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:00:00. > :00:10.The residents who claim the noise is ruining their lives.

:00:11. > :00:18.It's impossible to sleep and my GP, also my colleagues and friends, have

:00:19. > :00:21.expressed a lot of concern seeing the deterioration of my health.

:00:22. > :00:24.We'll hear what transport bosses have to say.

:00:25. > :00:28.A man in his 50s has died after a suspected gas explosion

:00:29. > :00:34.I'm at the scene with all the very latest shortly.

:00:35. > :00:41.the new installation throwing light on how clean the Thames is.

:00:42. > :00:59.And why this giant puppet took a walk round Trafalgar Square today.

:01:00. > :01:02.Good evening, welcome to BBC London News with me, Riz Lateef.

:01:03. > :01:05.First tonight, the dark side of the night tube.

:01:06. > :01:14.Headaches, tinnitus and sleepless nights

:01:15. > :01:17.City Hall's Environment Committee heard today how brought on for some

:01:18. > :01:19.residents by the arrival of the 24 hour service last August.

:01:20. > :01:21.Transport bosses, who have also been questioned,

:01:22. > :01:28.have promised to investigate any complaints.

:01:29. > :01:34.A service every 15 minutes at weekends and a promise to transport

:01:35. > :01:40.Londoners's lies. Some stayed the night she has ruined us. In Ian's

:01:41. > :01:46.health above the Jubilee line, we are using an app to get a rough idea

:01:47. > :01:57.of how loud the tube is. We have moved out because I am not

:01:58. > :02:07.prepared... There you go. That is on the phone app. Above the Victoria

:02:08. > :02:14.line, she cannot move -- afford to move out. I have developed which is,

:02:15. > :02:25.I cannot hear properly. I feel noise distortion in my ears. And

:02:26. > :02:29.therefore, I mean, it's very difficult to function in my normal

:02:30. > :02:33.life. The world health organiser said the sound at night should not

:02:34. > :02:37.measure more than 35 decibels. The Londoners who came to City Hall

:02:38. > :02:43.today told of levels above 50 decibel. So the TEFL, how loud is

:02:44. > :02:47.too loud? We have got the world health organisation. We treat each

:02:48. > :02:54.complaint individually and we will look for an engineering solution. We

:02:55. > :03:03.don't set a limit. What threshold do you work to? We don't. The noise is

:03:04. > :03:05.a noise because they are other low-frequency, they can travel

:03:06. > :03:10.through our bones. It is a noise that is difficult to mask out, by

:03:11. > :03:14.playing the radio or defend against by wearing earplugs. The issue is,

:03:15. > :03:19.it is not constant either so we don't really have the ability, and

:03:20. > :03:24.individual living in this area would not have the ability to adapt to it.

:03:25. > :03:28.As we get used to living out of a while, it makes us more sensitive to

:03:29. > :03:30.stand in general. What has frustrated some is that their

:03:31. > :03:36.complaints seem to have fallen on deaf ears. I think TEFL must start

:03:37. > :03:41.to respond to people quickly and effectively. They need to identify

:03:42. > :03:44.what the problems are and put in place arrangements to fix those

:03:45. > :03:50.problems and tell people what they agreed to do is stick to their

:03:51. > :04:08.promises. -- TFL. TFL says they are dedicated to being a good neighbour.

:04:09. > :04:13.Grinding fastenings and fixing may one day do the job better now, there

:04:14. > :04:17.are warnings that the problem of pollution may not just refer to the

:04:18. > :04:19.air that we breathe but to the sounds that surround us also.

:04:20. > :04:23.And let's just stay on the subject of the night tube for a moment

:04:24. > :04:25.because there's been some other news about strike action.

