:00:00. > :00:00.I'll be back with the late news at Ten.
:00:00. > :00:21.Now though on BBC1, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:22. > :00:27.The decision to build 500 homes on greenbelt land near the A10 to
:00:28. > :00:30.be decided by the government - after a local council gave the
:00:31. > :00:36.That's despite strong opposition from residents in the nearby town of
:00:37. > :00:39.Hoddesdon - who argue that allowing the proposal to go through will only
:00:40. > :00:55.It promises a selection of homes, smallpox, a primary school and a
:00:56. > :01:00.care home. This is the vision of a modern-day village. The plan is to
:01:01. > :01:04.build it here, on 40 hectares of green belt land in Hertfordshire.
:01:05. > :01:09.Fully, who has opted for the raw life, it is an unwelcome
:01:10. > :01:14.development. There will be a large number of houses on the field we are
:01:15. > :01:17.looking at across there. The farmhouse in the background, all the
:01:18. > :01:25.way around the houses, to behind my house. Where we live is the a ten
:01:26. > :01:28.corridor to Cambridge. If this land is developed outside the local
:01:29. > :01:32.plan, it opens the door for the whole corridor to be developed, all
:01:33. > :01:37.the way to Cambridge. We will see the expansion out of London, the
:01:38. > :01:38.encroachment of cities and towns into the countryside. There won t
:01:39. > :01:39.encroachment of cities and towns into the countryside. There won't be
:01:40. > :01:43.into the countryside. There won t be any left. This is the area that
:01:44. > :01:44.would be built on. The council voted through the plans earlier this
:01:45. > :01:48.month, citing housing pressures. month, citing housing pressures
:01:49. > :01:51.Rural councils like this have a challenge on their hands. Much of
:01:52. > :01:56.their land is offered in the green belt. Broxbourne has to provide 4000
:01:57. > :02:01.new homes in the next 15 years. It admits nobody wants to build here
:02:02. > :02:05.but says this development is needed. Businesses in the nearby town of
:02:06. > :02:12.Boston would benefit two, it says. -- Hoddesdon. We have had some shops
:02:13. > :02:18.are a couple of months ago, and cafes, especially the independence,
:02:19. > :02:23.seem to stay open. It would be good if it brings people to the town
:02:24. > :02:27.into the shops and pubs. It could be good. But even with the desire for
:02:28. > :02:31.more punters, many are still uncomfortable with housing them on
:02:32. > :02:32.the green belt. It is now up to the Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles,
:02:33. > :02:35.to decide if they should be allowed. A grandfather who was stabbed to
:02:36. > :02:38.death in Notting Hill this weekend has been named by police
:02:39. > :02:42.as 59-year-old Tony Charlery. He was described by his family
:02:43. > :02:45.as a "much loved grandfather", and He was stabbed after leaving the Mau
:02:46. > :02:50.Mau bar on Portobello Road in the Hundreds of protesters gathered
:02:51. > :02:54.outside the Royal Courts of Justice this afternoon -
:02:55. > :02:57.to demand a "zero tolerance" There's been an increase
:02:58. > :03:02.in reported attacks against Jewish people in London in recent months -
:03:03. > :03:08.particularly since the start of the The Chief Rabbi,
:03:09. > :03:11.Ephraim Mirvis addressed the rally - Europe's largest celebration
:03:12. > :03:20.of Asian music, dance and entertainment is taking place
:03:21. > :03:22.at Gunnersbury Park in Ealing. The London Mela, has attracted tens
:03:23. > :03:25.of thousands of people - and it's become a firm annual fixture
:03:26. > :03:42.in the capital's cultural calendar. In the classical language of
:03:43. > :03:45.Sanskrit, Mela means gathering. This annual gathering of the London Mela
:03:46. > :03:49.is a colourful celebration of South Asian arts and culture. It's now
