:00:13. > :00:15.Good evening. I'm Asad Ahmad.
:00:16. > :00:18.Specialist officers from the Metropolitan Police,
:00:19. > :00:21.who deal with cases of female genital mutilation,
:00:22. > :00:24.are at airports in these final days before Christmas,
:00:25. > :00:27.trying to stop young girls from being taken abroad and forced
:00:28. > :00:34.June Kelly has been with the team and spoken to a victim of FGM.
:00:35. > :00:37.Heathrow Airport, and families have already started
:00:38. > :00:45.Sergeant Natalie Rezi of the Metropolitan Police
:00:46. > :00:47.is briefing colleagues, officers from the Border Force
:00:48. > :00:50.So we need to make sure that we are engaging
:00:51. > :00:54.This team are on the lookout for young girls who are being taken
:00:55. > :00:57.to countries, often in Africa and the Middle East,
:00:58. > :01:01.where female genital mutilation is practised.
:01:02. > :01:04.As in the summer, officers know that families can use the Christmas
:01:05. > :01:09.holidays to take the child abroad to undergo FGM.
:01:10. > :01:12.One campaigner who works with the airport team says
:01:13. > :01:16.communities have to learn that FGM is child abuse.
:01:17. > :01:20.She was cut as a six-year-old in Somalia.
:01:21. > :01:24.You're going through emotional things, psychological stuff.
:01:25. > :01:28.Physically, you are in pain constantly and no one
:01:29. > :01:30.ever sits down and says, "Let's talk about what happened".
:01:31. > :01:36.It is done, that is it, you have to move on after that.
:01:37. > :01:39.The team are concerned about one youngster who has been taken out
:01:40. > :01:42.of school before the official end of term.
:01:43. > :01:46.A phone call to the school confirms her mother's story
:01:47. > :01:49.as to why they are travelling, and they are finally
:01:50. > :01:55.This is our last opportunity to engage with families before
:01:56. > :02:00.they fly off to countries where FGM and other harmful practices
:02:01. > :02:04.might be conducted in the school holiday period.
:02:05. > :02:07.What we are doing is speaking to people to see what they know
:02:08. > :02:10.A big part of this exercise is trying to
:02:11. > :02:15.I don't think it should be practised on any little girl, never ever,
:02:16. > :02:20.so I am so happy to see them around going to make a campaign like this.
:02:21. > :02:23.The airport team will be back at Heathrow in the coming week.
:02:24. > :02:31.Just days after the government said it was considering allowing local
:02:32. > :02:35.authorities to raise council tax to pay for social care,
:02:36. > :02:38.London councils say the cash will do little to solve
:02:39. > :02:42.And a former government minister agrees with them,
:02:43. > :02:48.A rapidly rising population is adding ever more
:02:49. > :02:51.to the bill for caring for the capital's elderly.
:02:52. > :02:53.London councils say there is little benefit in the government telling
:02:54. > :02:56.them this week that they can raise more council tax
:02:57. > :03:03.It's simply a shifting of money, it's bringing money forward.
:03:04. > :03:05.Now that doesn't really help us address the total funding
:03:06. > :03:12.There are 150,000 people in our city who require social care support.
:03:13. > :03:16.By 2020, London boroughs as a whole will have an ?800 million funding
:03:17. > :03:22.A former Liberal Democrat minister has told us there now needs
:03:23. > :03:28.What we really need is a radical overhaul in the way in which we pay
:03:29. > :03:32.I think what we need now is a hypothecation,
:03:33. > :03:35.an earmarking of National Insurance, so people know when they see
:03:36. > :03:39.their payslip that the money being paid for National Insurance
:03:40. > :03:42.is going towards their health care and their care services.
:03:43. > :03:45.Pressure is now mounting for a lasting formula which meets
:03:46. > :03:53.Thick fog continued to cause travel disruption across London
:03:54. > :03:59.This is what the London Eye looked like, but on a more serious note,
:04:00. > :04:01.hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled at
:04:02. > :04:05.City airport was affected too, with visibility down
:04:06. > :04:11.There were also problems on the motorways in and out of London.
:04:12. > :04:13.Well, let's see what tomorrow holds for us.
:04:14. > :04:20.Fog continues to be a theme of the weather and the Met office
:04:21. > :04:23.has issued a yellow warning for fog, so be prepared for further
:04:24. > :04:33.As you head through the day, we will see a little sunshine
:04:34. > :04:36.breaking through and the fog will lift, but it will be chilly
:04:37. > :04:41.Fog yet again on Tuesday morning but as we head towards Wednesday,
:04:42. > :04:45.With more fog predicted tomorrow, and another strike
:04:46. > :04:48.on Southern Railways staring in around half an hour's time,
:04:49. > :04:51.everything you need to know will be on radio, online and TV.
:04:52. > :05:13.Good evening. It's a big week for pre-Christmas travel plans and the
:05:14. > :05:16.weather can be quite challenging at times, too. We start the week with
:05:17. > :05:20.the issue of fog once again. Just about anywhere on the hills on
:05:21. > :05:24.Monday morning but at its most extensive at lower levels across
:05:25. > :05:26.parts of western England and Wales, particularly towards the south-west,
:05:27. > :05:31.it could hamper your morning journey and some of the airports. Maybe not
:05:32. > :05:32.as extensive as it has been through the