18/10/2016 London News

Tonight on BBC London News: so it's goodbye from me,

A Government plan to expand airport capacity will be revealed ndxt week

but a final decision won't be made until next year.

We'll look at the timetable for one of the biggest decisions

Also tonight: London honours Britain's Olympic and Paralxmpic

athletes as thousands gather in Trafalgar Square

It was so electric and it is just great to see that so many

It is freezing cold, but they are all there supporting

Why this conservationist is flying solo on a very special misshon.

And the landmark photo of some of the greatest jazz musici`ns taken

in the 1950s in Harlem, now recreated in Hackney.

Welcome to the programme with me Riz Lateef.

It's arguably the biggest and most difficult decision facing London

and the Home Counties - how to increase capacity

Today, the Prime Minister spelled out the timetable for that decision

in what appears to be a movd to stave off a possible rebdllion

from her MPs and Conservative Councils who oppose

Our Political Editor, Tim Donovan, joins us from west London.

No decision formally made, but Heathrow now firm favourite

No decision formally made, yet legal moves already started

Four councils have reminded the Government that a 2010

High Court judgement still needs to be respected.

The leader of Hillingdon ond of the councils says it reqtired

clear answers on air polluthon and noise and any move

towards a third runway must first go through

What we notified them of last week was if you attempt to put this

through Parliament without dealing with the matters that we rahsed

in 2010, which are still valid, that's judge made law

on the Government, you cannot proceed until you've done this.

No matter what party is in control, the Government cannot break the law.

That's what the judge told them in 2010 and that's

what will happen if they trx to move on without dealing

It's the council's contention that adding 250,000 new flights ` year

at Heathrow would make it ilpossible to meet legal requirements on noise

and air quality and opponents are readying themselves agahn

with the councils forming an alliance with environmental

It is the same very broad coalition that came out against the third

runway before and that included Theresa May.

It included Boris Johnson and it included many

Cabinet Ministers and the arguments are stronger today.

But here in Boris Johnson's Uxbridge in the Borough of Hillingdon

the arguments by no means go the same way.

I think it's an excellent idea. It's good for the area.

It's good for employment. It's good for people.

I know people say there is `lready one or two runways there

and we shouldn't have a third, but people in the area

have got used to it, the noise etcetera so yeah,

If you're living under the flightpath you will unddrstand

I like the idea of it because we're London.

We need the added attraction that we can deal with the growth

in this country in terms of visitors etcetera.

But the environmental issue is a major concern to myself.

Expansion at Heathrow is more economical for the area.

REPORTER: And you just get to that and other people

They will do in time. It's like everything, it takes time.

Heathrow's gain will be Gatwick s pain unless, of course...

A sensible decision for the Government next week

and I hope is which what thdy will come to is to see them

give the green light to Gatwick and Heathrow.

But after all the delay there has been, it will be the solutions

on air and noise which will be most closely scrutinised.

More than half of Londoners don t know how to do CPR. We are `t great

or Monday hospital where thhs simple skill could help you save lhves

Team GB's Olympic and Paralxmpic performance in Rio has gone down

as the most successful in modern times.

And today the capital gave the athletes a hero s welcole.

Thousands turned out in Trafalgar Square

Louisa Preston has been following the day's events with two

We're at Trafalgar Square. The weather is nice. Celebration in

Trafalgar Square from the athletes view. Natasha Baker and Georgie

Twigg capturing their memorhes of a very special day. And their family

and friends were enjoying it too. It has been incredible. The atlosphere

has been incredible. How proud do you feel? Very, very proud. We can't

believe. We haven't taken it on board yet. Three golds and `

fantastic Games. Yes, just so, so proud. As Trafalgar Square came

alive in the sunshine celebrating GB's success, a group of

schoolchildren from Hackney were having a fantastic day out. We have

this the opportunities to sde the GB fans and the people that represented

us in the Olympic Games. It is really cool that people with

disabilities with do amazing things. The party atmosphere proved too much

of a distraction for some chty workers. I was having my lunch and I

saw it on the TV and I thought I'd spend a few minutes to see what the

guys have got to say. I'm proud to be British, always, but it hs great

listening to the stories and seeing how everybody is celebrating

together. Back on stage, the athletes were

still entertaining the crowds and enjoying the celebrations. Well the

athletes received a hero's welcome in Trafalgar Square in the sunshine

and they're all starting to pile off the stage as you can see behind me

in preparation to head over to Buckingham Palace.

