21/08/2017 London News

A warning of more deaths from faulty white

goods if new safety measures aren't introduced.

Nine people have lost their lives where there have been faulty white

goods, there are still people in this city that still have that now,

it is a matter of life and death. London Fire Brigade say there needs

to be an improvement to the way The mother and her teenage

son shot by a gang. She says, one year on, they're

still waiting to be rehoused. Transport for London

investigate the moment this seemingly driverless bus moves

onto a busy London road. And you've heard of poodle

parlours, and cat cafes, but would you take your dog

to the cinema? Good evening and welcome

to the programme. Nine Londoners have died

in the last seven years because of fires caused

by white goods. The head of London Fire Brigade

and the Mayor of London say more people will lose their lives

if Ministers don't The Grenfell Tower fire in June

is believed to have started And a year ago, a fire at a tower

block in Shepherd's Bush Here's our Political

Correspondent Karl Mercer. Shepherd's Bush a year ago,

and a fire on the eighth floor of a tower block,

caused by a faulty tumble drier. No-one died in the fire,

but this was what was left Chantal Froelich lives two doors

along, and like neighbours, spent three months out of her flat

after the fire, which she'd seen I could see it was kind

of around my floor area but didn't I was just a horrible,

horrible feeling. It was chaos out there,

police and fire, and people just going crazy because the shopping

centre was being evacuated. This was the tumble drier

blamed for the fire, which led to calls from London's

fire brigade for more to be done to highlight the potential dangers

of faulty white goods. It's thought the Grenfell Tower fire

was started after problems The brigade wants the Government

to set up a simple website where people can get information

about their white goods. I don't think it is an unreasonable

ask to have a central point where a member of the public can

check to see if their product is safe and it means

they are going to be safe Grenfell Tower aside,

the brigade says nine people have died from fires blamed on faulty

white goods in the last sevem years. On average, it goes to one fire

a day blamed on them. Nine people have lost

their lives where there have There are people in London who have

got some of those now. It is up to lately a matter

of life and death. Lawyers representing

Chantal and others affected by the Shepherd's Bush fire have

backed the fire brigade's call. We need a complete shake-up of

the product recall system in the UK. We are talking about

the risk of fire equalling This is an important

issue for consumers We are living with ticking time

bombs and it is not fair. You are playing with people's

lives and you guys need to pull your fingers out and do

something ASAP, really. The Government said it

did have a website up and running that people could use to find out

if their white goods It also said it would respond

to the fire brigade's letter. Consumer champion Lynn

Faulds Woods has reviewed the product safety recall

system and made a series I spoke to her a short time ago

and began by asking what can be done to reduce the number

of fires in white goods. The Govan said to me there is no

money and we do not want new laws so the first thing I wanted was someone

to be in charge officially and I quietly said why don't you appoint

someone you can get rid of if you do not like them? But you will be

paying them to start the job and we wanted a website where people can

find things, an official Government backed website. What they have come

up with which they say makes it clear to the public, it is just a

portal, a pointing portal to various websites. I looked at that website

and it does seem there is a prize Asian of the problematic white

goods. Not all the products are on their when I looked at it and I

could not find it at first because it was not well advertised and I do

not think of the public are finding it in large numbers either because

it is not seem to be very well put out there to people. I think they

need to do better. What about the obligations of manufacturers? We're

told only 10-20% of re-called rods are returned. That suggests the

message is not getting through to concern is. It's maybe getting sued

them, but they do not know where to go. What the manufacturers ought to

do is first of all helped to contribute a fighting fund towards

the people who have suffered, lost their homes, because at the moment

we threw our taxes and council payments are paying for things,

mainly paying for the Fire Service is Hugo winner and trading standards

and it is just a mess, a general message that the system is broken

and it is broken from two years on one I gave in the review. What is

your message for consumers who are watching this and worried about

their own safety? What message to them? I think it is terrible you

have been left worried. It took Whirlpool a long time to tell you to

one plug your machine and not use it when you weren't present and that is

the advice, I'm afraid. If you have got affected machines you have heard

about them a plug for when you are not using them, and when you use

them, do it when you are in the house. Really urgent thing is people

cannot unplug your fridge freezer and when you are asleep, some of the

fridge freezers have got fire is low. I do not want to worry people.

I think the Government who have done precious little to spend money on

this need to do better. Thank you very much for joining us.

