:00:00. > :00:00.That is all from the BBC News at Six. Now we join the BBC's news
:00:00. > :00:17.teams where you are. Tonight on BBC London News, safety
:00:18. > :00:28.fears after a manhole explosion in was it was very scary. We wdre
:00:29. > :00:30.afraid at any moment it could be a big explosion.
:00:31. > :00:33.We reveal a significant risd in the number of such explosions
:00:34. > :00:38.Also tonight, we ask the Edtcation Secretary whether the collapse of a
:00:39. > :00:41.free school in west London has put his flagship policy into crisis.
:00:42. > :00:43.Suffering needlessly, how animals used in research were badly
:00:44. > :00:54.Plus, a live soundtrack to a classic movie. Could this be the future of
:00:55. > :01:12.Good evening, welcome to the programme.
:01:13. > :01:15.First tonight, there are safety fears after a manhole exploded
:01:16. > :01:19.A lorry was set alight but no one was injured.
:01:20. > :01:23.It happened on Piccadilly last night.
:01:24. > :01:25.The health and safety executive has ordered an urgent investigation
:01:26. > :01:30.BBC London can reveal that the number of similar manhole explosions
:01:31. > :01:33.has increased significantly over the past four years, with at le`st
:01:34. > :01:33.has increased significantly over the past four years, with at least two
:01:34. > :01:53.Late`night, central London, and flames are leaping from the
:01:54. > :01:57.pavement. A crowd has gathered on Piccadilly. There has been `n
:01:58. > :01:58.explosion on the ground, and firefighters are desperately trying
:01:59. > :02:03.firefighters are desperatelx trying to move a lorry in danger of
:02:04. > :02:06.catching light, but there are more blasts beneath the surface. This
:02:07. > :02:11.video, obtained by the BBC, shows what they were up against.
:02:12. > :02:16.Eventually, firefighters moved away, although in a bizarre moment, a man
:02:17. > :02:19.runs towards the blazing vehicle and is pulled back by a police officer.
:02:20. > :02:23.Restaurant manager, Georgina, saw Restaurant manager, Georgin`, saw
:02:24. > :02:31.the fire last night. It was very, very scary, because we could hear
:02:32. > :02:33.the explosion down there, you know? We were afraid at any moment it
:02:34. > :02:38.could be a big, huge explosion. The could be a big, huge exploshon. The
:02:39. > :02:42.drama played out on the steps of the home of British film and television,
:02:43. > :02:46.where today workmen were repairing the damage. They have been working
:02:47. > :02:49.through the day to fix this particular problem, but the Health
:02:50. > :02:51.and Safety Executive has told us today that there are two or three of
:02:52. > :02:55.these problems in London evdry week. these problems in London every week.
:02:56. > :03:00.Few of them are as dramatic as last night's blast. Or this one hn
:03:01. > :03:01.night's blast. Or this one in Pimlico, but BBC London revdaled
:03:02. > :03:03.Pimlico, but BBC London revealed last summer how there had bden
:03:04. > :03:04.Pimlico, but BBC London revdaled last summer how there had been a
:03:05. > :03:08.last summer how there had bden a worrying increase in pavement
:03:09. > :03:13.explosions. Now, the latest figures we have seen show an even sharper
:03:14. > :03:20.rise. In 2011, there were jtst nine incidents. That tripled to 31 in
:03:21. > :03:22.2012. Last year, it rose to 49, and so far in 2014, only halfwax through
:03:23. > :03:23.so far in 2014, only halfway through the year, there have alreadx been
:03:24. > :03:27.the year, there have already been 64. The Health and Safety Executive
:03:28. > :03:29.says it has told the companx 64. The Health and Safety Executive
:03:30. > :03:32.says it has told the companx which delivers electricity through the
:03:33. > :03:38.capital to do more to protect the public. Week`old UK power's network
:03:39. > :03:45.directors in and had a couple of meetings with them `` we told UK
:03:46. > :03:50.Power. To carry out more inspections, and as a result of
:03:51. > :03:56.that, they have actually got a couple of dedicated teams working in
:03:57. > :04:00.London, just looking at these boxes and inspecting them. But checking
:04:01. > :04:03.and inspecting them. But chdcking all 100,000 electrical link boxes
:04:04. > :04:08.under the capital's pavement is no simple task. UK Power networks says
:04:09. > :04:10.it is investing ?10 million a year for the next eight years, and that
:04:11. > :04:14.the safety of Londoners is its top the safety of Londoners is hts top
:04:15. > :04:17.priority. No one was injured last night, but Colin Wingate spent three
:04:18. > :04:20.night, but Colin Wingate spdnt three months in a wheelchair, after a
:04:21. > :04:25.months in a wheelchair, aftdr a pavement exploded in Harrow three
:04:26. > :04:28.years ago. They are not doing enough to ensure that these accidents,
:04:29. > :04:32.incidents, call it what you like, don't happen any more, because
:04:33. > :04:37.sooner or later, at the ratd don't happen any more, becatse
:04:38. > :04:38.sooner or later, at the rate these explosions are continuing, sooner or
:04:39. > :04:40.later somebody will lose thdir explosions are continuing, sooner or
:04:41. > :04:42.later somebody will lose their life. later somebody will lose their life.
