25/08/2017 London News

Engineering works on huge projects mean London's rail travellers

can expect the worse August Bank Holiday disruption ever.

I think for a bank holiday weekend, for the big holiday times when

But Network Rail says the work needs to be done to improve

Scotland Yard takes special measures to protect this weekend's

Notting Hill Carnival from the threat of terrorism

Police were thieves who totalled into a jewellery shop in and other

nights, stealing gems worth over ?1 million.

The battle between the M25 and a nearby woodland with rare trees -

why Wisley and its wildlife are at risk of being bulldozed.

And the Coleridge classic Kubla Khan gets a makeover

by a theatre company in Tooting, for children who are deaf and blind.

Good evening and welcome, I'm Asad Ahmad.

After huge disruption on trains in and out of London this month,

things are about to get even worst over the bank holiday weekend.

In fact, Network Rail says it'll be their biggest

ever August bank holiday of engineering works.

Nearly 20,000 engineers are involved, with several

Let's get more from Sarah Harris at Victoria Station,

Very busy tonight at Victoria Station, and that's not likely to

change. This is one of the few London stations will be open over

this by cutting weekend. When you take into account the fact that

Euston will be closed, Charing Cross, extensive disruption across

the network, I think there will be long delayed hair as well. 40

metres, those delays will go on until the end of the next working

week. And this is why. No bank holiday break

for these rail engineers, working to modernise the network

across the capital. When it comes to the disruption

to services over the next seven days, it's a fairly comprehensive

picture, with most of the main Except for Euston, which will

be closed altogether. This is all a small price

to pay for improvements that will last for decades,

that's according to Network Rail. It's about increasing capacity

through the centre of London, but also increasing the range

of destinations passengers For instance, travelling

from Cambridge down to Brighton, So the range of travel opportunities

will increase significantly At Wembley, fans gathering

for the Rugby League Cup Final And Arsenal fans going

to Liverpool on Sunday won't be But for many Londoners,

it's the continued disruption into the next working week that

they're really bracing They're all saying go with plan B -

stay at home, But I'm not quite sure that'll

happen for some people, because they have

to be in and be seen. Apparently I've only got

trains into Victoria, So I've got to work

out how to get there. Think it has to be done at this time

of year when it's quieter than the commuter time,

then so be it. There are three separate, large

projects working simultaneously, so why not stagger them rather

than cause so much chaos at once? The majority of work we carry out

actually takes place overnight. We carry out about 15,000 projects,

most of them happen overnight. But the ideal time is bank holidays,

when there are fewer people travelling, and we can deliver these

railway megaprojects and we can get in there

and deliver larger projects. 17,000 engineers will be

working around the clock Well into next week, the advice

is to carefully plan your journey. And if you're thinking of dodging

all this by jumping in the car, I can tell you the AAI describing it

as at chaos there. Even busier than it was last bank holiday by about 5

million motorists. Like spiders, there are condition warnings on the'

one, the A3, there were stay up until about 9pm tonight, and then on

Monday, where straight on the' 25, jumped nine-25 Annette Heath Road

stretch. So pure travelling by rail or car this weekend, good luck, you

can expect delays. This weekend's Notting Hill Carnival

will be one like you've Police say they'll have a ring of

steel and concrete, which they say will help protect Carnivalgoers

from the threat of a Officers will also carry kits

to deal with acid attacks. However, it hasn't stopped the force

from facing criticism for having a negative approach

to what is overwhelmingly a safe Grime artist Stormzy used

Twitter to criticise police Although today, the

police has hit back. He's in Brixton where

they're putting finishing Thanks very much, as you can see, a

lot of background going on. The fun side of Carnival. All that

preparation. As you mention, there has been some serious topics lately

discussed, regarding Carnival. The police look to address some of those

in everything this afternoon. The top of the list was security,

especially in the Barcelona terror attack. They told protesters today

there will be concrete and steel roadblocks at the entrance and exit

of the Carnival route to cope with that. Also, acid attacks. You

mentioned there, they're looking to have police officers in those same

locations, able to test liquids that they think might be being carried in

by people they feel suspicious about. And the other issue, of

course, is Grenfell Tower. That terrible tragedy during the summer,

and how to maintain a respectful atmosphere in the vicinity of the

tower. I spoke to the Chief Superintendent, who can tell us more

about that. We have expanded the carnival area

that we police to include the area that the tower since then. We have

introduced traffic management orders, and we will be effectively

closing the area to people who are not residents, who should not be in

that area. I think the community with what the Carnival to proceed,

but it needs to be respectful of what has occurred in that space.

