:00:00. > :00:00.arrives on Friday. Can't wait! That's all from
:00:00. > :00:10.Tonight on BBC London News: Fresh from briefing the Mayor at City
:00:11. > :00:12.Hall, growing speculation that the Government's aviation advisor will
:00:13. > :00:20.sink Boris Island when he outlines options for airport expansion
:00:21. > :00:25.tomorrow. We have already been dithering for over 50 years and it
:00:26. > :00:31.is time for politicians to take action, because doing nothing is not
:00:32. > :00:34.an option. On the eve of the announcement, we look at the
:00:35. > :00:37.favoured airport expansion options and the impact on London. Also
:00:38. > :00:40.tonight: Cracking down on rogue landlords ` the first borough to
:00:41. > :00:44.introduce new rules to improve conditions for tenants. Plus The
:00:45. > :00:49.Met's mission to Romania to warn migrants not to come to London
:00:50. > :00:52.unless they've got a job. And from Christmas present to Christmas past.
:00:53. > :01:12.A look through London's festive archives. Good evening and welcome
:01:13. > :01:16.to the programme. Speculation around a third runway at Heathrow may well
:01:17. > :01:18.be over tomorrow when the head of the Government's Airports
:01:19. > :01:22.Commission, Sir Howard Davies, delivers his interim report on which
:01:23. > :01:25.airports in the South East should be expanded and how. Expansion of the
:01:26. > :01:27.West London airport is looking increasingly likely, something the
:01:28. > :01:32.Mayor is firmly against, saying it would be bad for London and the
:01:33. > :01:35.country. Today, Boris Johnson, who favours a multi`billion pound hub in
:01:36. > :01:42.the Thames Estuary, was briefed on the short list of options. Katharine
:01:43. > :01:51.Carpenter reports. The man with the plan. Is the island bed in the
:01:52. > :01:56.water? My report comes out at 7am and you will then discover which
:01:57. > :02:00.option we have short listed. Sir Howard Davies was giving nothing
:02:01. > :02:05.away jogging his briefing. What we know is he has ruled out doing
:02:06. > :02:09.nothing. He made it clear in October he thinks airport expansion is
:02:10. > :02:14.necessary, but where? The commission received 50 proposals but of the
:02:15. > :02:19.main options, Heathrow is one of the biggest political battle grounds.
:02:20. > :02:24.Airport bosses and business leaders say a third runway should be built
:02:25. > :02:29.with the option for a fourth one, enabling 260,000 more flights by
:02:30. > :02:33.2029. Opponent argue the environmental impact would be
:02:34. > :02:36.disastrous and there are strong indications that Sir Howard will
:02:37. > :02:41.have this on the short list. Another runway is an option at Gatwick,
:02:42. > :02:46.built to the site and would double passenger numbers. Stansted is in
:02:47. > :02:52.the frame for a second runway and is one of the favourite sites by the
:02:53. > :03:00.Mayor. Then there is the flagship policy from Boris Johnson ` an
:03:01. > :03:04.airport in the Thames Estuary. I can never judge if the Mayor is happy or
:03:05. > :03:08.unhappy. We had a very civil discussion about the options and the
:03:09. > :03:12.details about the assumptions about the future growth. Anti`expansion
:03:13. > :03:18.campaigners hope he has been listening. We understand he was
:03:19. > :03:23.saying there is no capacity crisis. He is pushing back on the spices and
:03:24. > :03:28.say you need to expand. Today, some voices seemed confident they had
:03:29. > :03:32.made their case and they wanted assurances that politicians would
:03:33. > :03:37.listen. We have already been dithering for over 50 years and it
:03:38. > :03:42.really is time for politicians to take action. Doing nothing is simply
:03:43. > :03:45.not an option. The final recommendations will be published in
:03:46. > :03:52.the summer of 2015. But tomorrow we will know what Sir Howard is
:03:53. > :03:59.thinking. Karl is here. Do we have any idea which way this is going to
:04:00. > :04:03.go tomorrow? Sir Howard Davies and City Hall have been tight`lipped,
:04:04. > :04:09.although Sir Howard did seem or as Johnson this afternoon. He will
:04:10. > :04:14.announce three or four options and has been a lot of reporting saying
:04:15. > :04:20.we expect Heathrow to be one of those. Expansion to three or even
:04:21. > :04:25.four runways and perhaps an extra runway at Heathrow and Gatwick.
