:00:00. > :00:07.The new woman in charge of the capital's Fire Service says
:00:08. > :00:11.we need to be more prepared in the event of a chemical attack.
:00:12. > :00:16.I think that chemical attack is a really big threat because it's
:00:17. > :00:18.a kind of unseen one, it's something you can do
:00:19. > :00:21.with a relatively small amount of chemical if you can find
:00:22. > :00:28.Accused of not being in the same universe.
:00:29. > :00:32.The bitter dispute between Southern and unions escalates,
:00:33. > :00:39.We look at what impact Brexit could have on London's hotels
:00:40. > :00:44.and restaurants who rely heavily on EU workers.
:00:45. > :00:47.We can't get British people at the moment that want to do
:00:48. > :00:57.an awful lot of the roles in the hotels.
:00:58. > :01:00.And with the help of his guidedog, we get a glimpse of the challenges
:01:01. > :01:18.Good evening, welcome to the programme, with me, Riz Lateef.
:01:19. > :01:20.London's new Fire Commissioner says she's hugely concerned
:01:21. > :01:23.about the prospect of terrorists carrying out a chemical
:01:24. > :01:28.The Government's issued a stark warning, saying so-called
:01:29. > :01:30.Islamic State is plotting mass-casualty assaults
:01:31. > :01:35.In her first TV interview since taking the top job,
:01:36. > :01:38.Dany Cotton says we all need to be prepared in the event
:01:39. > :01:50.Here's our home affairs correspondent Nick Beake.
:01:51. > :01:56.Training in Greenwich today for the firefighters from blue watch. And
:01:57. > :02:02.watching them, their new boss. Dany Cotton is the first woman to lead
:02:03. > :02:07.the London Fire Brigade in its 150 year history. And she told us
:02:08. > :02:12.preparing for a new threat, chemical attack by terrorists, is a top
:02:13. > :02:16.priority. Huge concern. I think chemical attack is a really big
:02:17. > :02:18.threat because it's kind of unseen and something you can do with a
:02:19. > :02:22.relatively small amount of chemical if you can find the means to
:02:23. > :02:26.disperse it, so it's ensuring we are ready nationally to respond to that
:02:27. > :02:29.and respond quickly and be able to go there, and if people have been
:02:30. > :02:34.contaminated, to be able to deal with that and process it quickly.
:02:35. > :02:38.This week, the security minister said IS militants aspire to use
:02:39. > :02:42.chemicals in an attack and London's new fire chief says the public
:02:43. > :02:46.should be aware of that. The natural reaction would be to run away and go
:02:47. > :02:51.somewhere else but that just spreads it, which is what the terrorists
:02:52. > :02:55.want. It is very important the people stay where they are, stay
:02:56. > :02:59.contained and allow the emergency services to deal with the situation.
:03:00. > :03:03.Today's exercise is very much a standard role but in the coming
:03:04. > :03:06.months, more training will be specialised and geared towards
:03:07. > :03:09.dealing with a terrorist attack on her watch. But it is worth
:03:10. > :03:15.remembering the terror threat level in the UK has stayed the same for
:03:16. > :03:18.the past two and half years. Time is certainly have changed, though, from
:03:19. > :03:21.when Dany Cotton first walked through these doors at Wimbledon
:03:22. > :03:27.fire station as a teenager back in 1988. This is where I would come at
:03:28. > :03:32.the end of my shift to hang my Fire kit up. The smell and here brings
:03:33. > :03:37.facsimile memories. A slightly smoky smell. The kit I wore was very
:03:38. > :03:41.different to this. This is very modern and designed for fire safety.
:03:42. > :03:47.Mine was made of wool and plastic! This is the dormitory are used to
:03:48. > :03:50.sleep in! This is where I slept, my bed, in my first year with the Fire
:03:51. > :03:57.Service. You pulled the bed down out of the wall. I was next to a guy
:03:58. > :04:02.here who snored chronically! Not much fun! Although it has increased
:04:03. > :04:06.from when she started, today, only 7% of London firefighters are women.
