29/03/2014 BBC London News

Friends and teachers of a tdenage girl from Enfield, who's dud to be

deported this weekend withott her family, have held a protest in

Parliament Square. A`level student Yashika Bageerathi is currently

being held at an Immigration Removal Centre in Bedfordshire, before she's

sent back to Mauritius alond. Emilia Papadopoulos reports.

Their petition has almost 140,0 0 signatures, but these students from

Barnet it is not enough. Thdy are campaigning to keep their friend and

fellow pupil in the country, and they want the Home Secretarx listen.

They say deportation, we sax education. Yashika Bageerathi came

to London in 2011 with her lother and siblings, escaping and `busive

relatives in Mauritius. Application for asylum failed and because she

was over 18 she was considered separately from her family. She has

been told she must leave thd country tomorrow will be forcibly rdmoved.

To be separated on Mother's Day seems unbelievable, that th`t would

be the date chosen. It concdrns me she will be sent back by herself.

Yashika Bageerathi is about to take her A`levels and has been offered is

good ship at Queen Mary University. Everyone here says she belongs in

London. She is an amazing young girl and has so much to offer thd

community. She does loads of good things, for this to happen to a

wonderful person is depresshng. The Home Office says it considers every

claim on its individual merhts and in this case it went through all the

proper legal procedures. It said it had assurances from Russian

authorities she will be protected once she arrives and will bd able to

continue her education. Classmates say they will do what ever ht takes

to keep Yashika Bageerathi from boarding the flight tomorrow.

Obesity levels in London ard rising with some doctors calling the

problem an "epidemic". More than 2,500 people here were admitted to

hospitals last year for obesity`related problems, and

there's a warning the probldm could get even worse. Jim Wheble reports.

Linda is about to have a balloon removed from her stomach. Inserted

several weeks ago, the latest procedure in suppressing appetite.

The consultant is the first to use the technique. He is under no

illusion about the scale of the obesity problem. Were already in the

midst of an obesity epidemic. We simply cannot afford it, we have to

be proactive and do something differently. In Lewisham, they are

focusing on exercise, nutrition and children. Funded by the council

this group runs healthy livhng programmes. An easy way to remember

what a proportion `` portion of fruit and vegetables... Teaching the

basics. And it seems to work. It really changed my lifestyle. I am

going to carry on doing these exercises and eating vegetables and

fruit for the rest of my life. Lewisham has one of the biggest

obesity problems in the caphtal They are doing what they can, but

they fit it won't be enough. We will make a dent in those population

figures, but we won't reallx turn the curve on obesity. A harsh

reality echoed by many in Parliament. Unless we take dramatic

action, we will be seeing pdople put their own quality of life at risk,

and there is the fiscal thrdat to the NHS. Who will do that? By

Cabinet ministers appointed at Cabinet level. The procedurd has

finished. But without some kind of innovative approach to changing

attitudes, obesity levels aren't going down any time soon.

A London airport could becole a UNESCO world Heritage site.

Campaigners are calling for Croydon airport to be awarded the s`me

status as places like the Tower of London. It was where air tr`ffic

control was first developed. A look at tomorrow's weather. It'll

be another warm sunny day, with light winds. The temperaturd will be

even higher than today at around 20 Celsius.

Join me again tomorrow, at the same time, on BBC One. Have a good

evening. Good evening. We achieved 20 degrees

in the sunshine today but, in contrast, under the cloud in

Northern Ireland, just nine. With the cloud, just seven in the North

East. We take the contrast into tomorrow. At least the cloud here,

creeping back inland, will prevent textures falling too low, down to

six overnight. --