:04:26. > :04:37.When and why? This is the first time since the night you'd started at the

:04:38. > :04:40.end of last summer that drivers have voted for strike action. They are

:04:41. > :04:46.going to strike over two Saturdays in April. Two out of three Aslef

:04:47. > :04:49.members voted. It is over there job opportunities. They are arguing that

:04:50. > :04:54.the weekend drivers on the night you by being blocked for applied to

:04:55. > :04:58.full-time jobs and they do not get overtime. They say they are giving

:04:59. > :05:01.transport for London more than the usual seven days warning in order to

:05:02. > :05:06.do this because I think they want to get this sorted out. The strikes are

:05:07. > :05:10.going to happen on the night of the eighth and 29th of April, to

:05:11. > :05:14.Saturday nights into Sunday morning. No no cheaper than if the strike

:05:15. > :05:20.goes ahead. Aslef say they have lots of time just drop the track. London

:05:21. > :05:23.Underground say they have always been operating the tube under an

:05:24. > :05:29.agreement that they came to with the unions themselves. If the strike

:05:30. > :05:31.goes ahead, those dates, the eighth and 29th of April. Thank you very

:05:32. > :05:34.much. We are hearing tonight that a man

:05:35. > :05:37.has died after an explosion It happened earlier this afternoon

:05:38. > :05:51.and Dan Freedman is in Highgate It was around two o'clock this

:05:52. > :05:55.afternoon in this very quiet part of north London, very close to

:05:56. > :05:58.Hampstead Heath that residents say that about two o'clock they heard a

:05:59. > :05:58.sound that sounded like a bomb going off.

:05:59. > :06:01.I just heard a massive explosion and I could feel it

:06:02. > :06:04.almost in my fingers and, yeah, I didn't see anything but

:06:05. > :06:08.I ran up here to the balcony to have a look and I couldn't see anything

:06:09. > :06:12.But I must say my first thought was it sounded like a car bomb or it

:06:13. > :06:16.I spoke to one of the police officers there who said he

:06:17. > :06:18.had, that on-site, they were cutting up

:06:19. > :06:20.a gas tank and there was an

:06:21. > :06:27.The air ambulance attended and a man was taken to hospital with

:06:28. > :06:31.life-threatening injuries. We have heard subsequently in the last hour

:06:32. > :06:35.or so, police have confirmed that a man in his 50s has now died. There

:06:36. > :06:39.have been no arrests in connection with this incident but the Health

:06:40. > :06:43.and Safety Executive have been informed. No doubt an investigation

:06:44. > :06:47.will follow. It is worth saying that residents had met with the developer

:06:48. > :06:50.whilst this development was ongoing, raising concerns about safety and

:06:51. > :06:53.they were given assurances that underground tanks on the site,

:06:54. > :06:58.believed to contain gas, would be dealt with safely. Of course, a long

:06:59. > :07:02.way to go to find out what happened here today.

:07:03. > :07:03.With the latest therefrom Highgate, thank you.

:07:04. > :07:06.You're watching BBC London News, coming up later in the programme:

:07:07. > :07:09.I know this sounds odd but if you join me in a few minutes,

:07:10. > :07:12.I will show you how the side of that building is

:07:13. > :07:21.bringing art and science together from tonight.

:07:22. > :07:24.A Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with four offences,

:07:25. > :07:27.including common assault, and possession of a bladed weapon,

:07:28. > :07:31.after apparently smashing the windscreen of a car in

:07:32. > :07:34.Video footage of the incident in Camden last September

:07:35. > :07:38.It appears to show PC Joshua Savage attacking the vehicle

:07:39. > :07:43.after repeatedly telling the driver to "get out of the car".

:07:44. > :07:48.Scotland Yard says he remains on "restricted duties".

:07:49. > :07:52.Croydon has cut all funding for IVF treatment.

:07:53. > :07:54.It's the first London borough to do this,

:07:55. > :07:56.the decision has been taken by the Croydon Clinical

:07:57. > :08:01.The CCG is trying to save millions of pounds after it was placed

:08:02. > :08:06.in financial special measures last year.

