:00:00. > 3:59:59still the potential. Quite nasty weather. To keep an eye on the
:00:00. > :00:00.forecast. Goodbye. Tonight on BBC London News, next
:00:07. > :00:09.stop, Hertfordshire... the government announces proposals to
:00:10. > :00:21.extend Crossrail, connecting It will be good for everyond. Yes,
:00:22. > :00:27.if more people come though, they will need to build more houses.
:00:28. > :00:30.But would other projects have to be axed to make way for it? Also
:00:31. > :00:33.tonight, spared jail, the Mdt police officer convicted of
:00:34. > :00:35.assaulting a mentally`ill man in custody. After Boris Johnson
:00:36. > :00:38.announces he wants to return to Parliament, the search for the
:00:39. > :00:40.next Tory Mayoral candidate begins. Plus, playing a vital role in
:00:41. > :00:44.bringing comfort to soldiers serving in the First World War, the story of
:00:45. > :00:57.The volumes of mail were massive. It must have been a really pressured
:00:58. > :00:58.environment trying to get this important communication all around
:00:59. > :01:00.the world in as quick as time as the world in as quick as tile as
:01:01. > :01:09.possible. Good evening and welcome to BBC
:01:10. > :01:20.London News with me, Riz Lateef. Come 2019,
:01:21. > :01:22.Crossrail will link Berkshire with Now plans are being considered to
:01:23. > :01:25.extend services into Hertfordshire. The Transport Secretary,
:01:26. > :01:27.Patrick McLoughlin, today announced a study to connect stations
:01:28. > :01:30.including Tring, Hemel Hempstead and If it gets the go ahead,
:01:31. > :01:33.commuters using the service would see journey times
:01:34. > :01:36.into the capital reduced, avoiding Our Political Correspondent Karl
:01:37. > :01:40.Mercer has more. He's a man who's been
:01:41. > :01:46.down a few holes in his timd. Transport Secretary Patrick
:01:47. > :01:48.Mcloughlin is, of course, a former miner, and in his latest job,
:01:49. > :01:52.he's seen plenty of this sort of Today he was meeting apprentices,
:01:53. > :02:01.working on what will one dax Today he was meeting apprentices,
:02:02. > :02:02.working on what will one day be Today he was meeting apprentices,
:02:03. > :02:03.working on what will one dax be the working on what will one day be the
:02:04. > :02:08.new Crossrail station at Farringdon. In about a years time, the tumblers
:02:09. > :02:09.will be offside, in about three and a half years time, passengers were
:02:10. > :02:11.becoming out onto the concourse onto becoming out onto the concotrse onto
:02:12. > :02:15.the platforms. Even though it is not the platforms. Even though it is not
:02:16. > :02:26.complete, the government is already talking about a new to Crossrail. ?6
:02:27. > :02:29.billion idea would wink up Hertfordshire, meaning quicker
:02:30. > :02:31.journey times the people in Watford, hemline stood and tree.
:02:32. > :02:35.I think it is very important that we look at maximising the benefits, and
:02:36. > :02:38.that is why I have commissioned the study to look at Hertfordshhre,
:02:39. > :02:38.that is why I have commissioned the study to look at Hertfordshire, to
:02:39. > :02:42.look at the way it might be able to serve other areas, as well as the
:02:43. > :02:46.areas it is designated to sdrve at this moment. We will be doing a lot
:02:47. > :02:49.of work on Euston station, so to relieve some of the work on Euston
:02:50. > :02:53.station I think it is proper that we look how commuters are served
:02:54. > :02:53.station I think it is proper that we look how commuters are servdd across
:02:54. > :02:56.a greater part of London and outside London as we can.
:02:57. > :02:59.Looking to drum up trade in Hemel today was butcher, John Graham.
:03:00. > :03:02.The market, and the town, he says, could do with the boost
:03:03. > :03:07.I think they are a good ide`. If you work in London, to reduce the time
:03:08. > :03:12.of travelling, it is going to be good for everyone, really. There
:03:13. > :03:18.will be more people moving here, which will make the town a bit
:03:19. > :03:22.John may be keen; others were worried a busy town would not
:03:23. > :03:29.It will attract more people but it will attract more people but if all
:03:30. > :03:34.`` if more people, they will need to build more houses. It is much
:03:35. > :03:37.needed, shops are dying here. build more houses. It is much
:03:38. > :03:40.needed, shops are dying herd. There is a big housing problem at the
:03:41. > :03:45.moment anyway so it would not do as any good at the moment, I suppose,
:03:46. > :03:55.in that respect. But I don't know, I suppose people going to work need to
:03:56. > :03:58.get there quicker. The mea post back Crossrail to plan the links South
:03:59. > :04:01.West England to London. Tod`y Crossrail to plan the links South
:04:02. > :04:02.West England to London. Today a new rival line has been thrown hnto the
:04:03. > :04:04.rival line has been thrown into the mix.
