03/04/2017

Download Subtitles

Transcript

:00:16. > :00:20.After the brutal attack on a teenager at a bus stop in Croydon -

:00:21. > :00:22.we hear from people who live and work there.

:00:23. > :00:25.It could have happened anywhere in London or across the country.

:00:26. > :00:27.It's a real tragedy that it should happen anywhere,

:00:28. > :00:29.that this real tragedy should happen in Croydon.

:00:30. > :00:32.A house worth more ?1 million collapses into rubble

:00:33. > :00:36.Concerns it's not the first time this has happened in the capital.

:00:37. > :00:39.Also ahead: Attention coffee drinkers - why these have

:00:40. > :00:42.The scheme to get Londoners to recycle millions of disposable

:00:43. > :00:48.And meet the man with a passion for dangerous pets -

:00:49. > :01:02.whose unusual house mates have appeared in blockbuster films.

:01:03. > :01:10.Welcome to BBC London News with me, Riz Lateef.

:01:11. > :01:16.Two more people have been charged in connection with the attack on a

:01:17. > :01:18.teenager in Croydon. That makes a total of 16 arrests and seven

:01:19. > :01:20.charges. The 17-year-old Kurdish Iranian boy

:01:21. > :01:24.was beaten at a bus stop and left with a fractured skull and a blood

:01:25. > :01:28.clot on the brain. Gareth Furby has been

:01:29. > :01:31.to Shrublands Avenue to speak The police tape has gone,

:01:32. > :01:35.but for many in this Shannon Brown has lived

:01:36. > :01:43.on the estate all her life. And is 17 years old,

:01:44. > :01:45.the same age as the boy Because obviously he was a young

:01:46. > :01:51.person, and now he's Everyone has to keep themselves

:01:52. > :02:08.to themselves round here. Waiting today at the bus stop where

:02:09. > :02:12.the victim was allegedly attacked, a mother of five. She says the

:02:13. > :02:18.atmosphere on the estate can be threatening, and once it's late

:02:19. > :02:24.afternoon, she rarely leaves her home. Around for their GP, five

:02:25. > :02:29.o'clock. Because that's when they come out more and stuff. Also walk

:02:30. > :02:34.past the scene today, Patrick, granted asylum after coming to the

:02:35. > :02:39.UK from Sierra Leone. He says he is attacked by five people in Croydon

:02:40. > :02:44.last September after an argument started on a bus. He says his

:02:45. > :02:48.attackers were black. All of a sudden, punching, kicking and things

:02:49. > :02:51.like that. What happened to you? And thinking maybe they are going to

:02:52. > :02:58.stab me. Do you feel safe in Croydon? I feel safe, but...

:02:59. > :03:02.Sometimes it's just scary, anyway. What we've got now on this estate is

:03:03. > :03:06.some new graffiti with a message. But some people are saying this

:03:07. > :03:11.incident had nothing to do with racism. A group of young men we

:03:12. > :03:15.spoke to said the area was multicultural. And one of them said

:03:16. > :03:22.he was Kurdish, and had never had any issues on the estate. Croydon is

:03:23. > :03:26.the base for the HQ of the UK visas and immigration service. Today, the

:03:27. > :03:31.Bishop of Croydon said it would be wrong to see this incident as a

:03:32. > :03:37.reflection of the area. Could've happened anywhere in London or

:03:38. > :03:40.across the country. A real tragedy it should happen anywhere, tragedy

:03:41. > :03:45.it should happen in Croydon, but it's not Croydon is like. Tonight,

:03:46. > :03:50.the condition of the 17-year-old is described as serious stable.

:03:51. > :03:56.Why shops are being urged to close their doors

:03:57. > :04:24.over ?1 million has collapsed into rubble.

