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in Glasgow. You can watch all | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
the sporting action tomorrow throughout the day on the BBC. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Now, on BBC One, its time for the news where you are. | :00:00. | :00:16. | |
The Mayor has been accused on two fronts of not doing enough to make | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
housing more affordable in London. Critics say a new floating village | :00:20. | :00:31. | |
in the docklands should not go ahead over fears that there will not be | :00:32. | :00:37. | |
enough affordable housing. The Green Party said that Boris Johnson wasn't | :00:38. | :00:40. | |
meeting his pledge to build more affordable homes. | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
housing more affordable in London. Today, little to see beyond | :00:44. | :00:45. | |
the water`skis and cable car. But could this one day be | :00:46. | :00:47. | |
among London's most sought`after addresses? | :00:48. | :00:48. | |
Here, in the middle of Royal Victoria | :00:49. | :00:50. | |
Docks, a floating island, luxury Docks, a floating island, ltxury | :00:51. | :00:52. | |
apartments, bars, restaurants. But Newham's Mayor fears it will | :00:53. | :00:54. | |
include affordable homes for local people. | :00:55. | :00:56. | |
If you're going to build solething If you're going to build solething | :00:57. | :00:58. | |
really nice, why shouldn't people on a bht | :00:59. | :01:00. | |
really nice, why shouldn't people on a bit lower | :01:01. | :01:05. | |
income be able to get there? It's a fantastic place. | :01:06. | :01:07. | |
You've got a dock, you've got transport links. | :01:08. | :01:10. | |
There's a whole bunch of money being spent by us, as taxpayers, | :01:11. | :01:11. | |
to make this a fantastic pl`ce. to make this a fantastic place. | :01:12. | :01:12. | |
Well, you have to contributd Well, you have to contribute | :01:13. | :01:14. | |
something back then. Local teacher David Huntingford | :01:15. | :01:16. | |
is also concerned. I don't think it's what | :01:17. | :01:18. | |
the area needs, really. I'm aware of lots of families that | :01:19. | :01:20. | |
I'm aware of lots of familids that are living in very cramped | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
conditions, who have got several children in one bedroom, where | :01:24. | :01:24. | |
conditions, who have got several children in one bedroom, whdre they | :01:25. | :01:24. | |
children in one bedroom, where they can't afford to live anywhere else. | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
The developers today tried to reassure critics. | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
I can guarantee it will work with the local partners to | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
come up with the right mix. At the moment, | :01:34. | :01:36. | |
we have a desire to put affordable housing within the scheme, but I | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
can't tell you how much, I can't tell you what it would look like. | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
At City Hall today, the Mayor was asked how much affordable | :01:43. | :01:44. | |
housing would be included. I can't give you | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
the answer to that right now. Is there some? | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
I'm afraid I can't... Any? I'm afraid I can't give you | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
the answer. Boris Johnson was also accused | :01:56. | :01:56. | |
of breaking his promises ovdr of breaking his promises ovdr | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
affordable housing across London. He pledged to build 55,000 homes | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
by March next year. But it has been revealed he | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
will fall short by 800. He says he will do it | :02:08. | :02:09. | |
by next December. That nine months | :02:10. | :02:10. | |
later than promised. So you will be late, | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
rather than short? We are going to deliver 55,000 | :02:15. | :02:16. | |
homes by December 2015 and I We are going to deliver 55,000 | :02:17. | :02:18. | |
homes by December 2015 and I think that is a massive achievement. | :02:19. | :02:25. | |
If you look around London, you do see everywhere now ndw homes | :02:26. | :02:26. | |
you do see everywhere now new homes are being built. | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
But, on the whole, they are completely out of reach | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
for ordinary Londoners. Boris Johnson wasn't available | :02:35. | :02:36. | |
to give an interview. His spokesman says he is confident | :02:37. | :02:39. | |
the Royal Docks development will include a mix of homes. | :02:40. | :02:41. | |
Local people will help to w`it Local people will help to wait | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
and see whether they can afford to live there. | :02:45. | :02:52. | |
Now throughout this week, we've been looking at London's | :02:53. | :02:54. | |
housing crisis and the more radical solutions to help tackle it. | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
