:00:00. > :00:09.Tonight on BBC London. Cycle safety in the capital. Figures show deaths
:00:10. > :00:18.and injuries rose over a four`year period. It's obvious that the roads
:00:19. > :00:21.are not getting safer. In fact, they are getting less safe and this is
:00:22. > :00:24.something we can fix. But City Hall insists it's making the streets
:00:25. > :00:28.better for cyclists. Also tonight. Another London borough calls for a
:00:29. > :00:33.change in the law to stop the spread of new betting shops. The children
:00:34. > :00:39.who came from Panama to lead London's New Year's Day Parade. And
:00:40. > :00:43.found themselves stranded. And the amazing story of a man who lived
:00:44. > :00:44.wild in a German forest 300 years ago and his connection to a village
:00:45. > :01:01.in Hertfordshire. Good evening. The Mayor has always
:01:02. > :01:05.claimed that cycling in London is getting safer. But tonight there are
:01:06. > :01:09.claims to say that isn't actually the case. Figures obtained by the
:01:10. > :01:13.Green Party on the London Assembly show the rate of cycling deaths and
:01:14. > :01:22.those seriously injured on the capital's roads increased between
:01:23. > :01:26.2008 and 2012. The figures come on the day a coroner at the inquest
:01:27. > :01:30.into the death of a cyclist in Victoria warned of the danger of
:01:31. > :01:33.cycling on the inside of lorries. Our Transport Correspondent Tom
:01:34. > :01:38.Edwards has this report. Cycling in London has never been more popular.
:01:39. > :01:44.But its safety continues to be under intense scrutiny. Today was the
:01:45. > :01:47.inquest of Doctor Katharine Giles, a climate scientist, who died cycling
:01:48. > :01:55.here on Victoria Street in April after being in collision with a left
:01:56. > :01:59.turning HGV. An experienced cyclist, the coroner could find no fault with
:02:00. > :02:07.the driver of the HGV. He was indicating left, and an audio
:02:08. > :02:10.warning was also sounding. The court heard from two witnesses who both
:02:11. > :02:15.saw Doctor Giles cycle up the inside of the HGV. One of them said the
:02:16. > :02:20.truck driver couldn't have seen her. She was in his blind spot. Later,
:02:21. > :02:24.the coroner said, we can highlight once again coming up the rear of
:02:25. > :02:35.lorries is a recognised cause of a number of deaths in London. A ban on
:02:36. > :02:39.lorries in rush`hour is being looked at by the Mayor. Campaigners want
:02:40. > :02:44.new laws to force manufacturers to have cabs like this one with much
:02:45. > :02:47.better visibility. What we would like to see in London was a lot more
:02:48. > :02:52.direct vision lorries. Lorries which have a large lass area to the side
:02:53. > :02:57.and to the front which means the driver can see a lot more people
:02:58. > :03:01.around them, pedestrians, cyclists, vulnerable people `` glass. Doctor
:03:02. > :03:05.Giles was on the left side of this lorry. If it had been one of these
:03:06. > :03:12.direct visions, perhaps she would have been alive today. The Mayor
:03:13. > :03:17.said cycling is getting safer as a number of deaths is decreasing. But
:03:18. > :03:20.according to the assembly, the latest TfL figures show the rate of
:03:21. > :03:29.cyclists killed and seriously injured continues to worsen. In
:03:30. > :03:35.2009, there were 2.33 deaths per million journeys. That increased in
:03:36. > :03:38.2010 and 2011. In 2012, it increased again to 3.17. It's obvious our
:03:39. > :03:42.roads are not getting safer but in fact are getting less safe and this
:03:43. > :03:45.is something we can improve, because most of the collisions and injuries
:03:46. > :03:47.are a combination of bad road design, excess speeding, or
:03:48. > :03:54.inattention and carelessness usually on the part of a driver. It's time
:03:55. > :03:58.we took this seriously. City Hall says it's doing just that and the
:03:59. > :04:02.figures have been published for some time. It says the rise in injuries
:04:03. > :04:08.is why it has trebled spending to improve infrastructure and to make
:04:09. > :04:17.cycling safer. Tom joins me now. Tom, who's right about this then?