:04:25. > :04:30.I would say two thirds of it has collapsed. It happened in the early

:04:31. > :04:33.hours of this morning, and I think we have some pictures, we will show

:04:34. > :04:38.you what this house was like before work started on it. There was

:04:39. > :04:43.actually basement development work, and now windows are hanging out,

:04:44. > :04:46.bricks have fallen down. It looks more like a pile of rubble than a

:04:47. > :04:50.house worth more than ?1 million. I've been speaking to the neighbours

:04:51. > :04:54.around here, and many are shocked and extremely angry. The next-door

:04:55. > :04:59.neighbour actually heard this house falling down in the night.

:05:00. > :05:02.About 1.30, something like that, I hear a big boom.

:05:03. > :05:05.And my dogs started barking, and then my children sort of run

:05:06. > :05:07.from their bedrooms to say that their room was shaking.

:05:08. > :05:09.So I thought, "Oh my gosh, I wonder what happened."

:05:10. > :05:13.So we came out on the little balcony that, and there was dust everywhere.

:05:14. > :05:21.And then my son ran down and we saw with a few other people

:05:22. > :05:27.So it was sort of from then on, the police came

:05:28. > :05:36.I thought it was a couple of cars crashing or something

:05:37. > :05:41.So yeah, it was a bit distressing, but thank God every one's OK.

:05:42. > :05:46.Everyone is OK here, but basement developments right across the

:05:47. > :05:50.capital have been controversial for a number of years. We have seen

:05:51. > :05:59.other houses in London for like this one behind me has. To tell us more

:06:00. > :06:04.about that is Peter from Safer Basements Group based in Barnes.

:06:05. > :06:06.This and the one in barns are extreme examples of what is wrong

:06:07. > :06:11.with the planning process, especially in London where is of

:06:12. > :06:17.accommodation shortages, people are developing and developing. Too

:06:18. > :06:23.often, it happens that the construction method statement isn't

:06:24. > :06:26.being followed. The planning authorities, they issued the

:06:27. > :06:31.planning permission, but they don't follow up. If something happens to

:06:32. > :06:36.the house or the house is next door, they blame building regulations.

:06:37. > :06:39.Nothing to do with planning. Or party wall agreement, nothing to do

:06:40. > :06:44.with planning. So they wipe their hands of it. What do you want to see

:06:45. > :06:48.happen? Should basement developers go ahead? I want to be able to make

:06:49. > :06:53.their house better, that is a right. But they should be safe. What must

:06:54. > :06:56.happen is that construction statements should be followed to the

:06:57. > :07:03.letter. They should be checked, followed up so that we can guarantee

:07:04. > :07:07.that when a building work is going on, be it a basement or anything

:07:08. > :07:11.else, it is safe. Thank you very much for joining us. I actually

:07:12. > :07:15.spoke to Kingston Council early this evening, and have found out that the

:07:16. > :07:19.owners only submitted a building application for this two days ago.

:07:20. > :07:23.So Kingston Council are saying this work was not approved and obviously

:07:24. > :07:25.no safety measures put in place. There will be an investigation.

:07:26. > :07:30.Thank you. A woman has gone on trial over

:07:31. > :07:33.the death of a cyclist Michael Mason was knocked

:07:34. > :07:37.off his bike in February 2014 and died nearly three weeks later

:07:38. > :07:39.from a brain injury. The jury at the Old Bailey was told

:07:40. > :07:42.the case has been brought by a private organisation -

:07:43. > :07:44.a cycling charity - 59-year-old Gail Purcell

:07:45. > :07:48.from St Albans denies causing death Two men from north London who used

:07:49. > :07:55.a high speed moped to steal mobile phones from pedestrians have been

:07:56. > :07:57.sentenced at Isleworth Fast-moving traffic, back onto the

:07:58. > :08:07.A406. The thieves reached speeds of over

:08:08. > :08:11.90 miles an hour during a police chase through the streets of London

:08:12. > :08:13.- in which they drove towards oncoming traffic

:08:14. > :08:15.on the M11 motorway. 21-year-old Zuriel Hutson was given

:08:16. > :08:18.a two and a half year jail term while his passenger Sharuk Sheraji

:08:19. > :08:20.was sentenced to two years for stealing ten phones

:08:21. > :08:26.across the capital last November. Next: the increase in London's