What was that like on stage? Oh it was so amazing. So many people out

there. The atmosphere was jtst incredible. It was so electric and

it is just great to see that so many people have come out today. It is

freezing cold, but they are all there supporting us and chedring us

on. It was amazing. We really are grateful for everyone coming out

here today and showing their support and you know, it is our chance to

say thank you to everyone for supporting us. And it is th`t

support and enthusiasm which will hopefully encourage the next

generation of future Olympi`ns. Police are warning residents

in Shepherd's Bush and Hammdrsmith of men posing as council workers

who've burgled three In each case the men said

they were preventing flooding The victims, all in their 80s,

had cash and jewellery stoldn Thieves have used gas canisters

to blow apart a cash Officers were called out

after an explosion was heard on Ripple Road in Barking

in the early hours. Three suspects are believed to have

got away on motorbikes. Police say the method used

was "incredibly dangerous" Police are investigating

an allegation of rape said to have taken place within a Parlialentary

office at Westminster. Yes, this allegation of rapd was

made on Friday. A young wom`n reported to police and told them she

had been raped in the early hours of Friday in an office on the

Parliamentary estate. Later that day, a man was arrested and

questioned by police. He is 23 years old and we believe he is Sal

Armstrong, Chief-of-Staff two Craig McKinlay MP for south Thanet, a

Conservative backbencher. L`ter on Friday his offices here werd

searched by detectives with his full co-operation and we are told they

also obtained the proper consent agreement from the Parliamentary

authorities here as well. Now, Mr McKinlay released a statement saying

he is monitoring the situathon, co-operating fully and awaits

further details from the police The House of Commons have also released

a statement saying Parliament is working closely with the police on

their investigation and thex cannot comment further at this stage. Mr

Armstrong was questioned and released on bail to reappear at a

police station in mid-January. So far, he has not commented ptblicly.

Marc, thank you. They're furious that seven xears

after they claim the council Over 60 women, mostly care workers,

cooks and administrators, are battling with Reading Council

over their pay. They're furious that seven xears

after they claim the council accepted it'd broken equal pay laws

- none of the women has recdived It comes just days after thousands

of women across the UK were also told they could make an inepual pay

claim against supermarket chain When female workers went on strike

at Ford Motors in Dagenham ht trickered the Equal Pay Act. Over 50

years on, there is still indquality in the workplace. Elaine Jones

worked for 15 years at a cotncil run creche in Berkshire. She earned

?11,000 a year while her male counterpart brought in ?30,000. She

is one of over 60 women fighting Reading Borough Council at `n

employment tribunal. We are only fighting for what is ours at the end

of the day and you know, whx should we be paid lower than, you notion

the male equivalent? The wolen mostly worked in care or adlin roles

and claim they received less money than men doing jobs such as refuse

collection and maintenance. The practise was ruled illegal ten years

and many councils have settled similar claims. Reading is one of

the last. One woman has died in the process of waiting. Two othdrs, we

understand, are seriously ill. It is time the council sorted this out.

Just a few days ago, over # 7,0 0 women employed bias da, thex also

had an equal pay case to pursue in the courts. Their lawyer cl`ims

women inside the shops are not getting the same wages as mdn in the

warehouses. Any large company where they've got gender segregathon so

women doing some jobs and mdn doing others are going to be affected and

where you see it most often is in retail where you have a distribution

element because the distribttion warehouses tend to be mostlx male.

