:00:02. > :00:12.That ease it for now. Continuing coverage on the BBC News Channel.
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:00:27. > :00:29.Now though it's time for the news Welcome to BBC London News. I'm
:00:29. > :00:32.Alice Bhandhukravi. Over half a million people are
:00:32. > :00:35.expected in west London for the second day of the Notting Hill
:00:35. > :00:38.Carnival. Last night, three men were stabbed in the area, but the
:00:38. > :00:46.Met Police says it will be maintaining a strong presence today
:00:46. > :00:50.with 7000 officers on patrol. Police say there will be 7,000
:00:50. > :00:55.officers patrolling the event. Police advice is that if anyone
:00:55. > :01:00.wants to cause trouble, they should simply stay away. Last night there
:01:00. > :01:08.were 96 arrests for drug and public order offences. Outside the
:01:08. > :01:15.Carnival, three men were stabbed. A third man -- two men were released
:01:15. > :01:20.from hospital but a third man remains in hospital. Joining us now
:01:20. > :01:27.is Lewis then from Carnival. It is unfortunate about yesterday with
:01:27. > :01:31.the stabbings. Years. Those events which took place were after the
:01:31. > :01:37.route had finished so for us it was a celebration. Children came out in
:01:37. > :01:44.their masses and had a fantastic time. Much more for today. What is
:01:44. > :01:49.the theme today? Collaboration is one of the key things. We have the
:01:49. > :01:54.involvement of an event manager today. Thank you. By the end of
:01:54. > :01:57.today, more than a million people will have walked through the
:01:57. > :02:02.streets of Notting Hill Gate making this Europe's biggest street
:02:02. > :02:05.festival. The campaign group Disabled People
:02:05. > :02:07.Against Cuts will protest outside City Hall later against the
:02:07. > :02:09.Paralympic Games sponsor ATOS. Activists say the government
:02:10. > :02:14.contractor, which assesses benefit claimants, is unfairly judging some
:02:14. > :02:20.disabled people as fit to work forcing them to lose their benefits.
:02:20. > :02:23.ATOS says its assessments are as compassionate as they can be.
:02:23. > :02:26.A London council has been criticised over plans to close what
:02:26. > :02:29.it calls an under-used sports centre and build a new �17 million
:02:29. > :02:34.facility half-a-mile down the road. Westminster Council is proposing to
:02:34. > :02:43.turn the Jubilee Centre in Queens Park into private housing. But
:02:43. > :02:48.campaigners say local residents rely on the current facilities.
:02:48. > :02:53.they want to build flats here, whatever, our kids are not getting
:02:53. > :02:56.flak. The local people who use the community centre say it is a hub
:02:56. > :03:01.for the community and provides much-needed facilities for this
:03:01. > :03:06.part of Westminster, in one of the most deprived wards in London.
:03:06. > :03:10.people do not have transport, cars. There are lots of children who live
:03:11. > :03:15.on the Mozart estate who can just walk here. It is very easy for them
:03:15. > :03:19.to access. But the council is closing the sports centre in favour
:03:19. > :03:24.of what they say is a bigger and better one half a mile away. But
:03:24. > :03:29.some of the people using it at the moment are yet to be convinced.
:03:29. > :03:32.Local people are up in arms and I'm not surprised. There are not many
:03:32. > :03:36.swimming pools this side of Westminster Orin to grant. They
:03:36. > :03:41.have no reason to build flats here when they could build them in
:03:41. > :03:45.bigger buildings and they could put on wasteland. Taken on board some
:03:45. > :03:49.of the local descent, Westminster Council has agreed to build a new
:03:49. > :03:54.sports facilities alongside the new housing on this very sight. There
:03:54. > :03:59.are concerns, there is no doubt about that. We have undertaken an
:03:59. > :04:02.extensive public consultation exercise. We have had lots of
:04:02. > :04:07.feedback from people who recognise the new investment in community
:04:07. > :04:12.sport will be good for the new area. But equally from people from this
:04:12. > :04:16.locality who see the closure of the sports centre as a concern.
:04:16. > :04:19.properties could be built on the site. The project still needs the
:04:19. > :04:29.approval of the planners. Now a look at the weather with
:04:29. > :04:36.Good afternoon, we have a band of rain on the way from the West. For
:04:36. > :04:39.the rest of the afternoon, it should be a mostly dry picture. A
:04:39. > :04:45.bit of brightness towards South Eastern areas. That is the best of
:04:45. > :04:49.the temperatures. It will turn rather wet and breezy through this
:04:49. > :04:53.evening but a lovely day tomorrow with some sunny spells. It should