:08:27. > :08:28.'hidden' homeless - vulnerable families who suddenly

:08:29. > :08:30.find themselves in need of immediate Well, we can reveal that the number

:08:31. > :08:38.of these Londoners being housed outside of the capital as far away

:08:39. > :08:41.as Manchester and Glasgow But councils tell us

:08:42. > :08:44.they have no choice because of the soaring

:08:45. > :08:45.cost of housing. Three years ago, when she was eight

:08:46. > :08:55.months pregnant with her first daughter, her private

:08:56. > :08:57.landlord evicted her. He didn't want children

:08:58. > :09:00.on his property. Desperate, she went to her counsel,

:09:01. > :09:03.who put her in temporary accommodation outside London,

:09:04. > :09:12.in Welwyn Garden City. I really struggled to get

:09:13. > :09:17.used to everything. I was all by myself, pregnant,

:09:18. > :09:21.almost about to give birth and basically been stripped away

:09:22. > :09:23.from my support network She's still working in retail

:09:24. > :09:27.in London to help pay the rent. More than 80% of my pay goes

:09:28. > :09:30.towards travelling to work. It's been a nightmare,

:09:31. > :09:32.because everything in my life In 2012-13, around 600 people

:09:33. > :09:37.were put in temporary But by 2015-16, that number had

:09:38. > :09:46.climbed to just over 2000, Some of those might be for a few

:09:47. > :09:51.nights, others like Abigail Although most people are sent

:09:52. > :09:57.to areas just outside of London like Thurrock and Welwyn Hatfield,

:09:58. > :10:01.that's not always the case. Some have put in accommodation as

:10:02. > :10:06.far as Newcastle and even Glasgow. Councils say they have to do

:10:07. > :10:09.this because they've Councils find themselves

:10:10. > :10:16.in an almost impossible position. With literally no accommodation

:10:17. > :10:20.that they can use anywhere nearby, and families who have to be,

:10:21. > :10:24.have a roof over their And the problem is getting

:10:25. > :10:28.bigger, as more people People who are in work who,

:10:29. > :10:38.you know, people would expect to be able to keep a roof

:10:39. > :10:41.over their heads, are finding of their own, the landlord

:10:42. > :10:45.has put the rent up, the market's risen around them,

:10:46. > :10:47.and I just can't find anywhere Abigail does have a house,

:10:48. > :10:53.but after three years away from her family and friends,

:10:54. > :10:55.she's still waiting to know The new head of the Metropolitan

:10:56. > :11:05.Police will officially Cressida Dick was appointed at

:11:06. > :11:09.the end of February after a fairly She's the first female commissioner

:11:10. > :11:13.in the force's 188-year history and will take the helm just weeks

:11:14. > :11:16.after the Mayor published his Any vehicle that exceeds the weight

:11:17. > :11:25.limit on Marlow Bridge in Buckinghamshire

:11:26. > :11:27.will now be fined ?50. The bridge had to close

:11:28. > :11:32.for two months last Autumn after a 37-tonne lorry got stuck -

:11:33. > :11:34.the driver had ignored the ban on vehicles weighing

:11:35. > :11:36.more than three tonnes. Hundreds of drivers have been turned

:11:37. > :11:39.away from the crossing We've long heard the argument that

:11:40. > :11:44.shops should close their doors in the Winter to save on energy

:11:45. > :11:46.but what about all year Campaigners say it greatly improve

:11:47. > :11:50.air quality in the store - but most retailers worry it

:11:51. > :11:54.could affect trade, as our Environment Correspondent Tom

:11:55. > :11:58.Edwards has been finding out. It's Europe's busiest

:11:59. > :11:59.shopping street with half On some days, Oxford Street has some

:12:00. > :12:08.of the highest levels of nitrogen It comes from diesel engines

:12:09. > :12:14.from buses and from cabs, and it's not helped due to something

:12:15. > :12:16.called canyoning, where the nitrogen dioxide gets stuck

:12:17. > :12:20.between the buildings. And if you walk down the street

:12:21. > :12:26.you'll notice most of the shops The real health risk is completely

