:00:13. > :00:23.Tonight on BBC London News... The latest plan for a new airport in
:00:23. > :00:28.
:00:28. > :00:38.the Thames. Pie-in-the-sky? Absolutely not. Down to work. --
:00:38. > :00:40.earth. We'll be assessing just how likely the plans are to get off the
:00:40. > :00:43.ground. Also tonight... Six Met police officers found guilty of
:00:43. > :00:45.misconduct, but keep their jobs. Calls grow for their dismissal. The
:00:45. > :00:55.London borough that wants to ban lapdancing. They're asking
:00:55. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :01:06.questions, what is this? It is very scary. And TV how it used to be -
:01:06. > :01:14.
:01:14. > :01:22.75 years of broadcasting in London. First tonight... The big idea that
:01:22. > :01:25.just won't go away. Even though David Cameron has tried to scotch
:01:25. > :01:30.talk of building a new airport in the Thames Estuary, one of the
:01:30. > :01:33.world's leading architects today put forward his vision. Lord
:01:33. > :01:36.Foster's idea is to relieve the pressure on Heathrow by creating a
:01:36. > :01:39.four runway airport near the Isle of Grain in Kent. It's not the only
:01:39. > :01:42.proposal for the area. There's also the so-called Boris Island, backed
:01:42. > :01:44.by the Mayor. So what are the chances of either of them actually
:01:45. > :01:48.being built? Our Transport Correspondent Tom Edwards has been
:01:48. > :01:51.finding out. A huge idea from an architectural
:01:51. > :01:54.grandee, The Thames Hub is an airport, a hydro electric barrier
:01:54. > :01:57.and Rail and shipping terminals. Lord Foster's altruistic vision is
:01:57. > :02:07.meant to keep the capacity competitive, also solving a lack of
:02:07. > :02:07.
:02:07. > :02:11.aviation capacity in the future. These issues have to be confronted
:02:11. > :02:17.so even if the decision is to do nothing, then at least the
:02:17. > :02:25.consequences of that, particularly in terms of future generations, and
:02:25. > :02:32.Trade and new markets, so we can consciously opt out of that. But to
:02:32. > :02:36.make any decision you need a basis of knowledge. It'd be built here on
:02:36. > :02:39.the Isle of Grain in Kent. It'd cost at least �50 billion. There
:02:39. > :02:42.would be fierce opposition from environmentalists and residents.
:02:42. > :02:50.Already, similar plans have been defeated at Cliffe on the same Hoo
:02:50. > :02:55.peninsula. It might give people jobs but it won't give people like
:02:55. > :03:01.us anything. It is too close, there will not be a village. It is
:03:01. > :03:06.sustainable employment we are bringing to the area now. We do not
:03:06. > :03:11.want some pie-in-the-sky scheme which will suggest it will come in
:03:11. > :03:14.50 years. But The Government's currently grappling with how to
:03:14. > :03:17.provide more capacity for aviation in the South East - without it,
:03:18. > :03:20.it's claimed our economy will be left behind. It's ruled out more
:03:20. > :03:26.runways at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted but hasn't ruled out
:03:26. > :03:30.expansion elsewhere. The Thames Hub is just the latest being proposed.
:03:30. > :03:32.A few miles away, the Mayor of London's keen on an airport in the
:03:32. > :03:37.estuary. Other ideas include joining Gatwick and Heathrow with a
:03:37. > :03:39.high speed rail link. The government has said this idea is
:03:39. > :03:41."interesting" although the aviation industry won't like it.
:03:41. > :03:51.Commentators say the government will have to help potential
:03:51. > :03:51.
:03:51. > :03:57.investors. The idea the government would pay for a multi-billion-pound
:03:57. > :03:59.airport project is romantic. So the question then will be how a car --
:04:00. > :04:05.FA Cup the government clear planning obstacles and make it easy
:04:05. > :04:08.for a planner, a master plan and an airport builder and the fund has to
:04:08. > :04:15.build their airport and get their money back? That requires the
:04:15. > :04:22.government to take firm action. Pie-in-the-sky? Down to earth.
:04:22. > :04:24.this is realistic? This is a realistic proposal, believe me.
:04:24. > :04:29.This idea and others, including the Mayor's for an estuary airport,
:04:29. > :04:32.have been submitted to the government's aviaiton consultation.
:04:32. > :04:38.It'll make a decision on that next year but a growing number of
:04:38. > :04:43.influential people think the solution could be to the East.
