:00:00. > :00:00.News at Six. It's goodbye from me. On BBC One we
:00:00. > :00:00.The schoolboy who disappeared 30 years ago in Croydon,
:00:00. > :00:10.His sister appeals for a key witness to come forward.
:00:11. > :00:14.The biggest part is hope that he's still out there.
:00:15. > :00:24.Does investing more in "meals on wheels" help improve
:00:25. > :00:33.In its 150th year, I'm at the London Fire Brigade's annual
:00:34. > :00:37.Christmas carol concert at St Paul's Cathedral.
:00:38. > :00:49.# This comes to pass when a child is born.
:00:50. > :00:51.And soul singers Gregory Porter and Beverly Knight go
:00:52. > :01:05.Welcome to BBC London News with me, Riz Lateef.
:01:06. > :01:09.We start tonight with a ?20,000 reward being offered
:01:10. > :01:15.by police to help solve the mystery of the disappearance
:01:16. > :01:18.of a 16-year-old boy 30 years ago - who's now believed to
:01:19. > :01:22.It was in March 1986 that Kevin Hicks from Croydon went out
:01:23. > :01:25.to buy some eggs for a school project and was never seen again.
:01:26. > :01:28.The case was reviewed earlier this year and detectives are now
:01:29. > :01:30.appealing for an unnamed woman, who called a local
:01:31. > :01:31.newspaper ten years after he disappeared,
:01:32. > :01:49.His disappearance in 1986 prompted a huge search effort from police and
:01:50. > :01:53.the local community. He has run away, maybe, and we looking, but
:01:54. > :01:58.maybe something more serious has happened. 30 years on, for those
:01:59. > :02:03.still missing him, it is as painful as ever. It doesn't seem like 30
:02:04. > :02:07.years. It only seems like yesterday. He was only going down the road to
:02:08. > :02:15.buy some eggs. He had a pound on him and that was it. The rest is
:02:16. > :02:20.history. Kevin disappeared in March 19 86. In October 1996, the Croydon
:02:21. > :02:26.Advertiser newspaper took an anonymous phone call about his case.
:02:27. > :02:28.Now, following a review, police have announced a murder investigation.
:02:29. > :02:32.When police reviewed the case earlier this year they were
:02:33. > :02:36.concerned by three things. First, the night Kevin disappeared, D had
:02:37. > :02:40.told his parents he was going to a local shop to buy eggs. An hour and
:02:41. > :02:43.a half later, he was senior on Shelley wrote for the last time,
:02:44. > :02:48.leading police to believe he may have been meeting someone. Secondly,
:02:49. > :02:51.he received some speakers from an anonymous person days before his
:02:52. > :02:57.disappearance. Something he tries to hide from his parents. Thirdly,
:02:58. > :02:59.there was the anonymous call to the Croydon Advertiser newspaper ten
:03:00. > :03:04.years after his disappearance, suggesting that that person knew the
:03:05. > :03:09.location his body was buried. Police now believe he had been groomed and
:03:10. > :03:13.perhaps been killed for it. When a disappearance is viewed with a
:03:14. > :03:18.grooming aspect, it raises suspicions that he met with foul
:03:19. > :03:22.play that night. Why wasn't that seem at the time? There was a huge
:03:23. > :03:28.police response of the time, a massive area searched around South
:03:29. > :03:31.Croydon. Now we are being more intelligence led and evidence lead,
:03:32. > :03:38.which is why we are basing the appeal on that now. Investigators
:03:39. > :03:43.believe whoever called the newspaper may know who killed Kevin. I want
:03:44. > :03:47.that person who made the call to contact us. I believe they may have
:03:48. > :03:50.some specific information about what happened to Kevin that night and I
:03:51. > :03:56.urge them to come forward. Make that phone call. You can't tell anyone
:03:57. > :04:00.else because it's your secret, that you know what happened that night.
