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and humid. That is all from the BBC News at | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Six. Goodbye from me. We reveal how some councils | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
in the capital are refusing to tax homeowners with empty properties | :00:13. | :00:16. | |
despite having the power to do so. This shows the scandal of elpty | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
homes and we need to act. But councils say enforcing | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
the tax would deter crucial foreign Under investigation, | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
the primary school where te`chers claim they were forced to buy | :00:28. | :00:29. | |
equipment out of their own pockets. Damaged during last night's | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
electric storm ` one south We heard thunder and saw thd | :00:33. | :00:45. | |
lightning intermittently, but it wasn't for a few minutes th`t we | :00:46. | :00:46. | |
wasn't for a few minutes that we realised what had happened. | :00:47. | :00:48. | |
Plus, From Sunday services to postal services ` how a north London church | :00:49. | :00:51. | |
Good evening, welcome to the programme. | :00:52. | :01:04. | |
First tonight, local authorities who have the power to tax home owners | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
who leave their properties dmpty but are refusing to do so. | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
BBC London has discovered that seven councils in the capital are failing | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
to use a flagship Government policy which allows them to charge an extra | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
50% of council tax on homes left unoccupied for at least two years. | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
Labour leader Ed Miliband has called it a "housing scandal" | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
The government promised to bring empty homes back into use, to raise | :01:29. | :01:44. | |
money for more affordable housing and ease the housing crisis. In | :01:45. | :01:46. | |
London, that meant foreign hnvestors London, that meant foreign hnvestors | :01:47. | :01:50. | |
who failed to rent out propdrties would be targeted. But we have | :01:51. | :01:51. | |
would be targeted. But we h`ve learned that the empty homes premium | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
has been completely ignored, overlooked and written off across a | :01:56. | :01:57. | |
swathe of central London. Sdven swathe of central London. Seven | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
councils have so far refused to use the premium. Six of them ard | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
the premium. Six of them are Conservative`run, prompting this | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
rebuke from the leader of the Opposition. I am deeply concerned | :02:11. | :02:12. | |
about this and I think it is essential not that the `` not only | :02:13. | :02:14. | |
that the empty homes premiul essential not that the `` not only | :02:15. | :02:16. | |
that the empty homes premiul is used to avoid the scandal of empty homes | :02:17. | :02:18. | |
and people not paying a fin`ncial and people not paying a financial | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
penalty for that, but that we extend the power. At the moment it is a | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
power to charge only 50% of council tax. We believe it should bd 10 %. | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
tax. We believe it should be 100%. This is an important investhgation | :02:31. | :02:32. | |
This is an important investigation and it shows the scandal and that we | :02:33. | :02:38. | |
need to act. There are more than 80,000 empty properties in the | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
capital and the empty homes premium was levied on just over 4000. The | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
biggest individual charge w`s was levied on just over 4000. The | :02:47. | :02:48. | |
biggest individual charge w`s an extra ?4700 in council tax on a | :02:49. | :02:51. | |
property in Richmond. What is extra ?4700 in council tax on a | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
property in Richmond. What hs most property in Richmond. What hs most | :02:55. | :02:56. | |
surprising is that seven cotncils have so far refused to use the empty | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
homes premium at all, including boroughs with the highest property | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
prices, like Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster. Rupert panders to | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
the privileged. His company will, fill the fridges, arrange flowers in | :03:11. | :03:12. | |
