:00:00. > :00:00.On the programme tonight: news teams where you are.
:00:07. > :00:08.Thousands of small firms fear they could be
:00:09. > :00:14.forced to close due to a rise in business rates.
:00:15. > :00:20.It has suddenly become a very expensive place. The properties have
:00:21. > :00:25.gone up in price and somehow I have got caught up in that and I'm
:00:26. > :00:29.finding it a great difficult to swim. There are calls for the
:00:30. > :00:30.Government to rethink their plans. There are calls for the Government
:00:31. > :00:32.to rethink their plans. Protestors against Heathrow
:00:33. > :00:34.expansion block a major road to the airport chaining themselves
:00:35. > :00:37.to a car - five people are arrested. Who will be the next
:00:38. > :00:39.Met police chief? Ahead of an announcement
:00:40. > :00:41.this week we look at Calls for this permanent
:00:42. > :00:52.memorial to pay tribute Welcome to BBC London News
:00:53. > :01:10.with me, Riz Lateef. First tonight - a warning that
:01:11. > :01:13.thousands of London firms will be forced to close down as a result
:01:14. > :01:15.of planned increases A revaluation will be
:01:16. > :01:21.implemented in April. Firms in the capital
:01:22. > :01:23.will be hit the hardest, with some areas facing an increase
:01:24. > :01:25.of up to 50%. Today a coalition of businesses
:01:26. > :01:27.and local councils joined the Mayor in calling
:01:28. > :01:30.on the Government to rethink. The Chancellor is said to be
:01:31. > :01:32.in a listening mode, but many believe the impact
:01:33. > :01:34.on London businesses could be Here's our Politcal
:01:35. > :01:40.editor, Tim Donovan. Leonard's fixed cars
:01:41. > :01:53.for 12 years here Rapidly rising rents in the area
:01:54. > :01:56.have led the rateable rising value of his premises to go
:01:57. > :02:00.up from 16,000 pounds to ?25,000. And that means that
:02:01. > :02:02.instead of ?7,000 a year, All I do is repair people's cars
:02:03. > :02:06.and keep people on the road. There is no reason why should
:02:07. > :02:09.I be hit in such a way. What will happen if you don't get
:02:10. > :02:13.help here, if you do have to pay And I'm hoping the Government
:02:14. > :02:18.has money to pay me. Will you be able to carry
:02:19. > :02:21.on running the business? If I was to leave the area and head
:02:22. > :02:26.towards Dagenham, I would lose all of those customers
:02:27. > :02:29.and my customers will lose me. There will be some transitional
:02:30. > :02:34.relief, in other words, temporary help over the first few
:02:35. > :02:38.years, but the warnings of closure Everywhere, from Brick Lane
:02:39. > :02:43.to Bond Street, facing tax hikes and actually, it's pubs,
:02:44. > :02:45.it's bars, it's restaurants, it's retailers, it's large stores,
:02:46. > :02:48.right down to a corner business. Actually, it's a huge tax
:02:49. > :02:53.rise facing a lot of businesses and actually almost ?900
:02:54. > :02:56.million extra that's going to be faced for London businesses coming
:02:57. > :03:01.up with the revaluation. Many of our members have
:03:02. > :03:03.told us that over the next five years, the cost of doing
:03:04. > :03:11.business as a result of business rates will mean they might
:03:12. > :03:15.have to move further But for many businesses,
:03:16. > :03:20.the likelihood is, they will refrain from investing in the capital in
:03:21. > :03:23.the business or from taking on more Where Leonard's business is,
:03:24. > :03:26.Hackney, has seen the greatest increase in the rateable value
:03:27. > :03:28.of property, up 46%. But Islington is not far
:03:29. > :03:30.behind, and in Hammersmith and Fulham, it's gone
:03:31. > :03:32.up more than a third. In Hillingdon, the rateable value
:03:33. > :03:37.has gone up only 1%. Pressure is now growing
:03:38. > :03:41.on the Government from MPs and the Mayor to provide more
:03:42. > :03:45.help in London. The Government says
:03:46. > :03:48.its revaluation is making rates more fairly reflect
:03:49. > :03:52.the property market. And 140,000 firms will benefit
:03:53. > :04:12.from a pot of money to each Momentum seems to be building on
:04:13. > :04:15.this? It is. MPs across all parties, in London have already made
:04:16. > :04:20.representations to be Chancellor. They say that it is a minimum that
:04:21. > :04:25.you should raise the threshold at which has started paying business
:04:26. > :04:29.rates. Its ?12,000 across the country. Summarising that should be
:04:30. > :04:35.a raped 20,000. In central London, 15,000 in Outer London.
