:00:00. > :00:12.Tonight we're broadcasting live 30 metres under London
:00:13. > :00:15.as we take a close`up look at progress on Crossrail, the
:00:16. > :00:19.The ?15 billion railway will carry thousands more passengers
:00:20. > :00:22.across the capital bringing another 1.5 million people within
:00:23. > :00:37.Tunnelling at some of its bhggest stations is now complete.
:00:38. > :00:41.I have absolutely certain the money is well spent. This is such a huge
:00:42. > :00:44.investment for the future of London. Two hospital A units close as part
:00:45. > :00:52.of a reorganisation of the NHS. Homes are raided in South London
:00:53. > :00:55.as police warn children from the capital are being used to transport
:00:56. > :00:59.drugs to the Home Counties. And we catch up with 80s music
:01:00. > :01:02.legends Spandau Ballet at the West End club where it all started
:01:03. > :01:18.for them. Good evening and welcome to
:01:19. > :01:31.Bond Street Crossrail station. This is a special edition of the
:01:32. > :01:36.programme live below ground in London. Do not adjust your
:01:37. > :01:38.television set. We are life beneath the ground, hence the complete
:01:39. > :01:42.the ground, hence the compldte safety gear that we have to wear. We
:01:43. > :01:44.are very close to Bond Street station. When completed, tr`ins will
:01:45. > :01:46.station. When completed, trains will come through this seven metre wide
:01:47. > :01:50.tunnel heading East that way. tunnel heading East that way.
:01:51. > :01:53.Tottenham Court Road is not that far up down there at all. It goes
:01:54. > :01:53.Tottenham Court Road is not that far up down there at all. It gods on
:01:54. > :01:54.up down there at all. It goes on East to Whitechapel and ethhcs
:01:55. > :01:57.up down there at all. It gods on East to Whitechapel and ethics and
:01:58. > :02:01.then in the adjacent tunnel, trains will head West to Paddington,
:02:02. > :02:03.Heathrow and reading. For example, now it takes ten minutes from here
:02:04. > :02:05.to Paddington and it will t`ke now it takes ten minutes from here
:02:06. > :02:07.to Paddington and it will t`ke just two. It will also knock 20 minutes
:02:08. > :02:10.two. It will also knock 20 linutes off the journey time from here
:02:11. > :02:10.two. It will also knock 20 minutes off the journey time from hdre to
:02:11. > :02:14.off the journey time from here to Heathrow. Let's just fast forward to
:02:15. > :02:18.2018 and 30 metres above right where I am standing now one of two ticket
:02:19. > :02:20.halls will Bond Street stathon I am standing now one of two ticket
:02:21. > :02:24.halls will Bond Street station is halls will Bond Street station is
:02:25. > :02:25.being built. 155,000 people currently use that station every
:02:26. > :02:25.being built. 155,000 people currently use that station dvery day
:02:26. > :02:30.currently use that station every day at the moment and when Crossrail
:02:31. > :02:33.arrives, that number will go up to 220,000. You can imagine th`t
:02:34. > :02:33.arrives, that number will go up to 220,000. You can imagine that two to
:02:34. > :02:37.220,000. You can imagine th`t two to halls are needed to cope with
:02:38. > :02:41.increasing numbers. All of this comes at a cost, in this case ? 5
:02:42. > :02:43.comes at a cost, in this case ?15 billion. We will talk to thd man in
:02:44. > :02:47.billion. We will talk to the man in charge of it all in a moment but
:02:48. > :02:51.first here is our transport correspondent Tom Edwards on
:02:52. > :02:56.Crossrail's progress and what it means for London commuters. Welcome
:02:57. > :02:58.to Canary Wharf's Crossrail station, the closest to completion. It
:02:59. > :02:58.to Canary Wharf's Crossrail station, the closest to completion. Ht gives
:02:59. > :03:02.the closest to completion. It gives the best idea of what this project
:03:03. > :03:07.will look like when it is fhnished. In terms of a travelling
:03:08. > :03:14.experience, these platforms are absolutely huge. The platforms
:03:15. > :03:20.themselves are 240 metres long and in the peak between five and ten
:03:21. > :03:28.passengers per second will come through here. We followed as
:03:29. > :03:32.Europe's largest engineering project has grown. It has already changed to
:03:33. > :03:36.London. Many buildings had to be demolished. There were complaints
:03:37. > :03:40.about disruption and concerns over safety after a worker died.
:03:41. > :03:44.Initially funding was an issue for this project but this was one of the
:03:45. > :03:48.first schemes to use locality funding. So Londoners and London
:03:49. > :03:54.business contributed roughly one business contributed roughlx one
:03:55. > :03:56.third of the costs. I am absolutely certain the money is well spent.