:04:43. > :04:47.is the theory, what is the reality likely to be? I think the debate
:04:47. > :04:53.has moved, even comparing to a couple of years ago when it was
:04:53. > :04:58.widely ridiculed, this idea. But is there the political will from the
:04:58. > :05:04.government to make this happen? The government is also facing criticism
:05:04. > :05:10.for the high-speed rail link to the north, I think it will increase the
:05:10. > :05:20.pressure on government to tackle this problem. The problem of
:05:20. > :05:20.
:05:20. > :05:26.aviation capacity in the area. Thank you. Coming up later...
:05:26. > :05:35.have them all laid out. protesters are organising life in
:05:35. > :05:38.London's "other" anti-capitalist Six Metropolitan police officers
:05:38. > :05:41.have been disciplined for smashing the window of a suspected stolen
:05:41. > :05:44.car with baseball bats and a pick axe handle. The officers were found
:05:44. > :05:52.guilty of discreditable conduct but tonight there are calls for them to
:05:52. > :05:57.be sacked. Alex Bushill is outside New Scotland Yard. Baseball bats
:05:57. > :06:02.and even a pick axe handle, that is what these offices used to stop and
:06:02. > :06:05.detain a driver backing 2008 in Edmonton. This footage obtained by
:06:05. > :06:09.at the Sun newspaper, which we believe was filmed by police
:06:09. > :06:19.themselves, shows how they went about making that a rest. Attack.
:06:19. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:31.Get out of the car! As you can see, a number of windows are smashed by
:06:31. > :06:38.those officers. They should have been using a standard issue
:06:38. > :06:42.metropolitan implement, and extendable baton, instead they used
:06:42. > :06:46.to a baseball bat and pick axe handle. The suspect himself puts up
:06:46. > :06:52.no resistance, he is detained quickly and effectively, then
:06:52. > :06:56.arrested. But the internal disciplinary panel said today their
:06:56. > :07:01.behaviour was disproportionate and overly aggressive. They were all
:07:01. > :07:08.formally reprimanded. Tonight, questions have been raised over how
:07:08. > :07:13.appropriate the punishment is. were all formally reprimanded, the
:07:13. > :07:20.officer in charge has been demoted to defect -- to Detective Constable.
:07:20. > :07:24.They have all kept their jobs. staggered these officers have not
:07:24. > :07:29.been sacked. In London we need a professional force, that means
:07:29. > :07:35.police to do not turn up to work with Perrone weapons. It is
:07:35. > :07:39.astonishing that they have their jobs. -- their own weapons. Tonight
:07:39. > :07:43.the Met Police have issued a statement defending their position,
:07:43. > :07:46.pointing to the independent nature of the disciplinary panel. The
:07:46. > :07:55.suspect was convicted of handling stolen goods and driving while
:07:55. > :07:59.disqualified. We have learnt that at least one
:07:59. > :08:02.third of London boroughs are trying to prevent lap-dancing clubs
:08:03. > :08:06.opening, or ban them. It is led by Tower Hamlets who say they are
:08:06. > :08:10.withdrawing licences from venues offering adult entertainment at the
:08:10. > :08:18.request of local people. Insiders warn a ban could drive lap-dancing
:08:18. > :08:23.underground. Harmless titillation, or the sexual exploitation of
:08:23. > :08:27.women? Lap-dancing clubs have cricket's -- critics and fans. But
:08:27. > :08:31.last year the law was changed, anywhere that had lap-dancing,
:08:31. > :08:34.striptease, or poll dancing should be licensed as a sex encounter a
:08:34. > :08:39.venue, meaning local councils could limit the number of clubs they felt
:08:39. > :08:41.appropriate, but more importantly, the legislation gave local
:08:41. > :08:45.residents more power. Tower Hamlets council has finished consulting
:08:45. > :08:50.with its residents over whether any of its clubs should be allowed to
:08:50. > :08:55.exist at all. You see a lot of the City workers coming into Tower
:08:55. > :09:00.Hamlets because it is on the city borders, so it is unfair on the
:09:00. > :09:07.rest of us that they have to experience noise, nuisance, drunken
:09:08. > :09:12.disorderly behaviour and in some cases propositions of arresting
:09:12. > :09:17.women. Her constituents say they have also felt harassed by living
:09:17. > :09:22.next door to this licensed lap- dancing club. I do not think it is
:09:22. > :09:27.safe, especially with the posters around. My children are looking at
:09:28. > :09:32.them and asking questions, what is this, what is a lap dancer? What
:09:32. > :09:36.are they looking at? These are the questions. They have just seen the
:09:36. > :09:42.show, now I have my young friend's sister, or daughter walking past
:09:42. > :09:45.and what are they looking at? At her. I was told there has not been
:09:45. > :09:49.pole dancing for some time in the pub and was even shown where the
:09:49. > :09:54.poll used to be. The landlord did not want to appear, so I spoke to
:09:54. > :09:58.one of the regulars. People have to make a living, so you try things.
