16/02/2014 BBC London News

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Good evening. Firefighters with Army personnel

have been working to try to prevent a water treatment works near Croydon

from flooding. An emergency multi`agency meeting took place in

south London to assess the risk Anjana Gadgil reports.

130 people forced from their homes as Dale Road turned into a lake It

sits above an underground river which the recent storms have brought

to the surface. It is mixed with sewage and this family were told to

leave their garden on Friday. It has just got worse. This morning alone,

it has risen by at least an inch. Why do you think it is happening?

Around the area there is a flood, and they are blocking those areas so

the water has not been allowed to flow and it has no place to go. It

is backing up into our properties. This family and their neighbours

bring water displaced by flood relief elsewhere is what is

submerging their houses and gardens. They have been pumping this water

away from ten days now at a rate of 24,000 litres a minute. It is to

stop the flood water contaminating the drinking water. The water is

being pumped away in these pipes and is going to miles down the road to a

reservoir in the middle of Purley. Water from the treatment works is

making makeshift reservoirs like this in a church car park. The

council denies any land is being sacrificed for the greater good We

have for potential areas, a subway, cricket pitch, school pitch and

church car park. These are areas that if needed to be flooded, that

would not have a detrimental affect. With more rain likely, the family do

not know when they can return to their house. They can only watch as

the flood relief operation takes place around them.

Police hunting for the killers of a teenage student shot dead in a case

of mistaken identity have appealed to the families of those responsible

to come forward on the first anniversary of the murder.

19`year`old Joseph Burke`Monerville from Islington, was shot as he sat

in a car in Clapton with his two brothers. The teenager was studying

at the London Metropolitan University and a service has been

held for him in Hackney. Windsor Castle, which can usually be

relied upon to keep drawing tourists in regardless of the weather, seems

to have fallen victim to the floods. Although the castle itself has

remained dry, flooding in surrounding areas seems to have

created a barrier for many, but not all tourists. Alice Solfield

reports. It is business as usual at Windsor

Castle. The changing of the guard at the Palace where the Queen spends

most of her weekends. I have just come to spend some time with the

royal couple. If you come just a few hundred meters down the road it is a

different story. This area is just a footpath, but at the moment it is

almost completely underwater. Communities along the Thames are

being warned they are at significant risk. With scenes of widespread

damage of nearby areas being broadcast around the world, the

council is keen to tell people that despite low level flooding Windsor

is still open to tourists. There is things to do in Windsor, they can

come shopping, the castle is open as usual. If they can get here, then we

are ready to welcome them. Not everyone is so optimistic. Yesterday

we closed at 3pm. I think we took in ?7. Today, we have not got any yet.

In comparison to last year, we had 30 or 40 people at any one time Now

there is barely anyone about. I have been sitting sings 8am. Boat

operators have not been able to get onto the river at all yet, and some

groups from abroad have cancelled trips they were due to take in May.

But Torres who have made it, don't seem to have been put off. I have

waited for this trip for many years. And it would not stop us. I was

like, wow! You read about it in the news but when you see it in person,

it is oh my gosh. But now, it seems the only one enjoying all of the

water are the Swans. Let's find out if there's more rain

on the way and get the weather forecast with Kate.

It was a beautiful day across London but the cloud is on its way. I could

make the temperature rise as we head towards daybreak tomorrow. Cloud

arriving and with it by dawn, maybe light outbreaks of rain. Should be

patchy by the time it gets towards us. Nothing too significant. As we

head into the afternoon it should brighten up a little, with a

temperature of around 10 Celsius as the maximum. As we had through the

rest of the week, some rain around the Tuesday morning, potentially

heavy showers around. A dryer, calmer day as we head into Web

state. More rain heading our way for Thursday.

That's it for now. I'll be back with our late news tonight after the

BAFTAs on BBC One at around 11: 5pm. Until then, have a very good

evening. Until then, have a very good

evening. Whilst we are talking about wet and

windy weather in the week ahead we will lose the extremes of last week.

The first glow of the week will approach overnight. Clear skies will

cause temperatures to fall