:00:13. > :00:19.Buying a knife over the internet will become more
:00:20. > :00:22.difficult if new government proposals become law.
:00:23. > :00:24.It aims to restrict children's access to weapons,
:00:25. > :00:27.and it comes as knife crime in London continues to rise.
:00:28. > :00:30.In a moment, I'll be discussing if the proposals go far enough,
:00:31. > :00:40.but first, this report from Tom Symonds.
:00:41. > :00:44.This is the sharp end of the battle against knife crime in Britain.
:00:45. > :00:48.Without good reason, it is illegal to carry anything
:00:49. > :00:54.But these are the sorts of knives police in London have
:00:55. > :00:56.found or had handed in, including a so-called zombie knife,
:00:57. > :01:08.It is illegal to buy a knife if you are under 18,
:01:09. > :01:11.but some young people are getting them delivered.
:01:12. > :01:15.The plan is to change the law so knives purchased have to be
:01:16. > :01:20.Some types of knives can't even be sold or passed around.
:01:21. > :01:25.Police may also get stronger powers to seize them.
:01:26. > :01:28.We want to make sure we extend the power of police to take away
:01:29. > :01:32.these dangerous knives and to make them less available to young people,
:01:33. > :01:36.so we can start to break that cycle of danger and of violence
:01:37. > :01:42.After all, police reported knife crime has started rising.
:01:43. > :01:45.This young man did not suffer a serious injury,
:01:46. > :01:48.despite being stabbed, but every knife on the streets can
:01:49. > :02:02.Joining me now is Patrick Green from the Ben Kinsella Trust.
:02:03. > :02:04.This is all happening after what I understand
:02:05. > :02:05.are so-called trend of "safe stabbings".
:02:06. > :02:19.It is a term I personally dislike because I don't think you can use
:02:20. > :02:23.the word safe and stabbing in the same sentence. This comes about as
:02:24. > :02:28.we have learned through our work with young people many of them carry
:02:29. > :02:32.the misconception that you can stab somebody in a certain part of the
:02:33. > :02:37.body and it causes no effects, usually on your backside, that is
:02:38. > :02:40.what they say. What we point out in terms of the education work we do,
:02:41. > :02:44.there is no safe place to stab somebody. If you stab somebody, you
:02:45. > :02:48.are beloved veins and nerve endings and it can cause death or serious
:02:49. > :02:53.disability to somebody. What we are seeing lately is the term being used
:02:54. > :02:58.around young people, usually those who are authentic, to warn of other
:02:59. > :03:02.young people and they stab them in certain areas of their body.
:03:03. > :03:06.Clearly, the Government want to take action. Amber Rudd saying she wants
:03:07. > :03:09.to clamp down on internet sales of knives. Do you think this is going
:03:10. > :03:14.far enough, that there is enough being done to dry down the number of
:03:15. > :03:17.knife crimes? This is an important announcement from the Home
:03:18. > :03:22.Secretary. Most of the legislation the police use was drawn up in the
:03:23. > :03:26.1950s or the 1980s, so it is time that legislation moved on. Many
:03:27. > :03:30.young people have been able to buy some horrendous night over the
:03:31. > :03:32.internet through online shopping. What this announcement means is that
:03:33. > :03:36.the police will have additional powers to deal with that. Young
:03:37. > :03:41.people have been using loopholes to get these nice and this will address
:03:42. > :03:45.many of those. So it is welcomed and a welcome announcement from the Home
:03:46. > :03:50.Secretary. We understand that knife crime is on the rise in London, due
:03:51. > :03:54.to police figures. Why do you think that is? What is causing it to
:03:55. > :04:00.rocket? We have been looking at what has been happening historically
:04:01. > :04:06.around night crying. Shortly ago, we had three years of knife crime is
:04:07. > :04:11.falling. What is different from 2012 to now, we have to take into account
:04:12. > :04:15.the austerity cuts and the youth services cuts that they have
:04:16. > :04:18.endured. Youth services provide a great benefit to young people in
:04:19. > :04:22.terms of positive mentoring and support and diversion away from
:04:23. > :04:25.crime. And also police numbers. Police numbers have fallen as well
:04:26. > :04:30.and I think that is restricting the ability of the police to deal with
:04:31. > :04:32.knife crime. Patrick Green, thank you very much. It is an ongoing
:04:33. > :04:35.subject. Thank you very much. Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has
:04:36. > :04:37.reiterated his opposition to US President Donald Trump being allowed
:04:38. > :04:43.a State visit when he comes to Britain.