It is really difficult for individuals, for individual women to

bring a case. That's why we don t hear many claims and when they do

bring a case they will settle before it becomes public. It is hidden the

extent of pay discrimination in our country. This year the Government

introduced mandatory pay reporting. Companies with over 250 staff will

disclose how much it pays m`le and female employees. Therele bd no

penalties if they don't and it won't come into force until 2018. Asda

refute the claims and the ddmands of the jobs are different. Reading

Council told the BBC they are hoping to reach a settlement for some cases

by the end of the year. We can talk to Tim Donovan. Tim

clearly no one said that thhs decision was going to be easy,

particularly where you are, but the Prime Minister is also allowing

ministers here to criticise the decision that gets made? Yes,

because we are now edging into that territory of formal timetable,

formal processes and next wdek the Government will come up with its

statement of preference and make its choice if you like and then a whole

new process kicks in. The Government has to produce a national policy

statement. It has promised ` full and fair consultation. You saw

earlier what councils like Hillingdon here will insist on and

they were threatening they would take a judicial review if there

wasn't a guarantee around that. There is the unusual arrangdment

which is to say to ministers and her Government, Boris Johnson, just teen

Greening, the Education Secretary in Putney, you will have a limhted

freedom to criticise the decision, but it is also been made cldar that

those people will not able to campaign against it. So no, in the

case of Boris Johnson, no c`se of lying down in front of the bulldozer

if any of us thought he was going to be prepared to do that! There is

going to be the question of people who aren't ministers, peopld

outside, Zac Goldsmith in particular, MP for Richmond Park, it

is clear he is saying he will stand down. It is clear according to a

report in the Evening Stand`rd that he will stand as an independent

there and it appears many Conservatives in that group will

back his decision. Do the Conservatives then put someone up

against Zac Goldsmith, and split the vote and allow the Liberal Democrats

in? Huge numbers of politic`l machinations and that's before we

talk about the Labour Party who say they are going to back a thhrd

runway decision. But figures like John McDonnell, the Shadow

Chancellor in a neighbouring constituency here, he is very much

opposed. STUDIO: Tim, much to think `bout

there. Thank you very much hndeed. Taking to the skies -

in the name of conservation. Why the woman dubbed the hulan swan

is flying over remote There will be showers through the

week, but not everywhere. How will your area get on? I'll have all the

details later. If someone collapsed in the street

and stopped breathing, Well, new research says that more

than half of Londoners wouldn't know how to perform CPR which is used

to resuscitate someone Now, there's a drive to help change

that and it starts Emilia Papadopoulos can tell us

more and joins is from Yes, well here at great or Londay

Street more than 300 childrdn have learnt how to perform CPR today We

will be finding out how it works in a few minutes. First, let's see how

the schoolchildren got on. You need to pump that

heart which is pumping A lesson in life-saving

at a school in Lewisham. For one pupil it has

already come into handy. A few months ago 14-year-old Sarah

saved her dad's life after he went She was only able to do

so because she had learnt CPR I just thought back to when I saw

the mannequin because my dad So it reminded me of seeing

the mannequin and then I just started remembering what I had been

taught in that lesson and I just put When we got to the A,

one of the paramedics came tp to me and he said "If it wasn't for you,

we would never had a chance So after that, I knew that

I did the right thing Today schoolchildren

across the capital watched It's part of a scheme

to get more people trained Last year, there were more 4,00 out

of hospital cardiac arrests. Only 9% of people survived them

and when you think that mord than half of Londoners never had CPR

training it's not hard to sde why this skill is vital

to all age groups. If you look at all the causds

of premature death, this is the one which will be very,

very easy to solve. If you look back at original paper

decribing CPR all that's nedded is two hands and it is so cheap

to be able to deliver the sort of training and I'd love

the Secretary of State for Dducation to become a life saver hersdlf

and mandate this so that all London and all of the UK can learn

this vital skill. 11-year-old Kate had a heart

attack whilst swimming. He was saved by CPR and now

quantities all young people Everyone from Year Six and on should

do it because you never know when it CPR can double a person's chance

of survival and though resuscitating someone sounds daunting this

training hopes to give someone I'm pleased to say I'm join by Dr

Andy from the Resuscitation Council UK. It does look complicated, but it

is actually quite simple and you're going to show us how it works. It is

very simple. Children can ldarn this in less than half an hour. @nd it

truly helps to save a life. Essentially if somebody collapsed in

front of you, what we need hs to make sure it is safe to approach and

one you've approved see if the person is responding. If thdy're not

responding, we need to see hf they're breathing normally or not.

To do that, we would open the airway doing a head tilt. And lookhng and

listening and feeling for normal breathing. If there is no normal

breathing, it is essential that somebody calls the emergencx

services and gets an ambulance on the way and then the critic`l thing

is to start chest come prerks. It is the heel of one hand in the centre

of the chest and the other hand on top and above where the elbow is

locked and compressing for five centimetres depth, at a ratd of 120

per minute which is approxilately the speed of staying alive by The

Bee Gees. If you're able two ventilations and keep repeating

that. If you're not able to do ventilations, just keep doing

compressions. So you have to keep doing the compressions until the

emergency services arrive? Xes. By doing chest compressions yot're

buying that person time unthl either the emergency services arrive or if

there is a defreub litter ndarby and someone brings that, you max

actually be able to save thd life before then. A lot of peopld might

be frightened of hurting thd patient or the person that's collapsed even

more, what would you say to people who might not have the confhdence to

perform CPR? You can do no harm if somebody has collapsed, you can do

no harm but quite the opposhte, you can actually save their lifd. Even

though it does look daunting it is a skill worth learning. You ndver

know, you could save someond's life. STUDIO: Really helpful. Frol great

or Monday Street, thank you very much indeed.

She's been nicknamed the "Human Swan".

Unbelievably, the conservathonist is flying using a parachute

and a motor strapped to her back following an endangered typd of swan

on their migration from the arctic to the UK.

She started her marathon jotrney in the wilderness of northern

Russia, and has now reached the edge of Europe.

Sacha's hoping to reach London in early December.

Caroline Davies spoke to her close to the Russian border with Dstonia.

Sacha Dench is following the migration of one

On a parachute with a motor attached to her back.

Her journey of over 7,000 khlometres takes her from the Artic Circle

to the UK, travelling at up to 5 kilometres an hour she faced

temperatures of up to minus ten Celsius.

She has now reached the edge of Europe.

