0:00:11 > 0:00:14Good evening, I'm Asad Ahmad.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Two men have been stabbed to death in separate attacks,
0:00:17 > 0:00:20in the space of just two hours in north London.
0:00:20 > 0:00:27There were other knife attacks in the area too,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29but of the fatalities, was 17-year-old Abdikarim Hassan.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32The other was Sadiq Adan Mohammed, 20 years old, who's brother was also
0:00:32 > 0:00:34stabbed to death last year.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38Their mother, Fowsiya Abdi, spoke to Chris Rogers about her loss
0:00:38 > 0:00:46and her feelings over knife crime.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57The last photo of Fowsiya's son, Sadiq.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00When she received the news he was one of two Somali men who had
0:01:00 > 0:01:03been stabbed to death in one night, she was already grieving.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05She lost her other son Mohammed five months
0:01:05 > 0:01:06ago, brutally stabbed.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08And her nephew was also stabbed to death
0:01:08 > 0:01:09four years before.
0:01:09 > 0:01:15Why?
0:01:18 > 0:01:20You have lost two sons...
0:01:20 > 0:01:21Two sons.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22To stabbings?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Yes.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27My sister's son.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30And I know you said they were both good lads, educated.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Yes.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Is there any chance that they could have had enemies, could have
0:01:36 > 0:01:39been involved in gang culture of any kind?
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Do you think enough is being done to tackle knife
0:01:42 > 0:01:45crime?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56There's a lot of knives here?
0:01:56 > 0:02:00She is a mother with unimaginable loss.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04She blames a knife culture in her community, that
0:02:04 > 0:02:09the police, she says, have done little to tackle.
0:02:16 > 0:02:26What is your message to the people who carry knives, who are
0:02:27 > 0:02:30intent on using them and used them on both of your sons, what is your
0:02:30 > 0:02:33message as a mother who's lost two sons to knife crime.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55A tragic story Chris - and there's real anger
0:02:55 > 0:03:04in the community tonight?
0:03:04 > 0:03:11There is also fear and to try to catch that, there are more police on
0:03:11 > 0:03:14the streets of Camden tonight and four people were found in a car and
0:03:14 > 0:03:18have been arrested this evening. There was a meeting at a local
0:03:18 > 0:03:21community in the last couple of hours where they spoke to local
0:03:21 > 0:03:25police and officials, not just demanding more police, but more
0:03:25 > 0:03:29resorts is to stop young people in the area from falling into gang
0:03:29 > 0:03:34crime or falling victim to it. I spoke to an outreach worker who was
0:03:34 > 0:03:36at the meeting and he said much more needs to be done before more lives
0:03:36 > 0:03:39are lost.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42The communities are in real difficult tension at the moment.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44They are worried, they are scared, they don't know
0:03:44 > 0:03:46whether their son will be next.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Everyone I speak to is devastated and thinking,
0:03:48 > 0:03:49what about my children, what's going to happen
0:03:49 > 0:03:50to my children?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53And I think the community needs to be reassured of that.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57We need to do more, we need to do more and we need to give real
0:03:57 > 0:04:03solutions to make sure this doesn't happen again.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07What are the police and government saying about this?I have lost count
0:04:07 > 0:04:12of the bereaved parents I have interviewed over the last 20 years.
0:04:12 > 0:04:18It is on the up and this has forced the government into a rethink. They
0:04:18 > 0:04:22are launching a new strategy in the summer, not just about more police,
0:04:22 > 0:04:30but stopping young people to become part of gang crime. It is about
0:04:30 > 0:04:33education, local resources and it will have to have a big impact.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Thank you very much.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Congestion and speed limits in London could be about to get
0:04:39 > 0:04:42worse, as all nonessential repairs to roads are stopped until 2020.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44It's because of a shortage of money, and as our transport correspondent
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Tom Edwards reports, it's led to a war of words between
0:04:47 > 0:04:49the Mayor's Office and Government, about who's to blame.