:09:58. > :10:02.No sex, just people dancing. The is also funded her degree through lap-
:10:02. > :10:08.dancing but is now against what the club stands for but is cautious
:10:08. > :10:12.about a ban. My vision would be for the UK to have no lap-dancing clubs,
:10:12. > :10:15.but I would be careful about banning. What will happen then is
:10:15. > :10:21.that disrespect to women and objectification of them will
:10:21. > :10:24.manifest in another form. These local club owners say between them
:10:24. > :10:28.they employ hundreds of people, including bouncers and bar staff
:10:28. > :10:32.and they are preparing to dig the council to court if necessary.
:10:33. > :10:36.Everybody has their own morals, so if people don't want to go to these
:10:36. > :10:41.venues they will not go. The is stripper has worked locally for 10
:10:41. > :10:45.years and fears any ban would push the industry underground. I have
:10:45. > :10:50.always been lucky and worked in really good venues, really well run,
:10:50. > :10:58.security on hand, CCTV to make sure nothing goes on that should not go
:10:58. > :11:01.on. It is better if this thing is overground and controlled. So while
:11:01. > :11:09.the council collects local responses what happens it will be
:11:09. > :11:12.The family of a man who was murdered while out celebrating his
:11:12. > :11:15.birthday in London has appealed for witnesses. Paul Gunner was punched
:11:15. > :11:25.outside a kebab shop in Bexley last month whilst he was out celebrating
:11:25. > :11:27.
:11:27. > :11:37.his 32nd birthday. His brother Ray The Chav, we used to enjoy football,
:11:37. > :11:40.
:11:40. > :11:46.golf, working together -- the chat. He was a very nice but. I am going
:11:46. > :11:49.to miss him, I think a lot of people will. The protestors outside
:11:49. > :11:51.St Paul's Cathedral say they have renewed enthusiasm following the
:11:51. > :11:54.sympathetic remarks from the Archbishop of Canterbury. Some have
:11:54. > :11:57.told BBC London they may yet occupy another London square, as even with
:11:57. > :12:05.their second camp in Finsbury Square, they're running out of
:12:05. > :12:08.space. Gareth Furby reports. So the camp is staying outside St
:12:08. > :12:17.Paul's and today there was talk of setting up yet another one, again
:12:17. > :12:25.in the city. We have no room, so we have to get more in. If we move out
:12:25. > :12:29.of the city the message is lost. is easy if we expand. There is one
:12:29. > :12:39.other site close by, in Finsbury Square, but if the protesters are
:12:39. > :12:43.
:12:43. > :12:51.to be relieved, two was not enough. Today we have two free tense. --
:12:51. > :12:55.tents. This site and the one as St Paul's is close to capacity.
:12:55. > :12:59.unoccupied half is now close to the public, the atmosphere at lunchtime,
:12:59. > :13:04.different to usual. A restaurant in the middle of this is losing
:13:04. > :13:09.business, about 40 per cent down, according to the owner. He did not
:13:09. > :13:12.want to be interviewed on camera. We have been liaising with the
:13:12. > :13:17.bistro and since we arrived we have also been publicising the fact it
:13:18. > :13:21.is still open as usual. We are doing our best to work with him.
:13:21. > :13:26.the moment Islington council will only say it is monitoring this camp,
:13:26. > :13:30.so it could be here for quite a while. A curiosity for City workers
:13:30. > :13:35.who have mixed views. They seem to be having a good laugh. I am not
:13:35. > :13:41.against it. It is important to have those people around, to say hey,
:13:41. > :13:46.think in another way, in another spirit. It is good. They are not
:13:46. > :13:50.disturbing anyone. They are doing it peacefully, they are kind.
:13:51. > :14:00.tonight the two camps continue and there may be yet an attempt to set
:14:00. > :14:06.up the third. -- a third. This is the Croydon
:14:06. > :14:09.businessman at the heart of the cricket match-fixing scandal.
:14:09. > :14:12.Mazhar Majeed is the man who orchestrated the betting scam with
:14:12. > :14:15.three Pakistani cricketers to fix a Test match at Lords last summer.