:04:01. > :04:08.The best person to phone is ring the police. Get that secret told. Just
:04:09. > :04:12.come forward. Let me have closure. That's all I'm asking. I just need
:04:13. > :04:13.closure. Alexandra Hicks ending that
:04:14. > :04:16.report by Dan Freedman. London is still one of the safest
:04:17. > :04:19.cities in the world. That was the Mayor's message today
:04:20. > :04:22.to reassure Londoners and tourists following yesterday's attack
:04:23. > :04:26.on a Christmas market in Berlin. Let's get more from Emilia
:04:27. > :04:42.Papadopoulos who's been This is a very busy time of year all
:04:43. > :04:45.over London with tourists and London is doing their Christmas shopping
:04:46. > :04:49.and visiting markets like the one just behind me here on the South
:04:50. > :04:52.bank. Naturally, people are worried after seeing events in Berlin
:04:53. > :04:58.yesterday, seeing that lorry plough through the cloud killing 12 people
:04:59. > :05:01.and injuring almost 50 people. Earlier today, I spoke with the
:05:02. > :05:04.mayor Sadiq Khan, use that London was standing shoulder to shoulder
:05:05. > :05:09.with Bellerin and he wanted to urge people here to carry on as normal.
:05:10. > :05:11.I want to reassure Londoners and those visiting London
:05:12. > :05:14.that the Met Police service and others are doing
:05:15. > :05:18.The Met Police are currently reviewing safety and security around
:05:19. > :05:20.events like Winter Wonderland, around events like the New Year's
:05:21. > :05:22.Eve fireworks, around markets taking place across London.
:05:23. > :05:25.We are always making sure we're as safe as we possibly can be.
:05:26. > :05:28.But also, it's worth bearing in mind, what the terrorists
:05:29. > :05:31.want to do is to terrorise us - for us to change the way
:05:32. > :05:36.At the same time, we can never be complacent and must
:05:37. > :05:55.As he mentioned there, the Metropolitan Police are reviewing
:05:56. > :05:59.their plans for the festive period just as a precaution, but especially
:06:00. > :06:02.for big events like the New Year's Eve fireworks display. They have
:06:03. > :06:05.confirmed they will be extra security as well as armed officers.
:06:06. > :06:10.The threat level here in London remains the same. It is severe,
:06:11. > :06:14.meaning an attack is highly likely, but the police and the mayor today
:06:15. > :06:18.wanted to reassure people that London was still one of the safest
:06:19. > :06:20.cities in the world and their priority here and now is to keep the
:06:21. > :06:22.people here safe. Thanks very much. As Charlton fans continue to protest
:06:23. > :06:26.against their owner - we speak to the new manager
:06:27. > :06:29.of the south London club The charity Age UK is warning that
:06:30. > :06:41.cuts to councils' budgets mean that fewer elderly people are getting
:06:42. > :06:43.meals on wheels delivered But Hertfordshire is increasing
:06:44. > :06:49.the number of meals it delivers which the county council claims
:06:50. > :06:52.is saving taxpayers money 83-year-old Margaret waits for
:06:53. > :07:01.what she calls her daily lifeline. Margaret has very painful
:07:02. > :07:08.osteoarthritis and bowel problems. A hot, balanced meal delivered
:07:09. > :07:18.to her home in Harpenden in Hertfordshire every day helps
:07:19. > :07:22.the former secretary stay well I don't have to worry working
:07:23. > :07:28.in the kitchen because I can't And, B, someone is checking on me
:07:29. > :07:32.every day to make sure that I'm perfectly all right,
:07:33. > :07:36.which means an awful lot to me because I have no family
:07:37. > :07:39.to check on me at all. How has your appetite been
:07:40. > :07:41.since I last saw you? Regular health checks
:07:42. > :07:43.are included in the service. It's run by Hertfordshire