Of course, there was other controversy in the run-up to this

weekend as well, regarding the police operation before Carnival.

There has been some 645 arrests already made, that drew criticism

from Stronsay name. He questioned whether it was just black events

that saw this type of approach. -- criticism from Stormzy.

The Metropolitan Police are charged with the safety of the largest event

in the capital's calendar. It would be remiss of us not to be robust. We

will be uncompromising and our determination to keep the community

safe and secure. That's always why we have that all our Major we have a

proactive face of investigation. And that is what we have done this year.

Some of this serious topics there we have just heard about. But Carnival

is a carnivore, and a lot of the stuff you see behind me, they had

dresses and the rest of it, will be on the streets of Notting Hill this

weekend. We wrap the sunshine International arts camp. We are

having a chat with Ray sunshine, in charge of this whole lot here. There

is a bit of a theme going on here, tell us about it? Voice this is the

death of Carnival, the elements of what I am looking at. Part of the

banner is all red, looking at the heart and the blood that flows in

all of us. We are looking at the inequality of the world right now.

All the people will be an amazing headdresses and the rest of it,

walking through the Carnival on the roads? What we call the van is a

costume band. So we take partisans on the streets. We have something

else then here to show you. This is a bit more onerous, tell us what

this is about? This is the opening piece and working on, called the

death of Carnival, looking at where Carnival is in Notting Hill right

now. The investment we need to put in. These are the pieces that are

going to be on display in that bit of it. So what are these cold, we

have seen illegal...? That seen illegal, hear are evil and speak no

evil. Thank you very much. If you are watching and you are a Carnival

novice, here are five things you may not know about Carnival.

If you want to see more Carnival pieces like that, you can do and

why, Facebook account all over this weekend, and the address letters at

the bottom of your screen now. Thank you very much, lots to look

forward to this weekend at the Notting Hill Carnival.

there's plenty more to watch tonight, including:

Join me at Wesley to bind with this giant way through it and potentially

hundreds of other trees could be chopped down to provide space for a

new road. The Charity Commission has said that

under half of the money raised to help those affected

by the Grenfell Tower fire has Nearly eight million pounds

of the money donated in the wake Campaigners have criticised

the length of time taken for money to reach those bereaved or displaced

by the fire. Burglars have crawled through a hole

in a wall at a jewellers in east London and stolen nearly ?2 million

of gold and diamonds. If that rings a bell -

well, it does have similarities to the multi-million pound

Hatton Garden heist Dan Freedman has been looking

at images of this latest burglary. Unsophisticated but effective -

three men crawl into this east London jewellers and leave with ?1.8

million of jewellery. Get inside, they've smashed a hole big enough to

crawl through in the early hours of the morning. I'm now and builders

yard behind the jewellers, and this is the wall the men got through.