:04:26. > :04:31.We're not sure if that expansion plan at Stansted or indeed the
:04:32. > :04:37.Thames Estuary will be included. What about the political fallout?
:04:38. > :04:41.Any option to expand Heathrow? It is difficult wherever you look. Both
:04:42. > :04:46.conservatives and the Lib Dems ruled out any airport expansion in the
:04:47. > :04:50.South East and Labour wanted the third runway at Heathrow and then
:04:51. > :04:55.backtracked and they are against it. Although they might be warming to
:04:56. > :04:58.this idea and there are key marginal seats for the Tories and Lib Dems
:04:59. > :05:03.under the flight path so very difficult for them. Also difficult
:05:04. > :05:07.for Boris Johnson if any of his plans are not included. He spent
:05:08. > :05:10.five years campaigning against the third runway at Heathrow and he has
:05:11. > :05:21.threatened legal challenges in the past. We shall wait and see. Thank
:05:22. > :05:26.you. Lots more to come, including: Dreaming of a bumper Christmas in
:05:27. > :05:33.the West End, but will a fund to help the high streets encourage
:05:34. > :05:35.shoppers to stay closer to home. For many boroughs across the capital,
:05:36. > :05:44.rogue landlords and squalid housing are growing problems. Now one
:05:45. > :05:46.council claims to be the first to introduce compulsory licensing of
:05:47. > :05:50.landlords. Newham says conditions for tenants have improved, with more
:05:51. > :05:53.than 100 landlords prosecuted in the first year. As Guy Smith explains,
:05:54. > :06:03.other London councils are now looking to follow their lead. Just
:06:04. > :06:08.some of the living conditions tenants have had to put up with.
:06:09. > :06:13.Landlords taking advantage of the lack of affordable housing in
:06:14. > :06:17.London. A relatively small kitchen and all of the families in this
:06:18. > :06:21.house share this one. Russell is the head of the housing enforcement team
:06:22. > :06:27.at Newham Council, one of the most deprived orders in the country. This
:06:28. > :06:33.is unacceptable with children living in a room where the means of escape
:06:34. > :06:38.is through the kitchen. That is very dangerous. In this part of London
:06:39. > :06:42.they are trying something different. It is the first Council to
:06:43. > :06:49.introduced compulsory licensing for private landlords. Since February,
:06:50. > :06:51.many have met the criteria are providing tenancy agreements and
:06:52. > :06:55.meeting basic health and save these standards. The council is now
:06:56. > :07:02.chasing the last 20% of landlords who failed to register. This
:07:03. > :07:08.landlord will almost certainly be prosecuted and the maximum fine is
:07:09. > :07:11.?20,000. This is about protecting the people and making sure
:07:12. > :07:17.conditions are right and there is not overcrowding and sometimes you
:07:18. > :07:23.get anti`social behaviour. It is about making a better place. A
:07:24. > :07:26.better place, perhaps. But some of the people they are trying to help
:07:27. > :07:36.or unhappy with the early`morning visit. They just knock on the door.