:07:44. > :07:47.County Council and Hils - Staff have found that more
:07:48. > :07:51.than a third of the people referred to them are at serious
:07:52. > :07:55.risk of malnutrition. In a recent survey of more than 800
:07:56. > :08:00.clients like Margaret, 87% said 76% visit their GPs less
:08:01. > :08:07.and about 93% feel happier Despite budget cuts,
:08:08. > :08:16.Hertfordshire's now providing more of them than anywhere else
:08:17. > :08:19.in the UK. The health checks
:08:20. > :08:22.included are a unique. The health checks
:08:23. > :08:24.included are unique. If the people that we serve meals
:08:25. > :08:27.on wheels to were to go into care, It's estimated we could spend
:08:28. > :08:34.?40 million more per year on residential care if we didn't pay
:08:35. > :08:37.for the meals on wheels service, Elsewhere, meals on wheels have
:08:38. > :08:40.been drastically cut. Some fear it's leading
:08:41. > :08:44.to an increase in malnutrition. In 2014, 67% of councils in the
:08:45. > :08:49.Southeast provided meals on wheels. This year, that's
:08:50. > :08:54.fallen to just 17%. It's estimated that more
:08:55. > :08:56.than 1 million people over 65 in the UK are now suffering
:08:57. > :09:01.malnutrition or are at risk of doing so - that's 10%
:09:02. > :09:05.of the elderly population. I think it's a very,
:09:06. > :09:07.very sad state of affairs for our country because it didn't
:09:08. > :09:12.used to be like this. With the number of over-65s
:09:13. > :09:14.predicted to rise by nearly 50% in the next 20 years,
:09:15. > :09:17.the need to ensure basic nourishment and care will continue to challenge
:09:18. > :09:32.hard-pressed council budgets. Well, joining me now from Age
:09:33. > :09:42.UK is Gordon Deuchars. Thank you for coming in. We saw
:09:43. > :09:47.there an extra health checkup with meals on wheels. What do you make of
:09:48. > :09:52.that? I think that is very positive and it is one of the ways in which
:09:53. > :09:56.meals on wheels are a really valuable way of reaching older
:09:57. > :10:05.people who need some help and making sure that their health is looked
:10:06. > :10:08.after over the piece. Is there any evidence to suggest that's taking
:10:09. > :10:17.away meals on wheels as an impact on the health of the elderly? There is.
:10:18. > :10:21.There is evidence that malnourished people are twice as likely to visit
:10:22. > :10:26.their GP, three times as likely to be admitted to hospital and are
:10:27. > :10:34.likely to stay in hospital longer when they are there. There are
:10:35. > :10:39.obvious knock-on effects of that. In fact, quite a lot of older people
:10:40. > :10:43.who are admitted to hospital have got some signs of malnutrition. You
:10:44. > :10:49.believe it is a false economy, taking away meals on wheels, because
:10:50. > :10:55.in the long term there is in effect a benefit. Absolutely. If people
:10:56. > :11:00.need to use the health service identifiably much more because
:11:01. > :11:07.they've taken away meals on wheels and other similar services, indeed
:11:08. > :11:12.in the long run the NHS will spend more on looking after them. We've
:11:13. > :11:16.talked about it many times on this programme and we know the pressure
:11:17. > :11:21.on budgets of councils. At this time of year, it focuses the mind on the
:11:22. > :11:27.collective responsibility of people in our communities. What do you
:11:28. > :11:31.suggest? I think it is a very good idea to look out for older
:11:32. > :11:38.neighbours and friends that you have, talk to them, check they are
:11:39. > :11:44.all right. Especially around Christmas and when the weather is
:11:45. > :11:51.cold. I don't think it should be, for example, a neighbour's
:11:52. > :11:54.responsibility to check that their older neighbour has enough to eat.