:08:07. > :08:09.Now all this week, we've been exploring the great

:08:10. > :08:11.divide between London and the rest of the UK,

:08:12. > :08:15.It highlighted how different parts of the country

:08:16. > :08:22.Is it time for London to change the way t runs its affairs?

:08:23. > :08:25.So tonight, what can we learn from Wales,

:08:26. > :08:27.which has a fraction of the capital's population

:08:28. > :08:33.Our political editor Tim Donovan reports from Wrexham.

:08:34. > :08:35.In Wales, things like education and health have

:08:36. > :08:42.On the question of financial freedoms and tax-raising powers,

:08:43. > :08:50.Control of business rates has already been handed over, stamp duty

:08:51. > :08:52.will follow next year, though it will be called

:08:53. > :08:54.something different - a land transaction tax.

:08:55. > :08:56.And the Welsh are also set to have the

:08:57. > :09:02.On the outskirts of Wrexham, this firm

:09:03. > :09:04.provides telephone answering and other office services.

:09:05. > :09:12.Devolving powers for business rates is a brilliant thing.

:09:13. > :09:14.It means that local regions can encourage the right

:09:15. > :09:18.support the right businesses and basically help to make them

:09:19. > :09:22.On the personal side of things, in terms of the stamp, in

:09:23. > :09:25.terms of income taxes, I don't see that as a benefit at all.

:09:26. > :09:27.It's a short-term solution, it is going to

:09:28. > :09:30.incentivise people to move into areas of basically lower tax and

:09:31. > :09:33.then exactly the same people, they will go somewhere else

:09:34. > :09:43.But would Londoners want any tax changes,

:09:44. > :09:45.what's the evidence from Wrexham on that income tax option?

:09:46. > :09:47.I think the National Health Service and

:09:48. > :09:50.education, I would be quite content to pay more income tax in order to,

:09:51. > :09:53.No, I don't agree that they should have

:09:54. > :09:59.If it helps the economy, I'm all for it.

:10:00. > :10:01.Of course I am, anything to help the lost economy.

:10:02. > :10:04.I've lived in Wales for most of my adult life but

:10:05. > :10:06.I think that the powers should remain with the central government

:10:07. > :10:08.across the whole country for tax-raising purposes.

:10:09. > :10:13.Wrexham, like Wales as a whole, voted to leave but

:10:14. > :10:16.with the chance of Scotland and Northern Ireland breaking away,

:10:17. > :10:17.some here understand the calls for London

:10:18. > :10:25.London, as a stand-alone economy, would probably stand up very well.

:10:26. > :10:27.Some people wonder whether it should be allowed to do that.

:10:28. > :10:29.Yes, well, you could certainly ask that

:10:30. > :10:36.I think in the long run, that is not the way to go.

:10:37. > :10:38.In the long run, I think there is still a

:10:39. > :10:44.very strong case for the UK to be a unified econony.

:10:45. > :10:46.And London's taxpayers subsidise Wales by about ?3 billion

:10:47. > :10:50.a year, according to the London School of Economics.

:10:51. > :10:58.People in London need to realise that

:10:59. > :11:00.absolutely, you have got an enormous amount

:11:01. > :11:01.of wealth cooped up within

:11:02. > :11:05.that, within that city and there is an obligation under the whole of

:11:06. > :11:07.Britain that we need to support and develop opportunities outside.

:11:08. > :11:12.We should not remove those kind of safety nets and we shouldn't...

:11:13. > :11:14.There is a principle of solidarity as well.

:11:15. > :11:18.Brexit may have answered one big question but it's raised others

:11:19. > :11:20.within the UK about the relationship of different regions and letting

:11:21. > :11:23.them raise and spend more of what they need.

:11:24. > :11:30.Tower Hamlets council could have all its powers

:11:31. > :11:32.restored following two years of government intervention.

:11:33. > :11:35.Its powers were removed in 2014 under its previous

:11:36. > :11:38.mayor, Lutfur Rahman, following an inspection by auditors.