:14:15. > :14:18.Today it was revealed that he had pleaded guilty for his part in the
:14:18. > :14:21.affair. Our sports reporter Chris Slegg is here with more. Yes Mazhar
:14:21. > :14:24.Majeed pleaded guilty at a pre- trial hearing back in September,
:14:24. > :14:31.but we've not been allowed to report that before today when the
:14:31. > :14:33.judge lifted reporting restrictions. He was the man at the heart of the
:14:33. > :14:36.operation filmed accepting �150,000 payment from an undercover News of
:14:36. > :14:46.the World reporter to arrange for Pakistan players to deliberately
:14:46. > :14:50.
:14:50. > :14:53.bowl no-balls during the fourth Do what else do we know about him?
:14:53. > :14:56.As you mentioned, when the scandal came to light he was the owner of
:14:56. > :14:58.his local football team, Croydon Athletic, a position he's since
:14:58. > :15:01.relinquished. He's also a successful businessman who owns a
:15:01. > :15:05.chain of ice cream parlours, and he worked as a sports agent. Before he
:15:05. > :15:08.arranged to fix this match he told the undercover reporter he had made
:15:08. > :15:10.masses and masses of money fixing cricket matches. His "in" was that
:15:10. > :15:13.he managed several of the Pakistan players, including the captain
:15:13. > :15:16.Salman Butt - one of those who was found guilty yesterday. In court
:15:16. > :15:19.today Mazhar Majeed said he gave �77,5000 to the players involved,
:15:19. > :15:23.he says �65,000 of that went to Mohamed Asif because he was worried
:15:23. > :15:33.he would go and join another betting ring if he didn't get such
:15:33. > :15:33.
:15:33. > :15:39.a large chunk. It suggests this activity is rife at. What happens
:15:39. > :15:42.now? Mazhar Majeed now awaits sentencing at Southwark Crown Court,
:15:42. > :15:45.as do the three players involved. Mohamed Amir, who also pleaded
:15:45. > :15:51.guilty before the trial, and Salman Butt and Mohamed Asif. Butt and
:15:51. > :15:59.Asif are facing up to seven years in jail or large fines. Still to
:15:59. > :16:04.come... It said in the evening papers that night, 20,000 wait for
:16:04. > :16:12.Beryl. We meet the woman who flicked the switches to bring you
:16:12. > :16:15.BBC broadcasts from Alexandra Palace. The Prime Minister today
:16:15. > :16:19.gave his backing to London's bid to host the World Athletics
:16:19. > :16:25.Championships in 2017. Athletics chiefs will meet in Monaco next
:16:25. > :16:33.week to vote on the winning city. It's also seen a key opportunity to
:16:33. > :16:39.secure an athletics legacy after the Olympics next summer. Cast your
:16:39. > :16:43.mind back to 2010. They were dubbed the three lions. But even the power
:16:43. > :16:47.of Prince William, David Beckham and the Prime Minister couldn't win
:16:47. > :16:53.England the right to host the football World Cup. Ladies and
:16:53. > :16:57.gentlemen, it will be organised in Russia. Some might consider it a
:16:57. > :17:01.brave decision for David Cameron to publicly support another large-
:17:01. > :17:05.scale sporting event. But today, Downing Street confirmed that the
:17:05. > :17:10.Prime Minister will be pre- recording a video message back in
:17:10. > :17:13.London's bid to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships. It will be
:17:13. > :17:18.played to athletics chiefs before next week's vote. We've got some
:17:18. > :17:22.stiff competition against Doha, but the support we had, not just from
:17:22. > :17:25.David Cameron but some great athletes and great supporters out
:17:25. > :17:29.there, it really shows we are serious about this and we really
:17:29. > :17:33.hope we can get it next week. you believe that track is going to
:17:34. > :17:39.stay? I think it has to. If we don't get it, we'll be trying to
:17:39. > :17:42.get something else. Whether that is a Grand Prix, the Commonwealths in
:17:42. > :17:47.the future. It needs to stay. Whilst questions still hang over
:17:47. > :17:52.what will happen to the stadium after the 2012 games, there is a
:17:52. > :17:58.packed diary of events which will keep this place pretty busy before
:17:58. > :18:01.the Olympics starts. Today it was announced that in April the venue
:18:02. > :18:05.will be handed over to a charity called the Gold Challenge, giving
:18:05. > :18:08.members of the public a chance to race around the track. It becomes
:18:08. > :18:13.the fourth confirmed event which will see the stadium put through
:18:13. > :18:16.its paces. But it is the necessity to settle what was then you will be
:18:16. > :18:24.used for after 2012 that has seen the Prime Minister put his weight
:18:24. > :18:32.We can talk to our Olympics Correspondent, Adrian Warner, who's
:18:32. > :18:36.in Stratford. There is a lot riding on this decision. A huge amount.