:11:55. > :12:01.There are social responsibilities for that. I would suggest that, if
:12:02. > :12:08.you are worried about an older person, then it is a good idea to
:12:09. > :12:09.get in touch with your local Age UK. Thank you very much indeed for
:12:10. > :12:12.coming in. Essex detectives said today
:12:13. > :12:14.they are continuing to search for the killer of notorious criminal
:12:15. > :12:17.John Goldfinger Palmer. The pledge came as a coroner
:12:18. > :12:20.concluded that the 65-year-old was unlawfully killed
:12:21. > :12:22.at his home last year. He was shot six times
:12:23. > :12:24.at close range. Gareth George was at today's
:12:25. > :12:35.inquest in Chelmsford. John Palmer, AKA Goldfinger. He got
:12:36. > :12:41.the nickname amidst rumours he had melted down gold bullion from the
:12:42. > :12:44.heist in 1983. Speaking to reporters at the time in Tenerife, where he
:12:45. > :12:48.was operating a time-share scam commie denied having anything to do
:12:49. > :12:56.with it. I'm completely innocent of anything to do with this so-called
:12:57. > :13:00.bullion raid. I know nothing of it. In June last year, shortly after
:13:01. > :13:04.these CCTV pictures were taken, Palmer was shot six times at his
:13:05. > :13:08.home near Brentwood in Essex. The days, please didn't realise he had
:13:09. > :13:11.been murdered, thinking he had died as a result of gall bladder surgery
:13:12. > :13:15.has recently undergone. They have recently apologised for that
:13:16. > :13:20.mistake. Today an inquest into his death was held in Chelmsford. The
:13:21. > :13:24.coroner concluded he'd been unlawfully killed. There was only
:13:25. > :13:28.one member of John Palmer's family present at the inquest, and that was
:13:29. > :13:33.a man called Ashley Phil thought. He is the partner of John Palmer's
:13:34. > :13:39.daughter. He is seen on the right, leaving the hearing with DCI Stephen
:13:40. > :13:43.Jennings. DCI Jennings gave evidence and said the murder investigation is
:13:44. > :13:47.ongoing. One problem detectives have is the sheer number of people who
:13:48. > :13:52.might have had a motive to kill Palmer. In relation to his
:13:53. > :13:56.conviction in 2001, there were listed anything up to or above
:13:57. > :14:01.16,000 victims. There could be 16,000 motives for why he was killed
:14:02. > :14:05.in relation to that. Then there is criminality involving the bullion
:14:06. > :14:08.heist. We know a number of people involved and that is, subsequent to
:14:09. > :14:13.the crime, have been either killed or have died. That was very much a
:14:14. > :14:18.consideration. Hatton Gardens, possibly involvement. Possible. It
:14:19. > :14:22.was a line of enquiry we took. He associated the passwords of the
:14:23. > :14:26.people associate with that crime who are now in prison. Police say
:14:27. > :14:30.someone involved in the criminal underworld knows who killed John
:14:31. > :14:32.Palmer and after today's inquest, officers renewed their appeal for
:14:33. > :14:33.anyone with information to come forward.
:14:34. > :14:38.The stars come out for the festive season.
:14:39. > :14:40.I'll be talking to jazz singer songwriter Gregory Porter
:14:41. > :14:43.and Shaun Escoffery as they prepare for a very gospel Christmas
:14:44. > :14:59.This year, the London Fire Brigade has marked its 150th anniversary.
:15:00. > :15:01.It's why the Service's annual Christmas Carol concert
:15:02. > :15:04.at St Paul's Cathedral has added significance - a chance to recognise
:15:05. > :15:06.the bravery of the firefighters who risk their lives everyday
:15:07. > :15:20.where we can also join Asad Ahmad who's there for us.
:15:21. > :15:27.Making yourself at home, I see. The London Fire Brigade, one of the
:15:28. > :15:33.largest in the world, made up of some of the bravest men and women
:15:34. > :15:36.here in London. Why? When there is a fire in a building and everyone is
:15:37. > :15:40.trying to get to safety, it's the firefighters doing the opposite and
:15:41. > :15:44.getting into the building, trying to make the rest of us safer. It would
:15:45. > :15:48.begrudge them coming here to save all's Cathedral for the annual
:15:49. > :15:51.Christmas carol concert? 2000 firefighters from across London eye
:15:52. > :15:54.coming here tonight. They have these fire engines parked outside. You are
:15:55. > :16:01.from east London, born and raised. You have been better what is so
:16:02. > :16:04.special? This is the latest engine we have in London and should be
:16:05. > :16:08.rolled out across the city in the next year. We will be getting out of
:16:09. > :16:14.the way for one of these. Merry Christmas. It is 150 years of the
:16:15. > :16:21.London Fire Brigade, I am joined by Mike, who can tell us about these
:16:22. > :16:27.vintage machines. This is a 1937 Leyland. It served until 1964 at
:16:28. > :16:32.Soho fire station. I must do this. I've always wanted to do that. What
:16:33. > :16:37.a great machine. This would have seen servers around Saint Pauls?