:11:39. > :11:42.They found cases of malpractice and a failure to provide value

:11:43. > :11:44.for money, and government commissioners were sent

:11:45. > :11:49.The new Mayor, John Biggs, welcomed today's announcement

:11:50. > :11:51.and said the council had since undergone a "complete

:11:52. > :11:57.Police are warning people to look out for tiny cameras

:11:58. > :12:00.which are being used by fraudsters to capture PIN numbers.

:12:01. > :12:03.The cameras are no bigger than a pinhead and are often

:12:04. > :12:07.positioned either above the screen or facing the pinpad.

:12:08. > :12:10.They've been spotted at four cash machines in central London -

:12:11. > :12:18.Funding for a multimillion-pound refurbishment of Buckingham Palace

:12:19. > :12:23.Officials say the essential work, costing almost ?370 million

:12:24. > :12:26.and set to take ten years, is needed to avoid the risk

:12:27. > :12:33.Ageing cables, lead pipes, wiring and boilers will be replaced,

:12:34. > :12:45.Next, it's a collaboration of art and science,

:12:46. > :12:49.In the past few minutes, lights have been switched on,

:12:50. > :12:54.on the Sea Containers building whose display will vary according

:12:55. > :13:04.He can tell us more about how it works.

:13:05. > :13:12.Lets face it, you, me and millions of Londoners are guilty of taking

:13:13. > :13:15.back, the River Thames, the granted. Even though our great city has

:13:16. > :13:19.developed and been built along it for centuries. That is why the light

:13:20. > :13:22.on the side of that building which have come on over the last few

:13:23. > :13:29.minutes, they are there to change all that. It is a work of art by

:13:30. > :13:32.renowned artists, on the other hand, you have got to think of it like

:13:33. > :13:37.this. Think of it as a giant water testing kit, testing the cleanliness

:13:38. > :13:42.of the water that blows just below it. It sounds a bit mad, well, it

:13:43. > :13:51.did to me. Let's find out more about this. Is it a work of genius or is

:13:52. > :13:55.it a bit nuts? It is about telling Londoners about the health of their

:13:56. > :14:01.own river. At the moment, the lights are on, what does that tell us about

:14:02. > :14:04.the river tonight? The artwork has three different states, declining,

:14:05. > :14:09.moderate and improving. Right now, it is showing the River health is

:14:10. > :14:11.improving. What it does do different levels of animation, it tells you

:14:12. > :14:17.about the health of the river itself. I was looking at how dirty

:14:18. > :14:21.the River Thames can get with plastic bottles buried in an all

:14:22. > :14:27.sorts of rubbish which Londoners on purpose and in that do you think the

:14:28. > :14:32.lights can change the way Londoners behave? We hope this installation

:14:33. > :14:35.will really make Londoners think more about the health of their

:14:36. > :14:42.River. What kind of things should we be looking at changing? In order to

:14:43. > :14:46.help our River? There are a number of things that Londoners can do, one

:14:47. > :14:49.of the most important things is making sure we do not later and we

:14:50. > :14:55.don't accidentally briefings into the river itself. Do you see that as

:14:56. > :15:00.a work of art or an environmentally friendly project going on? It is

:15:01. > :15:04.beautiful. It is both, it is both. It is an installation that we hope

:15:05. > :15:08.is beautiful and Londoners enjoy but also gives us information about the

:15:09. > :15:12.health of the river itself. It certainly does, this is a permanent

:15:13. > :15:15.installation on the south bank of the river which use the from

:15:16. > :15:19.embankment will stop you will be able to see it going up and down

:15:20. > :15:24.every day, see how clean or not the tensors. It will vary every day.

