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:00:00. > :00:12.Tonight on BBC London News. Further deaths unless action is

:00:13. > :00:19.taken ` a coroner's verdict on the design of the Mayor's Superhighways.

:00:20. > :00:25.We do need to make sure that road layouts are as safe as they can be.

:00:26. > :00:28.If the Mayor and TEFL do not take action, there could be more deaths

:00:29. > :00:31.and injuries. The little boy whose pioneering bone

:00:32. > :00:39.marrow transplant brings hope for others. They said to me that this

:00:40. > :00:44.treatment is the only hope, otherwise he can die, so we haven't

:00:45. > :00:47.got a choice that time. Fit for work? A council claims the

:00:48. > :00:56.performance of the company which tests disabled people is "shocking".

:00:57. > :00:58.Plus: We're live at the premiere of Thor ` the latest blockbuster in

:00:59. > :01:14.which London plays a starring role. Hello and good evening. A coroner

:01:15. > :01:19.says action needs to be taken to prevent future deaths on the cycling

:01:20. > :01:22.Superhighways. Mary Hassell today presented her report after presiding

:01:23. > :01:27.over the inquests of two cyclists who died on Superhighway 2, which

:01:28. > :01:30.goes from Wandsworth to Bow. She says cyclists get lulled into a

:01:31. > :01:34.false sense of security, assuming they have to ride on the blue strips

:01:35. > :01:38.which may not put them in the best position to be in. Transport for

:01:39. > :01:47.London says it'll do all it can to reduce the risk. Our Transport

:01:48. > :01:52.Correspondent, Tom Edwards, reports. There are flowers at Aldgate where

:01:53. > :01:56.French cyclist died in July on cycling Superhighway 2. Now a

:01:57. > :02:01.coroner has criticised these flagship schemes. For those using it

:02:02. > :02:06.heading home tonight, that's no surprise. Does this make you feel

:02:07. > :02:09.safer? No, because people don't care about it. It is quite tight. It is

:02:10. > :02:13.part of the car lane, and there s a part of the car lane, and there s a

:02:14. > :02:19.lot of potholes along it and the road surface isn't very good. In a

:02:20. > :02:32.report sent to the Mayor about the Superhighways, the coroner said:

:02:33. > :02:40.Cyclists believe they have to ride on the blue strips, which might not

:02:41. > :02:44.be the correct position. The cycling Superhighways are a fantastic idea

:02:45. > :02:49.and a very good for cyclists, but they are not safe enough. The point

:02:50. > :02:53.was to make them safe highways for cyclists. If the Mayor and TEFL

:02:54. > :02:59.don't take action, there could be more deaths and injuries. Brian

:03:00. > :03:02.Dowling died at the same Superhighway at row roundabout. It

:03:03. > :03:06.encourages cyclists use this route. Both himself and a lorry went

:03:07. > :03:11.through a red light. The coroner said last week that didn't impact on

:03:12. > :03:17.what had happened, and it was the road design that encourage the

:03:18. > :03:20.cyclists into the blind spot. Transport for London disagrees. The

:03:21. > :03:23.primary cause of the terrible accident was that he and the lorry

:03:24. > :03:28.went through a red light. We need to make sure that road layouts are as

:03:29. > :03:34.safe as they can be. We have altered it once, and no doubt we will alter

:03:35. > :03:39.it again. Red lights are relevant if he is in the wrong position, though,

:03:40. > :03:42.due to your cycling Superhighway? If you cycle or drive through a red

:03:43. > :03:48.night you are likely to have an accident. That has infuriated

:03:49. > :03:53.campaigners and the families of those who died, who have condemned

:03:54. > :03:59.cycling Superhighways. They are bit of blue paint on the road with no

:04:00. > :04:03.separation from the main road. Cars don't know their status and neither

:04:04. > :04:07.do cyclists. Where you have road systems like this where you have

:04:08. > :04:12.large numbers of heavy goods vehicles, thousands of vehicles per

:04:13. > :04:17.day, you need dedicated space for cyclists to keep people safe.

:04:18. > :04:20.Transport for London says it will continue to improve the

:04:21. > :04:25.Superhighways, especially at junctions, and says that cycling is

:04:26. > :04:29.usually safe. More Superhighways are planned, it says, but the coroner

:04:30. > :04:37.says it is now up to the Mayor to include `` to improve their safety.

:04:38. > :04:40.Lots more to come including: Chinatown in shutdown. Businesses

:04:41. > :04:50.there protest, claiming over zealous immigration raids.

