03/01/2017 London News

Does he think we're completely stupid? He said before the that

Londoners would not pay a penny more in 2020 than they do now. Clearly, I

liked today discovered that they are paying more. Meanwhile, commuters

recent self for another strike. A British Paraylmpian tells us no

working or accessible loos on a train forced

her to wet herself. I was embarrassed,

I was very angry and... Plus, getting a masterclass

from a MasterChef judge. Why Gregg Wallace is lending

his expertise to young And described as one of the most

important England players you've never heard of -

the story of this Good evening, happy new year

and welcome to the programme - We heard it many times,

didn't we, during the mayoral election campaign -

his promise to freeze But today Sadiq Khan has been

accused of taking people for fools His political opponents claim that

whilst the Mayor has kept the cost of certain fares the same,

others have been increased. This on the same day that

commuters held protests over With more here's our political

correspondent, Karl Mercer. A new year it may be,

but for rail passengers, the same For commuters back to work today,

a rise of more than 2% It does mean that I have

less disposable income I wouldn't mind increases

around 2.9% if I thought that it was all going back

into the service. The Government defended

the rises, saying they needed Around the rail network,

there is a lot happening, Of course, nobody wants to see

a fare increase but costs rise, pay rises, and right now,

first are rising less fast than wages, so at least that's

a step in the right direction. For those commuting in and around

London, there was a mixed picture, going back to what this man said

in the race for City Hall. The fares you pay in 2020 on bus,

tubes, DLR and London Overground will be the same fares you pay

on May the 6th, a day after I'm hopefully elected

as the Mayor of London. It was one he repeated

during the campaign. I've got a fully funded

package to freeze fares of the next four years,

so London is paying not a penny more Today he was back at Waterloo

campaigning against rail fare rises and trumpeting the fact that many

transport for London But his promise doesn't

apply to travel cards Does he think we are

completely stupid? He said before the election that

Londoners would not pay a penny more Well, clearly a lot of them found

out that today they are paying more. I think the mayor has got to stop

peddling this line because it's quite clear to most commuters

going to work today that the paying more for the travel card and more

for the cap on their Oyster It's about time the mayor started

looking at how he can help other The mayor insists his freeze on TFL

fares will save the average London household around ?200 over

the next four years. My point to the Government is, look,

if I can make TFL fit for purpose, if I can reduce inefficiencies,

if I can make efficiency savings, if I can increase revenue streams

elsewhere, to freeze TFL why can't they do the same with

these private companies? The mayor also called again today

for the Government to hand control of Southern Rail to transport

for London, head of another planned He says he'd talk to

the unions to avoid action Well, Karl mentioned

industrial action there, and next week commuters

face a six-day strike Let's get the details

from Claudia-Liza Armah, who joins Yes, that's right. When it comes to

travelling in and around London, things are going from bad to worse.

Next week, there is an ongoing dispute with Southern Rail. The

drivers are on strike for a whopping six days. It is to do with the

driver free operated trains. Drivers will now be in charge of closing the

doors and trains. It kicks off on Monday, the 9th of January. It comes

to the end on the 14th of January. The services affected, which

services would be affected are Thameslink. Aside from... The

services would be affected or Thameslink... It's going to be so

bad that Southern real for the duration of the action. There has

also been a call for a price freeze on Southern Rail whilst the dispute

continues. Yes, this has been going on for nine months. Strike action as

well as a ban on drivers taking over -- Britain. The watchdog is calling

for a price hike to be frozen until this dispute comes to an end.

