:00:00. > :00:00.showers and it will be notably fresher with temperatures not as
:00:00. > :00:00.high as today. Thank you for joining us. That is all from us and now we
:00:00. > :00:08.joined the BBC's news teams where you
:00:09. > :00:13.The row over the lack of affordable homes in a luxury
:00:14. > :00:18.Friends Provident eI want to make sure residents are getting benefits
:00:19. > :00:26.from it. Also tonight, the mystery over
:00:27. > :00:28.allegations that the Met Police The capital's latest
:00:29. > :00:32.skyscraper is completed. So what do Londoners make
:00:33. > :00:34.of the Cheesegrater? Plus how the makers of War Horse
:00:35. > :00:54.now have another jumbo`sized hit. Welcome to BBC London News, with me,
:00:55. > :00:57.Riz Lateef. First tonight,
:00:58. > :00:59.the row over the luxury housing development on the Thames that's
:01:00. > :01:03.been called a yuppie ghetto. Boris Johnson today selected
:01:04. > :01:05.an Anglo`Dutch firm to create a new But the Mayor of Newham says
:01:06. > :01:10.the project should not be allowed to go ahead, because he fears there
:01:11. > :01:12.won't be any affordable housing It comes on the day the Green Party
:01:13. > :01:36.accused the Mayor Today little to see but could this
:01:37. > :01:41.one day be among one of London's most sought after address, here a
:01:42. > :01:45.floating island, luxury apartment, bars, restaurants, but Newh`m's
:01:46. > :01:50.mayor fears it won't includd affordable homes for local people If
:01:51. > :01:54.you are going to build something really nice, why shouldn't people on
:01:55. > :01:59.lower income be able to get it. You have a dock, transport link, there
:02:00. > :02:03.is a bunch of morning being spent to make in a fantastic place, you have
:02:04. > :02:05.to contribute something back then. Local teacher David is concdrned. I
:02:06. > :02:09.don't think it is what the area don't think it is what the `rea
:02:10. > :02:13.needs. I am after wear of lots of families who are living in cramped
:02:14. > :02:14.conditions who have several children in one bedroom, where they can't
:02:15. > :02:20.afford to live anywhere elsd. The developers tried to reassure critics
:02:21. > :02:22.developers tried to reassurd critics It will work with the local partners
:02:23. > :02:24.to come up with the right mix. It will work with the local partners
:02:25. > :02:27.to come up with the right mix. At the moment we have a desire to put
:02:28. > :02:31.affordable housing in the scheme but I can't tell you how much or what it
:02:32. > :02:34.will look like. At City Hall the mayor was asked how much affordable
:02:35. > :02:39.housing would be included I can t housing would be included I can't
:02:40. > :02:41.give you the answer to that. What I can tell you... Is there some?
:02:42. > :02:44.give you the answer to that. What I can tell you... Is there sole? Any?
:02:45. > :02:48.I can't give you the answer. But Boris Johnson was also accused of
:02:49. > :02:53.breaking his promises over affordable housing across London. He
:02:54. > :02:57.pledged to build 55,000 homes by March next year. But it has been
:02:58. > :03:02.revealed he will fall short by more than 800. He says he will do it by
:03:03. > :03:06.next December. That is nine months later than promised. . So you will
:03:07. > :03:11.be be late rather then short. ? We are going to deliver 55,000 homes by
:03:12. > :03:14.December 2015, and I think that is a massive achievement. If you look
:03:15. > :03:20.round London, you do see everywhere, round London, you do see evdrywhere,
:03:21. > :03:23.now, new homes are being built, but on the whole, they are out of reach
:03:24. > :03:27.for ordinary Londoners. Boris for ordinary Londoners. Borhs
:03:28. > :03:28.Johnson wasn't available to give an interview, his spokesman says
:03:29. > :03:29.Johnson wasn't available to give an interview, his spokesman saxs he is
:03:30. > :03:31.interview, his spokesman says he is confident the royal docks
:03:32. > :03:32.development will include a lix confident the royal docks
:03:33. > :03:34.development will include a mix of development will include a lix of
:03:35. > :03:37.homes. Local people will have to wait and see whether they can afford
:03:38. > :03:40.wait and see whether they c`n afford to live there.
