:00:06. > :00:21.Tonight on BBC London News: Claims that half our roads will still have
:00:21. > :00:25.whose lungs gont develop properly. It is bad for Londoners. But the
:00:26. > :00:32.Mayor says he is taking the matter seriously. Also tonight: It's a
:00:32. > :00:37.crime to squat in a house — now commercial properties. Plus the
:00:37. > :00:47.smartphone app that's being heralded as a breakthrough in reporting
:00:47. > :00:50.crime. The theatre and step on it. Essex comes to the West End. Lee
:00:50. > :01:06.Evans and Shelia Hancock on what brought them back to the stage.
:01:06. > :01:08.Evans and Shelia Hancock on what programme. Nearly half of London's
:01:08. > :01:14.roads will still have illegal levels according to research by the Green
:01:14. > :01:20.Party who are calling on the mayor to radically change his policies.
:01:20. > :01:25.The capital is facing multi million pound fines under European Union air
:01:25. > :01:29.pollution. The Mayor's office said today that it is working to tackle
:01:29. > :01:42.the problem — and has already seen some success. It is accepted, it
:01:42. > :01:48.doesn't appear to be a challenged claim now that 4,000 people or so
:01:48. > :01:55.die prematurely each year in London, pollution. The Greens have done
:01:55. > :01:58.die prematurely each year in London, new work predicting forward to the
:01:58. > :02:14.next decade. They say the mayor needs to show o' some leadership.
:02:14. > :02:32.improvement. Greens say in 2020 laid bare by UCL and King's College.
:02:32. > :02:35.levels of nitrogen dioxide will exceed the limits. 4 hundred bus
:02:35. > :02:42.stops in Barnet would be affected. Nearly half of London's roads will
:02:42. > :02:48.still be illegal by EU standards. So every Londoner is breathing in dirty
:02:48. > :02:54.air. It is bad for people with heart children, whose lungs don't develop
:02:54. > :02:59.properly. It is bad for Londoners. He can't just stop people driving or
:02:59. > :03:05.heating their homes, he said today, but the mayor said he has imposed an
:03:05. > :03:16.age limit on working taxis, bringing insulation. If you look at the
:03:16. > :03:18.enickses which are the —— emissions which are the particularly bad
:03:18. > :03:32.London since... I believe since which are the particularly bad
:03:32. > :03:39.pollution is the biggest risk after smoking. We need to ban the oldest
:03:40. > :03:44.diesel vehicles. Second, give taxi drivers choice so, they're not
:03:44. > :03:48.forced to buy one or other of two diesel vehicles and we need to fit
:03:48. > :03:54.thousands of buses, not hundreds with filters that clean up exhaust.
:03:54. > :03:58.There is a promise of a low emission zone for vehicles after 2020. But
:03:58. > :04:03.the majorior's critics say that zone for vehicles after 2020. But
:04:03. > :04:08.mayor's critics say that is too little, too late. London is by no
:04:08. > :04:15.means alone. A lot of European cities are facing similar problems.
:04:15. > :04:20.There is a increasingly with the number of diesel vehicles in London,
:04:20. > :04:25.as elsewhere. Many campaigners feel while we have heard for some time
:04:25. > :04:32.about the potential threat of EU fines, they haven't yet materialised
:04:32. > :04:56.that threat to concentrate the minds of other cities, it is going to
:04:56. > :04:58.that threat to concentrate the minds firefighters accusing him of lying
:04:58. > :05:00.about the impact of cuts. He was regularly heckled from the public
:05:00. > :05:02.gallery during Mayor's Question Time. The Mayor then responded
:05:02. > :05:06.angrily to an accusation put to Time. The Mayor then responded
:05:06. > :05:12.by Assembly Member Andrew Dismore. We are improving fire cover, as
:05:12. > :05:15.by Assembly Member Andrew Dismore. have said several types. How?By
:05:15. > :05:18.continuing to reduce deaths from fire and continuing to reduce the
:05:18. > :05:26.incidents of fire. That is the name of the game. You lied to the people
:05:26. > :05:35.of London. Oh, get stuffed. Sorry, I apologise. It just popped out!
