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Join me now on BBC Two. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:01 | |
Good evening from BBC London News -
I'm Victoria Hollins. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:17 | |
A BBC London investigation has
revealed how real animal fur | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
is wrongly being sold as fake. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:24 | |
This programme secretly
filmed at shops and market | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
stalls across London -
we were told the garments had | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
synthetic fur on them. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
But in fact tests show mink,
rabbit and fox were being sold. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:37 | |
Animal rights charities say imported
animal fur is being farmed on such | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
a scale abroad that it's cheaper
to buy than faux fur. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:45 | |
Alex Bushill investigates. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
Our investigation starts here -
Camden Market, one of the most | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
famous markets in the world. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
Armed with a secret camera,
we joined the crowds | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
looking for a purchase. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:55 | |
A coat with a fur trim. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
This is the coat that
we have just bought. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:13 | |
It even has a label on it
saying 100% polyester. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
So, no animal fur here, then. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
Only one way to be sure. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
Dr Phil Greaves is the country's
leading microfibre expert, | 0:01:21 | 0:01:25 | |
so we asked him to run all the tests
needed to find out for sure if this | 0:01:25 | 0:01:29 | |
was real fur, or faux fur. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:31 | |
What is it? | 0:01:31 | 0:01:34 | |
It's animal fibre, because it's got
the structural features that | 0:01:34 | 0:01:36 | |
only animal fibres have. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:37 | |
It has got an external margin
of scales, | 0:01:37 | 0:01:39 | |
internal medullary structure,
pigment within the fibres. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:41 | |
It's of two coats and the fibres
taper towards their tips. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
So that's 100% certain? | 0:01:44 | 0:01:45 | |
100%. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:47 | |
In all, we bought garments
from 17 stalls and shops | 0:01:47 | 0:01:50 | |
from across London, from Stratford
to Shepherd's Bush market. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
From bobble hats, to key rings
and shoes with pom-poms. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:55 | |
Again and again, we were sold fake
fur that turned out, | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
actually, to be real fur. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
And again, in
Shepherd's Bush market. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
It's interesting how many of those
stallholders say that at that price | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
it has to be fake fur. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
Real fur, they say, is expensive. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:22 | |
Well, not any more. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
I think a lot of people think that
fur is expensive and would look | 0:02:25 | 0:02:29 | |
at a £10 bobble hat and not think
for a second that it | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
could be real fur. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
And we just encourage people to be
really be careful not to sleepwalk | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
into buying real fur. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:40 | |
So, what of those who
had mis-sold to us? | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
We asked everyone who sold us
real fur as faux fur | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
to explain themselves. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:47 | |
Some simply didn't comment,
like these two, so we don't know | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
if they themselves were victims,
duped by their suppliers. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
Others like this lady said
she was shocked and that she relied | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
on the label and was assured
by her supplier it wasn't real fur. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:03 | |
She has now removed
the items from sale. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
Which all leads to one
inescapable thought. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
If so many of the shops and stalls
that sell fur don't really know | 0:03:09 | 0:03:13 | |
what they're selling,
how on Earth are we the consumer | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
to know what the fur trim
on our coat, or the bobble | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
on our hat is really made of? | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
Alex Bushell, BBC London News. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
That report will now be submitted
as evidence to a Parliamentary | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
inquiry looking at the issue. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
Up to 16,000 passengers have
had their travel plans disrupted | 0:03:27 | 0:03:32 | |
after City Airport was closed
for the day because of an unexploded | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
Second World War bomb. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:38 | |
The 500 kilogramme device
was discovered in the Thames, | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
close to the runway. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:42 | |
It has now been removed,
and flights are expected | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
to resume in the morning. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:45 | |
