:00:12. > :00:16.Good evening. First`time buyers about to get a foot on the property
:00:17. > :00:19.ladder claim they've effectively been gazumped by a housing
:00:20. > :00:25.association ` which put up the price of its homes by as much as ?150,000
:00:26. > :00:28.without warning. BBC London has discovered that around 30 people
:00:29. > :00:31.were due to move in to the flats in Lambeth ` but just this week
:00:32. > :00:35.received a letter informing them of price hikes. Wandle Housing
:00:36. > :00:40.Association has issued an apology. Warren Nettleford reports.
:00:41. > :00:44.Richard and Marina are both self`employed. They decided to buy a
:00:45. > :00:48.two`bedroomed flat here from the Wandle Housing Association using a
:00:49. > :00:51.shared ownership scheme. It's been a struggle. We didn't think we could
:00:52. > :00:54.get anywhere but when we found this property and more importantly we
:00:55. > :00:59.could afford it, we were so delighted. Last December using the
:01:00. > :01:05.scheme they agreed to buy a 25% share of a flat. They paid the ?500
:01:06. > :01:08.deposit, along with 30 others. After some building delays they expected
:01:09. > :01:11.to move in at the end of this month, but on Monday morning Richard and
:01:12. > :01:16.Marina received a letter from Wandle Housing which completely changed
:01:17. > :01:23.their plans. You thought you were going to pay how much? 267,000. How
:01:24. > :01:30.much now? 417,000. So in six months, a huge increase? 56% increase. This
:01:31. > :01:35.is my first home. I'm so excited and I was hoping to move in at the end
:01:36. > :01:38.of the month. A few weeks, anyway. For this to happen where we
:01:39. > :01:43.definitely can't afford it and we've been priced out of anything as well.
:01:44. > :01:46.But despite paying a ?500 holding deposit Wandle Housing are within
:01:47. > :01:52.their legal rights to increase the price of these properties before
:01:53. > :01:54.contracts have been exchanged. In general terms if you are property
:01:55. > :01:58.owner until you exchange contracts you can do what you like. But given
:01:59. > :02:01.the stories about the London property market getting very hot,
:02:02. > :02:06.you don't expect to be treated like this by a housing association. And
:02:07. > :02:09.that's the reason why many people have contacted us. They feel that
:02:10. > :02:13.this not` for`profit housing association is exploiting London's
:02:14. > :02:17.booming housing market. Wandle decided not to do an interview with
:02:18. > :02:19.BBC London today, but in a statement said Wandle would like to offer our
:02:20. > :02:23.sincere apologies to the prospective buyers. During the period following
:02:24. > :02:25.reservation and holding deposits being received, there were
:02:26. > :02:29.significant changes in the London property market. Unfortunately this
:02:30. > :02:36.external market movement has resulted in substantial increases to
:02:37. > :02:39.the values of these homes. On their website Wandle say their mission is
:02:40. > :02:43.to have customers who understand what they do and who are happy with
:02:44. > :02:50.their service. That seems a long way from reality for these would`be home
:02:51. > :02:55.owners. As we've been hearing the polls
:02:56. > :02:58.closed in the last 30 minutes. It will be a while before we get any
:02:59. > :03:01.results but our political editor Tim Donovan is in Croydon, a
:03:02. > :03:12.Conservative borough being targeted by Labour. Tim ` it's expected to be
:03:13. > :03:17.a tight race? It is expected to be very, very close indeed, one of the
:03:18. > :03:21.closest in London overnight, or shall I say over the morning, which
:03:22. > :03:25.is when we will get the result here. They have not started counting
:03:26. > :03:31.yet and will not do for a couple of hours. A straight Tory `Labour`macro
:03:32. > :03:37.fight here and Labour need three seats. It is a classic Borough,
:03:38. > :03:40.split. The south part is traditionally Conservative, the
:03:41. > :03:43.North is Labour and in the middle, the marginal wards which is the key
:03:44. > :03:48.battle grounds that labour need to win if they take control of the
:03:49. > :03:53.council. It is just one of 32 battles happening either tonight, or
:03:54. > :03:56.20 of them happening tomorrow. It will tell us a lot about the state
:03:57. > :04:01.of the parties at the moment. The Conservatives looking to cement
:04:02. > :04:05.control arguably of Hammersmith and Fulham and Barnet. They will be good
:04:06. > :04:08.results if they get that. The Liberal Democrats struggling.
