:00:00. > :00:21.Volunteers in east London have teamed up with police in a way never
:00:22. > :00:25.seen before in the UK as part of their fight-back
:00:26. > :00:31.Together, they search for weapons hidden by gangs and their haul
:00:32. > :00:33.includes some shocking blades found yards from a busy high
:00:34. > :00:38.And this evening, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner told BBC London
:00:39. > :00:40.she wants the idea rolled out across London.
:00:41. > :00:49.They may not look tough but this is the latest front in London's
:00:50. > :00:56.These volunteers are helping police search the local area for knives,
:00:57. > :00:58.bats, machetes and other weaponry stashed here for easy access
:00:59. > :01:02.by gangs who don't want to get caught carrying them.
:01:03. > :01:08.And the searches are yielding extraordinary if terrifying results.
:01:09. > :01:11.If you're in a group and you're having a gang fight, for example,
:01:12. > :01:13.and you're wielding this around, it's going to be
:01:14. > :01:16.But also, if you're wielding this around there is some
:01:17. > :01:21.You're going to easily cause injury to someone stepping into the path
:01:22. > :01:33.It is everybody's problem, if they work together, they will find more
:01:34. > :01:34.knives, the search will be more thorough.
:01:35. > :01:37.Violent gangs in Tower Hamlets are known to stash some
:01:38. > :01:39.of their weapons in green spaces around the borough.
:01:40. > :01:42.This 15-inch machete was found by a member of the public who has
:01:43. > :01:45.been enlisted by the police to help them cover these huge areas
:01:46. > :01:48.and take some of these weapons off the streets.
:01:49. > :01:51.The very first bush we attempted and tackled, we came across the main
:01:52. > :01:54.foundation wall and lifted the bush up and there it was,
:01:55. > :02:02.To my surprise it was actually a knife.
:02:03. > :02:05.This pilot scheme has been organised in Tower Hamlets by local
:02:06. > :02:11.Well, it is quite well known that there is a problem with knives
:02:12. > :02:15.Other ways of hurting and damaging people and threatening people,
:02:16. > :02:19.frightening people, which is just as bad really.
:02:20. > :02:24.The last year has seen knife crime in the capital surge by a quarter,
:02:25. > :02:26.injuries up by a fifth, with more than 2000 young people
:02:27. > :02:34.Tonight a sign from the Met Police Commissioner that we could see
:02:35. > :02:40.You'd like to see this rolled out across the whole of London?
:02:41. > :02:43.This is people who are saying, we know that some people
:02:44. > :02:46.are stashing knives and we believe they may be near to my home,
:02:47. > :02:51.I don't want that and I don't want them to be able to go and pick one
:02:52. > :02:55.up and just attack somebody I love, so I'm going to go out there
:02:56. > :03:00.Normally police ask us for our eyes and ears
:03:01. > :03:04.Now they are asking for that little bit more.
:03:05. > :03:11.So the Commissioner welcoming what's been happening in Tower Hamlets.
:03:12. > :03:13.But she also had more to say about knife crime.
:03:14. > :03:15.Louisa Preston has been following what been said.
