:00:00. > :00:07.The shocking reality of finding somewhere to live in London
:00:08. > :00:15.What makes "no DSS" different from when they said no dogs,
:00:16. > :00:17.no Blacks, no Irish, back in the 1970s?
:00:18. > :00:34.On one website more than 99% specified no DSS. Also tonight,
:00:35. > :00:37.praise for staff from Great Ormond Street Hospital as a couple were
:00:38. > :00:38.stopped trying to take a baby from a ward.
:00:39. > :00:40.Claims that an energy company carried out unauthorised
:00:41. > :00:45.The Mayor launches the capital's first Low Emission Bus Zone -
:00:46. > :00:52.the search to find a team to restore Clandon Park House, in Surrey,
:00:53. > :01:09.Good evening and welcome to the programme with me,
:01:10. > :01:13.Tonight, the shocking reality of finding somewhere to live in London.
:01:14. > :01:16.Back in the 1970s people faced notices like the infamous
:01:17. > :01:23.Now, it's people on housing benefit who are being refused.
:01:24. > :01:26.Research by the BBC into one lettings website found that more
:01:27. > :01:30.than 99% of rentals in the capital are not available to them.
:01:31. > :01:33.In fact landlords were four times more likely to accept
:01:34. > :01:36.people with pets, than those receiving housing benefits.
:01:37. > :01:49.Competition for rental properties and rooms in London is fierce.
:01:50. > :01:53.Potential tenants can search on websites for the best fit but
:01:54. > :02:04.there's one way to almost guaranteed they won't get called for viewing in
:02:05. > :02:13.London. I'm clicking the option for DSS. 16 results. Without, it's over
:02:14. > :02:18.1000 results. Danny is one of those who has struggled to find a flat in
:02:19. > :02:22.the past. He only secured this one with the help of a homeless charity.
:02:23. > :02:31.As soon as you mention that you have to begin on housing benefit, or DSS
:02:32. > :02:36.as they sort of call it, you just get no, straightaway. It's like any
:02:37. > :02:41.form of discrimination. If you discriminate based on race or
:02:42. > :02:45.religion, this is another form of discrimination and should be
:02:46. > :02:51.illegal. Danny's situation is not uncommon. One woman told us she
:02:52. > :03:01.didn't disclose her status to stand a better chance of getting a place.
:03:02. > :03:10.Of over 5000 places available in London, just 43 were happy to accept
:03:11. > :03:13.DSS applicants. The landlords Association says that they must
:03:14. > :03:19.protect themselves against the risk posed by people not being able to
:03:20. > :03:22.pay their rent. Any tenant who relies on housing benefit is looking
:03:23. > :03:27.at a shortfall that they will have to fill through their own resources
:03:28. > :03:31.and the chances are there's less available. Landlords don't want to
:03:32. > :03:35.let to a tenant who they know is most likely to fall into rent
:03:36. > :03:45.arrears and will look for someone who can pay in full and on time. The
:03:46. > :03:50.charity Shelter has called for more to help those struggling to find
:03:51. > :03:54.somewhere to live. It says the responsibility lies at the
:03:55. > :04:01.government's door. The government has to stop cutting housing benefit.
:04:02. > :04:05.Landlords need to make sure they are looking at tenants on a case-by-case
:04:06. > :04:11.basis because some people cannot afford the rent. They may be working
:04:12. > :04:17.and have a top up. We don't want to see blanket bans. We don't want to
:04:18. > :04:25.just focus on the symptoms. What makes no DSS different from when
:04:26. > :04:30.they said no dogs, no blacks, no Irish in the 1970s. No different.
:04:31. > :04:38.It's the same. For now, landlords are legally able to say no to people
:04:39. > :04:40.like Danny who have fallen into rent arrears.
:04:41. > :04:46.Well, Tolu is here and can tell us more.