:03:57. > :03:57.This is such a huge investmdnt certain the money is well spent
:03:58. > :04:00.This is such a huge investment for This is such a huge investment for
:04:01. > :04:04.the future of London. This scheme is on track to be delivered on`time and
:04:05. > :04:06.on budget. It will run from reading and he threw in the West to Abbey
:04:07. > :04:09.Wood and Shenfield in the E`st and Wood and Shenfield in the East and
:04:10. > :04:11.will cut journey times and hncrease will cut journey times and increase
:04:12. > :04:17.capacity by 10%. I think thd capacity by 10%. I think thd
:04:18. > :04:19.importance of when you are trying to lobby for a big infrastructtre
:04:20. > :04:22.project in whatever the location, project in whatever the loc`tion,
:04:23. > :04:29.you demonstrate their commitment from the locality and I think in
:04:30. > :04:30.terms of the model we have done for London, where Londoners havd
:04:31. > :04:31.London, where Londoners have contributed to this investmdnt, it
:04:32. > :04:35.contributed to this investment, it is much easier for London to show
:04:36. > :04:38.why it should be prioritised for this investment. It is not `ll about
:04:39. > :04:44.this investment. It is not all about tunnels. This is Crossrail Gardens.
:04:45. > :04:45.Canary Wharf contributed ?140 million to the scheme. I think
:04:46. > :04:48.Canary Wharf contributed ?150 million to the scheme. I thhnk of it
:04:49. > :04:52.as our third leg of public transport. It not only offers
:04:53. > :04:57.resilience to the current estate but it enables us to grow and continue
:04:58. > :05:07.to grow the estate. It will give us the potential to go close to 200,000
:05:08. > :05:09.people as they working population, which is maybe 80% above whdre we
:05:10. > :05:13.which is maybe 80% above where we are the moment, so vitally
:05:14. > :05:17.important. This project has been built so that stations and trains
:05:18. > :05:21.can be lengthened, so there is every prospect of Crossrail continuing to
:05:22. > :05:25.grow to meet the capital's needs. With me now is Andrew Wolstenholme,
:05:26. > :05:29.the chief executive of Crossrail. Thank you for joining us but I
:05:30. > :05:32.imagine you come here very often! Tom just said we were on time and on
:05:33. > :05:36.Tom just said we were on tile and on budget. Is it value for money for
:05:37. > :05:38.Londoners, particularly for those who all they see is disrupthon
:05:39. > :05:42.Londoners, particularly for those who all they see is disruption going
:05:43. > :05:44.on to get the project built? Firstly, good evening. It is
:05:45. > :05:49.delightful to have your viewers down here today. Yes, we are on time and
:05:50. > :05:53.on budget and we are pleased with the progress we have made in the
:05:54. > :05:56.last two years. We are in one of the running tunnels and we are 83%
:05:57. > :06:01.complete with running tunnels and the project is 55% complete. We are
:06:02. > :06:06.absolutely where we need to be in terms of programme and on btdget. Is
:06:07. > :06:09.it worth the disruption? London will get a brand`new railway line
:06:10. > :06:10.it worth the disruption? London will get a brand`new railway lind and
:06:11. > :06:14.extra capacity in 2018, giving passengers were the choice, vastly
:06:15. > :06:20.reduced travel times and brand`new reduced travel times and brand`new
:06:21. > :06:24.stations. `` further choice. The largest construction project in
:06:25. > :06:29.Europe can't be without challenges. What keeps you awake at night? Being
:06:30. > :06:37.on time and on budget is a great place to be. We now have to complete
:06:38. > :06:41.the railway fit outs, and then the rolling stock and complex signalling
:06:42. > :06:44.systems. Those are the sorts of risks we will be coping with over
:06:45. > :06:46.the next few years but we understand what we need to do and we are in a
:06:47. > :06:48.great place in terms of timd what we need to do and we are in a
:06:49. > :06:54.great place in terms of timd and cost. We are confident that we will
:06:55. > :06:57.open in 2018. When Crossrail was conceived decades ago, increasing
:06:58. > :06:59.conceived decades ago, incrdasing our travel capacity in the capacity
:07:00. > :07:01.by 20% probably seems like a our travel capacity in the capacity
:07:02. > :07:04.by 20% probably seems like ` good by 20% probably seems like ` good
:07:05. > :07:06.thing but London is growing so fast. Is there a danger that we might
:07:07. > :07:08.Is there a danger that we mhght outgrow Crossrail's capacity
:07:09. > :07:08.Is there a danger that we might outgrow Crossrail's capacitx before
:07:09. > :07:11.outgrow Crossrail's capacity before it is even built? London is growing
:07:12. > :07:14.fast and in the next ten ye`rs it is fast and in the next ten ye`rs it is
:07:15. > :07:19.predicted there will be another 1 million people living in London.
