:00:00. > :00:00.A reminder of the day's main story... The
:00:00. > :00:14.I could not be more pleased to be appointed as the Commissioner. It is
:00:15. > :00:16.beyond my wildest dreams. A new woman in charge
:00:17. > :00:18.of policing the capital. We explore the challenges facing
:00:19. > :00:30.the new Met Police Chief. The police need to rethink how they
:00:31. > :00:34.are spending their recent is. Work very closely with low local
:00:35. > :00:35.communities. The rise in race hate crime and that kind of thing.
:00:36. > :00:37.The Mayor welcomes the appointment but expresses concern
:00:38. > :00:42.How these dogs can be life-savers for some veterans -
:00:43. > :00:46.helping them cope with post-traumatic stress disorder.
:00:47. > :00:50.And we ask the Director behind this Star Wars film why he's
:00:51. > :01:04.turning his hand to slapstick comedy on stage.
:01:05. > :01:06.Hello and a very warm welcome to the programme
:01:07. > :01:10.So, today the Metropolitan Police got a new boss
:01:11. > :01:13.and the capital a new Commissioner in charge of keeping our city
:01:14. > :01:18.Cressida Dick has been described as an exceptional leader
:01:19. > :01:23.But her appointment hasn't been without criticism.
:01:24. > :01:29.She was the commander of the operation that led
:01:30. > :01:33.to the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in 2005.
:01:34. > :01:37.She returns to the Met with over 30 years of service under her belt.
:01:38. > :01:40.But what are the challenges facing the first woman to head the Force?
:01:41. > :01:43.Here's our home affairs correspondent, Nick Beake.
:01:44. > :01:46.Outside the Metropolitan Police's new headquarters their new
:01:47. > :01:55.It is beyond my wildest dreams, an extraordinary
:01:56. > :02:05.I think it is the world's greatest global city.
:02:06. > :02:07.And I love policing and I love the Met.
:02:08. > :02:11.But the appointment is controversial.
:02:12. > :02:15.Cressida Dick was in charge of the operation 12 years ago
:02:16. > :02:17.in which an innocent man was shot dead at Stockwell underground
:02:18. > :02:25.The Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes was mistake
:02:26. > :02:28.for a suicide bomber a fortnight after the 7/7 attacks.
:02:29. > :02:30.A jury later found she bore no personal
:02:31. > :02:40.I'm completely confident and delighted that we have
:02:41. > :02:42.a candidate who is going to take this on, who is
:02:43. > :02:44.going to be excellent in
:02:45. > :02:49.She has shown the right leadership potential, not the way
:02:50. > :02:55.Cressida Dick takes the top job at a time when crime is on the rise.
:02:56. > :02:58.So what do Londoners want the police to prioritise?
:02:59. > :03:00.Online crime including online fraud and online
:03:01. > :03:04.For me there is a lack of investment in local policing.
:03:05. > :03:07.We recently lost our local police station, it has been sold and turned
:03:08. > :03:14.I would quite like the rise in race hate crime and that
:03:15. > :03:17.kind of thing to be addressed because we are a multicultural city
:03:18. > :03:30.My son, at the age of 17, his life was suddenly taken away...
:03:31. > :03:38.In North London today a mum tells schoolchildren about her unbearable
:03:39. > :03:42.loss. Her son was stabbed to death in 2010. She has campaigned
:03:43. > :03:48.tirelessly to reduce knife crime but it is now on the rise. I would like
:03:49. > :03:52.the Commissioner to ensure police officers work very closely with the
:03:53. > :03:59.local communities to ensure they build trust. I would also like the
:04:00. > :04:02.officers to find out the reasons why young people are carrying knives in
:04:03. > :04:06.the first place. But less money could mean a drop in the number of
:04:07. > :04:11.police officers. The rank and file worry it could fall to below 30,000.