:12:27. > :12:31.invisible around us. Now campaigners think shops should

:12:32. > :12:34.close their doors to reduce energy use and cut the levels

:12:35. > :12:39.of pollution inside. It would make a huge difference

:12:40. > :12:43.to the health risks to both They'd be saving a huge

:12:44. > :12:48.amount of energy. Most of them are using air

:12:49. > :12:51.conditioning or heating. Research from King's College has

:12:52. > :12:54.shown that pollution in shops can be reduced by up to 30%

:12:55. > :12:59.if the doors are closed. It's very obvious that the shop

:13:00. > :13:02.is open, it's a very inviting, Marks Spencer says it's

:13:03. > :13:07.already doing it and it Of course, there is other benefits

:13:08. > :13:12.that we are getting from this, Since 2007 we've reduced our energy

:13:13. > :13:34.usage across our state by 39%. And doors, and making

:13:35. > :13:39.sure that our buildings, the fabric of our buildings,

:13:40. > :13:40.particularly entrances and exits, are sealed well

:13:41. > :13:43.is an important aspect of that. Retail group say they do take

:13:44. > :13:46.pollution seriously and want more We have 200 million customers a year

:13:47. > :13:50.coming to the West End. They have choices where they shop

:13:51. > :13:53.and the environment So of course it's

:13:54. > :13:56.important commercially. Equally, we have 100,000

:13:57. > :13:58.staff who work here, we have a right to help London

:13:59. > :14:01.in terms of better air quality, so I think it's really high

:14:02. > :14:03.on the political agenda. It's equally very high

:14:04. > :14:06.in the boardrooms of a lot Campaigners say closing shop doors

:14:07. > :14:10.is a no-brainer, a simple solution How buying a special edition

:14:11. > :14:22.of the Big Issue could win Its high pressure again this week,

:14:23. > :14:25.but not as we've known it over the last few days. Alex played a few

:14:26. > :14:36.changes to the weather in the forecast later.

:14:37. > :14:38.Is the coffee cup the new plastic bag?

:14:39. > :14:41.When the government put a 5-pence charge on carrier bags,

:14:42. > :14:44.Now a campaign's begun in the square mile to make us recycle

:14:45. > :14:53.Let's join Emma North who's at a recycling plant near Heathrow.

:14:54. > :15:01.If this time yesterday you've just finished a cup of tea or coffee from

:15:02. > :15:06.a copy shop and your name was Natasha, Jerry, John, Henry, well

:15:07. > :15:11.your cup ended up here at this recycling plant near Heathrow. In a

:15:12. > :15:14.minute I will tell you what's going to happen to it in the next few

:15:15. > :15:17.days. First, let's find out why come this time tomorrow that gentleman

:15:18. > :15:25.over there is going to have a much bigger job on his hands as this

:15:26. > :15:30.place fills with coffee cups. To some, copy's not just a pick me up,

:15:31. > :15:37.it's become an art form. The more of it we Londoners drink, the more mess

:15:38. > :15:41.we make -- coffee's. We throw away 7 million hot drinks cups a day. The

:15:42. > :15:44.capital is responsible for more than its fair share. But the plastic

:15:45. > :15:49.coating that makes them watertight also means you can't put them in the

:15:50. > :15:53.normal recycling bin. So now they have their own special place. These

:15:54. > :15:56.yellow bins are popping up all over the square mile, with this man

:15:57. > :16:01.confident we will take to recycling our cups as easy as mixing beans

:16:02. > :16:04.with water. We have to give consumers a chance to do the right

:16:05. > :16:10.thing. Offer them the facilities, make it easy them to recycle their

:16:11. > :16:13.cups before we start stabbing levies on things. Have faith in people to

:16:14. > :16:18.do the right thing. Do you have faith that people will do this?

