:00:00. > :00:00.there are major concerns about the spread of disease. That is all from
:00:00. > :00:07.us. On the programme tonight. More than
:00:08. > :00:11.half of London's A departments are failing to meeting Government
:00:12. > :00:19.waiting time targets. Patients can be left for hours. The time I
:00:20. > :00:23.waited, it made me feel like I wasn't important. They didn't care.
:00:24. > :00:26.Anything could happen to me in that waiting room. And I still don't
:00:27. > :00:29.think they would rush to see me It think they would rush to see me. It
:00:30. > :00:32.comes as another hospital's A is likely to close. Also tonight. One
:00:33. > :00:36.cyclist is killed in a collision with a bus in Croydon. Elsewhere,
:00:37. > :00:42.two others are seriously injured on London's roads. Claims the price of
:00:43. > :00:49.a property could rise by 30% over the next five years.
:00:50. > :00:53.And cutting out hundreds of years of rot. How experts are trying to save
:00:54. > :01:10.one of London's oldest trees. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:11. > :01:13.programme. More than half of London's A units have this year
:01:14. > :01:18.failed to meet waiting time targets at least 50% of the time. A report
:01:19. > :01:21.by the London Assembly shows that many emergency departments regularly
:01:22. > :01:27.fail to see patients within the required four`hour treatment time.
:01:28. > :01:30.This on the day another hospital learnt that its Accident and
:01:31. > :01:36.Emergency unit is likely to close. Here's our Political Correspondent,
:01:37. > :01:40.Karl Mercer. Chantel is a statistic the NHS would not be proud of. But
:01:41. > :01:43.one that represents a difficult year for the capital's emergency
:01:44. > :01:47.departments. Last October she went to her local A with stomach pains.
:01:48. > :01:53.It took five and half hours for her to be seen. The time I waited, it
:01:54. > :01:56.made me feel like I wasn't important. They didn't care.
:01:57. > :02:00.Anything could happen to in that waiting room. And I still don't
:02:01. > :02:01.think they would rush to see me. waiting room. And I still don't
:02:02. > :02:03.think they would rush to see me The think they would rush to see me. The
:02:04. > :02:06.Government says that 95% of patients should be seen within four hours.
:02:07. > :02:09.But half of the capital's A missed that target in at least 6
:02:10. > :02:12.weeks. Barking, Havering and Redbridge hospitals missed it every
:02:13. > :02:22.week of the year. Chelsea and Westminster didn't miss it at all.
:02:23. > :02:26.We were seeing figures in the summer months we normally see in December.
:02:27. > :02:34.With winter coming along, and rising costs of heating bills, patients
:02:35. > :02:37.will not stay in their houses long enough, so we think the pressures
:02:38. > :02:40.will get worse. One of the worst performers last year was Barnet and
:02:41. > :02:44.Chase Farm hospitals. Already at the centre of plans to close one of its
:02:45. > :02:47.A How do you sleep at night? Today campaigners found out that
:02:48. > :02:52.they wouldn't be allowed to challenge that closure in court The
:02:53. > :02:56.decision means that the most vulnerable people in society, many
:02:57. > :02:59.of whom don't have their own transport, expectant mothers, those
:03:00. > :03:06.in need of emergency care, children, the elderly, will have unnecessary
:03:07. > :03:10.suffering, and it's not acceptable. With the strategy comes a much
:03:11. > :03:14.improved medical process. People will have faster decision`making in
:03:15. > :03:20.hospital, and go through the system quicker and get better health care.
