29/08/2017 London News

Patients in London are to be the first

to be able to visit a GP seven days a week,

But the outgoing Head of NHS London warns the service needs more

Could you do an even better job if you had more money?

I think the answer to that has to be yes because it would always be yes.

We'll hear more from Dr Anne Rainsberry

Police reinvestigate the death of a cartoonist

30 years after he was murdered in Knightsbridge.

Anger over why this 14-metre deep sink-hole hasn't been fixed

on a busy road in Hemel Hempstead months after it opened up.

The sport that's hooking in more families.

We visit the charity giving young people the chance to fish in London.

By the end of this year, Londoners will be the first

people in the country to be able to access a GP

seven days a week, all year round morning till night.

The promise has been made by the outgoing

Head of London's NHS, who also warns that the

capital needs more money to keep the NHS going.

So Dr Anne Rainsberry wants the government to urgently sign off

on a better funding deal for London and she's been speaking with our

It looks and sounds like any GP appointment but Anastasia is a bit

young to realise that she may be at the forefront of change in London

because her GP is part of a practice that delivers care out of a normal

hours and at weekends. Especially when you have a small child, they

can't communicate, so it's either AMD or 111, and it easier to come

somewhere local. Doctor Hassan works in one of two surgeries offering

appointments from 8-8 seven days a week. Partly to relieve the pressure

on AMD, a lot of these problems can be dealt with by doctors, so

patients don't need to go to accident and emergency. It should be

quicker for them and it will relieve pressure on the A If something

and rain spree promised would be happening across the capital by the

end of the year. As she prepares to leave office, she told BBC London it

would give better care but also save money. She did admit hospitals in

the capital could do with more money from central government. If everyone

is struggling financially, is it not the case that actually the NHS in

London is underfunded? In terms of the way the formula works, in terms

of how money is allocated, according to that formula, we are not

underfunded. That's not quite the same thing, is it? As you leave, you

recognise London is not getting the money it needs to deliver the

services it should be delivering? There's lots of people in the NHS in

London who express a view to me that they feel that the NHS needs more

money. And you agree with that? My own personal view is that, in order

to deliver what the NHS needs to do deliver, we need to have a public

debate about it. That debate will rage on so will the one about what

will happen to deal it was supposed to be signed between London and the

national government that would have given more power to the capital over

the sell-off of NHS land and could have led to higher pay for NHS

staff. It was supposed to be launched in January, what's

happening? The intention of partners in London is it should be signed.

Does that drive you nuts when you are ahead of the NHS in London? Have

this agreement brings me to change, you think you got a deal and eight

months on, as you leave office, it hasn't been done? I'm disappointed

hasn't been done buying confident it will be. Over to central government

and the person who will take over the NHS in London. There are fears

health service staff in the capital will prove even harder to keep here.

