0:00:00 > 0:00:01Here on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Good evening.
0:00:12 > 0:00:17I'm Asad Ahmad.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19For the first time in nearly 30 years,
0:00:19 > 0:00:21London's Air Ambulance says it's now being called to more
0:00:21 > 0:00:25stabbings and shootings than road traffic accidents.
0:00:25 > 0:00:31They say the nature of the attacks is more 'brutal',
0:00:31 > 0:00:33while staff feel 'horror' at treating younger victims.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35It comes as another teenager in London was fatally stabbed,
0:00:35 > 0:00:37and a man was shot dead.
0:00:37 > 0:00:44Karl Mercer spent the day with the Air Ambulance team.
0:00:44 > 0:00:50As we were filming, another call-out. They do this 1800 times a
0:00:50 > 0:00:55year, nearly a third of their missions are to victims of stabbings
0:00:55 > 0:01:01and shootings.We are seeing patients who was stabbed multiple
0:01:01 > 0:01:06times. Perhaps with much more brutal weapons than we saw before. We are
0:01:06 > 0:01:12still seeing people stabbed once and passing away at the roadside. We're
0:01:12 > 0:01:18also seeing schoolchildren, where we have to of the school uniform to get
0:01:18 > 0:01:23to them to try to help and do operations, which is just tragic.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26For the first time, stabbings and shootings account for the biggest
0:01:26 > 0:01:33number of missions, bigger than road accidents. 560 victims of knife and
0:01:33 > 0:01:37gun crime in the last year, many in their teens.The horror is not in
0:01:37 > 0:01:44the injuries. It is in the youth of the victims. And it is the constant
0:01:44 > 0:01:51drip drip drip of life after life after life being ruined.And that
0:01:51 > 0:01:56has got to stop. At the end of last year, BBC London filmed a week at
0:01:56 > 0:02:00the Royal London Hospital. This is where the victims of the growing
0:02:00 > 0:02:04violence brought. On busy nights, the Air Ambulance crews can bring in
0:02:04 > 0:02:08several victims. The ambulance is paid for by charity donations, with
0:02:08 > 0:02:13the NHS paying for the staff.Every member of the team has a case most
0:02:13 > 0:02:18shifts where they come back absolutely downtrodden because of
0:02:18 > 0:02:22what they have seen and because they have had to break the news to
0:02:22 > 0:02:25relatives of those patients at the scene, which is harrowing for
0:02:25 > 0:02:30people. More harrowing for the people involved, but it does affect
0:02:30 > 0:02:34all the medical teams through the system who trains to help.One of
0:02:34 > 0:02:38those trying to do just that the surgeon Martin Griffiths.It is very
0:02:38 > 0:02:45concerning because we are living in a society where youth is starting to
0:02:45 > 0:02:53degrade. And people are having near fatal events in their childhoods. I
0:02:53 > 0:02:59mean, we talk about intervention for children of that age and allowing
0:02:59 > 0:03:06them to get into adulthood. With a child stabbed 13, where'd you start
0:03:06 > 0:03:10the prevention work?That is it? As for wider society. While it looks
0:03:10 > 0:03:18for an answer, the will continue to come. -- the victims.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23More police will be at West Ham United's next home game
0:03:23 > 0:03:25at the London Stadium - after crowd trouble on Saturday,
0:03:25 > 0:03:26as the team lost to Burnley.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30At an emergency meeting tonight, the club was also warned it
0:03:30 > 0:03:32could play behind closed doors, if there's a repeat of the trouble.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34New powers for the Mayor of London have been proposed,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37saying he should take charge of Further Education
0:03:37 > 0:03:37and Apprenticeships.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40The report, by King's College London, also recommends City Hall
0:03:40 > 0:03:41has a chance to do more.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Here's our political editor, Tim Donovan.