preparation for when the owner preparation for when the owner | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
annual shopping or business trip. annual shopping or business trip. | :03:16. | :03:16. | |
For a fee, he will spend thd rest For a fee, he will spend thd rest of | :03:17. | :03:17. | |
the year managing a deserted property, and he cannot unddrstand | :03:18. | :03:21. | |
why we would want to deter rich foreign investors. Foreign owners | :03:22. | :03:26. | |
have a right to live here and we need their investment in London We | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
need the money they bring in, the contributions they make in stamp | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
duty, for example. By raising council tax, it's just another | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
reason, potentially, not to invest in the city. But how can cotncils | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
like Westminster claim they cannot afford to build the number of | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
affordable homes London needs, while at the same time refusing to use a | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
power designed to give them the money to do so? We are a low tax | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
borough. We are proud of that money to do so? We are a low tax | :03:56. | :03:56. | |
borough. We are proud of th`t and money to do so? We are a low tax | :03:57. | :03:56. | |
borough. We are proud of that and we borough. We are proud of that and we | :03:57. | :03:58. | |
think you need to tax efficiently and properly. We do not think this | :03:59. | :04:02. | |
would raise enough money to make any meaningful difference in the city. | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
meaningful difference in thd city. We make significant amounts of money | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
through developers investing in the city, building in the city, that | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
allows us to deliver over 5000 new homes over the last few years. That | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
is of little comfort to anyone struggling to get on the property | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
ladder, who will ask why a tax designed to raise money for more | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
affordable homes is being ignored by the same councils that have the most | :04:26. | :04:27. | |
unaffordable property anywhdre in the country. | :04:28. | :04:30. | |
And this isn't a Tory versus Labour issue. | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
Has the Mayor got strong vidws on this? | :04:35. | :04:44. | |
He has said he will write to those councils to demand why they are not | :04:45. | :04:55. | |
using these powers. The mayor has gone even further, demanding that | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
the government increased thhs premium to ten times council tax. He | :05:00. | :05:02. | |
is critical of some foreign investors who he says are using the | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
London property market as a stock market, which is completely | :05:08. | :05:11. | |
inappropriate. And he is mindful of how removing property from the | :05:12. | :05:14. | |
rental market increases prices throughout the market. The councils | :05:15. | :05:16. | |
for their part have put up a robust for their part have put up ` robust | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
defence, the councils which are not using the premium. They say it | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
raises relatively low levels of revenue and not all of the dmpty | :05:25. | :05:26. | |
revenue and not all of the empty properties that I mentioned are | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
actually eligible for this tax. Above all, they say this is a pan | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
`London problem and requires a pan`London solution, and not all the | :05:36. | :05:39. | |
blame should be levelled at them. Thank you. I meet someone from this | :05:40. | :05:49. | |
Bowls club in Reading who h`s Thank you. I meet someone from this | :05:50. | :05:51. | |
Bowls club in Reading who has been Bowls club in Reading who h`s been | :05:52. | :05:53. | |
selected to represent England in the Commonwealth games. And he is really | :05:54. | :05:54. | |
Commonwealth games. And he hs really rather good. | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
An investigation's been launched into the finances of a failhng | :06:01. | :06:02. | |
It comes after teachers clahmed they were forced to buy basic equipment | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
BBC London has seen a confidential letter sent to | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
governors at St Mary's Catholic Primary listing alleged failings. | :06:13. | :06:14. | |
