:00:56. > :00:58.Welcome to the programme this Wednesday evening
:00:59. > :01:06.Survivors of the Croydon Tram Crash have told BBC London they're
:01:07. > :01:09.relieved that Transport for London and the operator have admitted
:01:10. > :01:14.It means that it won't take as long for victims' families and those
:01:15. > :01:17.injured to get financial help and compensation.
:01:18. > :01:20.But getting answers as to why the tram was travelling
:01:21. > :01:23.as fast as it was will take much longer,
:01:24. > :01:25.and is still the subject of an investigation.
:01:26. > :01:28.Our transport Correspondent Tom Edwards has been speaking to a man
:01:29. > :01:31.who's struggling to rebuild his life after what was supposed to be
:01:32. > :01:39.On board the tram when it derailed, Matthew Parnell's life since that
:01:40. > :01:43.day, in his words, has been destroyed.
:01:44. > :01:45.He suffered a serious head injury in the crash, and
:01:46. > :01:49.because of that he has had his driving licence suspended
:01:50. > :01:53.and now he has lost his job as a lorry driver.
:01:54. > :01:56.In a way, I have had my life taken away.
:01:57. > :02:07.I was just going to work, a normal day like I would do,
:02:08. > :02:12.and this happened, and as a result of it, it has pretty much destroyed
:02:13. > :02:16.And he is one of many who want and need
:02:17. > :02:21.Seven passengers died and 51 were injured last November
:02:22. > :02:26.when the tram derailed on a sharp corner travelling at three times
:02:27. > :02:31.Now the operator and Transport For London have
:02:32. > :02:37.This is the first step in a long legal process,
:02:38. > :02:40.but it is still nonetheless significant that Transport For
:02:41. > :02:43.London and the operator have admitted liability
:02:44. > :02:46.for the Croydon tram crash.
:02:47. > :02:50.What it means is the families of those who died and the survivors
:02:51. > :02:55.will now not have to endure a civil trial.
:02:56. > :02:59.It is a good thing because at least they are not fighting it.
:03:00. > :03:00.They have admitted that they are in the
:03:01. > :03:05.wrong, so I think it is a good thing for all the families involved.
:03:06. > :03:08.They are not going to have to go to court.
:03:09. > :03:12.Lawyers say there will still be a long journey ahead for those
:03:13. > :03:17.What it means is they will no longer have the
:03:18. > :03:20.burden of having to prove negligence, and that is the
:03:21. > :03:24.requirement if they hope to secure compensation for their injuries and
:03:25. > :03:26.for reimbursement in respect of any losses
:03:27. > :03:28.they have incurred, so it is
:03:29. > :03:33.But of course what it doesn't mean is that they are not still
:03:34. > :03:38.interested in what caused this accident, why it occurred, and for
:03:39. > :03:43.them, they will still want to know what the cause of the accident was.
:03:44. > :03:48.Matthew Parnell says he doesn't know what the future
:03:49. > :03:51.holds how long the process will take.
:03:52. > :03:56.Answers as to why the tram was travelling so fast could be
:03:57. > :04:05.Is London a city out of touch with the rest of the country?
:04:06. > :04:08.Does it get an unfair advantage when it comes to big
:04:09. > :04:12.Unfair perception, or legitimate grievance that contributed
:04:13. > :04:17.Well our political editor Tim Donovan has been investigating.
:04:18. > :04:19.Continuing his tour across the middle of England tonight
:04:20. > :04:22.he reports from Derby, home to the factory building
:04:23. > :04:45.The first half dozen teams have already been delivered, they will be
:04:46. > :04:47.making 60 in all. That means jobs and apprenticeships and
:04:48. > :04:51.opportunities. Without contract like this, I wouldn't be going to
:04:52. > :04:55.university. There probably wouldn't be as many jobs available, but they
:04:56. > :05:01.had been made available site has given me the opportunity to develop
:05:02. > :05:07.myself. Mirallas bid wondered it to be enough work are well I end up
:05:08. > :05:12.needing a job. This secures my job for quite a while. Jolt washer on
:05:13. > :05:16.then put your ten millilitres on top. This is why London's
:05:17. > :05:20.politicians and transport bosses like to stress that infrastructure
:05:21. > :05:26.in the capital has wider benefits. We had got much until this order,
:05:27. > :05:32.finishing orders, so to win this year 's eyes that bit of stability.
