0:00:00 > 0:00:00the far north-west. Temperatures feeling cooler.
0:00:00 > 0:00:07That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me -
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Tonight on BBC London News.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Tackling knife violence - the Mayor's new campaign message
0:00:11 > 0:00:13says "London Needs You Alive"-
0:00:13 > 0:00:16This is part of a package of measures, along with schools
0:00:16 > 0:00:19playing their part, along with police playing their part,
0:00:19 > 0:00:20along with parents, civic leaders, youth leaders.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23All of us have a role to play in making sure we address
0:00:23 > 0:00:25the issue of knife crime.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27We'll also investigate what's behind the rise.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28Also tonight...
0:00:28 > 0:00:31The number of people who've reduced the asking price of the house
0:00:31 > 0:00:36they're selling is at its highest level in five years.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Transforming young lives through sailing.
0:00:39 > 0:00:46How Children In Need is helping charities like this one.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Everybody's talking about Jamie, the gay teenager whose story
0:00:48 > 0:00:51of wearing a dress to the school prom has been turned
0:00:51 > 0:01:00into a west end musical.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Good evening and welcome to the programme.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04I'm Claudia-Liza Armah.
0:01:04 > 0:01:0616 young people have been stabbed to death on the streets
0:01:06 > 0:01:09of London this year - that's up by almost 30% with some
0:01:09 > 0:01:10saying it's "an epidemic".
0:01:10 > 0:01:15Today, City Hall outlined a new plan it hopes will help to save lives.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17The mayor, Sadiq Khan, is using social media
0:01:17 > 0:01:20to spread the message - but with so many violent videos
0:01:20 > 0:01:22available online glamorising knives, will young people take any notice?
0:01:22 > 0:01:32Here's our home affairs correspondent Nick Beake.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Young voices from different parts of our city, but all
0:01:40 > 0:01:43with the same message.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52After a year of more stabbings, this is the Mayor's attempt to get
0:01:52 > 0:01:57teenagers to think twice before reaching for a blade.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59The plea is that London desperately needs their talents.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Remember, London needs you alive.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06Your talent is needed, your brain is needed,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08your intelligence is needed.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11HIP HOP MUSIC.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13The musician Bossman Birdie used to carry a knife
0:02:14 > 0:02:18growing up in Tottenham.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21He then spent time in prison for making a threat to kill.
0:02:21 > 0:02:27Now, City Hall have signed him up for their anti-knife campaign.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30To me, it's a complete waste of life and it's a waste of this beautiful
0:02:30 > 0:02:35city that we are occupants of, London.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39When you're going around, carrying a knife, you know,
0:02:39 > 0:02:43you're giving away your opportunity to become something crazy.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48Three, two, one, London needs you alive!
0:02:48 > 0:02:51This morning in Brixton Sadiq Khan met children who have
0:02:51 > 0:02:53been posting online, explaining why their
0:02:53 > 0:02:55lives are valuable.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59It's a campaign backed by London rappers, bloggers and musicians.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01It is hoped their status on social media will help
0:03:01 > 0:03:02the message get through.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Is this actually going to make a difference?
0:03:05 > 0:03:10Look, we've got to do all that we can to address the issue
0:03:10 > 0:03:12of knife crime, which is rising across the country,
0:03:12 > 0:03:13not just in London.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16This is part of a package of measures, along with schools
0:03:16 > 0:03:18playing their part, the police playing their part, parents,
0:03:18 > 0:03:19civic leaders, youth leaders.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22All of us have a role to play in making sure we address
0:03:22 > 0:03:23the issue of knife crime.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Yvonne Lawson's teenage son Godwin was stabbed
0:03:25 > 0:03:27to death seven years ago.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30What does she make of the campaign?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32It can make a slight difference for the younger
0:03:32 > 0:03:36generation, the under 16s.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Whether it can make a huge difference to the young people that
0:03:39 > 0:03:41are already engrossed in criminality, that's
0:03:41 > 0:03:44yet to be proven.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49This positive message may well get through to some kids in London,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52but there's no doubt it will also be competing with many other
0:03:52 > 0:03:55negative messages online.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59We're talking about videos and music which glorify violence,
0:03:59 > 0:04:04intensify gang rivalry, and lead to more knife crime.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08For eight months this year, YouTube refused the Met Police's
0:04:08 > 0:04:12request to take down these four videos.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Now they've relented, apart from this one, still up today,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18which Scotland Yard claims is encouraging stabbings.