:07:37. > :07:40.This is not just about housing conditions, it is also about
:07:41. > :07:44.ensuring landlords pay income tax on renting properties. Even immigration
:07:45. > :07:50.officers are here, checking identities and whether tenant are
:07:51. > :07:56.illegally in the country or not. These are multiple occupation and
:07:57. > :08:00.they can have 30 people in them, sometimes up to half of them don't
:08:01. > :08:05.have any status to be in the country. Newham Council is preparing
:08:06. > :08:12.to prosecute more than 130 landlords and other errors are reportedly
:08:13. > :08:17.watching this scheme closely. `` other landlords. A man has admitted
:08:18. > :08:20.making a bomb threat on a passenger plane which was forced to land at
:08:21. > :08:24.Stansted Airport. A man from Enfield has been jailed for life for
:08:25. > :08:26.murdering his wife at their home ` 38`year`old Minta Addidoh stabbed
:08:27. > :08:30.Akua Agyueman with a kitchen knife in November last year in what was
:08:31. > :08:34.described as a fit of rage and jealousy. She died from her injuries
:08:35. > :08:37.two months later. He will serve a minimum of 17 years. A man has
:08:38. > :08:41.admitted making a bomb threat on a passenger plane which was forced to
:08:42. > :08:43.land at Stansted Airport. The Sri Lankan Airlines plane was flying
:08:44. > :08:46.from Colombo to Heathrow in September when a passenger was
:08:47. > :08:49.overheard claiming that something was on board the flight in the hold.
:08:50. > :08:59.49`year`old Alan Patey pleaded guilty at Chelmsford Crown Court. He
:09:00. > :09:02.will be sentenced in January. It's one of the busiest road bridges in
:09:03. > :09:05.London. Consultation has begun on proposals to close Putney Bridge for
:09:06. > :09:08.up to a year for essential maintenance work in 2015. But local
:09:09. > :09:15.residents and businesses claim it will cause traffic chaos in South
:09:16. > :09:18.West London. Ayshea Buksh reports. It is a listed structure designed by
:09:19. > :09:24.the famous Victorian engineer, joseph Basil Jett. Putney Bridge
:09:25. > :09:29.opened to the public in 1886 but it is set to close for repairs. The
:09:30. > :09:37.council says the waterproof membrane which protects it needs urgent
:09:38. > :09:40.attention. The work has to be done but we must decide whether it is six
:09:41. > :09:47.months in a short period, full closure, or a slightly longer period
:09:48. > :09:52.of 11 months and allowing bosses to move across. Across the river, the
:09:53. > :09:58.local authority are less enthusiastic. Full and Putney are
:09:59. > :10:03.plugged into the same economy, people go to schools and on both
:10:04. > :10:09.sides of the bridge, it will be really disruptive. This local mother
:10:10. > :10:17.believes both options will be tough. I think the traffic jams and the
:10:18. > :10:21.bottlenecks will not be better than closing completely so if I had the
:10:22. > :10:26.choice, I would say the quicker option and more painful, but get it
:10:27. > :10:30.over with. We travelled through Hammersmith to the side of the river
:10:31. > :10:34.and in the middle of the afternoon it is already pretty congested. It
:10:35. > :10:39.is feared any closure would create more traffic for this part of
:10:40. > :10:44.London. And according to the local campaigner, he fears when it
:10:45. > :10:49.reopens, the needs of cyclists could get overlooked. This is the most
:10:50. > :10:54.important bridge for cyclists in south`west London and they must find
:10:55. > :11:02.a way of finding cycling ways to solve problems. Cycling should be
:11:03. > :11:05.used. Repairs will cost ?1.5 million and they are planned for the year
:11:06. > :11:16.after next. Consultation with residents and local businesses has
:11:17. > :11:19.begun. A former personal assistant accused of defrauding Charles
:11:20. > :11:22.Saatchi and Nigella Lawson has told the court she was given a bank card
:11:23. > :11:26.to buy whatever she wanted. But she escaped criminal told the court it
:11:27. > :11:31.was used to withdraw her salary and was not given strict rules about its
:11:32. > :11:37.use. She and her sister deny fraudulently using credit cards. A