:04:07. > :04:10.Dany Cotton hopes her appointment can encourage more to apply, along
:04:11. > :04:17.with recruits from underrepresented backgrounds. And if the Metropolitan
:04:18. > :04:20.Police appoints its first female commissioner next month, it will
:04:21. > :04:26.mean women are running all three of the capital's emergency services.
:04:27. > :04:35.Let's pick up on some of the points raised with Louise. As we heard, the
:04:36. > :04:39.terror threat level hasn't changed. It definitely hasn't and it's
:04:40. > :04:43.extremely important that we highlight this is highly unlikely, a
:04:44. > :04:46.chemical attack, the capital has to be prepared for any terrorist
:04:47. > :04:50.attack. We've seen exercises in the past where police and security
:04:51. > :04:56.services have carried out operations to deal with lone gunman, like we
:04:57. > :04:59.saw in Paris and Berlin. Interestingly, the last big
:05:00. > :05:04.exercise, training exercise, was more than 13 years ago in 2003.
:05:05. > :05:10.There was a chemical training exercise around Bank cue station.
:05:11. > :05:19.You can see the crews got the chance to test equipment. It's important so
:05:20. > :05:25.they know what to do in case in the unlikely circumstances this
:05:26. > :05:30.happened. IS say they want mass casualties and we've seen them used
:05:31. > :05:34.chemical warfare in Iraq and Syria before. It's been pointed out there
:05:35. > :05:37.is more proof Islamic State has ambitions of using more chemical
:05:38. > :05:43.attacks or something like that after a soul was dismantled in Morocco.
:05:44. > :05:46.They actually found toxic chemicals and biological substances which
:05:47. > :05:52.could have caused great damage. We've also been talking to a
:05:53. > :05:53.chemical weapons expert, who said the government is right to be
:05:54. > :05:56.concerned. We know that Daesh,
:05:57. > :05:58.the Islamic State, are training their people to use chemical
:05:59. > :06:00.weapons, they are recruiting scientists to develop biological
:06:01. > :06:02.weapons in Syria and Iraq, and that the UK is a key
:06:03. > :06:05.threat target for them. I think the Commissioner's
:06:06. > :06:06.absolutely right. We must take our head out
:06:07. > :06:09.of the sand and discuss this so people are aware that it's
:06:10. > :06:11.a possible threat. Like any threat, with the right
:06:12. > :06:23.mitigation, you can reduce that. And I think that's the key. A lot of
:06:24. > :06:27.people are saying the public has to be educated into what to do if there
:06:28. > :06:33.was a chemical attack. This is what he said. Don't disperse. What we
:06:34. > :06:36.found in Syria was that the biggest issues are contamination, spreading
:06:37. > :06:40.contamination and creating more casualties, and then detecting what
:06:41. > :06:44.that weapon is, and from the biological perspective, the last
:06:45. > :06:48.thing we want is people spreading biological weapons around London
:06:49. > :06:51.when actually all the biological weapons we know of and we expect
:06:52. > :06:57.terrorists might use are readily treatable. I think realistically,
:06:58. > :07:00.what you can conclude is that we will be seeing more training
:07:01. > :07:04.exercises in the capital in the future and there will be more
:07:05. > :07:07.communication with the public. Thank you very much.
:07:08. > :07:11.Another Londoner is nominated as a Bafta Rising Star.
:07:12. > :07:21.I take a look at how the capital is churning out new acting talent.
:07:22. > :07:24.Talks aimed at avoiding a strike by Tube staff over ticket office
:07:25. > :07:26.closures have broken up without agreement.
:07:27. > :07:30.Unions say there has been no significant progress and plans
:07:31. > :07:33.for the strike on Sunday and Monday continue.
:07:34. > :07:36.Transport for London said: Both sides are back at the conciliation
:07:37. > :07:45.Any hope of next week's strike on Southern Railway being called off
:07:46. > :07:56.One union says the two sides are "not in the same universe",
:07:57. > :08:00.the offer of direct talks with the Transport Secretary.
:08:01. > :08:03.It comes as the issue at the heart of the ongoing dispute,
:08:04. > :08:05.driver-only trains, was declared safe by the rail safety watchdog.