:04:36. > :04:44.They are asking the review the whole in which it is reviewed.
:04:45. > :04:46.We're saying to be Government, think again.
:04:47. > :04:49.In the past when there have been increases in business rates made by
:04:50. > :04:51.the Government, they've had a longer transitional period, which gives
:04:52. > :04:54.time for a business to plan, put money aside for that bill.
:04:55. > :04:56.Frankly speaking, unless the Government
:04:57. > :05:06.reconsiders, businesses are going to struggle.
:05:07. > :05:12.The concerns of businesses here in London are not happening in a
:05:13. > :05:17.vacuum. They have other grapes. The cost of taking on new apprentices,
:05:18. > :05:21.which is going to "Soon. The effects of a policy which allows officers to
:05:22. > :05:27.be converted into housing, which is already putting pressure on rent.
:05:28. > :05:32.This is just one other thing when you take into account also be sense
:05:33. > :05:37.of uncertainty around Brexit. The Government and Philip Hammond are
:05:38. > :05:40.talking to the Government and Conservative MPs have made it clear
:05:41. > :05:43.he is in listening mode and people are watching very closely to see
:05:44. > :05:45.what he has to say in the budget in a couple of weeks' time. Thank you,
:05:46. > :05:46.Tim. He was once the fastest
:05:47. > :05:51.man on earth. 65 years after his death,
:05:52. > :05:53.the capital pays tribute Five people have been arrested
:05:54. > :06:02.after causing major disruption to rush hour traffic
:06:03. > :06:04.to and from heathrow. Environmental campaigners blocked
:06:05. > :06:24.a major approach road to the airport 8:30am and the main approach ten to
:06:25. > :06:29.Heathrow Airport. A BBC reporter captures the moment and Heathrow
:06:30. > :06:35.expansion campaigners block access to terminals two and three, chaining
:06:36. > :06:39.their vehicle. What are you doing? Outside the tunnel, traffic was
:06:40. > :06:45.building. The tunnel was shut for more than two hours. I'm just on my
:06:46. > :06:52.way to Croatia. I don't know if I'm going to catch my plane. What are
:06:53. > :06:59.you going to do? I don't know. What are the airport. Reid is above the
:07:00. > :07:02.have a right to protest, but not on my day. This is not the first
:07:03. > :07:06.protest against Heathrow expansion and it's unlikely to be the past.
:07:07. > :07:12.Rarely has there been a more divisive subject. The rising up
:07:13. > :07:17.group has the processing Inc against what effect the runway could have on
:07:18. > :07:23.climate change and the local area. Do you think this was the best way
:07:24. > :07:26.to go about this? I fully understand and sympathise, but at the same
:07:27. > :07:29.time, we felt like we didn't have the choice. We are here acting in
:07:30. > :07:34.solidarity with local people who stand to lose their homes, who face
:07:35. > :07:39.noise from flight path of their houses. We're here to highlight the
:07:40. > :07:44.fact that globally, we need to be really significantly reducing our
:07:45. > :07:47.carbon emissions. Although the gave approval for a third runway at
:07:48. > :07:52.Heathrow as its preferred option to increase capacity back in October,
:07:53. > :07:55.that doesn't guarantee it's going to arrive any time soon. A public
:07:56. > :08:01.consultation into the decision is currently underway and the group
:08:02. > :08:05.responsible for today's disruption said they consider the pros that is
:08:06. > :08:12.their submission to that. One campaign group in support have
:08:13. > :08:18.dubbed the actions of the protesters as counter-productive. Busy the pros
:08:19. > :08:22.outweigh the cons. Most local residents support expansion. We do
:08:23. > :08:26.that because of the benefits coming to London. That includes
:08:27. > :08:32.apprenticeships, eradicating youth unemployment in the area. ?61
:08:33. > :08:37.billion invested in the local area, which will make you feel different
:08:38. > :08:40.to the lives of ordinary Londoners. Five protesters were arrested on
:08:41. > :08:43.submission of obstructing the runway. They said he will fight the
:08:44. > :08:47.They said he will fight the new runway all the way.
