0:00:06 > 0:00:08On the programme tonight, almost a year on from the
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Croydon tram crash, the families of those who died
0:00:10 > 0:00:18tell us they feel forgotten.
0:00:18 > 0:00:23An initial, interim payment which was beginning of December. And
0:00:23 > 0:00:25nothing since then.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28We put her concerns to Transport for London.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Also tonight, a special report on the rise in the number
0:00:30 > 0:00:33of middle-class families struggling with debt.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Plus, a creative way of coping with mental health?
0:00:36 > 0:00:38We meet the woman who's spent 40 years
0:00:38 > 0:00:43transforming her home into an Italian masterpiece.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44And the high-flying banker
0:00:44 > 0:00:47who chose to leave the City behind to breed these.
0:00:47 > 0:00:56The giant African snails in demand in the capital.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Good evening and welcome to BBC London News.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06On the eve of the anniversary of the Croydon tram crash,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09some of the families of those who died have told this programme
0:01:09 > 0:01:12they feel forgotten by transport bosses.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Seven people were killed when their tram came off the rails
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and overturned during the morning rush hour.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Ahead of a memorial service tomorrow to remember those
0:01:21 > 0:01:23who lost their lives, our transport correspondent
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Tom Edwards has been speaking to a widow whose life
0:01:26 > 0:01:29has been changed forever.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33He left here at...5:40
0:01:33 > 0:01:43to get on the 5:50 tram at the top of the road,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49which he'd done for three months.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51And...at nine minutes past six, he was gone, wiped out.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Marilyn lost her husband nearly a year ago.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54A builder, Philip Logan was 52.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56He left one morning and never came home.
0:01:56 > 0:02:04His ashes are in the corner of the room.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07His last words to me was, "Bye, love, what's for dinner tonight?"
0:02:07 > 0:02:10I said, "This is breakfast time, not dinner time, phone me later."
0:02:10 > 0:02:12And that was it, he was gone.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15In her own words, the last year has been hell.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Marilyn said she's had one interim payment of £15,000.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Have you had help, have you had assistance from TfL?
0:02:23 > 0:02:25No, not at all.
0:02:25 > 0:02:31An initial interim payment, which was...beginning of December,
0:02:31 > 0:02:36and nothing since then.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39I've not heard from them, no letters, no nothing.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Really? People will be surprised by that.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44I'm not! Not at all.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46So you feel like you've been forgotten about?
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Yeah, absolutely.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55Her husband was one of the seven passengers who died when this tram
0:02:55 > 0:02:57overturned, speeding on a sharp corner nearly a year ago.
0:02:58 > 0:02:5951 people were injured.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04For Marilyn, Christmas is not going to be easy.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09Not a sign of a Christmas present, and I've no money to get any.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12I mean, my family is excellent, they don't expect,
0:03:12 > 0:03:17but it's something I want to do.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21But without money, I can't.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23And it must make you feel angry.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Very angry - very, very.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Because I shouldn't have to struggle like this.
0:03:30 > 0:03:37Who knows when the claim might go through?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Don't know. Is it going to be a year, two years?
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Have I got to live like this for a year or two years?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47For Marilyn, this last year has been a struggle.
0:03:47 > 0:03:56She says she's been lost in a system and forgotten.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Well, in response to Mrs Logan, Transport for London says
0:03:58 > 0:04:01it's, "very concerned and upset that she feels she hasn't received
0:04:01 > 0:04:03the support she needs during this distressing time."