:15:25. > :15:29.Hopefully ill get to change the way we are when it comes to our

:15:30. > :15:30.environmental health. The question is, how bright will

:15:31. > :15:33.those light shine? Possibly one of the most

:15:34. > :15:38.bizarre things you'll see, an improvised performance by actors

:15:39. > :15:50.for an audience of animals. We will tell you what it is all

:15:51. > :15:55.about later. So today's the day when thousands

:15:56. > :15:58.of young people have been taking part in the annual BBC School Report

:15:59. > :16:01.- and making the news and highlighting stories

:16:02. > :16:02.important to them. Let's hear now from pupils

:16:03. > :16:07.from Park View School in Tottenham and their take

:16:08. > :16:09.on the issue of feminism. Feminism may have negative

:16:10. > :16:14.connotations for some but here at Park View, we have decided

:16:15. > :16:16.to address it without any What exactly inspired

:16:17. > :16:22.you to encourage feminism? It was the young people

:16:23. > :16:25.around me that inspired me to The young girls that I work with,

:16:26. > :16:29.the girls that I teach on They are the reason why

:16:30. > :16:33.I started this campaign. Did you face any obstacles

:16:34. > :16:35.while setting up The campaign has covered

:16:36. > :16:41.everything from working on our girls' self-esteem

:16:42. > :16:43.to encouraging boys to embrace feminism and helping them realise

:16:44. > :16:45.that actually everybody We are promoting feminism

:16:46. > :16:48.by putting up posters This poster campaign

:16:49. > :16:51.involves both students and The most common misconception

:16:52. > :16:55.about feminism is that As a male, do you find

:16:56. > :17:00.it difficult to I think the reality

:17:01. > :17:10.is that not all men of feminism and that

:17:11. > :17:12.I think it's so important for men to

:17:13. > :17:15.express their feminist viewpoints. As a male, do you think it's

:17:16. > :17:18.difficult to express these views on feminism when there's

:17:19. > :17:20.so much opposition? As I try, you know, bringing up

:17:21. > :17:25.the topic of feminism, I always get brushed aside as if,

:17:26. > :17:30.you know, feminism isn't relevant and, you know,

:17:31. > :17:33.it just creates a barrier between my friends' values

:17:34. > :17:35.and my values, sort of, yes. Don't accept this unequal way

:17:36. > :17:41.of treating others every day. Like lesser than inferior,

:17:42. > :17:43.because of the exterior. Open up, widen your range, express

:17:44. > :17:50.yourself, be bold for change. Today here at Park View, we have

:17:51. > :17:55.spent time exploring this issue of gender inequality and we have

:17:56. > :17:58.gathered that regardless of who you And you can find plenty of stories

:17:59. > :18:08.by other young reporters, including pupils grilling

:18:09. > :18:11.the boss of the BBC, just go Now, asking questions in the House

:18:12. > :18:18.of Commons is what many MPs are expected to do,

:18:19. > :18:21.but Dawn Butler is believed to have made history today

:18:22. > :18:24.by becoming the first ever MP She asked the government to further

:18:25. > :18:31.protect British Sign Language. The 18th of March marks the 40th

:18:32. > :18:43.anniversary since the UK Government Will the Minister agree

:18:44. > :19:05.time to bring and gave legal status like

:19:06. > :19:07.other recognised languages? Dawn Butler receiving a round of

:19:08. > :19:18.applause. Actors improvised for an bemused

:19:19. > :19:20.audience of sheep, pigs These goats have come all the way

:19:21. > :19:38.from Wales for this... Unscripted, unplanned,

:19:39. > :19:48.the performers improvise,

:19:49. > :19:49.depending on how they think We're really interested in seeing

:19:50. > :19:53.whether we can show people that there are different ways

:19:54. > :19:56.of looking at them and having different relationships with them

:19:57. > :19:58.and a different understanding

:19:59. > :20:05.of what they are rather than merely as products,

:20:06. > :20:07.maybe, in our homes, usually to eat, not for me, but lots of people