:04:18. > :04:22.Well it depends who is measuring it. The reality is both sides could
:04:23. > :04:27.be deemed to be correct. What it does show, I think, it's the New
:04:28. > :04:33.Year, there's still a focus on cycling safety. And that look like
:04:34. > :04:38.changing. Before Christmas, we saw a lot of police activity related to
:04:39. > :04:42.cycling safety. Hasn't made a difference? I just spoken to the Met
:04:43. > :04:46.and they said they had seen a change in behaviour since they started this
:04:47. > :04:51.operation and I have got the latest figures here. Until yesterday, they
:04:52. > :04:57.gave out 30,000 fixed penalty notices to cars, lorry drivers,
:04:58. > :05:03.cyclists, 200 arrests, all kinds of offences. It's been a big success,
:05:04. > :05:08.so they claim. OK, Tom Edwards, thanks very much. Stay with us
:05:09. > :05:14.tonight as there's lots more to come. And you owner at Charlton
:05:15. > :05:17.athletic. We will find out more about the Belgian millionaire who
:05:18. > :05:24.has bought the team, currently struggling at the wrong end of the
:05:25. > :05:27.championship. There are renewed calls tonight for the government to
:05:28. > :05:31.take action to curb the number of betting shops opening around London.
:05:32. > :05:34.The Royal Borough of Greenwich is the latest council to demand a
:05:35. > :05:38.change to planning laws which will allow them to limit how many betting
:05:39. > :05:48.shops can open on the high street. Emma North reports. Critics call it
:05:49. > :05:51.the crack cocaine of gambling. The fixed odds betting terminals.
:05:52. > :05:55.They've helped to take ?1.5 billion a year after the pockets of the
:05:56. > :05:58.gambler in the betting shop and put them in the coffers of the
:05:59. > :06:03.bookmakers. There's a limit to how many terminals are allowed in each
:06:04. > :06:06.shop, so the bookmakers open more branches and in Greenwich, the
:06:07. > :06:10.council has decided they want this to stop. From where I'm standing, I
:06:11. > :06:17.can see three betting shops, all clustered together. And right now, a
:06:18. > :06:23.betting shop can just simply open up in what was an estate agent or a
:06:24. > :06:27.bank or even a pub or restaurant. It can convert to a betting shop
:06:28. > :06:31.without planning permission. Greenwich isn't alone. From
:06:32. > :06:37.Chinatown to new, London authorities try to stop their spread. Bookmakers
:06:38. > :06:41.say they are doing nothing wrong. We are doing what everybody else does.
:06:42. > :06:48.We clustered together. That doesn't mean there's more gambling. We are
:06:49. > :06:49.eating each other's lunch. The government says councils have enough
:06:50. > :07:07.power was already and: There shouldn't be betting shops.
:07:08. > :07:11.The economy can't afford any more betting shops to go up. The state of
:07:12. > :07:15.the country at the moment, we are poor. It's too much of an
:07:16. > :07:20.encouragement for the younger generation. They seem to be open for
:07:21. > :07:27.hours from early morning until late at night. I don't think it's a good
:07:28. > :07:34.thing. As more and more shops become vacant, it goes to most betting
:07:35. > :07:42.shops. Some argue any legislation is too little too late. Benefit cheats
:07:43. > :07:46.are being targeted in parts of London and Essex as part of a drive
:07:47. > :07:49.to tackle fraud. The government has begun a pilot scheme in three areas
:07:50. > :07:52.aimed at getting claimants to declare changes in their
:07:53. > :07:56.circumstances which could effect the amount they get. If they don't, they
:07:57. > :08:01.face fines of up to ?2,000. Victoria Graham has been looking at the issue
:08:02. > :08:06.of benefit fraud. She's joins us from Westminster. Victoria. This
:08:07. > :08:11.sort of thing has been tried before but nevertheless the government has
:08:12. > :08:14.launched this new campaign for six weeks over six areas and if it works
:08:15. > :08:19.locally, they say they will go without nationally. There are two
:08:20. > :08:26.London's areas, Epping Forest, Hounslow, and Mike Penning told us
:08:27. > :08:30.today that if it doesn't work, this is why they chose the areas. We
:08:31. > :08:37.picked them because they are very different. People think benefit
:08:38. > :08:41.fraud only takes place in certain areas but that's not the case, so we
:08:42. > :08:47.are spreading it out across six very different areas. See what sort of
:08:48. > :08:53.response we get and if we get by, we will phase it out. It's their money
:08:54. > :09:01.being wasted. The government think they can tackle this problem. It's
:09:02. > :09:05.through social media. Posters going up, adverts and local newspapers, on
:09:06. > :09:08.Facebook. Existing claimants will get letters through the post just in
:09:09. > :09:15.case their circumstances have changed. They will also have strong
:09:16. > :09:19.warnings that they could be fined up to ?2000 if they tried to cheat the
:09:20. > :09:23.system and the government is keen to stress they believe most benefit
:09:24. > :09:30.claimants are genuine. It's only a small number of people who commit
:09:31. > :09:36.fraud. How much is it costing us? Last year, deliberate benefit fraud
:09:37. > :09:38.cost the taxpayer ?1.2 billion. Benefit overpayments, just because
:09:39. > :09:43.of a simple error, because the claimant hadn't informed the
:09:44. > :09:48.government of a change in circumstances, costs ?1.6 billion.
