14/02/2017 London News

A warning that commuters on public transport are exposed to more

On the Underground, if you like I'm suffocating.

Experts have described it as an 'environmental injustice'.

An investigation is underway at a Topshop store where 10-year-old

Kayden Reddick was crushed and killed by shop furniture.

How some flat owners who've bought their council property now

face unexpected bills of up to ?100,000.

Out of this world - the machine creating

sound from space debris, on show for the first time.

Good evening and welcome to the programme.

Rush hour has never been pleasant but just how poisonous, is it?

Well if you're catching the Tube or Bus home tonight you might be

exposed to eight times more pollution than motorists.

That's even though car users produce far more pollution per person.

A new study has compared how those using cars,

buses and the underground in different areas of London were

Chris Rogers has more and joins us from central London.

It is amazing how many private cars you see with just one person in

them. Those who can afford to drive themselves on tonight I the biggest

polluters, but the least exposed. Those getting the number 14 bus or

going to the tube station, who are trying to save money and the

environment, but at a cost to their lungs. This study describes that as

an environmental injustice. This piece of kit has been on a long

journey. It measures the type of pollution and how much we are

exposed to, and for how long for, depending how we commute to work.

This green box is measuring the larger particles? Smaller particles

of matter penetrate the lungs more easily than larger ones. But their

content is particularly nasty on the underground. Were looking at iron,

aluminium, and traces of Salford. Car drivers are the biggest

pollutants, but because of filters in the engine, they are the least

exposed. It is those of us who get the bus that are exposed to five

times more pollution because the engines keep running when bosses

pull into the bus stop. But this is the greatest pollutant of them all.

The polluted air up above is sucked into deep tunnels underground, with

nowhere to go. The deep tunnels on the Victoria and Northern lines are

the worst. Is particularly bad if you're stood next to an open window.

Tube passengers are exposed over eight times more of the larger

pollutants than motorists. But to fewer of these so-called tiny

particles. They are considered to be more dangerous. Tube passengers also

had, on average, shorter journeys, says the study. It is those

travelling on busses who should be more worried. While exposed to five

times more of the larger pollutants than cars, but crucially more of the

ultra-- fine particles. What mode of transport we use depends largely on

our income. The report's authors describe the finding of proof of an

environmental injustice. In the underground, I feel suffocated. It

is easy to go on the bus. I just love busses. They need to do

something about this. The Mayor of London committed to us that he is

looking at improving our air. Starting with getting rid of diesel

busses. An open letter from 220 doctors have warned the Prime

Minister Time is running out to protect the health of a generation

of children. Lots more to come, including how a

nine-year-old was radicalised after watching jihadists videos in his

west London home. Next, the death of Anita Sueich,

Ben Wales and Karla Roman all in London, all last week has

brought into sharp focus the dangers Today the husband of Anita Sueitch

has spoken to this programme He was due to celebrate their first

wedding anniversary next week. Thomas and his wife Anita on their

honeymoon last year. The Met in Hungary five years ago. We planned

our life together. She was an amazing person. She was always

cheerful and happy. And there was really nobody who wouldn't be

affected by her personality. Last Monday, Anita was killed after she

was knocked over on her bicycle in Eglinton in a suspected hit-and-run.

She had been returning from a late shift at work. She uses her bike

because there are no night busses. She is a safe cyclist who followed

the rules. She had a high visibility vest, whites, helmet, everything she

needed. I'll was really worried about her safety. She was not

worried. She was one of three cyclists killed on the road in

London last week. This protest was held in Whitehall to urge the

government to do more. I just don't want this to remain just a story,

one of those who died. We need to keep this danger in the top of

everyone's mind. Because this is a very busy city. And all of us, from

pedestrians to bus drivers, everyone, we really need to pay

attention. Two men arrested in connection with Anita's death have

been bailed until March. Thomas says he plans to return to Japan, where

they celebrated their honeymoon, to scatter her ashes. We were planning

on going back this year. This way we will be there together.