:08:06. > :08:07.Our political correspondent Karl Mercer reports.
:08:08. > :08:09.This is what Victoria Station looks like on a normal day.
:08:10. > :08:12.But next week, it looks like the stations that lead to it
:08:13. > :08:14.will look more like this, with a three-day strike
:08:15. > :08:17.in the ongoing row over plans to make drivers responsible
:08:18. > :08:21.It seems any hope of a deal is gone, despite these words
:08:22. > :08:25.We've sent a formal offer to Aslef that we believe can bring
:08:26. > :08:28.an end to this dispute, and we're urging our members to talk
:08:29. > :08:31.to their leaders to get them to accept this offer so we can bring
:08:32. > :08:34.this dispute to an end for the sake of our passengers.
:08:35. > :08:36.They may be optimistic, but listen to how far apart
:08:37. > :08:39.We're not in the same universe currently.
:08:40. > :08:42.The reality is that there's been no real move to address the fundamental
:08:43. > :08:45.issues that are at the heart of the deal.
:08:46. > :08:47.It's about the imposition of a system and breaking
:08:48. > :08:50.of agreement that we feel is unsafe, and if everything is going to be
:08:51. > :08:53.done by imposition in the future, then the reaction's always
:08:54. > :08:56.The deadlock means there'll be strikes next week on Tuesday,
:08:57. > :08:58.Wednesday and again on Friday, with Southern warning
:08:59. > :09:02.More strikes will then follow in the last week of January -
:09:03. > :09:04.again three days being targetted, again disrupting travel
:09:05. > :09:09.Today, another twist in the dispute, too, with the organisation that
:09:10. > :09:11.oversees safety on the railways saying Southern's plans
:09:12. > :09:16.for driver-only operation would be safe if certain conditions were met.
:09:17. > :09:19.It is safe as long as you have the right equipment,
:09:20. > :09:23.competent staff and the correct processes and procedures and you've
:09:24. > :09:27.done all the risk assessments of the platforms to ensure that,
:09:28. > :09:31.if necessary, assistance is provided.
:09:32. > :09:35.Also today, London's Mayor restated his desire to take over Southern.
:09:36. > :09:38.He wouldn't, though, be drawn on the key issue in the dispute.
:09:39. > :09:41.Would you say to the unions, if you were to take over Southern,
:09:42. > :09:46.Well, we'll have to wait and see till we take over the lines.
:09:47. > :09:49.I mean, once we take over the lines, should the Government see sense,
:09:50. > :09:52.we'll look at the trains, talk to the trade unions.
:09:53. > :09:54.Some of the suburban lines we run on London Overground,
:09:55. > :09:59.It's a conversation you've got to have.
:10:00. > :10:01.The most important thing is safety but you've got
:10:02. > :10:06.For now, Southern passengers will have to plan once again
:10:07. > :10:14.On that note, a reminder that the BBC is hosting a special
:10:15. > :10:16.televised debate on that bitter dispute which has affected thousands
:10:17. > :10:24.If you'd like to take part, please email your details,
:10:25. > :10:31.including your story, to: bbcraildebate@bbc.co.uk.
:10:32. > :10:33.More than 40 years since the murder of a 23-year-old woman
:10:34. > :10:35.in Maida Vale, detectives are launching a fresh
:10:36. > :10:40.Amala Ruth De Vere Whelan was found raped and strangled at her flat
:10:41. > :10:46.The word "ripper" had been sprayed on her front room wall
:10:47. > :10:50.There were no signs of forced entry so police believe she either
:10:51. > :10:57.A London mother being held in Iran has appeared in court to appeal
:10:58. > :11:01.Charity worker Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe is accused of plotting
:11:02. > :11:06.Her husband says details of the charges have been kept secret
:11:07. > :11:08.and claims his wife is being used as a bargaining chip
:11:09. > :11:23.A decision on her case is expected at the end of the week.
:11:24. > :11:25.It's been called the modern-day mental health "epidemic" -
:11:26. > :11:27.families who have to cope when teenagers become dangerously
:11:28. > :11:31.Increasingly, the NHS is sending young people hundreds of miles away
:11:32. > :11:33.from home to receive the care they need.
