12/03/2018 London News

Good evening.

I'm Riz Lateef.

First tonight - how London taxpayers

could end up footing

the bill for extra policing

at West Ham home games.

It's after crowd trouble and pitch

invasions during Saturday's match

at the London Stadium.

There's been widespread condemnation

by all the authorities involved -

and it's once again raised questions

about safety at the ground.

Here's our Political

Correspondent Karl Mercer.

We have got a supporter on the pitch

here and Mark Noble is doing his

utmost to get him off the pitch.

When your captain has to do this...

When fans are able to do this

in the middle of a game...

Finally, David Sullivan has been

encouraged to leave his seat.

And when angry supporters

are able to do this

towards your directors' box...

You know all is not

well at your club...

You also know questions will be

asked about safety at your ground.

I have been here since Friday.

Tom Odom flew over from

Texas for the game....

His first at West Ham.

After we got the first goal,

everyone went insane. It was pretty

upsetting for me. I wanted to enjoy

it and it put a bad taste in my

mouth after the game.

It was Theo Wenting

from Holland's first game.

too.

It is not good. If you want to make

a statement, but not a pitch

invasion.

I have never seen things

like this.

It does not look like it

will go away. From everything I have

seen online, a lot of people seem to

want to protest, take on other forms

of protest, people are openly

discussing how can we try to make

the lives of our owners as

uncomfortable as possible.

Today, condemnation from all

of the authorities involved....

From, the club, the council,

the stadium owners...

I am told it is not about the fans

getting onto the pitch but the

amount of time it took to get them

off. We are likely to see a

different operation the next time

West Ham play here. We are also

likely to see a different policing

operation, with up to 100 police

officers stationed within the

ground. Under the terms that West

Ham have secured for the stadium, it

will not be the club who played for

it, it would be the taxpayer. It

could cost up to £50,000.

That is yet to be decided....

So is the punishment that

West Ham will be given....

Likely to be a large fine

and a warning that scenes

like these can't be repeated.

The Mayor of London is demanding

action from social media companies

to tackle hate speech.

Talking at a major technology

conference in the US -

Sadiq Khan also shared some

of the abusive and racist messages

he's received online.

Marc Ashdown has been listening

to what he had to say.

Why has the Mayor decided

to reveal them now?

Well, he said a small number of

companies have huge power over how

information is shared. He is talking

about Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

He said they have created huge

benefits for society but they can be

platforms for hatred and fake

information and there have been

accusations of meddling in

referendums and elections. If few

hours ago in this speech, he shared

a couple of personal messages he has

received, one red, deport all

Muslims and make London white

again... He had death threats as

well.

He said he could go on and on but he

did not want to paint himself as a

victim. He was worried about the

influence it might have, especially

on young people.

Ask yourself this, what happens when

young boys and girls from minority

backgrounds see this kind of thing

on their timelines? Or experience it

themselves? Or some think about

becoming a politician?

The

implication that they might think

twice. What is his message to these

big companies?

He wants them to do

more. He says the messages are not

removed quickly enough and they said

it must be possible with all the

resources to go further and faster.

Sadiq Khan accuse governments and

politicians around the world of a

dereliction of duty and of sitting

on their hands while this big

revolution took off around them. In

Germany, there are hefty fines. I am

told

this trip was all about banging the

drum for tech relations but it

sounds like it was a bit more about

banging heads together to improve

online policing.

Next: an advert urging entrepreneurs

in the capital to relocate

to Normandy after Brexit -

has been banned

from the underground.

Transport for London says it

breaches its guidelines on public

sensitivity and controversy.

The company behind the campaign says

they were just offering

businesses here a Plan B.

Emma North reports.

It's not London, but it's

got stunning views,

a great quality of life...

And some delicious soft cheeses.

But if you're an entrepreneur

worried about Brexit,

Normandy wants to give your

business a new home.

A Norman conquest of

the Underground had been planned,

a series of posters containing

a little bit of cheek

and rather a lot of charm.