:04:43. > :04:46.It may be hard to imagine on a sunny day, but the wet weather ovdr the
:04:47. > :04:51.past few years is thought to be behind the rise in explosions. The
:04:52. > :04:53.prospect of water mixing with electricity in the heart of the West
:04:54. > :05:05.End, a dangerous combination. With the rise of these types of
:05:06. > :05:10.explosions, what about the safety fears associated with them? Clearly
:05:11. > :05:15.these were dramatic scenes last night in a busy part of town at a
:05:16. > :05:19.bustling part of the evening, just before 11pm. There wasn't an event
:05:20. > :05:25.on at BAFTA, like there is tonight, but we saw in the report thd
:05:26. > :05:29.potential danger of the firefighters trying to move the lorry as it
:05:30. > :05:32.caught fire. Presumably, the tank was full of petrol is that hs a real
:05:33. > :05:36.was full of petrol is that is a real risk. What the Health and S`fety
:05:37. > :05:38.Executive would stress is that this is an isolated case, although we
:05:39. > :05:39.have seen others, though thdy is an isolated case, although we
:05:40. > :05:39.have seen others, though they say is an isolated case, although we
:05:40. > :05:41.have seen others, though thdy say we have seen others, though they say we
:05:42. > :05:42.should not take from this that the streets of London are not safe to
:05:43. > :05:49.streets of London are not s`fe to walk, and also UK Power Networks,
:05:50. > :05:52.the company that delivers power through the capital, say thdy
:05:53. > :05:53.the company that delivers power through the capital, say they do 160
:05:54. > :05:56.through the capital, say thdy do 160 inspections every day looking at the
:05:57. > :05:58.electrical boxes beneath our feet, and also, remember, they have
:05:59. > :06:06.something like 360,000 kilometres, something like 360,000 kilometres,
:06:07. > :06:10.sorry, 37,000 kilometres of cable is under our feet. In terms of this
:06:11. > :06:12.particular investigation, we don't know the cause. We wait to see what
:06:13. > :06:17.was the cause of the dramatic scenes last night.
:06:18. > :06:20.Plenty more ahead tonight, how building a new London is helping to
:06:21. > :06:31.unearth a significant insight into the city's past.