:05:35. > :05:43.Coming up later: We go inside the Woolwich barracks and hear how lives
:05:43. > :05:54.were affected by the murder of fuse lease Lee Rigby. —— lose here. Now
:05:54. > :05:59.the phone app that can help you report crime. It comes after a
:05:59. > :06:08.report criticising London's police technology. Captured on a smart
:06:08. > :06:13.phone during the London riots, a student has been punched in the
:06:13. > :06:16.phone during the London riots, a and what looks like people coming to
:06:16. > :06:21.help are actually robbing him. It is this kind of evidence that can help
:06:21. > :06:26.police investigate crime. You can record a video statement while the
:06:26. > :06:32.incident is fresh in your mind. Today a free app was made available
:06:32. > :06:38.allowing victims and witnesses to report any crime instantly and
:06:38. > :06:40.accurately. To report a crime, tap police and select whether you're a
:06:40. > :06:47.victim or witness. This charity police and select whether you're a
:06:47. > :06:52.reduce crime without the help of the Everyone knows the police cannot
:06:52. > :06:55.reduce crime without the help of the public. And what the app does, it
:06:55. > :06:59.enables victims and witnesses to engage in a hassle—free way with the
:06:59. > :07:04.police and to help the police. It is the future. The charity says the Met
:07:04. > :07:09.Police were initially positive about the future. The charity says the Met
:07:09. > :07:11.Police were initially positive about this. But it is now reluctant to
:07:11. > :07:28.and waiting for them, or going into commit. The Met said it doesn't
:07:28. > :07:29.and waiting for them, or going into the police station or picking up the
:07:29. > :07:32.phone. It is much more convenient. the police station or picking up the
:07:32. > :07:35.phone. It is much more convenient. So from that point of view the
:07:35. > :07:39.citizen should win. The force has to adapt. Only recently the Met was
:07:39. > :07:47.criticise for falling behind other forces when it comes to adopting new
:07:47. > :07:55.technology. It found they were lost service is un unproductive and they
:07:55. > :08:01.would have more officers on the street if they had a better use
:08:01. > :08:04.would have more officers on the tech nol. This technology may help
:08:04. > :08:08.victims to come forward. One former senior officer said these ideas
:08:08. > :08:11.victims to come forward. One former just what the police need. It is
:08:11. > :08:24.whether they're ready to embrace unemployment in London fell between
:08:24. > :08:27.May and July. The mildly positive numbers from the Office for National
:08:27. > :08:29.Statistics show 7,000 fewer people claimed jobseeker's allowance,
:08:29. > :08:32.meaning the capital now has an unemployment rate of 8.3%, which is
:08:32. > :08:36.still slightly higher than the national rate of 7.7% Two leaders of
:08:36. > :08:41.the English Defence League have pleaded not guilty to charges of
:08:41. > :08:45.obstructing police officers. The men allegedly tried to defy a ban on
:08:45. > :08:48.marching to the scene of the killing of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich,
:08:48. > :08:50.south—east London, via a major mosque. Tommy Robinson, 30, whose
:08:50. > :08:53.real name is Stephen Yaxley—Lennon, and his co—leader Kevin Carroll
:08:53. > :08:56.appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday morning. They
:08:56. > :09:02.will now face trial at the same court on 16 October. The Prime
:09:02. > :09:06.Minister has agreed to meet the mother of a man who was stabbed
:09:06. > :09:06.Minister has agreed to meet the death in Crete, in July. Tyrell
:09:06. > :09:11.Walthamstow in east London died death in Crete, in July. Tyrell
:09:11. > :09:16.mass brawl in the holiday resort of Malia. Mr Burton's MP Stella Creasy,
:09:16. > :09:31.between his mother and David Cameron during prime minister's questions.