0:04:18 > 0:04:24Bossman Birdie simply sees these videos as a waste of time.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29You're that talented, to sit there and write these lyrics,
0:04:29 > 0:04:33thinking of metaphors, thinking of rhyming schemes.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35To basically make something that is not going to go
0:04:35 > 0:04:37anywhere, purposely.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40It doesn't make sense to me.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48So, social media videos, a force for good and bad.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51In this case, they hope it will save lives.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Nick Beake, BBC London News.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57So just how bad is knife crime in London at the moment -
0:04:57 > 0:04:58and what's behind the rise?
0:04:58 > 0:05:04Tolu Adeoye has been investigating.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08These are faces of the 16 teenagers stabbed to death
0:05:08 > 0:05:10in London this year.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Knife crime has risen by 31% in the capital in the last year.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17It's the biggest increase in the UK.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19The latest teenager to be killed was 17-year-old Michael Jonas.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21His father said he'd hoped to one day to become
0:05:21 > 0:05:22a mechanical engineer.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23He's warned that anyone
0:05:23 > 0:05:27could be a victim.
0:05:27 > 0:05:36Presently, right now in the London area you don't have to be a rude
0:05:36 > 0:05:41boy, you don't have to be in a gang, you don't have to be among certain
0:05:41 > 0:05:46people for things to reach you. People may want to stereotype,
0:05:46 > 0:05:52thinking it is only the bad boy getting stabbed. Innocent kids are
0:05:52 > 0:05:54dying.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58So why is knife crime rising?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Perhaps surprisingly last year the Met revealed the overwhelming
0:06:00 > 0:06:03majority of young people who carry knives are not gang members.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Just 20% of stabbings are linked to them.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08St Giles Trust, which works with attackers and victims, says
0:06:08 > 0:06:11there's been a shift in culture among some young people,
0:06:11 > 0:06:15and more resources must be invested to help turn the tide.
0:06:15 > 0:06:23Young people feel in fear so they are carrying knives, carrying
0:06:23 > 0:06:26weapons, there is a glamorisation happening on social media as well.
0:06:26 > 0:06:32Legally there are cutbacks in services that are important,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35grassroots services such as community centres, organisations
0:06:35 > 0:06:36keeping young people safe.
0:06:36 > 0:06:41So what about police tactics?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44We know the use OF stop and search was curbed by the former
0:06:44 > 0:06:46police commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan Howe.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50And subsequently knife crime rose.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52One expert has told us and search is an essential
0:06:52 > 0:06:54tactic but it must be used more strategically.
0:06:54 > 0:07:00Rather than targeting a lot of very scared kids, you need those kids on
0:07:00 > 0:07:04board to tell you who you ought to be targeting. Then it is not nearly
0:07:04 > 0:07:11as resource intensive. The police cannot afford to throw resources on
0:07:11 > 0:07:16the street to search people, they need to focus their search
0:07:16 > 0:07:20operations on the hard-core of individuals who are prepared to use
0:07:20 > 0:07:28offensive weapons to terrorise and causes serious damage.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Well the Met say they are using more stop and search.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32And in a more sensitive and intelligent way,
0:07:32 > 0:07:34including carrying out monthly weapon sweeps.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38But they say that they can't and won't arrest their way out of the
0:07:38 > 0:07:42problem. It is proving to be a bigger societal challenge.
0:07:43 > 0:07:49Lots more to come, including.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51The fans paying their team's wages - we'll discuss the future
0:07:51 > 0:07:58of non-league club, Dulwich Hamlet.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00"If the intention was to intimidate us, the effect has actually been
0:08:00 > 0:08:04to bring us closer together."
0:08:04 > 0:08:07That's been the response of MPs BBC London has spoken to who are among
0:08:07 > 0:08:09a group condemned by a national newspaper this as
0:08:09 > 0:08:10"Brexit mutineers".