:03:16. > :03:26.She definitely did and knife crime is a priority to her, especially
:03:27. > :03:30.within the black community. She pointed out she believes some people
:03:31. > :03:34.in ethnic communities do not have the confidence in the police. There
:03:35. > :03:38.is an issue there and only highlighted recently by the deaths
:03:39. > :03:44.of two black men within five weeks of each other who had contact with
:03:45. > :03:47.the police. Both of those are being investigated by an independent
:03:48. > :03:52.enquiry but in the BBC London radio interview she said it was extremely
:03:53. > :03:53.worrying that young black men are disproportionately the victims of
:03:54. > :03:54.knife crime. We have a problem in this
:03:55. > :03:56.city with violent crime That hugely disproportionately
:03:57. > :03:59.affects people from minority They are utterly disproportionately
:04:00. > :04:03.the victims of that. That makes me angry and it
:04:04. > :04:06.makes my officers angry Every week probably I hear a story
:04:07. > :04:10.of one of my officers saving the life of a young black man
:04:11. > :04:24.who has been stabbed. You heard their and after the
:04:25. > :04:30.tensions in East London we have seen after the death of those two black
:04:31. > :04:33.men she was asked about the Notting Hill Carnival and if she was
:04:34. > :04:37.concerned about it and she said no, the Carnival is always a challenge
:04:38. > :04:41.to police, there is too much violence that goes on but she has no
:04:42. > :04:45.particular worries about it this year and she also mentioned the
:04:46. > :04:49.budget and budget cuts and she said clearly that if there are more
:04:50. > :04:53.budget cuts it will lead to a small Met police which makes her job a lot
:04:54. > :04:57.more difficult. Very direct words. Thank you very much.
:04:58. > :04:59.A doctor from Romford has been charged with over
:05:00. > :05:03.Manish Shah, who's 47, will appear at Barkingside Magistrates Court
:05:04. > :05:06.at the end of the month to face allegations including one
:05:07. > :05:12.The NHS has set up a dedicated phone line for anyone "who may have
:05:13. > :05:16.concerns or questions" about the case to call.
:05:17. > :05:21.Mobile phone footage taken inside The Mount Prison
:05:22. > :05:23.in Hertfordshire shows riot officers using flash grenades to try
:05:24. > :05:27.and regain control after two days of disturbances.
:05:28. > :05:30.Order has now been restored but today there's been criticism
:05:31. > :05:41.Inside The Mount Prison in Hertfordshire this week prison
:05:42. > :05:45.officers are drafted in to restore order as prisoners take control.
:05:46. > :05:55.According to the leader of the organisation which represents
:05:56. > :05:57.prison governors, a crisis is now building in prisons caused
:05:58. > :06:00.by a toxic mix of population pressures and staff shortages.
:06:01. > :06:02.The situation is bad, and until we get sufficient
:06:03. > :06:04.staff in our prisons, the situation we are
:06:05. > :06:10.So we will continue to try and control the situation
:06:11. > :06:13.in our prisons but we will not be delivering in a significant number
:06:14. > :06:17.of our prisons good quality rehabilitative regimes.
:06:18. > :06:20.In an open letter that is sharply critical of the government's
:06:21. > :06:22.handling of prisons, Andrea Albutt said her members had
:06:23. > :06:27.seen nothing tangible from ministers to ease the burden on staff.
:06:28. > :06:29.She said a government decision to separate the running of prisons
:06:30. > :06:42.are only speaking out now. and not cost-effective.
:06:43. > :06:45.Well, we would like to think they are our allies but where have
:06:46. > :06:50.We have all been effected by it, it is not there members
:06:51. > :06:51.getting used as punch bags, it's ours.
:06:52. > :06:54.The Ministry of Justice said it is aware of these ongoing
:06:55. > :06:56.problems in prisons, that is why it is taking immediate
:06:57. > :06:59.action to increase prison officer numbers as well as create the Prison
:07:00. > :07:01.and Probation Service which will ensure that both policy
:07:02. > :07:03.and operation work closely together to deliver these
:07:04. > :07:09.And following a report earlier this year that found Pentonville Prison
:07:10. > :07:11.was overcrowded and violent, it is clear these reforms
:07:12. > :07:28.Over 300 years after opening its doors, Britain's oldest wine
:07:29. > :07:30.merchant has decided it's time to modernise its shop
:07:31. > :07:35.Berry Brothers Rudd was founded in 1698 and for much of that time
:07:36. > :07:38.it's supplied wine to the King or Queen of the day.
:07:39. > :07:40.But, as Sarah Harris has been finding out,
:07:41. > :07:47.the shop is having to adapt to cope with a changing world and customers.