:04:05. > :04:08.And Karl's here now. So you raise a question there, what's the answer,
:04:09. > :04:10.which one of these lines are we going to get?
:04:11. > :04:15.The government are in a tricky position, we know they want to give
:04:16. > :04:16.the go`ahead to HS two, the high`speed line from London to the
:04:17. > :04:20.North of England, but in doing so North of England, but in doing so
:04:21. > :04:22.they know that Houston will be under a huge amount of pressure, `nd
:04:23. > :04:22.they know that Houston will be under a huge amount of pressure, and it
:04:23. > :04:22.they know that Houston will be under a huge amount of pressure, `nd it is
:04:23. > :04:25.a huge amount of pressure, and it is also something of a poor relation to
:04:26. > :04:30.the same pancreas and King's Cross, so they have come up with this plan
:04:31. > :04:34.B, divert the Hertfordshire Trent at the old Oak Common in London, people
:04:35. > :04:39.will hop on the Crossrail and in the town. All good so far, except all of
:04:40. > :04:42.this comes with a big bill. The government 's plan today, ?6
:04:43. > :04:47.billion, they reckon it will cost. They are already spending about ?16
:04:48. > :04:53.billion on Crossrail one, so could they and would they justify backing
:04:54. > :04:55.another ten or ?15 billion for Crossrail two, which is Borhs
:04:56. > :05:00.Johnson's project. I think it would Johnson's project. I think it would
:05:01. > :05:01.be hard to justify, particularly now, we have seen the northern
:05:02. > :05:02.now, we have seen the northdrn cities pulling together saying we
:05:03. > :05:05.want money for our infrastrtcture up want money for our infrastructure up
:05:06. > :05:06.there. They would be a bravd there. They would be a brave
:05:07. > :05:10.government that ignored that. Plenty more to come tonight,
:05:11. > :05:13.including, building confidence with Lego,
:05:14. > :05:30.the therapy helping children with A Metropolitan Police officer who
:05:31. > :05:35.assaulted a mentally ill man in custody and punched a taxi driver
:05:36. > :05:36.has been spared jail. Serge`nt Charles Pilbeam, who worked in
:05:37. > :05:38.Hackney but lived in Stevenage, Charles Pilbeam, who worked in
:05:39. > :05:41.Hackney but lived in Steven`ge, was Hackney but lived in Steven`ge, was
:05:42. > :05:42.given a 28 weeks suspended sentence at Saint opens Magistrates' Court,
:05:43. > :05:47.and told that he was extremdly lucky and told that he was extremdly lucky
:05:48. > :05:48.not to be going to prison. Tarah Welsh has been following the case
:05:49. > :05:54.Welsh has been following thd case and joins us now. Just bring us up
:05:55. > :05:56.to speed on the background to this. Charles Pilbeam looked relidved as
:05:57. > :06:01.Charles Pilbeam looked relieved, as he was told he was not going to jail
:06:02. > :06:04.tonight, and he walked out of court today. You can see him here on the
:06:05. > :06:09.right wearing a tie. This goes back March last year, when a mentally ill
:06:10. > :06:13.man was taken into custody and man was taken into custody and
:06:14. > :06:17.strip`searched at Shoreditch police station. Another officer described
:06:18. > :06:21.him as intoxicated, but compliant. The man was given a notice but he
:06:22. > :06:25.ripped it up and swore at the officers, and that is when Pilbeam
:06:26. > :06:29.stood on his foot for about a minute and twisted the man's here. After
:06:30. > :06:38.the incident took place, Pilbeam said the colleagues, sorry to
:06:39. > :06:40.aperture in that context but I will write it out. Later, he was involved
:06:41. > :06:43.in another assault, Mr Pilbeam, write it out. Later, he was involved
:06:44. > :06:47.in another assault, Mr Pilbeam, but he was not in uniform. That is
:06:48. > :06:50.right, the court heard that Mr Pilbeam remained at work but was
:06:51. > :06:53.very stressed about the previous assault. He was drinking more than
:06:54. > :06:56.usual and his defence lawyer described him as being in a terrible
:06:57. > :06:59.mental state. He went out with mental state. He went out whth
:07:00. > :07:16.colleagues after work in February and he got drunk and got into a taxi
:07:17. > :07:19.to go home, he did not like the way the taxi driver was driving, so he
:07:20. > :07:22.took hold of the steering wheel and pulled up the handbrake, causing the
