:00:00. > 3:59:59Commonwealth Summit in Sri Lanka. That is all from the BBC News at
:00:00. > :00:12.six. On BBC One tonight on BBC London News: After
:00:13. > :00:19.five deaths in nine days pressure mounts on the Mayor to take urgent
:00:20. > :00:23.action over cycling safety. It is a leadership crisis for Boris
:00:24. > :00:27.Johnson. He has been encouraging people to cycle in London for five
:00:28. > :00:34.years and in that time nearly 80 people have been killed. We will
:00:35. > :00:39.hear from the Mayor's Cycling Commissioner. Also tonight, why
:00:40. > :00:45.walking and not jogging is key if older men are to avoid strokes.
:00:46. > :00:55.Forget dot.co.uk, how you can have dot.London after your web address.
:00:56. > :00:57.Plus Jude Law on why his latest film role as a criminal is his bravest
:00:58. > :01:15.yet. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:16. > :01:19.programme. After five deaths in nine days there is growing pressure on
:01:20. > :01:24.the Mayor to take urgent action to deal with the number of cycling
:01:25. > :01:30.accidents on London's roads. Some critics say Boris Johnson's cycling
:01:31. > :01:35.policy is in crisis. It comes after he suggested cyclists are partly to
:01:36. > :01:43.blame because of decisions which put their lives in danger. She died at
:01:44. > :01:49.Bow roundabout on Wednesday morning in rush hour on one of the Mayor's
:01:50. > :01:53.flagship superhighways. This morning her family released this video. They
:01:54. > :02:03.say her death should be a catalyst for improving road safety. I have
:02:04. > :02:09.been in Amsterdam recently and there is a separate lane for bicycles.
:02:10. > :02:14.That is what should be done. 's five cyclists have died in a nine`day
:02:15. > :02:19.period. Campaigners say they warned the Mayor it was inadequate.
:02:20. > :02:25.Yesterday he said it was up to the cyclist to obey the law. I urge
:02:26. > :02:30.everybody on our roads to take care and to think of other road users and
:02:31. > :02:36.also themselves when they are making these split`second decisions. At
:02:37. > :02:43.this cycling cafe that went down extremely badly. They say the Mayor
:02:44. > :02:51.is trying to shift the blame and is being grossly insensitive. , he says
:02:52. > :02:59.cyclists are not to blame, but then he blames them. Cyclists are
:03:00. > :03:03.vulnerable road users. It is a more complex issue than just saying
:03:04. > :03:08.people jump red lights. There is a whole series of other things that
:03:09. > :03:14.need to be done and it is not just one of education, but making the
:03:15. > :03:18.transport infrastructure is there to support cyclists. Cyclists have
:03:19. > :03:24.responsibility for themselves and other road users. I think other road
:03:25. > :03:29.users need to be aware of how invisible cyclists can be. Today
:03:30. > :03:35.campaigners started an online petition to get the Mayor to speed
:03:36. > :03:40.up his improvements. People in London are furious. This is a
:03:41. > :03:44.leadership crisis. Boris Johnson has been encouraging people to cycle in
:03:45. > :03:49.London for five years and in that time nearly 80 people have been
:03:50. > :03:54.killed. People are not throwing themselves into the path of danger
:03:55. > :04:00.for fun. It is a problem with large vehicles and specific judges we know
:04:01. > :04:06.to be dangerous. Tonight there is little sign anger is subsiding. And
:04:07. > :04:12.for the cycling Mayor it is safety that is an issue that will not go
:04:13. > :04:17.away. In a moment we will be speaking to former Transport
:04:18. > :04:21.Secretary Lord Adonis, but first our political correspondent Karl Mercer
:04:22. > :04:26.has been looking at the Mayor's cycle superhighways, special lanes
:04:27. > :04:29.aimed at improving safety, but which have seen six cyclists killed since
:04:30. > :04:38.they were introduced in a blaze of publicity. Barclays' superhighways
:04:39. > :04:44.is a cornerstone of the revolution. They were launched in the summer of
:04:45. > :04:50.2010, the promise a clear one. They provide cyclists with safer, faster
:04:51. > :04:57.and more direct during this `` journeys into the city. This was the
:04:58. > :05:01.Bow roundabout today were three cyclists have been killed. It
:05:02. > :05:05.illustrates the problems of having a cycling lane that is not separate
:05:06. > :05:11.from the rest of the road. This cyclist has two pull out and ride
:05:12. > :05:14.around the lorry driver. The deficiencies of the cycle
:05:15. > :05:21.superhighways have been pointed out on several occasions to the Mayor.