0:08:10 > 0:08:13More than a dozen Tory MPs have signalled they will vote
0:08:13 > 0:08:16against government plans to put the exact date of Brexit into law.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Our political editor Tim Donovan has the details.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22They woke up this morning to find their pictures on the front
0:08:22 > 0:08:24page of a newspaper, below a headline
0:08:24 > 0:08:26"the Brexit mutineers".
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Their leader, according to the paper, is Dominic Grieve,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33former Attorney General and MP for Beaconsfield.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Alongside him, Oliver Heald, MP for North East Hertfordshire,
0:08:37 > 0:08:43Vicky Ford from Chelmsford, Bob Neill, MP for Bromley,
0:08:43 > 0:08:44and finally Stephen Hammond, whose seat is Wimbledon.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47I thought it was a bit odd really.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49I've never voted against the government before.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51But there are a number of things in this bill
0:08:51 > 0:08:53which need to be corrected.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56He and the others have been targeted because they want to block
0:08:56 > 0:08:59government plans to write the exact Brexit leave date into law.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Actually it's illogical to do this.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03The government says it wants a freer hand to negotiate.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06By doing this the government is actually restricting its own
0:09:06 > 0:09:08ability to negotiate with what will be our ex-partners.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Do you feel you're singled out?
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Well, I think it's silly.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Some people have classed it as bullying.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18It doesn't worry me in the slightest.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21My job as a member of Parliament is to represent my
0:09:21 > 0:09:22constituents and the country.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I'd be a pretty weak person if I was worried about the front
0:09:25 > 0:09:26page of the Telegraph.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28But another of those accused of mutineering
0:09:28 > 0:09:31puts it more strongly.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34What I don't like is this attempt by some parts of the press to bully
0:09:34 > 0:09:38and to muzzle dissent, and that is a serious point.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41It's almost as bad as the attack on the judges after they did
0:09:41 > 0:09:45what was simply their constitutional job in the Article 50 case.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48What we are seeking to do is what's our constitutional job as MPs,
0:09:48 > 0:09:50to scrutinise the legislation, to do it constructively,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54and improve it.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57But some of their pro-Brexit colleagues accuse them of wanting
0:09:57 > 0:10:00to wriggle out of Brexit.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Absolutely not, I accept the result of the referendum,
0:10:02 > 0:10:03even though I didn't like it.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06That's why I voted to trigger Article 50.
0:10:06 > 0:10:1336% of my constituents work in financial and personal services.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15It's important to them to get it right.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Billions of pounds of tax
0:10:16 > 0:10:19revenue comes for our public services from the financial
0:10:19 > 0:10:20services sector.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23The last thing they want is any heightened risk of a cliff edge.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Time after time this isn't about frustrating Brexit,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27we understand what people voted last year.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31What this is about is ensuring this country gets a good deal.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35They won't be put off, but with feelings running high,
0:10:35 > 0:10:39the Speaker of the House of Commons today warned that MPs should not be
0:10:39 > 0:10:40subject to threats for expressing a political opinion.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45Tim Donovan, BBC London News.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Hundred of survivors of the Grenfell Tower have been
0:10:47 > 0:10:50given the right to take part in its inquiry.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53The decision could give almost 400 people and organisations the right
0:10:53 > 0:10:54to provide opening statements, highlight evidence or suggest
0:10:54 > 0:11:01lines of questioning.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05Meanwhile officials from the inquiry
0:11:05 > 0:11:06say they've
0:11:06 > 0:11:08yet to finish taking statements from residents and firefighters.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Plans to build a new Westfield shopping centre in Croydon
0:11:11 > 0:11:15have been approved.
0:11:15 > 0:11:21Work will begin on the £1.4 billion project in 2019 -
0:11:21 > 0:11:23of 7,000 new jobs and a thousand new homes.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25The complex, which will be the third Westfield in the capital,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28will include the redevelopment of the Whitgift and Centrale
0:11:28 > 0:11:29shopping centres.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31There's a warning tonight over the number of mobile phones stolen
0:11:31 > 0:11:32at gigs and festivals.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Last night people took to social media to report around 80 phones
0:11:35 > 0:11:36being taken at one gig alone, but it seems it's not the only
0:11:38 > 0:11:39time it's happened.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Chris Rogers joins me now and can
0:11:43 > 0:11:48tell us more - so what happened last night?