:11:34. > :11:35.Sarah Harris has been speaking to one family
:11:36. > :11:39.in Hemel Hempstead whose daughter is being treated in Scotland.
:11:40. > :11:41.So you can tell by the Benedict Cumberbatch.
:11:42. > :11:45.Toys and posters - A typical teenager's bedroom
:11:46. > :11:50.and a place where mum Kimberley comes to feel close to her daughter.
:11:51. > :11:53.But Louise, not her real name, seen here as a child,
:11:54. > :11:58.For the best part of a year, the 18-year-old from Hemel Hempstead
:11:59. > :12:01.has been living in a specialist unit being treated for a severe
:12:02. > :12:06.To the despair of her parents, that's nearly 400
:12:07. > :12:11.It's something they say that distresses her, too,
:12:12. > :12:19.She screams, she cries, she holds onto me.
:12:20. > :12:22.And...when I leave, the doctors are standing there and the staff
:12:23. > :12:24.are standing there saying, "We can't imagine
:12:25. > :12:29.I went, "I wouldn't dream this on anybody".
:12:30. > :12:32.Louise's parents say their daughter was a healthy and clever child
:12:33. > :12:35.until she was around 16, when she first became hospitalised,
:12:36. > :12:39.but they claim things only started to become critical
:12:40. > :12:42.when she was moved so far away from home.
:12:43. > :12:46.As a parent, it's heartbreaking because, as you can understand,
:12:47. > :12:50.if your child's somewhere and it's an emergency and you get a phone
:12:51. > :12:53.call, you can probably pop in your car and just drive there.
:12:54. > :12:57.When your child is 400 miles away, it doesn't quite work like that.
:12:58. > :13:00.Family and friends need to be close, it's part of the treatment and it's
:13:01. > :13:07.The Government's own guidelines for treating complex mental health
:13:08. > :13:09.disorders advises treatment close to family but experts say
:13:10. > :13:16.Unfortunately, cases where individuals have to travel
:13:17. > :13:21.hundreds of miles away for treatment is a frequent occurrence and we hear
:13:22. > :13:28.All the evidence shows that family involvement is crucial for sustained
:13:29. > :13:33.recovery and so it's very concerning when this takes place.
:13:34. > :13:35.Getting ready to make her weekly trip up to Scotland
:13:36. > :13:40.NHS England says they are working hard to eliminate distant
:13:41. > :13:42.out-of-area placements but transformation
:13:43. > :13:47.Kimberley is praying that that won't come too late
:13:48. > :14:08.Join me and the guide dog to see how she is trying to end discrimination
:14:09. > :14:13.against the blind. And after a frosty morning that saw
:14:14. > :14:17.some of us start the day at minus four degrees, there are changes for
:14:18. > :14:18.the weekend. We lose the chill but does that mean we lose the sunshine
:14:19. > :14:25.as well? All the details later. All this week we've been looking
:14:26. > :14:28.at what impact leaving the EU Tonight, we focus on one
:14:29. > :14:31.of the biggest employers of low-skilled workers
:14:32. > :14:33.in the capital - hospitality. Although there are high
:14:34. > :14:37.hopes that a weak pound will boost visitor numbers,
:14:38. > :14:40.there are concerns whether there Emma North has spent the day
:14:41. > :14:57.at a hotel near Victoria reliant Once a year, London grabbed the
:14:58. > :15:04.chance to tell the world what it has got to give. -- grabbed the chance.
:15:05. > :15:12.This year, it drove the point home harder than ever.