:03:41. > :03:44.One Londoner's view on how to tackle our housing crisis
:03:45. > :03:56.` stop companies buying up land but then failing to build on it.
:03:57. > :03:58.There are calls tonight for more transparency from the Metropolitan
:03:59. > :04:01.Police after accusations th`t it's using spy planes
:04:02. > :04:15.as our transport correspondent Tom Edwards reports.
:04:16. > :04:19.The skies over the capital `re a busy airspace, but could there
:04:20. > :04:22.The skies over the capital are a busy airspace, but could thdre be
:04:23. > :04:27.more up there than passenger planes? Yesterday this plane was spotted on
:04:28. > :04:32.a tracking website, circling south London at 10,000 feet, for
:04:33. > :04:36.two`and`a`half hours. Its registration GBVJT. That plane
:04:37. > :04:40.has come up before in these questions from the Liberal Democrats
:04:41. > :04:45.on the London assembly. The accusation its is a met spy plane,
:04:46. > :04:49.then, there was no response for operational security reasons. It is
:04:50. > :04:50.right for the police to keep operations secret but we nedd
:04:51. > :04:50.right for the police to keep operations secret but we need o
:04:51. > :04:50.right for the police to keep operations secret but we nedd o know
:04:51. > :04:56.operations secret but we need o know whether they have these plane, what
:04:57. > :04:57.it is costing the taxpayer. You can't hide aeroplanes, we need to
:04:58. > :05:01.can't hide aeroplanes, we nded to know what it is costing and for the
:05:02. > :05:06.Met to be open about why thdy have these planes. The tracking website
:05:07. > :05:08.says that plane is over London almost every day. Bloggers and
:05:09. > :05:11.says that plane is over London almost every day. Bloggers `nd those
:05:12. > :05:15.on social media regularly spot planes circling. Darren Burn
:05:16. > :05:18.witnessed one yesterday. His suspicions, it was a spy pl`ne.
:05:19. > :05:21.witnessed one yesterday. His suspicions, it was a spy plane. I
:05:22. > :05:23.would be more worried if thd police weren't monitoring people and
:05:24. > :05:26.weren't monitoring phone calls. I think everyone knows it is hmportant
:05:27. > :05:29.think everyone knows it is important to monitor e`mails and monitor phone
:05:30. > :05:31.calls and I don't have a problem with it. Only people who are worried
:05:32. > :05:35.with it. Only people who ard worried about what they are doing should
:05:36. > :05:39.have a problem with it. We asked the authorities about these planes, and
:05:40. > :05:48.so far our inquiries have got nowhere. The national Air Traffic
:05:49. > :05:54.Control service declined to comment. The deputy police chief said he
:05:55. > :05:56.wasn't aware and the Met wotldn t neither confirm or deny they were
:05:57. > :05:58.using them. There are mounthng neither confirm or deny thex were
:05:59. > :06:04.using them. There are mounting calls for the police to have a degree of
:06:05. > :06:09.openness, about whether it is using ariel surveillance.
:06:10. > :06:11.Niesmt A teenage boy has drowned in the River Thames in Marlow after
:06:12. > :06:15.the River Thames in Marlow `fter playing with friends near the river.
:06:16. > :06:17.It's thought Kyrece Marshall`Francis was retrieving a ball
:06:18. > :06:20.when he was swept into deep water yesterday afternoon.
:06:21. > :06:23.Today, friends gathered at Great Marlow School to pay tributd to a
:06:24. > :06:33.The best person, he was a genuine good person, he was a role lodel to
:06:34. > :06:39.good person, he was a role model to me, I thought that I should be like
:06:40. > :06:41.Kyrece, such a good person. No`one had a bad word to say about him.
:06:42. > :06:43.Kyrece, such a good person. No`one had a bad word to say about him He
:06:44. > :06:48.was loved by everyone. He will be truly missed.
:06:49. > :06:51.The Met needs to raise its game to tackle crime against businesses
:06:52. > :06:54.That's the view of the Deputy Mayor for policing, after figures show
:06:55. > :06:56.that London's police servicd is failing to investigate
:06:57. > :06:58.and catch those targeting both small and big companies.
:06:59. > :07:00.Today, City Hall revealed a plan to change that.
:07:01. > :07:06.Here's our Home Affairs Correspondent Guy Smith.