:08:48. > :08:50.Commuters face disruption tomorrow due to a 24-hour tube strike.
:08:51. > :08:52.It's due to start from 9pm this evening and will mean limited
:08:53. > :08:54.services all day on two major tube lines.
:08:55. > :08:56.Let's get all the details from our
:08:57. > :09:03.Transport Correspondent, Tom Edwards.
:09:04. > :09:10.Yes, the Central line is the busiest cheap loan on the tube network and
:09:11. > :09:14.this is the second trike we have had from drivers on this line. The
:09:15. > :09:19.dispute involves three depots in Essex. London underground want to
:09:20. > :09:26.move, relocate each drivers from those devils down to Earls Court.
:09:27. > :09:33.That has not gone down well, hence this second strike. I am afraid that
:09:34. > :09:38.means there will be some disruption tomorrow. All day tomorrow there
:09:39. > :09:43.will be no service on the water the city line. There will be no service
:09:44. > :09:46.east on the Central line east of Leytonstone. The war also be
:09:47. > :09:54.disruption on the Central line from 5:30am. And from 7am on the Central
:09:55. > :10:01.line, very limited service and the central line will also close early.
:10:02. > :10:04.Transport for London say there will be normal services on all the other
:10:05. > :10:10.lines, but they are going to be much busier than usual. Also when it
:10:11. > :10:15.comes to the actual dispute, I think it is a long way yet from being
:10:16. > :10:15.resolved. Thanks for the latest, Tom.
:10:16. > :10:18.And you can get regular travel updates throughout
:10:19. > :10:34.tomorrow on BBC Radio London and on our website - www.bbc.co.uk
:10:35. > :10:39.Next, the parents of a man who killed himself in Chelmsford prison
:10:40. > :10:40.have received an apology from the Justice Secretary.
:10:41. > :10:42.Dean Saunders was mentally ill when he electrocuted himself
:10:43. > :10:46.A year later the prison ombudsman ruled he should have been
:10:47. > :10:50.Then an inquest jury ruled both that there were serious failings
:10:51. > :10:52.in both the mental health and prison systems.
:10:53. > :10:54.Today Dean's parents met the Justice Secretary Liz Truss
:10:55. > :10:56.Robbie West reports from Westminster.
:10:57. > :11:00.For the family, a meeting with the Secretary of State for Justice is
:11:01. > :11:02.what they have wanted from the daily find out their son had died in
:11:03. > :11:06.prison. Before the meeting, his parents told me they were seeking
:11:07. > :11:10.assurances that the present system would be reformed. I am angry that
:11:11. > :11:15.it hasn't been done many inquests at ago. We would not be here now, so I
:11:16. > :11:19.want to know why they have left it so long. They have just buried their
:11:20. > :11:24.head in the sand. It has been out of sight. Note that the big hall, I
:11:25. > :11:31.want to know her plans of how to get out of hole. I want assured that it
:11:32. > :11:35.will not does the new measures put in, that they will be followed
:11:36. > :11:40.through and kept going. Dean Saunders was a stay at home dad.