:09:31. > :09:33.Squatting in commercial properties during prime minister's questions.
:09:33. > :09:36.Squatting in commercial properties should be made a criminal offence,
:09:36. > :09:37.according to a group of south London politicians. Chuka Ummuna and Tessa
:09:37. > :09:40.Jowell and the leader of Lambeth politicians. Chuka Ummuna and Tessa
:09:40. > :09:41.Jowell and the leader of Lambeth Council have written to the Justice
:09:41. > :09:54.public library here. Squatters broke that since the law changed last
:09:54. > :09:58.public library here. Squatters broke in after it was closed for repairs.
:09:58. > :10:03.The party may now be over, but the council has been left to pick up the
:10:03. > :10:06.tab. As many as 30 squatters and their dogs were here for around
:10:06. > :10:10.tab. As many as 30 squatters and weeks, although there was no running
:10:10. > :10:15.water here. In that time, they ransacked the place, stripped out
:10:15. > :10:20.metal within the building and the clear up cost is thought to be
:10:20. > :10:23.£200,000. Squatting in commercial premises is still legal. So the
:10:23. > :10:26.£200,000. Squatting in commercial the local authority could do was to
:10:26. > :10:33.start costly and lengthily legal action to try to econvict them. What
:10:33. > :10:37.we want to do is to make squatting in commercial properties illegal.
:10:37. > :10:43.Look at the damage they did here. If we had had the power we could have
:10:43. > :10:50.got within within 24 hours and we Squatting in residential properties
:10:50. > :10:54.was made a criminal offence a year ago. Government figures show 25
:10:54. > :11:01.people have been convicted. Of those, 10 were fined and eight given
:11:01. > :11:04.a conditional discharge. So they escaped punishment if they don't
:11:04. > :11:06.offend in the future. Today in east London an exhibition celebrating
:11:07. > :11:10.squatting. Those inside told us London an exhibition celebrating
:11:10. > :11:14.media representing them unfairly, but no one would give an interview.
:11:14. > :11:19.On the street though there was some support for their cause. There is
:11:19. > :11:24.not enough affordable housing in London and people need places to
:11:24. > :11:27.live. The rent is definitely too high. So I understand people who
:11:27. > :11:33.decide to squat. The Government high. So I understand people who
:11:33. > :11:38.it was aware of the problem and high. So I understand people who
:11:38. > :11:57.There are plans for a new library in this area, but the latest uninvited
:11:57. > :12:03.visitors have put those plans back months. Fuslilier Lee Rigby — a
:12:03. > :12:03.visitors have put those plans back that none of us will forget. His
:12:03. > :12:07.horrific murder in Woolwich shook that none of us will forget. His
:12:07. > :12:11.horrific murder in Woolwich shook particularly the army barracks where
:12:11. > :12:23.centuries. Nearly four months after he was based — which has been part
:12:23. > :12:26.centuries. Nearly four months after Reminders of Lee Rigby's death are
:12:26. > :12:32.still outside his barracks. Inside, happened to a colleague and friend.
