:00:00. > :00:00.start to the weekend, some sunshine filtering through. By Monday feeling
:00:00. > :00:07.warm for all. That's all from the BBC News at Six
:00:08. > :00:14.so it's goodbye from me. On BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams
:00:15. > :00:16.where you are. Tonight on BBC London:
:00:17. > :00:19.Criticism of a housing association which massively increased the price
:00:20. > :00:24.of its properties just weeks before the buyers were due to move in.
:00:25. > :00:27.I was hoping to moving at the end of the month, or in a few weeks, and
:00:28. > :00:32.this to happen, we definitely can't afford it and we've been priced of
:00:33. > :00:36.anything. `` priced out. The housing association defends its decision.
:00:37. > :00:41.Also tonight: Tributes to Lee Rigby on the first
:00:42. > :00:51.anniversary of his murder. I am live in Woolwich, whether calls
:00:52. > :00:56.for something more permanent in tribute to the soldier.
:00:57. > :01:00.Probably the most famous drop`kick in English rugby. We're at Johnny
:01:01. > :01:10.Wilkinson's school as he prepares to retire.
:01:11. > :01:16.Good evening and welcome to the programme.
:01:17. > :01:18.First`time buyers about to get a foot on the property ladder claim
:01:19. > :01:22.they've effectively been gazumped by a housing association which put up
:01:23. > :01:27.the price of its homes by as much as ?150,000 without warning. BBC London
:01:28. > :01:30.has discovered that around 30 people were due to move in to the shared
:01:31. > :01:34.ownership flats in Streatham at the end of the month, but received a
:01:35. > :01:39.letter informing them of price hikes of up to 56% just this week. Some
:01:40. > :01:42.people say they could be left homeless. The housing association
:01:43. > :01:48.Wandle tonight issued an apology, blaming unforeseen circumstances.
:01:49. > :01:52.Warren Nettleford reports. Richard and Marina are both
:01:53. > :01:54.self`employed. They decided to buy a two`bedroomed flat here with the
:01:55. > :01:59.Wandle Housing Association, using the shared ownership scheme. It has
:02:00. > :02:02.been a struggle, we didn't think we were going to get anywhere but when
:02:03. > :02:07.we found this property, and more importantly could afford it, we were
:02:08. > :02:11.so delighted. Last December, they agreed to buy a 25% share of the
:02:12. > :02:15.flat. They paid a ?500 deposit and, after building delays, expected to
:02:16. > :02:17.move in at the end of this month. But on Monday morning, they'd
:02:18. > :02:21.received a letter from Wandle Housing which completely changed
:02:22. > :02:26.their plans. So you thought you were going to pay
:02:27. > :02:35.how much? 267,000. And how much now? 417,000. So in six months, there has
:02:36. > :02:42.been a huge increase? A 56% increase. And we are not the only
:02:43. > :02:45.ones. Around 30 people were due to move in this summer after agreeing
:02:46. > :02:59.prices last winter. Some of them have now contacted BBC London.
:03:00. > :03:07.This is my first home, I was so excited. And I was hoping to move in
:03:08. > :03:10.at the end of the month, or in a few weeks anyway, and for this to
:03:11. > :03:14.happen, where we definitely can't afford it, we have been priced out
:03:15. > :03:17.of anything as well. But despite paying a ?500 holding
:03:18. > :03:19.deposit, Wandle Housing are within their legal rights to increase the
:03:20. > :03:27.price of these properties before contracts have been exchanged.
:03:28. > :03:29.Housing associations are not`for`profit organisations and the
:03:30. > :03:33.buyers who contacted us feel as if Wandle are exploiting London's
:03:34. > :03:36.booming housing market. OK, under conveyancing law in England, you can
:03:37. > :03:42.do whatever you like, but it doesn't mean you should do anything you
:03:43. > :03:46.like, you know? There is a right way to behave and a wrong way to behave.