They spoke of great opportunities

and good lunches for anyone,

British or French, worried

about what happens

when the UK leads the EU.

TfL said "non".

TfL said that they stopped

the adverts because they had

breached their guidelines on public

sensitivity and controversy.

But the banning of a few posters

seems a drop in the deluge of wooing

that French businesses and regions

seem to be doing to get

people back across the Channel.

The ban on the adverts

brought the campaign

a different kind of publicity.

But Normandy, it seems, isn't

the only area of France promising

a bright future post-Brexit.

Many representatives

of cities like Lille,

Nantes and Marseille are coming

to London to meet British

entrepreneurs or French

entrepreneurs who have British

companies here in London.

And basically, they're

offering them financial aid

to set up in their city.

Which could sound reassuring

to the 200,000 French

people living in London.

So is this Normandy trying

to steal British talent?

TRANSLATION: We were not

being opportunistic,

we were simply trying

to give British men and women

a foothold in the European Union.

We are offering them a planned B

which gives them access

to the single market.

Our streets are no strangers to ads

tempting us to mainland Europe now.

This poster promises a less

expensive life in Amsterdam.

But whether a hop to a rural idyll

in Normandy will be enough

for Londoners is another matter.

At least the weather

will make it feel like home.

It's a new app-based minibus

service that's supposed

to reduce congestion.

But some residents in Greenwich

living along its route claim

it's doing anything but.

Our transport correspondent

Tom Edwards explains.

Four minibuses an hour now use

this residential street

in Greenwich as their route.

There's also what's called

a virtual bus stop here,

where passengers can

catch the buses.

But some residents say

they don't want them

and the buses block the roads

and they weren't consulted.

I don't think this road

is suitable for, you know,

for that type of traffic to be

running up and down

on a regular basis.

It's a quiet road.

Two cars come down here

from opposite directions

now, and cars have to reverse

and go back.

Starting to run buses

up it is just crazy.

It's never been a bus

route, it's a side road -

to suddenly be used

for a commercial purpose is...

It's just beyond me, it really is.

My main objection is,

we get enough traffic

here in the morning.

And to have a bus ply this route,

I don't think it's the best thing.

And where they've actually put

the bus stop on this road,

I would say isn't the best place.

Chariot is carrying out a year-long

trial in the capital and is backed

by the car giant Ford.

Passengers can call up

the bus via an app.

The fare is £2.60.

It's meant to reduce congestion

and offer transport on demand

in underserved areas.

TfL says it does look at licenses

to make sure the routes are safe.

But residents want TfL to intervene.

This

TfL needs to say, "This

is where you go, AND this

is where you can put bus stops."

They need to do the risk

assessment because it's

a Transport for London issue,

it's not a private operator's issue.

Chariot says it has obtained

all the relevant licenses and has

consulted with the boroughs,

and its buses will only wait

for a minute to pick up passengers.

But as technology changes

transport in the capital,

there are those that now

feel they're ignored.

Tom Edwards, BBC London News.

I'll say good night now and leave

you with Louise Lear for a look

ahead to the weather.

I was not overly impressed with the

forecast today.

It was miserable

this morning and this photograph

sums it up. A grey drab Wembley, but

I'm pleased to say that the rain has

eased away, a few bits and pieces

remaining. We will see this guy is

clear from the west and we will see

the lowest values in

Buckinghamshire. It may well start

cloudy for many of you, but we are

optimistic tomorrow, the cloud

should start to break and as we go

into the afternoon, there will be

sunny spells. It will also be dry in

comparison to the weather today. A

better day, probably for some of us,

not a bad day at all. Between nine

and 11 degrees. Look at Wednesday.

We start with clear blue skies and

sunshine but more importantly, the

winds will swing around to a

southerly direction and with the

sunshine, at this time of year, in

the breeze, those temperatures will

respond and it will feel pleasant,

maybe highs of 14 or 15 degrees, it

will they like spring, but do not

get used to it, the milder air that

we are expecting will be replaced by

something cool yet again. We look