:05:22. > :05:28.Those deficiencies are particularly notable at junctions where there is
:05:29. > :05:33.no suitable space for cycling. Cars parked here which makes it more
:05:34. > :05:38.useless. Peter Walker writes a cycling blog and yesterday used the
:05:39. > :05:46.superhighway which is at the centre of many deaths. It is a waste of
:05:47. > :05:53.time. The curious thing about Boris Johnson is he is the one who gets
:05:54. > :05:59.cycling more than most and his vision is very bold. It is just as
:06:00. > :06:06.is sometimes the case with Boris, the attention to detail is not
:06:07. > :06:11.there. This could be what superhighways of the future look
:06:12. > :06:16.like. This one is totally segregated from the rest of the traffic. That
:06:17. > :06:22.has not stopped calls today for an urgent summit on cycle safety. The
:06:23. > :06:26.Mayor has got long`term plans to improve safety and we are behind
:06:27. > :06:32.that, but five deaths in nine days is absolutely awful. The Mayor's
:06:33. > :06:39.office says it has learned lessons and will make improvements. Before
:06:40. > :06:44.this incident happened we recognised that cycle superhighway was not up
:06:45. > :06:49.to standard and had plans to improve it. We are not dodging the issue. It
:06:50. > :06:55.will be fully or semi`segregated on its entire length. We are going to
:06:56. > :07:01.do everything in our power to make that superhighway and all the others
:07:02. > :07:08.better and safer. A promise that London cyclists will be keen to keep
:07:09. > :07:11.him too. We can speak to the former Transport Secretary Lord Adonis who
:07:12. > :07:18.has called for a rapid independent review into cycle superhighways.
:07:19. > :07:23.He joins us from Westminster. Should cycle superhighways be suspended? I
:07:24. > :07:29.do not think they should be suspended, but this is the moment
:07:30. > :07:32.for an urgent review. Four are in operation and there are another
:07:33. > :07:39.eight planned in the next two years and it is important we take a rapid,
:07:40. > :07:43.independent look at the causes of the serious accidents. 13 deaths
:07:44. > :07:49.this year, there are issues to be addressed. It is not a good idea to
:07:50. > :07:54.begin by blaming the cyclist. The evidence from Transport for London
:07:55. > :07:59.is that fewer than 8% of cycle deaths historically have been caused
:08:00. > :08:05.by cyclists breaking the law. Would you not admit that Boris Johnson has
:08:06. > :08:10.made more popular? Lots of people would say he has done a lot more for
:08:11. > :08:17.cycling and his Labour predecessor. I strongly support the promotion of
:08:18. > :08:22.cycling, but cyclists have got to be safe. In Copenhagen and Amsterdam
:08:23. > :08:27.they have a similar number of cyclists, but fewer than half the
:08:28. > :08:37.number of deaths. What would you do if you were in his position? What
:08:38. > :08:42.are the practical, concrete solutions? The issues that need to
:08:43. > :08:51.be looked at our segregation, priority for cyclists and the
:08:52. > :08:56.traffic. As I say, I am not prejudging and I am not casting
:08:57. > :09:02.blame. The big priority is to get more people cycling and for cyclists
:09:03. > :09:08.to feel safer and we examined very carefully the causes of these three
:09:09. > :09:12.accidents, particularly on the cycle superhighways and learn the lessons
:09:13. > :09:17.as we roll out the next aid over the next two years. There has been a lot
:09:18. > :09:23.of criticism of the Mayor. Is this a crisis in his leadership? I am not
:09:24. > :09:27.criticising the Mayor for encouraging cycling, he is doing the
:09:28. > :09:32.right thing. But he needs to be very attentive to the problems that have
:09:33. > :09:40.developed over recent days. Thank you very much for your time, Lord
:09:41. > :09:45.Adonis. Lots more to come including: Join us later for our Pudsey party
:09:46. > :09:55.at the tower of London when we will be meeting some of our fundraising
:09:56. > :09:59.heroes. Older men can dramatically reduce
:10:00. > :10:03.the risk of having a stroke by walking every day according to new
:10:04. > :10:08.research from University College London. The study of men aged
:10:09. > :10:12.between 60 and 80 found that those who walked for at least an hour or
:10:13. > :10:18.two a day reduced their risk considerably. We all know a stroll
:10:19. > :10:22.in the fresh air is a good way to clear your head, but can a relaxed
:10:23. > :10:25.walk make a difference to your health?