:03:47. > :03:49.On their website, Wandle say their mission is to have customers who
:03:50. > :03:55.understand what they do and are happy with their service. That seems
:03:56. > :04:03.a long way from reality for these would`be homeowners. Well, we
:04:04. > :04:07.repeatedly asked the Housing Association Wandle for an
:04:08. > :04:33.interview. They declined, but in a statement they said:
:04:34. > :04:43.I'm joined now by Ed Mead, who's an estate agent and property blogger.
:04:44. > :04:49.`` Sunday Times property expert. There has been a house price boom,
:04:50. > :04:55.in London, but do the maths add up? They are talking about these deals
:04:56. > :04:59.being agreed in late 2013, so 56% increase between December 2013 and
:05:00. > :05:07.now is a little bit heavy. Five or 10%, maybe, but 56%? No. Have they
:05:08. > :05:11.handled this fairly? Legally, they have done nothing wrong but morally,
:05:12. > :05:16.one would feel you would not expect a Housing Association to treat their
:05:17. > :05:19.buyers this way. Having said that, we don't know if there was some
:05:20. > :05:23.financial imperative or problem they had, maybe they were undervalued in
:05:24. > :05:30.2013. Certainly the figure being paid now is more in line with what
:05:31. > :05:33.the market implies and it is no wonder the first time buyers are
:05:34. > :05:37.heartbroken. It is a reminder that until you have the key, even with a
:05:38. > :05:42.deposit, even with shared ownership, the property isn't yours.
:05:43. > :05:46.I'm afraid people need to understand that when you buy a property, a lot
:05:47. > :05:50.of people think that when you make the offer and it is accepted, the
:05:51. > :05:55.property is sold. It is not, you are completely at risk until you
:05:56. > :05:58.exchange contracts. Wandle have apologised for not exchanging
:05:59. > :06:03.contracts more quickly. For most people, they need to understand that
:06:04. > :06:10.until the grid they exchange contracts, the prop Bracken of the
:06:11. > :06:13.`` the property is not theirs. Is it time that England caught up with
:06:14. > :06:20.being more protective of buyers? Speak ill at yes, I think the sooner
:06:21. > :06:23.it can be done is better. `` yes, I think the sooner it can be done is
:06:24. > :06:28.better. Thank you. We want to hear from you on this.
:06:29. > :06:32.Are the housing association right to put up the prices of the properties?
:06:33. > :06:35.Or should they have honoured the original offer?
:06:36. > :06:38.Lots more to come including: After Leyton Orient's success last
:06:39. > :06:41.week, we meet two unlikely pitch invaders and talk to them about the
:06:42. > :06:52.League One play`off finals at Wembley.
:06:53. > :06:57.Tributes have been paid to Fusilier Lee Rigby on the first anniversary
:06:58. > :07:00.of the soldier's brutal murder. Thousands of bikers were among those
:07:01. > :07:05.who came to Woolwich barracks to pay their respects to the 25`year`old.
:07:06. > :07:09.They were joined by the woman who confronted one of the two killers.
:07:10. > :07:12.There are calls for a permanent memorial to the soldier, but not
:07:13. > :07:19.everyone is in agreement. Marc Ashdown is in Woolwich for us with
:07:20. > :07:26.more. Yes, Chris, it's been a sombre day
:07:27. > :07:31.today. Of course, a year ago, London watched in horror as these events
:07:32. > :07:34.unfolded. It was a brutal murder and the aftermath threatens to undo
:07:35. > :07:39.decades of hard work to bring these multicultural communities living
:07:40. > :07:44.here together. A year on, things are calm, unified. The question now is
:07:45. > :07:48.should these floral tributes be complemented with something more
:07:49. > :07:51.permanent? They came from far and wide.