:07:23. > :07:24.car to go off the road. Then there was an argument, and Charles Pilbeam
:07:25. > :07:26.punched the taxi driver in the face and ran away from the taxi. I was
:07:27. > :07:27.bleeding. Because of the way and ran away from the taxi. I was
:07:28. > :07:27.bleeding. Because of the wax I and ran away from the taxi. I was
:07:28. > :07:27.bleeding. Because of the way I had bleeding. Because of the wax I had
:07:28. > :07:30.my classes, they were covered in my classes, they were coverdd in
:07:31. > :07:32.blood. There was blood on the seat, my clothes, everywhere, and of
:07:33. > :07:36.course after the accident the car was a little bit tilted in the
:07:37. > :07:40.middle of a country lane, and it is a country lane, so it is very
:07:41. > :07:46.dangerous, because if a big car comes or something, you can have a
:07:47. > :07:48.really serious accident. And so I already decided the best option was
:07:49. > :07:53.just to go to hospital. Magistrates just to go to hospital. Magistrates
:07:54. > :07:57.told Charles Pilbeam today xou are told Charles Pilbeam today you are
:07:58. > :08:04.extremely lucky and fortunate not to be going into custody right now He
:08:05. > :08:08.was given 250 hours unpaid work and told to pay ?1900 in costs. His
:08:09. > :08:12.defence lawyer says he has lost everything, and accepts that he is
:08:13. > :08:15.going to lose his job at night the Metropolitan Police told us that he
:08:16. > :08:22.has been suspended, so he is still being paid, but this is pending a
:08:23. > :08:25.disciplinary proceeding. Th`nk you. Free schools are failing to serve
:08:26. > :08:28.the neediest children in their the neediest children in their
:08:29. > :08:30.areas. That is the conclusion of the first in`depth research on them,
:08:31. > :08:34.first in`depth research on them which found that while most new
:08:35. > :08:37.schools are opening in disadvantaged areas, pupils attending are
:08:38. > :08:41.generally better off than those attending surrounding schools. Once
:08:42. > :08:43.the next batch of free schools start opening next month, there whll
:08:44. > :08:43.the next batch of free schools start opening next month, there will be
:08:44. > :08:49.opening next month, there whll be around 120 of them in London. Here's
:08:50. > :08:53.our education reporter, Mark Ashdown. They were set up to cater
:08:54. > :08:54.for a growing shortage of school places but free schools were also
:08:55. > :08:58.places but free schools werd also supposed to help poorer children.
:08:59. > :09:02.Three years after the first openings, studies suggest so far
:09:03. > :09:04.they are failing. Free school meals are the key indicator of poverty.
:09:05. > :09:12.This report found at primarx level This report found at primary level
:09:13. > :09:14.free schools, 13.5% are eligible, compared to 18.3% at neighbouring
:09:15. > :09:21.schools. At secondary level, a similar story. 17.5% eligible at
:09:22. > :09:25.free schools, while at other nearby schools, 22.1%. It seems even if
:09:26. > :09:29.schools, 22.1%. It seems evdn if schools are opening in poorer areas,
:09:30. > :09:34.pushy, better off parents are still getting the upper hand. And this is
:09:35. > :09:37.disappointing because they were really at the centre of the
:09:38. > :09:40.government's social justice strategy. The idea was thesd new
:09:41. > :09:42.schools would open up in the strategy. The idea was these new
:09:43. > :09:46.schools would open up in thd more socially disadvantaged areas and
:09:47. > :09:48.bring on those children who they said had not had the advantages
:09:49. > :09:54.beforehand. London does havd a beforehand. London does have a
:09:55. > :09:59.pretty unique problem, in that area of extreme poverty often sit
:10:00. > :10:01.side`by`side with very wealthy areas like here in Haringey. You can buy
:10:02. > :10:04.property for as little as ?75,0 0 or property for as little as ?75,000 or
:10:05. > :10:08.as much as ?4.3 million. Evdn property for as little as ?75,0 0 or
:10:09. > :10:13.as much as ?4.3 million. Evdn so, teaching unions say this is evidence
:10:14. > :10:15.free schools are pretty much cherry picking better off pupils. H think
:10:16. > :10:17.picking better off pupils. I think the programme should be abandoned.
