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A Labour MP apologises after calling

a black Tory Politician

a 'token ghetto boy'.

A Labour MP apologises after calling

a black Tory Politician

a 'token ghetto boy'.

She doesn't want to make an apology.

And that in and of

itself says something.

She doesn't need to apologise

to me, she needs to

apologise to the British public.

There are calls for

Emma Dent Coad to face

disciplinary action.

Kate Middleton's Uncle

admits punching his wife

to the ground outside

their London home.

We're trackside in the £15

billion Crossrail tunnel -

ahead of some services

beginning next year.

Plus, a special service is held at

St. Paul's Cathedral to remember

Michael Bond, the creator of

Paddington bear.

And arise Sir Mo -

the four time Olympic champion

receives his knighthood

from the Queen.

Good evening from BBC London News.

Welcome to the programme.

First tonight: She was

the Labour MP who got

herself into hot water for mocking

Prince Harry's military service.

Now, Emma Dent Coad,

the MP for Kensington -

is embroiled in a race row and faces

calls for her to be disciplined.

It centres around an article

she wrote referring to a black

Conservative Politician as a "token

Ghetto boy".

Shaun Bailey - who's now

a London Assembly member -

has accused her of racism

and wants her Party to take action.

Our Political Editor,

Tim Donovan has the story.

It's now a very public

row between a Labour MP

and a Conservative assembly member

over what she said

about him seven years ago.

These people are on the list

because it's so cheap...

At the time Shaun Bailey

was on the campaign trail,

filmed by us, in fact,

as he fought for the parliamentary

seat of Hammersmith.

He had been one of David Cameron's

great hopes for winning in London.

This was Emma Dent Coad

this June after winning

the seat of Kensington.

In the article she wrote back

in 2010 she accused Bailey

of allowing himself to be exploited

to bolster the Tories' image.

I notice you are not apologising,

do you want to apologise?

What, for quoting what

somebody else had said?

Yes.

Today, under fire, she claimed

she had just been repeating

words used by others.

And it wasn't racist.

If he feels offended by it, of

course I apologise, of course I do.

If somebody actually read the blog

they would see I was quoting other

people's sources of what people

were saying at the time.

But he was unimpressed by what he

viewed as a half-hearted apology.

Well, she didn't really apologise.

All she did was reiterate the point

and try to blame other

people, fictitious people.

Am I offended?

Of course I am.

But it isn't about me.

It's about young black children up

and down the country.

Many ethnic communities struggle

to feel part of Britain,

to be involved, and attacks

like this at the core

of people's beliefs,

and in the political arena,

prevent people from being involved.

The Conservatives don't appear

at this stage to be wanting to let

this lie and they've written

to the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

urging him to discipline

Emma Dent Coad as soon as possible.

I'm not going to withdraw

the whip from Emma.

I'll obviously ensure people discuss

the use of language with people.

But I will make sure that everyone

treat others with respect.

But I will make sure that everyone

treats others with respect.

Her view, it was legitimate

political criticism.

His, it crossed the line.

Tim Donovan, BBC London News.

Lots more to come including...

The new video advising

schoolchildren what to do

in the event of a terror attack.

We ask teenagers

what they make of it.

The Duchess of Cambridge's uncle has

admitted assaulting his wife

and knocking her to the ground

after a drunken argument.

It happened outside their

central London home.

Today Gary Goldsmith appeared

at Westminster Magistrates Court.

Louisa Preston is there

now with more details

Gary Goldsmith and his wife had been

out at a charity event when he

attacked her outside their home in

central London. The court heard

today they were arguing in the back

of a taxi. They then both got out of

that taxi and that's when the attack

happened. Gary Goldsmith went and

punched his wife in the face. The

taxi driver said that she actually

fell backwards. He believed she had

been knocked unconscious because she

was lying on the floor for quite a

while. She then opened her eyes,

staggered on her feet, and was seen

crying. When the taxi driver

confronted Mr Goldsmith the actual

became quite aggressive and at that

point his wife told the taxi driver

to call the police. At the police

station Gary Goldsmith said that he

just pushed his wife and did not

punch her in the face with his left

fist.

This will come as a potential

embarrassment for the Royals.

It certainly will. It's being led to

believe that he has been banned from

returning home and there could be

some restriction, or a restraining

order, so he is banned from seeing

or confronted his wife. He's had a

coloured lifestyle in the past.

