04/05/2017 London News

Welcome to the programme with me, Riz Lateef.

Tonight, looming potential buyers in central London, estate agents are

offering luxury goods to secure a sale.

Also tonight. They need to stop doing it, it needs to stop because

they are tearing people's lives apart.

The mother of a boy stabbed to death as the killers of this teenager are

jailed. The mother hopes it will send a strong message to young

people. Plus, a setback for the English wine

industry. I am on a vineyard near Guildford

where producers are counting the cost of last week's frost.

And a remarkable rediscovery from the Festival of Britain as this long

lost artwork is found after decades. Welcome to the programme

with me, Riz Lateef. Is London's property market when it

out of steam? The recent trends in property prices suggest there is a

difference between what is happening in outer London compared to the

centre. The finishing touches for

a new development in Muswell Hill. The developer is showing one off

today with an asking Over here you can see

it flows really nicely through into the dining

and the entertaining area. Now there is another

incentive for buyers. Not only is the stamp duty

of ?150,000 being paid, And for house-buyers

what's on the screen. The incentive is a free electric car

for everyone who buys The car is a Renault

Zoe worth ?18,000. Any saving in the market

is a saving, stamp duty, a free iPad or electric car,

right now we're finding excuses not Does this offer tell us

anything about the state Are things starting

to get a little stagnant? In the mid-1990s, house

prices in London slumped. Some latest figures suggest

the market is hitting a few bumps. In inner London, prices

are down year on year 4.2%. We have seen a slowdown,

much more in inner London. Inner London has seen more house

price growth and is more exposed to higher stamp duty introduced

in 2014 and additional tax Back in Muswell Hill Anne Henderson

and her family are viewing a two-bedroomed flat,

asking price ?700,000. Will the offer of a free iPad

really sway her decision? Is it the thing that

makes the difference There is also the paid

stamp duty worth ?25,000. For this family it is still

not a snap decision. They will think about it overnight

but may yet be back in time She says he was the heart and soul

of her family. The words today of a grieving mother

as she watched her teenage son's 19-year-old Andre Aderemi

was brutally stabbed on a Croydon estate last August,

the victim of a gang fued. The Old Bailey heard how

the youngster had been chased through the streets before being set

upon by his attackers Two of his them were given life

sentences after being found guilty of murder, while a third

was convicted of manslaughter. A knife used to kill a 19-year-old.

Take an early two months before the murder. The victim, Andre Aderemi.

His mother is still heartbroken. Andre was the heart

and soul of our family. He was the class clown,

he had been that from young, everybody warmed

to him and loved him. It happened here on the Monks Hill

estate in Croydon. He was chased by three men

he knew, in broad daylight. Before his death, the family had

to move away from the area The men sentenced today include

Rodney Mukasa and Ali Zahawy. They will serve life

in prison for murder And Fabio Cela who will serve 16

years in prison for manslaughter. I don't think these young people

realise the impact it has not just on the families of the victims

but their own families When they go out there and commit

these horrendous crimes. They are tearing

people's lives apart. Should there be stronger sentencing

for people who carry knives? I hope the sentencing of these three

young men will send a strong message to these young people to make them

think about what it People know who are carrying knives,

hiding knives, those people need to break that silence,

trust us and tell us where we will find the knives

and who is committing the crimes. Andre was one of 49

youngsters stabbed to death Families whose lives have been

devastated by knife crime. Can Dartford Sprinter Adam Gemili

fill the giant shoes of Usain Bolt when the Olympic champion

retires this summer? Schools are used to giving lessons

in stranger danger. But should pupils be given advice on how to

respond in the face of a terrorist attack. Speaking at a anti-terrorist

conference, the message to children should be run, hide, tell.

If you hear gunshots, the best option is to evacuate.

This video around for a couple of years has been seen by thousands

Part of the police and Government effort to prepare people

Insist others come with you but don't let that

Its message is clear, advice on what should

happen if terrorist come into your building.

Now a senior Met officer has said this message should

Similar to the way warnings about strangers or crossing

The Deputy Assistant Commissioner said this.