:16:38. > :16:41.Churchill ordered that Saint Pauls be saved at all costs. The London
:16:42. > :16:49.Fire Brigade concentrated resources around here, including this vehicle,
:16:50. > :16:55.in December 19 40. Some don't have engines. This would have been pulled
:16:56. > :16:59.by horses. You'll anachronisms operated by the Metropolitan
:17:00. > :17:06.waterboard, fired by coal and wood. That fired the engine to put out
:17:07. > :17:09.fires. Thank you. Earlier I spoke to Ron Dobson, the outgoing London Fire
:17:10. > :17:13.Brigade commissioner, leaving within a couple of weeks.
:17:14. > :17:16.A 20-year-old from New Cross joining the London Fire Brigade in 1979.
:17:17. > :17:18.Back then, could he have ever envisaged that one day he'd lead
:17:19. > :17:20.the service through a terrorist attack, the Olympic
:17:21. > :17:35.When I first joined, I wanted to be a really good firefighter.
:17:36. > :17:38.Then I wanted to be a really good watch officer in charge
:17:39. > :17:41.of my own watch, then I wanted to run my own station.
:17:42. > :17:43.I didn't actually look at that time in terms of,
:17:44. > :17:45."I want to run the London Fire Brigade."
:17:46. > :17:48.As the opportunity came along, I more and more realised that
:17:49. > :17:51.I wanted to do that job, and I've been so proud to do it
:17:52. > :17:55.Now, one of the most significant days, let's say,
:17:56. > :17:57.has probably been 7/7, and you were the lead
:17:58. > :18:07.It was an incredible day and I think it's a day that's
:18:08. > :18:10.I'm a different person now to what I was before then.
:18:11. > :18:13.My overriding memory, I think, was how pleased I was that
:18:14. > :18:15.all of our training, all the training we'd done prior
:18:16. > :18:18.to 7/7, for that type of incident - the training the firefighters had
:18:19. > :18:21.done, the training that I'd done, many weekends and things training
:18:22. > :18:24.with the police and the other emergency services and also local
:18:25. > :18:26.authorities to make sure we were ready to respond.
:18:27. > :18:28.You said that that day - understandably - changed you.
:18:29. > :18:32.Just generally, I think I'm more humane and humble
:18:33. > :18:34.about some of the things that I do, really.
:18:35. > :18:37.It changed my outlook on life, really.
:18:38. > :18:39.The most recent attack, yesterday, in Berlin -
:18:40. > :18:42.a lorry killing a number of people at a Christmas market yesterday.
:18:43. > :18:45.Let's hope something like that never happens in London, but if it did,
:18:46. > :18:47.London Fire Brigade - ready for action?
:18:48. > :18:52.That's a very, very difficult event to plan for, the type of attack that
:18:53. > :18:56.But I'm confident that any sort of attack that happened in London,
:18:57. > :18:58.we've got the skills - London firefighters have got
:18:59. > :19:02.I've no doubt that London Fire Brigade is the best Fire
:19:03. > :19:06.We respond more quickly than anybody else, we're open to change,
:19:07. > :19:09.we are much more inclusive workforce - although we need to do
:19:10. > :19:12.more in that area - and I'm very confident that
:19:13. > :19:14.London Fire Brigade will continue to be the best
:19:15. > :19:16.Fire and Rescue Service in the whole world.
:19:17. > :19:18.So, looking into the future now, what does the future hold
:19:19. > :19:22.I'm really pleased that we've appointed the first woman
:19:23. > :19:25.Dany Cotton is going to be my replacement.
:19:26. > :19:27.I think Dany, hopefully, will prove to be a role model
:19:28. > :19:30.for women and people and other groups in our authority to actually
:19:31. > :19:36.So the challenges will continue to change, I'm sure,
:19:37. > :19:39.and what I'd like to see - and I'm sure I will see -
:19:40. > :19:41.is that London Fire Brigade continues to grow and adapt
:19:42. > :19:44.and change to meet the threats that London faces because, actually,
:19:45. > :19:50.London's Fire Commissioner Ron Dobson who retires at the end
:19:51. > :19:54.of this month speaking to Asad Ahmad.