:10:18. > :10:21.This government has spent over on this programme. It is not ftlfilling
:10:22. > :10:25.this programme. It is not fulfilling its main aim, providing schools for
:10:26. > :10:27.the most disadvantaged and deprived pupils, and whilst it is not doing
:10:28. > :10:29.that, it is taking money aw`y pupils, and whilst it is not doing
:10:30. > :10:31.that, it is taking money away from the other schools in the arda which
:10:32. > :10:34.the other schools in the area which are educating those pupils. What we
:10:35. > :10:38.know from the hundreds of groups we work with is that people have chosen
:10:39. > :10:42.to go into these areas exactly because they want to help the most
:10:43. > :10:45.deprived. I think as these schools become part of the established
:10:46. > :10:49.educational landscape come xou will see them serving families from every
:10:50. > :10:51.type of background. 30 more free schools are slated to open hn London
:10:52. > :10:53.next month. Their intakes will schools are slated to open in London
:10:54. > :10:57.next month. Their intakes whll be next month. Their intakes whll be
:10:58. > :10:59.keenly scrutinised. Boris Johnson disguises the extent of his
:11:00. > :11:04.political ambitions, but will have to come clean if he becomes an NP
:11:05. > :11:05.again. That was the reaction from the Deputy Prime Minister Nhck
:11:06. > :11:06.again. That was the reaction from the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg
:11:07. > :11:16.the Deputy Prime Minister Nhck Clegg at the Mayo boss Mac confirmation
:11:17. > :11:18.that he wants to return `` the Mayor's confirmation that he wants
:11:19. > :11:21.to return to Parliament. Thd news to return to Parliament. Thd news
:11:22. > :11:22.also finally rules out Boris Johnson seeking a third may all term,
:11:23. > :11:24.also finally rules out Boris Johnson seeking a third may all terl, which
:11:25. > :11:29.seeking a third may all term, which means the search can start for a
:11:30. > :11:33.Tory replacement. A fairly familiar image of the shovel meant in most
:11:34. > :11:37.national newspapers, seen l`rgely from the angle of the impact on the
:11:38. > :11:39.Conservatives and the Conservative leadership. Rather less analysis and
:11:40. > :11:42.speculation about how it le`ves speculation about how it leaves
:11:43. > :11:46.London, but I think there is a sense today about how much the
:11:47. > :11:48.Conservatives have wanted to manoeuvre Boris Johnson and to
:11:49. > :11:51.manoeuvre Boris Johnson into finally making this decision. A really short
:11:52. > :11:52.selection timescale at Uxbrhdge making this decision. A really short
:11:53. > :11:52.selection timescale at Uxbridge and selection timescale at Uxbridge and
:11:53. > :11:55.South Ruislip, where it is `lmost South Ruislip, where it is `lmost
:11:56. > :12:00.certain now that Boris Johnson will put his name forward. You just have
:12:01. > :12:05.this sense in which they really wanted to smoke out and forces hand.
