:00:16. > :00:18.Good evening and Merry Christmas from BBC London news.
:00:19. > :00:22.A record 40% of Londoners buying their first home have ended
:00:23. > :00:26.They say with many properties just too expensive, moving away
:00:27. > :00:29.is the only way they can get on the housing ladder.
:00:30. > :00:35.For Nicola Altham, moving out of London means a bigger kitchen,
:00:36. > :00:39.which means more mince pies and more space for her guests to eat them.
:00:40. > :00:42.It also means she and her husband can finally buy a house.
:00:43. > :00:46.We have a three-bed semidetached house with a garden and lovely,
:00:47. > :00:50.In London we probably wouldn't even afford a one-bedroom flat.
:00:51. > :01:02.The compromise came with a longer and pricey commute from Stansted,
:01:03. > :01:13.This year 40% of first-time buyers in London ended up buying
:01:14. > :01:22.They bought 74,000 homes outside London.
:01:23. > :01:25.So how far does London's commuter belt stretch?
:01:26. > :01:27.One in five Londoners who bought headed to
:01:28. > :01:39.Some say a tougher climate calls for more drastic action.
:01:40. > :01:43.Within the M25 alone, there are 100,000 hectares
:01:44. > :01:47.A hectare is about the size of Trafalgar Square.
:01:48. > :01:49.Choosing 5% of that to be built on could supply 200,000 homes
:01:50. > :01:52.which would be enough for London for three or four years
:01:53. > :02:07.Some estate agents say the housing market isn't completely to blame for
:02:08. > :02:12.more and more Londoners wanting to be. They say that, as people get
:02:13. > :02:15.older, people want to move out so they can start a family with more
:02:16. > :02:19.space. They also say that come next year, when the property market is
:02:20. > :02:24.expected to cool, more of us will choose to stay. Earlier this year,
:02:25. > :02:27.it emerged that have wondered the Bosman firefighters, and 's workers
:02:28. > :02:33.and front line police officers can no longer afford to live in London.
:02:34. > :02:36.With more and more key workers, such as doctors and teachers, embracing
:02:37. > :02:38.the journey in and out of town, they were living with narrow the
:02:39. > :02:40.potential to become the capital's potential to become the capital's
:02:41. > :02:42.commuter belt. Doctors in London have confirmed
:02:43. > :02:44.a cancer diagnosis made more surgeon John Hunter made
:02:45. > :02:48.the original diagnosis. Now the team at the Royal Marsden
:02:49. > :02:51.hospital say it will help them understand how the disease has
:02:52. > :02:56.developed over the centuries. A singing builder from Swiss Cottage
:02:57. > :03:00.who wants to follow in the footsteps He's been making a noise on building
:03:01. > :03:09.sites around London, and has even impressed
:03:10. > :03:11.a former spice girl. Walk past a building site
:03:12. > :03:16.in south-west London and you might just hear
:03:17. > :03:26.something rather unusual. Gani is a builder who likes
:03:27. > :03:29.to sing while he works. It is not where you would expect
:03:30. > :03:32.to hear opera, but his voice is so powerful, it can cut
:03:33. > :03:35.through pretty much any noise. And he is starting
:03:36. > :03:49.to attract attention. Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has
:03:50. > :03:52.filmed his singing close I worked opposite her house
:03:53. > :04:05.and she heard me singing Gani's dream is to perform
:04:06. > :04:13.professional opera, following the greats like Pavarotti,
:04:14. > :04:23.but he is self taught and with his current staging
:04:24. > :04:25.he is being called "Builderotti". Builderotti is good because it is
:04:26. > :04:29.connected to Pavarotti. He is now singing out while he works
:04:30. > :04:38.on a building site in Barnes and during breaks he sometimes takes
:04:39. > :04:47.to nearby streets. Of course there are times
:04:48. > :05:07.when the work comes first, but this is a builder with big
:05:08. > :05:23.dreams and a voice to match. Boxing Day, we are in for some
:05:24. > :05:27.different conditions. It is cold and clear. The temperature is falling
:05:28. > :05:33.away quickly because there's not a lot of cloud, -2 and minus three
:05:34. > :05:38.Celsius for most of London. Calder in the countryside with a frost as
:05:39. > :05:42.well. Towns inside London are just hovering just above. For tomorrow, a
:05:43. > :05:47.cold, crisp started the day. If frosty start as we head through the
:05:48. > :05:53.day. Very similar conditions but a touch colder than today. 6-7 C the
:05:54. > :05:56.maximum temperature. Pulling in a bit more clarity Wednesday.
:05:57. > :05:58.Overnight, a bit misty and murky. Still sunny spells as well but
:05:59. > :06:06.turning 40 and gold overnight. and longer spells of rain over
:06:07. > :06:09.northern isles. By the end of the night, temperatures recovering once
:06:10. > :06:14.again after a chilly evening, three to five Celsius. Tomorrow and for
:06:15. > :06:18.the next couple of days, we have this area of high pressure which
:06:19. > :06:24.will really settle the weather down, compared with of late. We start
:06:25. > :06:27.tomorrow on a mainly dry note. There will be a few showers continuing in
:06:28. > :06:28.the north-west and