Teachers first started raising concerns a year ago. Initially, they | :06:15. | :06:29. | |
put their worries into a letter. put their worries into a letter | :06:30. | :06:31. | |
Signed by the majority of staff, put their worries into a letter. | :06:32. | :06:32. | |
Signed by the majority of staff it Signed by the majority of staff, it | :06:33. | :06:33. | |
was confidentially sent to the governors and we have seen ` copy. | :06:34. | :06:35. | |
governors and we have seen a copy. They say it was not clear how the | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
pupil premium money for disadvantaged pupils, running to | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
tens of thousands of pounds, was spent. There was apparently no | :06:43. | :06:45. | |
budget for Supply teachers and budget for Supply teachers `nd | :06:46. | :06:48. | |
teaching assistants were left covering lessons. Support for | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
children with special educational needs was sporadic, if at all, and | :06:52. | :06:53. | |
staff say they had to buy basic staff say they had to buy b`sic | :06:54. | :07:02. | |
resources themselves, pens, printer ink, Staples, glue, out of their own | :07:03. | :07:03. | |
pockets. Managers often became pockets. Managers often bec`me | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
confrontational and defensive. They list numerous issues. We have seen a | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
letter back from the governor is pretty much dismissing their | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
concerns. Many of the staff have now left. I met with a group today who | :07:15. | :07:16. | |
were too scared to go on calera left. I met with a group today who | :07:17. | :07:17. | |
were too scared to go on calera but they painted a picture of fear | :07:18. | :07:19. | |
were too scared to go on camera but they painted a picture of fdar and | :07:20. | :07:19. | |
they painted a picture of fear and intimidation. That appears to have | :07:20. | :07:23. | |
spread to parents, too. This lady who have a child at the school | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
agreed to speak on condition of anonymity. It came to my attention | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
that children were shouted at, that children were shouted `t, | :07:32. | :07:35. | |
intimidated, even little chhldren, and that is heartbreaking. Lots of | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
people thought the same? Many parents feel the same, yes, and have | :07:40. | :07:43. | |
lost confidence in the school, saying it is not the school it used | :07:44. | :07:48. | |
to be. The National Union of Teachers says that staff did | :07:49. | :07:50. | |
everything by the book and they are concerned that the use of teaching | :07:51. | :07:52. | |
concerned that the use of tdaching assistants to take classes alone. | :07:53. | :07:55. | |
Only qualified teachers shotld be Only qualified teachers should be | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
teaching classes in school. It is not lawful. They should not be | :08:00. | :08:03. | |
teaching. They are entitled to supervise on certain occasions, but | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
not to teach. In March, Ofsted stepped in, and its report rated the | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
school as inadequate. Among the failings it says the provision | :08:15. | :08:15. | |
school as inadequate. Among the failings it says the provishon for | :08:16. | :08:16. | |
pupils with special educational needs is weak, and even the | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
governors don't appear to know where the pupil premium funding is spent. | :08:22. | :08:24. | |
It recommends the school be put into special measures. Brent Council has | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
launched a forensic audit of the school's finances and would not | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
comment further. The diocesds of Westminster is aware of the | :08:34. | :08:35. | |
allegations and is cooperathng with allegations and is cooperating with | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
the investigation. The headteacher and governors would not comlent | :08:39. | :08:40. | |
and governors would not comment. These were Ofsted's findings and | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
knowing that teachers raised this a year ago and this could have | :08:44. | :08:44. | |
knowing that teachers raised this a year ago and this could havd been | :08:45. | :08:45. | |
year ago and this could have been prevented, we were disappointed | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
sad, angry. They failed our children. Things could get worse. | :08:51. | :08:55. | |
Parents claim that year six exams have been withheld. The Dep`rtment | :08:56. | :08:57. | |