Karl Mercer, BBC London News. Scotland Yard's Counter

Terrorist Command is re-investigating the murder

of a cartoonist who was shot Naji Al-Ali was Palestinian

and known for satirising Arab He'd already received death threats

prior to the shooting but as Dan Freedman reports,

nobody has ever been This is cartoonist Naji Al-Ali,

shot dead 13 years ago This is cartoonist Naji Al-Ali,

shot dead 30 years ago His satirical cartoons featured

a character called Handala, a ten-year-old Palestinian refugee

based on Al-Ali's His work criticised both the Israeli

and Palestinian regimes. He received death threats

in the years before he was killed. 30 years on, and Mr Al-Ali's family

believe the police knew who did TRANSLATION: The police back then

talked about that man publicly, that he was wanted and they said

the person organised They were fairly confident they knew

who fired the gun as well. At around five o'clock

in the afternoon on 22nd July 1987, Mr Al-Ali was walking from his car

to his office on Ives Street when he was followed by a gunman

and shot in the back of the neck. Police say this is how

the gunmen would look today. After the murder he was seen running

out of Ives Street back across Draycott Avenue

and into Ixworth place. At the same time, a second older man

in his 50s was seen concealing what looked like a gun in nearby

Lucan Place. He gets into a left-hand drive

silver Mercedes and drives away. His job was to get that

of the murder weapon which was only His job was to get rid of the murder

weapon which was only found two years later on open ground

near the Hallfield This is the 30 year anniversary

of Mr Al-Ali's death and over that period of time,

30 years, people's allegiances change, people who might not have

felt confident at the time coming forward, I'd encourage them now

to actually speak to us. The police in particular do not

close such enquiries. They always remain active

and are constantly reviewed and, as a result, if people feel they can

help us, I would encourage While for now the person who pulled

the trigger remains a mystery, police are clear this

was a politcally motivated murder. It seems Mr Al-Ali's

art was so effective, After weeks of engineering

work and disruption, Britain's busiest railway station,

opened again this morning. But it didn't go quite

according to plan. Signalling problems caused

delays and cancellations and, as you'd expect,

that created a huge Tolu Adayoyay is at the station

to bring us the latest. People are hoping they would be back

to normal today but they were sadly disappointed. As you say, it was

because of signalling problems. Network Rail said the work to extend

the platforms went smoothly and then they discovered these problems with

signalling equipment. We've had a drip effect of information today and

were told things would be back to normal by 2pm and then 4pm and now

it will continue until the end of today and the passengers I spoke to

were not entirely surprised. I just decided to take

it in my stride. I knew this was going to happen

so I'm not letting it stress me. Let's face it, we've all been

saying we'd be sure it Improvement is good

but it's a bit annoying. A project like this is extremely

complicated and we have had 1,000 people working round-the-clock 24

hours a day seven days a week for the last three and a half

weeks to deliver it. I think it's important to remember

that before seven o'clock this morning we reopened Waterloo station

completely, delivering what will soon be an enormous

benefit for our passengers Some patients being asked for by

Network Rail but unfortunately this is not the only station which is

seen disruption. No decent trains are going into London Charing Cross,

London Waterloo, London East, London Bridge, so we are told Victoria and

Cannon Street will be extremely busy as a knock-on effect, so this is not

a great time for commuters in the capital. Thank you. Some news in

brief now. A teenager shot dead in east

London has been named by police as former RAF cadet

19-year-old Abdul Mayanja. He was found by police

after shots were fired Police believe Mr Mayanja

left his home in Plaistow at about ten that night

and may have been accompanied by two women

who detectives want to trace. A cyclist has been killed in north

London after being hit The driver was arrested

on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving

after the collision on the junction of Camden Road

and Brecknock Road in Holloway. The cyclist is believed

to be in his 30s, and was The latest phase of an HIV

prevention campaign has begun, after already seeing rates

of diagnosis drop over The new 'Do It London' campaign

launched by London's Councils is encouraging Londoners to use

a combination of methods to prevent HIV, including testing regularly

for the virus and using pre-emptive Since we first started campaigning

with Do It London in 2015, HIV rates in the capital had dropped

by up to 40% in some clinics. We haven't seen that drop

in the rest of England so it's a really great achievement

for London councils to be proud of, but what we are asking people to do

now is to look at the other prevention choices that they can

make so that we can continue to drive down HIV rates in London

and achieve our goal which is to have zero

transmission by 2030. Work taking place

for the new terminal at Luton Airport is said to be

so loud that it's driving local They say the noise of

machinery continues at night and, after a wave of complaints,

the levels were found to be close to breaching legal

limits, but not quite. This is the noise that is ringing

out around Luton airport at night It's torture, it really

is torture, yes. I don't know how much longer

we can put up with this The noise is caused by a piledriver

hammering steel poles into the ground to lay

the foundations for an extension It's just making us both tired

and grumpy and irritable and then having to deal with a little one

as well, it's hard work. You kind of dread going to bed

at night because you know that you're going to be woken up at two

or three o'clock and who knows how So, in the end, I just had

to sit in bed and read. By the time I got back to sleep

it was 5.30 this morning. We are probably half a mile away

from the airport and it's continual. There are occasional breaks

presumably, I don't know, they have to do something and then

it would continue. It was Tuesday, Wednesday,

Thursday last week. Neither residents nor

Luton Borough Council, who are shareholders in the airport

and approve the plans, were given advance notification

of the works taking place. We, as councillors, didn't know

anything was going to happen. The residents, who are neighbours

of the airport, didn't know anything The airport told us it apologises

to all affected residents, that, for security reasons,

the work for UK border control, overnight working is unavoidable

and it will look at measures Luton Borough Council says it is now

investigating an alleged breach This afternoon the council advised

the airport that the work has to stop from tonight. And a proposal

for mitigating for the noise will have to be submitted because of harm

it's causing to nearby residents. The work was due to go on for

another three weeks, causing many sleepless nights, but the will

clearly have to have a rethink, which will come as welcome relief to

thousands of people. We will see what happens there, Nicola. Thank

you. This is what's still

to come on the programme. The story of King George VI's

stammer, made famous in The King's Speech,

but now a letter written by his father draws

attention to his shyness I hope you have enjoyed this late

blast of some of. What is looming up on us as we speak is something a bit

more like autumnal. The details in the forecast later.