:04:12. > :04:18.I can't see how we can be tracked the streets in the same way we do
:04:19. > :04:23.now with 2500 to 3000 less policemen. It will have a massive
:04:24. > :04:33.effect. Another concern is how to stop young London Londoners being
:04:34. > :04:40.radicalised. I think it is incredibly important that we have a
:04:41. > :04:45.Commissioner that has compassion and has the approach where you could
:04:46. > :04:53.speak to the youth of London or of this country and embrace them. So
:04:54. > :04:55.many challenges, rising crime and less money. The new boss may soon
:04:56. > :04:57.discover it is tough at the top. Well, let's cross
:04:58. > :04:59.to New Scotland Yard where the announcement
:05:00. > :05:01.was officially made earlier today and our political correspondent,
:05:02. > :05:14.Karl Mercer, is there for us. Nick mentioned many challenges. Yes,
:05:15. > :05:22.and they will all take place here. A shiny new building but also a shiny
:05:23. > :05:28.new Commissioner. A couple of hours Cressida Dick came here with Amber
:05:29. > :05:32.arrived and the Maher had a meeting and then effaced the cameras. She
:05:33. > :05:37.said the job was beyond her wildest dreams. In the last half-hour she
:05:38. > :05:40.has had a meeting with the man she is replacing where they talked over
:05:41. > :05:44.some of the challenges. But as Nick was saying she will be aware of
:05:45. > :05:48.them. She spent many years at the Met. She will be aware that many
:05:49. > :05:52.people have questioned her appointment because of her
:05:53. > :05:59.involvement in the Jean Charles de Menezes shooting. But possibly her
:06:00. > :06:02.biggest challenge ahead will be the financial one. She will know she
:06:03. > :06:10.will have less money to police London than her predecessor. I spoke
:06:11. > :06:11.to the mayor earlier and asked him why Cressida Dick was the woman to
:06:12. > :06:19.take the matter forward. She has huge experience both in the
:06:20. > :06:21.police service, most recently at the Foreign Office and also in the
:06:22. > :06:29.previous force she served on. She has previous experience in security
:06:30. > :06:36.issues, they'd issued influence in the Olympics and the Diamond
:06:37. > :06:41.Jubilee. She is excessively prosecute eight two men involved
:06:42. > :06:46.with Stephen Lawrence. When the outgoing commissioner has mourned
:06:47. > :06:51.thousands of officers could be lost, the Police Federation said today
:06:52. > :06:56.they believed up to 3000 officers could go. There are challenges
:06:57. > :06:59.facing the police service because of the Government's cuts over the last
:07:00. > :07:02.six-year is. To give you an idea of the scale of the challenge we face,
:07:03. > :07:08.over the last six years we have lost more than 600 million pounds from
:07:09. > :07:15.the police budget. Over the next four years we will use another ?400
:07:16. > :07:20.million. We may lose further money. Do you share the concerns of the Met
:07:21. > :07:24.Federation that London could lose thousands of officers? If it is the
:07:25. > :07:28.case that the Government changes the funding formula which means we could
:07:29. > :07:36.lose up to ?700 million. The Expos last year but which predicted
:07:37. > :07:40.between 170 and 70 million. Officers may be lost full stop day one of the
:07:41. > :07:45.Cressida Dick. What will be on her desk from you? She knows the
:07:46. > :07:50.challenges we faced. She knows the challenges we face in relation to
:07:51. > :07:54.terrorism, knife crime. She recognises that hate crime has gone
:07:55. > :07:59.up in the recent past but also cybercrime is on the increase. I
:08:00. > :08:03.suspect other know this from interviews, she has restarted her
:08:04. > :08:05.homework in relation to making sure she hits the ground running.
:08:06. > :08:10.And our home affairs correspondent, Nick Beake, joins me.
:08:11. > :08:18.Put this into context for us - how significant is this appointment?