The journalist and blogger, Dave Hill, says more needs to be | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
done to make landowners build houses on empty sites in the capital. | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
I'm one of those people who came here from | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
Eventually I got a proper job and I bought a proper house, in H`ckney. | :03:10. | :03:17. | |
And I've lived in Hackney ever since. | :03:18. | :03:19. | |
You sort of wonder, how on earth are my children ever | :03:20. | :03:26. | |
going to be able to live around hdre? | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
Trying to solve the housing crisis is going to take | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
One of the most important things is to | :03:33. | :03:35. | |
try to make sure that land which is theoretically available for building | :03:36. | :03:38. | |
new homes on it actually brought into use and those actually built. | :03:39. | :03:44. | |
This is the sort of place I was talking about. | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
About three years ago, local residents were shown the plans | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
There could be all kinds of good reasons for that. | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
But we'd like to know what they are and if something could be | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
A lot of people in housing, including a lot of politici`ns | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
from different parties think that one of the biggest problems is what | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
It is possible for somebody to get building on a piece of land, | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
but they have reasons for not doing so, largely to do with sitting on it | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
for a long time and then selling it at a later date for a large profit. | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
There is an argument some pdople make for greater and more effective | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
powers of compulsory purchase which the local authorities could use, | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
A lot of that land is privately owned | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
Quite a lot of it is also ptblic land, so there is a particular | :04:35. | :04:38. | |
question about how local authorities can get that public | :04:39. | :04:40. | |
We've come to Barking and Dagenham, where housing has always bedn | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
The council here feels it h`s found innovative new ways to ensure that | :04:47. | :04:52. | |
In terms of councils building themselves, and I think councils can | :04:53. | :04:58. | |
do much more, we have strained every sinew within the | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
Other councils can do more in that respect. | :05:04. | :05:17. | |
And I think we've shown that in terms of bringing | :05:18. | :05:28. | |
in institutional investment, setting up special purpose vehicles | :05:29. | :05:30. | |
Other London councils can do exactly the same. | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
Talking to Ken brought home to me how important it is for London | :05:36. | :05:38. | |
boroughs to be imaginative and innovative in making sure that | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
land they control is brought forward for housing. | :05:42. | :05:43. | |
It also showed the value of giving those authorities some additional | :05:44. | :05:45. | |
powers so that they can make sure that land which is privatelx held is | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
built on by developers and not allowed to go to waste. | :05:50. | :05:52. | |
And tomorrow we'll hear from social housing expert | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
Lord Best, who thinks one solution to the housing problem is to | :05:56. | :05:58. | |
encourage older Londoners to move into smaller properties. | :05:59. | :06:06. | |
If we can find the ideal flat for people in their late 50s, 60s, early | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
70s and can get people to ldave 70s and can get people to leave | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
their nice three`bedroom suburban house and moved to that flat, then | :06:16. | :06:17. | |
we solve all kinds of problems house and moved to that flat, then | :06:18. | :06:18. | |
we solve all kinds of probldms at we solve all kinds of probldms at | :06:19. | :06:25. | |
the same time. A teenage boy has drowned in Marlow after plaxing | :06:26. | :06:28. | |
the same time. A teenage box has drowned in Marlow after playing with | :06:29. | :06:28. | |
friends near the river. It hs friends near the river. It hs | :06:29. | :06:32. | |
thought he was retrieving a ball when he was swept into deep water | :06:33. | :06:33. | |
yesterday afternoon. There are calls tonight for more | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
transparency from the Metropolitan Police after accusations that it's | :06:39. | :06:40. | |
using spy planes The mysterious flights were first | :06:41. | :06:42. | |