:11:38. > :11:41.London Assembly report says lessons must be learned from a fire on one
:11:42. > :11:45.of the London doctors in September. The report recommends that the
:11:46. > :11:50.company should make us news where life jackets. It suggests that the
:11:51. > :11:52.company and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency should be
:11:53. > :11:59.regularly tested on how to manage any evacuation. From the New Year,
:12:00. > :12:02.temporary work restrictions on Romanians and Bulgarians who come to
:12:03. > :12:11.the UK are being lifted, which some believe will place an increasing
:12:12. > :12:13.strain on public services. As Gareth Furby reports, Metropolitan Police
:12:14. > :12:16.officers have travelled to Romania to try and discourage locals from
:12:17. > :12:20.moving to Britain without guaranteed work. This was a camp at the old
:12:21. > :12:23.Hendon football club and last summer, after complaints from
:12:24. > :12:30.neighbours, it was raided by police. What emerged was out of 68 people
:12:31. > :12:36.evicted, 65 came from a Romanian village. Panorama has followed and
:12:37. > :12:42.Met Police officer, Chief Superintendent Adrian Asher, back at
:12:43. > :12:48.the village, to find out why so many came to London. How many people live
:12:49. > :12:55.your? Seven? And what about the toilet and washing? It is a delicate
:12:56. > :13:00.assignment for the officer. Once he has discovered why so many from here
:13:01. > :13:04.came to the UK, he advises them why they should not return to London
:13:05. > :13:10.unless they can support themselves. And even when, work restrictions on
:13:11. > :13:17.Romanians are lifted in the New Year. We know that if you come to
:13:18. > :13:21.the UK without any job to go to, you are at increased risk of being
:13:22. > :13:27.exploited or being a victim or perpetrator of crime. Then he goes
:13:28. > :13:32.to the home of a man evicted from the site in London and he knows
:13:33. > :13:37.why. So many from this village headed to the same place. Your
:13:38. > :13:50.cousin was a first and he went? And he phoned you? How many people from
:13:51. > :14:00.here? Do you know? Maybe 400? Thank you for letting me into your home.
:14:01. > :14:04.Thank you. Today, the London Chamber of Commerce said opening up the
:14:05. > :14:12.labour market to Romanians and Bulgarians in the New Year would be
:14:13. > :14:16.beneficial to the economy. The major reason London firms are employing
:14:17. > :14:23.migrant workers in so many numbers is because they need them. They need
:14:24. > :14:26.the skills they have. Some disagree. Big business wants to drive down
:14:27. > :14:31.costs and maximise office so it wants cheap labour. As this officer
:14:32. > :14:42.discovered, it is a complex issue which will play out in the New Year.
:14:43. > :14:48.And you can see the full story tonight on Panorama ` The Romanians
:14:49. > :14:51.Are Coming. There are eight. In days until
:14:52. > :14:56.Christmas, but with tough competition, many smaller high
:14:57. > :14:59.streets are struggling in tough economic times. Today a London
:15:00. > :15:03.Assembly committee has been looking at whether ?50 million spent by the
:15:04. > :15:06.mayor to improve the capital's town centres is helping keep shoppers
:15:07. > :15:11.closer to home instead of the West End.
:15:12. > :15:14.London's West End. Like any high street, it is struggling against
:15:15. > :15:20.tighter purses and wallets and a change in shopping trends. The
:15:21. > :15:23.internet and large American`style shopping centres are having an
:15:24. > :15:29.impact. At here, retailers can rely on tourism, early dazzling new sales
:15:30. > :15:33.and those who still like a browse. I like to feel the clothes and see the
:15:34. > :15:37.people industry and stop and have a glass of wine with my friends. I
:15:38. > :15:43.have not spent more than last year, because I am waiting for the offers
:15:44. > :15:47.to kick in. That is when I will spend. Although there has been a dip
:15:48. > :15:51.in numbers compared with this time last year, retailers are optimistic
:15:52. > :15:56.that there will be a last`minute surge during pre`Christmas sales.