:08:19. > :08:24.In the 180 80 history of the match they have had captains, colonels,
:08:25. > :08:30.generals, but never before a woman. It is a significant moment. Cressida
:08:31. > :08:33.Dick made history when she became the country's first female top
:08:34. > :08:37.counterterrorism officer. She has made history again today. She is
:08:38. > :08:42.extremely popular with the rank and file. She is fixed at knowledge to
:08:43. > :08:48.be extremely intelligent and very good tactician. But her name is
:08:49. > :08:53.still associated with Jean Charles de Menezes and tonight his family
:08:54. > :08:57.have released a statement condemning her appointment, saying it sends the
:08:58. > :09:03.message that police officers can act with impunity. In contrast, Theresa
:09:04. > :09:08.May has said she believes she has an outstanding record of public service
:09:09. > :09:11.and exceptional qualities. It is clear she will need them because she
:09:12. > :09:15.is now responsible for keeping London and the rest of the country
:09:16. > :09:19.safe from the ongoing terror threat. Also she will have to try to curb
:09:20. > :09:24.this recent rise in various types of crime. And of course the context for
:09:25. > :09:27.that is having to save millions of pounds. And I tell you what, she
:09:28. > :09:32.worked for two years as an accountant before she joined the
:09:33. > :09:37.Met, back in 1983. Cressida Dick, all these years on, may well find
:09:38. > :09:41.that a flair for figures could serve her well as she starts this new job
:09:42. > :09:47.and starts tackling these new issues. An insight into London's new
:09:48. > :09:48.police chief, there. You're watching BBC
:09:49. > :09:50.London News, coming up later: I'll be reporting on plastic
:09:51. > :09:52.pollution - how drinking water bottles are blighting the ecosystem
:09:53. > :10:01.on the River Thames. Commuters on one
:10:02. > :10:04.of the capital's busiest tube lines have been facing major disruption
:10:05. > :10:08.today, due to a strike by drivers. The walk-out also shut down the
:10:09. > :10:11.Waterloo and City line completely. What's more, there was yet another
:10:12. > :10:15.strike on Southern Rail. Here's our transport
:10:16. > :10:17.correspondent Tom Edwards. This was Ilford Tube station just
:10:18. > :10:23.after 7am this morning, as commuters from Essex,
:10:24. > :10:26.reliant on the Central line, faced long delays, due to the strike
:10:27. > :10:31.action by drivers. I don't know whether I'm going to be
:10:32. > :10:35.in time for my meeting. At Bank, the drain,
:10:36. > :10:42.or the Waterloo City line as it's And on the Central line,
:10:43. > :10:47.during rush hour, there were trains I will just be late to work,
:10:48. > :10:54.and I have important things to do. So I don't think I'll
:10:55. > :10:57.be able to do it. And I think my manager
:10:58. > :10:59.will be quite angry. It'll add another half
:11:00. > :11:01.an hour onto my journey, This dispute concerns eight drivers
:11:02. > :11:06.who face being moved from depots in Essex to a new base
:11:07. > :11:10.in Earls Court. It seems to commuters to be
:11:11. > :11:18.completely disproportionate. It's one month since
:11:19. > :11:22.the last strike. And we have been waiting for one
:11:23. > :11:25.month for the management to come back to the table with one fresh
:11:26. > :11:29.idea, and they haven't. We want a solution, we want to be
:11:30. > :11:34.able to resolve this dispute. But this is just
:11:35. > :11:36.the tip of the iceberg. London Underground says it can move
:11:37. > :11:43.staff within existing agreements. It also faces a strike
:11:44. > :11:45.by night Tube drivers. The agreements are there,
:11:46. > :11:48.and they are tied very closely to our guarantee of no compulsory
:11:49. > :11:54.redundancies of our front line staff So, all of our operational staff
:11:55. > :11:58.are covered by the promise of no compulsory redundancies,
:11:59. > :12:02.but, in order to uphold that promise, there are commitments