0:04:49 > 0:04:59Meanwhile drivers should prepare to lose out.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04Last night, teams were out repairing the Euston underpass. While this
0:05:04 > 0:05:07kind of safety critical work will continue, for the next two years,
0:05:07 > 0:05:15all nonessential the birds -- repairs are on hold due to a lack of
0:05:15 > 0:05:19money. It could mean more speed and weight restrictions the vehicles and
0:05:19 > 0:05:25more traffic jams. Those who use the road so they are already in a bad
0:05:25 > 0:05:30way.I have been driving for 36 years and the lost two years, I have
0:05:30 > 0:05:35never known it, you could not imagine it would be 100 times worse.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40It has always been stressful.City Hall blames the government for
0:05:40 > 0:05:43cutting the day-to-day operating grant and says the capital should
0:05:43 > 0:05:49get the share of vehicle excise duty that Londoners pay.We have lost 700
0:05:49 > 0:05:54million annually from the government grants. Much of which used to go
0:05:54 > 0:05:59onto the roads. We think it is completely unreasonable and unfair.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04The government needs to understand there is a terrible consequence.TfL
0:06:04 > 0:06:09is facing challenges to balance its budget. It says it is delivering
0:06:09 > 0:06:13efficiencies and investing record amounts. But the mayor's opponents
0:06:13 > 0:06:18blame his fare freeze which cost £640 million over four years.He has
0:06:18 > 0:06:22made some really rash decisions, employed people when he didn't need
0:06:22 > 0:06:28to because of the unions. He has cut fares when he didn't need to and
0:06:28 > 0:06:32starved investment in transport. When it comes down to it, it is also
0:06:32 > 0:06:39the mayor who is at fault. When it comes down to it commonly has got to
0:06:39 > 0:06:43start putting as much money as he can end to make sure transport keeps
0:06:43 > 0:06:49moving in London.It is extremely unlikely there will be any more
0:06:49 > 0:06:54funding from the government. Stock in the middle using deteriorating
0:06:54 > 0:07:01roads, the capital's drivers.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03London's prisons come under fire for many reasons,
0:07:03 > 0:07:04which include overcrowding and violence.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Factors which are said to contribute to the high levels
0:07:06 > 0:07:07of re-offending among inmates.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10So tonight, we look at Norway, which has some of the lowest
0:07:10 > 0:07:13re-offending rates in the world, to see if lessons can be learnt.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Marc Ashdown has this special report.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Tore is a truck driver, just finishing his daily shift
0:07:18 > 0:07:21delivering goods around Trondheim, he's also serving
0:07:22 > 0:07:25five years in prison.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Towards the end of their sentence, some prisoners can stay in this open
0:07:28 > 0:07:34unit and get a job to help them readjust when released.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37It's easier for you when you come out and you can be a better
0:07:37 > 0:07:39neighbour and then if you come from inside and start
0:07:39 > 0:07:41to work the day after.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Inmates have to earn this.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46They all start their sentences at one of 43 prisons across Norway,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49the worst criminals, like mass murder Ankers Breivik,
0:07:49 > 0:07:54are kept in high-security wings and may never be released.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59But for most, the road to rehabilitation starts early.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Drug offenders, like this young man, are offered treatment
0:08:02 > 0:08:05programmes and trips out.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Three times a week we're outside the prison, actually,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10playing football and land hockey, instead of just sitting
0:08:10 > 0:08:14inside and doing nothing.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19We work with like the progression of getting back to the community.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23To that end, there are courses run by the local school or training
0:08:23 > 0:08:25in mechanics and woodwork.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Hopefully, it will help them to get a proper job when they are out
0:08:28 > 0:08:29of their time in prison.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Everything about life in this prison is geared
0:08:31 > 0:08:34towards working with the inmates, giving them all the support
0:08:34 > 0:08:37and tools they need to fully rehabilitate, so that
0:08:37 > 0:08:40when they do get out of here, there's far less chance
0:08:40 > 0:08:44of them coming back.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47It has a smaller population, but comparatively Norway locks up
0:08:47 > 0:08:49half as many people as Britain.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Crime rates and re-offending rates are lower too.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54The governor here says we could learn from their ethos.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Everybody in Norwegian prisons have a right to spend time together,
0:08:57 > 0:09:01to be in a community with other inmates.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Right.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05That's a basic rule we have to follow.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Stage two for some prisoners is the Leira Unit, on the outskirts.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14It's open and it's no walls.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Yeah.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20It's invisible walls around here.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Right now it's cheaper to run an open prison
0:09:22 > 0:09:27than the maximum security prison.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29And we have all categories of inmates here.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33We have all categories.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35If you want to do something with your life, they work
0:09:35 > 0:09:39for you and try to find a way so you can come back to society
0:09:39 > 0:09:43like a better person than you was before.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46They have a saying in prisons here - the only thing we take away
0:09:46 > 0:09:49is someone's freedom, but everything possible
0:09:49 > 0:09:52is done to help them get it back and keep it.
0:09:52 > 0:10:01Marc Ashdown, BBC London News, Trondheim, in Norway.