:15:13. > :15:19.Dipping cutlery in vinegar is a far cry from the fireworks but it's the
:15:20. > :15:23.details that keep this city's reputation so polished. Assad is a
:15:24. > :15:27.rarity in London's hospitality sector. He's British. When it comes
:15:28. > :15:33.to his EU colleague, he has to work hard to catch up. They are really
:15:34. > :15:36.fast at what they do and at the start I was left behind with the
:15:37. > :15:41.rhythm of the team. I was quite slow. Hotels and restaurants here in
:15:42. > :15:45.London rely heavily on EU labour. For example, six of the seven people
:15:46. > :15:49.who work at this hotel come from mainland Europe. But come Brexit,
:15:50. > :15:53.the rules which currently allow people to move around the EU freely
:15:54. > :15:59.in order to find a job could well change, and this change could deeply
:16:00. > :16:05.affect the hospitality sector. 11% of the London population are EU
:16:06. > :16:09.migrants. Of them, 14 are classified as low skilled workers, such as
:16:10. > :16:13.waiters. They currently don't have these restrictions but if we applied
:16:14. > :16:17.the same rules to EU migrants as we currently do to people coming from
:16:18. > :16:24.outside the European Union, then four out of five low skilled EU
:16:25. > :16:28.workers might not qualify. Esther, who is from Hungary, may have a
:16:29. > :16:33.Masters in psychotherapy but she is still classified as a low skilled
:16:34. > :16:41.worker. I don't agree with this! I would say that I need skills to work
:16:42. > :16:46.here. I think even as a maid, how I started, as a waitress, but even as
:16:47. > :16:50.a manager now, you need the moral of working, your attitude. This hotel
:16:51. > :16:54.is still owned by the same family that built it 150 years ago. If the
:16:55. > :17:00.rules governing who is allowed to work here change, why not just hire
:17:01. > :17:05.from a home-grown workforce? We can't get British people at the
:17:06. > :17:08.moment. We've visited catering colleges, trying to make inroads
:17:09. > :17:13.with schools, we have work placements, but despite that, after
:17:14. > :17:19.four years of trying we have four! Attracting people in the first
:17:20. > :17:24.place, tell me what we can do! But could Brexit be just the thing to
:17:25. > :17:28.nurture a home-grown hospitality industry? Now, argues, is the sign
:17:29. > :17:35.-- the time for Government to make its move. Invest in skills and this
:17:36. > :17:43.industry to be the Open University, if you like, in terms of vocational
:17:44. > :17:49.training. The city that welcomed thousands of foreign workers, but
:17:50. > :17:55.now, who will do it in the future? Imagine trying to negotiate London's
:17:56. > :17:58.streets and travelling on busy Well, one man from South East London
:17:59. > :18:03.fitted his guide dog Kika, whom you can see here,
:18:04. > :18:09.with a camera, to show the challenge Let's hear more, because Asad Ahmad
:18:10. > :18:27.is with him at his home in Eltham. This is Kika, the impeccably behaved
:18:28. > :18:35.guide dog, as you would imagine. She is the eyes for her companion, are
:18:36. > :18:42.an -- her owner, Ahmed. Kika has a camera attached to her back to
:18:43. > :18:45.expose discrimination. What kind of discrimination? We get barged about
:18:46. > :18:49.on public transport, people think it's a game to push us closer to the
:18:50. > :18:53.tracks will stand in our way, because she is a guide dog she can
:18:54. > :18:57.walk around them, but it makes life a bit difficult. Of course it would
:18:58. > :19:03.do, especially when you have your beautiful baby boy here. Let's go
:19:04. > :19:07.into your living room, if Kika can take us here. It will surprise many
:19:08. > :19:14.people because we are a nation of dog lovers. And especially guide
:19:15. > :19:20.dogs. When you lost your site three years ago, were you surprised at the
:19:21. > :19:23.reaction you got? Yes, we weren't expecting any issues whatsoever, so
:19:24. > :19:30.coming across hurdles just on daily routes, it made journeys difficult.
:19:31. > :19:33.I'm sure it did. I know Kika has been recording some of those
:19:34. > :19:37.journeys on her back. Let's look at what she's filmed.