:10:26. > :10:33.It is very beneficial because I have regular checkups. At my mature age I
:10:34. > :10:38.have checkups and I know my heart is in good shape. But new research
:10:39. > :10:42.confirms walking is particularly beneficial to older men. As the
:10:43. > :10:47.amount of time spent walking increase, the risk of stroke
:10:48. > :10:53.decreased. We looked at just over 3000 men and we found among men who
:10:54. > :10:57.reported walking more than an hour a day compared to less than half an
:10:58. > :11:01.hour, there was a reduction in the risk of stroke of around one third,
:11:02. > :11:08.regardless of what pace they walked out. While the study looked at men
:11:09. > :11:12.research predicts women would get similar results. The research shows
:11:13. > :11:17.it is not about the speed you walk out, but the amount of time you walk
:11:18. > :11:22.for and it does not have to be a block hour. It could be half an hour
:11:23. > :11:28.on the way to work and another half an hour going around the shops.
:11:29. > :11:33.There are approximately 152,000 strokes in the UK every year, more
:11:34. > :11:40.than once every five minutes. One in five are fatal. You can imagine
:11:41. > :11:44.physically one could find it difficult to perform day to day
:11:45. > :11:51.activities, it can affect your limbs. Whilst walking could prevent
:11:52. > :11:55.a stroke, researchers say more strenuous exercise can help to
:11:56. > :12:01.protect against other conditions. The message is to keep moving. One
:12:02. > :12:05.week on from the devastation caused by the typhoon in the Philippines
:12:06. > :12:10.Londoners have been organising donations for the relief effort.
:12:11. > :12:14.Tonight a special service is being held for the victims at Westminster
:12:15. > :12:20.Cathedral. Ayshea Buksch is there now. The service is slowly coming to
:12:21. > :12:26.an end. The cathedral has been packed full
:12:27. > :12:29.of people. Among the congregation was the Secretary of State for
:12:30. > :12:33.International development as well as the Filipino ambassador and hundreds
:12:34. > :12:39.of people from the Filipino community in London. Hymns were sang
:12:40. > :12:42.and prayers were said for the victims of the disaster and also
:12:43. > :12:51.those who are still suffering in its aftermath. While the death toll
:12:52. > :12:56.increases in the Philippines aid supplies for the survivors of the
:12:57. > :13:00.typhoon are desperately needed. At the Filipino embassy in central
:13:01. > :13:07.London donations such as food, water and blankets are being collected. It
:13:08. > :13:12.is being organised by an A nurse at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in
:13:13. > :13:17.Woolwich. As a nurse belonging to a caring profession who is trained in
:13:18. > :13:21.trauma, I felt helpless not being able to provide my servers to my
:13:22. > :13:27.countrymen and I was thinking of ways of how I could help. Not being
:13:28. > :13:31.able to be there physically to contribute my expertise in the
:13:32. > :13:38.field, I thought of different ways and this came up. There are other
:13:39. > :13:42.ways I can help. Michael is one of thousands of people from the
:13:43. > :13:48.Philippines who now work in the UK. Many of them want to help in any way
:13:49. > :13:53.they can. All of them want to help and they are all in different parts
:13:54. > :13:59.of the United Kingdom, Scotland, Wales, and groups have been coming
:14:00. > :14:03.up with these events. We are in touch with many of them and we are
:14:04. > :14:08.trying to get all the information of what is going on and we are putting
:14:09. > :14:13.that to get the daily and sending it back to the Philippines. James from
:14:14. > :14:19.north London works for the charity VSO. These are pictures he took
:14:20. > :14:25.while riding on his motorbike to Tacloban, one of the worst hit