When you think of London in the future,

Or maybe flying cars above your head with more

over-populated city than it already is?

Well, we thought we'd look at what London might

look like in 2050 in a series of reports

which begins with this one, from our transport correspondent,

Could flying cars be the future of transport in cities?

This is the latest sci-fi Blade Runner film.

NEWSREEL: All you need is a few hundred gallons of liquid hydrogen.

Or could jet packs revolutionise travel?

Probably not and there are plenty of ideas that don't make it.

In three or four years' time, every other car is going to be one.

The plan is for all vehicles in London to be zero emissions by 2050.

Our kids will not know what an engine sounds

like and a rev and this, that and the other in years to come.

There is no reason why everyone won't go electric

You can see with the upsell of electric cars it

The big challenge for city planners will be a growing population

and increasing demands on limited space.

It is predicted that in 25 years' time, the population of London

That will mean increased investment in infrastructure,

Crossrail two, Crossrail three, perhaps even Crossrail four.

At the Transport Museum there are all kinds

This is a 60-minute car that's stored while not in use.

In the 1900s they also thought commuting would be be done by air.

The buzz phrase at the moment in the transport world is something

That is you use apps and smartphones to call up

Some people say that that means in the future we won't need

The question there is, what does that mean for the capital's streets?

We are already seeing trials of driverless

Will automation make the roads, buses and trains

What would that mean if there are fewer vehicles?

One interesting statistic is the average car today is parked

You walk around, the streets are filled with parked cars.

In the future, if we stop buying the cars that we don't need

and we only use mobility as a service, it could be

that we free up a lot of road space for other uses,

whether that's walking, cycling, more cafes, shops,

NEWSREEL: There's room on board for a passenger as well.

This is another idea that didn't make it.

Nonetheless, innovation and investment will be key for

Tomorrow we'll look at what homes of the future might look like.

Back in May, a sinkhole opened on a busy

Four months on, the road remains closed

and residents are complaining that absolutely nothing has

They're also none-the-wiser as to how the hole appeared.

Yvonne Hall has been to see what's going on.

It started with this small hole by the side of high Street Green in

Hemel Hampstead. People living nearby thought it would soon be

fixed then a massive sinkhole was found underneath. Nearly four months

later, nothing has been done to fix it or reopen the road. Residents are

furious. I pass here every single day on the way to work so I walk

down here and I go past and I've seen absolutely nothing being done.