:16:19. > :16:22.Absolutely. We should give people a chance. It's not the first effort

:16:23. > :16:26.made to solve a comparatively recent problem. This cafe cut the price of

:16:27. > :16:30.their drinks for anyone who use their own clock. Did it work? Is not

:16:31. > :16:39.as successful as I would hope, but we do sell our own cups, but they

:16:40. > :16:45.honestly weren't buying as much as we hoped they would. This chemical

:16:46. > :16:49.engineer uses his skills as a recycling entre Pena. Auto-makers

:16:50. > :16:56.ditch the cup? Does carrot or stick work better? Definitely a stick,

:16:57. > :16:59.this is what people respond to. If they try to incentivise people, and

:17:00. > :17:02.we have tried this many times before, we gets more behaviour

:17:03. > :17:06.shifts. If we introduce a slight penalty to people's purchasing

:17:07. > :17:10.habits, then they respond almost immediately, even for a small

:17:11. > :17:15.amount. Nothing is going to make a stitch are flat whites and Bilates,

:17:16. > :17:18.but with fewer than one in 100 drinks cups being resided cult,

:17:19. > :17:25.there is ample opportunity for us and the cups to make a fresh start

:17:26. > :17:31.-- being recycled. And this is what a fresh start could look like. It is

:17:32. > :17:35.a trade, but made with old coffee cups and old kettles and the insides

:17:36. > :17:38.of washing machines. James is from the company that has helped

:17:39. > :17:43.establish scheme. James, you have to ask, why hasn't this been done

:17:44. > :17:46.before? Because it's difficult to collect separately all these

:17:47. > :17:50.different items of recycling, and people generally want to mix

:17:51. > :17:53.everything together. What challenges do you find when trying to deal with

:17:54. > :17:58.this kind of thing? As we see, we have to hand sought the cups at the

:17:59. > :18:00.moment. One of the largest problems is contamination, getting our

:18:01. > :18:04.customers to keep everything separated and clean and free of

:18:05. > :18:08.contaminants so we can effectively recycle it. How far do you hope to

:18:09. > :18:10.take this scheme? We hope that this scheme is the blueprint for

:18:11. > :18:34.something much bigger and broadening into further

:18:35. > :18:36.into London and every major city in the UK, and possibly even worldwide.

:18:37. > :18:39.James, thank you very much. The scheme lasts in the Square mile for

:18:40. > :18:42.the next month. If you have a drink in a disposable cup and see one of

:18:43. > :18:45.those yellow bins, put your cup in it. The plan is that if this works,

:18:46. > :18:50.it's just a pilot scheme, it could roll out to the rest of the capital.

:18:51. > :18:52.The Big Issue - London's homeless magazine -

:18:53. > :18:54.which is now sold in 75 different countries.

:18:55. > :18:56.Well this month there is a special edition -

:18:57. > :18:59.filled with work from some of our leading contemporary artists.

:19:00. > :19:00.And for ten readers, the opportunity to win

:19:01. > :19:07.For many in W1, he's a fixture, selling The Big Issue

:19:08. > :19:12.I was a relative stranger in London at the time.

:19:13. > :19:15.As well as making a couple of pounds which was much

:19:16. > :19:19.needed in order to get by, it provides a social

:19:20. > :19:24.network and it encourages you to engage with people.

:19:25. > :19:26.For something that seemed very negative to begin with,

:19:27. > :19:30.you know, it really has been a positive experience.

:19:31. > :19:35.And this issue of The Big Issue is bigger than most.

:19:36. > :19:40.That's because it's been a guest edited by a big name

:19:41. > :19:42.in the contemporary art world, Charming Baker.

:19:43. > :19:45.Today, he's signing copies to launch this edition filled

:19:46. > :19:48.with special contributions from other well-known artists.

:19:49. > :19:54.I was quite overwhelmed by just how generous the artists were.

:19:55. > :19:57.I know from being in artist, and some of the artists I know,

:19:58. > :20:00.we get asked to do stuff all the time, and some

:20:01. > :20:03.And I was really worried asking people, and that's why I tried

:20:04. > :20:07.Not asking people to give money or give art.

:20:08. > :20:14.And actually when I flicked through the pages,

:20:15. > :20:18.You go, "Oh, we've got that person, oh, of course, they did it."