:12:03. > :12:06.from the staff in their contracts that we can move them
:12:07. > :12:10.to where we need them to work. Travellers using Southern trains
:12:11. > :12:14.also faced their 29th strike In both disputes, the bad news
:12:15. > :12:20.for commuters is more action A man who killed a banker
:12:21. > :12:32.with a single punch, during a night out in south-east
:12:33. > :12:35.London, has been found not guilty Oliver Dearlove was
:12:36. > :12:38.attacked last August, as he and his friends talked
:12:39. > :12:41.to a group of women in Blackheath. Trevor Timon - who had already
:12:42. > :12:43.admitted manslaughter - told the court he punched
:12:44. > :12:46.Mr Dearlove because he believed he'd Police have apologised
:12:47. > :12:52.after sending letters to the seven people killed in the Croydon tram
:12:53. > :12:54.crash, inviting them Six men and one woman
:12:55. > :12:59.died and 51 others were injured, when the tram derailed
:13:00. > :13:01.at Sandilands last November. British Transport Police says
:13:02. > :13:04.the letters were sent to those Millions of owners
:13:05. > :13:12.of potentially lethal tumble dryers have been warned not to use them
:13:13. > :13:15.until the problem is solved. The Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit
:13:16. > :13:18.driers have caused a number of fires, including one
:13:19. > :13:20.in Shepherd's Bush last August. Tolu Adeoye is in
:13:21. > :13:32.Shepherd's Bush now. Why has Well Paul changed its
:13:33. > :13:34.previous advice to customers. This is quite a U-turn for them.
:13:35. > :13:43.For more than a year it said these tumble dryers worse subject to
:13:44. > :13:47.safety notices but were safe to use. It has changed its advice due to
:13:48. > :13:53.mounting pressure. Many people will remember this tower block fire in
:13:54. > :13:57.Shepherd's Bush last August. It took 120 firefighters to bring it under
:13:58. > :14:03.control. Many families had to move out. Some still aren't back in. The
:14:04. > :14:06.London Fire Brigade said it was caused by a tumble dryer and told
:14:07. > :14:13.people not to use them which was conflicting advice to what Whirlpool
:14:14. > :14:19.had said. And changing its advice Whirlpool have said if you're tumble
:14:20. > :14:26.dryer is affected by this issue, unplug it and do not use it until
:14:27. > :14:31.the modification has taken place. I'm over the moon. We've been
:14:32. > :14:37.through hell. It's been hell trying to deal with Will Whirlpool. I'm
:14:38. > :14:39.over the moon they will they have done this. Hopefully no one will
:14:40. > :14:45.have to go through what we went through. To recap, the dryers
:14:46. > :14:52.subject to this repair programme were manufactured between April 2004
:14:53. > :15:00.and September 20 14th under the Hotpoint, in this it and Kreider
:15:01. > :15:04.black brands. More than half of the owners have not responded to
:15:05. > :15:08.Whirlpool. They say their priority is safety.
:15:09. > :15:14.Still to come this Wednesday evening:
:15:15. > :15:17.We'll find out why this slapstick comedy from the London stage has
:15:18. > :15:32.And how hard will stall Doris hit the capital?
:15:33. > :15:36.They're nothing short of life-savers -
:15:37. > :15:38.that's what veterans suffering from post-traumatic
:15:39. > :15:46.An assistance dog can wake ex-soldiers from night terrors
:15:47. > :15:48.and help them with anxiety in crowded places.
:15:49. > :15:50.This kind of support doesn't come cheap,
:15:51. > :15:54.but one charity argues it's vital, as Helen Mulroy reports.
:15:55. > :15:58.Ziggy may look like a guide dog but he isn't.
:15:59. > :16:01.He is, however, an assistance dog, trained to help veterans,
:16:02. > :16:10.I was deployed in 2003, during the invasion
:16:11. > :16:15.And, after five years in the military, returning
:16:16. > :16:19.to civilian life came with its challenges for Richard.
:16:20. > :16:22.When you have a fight or flight situation,
:16:23. > :16:29.The effect that it has, at times I didn't want to leave the house.