:06:32. > :06:33.The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has been criticised
:06:34. > :06:38.It comes after the government blocked the setting
:06:39. > :06:44.Fulham Boys was due to open in September but problems with suitable
:06:45. > :06:47.premises means around 100 ptpils have now been left with no school
:06:48. > :07:06.they have had an induction sports day. The boys have their unhform,
:07:07. > :07:11.but suddenly no school. The government has withdrawn funding
:07:12. > :07:14.from full boys school, a few weeks before this new free school was due
:07:15. > :07:17.to open. It has left pupils and parents devastated. Other schools
:07:18. > :07:18.that we have as other choicds parents devastated. Other schools
:07:19. > :07:19.that we have as other choices are that we have as other choicds are
:07:20. > :07:21.completely full now. We have that we have as other choices are
:07:22. > :07:21.completely full now. We havd no completely full now. We havd no
:07:22. > :07:25.choices. There is no democracy in choices. There is no democr`cy in
:07:26. > :07:27.being able to choose the future of your child's education. Thex have
:07:28. > :07:28.absolutely stuffed us. I think your child's education. They have
:07:29. > :07:29.absolutely stuffed us. I thhnk it your child's education. Thex have
:07:30. > :07:30.absolutely stuffed us. I think it is absolutely stuffed us. I think it is
:07:31. > :07:33.all blinkered, the council blamed the government, the government
:07:34. > :07:35.blames the counts of educathon, the government, the governmdnt
:07:36. > :07:38.blames the counts of education, they need to work together and think
:07:39. > :07:43.about the actions they are doing. These are 10`year old boys. It is
:07:44. > :07:46.their education, their future they are playing with. This is where they
:07:47. > :07:48.were due to open. The special are playing with. This is where they
:07:49. > :07:51.were due to open. The special needs school is moving out and full boys
:07:52. > :07:59.school has a guaranteed two years not more, before the developer who
:08:00. > :08:03.owns it plans to build. Sullivan school was earmarked as the eventual
:08:04. > :08:06.permanent site, but when Labour won the local election, they reversed
:08:07. > :08:08.Conservative plans to close it. The full head insists that should not
:08:09. > :08:12.matter. They have come he says, a matter. They have come he says, a
:08:13. > :08:15.business plan hailed by ministers as the best they have ever seen.
:08:16. > :08:17.Whatever political side of the fence you come down on, you obviotsly
:08:18. > :08:17.Whatever political side of the fence you come down on, you obviously want
:08:18. > :08:22.you come down on, you obviotsly want to have the best schools in your
:08:23. > :08:26.rough. That is what we are offering, I am going record on the BBC that if
:08:27. > :08:31.this is not outstanding in two years time, sacked me. That is how
:08:32. > :08:34.passionately I feel about this being an outstanding school, and for it
:08:35. > :08:41.not to see the light of day is a travesty. All this, then, does
:08:42. > :08:42.appear to expose a fundamental flaw in the Education Secretary's free
:08:43. > :08:47.school revolution. If a local school revolution. If a loc`l
:08:48. > :08:52.authority can derail it at the last minute it is not say much about the
:08:53. > :08:53.free school policy? The free school policy is there to supplement and
:08:54. > :08:54.augment what local authorithes policy is there to supplement and
:08:55. > :08:56.augment what local authorities do. augment what local authorities do.
:08:57. > :08:57.If you have a Labour local `uthority If you have a Labour local `uthority
:08:58. > :09:01.and they want to pursue a particular and they want to pursue a particular
:09:02. > :09:05.agenda, I have to respect the verdict of the ballot box and we
:09:06. > :09:07.have to do everything we can. Luckily we have in the Mayor of
:09:08. > :09:12.London, a Conservative Meier, who has backed free schools who when
:09:13. > :09:15.other free schools have been difficult in the past, has liberated
:09:16. > :09:19.sites. I am determined we whll find a site of this marvellous group of
:09:20. > :09:25.people. They are meeting tonight, if they get 100% of the support of the
:09:26. > :09:30.parents, will you be happy to open? We need a permanent site. The
:09:31. > :09:32.council maintains it is a government position, which amounts to `
:09:33. > :09:36.position, which amounts to a stand`off. There remains in the
:09:37. > :09:39.middle 100 boys with no school. A former aide to David Cameron has
:09:40. > :09:42.appeared before magistrates, charged with making and possessing
:09:43. > :09:44.indecent images of children. The charges against Patrick Rock,
:09:45. > :09:47.who's 63 and from south`west London, He was granted conditional bail
:09:48. > :09:52.and will appear in court again Four people are to go on trial
:09:53. > :09:59.in connection with alleged `ttacks of three women at the
:10:00. > :10:05.Cumberland Hotel in April. Three men and one woman appdared
:10:06. > :10:08.today pleaded not guilty on several counts of attempted
:10:09. > :10:10.murder, burglary and handling stolen They'll appear
:10:11. > :10:14.in court next October. It's emerged that
:10:15. > :10:16.a black firearms officer, who won a bullying case against Scotland
:10:17. > :10:19.Yard, is facing an assault charge. Earlier this week,
:10:20. > :10:21.PC Carol Howard won her case Earlier this week,
:10:22. > :10:21.PC Carol Howard won her casd at an employment tribunal, after claiming
:10:22. > :10:25.sex and race discrimination. Today, it's been revealed that
:10:26. > :10:27.she was suspended following her Her lawyers say the action
:10:28. > :10:34.against her amounts to further One of the UK's leading resdarch
:10:35. > :10:41.institutions could have its licence reviewed, which allows it to carry
:10:42. > :10:44.out experiments on animals. A government investigation
:10:45. > :10:46.into Imperial College London found that animals were allowed to
:10:47. > :10:50."suffer needlessly", and they failed to maintain legal
:10:51. > :10:54.animal welfare standards. The university says it's record
:10:55. > :11:08.on animal welfare has improved. Students at Imperial College
:11:09. > :11:14.conducting experiments on animals, allegedly without supervision.
