:00:00. > :00:09.More throughout the evening on the BBC News channel, but that is it
:00:10. > :00:11.from us for now. Over the we -- it is now time for the news where you
:00:12. > :00:13.are. Goodbye. Thousands of minicab
:00:14. > :00:17.drivers working in London, have been told their background
:00:18. > :00:20.safety checks are no longer valid. Transport for London says the checks
:00:21. > :00:23.must be carried out again - or drivers face being taken
:00:24. > :00:25.off the road. Tara Welsh explains why,
:00:26. > :00:49.and the concerns it raises As children we don't think about
:00:50. > :00:53.getting into a car with a stranger -- we want not to get into a car
:00:54. > :00:56.with a stranger but as adults thousands of us do it everyday. That
:00:57. > :01:00.is what background checks are four and each private driver has to have
:01:01. > :01:03.one before they get a licence. The way it works is a new driver
:01:04. > :01:07.applying for a Government criminal record check would go through a
:01:08. > :01:11.third-party company, and there were several of them, but now Transport
:01:12. > :01:15.for London has changed the rules. It said after reviewing its policy
:01:16. > :01:19.people can only use one preferred supplier and checks done by anyone
:01:20. > :01:28.else now will not be valid. That means that more than 13,000 drivers
:01:29. > :01:30.will have to reapply be taken off the road. It puts a novel slant on
:01:31. > :01:33.the trade which is generally professional. Some of the safest
:01:34. > :01:36.level of journeys are with private hire in the United Kingdom, probably
:01:37. > :01:40.safer than most other forms of public transport. The work for
:01:41. > :01:44.several companies, but the biggest is Uber. Uber has recently faced
:01:45. > :01:48.criticism after the police accused it of failing to report sex attacks
:01:49. > :01:52.on passengers by its drivers. As a result its licence to operate in
:01:53. > :01:59.London was only renewed for a few months and expires at the end of
:02:00. > :02:02.September. We have these questions around the DVS, then not reporting
:02:03. > :02:07.sexual offences and so on, so you have to ask the question, are they a
:02:08. > :02:14.proper operator? Would you regard them as being an operator you would
:02:15. > :02:39.want them operating in London? Uber spokesperson told us...
:02:40. > :02:45.TFL has not given a reason why it has done is changed, but just said
:02:46. > :02:47.it has done so. We could not get hold of anyone there, but it seems
:02:48. > :02:52.the authorities are making it tougher to work in London's growing
:02:53. > :03:01.private hire business. Tara Wells, BBC London News.
:03:02. > :03:05.Tram drivers in Croydon - who work along the route of last
:03:06. > :03:08.year's fatal accident which claimed multiple lives - are being balloted
:03:09. > :03:10.for industrial action - over the introduction
:03:11. > :03:13.Seven people died and more than 50 were injured,
:03:14. > :03:17.It was travelling at over three times the speed limit.
:03:18. > :03:19.The ASLEF union says it wasn't properly consulted on plans
:03:20. > :03:21.to install cameras, which can detect driver fatigue.
:03:22. > :03:24.The firm which runs the service says discussions are ongoing.
:03:25. > :03:28.A boxer from Gravesend is training hard for a gold medal
:03:29. > :03:33.at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 - which in itself
:03:34. > :03:39.is a minor miracle, when you consider he's already been
:03:40. > :03:43.Cheavon Clarke is one of Britain's brightest boxing talents -
:03:44. > :03:46.but his journey to the ring has been an unusual, as Sarah
:03:47. > :03:51.Britain's top amateur heavyweight Cheavon Clarke
:03:52. > :03:54.is used to taking blows, but outside the ring he's had
:03:55. > :04:04.Aged eight, he nearly lost his life falling onto a metal spike,
:04:05. > :04:07.and at 18 ended up in intensive care when his appendix burst.
:04:08. > :04:16.The doctor said to my mum, I'm a very lucky young man.
:04:17. > :04:19.They said during the operation I actually flat lined on the table.
:04:20. > :04:35.Sometimes a look back and I think, wow, I've come a long way,
:04:36. > :04:37.but then I just brush it off, because that's yesterday, man.
:04:38. > :04:41.Despite his success, he's more than happy to help
:04:42. > :04:42.out with renovations to his Gravesend gym.
:04:43. > :04:45.His friends say his experiences mean he never gives up.
:04:46. > :04:48.If that happened to you, and you've gone through that,
:04:49. > :04:50.and you survive the place, and you've been clinically dead
:04:51. > :04:53.place, I think your outlook on life can only be,
:04:54. > :04:55.you know, more positive, just invincibility, and I think that
:04:56. > :04:57.has helped them so much with the boxing, because that
:04:58. > :05:00.mentality that he now has going forward is allowing him
:05:01. > :05:03.Chev has learned not to plan too far ahead,
:05:04. > :05:05.except when it comes to the next Olympics.
:05:06. > :05:11.You know, make everybody else is proud, and again
:05:12. > :05:12.inspire people so, yeah, gold medal, Olympics.
:05:13. > :05:14.And come Tokyo 2020, his friends won't be
:05:15. > :05:20.What a terrific athlete, and great determination as well. Time for the
:05:21. > :05:25.weather forecast with Sara. I suspect the advancing cloud
:05:26. > :05:29.from the west in the early part of this afternoon ruined many
:05:30. > :05:36.an afternoon barbecue. Pretty mild weather and it will not
:05:37. > :05:39.feel too cold to start tomorrow. It will go cloudy at first but as the
:05:40. > :05:43.day wears on I think we will see some breaks appearing. A bit of
:05:44. > :05:47.brightness coming through, and the best of that, 22-23, it will do
:05:48. > :05:52.quite warm. Similar to Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday looked right,
:05:53. > :05:59.if a little breezy. The next news on BBC One is at 10:20pm tonight, after
:06:00. > :06:04.the final episode of JK Rowling's Strike. I hope you will join me.