:04:47. > :04:58.It's a pretty grim situation for people on housing benefit. One
:04:59. > :05:03.website we asked said that the government has lost sight of what
:05:04. > :05:08.housing benefit is for. They say it's function seems to be to prop up
:05:09. > :05:13.sky-high rents. Another website said landlords face of the barriers, for
:05:14. > :05:19.example ensuring its policies might not allow DSS tenants and their
:05:20. > :05:25.mortgage lenders might not. Nobody from the government was put forward
:05:26. > :05:28.for interview. Their statement said, under universal credit housing costs
:05:29. > :05:34.are paid directly to the claim that and not landlords. Effectively, they
:05:35. > :05:38.are saying that you don't need to tell landlords that you receive
:05:39. > :05:43.benefits in order to go forward for a property but many people would be
:05:44. > :05:47.uncomfortable with holding that information. They say that they want
:05:48. > :05:49.to make sure that the Private rental sector better meet the needs of both
:05:50. > :05:53.tenants and landlords. A man and woman have been arrested
:05:54. > :05:56.on suspicion of trying to abduct a newborn baby
:05:57. > :05:58.from Great Ormond Street Hospital. Our reporter Emma North is outside
:05:59. > :06:11.the hospital for us now and can There's been nothing but praise for
:06:12. > :06:15.the staff of Great Ormond Street Hospital for the speed at which they
:06:16. > :06:21.reacted on Monday afternoon. A couple arrived at about 2pm carrying
:06:22. > :06:26.a piece of paper with a picture of a baby in an incubator. They told
:06:27. > :06:32.Stafford was a child that had been born at 21 weeks at the Royal London
:06:33. > :06:36.Hospital in Whitechapel and transferred here. Staff looked at
:06:37. > :06:41.records and contacted the Royal London and there was no such baby so
:06:42. > :06:46.they rang police. A 31-year-old man and 26 rolled woman were arrested
:06:47. > :06:53.here on suspicion of conspiracy to abduct a child. It turned out that a
:06:54. > :06:58.couple matching their description tried to do the same thing at the
:06:59. > :07:02.Royal London in Whitechapel about a week ago. Police heaped praise on
:07:03. > :07:07.the Great Ormond Street Hospital saying they acted towards all their
:07:08. > :07:11.cheques and called the police when needed. Staff at the hospital have
:07:12. > :07:18.said that nothing to their knowledge like this has happened before and
:07:19. > :07:21.they acted correctly according to procedures. The couple have been
:07:22. > :07:23.released on bail. Could London learn from these
:07:24. > :07:41.eco-friendly buildings in Milan? Oliver Tetlow was shot dead in
:07:42. > :07:44.north-west London a year ago today Although four men were
:07:45. > :07:50.charged over his death the trial collapsed
:07:51. > :08:02.and now detectives are making He was 27 and in the wrong place at
:08:03. > :08:09.the wrong time. Oliver Tetlow was murdered in a gangland style
:08:10. > :08:14.shooting. This was the moment captured on a mobile phone when his
:08:15. > :08:18.mother discovered he'd been killed. There are still flowers on the
:08:19. > :08:23.roadside to mark the spot where Oliver Tetlow was killed exactly one
:08:24. > :08:28.year ago today. Police say he was shot at by someone in a blacked out
:08:29. > :08:33.vehicle with a sub machine gun. He wasn't connected to local gangs and
:08:34. > :08:40.had never been in trouble. This was a case of mistaken identity. The
:08:41. > :08:47.trial of four men charged with the murder collapsed after a judge ruled
:08:48. > :08:53.there was insufficient evidence. All four men denied the charges. One of
:08:54. > :09:02.the men was a well-known grime musician. After, he conducted this
:09:03. > :09:12.interview. Did you do much writing in prison? Not writing, just
:09:13. > :09:19.thinking. His lawyers said that he felt aggrieved at spending eight
:09:20. > :09:24.months in jail and extended his sympathies to the family of Oliver
:09:25. > :09:29.Tetlow. The family are struggling to come to terms with why Oliver was
:09:30. > :09:35.murdered. I can say that Oliver had no connections to gangs. He was
:09:36. > :09:39.minding his own business. One of the reasons for doing the appeal today
:09:40. > :09:44.is to appeal to those family and friends who are shielding Oliver's
:09:45. > :09:49.killers, may be out on a sense of loyalty, to come forward and speak
:09:50. > :09:55.to us. A reward of ?10,000 has been offered to help secure a successful
:09:56. > :09:58.conviction of those responsible for the murder of Oliver Tetlow.
