:00:00. > :00:00.the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we
:00:00. > :00:00.health correspondent Sophie Hutchinson has 8
:00:00. > :00:13.Tonight on BBC London News. A crackdown on one of the UK's most
:00:14. > :00:23.violent gangs ` 29 suspected members are arrested in Brixton. We have
:00:24. > :00:28.actually targeted would we consider to be senior, high`ranking members
:00:29. > :00:33.of the gang. The senior members, we believe, have significant impact on
:00:34. > :00:36.the crime committed in London. We get the view from a former gang
:00:37. > :00:39.leader. Also tonight: The speedboat tragedy which killed a father and
:00:40. > :00:43.daughter ` investigators say the accident could have been prevented.
:00:44. > :00:45.Growing underground ` we visit London's first subterranean farm in
:00:46. > :00:54.former World War Two air raid shelters.
:00:55. > :00:57.Plus the reunion one man has waited six years for ` to meet the
:00:58. > :01:06.passer`by who stopped him jumping off Waterloo Bridge. It's kind of
:01:07. > :01:09.just a dream, that I would ever be able to find him and thinking, I
:01:10. > :01:11.can't believe reunited with him and I would be able to look in his eyes
:01:12. > :01:26.and say thank you. Good evening. One of London's most
:01:27. > :01:31.notorious gangs has been targeted in a series of early morning raids. The
:01:32. > :01:34.so`called GAS gang is believed to be responsible for up to three quarters
:01:35. > :01:42.of all violent crime in some parts of south London. Today almost 30
:01:43. > :01:45.people were arrested in several parts of the country ` for crimes
:01:46. > :01:48.including supplying drugs and money laundering. The Met Police said the
:01:49. > :01:53.operation was aimed at 'senior, high ranking members'. Marc Ashdown
:01:54. > :01:56.reports. She became the innocent face of
:01:57. > :02:02.London's struggle with violent gang crime. One moment, she was dancing
:02:03. > :02:08.in her uncle 's shop, the next, sprawled on the floor, shot in the
:02:09. > :02:13.chest in a botched shooting. A member of South London's notorious
:02:14. > :02:19.GAS gang pulled the trigger. Today the police swooped on their senior
:02:20. > :02:26.ranks. The so`called untouchables of this gang received an unexpected
:02:27. > :02:30.early morning visit. At 5:30am, 700 police officers descended on
:02:31. > :02:36.addresses around the UK. They raided homes in Scotland, Bedfordshire,
:02:37. > :02:39.Essex, the Thames Valley, but the heart of this game operated out of
:02:40. > :02:45.South London. Nine properties were raided in Brixton. 29 people were
:02:46. > :02:49.arrested. The gang is suspected of drug dealing, money`laundering,
:02:50. > :02:56.immigration offences and serious violence. This gang in particular
:02:57. > :03:00.have members serving sentences for murder, shooting, attempted murder
:03:01. > :03:05.and serious violent and acquisitive crime. We have seen significant
:03:06. > :03:08.reductions in all of those offences in London but this gang and other
:03:09. > :03:12.gangs in London continued to cause harm in London. The tale we have
:03:13. > :03:19.taken out today are what we consider to be senior members. This is aimed
:03:20. > :03:24.at answering criticism that The Met only targets foot soldiers of gangs
:03:25. > :03:30.and convince and often sceptical community to share evidence. It is a
:03:31. > :03:34.major issue of trust and confidence in the police. In the past
:03:35. > :03:38.individuals have complained about gang`related individuals being
:03:39. > :03:41.arrested and the next day they are on the streets, so it's very
:03:42. > :03:49.important that the right individuals are arrested, they put bars. That's
:03:50. > :03:53.what happened to these three men, serving life sentences. Members of
:03:54. > :03:56.the gang have been convicted of a series of murders, including
:03:57. > :04:10.Nicholas Payton. The Met says Operation Trident,
:04:11. > :04:14.relaunched as an anti`gang initiative, is working, but admits
:04:15. > :04:18.there is more to do. Joining me now is Tracey Miller ` a
:04:19. > :04:24.former gang leader in south London who now focuses on helping young
:04:25. > :04:29.ex`offenders. Thank you for coming in. First, can I ask you, how long
:04:30. > :04:35.were you in again? About eight years. From what you saw today, a
:04:36. > :04:40.step forward, but how far do you think it goes, taking senior members
:04:41. > :04:46.out, how far does it go in terms of closing down again? It's a start.