:05:33. > :05:36.My wife is happier, and statues may employ. 'S but the benefits plan out
:05:37. > :05:42.further, this firm builds the fibreglass exterior of the Crossrail
:05:43. > :05:48.driver 's cab employing 65 people. A company down the road does the
:05:49. > :05:51.painting, for the staff here. And this major supplier with 80 workers
:05:52. > :05:58.builds peace Steelers safety frame for the cab and much more. This is
:05:59. > :06:02.the train was for... We have designed and manufactured and we
:06:03. > :06:08.will be installing this train washed at the Crossrail depot. But after
:06:09. > :06:17.this what next? It is hard to plan ahead. I can't employ more people or
:06:18. > :06:22.invest in new equipment or invest in apprentices and the skills we need
:06:23. > :06:28.to go forward without a good order book. 10,000 different components go
:06:29. > :06:36.into a train and there is a worry about except Paris and restrictions
:06:37. > :06:40.of the Brexit. We can't tolerate things being held at ports while
:06:41. > :06:44.there is more checks, that just bills in delayed to the process.
:06:45. > :06:52.What you make of the situation from where you are sitting? Is it all
:06:53. > :06:57.going to be much more expensive? To the extent of Paris, we would have
:06:58. > :07:04.to try and pass them onto the. Union contracts will be more expensive. I
:07:05. > :07:05.guess so. These carriages and what links London and Derby in wanting a
:07:06. > :07:09.good Brexit deal. Primary pupils with a message. Why
:07:10. > :07:20.we love signing. It's certainly popular with them,
:07:21. > :07:23.but should it be included Now to a sign that has
:07:24. > :07:29.unwittingly caused a bit It's provoked complaints,
:07:30. > :07:33.been reported to police, caused confusion and even seemed
:07:34. > :07:37.harmless to others. Turns out it was done
:07:38. > :07:55.all in the name of ART. Warning, in children crossing.
:07:56. > :07:59.Giveaway. What do you make of this? Is it an anti-Semitic image or work
:08:00. > :08:09.of art? Amongst some dues in Stamford Hill, it is an outrage. It
:08:10. > :08:16.is certainly offensive. It is a sign which shouldn't be there. It is a
:08:17. > :08:20.sign which, ties is a large and important segment of the community
:08:21. > :08:24.in this neighbourhood. The rate of fatal road signs were a work of art
:08:25. > :08:30.by the French artist in north London. He didn't mean for you one
:08:31. > :08:37.of the Arno orthodox due to be thought of as a hate crime. It was
:08:38. > :08:47.about identity, we are so full of identity in London, I don't want to
:08:48. > :08:52.hurt them. I don't want to offend anyone, for me it is more about how
:08:53. > :08:58.amazing it is to have all this character, it was nothing attacking
:08:59. > :09:03.one person one community. London is made up of so many committees. It
:09:04. > :09:07.certainly got the community talking, even though it was just the one sign
:09:08. > :09:12.with a dude, no others had been created. As far as others are
:09:13. > :09:18.concerned, is it anti-Semitic? Not at all because this is one of the
:09:19. > :09:23.most populated areas here in the hell, Sarah... It doesn't offend
:09:24. > :09:30.anybody. By the formal complaint was made to please. What would you say
:09:31. > :09:37.to someone who is offended by this sign? IPods as befitting their
:09:38. > :09:45.feelings, but it wasn't an attack. I want to stop this. The police asked
:09:46. > :09:53.the speaker Frank. They enquiries continue. The reader have your say
:09:54. > :09:59.on this story on our Facebook page. We're just hearing tonight that
:10:00. > :10:01.a fresh deal has been agreed in the long-running row
:10:02. > :10:03.between Southern Railway and the biggest train
:10:04. > :10:05.drivers' union, Aslef. It comes after weeks of more
:10:06. > :10:07.recent talks in a row Louisa, what do we know