0:04:03 > 0:04:06It says it was in contact with Mrs Logan and her solicitors
0:04:06 > 0:04:08offering financial assistance and will do everything in its power
0:04:08 > 0:04:12to help her further.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15We spoke to the Transport Commissioner earlier today.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20Although we've paid out over £1 million already to those affected
0:04:20 > 0:04:22and their dependents, if anyone feels that we have not
0:04:22 > 0:04:27dealt with their issues in the way that we should have done,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29please get directly in touch, we will respond immediately,
0:04:29 > 0:04:32with urgency to ensure those issues are tackled.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37We want to ensure we look after people properly.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40We think we have done so, but if we have missed somebody
0:04:40 > 0:04:45and it has not quite worked for individuals, then I promise
0:04:45 > 0:04:45you we will sort it out.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49And tomorrow, a memorial service is due to take place today
0:04:49 > 0:04:52in New Addington to pay tribute to those who died
0:04:52 > 0:04:55in the Croydon tram crash.
0:04:55 > 0:05:01Coming up later in the programme:
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Time to get out in the mountains, grind the gears and get the work
0:05:04 > 0:05:07done so we are ready for what is ahead.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Hoping to qualify for her second Winter Olympics -
0:05:09 > 0:05:16snowboarder Aimee Fuller says it's time to go big or go home.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Now, we heard earlier about calls for more money to be spent
0:05:19 > 0:05:20on the health service.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23But here in the capital, NHS regulators have thrown
0:05:23 > 0:05:26a spanner in the works when it comes to plans to do just that.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30They've asked health bosses in North West London
0:05:30 > 0:05:33to go back and do their sums again - if they want £500 million
0:05:33 > 0:05:36to spend on new GP surgeries and better hospitals.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Our political correspondent Karl Mercer is here with more.
0:05:39 > 0:05:47to change the way the NHS works in North West London, Karl?
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Yes, a story we have covered a lot over the last few years, these plans
0:05:51 > 0:05:55have been around for about seven years, and what the local health
0:05:55 > 0:06:00bosses want to do is spend £500 million, as you said, to build new
0:06:00 > 0:06:05GP surgeries, update current ones, and also improve places like West
0:06:05 > 0:06:10Middlesex, Headington hospitals. They thought they had the money, it
0:06:10 > 0:06:15has been two regulatory processes, then it got to a group called NHS
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Improvement nationally, which come back and said, hang on a second, we
0:06:19 > 0:06:23are not sure about how you have done your workings out, we are not sure
0:06:23 > 0:06:26the plans add up. This plays into what protesters locally have been
0:06:26 > 0:06:31saying, they don't fight the plans to lose hospital beds, they don't
0:06:31 > 0:06:35believe people will stop using hospitals and go to GP surgeries,
0:06:35 > 0:06:39and we are not sure you have taken into account our past the population
0:06:39 > 0:06:44is growing in the area. Those are the details that NHS Improvement is
0:06:44 > 0:06:48asking for.Local health bosses have been confident of getting the money,
0:06:48 > 0:06:53haven't they?Yes, I was told by someone very senior at NHS London
0:06:53 > 0:06:56that they fully expected this money in the budget and the Chancellor
0:06:56 > 0:07:00would say there is your £500 million. This does raise some
0:07:00 > 0:07:06questions, doesn't it? It would be a brave Treasury official who would
0:07:06 > 0:07:09say, yes, have the money, when the regulators have said we need more
0:07:09 > 0:07:13evidence, and it will be something that is watched closely not just by
0:07:13 > 0:07:17people like Ealing Council, who have been against the plans, but by
0:07:17 > 0:07:20health bosses across the whole of London, because they all have big
0:07:20 > 0:07:25budget demands as well.Karl Mercer, thank you.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28A man's appeared in court charged with murdering a mother of two
0:07:28 > 0:07:3030-year-old Simone Grainger was found with head injuries
0:07:30 > 0:07:33in Windsor Way on Saturday afternoon.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Her family have described her as beautiful and kind.
0:07:37 > 0:07:3832-year-old Steven Grainger
0:07:38 > 0:07:44has been charged with one count of murder.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47All this week, we're looking at the issue of personal debt.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49But increasingly, it's not just those on low incomes
0:07:49 > 0:07:51that are struggling.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Now, the so-called middle classes are running up unsustainable debts.