:12:32. > :12:36.Lee Rigby lived in our block. When you see an attack on the news, you
:12:36. > :12:42.don't think it could be me, or if you don't know the person it is
:12:42. > :12:42.don't think it could be me, or if too sensational for yourself. When
:12:42. > :12:48.it is someone you know, it does too sensational for yourself. When
:12:48. > :12:52.home. An entire nation was left stunned. Some people were really
:12:53. > :12:55.shocked, because it was on our doorstep, you think it will never
:12:55. > :13:01.happen to you. It was in the K. doorstep, you think it will never
:13:01. > :13:09.UK. But the battalion was preparing to go abroad and life had to go
:13:09. > :13:13.UK. But the battalion was preparing But what does every day life mean
:13:13. > :13:20.for the thousand soldiers here? To the left we have the rehabilitation
:13:20. > :13:25.platoon, rehab training for injured soldiers. Behind the curtains we
:13:25. > :13:35.have soldiers who do mainstream physical training each day. This is
:13:35. > :13:44.highest. For the musicians in the band here, it is rehearsals that get
:13:44. > :13:50.ceremonies and for troops fighting in Afghanistan. I feel proud we
:13:50. > :13:53.ceremonies and for troops fighting inspire those guys when they have
:13:53. > :13:57.been away for so long. The horses are exercised for two hours on the
:13:57. > :14:03.streets. Soldiers often leave the base too, this has not changed
:14:03. > :14:08.outside. We didn't change the way we ourselves away. That was the main
:14:08. > :14:13.sort of message. Life went on as ourselves away. That was the main
:14:13. > :14:15.sort of message. Life went on as normal. Two men are still to be
:14:15. > :14:17.tried for Lee Rigby's murder. A death that shocked everyone in
:14:17. > :14:29.with us, still to come: The Brownlie Woolwich and around the world.
:14:29. > :14:29.with us, still to come: The Brownlie brothers are back as triathlon
:14:29. > :14:37.returns to Hyde Park. And join us brothers are back as triathlon
:14:37. > :14:42.returns to Hyde Park. And join us later... On BBC London news to bring
:14:42. > :15:04.Essex To the west end.And it is called? You tell me?Yes, barking in
:15:04. > :15:15.Essex. A new study has found older people with HIV tend to be stick
:15:15. > :15:19.stigmatised. A new study has found that older people with HIV tend
:15:19. > :15:20.stigmatised. A new study has found be stigmatised by society. When
:15:20. > :15:23.scientists first discovered the virus nearly 30 years ago, few
:15:23. > :15:26.thought those who were diagnosed with it would be alive today. But
:15:27. > :15:29.with new drugs available, many survive into old age. Others are
:15:30. > :15:33.contracting the virus because they are sexually active later in life. I
:15:33. > :15:40.was in such a state of shock on being told I was HIV—positive, I can
:15:40. > :15:43.remember only two things. Me saying, I can't die and the nurse saying,
:15:43. > :15:54.Josh was diagnosed when she was I can't die and the nurse saying,
:15:54. > :16:02.You close with shock, how am I going perception of HIV is that it is
:16:02. > :16:03.You close with shock, how am I going disease for younger people but the
:16:03. > :16:06.latest study suggests that more disease for younger people but the
:16:06. > :16:14.half of those with the illness will be over 50. It is true that a lot of
:16:14. > :16:20.HIV—positive because for an old person, using a condom, which is the
:16:20. > :16:24.only way to make sure you do not become HIV—positive, is sort of
:16:24. > :16:30.irrelevant because if you are over 50, you don't need to worry about
:16:30. > :16:32.getting pregnant. London accounts for almost half of all new diagnoses
:16:32. > :16:43.in England. Last year there was for almost half of all new diagnoses
:16:43. > :16:46.for in diagnoses on the previous year. Jo Josh has been able to cope
:16:46. > :16:56.says there is still huge fear and year. Jo Josh has been able to cope
:16:56. > :16:56.says there is still huge fear and stigma attached to a diagnosis of
:16:56. > :17:22.want other people like me not to be stigma attached to a diagnosis of
:17:22. > :17:24.want other people like me not to be afraid to feel normal. I want people
:17:24. > :17:33.to see it as something normal that could happen to anyone. Jo Josh
:17:33. > :17:37.Anderson, a sexual health and HIV England. Thank you for joining us.
:17:37. > :17:46.contracting HIV at an older age England. Thank you for joining us.