:12:06. > :12:09.Does it shift attention to who might be a Tory successor to Boris
:12:10. > :12:14.Johnson? It does in the sense that it has ended any residual doubt that
:12:15. > :12:17.Boris Johnson might try to go for a third term, so you start to look at
:12:18. > :12:23.potential candidates, assembly members here at City Hall, James
:12:24. > :12:27.cleverly, Andrew off, head of the Conservative group, Victoria Boruc,
:12:28. > :12:32.Deputy Maier, Steven greenhouse, head of the Metropolitan Police
:12:33. > :12:40.authority. Or do they go for a name like sack Balsdon, MP at Richmond
:12:41. > :12:44.Park? `` Zac Goldsmith. Another pupil position themselves as the
:12:45. > :12:48.experienced hand at it. Perhaps an outsider like Zac Goldsmith,
:12:49. > :12:50.well`known to a large and above the electorate in London, deals, and
:12:51. > :12:53.there will be people who thhnk I there will be people who thhnk I
:12:54. > :12:54.would like to do that but Boris has not announced yet that he will
:12:55. > :12:57.would like to do that but Boris has not announced yet that he whll stand
:12:58. > :13:01.out. Now he has done, there has only been a vacancy the 24 hours, those
:13:02. > :13:03.people will start putting their names in the ring. Andrew Boss, who
:13:04. > :13:09.has already thrown his hat into the has already thrown his hat into the
:13:10. > :13:12.ring, said it would be a mistake for the Conservatives to go this time
:13:13. > :13:15.for big name recognition. The biggest mistake all of the parties
:13:16. > :13:21.make, curiously enough, is that they think they have the point a
:13:22. > :13:23.celebrity in order to get those votes in and have public
:13:24. > :13:26.recognition. The fact of the matter recognition. The fact of the matter
:13:27. > :13:30.is that if you are the Conservative candidate for mayor you will be
:13:31. > :13:31.known. The public will have that opportunity to know what yot
:13:32. > :13:36.known. The public will have that opportunity to know what you are
:13:37. > :13:39.about. Where does this all leave Labour? A lot of potential Labour
:13:40. > :13:41.people had been wanting to wait and see whether Boris Johnson could
:13:42. > :13:42.possibly have another go, seek see whether Boris Johnson could
:13:43. > :13:45.possibly have another go, sdek a possibly have another go, seek a
:13:46. > :13:47.third term here. Now he has made clear that is not the case H think
:13:48. > :13:49.clear that is not the case I think we will start seeing signs, probably
:13:50. > :13:51.even declarations, of interest. we will start seeing signs, probably
:13:52. > :13:54.even declarations, of interdst. We know the kind people that are being
:13:55. > :14:02.talked about, David Lambie, Siddique, Diane Abbott. It could be
:14:03. > :14:05.quite a crowded field. Christian Wall bar, a transport journalist who
:14:06. > :14:09.has already declared. While these people may start to manoeuvre I
:14:10. > :14:11.think we will only really start seeing hostilities, if you like,
:14:12. > :14:11.think we will only really start seeing hostilities, if you like or
:14:12. > :14:16.seeing hostilities, if you like, or people really pushing for the prize
:14:17. > :14:17.after the next election next year. Thank you very much, Tim Donovan
:14:18. > :14:24.there. Stay with us, still `head there. Stay with us, still ahead
:14:25. > :14:28.tonight, coming to the capital, as London prepares to host the Indian
:14:29. > :14:30.sport of Kabaddi, we will try and explain the rules, and letters are
:14:31. > :14:33.explain the rules, and lettdrs are reaching us as quickly as if there
:14:34. > :14:36.were no war... It is really rather wonderful.
:14:37. > :14:39.reaching us as quickly as if there were no war... It is On thehr way to
:14:40. > :14:42.the Western front, the story of how letters for soldiers serving in the
:14:43. > :14:48.First World War were sent from Regents Park.
:14:49. > :14:51.It's an alternative type of therapy that's now helping hundreds of
:14:52. > :14:53.children with autism and le`rning difficulties across the capital.
:14:54. > :14:56.Today, specialists from Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals have been showing
:14:57. > :14:59.parents how Lego bricks can be used to help children develop vital
:15:00. > :15:04.Rebecca Williams has been to Legoland
:15:05. > :15:19.It has been branded Lego therapy. Specialists at top London hospitals
:15:20. > :15:24.are using the building blocks to help children with autism to
:15:25. > :15:28.communicate. Children like Rupert. His mother has brought him here
:15:29. > :15:30.today to put it to the test for the first time. At the moment he
:15:31. > :15:30.today to put it to the test for the first time. At the moment hd is
:15:31. > :15:37.first time. At the moment he is focused. He is happy to participate
:15:38. > :15:39.in this. And home he is doing repetitive movements and disruptive
:15:40. > :15:43.behaviours. Do you think you will get this another go when yot back ``
:15:44. > :15:47.get back home? Definitely. It get this another go when you back ``
:15:48. > :15:51.get back home? Definitely. Ht should get back home? Definitely. It should
:15:52. > :15:53.work. Around 1% of children are affected by autism. At Saint Thomas
:15:54. > :15:56.is they have 100 cases a year. affected by autism. At Saint Thomas
:15:57. > :15:58.is they have 100 cases a ye`r. Many is they have 100 cases a year. Many
:15:59. > :16:04.are taking part in Lego therapy as 80 schools across Southwark and love
:16:05. > :16:09.`` Lamberth are running the project. You might ask, why Lego? It is show
:16:10. > :16:14.that children with learning difficulties are drawn to it. You
:16:15. > :16:16.can make an imaginary world. You feel like you are the king `nd queen
:16:17. > :16:17.and you could make a massive feel like you are the king and queen
:16:18. > :16:21.and you could make a massivd kingdom of what you like. It helps you
:16:22. > :16:23.and you could make a massive kingdom of what you like. It helps xou to
:16:24. > :16:25.lose your mind and you have to look at the pictures and understand what
:16:26. > :16:28.at the pictures and underst`nd what it means. A specialist workshop is
:16:29. > :16:35.being held at Legoland todax. It is being held at Legoland today. It is
:16:36. > :16:40.for children with specialist needs. If the children respond well, they
:16:41. > :16:45.will continue with it when they return home. For George and we
:16:46. > :16:50.particularly work with, somd of them find it difficult to work together.