:09:59. > :10:03.Surrey County Council claims that a company has carried out
:10:04. > :10:07.unauthorised drilling in green belt land in Surrey.
:10:08. > :10:09.Angus Energy has drilled a new side well at
:10:10. > :10:12.The council says it's 'deeply disappointed'
:10:13. > :10:18.Angus Energy which announced last week that new reserves of oil
:10:19. > :10:26.were found at the site - denies the claims.
:10:27. > :10:32.Convoys of trucks carrying heavy equipment for the oil site started
:10:33. > :10:39.arriving last December. Some activists didn't give them a warm
:10:40. > :10:45.welcome. An activist filmed this allegedly when they company had no
:10:46. > :10:50.permission to operate at night. Angus Energy said this was
:10:51. > :10:53.maintenance, called a work over. The council granted permission and sent
:10:54. > :10:59.officials to the site to check. They were assured that it was preparing
:11:00. > :11:03.work. It now appears that another well was being drilled. The council
:11:04. > :11:10.now says this was unauthorised. They say that the company then admitted
:11:11. > :11:12.to drilling a new sidetrack well. A council spokesman said they had been
:11:13. > :11:28.misled. In a statement they said... We met one local councillor who has
:11:29. > :11:33.been trying for months to find out exactly what is going on at the
:11:34. > :11:36.site. It removes from me all faith in the way these companies operate.
:11:37. > :11:41.If we don't know what they are doing or how they are going about it how
:11:42. > :11:45.can we measure whether it is done properly. A spokesman for Angus
:11:46. > :12:01.Energy said... However, Surrey County Council says
:12:02. > :12:07.that this meeting has yet to take place. Most of those we spoke to in
:12:08. > :12:13.Brockham were relaxed about the current oil operation. We asked some
:12:14. > :12:20.people at a lunchtime yoga class what they thought now. We think it
:12:21. > :12:24.is being monitored quite well. If anyone has concerns, they could ask
:12:25. > :12:32.questions. Everyone has to abide by planning rules, certainly a company
:12:33. > :12:41.drilling for oil. The potential oil could be vital to the UK's energy
:12:42. > :12:44.into -- independence. However, the ethics of one of the companies
:12:45. > :12:46.drilling has been called into question.
:12:47. > :12:48.The capital's first Low Emission Bus Zone has been
:12:49. > :12:50.launched this morning meaning only cleaner buses can run
:12:51. > :12:54.The Mayor says he needs more help from Central government to clean up
:12:55. > :12:59.Our Environment Correspondent Tom Edwards is in Putney
:13:00. > :13:15.This is one of the most polluted streets in London. The problem in
:13:16. > :13:21.the past has been the number of buses and the nitrogen dioxide that
:13:22. > :13:27.they emit. Getting stuck in between these buildings. Is this the answer,
:13:28. > :13:30.a low emission bus so. Part of the Mayor's plan to clean up London. The
:13:31. > :13:33.question is, will it work? The mayor has made tackling
:13:34. > :13:36.pollution one of his priorities. Now only the cleanest buses will run
:13:37. > :13:40.here on the polluted 11 more low emission bus zones
:13:41. > :13:47.will follow by 2020. It is hoped they'll reduce pollution
:13:48. > :13:50.on those routes by 80%. Won't it just move
:13:51. > :13:52.the dirtier buses elsewhere? What were doing is phasing out
:13:53. > :13:58.the diesel buses across London. From next year, we will only be
:13:59. > :14:01.buying either hybrid or zero We've started addressing those parts
:14:02. > :14:09.of London which have the worst air. The first ever low
:14:10. > :14:16.emission bus zone. We'll be doing other parts
:14:17. > :14:19.of London once we've brought Across London, when it comes
:14:20. > :14:28.to pollution, the mood is changing. Shazia and her children had
:14:29. > :14:30.to endure busy, toxic I really welcome
:14:31. > :14:38.Sadiq Khan's proposals. I think he wants to do
:14:39. > :14:40.something about it. I think there's a will
