0:00:00 > 0:00:01police and from the authorities. Join me now on BBC Two.
0:00:11 > 0:00:17Good evening from BBC London News - I'm Victoria Hollins.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20A BBC London investigation has revealed how real animal fur
0:00:21 > 0:00:24is wrongly being sold as fake.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27This programme secretly filmed at shops and market
0:00:27 > 0:00:29stalls across London - we were told the garments had
0:00:29 > 0:00:33synthetic fur on them.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37But in fact tests show mink, rabbit and fox were being sold.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Animal rights charities say imported animal fur is being farmed on such
0:00:40 > 0:00:45a scale abroad that it's cheaper to buy than faux fur.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Alex Bushill investigates.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Our investigation starts here - Camden Market, one of the most
0:00:49 > 0:00:52famous markets in the world.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Armed with a secret camera, we joined the crowds
0:00:54 > 0:00:55looking for a purchase.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57A coat with a fur trim.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13This is the coat that we have just bought.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16It even has a label on it saying 100% polyester.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19So, no animal fur here, then.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Only one way to be sure.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Dr Phil Greaves is the country's leading microfibre expert,
0:01:25 > 0:01:29so we asked him to run all the tests needed to find out for sure if this
0:01:29 > 0:01:31was real fur, or faux fur.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34What is it?
0:01:34 > 0:01:36It's animal fibre, because it's got the structural features that
0:01:36 > 0:01:37only animal fibres have.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39It has got an external margin of scales,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41internal medullary structure, pigment within the fibres.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44It's of two coats and the fibres taper towards their tips.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45So that's 100% certain?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47100%.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50In all, we bought garments from 17 stalls and shops
0:01:50 > 0:01:53from across London, from Stratford to Shepherd's Bush market.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55From bobble hats, to key rings and shoes with pom-poms.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Again and again, we were sold fake fur that turned out,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01actually, to be real fur.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10And again, in Shepherd's Bush market.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18It's interesting how many of those stallholders say that at that price
0:02:18 > 0:02:20it has to be fake fur.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Real fur, they say, is expensive.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Well, not any more.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29I think a lot of people think that fur is expensive and would look
0:02:29 > 0:02:32at a £10 bobble hat and not think for a second that it
0:02:32 > 0:02:34could be real fur.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37And we just encourage people to be really be careful not to sleepwalk
0:02:37 > 0:02:40into buying real fur.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43So, what of those who had mis-sold to us?
0:02:43 > 0:02:45We asked everyone who sold us real fur as faux fur
0:02:45 > 0:02:47to explain themselves.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Some simply didn't comment, like these two, so we don't know
0:02:50 > 0:02:53if they themselves were victims, duped by their suppliers.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Others like this lady said she was shocked and that she relied
0:02:56 > 0:03:03on the label and was assured by her supplier it wasn't real fur.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05She has now removed the items from sale.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Which all leads to one inescapable thought.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13If so many of the shops and stalls that sell fur don't really know
0:03:13 > 0:03:15what they're selling, how on Earth are we the consumer
0:03:15 > 0:03:18to know what the fur trim on our coat, or the bobble
0:03:18 > 0:03:20on our hat is really made of?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Alex Bushell, BBC London News.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24That report will now be submitted as evidence to a Parliamentary
0:03:24 > 0:03:27inquiry looking at the issue.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32Up to 16,000 passengers have had their travel plans disrupted
0:03:32 > 0:03:34after City Airport was closed for the day because of an unexploded
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Second World War bomb.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41The 500 kilogramme device was discovered in the Thames,
0:03:41 > 0:03:42close to the runway.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44It has now been removed, and flights are expected
0:03:44 > 0:03:45to resume in the morning.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Tolu Adeoye has spent the day nearby.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Grounded - every single flight out of London
