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No more money for the Fire Brigade - The Government rejects the Mayor's

request for financial help following the Grenfell disaster.

Sadiq Khan has been elected the Mayor of London,

he fully understands the situation in London.

If he's making that call, he's doing it for a reason,

The Government says they have the resources they need.

Tributes are paid to a sixth form student from Buckinghamshire

who died during a school trip to South America.

Two trapped passengers are cut free by firefighters after a bus crashes

We look at one how one of the cinematic

treasures of the 1930s is being given a new lease

London Fire Brigade won't receive any more money from the Government

to fund life-saving equipment following the Grenfell tragedy -

He'd written to the Home Secretary asking for help to buy,

among other things, new breathing apparatus for firefighters

But Amber Rudd says they have the resources they need

and it's up to City Hall to decide how it's spent.

Jeremy Corbyn has told this programme he wants

Here's our political correspondent Karl Mercer reports.

The Grenfell fire led to calls for London's

They had to borrow an aerial ladder from Surrey and

a drone from Kent to help tackle the blaze.

London's Fire Commissioner then drew up a list of new equipment

Top of the list, three new aerial platforms,

1200 new breathing apparatus sets and

two new drones, along with more masks,

The mayor has said he will raid savings to pay for now,

but wants the Government to cover the cost.

I've had, this week, an initial response from the Home Secretary

which I regret to say is not encouraging and stresses

that it is a matter for the GLA to manage

within its existing funding arrangements.

This is the letter the Home Secretary sent to the mayor.

"Funding of the Fire Brigade is a matter for you,"

and says City Hall already gets enough money from Government.

She signs off with, "Best wishes, Amber."

The message from the Home Secretary to the mayor is a blunt one.

She said, in the wake of the Grenfell fire,

if London's Fire Brigade wants more kit, City Hall will

The worry here at City Hall is that paying for it now will leave a black

hole in the finances in years to come.

How can we afford all this if the Government doesn't help?

I think this will be a serious problem in the future,

about balancing the books for the London Fire Brigade.

Let's fund our Fire Service properly and recognise how vital

I ask the Home Secretary, think again.

Sadiq Khan has been elected Mayor of London.

He will understand the situation in London.

He's making that call, he's doing it for a reason

The mayor says paying for the new kit could mean scenes

with the potential for fire station closures and the loss of jobs

as was seen three years ago, when similar savings had to be made.

The Home Secretary's letter says City Hall is getting enough money

So, any further response to this from the Government?

We were hoping to hear from you the Home Secretary or a Home Office

minister. In fact, we hold the Home Office at 745 this morning. They

didn't answer but dead at 510 give us a statement which ends by saying

that the governor told the mayor will ensure the London Fargo

continue to have the resources they need. Interesting, though, isn't it?

This is a battle over ?6 million, essentially. Which is small beer in

the big GLA budget and minuscule spreads the Government are

concerned. So while the fighting over it? Look at the mayor is

pushing his luck, perhaps, saying, I need money for them but we have had

that before, and we, money for police, and we had the Premier

League yesterday asking for more money to help please football

ground. The garments at turning around -- the Government turning

around and saying, when does it stop? Will be Mayor of London asked

for more money when there is a terror attack? But I think City Hall

arrayed that there is a potential further down the line, they said in

the piece, that it will be paid but there will be ongoing costs. They

think and poor use time, they may have a black hole bat in four use

time, they may have a buckle in the budget. The last time there was a

similar black hole, they had to lay off firefighters and close stations,

so something they are keen to avoid. Thanks for your insight.

An investigation's under way after a double decker crashed

into a shop in south-west London during this morning's rush hour.

Two passengers trapped onboard had to be cut free.

A nurse who was on the bus claims the driver told her

he had blacked out moments before the collision.

We can cross to Battersea now - and to our reporter Ayshea Buksh

Well, Lavender Hill has now reopened and traffic is flowing freely

through this area. But if you look across the road, you might be able

to make up the shop. Half of it is boarded up, the other half isn't. As

we came on air, just before we came on air, I spoke to someone who was

inside, looking at the damage created by the crash.

At the start of rush hour in south London, a devastating crash. A

passenger on this number 77 bus along Lavender Hill in Clapham

described how would you off the road and into a shop. There was a lot of

screaming on the bus. There was a lady in different right seat... You

could only see the upper half of her body, that was all you could see.