At least 84 people have been killed and dozens more injured

in a terrorist attack in the French city of Nice.

It has happened before following the attacks in Nice.

The French government ordered schools there should carry out three

drills every year including one in which an attacker

Even youngsters between two and six have to be taught how

Definitely I believe it is too early in a primary school.

The last attack that happened was shocking and I was thinking how

the kids must have felt being kept in a building for so long.

I do think it is important to have procedures in place

And be more vigilant for the very young.

We need to train them very young and let them know what is happening.

Some schools have done similar exercises.

It's not often we hear from young people whose lives have been changed

forever after their parents were sent to prison.

One charity providing support to such children says

being separated from a mother or father in this way can feel

Others can find themselves isolated from their community.

Georgia spent years visiting her father in prison but says nothing

prepared her for when, aged 15, her mother was also jailed.

Georgia says she was left to fend for herself.

It's quite shameful to admit now but I went fully off the rails.

I didn't have no-one to talk to, at the end of the day

it was like a death but without a body being there.

And my mum, she got moved to a prison in London,

We had to rely on, like, our older brothers,

but they were always busy with their own lives.

She dropped out of school to take care of her siblings and remembers

being shunned by the community because of her parents' crimes.

When my mum went, we were the talk of the town,

and that is what really hurt me, because you automatically feel that

someone is in prison, it was something so crazy,

and they just tarred the whole family with it,

and it's all of us that have to deal with it.

She's one of 17,000 children a year separated from their mothers

by a prison sentence and is now volunteering for the charity

Children Heard And Seen runs workshops for youngsters to talk

There are a lot of support services are there if they have the death

of a parent, but actually losing a parent in terms of a custodial

sentence is very similar to a death, but actually they don't

have the support services out there that they need.

The charity's now looking for more referrals from the police,

schools and families in the Thames Valley.

You are your own individual person, and you can make your own choices,

you know, we do learn by our parents, they are our biggest

role models in our life, but actually these children have

to understand that they made bad choices, it doesn't mean

It's estimated that every ?1 invested in supporting

prisoners' families could save the taxpayer ?11.

This project believes targeting children now will reduce offending

There are 85 real ales on show in Bexley this weekend for the latest

beer Festival as the London love affair with real ale continues to

grow. Here is a home counties produce that

needs a little bit of sun and rain and not too much frost at this time

of year. Find out later why I will be bringing you the weather this

evening from a vineyard. "It going to be a sad

time for athletics." That's what Dartford sprinter

Adam Gemili has said to us about the retirement of the fastest

man on the planet, Usian Bolt. The 23-year-old says it's up

to his generation to fill the void left by the Olympic champion

who retires this summer. They could be competing

together for one last time at the World Championships

in London, as Chris Slegg reports. Usain Bolt, running

away from everybody. Among those trailing in the wake

of the great Usain Bolt at last summer's 200 metres Olympic final,

Adam Gemili, he finished fourth, three-thousandths of a second behind

Christophe Lemaitre of France. My heart goes out to this

young man, Adam Gemili. Nine months on, he looks back

with disappointment rather than pride at having come so close

to a place on the podium. Yes, I was close

but not close enough. And that is why you realise how much

those Olympic medals mean. Because they are the best guys,

performing at the right time, It was over so quickly,

20 seconds and it was done. Disappointing for me,

I put so much hard work into it The next task for the lad

from Dartford is to make sure he qualifies for

the World Championships being held An amazing experience,

some really fast athletes there. Usain Bolt's last championship,

one not to miss. If I get to compete there,

it is going to be brilliant. Bolt's retirement is a subject

of a documentary to be screened One of the biggest and hardest

things for me to do. I go into a stadium

for a competition, feel the energy and you feel that you just

want to go out there and run. Athletics doesn't look to be

in the healthiest place, probably not the best time

for Usain Bolt to be retiring. How do you think the sport will cope

with the loss of a global icon? Such a big character and he's taken

athletics to such a big platform. I feel lucky to be in his era,

able to compete and get It will be a sad time for athletics

but hopefully there are plenty And it is our responsibility to do

that, we will do our best. It may be a while until

athletics finds another But his passion and enthusiasm

for the sport will certainly You could be forgiven for thinking

these vineyards are in France or Italy.