:14:26. > :14:31.areas. They need food, water and medication and more long`term there
:14:32. > :14:37.will be thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people who will need
:14:38. > :14:40.to rebuild their lives and their houses. Hopefully the aid will
:14:41. > :14:46.continue after the initial aid finishes. The supplies will be
:14:47. > :14:53.shipped out next week and sent to the Filipino Red Cross. Donations
:14:54. > :14:58.are still needed as you saw in that report. That local relief effort is
:14:59. > :15:04.being organised at the embassy and there is more information on that on
:15:05. > :15:11.the Facebook page of the Filipino nurses Organisation. The
:15:12. > :15:19.international effort has been organised and information on that is
:15:20. > :15:22.on the website. Thousands of businesses stand to benefit from a
:15:23. > :15:25.new domain name which will allow companies to end their web address
:15:26. > :15:28.with dot London rather than dot.co.uk. Thousands have already
:15:29. > :15:40.expressed an interest in using the London branding. London, not just a
:15:41. > :15:51.big city but the big land. Soon, along with .com and .co .uk, we will
:15:52. > :15:56.soon have. London. It is a great marketing tool. You will be doing
:15:57. > :16:00.your bit to help promote London. There is a big PR push to get
:16:01. > :16:12.businesses on board. The body that governs the `` domain names has
:16:13. > :16:17.given it the go`ahead. Tens of thousands of businesses have
:16:18. > :16:25.registered an interest. Internet is changing the way people will use
:16:26. > :16:28.website URLs. We hope it will reinforce our London heritage and
:16:29. > :16:35.help people wanting to invest in London and to know we are the key
:16:36. > :16:39.players. Others signing up our Selfridge's and Carnaby Street. With
:16:40. > :16:44.such a strong association with London already, what is in the
:16:45. > :16:49.domain name? . More businesses operating only in the capital, it
:16:50. > :16:54.does offer some advantages. On the negative side, people behind the
:16:55. > :16:59.move took about enhancing the London presence. It is one of the most
:17:00. > :17:04.searched for, referred to, discussed cities in the world. I am not sure
:17:05. > :17:10.it really needs a bigger online presence. Registration starts next
:17:11. > :17:17.spring. It is expected to cost from ?10 upwards. Anyone hoping to use
:17:18. > :17:25.mail. London or queen. London could be out of luck. Still to come... Why
:17:26. > :17:27.captaining England at Wembley tonight is a family affair for
:17:28. > :17:46.Chelsea's Frank Lampard. It is not long to go until a certain
:17:47. > :17:55.yellow bear takes to our screens. The tower of London ice rink is
:17:56. > :18:01.hosting the annual party. Riz Lateef and Marc Ashdown are there with some
:18:02. > :18:08.of this year's fund raising heroes. It is going really well. We have an
:18:09. > :18:16.ice rink and beefeaters. It has been a hive of activity, getting the
:18:17. > :18:23.tower of London ready. Let me introduce you to two of our hosts
:18:24. > :18:29.tonight ` our beefeaters. A very different evening for you here
:18:30. > :18:34.tonight. Absolutely. We're not used to this. There are 37 yeoman warders
:18:35. > :18:38.and 35 families live and work here in the tower of London. We are
:18:39. > :18:46.delighted to be hosting this tonight and to make as much money for the
:18:47. > :18:51.kids as possible. I know since last year, you have been giving Pudsey
:18:52. > :18:55.some beefeaters training. He has been working exceptionally hard on
:18:56. > :19:00.getting the particular skills he will require should he want to go
:19:01. > :19:08.for one of these jobs later on in life. What are the key skills? It is
:19:09. > :19:13.people skills. He clearly has those. He does look good. Preparations are
:19:14. > :19:23.all going very well out here. What about outside our Pudsey party tent?
