Hello there!
Well.. first up, it's the Mayor again. Remember that incident with the Evening Standard reporter last year? Likening a Jewish journalist to a concentration camp guard? And the huge outcry that followed those comments? Accusations of anti-semitism - hotly denied? Well at the time he was suspended from duties for 4 weeks, and today he starts his appeal. And the outcry hasn't got any quieter ... Ironically its on a day that is the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, when thousands of protestors in the East End decided they wouldn't tolerate Oswald Mosley's fascist Black Shirts, with extremely violent results. Marcus Powell has been talking to a man who was there.
A turkish man got 8 years today for people smuggling. He and his gang helped get .. wait for it .. 100,000 illegal Turkish immigrants into the UK in the last 10 years. Its not human trafficking.. these people definitely wanted to come here.. but the scale of the crime is unbelievable nonetheless. We'll have all the details.
We've got all the background on the con artist who scammed his way into a royal premiere... even managed to have a chat with Charles and Camilla.. he says he did it for a bet.. for 100,000 pounds, apparently.. Liz has been to meet him.
We've a sneak preview of the newly restored architectural gem of a Hawksmoor church, the one in Bloomsbury. For years it's been the home of vagrants and has looked distinctly sorry for itself .. believe me, you won't recognise it now.
And Tamzin is off to meet those lovely Laydeez from Little Britain, ahead of the London leg of their sell out tour .. yes, she'll be on stage with Matt and David... anything could happen!
See you at 6.
Al and Katie.