0:11:48 > 0:11:54Going by social media, there is a pattern. 30 phones were taken at a
0:11:54 > 0:11:59concert last night and a similar in Cardiff. A different band and a
0:11:59 > 0:12:04different venue on Saturday, Alexandra Palace, a large number of
0:12:04 > 0:12:07phones stolen. We don't know if the same people behind it but the same
0:12:07 > 0:12:12thing happens, people are pushed, there is a surge forward and they
0:12:12 > 0:12:16noticed that their possessions have gone missing. We've heard from three
0:12:16 > 0:12:23viewers, Suzy, Ruby and James, who were at the concert in Reading last
0:12:23 > 0:12:29night.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31The surge came like they had intent.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34There was one point there was a huge surge, and the whole crowd,
0:12:34 > 0:12:35everyone got crushed forwards.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38By the time it waved back there were a couple of people
0:12:38 > 0:12:40looking on the floor, and we thought someone
0:12:40 > 0:12:41has lost their phone.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43And then you saw more people looking on the floor,
0:12:43 > 0:12:46and then there was a lot of people looking around, so we thought
0:12:46 > 0:12:47this is a bit strange.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Then we realised the girl next to me had had a zipped pocket,
0:12:51 > 0:12:52a front pocket, phone gone.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54The girl next to her had a button pocket, again
0:12:54 > 0:12:55front pocket, again gone.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57There was a guy who'd lost his wallet.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59This was all just in the one surge.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00Then it started again.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Last night I saw Royal Blood at Rivermead.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05I put both of our phones in my front pocket, assuming they'd be safe.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Shortly after entering the mosh pit I felt like I was being grabbed,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10and someone took it, and all I was left
0:13:11 > 0:13:12with was a phone case.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16I felt really uneasy in the crowd that night,
0:13:16 > 0:13:20and just that last Saturday we went and saw Don Broco at Ally Pally
0:13:20 > 0:13:23in London, and one of my friends got their front pocket unzipped
0:13:23 > 0:13:24and their phone taken out of it.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28It's not a very nice thing to do.
0:13:28 > 0:13:35A lot of people on social media, especially Royal Blood fans. Same
0:13:35 > 0:13:38released a statement saying they were dismayed to receive reports of
0:13:38 > 0:13:43phones being stolen in Cardiff and warned fans ahead of the concert in
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Reading although there were more thefts. They are urging fans to be
0:13:46 > 0:13:50vigilant and they are working with the police and promoters to increase
0:13:50 > 0:13:56security.Any response from Thames Valley?Thames Valley Police said
0:13:56 > 0:14:01they received 11 reports of thefts from river made in Reading and a
0:14:01 > 0:14:0432-year-old man from London has been arrested on suspicion of attempted
0:14:04 > 0:14:09theft and remains in custody. They say that the arrest is in Malaysia
0:14:09 > 0:14:14and to some of the thefts, not all of them. -- is in relation.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16They've been around since 1893 and are best-known
0:14:16 > 0:14:19for their distinctive pink and blue shirts, but the future of non-League
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Dulwich Hamlet football club appears uncertain.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Fans are being asked to raise money to help the team following a dispute
0:14:25 > 0:14:27between the council and the property developers who own their stadium.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Chris Slegg reports.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Last night, fans of Dulwich Hamlet came to give their support
0:14:34 > 0:14:36and anything they could afford.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38There you go, thank you very much.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Thank you very much.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43To help a club caught in a stand-off between Southwark Council
0:14:43 > 0:14:44and property developers, Meadow Residential.