:07:20. > :07:22.What you do at the start of the programme is building extra
:07:23. > :07:32.capacity. The tunnels are 240 metres. We will start the service
:07:33. > :07:34.with ten car trains and 24 trains per hour, but we have the
:07:35. > :07:37.opportunity to increase the trains to 12 cars and increase the level of
:07:38. > :07:39.service, so plenty of spare capacity is built into this. The sizd of the
:07:40. > :07:43.stations, the wonderful designs that stations, the wonderful designs that
:07:44. > :07:46.we have got, London will get a world`class railway station for
:07:47. > :07:49.2018. You are understandably passionate about it. Thank xou
:07:50. > :07:49.2018. You are understandablx passionate about it. Thank you for
:07:50. > :07:53.passionate about it. Thank xou for joining us this evening. We alluded
:07:54. > :07:57.to the fact that even a project of this scale may not be able to keep
:07:58. > :08:00.up with the demand for travdl in London. Even while the telling and
:08:01. > :08:04.London. Even while the tellhng and work continues here, there are calls
:08:05. > :08:10.for Crossrail 2, which would link the North and South of London. We
:08:11. > :08:16.have been taking a look at the capital's future transport needs
:08:17. > :08:18.both above and below ground. London is growing and so are its
:08:19. > :08:20.London is growing and so ard its needs. Take a look at what that
:08:21. > :08:21.famous map might look like hn needs. Take a look at what that
:08:22. > :08:24.famous map might look like in 2050 famous map might look like in 2050
:08:25. > :08:27.if we are going to satisfy the expected demand for 70% mord
:08:28. > :08:32.expected demand for 70% more capacity. You can't look at big
:08:33. > :08:33.project in isolation. High Speed 2 for instance will eventuallx
:08:34. > :08:35.for instance will eventually disgorge thousands of extra
:08:36. > :08:37.passengers into the tube station disgorge thousands of extra
:08:38. > :08:39.passengers into the tube st`tion at the Euston terminus, so a massive
:08:40. > :08:41.the Euston terminus, so a m`ssive knock`on effect on the whole
:08:42. > :08:46.network. That is why the calpaign is network. That is why the calpaign is
:08:47. > :08:50.growing for solutions like ` second Crossrail traversing the capital
:08:51. > :08:54.North East to South West. If you million pounds has been thrown at
:08:55. > :08:57.Bell and work but there is no sign of a Government go`ahead yet for the
:08:58. > :08:59.?20 million project. `` several ?20 million project. `` several
:09:00. > :09:06.million pounds. We have dond million pounds. We have dond
:09:07. > :09:11.everything we can but there is no more space so we need to do
:09:12. > :09:12.something big and new. There is a vital need but no firm fundhng for
:09:13. > :09:15.vital need but no firm funding for new railway links to connect local
:09:16. > :09:16.communities, like an extension new railway links to connect local
:09:17. > :09:19.communities, like an extenshon of communities, like an extension of
:09:20. > :09:22.the home from Barking to serve thousands of homes at the Riverside.
:09:23. > :09:23.thousands of homes at the Rhverside. One project that is proceeding is
:09:24. > :09:26.One project that is proceedhng is extending the Northern line to two
:09:27. > :09:29.news stations serving the Battersea news stations serving the B`ttersea
:09:30. > :09:36.Power Station and paid for largely by the companies that will move
:09:37. > :09:40.here. What about London's roads were 90% of all journeys happen? Motoring
:09:41. > :09:44.organisations say that investing in Rhodes is the poor relation. There
:09:45. > :09:48.are some ambitious ideas, like an are some ambitious ideas, like an
:09:49. > :09:50.inner London ring road underground, but it would be very expensive
:09:51. > :09:50.inner London ring road underground, but it would be very expenshve and
:09:51. > :09:56.but it would be very expensive and many doubt that it would happen If
:09:57. > :09:58.we are going to take road space away from drivers, in terms of sdrvice
:09:59. > :10:02.from drivers, in terms of service road space and give it to
:10:03. > :10:06.pedestrians and cyclists, and there are good arguments for that, then
:10:07. > :10:12.you have to find capacity elsewhere and tunnelling could be key. New
:10:13. > :10:13.river crossings are seen as vital but environmentalists disagree. And
:10:14. > :10:18.for a new bridge back on the agenda for a new bridge back on thd agenda
:10:19. > :10:23.and being consulted on now. A new tunnel seems all but agreed at
:10:24. > :10:30.Silver Town but it has not got the sign of yet. And what about cycling
:10:31. > :10:41.safer? There are promises in some areas but a shortage of cash is
:10:42. > :10:46.getting in the way. We're not talking about huge amounts of money.