:03:21. > :03:24.We have modelled the capacity and have become confident we have got it
:03:25. > :03:27.right. The changes at Chase Farm are being mirrored across London. With
:03:28. > :03:31.plans to close or downgrade at least eight A, it's likely the protests
:03:32. > :03:37.will continue. But NHS bosses say keeping things the same, would be
:03:38. > :03:41.unsafe for patients. I think the key thing is, in the medium term, if
:03:42. > :03:44.we're going to war avoid this situation in future, we're going to
:03:45. > :03:50.have to undergo radical changes of the system in order to make it a
:03:51. > :03:53.high quality service for patients. It's an argument that has been made
:03:54. > :03:57.often and over many years in London. It will be made more often in the
:03:58. > :03:59.coming months at a time when traditionally the NHS is at its most
:04:00. > :04:03.stretched. And Karl's here. So some serious
:04:04. > :04:10.concerns over how A departments will cope this winter? Yes, winter
:04:11. > :04:15.is always the busiest period for the NHS. The worry for people in the NHS
:04:16. > :04:19.and campaigners is that, this year, winter levels over the spring and
:04:20. > :04:23.summer, and now we have campaigners and those at the top of the NHS
:04:24. > :04:26.warning that this winter could well be the most difficult yet. I think
:04:27. > :04:32.that's where the problem has come in. The decision at chase farm
:04:33. > :04:37.hospital today, why are we shutting A when the winter is expected to
:04:38. > :04:39.be the worst and the NHS bosses say that's why we're changing services,
:04:40. > :04:43.so we can get over these winter humps. And I gather tomorrow we're
:04:44. > :04:47.going to learn more about the challenges facing the NHS in London?
:04:48. > :04:52.Yes, a big important report for the whole London. The medical director
:04:53. > :04:55.of the NHS has been looking at how A works and will make his
:04:56. > :05:02.recommendations about how it does in the future. Thank you. Lots more to
:05:03. > :05:06.come. Training dogs to help change the lives of London youngsters and
:05:07. > :05:14.it's all thanks to your Children In Need donations.
:05:15. > :05:21.A cyclist has died in Croydon after being involved in a collision with a
:05:22. > :05:24.bus. The man in his 40s was killed on a busy high street around midday.
:05:25. > :05:30.As our Transport Correspondent, Tom Edwards reports, it's the third
:05:31. > :05:38.cyclist death in a week. Rush hour in Cannington. And another
:05:39. > :05:40.collision involving a cyclist. It was on cycle superhighway seven,
:05:41. > :05:40.collision involving a cyclist. It was on cycle superhighway seven one
:05:41. > :05:45.of the Mayor's flagship schemes, and of the Mayor's flagship schemes, and
:05:46. > :05:49.involved a bus. It's unclear what happened but the lane markings had
:05:50. > :05:57.been removed due to resurfacing work. The cyclist was taken to
:05:58. > :06:03.hospital with serious injuries. You see this all the time. It's
:06:04. > :06:07.heartbreaking. The bus was too close to him. He got pulled underneath.
:06:08. > :06:13.Hours later, this happened in Croydon, game, bus involved. Here,
:06:14. > :06:18.the cyclist, in his 40s, died in hospital. `` again. In Spitalfields
:06:19. > :06:25.last night, bystanders lifted a car off a cyclist so she could receive
:06:26. > :06:30.treatment. Conflict is built into most junctions in London,
:06:31. > :06:35.conflicting movements of large vehicles turning left, people going
:06:36. > :06:39.straight on, moments of inattention from a driver or a cyclist can
:06:40. > :06:43.result in serious injury and death and we need to design that conflict
:06:44. > :06:47.out of London's roads. The latest figures show in 2012, the number of
:06:48. > :06:53.cyclists who died, compared media fear, fell to 14, down 14%. But, the
:06:54. > :07:02.fear, fell to 14, down 14%. But the number of serious injuries to
:07:03. > :07:09.cyclists increased to 657, up 1 %. DFL say far more cyclists are now on
:07:10. > :07:12.the roads. It maintains cycling is statistically now much safer `` TSL.