:07:52. > :07:57.Thousands of bikers from across the country. The very special ride past
:07:58. > :08:04.at Woolwich Barracks. Amongst it all, a single wreath of poppies in
:08:05. > :08:07.tribute to a fallen soldier. Letters commemorate and commend to the
:08:08. > :08:12.loving mercy of our heavenly Father... Lee Rigby's father could
:08:13. > :08:17.lead family may not have been here but their thoughts were. This poem
:08:18. > :08:22.written by his mother. We know we will issue, but that is for us to
:08:23. > :08:28.bear, for we know you are saved and you don't have to care. Good night,
:08:29. > :08:34.our son,, uncle, father and soul mate. Good night, my fellow soldier
:08:35. > :08:39.friend. Good night, our peaceful Warrior. In the aftermath of the
:08:40. > :08:43.killing, tensions ran high with fears of retribution and further
:08:44. > :08:47.attacks. The whole area simmered. One year on, and out of this local
:08:48. > :08:52.mosque, there is a sense that far from being ripped apart, the area
:08:53. > :08:55.has been brought closer together. Doctor Terry is the director here
:08:56. > :09:00.and it is the first time anyone in the mosque has given a broadcast
:09:01. > :09:02.interview. He said the murder was an act of savagery which appalled
:09:03. > :09:07.everyone who worships ear and is thankful that so far, the extremists
:09:08. > :09:10.have failed to divide the community. I think the people of
:09:11. > :09:17.Woolwich are intelligent people. They will not be easily persuaded to
:09:18. > :09:21.just go along if somebody says the Muslims have committed this crime,
:09:22. > :09:25.let's just go after them. They chose not to do so, because they knew the
:09:26. > :09:31.crime wasn't committed by the entire Muslim community, it was committed
:09:32. > :09:35.by two individuals. Now we have to move on, but we have to move on in
:09:36. > :09:41.the right way and that is getting a memorial. So what effect would a
:09:42. > :09:44.permanent memorial have? Lorna Taylor's son served alongside Lee
:09:45. > :09:51.Rigby. She has been fighting for one, even if some worry it could
:09:52. > :09:55.attract vandals or extremists. It is like Lee has been forgotten or
:09:56. > :10:00.brushed under the carpet. Why? I don't understand it. Come on, get
:10:01. > :10:04.some backbone, give him what he deserves. They are gathering names
:10:05. > :10:07.here for a petition which I understand has the backing of the
:10:08. > :10:12.family, but a local MP and the council are far from convinced and
:10:13. > :10:16.there are lots of debates and arguments, even, which appears to be
:10:17. > :10:20.dividing opinion. Boris Johnson, however, backs the idea. So as
:10:21. > :10:27.Woolwich pays its respects one year on, a campaign for a more permanent
:10:28. > :10:32.memorial gathers pace. Out of the people I spoke to today,
:10:33. > :10:35.more seems to be in favour of this memorial than against it. One person
:10:36. > :10:40.stopped me at the scene where Lee Rigby actually died, just around the
:10:41. > :10:44.corner from the main gates and showed me a design, as stone plinth
:10:45. > :10:49.with a message from Lee's mother and another message from a soldier that
:10:50. > :10:53.knew him, erected opposite the spot where he died. His widow did come
:10:54. > :10:57.and lay flowers privately later on today and one message was from his
:10:58. > :11:02.toddler son and it read "deep in my heart, you always stay, loved and
:11:03. > :11:06.missed every day." Back to you. Mark, thank you.