The Government told us the day I wanted to keep people safe and there

is a system in place so if you are concerned about your white goods,

you can use the website that the Government have set up. The details

on your screen now. How many weekly titles

are turning the tide and making a comeback

after years of decline. A woman who witnessed her son

being shot in the head - leaving him severely brain damaged -

says she's been unable to take him home because the authorities haven't

found anywhere appropriate Police say it's not safe

for her or her son to return home, meaning it's also unsafe for us

to identify them in this report. Hello, my sweetheart, I am here.

This mother witnessed her son shot in the head a year ago. He has been

in a non-responsive state ever since. He was ready to be discharged

but was not able to go home because the police say it is not safe for

them to return. Since the incident, I have been beside him. I slept at

the hospital for a week, so the hospital said we can put you up in a

relative 's rim but it is only temporary. I stayed there for nearly

six months. I could not be away from my son, I needed to be there and

pray for him and know what was going on with him. She currently lives in

a hotel room paid for by her housing association. It is almost a year to

the day since the family had to flee their home because of fear of

rivals, but pen out series disabled son have felt through the net. No

one seems to be able to resolve her housing needs. It is the worst

situation ever. I feel isolated and alienate it. I feel vulnerable. She

has been trained to seek help from her local MP, David Lambie. In a

statement he said, I have been pressing Haringey Council and other

searches and is to help. But Haringey Council and other

researches say... They say... But she says the offer so far have

not been suitable for her son's disabilities. This man whose son was

killed in nine years ago in London also campaigns for victims of gun

and knife crime. He says the system is broken. I think it depends on

whether the person lives or dies. I think it is as clear cut and brutal

as bad. The support putting forward for victims of homicide should apply

here and do could be practical issues in housing are emotionally

shuffles, but that is not their radio -- not there at the moment.

She continued to go to the nursing home and ideally bases. There is too

much stress. Sometimes I feel I can't breathe and I have to keep

praying really hard, I feel shaky and everything because I know I am

ready to be my home, ready to move my son on, but this is causing us

trauma. The mother of a young man

who was shot by a gang speaking Transport for London

is investigating footage of a bus appearing to move onto a busy road

without a driver, after BBC London It was all filmed by a camera

on a cabbie's dashboard. Our Transport Correspondent

Tom Edwards has been Marylebone Road early

on Sunday morning. This is the footage from a black

cab's dashboard camera. You can hear him talking

to his passenger when this happens. A bus mounts the curb

and pulls out into the road, Then, from the side,

the driver jumps behind the steering He then reverses it off the road

and waves at the cab. The whole incident in total

lasts five seconds. It looks like there is just one

other passenger on board and the driver stops the bus just

before it hits the Buses and bus driving have been

under the spotlight recently This was a crash on Lavender

Hill in Battersea. And a London Assembly report found

high levels of stress and long shifts amongst drivers,

and London's bus safety record does not compare well

to other world cities. It's not clear yet why this incident

involving the 453 bus happened. Transport for London have asked

the bus operator Go-Ahead No-one was hurt in the incident,

but this will again focus attention A jury at the Old Bailey have

started their deliberations in the trial of a cyclist

accused of killing a mother of two who was crossing

the street in her lunch hour. 20-year-old Charlie Alliston

is charged with manslaughter 44-year-old Kim Briggs from Lewisham

suffered "catastrophic" injuries when the pair clashed heads

in February last year. Police are hunting for a man

in his mid-twenties who sprayed acid in the face

of a 32-year-old man. Police have released this

impression of the suspect who allegedly spoke

with a London accent. The acid attack happened

near Stratford underground station in May after the suspect demanded

money from the victim. Stevenage Football Club has been

accused of asking visiting female fans to lift their tops

and show their bras A supporters group representing

Grimsby Town fans made the claim Both Stevenage and the

Football League are now Emma Jones is outside Stevenage's

ground for us this evening It is the allegations made by

Grimsby town fans who came on Saturday for their League 2 fixture

against Stevenage. It is about security checks they claim they went

through on the way in, claims some female fans were asked by female

stewards if they could feel their bras to see if they were under

wired. I spoke to one fan who came with a female companion, he said the

actor been asked by the bra, the steward touched her to verify the

claim of it being under wired and there are claims ten women were

asked to lift up their tops to show their bras to stewards, that in

front of other fans waiting to get in. A trust which are the supporters

group for Grimsby town have now written a very strongly worded

statement to Stevenage and other organisations about security checks

here. They say the searches were a gross invasion of privacy the also

wonder if they were legal and believe the searches were unlawful.