She was screaming for help, there was blood. I went to try to help

her, my first reaction was to try to pull her out, but it was physically

impossible, she was wedged in. It was then up to the London Fargo to

save her. She and another woman also on the top deck, were rescued using

specialist equipment -- up to the London Fire Brigade. We used a air

platform, it high vehicle we use to reach tall buildings, in this case,

one we have casualties trapped in the upper deck of a bus, we can use

it to provide a stable, safe platform to bring the casualties

down. Other passengers on board were treated by paramedics at the scene

and the driver was also taken to hospital. It has been claimed he had

some sort of seizure while driving the vehicle. I didn't see the bus

driver but I have heard from other passengers that a boss Trevor

blacked out. Another lady on the bus said that she saw him slack-jawed

with his eyes open. Noel was inside the shop as it hasn't yet open. --

no one was inside. It said in a statement that bottle with the

driver and passengers. As the buses slowly are meticulously taken away,

you can see the full extent of the damage and how the front top end of

the bus smashed into the side of the shop. Transport for London, along

with the Met police, now investigating what happened.

Well, the police have said that one of the injuries were

life-threatening or the changing. They will soon made an appeal for

anybody who may have been travelling in this area at the time, either on

the bicycle or in a car, if they had any footage they may have captured

do a dash cam or a helmet cam, to get in touch with them as soon as

possible. Many thanks for that update.

The Hakki treasure that no one even knew was there. We will take a look

around the Savoy cinema. Tributes have been paid to a sixth

form student from Buckinghamshire who died during a school trip

to south America. The 17-year-old was white water

rafting in Ecuador on Sunday The company which organised

the trip has now launched Yvonne Hall is in High Wycombe

with more details Yvonne. Well, it was just a few weeks ago

that a very excited group of pupils left the Royal school here in high

Wycombe to go on the trip of a lifetime to Ecuador. One of them was

a 17-year-old Matthew Richman, who loved to travel. On Sunday, his

parents were told he had drowned. Despite a desperate attempt of his

friends to try and save him. An investigation is underway, the whole

school community here is in deep shock.

His friends say he was caring and friendly and he loved travelling.

Last month, Matthew joined a world challenge expedition to do voluntary

work in Ecuador with fellow pupils and staff from the Royal Grammar

Then, on Sunday, Matthew's parents received the devastating news that

Today, the expedition organiser said:

Despite the tragic news, one body which

represents schools says that overseas trips are

There is always a risk, particularly after something

terrible happens like has happened today, but we kind of default to

a position of thinking that we can't send

children on any trips, they

I think parents would think, everybody would think, that

And what we have to do to remind ourselves that

all the procedures are in place, both from the school 's point

of view, the local authority point of view, and also from the

organisation that runs trips like the one we have heard about today.

In 2012, another pupil on a world challenge expedition

died while trekking in Morocco for stop Samuel's parents said they

would never have let him go if they had known in advance

about the arrangements for emergency care.

World Challenge says changes have been made since Samuel's death.

Well timed has pointed out that it organises hundreds of school trips

and the usually say. But it has said it will suspend white-water rafting.

An investigation is underway and authorities here are desperately

trying to get the school party home early so that they can offer them

support and counselling as they struggled to come to terms with this

horrific and sudden death of a very well loved young man. Back to you.

Thank you. Police hunting for a jogger

who knocked a woman into the path of a bus on Putney Bridge

have arrested a man. Caroline Davies is here

with the latest update. Many of us will have seen this

footage over the last few days, the CCTV, that is because it seems to

show such a shocking incident and many people have shared it on social

media. If we take a look now, it shows a man jogging across Putney

Bridge and he comes across a woman walking in the opposite direction

and that appears to picture into the road aren't all, in Catholic, the

bus here first overture. -- appears to push her into the road into

oncoming traffic. She walks away with the managers, thankful. The bus

stops, passengers get off to help the women and about 15 minutes

later, the job came back out along the road, back across Putney Bridge.

The woman tried to stop him and torture but he didn't acknowledge

her and continued on his run. So this CCTV has put out by the police.

-- the woman tried to stop and talk to him. The boys are trying to find

the manifold. And thus happened during a busy rush-hour? It did, it

was a Friday morning, plenty of traffic around, commuters walking

across the bridge, plenty of people that might have seen something to

stop since this footage has been put out there, the blues have said they

have had a very strong response and they were able to arrest a man this

morning. A 50-year-old man was arrested in an address in Chelsea.

This was on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. But we have had an

update since then that been released pending further enquiries. So please

to appeal for anyone who has any more information to come forward.

