:00:00. > :00:00.here in Edinburgh. That is all for tonight. Newsnight is on BBC Two in
:00:00. > :00:10.a moment. Now it's time for the news where you are. Have a good night.
:00:11. > :00:19.Boris Johnson faced a committee of MPs today to explain why London
:00:20. > :00:23.regularly breaches EU stand`rds for air quality.
:00:24. > :00:26.Air pollution is responsibld for the premature deaths
:00:27. > :00:30.of nearly 3,500 Londoners every year according to Public Health Dngland.
:00:31. > :00:33.Today, both the Mayor and the Labour Party gave more detahls
:00:34. > :00:38.But, as Katharine Carpenter reports, Boris Johnson was challenged over
:00:39. > :00:44.his claims to have driven down emissions.
:00:45. > :00:47.Playing outside is encouragdd at every opportunity at Wembley
:00:48. > :00:50.Primary, but while the pupils might be benefiting from thd
:00:51. > :00:54.exercise, the air they are breathing in could be putting them at risk.
:00:55. > :00:57.Analysts say the air polluthon around this school is around three
:00:58. > :01:04.Largely because it is right next to a main road, which contributes to
:01:05. > :01:08.Brent being one of the worst boroughs in the capital when it
:01:09. > :01:11.comes to air quality, and it is estimated that in this borotgh
:01:12. > :01:15.alone, 75 people have already died this year because of condithons
:01:16. > :01:23.I never knew that Wembley h`d this high risk of air pollution
:01:24. > :01:27.I understand there's childhood obesity, everything that yot can
:01:28. > :01:31.see, but asthma and the levdls of pollution, you can't see it, so
:01:32. > :01:38.nobody takes it seriously. Something needs to be done.
:01:39. > :01:40.That is what brought the Labour Party here today, to launch its air
:01:41. > :01:46.pollution campaign and to attack Boris Johnson's record on the issue.
:01:47. > :01:48.From the Government and Boris Johnson,
:01:49. > :01:57.This afternoon, the Mayor h`d plenty of opportunity to defend hilself,
:01:58. > :02:00.appearing before the Commons Environmental Audit Committde.
:02:01. > :02:05.London has seen considerabld reductions in pollution in the last
:02:06. > :02:11.A 20% reduction in emissions of nitrogen dioxide.
:02:12. > :02:19.They say that about some ro`dside monitoring stations which is not
:02:20. > :02:24.the same as the overall imp`ct of the measures we have put in.
:02:25. > :02:27.The questions will keep comhng until London meets EU air pollution
:02:28. > :02:30.targets, something Boris Johnson says will be put out of
:02:31. > :02:33.reach until Heathrow gets another runway.
:02:34. > :02:36.Today, he warned that could lead to another congestion chargd
:02:37. > :02:41.But whether it is by 2020, as Boris Johnson hopes, or
:02:42. > :02:45.2030, as the Government predicts, getting air pollution under control
:02:46. > :02:55.Today saw the closure of two hospital Accident Dmergency
:02:56. > :03:01.Hammersmith and Central Middlesex are being replaced by 24`hotr urgent
:03:02. > :03:07.It's part of a re`organisathon of the capital's Health Servicd, which
:03:08. > :03:14.Seven people have been arrested by police in a series of morning raids
:03:15. > :03:20.Scotland Yard says children in London are being forced to sell
:03:21. > :03:25.11 addresses were raided in south`east London,
:03:26. > :03:28.Kent and Hampshire in an attempt to capture ond network
:03:29. > :03:34.believed to be exploiting boys and girls as young as 14.
:03:35. > :03:36.Train passengers in the capital have to stand
:03:37. > :03:39.in cramped conditions on too many journeys, that's according to the
:03:40. > :03:44.Morning journeys from Woking to London Waterloo
:03:45. > :03:47.and from Oxford to London Paddington were amongst the worst.
:03:48. > :03:51.In response, train companies say they have plans to increase seats
:03:52. > :03:58.?5 million has been given to the Science Museum
:03:59. > :04:07.It's the largest individual donation ever made to the mtseum.
:04:08. > :04:10.Philanthropist David Harding owes his fortune to mathematics
:04:11. > :04:16.and wants people to embrace the subject, as Tarah Welsh reports
:04:17. > :04:23.Learning about energy with ` bit of exercise. The annual school trip
:04:24. > :04:27.seems to have moved on from being dragged around dusty displax
:04:28. > :04:31.cabinets. When you walk through the Science Museum, most of it hs packed
:04:32. > :04:38.with people interacting with the displays. There is one about energy,
:04:39. > :04:42.transport and space. Then, when you come into the maths gallery, it is
:04:43. > :04:49.empty. You can see why it ndeds revamping. The donation has come
:04:50. > :04:56.from a man that owes his fortune to numbers, according to Forbes
:04:57. > :05:02.magazine. The mathematicallx literal do have an edge in making money in
:05:03. > :05:07.financial markets. That's ptt me in the lucky position where I can share
:05:08. > :05:12.some of my good fortune. He's got the cash, the woman with thd vision
:05:13. > :05:18.of the gallery was also behhnd the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Above is
:05:19. > :05:23.all these objects. I'm sure they would enjoy it. It will be different
:05:24. > :05:31.and it is not boxy, but it's very light and I think it will bd very
:05:32. > :05:36.interesting for kids to go hnto these kind of spaces. What ht will
:05:37. > :05:41.do is give these historic treasures like the first calculator more
:05:42. > :05:47.attractive surroundings. Thhs is a Pegasus computer, very important in
:05:48. > :05:52.the early history of mathem`tics. It is a bit of a mixed bag. Sole of the
:05:53. > :05:57.new galleries look fantastic. We are standing in the maths gallery, which
:05:58. > :06:00.is as dull as dish water. Wd have this amazing collection. Thhs
:06:01. > :06:05.gallery has not been touched since the 1960s. When these children come
:06:06. > :06:09.back in 2016, they might find that maths can be fun and profit`ble
:06:10. > :06:12.Putney Bridge is set to reopen a fortnight ahead of schedule
:06:13. > :06:19.The ?1.5 million repairs to the Grade`II listed bridge `re
:06:20. > :06:21.approaching completion, with work originally timetabled to
:06:22. > :06:29.Well, it's goodnight from md. I'll leave you now with the weather.
:06:30. > :06:36.A lovely day today. 20 degrdes. Signs of a little change for
:06:37. > :06:40.tomorrow. It will still be dry, but there won't be quite as much
:06:41. > :06:44.sunshine around. We can see why If we look at the satellite picture,
:06:45. > :06:48.that cloud that's been developing over the North Sea, near continent,
:06:49. > :06:52.is going to be spilling our way There is very little cloud so all
:06:53. > :06:57.that heat is getting washed`away. We have the clearer skies. You can see
:06:58. > :07:06.how the cloud comes into eastern areas later on. The lowest
:07:07. > :07:10.temperatures will be further west. So, a bit more cloud around
:07:11. > :07:15.tomorrow. Essentially, it's a dry day. Not as sunny as it was today.
:07:16. > :07:20.The sunshine will come out `t times and we will find those tempdratures
:07:21. > :07:24.up at around 20 degrees and it should feel quite pleasant. Now as
:07:25. > :07:28.we head into the end of the week, and for the weekend, we are starting
:07:29. > :07:29.to see some changes. More cloud around, more breeze as well. Still
:07:30. > :07:36.dry. rest of the United Kingdom? English
:07:37. > :07:40.MPs would want to