0:03:51 > 0:03:53City Airport following the
0:03:53 > 0:03:56discovery of a World War II bomb in water nearby.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01The 500 kilograms German device was found by divers at
0:04:01 > 0:04:04King George V Dock during work to expand the airport at around 5am
0:04:04 > 0:04:06yesterday morning.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09By 10pm the airport was shut.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Efforts were made to advise passengers they could not
0:04:13 > 0:04:16travel today but still we met some arriving at the airport who haven't
0:04:16 > 0:04:18heard the news.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Now we tried to go to the airport but we were informed
0:04:21 > 0:04:24now that there's no way.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27The unusual sight there of a completely empty
0:04:27 > 0:04:29runway, flights normally would be taking off and landing around every
0:04:29 > 0:04:34half an hour.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37But 261 have been cancelled, some flights have been
0:04:37 > 0:04:39moved to neighbouring airports, Southend and Stansted, but still
0:04:39 > 0:04:41widespread disruption for passengers.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Today the airport CEO apologised to the thousands affected
0:04:44 > 0:04:47by the problems.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Yes, there has been a lot of disruption and that's very, very
0:04:49 > 0:04:53unfortunate, and obviously we apologise for that.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55However, we, working very closely with the Met
0:04:55 > 0:04:57and the Navy, felt that it was the
0:04:57 > 0:04:58right thing to do, the responsible
0:04:58 > 0:05:00thing to do, to effectively close
0:05:00 > 0:05:05the airport and have this device,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07the unexploded bomb, removed from the dock.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10The disruption caused wasn't limited to air travel.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12A 214-metre cordon was put in place by the
0:05:12 > 0:05:13authorities affecting the DLR, with
0:05:13 > 0:05:15some roads also cordoned off.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18The exclusion zone meant residents were
0:05:18 > 0:05:20advised to leave their home and move
0:05:20 > 0:05:23to emergency accommodation, should they wish to.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26I don't think it's that major because they've obviously
0:05:26 > 0:05:28got it under control, otherwise they would move
0:05:28 > 0:05:32us all out, and being in
0:05:32 > 0:05:34London, World War II bombs, you're going to find them
0:05:34 > 0:05:36wherever they're going to be digging up stuff.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38So, there is a lot of ordnance unfortunately
0:05:38 > 0:05:39that still remains from previous wars.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Complacency certainly doesn't exist within the
0:05:42 > 0:05:44military and the Royal Navy ensures that every device, every bomb and
0:05:44 > 0:05:51every munition is treated in the same way.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53That report from Tolu Adeoye.
0:05:53 > 0:06:02With the latest from City Airport, Chris Rogers joins me now.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05In the last few minutes the Royal Navy bomb disposal unit have entered
0:06:05 > 0:06:09the airport through these gates, shot across the runway, and that is
0:06:09 > 0:06:13because we have just been told the World War II bomb is on the move,
0:06:13 > 0:06:16they managed to get it onto a flotation device and it's just
0:06:16 > 0:06:21behind me on the other side of the runway. They had to wait for high
0:06:21 > 0:06:24tide to get it through the lock system and into the River Thames and
0:06:24 > 0:06:28over the course of the next seven hours it will slowly make its way
0:06:28 > 0:06:30towards the estuary where it will be dropped to the sea bed tomorrow
0:06:30 > 0:06:34morning and they will be a controlled explosion. If all goes
0:06:34 > 0:06:47well this airport will be open and resuming flights from
0:06:53 > 0:06:556:30am in the morning but despite Stansted and Southend Airport
0:06:55 > 0:06:57stepping in today to me on some extra flights for stranded
0:06:57 > 0:06:59passengers, they could still be a knock-on effect, so the advices,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02check with your own line before coming here tomorrow. As it stands,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05the bomb is on the move to a place of safety and there is a long night
0:07:05 > 0:07:08ahead for the Royal Navy. For now, Chris, thank you very much, at City
0:07:08 > 0:07:08Airport.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11A major shake-up of the way the capital is policed was announced
0:07:11 > 0:07:14today as the Met warned of significant financial challenges.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Officer numbers are expected to drop to as low as 27,000.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21The main reform will see 12 large police units replacing
0:07:21 > 0:07:22the old system where each borough had its own team.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Our political correspondent Karl Mercer reports.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29She's been at the head of the Met for less than a year but Cressida
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Dick is having to make some very tough calls.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Passing out parades like this one last April may be
0:07:34 > 0:07:36one of the pleasures of the job.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Making cuts certainly isn't.