It's emerged that a nine year old boy from West London

was investigated by counter terrorism officers -

after he stood up in class and pledged his allegiance

His real name isn't known but he had become fascinated

Dan Freedman joins me now and this raises all sorts of questions.

These officers tried to stop people being radicalised before it is too

late. Children, teenagers and adults. More than 1000 cases since

2012. This unnamed boy was a very intelligent and became curious about

so-called Islamic State in the wake of the December 2015 Paris attacks.

He started to do some research online. His words are spoken by an

actor. I saw them hit men with their hands

behind their backs. They were told to sit down. Then they cut off their

heads. When the house was empty, I would sit freely in the living room

and search up. It has been emerged -- it has emerged that he was

bullied at school. Others called him a terrorist. At one point, he stood

up in class and pledged his so-called support for the IDS group.

And intervention took place. The school got in touch with officers. A

woman started to visit him regularly in his home. We are not revealing

queries years from or the group. She wanted to understand what fascinated

him about these brittle videos. He said that IS were skinny to him and

Warren was interesting. Things that made him happy worth his family, his

friends, home and peace. Once she was happy that he understood how

damaging this material that he was watching was, they were satisfied to

close the case. He was very vulnerable. I think they were

worried that he would meet the wrong person in a chat room and possibly

become further radicalised. That is why they decided to stage such an

intervention. Thank you. The father of a soldier

from Romford - killed in Iraq - has criticised plans that

will prevent the MoD from being sued The Government is proposing to scrap

the legal duty of care to service personnel in combat -

promising it will mean more generous payments

in the event of injury or death. Our Legal Correspondent

Clive Coleman reports. How old was he when he first

started playing the drums? In 2010, Colin Redpath's son,

Lance Corporal Kirk Redpath, a keen drummer in The Irish Gurads,

died when a roadside bomb exploded next to his lightly armoured

Snatch Land Rover in Iraq. Colin fought a six-year legal battle

against the Ministry of Defence, eventually winning the right

at the Supreme Court to bring an action against the Government

under human rights law. The MoD's new proposals cover battle

and the preparations for it. They include stopping legal

claims for negligence A no-fault compensation scheme

for injured service personnel Assessors to value injuries and loss

based on independent Nobody disputes that it's a really

good idea for service personnel, injured in the course of combat,

and the families of those who have been killed to be spared long

and frustrating legal But there are real concerns

about the Ministry of Defence scrapping the duty of care that it

owes to soldiers. The fire brigade, the police,

the Ambulance Service, they all have to go out

with equipment that works. Well, that should be

the same for a soldier. Lawyers worry that bypassing

the courts creates unfairness. You think that the employer,

the organisation, And yet you're asked to rely

upon the MoD to assess the compensation that it should pay

you for the damage But the MoD and Defence

Secretary remain convinced What we are consulting on is a way

of getting them faster and better compensation so that if the Ministry

has done something wrong with a piece of equipment,

they don't have to spend years The MoD's consultation

on its proposals ends Colin Redpath hopes that

for the injured and families of the fallen, the new system

ensures maximum safety unfairness. of the fallen, the new system

ensures maximum safety and fairness. Police are investigating the death

of a 10 year old boy at a branch He suffered serious head

injuries in an incident involving store furniture -

and died later in hospital. Let's get more on this

from James Ingham who is in Reading. James what more do we know

about what happened? Well, few details have been released

in the 24 hours since this incident which took place in the Topshop

store buying a. Police have not confirmed this, but in the last

hour, we found out that the boy who was killed was a ten-year-old from

the Reading area. Police and paramedics responded to calls

yesterday around 4:15pm that he had received serious head police then

took -- paramedics took him to hospital in Reading, but he later

died. They say this incident involves what they are calling a

stored display barrier, but again few details regarding what that

means. Today, the store has been close. These pictures show security

guard standing outside. A police investigation is under way inside. A

safety expert has been called to examine the scene. Topshop have told

us in a statement that the board and thousands of staff are saddened by

this horrific accident and their thoughts are with the family at this

difficult time. They are thoroughly investigating events year. It is

half term in Berkshire. Lots of parents out with their children at

the shopping centre today. Those we spoke to today shared similar

thoughts. Very saddened at what has happened here. Thank you.