This is a hole they made with a sledgehammer and a crowbar. It's now

been sealed over with cement. Once inside, the mainstay deliberately

low to the ground. Beyond the site of the alarm system. It seems they

knew how to avoid setting its off. It was unusual, one because of the

valley the property stolen, two because they were underneath the

scope of the alarm system, and three because they've slices large hole

through the wall. You say underneath the alarm system, by crawling they

avoided the alarm? It is clear from the CCTV that they haven't been

captured because they crawled underneath the alarm. It's a

cruiser, just as effective version of the Hatton Garden gem heist of

2015. Police think the perpetrators may have been inspired by that rate.

Time voice this is an unusual methods to conduct a badly. And yes,

they may have been inspired by the incident at Hatton Garden that led

them to use this option to gain entrance to the property. Like many

of the jewellers on this busy high Street, Joyalukkas specialise in

high-value Asian gold and ash diamond necklaces, pendants and

earrings. Police are looking for the three suspects who made their way

inside and four men pictured outside who acted as lookouts during this

audacious raid will stop. This is BBC London News on the eve

of the Bank Holiday weekend. Don't go anywhere just yet,

because this is what's coming up A Theatre Company from Tooting

reinventing the production of Kubla Khan for a very special

audience of children. And we take a look at the muggle

version of Quidditch. One of the busiest motorway

junctions in the country, which sees more accidents than any other

in England, could now be about to threaten

rare trees and plants. Plans to improve Junction 10

of the M25 are designed to make it safer, but

campaigners - including Alan Titchmarsh - are calling

for gardeners to join forces and take a stand

against the changes. Wisley Gardens was founded

over 100 years ago. It's considered a centre

of horticultural excellence. It's also close to where

the M25 meets the A3. The junction's congested,

and Highways England The Royal Horticultural Society

is worried one proposal will see the A3 widened,

potentially losing Over 100 years old, one of several

down this great strip, this, along with rhododendrons,

magnolias, camellias - The RHS fears 500 trees

in total could be cut down. Highways England says the strip

of road in question has one of the highest collision rates

in the country, and they I use that road everyday too, I'm

also a commuter coming from London, But there is a brownfield site

on the other side of the road where an extension could take place

which wouldn't involve taking some The RHS wants Highways England

to choose an option which would have less impact

on these historic gardens. On this beautiful evening,

and nobody doubts how Absolutely beautiful. There are

certainly worse places to be on a Friday night will start you have to

imagine some trees could be cut down, all these trees behind me, in

fact, under the proposals, could go. They're not the only significant

trees, behind me we have a tree planted by the Queen for her to

believe. The Queen's would stay standing, but another one wanted by

Prince Philip would be cut down. You can also hear the sound of traffic,

that's the A3 behind me. The trees are protecting the garden from some

of that noise pollution. I am joined here by Wisley's cheap horticultural

list. The trees are just protecting the garden from the noise? This

barrier of trees is a very important strip of Wisley, and contains many

endangered and rare trees. It does of these local wildlife, lots of

dead wood and, as in things growing in that area. Interestingly, our

climate scientists tell us the trees absorb pollution equivalent to about

19,000 cars. You have a special attachment to this area? My first

job with the RHS, about 25 years ago, it was to manage this area. I

have seen nearly a generation of group in these trees and the

difference it has made and the enjoyment of this garden... You can

tell, in the autumn, when the leaves fall off, sound levels rise

appreciably. Highways England tell us one of the things they're trying

to improve here is making the access road here are better for your

visitors? That is their comment. Ellen would deny these words are

congested and difficult. Our point is that it is not necessary to take

a strip of Wisley to do this. There are other options on the east of the

A3 using brownfield site that would not damage important environments.

Thank you very much. Highways England says that they are going to

make a decision on their preferred option at the end of this month.

They say that they do do their very best to do right by the environment

and this kind of thing and they are taking their responsibility very

seriously. A theatre company in

Tooting is believed to be the first in the country to put

on a production for children The Oily Cart Theatre Company

is using innovative ways of engaging their VIP audience,

and entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson has been

to a preview in Wimbledon. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan

- adapted into a 50-minute musical Oily Cart are based in Tooting,

and since 1981, they've made theatre for children with profound

and multiple learning disabilities. But this is their first

production for young people Well, if you can't relate

to them by those senses, There's touch, there's a sense

of movement that you have, And the cast of Kubla Khan aim

to create a stately pleasure dome by interacting with the children

using water, sand and pebbles. And to get to have

this communication Probably because I'm about to do it

in 20 minutes, and I can't wait, And music also has

a crucial role to play. # Here comes the rain,

here comes the rain...#. People don't just

hear with their ears. People say as much a 60%

of what you hear, you pick The vibrations are the essential

part, and the how you play with those textures,

so you can actually feel them, that Afterwards, it was clear

what an impact the show had made, both on the children

and their parents. What bit did James

particularly like then? Because he loves

bathtime, for instance. So he can relate to

that sort of thing. It's not very often she enjoys

something that she's part of, And Emily's thoroughly

enjoyed herself? She really did, and she was

clapping earlier on, And that production is coming

to London next month, at theatres Quidditch - you know the one,

played in the Harry Potter books, Well, there's a real-life

muggle version which is growing in popularity,

and a team from London is preparing to try and win the first ever

Premier League trophy. I didn't believe it either

when I first heard of it, Hello, and welcome to Hogwarts'