:11:15. > :11:20.Behind the camera, an animal rights campaigner, posing as an employee.
:11:21. > :11:24.The most shocking footage shows live rats being decapitated, and
:11:25. > :11:29.experiments on other animals without anaesthesia. The Imperial College
:11:30. > :11:33.said the allegations are unfounded, but it was this undercover
:11:34. > :11:34.investigation that sparked a government enquiry into anilal
:11:35. > :11:37.government enquiry into animal welfare standards here. The report
:11:38. > :11:41.by Home Office investigators found other issues, highlighting `
:11:42. > :11:47.systematic failure at Imperhal College, leading to animal suffering
:11:48. > :11:49.needlessly. The Home Office, in our opinion, has been far too slow to
:11:50. > :11:53.react. It had not taken under opinion, has been far too slow to
:11:54. > :11:54.react. It had not taken unddr cover react. It had not taken unddr cover
:11:55. > :11:59.investigation by animal protection organisations to undercover these
:12:00. > :12:00.incidents of animal suffering. In fact, the Home Office visited
:12:01. > :12:00.incidents of animal suffering. In fact, the Home Office visitdd the
:12:01. > :12:01.fact, the Home Office visited the institution 15 times that ydar
:12:02. > :12:02.fact, the Home Office visitdd the institution 15 times that year and
:12:03. > :12:06.institution 15 times that ydar and they did not do anything, they were
:12:07. > :12:10.waiting to have a meeting. Since this footage was shot, the Hmperial
:12:11. > :12:15.College say they have invented a comp rancid action plan to hmprove
:12:16. > :12:18.standards `` comp rancid action plan, and they say they are shocked
:12:19. > :12:20.it is not mentioned in the Home Office report. The strongest action
:12:21. > :12:22.the Home Office could now t`ke Office report. The strongest action
:12:23. > :12:23.the Home Office could now take is to the Home Office could now t`ke is to
:12:24. > :12:28.revoke the University's license. revoke the University's license.
:12:29. > :12:32.Their investigators to single out an unnamed individual with overall
:12:33. > :12:37.responsible T for animal welfare. University's license holder.
:12:38. > :12:40.The government's being urged to re`think plans to make it easier
:12:41. > :12:43.for people to let out property on a short`term basis.
:12:44. > :12:45.Resident groups in Westminster are angry th`t
:12:46. > :12:48.a 30`year`old law, requiring owners to get licences, is to be scrapped.
:12:49. > :12:51.They claim it could ruin local areas and decrease the supply
:12:52. > :13:00.Our Political Editor Tim Donovan has the story.
:13:01. > :13:08.They get an enormous number of deliveries of linen very early in
:13:09. > :13:12.the morning... In Marylebond, according to Amanda here, there is
:13:13. > :13:18.ever more coming and going. They arrive noisily late at night, they
:13:19. > :13:22.sometimes have noisy parties. People staying short periods, more
:13:23. > :13:26.disturbance for her and other permanent residence. You don't think
:13:27. > :13:32.you are being very precious here? You know, this is London, a bustling
:13:33. > :13:34.city? This is also a residential community, and I don't think I am
:13:35. > :13:36.being precious at all. We need community, and I don't think I am
:13:37. > :13:40.being precious at all. We nded to being precious at all. We need to
:13:41. > :13:44.have a balance. For many ye`rs, there has been a requirement for
:13:45. > :13:47.people to get a license for lets of up to three months but now the
:13:48. > :13:51.government is getting rid of it as part of a clear out of regulations.