Still to come, I am at the science Museum. That is the sound from outer

space. I will have more later in the programme.

Residents who've bought their council properties

in a Southwark tower block fear they'll be hit with a massive bill

Some leaseholders on the Tustin Estate say the council has told them

Southwark Council is being accused of unnecessarily passing huge

Matthew loves the view from his flat.

On a clearer day, he can see right across London.

But he is worried there is trouble on the horizon.

He's expecting a bill for around ?100,000 from the Council

It's the first thing I think about every morning when I wake up,

and it's the last thing I think about when I go to bed at night.

Potentially, when are council going to come With a court order,

Potentially, when are council going to come with a court order,

to take this flat away from me, because I can perhaps

to take this flat away from me, because I can't perhaps

When he bought the property from Southwark Council,

Matthew knew he would be partly responsible for the building's

upkeep, but he never dreams he'd have to pay this much.

I kept suggesting figures and they seemed to be

And what I seemed to be getting the impression

of was that there wouldn't be much change left from perhaps ?100,000.

Four years ago, 93-year-old Florrie Bourne was sent a ?50,000

bill by new council for a roof that wasn't needed.

But she passed away from a heart attack during the works.

It's because of her death in 2014 a new law was passed forcing

councils to limit the amount that they could charge

each leaseholder if the funding came from central government.

But Southwark Council decided against bidding for government

funding to pay for the Tustin estate.

They wanted to use those funds to repair properties

Estates in need of extensive work like Tustin were deliberately

left out of the bid, leaving leaseholders to fit the bill.

Usually, the estates do need this work.

Where there can be issues is over whether the works are the kinds

of things that the council can actually recover the cost

Southwark Council insists that it didn't include the Tustin estate

in its bid because the blocks needed more than just standard

We do not know the final costing of this yet.

Once we have the final costing, we will be having consultations

with each and every leaseholder on the estate to work out what best

options are for them in terms of payment.

For Matthew, it's a nerve wracking few months ahead,

but he is preparing himself for the worst.

Unused satellites, rocket parts and fuel tanks -

just some of the space rubbish that is constantly

Well, a machine which transforms the movement of this so called

space junk into sound, is going on public display

You can see and hear it operating at the Science Museum.

Alpa Patel is there for us this evening.

Well, let me introduce you to this machine. This is what space junk

sounds like. Can you hear it? What you are hearing is thousands of

pieces of space junk travelling above are. Space junk doesn't

actually have any sound. What this machine is doing is converting that

junk, the movement of it, into sound. Will find out more about how

it works in a moment. First, here is what space junk is and how much of

it is out there. In 1958, I was the first solar

powered satellite to be Since my retirement,

I have become a piece of space junk. Millions of other pieces

of junk orbit with me. This is some of the debris currently

orbiting planet Earth. Apparently people believe

that harpoons, magnets And limit the future damage

we threaten to cause. But right now there is no viable

means to bring us back to Earth. Pretty amazing, isn't it? Let's find

out about how this machine works. As you mentioned, we are tracking

thousands of PCs, hundreds of thousands of pieces of space debris

overhead. This machine tools and positional information of 27,000

items that are over ten centimetres in diameter. And it publishes the

name of each piece in sequence, one after another. The size, in this

case is just under one metre. And 900 kilometres. The total number

that have passed overhead since we switch this on is 3000. With each

piece that passage directly overhead, we arrest sounds generated

from one of these eight motorised stylist says along the length of

this jack length cylindrical sonographic. You are a sound artist.

By this subject matter? Myself and a fellow artist wanted to explore this

sort of hidden world of space debris. She is a film-maker and made

a documentary film exploring the narratives around space debris. She

created an experience on Twitter. You can adopt a piece of space junk.

We created this machine to transform space junk into a sensation. It is

important for me to be able to comprehend it through my years.