That's been well reported. He was

invited to Prince William and

Catherine's wedding. He is the

younger brother of the Duchess of

Cambridge's mother Carole Middleton.

He was also invited to Pippa

Middleton's wedding earlier this

year. The Chief magistrate today

said she was looking at a community

order as a punishment but was really

looking at protecting Mrs Goldsmith

from her husband. He is due to be

sentenced next week.

Thank you.

Next: the potentially life-saving

advice in a new video

for schoolchildren that police

are encouraging headteachers

to show pupils.

The animated film illustrates

what to do in the event

of a terror attack -

urges young people not to "waste

time" taking pictures,

but to run away from danger.

Chris Rogers reports.

Are you OK?

Yeah, I'm fine, where

did you guys go when you ran?

We

had, we must have got separated.

The

film begins with three teenagers

catching up after escaping a terror

attack by gunmen.

I was trying to

make you laugh, but then there were

those three pops.

It was like

fireworks...

As they talk through

their experience, they realise they

did everything right to survive.

Run!

The message is the same for

schoolchildren as it is for adults,

Ron, hide, tell. Another key

message, don't stop to film scenes

on your mobile. -- run, hide, tell.

But is it a message that will

unnerve the 16-year-old or reassure

them?

It made me feel as though you

would know what to do in that

situation. That's clearer. And if

you do panic you can think clearly

about the points that were raised.

And you would be able to be safe.

Stay quiet. Not a sound. Turn

everyone's phones on silent.

I think

it was really helpful. Good advice

to know what can happen. And how we

can survive.

You've only been in

London for two years, you are from

Romania.

Yes.

Is it scary for you,

being in a city that has been

targeted a lot by terrorists?

Yes,

because usually in my country this

doesn't happen.

Has it changed how

you would have reacted?

Yes. I would

have gone on snap chat and posted

everything.

Rather than run?

Yes.

Question is, could the money be

better spent on other dangers for

children? Terrorism is by no means

the biggest killer, it's the road,

nearly 5000 under 16 's are killed

every year on that buy a car.

There

are always difficult choices about

where to spend money. For me it's

important we spend it in this area.

It's unlikely a young person would

be involved in a terror attack but

actually, for me, young people are

telling us through the survey we've

completed with them, they are

telling us that they want to have a

discussion around terrorism.

The

attacks this year in London and

Manchester took some of the youngest

victims of terror this country has

ever seen. The police hope this

video won't just save lives, but

also encourage young people to face

up to the threat of terror, no

matter how rare an attack is. Chris

Rogers, BBC London News.

A coach driver has been

arrested after two

paramedics were attacked

in Camberwell this morning.

London Ambulance service confirmed

that the crew were pushed

and threatened whilst treating

a seriously ill patient.

They were said to be shaken

but not seriously hurt.

A second store on Regent street has

been targeted by moped

thieves who stole luxury

goods and clothes.

The break-in comes just 24 hours

after 10 suspects on five

scooters smashed their way

into Apple's Regent Street

store across the road.

A group representing businesses

in the area says more must be done

to crack down on this type of crime.

We're really concerned on the sharp

rise, obviously safety

of our customers and our store staff

is really important.

We want the police to have more

resources, use some of that

£480 million we pay a year in rates,

dedicated here and really get

to grips with this crime.

We're also putting extra staff

in the area to help mitigate this

over the coming months.

Headteachers from London,

Essex and Surrey have

joined with colleagues

from across the country to protest

against what they say

is "inadequate" school funding.

In a letter delivered

to Downing Street today they warns

that schools increasingly having

to make "desperate requests to

parents for 'voluntary' donations".

Here's our Education

Reporter Marc Ashdown.

From the school gates

to the gates of Downing Street,

headteachers on behalf of 5000

schools across the country

today handing in an open

letter to the Chancellor.

They say they are struggling

to negotiate a real terms Budget cut

of £1.7 billion in the five years

leading up to 2020.

Here in Guildford they've already

made drastic savings.

Every single aspect of the school's

but it has been cut...

-- Every single aspect of

the school's budget has been cut...

That's squeezed teaching

numbers and resources.

Schools are working to the bare

bones as it is, and obviously we've

had a lot of unforeseen challenges.

The 1% pay increase

for teachers which, of course,

was completely justified,

but that's all on budgeted costs.

-- was completely justified,

but that's all unbudgeted costs.