:03:50. > :03:56.attracts talent from all over the world. You have got people coming in
:03:57. > :04:00.from the Punjab, in India. You have got people flying in from Canada. We
:04:01. > :04:06.have got lots of international artists. We have got everything from
:04:07. > :04:12.Tamil classical music and dance one of the top sitar players in the
:04:13. > :04:16.country, coming down. And for the capital's South Asian community it
:04:17. > :04:21.is a family favourite. But the flavours of this festival was appear
:04:22. > :04:25.to have spread beyond West London. We come every year and we have a lot
:04:26. > :04:28.of fun and good food. The entertainment is amazing. The stage
:04:29. > :04:32.is good and the artist that come along, you see all the different
:04:33. > :04:37.stores, the different types of food. Different types of people. That is
:04:38. > :04:42.what I call multicultural Britain. It has got a good vibe with lots of
:04:43. > :04:46.families, young guys, nice music, everything smells good. It is all
:04:47. > :04:50.bunched together, which is nice. This is what is wonderful about
:04:51. > :04:55.being so multicultural. Let's go on in this direction rather than on
:04:56. > :04:58.anything negative. Last year, over 80,000 people came here. Organisers
:04:59. > :05:01.say this year there could be even more.
:05:02. > :05:06.A look at the weather forecast now, with Sara.
:05:07. > :05:10.In terms of the climate, we start Autumn tomorrow but in fact this
:05:11. > :05:14.week we have a return to summer. It week we have a return to summer It
:05:15. > :05:18.does not start tomorrow, though. Cloudy through the day with rain at
:05:19. > :05:22.times. It could be a bit misty and murky to start first thing tomorrow
:05:23. > :05:26.morning. This evening and overnight, we will start with clear skies. You
:05:27. > :05:30.can see that cloud is thickening from the West courtesy of a cold
:05:31. > :05:34.front which is heading towards us. Temperatures staying in double
:05:35. > :05:36.figures. By breakfast tomorrow, outbreaks of rain for everyone
:05:37. > :05:40.spreading across. They come in through the West tomorrow, towards
:05:41. > :05:46.the east. The odd heavy shower mixed in. Largely clearing by the end of
:05:47. > :05:49.the afternoon, top temperatures of 20 Celsius, 68 Fahrenheit. I
:05:50. > :05:53.promised you something a bit more summary this week. Temperatures on
:05:54. > :05:54.the rise, and we will stay dry with increasing sunshine as we go through
:05:55. > :05:55.the week. That's it. I'll be back at 10:1 pm.
:05:56. > :06:12.Have a very good evening. Good evening. Much of the country
:06:13. > :06:16.has enjoyed some sunshine to finish August. The last couple of hours
:06:17. > :06:19.brought a bit more cloud with some rain for Northern Ireland and
:06:20. > :06:22.western Scotland. That front will continue south through England and
:06:23. > :06:27.Wales overnight tonight, bringing with it a lot of mist and low cloud
:06:28. > :06:31.with patchy rain. Perhaps not quite reaching the south-east corner for
:06:32. > :06:35.the early hours. Temperatures of 12-13d. We are expecting a slow
:06:36. > :06:38.start tomorrow morning, still quite cloudy, dull with mist and Merck
:06:39. > :06:44.around, especially for England and Wales. Eventually, the cloud will
:06:45. > :06:47.arrive in the south-east. Behind it, skies brightening with some
:06:48. > :06:50.sunshine for much of the day across parts of Scotland and Northern
:06:51. > :06:55.Ireland. The north-west corner will see the breeze picking up the
:06:56. > :06:59.afternoon. A chance of one or two showers but much of Scotland,
:07:00. > :07:03.Northern Ireland, dry and fine with highs of 17-18d. Some sunshine
:07:04. > :07:07.breaking through across northern England with temperatures in
:07:08. > :07:10.Manchester at 19. West Wales again seeing some breaks in the cloud. The
:07:11. > :07:11.overcast skies