:07:13. > :07:18.Today in City Hall, cycling groups have been briefed on the planned
:07:19. > :07:21.improvements. The authorities now admit the first few cycling
:07:22. > :07:25.superhighways were not good enough. There will be more of these,
:07:26. > :07:30.segregated sections of superhighway, opened last week by the Mayor, as
:07:31. > :07:34.well as improved junctions. We recognise this will take time,
:07:35. > :07:40.however, we will be judging this according to the promises the Mayor
:07:41. > :07:43.made at the beginning of the term, and the progress he is made by the
:07:44. > :07:48.time you picture the end of his term. We urge him to go as fast as
:07:49. > :07:52.possible. With three cyclists dying this week, scrutiny of cycling
:07:53. > :07:59.safety shows no sign of stopping. No one from City Hall or Transport for
:08:00. > :08:02.London was available for interview. It's emerged that the terror suspect
:08:03. > :08:07.who escaped surveillance by dressing in a burka had been remanded in
:08:08. > :08:10.custody three times. MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee were told
:08:11. > :08:13.that Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed had been arrested in July, remanded in
:08:14. > :08:18.custody and released on bail in August as well as on two prior
:08:19. > :08:25.occasions. He disappeared ten days ago and was last seen fleeing a
:08:26. > :08:27.mosque in Acton in a burka. Officers from Wandsworth Prison have been
:08:28. > :08:32.disciplined for reportedly going on a night out wearing T`shirts that
:08:33. > :08:36.said "We Have Madeleine McCann" Madeline was just three years old
:08:37. > :08:40.when she went missing from a holiday apartment in Portugal. The prison
:08:41. > :08:43.officers are believed to have posted photos of them wearing the T`shirts
:08:44. > :08:49.on Facebook two months before their managers found out. A staff member
:08:50. > :08:52.from Scotland Yard's call handling unit has been arrested on suspicion
:08:53. > :08:55.of misconduct in public office. The 33`year`old woman was detained at
:08:56. > :08:57.her Essex home by detectives investigating alleged corrupt
:08:58. > :09:02.payments to public officials and is being questioned at an east London
:09:03. > :09:09.police station. She's the 79th person arrested as part of Operation
:09:10. > :09:12.Elveden. Thousands more Londoners could be priced out of the capital
:09:13. > :09:17.as the demand for housing continues to outstrip supply. A leading estate
:09:18. > :09:22.agents claims the cost of a home will continue to rise for at least
:09:23. > :09:25.another five years. And that around 50,000 new affordable homes need to
:09:26. > :09:37.be built in London every year to meet demand. Alice Bhandhukravi has
:09:38. > :09:42.more. 24`year`old John Dewhurst is in a fortunate position, along with
:09:43. > :09:46.his brother, he has a budget of 45 hundred pounds, and has the money in
:09:47. > :09:52.place but there's not much to spend it on. Flats like this one are few
:09:53. > :09:56.and far between. There's been a couple that I've tried to go and see
:09:57. > :09:59.but before I've even been able to, they have gone off the market. It's
:10:00. > :10:06.quite intimidating. When there are so many people looking for so few
:10:07. > :10:10.properties, I guess there can be a sense of desperation sometimes. New
:10:11. > :10:13.figures from the Institute of chartered surveyors demonstrate the
:10:14. > :10:18.increasing gap between what is needed and what is available. In
:10:19. > :10:24.October, 74% of surveyors reported increased demand and 13% reported a
:10:25. > :10:30.fall in supply. It's not the first time we have faced a situation like
:10:31. > :10:35.this. The last time the population peaked at 8.9 million was back in
:10:36. > :10:41.the 1930s. Then, slum housing was cleared to make way for new homes.
:10:42. > :10:45.The estate agents say we need to the same at a rate of 50,000 a year
:10:46. > :10:50.particularly at the lower end of the market. What we have seen over the
:10:51. > :10:55.last five years since the credit crunch, a shift, if you like, of
:10:56. > :10:58.builders building towards the higher end of the market because that's
:10:59. > :11:03.where they could get the sales during the credit crunch. And what
:11:04. > :11:07.that has left us with is an imbalance, and we need to redraft
:11:08. > :11:11.that. This is the kind of development we need more fulsome
:11:12. > :11:12.here in Camden, 53 new homes are being built, more than half of which
:11:13. > :11:15.will provide affordable housing. being built, more than half of which
:11:16. > :11:18.will provide affordable housing. But there is a drop in the ocean for