:04:47. > :04:50.Things need to be eradicated, but I don't think this behaviour will
:04:51. > :04:53.eradicate all gangs, I think there will be younger ones who will want
:04:54. > :04:59.to step into the footsteps of the older ones. So if gangs continue to
:05:00. > :05:03.thrive in this way, from what you have seen, and people you talk to,
:05:04. > :05:09.is the problem getting worse or are we just more aware of its? A bit of
:05:10. > :05:13.both. It is going to get worse because you get youngsters who are
:05:14. > :05:18.not being raised properly by their parents, they are more aggressive
:05:19. > :05:25.and more hungry, so they will commit crime, taking out their opposition
:05:26. > :05:28.gang members. So it will get worse. What would have stopped you from
:05:29. > :05:35.joining a gang or taking the path you chose? For me at the time, I was
:05:36. > :05:40.one of those kids that had a lot of heart, what my background wasn't
:05:41. > :05:44.good, I didn't understand the way I was brought up. I'm grateful to an
:05:45. > :05:48.extent. The adrenaline rush I got from being on the streets suited me
:05:49. > :05:54.fine said nothing could have stopped me then. But I just urge gang
:05:55. > :05:59.members or kids that are wayward to take responsibility for their
:06:00. > :06:03.actions and find peace within. You have taken responsibility for your
:06:04. > :06:07.actions if you were talking to the younger you? I was so caught up in
:06:08. > :06:13.it, I did and understand. But I had nobly telling me, do this or don't
:06:14. > :06:18.do that, now there are some in a role models, these youngsters have
:06:19. > :06:20.no excuses. But at the same time, I don't condone gang violence but I
:06:21. > :06:24.understand where they are coming from, they have no other means of
:06:25. > :06:30.making money, they are so used to doing it that way. With a criminal
:06:31. > :06:38.record, you can't find work. It is what it is. Aside from the sort of
:06:39. > :06:41.police effort, there is always head scratching about what more can be
:06:42. > :06:47.done to tackle gang violence. What would you suggest? Zero tolerance,
:06:48. > :06:53.from police, from parents and youngsters, find peace within. We
:06:54. > :07:01.will leave it there. Thank you. Lots more to come including: I am on
:07:02. > :07:04.the boundary of Richmond and Hounslow where a row is brewing over
:07:05. > :07:10.where the postcode boundary should be.
:07:11. > :07:14.Investigators have found that a TV executive and his daughter from
:07:15. > :07:19.Wandsworth were killed in a speedboat after he took control of
:07:20. > :07:22.the steering wheel from his wife. A report says the accident in Cornwall
:07:23. > :07:26.last May could have been avoided if his wife had been wearing a safety
:07:27. > :07:33.device which would have cut the engine. Duncan Kennedy reports. This
:07:34. > :07:38.was the moment that the Milliken family but was left spinning out of
:07:39. > :07:45.control. It was at Padstow in Cornwall, where they had been
:07:46. > :07:47.enjoying a day by the sea. All six tremors of the family were thrown
:07:48. > :07:53.into the water. Nick Milligan and his daughter Emily were killed.
:07:54. > :07:57.Tributes were left here at the family home in Wandsworth,
:07:58. > :08:02.south`west London. Nick Milligan worked as an executive for sky TV in
:08:03. > :08:06.West London. Today the official report said they were tipped out
:08:07. > :08:10.after Mr Milligan had lent over his wife to take control, he wanted to
:08:11. > :08:16.steer it away from the beach but made the boat take a sharp turn
:08:17. > :08:23.instead. Unfortunately the cord which should have stopped the engine
:08:24. > :08:28.was not being Ward... One. Kill cords are designed to be simple and
:08:29. > :08:34.quick. This is the kind of ribbed the family were in at the time of
:08:35. > :08:37.the accident, it is capable of doing more than 40 knots. It's time to go
:08:38. > :08:42.out, they should have a skipper attached to one of those killed
:08:43. > :08:48.cords so he or she is put out of action and this would happen. The
:08:49. > :08:55.engine cuts. Some say that kill cords should become law. This man's
:08:56. > :09:03.son died 13 years ago after being hit by a boat that wasn't using one.
:09:04. > :09:07.It's like wearing a seat belt. If you are wearing one, you are much
:09:08. > :09:13.safer. But you are also making it safer for others. Today the Milligan
:09:14. > :09:15.family released a statement saying, we are still coming to terms with
:09:16. > :09:32.this tragedy. The message from today's report was
:09:33. > :09:34.that this was an accident and kill cords are life`savers that should
:09:35. > :09:38.become second nature on all powerboats.