0:07:40 > 0:07:47And that's what the Met has announced
0:07:47 > 0:07:49today, cutting 1500 jobs and cutting its current structure
0:07:49 > 0:07:51from 32 to just 12 borough commands.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53We are making sure that with the number of
0:07:53 > 0:07:55officers we can afford over the coming years,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57we are able to address the priorities that Londoners want
0:07:57 > 0:08:00us, we believe, to address, particularly around violence and we
0:08:00 > 0:08:03are able to do that within the budget that we have.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08The new setup was trialled in Barking and Dagenham.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09But here, as across London, the local police station is
0:08:09 > 0:08:12set to close, although it's open at the moment.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14The council leader here says the changes need careful handling.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18The Met are trying to do the best they can do with the money
0:08:18 > 0:08:19they've got.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22The fact is they are now taking it out of front line services
0:08:22 > 0:08:25and they are now taking it out of the buildings where victims
0:08:25 > 0:08:27of crime used to go and feel secure.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29The Met's facing tough financial times.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33It needs to save 325 million in the coming years.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37This move will save just over £70 million of that target.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40It says a big drop in police numbers can't be ruled out.
0:08:40 > 0:08:46The difficult decisions the Met have taken today
0:08:46 > 0:08:49enable them to plan for the future with less resources.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53We know there's going to be 30,000 police officers by April and we know
0:08:53 > 0:08:54by 2021 it could be significantly less.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Scotland Yard has already closed, or has plans to close more
0:08:57 > 0:09:00than 100 police stations, leading to fears the only place left to save
0:09:00 > 0:09:01money is by cutting police numbers.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03We are down to the bone.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06There's nothing else we can sell, and I don't think there's any other
0:09:06 > 0:09:07way we can raise any money.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09And when you talk about the Metropolitan Police,
0:09:09 > 0:09:19I think about 76% is salary, so therefore you are going
0:09:22 > 0:09:24to have to reduce numbers to fit within the budgetary requirements.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27The money challenges for the commission, as the capital's
0:09:27 > 0:09:28facing big challenges over youth and sex crimes.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30She'll be judged on delivering better with less.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Karl Mercer, BBC London News.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35That's it for now from me, but let's find out what the weather's up
0:09:35 > 0:09:38to with Susan Powell.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45We saw sunshine today but there was still a chill in the air, not so
0:09:45 > 0:09:49much sunshine to come tomorrow or Wednesday, Oort cloud, wind and rain
0:09:49 > 0:09:53and for the end of the week it should look dry and brighter and
0:09:53 > 0:09:58feel milder. At the moment the sky is largely clear but this is what is
0:09:58 > 0:10:01waiting in the wings for tomorrow. A few showers around into the small
0:10:01 > 0:10:05hours of Tuesday but generally talking about clearing skies, that
0:10:05 > 0:10:09will mean a patchy frost forming first thing on Tuesday, temperatures
0:10:09 > 0:10:13in towns and cities just above freezing but in rural areas they
0:10:13 > 0:10:16will sit just below. Through the morning the cloud piles in quickly
0:10:16 > 0:10:22followed by the rain, wet by the end of the rush-hour, the rain tending
0:10:22 > 0:10:26to taper off by mid-afternoon with some white mixed in, yes, there
0:10:26 > 0:10:32could be sleet and snow for a time, feeling chilly, temperatures five or
0:10:32 > 0:10:356 degrees. The skies clear overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, chilly
0:10:35 > 0:10:39evening if you head out and about. First thing on Wednesday, maybe
0:10:39 > 0:10:43early brightness, but very quickly the next weather front comes in with
0:10:43 > 0:10:48Oort cloud, rain and white skipping across, a risk of some snow
0:10:48 > 0:10:52particularly across the highest ground, chilly as well, temperatures
0:10:52 > 0:10:55of seven or eight. The weather front again on the move quickly pushing
0:10:55 > 0:11:00into the weather continent on Thursday, we are left with clear
0:11:00 > 0:11:02skies and this is the outlook