:16:51. > :16:54.`` for children. They preferred to play alone. Using Lego ther`py helps
:16:55. > :17:00.them to work as a team so that each child has a particular role. They
:17:01. > :17:06.are working to build one product. Hospitals say that the ther`py has
:17:07. > :17:07.so far proved successful. They are hoping it will help more chhldren
:17:08. > :17:13.hoping it will help more children living with autism in the c`pital.
:17:14. > :17:16.Now, have you ever heard of the Indian sport of Kabaddi?
:17:17. > :17:18.It gained something of a cult following in the UK
:17:19. > :17:21.when it was televised on terrestrial TV in the early`90s.
:17:22. > :17:23.This weekend it could re`latnch to a wider audience as the
:17:24. > :17:26.World Kabaddi League visits London for the first time.
:17:27. > :17:32.Chris Slegg has been finding out more about the game.
:17:33. > :17:37.This is the Indian sport of Kabbadi, as played on the world stagd.
:17:38. > :17:41.This is the Indian sport of Kabbadi, as played on the world stage. In
:17:42. > :17:46.front of packed stadiums in its Asian heartlands. Closer to home,
:17:47. > :17:49.this is team Slough will stop some of the best players in the UK
:17:50. > :17:54.training in a park on a sumlers training in a park on a summers
:17:55. > :17:59.evening. Slough are one of the top teams. We have had a good couple of
:18:00. > :18:06.years in the past. We have won a lot of trophies. It can be hard to work
:18:07. > :18:12.out what is going on. This journalist can explain. This player
:18:13. > :18:17.is known as a raider. It is his job to try to get that over to this
:18:18. > :18:26.point. This guy needs to stop him. He is known as a stopper. The raider
:18:27. > :18:31.has won the point. Playing Kabbadi for Team Slough might not sound the
:18:32. > :18:36.most glamorous of sporting pursuits but there is a decent living to be
:18:37. > :18:41.made. A good player comes over from India and Pakistan and the
:18:42. > :18:46.three`month season in the UK and he can walk away with about ?30,00 and
:18:47. > :18:48.all his living costs are taking care off, his flights. It is a vdry
:18:49. > :18:51.off, his flights. It is a very serious and can be a very ltcrative
:18:52. > :18:54.serious and can be a very lucrative sport. The O2 Arena will host the
:18:55. > :18:58.best players on the planet `s sport. The O2 Arena will host the
:18:59. > :19:04.best players on the planet as the best players on the planet `s the
:19:05. > :19:06.world Kabbadi League comes to this country for the first time. Yellow
:19:07. > :19:07.macro it will be electric. H country for the first time. Yellow
:19:08. > :19:10.macro it will be electric. I am macro it will be electric. I am
:19:11. > :19:14.waiting to see what it will be like. I cannot picture it yet. Sky it is
:19:15. > :19:17.an attempt to give Kabbadi ` make an attempt to give Kabbadi ` make
:19:18. > :19:24.over and make it more of a high`profile, international sport
:19:25. > :19:29.and widen the appeal of what is a bizarre sport to the uninithated.