:15:57. > :16:00.Meanwhile in outer London, high street is dying. In Willesden
:16:01. > :16:05.Green, they have even cancelled the Christmas lights. As the high street
:16:06. > :16:13.loses its shoppers, Tony's barbershop loses trade. They are
:16:14. > :16:17.treating it like central London, and it is not right to look at it like
:16:18. > :16:24.that, because the area is going dead. The mayor has ploughed more
:16:25. > :16:28.than ?50 million into regenerating high streets across London over the
:16:29. > :16:33.last two years. Brent Council was awarded a grant of ?500,000 for
:16:34. > :16:37.Willesden Green. The money has been spent. The aim of the project was to
:16:38. > :16:45.have a holistic approach to rid generation. So we used vacant
:16:46. > :16:49.properties to make the high street nicer. The London Assembly's
:16:50. > :16:53.regeneration committee has examined the use of the mayor's out of London
:16:54. > :17:00.fund and say it is working, but more needs to be done. What high streets
:17:01. > :17:05.are for and how they are used is changing. For example, we heard at
:17:06. > :17:08.the meeting today that in Harrow, there was a disused supermarket that
:17:09. > :17:12.has not been used for eight years, with free parking in front of it.
:17:13. > :17:19.That is now becoming a low`cost gym. Still to come tonight: bringing
:17:20. > :17:21.festive cheer to those less fortunate ` the schoolchildren
:17:22. > :17:27.helping to deliver 38 tonnes of residence.
:17:28. > :17:31.And I will tell you what else will bring you festive cheer, if not the
:17:32. > :17:41.weather ` a look at London Christmases past. That and the
:17:42. > :17:45.weather later. Plenty of football news today. Sara
:17:46. > :17:49.Orchard is here. Let's start with managers leaving, because it is not
:17:50. > :17:53.just Tottenham who are without a boss. Yes, we will be talking about
:17:54. > :17:58.championship side Watford, because it was announced that Jan Franco
:17:59. > :18:01.Zola has resigned. He said in a statement on the club's website that
:18:02. > :18:06.the decision is in the best interests of the team. It has been a
:18:07. > :18:11.privilege and pleasure to serve this club and I am sure we will see each
:18:12. > :18:16.other again. Last season, the team reached the championship play`offs,
:18:17. > :18:22.but this season, they are 13th in the table. And the sacking of Andre
:18:23. > :18:27.Villas`Boas, how have fans reacted? They have not been surprised. It
:18:28. > :18:32.comes after yesterday's 5`0 loss to Liverpool and also after lots of
:18:33. > :18:42.money was spent during the summer by Andre Villas`Boas. After that game,
:18:43. > :18:51.I went down to the ground to see who might be taking over. Probably
:18:52. > :19:03.Capello or Baldini. I don't know. Hoddle, maybe? It is hard to see. We
:19:04. > :19:07.will find out soon enough. No new manager has been named yet, but we
:19:08. > :19:09.do know that the planned for Wednesday night, when Tottenham
:19:10. > :19:17.Hotspur will be hosting West Ham, the Tottenham technical coordinator
:19:18. > :19:20.will be taking charge of the side. And a quick word on today's
:19:21. > :19:25.Champions League draw? It is the last 16 of the Champions League, and
:19:26. > :19:26.with Arsenal and Chelsea in the mix, Arsenal arguably with the harder
:19:27. > :19:48.draw. Now, for one group of primary school
:19:49. > :19:51.pupils from north London, this Christmas is not just about
:19:52. > :19:55.receiving presents, it is also about doing their bit to help other
:19:56. > :19:58.children. They have been wrapping presents that will be given to
:19:59. > :20:02.youngsters spending Christmas in an orphanage or a hospital. It is part
:20:03. > :20:06.of a charity project that aims to deliver 38 tonnes of toys across the
:20:07. > :20:11.capital by Routemaster. Christmas came early for these 10``year`olds
:20:12. > :20:16.from north`west London. On a trip out from class, they found
:20:17. > :20:19.themselves in a room full of some of the best toys on the market. But
:20:20. > :20:22.they understood that they weren't for them, but for other children
:20:23. > :20:26.less fortunate than themselves. It's just out of the kindness of our
:20:27. > :20:32.hearts. We are just helping people. It is nice for people in hospital to
