should use them as bargaining chips
:04:27. > :04:38.We say that we will secure their position.
:04:39. > :04:41.I don't think people are stupid, they were told very clearly it
:04:42. > :04:43.would mean leaving the single market, it means an end to free
:04:44. > :04:46.movement, that is the reason people mostly voted for the country.
:04:47. > :04:51.I admit in London it was 60% that there were 40% of Londoners
:04:52. > :05:00.The negotiations are going to be really, really intricate,
:05:01. > :05:03.and yet every time you raise what are we going to do about EU
:05:04. > :05:13.nationals, what are we going to do about science funding,
:05:14. > :05:16.you say that to somebody who is Leave and all they do
:05:17. > :05:29.We need to be talking much more the details.
:05:30. > :05:32.Their details which will be much chewed over in the coming days.
:05:33. > :05:35.We've heard about policing and housing, what other
:05:36. > :05:44.We only have nine days left in the debate. There were really engaged
:05:45. > :05:48.Londoners in the audience. They want to know a lot of details, things
:05:49. > :05:53.like terror and policing, particularly in the wake of the
:05:54. > :05:59.Manchester attack, Londoners asking how will you keep us safe? Lots of
:06:00. > :06:02.talk over police numbers. And another key issue, housing for
:06:03. > :06:08.London. One young Londoner is saying how on earth will I get a house. I'm
:06:09. > :06:12.25 years old, I have a decent job, I do not think I will ever get one.
:06:13. > :06:17.And then the key issue of social care that has been talked about. One
:06:18. > :06:21.mother and son say how will we survive, how will we keep our house
:06:22. > :06:32.and our inheritance? Big questions for
:06:33. > :06:36.a lot of Londoners. We saw a lot of feisty debate, quite punchy. A story
:06:37. > :06:37.of U-turns, broken promises and some frustration. That is what we call
:06:38. > :06:41.politics. And you can watch the debate
:06:42. > :06:48.here on BBC One at 10.45pm, Detectives are hunting
:06:49. > :06:50.for two boys on bikes, who fired into a crowd of people,
:06:51. > :06:52.killing 20-year-old Mohanna Abdhou -
:06:53. > :06:55.known as Montana - was with a group of friends
:06:56. > :06:57.near a playground Police say a number of shots
:06:58. > :07:01.were aimed at the group We are looking at all options
:07:02. > :07:05.in terms of what is the reason There is nothing we have
:07:06. > :07:08.identified in terms of Mohanna and her background to suggest
:07:09. > :07:11.she would be a target for such an attack, so we we have an open
:07:12. > :07:15.mind in terms of what the reason behind it is and our enquiries
:07:16. > :07:17.are progressing in relation Prince Harry said they were created
:07:18. > :07:28.to 'inspire and to heal'. The Invictus Games sees
:07:29. > :07:30.service men and women, who've suffered life-changing
:07:31. > :07:31.injuries compete Today he was at the launch
:07:32. > :07:36.of the 2017 UK Team who'll be Emma Jones reports from
:07:37. > :07:44.the Tower of London. Smiles and jokes with Prince Harry
:07:45. > :07:47.as the United Kingdom team for this year's Invictus Games is unveiled
:07:48. > :07:51.at the Tower of London. It's a cause close to Harry's heart
:07:52. > :07:54.- he created the Games for injured and sick servicemen and women,
:07:55. > :07:57.saying he wanted to demonstrate the power of sport to inspire
:07:58. > :07:59.recovery and show there This is just part of what he had to
:08:00. > :08:09.say at last year's Games in Orlando. You are now ambassadors
:08:10. > :08:12.for the spirit of these Games. Spread the word, never stop fighting
:08:13. > :08:15.and do all you can to lift up Since the first Invictus Games
:08:16. > :08:22.were put on in London in 2014, The UK will be taking 90 competitors
:08:23. > :08:27.to Toronto in September When I was first in the chair,
:08:28. > :08:36.I was in a very, very bad place. I found basketball to start
:08:37. > :08:39.with and after that I found wheelchair racing and it has
:08:40. > :08:41.helped me immensely, concentrating on something and keeping me
:08:42. > :08:47.on the straight and narrow. The athletes I've spoken to today
:08:48. > :08:50.talked about the self-confidence and self-worth they have gained
:08:51. > :08:53.from being part of this They also talked about the real
:08:54. > :08:59.pride of being part of a team To see so many of the guys
:09:00. > :09:05.I went to rehabilitation with here at the top of their game,
:09:06. > :09:09.loud and confident, that is what the Games are about,
:09:10. > :09:12.bringing people out of their shells. Some horrendous injuries
:09:13. > :09:15.but now they can compete. For these competitors,
:09:16. > :09:17.it is as much about taking part as much as it is bringing home
:09:18. > :09:21.a medal from Toronto. This is a positive time in what has
:09:22. > :09:30.been a challenging journey. I'll say goodnight now
:09:31. > :09:32.and leave you with Wendy for a check on the weather,
:09:33. > :09:43.which is warming up again? Yes, you have heard right. Mid 20s
:09:44. > :09:50.by the end of the week. It is feeling a bit warmer tomorrow.
:09:51. > :09:57.The cloud will be fairly well broken tomorrow. That will make it feel
:09:58. > :10:02.warmer. This evening we have quite a lot of clear skies. There will be
:10:03. > :10:06.patchy cloud and clear skies. The winds falling like. The temperature
:10:07. > :10:13.settling around 14 degrees around dawn. Tomorrow, no trouble with the
:10:14. > :10:16.commute to work. There may be one or two light showers through the
:10:17. > :10:22.afternoon. They will be really well scattered. The temperature in London
:10:23. > :10:27.reaching 23 degrees. Even warmer than that on Thursday and here is
:10:28. > :10:31.why. There is a big area of low pressure out in the Atlantic. It
:10:32. > :10:36.will be drawing in lots of warm air from the south. This weather front
:10:37. > :10:41.will be tricky. It will introduce some heavy, thundery showers on
:10:42. > :10:44.Friday. It might hang around into the weekend as well. For Thursday
:10:45. > :10:53.you can see the sort of temperatures we are talking about. Mid 20s again.
:10:54. > :10:57.We do have to watch out for some heavy thundery downpours. We will
:10:58. > :11:00.keep you posted on that. There should be slightly fresher weekend
:11:01. > :11:01.but still with some dry and sunny where
:11:02. > :11:05.but still with some dry and sunny where that from time to time. Next
:11:06. > :11:12.up, Darren Bett with National forecast.
:11:13. > :11:19.Hello, it was a better day today. Clearer skies have pushed their way
:11:20. > :11:20.across the receipt into Blackpool