:19:30. > :19:31.When it visits London on Saturday, Kabbadi might find itself grabbing
:19:32. > :19:35.the attention of a few new fans Next, continuing our series marking
:19:36. > :19:37.100 years since Britain entered BBC London has teamed up with
:19:38. > :19:41.the Imperial War Museum to unearth Tonight the tale
:19:42. > :19:44.of how a gigantic wooden sorting office was built here in London to
:19:45. > :19:47.cope with the constant stre`m of letters sent to troops around the
:19:48. > :19:50.world, which helped keep up morale. Chris Taft from the British Postal
:19:51. > :19:53.Museum and Archive has been finding out more, and the building's
:19:54. > :20:15.location might surprise you. Letters and gifts from home where
:20:16. > :20:18.one of the few comforts soldier had on the Western front. For many,
:20:19. > :20:19.one of the few comforts soldier had on the Western front. For m`ny, it
:20:20. > :20:26.on the Western front. For many, it was a welcome distraction from the
:20:27. > :20:30.horrors of the trenches will stop by the end of the war, and esthmated 2
:20:31. > :20:33.the end of the war, and estimated 2 billion letters and 114 million
:20:34. > :20:39.parcels had been sent to soldiers around the world. I am the head of
:20:40. > :20:42.collections at the Post Museum around the world. I am the head of
:20:43. > :20:45.collections at the Post Musdum and archive. A special sorting office
:20:46. > :20:47.was built in Regents Park. H found archive. A special sorting office
:20:48. > :20:49.was built in Regents Park. I found a was built in Regents Park. H found a
:20:50. > :20:53.reference to it in this book. It said it grew up in the middle of
:20:54. > :20:56.Regents Park and assumed such proportions that become the largest
:20:57. > :20:59.wooden building in the world. In the picture, we can see people working
:21:00. > :21:01.within the home Depot. We c`n picture, we can see people working
:21:02. > :21:02.within the home Depot. We can see within the home Depot. We c`n see
:21:03. > :21:07.bags of mail, Paz parcels ready to bags of mail, Paz parcels rdady to
:21:08. > :21:10.be sent off to the Western front the postal system in the First World War
:21:11. > :21:13.was incredibly efficient. They must have been a really pressured
:21:14. > :21:18.environment. Women were poised on temporary contracts and many threw
:21:19. > :21:24.themselves into the role and saw themselves as playing a part in the
:21:25. > :21:28.war effort. We do not know exactly where their home Depot is bdcause no
:21:29. > :21:32.records have survived. It is possible that some of the records
:21:33. > :21:37.were lost in the Second World War. Here we are in the middle of Regents
:21:38. > :21:40.Park. We know the home Depot was built some within the spark. What we
:21:41. > :21:43.know the home Depot was built some within the spark. What we're
:21:44. > :21:53.know the home Depot was built some within the spark. What we'rd not
:21:54. > :21:57.here. `` this park. My name is Phil Kemp and I work in Regents Park. It
:21:58. > :21:59.Kemp and I work in Regents Park It is incredible to have the largest
:22:00. > :22:01.postal service of its time `nd is incredible to have the l`rgest
:22:02. > :22:03.postal service of its time `nd in such a central location, in Regent
:22:04. > :22:20.Park. My darling, Joan, if you only need
:22:21. > :22:22.the life I have been leading. Reorganising the battalion `fter its
:22:23. > :22:27.Reorganising the battalion after its heavy losses and travelling and
:22:28. > :22:30.marching. Wherever the home Depot was, its role was clearly vital
:22:31. > :22:33.marching. Wherever the home Depot was, its role was clearly vhtal and
:22:34. > :22:36.ran like clockwork. A letter sorted here in the park in the morning
:22:37. > :22:44.could sometimes reach the Western front as early as later that same
:22:45. > :22:47.day. It is a heavenly sensation to sit down with about ten letters in
:22:48. > :22:49.front of you and work solemnly through them. Letters are rdaching
:22:50. > :22:51.through them. Letters are reaching us as quickly as if there w`s
:22:52. > :22:51.through them. Letters are rdaching us as quickly as if there was no
:22:52. > :22:54.us as quickly as if there w`s no war. It is really rather wonderful.
:22:55. > :22:56.My name is Katherine Lewis and war. It is really rather wonderful.
:22:57. > :22:58.My name is Katherine Lewis `nd I work here in Regent 's Park. I
:22:59. > :23:00.cannot believe it was so quhck work here in Regent 's Park. I
:23:01. > :23:09.cannot believe it was so quhck in those days. It is probably quicker
:23:10. > :23:12.than it is these days. It is hard to believe these beautiful gardens of
:23:13. > :23:16.Regents Park were once part of the war machine. Without the work of the
:23:17. > :23:31.home Depot morale could have been very different.