:18:36. > :18:41.This is the third biggest sports event in the world after the World
:18:41. > :18:45.Cup and the Olympics. If London get it, the people who say there should
:18:45. > :18:49.be an athletics track there, and in a big stadium, have got a strong
:18:49. > :18:54.argument. If London don't, plenty of people will say, what's the
:18:54. > :18:57.point of having the stadium with an athletics track? We can't host the
:18:57. > :19:03.world championship's, maybe we should not go down and build a
:19:03. > :19:08.football ground. What are London's chances? Boris Johnson thinks they
:19:08. > :19:11.are good. His office have told me today that he is definitely going...
:19:11. > :19:16.Politicians don't go to votes usually when they don't think they
:19:17. > :19:20.will win. Doha have plenty of money but the thing about these votes, it
:19:20. > :19:25.is often internal politics playing a role, it's not just technical
:19:25. > :19:29.things. Remember the big winner out of London getting this will be Lord
:19:29. > :19:32.Coe, the 2012 chairman, who wants to be President of the World
:19:32. > :19:37.Athletics Federation. People who are against Lord Coe will say,
:19:37. > :19:46.maybe we should and vote for London. Like everything in life, sports
:19:46. > :19:49.politics is never simple. Now, as we head towards Children in Need,
:19:49. > :19:52.it's an opportunity to thank you for your generosity and hear from
:19:52. > :19:55.some of the people that your money has helped. Tonight we look at the
:19:55. > :19:57.work of one London charity that helps vulnerable young people who
:19:57. > :20:00.secretly harm themselves. The Wish Centre in Harrow runs support
:20:00. > :20:10.groups - thanks to the money they receive from Children in Need.
:20:10. > :20:19.Here's Abigail's story. I got a knife from the kitchen and started
:20:19. > :20:24.trying to cut myself. It started because of my dad. He left home.
:20:24. > :20:30.The family situation got difficult because he would come back and
:20:30. > :20:35.leave again. Then at school things were getting really difficult with
:20:35. > :20:42.friends and teachers. I felt really alone. I didn't really know how to
:20:42. > :20:48.deal with it. The only way I could feel like I could regain control
:20:48. > :20:56.was to cut myself. Afterwards I would feel like I had control and
:20:56. > :21:04.there was calm and relief and release of all negative emotions. I
:21:04. > :21:07.was referred to the charity through my school. It wasn't until I got
:21:07. > :21:12.there and was surrounded by people who understood and knew what I was
:21:12. > :21:20.going through... Wood wasn't until then that I really felt I could
:21:20. > :21:24.move on. We see young people at the Wish Centre who have really
:21:24. > :21:27.resorted to self-harm as their way of coping. It is a last resort, and
:21:27. > :21:33.that is often because they are in situations that could be about
:21:33. > :21:35.family violence, sexual violence, child abuse or neglect. Things that
:21:36. > :21:41.are happening in their lives, and we teach them other and more
:21:42. > :21:45.positive ways of coping. At the centre we get together with other
:21:45. > :21:49.girls and talk about our experiences. It helps knowing that
:21:49. > :21:55.you are not so alone. Eventually, you find other ways to cope other
:21:55. > :21:59.than hurting yourself. I am now part of a mentoring group at the
:21:59. > :22:04.centre. I talk to the younger gold macro and they know I understand.
:22:04. > :22:08.They tell me stuff they might not feel they can tell anyone else.