0:07:54 > 0:08:04Gareth Furby reports.
0:08:08 > 0:08:14He lives in a gated muse in north London, and David runs his own IT
0:08:14 > 0:08:19consultancy. -- mews. We should be living a comfortable life, but
0:08:19 > 0:08:25instead he is struggling to pay off a huge debt.Total amount of debt is
0:08:25 > 0:08:33just under 30 3000.It was built upon credit cards.Virgin Money,
0:08:33 > 0:08:37MBNA, Halifax, Barclaycard...It will take at least 20 years to pay,
0:08:37 > 0:08:42and he now owns little more than a computer and a push bike. The flat
0:08:42 > 0:08:45is rented, and he admits he is someone who could be seen as
0:08:45 > 0:08:53middle-class.I have, I guess, public school education, I went to
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Ding's College London, studied business management there, and now I
0:08:57 > 0:09:03have pretty much nothing to my name. The danger is that you get used to
0:09:03 > 0:09:08having a lot of credit on a lot of different cards.Iona as
0:09:08 > 0:09:13middle-class and has chosen to never use a credit card.I have a debit
0:09:13 > 0:09:17card, and that way I know how much I have got to spend each month.She
0:09:17 > 0:09:21writes about money and is a middle-class lifestyle can be
0:09:21 > 0:09:27expensive to carry off.That is £80. And some people turn to credit to
0:09:27 > 0:09:32keep up appearances.So many people put on a very good show of having a
0:09:32 > 0:09:36good income and a desirable lifestyle. If you scratch and the
0:09:36 > 0:09:40surface, it is built on debt.Today the Treasury Committee is launching
0:09:40 > 0:09:45a new inquiry into the state of household finances. It is estimated
0:09:45 > 0:09:4915% of adults have some kind of issue with debt, and the middle
0:09:49 > 0:09:55classes are not exempt.Typically, these people may be tempered by 0%
0:09:55 > 0:09:58offers credit cards but they find the borrowing is unsustainable, and
0:09:58 > 0:10:05before they know what has hit them, debt is spiralling out of control.I
0:10:05 > 0:10:08was transferring balances, interest-free, so you think, it is
0:10:08 > 0:10:12money for nothing.And David has this advice for middle-class
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Londoners who are happy to build up and juggle debts from credit cards
0:10:16 > 0:10:20to credit card.If you are not going to keep on top of it very closely,
0:10:20 > 0:10:26it is a very dangerous game.He is in a dark place at the moment, and
0:10:26 > 0:10:31it will take many years to recover. Gareth Furby, BBC London News.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32And continuing our series on London debt,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35tomorrow we'll be looking at the rise in people
0:10:35 > 0:10:45taking on several jobs to try and make ends meet.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Stay with us, still to come before seven.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Before I got into it I had never touched a snail in my life.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54We meet the City high-flier who quit the corporate world to create
0:10:54 > 0:10:57a snail farm business in her London flat.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05The scale of homelessness in the capital was revealed today,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07with one leading charity claiming that the equivalent
0:11:07 > 0:11:09of the population of Reading is without a permanent home
0:11:09 > 0:11:11here in London.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Shelter says there are currently more than 160,000 people
0:11:13 > 0:11:16recorded as homeless.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19It's blamed the crisis on years of underinvestment
0:11:19 > 0:11:20in the building of affordable properties.