But here in the capital and home counties we have our own growing

number of alcohol producers as consumers get a taste

Louisa Preston is at a vineyard in Surrey.

And Lou, they've not had it easy down there, have they?

I am on Greyfriars vineyard, 50 acres, 75,000 vines producing 70,000

bottles of sparkling wine. It is sparkling wine because the grape

doesn't have to be as ripe. Ideal for the British climate. But the

weather has been causing if you problems.

Joining me is the owner of the vineyard, Mike Wagstaff, you have

had a difficult week. Welcome to Greyfriars. A tough week

for us. We had two very hard frosts on Tuesday and Wednesday night which

caused us quite a bit of damage. Camus you show me that damage?

You can see here we have one of the Keynes, the new shoots have been

hit, they have gone brown and crispy like dried tobacco.

You have measures to combat the frost. Frost at this time of year in

England is a regular occurrence and we use what we call candles, five

litre paint tins full of paraffin wax and a wick. We like them in the

middle of the night to raise the temperature of the air to keep the

frost away. How much have you lost because of

this frost? Over the last couple of days we have

counted the cost and across our three sites we have lost about 30%

of this year's crop which is bad but not disastrous compared to many

other vineyards in this part of the world.

Let that hand over to Wendy who is in the cellar with all the produce

of these fines to find out why this has happened.

I am with some of the wines bottled in previous years, 2012-2014. It

isn't uncommon to have frost in April, it is possible to see them in

May and June. The damage is because of March. March was the fifth

warmest on record dating back to 1910. There were barely any air

frosts in Farnborough. Then we had a warm start to April, that sunny

Sunday at 25 degrees. Then came three consecutive days of

the subzero temperatures. Further across South Croydon in Surrey, -5

recorded on the 27th. An erratic start to spring. Anyone trying to

grow anything across London and the Home Counties has been having

problems. Very difficult. The English

sparkling wine really is on the up, doing very well. Mike, tell me why

that is? Why so popular? Over the last few

years we have improved the quality and quantity of wine we make. It is

on a par with the best Champagne. Many people can't tell them apart.

It is being exported to China and the United States and is coming into

its own. Impressive, I wish you the best.

Good luck. Not just sparkling wine on the up in the south-east, beer is

doing very well and Mark Ashdown is at a beer festival in Bexley.

I am surprised you are coming to me second, beer and wine is fine, they

say but not the other way around! This is one of a growing number of

beer festivals springing up, taking those German connoisseurs for a run

with their money. It has changed, there was a time when you had to

live in East London and sport a bid to enjoy real L. Not today. We spent

a typical day at a brewery. It is in Hackney and there is plenty of

trendy facial hair on view. Six hours, seven hours

to create a full batch. He does have a beard

too, we'll give it There is a complicated

science behind all this Certain flavours you get

from the malts, roasted malts that is where a lot

of the colour comes from. What got you into it,

a love of ale or science? This brewery started four years

ago with three people. This is James with a solid

seven out of ten for the When you get people on the street

saying, I tried it, it was Of course it is all

about the beer, not And smaller breweries

have taken off. Why do you think brewing

has become so popular? A lot of people want

to try something new. Also it is an affordable luxury,

particularly when comparing things You can get a really high

quality bottle of beer New figures from the ONS

also suggest Londoners drink less than the rest

of the country and are less With pop-up stores and beer

festivals growing, London's love affair

with beer continues. Clearly those folks from the ONS

didn't come here, the beer is already flowing. Andy, you are one

of the organisers, it has been popular for years.

Of course, this festival has been going for 12 years.

How many come over the weekend. We are open until Saturday this

weekend, hoping for about 1600 people through the door.

What happens if the beer runs out? That is it, real ale is a product

you can't renew. Once it has gone, it is gone.

You don't need to have a part. -- A pint. You can have a half if

you like. Sorry to interrupt, tell us,

Thursday evening, what brings you down here for the ale?

Just the beer festival with a good ale.