have been withheld. The Department for Education has confirmed a review | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
is being carried out into how the tests were conducted at the school. | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
We understand the head has resigned. The welfare of 400 young children is | :09:06. | :09:09. | |
at stake and the search for answers continues into how this oncd | :09:10. | :09:12. | |
successful school collapsed so badly. | :09:13. | :09:13. | |
A pensioner has been jailed for raping a three`year`old boy he | :09:14. | :09:16. | |
was babysitting, after befriending a family to gain their trust. | :09:17. | :09:19. | |
Barry John Britton from Westminster admitted four counts of sexual | :09:20. | :09:22. | |
He received a life sentence with a minimum term of five years. | :09:23. | :09:32. | |
A south London man has been found not guilty of supplying drugs | :09:33. | :09:35. | |
following the death of a 16`year`old boy at a rave. | :09:36. | :09:37. | |
Daniel Spargo`Mabbs died after taking ecstasy in Hayes | :09:38. | :09:39. | |
Ryan Kirk from Beckenham was cleared of three counts of supplying class A | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
Sentencing of Nicqueel Pitrora from Croydon is due to take place | :09:46. | :09:50. | |
in August after he earlier pleaded guilty to supplying | :09:51. | :09:53. | |
High Court judges have taken the rare step | :09:54. | :09:56. | |
of ordering a third inquest, following the death of a woman at a | :09:57. | :10:00. | |
Carmel Bloom died after a routine kidney stone operation at | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
the Roding Hospital in Ilford, which was managed by BUPA at the time. | :10:05. | :10:07. | |
It's now run by Spire Healthcare, and met all key standards | :10:08. | :10:10. | |
Ms Bloom's family requested a further inquest | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
This gives some indication of the storms overnight | :10:16. | :10:26. | |
which lit up London's skyline in the early hours of this lorning. | :10:27. | :10:29. | |
It left one home in south London devastated. | :10:30. | :10:32. | |
Tarah Welsh is in Streatham this evening. | :10:33. | :10:43. | |
Just look at the damage caused by the lightning. It struck at about | :10:44. | :10:50. | |
2am and has completely destroyed this roof. The chimney collapsed, | :10:51. | :10:54. | |
bricks went through the conservatory, and you can still see | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
debris on the floor. It took 30 firefighters two hours to put out | :11:01. | :11:04. | |
the fire in the roof. London Fire Brigade have told me the falily had | :11:05. | :11:07. | |
a lucky escape. They all got out unhurt. Terrifying for them and for | :11:08. | :11:15. | |
neighbours. The first thing was the noise. It was an almighty crash. | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
noise. It was an almighty crash Then we heard thunder and saw the | :11:21. | :11:27. | |
lightning, intermittently. But it wasn't for a few minutes th`t we | :11:28. | :11:34. | |
realised what had happened. After a few minutes, smoke came out. After | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
the smoke, you saw flames come out. And then very big smoke. All of the | :11:40. | :11:44. | |
people were leaving, they started to run out, screaming. Everybody woke | :11:45. | :11:56. | |
up around here. Serious implications the storm had for the familx | :11:57. | :11:58. | |
up around here. Serious implications the storm had for the family here. | :11:59. | :11:59. | |
They have told me they don't know when they will be able to go home, | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
but many of you will have seen, heard and being woken by thd storm. | :12:04. | :12:05. | |
You have been sending us photos, You have been sending us photos | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
because the sky was lit up for about an hour. It was caused by a mixture | :12:11. | :12:13. | |
of heat and humidity. Weathdr of heat and humidity. Weather | :12:14. | :12:15. | |
experts have told me that whll only experts have told me that whll only | :12:16. | :12:18. | |
get worse tonight because it has been so hot today. London Fhre | :12:19. | :12:21. | |
been so hot today. London Fire Brigade have given out some | :12:22. | :12:23. | |
warnings, asking people to unplug warnings, asking people to tnplug | :12:24. | :12:26. | |
any unnecessary appliances. What happened here, when the lightning | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
hit the area will it caused a fire in the electrical appliances in the | :12:32. | :12:34. | |
house. They do not want to panic people, but if you unplug anything | :12:35. | :12:39. | |
unnecessary, particularly the television, it is better to be safe | :12:40. | :12:45. | |
than sorry. We will have more on the weather later. | :12:46. | :12:47. | |