0:03:44 > 0:03:52Here in Tottenham, students are learning to animate by code,
0:03:52 > 0:03:54as part of a module to design their own computer games.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56The college is the first FE establishment specialising
0:03:56 > 0:04:03in digital skills.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Everyone must do, as a starting point, a computer science BTEC.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08What steps do you advise to gain a trademark protection?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10As well as design, they are taught the law,
0:04:10 > 0:04:11ethics and basic business skills.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13And there is a clear demand.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Across London, there are not nearly enough students
0:04:15 > 0:04:17coming through to fill the tech jobs available.
0:04:17 > 0:04:23There's quite a few other jobs might be disappearing,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26so it's quite a good field to be going into.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Now I am even finding out a lot of things that I never
0:04:30 > 0:04:32thought that I would learn, so it's cool.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34There are 60 students here on apprenticeships.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36A new report says the Mayor should have greater control of how
0:04:36 > 0:04:39the money for that is spent across the capital.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41I think London has a particular challenge around the digital
0:04:41 > 0:04:42skills gap that it faces.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46And I think the Mayor having control of that budget will really help work
0:04:46 > 0:04:50out where the funding could go most effectively and efficiently.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52The Mayor himself backed that idea today.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Getting our schools policy right in London will be absolutely vital
0:04:54 > 0:04:56to creating a fairer, more inclusive, more prosperous
0:04:56 > 0:05:03city in 2030 and beyond.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05The report, by King's College London, also
0:05:05 > 0:05:07recommends the Mayor head up a new Health Authority
0:05:07 > 0:05:08for the capital.
0:05:08 > 0:05:14Have a seat.
0:05:14 > 0:05:21This GP in Mile End would be nervous about another reorganisation,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23but she certainly believes more money could better
0:05:23 > 0:05:24reflect her workload.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26If you're dealing with somebody who's diabetic,
0:05:26 > 0:05:27who's got heart disease, who's asthmatic -
0:05:27 > 0:05:30and lots of our patients have all of those things.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Plus, they're in chronic pain, they've got poverty,
0:05:32 > 0:05:34they're homeless, they're struggling with benefits, their housing's
0:05:34 > 0:05:35threatened, all those things.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36They come in, they see the GP.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Health and education in the capital in need of more local leadership.
0:05:39 > 0:05:47Tim Donovan, BBC London News.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50London's museums are some of the best in the world -
0:05:50 > 0:05:51but they say they're being overlooked
0:05:51 > 0:05:53when it comes to Brexit.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55So they met up today to voice their fears
0:05:55 > 0:05:59and impact it could have - and Katharine Carpenter was there.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02We'll place these as we planned...
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Putting the final touches to this exhibition of work by Austrian
0:06:05 > 0:06:08artists is a precise business.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10But after being shown at this North London gallery,
0:06:10 > 0:06:14some of these pieces might be loaned elsewhere in the EU,
0:06:14 > 0:06:18a fairly simple process while we're still members.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21It's really relatively smooth, if it's a number of pieces of paper.
0:06:21 > 0:06:27It means we can import and export duty free, if you like.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29But if administration, bureaucracy then comes into it,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32we'll have to employ somebody at some stage to deal
0:06:32 > 0:06:33with all that paperwork.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37He says he's prepared to make the necessary
0:06:37 > 0:06:40changes, but needs to know what they'll be - soon.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Getting clarity on these issues is just as important
0:06:42 > 0:06:47for large institutions.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Here at the Natural History Museum, it can take up to three or four
0:06:51 > 0:06:52years to plan an exhibition.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54So even if you factor in a transition period,
0:06:54 > 0:06:55time is beginning to run out.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59The Museums Association warns that London's cultural offering could be
0:06:59 > 0:07:01affected with access to funding and staff major concerns.
0:07:01 > 0:07:0430% of museums in the UK employ staff from other
0:07:04 > 0:07:11countries in the EU.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14There is a concern that some of them will leave and the museums
0:07:14 > 0:07:18won't be able to attract high-quality, specialist staff
0:07:18 > 0:07:21in very niche subject areas, which typically, they rely on to put
0:07:21 > 0:07:23on the kind of amazing exhibitions that you see today.
