10/09/2014 BBC London News

here in Edinburgh. That is all for tonight. Newsnight is on BBC Two in

a moment. Now it's time for the news where you are. Have a good night.

Boris Johnson faced a committee of MPs today to explain why London

regularly breaches EU stand`rds for air quality.

Air pollution is responsibld for the premature deaths

of nearly 3,500 Londoners every year according to Public Health Dngland.

Today, both the Mayor and the Labour Party gave more detahls

But, as Katharine Carpenter reports, Boris Johnson was challenged over

his claims to have driven down emissions.

Playing outside is encouragdd at every opportunity at Wembley

Primary, but while the pupils might be benefiting from thd

exercise, the air they are breathing in could be putting them at risk.

Analysts say the air polluthon around this school is around three

Largely because it is right next to a main road, which contributes to

Brent being one of the worst boroughs in the capital when it

comes to air quality, and it is estimated that in this borotgh

alone, 75 people have already died this year because of condithons

I never knew that Wembley h`d this high risk of air pollution

I understand there's childhood obesity, everything that yot can

see, but asthma and the levdls of pollution, you can't see it, so

nobody takes it seriously. Something needs to be done.

That is what brought the Labour Party here today, to launch its air

pollution campaign and to attack Boris Johnson's record on the issue.

From the Government and Boris Johnson,

This afternoon, the Mayor h`d plenty of opportunity to defend hilself,

appearing before the Commons Environmental Audit Committde.

London has seen considerabld reductions in pollution in the last

A 20% reduction in emissions of nitrogen dioxide.

They say that about some ro`dside monitoring stations which is not

the same as the overall imp`ct of the measures we have put in.

The questions will keep comhng until London meets EU air pollution

targets, something Boris Johnson says will be put out of

reach until Heathrow gets another runway.

Today, he warned that could lead to another congestion chargd

But whether it is by 2020, as Boris Johnson hopes, or

2030, as the Government predicts, getting air pollution under control

Today saw the closure of two hospital Accident Dmergency

Hammersmith and Central Middlesex are being replaced by 24`hotr urgent

It's part of a re`organisathon of the capital's Health Servicd, which

Seven people have been arrested by police in a series of morning raids

Scotland Yard says children in London are being forced to sell

11 addresses were raided in south`east London,

Kent and Hampshire in an attempt to capture ond network

believed to be exploiting boys and girls as young as 14.

Train passengers in the capital have to stand

in cramped conditions on too many journeys, that's according to the

Morning journeys from Woking to London Waterloo

and from Oxford to London Paddington were amongst the worst.

In response, train companies say they have plans to increase seats

?5 million has been given to the Science Museum

It's the largest individual donation ever made to the mtseum.

Philanthropist David Harding owes his fortune to mathematics

and wants people to embrace the subject, as Tarah Welsh reports

Learning about energy with ` bit of exercise. The annual school trip

seems to have moved on from being dragged around dusty displax

cabinets. When you walk through the Science Museum, most of it hs packed

with people interacting with the displays. There is one about energy,

transport and space. Then, when you come into the maths gallery, it is

empty. You can see why it ndeds revamping. The donation has come

from a man that owes his fortune to numbers, according to Forbes

magazine. The mathematicallx literal do have an edge in making money in

financial markets. That's ptt me in the lucky position where I can share

some of my good fortune. He's got the cash, the woman with thd vision

of the gallery was also behhnd the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Above is

all these objects. I'm sure they would enjoy it. It will be different

and it is not boxy, but it's very light and I think it will bd very

interesting for kids to go hnto these kind of spaces. What ht will

do is give these historic treasures like the first calculator more

attractive surroundings. Thhs is a Pegasus computer, very important in

the early history of mathem`tics. It is a bit of a mixed bag. Sole of the

new galleries look fantastic. We are standing in the maths gallery, which

is as dull as dish water. Wd have this amazing collection. Thhs

gallery has not been touched since the 1960s. When these children come

back in 2016, they might find that maths can be fun and profit`ble

Putney Bridge is set to reopen a fortnight ahead of schedule

The ?1.5 million repairs to the Grade`II listed bridge `re

approaching completion, with work originally timetabled to

Well, it's goodnight from md. I'll leave you now with the weather.

A lovely day today. 20 degrdes. Signs of a little change for

tomorrow. It will still be dry, but there won't be quite as much

sunshine around. We can see why If we look at the satellite picture,

that cloud that's been developing over the North Sea, near continent,

is going to be spilling our way There is very little cloud so all

that heat is getting washed`away. We have the clearer skies. You can see

how the cloud comes into eastern areas later on. The lowest

temperatures will be further west. So, a bit more cloud around

tomorrow. Essentially, it's a dry day. Not as sunny as it was today.

The sunshine will come out `t times and we will find those tempdratures

up at around 20 degrees and it should feel quite pleasant. Now as

we head into the end of the week, and for the weekend, we are starting

to see some changes. More cloud around, more breeze as well. Still

dry. rest of the United Kingdom? English

MPs would want to