Thank you. This machine has attracted a lot of attention at the

science Museum today. It draws attention to space debris floating

out there. Scientists call this an environmental challenge. It is fun

but has a serious side as well. Back to you. Thank you.

Before we go, how better to end our programme

on Valentine's Day then remember one of the greatest love affairs

He was a war hero and an admiral, she the great beauty of her age.

The problem was they were both married to others.

Now a new exhibition at Greenwich's Royal Maritime Museum

remembers the story and the scandal of Emma Hamilton and Lord Nelson.

Lord Nelson, held in the highest esteem.

His passions ran deep for a blacksmth's daughter, Emma Hamilton.

Then this man, George Romney, the most fashionable painter

of the day came across the young beauty and at his studio

is here in Cavendish Square she became his news.

The 18th century was a remarkable time for an explosion

Mass produced cheap black-and-white prints of George Romney's paintings

It was like Hello magazine for the first time.

She is naturally beautiful, which is one of the reasons

And those images are carried through to sort of the broader public.

So printing technology and prints of Emma Hamilton

Fame made her desirable and led to marriage with this man,

Sir William Hamilton, the British envoy to Naples.

It was here that Norfolk's favourite son, the hero of the day,

Lord Nelson, stopped for supplies and an enduring love affair began.

It was like a Hollywood romance, but it also fueled another feature

Sir William watches as lovers carry on!

Nelson and Lady Hamilton in Love tryst!

Not only was Nelson married, the lovers conducted a fear openly,

There were rumours the three of them lived together here at Merton Place

Which Nelson and Emma had bought for their future.

A place in the country away from all the chatter.

In 1800, Emma Nelson and Sir William came back to live in England

and Nelson instructs Emma to find him and her a country

pad where they can live out their future days together.

And so in 1801, she finds Merton Place.

And it's the love nest that they hoped-for,

After losing his eye, and then an arm, Nelson's luck ran out.

Shot dead, Kiss me Hardy, and the rest, of course, is history.

But her legacy will always be one half of one of the world's

Fascinating. Let's check only whether.

The day held such promise just before sunrise. The sun came up and

it was absolutely glorious across London and the Home Counties. This

picture was one of the first to comment. In the east, the sun popped

up over the horizon. As we end the day, this evening there is not much

rain in the forecast. Nor is it going to be too chilly. There is

some cloud around. A strike of cloud is pushing upwards towards us

through the evening and overnight. Attached to us world you might be

able to make out behind me. That low pressure system will spin off over

the top of the UK over the next 24 hours, but it drives our weather for

the time being. 12 showers tomorrow. After that, high-pressure and things

start to calm down a bit as we head towards the weekend. The cloud will

push north eastwards as we go through. If it produces any rain, it

will just be drizzle. Some low cloud over high ground, so mist and work

for some. We're looking at laws of seven or 8 degrees. I think you will

feel the benefit of that first thing tomorrow morning. Not much sunshine,

quite great to begin with. The winds are coming round to a south-westerly

direction, so it won't feel too bad despite his getting some heavy

showers into the afternoon. Temperatures will be in double

figures. It starts to calm down as we go through the day on Thursday.

High pressure over us by then. Quite foggy mornings, eventually lifting

up into some cloud which will break away to hopefully give us some

bright or sunny spells. Temperatures in double figures. We have

high-pressure over the weekend. There will be some sunny spells. Not

too chilly at night. Not too bad, the forecast, for the next few days.

Long may it last! Thank you. Now the main headlines: The Kremlin

says the resignation of Michael Flynn as President Trump's

national security advisor Mr Flynn quit after it emerged he'd

misled the US administration over his conversations

with Russia's ambassador. Police are investigating the death

of a boy at a branch In the last hour, he's been

named as Kaden Reddick. The Ukip leader Paul Nuttall has

been forced to admit that he did not lose any close personal friends

in the Hillsborough disaster, I'll be back later

during the 10pm news. But for now from everyone

on the team have a lovely evening.