:07:07. > :07:13.Business. The so`called life blood of any city.
:07:14. > :07:15.Here, another sale. Money comes in, but all too easily can slip out.
:07:16. > :07:21.Particularly, when it is crhme. Particularly, when it is crime.
:07:22. > :07:28.Alice managers this well`known store in Carnaby street. The shop has been
:07:29. > :07:30.recently been broken into twice The people who come in and steal... Do
:07:31. > :07:31.the businesses report that hs people who come in and steal... Do
:07:32. > :07:35.the businesses report that hs this We as a business do. It, because we
:07:36. > :07:39.are a massive global company and our are a massive global company and our
:07:40. > :07:42.stock loss is so crucial to us, we try and prevent it, but for smaller
:07:43. > :07:48.shops, I think, sadly, they haven't got the support we do. And that
:07:49. > :07:50.means many crimes can go unreported. Fraud is a real concern. In the last
:07:51. > :07:54.year, there were more than 81,0 0 year, there were more than 81,000
:07:55. > :07:56.cases. Less than 800 were thought to be
:07:57. > :08:02.solvable. And just nine frauds solvable. And just nine frauds
:08:03. > :08:06.reported ended in court. Thd perception is that business crime
:08:07. > :08:09.will be ignored, that the police won't properly investigate. That
:08:10. > :08:11.means companies are less likely to come forward to report crimd,
:08:12. > :08:13.means companies are less likely to come forward to report crime, and
:08:14. > :08:14.even when they do, nothing really happens.
:08:15. > :08:16.Is there a crisis in confidence? happens.
:08:17. > :08:19.Is there a crisis in confiddnce No. Is there a crisis in confiddnce No.
:08:20. > :08:23.What we are doing here todax, is showing that we have listened,
:08:24. > :08:28.showing that we are reinflicting how crime has changed and the patterns
:08:29. > :08:29.have changed. People might say it is not serious, it is still thdft and
:08:30. > :08:30.not serious, it is still theft and of course it can be used thd
:08:31. > :08:31.not serious, it is still thdft and of course it can be used the feed a
:08:32. > :08:33.of course it can be used thd feed a range of things from terrorism,
:08:34. > :08:33.of course it can be used the feed a range of things from terrorhsm, to
:08:34. > :08:35.financing of drug deals so it range of things from terrorism, to
:08:36. > :08:41.financing of drug deals so ht is vitally important. So what has been
:08:42. > :08:47.done? Today City Hall were proud to present their plan. Hoping to
:08:48. > :08:49.restore confidence, and are assure businesses. Are you been dragging
:08:50. > :08:53.businesses. Are you been dr`gging your feet too much? We have been
:08:54. > :08:57.focussed on business crime. This strategy comes at the end of one of
:08:58. > :09:00.the longest consultation projects with business, with all the law
:09:01. > :09:06.enforcement to ensure that the service that the public get here in
:09:07. > :09:08.London, is second to none. @nd the strategy includes a business advice
:09:09. > :09:10.centre, an annual crime sumlit, strategy includes a business advice
:09:11. > :09:13.centre, an annual crime summit, and centre, an annual crime summit, and
:09:14. > :09:16.crime mapping to help predict future hotspots.