:13:52. > :13:53.I would like the government to make an exception for Westminster,
:13:54. > :13:58.because of the nature of thd because of the nature of thd place,
:13:59. > :14:02.because it is such an attraction for people to come here. At least leave
:14:03. > :14:07.Westminster council with the tools Westminster council with thd tools
:14:08. > :14:12.to deal with the worst of the excesses. Short lets attract higher
:14:13. > :14:13.rents, but with minced council and local MPs fear that deregulation
:14:14. > :14:15.will affect local communitids. local MPs fear that deregul`tion
:14:16. > :14:17.will affect local communities. It will affect local communitids. It
:14:18. > :14:20.will mean that properties, streets, blocks of flats get increashngly
:14:21. > :14:21.pressurised into turning over into pressurised into turning over into
:14:22. > :14:27.the short`term let sector, `nd that the short`term let sector, `nd that
:14:28. > :14:31.is bad news for residents and residential property. Air BMB
:14:32. > :14:31.is bad news for residents and residential property. Air BLB is an
:14:32. > :14:32.residential property. Air BMB is an online marketplace for travdllers
:14:33. > :14:38.seeking short`term lets around the seeking short`term lets arotnd the
:14:39. > :14:39.world. It says 80% of its London users are people letting out their
:14:40. > :14:41.own homes just a few weeks xear own homes just a few weeks year.
:14:42. > :14:47.They are during it just oncd in They are during it just once in
:14:48. > :14:50.awhile, `` doing it, so I don't see it as a problem. That is what these
:14:51. > :14:54.groups tell me is happening increasingly in central London.
:14:55. > :14:58.groups tell me is happening increasingly What we are offering is
:14:59. > :15:01.something great for London. Having people come into new neighbourhoods
:15:02. > :15:03.is also bringing business to local businesses that would not h`ve that
:15:04. > :15:08.businesses that would not have that part of the Torah is coming in. The
:15:09. > :15:11.government says the success of the company shows just how outdated
:15:12. > :15:22.current rules are and in a statement, added:
:15:23. > :15:29.The impact on the heart of London will be watched closely.
:15:30. > :15:36.Still to come this evening, the new exhibition exploring London's
:15:37. > :15:42.bridges. We take a trip down the Thames. And continuing their series
:15:43. > :15:45.celebrating classic films, the Royal Albert Hall presents West side story
:15:46. > :16:03.with a live orchestral performance. us a glimpse into London's past
:16:04. > :16:06.With so many construction projects taking place in London,
:16:07. > :16:08.archaeologists say an increasing archaeologists say an incre`sing
:16:09. > :16:13.number of significant discoveries are being found. Jean MacKenzie
:16:14. > :16:18.reports. Beneath the shiny surfaces and building sites of London, there
:16:19. > :16:23.is a past which needs to be brought out of the ground before new
:16:24. > :16:26.foundations can go in. As the city's oldest railway station is
:16:27. > :16:27.rebuilt, archaeologists havd been rebuilt, archaeologists havd been
:16:28. > :16:32.excavating an area they thought they excavating an area they thought they
:16:33. > :16:36.would never understand. This particular trench, we had to go down
:16:37. > :16:41.six metres below where we are standing. Right at the bottom, we
:16:42. > :16:48.found 17 timbers which were cut down in the first century, forming a
:16:49. > :16:52.place which marked the very edge of the Roman island of Southwark. We
:16:53. > :16:56.know the centre of that settlement was at Boro high street, but this
:16:57. > :16:58.now gives an indication of how large it was. Finding that very edge of
:16:59. > :17:01.the settlement, it is like a's it was. Finding that very edge of
:17:02. > :17:01.the settlement, it is like `'s in it was. Finding that very edge of
:17:02. > :17:07.the settlement, it is like `'s in a haystack, it was a fantastic find.
:17:08. > :17:11.Excavations have revealed mtch about London in the Roman era and beyond.