:04:44. > :04:46.In an interview with CNN, Mr Khan said the President had
:04:47. > :04:49.policies that 'many in the UK disagree with,' and therefore
:04:50. > :04:51.he didn't think it was appropriate to 'roll out the red carpet.' Last
:04:52. > :04:54.week, the White House confirmed Mr Trump's visit here has been
:04:55. > :04:56.delayed until next year. Footage has emerged of a group
:04:57. > :04:59.of bystanders in South London intervening when some thieves tried
:05:00. > :05:01.steal a scooter that was Two muggers pushed the rider off
:05:02. > :05:06.the saddle after coming up One attempted to drive the scooter
:05:07. > :05:12.away, but members of the public ran to help and even stood in the way
:05:13. > :05:15.of the stolen bike. It forced the man
:05:16. > :05:17.to abandon the theft. The number of European workers
:05:18. > :05:25.registering to work in London has fallen by around 10% in the year
:05:26. > :05:29.following the EU Referendum. The Centre for London says
:05:30. > :05:32.it's because of Brexit, claiming it's also leading
:05:33. > :05:35.to a slowdown in job creation. It suggests London's economy
:05:36. > :05:36.is beginning to wobble, while others point to continued
:05:37. > :05:38.large-scale investment Train passengers will
:05:39. > :05:52.soon be able to judge the punctuality of their journeys
:05:53. > :05:54.with much greater accuracy. It's because punctuality statistics
:05:55. > :05:57.will be given to the nearest minute instead of to the nearest five
:05:58. > :05:59.or ten minutes. Each train operator will publish
:06:00. > :06:01.the results from next spring. Archaeologists have
:06:02. > :06:03.discovered a rare Roman The ancient grave was found a short
:06:04. > :06:09.distance from Elephant Castle and its excavation has taken
:06:10. > :06:13.over six months. The next step is to have
:06:14. > :06:16.its contents exhumed. Well, I'm on this construction
:06:17. > :06:26.site here in Borough, where this Roman sarcophagus
:06:27. > :06:27.has been found. We can speak now to one
:06:28. > :06:35.of the archaeologists here. You think this is a significant
:06:36. > :06:37.find, don't you? This really is an incredibly
:06:38. > :06:40.remarkable find for Southwark. There have only been two
:06:41. > :06:42.sarcophagus found in London. And it was buried within a mausoleum
:06:43. > :06:49.and alongside the Roman road, We know that during the
:06:50. > :06:54.post-mediaeval period it was robbed, so some of the treasure was probably
:06:55. > :06:57.taken at that time. So grave-robbers found
:06:58. > :06:59.it before you did? But it had already been about 1,000
:07:00. > :07:05.years old by that time. So we're hoping that some
:07:06. > :07:08.of the less shiny things will still be preserved
:07:09. > :07:11.in the bottom of the coffin. Because this is quite a significant
:07:12. > :07:20.sarcophagus, someone important. It must be someone of great
:07:21. > :07:23.wealth and social status because the majority
:07:24. > :07:25.of Roman Londoners would not be And it is very prestigious,
:07:26. > :07:31.beside the Roman road. We have already run the metal
:07:32. > :07:34.detector over it, so it is reading that there are metal objects inside,
:07:35. > :07:37.but we just don't know what they are We shall soon see what treasures
:07:38. > :07:47.and stories the sarcophagus holds. It will, of course, take several
:07:48. > :07:56.months to find that out, though. Well, it's another warm
:07:57. > :08:03.day across the board. We have seen quite a bit
:08:04. > :08:07.of cloud and you can see here in our Weather Watchers'
:08:08. > :08:10.pictures, first thing this morning it was quite grey,
:08:11. > :08:12.but the cloud has been starting to break up, brighter spells
:08:13. > :08:14.emerging and sunny spells as well, and that continues
:08:15. > :08:16.through the afternoon. It will continue
:08:17. > :08:18.to feel warm as well. We have an easterly breeze blowing
:08:19. > :08:21.down the Thames Estuary so further east perhaps feeling a bit cooler
:08:22. > :08:24.than it did yesterday. Further west, though,
:08:25. > :08:28.temperatures getting up to 26 or 27. UV levels very high,
:08:29. > :08:32.as is the pollen count. The Met Office has issued a yellow
:08:33. > :08:35.weather warning for heavy rain for the evening in the form
:08:36. > :08:39.of thundery showers. Many places won't see them
:08:40. > :08:42.but if you do get these showers, Quite a lot of rain in a short space
:08:43. > :08:47.of time, frequent lightning as well. The minimum temperature will be
:08:48. > :08:49.quite warm and sticky, quite uncomfortable for sleeping -
:08:50. > :08:54.between 18 and 20. The storms clearing out of the way
:08:55. > :08:57.tomorrow in the early hours and then plenty of sunny spells around
:08:58. > :09:00.with a bit more cloud The chance of one or two
:09:01. > :09:03.isolated thundery showers Another warm night Wednesday
:09:04. > :09:09.into Thursday but a cold front moves through and that brings some cooler
:09:10. > :09:11.air, so turning fresher with some Riz is here later with our
:09:12. > :09:17.next news on BBC One. Plenty more on our website
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