:14:41. > :14:42.there I think, though, And he needs support from central
:14:43. > :14:47.government, as well. So he needs things like
:14:48. > :14:49.the government introducing the diesel scrappage scheme
:14:50. > :14:51.to enable people to get rid of their old very
:14:52. > :14:53.polluting diesel cars. And this isn't solely
:14:54. > :14:54.an urban issue. In the Home Counties
:14:55. > :14:57.and the suburbs, people This is the beautiful village
:14:58. > :15:09.of Sonning in Berkshire where the Prime Minister Theresa May
:15:10. > :15:12.lives. Even here, traffic and
:15:13. > :15:14.pollution is a concern. Sean Harris lives here and,
:15:15. > :15:17.as it is one of the main routes into Reading,
:15:18. > :15:19.in rush hour it gets very congested. I could be stuck in
:15:20. > :15:25.traffic for half an hour. I could be seeing my house
:15:26. > :15:28.and I can't get to it. What about air
:15:29. > :15:33.pollution, air quality? I would imagine that the amount
:15:34. > :15:40.of car engines spewing out as they go over that bridge
:15:41. > :15:45.would be quite bad. This week, we saw the human cost
:15:46. > :15:48.of pollution in the asthma ward of the Brompton and Harefield
:15:49. > :15:58.Hospital. For children here, lung growth
:15:59. > :16:01.is being affected by pollution. The mayor has plans for other
:16:02. > :16:04.schemes but he says he needs help. I'm saying to the government,
:16:05. > :16:06.it can't be right that you are introducing a national
:16:07. > :16:08.diesel scrappage fund. You're not talking about a clean air
:16:09. > :16:12.act for the purposes I'm doing all that I can but
:16:13. > :16:17.you've got to do much, much more. Tackling pollution
:16:18. > :16:22.is a huge challenge. The question is now what all
:16:23. > :16:24.elements of government So the problem is clear -
:16:25. > :16:31.too much pollution. Well, putting greenery
:16:32. > :16:38.on the outside of buildings is one Anna O'Neill reports now
:16:39. > :16:44.on London's Living Buildings. 21 metres high and containing
:16:45. > :16:51.thousands of plants. This living, breathing wall
:16:52. > :16:53.in Victoria is the largest It's one of a growing
:16:54. > :16:57.number of similar projects in the capital put up
:16:58. > :17:01.to try to counter air pollution. A study being carried out
:17:02. > :17:03.at Middlesex University is looking at how plants absorb the pollutants
:17:04. > :17:05.in the air. It's showing some
:17:06. > :17:10.encouraging results. Plants on living walls can absorb
:17:11. > :17:13.the particulate matter and, therefore, reduce the amount of this
:17:14. > :17:18.harmful pollutant in the air. And we've also seen some reduction
:17:19. > :17:22.in local nitrogen dioxide. London is getting clever about where
:17:23. > :17:30.it can add more greenery. There are more than 200,000
:17:31. > :17:32.square metres of green rooftops here in London,
:17:33. > :17:36.like this one here at And more than a million
:17:37. > :17:41.across the city as a whole, making London one of the green
:17:42. > :17:51.rooftop capitals in the world. Over in Milan, they've taken
:17:52. > :17:53.the concept even further. The bosco verticale,
:17:54. > :17:56.or vertical forest skyscraper won Best tall building
:17:57. > :17:58.worldwide in 2015. TRANSLATION: We bought it off plan
:17:59. > :18:01.in 2014 and I remember that, one day, I was passing
:18:02. > :18:04.by and it was the day that they were bringing
:18:05. > :18:07.the plants up to the terraces. All the roads were blocked
:18:08. > :18:10.and I looked up at this incredible Its creator says it's an example
:18:11. > :18:16.of how architecture can help It's quite a strong contribution
:18:17. > :18:26.in terms of a reduction of CO2, production of oxygen
:18:27. > :18:33.and, what is more important, the absorption of the dust,
:18:34. > :18:35.the micro particles If we increase the surface
:18:36. > :18:44.for forests inside our cities, we are deciding to fight