:17:46. > :17:55.how much is people diagnosed and living for longer? It is a mixture
:17:55. > :17:58.consultant, the idea that people would be living longer lives was
:17:58. > :18:02.unthinkable but with medication would be living longer lives was
:18:02. > :18:06.are now seeing people living into their 60s and 70s and that is making
:18:06. > :18:12.up a large proportion of the older people we have seen, but more people
:18:12. > :18:19.are acquiring HIV over the age of 50 than they were ten years ago. London
:18:19. > :18:25.accounts for more than half of new diagnoses. Why is that? All big
:18:25. > :18:30.cities are cosmopolitan places and we know about a third of the HIV
:18:30. > :18:37.cases in the UK are people living in London, but it is a very mixed
:18:37. > :18:41.community. We see a lot of men having sex with men, the population
:18:41. > :18:43.is wide, it is a big city and it has all the complicated cobbler is that
:18:43. > :18:49.big cities have. We heard about all the complicated cobbler is that
:18:50. > :18:53.stigma attached to those living all the complicated cobbler is that
:18:53. > :18:59.HIV. It is not stereotypical to think of somebody in their 50s with
:18:59. > :19:00.it. How do you go about changing cultural attitudes? It is incredibly
:19:00. > :19:09.complicated. Living with HIV is cultural attitudes? It is incredibly
:19:09. > :19:14.easy. The stigma remains. It is shocking that after 30 years, we
:19:14. > :19:21.even worse. There is an assumption still have such a stigmatised issue
:19:21. > :19:25.even worse. There is an assumption that older people are not sexually
:19:25. > :19:32.HIV are able to speak out and be something more wrong. It is terribly
:19:32. > :19:36.HIV are able to speak out and be visible and as you have seen in
:19:37. > :19:46.interview, the more people who are able to be out in the community
:19:46. > :19:48.interview, the more people who are evening. Professor Jane Anderson.
:19:48. > :19:51.Triathlon is back in Hyde Park for the first time since the Olympics,
:19:51. > :19:56.when the Brownlee brothers famously won gold and bronze. This week
:19:56. > :20:00.athletes are once again competing in and around the Serpentine leading up
:20:00. > :20:10.to the big finish over the weekend. Ennis—Hill was there to launch
:20:10. > :20:20.event, as Chris Slegg reports. underway in Britain's ultimate
:20:20. > :20:28.multidiscipline athlete? Jessica May specialise in seven events rather
:20:28. > :20:34.than three but she was here today to open the triathlon. The last time we
:20:34. > :20:41.were here is the Olympics and to see exciting. Today saw the first of 14
:20:41. > :20:45.races being held all week. The best women and men in the world will
:20:45. > :20:48.races being held all week. The best in action at the weekend. The elite
:20:48. > :20:54.races will follow the same format as the Olympics. 1.5 kilometres of
:20:54. > :20:58.swimming, seven laps running and a 40 kilometres bike ride through
:20:58. > :21:02.swimming, seven laps running and a capital and then a ten kilometre
:21:02. > :21:15.run, three laps of Hyde Park. If it is anything like the Olympics last
:21:15. > :21:23.Britain's first ever triathlon medal, in the Olympics, and his
:21:23. > :21:31.Both head into Sunday's race knowing that victory would see them crowned
:21:31. > :21:48.triathlon champions for 2015. They women, with Stanford, the Welsh
:21:48. > :21:54.entrant. It is club level athletes from all over the world. 85,000
:21:54. > :22:01.people from 85 different countries. atmosphere and we hope to repeat the
:22:01. > :22:04.success we saw last year. We may be hope to see similar British success
:22:04. > :22:14.summer nears its end, Hyde Park hope to see similar British success
:22:14. > :22:20.summer nears its end, Hyde Park could see the setting for yet more
:22:20. > :22:24.stand—up comedians in Britain. And she is one of the country's most
:22:24. > :22:28.seasoned actors. Now Lee Evans and Sheila Hancock join forces to bring
:22:28. > :22:30.Essex to Central London. They star in the new comedy Barking In Essex,