:20:33. > :20:35.put a smile on people's faces. Teachers have been explaining to
:20:36. > :20:38.children about the true meaning of Christmas, and although some parents
:20:39. > :20:45.may find it hard to believe, staff say giving has been just as exciting
:20:46. > :20:48.for them as receiving. We have done a lot of carol singing and
:20:49. > :20:51.fundraising, but this is the first time they have come to somewhere
:20:52. > :20:55.like this and had the opportunity to pick things out that will be given
:20:56. > :20:59.directly to people that need it. Once the toys are wrapped and put
:21:00. > :21:06.into stockings, they are taken by bus to hospices and hospitals across
:21:07. > :21:10.London. It is all supported by companies. That is what makes it
:21:11. > :21:18.possible. We don't take donations from individuals. We don't shake a
:21:19. > :21:22.can in your face. We feel that is intrusive and we don't like it when
:21:23. > :21:32.that happens to us, so we would rather take help from big companies
:21:33. > :21:34.and give it to those who need it. One of them is two`year`old
:21:35. > :21:38.Sebastian from Beckenham, who has been treated in hospital for
:21:39. > :21:42.pneumonia for the last nine days. At St Thomas's today, his present dream
:21:43. > :21:46.came true. Thank you. The stuff we have seen and the people we have met
:21:47. > :21:49.have been amazing. I am sure it is amazing all year round, but it is
:21:50. > :21:52.more special at Christmas. And the kindness is catching. Sebastian's
:21:53. > :21:56.parents won't be sending the adults in their family presents this
:21:57. > :22:08.Christmas. They will be making a donation to the hospital instead.
:22:09. > :22:11.A festive Regent Street in 1960. It is just one of a series of
:22:12. > :22:15.photographs from the Museum of London archives, which shows how
:22:16. > :22:19.Londoners have celebrated Christmas in the past. And some of the
:22:20. > :22:25.judicial and so are reassuringly familiar. `` some of the judicial
:22:26. > :22:28.and is familiar. Christmas 2013, in full twinkle on
:22:29. > :22:32.Oxford Street. The lights first went up in 1955, captured that year by
:22:33. > :22:36.photographer Henry Grant. They were just as sumptuous five years later.
:22:37. > :22:40.From the archives at the Museum of London, these are Christmases past.
:22:41. > :22:43.In addition, the Museum of London Docklands has decked out their dark
:22:44. > :22:50.streets of 19th`century Wapping as a Victorian Christmas, complete with
:22:51. > :22:55.their own Santa. Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas! Pressed noses misted toy
:22:56. > :22:59.shop windows in the '50s and '60s, in the same way they would have done
:23:00. > :23:05.100 years ago in Victorian London, though the toys on Christmas lists
:23:06. > :23:10.then were a bit different. The horses then were like hobbyhorses.
:23:11. > :23:15.I'm not sure whether children would settle for that nowadays. It is more
:23:16. > :23:20.of a computerised world now. But the kids do like it, especially if they
:23:21. > :23:24.come with their grandmother. They say, "I remember one of those". The
:23:25. > :23:28.trip down a snowy Christmas lane continues in the old photographs.
:23:29. > :23:35.Londoners in 1952 at Covent Garden, picking a tree. Or a turkey at
:23:36. > :23:41.Leadenhall Market in 1953. Or personal moments when the gift is
:23:42. > :23:44.just right. As for the Victorians, this building in the Docklands was
:23:45. > :23:49.crucial for their enjoyment of festive sugar and spice. The docks
:23:50. > :23:52.aren't the first thing you think of when it comes to Christmas, but all
:23:53. > :23:56.the things you rely upon, the sugary Christmas cake, the oranges you hang
:23:57. > :24:00.from your tree or might have around a great centrepiece, all the spices
:24:01. > :24:04.that go into mulled wine and mince pies are things that would come
:24:05. > :24:07.through the docks at Christmas. They would be different from any other
:24:08. > :24:10.time of year, because the market changed what was needed. And of
:24:11. > :24:15.course, it was Victorian Christmas that stuck. St Nicholas is just as
:24:16. > :24:20.busy today, and you need to book to see him here over the next few days.