:19:24. > :19:31.Mark is behind`the`scenes forecasts. Our backstage Pudsey party is really
:19:32. > :19:35.starting to get going. We have our fundraisers. Give us a cheer! We
:19:36. > :19:42.will be thanking them for all the hard work they have been doing for
:19:43. > :19:49.Children in Need. It has been wacky. Look at this cake! It has been baked
:19:50. > :19:52.by Mary Berry. Over here, we have lots of people, including our very
:19:53. > :20:02.own balloon man. What do you think of him? Is there anything you cannot
:20:03. > :20:08.make with a balloon? We have pirate swords and very ones. What do you
:20:09. > :20:20.think about Pepsi? I will let you get back to entertaining them. ``
:20:21. > :20:34.Pudsey. These are the Shobha Sisters. Why would you not cheering
:20:35. > :20:41.in! I have noticed he is in the warmth with the cake. Very smart
:20:42. > :20:48.indeed. Coverage starts in a few minutes time at 7pm. I hope you can
:20:49. > :20:52.join us then. Thanks, Riz. We'll be watching. And BBC London 94.9 FM
:20:53. > :20:55.will be auctioning off some very special prizes to raise money for
:20:56. > :21:03.this year's Children in Need. Here with all the details, here's our
:21:04. > :21:23.sports reporter, Sara Orchard. This is a Chelsea football shirt, signed
:21:24. > :21:27.by the `` by the whole blues first team squad. It is worth tuning in
:21:28. > :21:31.because there are tickets and tours of the London club 's The auction
:21:32. > :21:35.will take place on Saturday and Sunday and all the money raised goes
:21:36. > :21:38.to Children in Need. Training ground is up for grabs. Well, we mentioned
:21:39. > :21:41.Frank Lampard there. Tonight the Blues midfielder will lead England
:21:42. > :21:48.against Chile in a friendly at Wembley. It a special night for the
:21:49. > :21:51.35`year`old will be joined before the match by his daughters to lead
:21:52. > :21:55.out the squad.... Then his father ` Frank Lampard Senior ` will join Sir
:21:56. > :21:57.Geoff Hurst in presenting the long`serving England player with his
:21:58. > :22:03.100th cap. The midfielder said it was important his father was there.
:22:04. > :22:06.I requested that my dad be involved because there are not many
:22:07. > :22:10.international fathers and sons. It is the sort of thing he would
:22:11. > :22:13.normally shy away from. With pressing he has managed to get
:22:14. > :22:17.himself out there and I think he will be a very proud dad. Harlequins
:22:18. > :22:20.Chris Robshaw will lead out the England rugby team as they conclude
:22:21. > :22:23.their Autumn International series against the All Blacks at Twickenham
:22:24. > :22:26.tomorrow. England pulled off a shock`victory in the same fixture
:22:27. > :22:30.last year and tickets for the match are changing hands on some website
:22:31. > :22:35.for hundreds of pounds over their face value. The New Zealanders are
:22:36. > :22:45.unbeaten this year making England the underdogs. Not everything will
:22:46. > :22:50.go perfect. Two good teams will go at it. We need to learn the lesson
:22:51. > :22:53.right at the top of international football. We need to execute under
:22:54. > :23:02.pressure and score the points ourselves. Can the team do it again?