:20:08. > :20:11.just eat and to buy and to herd and to put into cages of

:20:12. > :20:13.that kind of thing. Animals aren't expected to perform,

:20:14. > :20:19.organisers stress this is All funded by the Wellcome

:20:20. > :20:25.collection, this is a We very quickly found

:20:26. > :20:31.ourselves in an unknown territory where everything we

:20:32. > :20:34.thought we knew about being artists, being thinkers, everything

:20:35. > :20:38.we thought we knew about human-animal relationships

:20:39. > :20:42.was called into question by the presence of these

:20:43. > :20:48.other animals and are really profound and moving and strange

:20:49. > :20:53.and fascinating way. Well, the organisers

:20:54. > :20:55.say they picked this particular warehouse because it had

:20:56. > :20:58.the right light and the right temperature and it is close

:20:59. > :21:01.to a farm in there as they could People are asked to watch and then

:21:02. > :21:04.give their reactions. I'm not sure what I

:21:05. > :21:06.gained except, like, the idea of turning the dynamic

:21:07. > :21:10.relationship of human and animal I felt very nervous,

:21:11. > :21:14.I felt their nervousness which was Literally in their responses

:21:15. > :21:19.to art makes them more human, even though

:21:20. > :21:21.they are animals, it There is no specific aim here,

:21:22. > :21:25.organisers want to leave I'm just going to say -

:21:26. > :21:38.you are welcome to get in touch And if you want to have another look

:21:39. > :21:44.- just head to our Facebook page If you were in Trafalgar Square

:21:45. > :21:52.today - you might have been greeted by this five metre tall,

:21:53. > :21:55.walking and talking puppet ahead There'll be a three day celebration

:21:56. > :22:00.here in the capital - culminating in a huge parade marking

:22:01. > :22:03.the influence of the Irish Caroline Davies looks ahead to this

:22:04. > :22:18.weekend's festivities. Come over and say hello. It is here,

:22:19. > :22:24.green and bigger than ever. A joint St Patrick's wondered Trafalgar

:22:25. > :22:28.Square this morning ahead of celebrations starting tomorrow. They

:22:29. > :22:32.can look out for Irish dancers on the tube as well as musicians and

:22:33. > :22:36.poetry readings. The festival, it will be here in Trafalgar Square on

:22:37. > :22:40.Sunday. There will be a whole parade during the whole day as well as the

:22:41. > :22:46.taste of Ireland with food and drinks as well. Also the musicians

:22:47. > :22:50.and dancers. The first parade within 2002 but this year the festival is

:22:51. > :22:54.extending over three days. Tony is taking tours of London's Irish

:22:55. > :23:00.history. Paddy built London has a great deal of truth in it. It takes

:23:01. > :23:04.in the region's canal, built by Irish workers. They have been a huge

:23:05. > :23:07.influence on the came here in the 12th century, the things about the

:23:08. > :23:13.Irish who build about the Victoria line. Think about the Irish who will

:23:14. > :23:16.be Thames barrier. Think about the Irish Europe dominated in the world

:23:17. > :23:22.of rock 'n' roll in London. Think about Johnny Leyden or Johnny

:23:23. > :23:29.rotten, or shame. It is not just about the history, then use across

:23:30. > :23:35.the capital are preparing for a busy week. -- venues across. There is

:23:36. > :23:46.certainly enough people for a good celebration. It is a big thing

:23:47. > :23:49.nowadays, the influx of Irish people into the UK and London over the past

:23:50. > :23:54.years have been huge. A massive amount of young crowd of people,

:23:55. > :23:57.living in Hackney and he's London and we are bringing these people

:23:58. > :24:02.together and showing them that we can offer something that is

:24:03. > :24:06.different from a lot of traditional forums. It just feels like Irish

:24:07. > :24:15.culture is such a big part of London now. Wherever you are spending it,

:24:16. > :24:17.have a very happy day. -- St Patrick's day.