:18:45. > :18:48.in the field of pollution. Back in London, while living walls
:18:49. > :18:54.are breathing life into the city, the root to the problem
:18:55. > :18:56.still needs tackling. If you want to sort air
:18:57. > :18:59.pollution out in London, you focus on the sources,
:19:00. > :19:01.rather than trying to So, if you want to sort air
:19:02. > :19:10.quality, sort the cars. Once we get Rudolf diesel
:19:11. > :19:14.and you get the residual air pollution, the greenroom is,
:19:15. > :19:17.like the walls, like the trees, like the parks will actually help
:19:18. > :19:23.ameliorate the residual air As London grows, improving air
:19:24. > :19:27.quality is becoming more urgent. Greenroom samples have
:19:28. > :19:29.an ever-growing part to play in improving the air
:19:30. > :19:31.that we breathe. With me now is Simon Alcock
:19:32. > :19:34.from Client Earth, lawyers who use environmental law
:19:35. > :19:38.to protect the environment. How well is the Mayor doing in
:19:39. > :19:49.tacking London's pollution problem? a world of difference from the last
:19:50. > :20:01.mayor. He has good policies, however
:20:02. > :20:07.we think he needs to go further. With regards to the Ultra Low
:20:08. > :20:09.Emission Zone we are pleased the Mayor has brought it in sooner
:20:10. > :20:12.than planned but it should cover the whole of Greater London
:20:13. > :20:15.as there are pollution hotspots The Government say they have
:20:16. > :20:20.announced ?290m to support electric vehicles, low emission buses
:20:21. > :20:32.and taxis, and alternative fuels. The government have been hopeless on
:20:33. > :20:36.this. We need help and support to switch from diesel to cleaner
:20:37. > :20:42.vehicles. That is how we will succeed by tackling the dirtiest
:20:43. > :20:45.vehicles. We saw earlier this week that electric black cabs are being
:20:46. > :20:51.trialled in Norway. Should we be doing that in London? We should be
:20:52. > :21:00.looking at everything. If the technology is here, we should be
:21:01. > :21:06.looking at them. The reason is the cost. They are prohibitively
:21:07. > :21:10.expensive. But the effect on health is so bad, particularly in children,
:21:11. > :21:14.that we have to do something about it. It's not going to happen
:21:15. > :21:19.overnight but we have to start phasing in these policies. What
:21:20. > :21:26.about people who are concerned, they would like to use more eco-friendly
:21:27. > :21:31.vehicles but they are too expensive and frankly making ends meet is the
:21:32. > :21:36.priority. This is why we need government to step in. Other
:21:37. > :21:40.countries are doing this. Los Angeles has a scrappage scheme where
:21:41. > :21:47.the poorest people get huge grants to buy cleaner vehicles. These
:21:48. > :21:50.people need their help and support from the government. Thank you very
:21:51. > :21:52.much for coming in this evening. We asked the government to come
:21:53. > :21:55.into the studio today but they said They did tell us they are continuing
:21:56. > :22:00.to work with the Mayor to improve air quality in the capital
:22:01. > :22:03.as quickly as possible. That statement from the government
:22:04. > :22:26.this evening. When fire raged through
:22:27. > :22:31.Clandon Park House in Surrey almost two years ago,
:22:32. > :22:33.the 18th Century mansion The National Trust says that
:22:34. > :22:36.restoring the stately home will be its biggest conservation
:22:37. > :22:39.effort in a generation. Today it's launching a campaign
:22:40. > :22:42.to find the team to take April 2015 and fire rips
:22:43. > :22:52.through Clandon Park. It burned all night
:22:53. > :22:55.and much of the next day. A masterpiece of
:22:56. > :22:57.the 1720s, devastated From the front, it looks
:22:58. > :23:03.deceptively unscathed. Much of its prized collection
:23:04. > :23:11.have been destroyed. And, yet, experts
:23:12. > :23:14.say the structure of Despite the obvious damage, a melted
:23:15. > :23:21.lamp, a precariously hanging fireplace, the National Trust say