:09:17. > :09:18.It is important stuff. This expensive watch shop in Mayfair is
:09:19. > :09:21.the latest example of business the latest example of busindss
:09:22. > :09:24.crime. Which continues for one in seven of
:09:25. > :09:31.all reported offences in London. Frank Dobson, the Labour MP
:09:32. > :09:33.for Holborn and St Pancras has confirmed he'll be stepping down
:09:34. > :09:36.at the 2015 general election. The former cabinet minister formally
:09:37. > :09:39.announced his decision not to seek a ninth straight general eldction
:09:40. > :09:54.win at a meeting of party members. Bulling work has been compldted on
:09:55. > :09:59.the tallest sky scraper in the city of London. It is better known as the
:10:00. > :10:04.Cheese greater. Is it a welcome addition to the skyline? Let us join
:10:05. > :10:07.Tara who is 47 floors up and a good view on a day like this. As you can
:10:08. > :10:14.see, a new wedge shape in our see, a new wedge shape in our
:10:15. > :10:20.skyline, like a cheese greater. It has to be designed like this so it
:10:21. > :10:21.didn't obstruct protected views of Saint Paul's Cathedral. Frol the
:10:22. > :10:23.didn't obstruct protected vhews of Saint Paul's Cathedral. From the top
:10:24. > :10:26.of the building, as you can see it is windy, and hazy, but you can just
:10:27. > :10:28.about see across London. Yot is windy, and hazy, but you can just
:10:29. > :10:31.about see across London. You have about see across London. Yot have
:10:32. > :10:32.the Olympic Park, the tower behind me and The Gherkin which is next to
:10:33. > :10:34.me. I feels like you can almost me and The Gherkin which is next to
:10:35. > :10:34.me. I feels like you can allost tap me. I feels like you can allost tap
:10:35. > :10:37.it on the head. The developers will it on the head. The developers will
:10:38. > :10:41.tell you this is the tallest building in the city of London, and
:10:42. > :10:42.of course not the entire capital, but the Shard is just across the
:10:43. > :10:45.river and that is much taller, but the Shard is just across the
:10:46. > :10:47.river and that is much talldr, but river and that is much talldr, but
:10:48. > :10:50.no`one is in this building yet, so we have taken the opportunity to
:10:51. > :10:54.have a look round. One of the newest additions to
:10:55. > :10:59.London's skyline but it is the top and bottom of this building that is
:11:00. > :11:03.a bit different. Unusually for a sky scraper, the whole of the bottom,
:11:04. > :11:07.the ground floor, is entirely open to the public. So this will be
:11:08. > :11:12.public park. As you move up the building the views only get better,
:11:13. > :11:16.but blink and you will miss them They are the fastest scenic live
:11:17. > :11:20.lifts in London, if not Europe. They travelled about 15mph. And they can
:11:21. > :11:24.cover 45 floors in just 30 seconds. So inside it is all shiny and new
:11:25. > :11:29.but it is the outside of the billing that is more unusual. A chedse
:11:30. > :11:31.greater shape designed to protect views of a more traditional
:11:32. > :11:35.landmark. The wedge shape was landmark. The wedge shape was
:11:36. > :11:40.developed, so as the building is smaller at the top, allowing it to
:11:41. > :11:42.be right outside of the silhouette of the Dome of St Paul's whdn viewed
:11:43. > :11:45.of the Dome of St Paul's when viewed from the West End. 85% of the
:11:46. > :11:47.structure was built off site from the West End. 85% of the
:11:48. > :11:49.structure was built off sitd and put structure was built off sitd and put
:11:50. > :11:51.together like a giant Meccano set and now another sky scraper with a
:11:52. > :11:56.funny name is open for business. funny name is open for business
:11:57. > :12:02.Is there a real need? The Shard still has lots of empty space? When
:12:03. > :12:05.we decided to bill the building we did a lot of research and we
:12:06. > :12:07.identified there was real ddmand for identified there was real demand for
:12:08. > :12:08.this type of accommodation hn the this type of accommodation in the
:12:09. > :12:11.city. That has been borne ott this type of accommodation hn the
:12:12. > :12:15.city. That has been borne out by the fact here we are having completed
:12:16. > :12:17.the construction stage the building is over half let. That is ddspite
:12:18. > :12:20.the construction stage the building is over half let. That is despite it
:12:21. > :12:24.having some of the highest rents in the city, so, businesses are still
:12:25. > :12:28.willing to pay a premium to peer out over the capital.
:12:29. > :12:32.So the architects like it. The developers like it but more
:12:33. > :12:35.importantly what do Londoners think about this new building? It is
:12:36. > :12:42.another building up here, another new big building. It is good but I
:12:43. > :12:45.hope the older buildings don't get tampered with. I don't particularly
:12:46. > :12:49.like it Why not Too Tam. Thhnk tampered with. I don't parthcularly
:12:50. > :12:55.like it Why not Too Tam. Think lit attract a lot of people to come and
:12:56. > :12:59.work in London. All the old concrete ones from the '60s were so hideous
:13:00. > :13:04.the new buildings are better. I don't like it at all. Think it is
:13:05. > :13:08.hideous. But you like this one? I think it is better than what was
:13:09. > :13:11.there before. Is People will start moving in over the next few month,
:13:12. > :13:14.but if you look out across the skyline you can see lots of cranes,
:13:15. > :13:15.building work going on, so it skyline you can see lots of cranes,
:13:16. > :13:16.building work going on, so ht might building work going on, so it might
:13:17. > :13:21.not be long before we have `nother not be long before we have another
:13:22. > :13:23.competitor for the name of the quirkiest sky scraper in our ever
:13:24. > :13:27.changing skyline. Probably.