:10:08. > :10:14.about this deal? We are hearing that a deal has been
:10:15. > :10:18.reached between Aslef and Southern rail, but we were in this position
:10:19. > :10:21.only last month and the beginning of February and Aslef whether a
:10:22. > :10:25.confident that their members would vote for the agreement they had
:10:26. > :10:29.made, but they didn't and fell down. They had been backgrounded table and
:10:30. > :10:34.it seems that their concerns have been addressed will stop this has
:10:35. > :10:39.been causing utter misery, as we know, for commuters. It is paralysed
:10:40. > :10:45.in the clean lines for 12 months after days of strike action in a row
:10:46. > :10:48.over the role of staff. Southern was drivers and not conduct is to close
:10:49. > :10:52.the doors, the union says that is not safe. It really has affected
:10:53. > :10:57.people's lives in London, we have been doing a long time on the
:10:58. > :11:00.programme. Some people have given up their job because they just can't
:11:01. > :11:05.take the stress of knowing whether they are going to get to work. On
:11:06. > :11:08.that note, commuters will want to know, where does this leave them and
:11:09. > :11:12.ends up putting an end to these strikes? This is where it gets
:11:13. > :11:19.confusing because they RNC is any dispute with Southern. Even if Aslef
:11:20. > :11:22.balls agreement goes through, that doesn't mean that this whole problem
:11:23. > :11:30.is good to go away. Aslef members are to be balloted before the 3rd of
:11:31. > :11:35.April, but there is still a long way to go. The members before there was
:11:36. > :11:39.Aslef were very confident in February that they would go for the
:11:40. > :11:46.agreement, but they didn't. I would be saying to commuters today to
:11:47. > :11:48.treat this with cosh 's optimism. -- cosh 's optimism.
:11:49. > :11:50.Next: Should British sign language be included
:11:51. > :11:53.That's what teachers at a primary school in Highgate
:11:54. > :11:57.They say they've had years of success in teaching pupils sign
:11:58. > :11:59.language so they can communicate with their classmates who are deaf.
:12:00. > :12:19.Ready, remember, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. At this primary
:12:20. > :12:27.school, it is not as French or Spanish the children learn, by the
:12:28. > :12:31.time they leave at 11, many gated community using British sign
:12:32. > :12:34.language and it is something they and their classmates enjoyed. I like
:12:35. > :12:40.learning to sign because it is fine and it is like a secret language,
:12:41. > :12:50.and you can make make more friends and play more with different types
:12:51. > :12:57.of people. Playtime, I'm happy for them to sign with me. It shares its
:12:58. > :13:02.site with this other school for deaf children, while DSL was recognised
:13:03. > :13:05.in its own right 14 years ago, it is not included in the national
:13:06. > :13:12.curriculum. Teachers here are campaigning for that to change. To
:13:13. > :13:18.express themselves, to show facial expressions with their hands, with
:13:19. > :13:24.their body, they are proud of their language. There are more than 1
:13:25. > :13:29.million people who are deaf or hard of hearing living in London, many
:13:30. > :13:34.become isolated with so few big able to communicate with them.
:13:35. > :13:38.Mental-health needs higher deaf population than they are elsewhere,
:13:39. > :13:42.anti-medication is one of the reasons why people feel so socially
:13:43. > :13:48.isolated, so having children start early and learning to sign might
:13:49. > :13:53.prevent mental health difficulties in the future. The Department for
:13:54. > :13:58.Education says although BSL is not a mandatory part of the curriculum,
:13:59. > :14:01.schools are free to teach it if they choose do. Teachers here say the
:14:02. > :14:04.children's smiles and the best advertise meant for signing.