first Quidditch game of the season! Today's game - Slytherin

versus Gryffindor! Millions of us first read

about the magical sport of Quidditch before seeing it come to life

when the Harry Potter books The first muggle version

was devised by college Now there are teams

and tournaments around the world. Before, it was very much you can

turn up and play and it Now we have league structures,

coaching structures. The referees have

to do referee tests. People travel abroad

to not only play people, These are the London Monarchs,

and this weekend, this team will be competing on Finals Day

in the newest competition It's a mixed-gender contact sport,

and just like the book, there's beaters, seekers,

quaffles, bludgers and, yes, But if you want to learn more, try

not to ask the players one thing... Everyone's just like,

oh, so how do you fly? We have brooms, but it's a

combination of dodge ball and rugby. So really, really play our hearts

out at the tournaments. Although they can see some positives

in the sport looking a little daft. One of the biggest pluses

about quidditch is, because you do look a bit silly,

it means that everyone... You don't have huge egos

in quidditch, necessarily. Everyone has to take it

with a pinch of salt, have a bit of a laugh,

and that makes it a really nice But at the same time,

it's a competitive sport, because of the physicality of it,

it means people to get very into it. And that's part of

the joy of it as well. It's a sport that continues

to grow and evolve. As magical fiction

becomes phenomenal fact. I bet you wouldn't have believed

that even existed until you saw it. Let's get a weather forecast from

Lucy. A nice, sunny day today. I hope it will last into the weekend?

Certainly a lovely day this weekend, and it looks like it will last. We

saw blue skies around today. Our Weather Watchers around with cameras

taking photos, this taken by the Weather Watcher in Bromley. We saw

similar scenes in Bermondsey. It felt warm and sunshine, a high of

24.4 Celsius in acute gardens. And it looks like it will last into the

weekend. Dry and bright with increasingly warm temperatures as we

move into bank holiday Monday. Not everybody has been seeing sunshine

across the UK today. We saw the best of the dry, bright weather in the

east. We had a good day here. That has been thanks to this area of high

pressure sitting across the South, and staying there as we move into

the weekend. Through this evening and overnight, it will stage dry and

bright. It will turn darker through the evening and with clear spells

and light winds. Temperatures not falling into far, lows in the

mid-teens. Starting the day tomorrow, a mild start, but more in

the way of clouds around band today. Still dry and bright, sunny spells

and temperatures a touch higher than today, around 25 Celsius beehive.

Sunday looking fairly similar to Saturday, more in the way of cloud

than today, but plenty brightness and sunny spells developing. The

winds light, but our temperatures higher than Saturday, maximum of 26

is possible. Moving into bank of the Monday, that's where it looks like

we'll see the best of the sunshine, I dry, bright day with plenty of

sunshine. Temperatures a touch warmer still. By Monday, highs of 27

degrees possible. Of dry, bright weather and our temperatures

creeping up into Monday. Good temperatures, perfect for Carnival.

Thank you that, Lizzie. Before we go, a look at the main

stories making the news tonight: A leaked report has exposed

the extent to which the Royal Bank of Scotland mistreated

its own business customers. Over 90% of them experienced some

form of inappropriate action by the bank, such has seeing

unnecessary fees added. Hauliers and other motoring

organisations have expressed their opposition to the Government's

plan to test wireless controlled The Government says it'll

mean cheaper fuel bills Rail passengers are being warned

of major disruption over the Bank Holiday weekend

because of engineering work. Five of London's biggest

stations face disruption. And Scotland Yard have

announced they'll be putting special measures in place -

ahead of this weekend's They include concrete

and steel roadblocks at the entrance to the carnival -

and officers will carry kits Those paying tribute to the victims

the ground bell tower fire will be fenced off Tenby on.

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