:19:55. > :19:56.It was once viewed by many as the model
:19:57. > :20:01.Several Charlton matches have been disrupted by fans protesting
:20:02. > :20:06.against an unpopular owner under whose watch they were relegated.
:20:07. > :20:08.So a tough challenge for their new manger -
:20:09. > :20:09.the seventh in less than three years.
:20:10. > :20:14.Here's our sports reporter Chris Slegg.
:20:15. > :20:16.One of the many protests aimed at Belgian businessmen
:20:17. > :20:19.Roland Duchatelet, Charlton supporters unhappy with
:20:20. > :20:28.They say they'll keep protesting until he sells up.
:20:29. > :20:31.Stepping into the civil war between fans and owner,
:20:32. > :20:34.new manager Karl Robinson, who recently lost his job at fellow
:20:35. > :20:40.Karl Robinson was MK Dons' manager for six and a half years.
:20:41. > :20:44.Only Arsene Wenger at Arsenal and Paul Tisdale at Exeter have
:20:45. > :20:46.served in their current jobs for longer than that.
:20:47. > :20:48.Here at Charlton, though, these days, the players barely get
:20:49. > :20:52.a chance to know the new man in charge before he's on his way -
:20:53. > :20:56.there's been seven managerial changes in less than three years.
:20:57. > :20:59.Can Karl Robinson fare any better than his predecessors?
:21:00. > :21:01.To an outsider, it looks fairly chaotic.
:21:02. > :21:03.Has it felt like you're walking into a chaotic place?
:21:04. > :21:08.My first reaction has been, it's brilliant, you know?
:21:09. > :21:11.I think certain people here have maybe used the problem
:21:12. > :21:23.to maybe cut corners, rather than focus on themselves.
:21:24. > :21:26.When it comes to the fans, a sizeable section of the fans have
:21:27. > :21:29.been very vocal and very creative, actually, in some of their protests
:21:30. > :21:38.I just hope I can do them proud, I hope I can make them proud.
:21:39. > :21:40.The festive fixture list pits Charlton against Millwall
:21:41. > :21:47.in the south London derby tomorrow and against MK Dons on Boxing Day.
:21:48. > :21:52.The players, though, won't be required to train on Christmas Day.
:21:53. > :21:54.I believe the psychological gain of seeing your kids open Christmas
:21:55. > :21:56.presents far outweighs any physical aspects we can give
:21:57. > :22:04.So my message to them is, if I show you the respect
:22:05. > :22:07.and your family respect, you show your football club respect
:22:08. > :22:14.It may take more than an upturn in results under Karl Robinson
:22:15. > :22:21.for Charlton's owner to regain the respect of many fans.
:22:22. > :22:23.Now, if you fancy something a little bit different to traditional
:22:24. > :22:26.Christmas carols this year - how about joining these two
:22:27. > :22:29.Beverly Knight and American soul singer Gregory Porter
:22:30. > :22:34.are hosting their very own festive fun in Hackney.
:22:35. > :22:36.Our entertainment correspondent Brenda Emmanus caught up
:22:37. > :22:45.# I really am sorry, but it just couldn't wait.
:22:46. > :22:48.The Grammy award-winning singer songwriter Gregory Porter,
:22:49. > :22:52.whose musical roots are steeped in jazz and gospel music.
:22:53. > :22:55.A London regular, the man with the booming baritone has teamed
:22:56. > :22:59.up with a host of talent to record a special gospel show for Christmas.
:23:00. > :23:10.How much has music always been a part of your Christmas experience?
:23:11. > :23:17.My mother, she'd put on Nat King Cole and Mahalia Jackson.
:23:18. > :23:19.They would be spinning on the record player.
:23:20. > :23:25.At the point at which you're opening your gifts or first coming
:23:26. > :23:32.into the room and you see the tree, it's - in a way, it's the backdrop.
:23:33. > :23:41.Together with singer and musical star Beverley Knight,
:23:42. > :23:45.Gregory introduces a feast of festive music from the cream
:23:46. > :23:53.This has already turned into a musical family,
:23:54. > :24:05.I don't think this will be the last time that I work with so many people
:24:06. > :24:07.that I've met during the course of putting the show together.