:04:51. > :04:55.Mohammed Ahmed is one of the first children in the world to undergo a

:04:56. > :04:59.bone`marrow transplant using a pioneering new technique. Doctors at

:05:00. > :05:02.Great Ormond Street Hospital, who carried it out, say the method

:05:03. > :05:06.should help with donor shortages ` since it doesn't require a perfect

:05:07. > :05:12.cell match. Helen Drew has the story.

:05:13. > :05:15.Enjoying a family afternoon in the playground, but life hasn't always

:05:16. > :05:19.been so upbeat for this family. Four`year`old Mohammed Ahmed waited

:05:20. > :05:23.years for a bone marrow transplant. He has a weak immune system, as did

:05:24. > :05:27.his sister, who died before he was born at just a year old. Mohammed

:05:28. > :05:31.has become the second child in the world to try a new marrow transplant

:05:32. > :05:35.technique, with his dad as the donor. They said to me, this

:05:36. > :05:42.treatment is the only hope, otherwise he can die. So we haven't

:05:43. > :05:50.got a choice that time. We were just hoping and praying to the God that

:05:51. > :05:56.he get better. Treatment was carried out as part of a study at Great

:05:57. > :05:59.Ormond Street Hospital, along with the Institute of Child health. The

:06:00. > :06:04.key to the new technique is that it allows the use of cells which are

:06:05. > :06:08.not a perfect match. The way it works is that in the lab the doctors

:06:09. > :06:13.take the donated cells and engineer a little safety switch in them, so

:06:14. > :06:16.that once those cells are put in the patient's body, if they attack the

:06:17. > :06:31.body because they are not a perfect match, they can in effect be killed

:06:32. > :06:33.off. That will have applications beyond this particular study, for

:06:34. > :06:37.other types of leukaemia and other conditions. So there's a whole bunch

:06:38. > :06:42.of studies in the pipeline, not just here but across other centres, using

:06:43. > :06:47.the same platform of technology and the expertise we have developed in

:06:48. > :06:54.London. For Mohammed and his family, it has been a success. He is taking

:06:55. > :06:59.medication, but a very minimal amount, to just keep him better

:07:00. > :07:04.Otherwise, he is fine. It is only a trial at the moment, but the hope is

:07:05. > :07:07.that this new technique for help with donor shortages, so that

:07:08. > :07:14.children like Mohammed do not have to wait years for potentially

:07:15. > :07:17.life`saving operations. A council has written to ministers

:07:18. > :07:19.saying the performance of the company carrying out

:07:20. > :07:21."fitness`for`work" tests on disabled people has been "shocking".

:07:22. > :07:24.Islington Council said the tests carried out by Atos health care had

:07:25. > :07:28.been too simplistic after around 90% of appeals made by its residents

:07:29. > :07:35.were won. Atos says the testing is designed by the government.

:07:36. > :07:38.Jonathan Green from Clerkenwell was a motorcycle courier until he had an

:07:39. > :07:42.accident that took him off the road. The nerves in his spinal cord

:07:43. > :07:48.were severely damaged, and he was put on severe painkillers. I am

:07:49. > :07:54.still in pain now. I have real problems walking any kind of great

:07:55. > :07:58.distance. You know... Certain things I can't really do, like bending

:07:59. > :08:07.over, squatting, and getting up and down onto my hands and knees. After

:08:08. > :08:10.being told he could claim sickness benefit, he was given a 30`minute

:08:11. > :08:16.assessment by Atos, and later informed he was fit enough to work.

:08:17. > :08:20.I can remember one of the questions I was asked, which was "Do you watch

:08:21. > :08:25.television? What are your favourite television programmes?" In my

:08:26. > :08:30.situation, when you have an injured spine, it doesn't have anything to

:08:31. > :08:33.do with that. His appeal was one of over 100 funded by Islington

:08:34. > :08:36.Council, 90% of which were overturned. The council has now

:08:37. > :08:39.passed a vote of no`confidence in the company, and has told the

:08:40. > :08:44.government it no longer wants them to have the contract their borough.