:11:07. > :11:09.Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man
:11:10. > :11:12.whose body was discovered after a fire in New Barnet. It's thought
:11:13. > :11:15.Antonio Tommaso had been dead for up to three days before he was found
:11:16. > :11:18.last Thursday. A postmortem examination revealed he died of
:11:19. > :11:21.multiple stab wounds. A community of nearly 60 houseboat
:11:22. > :11:24.owners in east London, who say they are being forced out of their
:11:25. > :11:30.floating homes by a landowner, has been given more time to fight on. A
:11:31. > :11:33.fence was erected around the mooring on eviction day and security guards
:11:34. > :11:38.with dogs appeared when the barge owners refused to budge. But a judge
:11:39. > :11:43.has ordered the restriction be lifted. The battle is all about how
:11:44. > :11:49.much money should be paid for access to the houseboats, as Gareth Furby
:11:50. > :11:54.reports. For about ten years, it's been a
:11:55. > :11:58.peaceful place to live, up a creek in Barking. But now, for some
:11:59. > :12:03.residents, it has become a battle zone. This is my ramp and two
:12:04. > :12:07.massive security guards standing here like that. The fences were
:12:08. > :12:13.along here, so we couldn't get off the boats get onto the cars or get
:12:14. > :12:17.out of the estate. One resident filmed what they thought was their
:12:18. > :12:21.eviction date. Penny was due to give birth and had to leave quickly. We
:12:22. > :12:26.had to quickly make the decision to find a place to live or be stuck on
:12:27. > :12:32.the boat with the possibility of not having access or being able to go
:12:33. > :12:37.out and get provisions or anything like that. So it was very stressful.
:12:38. > :12:41.Rachel, who was at work, thought her pet birds would go hungry. I was
:12:42. > :12:46.worried I wouldn't get home to feed the animals, I was expecting to get
:12:47. > :12:51.in and feed them. And Johnny says his blind dog ended up running into
:12:52. > :12:57.the new fences. When the fences went up, it was difficult for her,
:12:58. > :13:02.because she has a mental image of where she is. Last week, a court
:13:03. > :13:06.injunction was granted and the residents celebrated, because it
:13:07. > :13:10.means they can still get to and from their boats. But the battle, all
:13:11. > :13:18.about how much money should be paid to the landowner for this access,
:13:19. > :13:23.continues. The residents has offered the same as what commercial tenants
:13:24. > :13:30.play, which as a group would represent a ?22,000 for the
:13:31. > :13:34.landowner would cost them ?135,000 a year. Freshwater estate say boat
:13:35. > :13:39.owners who wish to cross their land and uses wharf to secure their boats
:13:40. > :13:43.have do pay a licence fee and says it has offered them a discount to
:13:44. > :13:50.compensate for the Port of London authority charge. Freshwater says
:13:51. > :13:55.the fee also pays for services and when the site is developed, it will
:13:56. > :13:59.be difficult to find access because the walkway will change. But this
:14:00. > :14:02.battle may yet be settled in the courts and some residents say they
:14:03. > :14:08.would rather use boats to reach their homes then pay a fee they
:14:09. > :14:12.believe is unfair. We're choosing to stay in the UK for
:14:13. > :14:15.our holidays and more of us heading to London's attractions. Estimates
:14:16. > :14:18.suggest that in the next few years, the capital will be busier than ever
:14:19. > :14:26.` not with foreign, but domestic visitors. Emma North reports.
:14:27. > :14:30.On a May afternoon, if you can catch the sunshine, there is arguably go
:14:31. > :14:34.find a place to be than in London and more and more Brits agree. You
:14:35. > :14:41.have got so much history in what is geographically a very small place
:14:42. > :14:45.and it is also a city that is so multicultural. London has got better
:14:46. > :14:50.in my view. The exhibitions are much better than they were when I was
:14:51. > :14:54.young. This is no post`Olympic bounce. The improvements we have
:14:55. > :15:00.seen in 2012 has made everybody up their game and crucially made the K
:15:01. > :15:05.to for all budgets. By 2017, it predicted the amount spent by
:15:06. > :15:11.British tourists in Britain will be ?108 billion, and 16.2% will be in
:15:12. > :15:14.London. 12.9% will be in the south`east. Compare this with the
:15:15. > :15:18.likes of the north`east, which will make up just 3%. But although Brits
:15:19. > :15:22.are visiting, they are not staying for long. Howard Goldman sees both
:15:23. > :15:28.sides. Today, he's a tourist but back at home in Manchester, he is a
:15:29. > :15:31.travel agent. People will still want come to London as a break but won't
:15:32. > :15:35.make it part of their main holiday, because of the British weather,
:15:36. > :15:39.especially in the north where I am from, it is very unreliable. The
:15:40. > :15:42.British Museum is no stranger to large numbers of visitors. 16
:15:43. > :15:47.million people went through the doors last year, an increase of 22%
:15:48. > :15:51.on 2012. So with all of these new people coming to London, what does
:15:52. > :15:55.the capital need to do to cope? There has to be much more
:15:56. > :15:58.cooperation between the private sector and the Government. The whole
:15:59. > :16:03.support system around driving tourist growth is going to be there
:16:04. > :16:08.in the longer term as well. There has to be a dedicated task force,
:16:09. > :16:11.perhaps. 60,000 new tourism jobs were created in the run`up to the
:16:12. > :16:17.Olympics and more jobs means more spare cash. All, it is hoped, to go
:16:18. > :16:24.back into London's economy. Everyone still to come tonight: It is over,
:16:25. > :16:27.he has done it. Jonny Wilkinson is England's hero yet again!