0:14:44 > 0:14:51It's a disgrace.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I think this is a community club that's very well supported and it
0:14:54 > 0:14:55shouldn't have got this far.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57I fear for the worst when there are property
0:14:57 > 0:14:58developers involved.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Basically this bit of land round here is worth a lot
0:15:01 > 0:15:02of money in London.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06This stadium is owned by Meadow Residential.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Many fans initially backed their vision of turning the stadium
0:15:09 > 0:15:15into flats because they also had a vision for the football club.
0:15:15 > 0:15:22The 1,500 fans who regularly come to games here at Champion Hill felt
0:15:22 > 0:15:24the future was bright when Meadow Residential announced plans
0:15:24 > 0:15:27to build a brand-new stadium next door but with the property
0:15:27 > 0:15:28developers now unwilling or unable to continue
0:15:28 > 0:15:31funding the football team, they fear they may soon no longer
0:15:31 > 0:15:34have a club to support at all.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Meadow Residential have stopped funding the club
0:15:37 > 0:15:41after Southwark Council went to court to block their development
0:15:41 > 0:15:43plans because of a lack of affordable housing.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Manager Gavin Rose says he may soon not have enough money
0:15:46 > 0:15:50to pay his semiprofessional players.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52We've been told that the club will be responsible
0:15:53 > 0:15:59for finding the wages, etc.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01We're working with an organisation basically telling us
0:16:01 > 0:16:02what action we can take,
0:16:02 > 0:16:04how much is coming through the door, without us knowing.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Meadow Residential insists they are not to blame
0:16:07 > 0:16:09for any financial problems, adding:
0:16:24 > 0:16:26The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said
0:16:26 > 0:16:28he is deeply concerned by the club's predicament.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33The fans are remaining resolute.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34Hopefully there's a short-term solution.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37This sort of thing can only be short-term but hopefully it
0:16:37 > 0:16:39will keep the club going long enough to find a long-term
0:16:39 > 0:16:41answer to the problems.
0:16:41 > 0:16:47The hope now is that somehow a deal can be struck.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Still to come tonight.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Transforming young lives through sailing.
0:16:51 > 0:16:59How Children In Need is helping charities like this one.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03The number of homes for sale with reduced asking prices
0:17:03 > 0:17:06is at its highest level in five years - with nearly half
0:17:06 > 0:17:09of sellers dropping the price by an average of 7%.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12It might be a good time for buyers to secure a deal
0:17:12 > 0:17:15in the run-up to Christmas - but when you need £64,000
0:17:15 > 0:17:18for an average London deposit, what can young couples do to get
0:17:18 > 0:17:19themselves on the property ladder?
0:17:19 > 0:17:24Marc Ashdown can tell us more.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27As sure as the leaves fall, in Autumn house prices follow.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Is this the property they're thinking of reducing?
0:17:30 > 0:17:31That's the one, yeah.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34But this year has seen the highest number of owners
0:17:34 > 0:17:37reducing their asking price since 2012.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40I think a combination perhaps of a bit of uncertainty,
0:17:40 > 0:17:41perhaps Brexit talks, interest rates going up,
0:17:41 > 0:17:45people thinking are they going to go up a lot higher and by how much,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49can I still afford it.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Plus the time of year as well.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Those are the main factors, I think.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56For many in Generation Rent, there is a long way to go to even
0:17:56 > 0:17:57get on the housing ladder.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Agents Strutt and Parker have published a few self-help
0:17:59 > 0:18:04suggestions, or sacrifices.
0:18:04 > 0:18:10If you ditched one night out a week you could save £6,000 a year.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15But if you are staying home, don't get a takeaway.
0:18:15 > 0:18:20That could save you £2600 a year.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Stop buying food on the go.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Binning the shop-bought lunch could save you £2500 every year.