:08:45. > :08:47.That says to me that Atos simply don't have the skills or the

:08:48. > :08:51.knowledge to make the assessments they are being asked to do by the

:08:52. > :08:54.government. The system is a mess, and these wrong decisions are

:08:55. > :08:56.hitting taxpayers, who have to pay for the consequences of these

:08:57. > :09:00.mistakes, and are having a devastating effect on the lives of

:09:01. > :09:02.many disabled residents. The company has already come under much

:09:03. > :09:05.criticism since they got the government contract for work

:09:06. > :09:08.assessments, but it is not yet clear whether such an action by a local

:09:09. > :09:13.authority will really make a difference. The government claims

:09:14. > :09:15.that since 2010, it has considerably improved the work capability

:09:16. > :09:18.assessment process, and a spokesperson for the Department for

:09:19. > :09:21.Work and Pensions says that it believes when a decision is

:09:22. > :09:23.overruled, it could be because new evidence has been produced. And Atos

:09:24. > :09:47.told BBC London: Jonathan says he hopes to get off

:09:48. > :09:56.benefits and get back to work in the next few months, but for now,

:09:57. > :10:00.doctors say he must take care. Most of Chinatown went in to shut

:10:01. > :10:05.down this afternoon as businesses protested over what they say is

:10:06. > :10:09.unfair treatment by the immigration authorities. They say they are under

:10:10. > :10:17.fairly subjected to constant raids. The Home Office says it takes

:10:18. > :10:21.allegations of handedness seriously. Chinatown at a standstill this

:10:22. > :10:26.afternoon. The business community here is fed up. Most shops and

:10:27. > :10:34.restaurants closed their doors for two hours. They were protesting

:10:35. > :10:39.about this, one of a dozen alleged raids this summer by immigration

:10:40. > :10:44.officers. The video was given to us by the Chinatown Association. It

:10:45. > :10:49.claims raids have been heavy`handed and disproportionate. This

:10:50. > :10:54.restauranteur says he's been fined ?10,000 on two occasions when it

:10:55. > :10:56.illegal workers were found in his kitchen. I think it is a

:10:57. > :11:01.stereo`typing. I think they are racist and I think they are

:11:02. > :11:05.guessing. This woman does odd jobs in Chinatown. She is an asylum

:11:06. > :11:10.seeker and therefore not legally allowed to work in the UK, but

:11:11. > :11:14.despite being caught by immigration officers, she claims she was let out

:11:15. > :11:20.shortly after. TRANSLATION: Have been washing

:11:21. > :11:26.dishes in the canteen, earning a bit of living expenses, and I was

:11:27. > :11:31.offered a place to live and food to eat. There were people calling me to

:11:32. > :11:36.be a prostitute, but I refuse to go. Her story is one of many.

:11:37. > :11:41.Restaurants here claim there is a shortage of staff. Determining

:11:42. > :11:45.someone's immigration status can be difficult, and the community

:11:46. > :11:49.believes it is being unfairly treated. When they turn up at the

:11:50. > :11:53.restaurant, they don't show a warrant or ask for a particular

:11:54. > :11:57.person they are looking for. They even ask the employees in the

:11:58. > :12:07.restaurant if there is an illegal working in the restaurant. Clearly

:12:08. > :12:09.they are not intelligence led. These communities are known for

:12:10. > :12:11.complaining publicly about these issues. The demonstration today is

:12:12. > :12:15.an indication of the depth of feeling and the damage that raids

:12:16. > :12:20.are doing. This is not the first time Chinatown has taken such

:12:21. > :12:25.action. Six years ago there was a similar rally for similar reasons.

:12:26. > :12:28.The Home Office says it takes seriously any allegations of

:12:29. > :12:29.heavy`handed miss and will investigate. It denies targeting the

:12:30. > :12:43.Chinese community. Meanwhile, the community here is

:12:44. > :12:51.sending a message to government. Meanwhile, the community here is

:12:52. > :12:57.sending a message to government. Stay with us. Still to come tonight:

:12:58. > :13:01.I am on the red carpet at Leicester Square waiting for some a list

:13:02. > :13:06.people. Stay with us to find out who.

:13:07. > :13:16.We meet the Bromley weightlifter who is gearing up for her first world

:13:17. > :13:22.Championships in Poland. Next, the South London council that

:13:23. > :13:26.could use new laws to stop some nightclubs and bars selling alcohol

:13:27. > :13:30.after midnight. Residents in Clapham have complained of noise and

:13:31. > :13:34.anti`social behaviour linked to three venues. Lambeth could be one

:13:35. > :13:38.of the first local authorities in London to use these powers to stop

:13:39. > :13:46.late`night drinking. It describes itself as having the

:13:47. > :13:51.best five in London. It is only open at the weekend, and stopped serving

:13:52. > :13:59.at 1:30am. When it is time to leave, this: There is large numbers of

:14:00. > :14:03.people on the pavement outside. There are three bars in the same