0:11:20 > 0:11:26Chris Rogers has been taking a look at the numbers.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28The housing charity Shelter warns two London families
0:11:28 > 0:11:31are made homeless every hour.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33It's a nationwide crisis, but the most startling figures
0:11:33 > 0:11:36are in the capital, where figures out today
0:11:36 > 0:11:39reveal welfare reform, housing shortages and rising rents
0:11:39 > 0:11:41are forcing the young, the elderly and, in some cases,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43entire families into emergency accommodation
0:11:43 > 0:11:47or even out onto to the streets.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51London boroughs dominate the UK's 50 hotspots
0:11:51 > 0:11:55for homelessness in the UK - 13,607 homeless in Newham.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56That's a much larger borough
0:11:56 > 0:11:59compared with those which follow closely,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01including Haringey at 9,717 homeless,
0:12:01 > 0:12:08Westminster 8,054 and Enfield 10,057.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Shelter's chief executive, Polly Neate, says tens of thousands
0:12:12 > 0:12:20are stuck trying to escape the devastating trap of homelessness.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24There are two main causes, really. One is just the sheer lack of
0:12:24 > 0:12:30housing, so there just is not enough housing available, and, even more,
0:12:30 > 0:12:34there is not enough genuinely affordable, but we need to stop
0:12:34 > 0:12:38thinking affordable housing means affordable to buy. It is affordable
0:12:38 > 0:12:41for people on low incomes to rent. So that is the long-term goals of
0:12:41 > 0:12:47it. The other issue is that these are the consequences of welfare
0:12:47 > 0:12:50reform, in particularly the freeze on housing benefits, which means
0:12:50 > 0:12:54that even people who are working, the gap between their income and
0:12:54 > 0:13:00even the lowest rents is simply unaffordable.Take a look at this.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02The faces behind the statistics - the rough sleepers,
0:13:02 > 0:13:05those in temporary accommodation, as we revealed yesterday,
0:13:05 > 0:13:09many living in slum-like rooms because councils are overwhelmed.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11And there's the hidden homeless, Londoners who are not recognised
0:13:11 > 0:13:13in official figures sleeping on night buses,
0:13:13 > 0:13:21in illegal squats or so-called sofa-surfers like Gillian.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25I've got three daughters with me now. And there is a huge impact on
0:13:25 > 0:13:35them. They become isolated from their own friends because they are
0:13:35 > 0:13:36different from their friends, and therefore they just can't talk
0:13:36 > 0:13:40properly, they can't express everything, and then they have to
0:13:40 > 0:13:44move all the time, move their friendships, their neighbourhood,
0:13:44 > 0:13:48and they are stacked in a place that they've no answer of where they are.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52Mayor Sadiq Khan is injecting millions into projects
0:13:52 > 0:13:53to help rough sleepers,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55and London councils will get a cash boost
0:13:55 > 0:13:56from the Government.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58But Sian Berry, chair of the London Assembly's
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Housing Committee says it's not enough.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05We're not sure that councils have enough funding to do even that, to
0:14:05 > 0:14:09keep people in those temporary accommodation homes, so we need new
0:14:09 > 0:14:13social rented homes going up all over the city, whether the mayor can
0:14:13 > 0:14:16achieve that with this strategy, I'm not sure.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18While a spokesman for the Mayor admits
0:14:18 > 0:14:22the statistics are worrying, his office points out over
0:14:22 > 0:14:24the last year we have seen a decade-long rise in rough
0:14:24 > 0:14:27sleeping effectively halted.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Chris, thank you very much, Chris Rogers.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31They're one of the top women's football teams
0:14:31 > 0:14:32and reigning Super League champions.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Chelsea Ladies are aiming to qualify for the quarterfinals
0:14:34 > 0:14:37of the Champions League for the very first time.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Tonight is a key game for the club,
0:14:40 > 0:14:42whose star striker has been in the headlines after
0:14:42 > 0:14:45the racism scandal which engulfed the Football Association.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Chris Slegg is at their ground in Kingston.
0:14:47 > 0:14:56What's the mood there?