Extra bringing us up to date on that story. -- thanks for bringing us up

to date. Police believe a van driver may have

been killed on the M11 in Essex after a lump of concrete

was thrown from a bridge. Detectives say a 'brick size piece

of concrete' his windscreen between Junctions seven and eight

of the motorway near Birchanger just before five o'clock

yesterday afternoon. The man in his 60s lost control

of the van, veered off Three people have been

treated for minor injuries after an "unidentified

substance" was delivered in an envelope to a business

in London's Borough Market. The Metropolitan Police

said the incident is not People living on the canals

near Tottenham say more needs to be done to protect them after a spate

of violent attacks. There've been at least eight thefts

in just over a week, some of which saw people threatened

with knives or assaulted. Sophie and James

live on a houseboat. Last Thursday, they were coming home

when they were surrounded by a gang James told Sophie to run

and then he was attacked. First, punched me in the face a few

times and kind of push me over. I quickly got back to my feet

and managed to get Mike hands up I quickly got back to my feet

and managed to get --my hands up to protect my face and they carried

on punching me, you know, punching me in the side of the head

and on my arms and stuff like that. And they carried on doing that

for a bit while I kind And whilst that was going on,

they took my phone and my Fortunately, the incident

was interrupted by a So it could potentially have

been worse than that. Eight violent robberies have taken

place in the same area All the attacks took place along

this tow path between Clapton and Tottenham further

along the water. It was carried out

by a gang on bikes. All of them have

their faces covered. The victims described them

as black men in their late The police have now increased

their patrols in the area. We're taking it extremely seriously

and that is based on the level of violence that has been

used by these offenders. One of the victims had a knife

held to use the road. --One of the victims had

a knife held to his throat. All of the victims were punched

and kicked whilst they've been been on the floor, even

after relinquishing their property, and that sort of shows

and demonstrates the people For James and Sophie,

they feel it is time worse time For James and Sophie,

they feel it is time to improve safety on the tour

parts of London. I think police having

a better relationship with the boating community,

I think actively communicating with them, actively seeking our input,

and understanding that actually, lifestyle is a little different

and we do move regularly, but we still demand safety tow paths

and a safe area to losing Police are now urging anyone who may

have been the victim of a similar attack but haven't reported it yet

to come forward. Hi, I'm Marty McCutcheon and I will

be talking about my first album in 17 years. I had been away from the

business a long, long time so we have got a lot of catching up to do.

And the sunshine returned today, but with a loss for tomorrow? I will

have all the details just before 7pm, for the weekends and the week

ahead. They triumphed at the World Cup -

and 18 days on the spotlight back on women's cricket with the domestic

season beginning today. Lord's was sold out for the final

between England and India and more Now players and organisers

are hoping to capitalise on the game's newfound popularity -

as the Super League gets under way. It seems really

surreal now, I mean... Looking back on what could

be a landmark moment A World Cup triumph in front

of a full house at Lord's. Tammy Beaumont and Nat Sciver,

now back in action for their club Surrey,

certainly played their part. Certainly, the feeling around

cricket has changed. It is doing it has just been

massive, that Sunday back --It has just been massive, that

Sunday back in July was just crazy. So why should this be any different

from England's previous three Well, today, a woman's domestic

cricket match was televised live for the very first time in England,

as Sky showed Southern Vipers In the opening game

of the Super League season. Skype will broadcast

regular matches, including Surrey against Yorkshire,

at the Oval on Sunday. Yes, it's a big moment,

but it's kind of down to us to make sure we keep it exciting,

keep it current and, yeah, showcase some good

cricket going forward. So how much do these two World Cup

winners know about each other? Now, Tammy was voted World Cup

player of the tournament. --Tammy, in a T20 match

against New Zealand in 2013, what did Nat become the first

England player to do? Tammy and Sarah Taylor set

in new record for the highest ever partnership for World Cup wicket

at this summer's tournament. Tammy the winner on this occasion,

but when it comes to the upcoming And England, ladies and gentlemen,

our World Cup winners! Like the World Cup, they hope to

be sharing in the glory. Whether you're watching films

outside, at immersive events or at one of the new cinemas

popping up, there does seem to be a resurgence of

the silver screen in London. It hasn't always been so -

in the decades after the cinema boom of the 30s, many theatres

fell to ruin. One in Hackney has recently been

discovered after 30 years. Wendy Hurrell has been to see it -

before it begins a new life. Over a million bricks had to be

placed, and hundreds of tonnes of London's newest cinema in 1932 being

built in the modern style in Morden. You on your doorstep is a future

equal to any new West End, indeed, the world. This was a golden era for

the silver screen. And by 1934, there were around 400 cinemas across

the capital. But then tastes changed. We wanted bingo and bowling

or just a stay at home with the newfangled entertainment,

television. Today, there are just over 100 movie theatres in London.