:20:19. > :20:19.Celebrated artists like Jake and Dinos Chapman

:20:20. > :20:23.And for the founder of The Big Issue himself,

:20:24. > :20:26.a fan of Tai Chi as well as art, painting meant he was able to go

:20:27. > :20:30.from a life on the streets to a life in the House of Lords.

:20:31. > :20:38.We're living in a world where semi-people are asking

:20:39. > :20:40.questions about the price of housing, the price of

:20:41. > :20:52.And I think a lot of people are feeling the crunch.

:20:53. > :20:54.And they are saying, "Well, maybe The Big Issue has

:20:55. > :21:12.As well as discussing these themes, this special edition

:21:13. > :21:16.to own an actual work of art, featured in the magazine.

:21:17. > :21:28.There are ten golden tickets to be found.

:21:29. > :21:30.He's the man who's turned his passion for

:21:31. > :21:33.Mark Aimey trains venomous snakes, alligators and lizards -

:21:34. > :21:36.so they can be used in films alongside the likes

:21:37. > :21:40.Sarah Harris has been to meet him and his unusual house mates.

:21:41. > :21:43.They are not the most conventional of housemates,

:21:44. > :21:45.but that's exactly how Mark Amy likes it.

:21:46. > :21:48.He shares his semi in the village of Bovingdon in Hertfordshire

:21:49. > :21:50.with dozens of exotic animals and he wouldn't have

:21:51. > :21:53.He says visitors take it in their stride.

:21:54. > :21:55.Most of my friends and acquaintances are animal people.

:21:56. > :21:57.So it's unusual to get non-animal people round.

:21:58. > :21:59.Usually they get quite excited and think, what's in here?

:22:00. > :22:02.You know, they are like me, they are like-minded people.

:22:03. > :22:06.Hello, Dave, let's see if you're OK today.

:22:07. > :22:09.Now Mark is preparing to go on a tour with his animals.

:22:10. > :22:12.Big Dave is another one of his reptilian friends.

:22:13. > :22:16.He was rescued after his owner died, bonding with unusual pets happened

:22:17. > :22:23.I think I was about the only one, the only kid who got excited

:22:24. > :22:27.Which is a thing which is about that sort of size.

:22:28. > :22:35.I said, dad, dad, guess what I found?

:22:36. > :22:42.Training animals has put Mark in demand in the film world.

:22:43. > :22:44.Bond, Harry Potter, and Nanny McPhee movies have

:22:45. > :22:46.all featured his proteges, a sequence in Casino Royale

:22:47. > :22:50.The lighting is so bright that the actual snake couldn't see.

:22:51. > :22:55.So sometimes it was striking and biting its own shadow

:22:56. > :22:59.on the floor, which is a behaviour I don't want it to do.

:23:00. > :23:03.So I ended up having to put my face very close to the cobra so it had

:23:04. > :23:06.There are, he says, some relaxing moments at home,

:23:07. > :23:13.but he claims adventure is never far when your housemates look like this.

:23:14. > :23:18.Sarah Harris, BBC London News, Hertfordshire.

:23:19. > :23:21.On that note - this sounds like the start of a joke: why

:23:22. > :23:30.Clover is one of two donkeys at Hackney City Farm supposed to be

:23:31. > :23:35.starring in an Easter procession for the local church.

:23:36. > :23:38.Sadly though, she can't because she seems to have a phobis

:23:39. > :23:45.of puddles, drain covers and anything in the road.

:23:46. > :23:57.Let's get a check on the weather now with Wendy.