0:14:56 > 0:15:02A real mood of togetherness here at Chelsea. Chelsea stood by Eni Aluko
0:15:02 > 0:15:08all summer, when she felt some of her former team-mates didn't. There
0:15:08 > 0:15:13was a parliamentary hearing and investigations before others found
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Mark Sampson had directed a racist comment at her. She has been through
0:15:17 > 0:15:21a lot this season. This is the highest profile match she has been
0:15:21 > 0:15:27involved in since then. She is on the subs bench tonight. Chelsea are
0:15:27 > 0:15:32the reigning Super League Spring series champions. They have proved
0:15:32 > 0:15:37themselves domestically. They have the first leg tonight and the
0:15:37 > 0:15:45manager hopes they can prove themselves a continental force.We
0:15:45 > 0:15:48have proved we have developed the experience we need to progress in
0:15:48 > 0:15:53the competition. We take one step at a time. They are the third top
0:15:53 > 0:15:58ranked team in Europe. If we think about the next stage we will stop
0:15:58 > 0:16:03doing what has got us to this point. We need to concentrate on taking
0:16:03 > 0:16:08care of all the details at home so we get a clean sheet.There has been
0:16:08 > 0:16:13so much happening off the field, can I ask how any owner has kept
0:16:13 > 0:16:22mentally with what has been going on?-- Eni Aluko? She's a consummate
0:16:22 > 0:16:27professional. You can see how hard she is working on the training
0:16:27 > 0:16:31pitch. She has been prolific at this moment in time and adding real value
0:16:31 > 0:16:41to the side.She has scored four goals domestically, the boy-macro
0:16:41 > 0:16:50Aluko so far -- Eniola au Aluko. Having seen off Bayern Munich you
0:16:50 > 0:16:55would have to say Chelsea Ladies are the favourites tonight. There have
0:16:55 > 0:17:00been many negative headlines around women's football this summer so it
0:17:00 > 0:17:05would be great for this team if they could make a huge step tonight to
0:17:05 > 0:17:08making it to the quarterfinals for the first time in this club's
0:17:08 > 0:17:13history.Chris, many thanks.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Staying with sport - some impressive snowboarding tricks.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17This is Aimee Fuller, who was bought up in Keston near Bromley,
0:17:17 > 0:17:21and is hoping to qualify for Team GB for her second Olympics.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24With the 2018 Winter Games just a few months away, Sara Orchard
0:17:24 > 0:17:26has been to meet her.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Aimee Fuller is one of the most fearless athletes
0:17:29 > 0:17:31you will ever meet.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34She became one of the most famous snowboarders in the world to land
0:17:34 > 0:17:37a double backflip five years ago, but the 26-year-old is still pushing
0:17:37 > 0:17:43the limits, knowing Pyeongchang 2018 is fast approaching.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46We're getting close and it is now time to get back out
0:17:46 > 0:17:49to the mountains, grind the gears and get the work done,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52so we are ready for what is ahead.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Aimee speaks from experience.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57In Sochi she qualified two weeks before the games began.
0:17:57 > 0:18:02She never really had time to prepare for her first Olympic experience.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I went out there with the mentality of go big or go home.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08That is something I don't regret.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12I'm glad I went there and gave it everything.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Four years on, four years wiser, shall we say, I really put a lot of
0:18:16 > 0:18:22focus and energy into the qualifying process last season.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25I finished fifth in the world rankings overall so that has put me
0:18:25 > 0:18:28in a really good position moving forward to the games.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30So between now and February, my main focus is training
0:18:31 > 0:18:33and not competition.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Aimee ended up finishing 17th in Sochi, but she qualifies
0:18:37 > 0:18:45for Pyeongchang, her chances will be increased, because she will be
0:18:45 > 0:18:48competing in both slopestyle and the new discipline of big air.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50The concept is simple, one run-up, one big jump, one massive trick,
0:18:50 > 0:18:55one Olympic gold medal.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58It is fun, exciting, fast and anything can happen.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01That is what is cool about the big air.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04You have two shots to do your biggest and best trick that
0:19:04 > 0:19:06you can do on the day, so really, it's anyone's game.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09The field is open.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Between now and February I feel I can push my limits so I am excited
0:19:13 > 0:19:16to see what I can do.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Jenny Jones won Great Britain's first Olympic medal in a snow event
0:19:19 > 0:19:26with slope style bronze in Sochi.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Aimee hopes she will have two chances to increase the medal
0:19:29 > 0:19:34tally in South Korea.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Next - the story of how work of the great Italian masters
0:19:37 > 0:19:39have inspired a woman to transform her one bedroom flat -
0:19:39 > 0:19:41into what she calls Hemel Hempstead's Sistine Chapel.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44She's spent 40 years painting every wall and ceiling,
0:19:44 > 0:19:47using just her fingers - and says it's been very therapeutic.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Sarah Harris went to take a look.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53On her way back from the art shop.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Hello!