:16:30. > :16:38.You end up with a battle on your hands with wanting to get
:16:39. > :16:41.Richard was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
:16:42. > :16:44.To help him combat his anxiety, he was paired with Ziggy,
:16:45. > :16:47.an assistance dog specially trained by the charity, Veterans With Dogs.
:16:48. > :16:49.They can do anything, from grounding during a panic
:16:50. > :16:58.That can be as simple as a chin rest.
:16:59. > :17:01.They wake up from night terrors, which is particularly important,
:17:02. > :17:03.because they aren't just nightmares, they are a lot worse.
:17:04. > :17:05.So they can jump up, turned the light on.
:17:06. > :17:08.We have a little command which we call "get me out,"
:17:09. > :17:11.which is when the veteran has had enough, and they find
:17:12. > :17:13.that they are really struggling with a situation,
:17:14. > :17:16.they can give the dog a secret little cue and the dog
:17:17. > :17:18.The dogs have proved an invaluable recovery tool.
:17:19. > :17:21.Yet, with more than 5,000 veterans suffering from PTSD in London
:17:22. > :17:24.alone, this type of help is in short supply.
:17:25. > :17:27.Puppies like Ziggy cost ?11,000 to train, and it
:17:28. > :17:30.takes two years to do so, but the waiting list
:17:31. > :17:34.for the veterans who need them is always growing.
:17:35. > :17:38.We signed up to the military covenant, and all we need to do
:17:39. > :17:42.It sounds like a lot of money to me and you,
:17:43. > :17:45.but in the context of the GLA budget, it's tiny.
:17:46. > :17:47.And the mayor Sadiq Khan says he will look into the issue.
:17:48. > :17:49.For Richard, Ziggy has changed his life.
:17:50. > :17:52.I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing now if I didn't have him.
:17:53. > :17:55.He hopes, in the future, more veterans will have the opportunity
:17:56. > :18:04.to harness the healing powers of man's best friend.
:18:05. > :18:09.Is it time for a tax on plastic bottles, to help stop this?
:18:10. > :18:11.It's one of the options being considered to prevent millions
:18:12. > :18:14.of them being discarded instead of being recycled.
:18:15. > :18:16.Meanwhile, some Londoners are already taking
:18:17. > :18:21.as Sarah Harris has been finding out.
:18:22. > :18:25.Thousands of years ago one of the reasons people
:18:26. > :18:28.settled here was because of the plentiful supply of drinking water.
:18:29. > :18:32.How ironic then that all these years later
:18:33. > :18:36.ecosystem is being damaged is because of the way we choose to
:18:37. > :18:46.2500 plastic bottles have been found by the Thames in just one day.
:18:47. > :18:49.Volunteers working for the environmental charity Thames 21
:18:50. > :18:53.collected the mountain of waste at a dozen different sites.
:18:54. > :18:55.They say the containers are changing the
:18:56. > :19:08.is, just through drinking water every day.
:19:09. > :19:11.When you can also just get it from the tap.
:19:12. > :19:14.Most of the damage could be prevented according to
:19:15. > :19:16.environmentalists, by making less packaging and making it plastic free
:19:17. > :19:21.Scientists have looked at fish and crabs and other
:19:22. > :19:25.animals living in the river, and have found that their stomachs and
:19:26. > :19:28.their whole systems are choked up with plastic.
:19:29. > :19:30.So it is hugely harmful for the environment, for the
:19:31. > :19:37.And of course it is really damaging the people as well.
:19:38. > :19:40.Everyone loves the River Thames, they want to spend time by it.
:19:41. > :19:44.Who wants to see a sea of plastic when they come down to the
:19:45. > :19:47.Bottle deposit systems are working in other countries.
:19:48. > :19:48.It is something members of the London
:19:49. > :19:51.assembly want to emulate in the capital.
:19:52. > :19:54.Berlin, for example has very high rates of collection, up to
:19:55. > :20:00.We're nowhere near that in London or the UK.