:09:39. > :09:41.Lorries without safety equipment to protect cyclists and pedestrians
:09:42. > :09:47.will be banned from London by the end of the year. The Mayor's
:09:48. > :09:50.proposals will ensure every HGV is fitted with sideguards to protect
:09:51. > :09:53.cyclists from being dragged under the wheels ` and special mirrors
:09:54. > :10:01.which give the driver a better view of cyclists and pedestrians.
:10:02. > :10:04.Hertfordshire Police say two people have died after what they're calling
:10:05. > :10:07.a "serious incident" on the M1 motorway near Watford. Police were
:10:08. > :10:10.called to the northbound carriageway between junctions five and six this
:10:11. > :10:13.morning, after a man was struck by a car. A second man died nearby. The
:10:14. > :10:18.motorway was closed for four hours and police are appealing for
:10:19. > :10:22.witnesses. A man accused of stealing from the
:10:23. > :10:26.bins of a supermarket has defended his actions and says he'll continue
:10:27. > :10:29.to get food in this way. He was one of three men due to stand trial
:10:30. > :10:31.after being caught taking discarded tomatoes, mushrooms and cheese from
:10:32. > :10:40.skips in Kentish Town. But yesterday the case was dropped ` as Victoria
:10:41. > :10:44.Graham reports. It's a story the media are making a
:10:45. > :10:49.real meal out of, and in all honesty, it is all Paul May wanted
:10:50. > :10:52.to do. He regularly forages for food, searching for discarded
:10:53. > :10:59.produce that supermarkets can no longer sell. If I was to live
:11:00. > :11:08.entirely on what I earn from bits of work that I do, tax credits can
:11:09. > :11:13.identify with each very much. There are others in London, and to be
:11:14. > :11:19.honest, there are much better skips than in Iceland. It is called urban
:11:20. > :11:23.scavenging and people do it for a variety of reasons. Whether it is
:11:24. > :11:28.reducing unnecessary food waste or just finding a decent meal. Last
:11:29. > :11:33.October, Paul and two other friends were caught in the act, rifling
:11:34. > :11:36.through a skip at the back of the Kentish Town branch of Iceland and
:11:37. > :11:40.was subsequently arrested. Police officers didn't have far to come to
:11:41. > :11:45.make the arrests since the station is next to the store in question,
:11:46. > :11:49.but Iceland said its staff didn't call the police, who came on their
:11:50. > :11:51.own initiative. Until yesterday the CPS were standing by the
:11:52. > :11:57.prostitution but suddenly dropped it. As recently as two ago weeks,
:11:58. > :12:02.they said there was a significant public interest in prosecuting and
:12:03. > :12:07.suddenly, we have this U`turn as a result of media and public pressure.
:12:08. > :12:11.The heart of all the offences is, today acted dishonestly? The
:12:12. > :12:16.difference these three were going to run is that they weren't at ten
:12:17. > :12:19.dishonestly, this was food that was thrown away by, they say, a
:12:20. > :12:25.profligate supermarket. Iceland so they weren't aware of any
:12:26. > :12:31.prosecution until Tuesday. They asked for it to be stopped but said
:12:32. > :12:34.they didn't condone people rifling through their prince, the say it
:12:35. > :12:41.isn't hygienic or safe. That won't stop Paul, though.
:12:42. > :12:44.Does your postcode really matter? Well, a group of residents in West
:12:45. > :12:49.London are bidding to have theirs changed. People in Whitton say most
:12:50. > :12:52.of their neighbours have been given a Richmond postcode whilst they have
:12:53. > :13:02.a Hounslow one ` so what's their complaint? Alice Bhandhukravi joins
:13:03. > :13:08.us from Hounslow, or is it Richmond? Well, I am joining you from Argyle
:13:09. > :13:11.Avenue, which is a long road separated by a barrier. On the side
:13:12. > :13:15.of the barrier, people pay their council tax to Richmond Council. If
:13:16. > :13:21.we walk to the other side of the barrier, people here pay their
:13:22. > :13:27.council tax to Hounslow. It is all part of TW three, which is
:13:28. > :13:32.officially Hounslow. So people on the other side of the barrier want
:13:33. > :13:34.to have a Richmond postcode. I spoke to one of them earlier about the
:13:35. > :13:44.practical problems they are facing full V last year we applied to a
:13:45. > :13:52.school for our eldest daughter and we applied to Richmond Council.