:24:21. > :24:23.In black and white, his image echoes from the past, as do those of
:24:24. > :24:25.everyday Londoners carrying the spirit of Christmas through the
:24:26. > :24:40.ages. Returning to Christmas present and
:24:41. > :24:43.to Wendy, who has the weather. The brolly may be up, but I bet people
:24:44. > :24:50.are already asking about whether it is going to be a white Christmas.
:24:51. > :24:54.They have indeed. Yes, at the end of November, I was asked that for the
:24:55. > :24:57.first time. Early signs are that it will be anything but a white
:24:58. > :25:05.Christmas, but we will keep you posted. In the meantime, this
:25:06. > :25:11.trolley tells the story. We have had lively bands of rain going through,
:25:12. > :25:16.and if we turn our eyes to the Bay of Biscay, a massive lot of rain is
:25:17. > :25:25.edging towards us. Tonight, rain for the first part and then it will
:25:26. > :25:31.clear away as we go through dawn. There is not much of a breeze behind
:25:32. > :25:35.the rain, so it will only slowly drag itself away towards the
:25:36. > :25:40.south`east. There will be heavy bursts. Eventually, through parts of
:25:41. > :25:45.Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Berkshire, it will begin to clear.
:25:46. > :25:52.Elsewhere, the rain will eventually clear and it should be a dry start
:25:53. > :25:56.to the day tomorrow. Some brightness to begin with, particularly further
:25:57. > :25:59.north and west, but the cloud and rain will edge back towards the
:26:00. > :26:05.south`east as we go through the middle of the afternoon. We have
:26:06. > :26:10.also lost that very mild feel we had today, despite the cloud and rain.
:26:11. > :26:14.Temperatures tomorrow will be around eight degrees for London and lower
:26:15. > :26:21.than that around the Home Counties. Midweek, we will start with dry and
:26:22. > :26:25.bright weather on Wednesday, but from Wednesday onwards, it will be
:26:26. > :26:30.quite breezy. Thursday and Friday will be bright during the day, but
:26:31. > :26:37.somewhat and windy weather for that Christmas getaway. `` wet and windy
:26:38. > :26:41.weather. A reminder of the headlines: The prime minister has
:26:42. > :26:44.been in Afghanistan today, meeting British service personnel at their
:26:45. > :26:49.base in Helmand province. He reaffirmed his pledge that most
:26:50. > :26:53.will leave by the end of 2014. A 22`year`old man has been remanded
:26:54. > :26:56.in custody after being charged with murdering the missing teenager
:26:57. > :27:01.Jayden Parkinson. She was last seen at a railway station in Didcot in
:27:02. > :27:05.Oxfordshire nearly two weeks ago. The head of the government's
:27:06. > :27:08.Airports Commission will deliver his interim report tomorrow, at planning
:27:09. > :27:12.options for expansion. A third runway at Heathrow could be
:27:13. > :27:17.back on the cards, something the mayor firmly opposes.
:27:18. > :27:21.New hand council has persecuted 134 people after its first year of
:27:22. > :27:26.compulsory licenses for landlords. Other councils are now considering
:27:27. > :27:31.following its example. And Spurs manager Andre Villas`Boas has been
:27:32. > :27:36.sacked following a 6`0 defeat at Manchester City last month and a 5`0
:27:37. > :27:38.loss at home to Liverpool yesterday. I will be back during the ten
:27:39. > :27:43.O'Clock News. Plenty more on our website. From
:27:44. > :27:46.everyone on the team, thanks for watching and have a lovely evening.