:14:05. > :14:07.Football, and the future of one of London's oldest club's
:14:08. > :14:09.hangs in the balance, ahead of a High Court
:14:10. > :14:12.Leyton Orient has been served with a winding-up order
:14:13. > :14:18.However the fans who are battling to keep the club alive have received
:14:19. > :14:22.Let's find out more from Chris Slegg who's at the club's
:14:23. > :14:36.Welcome you to the few privies errors, but given that Leyton Orient
:14:37. > :14:44.fans have not had good news for a while, it is welcome. Barry Hearn
:14:45. > :14:47.who still owns this stadium said that if the fans find away to take
:14:48. > :14:52.control of the club then he will allow them to play rent-free, the
:14:53. > :14:56.team play rent-free for a year. I have spoken to him directly today,
:14:57. > :15:02.he is in Miami at the moment. He confirms this to be the case,
:15:03. > :15:07.subject to the fans are Dee showing him a viable business plan. That
:15:08. > :15:13.rent is not to be around one and ?180,000 a year. They are battling
:15:14. > :15:17.to find every penny they can. Some might say that this is the least
:15:18. > :15:24.Barry Hearn could do, he served the club to Francesco Becchetti in July
:15:25. > :15:27.2014 for ?4 million. It has been a disaster, the club has been
:15:28. > :15:33.relegated. They look set to be relegated again and he hasn't paid
:15:34. > :15:36.his tax bill. He owes ?250,000. That is why the club is due in High Court
:15:37. > :15:43.in Monday, facing a winding up order. The fans are trying to raise
:15:44. > :15:47.?250,000 to keep the club alive. Francesco Becchetti once his ?4
:15:48. > :15:54.million back, so they are world's apart, but in the fans a way, then
:15:55. > :15:57.the team could play rent-free here for a year.
:15:58. > :16:06.And Jane Asher, of acting and baking fame, talks us about returning
:16:07. > :16:11.How visitors can get a close up view of the intricacies of a ?20 million
:16:12. > :16:20.restoration of an historic mansion in Kent.
:16:21. > :16:23.It was first opened by Queen Victoria back in 1882
:16:24. > :16:27.but Epping Forest has been visited by another member of
:16:28. > :16:31.Prince Harry spent the day learning about England's ancient woodland
:16:32. > :16:34.and the ways future generations can help keep it alive.
:16:35. > :16:48.In 1882, Queen Victoria food paid to centuries of arguments about who
:16:49. > :16:55.controlled Epping Forest and dedicated it to the nation. Today
:16:56. > :17:00.her great great great rate grandson was here to make his own dedication
:17:01. > :17:03.as part of a Commonwealth project to encourage natural forests. A century
:17:04. > :17:07.ago, Epping Forest was a place for London parred workers to escape for
:17:08. > :17:14.games, donkey rides and fortune telling. Today it is all about
:17:15. > :17:19.conservation. This is lucky the Longhorn, she and her calf
:17:20. > :17:22.ragamuffin greatly open pastures. Laws make it a legal defence of the
:17:23. > :17:27.land so technology stops them from straying too far. With a ?250
:17:28. > :17:34.tracker that sounds a buzz of any cross the boundary. Among the
:17:35. > :17:37.Rangers looking after the canopies where Sam Hobbs, a former soldier
:17:38. > :17:43.who lost part of the lead in the Falklands. He is rebuilding his
:17:44. > :17:47.career among the trees. And under the same tree, Queen Victoria gave a
:17:48. > :17:51.speech, this time it was Harry and the local schoolchildren, reminding
:17:52. > :17:53.them that when space in this city is fought over, it is more important
:17:54. > :18:02.than ever to keep open space. Sam Alderson from Kent has severe
:18:03. > :18:04.physical disabilities, but it doesn't stop him playing
:18:05. > :18:07.the game he loves. You'll usually see him playing
:18:08. > :18:09.cricket for England or Kent, but this afternoon wicket keeper
:18:10. > :18:12.Sam Billings was behind the stumps for a very different reason -
:18:13. > :18:15.launching an ambassador programme to get young people with
:18:16. > :18:21.disabilities involved in the game. Two inspirational players with one
:18:22. > :18:24.aim, to spend their love of cricket. England player Sam Billings spent