:17:12. > :17:13.Most of what is found will come here, to the Museum of London,
:17:14. > :17:18.taking this an exciting time. The taking this an exciting time. The
:17:19. > :17:24.amount of material, in terms of data and new fracked 's, which are
:17:25. > :17:28.pouring into the museum, is just phenomenal. Over to the west, we can
:17:29. > :17:34.now trace back hundreds of thousands of years. Last month, archadologists
:17:35. > :17:38.found evidence of a prehistoric campsite at the home of the new US
:17:39. > :17:44.embassy. There were Stone Age tools, along with charred remains of a
:17:45. > :17:50.campfire. We are looking at burnt clay, pretty much. What are the odds
:17:51. > :17:51.of having that preserved? It is a fleeting moment, somebody passing
:17:52. > :17:59.fleeting moment, somebody p`ssing across a plain, stopping to make a
:18:00. > :18:04.camp. It is amazing. With so much going on, the scope for such
:18:05. > :18:12.discoveries is enormous, especially with projects like Crossrail,
:18:13. > :18:13.spanning right across London. A team of volunteers is scouring rdcords to
:18:14. > :18:20.of volunteers is scouring records to try and identify thousands of
:18:21. > :18:22.skeletons they are wrecks you. This was a labourer who was killdd by
:18:23. > :18:22.skeletons they are wrecks you. This was a labourer who was killed by a
:18:23. > :18:30.was a labourer who was killdd by a fall from a house. This was in 1679,
:18:31. > :18:35.after the great Fire of London. The poor man comes to a grisly end. When
:18:36. > :18:37.you look at these very earlx you look at these very earlx
:18:38. > :18:39.records, you can see it lived you look at these very early
:18:40. > :18:45.records, you can see it livdd out in the daily lives of people, through
:18:46. > :18:47.the burials, which is fascinating. As London continues to upgrade,
:18:48. > :18:48.the burials, which is fascinating. As London continues to upgr`de, we
:18:49. > :18:50.will learn more about those who lived and worked in the city before
:18:51. > :18:56.lived and worked in the citx before us.
:18:57. > :19:00.Meanwhile, it is quite a structure, and it celebrated its 120th
:19:01. > :19:02.anniversary this week. Tower Bridge is one of a number of landmark
:19:03. > :19:04.is one of a number of landm`rk crossings which are the focus
:19:05. > :19:05.is one of a number of landmark crossings which are the focts of a
:19:06. > :19:07.crossings which are the focus of a new art exhibition. Sonja Jdssup has
:19:08. > :19:08.new art exhibition. Sonja Jessup has got a great vantage point this
:19:09. > :19:14.evening. Absolutely. We have seen evening. Absolutely. We have seen
:19:15. > :19:19.lots of people ping to take photographs of Tower Bridge, but
:19:20. > :19:22.also stopping halfway across the bridge to take pictures of this
:19:23. > :19:26.wonderful city Panorama which opens up to you when you are on the water
:19:27. > :19:31.on a glorious day like this. You can see gang Hall and HMS Belfast, with
:19:32. > :19:42.the Shard as well. `` you can see the Shard as well. `` you c`n see
:19:43. > :19:47.City Hall. London's bridges have changed not just the way we never
:19:48. > :19:50.gave our city, but also the way we view it. The river splits the city
:19:51. > :19:52.in half and opens it up. When you in half and opens it up. When you
:19:53. > :19:56.get on a bridge, that is whdn you get on a bridge, that is whdn you
:19:57. > :20:00.can get that visual sense of the City of London. It is why the Museum
:20:01. > :20:02.of London Docklands has decided to of London Docklands has decided to
:20:03. > :20:08.celebrate bridges in a new exhibition. 18th`century citizens
:20:09. > :20:12.crossing the river by horse and carriage hang beside commuters
:20:13. > :20:12.crossing the river by horse and carriage hang beside commutdrs from
:20:13. > :20:16.carriage hang beside commuters from different ages. Artists havd
:20:17. > :20:16.carriage hang beside commutdrs from different ages. Artists have kept
:20:17. > :20:20.different ages. Artists havd kept coming back to London's crossings.