Inflation, increasing at a rapid

rate, and obviously year on year

the school's costs are going up,

so you get to a certain point

when you think there's just not

enough money in the budget to pay

for everything and obviously

that applies to all

schools in the country.

We've got the picture,

and we've got the caption,

what are we then going into...

What's this...

The government's introducing

a new funding formula back, it says,

backed by £1.3 billion

of additional investment,

aimed at ending what it calls

historic disparities.

But headteachers say it is simply

shifting money around,

and increasingly parents

are being asked to step in with

donations to keep schools afloat.

It's a really good school,

but I think one of the things I've

noticed is the school is starting

to ask for more and more

things from parents.

So, for example, we are

asked for donations

of tissues in winter months.

Also to provide the kids with glue

sticks, pens, pencils,

all of the writing equipment

they need for their class.

You could say that that

sort of stuff really

they should budget for that,

but are you as parents

convinced that this

is because there's not enough money?

Oh, absolutely, absolutely.

The school does a fantastic job.

So it is of real concern.

And I think I wonder

where it will lead,

what will it mean in the future?

Will we need to be

providing exercise books?

All this is timed to get

the chancellor's attention ahead

of next week's Budget,

but with a clamour for cash

on all sides will Philip Hammond be

convinced to dig deep for schools?

Marc Ashdown, BBC London News.

He says meeting the Queen

and getting his knighthood

is right up there with getting his

Olympic medals.

Sir Mo Farah described today

"as a dream come true."

Britain's most decorated

track athlete has just

moved back to the capital

to focus on road-running.

Here's our sports

reporter, Sara Orchard.

COMMENTATOR:

The double double.

Four Olympic titles.

He's Great Britain's most

successful track athlete.

With four Olympic Golds and six

World Championship medals,

today was the time to add yet

another title, with the Queen

on hand to confer his knighthood.

Sir Mohamed Farah for

services to athletics.

It's in recognition for a career

that has scaled the heights.

Sir Mohamed Farah is the only

athlete in modern Olympic history

to win both the 5000 and 10000

metres at successive Olympic Games.

It's definitely way up there,

close to my Olympic medals for sure.

You know, to come here,

to Britain, age of eight,

not speaking a word of English,

to achieve what I have achieved over

the years and to be knighted,

there's no words really to describe.

Mohamed Farah arrived in this

country as a boy with nothing.

Mo's story remains

an inspiration to many.

When he arrived from Somalia,

having been split from his twin

brother, he attended

Feltham Community College where Mo's

athletics talent was spotted.

It's been an incredible

journey and I've enjoyed

every part of it but,

at the same time, you know,

anything is possible in life.

If you work hard at it.

I remember going to school

with my wife when we were younger,

we never dreamed of coming

to Buckingham Palace.

Back in 1999, aged just 16,

he won the Mini London Marathon

and having now retired from track

running, he's back living in London

to focus on road racing.

He could even compete

for Great Britain in the marathon

at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

Sara Orchard, BBC London News.

Still to come this

Tuesday evening...

The Christmas lights are switched on

at Covent Garden by a really, really

famous person who everybody knows.

Fairly quiet on the weather front at

the moment. The only thing to watch

out for is a bit of folk out of town

-- a bit of fog.

Before that though, turning

to what is the largest transport

project in western Europe.

Crossrail costs nearly £15 billion

and will carry an estimated

200 million passengers a year.

The east/west rail service

will connect Shenfield in Essex

all the way to Reading in Berkshire.

A key part of the link will be

the new tunnel in central london

coming into Tottenham Court Road,

which our transport correspondent

Tom Edwards got special access

to ahead of some services

beginning next year.

Right, we're at Bond Street Station

and we're just about to go into

the running tunnels.

This is a rare look at what will one

day be an everyday commute.

Then you'll see how all the railway

systems fit in fit and the works

that we're undertaking

at the moment.

Our guide is Greg Purcell.

When Bond Street is finished,

137,000 passengers a day will use

this station and these platforms.

This is where the passengers

will be, eventually.

Oh, right.

Yes, that's the platform screen

doors all the way down and they go

the full length of the tunnel.

Each platform is over

250 metres long.

You've got the platform screen door

and behind that is the track.

And so you'll stand here,

get on the train and off.

Yes, the doors will open,

train turns up...

Off you go on your merry way.

It'll take one minute to travel

by train to the next station.

