17/01/2017 London News

Here on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.

She famously said "Brexit means Brexit" and today Theresa May

explained how she intends to make that happen.

So what could the Prime Minister's announcement mean for the capital?

You have been looking into this in terms of London. Yes, because in

terms of Brexit London is quite a tricky area for the Prime Minister

as we know, most Londoners overall were in favour of staying in the EU.

For now her job is really to convince those 60% of Londoners that

are unhappy about leaving that this isn't going to cause them any harm,

especially when it comes to three main areas. Three questions. First

the single market which concerns free movement of labour, goods,

services and capital so leaving the single market, of course it raises

big questions, what will the cost of that be to London? Then the question

of immigration, controls on EU nationals working here, close to a

million of them work here at the moment. This will have huge

implications for them and of course the economy here in London. Then

also transition, how long will this process be? The Prime Minister said

today that it would be a phased implementation rather than a

cliff-edge decision and that's really to give businesses the chance

to adjust to these changes and make sure they aren't hit hard. What

about political reaction here? The capital? Of course lots of different

views on this today. We spoke to two London MPs who had very different

opinions on the Prime Minister's plans.

I believe that we'll still be doing billions of pounds worth

We still have great services, great goods to be able to sell to Europe.

That will still happen even after leaving the EU's internal market.

We have no guarantees at all about what the future

of the City of London looks like, what the future is for financial

services in the City of London and I think that's

We hear rumours of banks wanting to relocate to other financial

centres in Europe and I don't think the Prime Minister said anything

at all today that will reassure the City of London in any way.

Two very different opinions. But what bt people who live and work in

London? Today our political editor went out to gauge the mood in east

London. Should we come out

of the single market? Word had reached many

about the PM's speech. But we prompted them anyway: What do

you think about coming out It's about people growing up

and getting on with it and we'll What do you think about coming out

of the single market? Coming out is going to be

detrimental in terms of pension, cost of living

and it's uncomfortable. You have changed

your mind, have you? I changed my mind.

If we voted again I would stay. The Prime Minister says

the economy's getting better or hasn't been as bad

as people said. We are not out completely

yet, we just started. Down the road in Canary Wharf

here was one gloomy outlook. London makes and sells financial

products to the world at least 20% If we can't sell those products

to those people we take an economic hit and potentially that's quite

a big hit. Here was another view

in the City today. We now know what the negotiation

stance of the Government is going to be, that gives

the opportunity for people to have much more certainty over the next

couple of years and they can actually start to

plan for the future. Back at the market

that other issue... The average person like myself,

the ordinary man in the street wants Brexit must mean control

of the number of people who come I think to the ordinary,

average person in the street that is the most important

thing to us. If people are coming and we haven't

got the jobs for them We have to have some kind

of control in no matter what. Aren't they coming because

there are jobs here? Never mind Roman, it's what the EU's

done for us, or not done for us, There are calls for the Mayor

to take urgent action - after fresh concerns over the safety

of the Notting Hill Carnival. A new report claims the event

is becoming increasingly violent But others say Europe's largest

street festival is still much safer After 50 years, a new report says

it is at tipping point. Carnival might seem a long way away

on a cold January day, but it is already in the forefront

of some people's minds. A report out today says

they are worried about overcrowding, a rise in violent incidents,

and they say the trust that runs it One person who has experienced

the violence first-hand is Joe. He was stabbed in

the arm last Carnival. Initially I thought,

why did I get punched in the arm? As I looked at my arm,

there was blood spurting I just held on to the wound

and started to run. It could have happened to anybody,

so it can definitely be safer. I would like it to be

safer so no-one else Crowd surges like this last year

made those who policed The Met say each year

they come close to major Overcrowding, yes it is dreadful

around Ladbroke Tube Station and further up All

Saints Road and so on. If there was an incident,

goodness knows how any help would be Violent crime is not

particular to Carnival, and there is some suggestion that

out of one million visitors, the 151 violent incidents means it

affects relatively few. We want it going on

for another 50 years. Another point out of the report

is that the festival is run by some great people,

some volunteers, but by their own admission,

the trust needs more support. Although it is easy to say it needs

to be safer, how do you do it? His team say they have

already commissioned It is still good and I enjoy it,

the music is great. But, I mean, there is

also a downside to it. This report builds pressure to make

this year's Carnival In an exclusive interview

with the BBC, a childhood friend of George Michael says he believes

a cocktail of hard drugs and anti-depressants may

have been responsible Andros Georgiou was in the process

of reconciling with him after a falling-out -

and says he was one of the nicest It's been more than three weeks

since George Michael passed away, leaving his friends,

family and fans bereft. Now a close friend, Andros Georgiou,

has spoken for the first time. The George I know was a very private

person, an incredibly generous person and one of the nicest people

you could ever meet. George Michael was found dead

at his home on Christmas Day. On 29th December a postmortem

examination proved inconclusive and so further tests

are being carried out. But Andros Georgiou believes

drugs played a part I just think that he took

too much of something, mixed with the anti-depressants

and other drugs he I think his heart

just stopped beating. The ex-music producer says this is

despite the singer being in rehab. He was actually in that Swiss clinic

for three years before he came out and then -

but he had stopped all And he was trying to lead a normal

life again and I just believe This interview raises more

questions than answers and here at George Michael's home

in Highgate fans have continued But more than three

weeks after his death, I will say good night now and leave

you with Wendy with the weather. Thank you. It really was a beautiful

day with blue skies overhead that slowly went pink and yellow and

orange as the sun set. Tonight we go in with clear skies, so it's going

to be feeling cold and frosty. In fact, that frost is starting to form

already. Hence, the blue tinge to the map. We

have light winds so the cold air gets really cold and we could see

lows of minus four in Gatwick, maybe even lower. You can see this cloud

around, first thing tomorrow it's frosty. That cloud is going to come

and go through the next few days. It might mean we don't get the benefit

of the sunshine. The further away from London tomorrow it will make it

feel even colder. The further south-east the more chance you have

of seeing some sunshine. Still a chilly day. You can see towards the

end of the week we are going to have plenty of cloud around and into the

weekend. I think it will break up from time to time. Staying settled

still. from time to time. Staying settled

still. Nick has the national forecast this evening.

Hello. If you are watching the football earlier it turned out to be

an evening for football fans in Lincolnshire. This is how it looked

at the start of the day. No idea whether this weather watcher is a

football fan, it's a fan of weather that matters here. All sorts of