They were perplexed as white security would scare as to whether a

woman hadn't underwired bra. We had no previous intelligence to these

type of search is being implemented against female supporters. Grimsby

town fans say they appreciate that in these difficult times, security

is an important issue. So what have the football club had say about this

at Stevenage? Have released a statement which will I will

paraphrase. They say stewarding on Saturday was not typical of what

they usually deliver at a game. They say a risk assessment suggested the

potential for anti-social and uncooperative behaviour. They say no

incidents were recorded on the day of inappropriate behaviour. If they

had been, they would have dealt with them. The clip takes the allegations

seriously, they will study CCTV to ensure no infringements of excepted

procedures took place. Thank you very much.

There are plenty of ways you can pamper your pooch here in London.

And I'll be finding out about a new activity available to them.

And we are into some tropical ad, so it will have been warned today if it

were not for all the cloud, but will it budge tomorrow? Full forecast

later. Our sometimes fractious relationship

with the tube has been laid bear thanks to some

research by YouGov. It seems less than a quarter

of Londoners want fellow passengers to start conversations with them

and the most hated lines Well, Jim Wheble is at

Tottenham Court Road for us now. So some not very happy

travellers there, Jim? It would seem so. What could be the

problem? We have new stations with love, we have a bit of music

earlier, but it seems passengers and that's so in love with the lines

that run underneath here, the Northern line and the Central line.

In fact, 25% said they generally disliked using them. If you are

wondering who came out on top in all of this, the Jubilee and EDL are.

The thing is, -- the DLR. Some of the lines are extremely

hot, like Central Line The heat that you get

in some of the stations and on the underground,

and some of the older Yeah, the heat, the

claustrophobia, slow walkers. It is so warm,

and yeah, too crowded. We heard quite a list, but what else

do they not like? Conversation. Apparently 55% of us prefer not to

be spoken to when we are on the tube and it is all about etiquette. It is

the thing when people get on the tube before letting passengers get

off. And passengers just generally getting in the way. Another thing as

well- man spreading, when the gentleman amongst us make ourselves

too comfortable in our chairs. Perhaps, Victoria, something I will

take away from this myself. Do not want to think too much about that.

Thank you. There was a time when there

was a thriving local newspaper at the heart of every

London community. But with the advent of online news

many are struggling or have But as Sarah Harris reports,

London Assembly research suggests it may not be all bad news

for local print journalism. Some see it as an

endangered art when it comes to a local press

in London in decline, but here in the city,

is A local newsroom covering stories

7500 residents over a square mile. And growing from week to week

since launching, last year. London is one big community,

but within that, you It is going back to people wanting

to know what is going on in their area, Fleet Street obviously being

in our patch has given us a great platform from which to jump

into the media landscape. A London assembly report

showed that circulation across London over the last

decade dropping by 50%. One North London paper's

readership was cut by 90% even though the number of

publications and online local news The author of the reporters calling

for more investment, like the scheme run by the BBC funding dozens of

local journalists. To make sure those important being things can be

quite dry at local council level get journalists going along to, so the

BBC puts resources into funding media read a newspaper level that

people would not be aware. Those at the sharp end keeping local papers

going with much less funding think it needs an image overhaul, making

what may appear rather dull as serving an important role in holding

local organisations to account. Pre-Grenfell Tower all the

discussions about fire safety and the way buildings were built and

material checks, people thought it may be boring and irrelevant, the

fact that people know one worth covering that the's so there is

still a good argument to keep the printer is going despite the online

revolution. And this success story shows there is still an appetite for

an imprinted version of what is happening on your own doorstep.

It's one of the most familiar landscapes on our skyline -

Trellick Tower is just one of many tower blocks in London.

Last week we heard from some of those who live there -

Well, he was so divisive his name was used by the creator

of James Bond for one of his most well-known "baddies".

MUSIC: Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey

So how did a neighbourly dispute inspire one

of the most famous villains of recent popular culture?

This is 2 Willow Road, the family home of Trellick

architect Erno Goldfinger, built in the 1930s in Hampstead

by him, to the dismay of the Bond creator Ian Fleming

Goldfinger as villain was cemented in Fleming's mind and became part

Goldfinger applied for planning permission in Hampstead,

and Ian Fleming and a few neighbours opposed it and lost miserably

in court and infuriated Ian Fleming, and hence the Goldfinger story.

And while his old neighbours weren't fans, today's are more charitable.

He was one of the pioneers of building social housing

vertically, and Trellick was one of the first high-rise buildings

to be made from poured concrete, which is called brutalism.

So when we found the space empty, we immediately were like,

"It has got to be called Goldfinger."

