:00:00. > :00:15.Now on BBC One it?s time for the news where you are.
:00:16. > :00:18.Welcome to BBC London News with me, Asad Ahmad.
:00:19. > :00:25.London's buses have stopped accepting cash.
:00:26. > :00:27.It's a move which'll save Transport for London millions
:00:28. > :00:30.of pounds a year, although they say only a small percentage of Londoners
:00:31. > :00:33.Most already use Oyster and other cards.
:00:34. > :00:35.But that hasn't stopped some from expressing their concerns.
:00:36. > :00:47.NEWSREEL: With a nimbleness that would do justice
:00:48. > :00:49.to a much older hand, she smiles and punches, punches and
:00:50. > :00:53.No longer can we jump on a London bus and pay with cash.
:00:54. > :00:55.Now you need an Oyster card, a prepaid or concessionary ticket
:00:56. > :01:01.Transport for London says over 99% of passengers already pay in one
:01:02. > :01:05.But according to residents in East Dulwich today, the new rule is
:01:06. > :01:10.A lady got on the bus when we was at Herne Hill, and she couldn't get on
:01:11. > :01:14.the bus because she wanted to pay cash, and he said they are no longer
:01:15. > :01:18.taking cash, so she had to get off because she had no Oyster card.
:01:19. > :01:22.Why shouldn't you be able to pay cash?
:01:23. > :01:24.It's a good idea, because people go on the bus
:01:25. > :01:27.and never have change, but they always have an argument with
:01:28. > :01:38.TfL says it has put measures in place to help.
:01:39. > :01:42.We have put in One More Journey so if you have an Oyster card
:01:43. > :01:45.but not enough for a bus journey, but have a zero balance, you can
:01:46. > :01:48.make one more journey, and that has been used by a million people
:01:49. > :01:54.There are fears it is not always easy to top up an Oyster card,
:01:55. > :01:56.and that vulnerable people could be left stranded.
:01:57. > :01:59.Transport for London really have to make sure that first of all there
:02:00. > :02:03.are lots of places where you can top up your Oyster card, to increase the
:02:04. > :02:06.number of them, and second, they must make sure that drivers won't
:02:07. > :02:08.leave vulnerable passengers, perhaps late night because they have
:02:09. > :02:11.lost their Oyster card or haven't any money to top it up.
:02:12. > :02:13.There is an element of inevitability about this change.
:02:14. > :02:16.Given that a single bus trip in the capital has been costing ?2.14
:02:17. > :02:22.TfL says that not handling cash will save ?24 million a year,
:02:23. > :02:25.which it plans to reinvest in improving the capital's transport.
:02:26. > :02:34.An IT engineer has been charged with murder after a stabbing
:02:35. > :02:37.20-year-old Terae Eusebe will appear in court accused
:02:38. > :02:40.of killing a Lithuanian man in Hendon on Thursday.
:02:41. > :02:42.Three teenagers arrested after the death are
:02:43. > :02:52.For years, businesses, politicians and Londoners generally
:02:53. > :02:55.have debated whether the Thames needs a new bridge or bridges to
:02:56. > :02:58.Well, that debate will start again this week as plans
:02:59. > :03:03.But a new ?garden bridge? is also being
:03:04. > :03:06.Here's our political editor, Tim Donovan.
:03:07. > :03:10.East London has two tunnels, Blackwall and Rotherhithe,
:03:11. > :03:13.and a boat, the Woolwich Ferry, but no bridge.
:03:14. > :03:16.The first serious attempt to build one at Galleons Reach was thwarted
:03:17. > :03:22.Plans for the Thames Gateway Bridge were promoted by Ken Livingstone,
:03:23. > :03:25.but rejected by a planning inspector.
:03:26. > :03:27.Boris Johnson originally rejecting the idea too,
:03:28. > :03:31.but now seems to have changed his mind, as new proposals emerged this
:03:32. > :03:36.We all know we can actually build bridges.
:03:37. > :03:40.It is the planning and consultation process which is difficult.
:03:41. > :03:44.That is why we need to emphasise the benefits this bridge will bring.
:03:45. > :03:47.And Labour are pledging once again to build a new bridge.
:03:48. > :03:50.The case for a bridge in terms of being able to sustain housing
:03:51. > :03:53.and economic development in East London is overwhelmingly strong and
:03:54. > :04:05.And there is support for more crossings
:04:06. > :04:08.from the celebrity behind a proposed new garden bridge for London.
:04:09. > :04:13.If you can't get across the Thames, you either get stuck in one
:04:14. > :04:16.of those tunnels, or you have got to wake your way
:04:17. > :04:20.extremely far east to go over one bridge or clog up London both south
:04:21. > :04:22.and north making your back to try to fight your way across.
:04:23. > :04:26.On the London cable car, one figure says his opposition to
:04:27. > :04:32.The bridge on the south side, the traffic would be flowing over
:04:33. > :04:35.the bridge and going up roads that simply can't take it.
:04:36. > :04:37.It would be ten times the volume of traffic.
:04:38. > :04:39.Tomorrow, Transport for London start consulting again on the plans
:04:40. > :04:44.Historically, we were promoting one crossing across in the vicinity
:04:45. > :04:50.We are promoting a series of crossings now.
:04:51. > :04:51.People do want a series of crossings.
:04:52. > :04:54.But who knows when a decision will come?
:04:55. > :05:06.Time now for the weather forecast from Georgina.
:05:07. > :05:19.Good evening. A few showers around, but are largely clear night tonight.
:05:20. > :05:26.It will feel fresher and much more comfortable altogether. Tomorrow
:05:27. > :05:29.could be a fairly fine day for many. Temperatures are at it much where
:05:30. > :05:34.they should be that this time of year. But there are one or two
:05:35. > :05:43.showers around, and they could be fairly sharp as well. As we head
:05:44. > :05:47.through the week, a mixture of sunshine and showers. But on
:05:48. > :05:51.Thursday, heavy rain pushing through.
:05:52. > :05:56.I'll be back at a quarter to eleven on BBC One with our next news.
:05:57. > :06:13.Hello again. Today's big event was certainly blessed by fine weather,
:06:14. > :06:22.but there has been some rain around here and there. Those showers will
:06:23. > :06:26.continue to drift further east over the next few hours, but by and
:06:27. > :06:35.large, they should become more confined to western areas. These are
:06:36. > :06:41.the sorts of temperatures we will see in towns and cities. We have to
:06:42. > :06:42.talk