Tolu Adeoye has spent
the day nearby. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:49 | |
Grounded - every single
flight out of London | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
City Airport following
the | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
discovery of a World War II
bomb in water nearby. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
The 500 kilograms German device
was found by divers at | 0:03:56 | 0:04:01 | |
King George V Dock during work
to expand the airport at around 5am | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
yesterday morning. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:06 | |
By 10pm the airport was shut. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
Efforts were made to advise
passengers they could not | 0:04:09 | 0:04:13 | |
travel today but still we met some
arriving at the airport who haven't | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
heard the news. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
Now we tried to go to the airport
but we were informed | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
now that there's no way. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:24 | |
The unusual sight there
of a completely empty | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
runway, flights normally would be
taking off and landing around every | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
half an hour. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:34 | |
But 261 have been cancelled,
some flights have been | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
moved to neighbouring airports,
Southend and Stansted, but still | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
widespread disruption
for passengers. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
Today the airport CEO apologised
to the thousands affected | 0:04:41 | 0:04:43 | |
by the problems. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
Yes, there has been a lot
of disruption and that's very, very | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
unfortunate, and obviously
we apologise for that. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:53 | |
However, we, working very
closely with the Met | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
and the Navy, felt
that it was the | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
right thing to do,
the responsible | 0:04:57 | 0:04:58 | |
thing to do, to
effectively close | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
the airport and have
this device, | 0:05:00 | 0:05:05 | |
the unexploded bomb,
removed from the dock. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
The disruption caused wasn't
limited to air travel. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
A 214-metre cordon
was put in place by the | 0:05:10 | 0:05:12 | |
authorities affecting
the DLR, with | 0:05:12 | 0:05:13 | |
some roads also cordoned off. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
The exclusion zone meant
residents were | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
advised to leave their
home and move | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
to emergency accommodation,
should they wish to. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
I don't think it's that major
because they've obviously | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
got it under control,
otherwise they would move | 0:05:26 | 0:05:28 | |
us all out, and being
in | 0:05:28 | 0:05:32 | |
London, World War II bombs,
you're going to find them | 0:05:32 | 0:05:34 | |
wherever they're going
to be digging up stuff. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
So, there is a lot of
ordnance unfortunately | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
that still remains
from previous wars. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:39 | |
Complacency certainly
doesn't exist within the | 0:05:39 | 0:05:42 | |
military and the Royal Navy ensures
that every device, every bomb and | 0:05:42 | 0:05:44 | |
every munition is treated
in the same way. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:51 | |
That report from Tolu Adeoye. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
With the latest from City Airport,
Chris Rogers joins me now. | 0:05:53 | 0:06:02 | |
In the last few minutes the Royal
Navy bomb disposal unit have entered | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
the airport through these gates,
shot across the runway, and that is | 0:06:05 | 0:06:09 | |
because we have just been told the
World War II bomb is on the move, | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
they managed to get it onto a
flotation device and it's just | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
behind me on the other side of the
runway. They had to wait for high | 0:06:16 | 0:06:21 | |
tide to get it through the lock
system and into the River Thames and | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
over the course of the next seven
hours it will slowly make its way | 0:06:24 | 0:06:28 | |
towards the estuary where it will be
dropped to the sea bed tomorrow | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
morning and they will be a
controlled explosion. If all goes | 0:06:30 | 0:06:34 | |
well this airport will be open and
resuming flights from | 0:06:34 | 0:06:47 | |
6:30am in the morning but despite
Stansted and Southend Airport | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
stepping in today to me on some
extra flights for stranded | 0:06:55 | 0:06:57 | |
passengers, they could still be a
knock-on effect, so the advices, | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
check with your own line before
coming here tomorrow. As it stands, | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
the bomb is on the move to a place
of safety and there is a long night | 0:07:02 | 0:07:05 | |
ahead for the Royal Navy. For now,
Chris, thank you very much, at City | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
Airport. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:08 | |
A major shake-up of the way
the capital is policed was announced | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
today as the Met warned
of significant financial challenges. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
Officer numbers are expected to drop
to as low as 27,000. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
The main reform will see 12 large
police units replacing | 0:07:16 | 0:07:21 | |
the old system where each
borough had its own team. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:22 | |