children out of school without permission, have told a court the | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
decision to prosecute them is a breach of their human rights. In | :12:53. | :12:55. | |
what's being considered a ldgal test case James Haymore and his wife | :12:56. | :12:58. | |
Dayna took their three children on holiday to America earlier this | :12:59. | :13:00. | |
James and his wife, in the coloured blouse, leaving the Magistr`tes | :13:01. | :13:12. | |
blouse, leaving the Magistrates' Court with a legal representative. | :13:13. | :13:16. | |
They face legal action for failing to ensure that their son regularly | :13:17. | :13:19. | |
attended school, after taking him to a family reunion in America. They | :13:20. | :13:24. | |
pleaded not guilty and the case was adjourned until November whdn | :13:25. | :13:25. | |
pleaded not guilty and the case was adjourned until November when they | :13:26. | :13:29. | |
will face a two day trial. During the trial, they are expected to | :13:30. | :13:30. | |
argue that the prosecution is the trial, they are expected to | :13:31. | :13:33. | |
argue that the prosecution hs unfair under the European Convention on | :13:34. | :13:37. | |
Human Rights. In particular, Article eight of the convention, which | :13:38. | :13:38. | |
eight of the convention, whhch guarantees the right to a private | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
and family life. Their three children go to school here `t | :13:44. | :13:46. | |
Chancellor Park primary in Chelmsford, where the headtdacher | :13:47. | :13:49. | |
did not authorise the trip to America. They were fined ?60 by | :13:50. | :13:53. | |
Essex County Council but refused to pay. New rules brought in bx the | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
former Secretary of State for education, Michael Gove, banned | :13:59. | :14:03. | |
parents from taking children out of school unless circumstances are | :14:04. | :14:04. | |
exceptional. At court, keephng her exceptional. At court, keeping her | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
office up to date with developments, a legal officer from the | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
organisation liberty which campaigns for Civil Liberties. Common`sense | :14:13. | :14:20. | |
must prevail. Criminalising parents for taking children out of school, | :14:21. | :14:23. | |
is that the best use of court money. The rules that led to this | :14:24. | :14:28. | |
ordeal go no way to addresshng money. The rules that led to this | :14:29. | :14:29. | |
ordeal go no way to addressing the ordeal go no way to addressing the | :14:30. | :14:29. | |
deeper and more compact sochal deeper and more compact sochal | :14:30. | :14:32. | |
problems that contribute to some children repeatedly missing school. | :14:33. | :14:37. | |
If they lose their legal fight, they could each be fined ?1000. | :14:38. | :14:47. | |
Still to come this Friday evening ` your full weekend weather forecast. | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
Plus: The church where parcels now sit alongside prayers ` as ` vicar | :14:52. | :14:54. | |
Time for the weekend sport ` and Sara Orchard is here with all | :14:55. | :15:17. | |
Thanks, Riz, and it's this lan who takes top billing in the capital | :15:18. | :15:20. | |
on Sunday as quadruple 2012 Paralympic champion David Wdir | :15:21. | :15:23. | |
Whilst the Olympic stadium in Stratford continues | :15:24. | :15:26. | |
its renovation into West Hal's ground, this year the Games take | :15:27. | :15:29. | |
place in a very unique setthng as Chris Slegg explains. | :15:30. | :15:41. | |
On Horse Guards Parade today, they were not just changing the guard, | :15:42. | :15:49. | |
they were changing everything. Seats were installed and attract was laid | :15:50. | :15:53. | |
to welcome some of the world's top athletes. I must say, the UK knows | :15:54. | :15:59. | |
how to put athletics on the map What an amazing surroundings we have | :16:00. | :16:01. | |
here. It is incredible and ht What an amazing surroundings we have | :16:02. | :16:04. | |
here. It is incredible and it makes here. It is incredible and ht makes | :16:05. | :16:08. | |
athletics fun. Sunday's event marks two years since the Olympics. Last | :16:09. | :16:10. | |
year's first Anniversary Games were year's first Anniversary Gales were | :16:11. | :16:15. | |
held at the Olympic Stadium. Impossible this year because it is | :16:16. | :16:17. | |
Impossible this year becausd it is being rebuilt. They may not have the | :16:18. | :16:22. | |
Olympic Stadium but they have brought the Olympic track whth them. | :16:23. | :16:24. | |
brought the Olympic track with them. This is the exact servers that | :16:25. | :16:28. | |
Jessica Ennis`Hill, Mo Farah and Usain Bolt won their medals on. That | :16:29. | :16:30. | |
is the sound which will be used in is the sound which will be used in | :16:31. | :16:37. | |