:16:28. > :16:30.Hoping to follow in their heroes footsteps. We return to Jonny
:16:31. > :16:33.Wilkinson's former school as the rugby player prepares to retire.
:16:34. > :16:34.And coming back to the capital. Hollywood actress Kathleen Turner on
:16:35. > :16:50.her return to the West End stage. When you've just seen your football
:16:51. > :16:55.team reach Wembley for the first time in 15 years, there's plenty to
:16:56. > :16:58.celebrate. Fans of Leyton Orient are preparing for one of the biggest
:16:59. > :17:01.games in the club's history this Sunday and, as Chris Slegg reports,
:17:02. > :17:05.supporters of all ages have been caught up in the excitement. Leyton
:17:06. > :17:11.Orient beating Peterborough last week to set up a trip to Wembley.
:17:12. > :17:16.There are few more joyous sights in football than those that accompany
:17:17. > :17:23.success in the play`off semi`finals. Those which happen here, last
:17:24. > :17:30.Tuesday, will add an even greater level of remans, by the incursion on
:17:31. > :17:34.to the turf here of two of the unlikeliest pitch invaders. Among
:17:35. > :17:44.the photos posted to Twitter that night, this one. Two, as then yet
:17:45. > :17:48.unknown Leyton Orient fans. Tweeted hundreds of time, it clearly struck
:17:49. > :17:53.a chord. Now we are able to put faces to the picture that has come
:17:54. > :17:56.to symbolise what football can mean to all generations. Meet Bill and
:17:57. > :18:00.Maureen. Who is the ring leader? Bill! He
:18:01. > :18:05.suggested we go on the pitch. I thought, why not? I have never been
:18:06. > :18:09.to a live pitch invasion before. We were so excited. And just so proud
:18:10. > :18:15.of our club, what they do. We had a kiss and a cuddle, which
:18:16. > :18:20.was not photographed, unfortunately, we stayed on the pitch and cheered
:18:21. > :18:24.the team. It was amazing. It seems that the Leyton Orient team
:18:25. > :18:31.have been inspired by the new lucky mascots. The picture of them leaving
:18:32. > :18:35.hand in hand is ledge endear. It is a modern`day pitch invasion,
:18:36. > :18:40.fantastic. A gentle stroll on the pitch. Holding hands, it was
:18:41. > :18:49.perfect. Really nice to see. Of course, the BBC in no way
:18:50. > :18:52.condones Bill and Maureen's antics, should Leyton Orient win the
:18:53. > :19:02.championship, it is hoped that they will show greater restraint at
:19:03. > :19:05.Wembley! English rugby star Jonny Wilkinson will play his last game in
:19:06. > :19:08.the UK this weekend, after announcing his retirement. His
:19:09. > :19:11.French club Toulon take on Saracens in the Heineken Cup Final. Ahead of
:19:12. > :19:14.the match, our Sports Reporter Sara Orchard has been back to Wilkinson's
:19:15. > :19:18.old school near Frimley where his rugby prowess was discovered. ?