:20:21. > :20:24.People forget how incrediblx People forget how incrediblx
:20:25. > :20:29.important bridges were. It opened up the south from the north. This
:20:30. > :20:33.historian's love of bridges is hard to beat. Westminster Bridge, 1860s,
:20:34. > :20:36.to beat. Westminster Bridge, 18 0s, and below it, there is a wonderful
:20:37. > :20:41.melancholy. Above is light `nd and below it, there is a wonderful
:20:42. > :20:44.melancholy. Above is light and life, melancholy. Above is light `nd life,
:20:45. > :20:49.below it is gloom. London's bridges, he says, have secrdt lives.
:20:50. > :20:57.Tower Bridge, now a tourist favourite, originally had a more
:20:58. > :21:01.built into it. There was so much death associated with it, not so
:21:02. > :21:03.much suicide, but people falling off boats, drowning as they were going
:21:04. > :21:08.about their daily lives. Ond about their daily lives. One
:21:09. > :21:11.photographer climbed inside London Bridge. Inside London Bridge,
:21:12. > :21:14.photographer climbed inside London Bridge. Inside London Bridgd, it is
:21:15. > :21:19.like being underground. There are walkways which link it all tp.
:21:20. > :21:22.like being underground. There are walkways which link it all up. So
:21:23. > :21:27.you can look down and see the river below you and the boats passing
:21:28. > :21:32.underneath. This film`maker takes us under the bridges, with a drama
:21:33. > :21:37.exploring the echoes. And could there be room on the river for this
:21:38. > :21:42.new "Garden Bridge"? Londondrs are still dreaming up new ways of
:21:43. > :21:47.crossing the Thames. Now, those pictures for the proposed new garden
:21:48. > :21:50.pictures for the proposed ndw garden bridge represent a vision that it
:21:51. > :21:55.would stretch between Templd and the would stretch between Templd and the
:21:56. > :21:59.South Bank. That would be a pedestrian bridge. There ard also
:22:00. > :22:04.proposals for a new road rage in east London. So the views of the
:22:05. > :22:07.river could be changing even more in the future. `` for a new road
:22:08. > :22:14.bridge. Taking a classical lusical bridge. Taking a classical lusical
:22:15. > :22:17.film like west Side Story, accompanied by a live orchestra in
:22:18. > :22:22.the Royal Albert Hall, has perhaps unsurprisingly been a hit with
:22:23. > :22:27.audiences. Critics say enhancing the experience in this way could change
:22:28. > :22:29.the way we watch our favourhte the way we watch our favourhte
:22:30. > :22:40.movies. Renderer `` Brenda Emmanus movies. Renderer `` Brenda Emmanus
:22:41. > :22:44.reports. The 1961 film adaptation of West Side Story is often fe`tured in
:22:45. > :22:49.the top ten musical films of all time. Its popularity has provoked
:22:50. > :22:51.the Royal Albert Hall to restage its unique presentation of the classic.
:22:52. > :22:55.This weekend, the auditorium will be This weekend, the auditoriul will be
:22:56. > :22:59.packed with fans who have come to see their favourite film in high
:23:00. > :23:05.definition with a live orchdstral performance. It is part of the Royal
:23:06. > :23:12.Albert Hall's ambition to provide memorable experiences for vhsitors.
:23:13. > :23:19.According to critics, it works. Nobody notices sound in the cinema.
:23:20. > :23:21.Movie soundtracks just play away and manipulate our emotions, but
:23:22. > :23:22.actually there is something remarkable about hearing music of
:23:23. > :23:27.this quality being played by an this quality being played bx an
:23:28. > :23:30.orchestra of this quality, which really adds something to the event.
:23:31. > :23:33.really adds something to thd event. The orchestra in question is the
:23:34. > :23:36.royal fill our moniker concdrt royal fill our moniker concert
:23:37. > :23:41.Orchestra, seen here rehearsing for the shows which commence thhs
:23:42. > :23:48.Friday. They will provide the live score with the original dialogue
:23:49. > :23:55.from the film intact. It is different from their day`to`day work
:23:56. > :24:03.in the concert halls of London. This music is very rarely played live.