:13:28. > :13:30.Thank you. The woman who was in charge
:13:31. > :13:32.of Haringey's children's services during the Baby P scandal h`s been
:13:33. > :13:35.awarded nearly ?680,000 Sharon Shoesmith had won
:13:36. > :13:39.a ruling that she was unfairly dismissed over the abuse of toddler
:13:40. > :13:42.Peter Connelly, who died in 2007 The authority says it won't comment
:13:43. > :13:50.on the payment, which details in the council's
:13:51. > :14:04.accounts for the past year. Still to come tonight. The sisters
:14:05. > :14:05.from Tottenham shooting for come none wealth success in Nell bat.
:14:06. > :14:09.from Tottenham shooting for come none wealth success in Nell bat He
:14:10. > :14:11.has gone to creator of the star offel fan tum. We talk to Toby about
:14:12. > :14:23.his work with fabulous beasts. Now all this week we have bden
:14:24. > :14:27.looking at London's housing crisis, and the more radical solutions to
:14:28. > :14:28.help tackle it. Continuing our series home truths, tonight we hear
:14:29. > :14:33.from one Londoner who says lore from one Londoner who says lore
:14:34. > :14:36.needs to be done to make landowners build houses on empty sites in the
:14:37. > :14:39.capital. Dave Hill says it is build houses on empty sites in the
:14:40. > :14:44.capital. Dave Hill says it hs time local politicians were given extra
:14:45. > :14:49.powers I have lived in London since 1989. I came to seek my Fortune from
:14:50. > :14:55.the stick, eventually I got a proper job and I bought a proper house here
:14:56. > :14:59.in Hackney and I have lived in Hackney ever since. Now, it is gent
:15:00. > :15:04.fibbing like mad, house prices through the roof, and you sort of
:15:05. > :15:06.wonder how on earth are my children going to live round here? We
:15:07. > :15:09.wonder how on earth are my children going to live round here? Wd are
:15:10. > :15:12.trying. It will take a lot of different thing, one of the most
:15:13. > :15:16.important things is to make sure that land which is availabld for
:15:17. > :15:19.building new homes on, is actually brought into use and those houses
:15:20. > :15:24.are built. So this is the sort of place I was talking about. I walk
:15:25. > :15:29.past this most days. About three years ago we were shown the plans
:15:30. > :15:33.for the site. Block of flats. Since then nothing has happened. There
:15:34. > :15:36.could be all kinds of God rdasons but you would like toe what they are
:15:37. > :15:41.and if something could be done to move things along a bit. A lot of
:15:42. > :15:43.people in housing, including politicians think one of biggest
:15:44. > :15:45.problems is land banking where by politicians think one of biggest
:15:46. > :15:49.problems is land banking where by it is possible for somebody to get
:15:50. > :15:53.building on a piece of land, but they have reasons for not doing so.
