26/07/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel.

:00:00. > :00:00.Now on BBC One, time for the news where you are

:00:00. > :00:19.Good afternoon from BBC London News, I'm Victoria Hollins.

:00:20. > :00:21.The parents of a schoolboy from Croydon who died

:00:22. > :00:24.after taking ecstasy have spoken publicly for the first time

:00:25. > :00:27.since his death and say they want lessons to be learnt from it.

:00:28. > :00:29.16-year-old Daniel Spargo-Mabbs died after an illegal rave in January.

:00:30. > :00:32.The couple have set up a charity in their son's memory,

:00:33. > :00:49.He was warm, kind, funny, quirky, adventurous.

:00:50. > :00:56.And it has been six months since he died.

:00:57. > :00:59.His parents had no idea their 16-year-old son Daniel was

:01:00. > :01:06.His decision to try ecstasy for the first time that night cost

:01:07. > :01:12.The door went and it was the police saying Daniel had been found

:01:13. > :01:21.His body temperature was up to 42, 43 degrees.

:01:22. > :01:25.He had so many wires and tubes and monitors.

:01:26. > :01:29.The best of modern science couldn't save him.

:01:30. > :01:32.Last week, this man pleaded guilty to supplying the drugs to Daniel

:01:33. > :01:39.You started a foundation in his name.

:01:40. > :01:45.What do you hope to achieve, what are the goals for the future?

:01:46. > :01:48.We just wanted to do anything we possibly could to warn other people.

:01:49. > :01:50.If it got Daniel, it could get other young people,

:01:51. > :01:56.The family have commissioned a play about Daniel's death.

:01:57. > :02:02.It will be performed at schools around the country.

:02:03. > :02:07.It feels most of the time... I just think that this is a horrible dream.

:02:08. > :02:10.We just don't want anyone else to be where we are.

:02:11. > :02:22.His parents say that if their efforts can stop one more

:02:23. > :02:36.young person from trying drugs, it will all be worthwhile.

:02:37. > :02:38.Two people have been arrested for conspiracy to commit female

:02:39. > :02:44.Police stopped a 72-year-old man arriving at Heathrow airport

:02:45. > :02:49.The man - from Uganda - was later arrested.

:02:50. > :02:52.A 40-year-old woman was also arrested in Hackney.

:02:53. > :02:56.The girl was put into the care of social services.

:02:57. > :02:59.Well, the Commonwealth Games are now well underway, and helping to make

:03:00. > :03:01.the event a success are the thousands of volunteer helpers.

:03:02. > :03:04.Just like at London 2012, the Games Makers have captured

:03:05. > :03:07.the friendly spirit of the event - a legacy that continues in London

:03:08. > :03:10.today with the start of the annual 'Visitor Welcome' programme.

:03:11. > :03:19.This year, 19 million people will visit London,

:03:20. > :03:22.that is more foreign visitors than any other city in the world.

:03:23. > :03:25.Many will have been inspired by the 2012 London Olympics and a

:03:26. > :03:29.Two years later, that legacy lives on with a team

:03:30. > :03:37.Starting this weekend, 630 volunteers in their distinctive

:03:38. > :03:48.pink polo shirts will be based at nine tourist hotspots.

:03:49. > :04:00.simply to welcome people and to help them

:04:01. > :04:05.We surveyed visitors last year and 98% of them said they had

:04:06. > :04:06.a wonderful time interacting with the ambassadors.

:04:07. > :04:09.Some people will go from pod to pod on their stay.

:04:10. > :04:12.Others will go back to the same pod every day and go,

:04:13. > :04:16.On duty at Piccadilly Circus today are six

:04:17. > :04:18.London ambassadors, including Annabel and Kelly, who both started

:04:19. > :04:24.I don't know if I would be doing it otherwise.

:04:25. > :04:28.So you are a living legacy of the Olympic Games.

:04:29. > :04:31.The joy of helping people, and once you help them, the smile

:04:32. > :04:36.And I want to give back to London what London has given to me, because

:04:37. > :04:41.It is time to do something positive for the country and the city.

:04:42. > :04:44.The team of London volunteers will be helping visitors every day

:04:45. > :04:55.And the weather - tonight any showers will die away

:04:56. > :05:00.and it'll stay cloudy. with patchy rain possible around dawn.

:05:01. > :05:13.Tomorrow will feel fresher, though still quite warm, with sunny spells.

:05:14. > :05:21.A bit of a change on the way, in fact it has already started in the

:05:22. > :05:21.north and west of the UK. It will be cooler, temperatures slipping back

:05:22. > :05:24.to where they cooler, temperatures slipping back

:05:25. > :05:26.to where they should be for this time of the year. Some sunshine,

:05:27. > :05:31.to where they should be for this time of the year. Some sunshine but

:05:32. > :05:37.also some outbreaks of rain. Ahead of this crowd, some sunshine and

:05:38. > :05:40.heat, 29 in Southampton but only 16 in the Western Isles. Heavy rain for

:05:41. > :05:48.a time overnight working its way deep words -- eastwards. Elsewhere,

:05:49. > :05:53.largely dry, particularly in southern counties. Warmer in the

:05:54. > :05:54.south-east, 18 or 19 degrees. Any rain on