:14:04. > :14:06.area, and some people living here say they have had enough of sharing

:14:07. > :14:10.their street with late`night drinkers. The vast majority of

:14:11. > :14:16.people here are families with residents, and there is a time and a

:14:17. > :14:22.place for these venues, but it is simply not here. We want to be a

:14:23. > :14:28.normal residential area. New rules mean the council can limit licensing

:14:29. > :14:33.hours here. In 2005, laws were brought in to relax licensing. This

:14:34. > :14:38.power aims to give control back to local authorities to restrict who

:14:39. > :14:42.can sell alcohol when. Here on the Wandsworth Road, three venues and

:14:43. > :14:47.anyone else who serves alcohol, will only be able to do so before

:14:48. > :14:56.midnight. But the club has been here for 14 years and the owners say they

:14:57. > :14:58.have never had any trouble. Closing early, they say, will finish them.

:14:59. > :15:01.If we have to close at midnight we If we have to close at midnight we

:15:02. > :15:04.will be out of business. I would hate to be responsible for people

:15:05. > :15:08.losing their sleep, but we have paid for two independent sound reports

:15:09. > :15:14.over the past few years, and it has been proven by experts that they

:15:15. > :15:20.would not hear any noise over the background of traffic. We don't want

:15:21. > :15:25.to put anyone out of business, but we also want people to be safe on a

:15:26. > :15:30.night out. In this tiny, congested corner of Lambeth, it is not

:15:31. > :15:34.working. Lambeth Council is consulting on this, and other London

:15:35. > :15:37.authorities have looked at introducing similar restrictions.

:15:38. > :15:45.They will be watching Lambeth to see how this ban affects the borough. He

:15:46. > :15:49.wants Lords to become a "friendlier" home of cricket. That's the aim of

:15:50. > :15:52.the new president of the MCC, Mike Gatting. Drawing on his experiences

:15:53. > :15:55.as a young player, the former England Captain believes the ground

:15:56. > :15:58.should be more accessible to local communities. Speaking to our sports

:15:59. > :16:07.reporter, he also says an England Ashes triumph in Australia this

:16:08. > :16:13.winter will help grow the game. We came here to retain the Ashes, we've

:16:14. > :16:17.done that. At Lord's, the home of cricket, those achievements are

:16:18. > :16:23.still revered. Today he leads the MCC as its president. 27 years on,

:16:24. > :16:29.memories of that triumph are as clear as ever. It doesn't get any

:16:30. > :16:32.better. Whilst we were over there, the supporters were quite

:16:33. > :16:38.astonishing. The fact that we were winning out there was bringing some

:16:39. > :16:42.passion and pride. His first task is MCC president has been to quell a

:16:43. > :16:45.rebellion over the future of Lord's. Those opposed to redevelopment plans

:16:46. > :16:48.were beaten in a vote last week. were beaten in a vote last week

:16:49. > :16:56.What will be the first changes people will see? We've put in

:16:57. > :17:02.planning permission to help the designs. It will give us an extra

:17:03. > :17:10.400 seats, but it will give us an extra 700 without obstructing views.

:17:11. > :17:15.Updated laws and more welcoming scenario. It was, you will fit in

:17:16. > :17:20.that place, you will wear the tide, you will not move. We are trying to

:17:21. > :17:26.be more open and friendly, and more accessible club. We'd love to work a

:17:27. > :17:30.bit more closely with the community. England fly out to Australia

:17:31. > :17:33.tomorrow, intent on a fourth successive Ashes triumph, after

:17:34. > :17:38.winning on home soil this summer. Just under a month until the start

:17:39. > :17:43.of the Ashes, do you fear a Aussie backlash? We won 3`0 without playing

:17:44. > :17:50.to our best. If we go to Australia and play like I know we can, we will

:17:51. > :17:51.be too strong for them. To go away in a two year period and went home

:17:52. > :17:58.and away, it might happen again. in a two year period and went home

:17:59. > :18:04.and away, it might happen again A fine player for the MCC, a promising

:18:05. > :18:05.president, too. Good luck to them in Australia. Tomorrow, the

:18:06. > :18:08.Weightlifting World Championships start in Poland, with Bromley's

:18:09. > :18:11.Emily Godley competing for the first time. After missing out on the

:18:12. > :18:15.London Olympics, the 22`year`old, who combines her training with a

:18:16. > :18:24.full time job, has set her sights on Rio. Sara Orchard went to see her in

:18:25. > :18:27.training at Crystal Palace. Emily Godley used to be a pole vault, but