:11:41. > :11:44.After a paranoid episode, he attempted to take his own life. His
:11:45. > :11:49.father tried to stop him and was injured in the process. Dean was
:11:50. > :11:52.arrested and processed with the criminal justice system. Whilst in
:11:53. > :11:56.prison, you did his own life. The inquest discovered that neglect
:11:57. > :12:04.contributed to his death. The jury said there were serious failings in
:12:05. > :12:07.mental health care and the prison system. The Justice Secretary
:12:08. > :12:12.announced this week there will be up to a 5000 pound payment increase in
:12:13. > :12:16.an attempt to boost numbers. Critics say that is too little, too little.
:12:17. > :12:21.His brains went into court today wanting more than money, they came
:12:22. > :12:26.out with an apology and assurances that the states that led to Dean's
:12:27. > :12:35.death would not be repeated. She did apologise and she sat there and we
:12:36. > :12:41.ran off Dean's case aside red, and listed on the failings, she said, we
:12:42. > :12:46.agree. We got the reassurances, now we just need to see the reactions.
:12:47. > :12:52.Unfortunately, it has come too late for Dean, but we can hopefully stop
:12:53. > :12:57.other families losing their son. The inquest gave Mark and Donna answers
:12:58. > :13:00.into why son died. They hope that the promises made in today's meeting
:13:01. > :13:02.will change the prison system and stop other families going through
:13:03. > :13:11.And in the next day or two, we'll learn who is going to be the next
:13:12. > :13:13.Met Commissioner succeeding Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe
:13:14. > :13:15.and in charge of keeping Londoners and the capital safe.
:13:16. > :13:23.Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Nick Beake is here
:13:24. > :13:25.Let's start with Cressida Dick - a name some people
:13:26. > :13:33.She is the front runner, according to the people I have been speaking
:13:34. > :13:37.to. She has been working at the Foreign Office for the last couple
:13:38. > :13:41.of years. People may remember that she was in charge of that operation
:13:42. > :13:45.when the innocent Brazilian electrician was shot dead by the
:13:46. > :13:52.police any the weeks after the 2005 London bombings. A jury found that
:13:53. > :13:55.she bore no personal culpability. If she was appointed, she would be the
:13:56. > :14:03.first woman to be the Metropolitan Police Commissioner. As would Sara
:14:04. > :14:07.Thornton. She runs the body responsible represents the police
:14:08. > :14:10.forces in England and Wales. They come up with various policies on
:14:11. > :14:21.policing issues. She previously was the boss of Thames Valley Police.
:14:22. > :14:23.And what about Mark Rowley. You currently the country's top
:14:24. > :14:29.counterterrorism officer and is responsible for fighting Isis. He
:14:30. > :14:34.used to brief to reason me every week on the threat to London and to
:14:35. > :14:40.the country. Before that, he was the boss of Surrey Police. The fourth
:14:41. > :14:44.candidate is Stephen Kavanagh. He studied the career at the
:14:45. > :14:47.Metropolitan Police. Was involved in counterterrorism operations and also
:14:48. > :14:52.in reading out corrupt officers. At the moment, he ran the Essex Police
:14:53. > :14:58.force. To say, a challenging injury for whoever takes over. Absolutely,
:14:59. > :15:04.they will have to do it wish Martin less money. They will have to do it
:15:05. > :15:09.with fewer officers and prioritise which crimes to investigate. -- they
:15:10. > :15:12.will have to do it with much less money. Crime is on the rise at the
:15:13. > :15:18.moment, knife crime and gun crime in particular. How do you deal with
:15:19. > :15:21.that? The terrorism threat as well. No commissioner wants to be a
:15:22. > :15:24.large-scale attack on their watch. They have already been interviewed
:15:25. > :15:29.once and will now be grilled by the Home Secretary, the Mayor of London
:15:30. > :15:33.and the policing minister. We make well get news on hit will be by as
:15:34. > :15:33.early as this time tomorrow. Thank you, Nick.
:15:34. > :15:47.I am in Brixton, where plans for a 3-storey high memorial to David
:15:48. > :15:54.Bowie had been revealed. And I will be speaking to you Bonneville at the
:15:55. > :16:03.premiere of Viceroy's Has, the story of the Petition of India.