:24:18. > :24:20.It's that time of the evening for a check on the weather

:24:21. > :24:30.Yesterday it felt like spring has sprung. Less so today. Maybe the

:24:31. > :24:35.next few days, the sunshine will be in fairly short supply, a lot of dry

:24:36. > :24:40.weather also. This was the picture to date taken over in high Wycombe,

:24:41. > :24:48.you can see quite cloudy and grey skies. Cooler than it was yesterday,

:24:49. > :24:50.12 Celsius today. 18 Celsius yesterday in the sunshine. Some

:24:51. > :24:56.sunshine around, more towards south-east London. You can see if we

:24:57. > :24:59.run the sequence of the satellite picture how we have this belt of

:25:00. > :25:03.cloud that came down from the Midlands. Tending to break up around

:25:04. > :25:07.the London area so it was more cloudy to the north and the west.

:25:08. > :25:13.The cloud thickening actually later this evening, a few spots of rain.

:25:14. > :25:16.Not any more than that. That will move away, skies will clear later on

:25:17. > :25:21.in the right and it will turn quite chilly. Colder air coming our way.

:25:22. > :25:27.In the Chilterns, two or three Celsius. A bit of a chilly start,

:25:28. > :25:30.some sunshine around. The winds will be freshening through the day and as

:25:31. > :25:35.we head to the afternoon, more cloud coming in from the west as well.

:25:36. > :25:39.Chances are it will still be tried doing daylight hours tomorrow and we

:25:40. > :25:46.were found these temperatures getting around 12 or 13. -- still

:25:47. > :25:50.dry. There is rain on the picture now. A lot of the rain coming on a

:25:51. > :25:54.westerly wind, gets blocked out by the Welsh hills. We could see bits

:25:55. > :25:57.and pieces of rain on Friday evening and Friday night. No greater mags

:25:58. > :26:03.and properly by the time we get to Saturday morning, it will be dry or

:26:04. > :26:06.cloudy. Some brighter spells, a little bit of sunshine perhaps on

:26:07. > :26:09.Saturday. We have to wait until very late in the day disease spots of

:26:10. > :26:17.rain arriving from the north. These are the temperatures. -- to see

:26:18. > :26:23.spots of rain. Temperatures could be as high as 15 Celsius. Maximum

:26:24. > :26:27.temperature on Sunday and into Monday also. Rain not far away,

:26:28. > :26:29.there will be a lot of cloud around as well. Much stronger winds will

:26:30. > :26:37.take the edge off of the temperatures.

:26:38. > :26:43.The government has rejected calls for a second referendum on Scottish

:26:44. > :26:45.independence saying 'now is not the time'.

:26:46. > :26:47.Nicola Sturgeon warned that blocking the vote would be

:26:48. > :26:50.The Conservative Party has been fined ?70,000

:26:51. > :26:52.for breaking spending rules during elections in 2014 and 2015.

:26:53. > :26:57.They insist any failures were due to "administrative errors".

:26:58. > :27:00.The former British cyclist Josh Edmondson has admitted he broke

:27:01. > :27:03.the rules by secretly injecting himself with vitamins whilst

:27:04. > :27:10.A man's died following an explosion at a building site in

:27:11. > :27:24.And some residents living near the night tube claim they've

:27:25. > :27:26.developed illnesses and experienced sleepless nights since its

:27:27. > :27:28.Transport bosses say they'll investigate.

:27:29. > :27:32.We'll be back though, with the latest for you during

:27:33. > :27:36.From all of us on the team - thanks for watching and do

:27:37. > :27:52.It was the most beautiful view I've ever been through.

:27:53. > :27:57.For one second, I was swimming on my back, and I was looking to the sky.

:27:58. > :28:03.I was swimming across the Aegean Sea.

:28:04. > :28:19.I was a refugee, going from Syria to Germany.

:28:20. > :28:23.MasterChef is back, to find the country's best home chef.

:28:24. > :28:28.The MasterChef kitchen is alive once more. Come on, let's go!

:28:29. > :28:40.That's one of the hardest things I've ever had to do in my life.

:28:41. > :28:45.This could be the start of something truly amazing.