Southern Rail met today to come to some kind of conclusion but it fell

through. It is unlikely that there will be a solution soon. Thank you

very much. Commuters are only too familiar

with strikes and disruption on southern services

over the past year. On that note, we'd

like to hear from you. We're hosting a special televised

debate on Sunday January the 8th. If you'd like to take part,

please email your details, including your point of view,

to [email protected]. You re watching BBC

London News, coming up later: Catching those who illegally

dump household waste, how good is London at penalising

those who blight our neighbourhoods? A Paralympic athlete and MBE-awarded

disabilities campaigner says she was forced to wet herself

on train because it didn't Anne Wafula Strike says

that she was left humiliated after the three-hour journey

on a CrossCountry train. Despite her embarrassment,

she has decided to go public in the hope it will bring change

for disabled people. Anne Wafula Strike is a decorated

wheelchair racer and Paralympian. She also has an MBE for her services

to disability sport. But last month, none

of that mattered. She says she was robbed

of her dignity after having wet herself because the train

she was travelling on didn't I was embarrassed,

I was very angry and... Honestly, you know,

I felt very disabled. Anne had been at a UK Athletics

board meeting in Coventry to get home she took a CrossCountry train

from the Midlands to Stansted, where the accessible

toilet was out of order. About half an hour into her journey,

she needed the bathroom. Staff suggested she could get off

at the next train station and use the disabled toilet there,

but there was no one there to help so she had to wait until the next

stop and by that time It just really took away

all the confidence that I'd I've always said that as human

beings or people with different needs we are only disabled

by the barriers that Although the train Anne

was on it did have accessible facilities, the issue

was that they weren't working. Disability campaigners believe train

companies should put more We still have a kind

of tick box mentality towards disability and access,

so we tick the box that the toilet is there on the train,

we don't think about how we need to consider that it's

working all the time. Despite the humiliation,

Anne said she spoke out to expose some of the injustice faced

by people living with disabilities and hopes her story will improve

things so no one else has got So what is the train

operator saying about this? Unfortunately, they were not

available to speak to us on camera. But they said...

What are the legalities in terms of facilities for disabled passengers?

It must be said that disabled access is better than ever before. There

are strict guidelines. Most trains have accessible toilet facilities.

The issue was that the toilet was out of order. By 2020, there will be

more legislation in place to ensure that all accessible toilets are

regularly maintained because that is a huge issue. One campaign group

spokes as today and said that they believed that staff cuts across the

network had able to play in this. Had she been able to get off at the

first stop was there was a toilet, she would have applauded the

situation. The reason that she came out and told the story. She wanted

to make sure that it never happened to anyone again. -- she would have

avoided the situation. Access needs to be taken seriously. Thank you

very much. It blights neighbourhoods and costs

the taxpayers thousands. New figures show there's been

a growth in the amount of household waste being illegally dumped

in streets or fields. But they also show new powers

to penalise flytippers have been used more in London than anywhere

else in the UK. Fly-tipping can be a big problem or

a small one. Either way, it affects all of London, particularly new.

It's really disgusting. It shouldn't be like this. It's recycling. This

is where I live. Seeing that makes me not want to be here. It is quite

bad. It's keeping the yummy mummies away which causes me a lot of grief

because I was hoping they would come in. Some is domestic rubbish and

some is commercial... Enforcement officers like these have been able

to use new paddlers since the month of May in order to prevent

fly-tipping. It's instant justice no. Newman had the worst

fly-tipping. They have used the primaries the most in the country.

In total in London, they have been used over a 700 times. The idea is

not to deal with industrial fly-tipping or letter but more

something like this, from a member of the public or a small business.

The council have made ?48,000 for this so far. This is not just a

money making enterprise. No. When you consider all of the reasons we

have to put into this. It doesn't pay the officer 's wages. It's

something that we feel we must do. Not a moneymaking exercise. Did a

fine help to clean up the capital? I will tell.

For Chelsea fans have been given suspended prison sentences for

racially abusing a black man. They were ordered to pay the victim

10,000 euros in compensation and given one year suspended sentences.

More than 70 firefighters tackled a a blaze at a sports club

The fire on Goldsdown Road took three hours to get under control.

The cause is still being investigated.

Next - should a hospital be able to conduct tests after an early

miscarriage without the consent of the parents?