0:19:55 > 0:19:57From the outside, Diana Keys's one-bedroom council flat
0:19:57 > 0:20:02in Hemel Hempstead looks like all the others.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06But inside, she's been inspired by the Italian Masters
0:20:06 > 0:20:10to paint her own version of the great murals.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12After years of suffering from mental health issues,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15this has been her therapy.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18I've never seen the Sistine Chapel, but I wanted it
0:20:19 > 0:20:22to be a bit like that.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25If I haven't done anything in my life, which I haven't
0:20:25 > 0:20:28because I've been all in care and homes and everything,
0:20:28 > 0:20:35I like to think that I've left behind a piece of love.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39Amazingly, Diana uses only her fingers to paint and always
0:20:39 > 0:20:44listens to her favourite classical music by Bach for inspiration.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Without any kind of training, creativity helps her live
0:20:46 > 0:20:51an independent life.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54I've just got it in me, sort of thing.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58I can't paint people, I mean, like Leonardo da Vinci painted them.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01I've just got this idea in my head.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Few people have seen what she calls Hemel Hempstead's Sistine Chapel,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08but Diana invited in our TV camera as a way of keeping
0:21:08 > 0:21:12her artwork alive.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17When I eventually go to heaven - this is what I believe -
0:21:17 > 0:21:22the council will paint over this all magnolia.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24And all this 40 years of painting, which I've actually done,
0:21:25 > 0:21:30it'll be the end of it.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34And the reason why I want it to be shown now is because I like to think
0:21:34 > 0:21:39some of it will live on, even when I'm not here.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41It's already taken 40 years to paint, but 70-year-old Diana
0:21:41 > 0:21:46will keep going until every inch of her flat is covered -
0:21:46 > 0:21:51continually inspired by her favourite music.
0:21:51 > 0:22:01It's lovely, isn't it?
0:22:06 > 0:22:10OK, not quite the Sistine Chapel, but this is our version of the giant
0:22:10 > 0:22:16African snail. They have long been part of the Nigerian community in
0:22:16 > 0:22:24London.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28We went to meet one woman who quit her job in a corporate bank to
0:22:28 > 0:22:31create a snail farm business in her flat in central London.