:18:28. > :18:32.her strength and conditioning coach, Keith Morgan, spotted just

:18:33. > :18:36.how much strength she had all stop five years on and the 22`year`old is

:18:37. > :18:42.preparing for her first Weightlifting World Championships. A

:18:43. > :18:47.lot of people don't believe I'm a weightlifter. Some people say, oh,

:18:48. > :18:53.how is the body`building? No, it's weightlifting. There are stereotypes

:18:54. > :18:58.around the sport but I think some of us to break those stereotypes. Emily

:18:59. > :19:00.combines her training with a full`time job for the Financial

:19:01. > :19:04.Ombudsman Service a gruelling schedule, and even more so when you

:19:05. > :19:08.realise she is currently on a diet of only around 1000 calories a day.

:19:09. > :19:12.That's half the recommended amount for the average woman. Greene I have

:19:13. > :19:21.to do that if I want to compete that's what I have to do. Is the

:19:22. > :19:25.case of after the competition I can eat a bit more normally and have a

:19:26. > :19:29.few treats here and there. But in the face before competition it is

:19:30. > :19:34.all about being strict. But discipline is paying off. Emily went

:19:35. > :19:41.to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, 2010. She is expected to compete at

:19:42. > :19:45.Glasgow 2014, but her coach thinks she can go further. The ultimate

:19:46. > :19:49.target is Rio. But we got the Commonwealth Games next year and

:19:50. > :19:53.we've got to look at targets for that. Suddenly an outside chance of

:19:54. > :19:58.medals. I didn't make London 20 2, I medals. I didn't make London 20 2, I

:19:59. > :20:05.was a reserve. I'd like to build on that and hopefully go. It's any

:20:06. > :20:09.athlete's dream to go to an Olympics. The World Championships

:20:10. > :20:12.could lift Emily's career to new heights. Whilst Rio isn't for

:20:13. > :20:18.another three years, it should be worth the wait. To something

:20:19. > :20:22.completely different now. He's the Norse God of Thunder and part of a

:20:23. > :20:25.superhero film franchise that's taken over ?3 billion at the box

:20:26. > :20:29.office. Tonight the cast of Thor is in Leicester Square for the world

:20:30. > :20:31.premiere of the sequel, The Dark World, which is predominantly set

:20:32. > :20:39.here in the capital. Alice Bhandhukravi is on the red carpet

:20:40. > :20:43.for us. There is a lot of love on the red

:20:44. > :20:46.carpet in Leicester Square for this latest movie adaptation of the

:20:47. > :20:48.Marvel comic series. We will be speaking to some of the cast

:20:49. > :21:03.shortly. First, here's an excerpt. You face an enemy known only to a

:21:04. > :21:05.few. Known only to one. You must be truly desperate to come to me for

:21:06. > :21:18.help. I am joined by some of the stars of

:21:19. > :21:26.the film. Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, a surprise appearance from

:21:27. > :21:31.Idris. Anton Hiddleston, local boy, a lot of this film was shot in the

:21:32. > :21:39.capital, what was it like for you? It was so great for me. I was born

:21:40. > :21:42.about half a mile up the road. In the Middlesex Hospital in Bhuj

:21:43. > :21:50.Street. I trained as an actor at Rada, about another half a mile from

:21:51. > :21:54.the hospital. I used to come down here as a student, you would spill

:21:55. > :21:57.into the West End to grab a bite to eat. I would see these premiers.

:21:58. > :22:00.into the West End to grab a bite to eat. I would see these premiers And

:22:01. > :22:05.here you are tonight. And huge swathes of the capital destroyed in

:22:06. > :22:09.this movie, aren't they? Some parts. Greenwich takes a big hit but it

:22:10. > :22:17.survives. Greenwich is made of sterner stuff. Natalie Portman, the

:22:18. > :22:22.skies are Norse gods, you are a mere human but you are a scientist, is

:22:23. > :22:38.that more powerful? She does have some powers of her own... They take

:22:39. > :22:43.care of me. I've got my bodyguards. As far as bodyguards go, you've done

:22:44. > :22:48.pretty well. In the film you get to slap them. I do. They didn't feel

:22:49. > :22:56.it, of course, because they are very tough. The men that have been

:22:57. > :23:01.slapped by Natalie Portman, I think it's just the two of us. So far! It

:23:02. > :23:07.it's just the two of us. So far It was not uncalled for, we deserved

:23:08. > :23:12.it. This is a sequel. You guys must be old friends, despite the sibling

