15/06/2014

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:00:00. > :00:14.That it from us. We are back at 10:05.

:00:15. > :00:18.Good evening and welcome to BBC London News. I'm Louisa Preston

:00:19. > :00:21.A police investigation is under way after more than 1,000 people

:00:22. > :00:25.attended an illegal rave at a former Royal Mail delivery

:00:26. > :00:29.Nine people have been arrested and four people were taken to hospital.

:00:30. > :00:33.Missiles, including furniture and fire extinguishers, were thrown at

:00:34. > :00:38.police when they arrived to shut the rave down, as Gareth Furby reports.

:00:39. > :00:41.The damage left behind in central Croydon by an unlicensed

:00:42. > :00:48.More than 1,000 people are thought to have turned up and it

:00:49. > :01:00.You can see people inside and hear the noise of the sound systems.

:01:01. > :01:09.Neighbour Hash Patel feared it might be the start of a riot.

:01:10. > :01:12.Hundreds and hundreds of people running around the street.

:01:13. > :01:14.I was a bit concerned they might start

:01:15. > :01:19.Then I can hear a lot of helicopters.

:01:20. > :01:25.Police said officers entered the building at around 8,30 this

:01:26. > :01:30.morning and several hours later people are still leaving.

:01:31. > :01:34.But this pair didn't want to talk to us about the event.

:01:35. > :01:42.This teenager claimed he'd been inside.

:01:43. > :01:54.The disruption shut down a section of Croydon's tram system

:01:55. > :02:00.and the local MP wants to know why the police didn't move in sooner.

:02:01. > :02:03.I think there are going to be some real questions to be asked

:02:04. > :02:07.Firstly about intelligence, did we know this was going to take place?

:02:08. > :02:09.And then about whether the police did everything

:02:10. > :02:11.they could to get enough resources here as quickly as possible.

:02:12. > :02:14.Police say further arrests are likely in the coming days

:02:15. > :02:17.as a result of serious disorder in this area.

:02:18. > :02:20.A number of people in the crowd became violent.

:02:21. > :02:22.Objects were thrown at police, and the window of

:02:23. > :02:28.Six people were also taken to hospital.

:02:29. > :02:37.Greenwich Council say they are working with the family of

:02:38. > :02:41.Fusilier Lee Rigby and the Army to commemorate him in Woolwich.

:02:42. > :02:43.The 25-year-old was killed in December last year

:02:44. > :02:48.Two British Muslim converts were jailed for life in February

:02:49. > :02:51.It comes after thousands of people signed

:02:52. > :02:54.an online petition calling for the soldier to be given a permanent

:02:55. > :03:04.City Hall has put forward proposals for record levels of investment

:03:05. > :03:06.in flood protection schemes against surface water flooding.

:03:07. > :03:08.The proposals, to be considered by the

:03:09. > :03:11.Environment Agency over the Summer, include a range of projects in high

:03:12. > :03:14.Jim Wheble has been looking at one example already under

:03:15. > :03:26.The cars are absolutely submerged after God knows how much water

:03:27. > :03:29.Surface water flooding around Brixton and Herne Hill in 2004.

:03:30. > :03:31.It shows how dangerous sudden downpours can be

:03:32. > :03:36.To prevent this happening again a few miles away in Dulwich Park, a

:03:37. > :03:39.With more extreme weather events predicted, it's an issue

:03:40. > :03:47.Surface water flooding schemes have been overlooked for many years.

:03:48. > :03:50.But in recent years, there's been a lot more incidence of surface

:03:51. > :03:55.water flooding and people are starting to realise that we actually

:03:56. > :04:02.So you can see where the water is gathering now in what is

:04:03. > :04:08.The problem is that our Victorian drains can't cope with very intense

:04:09. > :04:12.But add to that another man-made issue, and you have a recipe

:04:13. > :04:20.As London has become more densely populated, and more urbanised,

:04:21. > :04:24.we've lost lots of porous surfaces all over London.

:04:25. > :04:27.And there's less opportunity for the water to escape

:04:28. > :04:31.so what the water is doing now is it works its way through those porous

:04:32. > :04:36.They actually become saturated and the water just runs

:04:37. > :04:41.Using underground storage tanks and other unobtrusive defences

:04:42. > :04:45.thanks to this project Herne Hill soon able to cope with a one

:04:46. > :04:51.City Hall has now proposed to the environment agency a number of

:04:52. > :04:56.With many experts predicting if the biggest flooding threat that

:04:57. > :05:01.Further into the long-term plan we're looking

:05:02. > :05:07.into how we could reinforce those programs and have more saleable

:05:08. > :05:10.urban drainage schemes brought through across the capital to manage

:05:11. > :05:17.This project in Dulwich Park is due to finish next year.

:05:18. > :05:21.These types of scenes in this area should be a thing of the past.

:05:22. > :05:24.The hope is money can be fine so other places will be just

:05:25. > :05:36.It will be a mostly dry and bright day with some sunny spells.

:05:37. > :05:39.It will feel warm with a maximum temperature of 20 degrees Celsius.

:05:40. > :05:42.Warm sunny spells are expected to continue for the rest of the week,

:05:43. > :05:45.but it will be rather cloudy at times and there's a chance

:05:46. > :05:52.That's it for now but I'll be back just after 10.20pm tonight

:05:53. > :06:14.The weather won't be far of what we experience of this weekend. Dry

:06:15. > :06:18.weather here and there and fearing amount of sunshine. The best of

:06:19. > :06:22.sunshine is in the West. Temperatures getting into the low

:06:23. > :06:29.20s. Disappointingly cloudy further east. In between, a few showers

:06:30. > :06:33.North-west Scotland and Wales, the odd sharp shower disappearing

:06:34. > :06:34.through the night. We could see one or two light showers across East

:06:35. > :06:36.Anglia and