0:22:31 > 0:22:36Lee Thompson used deliver fast paced investment banker life but a year
0:22:36 > 0:22:44ago she made a dramatic change and now she spends all day with these
0:22:44 > 0:22:51guys.I felt I was not really living in the sense I was going to work,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54coming home, going to work, coming home and only living my life for the
0:22:54 > 0:22:58weekend which is what so many people do. It is important to have money in
0:22:58 > 0:23:03this life but it is also trivial. You are working for money but you
0:23:03 > 0:23:07can't buy happiness.She has found happiness farming snails at her
0:23:07 > 0:23:13home. These are giant African land snails and they are very popular to
0:23:13 > 0:23:17eat in the African community. But for Ollie, they have taken some
0:23:17 > 0:23:24getting used to.Before I discovered snail farming I had never touched a
0:23:24 > 0:23:29snail in my life. I felt ill like most people did! I had to go through
0:23:29 > 0:23:33phobias of washing my hands and letting the snail walk on it for a
0:23:33 > 0:23:40day.Ollie sells snails for pets, for their slime and most commonly
0:23:40 > 0:23:45for the dinner table as well. Growing up in Nigeria I looked
0:23:45 > 0:23:49forward to eating them. The French like to use garlic and garlic
0:23:49 > 0:23:54butter. In Nigeria it is fried with peppers and an insert. It tastes
0:23:54 > 0:24:01like squid -- peppers and onions. You can enhance the flavour.Ollie
0:24:01 > 0:24:11says she is one of the handful of people to do this for a living. It
0:24:11 > 0:24:13has taken dedication, discipline and lots of vegetables as well.Reading
0:24:13 > 0:24:23about how they mate, reproduce, lay eggs. I was turning into a psycho
0:24:23 > 0:24:27but for a good reason. You have to do your research if you are going to
0:24:27 > 0:24:31run a business like this. Admittedly, she says a change of
0:24:31 > 0:24:45career is a risk but Ollie says a slower pace of life suits her and so
0:24:45 > 0:24:47far, it is paying off. Snail in the city. I bet Phil Avery
0:24:47 > 0:24:51likes snails. Do you?I will probably upset people by saying I
0:24:51 > 0:24:57have eaten then! This is rather Canaletto like, getting back to the
0:24:57 > 0:24:59artistic theme.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10This western boundary rather broke up giving some hints of sunshine. It
0:25:10 > 0:25:16was not overly warm. That is thanks to the fact it was a chilly start
0:25:16 > 0:25:20and we had a north-westerly breeze as well. The temperatures will dip
0:25:20 > 0:25:26away. We will bring a shield of cloud in. There could be some early
0:25:26 > 0:25:34frost. We will bring a shield of cloud in from the north-west. Not a
0:25:34 > 0:25:38particularly inspiring start but I am an optimistic by nature so I hope
0:25:38 > 0:25:42things will brighten up. Don't be surprised to see some rain first
0:25:42 > 0:25:47thing. That is an old weather front which has slumped its way down. As
0:25:47 > 0:25:50that clears away, and it could take a good part of the morning before we
0:25:50 > 0:25:54see the first signs of brightness getting into the north-west, that
0:25:54 > 0:25:58creeps towards the south as we get onto the middle part of the
0:25:58 > 0:26:02afternoon. Perhaps a bit warmer than it was today. I did not see more
0:26:02 > 0:26:11than ten advanced driving in on the car the monitor. Maybe 12 tomorrow.
0:26:11 > 0:26:17-- I did not see more than ten today on the car the monitor. On Friday we
0:26:17 > 0:26:22will hold the temperature in double figures. That may not be the trend
0:26:22 > 0:26:26for the weekend. Once that weather front is away and it will be a wet
0:26:26 > 0:26:31all night Friday into Saturday, then the isobars crank around into the
0:26:31 > 0:26:36North and north-west. You do not need me to tell you that is never a
0:26:36 > 0:26:39warm direction, especially this time of year. Despite the presence of
0:26:39 > 0:26:53some sunshine, you will notice we have got one or two isobars there.
0:26:53 > 0:26:54It will be
0:26:56 > 0:26:57Recapping the day's headlines...
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Priti Patel has entered Downing Street for talks
0:26:59 > 0:27:02with Theresa May which could spell the end of her Cabinet career.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04The International Development Secretary was summoned back
0:27:04 > 0:27:05from Africa to explain her unauthorised meetings
0:27:05 > 0:27:07with Israeli officials.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Kevin Spacey is facing fresh allegations of sexual misconduct.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12A US journalist has told reporters that her son was sexually assaulted
0:27:12 > 0:27:19by the Hollywood actor last year.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21The Head of NHS England says he expects the Government to honour
0:27:22 > 0:27:23a promise made by Leave campaigners.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Simon Stevens wants an extra £350 million a week
0:27:25 > 0:27:30for the NHS once Britain leaves the EU.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32That's it for now, thanks for joining us.
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