:04:09. > :04:11.Everyone is saying. People will be looking in particular to see whether
:04:12. > :04:16.they can hang onto Kingston. There is a question about how the Greens
:04:17. > :04:20.are doing, but also UKIP. After all the publicity about them over the
:04:21. > :04:25.last few weeks, they are expected to pick up some seats. Council seats on
:04:26. > :04:29.the fringes of London. They are standing more candidates than they
:04:30. > :04:33.have before. Perhaps they will do damage by splitting the vote and
:04:34. > :04:36.taking the vote from other parties. Tributes have been paid to Fusilier
:04:37. > :04:39.Lee Rigby on the first anniversary of the soldier's brutal murder.
:04:40. > :04:43.Thousands of bikers were among those who came to Woolwich barracks to pay
:04:44. > :04:46.their respects to the 25`year`old. There are calls for a permanent
:04:47. > :04:52.memorial to the soldier, but not everyone is in agreement. Marc
:04:53. > :04:56.Ashdown reports. They came from far and wide.
:04:57. > :05:02.Thousands of bikers from across the country. A very special ride past at
:05:03. > :05:09.Woolwich Barracks. Amongst it all, a single wreath of poppies in tribute
:05:10. > :05:13.to a fallen soldier. Let this commemorate and commend to the
:05:14. > :05:16.loving mercy... Lee Rigby's family might not have been here personally
:05:17. > :05:19.but their thoughts were. This poem written by his mother. Good night,
:05:20. > :05:26.my soldier friend, good night, our peaceful warrior. In the aftermath
:05:27. > :05:29.of the killing tensions ran high, with fears of retribution or further
:05:30. > :05:33.attacks. One year on and at this local mosque there is a sense that
:05:34. > :05:37.far from being ripped apart SE18 has been brought closer together. The
:05:38. > :05:44.director here is thankful that so far the extremists have failed to do
:05:45. > :05:47.divide the community. Somebody said the Muslims have committed this
:05:48. > :05:50.crime ` let's go after them. They chose not to do so, because they
:05:51. > :05:57.knew that the crime wasn't committed by the entire Muslim community. You
:05:58. > :06:01.have to move on in the right way and that is getting a memorial for Lee.
:06:02. > :06:12.So what effect would a permanent memorial have? Laura Taylor's son
:06:13. > :06:18.served alongside Lee. She has been fighting for one. Come on, give him
:06:19. > :06:22.what he deserves. But the local MP and council are far from convinced.
:06:23. > :06:25.I have to say being around here today listening to debates and
:06:26. > :06:27.arguments, this does appear to be dividing opinion. Boris Johnson
:06:28. > :06:30.backs the idea. So as Woolwich pays its respects one year on, the
:06:31. > :06:37.campaign for a more permanent memorial gathers pace.
:06:38. > :06:41.That is it from me, but we will be back with all the election results
:06:42. > :06:47.overnight and on breakfast. Now, here is Sarah with the weather.
:06:48. > :06:54.There has been wild weather today, the shard was hit by lightning. They
:06:55. > :06:58.could be thunderstorms over the next 24 hours. Tomorrow, some scattered,
:06:59. > :07:02.heavy showers. Some spells of sunshine. Through the overnight
:07:03. > :07:06.period, a few showers especially towards the west of London. Drier
:07:07. > :07:10.towards the Thames Estuary. Temperatures on Friday in double
:07:11. > :07:15.figures with a breeze. A lot of dry weather. A chance of a shower in the
:07:16. > :07:20.West. Sunshine in between. By the afternoon, warm or two isolated
:07:21. > :07:24.showers. Highs of about 19 Celsius on Friday. The weekend starts with a
:07:25. > :07:28.damp note. Great for Saturday morning. Clearing to showers in the
:07:29. > :07:30.afternoon. Feeling cool. I leave you with an outlook for the next few
:07:31. > :07:38.days and Peter Gibbs will afternoon. Feeling cool. I leave you
:07:39. > :07:50.with afternoon. Feeling cool. I leave you
:07:51. > :07:57.through the bank holiday weekend. Hello again. The atmosphere
:07:58. > :08:05.through the bank holiday weekend. torrential downpours and an area of
:08:06. > :08:05.thunderstorms worked northwards across many
:08:06. > :08:11.thunderstorms worked northwards is going out of things now. More
:08:12. > :08:11.showers spiralling in around an area of low pressure. Many places
:08:12. > :08:11.showers spiralling in around an area see further rain at times
:08:12. > :08:18.showers spiralling in around an area tonight. The rain
:08:19. > :08:25.showers spiralling in around an area Ireland, fairly patchy hair. A chill
:08:26. > :08:25.in air here, potential for snow across
:08:26. > :08:26.the tops of