:13:53. > :13:59.Because we had the Hounslow postcode, we fell out of the
:14:00. > :14:06.catchment area. And you're paying more? Yes, we are paying ?200 extra
:14:07. > :14:10.a year. That is one of the residents who believe they ought to be part of
:14:11. > :14:14.Richmond. Not all the residents agree. One of the people who has to
:14:15. > :14:18.deal with this regularly is an estate agent. Do you face the
:14:19. > :14:25.problem when you are speaking to people buying houses around here? A
:14:26. > :14:29.lot of people enquire for specific roads and postcodes. They are
:14:30. > :14:34.looking to be in the catchment area for certain schools. Other issues as
:14:35. > :14:40.well. It is primarily the schooling. We have heard already there is an
:14:41. > :14:43.approximate premium of ?200 to be in Richmond in terms of council tax but
:14:44. > :14:48.there is a difference also in house prices. What is the difference
:14:49. > :14:53.between Richmond and Hounslow? If you were on the Richmond side and
:14:54. > :14:58.marketed as TW2, you are probably looking at ?30,000 more on your
:14:59. > :15:03.house price than if you were on the other side. Thank you for talking to
:15:04. > :15:08.us. We have had a statement from the Royal Mail and they say postcodes
:15:09. > :15:12.are there to ensure an accurate delivery but they do not normally
:15:13. > :15:21.change postcodes. The debate goes on. Thank you.
:15:22. > :15:23.Staying with housing now because residents of a Buckinghamshire town
:15:24. > :15:30.say they will fight any move to build on their green space. It comes
:15:31. > :15:35.as part of a secret proposal to build a so`called garden city near
:15:36. > :15:40.Gerard 's cross. The government has denied it would impose such a
:15:41. > :15:43.developing `` Gerrard's Cross. Imagine it was being planned near
:15:44. > :15:50.your town. I would be very surprised. It is a
:15:51. > :15:56.rumour which has swept through Gerrard's Cross. Enough is enough.
:15:57. > :16:00.It began with a newspaper report of secret government plans for a garden
:16:01. > :16:06.city near here. I do not know anyone who thinks it is a good idea. We
:16:07. > :16:11.were shocked. Where on earth are they going to put it? The parish
:16:12. > :16:17.council was straight on to the local MP who also happens to be in the
:16:18. > :16:22.Cabinet. He says I have made enquiries and I am satisfied no such
:16:23. > :16:27.proposal exists. The problem appears to have gone away. I still think we
:16:28. > :16:31.have to be aware of it. I do not think it is serious but we have got
:16:32. > :16:37.to give it credence and make sure we are in a position to react if it
:16:38. > :16:42.does happen. It is often an insight to the likely reaction anywhere the
:16:43. > :16:45.green belt is threatened. Letchworth in Hertfordshire was the original
:16:46. > :16:51.garden city. Started in 1903, now with 30,000 homes. The vision was to
:16:52. > :16:56.create places people wanted to live and work in, to create places which
:16:57. > :17:01.were enjoyable towns and combine the rest of town and country `` the best
:17:02. > :17:06.of town and country. The Lib Dems are worried about support in their
:17:07. > :17:09.heart lands. We ask the housing minister whether he would ever
:17:10. > :17:14.impose a garden city plan? Absolutely not. This is about local
:17:15. > :17:19.community is about local communities being confident about them shaping
:17:20. > :17:25.their areas. We trust local government, local businesses to make
:17:26. > :17:28.those choices. It is not about top`down secret documents which have
:17:29. > :17:34.been talked about. It is about having confidence and trust in local
:17:35. > :17:37.people. But this businessman and Conservative peer says garden cities
:17:38. > :17:46.are needed and he is offering a quarter of ?1 million for the best
:17:47. > :17:49.design. This prize is about getting people to build inspirational cities
:17:50. > :17:52.people want to live in and how they can be financed and built with the
:17:53. > :17:58.consent of the local population whose lives they will disrupt. It is
:17:59. > :18:01.that fear of disruption and polite, often turned into fierce protest
:18:02. > :18:09.which will remain the biggest obstacle.