:11:19. > :11:25.this when you consider what's needed in London. Sharp questions at City
:11:26. > :11:31.Hall today made even the Mayor's modest target, 55,000 new homes by
:11:32. > :11:40.2016, seem a little uncertain. In a year's time, everything will be on
:11:41. > :11:46.site, and we will see a lot of completions coming in. Against the
:11:47. > :11:51.55,000 target. Until that happens, first`time house`buyers like John
:11:52. > :11:54.will have to keep on hunting. A court's heard how fighter jets were
:11:55. > :11:59.scrambled to intercept a plane after two passengers threatened to blow it
:12:00. > :12:02.up. The aircraft was en route from Pakistan to Manchester when it was
:12:03. > :12:07.diverted to Stansted, triggering a full terrorism alert. The two
:12:08. > :12:09.defendants are charged with endangering an aircraft. Gareth
:12:10. > :12:17.George, is outside Chelmsford Crown Court and can tell us more. Yes, in
:12:18. > :12:23.Court and can tell us more. Yes in May, a Pakistan airlines flight took
:12:24. > :12:27.off around the Manchester but the jury were told how it didn't reach
:12:28. > :12:32.its destination. It is ten minutes from Manchester Airport when it was
:12:33. > :12:39.diverted to Stansted Airport. On its way to Stansted, it was escorted by
:12:40. > :12:43.two RAF Typhoon fighter jets. We have some pictures of the plane
:12:44. > :12:46.after it landed at Stansted. You can see from the police cars surrounding
:12:47. > :12:56.it, just how seriously this incident was taken. Two passengers were
:12:57. > :13:01.arrested. Both from Lancashire. The prosecution say they became angry
:13:02. > :13:06.when their offers to help one of the other passengers who had become ill
:13:07. > :13:14.on the plane, were turned down by cabin crew. One man is accused of
:13:15. > :13:16.saying, quote no more crew, no mob passengers, Finnish, everything "
:13:17. > :13:19.passengers, Finnish, everything. " The jury was told this isn't a
:13:20. > :13:25.terror trial. The men are not political extremists. And they
:13:26. > :13:29.didn't have the capacity to carry out their alleged threats. The trial
:13:30. > :13:36.is expected to last five weeks. Both men denied a charge of endangering
:13:37. > :13:37.the safety of an aircraft. Next, the British Medical
:13:38. > :13:46.Association wants if more than 1 million people are
:13:47. > :13:50.now using electronic cigarettes, but the British Medical Association
:13:51. > :13:53.wants them banned. One London restaurant chain says people should
:13:54. > :13:57.smoke them outside. But according to a BBC poll, most people don't mind
:13:58. > :14:01.them being used in public. Warren Nettleford has the story.
:14:02. > :14:05.Is this smoking or isn't it? It looks like smoke but it is largely
:14:06. > :14:08.water vapour. They look like cigarettes but they are not, they
:14:09. > :14:12.are an electronic cigarettes, or e`cigarettes. It is not against the
:14:13. > :14:16.law to smoke them in public places, like here in Westfield. Catherine
:14:17. > :14:22.regularly smokes e`cigarettes and she wants more smokers to make the
:14:23. > :14:24.switch. I think it is really important that electronic cigarettes
:14:25. > :14:32.are allowed to be used in public as wide as possible so as many smokers
:14:33. > :14:35.`` is possible are aware, because the more that can switch, the bigger
:14:36. > :14:47.the game. A BBC poll asked... 22% the game. A BBC poll asked... 22%
:14:48. > :14:54.said yes, 75% said no. As if they should be banned in public, 34% said
:14:55. > :14:56.yes and 62% said no. Simon Mullins owns a chain of restaurants in
:14:57. > :15:00.central London and he does not think there is a place for e`cigarettes in
:15:01. > :15:06.restaurants and bars. I think they should be banned, but there is no
:15:07. > :15:10.law that it should be the case for a bar, there is still insufficient
:15:11. > :15:14.medical evidence to support a law to ban them, but I think they should be
:15:15. > :15:18.clarity and in my opinion, I would take them outside like other
:15:19. > :15:21.cigarette smokers. But the British Medical Association want to go
:15:22. > :15:26.further, arguing that smoking of any kind should be discouraged. Our
:15:27. > :15:29.concern with the use of e`cigarettes is that this normalises that
:15:30. > :15:34.behaviour again, and the biggest concern is that it becomes glamorous
:15:35. > :15:37.again. Our poll suggests that we have a relaxed view about
:15:38. > :15:42.e`cigarettes of it seems more venues will soon make their own decisions
:15:43. > :15:51.about how it will affect them. Still to come: the Christmas lights
:15:52. > :15:54.are being switched on in Oxford Street and Jessie J did the honours.