:18:25. > :18:30.the afternoon here in Bromley College as an ambassador for Lord's
:18:31. > :18:36.Tavern a charity to bring the sporty disadvantaged and disabled young
:18:37. > :18:39.people. Joining him, Sam Alderson, he got the cricketing bug through
:18:40. > :18:45.the charity and when he found his powered wheelchair was hinting more
:18:46. > :18:50.than helping, abandoned it to bowl on his knees. I love playing the
:18:51. > :18:57.game, getting out there and try new things. I don't see... Make excuses
:18:58. > :19:01.for my disability, I want to do something I will go and do it, and I
:19:02. > :19:07.will be determined to do it no matter what. You would encourage
:19:08. > :19:10.others to do the same? Absolutely. Training with his England
:19:11. > :19:15.team-mates, Sam Billings may have plenty to teach the youngsters he
:19:16. > :19:20.met today. But he admits being an ambassador also reminds him why he
:19:21. > :19:25.plays in the first place. Sometimes as a pro sportsman you can take it
:19:26. > :19:29.too seriously, so it puts it in perspective and it is fantastic to
:19:30. > :19:35.see the smiles on their faces and enjoy cricket again and really see
:19:36. > :19:39.them experience the effects of cricket. That is as good as
:19:40. > :19:43.anything. Many of these young people went had a chance to try cricket
:19:44. > :19:49.before and hope is that they will be inspired by league players and the
:19:50. > :19:53.determination of those with disabilities and will grow to love
:19:54. > :20:07.the sport. Maybe this will be the first of many team photos.
:20:08. > :20:09.Now, we know she can make cakes - but she claims
:20:10. > :20:13.So what attracted Jane Asher back to the west end?
:20:14. > :20:16.The answer is the musical production of 'An American in Paris' -
:20:17. > :20:18.which after its success on Broadway has transferred to London.
:20:19. > :20:29.Gene Kelly, arguably at his best in the 1951 movie an American in Paris,
:20:30. > :20:34.and the musical of the same name has already wooed audiences in the city
:20:35. > :20:38.it is set in. It has bagged for Tony's Forest Broadway production
:20:39. > :20:43.and toured the States. Now it is in London and stars are very own Jane
:20:44. > :20:49.Asher. And played a part that didn't exist in the film, a woman who we
:20:50. > :20:53.are not quite sure and beginning of the evening what she has been doing
:20:54. > :20:57.during the war. Before excepting the part she said she was under no
:20:58. > :21:02.illusion it would be a piece of cake. I was sitting at home and my
:21:03. > :21:10.agent said, are you interested in the idea of being an An American In
:21:11. > :21:14.Paris, and apart for an actor who can't sing or dance? So to be
:21:15. > :21:17.offered a wonderful part in a show like this was unique. The
:21:18. > :21:22.choreographer, director and recipient of one of those awards
:21:23. > :21:28.says it is important to bring the music, glamour and energy of the
:21:29. > :21:35.movie to life. One of the big challenges that designer and myself
:21:36. > :21:40.had was finding a way to retain some of the cinematic qualities of the
:21:41. > :21:46.movie and create a set that is very fluid, that jumps from location to
:21:47. > :21:50.location very quickly, but that also dances. These days home is the
:21:51. > :21:55.Dominion, and for some of the show parred veterans there is something
:21:56. > :21:59.special about being any West End. Reed Tanabe home and family members
:22:00. > :22:05.that couldn't make it to Paris or New York can finally get in the West
:22:06. > :22:09.End. It feels like the measure of a ballet house and Broadway house
:22:10. > :22:17.which is what our show is. It feels like you can fly. If you'd fancy
:22:18. > :22:19.flying down to the Demeaning to catch the show, it is currently
:22:20. > :22:28.booking and the of September. It's a grand historic
:22:29. > :22:30.mansion that was, quite Yet crumbling walls and falling
:22:31. > :22:33.ceilings meant Knole House in Kent was in desperate need
:22:34. > :22:35.of some serious TLC. So it became the focus
:22:36. > :22:37.of the biggest restoration project the National Trust