:16:04. > :16:05.He could once boast being the fastest man on earth
:16:06. > :16:07.and held the land speed record for 25 years.
:16:08. > :16:09.Little is known about the fearless pioneer from Surrey
:16:10. > :16:12.John Rhodes-Cobb, whose pursuit of world records ended in tragedy.
:16:13. > :16:14.Well, 65 years after his death, his achievements have been
:16:15. > :16:28.COMMENTATOR: And John Cobb in his record-breaking Napier Railton.
:16:29. > :16:29.They call him the record-breaker's record-breaker.
:16:30. > :16:32.And many records were broken at the Brooklands race track
:16:33. > :16:35.Fitting that his old car could make it for today's blue
:16:36. > :16:38.plaque ceremony at Cranmere primary school, in Esher in Surrey,
:16:39. > :16:51.Bringing back memories for relatives who could
:16:52. > :16:55.Even though it was small, it was exciting knowing that it was
:16:56. > :16:56.a relative that was racing, you know.
:16:57. > :16:59.No idea he was going to be quite so famous.
:17:00. > :17:01.Obviously, you didn't know in those days.
:17:02. > :17:03.And what was it like, the sound, the roar?
:17:04. > :17:06.Well, I don't think I liked the noise at that stage.
:17:07. > :17:19.That it was the land speed record that was his
:17:20. > :17:28.Broken in 1939, then again here on the Bonneville salt flat in Utah
:17:29. > :17:32.He created the most advanced land speed record car
:17:33. > :17:35.It's an absolutely extraordinary car.
:17:36. > :17:37.And he sat up the front like a bus driver and he
:17:38. > :17:39.happily drove it peak speed of 403 mph.
:17:40. > :17:42.When you look at cars like this, you just in awe of
:17:43. > :17:47.John Cobb raced this car up to speeds of 170 mph around the
:17:48. > :17:51.There were no helmets, just a cloth cap.
:17:52. > :17:54.If you had an accident at any kind of speed, you'd
:17:55. > :18:02.In 1952, attempting the water speed record,
:18:03. > :18:04.his jet propelled boat crashed and he died instantly.
:18:05. > :18:07.The glories that he had won during his lifetime were
:18:08. > :18:08.not for himself, but for his country.
:18:09. > :18:14.John Cobb was, above all, a great Englishman.
:18:15. > :18:17.I'm with Leslie, who is one of John Cobb's relatives
:18:18. > :18:21.and in a bag here, is the most incredible piece of history.
:18:22. > :18:28.This is the original certificate of when
:18:29. > :18:33.John Cobb attempted to break the water speed record on Loch Ness,
:18:34. > :18:36.which then was given, for some reason, to my mother,
:18:37. > :18:38.who had it on her wall for a number of years.
:18:39. > :18:40.CHEERING Now another mark of the man's life
:18:41. > :18:51.Next - should London have a permanent tribute
:18:52. > :18:54.to David Bowie and, if so, where should it be?
:18:55. > :18:56.Well, a group of campaigners say Brixton where the singer
:18:57. > :18:59.was from would be a fitting place for a memorial and have revealed
:19:00. > :19:05.Ayshea Buksh joins us from the proposed site.