the long jump and shot put areas. There will be 20,000 fans inside | :16:38. | :16:40. | |
this temporary arena. I havd There will be 20,000 fans inside | :16:41. | :16:43. | |
this temporary arena. I have been to a lot of meets but this has to be | :16:44. | :16:46. | |
one of the most amazing. Thd scenery one of the most amazing. The scenery | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
is amazing. Just being able to be here and compete here, I have to say | :16:52. | :16:57. | |
is really exciting. Tickets for the stadium are almost sold out but it | :16:58. | :17:00. | |
is free to watch the long`distance is free to watch the long`distance | :17:01. | :17:03. | |
events on the MoU which is where David Weir will compete. It is going | :17:04. | :17:10. | |
to be raped on Sunday. The British public always support all the | :17:11. | :17:16. | |
athletes from all over the world. `` it is going to be great on Sunday. | :17:17. | :17:25. | |
Well, if you are going to the games I hope it stays dry. | :17:26. | :17:28. | |
Now onto football and last night QPR confirmed the signing | :17:29. | :17:31. | |
of former England captain Rio Ferdinand, but could another | :17:32. | :17:33. | |
The club have agreed a fee with Cardiff City | :17:34. | :17:37. | |
for defender Steven Caulker, but the player is understood to | :17:38. | :17:40. | |
QPR manager Harry Redknapp is keen for Caulker to | :17:41. | :17:43. | |
Now one of the sports that you only really get to see when the | :17:44. | :17:52. | |
Commonwealth Games is on ` hs Lawn Bowls, and it starts next week. | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
A team of 15 athletes will represent Team England, with Tilehurst Bowling | :17:57. | :17:59. | |
Club's Andy Knapper selected in the pairs and fours. | :18:00. | :18:01. | |
His selection marks an incredible year for the Reading | :18:02. | :18:06. | |
player who only got his first England call up last year. | :18:07. | :18:16. | |
At Delhi 2010, the lawn Bowls athletes just had the heat, humidity | :18:17. | :18:24. | |
and insects to contend with. In Glasgow it will be different. The | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
Kelvingrove Bowls club has ` great Kelvingrove Bowls club has ` great | :18:29. | :18:38. | |
backdrop. No doubt it will be one to remember. Selected in the pairs and | :18:39. | :18:42. | |
remember. Selected in the p`irs and fours, this will be Andy Knapper's | :18:43. | :18:44. | |
fours, this will be Andy Kn`pper's first Commonwealth Games. His | :18:45. | :18:45. | |
first Commonwealth Games. Hhs passion for the sport started by | :18:46. | :18:48. | |
passion for the sport startdd by watching his dad and grandad. Are | :18:49. | :18:51. | |
used to play cricket. One d`y watching his dad and grandad. Are | :18:52. | :18:52. | |
used to play cricket. One day I watching his dad and grandad. Are | :18:53. | :18:53. | |
used to play cricket. One day I went down and watched him and got the | :18:54. | :18:59. | |
bug. Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games will attract the most diverse | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
athletes from all ages and backgrounds. Andy is 32 and only got | :19:04. | :19:07. | |
his first call`up for England last year. To be selected was a highlight | :19:08. | :19:16. | |
of my career. It just happened overnight. It definitely ch`nged my | :19:17. | :19:23. | |
life dramatically! 2014 promises to be further life changing for Andy. | :19:24. | :19:27. | |
His wife Laura will not beghn to Glasgow because she is expecting | :19:28. | :19:31. | |
their first child and they both owe much to the sport. It is a massive | :19:32. | :19:34. | |
much to the sport. It is a lassive part of our life. We met playing | :19:35. | :19:39. | |
bowls. We both play outdoors and we enjoy it. We could not have asked | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
for a better year. Everything is going right, thankfully. While | :19:46. | :19:47. | |
going right, thankfully. Whhle winning a medal as a priority, the | :19:48. | :19:51. | |
opportunity to enjoy everything that a multisport event offers is an | :19:52. | :19:57. | |
added extra. The most excithng thing is the ceremonies and the | :19:58. | :20:00. | |
opportunity to walk round the stadiums with the rest of the team | :20:01. | :20:04. | |
and meet the other athletes. I would quite like to meet Usain Bolt. We | :20:05. | :20:10. | |
are similar athletes obviously! Lawn bowls starts at Kelvingrove on | :20:11. | :20:11. | |
Thursday. Good luck to Andy | :20:12. | :20:14. | |
and the Bowls team and we'll have plenty more on London's Commonwealth | :20:15. | :20:17. | |
Games athletes next week. That's all the sport, back to you, | :20:18. | :20:19. | |
Riz. Next ` how one community saved | :20:20. | :20:22. | |
their local post office. A vicar | :20:23. | :20:24. | |
in Kilburn has allowed his church to be used for postal services after | :20:25. | :20:27. | |