spotted by bloggers ` as our transport corresponddnt | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
Tom Edwards reports. The skies over the capital `re busy | :06:47. | :06:52. | |
airspace. But could there be more up airspace. But could there be more up | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
there than passenger planes? Yesterday, this plane was spotted on | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
a tracking website circling south London at 10,000 feet for two and a | :07:04. | :07:10. | |
half hours. Its registration has come up before in these questions | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
from the Liberal Democrats on the London assembly. The accusation is | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
that it's a Metropolitan Police biplane. Then, there was no | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
response, for operational sdcurity reasons. It's right for the police | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
to keep operations secret, but we need to know if they do have these | :07:27. | :07:27. | |
need to know if they do havd these planes and what it is costing the | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
taxpayer. You can't hide aeroplanes in the sky, people will see them. We | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
need to know what it is costing and for The Met to be open about why | :07:37. | :07:42. | |
they have these planes. A tracking website says the plane is over | :07:43. | :07:45. | |
London almost everyday. Bloggers and those on social media regul`rly | :07:46. | :07:46. | |
those on social media regularly spotter plane circling. Darren has | :07:47. | :07:55. | |
suspicions it was a spy plane. I would be more worried if the police | :07:56. | :07:57. | |
would be more worried if thd police were not monitoring people and phone | :07:58. | :08:00. | |
calls like that. I think everybody knows that it is important to | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
monitor e`mails and phone c`lls I personally don't have a problem with | :08:05. | :08:06. | |
that. I think the only people worried about they are doing, they | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
would have a problem with it. We asked the authorities about these | :08:13. | :08:15. | |
planes and so far inquiries have got nowhere. The National air traffic | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
control service declined to comment. The deputy mayor for policing said | :08:21. | :08:21. | |
he wasn't aware of the planes. The deputy mayor for policing said | :08:22. | :08:23. | |
he wasn't aware of the plands. The he wasn't aware of the planes. The | :08:24. | :08:25. | |
Met would neither confirm or deny that it was using planes for | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
surveillance. Commentators say it is unsurprising that The Met are being | :08:32. | :08:33. | |
secretive. But there are motnting secretive. But there are mounting | :08:34. | :08:34. | |
calls for the police to havd a calls for the police to have a | :08:35. | :08:36. | |
degree of openness about whdther it degree of openness about whether it | :08:37. | :08:38. | |
is using aerial surveillancd. It is good night from me. I will | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
leave you with the weather. Another hot day today, the highest | :08:43. | :08:53. | |
temperatures to the West. 30 degrees at Heathrow. More hot and sunny | :08:54. | :08:55. | |
at Heathrow. More hot and stnny weather tomorrow. These are the | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
temperatures we will start the day with. Another uncomfortable night. | :09:01. | :09:03. | |
Clear sky, plenty of sunshine as we head into tomorrow. Maybe some | :09:04. | :09:06. | |
patchy cloud around. I don't think we will get as much as today. It | :09:07. | :09:08. | |
we will get as much as todax. It looks like it will be a dry day with | :09:09. | :09:11. | |
lots of sunshine. That easterly lots of sunshine. That eastdrly | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
breeze, a bit blustery at thmes That is why we are seeing the | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
highest temperatures in the West, not fat off 2829 degrees. More heat | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
to come on Friday. Into the start of the weekend, and then things will | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
start to change. There is the risk of some showers and at Wilton cooler | :09:29. | :09:31. | |
from the north. The national picture comes from Philip Avery. | :09:32. | :09:32. | |
from the north. The national picture comes from Philip Avery. | :09:33. | :09:38. | |
Unusually, I can say good morning. Wednesday has been noticeable for a | :09:39. | :09:49. | |
number of reasons. From a meteorological point of view, it was | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
the warmest day of the year for Wales and Northern Ireland. Nothing | :09:55. | :09:57. | |
like it across the East of Scotland, where the temperature was locked | :09:58. | :10:00. | |
firmly into the mid-teens thanks to the presence of the low cloud and | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
fog. It is there | :10:06. | :10:06. |