:20:01. > :20:04.So if we had a small tax on bottles, a bit like the plastic
:20:05. > :20:05.bags, we could achieve levels like that.
:20:06. > :20:08.It is estimated each week millions of plastic bottles are
:20:09. > :20:11.dumped after being used just once in London alone.
:20:12. > :20:16.Campaigners say our behaviour has to change, if the River
:20:17. > :20:19.Thames and its wildlife is to thrive to be enjoyed by the next
:20:20. > :20:31.Well, let's pick up on this with Asad Ahmad who's
:20:32. > :20:43.I'm at the largest independent recycling plant in London. This is
:20:44. > :20:50.where some of the thousands of bottles picked up by volunteers come
:20:51. > :20:54.to in order to be re-cycle. These machines stay on 24-hour survey. To
:20:55. > :21:04.give you some idea of the scale, they recycle 150 tonnes of empty
:21:05. > :21:07.plastic bottles every week. This is the manager. With respect, this
:21:08. > :21:12.looks a bit of a mess. You really helping the environment? Absolutely.
:21:13. > :21:21.A plant like this is absolutely crucial. We are processing about 300
:21:22. > :21:28.tonnes a week of dry recycle all is. About 150 tonnes of plastic bottles.
:21:29. > :21:34.We are making reusable cardboard, paper, plastic. Will it make such a
:21:35. > :21:39.difference of Londoners start to recycle water bottles. In the grand
:21:40. > :21:46.scheme of things it isn't massive, will it make a difference? Yes. We
:21:47. > :21:49.wanted coming back to make new plastic bottles not out in the
:21:50. > :21:54.environment spoiling the rivers and seas. Thank you for letting us be
:21:55. > :21:59.here. The official advice from City Hall is if you want to take water to
:22:00. > :22:03.work user good-quality bottle and refill it through the day. Thank
:22:04. > :22:05.you. Now, he's the director
:22:06. > :22:07.who brought us Star Wars - The Force Awakens,
:22:08. > :22:09.and the new Star Trek films, so it might come as a surprise that
:22:10. > :22:13.JJ Abrams is getting involved He was so taken with slapstick
:22:14. > :22:17.comedy The Play that Goes Wrong, Alice Bhandhukravi joined him
:22:18. > :22:23.and the cast, as they prepare From the director
:22:24. > :22:35.who brought you one of the most hotly anticipated films for
:22:36. > :22:38.years, Star Wars the force awakens, JJ Abrams is more of a sci-fi
:22:39. > :22:46.and action man, but he was so taken with this slapstick
:22:47. > :22:49.comedy that he asked to co-produce I was actually in London,
:22:50. > :22:55.we were shooting the force awakens, and I looked to see
:22:56. > :23:00.what was playing, saw the name The Play That Goes Wrong,
:23:01. > :23:04.was very curious about what that was and bought
:23:05. > :23:08.a ticket and went and just... I fell in love with
:23:09. > :23:10.the group and the comedy of it, the heart of it
:23:11. > :23:14.and I haven't laughed that hard, and haven't seen an audience
:23:15. > :23:22.laugh that hard in ages. So, for a show with such
:23:23. > :23:24.an inauspicious title, The Play That Goes Wrong couldn't
:23:25. > :23:27.be going any better. It went from a north London pub
:23:28. > :23:30.to winning an Olivier in Not bad for a group
:23:31. > :23:36.of friends from drama school. Getting to go to Broadway
:23:37. > :23:39.with all your mates and just doing a show that
:23:40. > :23:43.you all made is just incredible. I noticed, off-camera,
:23:44. > :23:45.you all still really I think what's amazing, we haven't
:23:46. > :23:56.done this show now for about two years, and last
:23:57. > :23:59.night was the first time two years, and last night
:24:00. > :24:02.was the first time we did it again. And we've been rehearsing
:24:03. > :24:04.for about five And I can't believe how much this
:24:05. > :24:07.show still makes me laugh. So how does Star Wars