:24:04. > :24:07.Such is the popularity of these events that more than 100,000 people
:24:08. > :24:16.have now enjoyed performancds of Star Trek, Lord of the rings,
:24:17. > :24:17.Singing In The Rain and Fantasia. I think more and more events are
:24:18. > :24:22.think more and more events `re happening in different ways, as we
:24:23. > :24:25.realise that there is a technology which allows us to do that. West
:24:26. > :24:31.Side Story is at the Royal Albert Side Story is at the Royal @lbert
:24:32. > :24:35.Hall until Sunday. Now, if you like the hot we`ther,
:24:36. > :24:35.Hall until Sunday. Now, if you like the hot weather, it
:24:36. > :24:40.Now, if you like the hot we`ther, it has been gorgeous. Let's go and get
:24:41. > :24:44.the forecast with Alex Deakhn, at Wimbledon. Yes, it has been
:24:45. > :24:46.sensational today, the warmdst day sensational today, the warmest day
:24:47. > :24:50.of the Championships, the w`rmest of the Championships, the w`rmest
:24:51. > :24:59.day of the year so far. We got to 28 in Essex, and widely across London
:25:00. > :25:04.we have hit 25`26. Tomorrow, more of the same, perhaps a bit more cloud,
:25:05. > :25:11.but it will stay fine. Throtgh the night, we will see barely a cloud in
:25:12. > :25:14.the sky. Generally it stays dry There will be long clear spells, it
:25:15. > :25:27.will be a beautiful evening. It will be a bit warm again tonight. And it
:25:28. > :25:31.is not going to be cold tomorrow, far from it. Temperatures whll be
:25:32. > :25:34.far from it. Temperatures will be jumping up as the day goes on, it is
:25:35. > :25:42.going to be another sparkling day. 20 of blue sky. A little bit of
:25:43. > :25:47.cloud, across parts of the west in particular for the afternoon. There
:25:48. > :25:53.is just the very small chance of a few thunderstorms in Kent, but it is
:25:54. > :26:00.just a very small chance. It is by and large another cracking `nd hot
:26:01. > :26:08.one. It could be even hotter than today. Not good news if you are
:26:09. > :26:12.suffering with the pollen ` high levels again tomorrow. It h`s been
:26:13. > :26:17.really troublesome over the past couple of days. But good news for
:26:18. > :26:21.you, levels will be dropping as we go through the weekend. Rain will be
:26:22. > :26:25.arriving on Friday evening, a showery start to Saturday. Those
:26:26. > :26:31.showers should clear away for the afternoon. At Wimbledon, thd risk
:26:32. > :26:31.showers should clear away for the afternoon. At Wimbledon, the risk of
:26:32. > :26:38.afternoon. At Wimbledon, thd risk of showers both on Saturday and Sunday.
:26:39. > :26:45.A reminder of the main headlines ` security has been stepped up at
:26:46. > :26:47.Britain's airports, as Amerhca warns of a credible terrorism threat. The
:26:48. > :26:52.extra checks come amid fears that Al`Qaeda in Syria and Yemen are
:26:53. > :26:56.developing bombs which could be smuggled onto planes. Patients in
:26:57. > :27:00.England are less satisfied with the service they get from their GP and
:27:01. > :27:01.they were here you go, according to a study by the Department of
:27:02. > :27:05.Health, which found there was Health, which found there w`s
:27:06. > :27:08.dissatisfaction over opening hours and making appointments. Thdre
:27:09. > :27:08.dissatisfaction over opening hours and making appointments. There are
:27:09. > :27:12.and making appointments. Thdre are safety fears after a lorry burst
:27:13. > :27:16.into flames last night on Phccadilly following a manhole explosion. It is
:27:17. > :27:22.thought an electrical fault was to blame. And the Education Secretary
:27:23. > :27:23.has been criticised over his flagship schools policy aftdr the
:27:24. > :27:24.Government blocked the setting up flagship schools policy after the
:27:25. > :27:28.Government blocked the setting up of a free school in Hammersmith,
:27:29. > :27:34.leaving 100 pupils with no school place for the next academic year.
:27:35. > :27:36.And that is it for now. Thank you very much for joining us. Asad Ahmad
:27:37. > :27:37.will be back with our late news. will be back with our late news
:27:38. > :27:41.Good evening.