the post office was closed down. He says he believes it's part | :20:28. | :20:30. | |
of the church's duty to serve Churches and post offices, both | :20:31. | :20:47. | |
institutions which have suffered a fall in visitor numbers. In west | :20:48. | :20:49. | |
Hamstead, they think they have fall in visitor numbers. In west | :20:50. | :20:52. | |
Hamstead, they think they h`ve found Hamstead, they think they have found | :20:53. | :20:54. | |
the solution. Today, the post office at Saint James 's welcomed hts first | :20:55. | :21:00. | |
customers. I think it is a good idea because it is very sad to lose our | :21:01. | :21:02. | |
post office. I think it is ` post office. I think it is a | :21:03. | :21:05. | |
brunette idea but I wish thdy could brunette idea but I wish they could | :21:06. | :21:07. | |
have separated the sales arda brunette idea but I wish thdy could | :21:08. | :21:10. | |
have separated the sales area a have separated the sales arda a | :21:11. | :21:14. | |
little bit more. Why is that? It is a church and you need that | :21:15. | :21:16. | |
separation. I think it is fantastic separation. I think it is fantastic | :21:17. | :21:19. | |
because it is different. Opdning separation. I think it is f`ntastic | :21:20. | :21:20. | |
because it is different. Opening it because it is different. Opdning it | :21:21. | :21:21. | |
out means there will be more people out means there will be mord people | :21:22. | :21:25. | |
who do not necessarily come to our church but will walk through our | :21:26. | :21:30. | |
church, because I love it. There is also a cafe and children's play | :21:31. | :21:35. | |
area. It cost ?600,000 to sdt up with help from the council, the | :21:36. | :21:39. | |
parish and a private donor. The idea that any profits from the btsinesses | :21:40. | :21:47. | |
will pay for the businessoutreach work `` the Church's outreach work. | :21:48. | :21:50. | |
We will do mother and Todd liquids and also some debt advice work, the | :21:51. | :21:54. | |
anti`wonder work the Archbishop is keen on. `` we will do mother and | :21:55. | :21:58. | |
keen on. `` we will do mothdr and toddler groups. I think we are | :21:59. | :22:02. | |
returning to the medieval model of the church where the church is the | :22:03. | :22:06. | |
centre of the community when the church was used for the people for | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
markets, meetings, gatherings and social events. That is what we have | :22:12. | :22:13. | |
returned to. We will be very much returned to. We will be verx much | :22:14. | :22:15. | |
the centre of this local community. the centre of this local colmunity. | :22:16. | :22:21. | |
With the post office open from am six days a week, the task now will | :22:22. | :22:30. | |
be to convert customers into Congregational members. | :22:31. | :22:37. | |
So after last night's storms, today, as predicted, was the hottest day of | :22:38. | :22:40. | |
the year so far with temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius. | :22:41. | :22:42. | |
Whilst many Londoners have been out enjoying the weather, others have | :22:43. | :22:45. | |
Not least the actors in Regents Park Open Air Theatre, | :22:46. | :22:49. | |
If you cannot keep cool likd this on the hottest day of the year? What | :22:50. | :23:02. | |
can you do? Children from St Pancras were in granary Square at King's | :23:03. | :23:04. | |
Cross as an end of term tre`t. were in granary Square at Khng's | :23:05. | :23:07. | |
Cross as an end of term treat. We Cross as an end of term tre`t. We | :23:08. | :23:09. | |
cannot all chill out. Across the capital there are hot jobs to be | :23:10. | :23:14. | |
done. It will be the glare of the sun rather than lights on the stage | :23:15. | :23:16. | |
at Regents Park open`air stage this at Regents Park open`air st`ge this | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
evening. We are out here, it is glorious and magical. Do you all | :23:22. | :23:28. | |
your fellow actors share your opinion or will some die in the | :23:29. | :23:32. | |
heat? I am sure there are a few going lord, get me out of this heat. | :23:33. | :23:38. | |
Keeping cool in the sizzling kitchen is challenging enough. Harder | :23:39. | :23:40. | |
Keeping cool in the sizzling kitchen is challenging enough. Harddr still | :23:41. | :23:40. | |
is challenging enough. Harder still when you have been fasting `ll day | :23:41. | :23:42. | |
for Ramadan. It is not hunger, when you have been fasting all day | :23:43. | :23:50. | |
for Ramadan. It is not hungdr, for for Ramadan. It is not hungdr, for | :23:51. | :23:51. | |
1819 hrs you do not have anything in 1819 hrs you do not have anxthing in | :23:52. | :23:56. | |
your stomach, it is when it gets hot it is so difficult without drinking. | :23:57. | :23:59. | |
We also value our open spacds it is so difficult without drinking. | :24:00. | :24:02. | |
We also value our open spaces on days like this, something not lost | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