:19:06. > :19:21.David Bowie was born in Brixton and this mural has become a bit of a
:19:22. > :19:25.shrine to him in recent times. Last year, hundreds ascended upon it to
:19:26. > :19:29.celebrate his life and there are still fresh virus from just a few
:19:30. > :19:34.months ago, when people came to celebrate the anniversary of his
:19:35. > :19:40.passing. What is planned as an enormous memorial, a more permanent
:19:41. > :19:45.memorial. There are still fresh flowers. 90 metres high, which is as
:19:46. > :19:51.high as the buildings here, three stories. Stainless steel in red and
:19:52. > :19:52.blue. Organisers say it was inspired by the zigzag face paint that Bowie
:19:53. > :19:55.is so famous for. It's as if somebody,
:19:56. > :19:59.a deity has stood up on a cloud with this thing in their hand and has
:20:00. > :20:03.hurled it down onto us mere mortals A bit like Bowie
:20:04. > :20:06.landing in our lives. Totally surprising,
:20:07. > :20:07.absolutely baffling, And so, hopefully, it will stand
:20:08. > :20:11.as a reminder that art and creativity and music
:20:12. > :20:32.and curiosity are central part of That's quite a more real. What needs
:20:33. > :20:37.to happen for this tribute to get the go-ahead? Well, the organisers
:20:38. > :20:40.have given themselves to raise ?1 million. They have a crowdfunding
:20:41. > :20:47.website, which they hope people will do need to. Brixton has many
:20:48. > :20:53.associations with figures from popular culture. Muhammad Ali, Paul
:20:54. > :20:57.Simon and from the clash, who don't have such a more real to them.
:20:58. > :20:59.Locals I spoke to had mixed reactions.
:21:00. > :21:08.I actually don't know the person in particular, but I think something
:21:09. > :21:11.like that will look good. Yeah, it would be great
:21:12. > :21:16.for Brixton as well, I think. I don't know if they
:21:17. > :21:18.need it, but I... Well, I think people will like it,
:21:19. > :21:21.people will want it. I'm shocked and surprised
:21:22. > :21:23.to see that they are putting it here,
:21:24. > :21:25.being a local resident. I'll see it from my front room
:21:26. > :21:33.and I don't want that outside If the money is raised, it has to go
:21:34. > :21:35.through planning process and be approved by the council. Whatever
:21:36. > :21:40.locals think, I'm sure David Bowie fans will be delighted by the plans.
:21:41. > :21:42.Look like OK, from Brixton, many thanks.
:21:43. > :21:44.Now, this year marks 70 years since Indian
:21:45. > :21:46.independence from British rule and the creation of Pakistan.
:21:47. > :21:49.And tonight the director, who also brought us Bend It Like Beckham,
:21:50. > :21:51.premieres her latest film telling the story of Partition,
:21:52. > :21:52.starring Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson.
:21:53. > :21:59.I am to be the last Viceroy of India and I shall carry out the role with
:22:00. > :22:04.I could not be blessed with a more active, able wife, but
:22:05. > :22:07.sometimes, we have to accept what we cannot change.
:22:08. > :22:09.But we could change a lot, Dickie, and we
:22:10. > :22:24.I'm joined now by the film's director, Gurinder Chadha and the
:22:25. > :22:29.leading man, Hugh Bonneville. We are used to Bend It Like Beckham and
:22:30. > :22:32.fine films, this is something of a departure for you. Was it a
:22:33. > :22:37.difficult story for you to tell because of your personal family
:22:38. > :22:41.history? It's a big historical sweeping epic about our shared
:22:42. > :22:46.history being British and Indian. It's about the last days of the
:22:47. > :22:51.rash. It's a difficult story, because it's also very personal. My
:22:52. > :22:56.family work is up in the events of 1947 and the Petition of India. I
:22:57. > :22:58.wanted to make a phone that was relevant for today and talks about
:22:59. > :23:05.moving on, rather than pointing blame. I feel that we as a nation,
:23:06. > :23:09.really, if we look back, we are able to look forward. So that's why make
:23:10. > :23:16.the film. And you chose Hugh Bonneville to play the Lords. You
:23:17. > :23:20.are very good at playing Lords. He was a real character. Did you feel
:23:21. > :23:24.the weight of history new? Wouldn't quite say that. It is exploring my
:23:25. > :23:31.extensive range to go from playing an hour to a viscount. Great depth.
:23:32. > :23:36.I drink you do have a sense of responsibility playing someone who
:23:37. > :23:40.is, you know, so richly figured in our contemporary history. I had the
:23:41. > :23:43.great pleasure of meeting not only have starter, but his grandchildren
:23:44. > :23:48.and seeing some home movies and getting a sense of the man. He was a
:23:49. > :23:51.very five and forth in my youth. He was still very much at the centre of
:23:52. > :23:57.the Royal family and one is aware of the he had, particularly on Prince
:23:58. > :24:02.Charles. And eight in saying that you described it as something like
:24:03. > :24:10.an upstairs downstairs of partition, maybe the dent abbey of partition.