:18:10. > :18:13.Still to come this evening: It is the last surviving tea clipper and
:18:14. > :18:20.one of the world's most famous ships. Now the Cutty Sark becomes
:18:21. > :18:24.the newest studio Theatre. It's got to be one of the most
:18:25. > :18:30.unusual places to grow herbs and vegetables. But that's what's
:18:31. > :18:34.happening in tunnels beneath the Northern line once used as World War
:18:35. > :18:38.II air raid shelters. The produce will then be sold across the
:18:39. > :18:45.capital. It's even got the backing of one of London's top chefs. Tarah
:18:46. > :18:48.Welsh has the story. Unless you knew it was here, you
:18:49. > :18:58.would never know that deep beneath Clapham, down 179 steps, are the
:18:59. > :19:03.beginnings of an underground farm. It has got a kick at the back. The
:19:04. > :19:08.idea is to keep food local and it has got the approval of a master
:19:09. > :19:11.chef. We will be growing vegetables which can be delivered to the
:19:12. > :19:18.restaurants or supermarkets within 24 hours. Super, super fresh. That
:19:19. > :19:24.will save money and mean it is also less wasteful and very flavourful.
:19:25. > :19:28.It is ticking all the boxes. Getting the environment right has taken two
:19:29. > :19:33.years but the entrepreneurs behind the idea say this type of farming
:19:34. > :19:39.will complement, rather than replace traditional methods. For us, it is
:19:40. > :19:45.absolutely perfect, we are not affected by adverse weather which
:19:46. > :19:50.you can see a lot at the moment. We are 33 metres under the ground. The
:19:51. > :19:54.Northern Line runs above us. These used to be a bomb shelter but now
:19:55. > :19:58.just the end of the tunnel is being used to grow produce but it is
:19:59. > :20:07.thought eventually eight tunnels will be full of veg two is applied
:20:08. > :20:12.to London. You can create a farm in your area. In Brooklyn, nearly every
:20:13. > :20:16.roof garden is sustainable. They have their own vegetables and
:20:17. > :20:21.beehives. I think it is only starting now but I think it will go
:20:22. > :20:25.crazy. There is a long way to go yet but the farm needs ?1 million of
:20:26. > :20:29.investment. This mission and starred chef thinks this business has the
:20:30. > :20:33.potential to grow. `` Mission Lynn starred chef.
:20:34. > :20:38.Performances are taking place in London's newest theatre ,which also
:20:39. > :20:40.happens to be a 145`year`old ship. The Cutty Sark in Greenwich is
:20:41. > :20:43.hosting cabaret, comedy and drama below deck. Our entertainment
:20:44. > :20:55.correspondent, Brenda Emmanus, has been onboard to see what's going on.
:20:56. > :21:01.From neighbours to invited guests, local musicians perform at the
:21:02. > :21:07.launch of the new studio theatre aboard the Cutty Sark. The
:21:08. > :21:11.entertainment space follows the million pound restoration of the
:21:12. > :21:17.famous tea clipper. Cutty Sark has always been a business machine. What
:21:18. > :21:21.we have been looking to do is not only to present it as a visitor
:21:22. > :21:26.attraction, but to think of ways we can give it a saleable future. We
:21:27. > :21:32.have always had this notion that we can unpack in the lower hold, the
:21:33. > :21:35.idea of a studio theatre. What we did not really know was whether we
:21:36. > :21:41.would be able to attract the quality of artists that would be eight
:21:42. > :21:45.performing on this very stage. By day, the dry dock ship will continue
:21:46. > :21:51.as a museum attracting visitors keen to take on board the history of this
:21:52. > :21:58.famous ship. By night, audiences will occupy this 85 seat space, once
:21:59. > :22:04.packed with people will look. Is the whole idea to bring new audiences to
:22:05. > :22:09.the venue? Yes, it is not a data standing alone which has to have a
:22:10. > :22:13.show every night to make money, `` Theatre standing alone. It is a
:22:14. > :22:18.presentation of the Cutty Sark to the world in the hope it will bring
:22:19. > :22:25.more audiences and further enhance the profile of the Cutty Sark.
:22:26. > :22:28.Comedian Alan Davies is one of several performers and personalities
:22:29. > :22:38.set to draw audiences to this new venue. Ross Noble and renowned
:22:39. > :22:45.yachtsman Robin Knox Johnston are also won the opening programme. It
:22:46. > :22:48.is conjured up in the evening out of nothing so it does not compromise
:22:49. > :22:54.the liberty or the value or the dignity of the ship in anyway.