on the city planners. There is a bit of shade if you want to sit in the | :24:09. | :24:12. | |
shade. There is water and sunbathing. It has proved more | :24:13. | :24:17. | |
popular than we thought it would. Resourceful Londoners will always | :24:18. | :24:21. | |
Resourceful Londoners will `lways keep cool. Thanks for your Twitter | :24:22. | :24:27. | |
tips. Loiter around the chilled aisle in the supermarket. Stick your | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
pillow in the freezer. Get out of town or sleep with a hot water | :24:33. | :24:34. | |
bottle filled with cold watdr. town or sleep with a hot water | :24:35. | :24:38. | |
bottle filled with cold water. Just bottle filled with cold water. Just | :24:39. | :24:41. | |
as it snows in winter, it always gets hot in summer and it is always | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
a challenge. On that note, let's get a check on | :24:47. | :24:50. | |
the weather with John Hammond. More storms? | :24:51. | :24:57. | |
Yes, indeed. Many of us were woken up last night and we could get woken | :24:58. | :25:04. | |
up tonight. The Met Office had issued an amber warning. We had this | :25:05. | :25:07. | |
line of storms that pushed `way line of storms that pushed `way | :25:08. | :25:12. | |
northwards. Then a gap, the sun came out. We got as high as 32 ddgrees in | :25:13. | :25:18. | |
one or two places. Now we h`ve more cloud looming down over northern | :25:19. | :25:20. | |
France. That is heading tow`rds us. France. That is heading towards us. | :25:21. | :25:24. | |
It will give us a repeat performance. It will not be as | :25:25. | :25:26. | |
straightforward as that. Thd straightforward as that. The | :25:27. | :25:33. | |
position of the storms will be different. The potential is there | :25:34. | :25:35. | |
for further quite violent storms as we go through tonight. A lot of rain | :25:36. | :25:38. | |
locally which could cause some issues. Are the places locally will | :25:39. | :25:44. | |
avoid the showers. A steamy night. Temperatures staying in a hhgh | :25:45. | :25:46. | |
avoid the showers. A steamy night. Temperatures staying in a high teens | :25:47. | :25:49. | |
all night. Tomorrow could start off under it. We will see some hazy | :25:50. | :25:52. | |
sunshine developing. Don't be fooled. We will see more storms | :25:53. | :25:56. | |
developing as we get into the afternoon. The distribution will be | :25:57. | :26:00. | |
difficult to nail down. The potential is there for the heat and | :26:01. | :26:09. | |
humidity. That clutch of storms clears away northwards. This is | :26:10. | :26:12. | |
going into tomorrow night. It will probably be dry, another muggy one. | :26:13. | :26:18. | |
Then we will get into Sundax. The main focus will be on the eastern | :26:19. | :26:25. | |
side of the region. The distribution of the storms could be subtly | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
different. The potential for some lively showers. Not just as hot but | :26:31. | :26:32. | |
in the sunshine feeling very lively showers. Not just as hot but | :26:33. | :26:34. | |
in the sunshine feeling verx warm in the sunshine feeling verx warm | :26:35. | :26:37. | |
and humid. Few showers we think as we head into the early part of next | :26:38. | :26:41. | |
week. Still quite warm and luggy. Hopefully, we will see some sunshine | :26:42. | :26:44. | |
at times. Thank you. | :26:45. | :26:49. | |
The United Nations has called for a full and independent | :26:50. | :26:52. | |
investigation into the Malaxsian plane crash that killed 298 people, | :26:53. | :26:54. | |
Air crash experts are heading to the rebel held site in Eastern Ukraine | :26:55. | :26:59. | |
The Israeli Prime Minister says he's prepared for a significant dxpansion | :27:00. | :27:03. | |
into Gaza ` less than 24 hotrs after Israel began a ground offensive. | :27:04. | :27:06. | |
The UN estimates the number of people who've fled | :27:07. | :27:08. | |
their homes over the last day has almost doubled to 40,000. | :27:09. | :27:11. | |
A leaked draft of the offichal report into the so`called | :27:12. | :27:13. | |
Trojan Horse plot has found there is evidence of a sustained `ttempt | :27:14. | :27:16. | |
to impose a hardline Islamist agenda in some Birmingham schools. | :27:17. | :27:25. | |
BBC London has discovered that seven councils are failing to use a | :27:26. | :27:29. | |
flagship policy which enables them flagship policy which enables them | :27:30. | :27:34. | |
to charge tax on homes left unoccupied for two years. | :27:35. | :27:35. | |
That is all we have got time for. That is all we have got time for. | :27:36. | :27:38. | |
Thank you for joining us. Vhctoria Thank you for joining us. Vhctoria | :27:39. | :27:41. | |
Hollins will be back with the late news. From me and the team, whatever | :27:42. | :27:47. | |
you are up too, have a lovely weekend. Goodbye. | :27:48. | :27:49. |