Often enough, you will see kids trying to throw sticks into the

whole, and having a look. It becomes slightly dangerous. Hundreds of

people's lives are being disrupted. To get into the town, to get out,

during rush-hour, it's bedlam. We've lost our bus service. Old people's

bungalows back there. There is no service to them. On the surface of

the road, this is all you can see the sinkhole but underneath here,

engineers have found an massive tunnel shaped void at least eight

metres deep and six metres long. This image gives you an idea of what

it looks like. Hertfordshire County Council says the sinkhole is eight

metres deep. But this resident's laser measurement appear to show it

is much bigger. 14 metres deep. Some now fear old chalk mines could be

opening up. This one appeared three years ago nearby and this one in

Saint all buttons in 2015. Hertfordshire County Council says

there is no evidence the latest sinkhole relates to old mines, but

it admits it does not know what has caused it. We may find out more when

we excavate the whole in order to fix it. But, at the moment, we don't

have any clear evidence as to how it was formed. It is likely at some

point, water was involved. Water is usually involved but with no clear

evidence, we don't know. The council says it is hopeful repair work will

start soon but it does not know when. The disruption for residents

continues. Apparently more and more

families are taking it up, but what are the chances of picking

up a rod and catching a fish Well, Emma Jones has

been to Northolt see which is giving young people

the chance to become anglers Fishing for the first time,

and a chance not just to learn about a new sport,

but to pick up some You can see them developing

their concentration skills, you can see them learning to deal

with disappointment, maybe when they lose a fish

or don't quite catch one. There's a whole range

of different benefits. As well as that, sitting in some

amazing environments. For these children from

Tower Hamlets this is the first time they've ever picked up a rod,

but it sounds like fishing has I like it when you actually catch

the fish and you see it Yeah, I probably would

come back as well. It's a sport enjoyed by millions

but the aim of the Get Hooked on Fishing charity is aiming

to introduce its When you have a problem,

fishing is your escape and that gets you out and that's something in such

a busy place, it's something Mums and dads are encouraged to get

involved too on family fishing days as they watch their children

being given the opportunity to get It's absolutely fantastic just

to see them sort of come alive, you know, and just getting them away

from TV and the Xboxes. To come out, they get

to learn about the fish. It's just one way to get

them out the houses. Another fish caught before

its returned to the lake. Perhaps another generation getting

hooked on the sport. Great to see Londoners

enjoying fishing. A letter written by

the Queen's grandfather over 100 years ago in which

the future King George V describes his son

as being "rather shy" He is of course referring

to Prince Albert, who would later and unexpectedly

become King George VI, Ena Miller can tell us

more about the letters. Being shy seems to be a royal family

trait. And this letter from 1908 gives an insight into the character

of Prince George's great grandfather, George VI. This is a

letter dated 1908, written by Prince George, later George V, the Queen's

grandfather, talking about his second son, who later became George

VI. Our current Queen's father. The boy has always been rather shy. I

think it is better than being too forward, which many boys are these

days. Auctioneers say this is remarkable because this reserved

young man would later face the challenges of being king. His

Majesty that... King George VI was portrayed by Colin Firth in the

Kings of speech. We knew about his stammer but his shyness must've made

him having to address the country much harder. It expected the

collection of letters will fetch more than ?1200 when the they are

auctioned here on the 26th of September, but what type of person

wants to buy a little bit of history? Someone fascinated by the

Royal Family. So will the thoughts of our future monarch continue to

interest us? Whether William and Harry are letter-writers, I have no

idea. I suspect they will be more of the digital age, and somehow, trying

to sell an e-mail doesn't sound quite as interesting or evocative as

trying to sell a signed letter. A dancing policeman has unexpectedly

become one of the stars of this year's Notting Hill Carnival

after a video of him showing off PC Daniel Graham kept

crowds entertained, proving there's more than one way

of being on the beat. And he's no stranger

to taking centre stage. He was a contestant

on Britain's Got Talent last year. So we know what you need to do to go

viral. You stick with the weather and I will stick with the news. I

will just roll my eyes that you. I'm going to give you the good stuff

first. We're going to look back at a digital weekend of weather with the

help of Weather Watchers pictures, of course. We had a temperature of

26 on Sunday and by bank on a day Monday, with the sunshine, 28

degrees and even today, we had temperatures in the top 20s, but

time is now running out for this last blast of summer perhaps because

tomorrow will be a complete contrast. Wet, breezy and much

cooler. I'm sorry to bring you that bad news. We have had a few showers

this afternoon. They have filtered out through the evening but a few

popped up across Essex and Sussex and as we go through the night we

will have a dry spell to begin with but then we start to feel the wind

picking up, turning into a northerly direction, bits and pieces of rain,

and then it will become more persistent gradually through the

night into the morning. Temperatures lower than last night, more

comfortable, 11-13. You will need an umbrella because they will be heavy

bursts mixed in with the rain and it becomes more persistent as we go

through the afternoon. The breeze will be noticeable. Coming from the

North. It's no surprise it will be much cooler tomorrow and we will

have a drop in temperature of 10-11, London getting only 16 tomorrow. The

rain still with us through the evening into the rush-hour as well.

They will be one or two showers around on Thursday and Friday

because we have a low pressure system close by, but behind that,

high-pressure, so it is better news into the weekend, so keep the

umbrella towards the end of the week. Sunshine for the weekend.

Thank you very much. Roll your eyes and we will go viral game.

Just before we go this evening, let's remind ourselves

of the stories making the main BBC news headlines today.

Japan's Prime Minister says his country faces

an "unprecedented threat" after North Korea fired

It was fired eastward from Pyongyang this morning.

Floodwaters in Houston, Texas are expected to rise further

after warnings that two dams near the city have

More than 30,000 people have been forced from their homes

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