For us, it takes a little

longer as we're passed

between different contractors.

Above us, Oxford Street.

Yes, Oxford Street above us,

the Central Line above us,

which you can just hear.

The tunnels are finished, but there

are still 1,400 workers on site.

Soon the power lines will go in.

The Metro section means you've got

quite a lot of stations that

are quite close together.

So between Bond Street

and Tottenham Court Road

is between 800 and 1,000 metres.

Before we're allowed

onto the tracks, there are checks

to make sure engineering

trained aren't running.

We've got about 500 metres

to go before we get

into Tottenham Court Road,

so it's a matter of seconds.

Yeah.

These are the platforms

at Tottenham Court Road.

What's striking here is just how

long these platforms

are and when it's finished,

24 trains an hour will

come through here.

The walk took about an hour,

it'll take one minutes by train.

Services are due to start running

through central London

at the end of next year.

Tom Edwards, BBC London News.

I'm pleased to say he did make it

back.

A memorial service has been held

at St Paul's Cathedral for the man

who created Paddington Bear.

Michael Bond, who wrote more

than 200 books, died in June.

Hundreds of guests attended

the service, including the stars

of the Paddington films.

David Sillito was there.

Dear friends, we are gathered

here in this Cathedral Church

to give thanks to God for the life

and work of Michael Bond.

So let us give thanks

for a bear called Paddington,

who fitted our world

perfectly because he was different.

Generations have grown up

with Michael Bond's characters,

and today some of his most devoted

readers were here for

this memorial service.

And amongst the readings,

one, of course, from...

Good afternoon, he said,

can I help you?

A Bear Called Paddington,

read by his granddaughter, Robin.

Paddington removed his hat,

and laid it carefully on the table.

Michael himself was a gentle, kind,

polite friendly man.

Not loud, not boisterous,

not showbiz, not like most of us.

He was the really decent soul,

a lovable man, in the way that

Paddington is a lovable,

polite bear who always

raises his hat.

It is more than a memorial,

it is also a celebration of values.

The values of a friendly, polite,

young bear from darkest Peru,

tolerance, decency and a willingness

to welcome strangers.

Would you excuse us a moment?

a reading of tributes by another

admirer of the little

bear, Hugh Bonneville.

I loved Paddington Bear

as much today as I did

as a child back in the 70s.

We can all identify with him.

We've all been a stranger

in a strange place trying to fit in,

whether that's in a new school,

or a new town, or a new country.

But over and above that, you know,

his spirit of adventure,

his optimism, resetting the dial

to positive when things go wrong,

and they always do, I think those

are great characteristics for us

to latch onto.

A memorial and a celebration, then,

of both the writer and a polite

and thoroughly decent little bear

from darkest Peru.

David Sillito, BBC London News.

Look at him.

Well, not one to be upstaged

by another bear, Pudsey's getting

in the mood for Children in Need

night, which is this Friday.

But ahead of that, he's been helping

none other than pop princess

Kylie Minogue switch on some

Christmas lights.

Haven't you?

Let's find out more

from Wendy Hurrell, who's

in a festive Covent Garden.

Yes, there is dancing too here from

the bear with the cast of 40nd

Street. They paraded down here

earlier from Drury Lane. The lights

are on. They were switched on by

Kylie Minogue.

APPLAUSE

Merry Christmas everyone!

Just after

that I managed to catch up with

Kylie for a quick chat. Thank you so

much for bringing the sparkle to

London.

London always have sparkle.

It's Christmas time. I'm excited. It

means I can officially put the extra

sparkler. I won't put the tree up

yet. A few d decorations.

Nice being

on stage with your old friend,

Pudsey?

Yeah. You know, we associate

Christmas with Children in Need.

It's a great cause. Always there to

help. Yeah.

What are your Christmas

traditions?

Um... Panic is probably

one of them. Traditions, I mean be I

haven't been to Australia for

Christmas in a long time, but our

tradition there is, I mean, I love

it the English don't - they can't

grasp the concept, bikinis, board

shorts, barbecue. I associate or

have done for most of my life

associated Christmas with

summertime. I'm equipped for this

light drizzle and the chill.

For

London weather. Can you give a

Christmas message to your fans. Can

you do it down the camera if you

like? Can I? Hi everyone it's Kylie

I'm in London's glittering Covent

Garden it's been a privilege to

switch on the lights here with

Pudsey and Charlotte. I send you

lots and lots of love for Christmas.