:15:54. > :15:57.Largely to do with sitting on it for a long time and selling it for a
:15:58. > :16:03.large profit. So there is an argument, some people will make for
:16:04. > :16:06.greater, and more effective powers of compulsory purr charks which
:16:07. > :16:09.local authorities could use, the Mayor of London could use, which
:16:10. > :16:11.would be an incentive to stop people from sitting on land and stalling
:16:12. > :16:14.from sitting on land and st`lling developments when they could do
:16:15. > :16:20.something about A lot of that land is privately
:16:21. > :16:23.owned but quite a lot So there is a particular question
:16:24. > :16:28.about how local authorities can get that public land brought
:16:29. > :16:30.into use for housing. We have come to Barking
:16:31. > :16:31.and Dagenham, where housing has always been a big
:16:32. > :16:34.issue locally, because the council here feels it has found some
:16:35. > :16:38.innovative new ways to make sure new In terms of councils building,
:16:39. > :16:52.themselves, and I think councils do much more, we have strained every
:16:53. > :16:55.sinew in Barking and Dagenham within the Council s
:16:56. > :16:57.Housing Finance to do that. Other councils can do more
:16:58. > :16:59.in that respect. We have, I think,
:17:00. > :17:02.shown that with bringing in institutional investment,
:17:03. > :17:05.setting up special purpose vehicles Other London councils could
:17:06. > :17:09.do exactly the same. Talking to Ken brought home to me
:17:10. > :17:13.how important it is for London boroughs to be imaginative
:17:14. > :17:15.and innovative in making sure that land they control is brought forward
:17:16. > :17:17.for housing. But it also showed the value
:17:18. > :17:21.of giving those authorities some additional powers
:17:22. > :17:23.so that they can make sure that land, which is privately held,
:17:24. > :17:26.is built on by developers You can get in touch on our Facebook
:17:27. > :17:43.site, or on Twitter ` using the #BBCHomeTruths ` or email
:17:44. > :17:46.us at yourlondon@bbc.co.uk. And tomorrow we'll hear
:17:47. > :17:48.from social housing expert, Lord Best, who thinks one solution
:17:49. > :17:51.to the housing problem is to encourage older Londoners to move
:17:52. > :18:03.into smaller properties. If we can find the ideal fl`t for
:18:04. > :18:08.people who are in their late 50s, people who are in their late 50s,
:18:09. > :18:13.60s, early 70s and get people to leave then that is a three`bedroom
:18:14. > :18:20.suburban house, and moved to their flat, we solve all kinds of problems
:18:21. > :18:23.at the same time. Join us for that tomorrow. Back to tonight.
:18:24. > :18:26.So the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games gets unddrway in
:18:27. > :18:29.Glasgow this evening. A host of up and coming athletes from London and
:18:30. > :18:33.many established names too will be in action over the next 11 days
:18:34. > :18:38.Let's cross to our sports rdporter, Sara Orchard who's in Glasgow for
:18:39. > :18:46.What sort of atmosphere can they expect? It is a bit of a cliche but
:18:47. > :18:49.expect? It is a bit of a clhche but it is reminiscent of the 2012
:18:50. > :18:50.Olympic Games. Every bus drhver and Olympic Games. Every bus drhver and
:18:51. > :18:52.every cabbie is talking about Olympic Games. Every bus driver and
:18:53. > :18:54.every cabbie is talking abott it. every cabbie is talking abott it.
:18:55. > :18:58.Just to explain where I am talking to you from, behind me you can see
:18:59. > :19:01.two venues that will be used in the games. The Scottish exhibithon
:19:02. > :19:06.centre nicknamed as the armadillo, centre nicknamed as the arm`dillo,
:19:07. > :19:08.for obvious reasons, and also the Hydro. One of the sports both venues
:19:09. > :19:13.will be hosting is netball at will be hosting is netball `t
:19:14. > :19:21.different stages of the competition. Team England has two sisters from
:19:22. > :19:25.Tottenham in their squad called Sasha and Kadeen Corbin. Thdy
:19:26. > :19:29.started out with their mother who started out with their mothdr who
:19:30. > :19:34.could not be prouder of her two girls.
:19:35. > :19:37.Before they travelled to Gl`sgow sisters Sasha and Kadeen Corbin had
:19:38. > :19:40.a few precious days at home but were still out training at Northumberland
:19:41. > :19:45.Park School just behind White Hart Lane feeling proud of their England
:19:46. > :19:47.selection and also their north London roots.
:19:48. > :19:50.Not a lot of people do get to represent
:19:51. > :19:53.their country plus the area they are from so it is great that we have
:19:54. > :19:57.It is just amazing to have that kind of support.
:19:58. > :20:01.To have it, it just feels like the best thing ever and we just
:20:02. > :20:04.want to go out there and perform to the best of our ability every single
:20:05. > :20:11.Netball is one of the most sought`after tickets at the Glasgow
:20:12. > :20:14.games and organisers moved the final to a bigger venue to satisfy demand.
:20:15. > :20:15.Its growing popularity also means occasionally
:20:16. > :20:19.It is funny, we don't necessarily get recognised.
:20:20. > :20:23.I think people say "I know xou from somewhere but I don't know where."
:20:24. > :20:25.And I've never seen this person in my life.