:22:38. > :22:39.has ever undertaken. With almost six centuries
:22:40. > :22:45.of history, Knole House is one of the oldest,
:22:46. > :22:49.grandest and most important It is the most amazing
:22:50. > :22:53.staircase, this is the great staircase at Knole, created
:22:54. > :22:57.by Thomas Sackville at the beginning of the 17th century and decorated
:22:58. > :23:02.by craftsmen from the King's Works. We've got I think probably
:23:03. > :23:07.overwhelmed by the scale We've got seven acres of roof
:23:08. > :23:12.and just keeping on top of the maintenance of a building
:23:13. > :23:15.like that is an enormous task. And because the building is so old,
:23:16. > :23:18.we got to a point where actually we needed to do something really
:23:19. > :23:23.to secure the house's future. This is the biggest restoration
:23:24. > :23:26.in the National Trust's history, all conducted under the watchful
:23:27. > :23:31.gaze of the Sackville family. Powerful and influential in the 17th
:23:32. > :23:34.century royal court, their descendants live here to this
:23:35. > :23:40.day, a living link the past. So, a state-of-the-art
:23:41. > :23:45.conservation studio will, with painstaking patience,
:23:46. > :23:49.work to protect the building You overlap the previous bit
:23:50. > :23:55.to make sure you haven't And then just keep
:23:56. > :23:59.the system going, really. The conservators employ the same
:24:00. > :24:02.skills and techniques that have embellished Knole
:24:03. > :24:11.for hundreds of years. Through the ages dust,
:24:12. > :24:13.rain and wood smoke have all taken their toll and this x-ray
:24:14. > :24:16.shows damage caused by woodworm. The team has to preserve the ornate
:24:17. > :24:19.and the elaborate of Knole's past while ensuring the health
:24:20. > :24:22.and the safety requirements of the present, to protect not only
:24:23. > :24:27.the house itself but also those John Maguire, BBC
:24:28. > :24:35.London News, Sevenoaks. Lovely start to the week,
:24:36. > :24:49.let's get a check on the weather Spring sunshine, it turned out to be
:24:50. > :24:54.the warmest day of the year so far. 18 Whiteley, got up to 19 Celsius
:24:55. > :24:59.this afternoon. This picture was taken at Hampton Wick post because
:25:00. > :25:04.my spring colours, lovely blue sky as well. What about the next few
:25:05. > :25:07.days? It is going to turn a little bit cooler thanks to more in the
:25:08. > :25:10.wake of cloud and some rain around as we head into the weekend. I hope
:25:11. > :25:16.you made the most of today's fine weather. Turning a bit chilly out
:25:17. > :25:20.there, high play any breeze at all, but we will find it turning the
:25:21. > :25:22.state later in the night, low cloud arriving which would prevent
:25:23. > :25:27.temperatures falling much lower than six or seven Celsius. Tomorrow could
:25:28. > :25:33.start a mistake, a bit grey, but it will brighten up at times. You may
:25:34. > :25:38.see the sunshine. Not as funny as today, and would be quite as warm.
:25:39. > :25:43.These are the temperatures, but we could get up around 15 or 16 Celsius
:25:44. > :25:48.at the best. Still good for this time of year. No rain yet as you've
:25:49. > :25:53.noticed. This weather front is heading our way, on Thursday
:25:54. > :25:58.evening, not much rain on that. Slightly cooler air comes in behind
:25:59. > :26:03.it, so we could be down to about the Celsius in the Chilterns early
:26:04. > :26:06.Friday. Sunshine to begin with but look what is coming down the
:26:07. > :26:11.north-west, first bottom rain arriving at we head towards the end
:26:12. > :26:17.of the afternoon. Temperatures not bad, 13, possibly as high as 14
:26:18. > :26:20.Celsius, not as good as today. Dry through Friday, indeed we cared it
:26:21. > :26:24.will be stronger wins, he'll cooler, rain at times.
:26:25. > :26:27.The government's dropped plans to increase National Insurance
:26:28. > :26:29.contributions for some self employed people.
:26:30. > :26:31.It follows a backlash both inside and outside parliament
:26:32. > :26:44.Thank you for joining us. We will be back with our late news at 10:30pm.
:26:45. > :26:47.Do have a lovely evening. Goodbye.