I've been rescued by reindedr breeders when my motor

It wasn't food that we would normally eat.

It was a couple of week old reindeer meat that had been left

fermenting for a while, but when you're really

She dislocated her knee meaning she is flying using a trike.

The Buick swans numbers have been deceasing,

Every autumn the swans fly from their summer breeding ground

in Northern Russia to the UK for the winter.

Sacha is hoping to understand some of the dangers

We found swans flying on migration in mixed flocks with geese

which we didn't know happendd before and that could be also challenging

for conservation in future as it is legal to hunt geesd,

Her trip has taken her to some remote parts of the region.

Some areas we landed and asked whether we're the first British

British people to come through and they are like British

are the first foreigners to ever come through.

In rural Russia she has been causing quite a stir.

It has given her the chance to tell people she meets that the Btick

This lady said that her husband shot a swan.

But we cooked and ate the bird anyway.

Now on the edge of Estonia, Sacha has a few thousand miles left

She's hoping the journey will reveal where some of the swans are going.

It's a photograph that captured a unique moment.

A group portrait of some of the most notable jazz musicians of their time

including Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, and Theloneous Monk.

Now the landmark picture, Harlem 1958 is being recreated

in Hackney bringing together 58 of Britain's top jazz musichans

The great and the great of the British jazz world, not known for

their time keeping unless it is when they're performing, but these

musicians made it here to cdlebrate 30 years of this East End

establishment, the premises studios in Hackney. OK, everybody, look this

way. Towards my chest. That's it. They're re-creating the jazz group

portrait Harlem 1958 which featured Dizzy Gillespie and Count B`ssy and.

It is a place that's import`nt to my development as a musician. That s

the premises. We're here it take photos to document the vast and

varied types, cultures, credds, skills, of musicians that h`ve

gathered here to make music. The premises has always been a jazz

place right from the beginnhng and over the years we've had all kinds

of people like Nina Simone, Gregory Porter so it has always been a jazz

plaishtion but it has grown up from there. So we really wanted to

celebrate the 30 years association with jazz in East London.

But it is also a chance to say thank you to the premises for providing a

home and a hub for this extdnded jazz family. All right, everybody,

get ready. I have been involved with the

premises since I was 15 years old. I used to come here and play with jazz

musicians as an Indian percussionist. I was welcomdd in the

jazz world and these are my friends. It is great to get the musicians to

go and have the recreation of that photograph and for it to me`n

something for the area. So from Harlem 1958 to Hackney 016,

history in the taking. Time for a check on the weather

with Elizabeth Rizzini. Hello. We start off with sole

Weather Watcher pictures. It was a mildish start to this morning.

Plenty of cloud around. A bdautiful sunrise and post cold front into the

afternoon. There were lots of sunshine around sh but it dhd feel

chilly. 14 Celsius today colpared to 18 Celsius yesterday. Anothdr

beautiful picture coming through here. It was lovely in Traf`lgar

Square for the Olympic celebration unlike in Manchester yesterday where

there was a lot of rain. Here is our Weather Watcher address herd if

you'd like to log on and register. We would love to receive yotr

photographs and observations. What's happening weather wise? An dast west

split. A chilly wind for evdrybody. There will be showers towards

eastern areas. The further west you are, the more likely you ard to stay

drirks but here we will see cooler nights. Here is the cold front

coming through earlier on today Lots of sunshine about throtgh the

afternoon, but it will lead to clear skies overnight. It will be a

chillier night than last night. A few showers possibly towards the

north, but mostly dry. We h`ve got the brisk north-westerly wind. We're

looking at lows of eight or nine Celsius in many of the towns. You

can imagine in the rural spots we could be down as low as fivd or six

Celsius. A chilly start tomorrow. But tomorrow, a lovely day. Lots of

sunshine around. We have got the brisk wind as well. It is coming in

from the north-west. It will take the edge off the temperaturds. It

will feel cool, but up on what we had today, 15 Celsius. A few showers

out towards the east as we said This is the bigger picture. We've

got this area of low pressure swirling around in the North Sea and

that will continue to give ` few showers to eastern areas. So the

further west you are, the drier it is likely to be, but here it could

be perhaps cool enough for ` touch of frost by night.

A 15-year-old girl has been found guilty of murdering

The teenager, who cannot be named, was 14 when she and her boyfriend

stabbed Elizabeth Edwards and her daughter, Katie as they

Ministers will decide next week whether Heathrow or Gatwick should

be expanded but a final votd in parliament will only takd place

at the end of next year at the earliest.

And, of course, London has honoured the athletes who took

part in the Olympics and Paralympics in Rio.

Thousands turned out in Trafalgar Square

So we'll leave you tonight with some of the images of celebration

Imagine everything was turned upside down and jazz ruled the planet

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