0:07:23 > 0:07:33But some see Brexit as a chance to widen the opportunity.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39The Government says when it can set its own immigration policy after
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Brexit, it will welcome those with the skills and expertise needed. So
0:07:42 > 0:07:47do those words bring comfort to members of the creative industries
0:07:47 > 0:07:53Federation here for a Brexit conference today?We are pleased
0:07:53 > 0:07:56government listening but will they make sure that the absolutely
0:07:56 > 0:08:03important issue on which this sector depends with regard to Brexit, are
0:08:03 > 0:08:13they going to be at the centre of the negotiations in the final deal?
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Space...
0:08:16 > 0:08:20The final frontier - and also the final stop
0:08:20 > 0:08:23of tonnes of rubbish, after so many launches from Earth.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28So Airbus in Hertfordshire, looking to pick up
0:08:28 > 0:08:31the litter out there, has designed a cleaner - of sorts.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Kate Bradbrook has been taking a look at it.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Litter and waste is a growing problem here on Planet Earth.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38But it's also becoming a serious issue in space.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Old satellites and space craft from years gone
0:08:40 > 0:08:45by discarded in low Earth orbit.
0:08:45 > 0:08:51As the spacecraft are orbiting around up there, then there's
0:08:51 > 0:08:53the risk of them colliding with each other.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56And when they do, they explode, to create a huge amount more debris
0:08:56 > 0:08:58that then can collide with other spacecraft, and you just get
0:08:58 > 0:09:01the snowballing effect.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02But there is a possible solution.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05A giant litter picker, or space harpoon, is being tested
0:09:05 > 0:09:10here at Airbus in Stevenage.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Designed to capture debris and safely dispose of it.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13With 18,000 pieces of smaller junk in orbit, there's
0:09:13 > 0:09:15a tool for that too.
0:09:15 > 0:09:21It's designed to harpoon small spacecraft up to around the size
0:09:21 > 0:09:25of a washing machine, and reel them in, so they can
0:09:25 > 0:09:28be safely deorbited.
0:09:28 > 0:09:34This one is a non-functioning satellite that's around the size
0:09:34 > 0:09:36of a double-decker bus, about eight tonnes, so it's
0:09:36 > 0:09:43much too large for our small harpoon to handle.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45So we've developed this, which is the Clean Space Harpoon.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47And in many ways, it's very similar.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49It has a lot of the same technology behind it.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52We pierce the satellite, with the barbs.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54We are now locked in, so we can have a mechanical
0:09:54 > 0:09:56interface with our satellite and we can use our tether here
0:09:56 > 0:09:59to turn it back to the atmosphere, where it can be safely destroyed.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Testing in space will begin later this year.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04By the mid 2020s, this could provide the answer to our cosmic clean-up.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08That's it for now from me,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10but let's find out what the weather's up to with Nick.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17The weekend is much colder, significant wind-chill and snow at
0:10:17 > 0:10:23at times. Rain overnight. This is the latest radar picture, some
0:10:23 > 0:10:28showers spreading from the south. Into the small hours, we get more
0:10:28 > 0:10:33cloud. Showers moving quite quickly and behind that, clearing skies late
0:10:33 > 0:10:37at night and temperatures not going down four. Starting tomorrow with
0:10:37 > 0:10:40sunny spells and we keep those through the day. A bit of cloud
0:10:40 > 0:10:44builds and you may catch a shower, it could be heavy and possibly
0:10:44 > 0:10:49thunder, Bob most of us stay dry with temperatures nicely in double
0:10:49 > 0:10:51figures with a light wind. It is the last day of that because we are
0:10:51 > 0:10:56watching over the weekend for much colder air coming Galloway, a
0:10:56 > 0:11:02significant wind-chill and Met Office warning for snow and ice.
0:11:02 > 0:11:02With much more about