:22:08. > :22:11.Does the writing help you when you feel really down and lead you want
:22:11. > :22:15.to cut yourself? We meet up every week and provide each other with
:22:15. > :22:20.support. Just being able to talk to someone who has been there, to
:22:20. > :22:25.realise that you are not alone. If it wasn't for the centre I might
:22:25. > :22:29.not be here, the girls I mentor might not be here. It saved me from
:22:29. > :22:32.that and helped me to focus on the future. For a list of organisations
:22:32. > :22:42.that can provide help and support on self-harm, you can contact the
:22:42. > :22:47.75 years ago today, BBC Television started broadcasting to a tiny
:22:47. > :22:50.select audience from Alexandra Palace in North London. Everything
:22:50. > :22:56.was live and it was a service that even senior BBC people thought
:22:56. > :23:05.wouldn't last. Kurt Barling has been talking to some of the
:23:06. > :23:10.pioneers of early TV. Good afternoon, everybody. Do you
:23:10. > :23:14.remember me? Here we are after nearly seven years ready to start
:23:14. > :23:18.again. When BBC Television was turned back on at the end of the
:23:18. > :23:23.war, Beryl Hockley was the technician who flicked the switch
:23:23. > :23:30.at Alexandra Palace. It actually said in the evening papers that
:23:30. > :23:33.night, 20,000 wait for Beryl. am I right to understand that the
:23:33. > :23:41.announcer was a bit miffed that you ended up being on the front page of
:23:41. > :23:50.the paper? That was only gossip. I think that had something to do with
:23:50. > :23:55.the fact he asked me out for lunch the next day! For tonight's
:23:55. > :24:00.regional news opt-outs, stand by police. Like the rest of television,
:24:00. > :24:05.BBC London's earliest forerunner in the 1950s was broadcast from the
:24:05. > :24:08.People's Palace. The first TV cook and mainstay of the programme
:24:08. > :24:12.remembers it being more like an extended family than a major
:24:12. > :24:18.corporation. I expect you've got a wooden spoon at home.
:24:18. > :24:22.It was just like a big family. All the technicians and people like
:24:22. > :24:27.Michael Aspall, Richard Baker, anybody who was taking part in the
:24:27. > :24:33.programmes, we all got on well together and ended up in the club
:24:33. > :24:37.at lunchtime to have a chinwag. I used to love it. By then,
:24:37. > :24:41.television had moved on from the Cinderella service it had been at
:24:41. > :24:47.the start, when the BBC founder, Lord Reith, thought it wouldn't
:24:47. > :24:50.amount to anything. Beryl was one of a band of pioneering women who
:24:50. > :24:58.broke into a men's world. What about breakfast, did you have an
:24:58. > :25:04.egg for your breakfast? I didn't. I had cornflakes. Betty Baker was the
:25:04. > :25:08.Chief Engineer who interviewed me. He looked at me, I was only 20, he
:25:08. > :25:13.said, I didn't want to have any of you women on my staff, you only
:25:13. > :25:17.cause trouble with men. I'm telling you now, I voted against it, I
:25:17. > :25:22.didn't want it. He said, now you are here, you are getting the same
:25:22. > :25:28.money as the men, you can do the same jobs. So you will be dollying
:25:28. > :25:33.cameras, operating the brooms, doing this and that. The power of
:25:33. > :25:43.the small screen is now rivalled by newer technology, but 75 years ago
:25:43. > :25:52.today television really did change A fantastic look back with Beryl. I
:25:52. > :25:56.am now joined by Peter for a look I'm feeling slightly underdressed
:25:56. > :26:03.this evening, but I promise to some rain and that wet weather has
:26:03. > :26:06.started to arrive. We've got more of that to look forward to this
:26:06. > :26:10.evening and overnight. It is showing up as light blue on the
:26:10. > :26:14.weather map, that means it's going to be light rain. The breeze will
:26:14. > :26:19.Cupid on the move. As we head towards dawn, most of the rain will
:26:19. > :26:23.peter out. The breeze is important, it will blow the low cloud on to
:26:24. > :26:27.the tops of the North Downs and Chiltern Hills. The breeze will
:26:27. > :26:35.keep as fog free and it is going to be very mild compared with last
:26:35. > :26:38.night. Tomorrow morning should start of pride, a bit of brightness.
:26:38. > :26:42.But don't leave home without a brolly, because it won't be long
:26:42. > :26:47.until the cloud thickens up and we get some more rain. Some darker
:26:47. > :26:52.blue colours mixed in. Later in the day, some of that rain is likely to
:26:52. > :26:57.turn heavy. A dry macro morning but a rather wet evening. Showers on
:26:57. > :27:01.Friday. They should fizzle out. You can see in the outlook why I am
:27:01. > :27:08.suggesting you might want to make Friday Night Bonfire Night, because
:27:08. > :27:14.over the weekend it is going to be cloudy, rainy and it is also going
:27:14. > :27:18.The headlines - a strike by public sector workers scheduled to take
:27:18. > :27:27.place at the end of the month looks set to go ahead after Union leaders
:27:27. > :27:28.rejected the Government's latest offer. The Archbishop of Canterbury
:27:28. > :27:32.has praised the idea of a tax on financial transactions. Dr Rowan