0:18:24 > 0:18:34Stop upgrading your phone every year, that's another £154 saved.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42Stop playing the lottery every week, £832 saved.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44And finally, if you're thinking about jetting off
0:18:44 > 0:18:46for a summer or winter break, don't, and that'll
0:18:46 > 0:18:51save you another £700.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55In just five years a couple could save up a staggering £64,000,
0:18:55 > 0:18:58the average needed for a deposit in the capital.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02I fear that a lot of the time we just get into these habits
0:19:02 > 0:19:05of spending money because it gets us through, and we see other
0:19:05 > 0:19:07people doing it, and it becomes very normalised.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10But actually, if we do a review of our finances right
0:19:10 > 0:19:13across the board and actually question where the money is going,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16and it can be in big areas as well as in small areas,
0:19:16 > 0:19:18then you can feel that much more empowered.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21In six months' time, with the green shoots of spring,
0:19:21 > 0:19:22prices usually pick up.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25By then a couple could have said goodbye to a life of fun,
0:19:25 > 0:19:29and hello to six grand in the bank towards their dream home.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34Mark Ashdown, BBC London News.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Not long to go before Children In Need.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37Pudsey's excited.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39The big day is this Friday.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Last year, millions of pounds were raised.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Which helped many charities right here in the capital.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Among them, the Ahoy Centre in south London.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Now it works with disadvantaged young people teaching them life
0:19:49 > 0:19:54skills through sailing on the Thames.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55All holding on?
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Yes.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Three, two, one, nice and gently.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00One of the mottos we have at the Ahoy is, whatever
0:20:00 > 0:20:03is on the outside, whether that's family pressures, or stuff
0:20:03 > 0:20:05with schooling, or anything like that, we leave that
0:20:05 > 0:20:07at the door.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10You come in, we're here to sail and have fun and learn.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13My name is Zak, I'm a senior instructor at the Ahoy Centre.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17I first came here when I was about 12-13.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19And now I run the apprenticeship programme.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22A lot of the people who come here, myself included, didn't do
0:20:22 > 0:20:25amazingly well at school.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26I've got dyslexia.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29But when it comes to the more practical side, I feel
0:20:29 > 0:20:30I excel a lot better.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34The water's not at its cleanest right now, so we're not going to be
0:20:34 > 0:20:37going on the water unfortunately.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40But there's still lots of fun stuff to do on land, isn't there?
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Yeah!
0:20:41 > 0:20:43We are based on the border of Deptford and Greenwich,
0:20:43 > 0:20:46so there are some families that might be a bit more
0:20:46 > 0:20:47disadvantaged than others.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51So that is partly the people we take in.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53We also take in people with learning difficulties.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Our main demographic is 8-12-year-olds right now.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Hi there, my name is Emmanuella.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02We go sailing, and I like coming here because I get to learn new fun
0:21:02 > 0:21:07stuff with my best friend Esther.
0:21:07 > 0:21:14My name is Esther, I just finished my three-week stage one course,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17and happily I passed.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20When I'm on the water I feel like I can be free,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23I don't worry about anything.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25ALL TOGETHER:Ready!
0:21:25 > 0:21:31Sometimes it's just good to go places and not always be at home.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34The money that has been raised goes towards helping young people
0:21:34 > 0:21:36either find a hobby, or find something
0:21:36 > 0:21:38they wish to continue.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41For these kids, not only are they learning new skills,
0:21:41 > 0:21:42but they're also socialising.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44So they develop friends they never would have had.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Lovely stuff.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53So that is just one example of where your Children In Need money goes.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Remember, you can join us on the big night,
0:21:55 > 0:21:56this Friday, November the 17th.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Pudsey will be there too, of course,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00at Warner Brothers Studio Tours in Hertfordshire,
0:22:00 > 0:22:01along with some very special guests.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04You can be there too - just tell us what you're
0:22:04 > 0:22:05doing to raise money.
0:22:05 > 0:22:10Details of how to get in touch are on your screen.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14And now a story which started life as a documentary and ended up
0:22:14 > 0:22:16as a West End musical.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Everybody's Talking About Jamie follows the life of a gay teenager
0:22:19 > 0:22:22growing up in an ex-mining town, who decided he wanted to wear
0:22:22 > 0:22:24a dress to his high school prom.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26He had the full support of his mother, but not
0:22:26 > 0:22:29everyone was so accepting.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Wendy Hurrell has been speaking to him, his mum and the actor
0:22:32 > 0:22:40who plays him at the Apollo Theatre.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44No haters please, no haters.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47High school prom was the most spectacular occasion Jamie
0:22:47 > 0:22:50could think of to reveal his drag queen alter ego, Fifi La True.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51Close friends were supportive.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52I'd give him a dance.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53But he faced prejudice.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55There was one particularly strong comment from a parent
0:22:55 > 0:22:58to the teachers, who initially barred him from the party.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00I know there's a lot of insults you can get,
0:23:00 > 0:23:03but the word "disgusting" to me hurt the most that you could ever say.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06But the reaction that I got from my peers,
0:23:06 > 0:23:10even the people who I wasn't really friends with, came out
0:23:10 > 0:23:12of the prom and said if you don't let Jamie in,
0:23:12 > 0:23:13we're not going in.
