19/02/2017 London News

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Certain cars could be banned from London's roads in an effort

The Mayor of London hasn't ruled the measure out,

while in another effort to improve the air we breathe, an entrepreneur

is using crowdfunding to set up thousands of new charging points

Just five days into 2017, and the capital had already

Funding over the next five years has been doubled by the Mayor of London

Green electric vehicles are part of radical plans to improve things,

We've got plans to run out over the next few years

We have to make sure that the electric that

comes to the points is as clean as possible.

We're setting up energy for Londoners to make sure we have

sustainable forms of generation of electricity in London.

We've got to rethink the way our city operates.

London-based entrepreneur Eric Fairburn believes he has the answer.

Partly through crowdfunding, his firm is providing thousands

of charging points across London, at airports, supermarkets

and housing developments, to make electric car driving

We really think that electric vehicles are just

about to hit mass market, and that means we need to put

thousands and thousands of charge points everywhere you park

So this investment is a fundamental change in our ability

The latest technology may make drivers in the capital think again

about owning their own car, with sharing becoming

Electric car technology is changing all the time.

For example, if I want to put the heating on in the car,

I can do it from inside the house, using my phone.

And if I press this button twice on the motorway,

While campaigners accept private and public initiatives are steps

in the right direction, many are calling for action now

to make the capital's air cleaner, and to protect Londoners' health.

One of the men convicted of the racist killing of teenager

Stephen Lawrence in Eltham nearly 25 years ago is to sue the government,

David Norris is said to be seeking thousands of pounds in compensation,

because of an alleged attack at Belmarsh Prison

His lawyers claim he was put at risk by being moved

Former boxer, Michael Watson, and his carer have been injured

during an attempted carjacking in east London.

Mr Watson, who was left partially disabled after a bout in 1991,

was dragged along the road in Chingford, as he tried

Police are appealing for information.

Low-cost houses that measure four metres by eight are to be

built in Chelmsford, as a modern day version

And the local authority promises that rents there will be low,

By the spring, this parking lot will be one of two council-owned

sites where the first 18 prefab homes will be assembled for some

It will be people who are mainly on our waiting list,

and in desperate need of immediate accommodation, people

who will have become homeless from their present accommodation.

The interesting thing about this unit is it was assembled

What we've got here is a separate bedroom, a living area here,

and you can see through here we have got a shower room within a bathroom,

and, of course, in the kitchen, the fridge, washing machine already

Now, it can be assembled on-site in half a day,

This is very much a quick fix for a local council.

But the housing industry will be taking note of this because so many

young people are unable to afford to get onto the property ladder.

So these prefab homes could be a game-changer.

Alex Dunlop, BBC London News, Chelmsford.

Now the weather forecast, with Elizabeth.

Tomorrow is looking unusually mild for this time of year.

We'll be starting off the day in the towns in double figures,

lots of low cloud around, some missed and some murk,

Perhaps a bit of early drizzle, but otherwise dry.

And if we get any breaks in the cloud through the afternoon,

we'll be looking at temperatures higher than this, possibly up

It'll feel a bit cooler from Tuesday.

We'll be keeping the cloud and the windy weather.

It'll turn colder by the end of the week.

That's it from the BBC London weekend team.

We wish you a very good night, and a good week ahead.

Good evening. It has felt more like spring and winter this weekend. We

had 14 Celsius in North Yorkshire today, purely down to the wind

direction. The south-westerly will continue to bring in mild there on

Monday. If anything, temperatures will be a little higher. It