:22:55. > :23:00.It's a reunion that Jonny Benjamin has waited six years for. To thank
:23:01. > :23:03.the passer`by who saved his life after talking him out of jumping off
:23:04. > :23:06.Waterloo Bridge. After a social media campaign to find the complete
:23:07. > :23:08.stranger went viral, his good Samaritan, Neil Laybourne, came
:23:09. > :23:18.forward, thanks to his fiancee who saw the appeal. Ayshea Buksh caught
:23:19. > :23:22.up with them both. His hunt began on a place which
:23:23. > :23:26.helped some tough memories. Johnny Benjamin wanted to trace the man who
:23:27. > :23:30.talked him out of jumping off Waterloo Bridge six years ago. I
:23:31. > :23:36.wanted to thank them and show them my gratitude for what they did that
:23:37. > :23:39.day. With the help of a mental health charity, his appeal went
:23:40. > :23:43.worldwide and that stranger was found. We had a few people getting
:23:44. > :23:50.in touch and saying they thought that would be time. This was very
:23:51. > :23:54.emotional for Jonny. We asked a lot of questions and talked to Jonny
:23:55. > :23:58.about what he could remember. By the time we narrowed it down to Neil we
:23:59. > :24:04.were pretty sure we had got the right person. When they met he
:24:05. > :24:08.remembered him. The good Samaritan was a personal trainer from Surbiton
:24:09. > :24:15.who was on his way to work. Nobody else stopped. They walked past him.
:24:16. > :24:20.I guess it was luck that I was the right person who could say the right
:24:21. > :24:24.thing. After Jonny came off the bridge, the police took him away and
:24:25. > :24:32.Neil never saw him again. Every year I would think about it. I always
:24:33. > :24:42.wondered what happened to him. After Neil's intervention, Jonny who had
:24:43. > :24:50.been diagnosed with a skit `` a disorder sought mental health help.
:24:51. > :24:54.Everything came back to me. I saw myself on the bridge that day and it
:24:55. > :24:57.was very distressing. But then we began chatting and felt we had come
:24:58. > :25:03.full circle and I could close that chapter of my life. We were saying
:25:04. > :25:11.how nice it was to be reunited and see each other smiling. Jonny says
:25:12. > :25:15.he will continue campaigning on mental health issues and they will
:25:16. > :25:19.stay in touch. How great is that?
:25:20. > :25:26.Time for a look at the weather with Elizabeth Rizzini.
:25:27. > :25:33.There is more rain on the way. We have had it confirmed today what we
:25:34. > :25:36.already knew, that January has been a very wet month indeed. Across
:25:37. > :25:41.London and the south`east, we have had more than twice the average
:25:42. > :25:49.monthly rainfall for January. If you are a numbers person, that is about
:25:50. > :25:56.175.2 millimetres. There is more rain to come particularly into
:25:57. > :26:00.tomorrow evening. We have had a dull day. The showers will continue
:26:01. > :26:06.towards southern and eastern areas of the capital through the overnight
:26:07. > :26:10.period. I think towards southern and western areas, that is where we are
:26:11. > :26:13.likely to see some mist and fog, patches of it into tomorrow morning.
:26:14. > :26:21.We will see some cloud breaks. It will feel chilly. As we head into
:26:22. > :26:27.tomorrow morning, there will be a few showers around rather dull,
:26:28. > :26:39.dull, cloudy, bleak start. We will gradually see the wins pick`up. ``
:26:40. > :26:42.the wins pick up. That will hit us tomorrow evening in the rush hour
:26:43. > :26:47.when it will be a wet and windy ride home. For the weekend, it is not
:26:48. > :26:51.looking too bad but if you are heading towards the south coast,
:26:52. > :26:56.watch out, there will be some heavy showers here and some big waves
:26:57. > :27:00.expected. For us, it will be a breezy weekend but it will be mostly
:27:01. > :27:04.dry. Some good spells of sunshine. We might catch a few showers at
:27:05. > :27:10.times and temperatures will slowly be coming up. Thank you.
:27:11. > :27:13.The main headlines now: Parts of Britain have had their wettest
:27:14. > :27:16.January since records began, more than a century ago. The Met Office
:27:17. > :27:18.says some parts of England, including Kent and Devon, have
:27:19. > :27:27.already seen twice the average rainfall for this month.
:27:28. > :27:31.One of the most violent gangs in the UK has been targeted in a series of
:27:32. > :27:35.early morning raids. Nearly 60 members have been arrested.
:27:36. > :27:38.That's it for now, more news at ten o'clock, of course. Plenty more on
:27:39. > :27:40.our website. From all of us on the team, thanks for watching and have a
:27:41. > :27:46.lovely evening.