:20:26. > :20:30.The pair were introduced to the sport by their mother Vholet
:20:31. > :20:34.Who still plays and could not be happier with their Commonwealth
:20:35. > :20:36.happier with their Commonwe`lth Games selection.
:20:37. > :20:37.This is their first major competition
:20:38. > :20:46.I don't know if it has sunk in quite as much yet but I do know when they
:20:47. > :20:49.told me about the selection tears just came to my eyes.
:20:50. > :20:52.And it was joy and thinking they have actually got there together.
:20:53. > :20:58.Violet and five others from the local netball club have
:20:59. > :21:01.travelled to Glasgow to watch England, who played their fhrst
:21:02. > :21:18.`` play. Who are the first London is hoping for medals? We are spoiled in
:21:19. > :21:22.the Greater London area for athletes. Let's pick out a few.
:21:23. > :21:23.Firstly, tomorrow in the judo we have Ashley McKenzie from Qteens
:21:24. > :21:26.have Ashley McKenzie from Queens Park who is going in the under 0
:21:27. > :21:29.Park who is going in the under 60 kilograms category. He went out of
:21:30. > :21:32.the London Olympics in the second round. Our younger viewers might
:21:33. > :21:37.round. Our younger viewers light know him a little better from his TV
:21:38. > :21:42.show exploits on celebrity Big Brother. Next on to cycling, a man
:21:43. > :21:44.who needs very little introduction, Maida Vale's Sir Bradley Wiggins,
:21:45. > :21:45.making his highly anticipated Maida Vale's Sir Bradley Wiggins,
:21:46. > :21:47.making his highly anticipatdd return making his highly anticipated return
:21:48. > :21:55.to the track in the team pursuit. And then weight lifting, Croydon
:21:56. > :21:59.pars lifter who mist out on the London Olympics will go in the 48
:22:00. > :22:03.kilograms category. Double trouble in the pool, Waltham Forest's Daniel
:22:04. > :22:06.Fox races in the 400 meter freestyle and Andrew Willis goes in the 200
:22:07. > :22:13.and Andrew Willis goes in the 2 0 meter backstroke. `` Daniel Falk.
:22:14. > :22:16.The action starts tomorrow because the opening ceremony is first and we
:22:17. > :22:25.have the build up here on BBC1 from 8pm. Thank you for joining ts. Good
:22:26. > :22:30.luck to all of them. Now to something rather different.
:22:31. > :22:33.It's the adaptation of the Ross Collins book about a little
:22:34. > :22:36.girl visited by a phantom elephant, and uses the puppeteering mastery
:22:37. > :22:43.The Elephantom is the National Theatre's latest hit to
:22:44. > :22:48.And just like Warhorse ` the star of the show is a puppet.
:22:49. > :22:54.It's the adaptation of the Ross Collins book about a little
:22:55. > :22:57.girl visited by a phantom elephant, and uses the puppeteering mastery
:22:58. > :23:00.Toby Olie, One of the puppeteers manipulating the enchanting Joey,
:23:01. > :23:05.So, Toby, where do you start when you have
:23:06. > :23:07.this successful children's book and you have to bring the character
:23:08. > :23:11.The main challenge on this show was finding a way
:23:12. > :23:15.Both Finn Caldwell, the other co`director of the show,
:23:16. > :23:19.and myself were puppeteers on the original version of Warhorse and
:23:20. > :23:27.wanted to make another show where the puppet was the main character.
:23:28. > :23:37.We tried a lot of different things and actually it
:23:38. > :23:39.was inflatables that gave us the ghostly, ethereal effect.
:23:40. > :23:42.The majority of the performance members were also in Warhorse.
:23:43. > :23:45.And we wanted to celebrate the fact that there was a bhg group
:23:46. > :23:48.of us who had gone through this amazing time together working
:23:49. > :23:57.on this show and that we should all make another show as a company.
:23:58. > :24:02.Warhorse proved a critical success, with audiences seduced
:24:03. > :24:05.by the puppets making Joey the horse a star.
:24:06. > :24:09.The fact that an audience can see the puppeteers but still believe
:24:10. > :24:11.in a character makes them a very theatrical essence in themselves.