It is quite social, a lot of people here.

We all get talking to each other, we rate the beers.

Is it like wine, the different flavours?

Yes, it is great to have a choice. Some pubs don't have a choice. At a

festival there are different styles, flavours, lots for everybody.

Enjoy, thank you. It is to say everyone here -- needless to say

everyone here is taking the train home.

It would be rude not to try it! I am sensing what a tough assignment

this has been for you! Thank you very much indeed.

Turning now this remarkable rediscovery.

I say that because its whereabouts has been unknown for decades.

It's actually a long-lost sculpture from the Festival

ARCHIVE: Bank holiday, and the festival spirit pulls

the crowd to the South Bank exhibition...

It was a year-long exhibition designed to celebrate the nation's

achievements in science, technology, architecture

The Festival Of Britain was a really, really interesting

A lot of the public art that was commissioned was concentrated

A lot of public sculpture, some very large pieces were commissioned.

Among them this, Sunbathers, a life-size sculpture which hung

And like dozens of pieces commissioned at the time,

its whereabouts was unknown for decades.

But just a few months ago, the mystery was solved

We thought it had gone forever, but in fact that's not the case.

It was languishing under a tarpaulin in a hotel in south London -

so it hadn't even got that far from the South Bank.

In fact, it ended up here in the garden of

My dad was a businessman, I think he went to an auction and bought them.

And he saw that they could be very nice for his hotel.

I've got pictures of me as a five-year-old with the Sunbathers,

I used to sit amongst them and talk to them, and they were

And my brothers were much older, so they were like my

These days, the sculptures are in a sorry state and need a lot

So Sunbathers is the only piece of sculpture commissioned

for the Festival Of Britain that's been found to date,

but Historic England hope it's the first of many,

and they're asking you to help find some of the country's most

Thousands of pounds has already been raised to help restore Sunbathers

Once that's been done, it's hoped a new home

on the South Bank can be found so future generations can begin

to enjoy this much-loved sculpture once again.

Let's return to the vineyards of Surrey.

And to Wendy this time for a check on the weather.

It is fair to say it is chillier than the South of France I will say!

Also I wish I had put a coat on. Never mind. The other thing to

mention, apart from the frost nipped buds is how dry it was through the

whole of April. We set a new record at Kew Gardens for the driest April

records dating back 54 years, just 6.4 millimetres of rain in the whole

month at Kew Gardens. Barely four millimetres across other parts of

London. We may be standing in parts of the Home Counties later this year

talking about the effect that has. As we go through the next few days,

very little will change. High pressure for several days now.

That will continue as we go through the rest of this week and into the

weekend. Shades of grey overhead but some

lovely sunshine here earlier today. There were sparkles of that

elsewhere as well. Through the evening and overnight, plenty of

cloud, maybe a little bit of drizzle, no substantial rainfall.

There has been a breeze blowing from the north-east, always a chilly

direction. Temperatures of the lower than 5

degrees, frost is not a worry tonight.

Tomorrow, a mixture of clouds, bright sunny spells in the

afternoon, especially north of London. It will field a tiny bit

warmer, temperatures up to 15. By the weekend, not much change but up

to 17 degrees. Something to look to.

We should say, Wendy, apologies to viewers who noticed there were no

weather graphics but beautiful vineyard scenery instead.

Thank you. The Duke of Edinburgh has announced

he's to retire from all public duties after more than 70

years of service. Prince Philip, who'll be 96

next month, has the full support of the Queen

who will continue her normal duties. The BBC's learned that

the Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust, where at least five

babies died following problems monitoring their heart rate

during labour, has paid out millions of pounds in compensation

after similar errors led to babies The surfer who was rescued

after being adrift for 32 hours in the Irish Sea has told the BBC

he had "prepared for death". 23-year-old Matthew Boyce

was speaking from his The mother of a 19-year-old stabbed

to death in Croydon says knife Andre Aderemi was murdered

on a estate last August, We will be here later

during the Ten O'Clock News. But for now, from everyone

on the team, have a lovely evening. Three reasons we love Eurovision -

the costumes.