30/10/2016 London News

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The Liberal Democrats have confirmed their candidate

Sarah Olney will fight the former Tory MP Zac Goldsmith

for the Richmond seat, after he resigned in protest

He's now standing as an Inddpendent in December's by-election.

But she's hoping to win over Conservative voters,

not only worried about Heathrow expansion, but also about Brexit.

18 months ago, Sarah Olney wasn't even a member

Today, she said she was the best person to be Richmond's next MP

I have been speaking to loc`l residents, and they tell me

the three key issues in this election are going to be He`throw,

She has been thrust into the spotlight, because on Ttesday,

Zac Goldsmith fulfilled a promise of standing down if a third runway

This election must be a refdrendum on Heathrow expansion.

But in Richmond it is not jtst about fighting the third runway

In Richmond, the majority of voters wants to remain.

In Richmond, the majority of voters wanted to remain.

How much do you think you would be representing Richmond

I think it is very clear we would be representing a good three-qtarters

The voters of Richmond Park are much closer to the Liberal Democrats

on this than they would be to Zac Goldsmith.

The Liberal Democrats have a mountain to climb here,

in Richmond, if they are to beat Zac Goldsmith.

He increased his majority l`st year to 23,000.

Plus the Conservatives aren't fielding their own candidatd here.

In fact, several high profile anti-Heathrow Conservatives have

The Liberal Democrats have promised to fight their biggest camp`ign

They hope this accountant ndwcomer will be the one who helps them

Police are hunting for two len, after a car hit a woman

The incident was caught on camera in Newham on Thursday afternoon

The children escaped with minor injuries.

The woman was more seriouslx hurt, but police say her condition

London's Olympic site is to get its own Silicon V`lley.

What was the press centre during the games is going to host

thousands of would-be tech entrepreneurs.

And as Joe Lynam reports, they've just started moving in.

The backbone of London's bid to host the Olympic Games

Britain promised to transform a run down part of the city.

And that regeneration process is very much under way.

In this very spot, thousands of international journalists

gathered to cover the Olymphc Games four years ago.

Soon, thousands of tech entrepreneurs will be coming up

It started with retail, but Stratford will soon be home

to a university campus, TV studios, theatres -

Here East is the name for the new space, which hopes

But what kind of companies will be working here?

Companies who will focus on the new connected products

Wearable technology, the connected watches, driverless cars.

Although it won't fully open until May,

Sports 80 design software to help sports bodies connect better

We don't just want office space we want somewhere we will bd

supported as a start up, young company, and that is dxactly

Britain already has Silicons Glen, Fen and Roundabout -

now it is getting a silicon Stratford.

Although it has many advant`ges it will be tough to reach anything

like the scale and success of the original silicon,

Time for the weather now, with Elizabeth Rizzini.

Good evening, therelike mord patchy fog forming overnight. Notes a dense

as widespread adds this morning but poor visibility on the roads for a

time an some travel December eruption possible A brighter

afternoon, sunshine round, top temperatures up to a mild 18

Dry for trick or treaterses and turning cold later in the week.

but Asad Ahmad will be back tomorrow morning

Good evening. It has been another cloudy and mild day, where the cloud

broke it felt warm with temperatures up in the high teen, now as we head

through this week there is a change inneth wither type, where things

will start to feel cooler,