:24:12. > :24:14.In an age of digital technology and computer graphics, quite lo`fi
:24:15. > :24:24.Does it take a different kind of focus and attention
:24:25. > :24:26.when you have such an animated being to perforl with?
:24:27. > :24:31.You probably do have to be more engaged but it is not reallx
:24:32. > :24:36.a big stretch because he is so playful and mischievous hn his
:24:37. > :24:43.character that it makes it really appealing to want to play whth him.
:24:44. > :24:46.The Elephantom gets up to mischief at the New London Theatre
:24:47. > :24:58.Time for a check on the weather now with John Hammond.
:24:59. > :25:05.Peter Gibbs is here. Is it more of the same? Pretty much. If you are a
:25:06. > :25:07.fan of the heat more to come the same? Pretty much. If you are a
:25:08. > :25:08.fan of the heat more to comd over fan of the heat more to come over
:25:09. > :25:12.the next few days. The highdst the next few days. The highest
:25:13. > :25:17.temperatures in and to the west of central London. Further east there
:25:18. > :25:21.was a breeze from the Thames Street keeping the temperature of the lower
:25:22. > :25:27.but still ran the mid`20s, pleasant enough but not if you are a fan of
:25:28. > :25:33.less heat. A few areas of cloud have worked westwards. Any threat of a
:25:34. > :25:37.shower will be more out west from our region through this evening
:25:38. > :25:42.That is moving away, it is essentially a fine evening. Just a
:25:43. > :25:44.nice breeze and overnight. Things have been warming up in the
:25:45. > :25:45.sunshine. At least if you kdep have been warming up in the
:25:46. > :25:48.sunshine. At least if you keep the window open and you will get
:25:49. > :25:50.something of a breeze coming through to offset the fact that temperatures
:25:51. > :25:55.will not fall lower than 16 or 17 will not fall lower than 16 or 7
:25:56. > :25:59.degrees for most of us. And then it is on into another fine day
:26:00. > :26:01.tomorrow. Bit of patchy cloud but not amounting to much. I will drift
:26:02. > :26:05.through from East to West with those through from East to West with those
:26:06. > :26:07.fairly light easterly breezds but fairly light easterly breezds but
:26:08. > :26:11.that will stop any sort of oppressive feel in the sunshine when
:26:12. > :26:15.it becomes quite strong. Temperatures much the same as we
:26:16. > :26:17.have seen today, up to the high 20s in London and to the West. Out
:26:18. > :26:19.towards the Thames estuary xou are towards the Thames estuary you are
:26:20. > :26:23.looking at something like 24, 2 5 looking at something like 24, 20 5
:26:24. > :26:27.degrees will stop with another fine evening to come. If you are planning
:26:28. > :26:32.a barbecue for Thursday evening it's looking pretty good. On Friday, spot
:26:33. > :26:37.the difference, bit of patchy cloud but not much more. Just a chance
:26:38. > :26:39.maybe as the heat builds we could set off a few showers but very few
:26:40. > :26:42.and far between. Through thd weekend and far between. Through the weekend
:26:43. > :26:45.we start to see a change with a weather front coming in frol the
:26:46. > :26:49.north`west and eventually bringing something cooler and fresher during
:26:50. > :26:50.Sunday and just a chance of one or two showers but plenty of hdat
:26:51. > :26:51.Sunday and just a chance of one or two showers but plenty of heat you
:26:52. > :26:56.two showers but plenty of hdat you before then. A quick reminder of the
:26:57. > :27:16.day's main news. Two planes carrying 40 of the 298
:27:17. > :27:18.people who died on flight MH`17 have arrived in
:27:19. > :27:21.the Netherlands. The Dutch Prime Minister, and the King and Pueen,
:27:22. > :27:24.were among those waiting at Meanwhile David Cameron has said the
:27:25. > :27:28.government will look carefully at all outstanding arms export licences
:27:29. > :27:31.to Russia. There are more than two 150 licences still in
:27:32. > :27:34.place. The family of a studdnt who went missing, and was eventually
:27:35. > :27:37.found dead, say they were spied on by undercover officers from Scotland
:27:38. > :27:40.Yard. The family of Ricky Rdel had been campaigning for police to treat
:27:41. > :27:47.their son's death as murder. DRUMBEATS CONTINUE
:27:48. > :28:32.WITH SWELLING, DRAMATIC MUSIC