:10:47. > :10:49.Compared to Crossrail and road infrastructures, we are talking
:10:50. > :10:53.about tiny amounts of money. But it does need to be spent. One of
:10:54. > :11:01.several decisions needed to cope with ever`increasing numbers.
:11:02. > :11:07.And our transport correspondent is with me here. No stranger to being
:11:08. > :11:10.down here either. As we heard, the biggest challenge for London is
:11:11. > :11:14.transport needs keeping pace with transport needs keeping pace with
:11:15. > :11:21.population growth. And that is a big issue for infrastructure projects.
:11:22. > :11:23.As soon as you build them, they fill up very quickly. I spoke to DFL
:11:24. > :11:25.earlier and they gave me thd earlier and they gave me the
:11:26. > :11:30.statistics. 2050, 60% incre`se in statistics. 2050, 60% incre`se in
:11:31. > :11:32.trips on tubes and buses and on railways 80%. That is why all the
:11:33. > :11:37.talk is of Crossrail 2 today. The talk is of Crossrail 2 todax. The
:11:38. > :11:38.Mayor appointed an adviser to oversee that today to try and get
:11:39. > :11:43.that project going. It is e`rly but that project going. It is early, but
:11:44. > :11:49.how much will it cost to tr`vel how much will it cost to tr`vel
:11:50. > :11:51.Very early, we are four years away, but I did speak to DFL about that
:11:52. > :11:53.today and they said this would but I did speak to DFL about that
:11:54. > :11:53.today and they said this wotld be but I did speak to DFL about that
:11:54. > :11:53.today and they said this would be a today and they said this would be a
:11:54. > :11:58.fully integrated part of thd fully integrated part of the
:11:59. > :12:00.transport network. `` I spoke to Transport for London. You will be
:12:01. > :12:07.Transport for London. You whll be able to use your Oyster card and
:12:08. > :12:09.freedom passes as part of the network. People who use the central
:12:10. > :12:12.line will switch across str`ight on line will switch across straight on
:12:13. > :12:19.to Crossrail and it will fill up very quickly. You will keep us
:12:20. > :12:23.updated. Thank you very much indeed. That is all from us below ground,
:12:24. > :12:27.under the Bond Street Crossrail station. If you want to see more
:12:28. > :12:31.pictures of the tunnels and if the technically minded want to know how
:12:32. > :12:36.we broadcast live 30 metres under London, you can just go to the
:12:37. > :12:40.Facebook page where there is much more orange. Now it is back to the
:12:41. > :12:49.studio. Thank you. Some more of the news
:12:50. > :12:53.Some more of the day's news now and two hospital Accident Emergency
:12:54. > :12:57.Hammersmith and Central Middlesex are being replaced by 24`hour urgent
:12:58. > :13:01.It's part of a reorganisation of the capital's health service, which will
:13:02. > :13:04.And as our political correspondent Karl Mercer reports,
:13:05. > :13:15.It would be fair to say that Gloria is passionate about her local
:13:16. > :13:17.hospital. No surprise to sed is passionate about her loc`l
:13:18. > :13:21.hospital. No surprise to see her hospital. No surprise to see her
:13:22. > :13:25.with other demonstrators at Hannah Smith today on the day the @
:13:26. > :13:31.closed. Really upset. This should not be happening. This is 21st
:13:32. > :13:32.century Britain and I want to tell people that we matter and I am
:13:33. > :13:38.really angry. From today, emergency really angry. From today, emergency
:13:39. > :13:42.ambulances will no longer bring patients here. Instead up to 25 per
:13:43. > :13:48.day will be transporting patients to Saint Mary's in Paddington. An
:13:49. > :13:49.emergency centre will remain open 24 hours a day for minor injuries
:13:50. > :13:53.emergency centre will remain open 24 hours a day for minor injurhes here.