:19:38. > :19:44.This is what travelling on London's public transport looks like from the
:19:45. > :19:47.view of a guide dog. The camera is strapped to Kika's back but the
:19:48. > :19:54.problems of being blind begin when people don't see or step in to help
:19:55. > :19:57.Ahmed. This is that a train station in central London which was
:19:58. > :19:58.temporarily closed. Ahmed is lost because he doesn't know what's going
:19:59. > :20:16.on or where to go. Hello? Hello? The station staff say they were
:20:17. > :20:24.looking the other way so didn't see Ahmed or his guide dog. The footage
:20:25. > :20:28.suggests otherwise. Well, Network Rail say, we're always
:20:29. > :20:31.keen to have feedback from our passengers, positive or otherwise,
:20:32. > :20:38.and we work with our team to make sure people have a safe and journey.
:20:39. > :20:43.Ahmed, that is an occasion, and not the only time you've experienced
:20:44. > :20:47.discrimination? No, we had issues ordering taxis where we've been
:20:48. > :20:50.stood on the corner waiting and I've driven past because they don't want
:20:51. > :20:53.a dog in their cap. That would surprise a lot of people, as with
:20:54. > :21:01.the fact that sometimes Londoners aren't as warm and friendly to Kika
:21:02. > :21:05.as you might expect. Yeah, I had my baby in a chest harness and Kika was
:21:06. > :21:09.on my left hand side and we had a Lady trying to barge her way up the
:21:10. > :21:13.escalator, and when I commented to say, you know, give us a few minutes
:21:14. > :21:17.to get to the top, she turned around and told me that because of my dog,
:21:18. > :21:21.she's going to miss her train. When I explained its a guide dog, she
:21:22. > :21:25.didn't want to know. You were a doctor before you lost your site and
:21:26. > :21:28.you'd been married for 18 months. As well as all these difficulties you
:21:29. > :21:32.are having to face, what would you say has been the most difficult
:21:33. > :21:36.thing? The hardest thing is not being able to see my loved ones. I
:21:37. > :21:41.think that's the one thing I struggled in. I've got my
:21:42. > :21:45.independence back, I've got my motivation back, but the one thing
:21:46. > :21:49.is I won't see him grow up. I would see the way he looks at me and
:21:50. > :21:58.everything else. That's still a bit raw. Ahmed, thank you for speaking
:21:59. > :22:02.to us. Some hope that Londoners will be a bit more mindful when they see
:22:03. > :22:05.you and Kika. She is recording what she sees when she's out and about
:22:06. > :22:10.and it's not there to catch people out but hopefully make people more
:22:11. > :22:15.aware of the situation blind people face. And Kika uploads her videos
:22:16. > :22:20.onto Twitter, if you believe! Take a look if you can.
:22:21. > :22:27.Great to see you there and Kika's pictures. Thank you very much.
:22:28. > :22:30.If you're a young actor on the cusp of global stardom,
:22:31. > :22:33.And there've plenty of Londoners nominated
:22:34. > :22:37.In fact, last year's winner was John Boyega, of Star Wars fame.
:22:38. > :22:40.Among the nominees this year, a young man who may be
:22:41. > :22:56.Tom Holland from Kingston upon Thames is the latest London are
:22:57. > :23:02.nominated as a rising star. That was awesome! At Bafta HQ, the
:23:03. > :23:08.announcement was made today by Noel Clarke, who won it in 1989. I truly
:23:09. > :23:16.believe if I hadn't won it I would have been -- I wouldn't be standing
:23:17. > :23:21.here now. -- won it in 2009. He's been acting and conscious to pay
:23:22. > :23:25.back his success. I was given an opportunity in my younger days to
:23:26. > :23:29.get into the business and I've always been aware of rising talent
:23:30. > :23:32.and stars, so it's imperative we continue to support and push that
:23:33. > :23:38.and I love this award massively because of that. James McAvoy was
:23:39. > :23:43.the first to win it in 2006. But since then, it is London that has
:23:44. > :23:50.added the sparkle to this award. Six out of the 11 winners have come from
:23:51. > :23:57.the capital. Including last year's winner, John, who was born in
:23:58. > :24:00.Peckham. You come to London and there is every possible person you
:24:01. > :24:04.could dream of, every style, every look, every background. They're all
:24:05. > :24:11.here so it's no wonder London provides so many of the rising star
:24:12. > :24:17.nominees. And the winners. In 2011, Tom Hardy, most recently seen in The
:24:18. > :24:21.Revenant, and this actor who has starred alongside Jennifer Aniston.