:19:19. > :19:26.COMMENTATOR: He drops for World Cup glory! It's over, he's done it!
:19:27. > :19:31.Jonny Wilkinson is England's hero yet again! Before he became that
:19:32. > :19:38.hero, Jonny Wilkinson was brought up in Frimley in Surrey an went to
:19:39. > :19:45.school a few miles down the road. I'm Jonny Wilkinson! I'm Jonny
:19:46. > :19:48.Wilkinson! The current crop of pupils were little were Jonny
:19:49. > :19:53.Wilkinson was winning the World Cup but he still made a huge impact.
:19:54. > :19:58.It is quite cool, the fact he has been to this school. We are sort of
:19:59. > :20:04.following in his foot steps. If he did it, he started off in Junior
:20:05. > :20:08.House, we could follow in his foot steps.
:20:09. > :20:16.Jonny Wilkinson's former school tutor, David Ibbetson has recently
:20:17. > :20:22.left but he said of Jonny Wilkinson: He would often be in school on
:20:23. > :20:26.Sundays, practising kicking for hours, until he was satisfied he had
:20:27. > :20:30.fine`tuned the technique, only to return the following weekend to do
:20:31. > :20:35.it all again. He was a thoroughly nice young man.
:20:36. > :20:40.He was a sportsman. He is a sportsman. No query about that
:20:41. > :20:44.whatsoever. Nothing has changed, as far as we were concerned. He was
:20:45. > :20:47.like that in college and very much like that when you see him or meet
:20:48. > :20:54.him today. Jonny Wilkinson studied A levels,
:20:55. > :20:57.biology, chemistry and French. He has remained in contact with the
:20:58. > :21:02.school. He is loyal to Frimley and to the
:21:03. > :21:08.club here. I know it would be lovely to see more of him.
:21:09. > :21:13.His focus will be with Toulon on Saturday but you can still feel the
:21:14. > :21:18.pride felt for the then Frimley teenager in Sutton House.
:21:19. > :21:27.Jonny Wilkinson, he's done it. Jonny Wilkinson is England's hero yet
:21:28. > :21:29.again! What a legacy. The Hollywood actress Kathleen
:21:30. > :21:33.Turner has spoken of joy at being back in London and says this city
:21:34. > :21:36.fuelled her passion for theatre as a teenager. After a seven`year absence
:21:37. > :21:38.from the capital she's appearing in the West End production of
:21:39. > :21:44.Bakersfield Mist. Our Entertaiment Correspondent, Brenda Emmanus
:21:45. > :21:49.reports. She may have made her name in film but increasingly, Catherine
:21:50. > :21:56.Mayer is enjoying the adventure of treading the boards. Following a
:21:57. > :22:03.seven`year hiatus, she is back in the West End alongside Ian
:22:04. > :22:09.McDiarmid. She plays Maude, a bartender who has bought a painting
:22:10. > :22:12.that could turn out to be an original Jackson pollock, worth
:22:13. > :22:19.millions. Catherine Mayer was in the West End
:22:20. > :22:26.in 2004, followed by Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf six years later.
:22:27. > :22:33.Would you say that your better parts are on the stage? Stage is a greater
:22:34. > :22:39.risk and more demanding. When I look at you lately, I just
:22:40. > :22:46.want to smash your face in! Smash my face... What I find exciting, you
:22:47. > :22:51.spent your teenage years here, is that correct? Yes.
:22:52. > :22:55.What impact did that have on you? This is where I got the bug. Growing
:22:56. > :22:59.up in London in my teenage years is where I experienced this amazing
:23:00. > :23:02.theatre and I knew that is what I wanted to do with my life,
:23:03. > :23:08.absolutely! I blame it all on London! Clearly loving the whole
:23:09. > :23:12.theatre experience, it would take something special to seduce her back
:23:13. > :23:18.on to the silver screen. I find film`making boring now. A lot
:23:19. > :23:21.of it is not live. A lot of it is CGI.