Our political correspondent
Karl Mercer reports. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:26 | |
She's been at the head of the Met
for less than a year but Cressida | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
Dick is having to make
some very tough calls. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:32 | |
Passing out parades like this
one last April may be | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
one of the pleasures of the job. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
Making cuts certainly isn't. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
And that's what the Met
has announced | 0:07:40 | 0:07:47 | |
today, cutting 1500 jobs
and cutting its current structure | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
from 32 to just 12 borough commands. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
We are making sure that
with the number of | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
officers we can afford
over the coming years, | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
we are able to address
the priorities that Londoners want | 0:07:55 | 0:07:57 | |
us, we believe, to address,
particularly around violence and we | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
are able to do that
within the budget that we have. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:03 | |
The new setup was trialled
in Barking and Dagenham. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:08 | |
But here, as across London,
the local police station is | 0:08:08 | 0:08:09 | |
set to close, although it's
open at the moment. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
The council leader here says
the changes need careful handling. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:14 | |
The Met are trying to do the best
they can do with the money | 0:08:14 | 0:08:18 | |
they've got. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:19 | |
The fact is they are now taking it
out of front line services | 0:08:19 | 0:08:22 | |
and they are now taking it out
of the buildings where victims | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
of crime used to go and feel secure. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
The Met's facing tough
financial times. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:29 | |
It needs to save 325 million
in the coming years. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:33 | |
This move will save just over
£70 million of that target. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
It says a big drop in police
numbers can't be ruled out. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
The difficult decisions
the Met have taken today | 0:08:40 | 0:08:46 | |
enable them to plan
for the future with less resources. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:49 | |
We know there's going to be 30,000
police officers by April and we know | 0:08:49 | 0:08:53 | |
by 2021 it could be
significantly less. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:54 | |
Scotland Yard has already closed,
or has plans to close more | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
than 100 police stations, leading
to fears the only place left to save | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
money is by cutting police numbers. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:01 | |
We are down to the bone. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
There's nothing else we can sell,
and I don't think there's any other | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
way we can raise any money. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:07 | |
And when you talk about
the Metropolitan Police, | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
I think about 76% is salary,
so therefore you are going | 0:09:09 | 0:09:19 | |
to have to reduce numbers to fit
within the budgetary requirements. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
The money challenges
for the commission, as the capital's | 0:09:24 | 0:09:27 | |
facing big challenges over
youth and sex crimes. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:28 | |
She'll be judged on delivering
better with less. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:30 | |
Karl Mercer, BBC London News. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:32 | |
That's it for now from me, but let's
find out what the weather's up | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
to with Susan Powell. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
We saw sunshine today but there was
still a chill in the air, not so | 0:09:41 | 0:09:45 | |
much sunshine to come tomorrow or
Wednesday, Oort cloud, wind and rain | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
and for the end of the week it
should look dry and brighter and | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
feel milder. At the moment the sky
is largely clear but this is what is | 0:09:53 | 0:09:58 | |
waiting in the wings for tomorrow. A
few showers around into the small | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
hours of Tuesday but generally
talking about clearing skies, that | 0:10:01 | 0:10:05 | |
will mean a patchy frost forming
first thing on Tuesday, temperatures | 0:10:05 | 0:10:09 | |
in towns and cities just above
freezing but in rural areas they | 0:10:09 | 0:10:13 | |
will sit just below. Through the
morning the cloud piles in quickly | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
followed by the rain, wet by the end
of the rush-hour, the rain tending | 0:10:16 | 0:10:22 | |
to taper off by mid-afternoon with
some white mixed in, yes, there | 0:10:22 | 0:10:26 | |
could be sleet and snow for a time,
feeling chilly, temperatures five or | 0:10:26 | 0:10:32 | |
6 degrees. The skies clear overnight
Tuesday into Wednesday, chilly | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
evening if you head out and about.
First thing on Wednesday, maybe | 0:10:35 | 0:10:39 | |
early brightness, but very quickly
the next weather front comes in with | 0:10:39 | 0:10:43 | |
Oort cloud, rain and white skipping
across, a risk of some snow | 0:10:43 | 0:10:48 | |
particularly across the highest
ground, chilly as well, temperatures | 0:10:48 | 0:10:52 | |
of seven or eight. The weather front
again on the move quickly pushing | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
into the weather continent on
Thursday, we are left with clear | 0:10:55 | 0:11:00 | |
skies and this is the outlook | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 |