13/06/2017 London News

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Muslim leaders have been accused of "hollow words"

A former Met Commander, who retired last week,

says community and mosque leaders are failing to tackle

But one mosque has hit back against Mak Chisty,

Here's our Home Affairs Correspondent Nick Beake.

Three mass murders in the space of ten weeks, 35 people dead

As UK's most senior Muslim police officer, Commander Mak Chishty led

the tributes and tried to ease any community tensions.

But now he says Muslim leaders need to do much more than simply

condemn terror attacks after they've happened.

The feedback I'm getting post London Bridge and Borough Market,

is actually it's not as believable any more.

People think they're just hollow words, they want to see actions

So this is a call for action, to do something much more other

than just merely announcing something or condemning

For him, action means striving out what he calls

the "Menace of extremism", lurking within Muslim communities

Mak Chishty says it's not just about reporting extremist

views to the authorities, but challenging them as well.

He also wants changes to mosques in particular.

He says that half the people on the management committees should

be women, and he wants imams from different branches

of Islam to come together, to preach a common message that it's

perfectly possible to be both British and a Muslim.

The East London Mosque in Whitechapel says it's

It's where the family of the three Bethnal Green girls,

Salman Farsi says he and other worshippers have been attacked

by Islamic extremists when they've challenged their views.

He believes singling out mosques for criticism is unfair.

The criticisms by Commander Mak Chishty, they're

If you have a look at the last two incidents, with respect

to London Bridge and the Manchester attacks, the individuals

were reported by members of the Muslim community

and we have a very good relationship with the police,

Any time we have any issues or we suspect anyone of any

kind of criminality, we are more than happy

These are the men behind the Westminster and

It's not known what drove them to murder, but some believe London

gang culture and online radicalisation are more

to blame than mosques for the growing terror threat.

We find that from a lot of the terrorists who've both

committed atrocities here and in Europe, a lot

of them had prior prison sentences, they had...

Not for any extremism but actually for criminal behaviour,

Mak Chishty says he is already facing a backlash for his comments,

but insists more uncomfortable conversations need to be had.

Meanwhile, the terror attacks on Westminster and London Bridge

have lowered visitor numbers at some of the capital's top

Let's get more on this from Caroline Davies who's

Hello Victoria. It is a rather beautiful sight this eepg, the

London Eye lit up on the London skyline. This is actually the sixth

most-seen attraction in London according to Visit London. The

company that own the London Eye, Merlin said they have not had that

easy a ride of it. They don't just own the London Eye but they own

Madame Tussaud's and the London dodge yob they say they've seen a

softer day market. What does that mean? That means people within the

UK who may be coming to London for the day or it maybe a school trip,

fewer than those than they were expecting. The reason is the

Westminster attack. They are expecting the numbers will go down

further in response to the Manchester attack. We are waiting to

hear the figures and how they play out. What does it mean to be a

tourist? Well we spoke to some out and about today.

A lot of our family members and friends warned us,

But I don't know, I still feel like it's a safe place.

It looks like there's lots of security around

I'm actually looking around now, I find myself just looking

if somebody's behind me, if somebody's next to me,

We were a little bit frightened, but, yes, the show must go on.

What is going tonne address this? To start, it is using more positive

language. Even in Merlin's report they were saying London has bounced

back before, it will again and it is important that London tourism will

bounce back. It is an important part of the economy. If we take a look of

the figures. 66 million tourists visited London last year. If you

think about the numbers, the money they brought in. They generated ?36

billion for the London economy. That is because a huge number of jobs in

London are reliant on the tourism industry. 700,000. It is thought

that that number will grow further. Should we be worried this this

report? Merlin say we should be cautiously optimistic. They think

London can turn this around. Thank you very much.

Next to a legal battle between the parents of a terminally

10-month-old Charlie Gard has a rare genetic condition.

His parents, from Bedfont in West London, want to take

their son to America for experimental treatment.

But Charlie's doctors argue the infant should be allowed

Now the European Court of Human Rights is deciding his future.

A precious memory away from intensive care for Connie Yates

and Chris Gard, together with son Charlie.

Taken on the roof of Great Ormond Street,

the family picnic was organised by nurses at the hospital.

Charlie is kept alive with a mechanical ventilator,

he's fed through a tube and is seriously brain-damaged.

His parents want to take him to the United States

for experimental treatment and have crowd funded ?1.3 million.

They can't understand why the hospital is blocking them.

We've had to stomach the fact that they don't

OK, we don't agree with that, but we have to accept that.

But the fact that they are blocking us from taking him to another

hospital in the world, with one of the leading

I can't, still to this day, can't get my head round it.

This case has never been about money.

Doctors here at Great Ormond Street did consider giving

the experimental treatment on offer in the United States,

but they and independent experts were unanimous that it could not

reverse Charlie's serious brain damage and may indeed

So the kindest option would be to allow him to die.

Last week, the parents emerged distraught from

Every UK judge involved has agreed Charlie should be allowed

This medical ethicist says the courts have to consider what's

It is one of the tragedies of human existence, that life can become

painful and burdensome to any human creature.

And three sets of judges, and independent experts,

have taken the view that that has become the case with Charlie.

Today, judges at the European Court of Human Rights in France said

life-support must continue until midnight on Monday,

to give time for the parents to submit their case.

Whatever is eventually decided by the court in Strasbourg

More of our MPs have been given roles in the new Government.

He'll be in charge of counter-terrorism policing

as the new Minister for Policing at the Home Office.

Greg Hands also has a new job - he's replacing Gavin Barwell

The Chelsea and Fulham MP says he's looking forward

to working with the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, on common

interests, including promoting and improving the capital.

And it's not just London politicians, Reading West

MP, Alok Sharma, takes on the housing brief.

He'll oversee the Government's White Paper that includes measures to help

renters here in London, with a possible ban

That's it for now from me, but lets find out what

Good evening. Today was the first of some summer days. It may get hot

support some. Amongst the blue sky, we will be in the middle of this

week, it'll be turning hot and increasingly humid. It is warm out

there at the moment. We have a fair amount of clear sky across London

and Home Counties. London probably won't fall lower than 16 tonight.

Plenty of sunshine about which will continue into the afternoon. High UV

levels. Good evening. Compared to last week,

more of a summer vibe this week. Leeds displays what is going on,

temperatures at or above average. Warmest day of the working week

tomorrow. Temperatures drop by the end of the week but build for the

weekend. For some substantially so. What is bringing the first burst of

warmth, low pressure out into the Atlantic, helping to scoop up warmer

air. Build high pressure as well which will chase away some of the

rain across Scotland, becoming confined to Orkney and Shetland