:23:22. > :23:32.Bakersfield Mist is at the Duchess Theatre until the 30th of August.
:23:33. > :23:36.Now we have had lots of dry and sunny weather in the capital but a
:23:37. > :23:42.very different story today. Look at this: The moment that a bolt of
:23:43. > :23:46.lightening hit the Shard. The storm that came with the lightening also
:23:47. > :23:51.caused travel disruption in the capital as well.
:23:52. > :23:57.Now lets check on the Weather with Susan Powell. Any more of that to
:23:58. > :24:02.come? There may be a little more before the bank holiday weekend but
:24:03. > :24:05.this evening it is looking quieter. The heavier showers are to the north
:24:06. > :24:10.now. There is sunshine for the next couple of hours. There will be
:24:11. > :24:15.showers arriving again overnight but tomorrow, in contrast to today, it
:24:16. > :24:19.is looking drier and showers should be isolated. But they are there on
:24:20. > :24:24.the radar picture, sweeping to the north with heavy rain for the next
:24:25. > :24:27.few hours for Yorkshire and parts of Lincolnshire. But to the south`east,
:24:28. > :24:31.we can see that the skies are clearer. There are showers to the
:24:32. > :24:36.south and we are amenting that they will run to the north in the small
:24:37. > :24:42.hours of Friday. Most of them are clearing to the north and west by
:24:43. > :24:47.the end of the night. The temperatures about 10 to 12 Celsius.
:24:48. > :24:50.Friday, some cloud around but the day on the whole should continue to
:24:51. > :24:55.improve as the hours go by. Then more in the way of sunshine for the
:24:56. > :25:02.afternoon, more so than today but with a chance of one or two showers.
:25:03. > :25:07.Warm too at 19 and 20 Celsius. Keep your eye out, if you are heading
:25:08. > :25:09.away for the bank holiday weekend, there will be showers Friday
:25:10. > :25:13.evening. And of course the bank holiday
:25:14. > :25:17.weekend, does not have the most promising of the starts for the
:25:18. > :25:21.south`east. Hefty showers around. But then the picture should improve.
:25:22. > :25:27.For Sunday a drier and brighter day. For Monday, the best of the tree.
:25:28. > :25:33.With the dry `` for Monday, the best of the three. So here is Saturday,
:25:34. > :25:37.showery, then by the afternoon things calming down. But on
:25:38. > :25:41.Saturday, a bit like today, some showers could come with a punch with
:25:42. > :25:43.hail and rumbles of thunder and lightening. Looking better towards
:25:44. > :26:05.the end of the day. For the weekend: An improving picture.
:26:06. > :26:11.We are going to return to the top story and the Housing Association
:26:12. > :26:15.that increased prices by as much as ?150,000 before the buyers were due
:26:16. > :26:49.to pick up the keys. You have been getting in touch.
:26:50. > :27:02.Thank you for all of your views. Now the main news headlines: Moscow
:27:03. > :27:07.branded as outrageous and unacceptable comments made by Prince
:27:08. > :27:12.Charles. Thousands have turned out to pay
:27:13. > :27:16.tributes to Fusilier Lee Rigby on the first anniversary of his murder.
:27:17. > :27:21.And in the last few minutes, plans for a strike by power workers on the
:27:22. > :27:26.tube this bank holiday weekend have been called off after three days of
:27:27. > :27:33.talks between London Underground and the unions Unite and the TSA were
:27:34. > :27:39.unsuccessful. More on that later in the evening. That is it for now. I
:27:40. > :27:41.am back later at the 10.00pm news. For now from everyone on the team,
:27:42. > :27:53.goodbye. When the first travellers crossed
:27:54. > :27:56.America, they were faced with this - from snow-capped mountains
:27:57. > :28:02.to arid plains and thick forests. The very nature of the American
:28:03. > :28:12.personality was defined. Ray Mears explores
:28:13. > :28:15.the land behind the Hollywood legend and discovers the wild that
:28:16. > :28:19.made the west.