:22:30. > :22:33.which follows the adventures of in the new comedy Barking In Essex,
:22:33. > :22:43.dysfunctional family, a bit like Ab appearance, Sheila Hancock has she
:22:43. > :22:51.made her way through a distinguished career. She now presides as the
:22:51. > :23:02.matriarch in a new comedy, Barking In Essex. He was very keen to join
:23:02. > :23:07.It is a play with the most appalling language, probably the worst that
:23:07. > :23:10.has ever been seen in the West End. It is showing the vernacular as
:23:10. > :23:15.has ever been seen in the West End. is used now in an almost poetic
:23:15. > :23:20.has ever been seen in the West End. He weren't a celebrity, he just
:23:20. > :23:24.has ever been seen in the West End. a celebrity lifestyle! Lee Evans
:23:24. > :23:31.joins Sheila is a chaotic crime family. Is there any danger of any
:23:31. > :23:37.cultural snobbery? I do not think we are. We are talking about culture as
:23:37. > :23:43.a whole, not just in Essex. It is a that is the main objective, but
:23:43. > :23:45.a whole, not just in Essex. It is a would not have done it if I hadn't
:23:45. > :23:51.thought that underneath there is something quite serious. Listen
:23:51. > :23:59.thought that underneath there is the whale music. You never see them
:23:59. > :24:08.Evans is a multi—million pound box experience, he still feels he has
:24:08. > :24:15.You are like Billy no mates. This is lots to learn. It is lonely on tour.
:24:15. > :24:16.You are like Billy no mates. This is more collaborative. But for me
:24:16. > :24:36.I like to reach out and bring people more collaborative. But for me
:24:36. > :24:38.I like to reach out and bring people into the West End. Come and have a
:24:38. > :24:43.look. And then to watch the story. into the West End. Come and have a
:24:43. > :24:43.look. And then to watch the story. Because that is what it is all about
:24:43. > :24:50.at the end of the day, watching Because that is what it is all about
:24:50. > :25:07.story. But remember, this is not for Time to get a check on the weather.
:25:07. > :25:09.It is the same area of rain that put paid to the cricket at Edgbaston
:25:09. > :25:17.earlier in the day. We will get paid to the cricket at Edgbaston
:25:18. > :25:21.heavy and more persistent rain for a time. But it will gradually petered
:25:21. > :25:27.out over night. By dawn it will time. But it will gradually petered
:25:27. > :25:34.turned quite misty. It looks as though they could be some dense
:25:34. > :25:35.turned quite misty. It looks as particularly over the tops of the
:25:35. > :25:51.It will be a dull and damp start but the weather will be brightening
:25:51. > :25:54.It will be a dull and damp start but and by the afternoon there will
:25:54. > :25:54.It will be a dull and damp start but some brighter spells. It is likely
:25:54. > :26:13.But the rain is set to return. It is not going to go away for a while
:26:13. > :26:18.tomorrow evening so it looks like it will be a wet end to the week and a
:26:18. > :26:20.wet start to the weekend. Friday is likely to be cloudy and rainy all
:26:20. > :26:32.Saturday. But the weather on Sunday likely to be cloudy and rainy all
:26:33. > :26:35.Saturday. But the weather on Sunday should be brighter. It is also going
:26:35. > :26:38.to be windier and that is because the first big Atlantic storm of
:26:38. > :27:00.wetter and by the end of the weekend water and will be passing close
:27:00. > :27:10.The government has set out its case for the proposed high speed rail
:27:10. > :27:13.link between London and the North. The Transport Secretary says the
:27:13. > :27:21.£42—billion project would pay for itself, with a £15—billion a year
:27:22. > :27:25.The Green Party has found that almost half of London's roads will
:27:25. > :27:30.still be over legal pollution limits in 2020. They are calling on the
:27:31. > :27:36.policies. The capital is facing multi—million pound fines under
:27:36. > :27:39.policies. The capital is facing That's it from us for now. Asad
:27:39. > :27:43.Ahmad will be here our late news. From me and the team, thanks for
:27:43. > :27:45.watching and have a lovely evening.