:09:49. > :09:51.That's quite a bit higher. So this isn't just about catching out the
:09:52. > :09:54.criminals, but helping genuine benefit claimants keep on the
:09:55. > :09:57.straight and narrow. The reason for this, over the last five years,
:09:58. > :10:05.benefit detection Ford hasn't changed and that for the government
:10:06. > :10:08.wants to tackle. They believed the softly softly approach on a local
:10:09. > :10:13.level could work and they want to increase detection rate whilst
:10:14. > :10:18.keeping the costs to the taxpayer very much down. OK, Victoria, in
:10:19. > :10:21.Westminster, thanks very much. They came to lead London's New Year's Day
:10:22. > :10:24.parade celebrations with their marching band. But three children
:10:25. > :10:27.from Panama were left stranded here after their airline refused to let
:10:28. > :10:31.them board. It was all because of spelling mistake on their tickets
:10:32. > :10:34.and when they tried to get on a second plane this morning they were
:10:35. > :10:42.told there was no record of their booking. But there is a happy ending
:10:43. > :10:46.to the tale as Marc Ashdown reports. They were the standout stars of the
:10:47. > :10:54.New Year's Day Parade. A 100 strong Panamanian band. They nearly didn't
:10:55. > :10:57.make it at all after the instruments were impounded at Heathrow. But for
:10:58. > :11:05.three of the young performers, their dream trip is turned sour. They are
:11:06. > :11:10.stranded in a cramped London hotel room after twice being stopped from
:11:11. > :11:16.flying home. We had a very good time in London. It was very good. We were
:11:17. > :11:19.the first band to march in the parade. Then I was disappointed to
:11:20. > :11:24.get to the airport not been able to fly with everybody else. We are
:11:25. > :11:30.missing them now. We are missing Panama. Issues with spelling
:11:31. > :11:33.mistakes on their tickets was the first problem but when the parade
:11:34. > :11:36.organisers rebooked them another flight at 4am this morning, again
:11:37. > :11:41.they were stopped after an administrative error. I'm absolutely
:11:42. > :11:48.stunned. We are talking about minors from Panama, who need to get home to
:11:49. > :11:53.their parents, having been exposed to some pretty foul weather for a
:11:54. > :11:57.week. The airline is just being impossible. And not being in the
:11:58. > :12:01.least bit helpful and actually being rather unpleasant about it so I'm
:12:02. > :12:07.really quite angry. TRANSLATION: I was very sad when I
:12:08. > :12:11.heard the news at the airport. I was crying, actually. We had a good time
:12:12. > :12:15.but it's time for us to go back to our families because we miss them a
:12:16. > :12:19.lot. Yes, I hope I can fly as soon as possible. To make that happen,
:12:20. > :12:23.Delta airlines was demanding they buy new ticket at the total cost of
:12:24. > :12:29.?7,000. But after BBC London intervened, Air France, has now
:12:30. > :12:35.agreed to fly them all home. Tomorrow, for free. This promotional
:12:36. > :12:38.video shows how excited they were at the prospect of coming to England
:12:39. > :12:42.but for these bandmembers, it's been a slightly more eventful trip than
:12:43. > :12:51.planned, but they will know soon be on their way home. At least it's a
:12:52. > :12:55.happy ending. Still to come. The amazing story of a man who lived
:12:56. > :13:04.wild in the German Forest 300 years ago and his connection to a village
:13:05. > :13:07.in Hertfordshire. It's the first Friday of January when we prepare
:13:08. > :13:10.for a weekend of hearing familiar terms like giant`killers, shock
:13:11. > :13:18.defeat and replays. Sara Orchard can tell us why. Oh, you are right.