:07:48. > :07:50.For hundreds of years this was the place in London to come
:07:51. > :07:56.Berry Brothers Rudd is the oldest wine merchants in the country.
:07:57. > :07:59.Kings, admirals and artists have passed through its timber doors
:08:00. > :08:08.Centuries ago some believed it to be the place to come to get in shape.
:08:09. > :08:12.One of the quirks of coming to buy your wine from your London
:08:13. > :08:14.merchant back in the 19th century was that customers would weigh
:08:15. > :08:20.One of the famous clients was Lord Byron, the poet,
:08:21. > :08:23.and he was concerned about his weight.
:08:24. > :08:27.And he went on that not so famous diet of white wine
:08:28. > :08:29.and dried biscuits but, you will be surprised to learn,
:08:30. > :08:34.He started out at 13 stone, nearly 14 stone, and five years
:08:35. > :08:47.Good wine in moderation is still known for its health benefits even
:08:48. > :08:51.if weight loss is not one of them. Geordie's family have kept the best
:08:52. > :08:57.vintages here for generations. He says most customers now
:08:58. > :09:00.are looking to know where their wine comes from and would rather have
:09:01. > :09:02.quality not quantity. When people come in,
:09:03. > :09:06.if they're buying a bottle invariably they are buying better,
:09:07. > :09:09.possibly less but better, and that wine is something
:09:10. > :09:11.that's important to them and they want to be involved
:09:12. > :09:17.in the story as well. Online sales put many retail outlets
:09:18. > :09:21.out of business but a new shop here is making tasting and buying
:09:22. > :09:24.wine a leisure activity. They don't really come just
:09:25. > :09:28.for buying a bottle of wine, they are looking for an experience,
:09:29. > :09:33.to explore new regions, So for many Londoners it seems
:09:34. > :09:44.coming to sample your own wine in person is not so much of a chore
:09:45. > :09:48.but a retail experience though if you are expecting to lose weight
:09:49. > :09:58.like Lord Byron you According to the record it did work,
:09:59. > :10:05.very odd! That get the weather forecast and some heavy showers. Yes
:10:06. > :10:08.but that the word is underway, still a few showers tomorrow and quite
:10:09. > :10:13.windy for the time of year. Still some rain clearing through as the
:10:14. > :10:16.night goes on and then it is clever by the end of the night but staying
:10:17. > :10:21.breezy with temperatures not going down too far. Quite a bit of cloud
:10:22. > :10:27.in the morning and there will be a few passing showers, going through
:10:28. > :10:32.quickly because the strength of the wind with some gusts in excess of 30
:10:33. > :10:36.mph but in the afternoon it will be mainly dry with more Sunnis both and
:10:37. > :10:40.quite pleasant out of the breed in the sunshine. Especially on Friday
:10:41. > :10:46.with the lighter wind and sun is both -- out of the breeze. The
:10:47. > :10:54.temperatures will be a bit higher. At the weekend is looking mainly
:10:55. > :11:01.dry, variable Sunny spells with the wind easing and it will be
:11:02. > :11:02.pleasantly warm. Don't look too surprised! What about
:11:03. > :11:04.pleasantly warm. Don't look too surprised! What about the national
:11:05. > :11:13.picture? Good evening. At this time of year
:11:14. > :11:17.the climate tells us to expect the wettest weather in the north and the
:11:18. > :11:21.driest in the south but that is not what we have seen today and southern
:11:22. > :11:25.areas had quite a deluge, a dismal scene from a weather watcher in
:11:26. > :11:30.London compare to this beautiful sunset in Shetland and it was the
:11:31. > :11:34.far north of Scotland that had the lion's share of the sunshine.
:11:35. > :11:37.Further south a lot of cloud and particularly of southern England a
:11:38. > :11:41.lot of rain with some heavy bursts and we will see some wet weather
:11:42. > :11:46.through the night in the south-east and East Anglia. That will clear to
:11:47. > :11:47.the east and after that beautiful day in northern