:24:08. > :24:13.The Lion King star Shaun Escoffery performs his hero Donny Hathaway's
:24:14. > :24:21.How I look at gospel music - it's expressing the un-expressible.
:24:22. > :24:25.It also allows you to let yourself go.
:24:26. > :24:29.It allows you to celebrate, it allows you to kind
:24:30. > :24:33.I'm going to let myself go and sing and there's no-one that's
:24:34. > :24:39.That's where the beauty of it comes, really.
:24:40. > :24:49.This show, recorded at the Church of Saint John-at-Hackney,
:24:50. > :24:52.promises to be an uplifting experience with popular songs
:24:53. > :24:59.I think we've done a really good job to matching the artists with songs
:25:00. > :25:02.that they will really get stuck into and really give
:25:03. > :25:09.Well, you can join in this big spiritual singalong on Christmas Day
:25:10. > :25:26.Let's get a check on the weather now with Wendy Hurrell.
:25:27. > :25:33.You just need to walk out of a concert like that into some crisp
:25:34. > :25:37.snow. Don't think you'll get it. It would be quite different. It will be
:25:38. > :25:40.windy. In the meantime, we are going to flip between a mild, great
:25:41. > :25:45.weather and the crisp sunny weather. It was the turn of sunny weather
:25:46. > :25:48.today. Wherever you wear across London and the home counties, it was
:25:49. > :25:52.a really lovely day. Beautifully captured by our Weather Watchers as
:25:53. > :25:57.usual. The sunshine and blue sky will return on Thursday, but before
:25:58. > :26:01.we get there, we have something a bit different. Outside at the moment
:26:02. > :26:05.it is clear and the temperature is falling. Three to 5 degrees at the
:26:06. > :26:09.moment and as we go through the night, it stars to cloud over. You
:26:10. > :26:12.can see what that does to the temperature, they are starting to go
:26:13. > :26:15.up. You can also see we have bits and pieces of rain around and that
:26:16. > :26:22.will take us through the rush hour tomorrow morning. Then, we will get
:26:23. > :26:26.some heavier rain later. It is the light stuff first. You will notice
:26:27. > :26:30.the wind picking up. The blustery morning, a blustery day. The best
:26:31. > :26:33.chance of any brightness will be in the middle, around lunchtime. This
:26:34. > :26:39.is what you will go home in during the evening rush hour. Not nice. It
:26:40. > :26:42.will be blustery. Ten or 11 degrees make it looked mild, but under that
:26:43. > :26:47.persistent and heavy rain, it will feel quite unpleasant. There is your
:26:48. > :26:51.blue sky for Thursday once again. Another crisp day. As we approach
:26:52. > :26:54.the Christmas weekend, it gets interesting. We lose the
:26:55. > :26:58.high-pressure which brought the sunshine on Thursday and instead we
:26:59. > :27:03.have low pressure. Storm Barbara is coming through on Friday into
:27:04. > :27:07.Christmas Eve. That will create some windy conditions that will continue
:27:08. > :27:10.through to Christmas Day. All sorts of things happening this week, but
:27:11. > :27:14.the key thing to note is the strength the winds later and into
:27:15. > :27:15.the weekend. We will keep you posted.
:27:16. > :27:23.The only suspect held after yesterday's deadly lorry
:27:24. > :27:25.attack on a Berlin Christmas market has been released.
:27:26. > :27:27.Here in the capital, Mayor Sadiq Khan has reassured
:27:28. > :27:30.Londoners and tourists that the capital is still safe.
:27:31. > :27:33.I'll be back later during the ten o'clock, plenty more though
:27:34. > :27:37.From all of us here - thanks for watching
:27:38. > :28:03.You only grow old once, so you might as well enjoy it.
:28:04. > :28:09.Four go mad in Florida and Japan in search of the perfect retirement.
:28:10. > :28:21.The Real Marigold On Tour starts with Florida.
:28:22. > :28:26.Celebrating 20 years of one of Britain's best-loved comedians,