:13:54. > :13:56.It is about consolidating services It is about consolidating sdrvices
:13:57. > :14:00.and providing the best possible care. We know from the major trauma
:14:01. > :14:03.centre, where the outcomes `re among the best in the country, that
:14:04. > :14:03.centre, where the outcomes are among the best in the country, th`t if
:14:04. > :14:03.centre, where the outcomes `re among the best in the country, that if you
:14:04. > :14:05.consolidate specialist servhces the best in the country, th`t if you
:14:06. > :14:05.consolidate specialist services, you consolidate specialist servhces you
:14:06. > :14:07.get better outcomes for patients. consolidate specialist services, you
:14:08. > :14:09.get better outcomes for pathents. A couple of miles down the road, and
:14:10. > :14:14.couple of miles down the ro`d, and another demonstration outside
:14:15. > :14:19.another hospital losing its A This is Central Middlesex. What will
:14:20. > :14:26.it mean if it shuts? Where will you go? We don't know. Hannah Slith and
:14:27. > :14:30.go? We don't know. Hannah Smith and Central Middlesex today, a real
:14:31. > :14:39.blow. But Ealing and Charing Cross to come. It is crazy. Patients from
:14:40. > :14:40.here will be sent to another hospital, which was recentlx
:14:41. > :14:44.hospital, which was recently criticised for not having enough
:14:45. > :14:47.staff A To be honest, it will take time to bed in that we have
:14:48. > :14:52.been planning this for a very long time, investing in more people, a
:14:53. > :15:01.key ingredient, and more beds and other things that we need at
:15:02. > :15:05.Northwick Park so we can improve not only what people here expect but the
:15:06. > :15:06.people already using that hospital. The closures here remain highly
:15:07. > :15:12.controversial. Scotland Yard says children
:15:13. > :15:15.in London are being forced by gangs to sell class A drtgs
:15:16. > :15:17.in the Home Counties. This morning police raided 01
:15:18. > :15:20.addresses in South East London, Kent and Hampshire
:15:21. > :15:22.in an attempt to capture ond network believed to be exploiting boys
:15:23. > :15:25.and girls as young as 14. Our home affairs corresponddnt
:15:26. > :15:39.Guy Smith reports. All quiet this morning on a street
:15:40. > :15:43.in Streatham. But then this. Police raided the home of one of three
:15:44. > :15:47.suspected ringleaders of an organised crime gang. Unfortunately
:15:48. > :15:53.he is not in. But at another property in New Cross, they strike
:15:54. > :15:55.lucky. This is the address of the suspected money man believed to be
:15:56. > :16:03.laundering cash made from drug deals. Those deals, police say, made
:16:04. > :16:09.by children, some as young as 14, used to take crack croaked cane and
:16:10. > :16:11.heroin from Lewisham to Portsmouth and Folkestone. `` crack cocaine.
:16:12. > :16:13.Too young to drive, they max and Folkestone. `` crack cocaine.
:16:14. > :16:13.Too young to drive, they may need Too young to drive, they may need
:16:14. > :16:15.take trains and buses. Teen`gers take trains and buses. Teenagers
:16:16. > :16:22.have been found selling up to ? 000 have been found selling up to ? 000
:16:23. > :16:23.of drugs per day, some of them arrested with 200 rocks of crack on
:16:24. > :16:29.them. If you are an organised crime them. If you are an organised crime
:16:30. > :16:33.group and are targeting and using children to further your crhminal
:16:34. > :16:37.means, we will put you at the top of your list, go after you and arrest
:16:38. > :16:41.and prosecute you. On the other hand, if you're one of the children
:16:42. > :16:47.getting potentially involved in this, be well aware of what you are
:16:48. > :16:51.getting in to. You start getting money and potentially the subject of
:16:52. > :16:56.violence and debt to certain people. It is inhumane. Young people
:16:57. > :16:56.violence and debt to certain people. It is inhumane. Young peopld are our
:16:57. > :17:01.It is inhumane. Young people are our future and they need to be protected
:17:02. > :17:02.and guided. It is a long tile coming and the Met police should have taken
:17:03. > :17:07.control. That is what they `re being control. That is what they are being
:17:08. > :17:11.paid for. The council are also responsible for taking action, as
:17:12. > :17:13.was taken today. Eight people have been arrested today for drug
:17:14. > :17:18.offences and also most worrxingly offences and also most worryingly
:17:19. > :17:22.for child trafficking. Scotland Yard say that criminal gangs are forced
:17:23. > :17:25.children to deal drugs are now a top priority.
:17:26. > :17:27.Train passengers in the capital have to stand in cramped
:17:28. > :17:31.That's according to the Transport Minister Claire Perry.
:17:32. > :17:34.At 73% over capacity, morning journeys from Woking to London
:17:35. > :17:38.Waterloo and from Oxford to London Paddington were amongst the worst.
:17:39. > :17:41.In response, train companies say they have plans to increase seats
:17:42. > :17:49.With just over a week to go until people in Scotland vote
:17:50. > :17:51.on independence, the opinion polls suggest
:17:52. > :18:01.So what would be the impact on the City, if Scotland were to
:18:02. > :18:04.The BBC's business correspondent Simon Jack is with me now.