:15:55. > :15:58.We speak to her about eliminating the West End and her plans for
:15:59. > :16:07.Christmas. And the race to save this giant oak
:16:08. > :16:11.tree, one of London's oldest. It's Children In Need on Friday and,
:16:12. > :16:14.this week, we're looking at how the money you donate makes a difference
:16:15. > :16:19.to charities which help young people in the capital. We all know many
:16:20. > :16:22.children love playing with dogs but one project in Croydon uses them to
:16:23. > :16:30.dramatically change the lives of children with special needs. Sonja
:16:31. > :16:35.Jessup has been finding out more. It is dog training with a
:16:36. > :16:39.difference. The club is called Waggy Tails, and while the dogs are
:16:40. > :16:43.clearly having fun, it is the children who really benefit. It is
:16:44. > :16:51.really fun. I like playing with the dogs. Well done, Joe. The club aims
:16:52. > :16:54.to help young people with special needs. Many find it hard to
:16:55. > :16:58.communicate and make friends, but the charity says being around these
:16:59. > :17:03.dogs is making a huge difference. They just seem to talk more, they
:17:04. > :17:08.are more confident in speaking, so we have had children who have had
:17:09. > :17:12.very, very little speech and then suddenly they are initiating
:17:13. > :17:15.conversations. It is really exciting. When Ellie first came
:17:16. > :17:20.here, she didn't want to join in at all. A year later, she is far more
:17:21. > :17:23.confident and reluctant to go home. Before coming here, Ellie didn't
:17:24. > :17:30.really talk or communicate or want to, and we have sort of found that
:17:31. > :17:34.dogs have been a way of opening her up to have conversations with
:17:35. > :17:42.people. I just like playing around with the dogs. I just feel a lot
:17:43. > :17:45.calmer and more stressed. The money from Children In Need means the club
:17:46. > :17:50.can employ five trained therapists. And that means they can provide more
:17:51. > :17:55.places the young people with the most challenging needs. So why do
:17:56. > :17:59.they think that dogs can help so much? It is very motivating for the
:18:00. > :18:03.child, because it is something they are particularly interested in. The
:18:04. > :18:06.other thing is that when people are communicating with them, they can
:18:07. > :18:12.focus their attention onto the dog, rather than giving lots of eye
:18:13. > :18:14.contact to the child. The club also teams of children with buddies,
:18:15. > :18:19.teenagers from local schools who can help them make friends. I enjoy
:18:20. > :18:25.coming in every week and seeing everyone, the smiles that they give
:18:26. > :18:29.when they see you, and with the dogs. It is just fun, a fun
:18:30. > :18:31.atmosphere. And with a long waiting list, they are hoping that the
:18:32. > :18:38.Children In Need funding can mean more young people can join in.
:18:39. > :18:40.Great stuff. And thank you for your donations.
:18:41. > :18:42.And on Friday, we'll be meeting some of the Londoners whose fantastic
:18:43. > :18:46.fundraising efforts go to support charities like Waggy Tails. So tune
:18:47. > :18:50.in to Children In Need night from seven o'clock on BBC One. And if
:18:51. > :18:53.you'd like to be a part of the broadcast itself, tickets are on
:18:54. > :18:57.sale through the Tower of London ice rink box office. They cost ?10, with
:18:58. > :19:04.at least ?7.50 going to Children In Need.
:19:05. > :19:08.It's one of the moments that signifies the kick`start of the
:19:09. > :19:11.festive season here in the capital ` the switching on of the Oxford
:19:12. > :19:20.Street lights. This year, it's pop star Jessie J that's drawing the
:19:21. > :19:25.crowds. We can join Brenda Emmanus. Yes, it is all quiet on the west end
:19:26. > :19:29.front at the moment apart from the cleaning up trucks and the crowd
:19:30. > :19:34.control barriers, that are coming down. It really was an exciting
:19:35. > :19:38.atmosphere appear, about half an hour ago, as everybody poured into
:19:39. > :19:52.witness the illuminating the West End, this year by a 1`5p lighting
:19:53. > :19:56.installation, ``1`5p. ``1`.5 million. A host of celebrities were
:19:57. > :20:02.here, including Conor Maynard, James Arthur, but it was Jessie J who was
:20:03. > :20:08.chosen as a celebrity to turn on these lights. 750,000 volts it has
:20:09. > :20:13.taken to create this amazing installation behind us ``lightbulbs.