Well, one mother who lost her baby at 12 weeks thinks not.

She wants guidelines changed after discovering

Croydon University Hospital had done so without seeking her permission.

So this was taken just after eight weeks and this

shows, as far as we know, a happy, healthy baby.

When a Laura Percival discovered she was pregnant last year

with her second child, she was delighted.

We'd been trying for a year and it was what we really wanted

and a baby is just going to bring so much happiness and we already

have a son, so it was kind of going to complete the family.

But three months into her pregnancy, she miscarried and underwent surgery

A baby's in my body and there is no heartbeat, I haven't...

You almost feel like it's your fault because you haven't managed

to keep that baby healthy and happy and full-term.

When she later enquired about the baby's remains,

she was told they'd been sent away for testing at another hospital.

They didn't tell me and I didn't give permission for that,

I know it's kind of up until a certain mark that it's

considered a baby but it's still my baby and my loss.

Andrew Shennan is Professor of Obstetrics for Guys and St.

He works with the baby charity Tommy's and believes mothers need

If you have a situation where you have lost a baby,

it would normally be good practice to inform the woman in a sensitive

way, in an appropriate way, about what her wishes are.

You would find out what she would want and you would give her options.

Well, the hospital declined our interview request but said

in a statement they have apologised to Laura Percival for any distress

They also added that sending tissue away for testing was common practice

in the NHS and under 14 weeks it does not require patient consent.

I'd quite like to purchase a tree at the crematorium,

so ultimately I have somewhere to kind of mark what

happened and kind of have a little bit of closure.

Laura says she and her partner will try again for another baby

but for now she hopes other women who suffer a similar loss

The story of the forgotten footballer - the former Chelsea

player of Chinese descent who made history playing for England.

This coming year will see some key negotiations over how

In a special series this week, we look at what impact it

We start tonight with the view from EU nationals,

who say they remain uncertain over their future in London.

Few EU migrants can come... Apologies for that. There seems to

be a problem with that report. We will try to bring it back as soon as

we can. Millions of us tune in to Masterchef

to watch contestants people show Now, one of the judges

is lending his expertise to young It's not only a chance to create

recipes alongside top chefs but also to learn about healthy

eating. Cooking their favourite recipes

with some of the best These young foster children

are getting the opportunity of a lifetime and having

lots of fun. They are looking very

yummy, I want one. They're quite timid

when they come in. But when they start working

and kicking and actually making But when they start working

and cooking and actually making something, they just grow

in confidence and you can see the smiles on their face and you can

see they're having fun. Organised by the National Fostering

Agency, it's all about encouraging young people to get interested

in food and boost their confidence. I've enjoyed it a lot because I

haven't really cooked that much. It's really exciting to cook

with loads of different chefs. At the end of the day,

what you do is to walk away with a sense of you've done

something really, really good for the kids and just getting them

involved with cooking. 17-year-old Nhat Nguyen came to this

country as an asylum He arrived in London after three

months of travelling Thanks to the National Fostering

Agency, he now lives in Edgware They rang me and said,

there is a boy, have We had to run to Asda

to buy him some clothes. Two years on, his life couldn't be

more different and he hopes to one I want to bring my food

from my country to the All the recipes have been published

in a book which is being sold for charity to help other young

people and may even inspire the next OK, we can now go back to our report

about backwater. There are a lots of iron knowns when it comes to how we

might leave the European Union. It will mean if EU migrants coming to

the UK. What is the current picture? In 2015 the total number of migrants

was estimated at around 930 2000. In this bullish gaffer, these

construction workers didn't seem to be concerned. I'm just waiting for

the Home Office to send me my cards. I applied two months do for me my

family. We have been in this country for over ten years. These are two

skilled workers who have been here for over five years. The big

difference has a track is what happens going forward. Depending on

what kind of system we get after Brexit, we could see a significant

reduction in the number of new people coming in, particularly in

low skilled jobs that are least likely to qualify for new system.