:23:58. > :24:03.You aren't afraid of puddles. Can you imagine a weather presenter

:24:04. > :24:09.afraid of puddles? Poor little thing. Never mind. No puddles today

:24:10. > :24:13.though, so a good day, just drain covers to worry about. In fact,

:24:14. > :24:17.there are so many beautiful spring sunny shots today from the weather

:24:18. > :24:21.watchers. It was quite hard to choose one, but I did. I was sold by

:24:22. > :24:24.the beautiful blooms at Knightsbridge with the fluffy

:24:25. > :24:28.cumulus clouds over top. We are going to have yet more high pressure

:24:29. > :24:33.as we go through this week. However, it will come with a few changes as

:24:34. > :24:37.well. That is best explained on the satellite picture. We started quite

:24:38. > :24:41.murky today, a lot of mellow cloud around. You can see that on the

:24:42. > :24:46.picture. It melted away, and then we had beautiful sunshine. -- a lot of

:24:47. > :24:52.low cloud. Next we have this cloud. That will work in overnight. It's a

:24:53. > :24:56.cold front, and it will bring us a little bit of rain into the early

:24:57. > :25:01.hours of the morning. Then pressure builds behind it once again, but by

:25:02. > :25:05.this point and for the rest of the week there will be a bit more cloud

:25:06. > :25:09.trapped in that high pressure, so we might not have as much sunshine as

:25:10. > :25:13.over the last few days. At the moment, we have clear skies. They

:25:14. > :25:18.will continue through the night as well. Up to about midnight. The

:25:19. > :25:22.temperature will fall away as a result after midnight, but level out

:25:23. > :25:26.as the cloud comes in and the cold front arrives. Along that there will

:25:27. > :25:30.be one or two moderate bursts of rain into the early hours.

:25:31. > :25:35.Temperatures are settling at a fairly mild 7-9. There will be rain

:25:36. > :25:39.around first thing before the morning rush hour, particularly

:25:40. > :25:43.south of London. Then it lingers and fizzles out as we go through the

:25:44. > :25:48.day, leaving us quite grisly into the afternoon. Plenty of cloud

:25:49. > :25:53.around, quite grey skies. Temperatures lower than today, we

:25:54. > :25:57.got to 17 or 18. 12 or 14 tomorrow. If you're very lucky north-west of

:25:58. > :26:00.London, we might see some late sparkles of sunshine. We'll be

:26:01. > :26:12.clutching at those buckles of sunshine through

:26:13. > :26:16.the west of the week. Here is Wednesday. Moreover breeze, I think

:26:17. > :26:18.the computer being pessimistic on the cloud amount. We could get some

:26:19. > :26:20.bright spells, particularly in the mornings before we start to see it

:26:21. > :26:23.clouding over a bit. Generally speaking, dry and settled conditions

:26:24. > :26:26.through the end of the week and into the weekend. There will be light

:26:27. > :26:29.wind. Temperatures not too bad, feeling quite mild. I don't think

:26:30. > :26:31.we'll have as much sunshine as we have enjoyed throughout today

:26:32. > :26:35.especially. Wasn't it lovely? Absolutely gorgeous. But as you say,

:26:36. > :26:38.not too bad. Ten people have been killed

:26:39. > :26:41.and around 20 others injured in an explosion on the metro system

:26:42. > :26:43.in St Petersburg. Russian security forces also

:26:44. > :26:46.disabled a homemade device found at another underground station

:26:47. > :26:47.in the city. Theresa May has laughed off

:26:48. > :26:57.causes are being considered. Theresa May has laughed off

:26:58. > :27:04.suggestions of a military conflict between and Spain over Gibraltar.

:27:05. > :27:09.Yesterday it was suggested the Prime Minister would defend Gibraltar

:27:10. > :27:12.during the Brexit negotiations. 16 people have been arrested and seven

:27:13. > :27:18.charged in connection with an attack on a 17-year-old in south London on

:27:19. > :27:22.Friday. The team suffered a fractured skull and a blood clot on

:27:23. > :27:26.the brain. He is said to be recovering. Members of the Aslef

:27:27. > :27:33.union have projected the latest proposal put forward -- rejected.

:27:34. > :27:35.The rail union said it was a hugely disappointing outcome.

:27:36. > :27:37.That's it for now, so thanks for joining us.

:27:38. > :27:39.I'll be back later though during the ten o'clock news.

:27:40. > :27:42.From me and all the team here - do enjoy your evening.