:24:11. > :24:14.We actually said is working on a script before denting abbey. It's a
:24:15. > :24:19.fantastic way for the audience to appreciate and appreciate the
:24:20. > :24:27.complexities of the policies at the time. It is a way that British
:24:28. > :24:31.audiences can go into is dory. We tell the stories and the impact of
:24:32. > :24:36.those decisions on people downstairs, his butler, his valet.
:24:37. > :24:42.His daughter's translator. All these are importing characters as well.
:24:43. > :24:46.You end up with the story, I hope, that is both political, but also
:24:47. > :24:49.personal. We have to leave it there I'm afraid, but happy wonderful
:24:50. > :24:52.evening. The film is out next week. Thank you both. A film I would like
:24:53. > :24:53.to see. It's that time of the evening
:24:54. > :25:09.for a check on the weather A nice evening for a premiere. Still
:25:10. > :25:15.miles out there. That said of the beautiful blooms across London. One
:25:16. > :25:18.of our weather watchers picked up some of these glorious pictures. We
:25:19. > :25:21.are going backwards from now on in, because later on this week it's
:25:22. > :25:25.going to be turning stormy. Nothing too much to worry about tonight. A
:25:26. > :25:31.bit of cloud around, a bit of breeze and that and pieces of rain. I
:25:32. > :25:35.promise you, when the temperatures, at the end of this graphic, I
:25:36. > :25:43.haven't gone crazy. These are the overnight lows. A very mild start to
:25:44. > :25:47.the day tomorrow. Once again, a fair amount of cloud around and through
:25:48. > :25:50.the day, that will produce bits and pieces of rain. Worth grabbing an
:25:51. > :25:56.umbrella on the way out the door. A bit of a breeze blowing, but nothing
:25:57. > :26:01.appeared to later on in the week. Another mild day. Even without
:26:02. > :26:05.sunshine, temperatures getting to 3414 degrees. That is the
:26:06. > :26:10.straightforward part of the week. After that, from Thursday, low
:26:11. > :26:15.pressure developing in the Atlantic. Sweeping towards us, squeezing the
:26:16. > :26:23.eyes or buyers. The blustery day. At the moment, the Met office has a
:26:24. > :26:29.home counties north of London with 60 mph gusts of wind. This is how it
:26:30. > :26:34.will play out. Rain in the first part of today, heavy. After that, it
:26:35. > :26:38.will clear through. Then the peak of the wind strength. That was because
:26:39. > :26:45.up to the evening's rush hour. It blustery day, crusty winds, good
:26:46. > :26:49.causes transport disruption. The on Friday, settling down again. Fresh
:26:50. > :26:51.free time. Temperatures picking up to the touch once again. Thank you,
:26:52. > :26:52.Wendy. A heterosexual couple have
:26:53. > :26:56.lost their court battle to have a civil partnership,
:26:57. > :26:58.which is restricted Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan
:26:59. > :27:00.want legal recognition of their relationship,
:27:01. > :27:09.without getting married. Thousands of businesses
:27:10. > :27:11.in the capital could be forced to close if a planned change
:27:12. > :27:13.to business rates goes ahead. That's the warning from the Mayor,
:27:14. > :27:16.who's written to the Chancellor to ask him to think
:27:17. > :27:18.again about the plans. And Sutton United's reserve
:27:19. > :27:20.goal-keeper has agreed to resign, amid suggestions he may have
:27:21. > :27:23.breached the rules on gambling during the team's FA Cup match
:27:24. > :27:27.with Arsenal last night. You can, of course, see more
:27:28. > :27:30.on the day's stories I'll be back later
:27:31. > :27:33.during the 10:30pm news. Thanks for watching
:27:34. > :27:55.and have a lovely evening. Nawal El Saadawi,
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