:20:14. > :20:17.We spoke to Jessie J to ask about how she felt about the privilege of
:20:18. > :20:22.turning on the lights and what she up to for Christmas. When I was
:20:23. > :20:25.asked, I was in shock, thinking it was a very Christmas type thing to
:20:26. > :20:30.do, and then usually I work up until Christmas Eve and don't realise it
:20:31. > :20:34.is Christmas, so to be able to be part of something so prestigious and
:20:35. > :20:42.memorable for the club kids, adults, two arrests, Christmas in the UK, I
:20:43. > :20:46.feel very privileged ``tourists Home is where the heart is and my
:20:47. > :20:52.heart is London, so I will be at home. Jessie J follows in the
:20:53. > :20:54.footsteps of Robbie Williams and West life and the Spice Girls and
:20:55. > :21:05.turning on the Christmas lights. It turning on the Christmas lights It
:21:06. > :21:10.is hoped they will draw into wrists ``tourists. Can I just ask you, I
:21:11. > :21:17.know you have been working. Turnaround and speak to BBC London.
:21:18. > :21:22.I have to do my job. Did you like the lights? She likes them, but she
:21:23. > :21:26.has to do her job. People do like them, it does trigger an exciting
:21:27. > :21:31.time of the year and a great time to kick off the Christmas season. It is
:21:32. > :21:35.getting a bit noisy with the trucks, so back to you in the studio.
:21:36. > :21:38.We better leave them to get on, they have a job to do to get Oxford
:21:39. > :21:43.Street back and moving quickly. It stands majestically in a
:21:44. > :21:47.remembrance garden in Southgate But this beautiful old oak tree, which
:21:48. > :21:51.is more than 800 years old, has begun to subside and decay. Now
:21:52. > :21:57.specialists are desperately trying to give it new lease of life. Helen
:21:58. > :22:03.Drew reports. Branches flying, this is mentioned
:22:04. > :22:11.in oak, in the 19th century, reported to be the oldest oak in
:22:12. > :22:18.London ``Minchenden. The tree has been growing for over 800 years but
:22:19. > :22:22.this Cracker gave away the fact that it has extensive internal decay.
:22:23. > :22:26.it has extensive internal decay ``this crack here. Is with age, if
:22:27. > :22:31.the structure deteriorating all living things, so it is starting to
:22:32. > :22:34.deteriorate and structurally move and subside, so we need to take the
:22:35. > :22:40.weight bearing of the tree, of the Crown, to prolong the survival of
:22:41. > :22:45.the tree. The tree will also be infused with specific fundi which
:22:46. > :22:49.will aid its survival. Without taking drastic action, the local
:22:50. > :22:55.council say the outcome could be catastrophic. We don't want a
:22:56. > :22:58.resident coming into the garden and a branch falling off and killing
:22:59. > :23:04.them. There is over six tonnes being taken away, you don't want it
:23:05. > :23:08.falling. Boasts six tonnes of chopped timber are no longer part of
:23:09. > :23:12.the tree but will live on in the remembrance garden where the tree
:23:13. > :23:19.sits. We will use it for features within the garden, such as seating,
:23:20. > :23:27.or we can get it made into a notice board, which will give the history
:23:28. > :23:32.of the Minchenden oak garden. Taking huge branches of such a precious
:23:33. > :23:39.tree is an unfamiliar side, but it is the only way this oak will stand
:23:40. > :23:39.a chance of living for another 800 years.