:13:19. > :13:22.We're starting with the FA Cup third round. This is the stage where the
:13:23. > :13:26.the Premier League and Championship clubs join the mix. We have plenty
:13:27. > :13:30.of London sides in action but most the headlines from the draw go in
:13:31. > :13:32.the direction of the Emirates tomorrow evening when north London
:13:33. > :13:35.rivals Arsenal and Tottenham go head`to`head. The Gunner's manager
:13:36. > :13:38.Arsene Wenger is looking forward to the clash but knows that Spurs have
:13:39. > :13:53.been boosted following Tim Sherwood's appointment as manager. A
:13:54. > :13:56.good result at Manchester. Confidence is certainly up.
:13:57. > :14:01.Therefore, you have two teams playing with full confidence and
:14:02. > :14:06.full desire to go through. It should be a very exciting time.
:14:07. > :14:10.Arsenal against Tottenham kicks off tomorrow at 5.15pm on BBC London
:14:11. > :14:12.Digital Radio. For all the FA Cup fixtures, just go to the BBC Sport
:14:13. > :14:15.website. One match that has already been
:14:16. > :14:18.postponed is Charlton Athletic against Oxford United, because of a
:14:19. > :14:21.drainage problem at the Valley. But Addicks fans have other matters to
:14:22. > :14:23.consider tonight, after the club confirmed that Belgian millionaire
:14:24. > :14:28.Roland Duchalet completed his takeover of the club this afternoon.
:14:29. > :14:37.Chris Slegg is outside the Valley for us now. Chris, we've been
:14:38. > :14:42.expecting this news for a while. It was indeed. It was only three
:14:43. > :14:45.years ago when Charlton were last taken over. Since Michael Slater
:14:46. > :14:50.took control, there have been rumours he wanted to sell the club
:14:51. > :15:02.on. Today, that has happened. The Belgian millionaire Roland Duchalet
:15:03. > :15:06.has taken over. He owns five clubs throughout Europe. He has taken
:15:07. > :15:11.control of a club at the wrong end of the Championship, the second tier
:15:12. > :15:16.of English football. Charlton are three points above the relegation
:15:17. > :15:22.zone, seven years since they were in the Premiership. Du chatelaine may
:15:23. > :15:32.not mean anything to fans, so we asked a Belgian dad `` journalist.
:15:33. > :15:40.Charlton is his fifth club. A real entrepreneur. A businessman. He
:15:41. > :15:46.wants to make money out of football. People need money, clubs need money.
:15:47. > :15:51.He invests. He will have the best interests of Charlton athletic at
:15:52. > :15:58.heart. But the way to do it can sometimes conflict with fan
:15:59. > :16:02.opinions. What are some of those opinions? The
:16:03. > :16:11.chairman of the supporters trust is with us, what is your reaction?
:16:12. > :16:14.It is good news. There has been a period of uncertainty over the
:16:15. > :16:21.direction of the club. That has been resolved. This is an owner who can
:16:22. > :16:23.take Charlton to another level. New investment will hopefully happen
:16:24. > :16:30.pretty soon. Ian, a bit of uncertainty over the
:16:31. > :16:33.position of the manager, Chris Power, a popular figure with the
:16:34. > :16:40.fans. There is no doubt the majority of
:16:41. > :16:43.fans think Chris Power has done a magnificent job with limited
:16:44. > :16:47.financial resources. With the new regime, perhaps he will be given the
:16:48. > :16:53.opportunity to bring reinforcements in and take the club forward.
:16:54. > :16:55.Do you think this owner is here for the long term?
:16:56. > :17:02.What do you hope for realistically? We want stability, fans want to know
:17:03. > :17:07.their club is safe. We want to see the club in safe hands. Owners who
:17:08. > :17:12.will have the right reasons for being here. And ultimately that we
:17:13. > :17:16.will be more successful. One of the first things is to bring
:17:17. > :17:22.back the former chairman Richard Murray, how do you feel?
:17:23. > :17:29.I think that is great news, Richard is very popular among Charlton fans.
:17:30. > :17:31.He is very much about communication and fan participation, we look
:17:32. > :17:38.forward to seeing him again and finding out what the plans are.
:17:39. > :17:42.No FA Cup match tomorrow, the FA have given a date as next Wednesday.
:17:43. > :17:48.Charlton say the pitch will not be ready. So, the new era will probably
:17:49. > :17:53.begin next Saturday, probably against Barnsley.