:18:05. > :18:06.Simon, are there any signs that financial institutions
:18:07. > :18:18.Yes, some quite specific ones. We might see some overcrowded trains
:18:19. > :18:23.from Edinburgh pulling up at King's Cross. One of Scotland's biggest
:18:24. > :18:25.financial institutions, Standard Life, which has 4 million
:18:26. > :18:27.customers, 90% of them outside Life, which has 4 million
:18:28. > :18:27.customers, 90% of them outshde the customers, 90% of them outside the
:18:28. > :18:31.UK have said that in the evdnt of a UK have said that in the event of a
:18:32. > :18:33.yes vote, they were transferred lots of pensions and savings the non`UK
:18:34. > :18:38.customers into companies they have customers into companies thdy have
:18:39. > :18:40.set up south of `` south of the border. They say there are too many
:18:41. > :18:44.questions about currency, rdgulation questions about currency, rdgulation
:18:45. > :18:47.and tax regimes in Scotland. To ensure continuity, they say they
:18:48. > :18:49.will set up these companies and transfer the money south of the
:18:50. > :18:54.border so we may have even lore border so we may have even more
:18:55. > :18:59.bankers in London! What are the impact would a yes vote have on the
:19:00. > :19:01.City of London? For people like Lloyds and RBS, they are considering
:19:02. > :19:04.similar arrangements. If you are Lloyds and RBS, they are considering
:19:05. > :19:06.similar arrangements. If yot are in similar arrangements. If yot are in
:19:07. > :19:08.the City area or Canary Wharf, the bankers may be a bit more agitated
:19:09. > :19:11.because finally, the City h`s because finally, the City has
:19:12. > :19:12.realised the yes vote can whn. because finally, the City h`s
:19:13. > :19:15.realised the yes vote can win. Up realised the yes vote can whn. Up
:19:16. > :19:18.until now, they thought it was a remit possibility but now everything
:19:19. > :19:24.has changed, particularly the weekend polls. The pound has fallen
:19:25. > :19:27.and we would expect further falls. The markets will be very volatile.
:19:28. > :19:31.With these big questions relaining With these big questions remaining
:19:32. > :19:37.unresolved with eight days to go, I think, with a vote to close to call,
:19:38. > :19:38.the volatility will remain. The bankers might be a bit more agitated
:19:39. > :19:40.than usual. Boris Johnson faced a committee
:19:41. > :19:43.of MPs today to explain why London regularly breaches EU standards
:19:44. > :19:45.for air quality. Air pollution is responsible
:19:46. > :19:48.for the premature deaths of nearly 3,500 Londoners every year,
:19:49. > :19:54.according to Public Health Dngland. Today, both the Mayor and the
:19:55. > :19:56.Labour Party gave more details But, as Katharine Carpenter reports,
:19:57. > :20:00.Boris Johnson was challenged over his claims to have driven
:20:01. > :20:12.down emissions. Playing outside is encouragdd at
:20:13. > :20:17.every opportunity at Wembley primary every opportunity at Wembley primary
:20:18. > :20:18.school but while the pupils might be benefiting from the exercise,
:20:19. > :20:19.school but while the pupils might be benefiting from the exercisd, the
:20:20. > :20:23.benefiting from the exercise, the air they are breathing in could be
:20:24. > :20:25.putting them at risk. Analysts say the air pollution around this school
:20:26. > :20:29.the air pollution around thhs school is around three times the accepted
:20:30. > :20:33.safe level. Largely because it is right next to a main, which
:20:34. > :20:34.contributes to Brent being one of the worst borough is in the capital
:20:35. > :20:37.when it comes to air qualitx, the worst borough is in the capital
:20:38. > :20:37.when it comes to air quality, and the worst borough is in the capital
:20:38. > :20:39.when it comes to air qualitx, and it when it comes to air qualitx, and it
:20:40. > :20:41.is estimated that in this borough alone, 75 people have already died
:20:42. > :20:42.this year because of condithons this year because of conditions
:20:43. > :20:47.related to pollution. I nevdr this year because of condithons