:24:22. > :24:27.It's the only award that goes to public vote, so could it be lucky
:24:28. > :24:30.Londoner number seven? Let's hope so! From Spiderman two
:24:31. > :24:40.weatherman. What have you got? We've had some award-winning
:24:41. > :24:43.weather! Lots of sunshine but at this time of year, sunny weather
:24:44. > :24:48.often comes with chilly weather, and that was certainly the case. A
:24:49. > :24:54.widespread frost this morning, as captured by our weather watcher
:24:55. > :24:58.James. Many places have started at -5 minus four degrees, but after
:24:59. > :25:02.that, cracking sunshine. I can't promise as much tomorrow. This cloud
:25:03. > :25:08.will be moving in our direction from the West. With those clear skies,
:25:09. > :25:13.though, temperatures are already plunging below freezing for tonight,
:25:14. > :25:17.and it remains cold. A widespread frost. One difference is we will
:25:18. > :25:21.have quite a lot of fog in places, with dense patches, so that could
:25:22. > :25:25.cause a few problems for the morning commute tomorrow. So frost and fog
:25:26. > :25:29.for tomorrow morning but then a decent day with sunny spells. Not
:25:30. > :25:33.clear blue skies and unbroken sunshine, though. A quiet start
:25:34. > :25:36.thanks to high pressure but these systems are waiting in the wings and
:25:37. > :25:41.this will eventually bring some cloud and rain. So remember the fog
:25:42. > :25:45.first thing and possibly icy stretches. That's how frosty it will
:25:46. > :25:48.be. Spells of sunshine as we go through the day but more cloud in
:25:49. > :25:54.the mix, with temperatures creeping up a bit as well. Six or 7 degrees.
:25:55. > :25:58.If you are out and about tomorrow night, we will see the cloud and
:25:59. > :26:02.rain spill in from the north and west. The rain will be patchy but
:26:03. > :26:06.quite a damp, soggy affair, misty and murky in places. Overnight
:26:07. > :26:10.temperatures will hold above freezing as we go into Saturday
:26:11. > :26:15.morning, so a milder start. Maybe some mist around and as we go on
:26:16. > :26:18.through the day, disappointingly cloudy sums things up. There could
:26:19. > :26:22.be some brightness with the odd spot of rain but temperatures at nine or
:26:23. > :26:27.10 degrees, so we'll have lost the sunshine and the chill as well. A
:26:28. > :26:30.similar day on Sunday with a lot of cloud around. Some breaks and some
:26:31. > :26:39.spells of sunshine and we stick with the milder feel to the weather. So
:26:40. > :26:41.through the next few days, changes, chilly to start tomorrow but things
:26:42. > :26:44.cloud over, and then through the weekend, milder conditions, and then
:26:45. > :26:48.for Monday, well, you don't want to think about that yet, but wet and
:26:49. > :26:54.windy weather on the way. Thank you, Ben.
:26:55. > :26:58.Jill Saward, the first survivor of rape to wave her right
:26:59. > :27:03.In 1986, she suffered a violent assault by two men during a burglary
:27:04. > :27:05.at her father's vicarage in West London.
:27:06. > :27:08.The number of new cars sold in the UK hit an all-time high in 2016.
:27:09. > :27:11.The increase was mainly due to high demand from business customers.
:27:12. > :27:18.But sales are expected to fall sharply this year.
:27:19. > :27:20.London's new Fire Commissioner, Dany Cotton, says the public needs
:27:21. > :27:23.to be more prepared in the event of a chemical attack.
:27:24. > :27:26.The RMT union has accepted an offer from the Transport Secretary,
:27:27. > :27:27.Chris Grayling, to discuss the long-running dispute
:27:28. > :27:31.over operating train doors on Southern Rail.
:27:32. > :27:33.That's it for now, so thanks for joining us.
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:27:37. > :27:38.We'll be back later during the ten o'clock news.
:27:39. > :27:58.We're looking for someone who can sing, someone who can move.
:27:59. > :28:01.Someone who can keep an audience on the edge of their seat.