:17:54. > :17:57.He was the runner with moustache and red socks, who went from being the
:17:58. > :17:59.10,000 metre world record holder, to organising the London Marathon. Now,
:18:00. > :18:02.David Bedford, the former race director, is celebrating being
:18:03. > :18:09.awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours. I went to meet him at
:18:10. > :18:16.Marathon House in Southwark earlier. This piece of paper has been folded
:18:17. > :18:18.up in his Filofax for six weeks. Confirmation of his trip to
:18:19. > :18:22.Buckingham Palace to be awarded an MBE.
:18:23. > :18:27.I came back from work, and I thought, I wonder whether that is
:18:28. > :18:39.it? It did not look like a parking fine. It was the great news of an
:18:40. > :18:44.OBEs `` OBE. I will take my wife, my mother.
:18:45. > :18:48.The honour is for services to athletics and charitable
:18:49. > :18:55.fundraising. I had an exciting, spectacular,
:18:56. > :19:01.controversial at times athletic career. My period with the London
:19:02. > :19:05.Marathon, 20 years, has been particularly rewarding. ?500 million
:19:06. > :19:11.has been raised by runners in the event for charity. I would have that
:19:12. > :19:17.on a gravestone. Running is in his blood and whilst
:19:18. > :19:21.the bombings at last year's Boston bad and rocked the community, it
:19:22. > :19:28.hasn't held him back. It was a real shock.
:19:29. > :19:32.An emotional day but I am sure one which has helped to move some of
:19:33. > :19:36.those memories of last week. The London public were really good.
:19:37. > :19:42.They have been through it many times before.
:19:43. > :19:46.Bedford now works part time compiling the London Marathon elite
:19:47. > :19:52.field. After going halfway last year, Mo Farah is expected to go the
:19:53. > :19:55.distance this April. Bedford thinks it is unlikely his greatest rival
:19:56. > :20:03.will join Mo Farah on the start line.
:20:04. > :20:10.I do not think Bekele will be there. The London Marathon is harder than
:20:11. > :20:13.the Olympic Games or world Championships.
:20:14. > :20:15.I can't wait for that 2014 race. And, once again, congratulations,
:20:16. > :20:21.Dave. That's all the sport, back to you,
:20:22. > :20:25.Asad. He was known as Peter The Wild Boy,
:20:26. > :20:30.because he was discovered by an English king living in a forest in
:20:31. > :20:34.Germany nearly 300 years ago. The boy had been surviving as an animal,
:20:35. > :20:36.eating what he could find, walking on all fours. Now, an exhibition at
:20:37. > :20:39.Kensington Palace will tell the story of Peter and his close
:20:40. > :20:50.connection to a Hertfordshire village. Sarah Harris explains.
:20:51. > :20:57.In a quiet graveyard in the village of Northchurch in Hertfordshire, the
:20:58. > :21:01.now listed resting place of Peter The Wild Boy, so`called after being
:21:02. > :21:06.discovered living feral in the woods of Germany and brought to this
:21:07. > :21:11.country by George the first. Once the court tired of the nonspeaking
:21:12. > :21:16.human pet, he was cared for by farmers here. The flowers on his
:21:17. > :21:20.grave, 200 years after he died, a testament to how locals took him to
:21:21. > :21:23.their hearts. If there was any trouble, people
:21:24. > :21:31.would have helped him to find his way home, or to give him special
:21:32. > :21:36.care in that they provided him with drinks at the local pub, he was
:21:37. > :21:40.particularly fond of gin apparently. Peter preferred to
:21:41. > :21:45.scamper on all fours and would wander off. It is understood he had
:21:46. > :21:51.a red genetic condition known as Pitt`Hopkins Syndrome. The collar he
:21:52. > :21:56.war has been preserved at a school close to his home. On a diet
:21:57. > :22:01.including gin and raw onions, he lived to be over 70.
:22:02. > :22:08.It says Peter The Wild Boy man, whoever will bring him to
:22:09. > :22:12.Berkhamsted will be paid for their trouble. It kept him safe. You have
:22:13. > :22:19.to put it in the context at the time whereas, now, we look at it and we
:22:20. > :22:24.see a collar we associate with our pets. It did keep him safe.
:22:25. > :22:30.Later this year, these artefacts will be exhibited at an exhibition
:22:31. > :22:34.at Kensington Palace, at the place where he lived and died, the
:22:35. > :22:40.interest and affection for Peter lives on.