:23:22. > :23:24.the ground floor will be completely The salvage effort
:23:25. > :23:31.completed in the summer. Some of the debris in here
:23:32. > :23:36.was eight feet high. You can imagine the scenes that
:23:37. > :23:39.greeted the salvage team when they first came
:23:40. > :23:41.into the building. The salvage operation
:23:42. > :23:43.here was painstaking. Teams of archaeologists sifted
:23:44. > :23:45.through ash and debris for An architecture competition opens
:23:46. > :23:49.today for designers to come up exhibition space on the
:23:50. > :23:57.upper floors. We have huge collections
:23:58. > :24:00.across the National Trust. We can create spaces
:24:01. > :24:03.here that the trust It will take five
:24:04. > :24:07.or six years but the Clandon Park will
:24:08. > :24:17.rise from the ashes. Alfie Lunn will probably be
:24:18. > :24:20.reminded his behaviour today for the rest of his life,
:24:21. > :24:23.although he's only two years old. His job was to present the Queen
:24:24. > :24:27.with a bunch of flowers but today's well rehearsed manoeuvre
:24:28. > :24:29.didn't go quite to plan. His father, Serjeant Mark Lunn
:24:30. > :24:33.who was awarded a military cross for his actions in Basra
:24:34. > :24:37.and his Corporal Mother were attending the unveiling
:24:38. > :24:39.of a new memorial to remember those who died in the Afghanistan
:24:40. > :24:44.and Iraq conflicts. Now let's get the weather forecast
:24:45. > :24:57.from Tomas Schafernaker. What a glorious day it was. I know.
:24:58. > :25:04.It was stunning. Clear blue skies, fluffy clouds, temperatures up to
:25:05. > :25:13.17. We haven't quite beaten the highest we have had so far this
:25:14. > :25:18.year. We have had around 18. We got up to 17.5 today. Unfortunately, if
:25:19. > :25:26.you didn't make use of it today, look at the headline. It's turning
:25:27. > :25:30.cooler and cloudier. This evening, the clouds streaming in off the
:25:31. > :25:37.Atlantic. Starting to see more of those clouds. It's not downhill from
:25:38. > :25:43.now onwards because we are not in for rough weather but it is not
:25:44. > :25:49.going to be as nice tomorrow. Pretty chilly towards the east of the
:25:50. > :25:55.capital to night. It. Around three or 4 degrees in the far east.
:25:56. > :26:03.Tomorrow, the cloud rolls in. A layer of grey. You will notice,
:26:04. > :26:08.little bits of drizzle here and there. I suspect the cloud at times
:26:09. > :26:15.will break up a little bit. Maybe we'll will get more than 12. But not
:26:16. > :26:22.much more. A little more optimistic for Saturday. The clouds should
:26:23. > :26:30.break up. My bet is that we will get up to around 17 Celsius on Saturday.
:26:31. > :26:35.Come Sunday, things are starting to change a little bit. Weather fronts
:26:36. > :26:44.coming of the Atlantic. Little spots of rain. The outlook is looking a
:26:45. > :26:51.little bit mixed. The best day looks like it will be Saturday with maybe
:26:52. > :26:53.17 degrees. You will get your sunshine. Fingers crossed.
:26:54. > :26:56.A reminder of what's making the headlines -
:26:57. > :26:59.The Chancellor has been forced to defend his budget
:27:00. > :27:00.and the controversial decision to increase
:27:01. > :27:04.National Insurance contributions for self employed workers.
:27:05. > :27:07.That's despite a Tory manifesto pledge
:27:08. > :27:12.The Prime Minister has arrived in Brussels to attend what's
:27:13. > :27:15.expected to be her final EU summit before triggering the UK's departure
:27:16. > :27:25.Research by the BBC has found that people on housing benefit are
:27:26. > :27:28.refused access to rental properties in London.
:27:29. > :27:31.And a man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of trying
:27:32. > :27:33.to abduct a newborn baby from Great Ormond Street Hospital.
:27:34. > :27:37.We will be back later during the ten o'clock news,
:27:38. > :27:41.but for now from everyone on the team have a lovely evening.