And with the renewed focus on fire safety in tower blocks,

residents say his designs have stood the test of time.

When we moved here, we had books about Trellick and how it was built

and about Erno Goldfinger and stuff like that.

So as far as the history and the architecture

and the building itself, I feel amazingly safe in it.

Lots of people don't like brutalism, so lots of people don't actually

like Trellick Tower even though it is so iconic.

He may have been the inspiration for one of the greatest

villains, but for many, his work remains heroic.

Next tonight, many of us visit the cinema

with our best friend, but what happens when that mate,

Well, a movie theatre in Central London is hoping

to encourage dogs, and their owners, to watch films together.

Helen Drew has been to find out more.

It's an idea many might think is barking.

But for others, the chance to take their dogs to the cinema is genius.

The film they are watching today is called The Big Sick.

He hasn't, and I think he'll enjoy it.

Everyone is really intrigued about it because you don't really

get out to do stuff like this with a dog.

I think it is a brilliant idea, yes, and I hope a lot more

people will take advantage of bringing their doggies

out to the cinema, yes, and have a good family day out.

The dog-friendly screenings have just started at

Picturehouse Central, just off Piccadilly Circus.

The first sold just 40 tickets, but by the second, they had

to change to a bigger screen, with 75 dogs and 143 humans.

It's been really exciting because people who came to the last

screening have come again today, so we have already got regulars,

So we will keep doing it until people do not want it any more.

It should be really exciting, and everybody today,

Films like Lady And The Tramp and Marley And Me are off-limits,

though, as loud noises on screen like barking might upset the dogs.

If you don't own a dog, you can still go along.

A lot of people in London can't have a dog.

I can't have a dog, so it's great that you get to meet them and sit

with them and see them, and the owners are so friendly

There are lots of other ways you can treat your dog in London.

You can bring them to one of the many pet spas,

Buster is having his hair cut, and then after that,

who knows, they might be ready to join the other

Two screenings down, and the dogs have been behaving.

As far as I could work out, no accidents.

A number of the dogs partook of popcorn and other dog treats.

It was just a great occasion, great fun.

Not all the dogs are necessarily excited about the popcorn,

but if you fancy bringing your dog on a date, the cinema will have

Now let's check on the weather with Elizabeth Rizzini.

Another disappointing day. Crucially, it is a lovely day for

our friends in North America, they have these solar eclipse, some

beautiful pictures from there. This is what we are being treated to post

up this is a plane I assume is landing at Heathrow. Imagine if you

are coming from sunnier climes or the way back to this mess. Misty,

murky, lots of grey cloud, disappointing day. It did not

chirrup too much into the afternoon, a bit more brightness, but clouds

never thinned and broke and that was the problem because now we have the

tropical air mass and it is feeling warm and moist and if it broke,

there would be lovely weather. Tonight, quite misty and murky all

over again. As the temperature drops, some drizzle, most likely

over high ground of the Downs and the Chilterns, there will be held

for good. Looking at a mild start tomorrow, around 16-17d so not in

massive drop in temperature, a big difference to what we had a couple

of days ago in the morning bust up but there is hope! Despite a cloudy

start tomorrow, very dreary, we should see something brighter in the

afternoon, and if we get any sunshine tomorrow, it will help lift

the temperature into the mid-20s. Again, it will be misty, cloudy

through the morning, not a very inspiring start, but where we get

the sunshine, it is likely we will see temperatures up to around 2526.

We are getting drier air from the south-easterly wind, so if that

comes and the cloud breaks it will feel pleasant with a light breeze.

Then the air will turn fresh on Wednesday, highest temperatures

through the morning and the cold front comes through, we get to the

end of the day on Wednesday, it will feel fresher, you can see in the

drop of the night-time temperature. Thursday feels pressure, some

sunshine at times, one or two showers possibly. Keep watching for

the bank holiday forecast. Not quite sure yet.

Thank you very much indeed. Police hunting the chief suspect

in last week's van attack in Barcelona have shot dead a man

in the west of the city. Spanish media is reporting

he was wearing what appeared More than 12 million people

have just experienced The moon passed in front

of the Sun half an hour ago, casting a deep shadow

across parts of America. The Fire Commissioner

is warning more people will die from fires

if the Government doesn't act Danny Cotton wants flammable plastic

removed from fridges and freezers, and a central register

for product recalls. I'll be back later during the ten

o'clock news, but for now from everyone on the team

have a lovely evening. An open invitation to anyone who has

ever felt dazzled by the night sky.