Merry Christmas. She has more

sparkle than all the Christmas

lights in London.

Let us hear about one of the

charities that will benefit from the

kind donations.

Elliot surprised us.

He came out a month early. We

weren't at all ready for that. Then

it just kind of snowballed. It

wasover whelming. Every day was a

new diagnosis. Every day was

something else that they were saying

he would never do. I'm Sharon, I'm

Elliot's mum. Give you more choices.

I wasn't coping at all. There is so

much more you have to take into

account. Have you to be a

psychotherapist and a speech

therapist as well as being a mum and

doing mum things. And you lose you.

My health visitor told me about Home

Start when Elliot was four or five

months old. I didn't like to think

of myself as that kind of person and

admitting you are failing at

motherhood.

Hello my darling. How

are you? I've been volunteering

since 2009. I first met them about

nine months ago. At the time Elliot

had had an operation on his fingers.

Generally people were here trying to

make him reach different mile stones

and so I came in and I thought I

wouldn't come in with - I want to

see Elliot do this and I want to see

Elliot do that. What I think I do is

just have fun with him. You know,

just be playful with him.

Elliot

adores Coral, absolutely. They've

got a weird bond. It's very sweet.

Are you hungry? I can't explain what

he makes me feel, how I feel about

the little boy. He's just grown.

Yeah I love him.

So that's just one

example of the way your money will

be spent to help children right

across the capital. Of course the

big night is on Friday.

Absolutely

is.

Remember, tune in for the big night,

which starts at 7.30pm

on Friday evening.

BBC London will be live

at a magical location,

which will be familiar if you've

watched any of the

Harry Potter films.

Hope you can join us

at the Warner Brothers Studio

tour in Hertfordshire.

Pudsey will be there,

I'll be there too and we'll

be joined by special

guests and fundraisers.

It should be a great night.

Time for the weather

with Tomasz Schafernaker,

which seemed milder.

People definitely more

friendly on the Tube today.

I think it's the weather:

I think it's the weather: they are

angry to you when it's cold!

Probably.

It will get colder over

the next few days. Watch out for

that anger coming back. As far as

the weather for tonight and tomorrow

is concerned, it will be misty,

murky and drizzly. A colourful

weather headline there for you. We

got up to double figures today.

Yesterday we had six, seven degrees.

Today we got up to around 11, I

think it was 11 point something. Not

that you would notice. We have a lot

of cloud out there. Here's the mist

and drizzle and murk heading our

way. The wind are very light. If the

clouds break, and they will in one

or two areas, we will see some mist

and fog patches forming. For early

morning commuters take it steady if

you are travelling outside of town

or further north to other parts of

the country. It could be thick in

places. Through the day tomorrow it

will be a layer of grey that will

break to allow for some glimmers of

brightness. Look at that, those

temperatures rising up to around 12

degrees. Maybe a degree on up on

today. Again, not that you

necessarily will notice. Towards the

end of the week what we will find is

a weather front moves across the

country that stirs the winds up. The

wind will break the clouds up a

little bit. Thursday in the morning

the winds are still light, misty and

murky and drizzle in places. We will

see clouds breaking through.

Thursday is looking pretty decent

with some sunshine around and

temperatures getting up to around 13

degrees or so. Then this sort of

process of clearing up the skies and

improving weather continues into

Friday. I think Friday for many of

us will be pretty decent with

sunshine on the way. This fine

weather continues into Saturday and

I suspect Sunday is looking good as

well. The outlook is not bad at all.

Lots of happy people around.

I bet

you are lovely to everybody on the

Tube. Thank you so much.

you are lovely to everybody on the

Tube. Thank you so much.

Recapping the day's headlines.

A man's been found guilty

of supplying guns and ammunition

linked to more than 100 crime

scenes, including three murders.

Police described the conviction

a "major victory" against gun crime.

At least 460 people are now known

to have died in Sunday's earthquake

on the border between Iran and Iraq.

Officials have called off

the rescue operation,

saying it's unlikely more survivors

will be found.

MPs have started debating

the key legislation that

will pave the way for Brexit.

Labour want an amendment

scrapped that sets the date

we leave the EU into law.

That's it.

More news at 10.00pm, of course.

But you can always keep

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From all of us on the team,

thanks for watching

and have a lovely evening.

Bye bye.