:24:08. > :24:09.compare to this? Storytelling is storytelling and
:24:10. > :24:12.the fun of doing theatre, and it's something that I used to do
:24:13. > :24:15.in school and loved it, is that you can't rely on postproduction,
:24:16. > :24:18.you can't rely on the timing of editorial, you can't rely on visual
:24:19. > :24:21.effects or any spectacle like that. And so the beauty of watching this
:24:22. > :24:24.company work together, it is And you can see for
:24:25. > :24:29.yourself, because The Play That Goes Wrong will stay
:24:30. > :24:32.in the West End with a new cast whilst this one boldly goes
:24:33. > :24:34.to the other Let's get a check on
:24:35. > :24:54.the weather shall we? The spring flowers are going to get
:24:55. > :24:59.a bit of buffeting over the next 24 hours. We are going to see some
:25:00. > :25:09.pretty wild weather over the next day or so. As you may be aware,
:25:10. > :25:13.Doris is developing as I speak. It will rapidly intensify over the next
:25:14. > :25:21.12 hours or so and hurtle towards us. We are going to get a glancing
:25:22. > :25:26.blow from Doris. I'm not talking about a repeat performance of the
:25:27. > :25:30.great storm, but wins will pick up overnight and there will be rain
:25:31. > :25:36.around. Most places can expect to see some rain tonight. No frost.
:25:37. > :25:39.Nine or 10 degrees as a low. Tomorrow winds will intensify
:25:40. > :25:45.further and the Met office has an amber warning in force. It is really
:25:46. > :25:49.for the far north of our patch but anywhere across London can expect to
:25:50. > :25:52.be buffeted by really nasty winds as we go through the day. There will be
:25:53. > :25:59.rain around as well. It will come and go. There will be some brighter
:26:00. > :26:06.spells but these other gusts. 50, 60, may be 70 miles an hour. Enough
:26:07. > :26:13.to take the odd tree or slate down. There could be one or two power
:26:14. > :26:17.cuts. My old, technically, but with all that wind it won't feel that
:26:18. > :26:22.clever. The winds will subside as we head through tomorrow evening. It
:26:23. > :26:31.will be cold tomorrow night and then looking further ahead Doris is out
:26:32. > :26:35.of the way. For us, I am pretty optimistic that it is not going to
:26:36. > :26:40.look too bad heading towards the weekend. Friday is looking bright
:26:41. > :26:43.and breezy with a chilly start. It might cloud over but by and large
:26:44. > :26:48.will be a nice day. The wind is nowhere near as strong. Friday is
:26:49. > :26:54.looking good. 10 degrees, feeling cool in the breeze. Cloudy through
:26:55. > :26:58.the weekend. The odd spot of rain, but for most of us it should stay
:26:59. > :27:01.dry and reasonably mild through the weekend.
:27:02. > :27:05.The fiance of the children's author, Helen Bailey,
:27:06. > :27:07.has been found guilty of murdering her and dumping
:27:08. > :27:09.her body in a cesspit under their house in Hertfordshire,
:27:10. > :27:14.in order to claim a multi-million pound inheritance.
:27:15. > :27:17.The Government's come under fire for reportedly paying ?1 million
:27:18. > :27:20.For the first time in its history, a woman is to lead
:27:21. > :27:23.Cressida Dick, who used to be in charge of counter-terrorism
:27:24. > :27:25.at Scotland Yard, succeeds Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe
:27:26. > :27:32.That's it for now, thanks for joining us.
:27:33. > :27:35.Plenty more on our website and our Facebook page.
:27:36. > :27:37.And Asad Ahmad will be back with our late news.
:27:38. > :27:53.From me, and the team here though, have a lovely evening.
:27:54. > :27:55.Good job, guys. We totally nailed it.
:27:56. > :28:00.This year, fundraising kits are going to be sent through the post.