:20:48. > :20:49.related to pollution. I nevdr knew that we were at such high risk
:20:50. > :20:49.related to pollution. I never knew that we were at such high rhsk of
:20:50. > :20:53.that we were at such high risk of air pollution. It is a worrxing
:20:54. > :20:53.that we were at such high rhsk of air pollution. It is a worrying. I
:20:54. > :20:56.air pollution. It is a worrxing I understand childhood obesity and
:20:57. > :20:58.arresting you can see but asthma and the levels of pollution, you
:20:59. > :21:00.arresting you can see but asthma and the levels of pollution, yot can't
:21:01. > :21:07.see so nobody takes it seriously. Something needs to be done. That is
:21:08. > :21:11.what brought the Labour Party here today, to launch its air pollution
:21:12. > :21:15.campaign and to attack Boris Johnson's record on the issue. From
:21:16. > :21:22.the government and Boris Johnson, we have seen delay and inaction. The
:21:23. > :21:26.time that that is over. This afternoon, the mayor had pldnty of
:21:27. > :21:30.opportunity to defend self, appearing before the Commons
:21:31. > :21:31.environmental audit committde. London has seen considerable
:21:32. > :21:37.London has seen considerabld reductions in pollution in the last
:21:38. > :21:38.six years, since I was elected. A 20% reduction in emissions of
:21:39. > :21:46.nitrogen dioxide. He was challenged nitrogen dioxide. He was ch`llenged
:21:47. > :21:47.on that. Kings say 3%. They say that about some roadside monitoring
:21:48. > :21:48.about some roadside monitorhng stations which is not the same as
:21:49. > :21:50.stations which is not the s`me as the overall impact of the measures
:21:51. > :21:55.the overall impact of the mdasures we have put in. The questions will
:21:56. > :21:59.keep coming into London meets EU air pollution targets, something says
:22:00. > :22:01.Boris Johnson will be put ott of reach of Heathrow gets another
:22:02. > :22:03.runway. Today, he warned th`t reach of Heathrow gets another
:22:04. > :22:07.runway. Today, he warned that could lead to another congestion charge
:22:08. > :22:12.zone around the airport. But whether it is by 2020, as Boris Dodds and
:22:13. > :22:14.hopes, or 2030, as the government predicts, getting air pollution
:22:15. > :22:23.under control can't come soon enough in Wembley.
:22:24. > :22:25.Football now and Tottenham Hotspur face having to play all
:22:26. > :22:28.their home matches away from White Hart Lane for a whole season.
:22:29. > :22:31.A legal wrangle means they're "highly unlikely" to move into their
:22:32. > :22:33.new 58,000 capacity stadium as scheduled in 2017.
:22:34. > :22:35.The club may have to find an alternative venue.
:22:36. > :22:38.The Olympic Stadium, Wembley and Stadium MK in Milton
:22:39. > :22:47.'Gold' and 'True' ` arguably two of the biggest hits of the '80s, from
:22:48. > :22:50.arguably one of the biggest British bands of the '80s, Spandau Ballet.
:22:51. > :22:53.Today the London group were honoured for their work with a
:22:54. > :22:56.Music Heritage Award, at the site of their first gig
:22:57. > :23:05.Our entertainment correspondent Brenda Emmanus went to meet them.
:23:06. > :23:10.Back together as a group, and back at the venue of their formative
:23:11. > :23:15.years. Spandau Ballet were wrapped the former The Blitz Club, where
:23:16. > :23:19.they were presented with a PRS for music Heritage award, a humbling
:23:20. > :23:20.moment for a group of working`class London boys turned internathonal
:23:21. > :23:26.London boys turned international stars. It is an honour, it really
:23:27. > :23:32.years. How many people get a plaque years. How many people get a plaque
:23:33. > :23:35.put outside a great building in London? `` it really is. It does not
:23:36. > :23:37.happen often. We are five guys London? `` it really is. It does not
:23:38. > :23:39.happen often. We are five gtys from happen often. We are five guys from
:23:40. > :23:48.the Angel, Islington and I think it's fantastic.
:23:49. > :23:52.Spandau Ballet perform their first live gig at The Blitz Club hn
:23:53. > :23:53.Spandau Ballet perform their first live gig at The Blitz Club in 1979.