:23:32. > :23:35.And looking ahead to the last in our World War One at Home sdries.
:23:36. > :23:39.Tomorrow night we'll be finding out why musician and former US marine
:23:40. > :23:42.Huey Morgan reveals how the heart of London became a home away
:23:43. > :23:50.And there's plenty more on the centenary of the First World War.
:23:51. > :24:00.Time for a check on the weather with John Halmond.
:24:01. > :24:12.We have to take the rough whth the smooth. Yesterday was lovely.
:24:13. > :24:12.We have to take the rough with the smooth. Yesterday was lovelx. There
:24:13. > :24:14.smooth. Yesterday was lovely. There is rain in store. Yellow we`ther
:24:15. > :24:19.is rain in store. Yellow weather warnings are in force, not only do
:24:20. > :24:22.the weekend but also tomorrow but there is the potential for
:24:23. > :24:27.disruptive rain. The details could well change. It has been a beautiful
:24:28. > :24:31.day for most of us. Rather larger cloud to the East which has produced
:24:32. > :24:36.sharp showers. These will continue into the night. For most pl`ces
:24:37. > :24:36.sharp showers. These will continue into the night. For most places it
:24:37. > :24:41.into the night. For most pl`ces it will be a dry evening and a dry
:24:42. > :24:47.night. An uneventful night with no big dramas. Cloud will come and go
:24:48. > :24:50.but largely dry and not too cool. Temperatures in the capital staying
:24:51. > :24:55.well up in the mid to high teens. Tomorrow it will cloud over. It will
:24:56. > :24:58.soon rain to the south`east of London. We think the rain whll
:24:59. > :25:02.London. We think the rain will become more widespread, particularly
:25:03. > :25:06.to the east of the capital. Some will be heavy and possibly boundary.
:25:07. > :25:10.The odd shower in the West. There could be quite a lot of standing
:25:11. > :25:12.water. Some places could avoid the worst of the rain. Temperattres
:25:13. > :25:16.water. Some places could avoid the worst of the rain. Temperatures will
:25:17. > :25:19.pick up quite nicely. Still warm where the sunshine. Onto the
:25:20. > :25:21.pick up quite nicely. Still warm where the sunshine. Onto thd weekend
:25:22. > :25:23.and Saturdays looking OK. Bright and breezy. It will be the better of
:25:24. > :25:23.and Saturdays looking OK. Bright and breezy. It will be the bettdr of the
:25:24. > :25:28.breezy. It will be the better of the two days. Most places will be dry
:25:29. > :25:32.the chance of a shower. Bright and breezy just about sums it up.
:25:33. > :25:36.Temperatures will do pretty well, getting up into the low 20s and
:25:37. > :25:39.possibly the mid 20s in one or two places. A nice day on Saturday and
:25:40. > :25:45.make the most of it. It is `n make the most of it. It is `n
:25:46. > :25:52.ex`hurricane, hurricane Bertha. By Saturday it will be approaching to
:25:53. > :25:56.the south`west of the UK. The precise track will be all ilportant.
:25:57. > :26:00.The Met Office think the most likely scenario will it `` will be it will
:26:01. > :26:04.push into the more southeastern part of the UK and there will be
:26:05. > :26:08.potential for heavy rain and unseasonably strong winds. Be aware.
:26:09. > :26:12.There could be major disruption come Sunday. We will keep you updated. I
:26:13. > :26:16.will be back tomorrow with more will be back tomorrow with more
:26:17. > :26:22.details. A lot of weather to come over the next bidets. Quite a lot of
:26:23. > :26:26.wind and rain as well. A `` the next few days.
:26:27. > :26:30.Malaysian Police say four men arrested over the murders of two
:26:31. > :26:32.British medical students in Borneo have confessed to killing them.
:26:33. > :26:35.Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger were stabbed to death after a row
:26:36. > :26:39.Liberia has declared a state of emergency in response to
:26:40. > :26:49.The virus has spread across West Africa, killing nearly 1,000 people.
:26:50. > :26:52.The Transport Secretary is to look at whether to extend Crossrail
:26:53. > :26:55.The line, which will link Essex to Berkshire, could also serve stations
:26:56. > :27:03.including Hemel Hempstead and Watford Junction.
:27:04. > :27:09.You can keep up`to`date with the day's stories on our website and
:27:10. > :27:15.So, from all us here, thanks for watching and have a lovely dvening.