:23:40. > :23:45.Let's hope so. Peter's here with the weather. Nice
:23:46. > :23:50.to see some sunshine in November. And even more of it to enjoy
:23:51. > :23:56.tomorrow. However, it is wind screen scraper and de`icer time. Even the
:23:57. > :23:59.thin, high cloud is disappearing and temperatures will be tumbling. It is
:24:00. > :24:04.going to get quite cold overnight tonight and in a moment, you will
:24:05. > :24:08.see that blue tinge appearing on the weather map. Also some indications
:24:09. > :24:13.of a little bit shallow fog towards the end of the night, but a cold
:24:14. > :24:16.night ahead. The temperatures I show you in the little boxes on the
:24:17. > :24:21.weather map are the air temperatures, around a bed head
:24:22. > :24:23.height, so about a metre and a half above the ground. Surface
:24:24. > :24:28.temperatures will be a good deal lower than those values, very close
:24:29. > :24:34.to or below freezing everywhere tonight, so we are looking at frost
:24:35. > :24:38.on the grass, ice to clear off the windscreen in the morning. The good
:24:39. > :24:42.news, of course, is that the roads and the pavements have had plenty of
:24:43. > :24:46.time to dry out, so we haven't got to worry about ice on those in the
:24:47. > :24:50.morning. You might want your shades to stop being blinded by that low
:24:51. > :24:57.sun. The shadow fog clearing away, the frost melting, a lovely sunny
:24:58. > :25:00.day, top temperature up to around 10 Celsius, that is 50 degrees in
:25:01. > :25:07.Fahrenheit. Staying dry during daylight hours, more clout, and then
:25:08. > :25:13.after dark, some showery rain will move across as from the West. They
:25:14. > :25:15.could be the odd burst of rain as the weather fronts move through
:25:16. > :25:19.tomorrow night but it should be out of the way by Thursday morning and
:25:20. > :25:22.temperatures won't get so low tomorrow night, because we will have
:25:23. > :25:29.some clout in the sky, that is where the rain is coming from. Thursday,
:25:30. > :25:33.another bright day but some breezy conditions and that wind will make
:25:34. > :25:38.it particularly cold. If you do the sums, with a temperature of around
:25:39. > :25:43.nine Celsius, the wind blowing at something like 20 mph, it will feel
:25:44. > :25:48.more like five Celsius, so although we have double figures or very close
:25:49. > :25:52.to, it will feel a good deal colder than that. But the breeze keeps the
:25:53. > :25:56.air well mixed, so we shouldn't be worrying about frost to start the
:25:57. > :26:02.day on Friday. Friday is going to be dry, bright but without the wind it
:26:03. > :26:07.won't feel as cold. So temperatures very similar to Thursday but it
:26:08. > :26:11.won't feel as cold, because the wind chill will not be there. So as far
:26:12. > :26:17.as the outlook is concerned, a good deal about autumn sunshine to show
:26:18. > :26:22.off those autumn colours. Frost tonight, so watch out for that first
:26:23. > :26:24.thing in the morning, but I think some lovely sunshine for the rest of
:26:25. > :26:27.this week with the rain coming during the night.
:26:28. > :26:30.Sounds good, Peter, thanks very much.
:26:31. > :26:33.A reminder of the day's headlines: There's growing desperation tonight
:26:34. > :26:35.among survivors of the typhoon that left a trail of destruction across
:26:36. > :26:40.the Philippines. Many are facing a fifth night
:26:41. > :26:41.without food, water and shelter and there are serious concerns about the
:26:42. > :26:45.spread of disease. The energy firm EDF has become the
:26:46. > :26:52.fifth of the six big energy firms to raise its prices. But its increase
:26:53. > :26:55.of 3.9% was significantly lower than those of its rivals, raising the
:26:56. > :26:57.prospect of a price war between the energy companies.
:26:58. > :27:00.New mothers are to be paid to breast`feed their babies under a
:27:01. > :27:05.research project aimed at boosting low rates of breast`feeding. Mothers
:27:06. > :27:09.taking part in the study will get vouchers to spend at shops and
:27:10. > :27:12.supermarkets. More than half of London's Accident
:27:13. > :27:17.and Emergency departments have failed to meet waiting time targets
:27:18. > :27:23.at least 50% of the time. The Government says 95% of patients
:27:24. > :27:27.should be seen within four hours. A cyclist has been killed in Croydon
:27:28. > :27:32.in the third fatal bike accident in London over the past week. The man
:27:33. > :27:37.died after he was hit by a bus on Addiscombe Road.
:27:38. > :27:41.That's it for now. More on the day's stories on our website and I'll be
:27:42. > :27:44.back with our late news. From all of us on the team here, have a lovely