:23:03. > :23:07.Of course we can. It would be a big task but we are looking forward to
:23:08. > :23:11.it. And lastly we leave you with rumours that Olympic diving star Tom
:23:12. > :23:14.Daley could be about to make the capital his new training base from
:23:15. > :23:17.2014. Until now, Daley, who won bronze at London 2012, has trained
:23:18. > :23:21.in his home city of Plymouth. But former Team GB diver Brooke Graddon,
:23:22. > :23:25.a friend of Daley's, has told the BBC she expects the 19`year`old to
:23:26. > :23:32.switch to the Olympic Park's Aquatic Centre when it reopens next year.
:23:33. > :23:35.That's all the sport. Good luck to anyone bidding for those shirts in
:23:36. > :23:42.the Children in Need auction. Alice... His career has spanned 20
:23:43. > :23:45.years but Jude Law has been in the headlines as much for his private
:23:46. > :23:49.life as for his professional achievements. Now the actor says
:23:50. > :24:02.he's taking on his bravest role to date in the film Dom Hemingway. Our
:24:03. > :24:12.arts correspondent went to meet him. I use a gun to hold up a place or
:24:13. > :24:16.threaten someone. Or rob them. In real life he maybe a heart`throb but
:24:17. > :24:25.in his latest film, he has few redeeming qualities. The question
:24:26. > :24:32.is, why is he like this? Are there redeemable qualities? Is there a
:24:33. > :24:40.heart in there? Can we improve him? All those very interesting
:24:41. > :24:45.questions. That is what I wanted to bring out in him. For what he
:24:46. > :24:48.perceives as his greatest role meant, he piled on the pounds and
:24:49. > :24:51.adopts the persona of this foul`mouthed crook, seeking revenge
:24:52. > :24:55.on his peers and forgiveness from his family. Do think it is the most
:24:56. > :25:03.liberating role you have played? Yes, I think so. Cathartic,
:25:04. > :25:07.liberating, emotional. Rewarding. I would not like to live like that but
:25:08. > :25:17.it was great being that unabashed, shameless, loud and physical for
:25:18. > :25:22.five, six months. Jude is back in the theatre playing Henry V. Watch
:25:23. > :25:29.him wax lyrical as the film makes the big screens today. Now let's
:25:30. > :25:46.check on the weather. Not too bad. It will feel quite
:25:47. > :25:52.chilly at the ice rink. A cold night to come. Some frost and fog as we
:25:53. > :25:58.head towards tomorrow morning. No isobars to talk of all stop it is
:25:59. > :26:06.pretty settled with a ridge of high pressure. `` to talk of. Under the
:26:07. > :26:12.clear skies, temperatures have fallen away very quickly. To the
:26:13. > :26:20.north of the city, to the Chilterns, there is bulk. It will be colder out
:26:21. > :26:25.towards the countryside. As low as `2, `3 by tomorrow morning and the
:26:26. > :26:32.fog to content with. In the west of London it could be slow to clear.
:26:33. > :26:36.Sunshine to come through in the south of the city. Tomorrow
:26:37. > :26:43.temperatures near double figures. We have clarity coming as we go through
:26:44. > :26:53.the afternoon to the north and west. `` we have cloud coming in. Not as
:26:54. > :26:58.cold as the night to come. As for tomorrow, maybe six, seven Celsius
:26:59. > :27:07.in central London. Sunday will be more cloudy. These when France will
:27:08. > :27:14.start to pull towards us on Sunday. `` weather fronts. It will turn
:27:15. > :27:20.colder next week. There will be colder air flooding south across the
:27:21. > :27:25.UK. We have a strengthening wind ` northerly wind ` and it will feel
:27:26. > :27:30.ever so much colder. It will be dry and there will be sunny spells. More
:27:31. > :27:35.cloudy on Sunday. Some rain on Monday and still in double figures.
:27:36. > :27:46.By Tuesday, quite a bit colder. Have a good weekend. That is it. I will
:27:47. > :27:47.be back later. Whatever you are doing, do have a lovely evening.