And so many of those grand art deco buildings if they survived at all

have been engulfed, neglected and forgotten. You wouldn't even guess

as you walk down Stoke Newington Road that this was once the Savoy

cinema, cluttered as it now is by shop front and use, amongst other

things, as a snooker hall. But inside, the balcony of the main

story has somehow survive, having lain undiscovered for more than an

sparred 30 years. -- main auditorium. Among the pungent pigeon

to and peeling paint, it's faded luxury as ever, the faded panels,

the Art Deco architectural features. If you like you're an archaeologist

coming into some ancient tomb or some thing like that. It's just the

fact it's arrived in London -- survived in London were property is

at such a premium, and so many beautiful old art deco cinemas are

being demolished, this is an incredible survivor. It is such a

kind of like sleeping beauty waiting to be discovered. The Savoy was wake

up and be restored as a cultural hub. Wielder Inuit throat singers

when they enter these visual artists another, Latin America, Desert blues

players, yes to bring artists of holiday from all over the world,

prevented an -- present them on stage here, in the diverse community

of Hackney. She went from soap star to pop star

- but then Martine McCutcheon says The former EastEnders

actress has opened up about her years of ill health,

sometimes struggling Now, at the age of 41, she's hoping

to make a career comeback. It was the last in a

long line of things! From finding fame as barmaid

Tiffany in Eastenders # This is my perfect moment with

you #. ..Martine McCutcheon shot to stardom

on stage, on-screen. There were times that I just

couldn't get up and move at all. And the one thing that

I could do that cost nothing She had been diagnosed with

ME and Lyme disease, but as she wrote about the difficult

times, an idea for a new album # Kicking the stars

Around the constellation # Nothing's as wild

as my imagination #. Aptly titled Lost And Found,

the songs tell the story Do you feel quite vulnerable

putting it out there? All this stuff that I, you know,

that was so personal to me But I also think that is probably

why it's connected so well. Because there are a lot of people

that go out, kind of go out there in this world

pretending to have this brave, perfect face and that can sometimes

be crumbling inside. And hopefully, they can

own the songs and make them their own and they will relate

to some of the stuff. So hopefully, some good has come out

of the dark times, you know. She credits her husband,

songwriter Jack McManus, I do love driving up the A3

and just starting to feel the softness of Surrey and,

you know, you think to yourself, God, it's taken a long

time but how lucky am I? You know, how lucky am I,

got my lovely family and my lovely Now what a difference

a day makes - Helen's Howls and easy on August eight it

will rain from dawn till dusk? But it was truly abysmal yesterday.

Tonight, we have a meter shower and because we have had dry weather, you

should have a good view. If you're up that late, that early. We have

had lots of wonderful weather watcher pictures sent in today. This

is a little earlier, Walton on Thames, a vastly different day. That

said, we do have a few sharp showers left over in Kent this morning, it

hasn't been dry and plain sailing for everyone, but from us, it has

been a nice enough day. A fine evening for the athletics, a finite

as well, quite cool by the time we get to dawn like it was this

morning. Could even be some mist and patchy fog around in some areas,

perhaps around the M 25. Lots of sunshine to start the day, the

sunniest part of the UK, because we got cloud gathering in from the

west. Pride and what can, but by tea-time, we will see some rain up

in Buckinghamshire. Some sunshine, 22 hour tomorrow. And good news if

you're heading to the athletics, though by the evening, there could

be some patchy rain, but not like it was yesterday evening. What about

further ahead? As we had through Friday night that patchy rain makes

its way across the London region, let's take a few hours after sunrise

to clear, but the weekend looks for the most part pretty decent. There

will be the odd shower coming to on the breeze on Saturday and attention

for a time on Sunday, but temperatures will get to around

average for the time of year, pleasant as well with light winds

and a little ridge of high pressure returning as we have had today. Come

Sunday, it looks prior silver -- drier still. Doesn't really bad at

all, a better patchy rain which tomorrow. Thank you.

The National Crime Agency says the scale of modern slavery is far

It estimates there are tens of thousands working in many

sectors, including agriculture, construction and domestic Labour.

Around 1700 thousand eggs enter the UK from potentially contaminated

Dutch farms. -- 700,000 X. The Food Standards Agency

said it's unlikely there Some sandwich and egg products have

been withdrawn from supermarkets. Jeremy Corbyn says the Government

should fund life-saving equipment in the wake

of the Grenfell Tower block tragedy. The Mayor sought financial help

from the Government but today it emerged that the Home Secretary has

rejected any assistance. Lots more on our Facebook page,

including the skinny house just over three metres wide

with a fat price tag. From me and all the team,

thanks for watching