:23:13. > :23:18.rivalry on screen. We are. We started this journey three years

:23:19. > :23:22.ago. He's getting close with that camera! To be here with this kind of

:23:23. > :23:28.affection and response is not, no one knew what they were in for. It's

:23:29. > :23:35.very special. What is the audience in for? A good time. It's true. It's

:23:36. > :23:42.a new dynamic between all the characters. It is lovely to see Thor

:23:43. > :23:51.and Jane again, because Jane didn't make it to the last one, she was

:23:52. > :23:56.siphoned away on some expedition. Natalie, do you think this could be

:23:57. > :24:04.the last or do you think you might make a comeback? It is up to Marvel

:24:05. > :24:08.comics, the powers that be. Have a lovely evening. From all of us here

:24:09. > :24:16.in Leicester Square, back to you in the studio. It's not long to go

:24:17. > :24:19.before we and a certain bear will be asking you to help us once again

:24:20. > :24:26.raise money for BBC Children in Need. We've seen everything from

:24:27. > :24:30.dancing`on`ice to superheroes. So tell us what you're planning to do

:24:31. > :24:34.this year. In fact, surprise us Don't be shy, the wackier and more

:24:35. > :24:38.unusual the better. You could even be invited onto our live show on the

:24:39. > :24:40.night. Just get in touch by email, the address is on your screen `

:24:41. > :25:00.yourlondon@bbc.co.uk. Is the Norse God of Thunder going to

:25:01. > :25:05.be kind to us? I've got everything in the forecast

:25:06. > :25:09.tonight. It is going to be a very windy night. It is also going to be

:25:10. > :25:16.a pretty wet night for some of us, but it will be mild. Let's

:25:17. > :25:22.concentrate on the thundery rain. The Met Office has a weather warning

:25:23. > :25:27.in place. Some of seeing as much as ten 15 millimetres in an hour. You

:25:28. > :25:30.might even get 30 millimetres in three hours if you are really

:25:31. > :25:34.unlucky. Those sorts of rainfall rates are likely to cause some local

:25:35. > :25:39.flash flooding, especially with lots of leaves around to block the

:25:40. > :25:44.drains. The winds accompanying the heavy downpours will be quite

:25:45. > :25:51.strong. We can expect gusts generally of 14 mph. There is the

:25:52. > :25:55.potential for gusts as strong as 60 mph. Quite an important speed with

:25:56. > :25:59.the wind, because when it gets as strong as that you can reckon on

:26:00. > :26:04.some rather large branches being blown out of the trees, roof tiles

:26:05. > :26:08.can get blown off and if you've got a badly maintained chimney, well,

:26:09. > :26:15.you might get a really nasty surprise overnight tonight! It will

:26:16. > :26:19.be a mild night. If you are up early, expect some debris on the

:26:20. > :26:23.roads and pavements. There will still be some sharp showers around.

:26:24. > :26:30.The wind will eventually blow them away. It should be dry, bright and

:26:31. > :26:35.breezy by the afternoon. Thursday, rather chilly start with some mist

:26:36. > :26:40.and fog. That will clear but cloud will arrive. That will bring some

:26:41. > :26:44.wet weather for end of the week clearing to sunshine and showers for

:26:45. > :26:45.the weekend. But watch out for that wind and thundery rain overnight

:26:46. > :26:50.tonight. Now the main headlines. wind and thundery rain overnight

:26:51. > :26:52.tonight. Now the main headlines The tonight. Now the main headlines. The

:26:53. > :26:55.former Conservative Prime Minister, Sir John Major, has called for an

:26:56. > :26:59.emergency tax on energy companies if they impose excess price rises ahead

:27:00. > :27:03.of a cold winter. Yesterday, NPower became the latest of the big six

:27:04. > :27:07.suppliers to announce a price hike. The Government says ?500 million a

:27:08. > :27:10.year could be saved by the NHS if it claimed back money from foreign

:27:11. > :27:16.patients treated here. Labour has dismissed the claim as more about

:27:17. > :27:26.spin than substance. Police in Dublin have removed a seven`year`old

:27:27. > :27:28.blonde girl from a Roma family. A coroner has criticised London's

:27:29. > :27:31.superhighways for lulling cyclists into a false sense of security. Her

:27:32. > :27:35.comments come after she presided over the inquest into the death of

:27:36. > :27:39.two cyclists knocked over in East London. More on the day's stories on

:27:40. > :27:43.our website and I'll be back with our late news. From all of us on the

:27:44. > :27:47.team, thanks for watching and have a lovely evening.