27/07/2014

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:00:00. > :00:12.Stay with us on BBC1 for the news where you are.

:00:13. > :00:21.Residents on an estate in south London say they're living in fear

:00:22. > :00:24.for their safety - as building work takes place all around them.

:00:25. > :00:31.Hundreds of new homes are being built in Lambeth to replace flats -

:00:32. > :00:34.which are still being lived in - leading to concerns over danger

:00:35. > :00:40.This is the shiny future they have been promised.

:00:41. > :00:43.But to get there, residents on this estate in Lambeth must wait

:00:44. > :00:45.for their homes to be torn down and rebuilt around them.

:00:46. > :00:47.And that means living on a demolition site,

:00:48. > :00:51.It is not being treated like a building site, they are not

:00:52. > :00:54.securing it well enough, there are health and safety risks.

:00:55. > :00:58.Look at all of these bits just left unattended.

:00:59. > :01:02.We have got a lot of kids in the area so they could easily come in.

:01:03. > :01:05.We are just trying to enforce the health and safety and make sure

:01:06. > :01:08.these sites are properly secured just to prevent a horrible accident.

:01:09. > :01:11.This property has been empty for a couple of months now

:01:12. > :01:13.and until recently you could walk inside there.

:01:14. > :01:19.We have been told that a couple of nights ago people came and started

:01:20. > :01:22.a fire inside, which is why all of this stuff was brought outside.

:01:23. > :01:26.The door has now been boarded up by the developers but you can see that

:01:27. > :01:35.There is much anger here towards the developers.

:01:36. > :01:37.Residents on the Myatts Field North Estate now want

:01:38. > :01:43.And for some of those already in their new homes it has not been the

:01:44. > :01:47.This is where the leak is coming from

:01:48. > :01:52.and that is why the cupboard is like that and it needs to be replaced.

:01:53. > :01:55.The quality of the properties are poor.

:01:56. > :01:57.It looks nice and they are lovely but they are poor.

:01:58. > :02:02.It's the sound issue, it's the floods, it's the leaks

:02:03. > :02:12.Some people haven't had hot water for weeks or months.

:02:13. > :02:14.The developer, Regenta, says there is a repairs team

:02:15. > :02:17.on hand and that the derelict properties are checked every day.

:02:18. > :02:19.Meanwhile, Lambeth Council says it is investigating the alleged

:02:20. > :02:23.But with years until all this is complete residents say they will

:02:24. > :02:29.continue to shout to ensure they are not forgotten amongst the rubble.

:02:30. > :02:31.Gatwick Airport has apologised to hundreds of passengers

:02:32. > :02:34.after they were told to go home without their luggage.

:02:35. > :02:37.Officials blamed staff shortages - while many travellers used social

:02:38. > :02:40.media to complain of delays of up to five hours.

:02:41. > :02:46.Gatwick says operations have now started returning to normal.

:02:47. > :02:50.The police watchdog has begun an investigation after

:02:51. > :02:53.a man died following an incident involving police in north London.

:02:54. > :02:55.It happened in Islington in the early hours of this morning

:02:56. > :02:59.London Ambulance Service were called,

:03:00. > :03:05.The Independent Police Complaints Commission said its investigators

:03:06. > :03:10.Two people arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit female genital

:03:11. > :03:23.A 72-year-old Ugandan man was stopped at Heathrow Airport

:03:24. > :03:26.after arriving on a flight from Kampala with an 11-year-old girl.

:03:27. > :03:30.Specialist officers took the girl - who's a UK national -

:03:31. > :03:34.An elderly couple from Southfleet in Dartford have spoken of their

:03:35. > :03:37.terror after burglars raided their home and viciously attacked them.

:03:38. > :03:40.Rani and Jas Apaul were asleep in bed when the intruders struck.

:03:41. > :03:48.These distressing pictures show the impact of the violent attack

:03:49. > :03:51.on Rarni and Jas Apaul in their own home that left them

:03:52. > :03:56.They were in bed when the break in happened at around 10:15pm.

:03:57. > :04:04.My first memory is of three chaps standing at the foot of our bed.

:04:05. > :04:08.And the light going on, and thinking the inevitable is going to happen.

:04:09. > :04:12.I just about got to the corner of the bed when they whacked me with

:04:13. > :04:18.Mr Upaul was so badly beaten he suffered a broken

:04:19. > :04:25.The burglars then assaulted Mrs Upaul before breaking into the

:04:26. > :04:28.couple's safe and making off with cash, jewellery and their passports.

:04:29. > :04:32.They have gone through an horrific experience

:04:33. > :04:39.so I would appeal for anybody with any information whatsoever

:04:40. > :04:44.about the attack, the information in regards to the property

:04:45. > :04:51.I don't want to be alone in that house.

:04:52. > :04:54.In fact, I don't want to live in that house any more.

:04:55. > :04:58.A ?5000 reward has been offered to help find those responsible.

:04:59. > :05:01.Let's now get the weather forecast for the start of the week from Sara.

:05:02. > :05:04.We've got some showers in the forecast for tomorrow.

:05:05. > :05:12.It's a risk of showers for us all though.

:05:13. > :05:18.Some warm sunshine between the showers

:05:19. > :05:24.Generally dry weather throughout the night and more comfortable to sleep

:05:25. > :05:27.Some sunshine tomorrow but the showers always there towards

:05:28. > :05:30.the east making their way toward central London and

:05:31. > :05:33.they will be slow-moving, thundery and with some hail mixed in.

:05:34. > :05:35.Plenty of sunshine either side of those showers but

:05:36. > :05:38.if you catch one it will be quite torrential, and The Met office has

:05:39. > :05:41.issued a weather warning - in force through the day tomorrow -

:05:42. > :05:45.Tuesday will be drier and brighter with good spells of

:05:46. > :05:51.Some cloud, but generally dry for the middle part of the week

:05:52. > :05:54.That's it from the BBC London weekend team for tonight.

:05:55. > :06:06.From all of us here, we wish you a very good night.

:06:07. > :06:11.Good evening. Top temperatures today were good for all 5 degrees down on

:06:12. > :06:15.what we saw yesterday and humidity was a bit lower so all in all much

:06:16. > :06:18.more comfortable end to the weekend. For the week ahead there is warmth

:06:19. > :06:22.in the sunshine over the next few days, but not completely dry because

:06:23. > :06:25.they will be some showers and notably the coming few nights should

:06:26. > :06:29.be a bit cooler. Earlier today we saw heavy thunderstorms in the far

:06:30. > :06:32.south-east but lots of fine weather that it was wet underneath this

:06:33. > :06:35.cloud in the West of Scotland and Northern Ireland and a bit of a

:06:36. > :06:40.breeze. Wet and windy weather is moving its way south all the while.

:06:41. > :06:41.It should be largely dry over Scotland overnight and the wind will

:06:42. > :06:42.clear