But as you guys going to do without us? What is going to happen to your

economy? I hope it doesn't go down but it might happen. EU migrants are

not so easy to replace. It might not be politically correct to say so but

it is true that there are not as many British people to replace these

workers. It's not like these workers came to take jobs that the British

people wanted. So what about the highly skilled ESU workers? There

are lots of professional ones. They are not taking the decision because

they need to see what is happening. On the other hand, people that have

been here for many years, like me, I have obtained the residency card,

I'm supposed to be able to stay in the UK. With London's workforce is

reliant on EU migrants of all skilled hats, what might happen

next? On the one hand, you might think that people might come now in

anticipation of the fact that is mighty more difficult in future. On

the other hand, it depends a lot on the economy. People's uncertainty

about whether they can stay and the political implications of the

referendum could make the UK less attractive. These workers will be

waiting to see what happens in March.

He's been described as one of the most important England

Frank Soo, a former Chelsea player, was the first non-white footballer

to represent England and played alongside some

As a new book tells the story of his life and career,

Alice Bhandhukravi has been speaking to the author and his great niece.

He was a household name in the 1930s and '40s.

His biographer says he was up there with the greats.

So it's something of a mystery that Frank Soo has been all but forgotten

During his lifetime, he was recognised to be an equal

of Stanley Matthews, Tommy Lawton, Billy Wright,

Anyone who knows about football in that era knows

Frank Soo was with Stanley Matthews at Stoke City.

He also played alongside him for England wearing the number six.

During the war he joined the RAF and played as a guest

player for other clubs, including Chelsea,

But Frank Soo was half Chinese, the first non-white player

His family believe he's been overlooked because of his ethnicity.

Growing up, it was the one thing we all sort of clung onto.

Our great uncle played football for England, did yours?

It's a little frustrating when you are the great niece

of a man who played for England and he's the first Asian player

to play for the national side and yet he doesn't

The more I learned about him and his life and his achievements

throughout his career, I feel he is an important figure

in his own right, irrespective of his ethnic background.

He was actually one of the most important figures in 20th century

Frank Soo spent the rest of his career after the war coaching,

He died in 1991, largely unknown in his home country.

Susan Gardener hopes her account of his life story will get him

Time for a check on the weather - and it did feel cold out there -

Good evening. The weather for the with the forecast.

Good evening. The weather for the rest of the week will vary from one

day to the next. This was yesterday when we had sunshine. This bus

today. There has been quite a change. Workload coming down from

the north. After the frosty start, it has been pretty cold. The cloud

is actually really thin and maybe if you gab is in the cloud here and

there. On the whole, more clout than last night. Not as cold as that last

night. Outside of time, the numbers are close to freezing. It will be a

chilly start to Wednesday. A of cloud on Wednesday morning. Summer

drizzle possibly. A northerly wind and that will introduce much more

sunshine. It was hard to deal colder despite the sudden. -- it will start

to feel colder displayed is urging. They will be a plunge of cold beer

and cleaner skies. It all points to a much colder start to Thursday. A

frosty start to the north of time. -- to the north of town. A cold

start to Thursday but the frost will lift because of the sunshine. It

should be a nice day but it will be on the cold side. It will turn

chilly tubing Thursday evening and Thursday night. A bit of a change

from the Atlantic. This will come... Lovely sunny day but a cold day on

Thursday. On Friday, more clout and outbreaks of rain during the second

half of the day. It looks like it will be cloudy but try on the

weekend. The police watchdog,

the IPCC, has launched an investigation after officers

from the West Yorkshire force shot a man dead

near the M62 in Huddersfield. Police say it happened

during a planned operation to target Britain's top diplomat

to the European Union has resigned. Sir Ivan Rogers leaves his job just

months before the Government is due Thank you for joining us. We will be

back at 10:30pm. You can keep up to the days stories on the website and

the Facebook page. Have a lovely evening.

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