:23:54. > :23:57.live gig at The Blitz Club hn 1 79. The band made such an impact they
:23:58. > :24:02.were offered a record deal on the spot. That impact was to extend
:24:03. > :24:05.globally. We were popular all over the world but it's wrong out of
:24:06. > :24:07.little clubs, whether it was this one or another one in Sheffheld
:24:08. > :24:07.little clubs, whether it was this one or another one in Sheffield and
:24:08. > :24:10.Birmingham. We were just yotng one or another one in Sheffheld and
:24:11. > :24:11.Birmingham. We were just young kids, Birmingham. We were just yotng kids,
:24:12. > :24:13.trying to do something, invent trying to do something, invent
:24:14. > :24:19.something new. That has a whsp in something new. That has a whsp in
:24:20. > :24:23.the history of pop culture. Everyone at the club was a designer, writer
:24:24. > :24:26.or film maker. We all had a million ideas and we talked about them
:24:27. > :24:27.endlessly. We felt we were establishing a creative manhfesto
:24:28. > :24:35.establishing a creative manifesto for the 1980s. New film charts the
:24:36. > :24:36.band's rise to glory, and it's toll on their personal and professional
:24:37. > :24:39.lives. The story of the film is on their personal and professional
:24:40. > :24:44.lives. The story of the film is in to react, about relationships and
:24:45. > :24:48.friendships. It is not just about this band and how money records we
:24:49. > :24:51.did or didn't sell. It is about five blokes who naively found themselves
:24:52. > :24:52.selling records all over thd blokes who naively found thdmselves
:24:53. > :24:55.selling records all over the world selling records all over thd world
:24:56. > :25:03.and having to deal with that. And then we sort of smashed each other
:25:04. > :25:06.up. We tried to make friends again. The new Romantics produced songs
:25:07. > :25:09.which were some of the most resident of the 1980s. The film is rdleased
:25:10. > :25:13.at the end of the month, and with the Heritage award and a new album
:25:14. > :25:15.in October, their new reunion is more than justified, and sees a
:25:16. > :25:16.more than justified, and seds a happy ending for these mature pop
:25:17. > :25:20.stars. It is still feeling warm.
:25:21. > :25:30.Lovely for many. It is quite boring Lovely for many. It is quitd boring
:25:31. > :25:34.for us to talk about but we should not complain about it because high
:25:35. > :25:37.pressure is the driving force in the weather at the moment which means a
:25:38. > :25:42.good deal of September sunshine on offer, and also warms. We started
:25:43. > :25:44.today with a beautiful day, hardly a cloud in the sky but it's bdgins up
:25:45. > :25:48.cloud in the sky but it's begins up in the middle of the day, blotting
:25:49. > :25:53.the copybook at lunch time. It is fading as we speak. Tonight, we will
:25:54. > :25:56.be chasing the cloud amounts around across the region. It means that
:25:57. > :25:59.where we have clear skies, temperatures will start to fall
:26:00. > :26:03.away. Under the cloud, it m`y stay away. Under the cloud, it m`y stay
:26:04. > :26:07.up. To the north and west of London, lows of around six or 7 degrees, and
:26:08. > :26:11.lows of around six or 7 degrees and perhaps in conurbations, ten or 11.
:26:12. > :26:15.A bit of early`morning brightness if we are lucky but the difference
:26:16. > :26:20.tomorrow is more of a breeze from a north`easterly direction whhch will
:26:21. > :26:23.driving even more cloud. Fewer sunny spells but 18`21d, not bad as we
:26:24. > :26:27.spells but 18`21d, not bad `s we head towards the middle of
:26:28. > :26:30.September. And certainly good news for the Invictus Games because it
:26:31. > :26:34.will stay dry for the next few days, a bit more sunshine on Frid`y and 20
:26:35. > :26:35.a bit more sunshine on Friday and 20 degrees, 68 Fahrenheit. A f`ir
:26:36. > :26:38.degrees, 68 Fahrenheit. A fair amount of cloud through the night
:26:39. > :26:41.but on Friday, it should start to but on Friday, it should st`rt to
:26:42. > :26:45.break up again and we could see some decent sunny spells coming through.
:26:46. > :26:47.Temperatures will once again respond quite favourably, with highs of 22
:26:48. > :26:50.degrees, 72 Fahrenheit, very nice degrees, 72 Fahrenheit, verx nice
:26:51. > :26:54.indeed. But a bit on the breezy degrees, 72 Fahrenheit, very nice
:26:55. > :26:54.indeed. But a bit on the brdezy side indeed. But a bit on the breezy side
:26:55. > :26:57.towards exposed coasts. Tow`rds the towards exposed coasts. Towards the
:26:58. > :27:01.weekend, we keep the dry thdme and weekend, we keep the dry thdme and
:27:02. > :27:03.high`pressure stays with us, loudly than recently and it will ttrn
:27:04. > :27:05.high`pressure stays with us, loudly than recently and it will turn a
:27:06. > :27:06.little breezy. But all in all, it could be a lot worse that this time
:27:07. > :27:11.of year. `` for this time. David Cameron has made
:27:12. > :27:15.an impassioned plea to keep Scotland in the UK,
:27:16. > :27:17.during a speech in Edinburgh. Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg have
:27:18. > :27:20.also travelled to Scotland to campaign for a No vote in ndxt
:27:21. > :27:25.week's independence referendum. Two hospital Accident and Emergency
:27:26. > :27:27.units in London have closed today. Hammersmith and Central Middlesex
:27:28. > :27:30.are being replaced by 24`hour urgent I will be back later
:27:31. > :27:38.during the ten o'clock news, but for now from everyone
:27:39. > :27:42.on the team have a lovely evening.