:22:41. > :22:43.What an incredible story. Finally, which part of London is the most
:22:44. > :22:46.stylish? I ask the question, because the search is on for the most
:22:47. > :22:49."sartorially savvy postcode", ahead of the fashion world descending on
:22:50. > :22:51.London for next week's showcase of men's style. Warren Nettleford
:22:52. > :23:03.reports. London Test fashion industry is
:23:04. > :23:06.worth billions, and there are projections next year we may spend
:23:07. > :23:12.more on menswear rather than womenswear for the first time. The
:23:13. > :23:16.showcase starts here next week, and Boris Johnson has launched a
:23:17. > :23:24.condition where each London postcode becomes a catwalk. This is a very
:23:25. > :23:30.old riding coat. You have to impress this judge on the panel.
:23:31. > :23:35.Make a case, be it with photographs, text, stories, pictures of the
:23:36. > :23:38.buildings around you. I have lived in lots of different postcodes, they
:23:39. > :23:45.have different flavours and sensibilities. In terms of judging,
:23:46. > :23:50.we will know it when we see it. Shoreditch, can the people make a
:23:51. > :23:58.convincing case? A lot of young people. Things happening all the
:23:59. > :24:06.time. Things are changing here. My jeans, my T`shirt. Is it about
:24:07. > :24:12.price? Not for me, it isn't. I am not down with all the vintage
:24:13. > :24:20.stuff, I like new clothes. In west London, there was a greater sense of
:24:21. > :24:24.confidence. Suede shoes, Boss. People wouldn't wear that in
:24:25. > :24:30.Shoreditch. When it comes to fashion, he thinks there is nowhere
:24:31. > :24:37.to rival the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is a lot
:24:38. > :24:43.nicer area. I would be walking around, people wearing nice
:24:44. > :24:47.clothing, trench coats, nicer than Shoreditch. You can enter using
:24:48. > :24:49.social media, then it is down to the judges.
:24:50. > :24:56.With the weather still very much in the news, let's get the forecast
:24:57. > :25:01.with Sara. We have a lot of brain still to come
:25:02. > :25:08.this weekend. We start on a pretty poor note with heavy rain tomorrow
:25:09. > :25:12.morning. It will dry out before further rain later on Sunday. In
:25:13. > :25:17.between, there will be some bright weather, first thing on Sunday
:25:18. > :25:22.morning but a chilly start. Overnight, we will lose the showers
:25:23. > :25:28.through the day. As you can see, they are dying away. Tomorrow
:25:29. > :25:31.morning, clearer skies for a time before the cloud increases. More
:25:32. > :25:38.rain making its way in from the south. Courtesy of some brain
:25:39. > :25:43.stretching down to northern France. It will make its way towards us
:25:44. > :25:49.tomorrow morning. Once it comes in, it will be heavy once more, as much
:25:50. > :25:54.as an inch in six hours, so the Met Office has issued a weather warning.
:25:55. > :26:00.Coming in at breakfast time, with us right across the map by mid`morning.
:26:01. > :26:08.Pulling off towards the north`east. Drying out later, towards lunchtime.
:26:09. > :26:12.A lot of rain to come through with that. A bit of bright weather
:26:13. > :26:15.perhaps before the sun sets. Temperature is still above where
:26:16. > :26:21.they should be at the time of year but it will be wet and windy for the
:26:22. > :26:28.daytime. Overnight, temperatures will fall away. Some showers towards
:26:29. > :26:35.the southern counties. Largely dry for Greater London. We will see
:26:36. > :26:41.Frost towards north and West London. A chilly start on Sunday. Some
:26:42. > :26:47.sunshine around. Stay with us through `` staying with us through
:26:48. > :26:51.Sunday. More rain will make its way towards us, another band of heavy
:26:52. > :26:56.rain, wet and windy once more on Sunday afternoon. Showers on
:26:57. > :26:58.Monday. Weather warnings are in force.
:26:59. > :27:03.A reminder of tonight's main news headlines.
:27:04. > :27:06.The west coast of Britain, from Cornwall to Scotland, has been
:27:07. > :27:09.battered by another storm today, with rivers bursting their banks and
:27:10. > :27:13.homes flooded. There are severe flood warnings in place, meaning a
:27:14. > :27:18.danger to life. But, so far, the damage in places is not as bad as
:27:19. > :27:22.feared. The Bank of England says the highest
:27:23. > :27:25.number of mortgages for nearly six years was approved in November.
:27:26. > :27:33.According to the Nationwide Building Society, house prices across the UK
:27:34. > :27:39.rose by over 8% last year. That's it. Alex Bushill will be here later
:27:40. > :27:43.the ten o'clock news on BBC One. For now, on behalf of the BBC London
:27:44. > :27:45.team, have a very good evening. Goodbye.