0:23:13 > 0:23:19It was amazing.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Fairy tale fodder for a musical.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Everybody's Talking About Jamie has travelled south from Sheffield
0:23:24 > 0:23:27to the West End in London.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31The front man of band The Feeling wrote the music.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33It's the story about a mum and her son, and how
0:23:33 > 0:23:36they support each other and get on with each other.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38It's about being 16, getting to that age and trying
0:23:38 > 0:23:43to figure out what kind of grown up you're going to be.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45It's our life, and to see it being played out there
0:23:45 > 0:23:49is like being in a tumble dryer, to be honest!
0:23:49 > 0:23:54They say it's been surreal to see themselves on stage.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55Odd too, for to the actors.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Every actor dreams of playing a real person at some point,
0:23:58 > 0:24:00but you always assumed it'd be some sort of historical
0:24:00 > 0:24:01figure who's long gone.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Not someone who's very close to you in age
0:24:03 > 0:24:05and who lives around the corner from you!
0:24:05 > 0:24:06LAUGHTER.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09He lives in the same area of London as me.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11That's strange, but he seems to be enjoying it so far,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14and I think he's quite happy with what I'm doing, so whew!
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Jamie's tale was first told on TV six years ago.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Progress has since been made.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22The Church of England has offered guidance to its schools that
0:24:22 > 0:24:24children should be able to choose whatever they like from
0:24:24 > 0:24:29the dressing up box, without being bullied or labelled.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32You should be able to be yourself, you shouldn't be put in a box.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Sometimes you're just outside that box, and that's fine.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38And who made the box anyway?
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Exactly!
0:24:39 > 0:24:40LAUGHTER.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41Smash the box up!
0:24:41 > 0:24:42Smash it up and throw it away.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47Wendy Hurrell, BBC London News.
0:24:47 > 0:24:54Now let's check on the weather with Tomasz Schafernaker.
0:24:54 > 0:25:00It's quite mild today actually for winter. Mild but the sky wasn't
0:25:00 > 0:25:03pretty. It was drizzly, dull, gloomy, horrible.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05pretty. It was drizzly, dull, gloomy, horrible. We'll have none of
0:25:05 > 0:25:09that and tomorrow we are in for a much better day. We're going to get
0:25:09 > 0:25:13rid of the gloom. It's still going to hang around through this evening
0:25:13 > 0:25:16and overnight but eventually over the next couple of days the weather
0:25:16 > 0:25:22is going to get a bit better. Today it was a layer of grey, it was
0:25:22 > 0:25:29really rubbish. 12 degrees today we managed so relatively mild. Here's
0:25:29 > 0:25:33the groom through this evening and tonight and here is your blobs of
0:25:33 > 0:25:37drizzle moving through the capital. Temperatures around nine, 10
0:25:37 > 0:25:42degrees. Not a lot of difference this time of year in the temperature
0:25:42 > 0:25:48between the day and the night. Tomorrow you could already see
0:25:48 > 0:25:53sunshine. That's because the breeze is picking up. They are breaking up
0:25:53 > 0:25:56a bit but sometime during the afternoon we could see a spot of
0:25:56 > 0:26:04frame. Those temperatures might get up to 14 degrees -- spot of rain.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09And then, as we head towards the end of the week, we could be in for some
0:26:09 > 0:26:13frost. Those temperatures will be dipping away. After a frosty start
0:26:13 > 0:26:18on Friday we've got a beautiful end to the week on the way. Gorgeous
0:26:18 > 0:26:24sparkling sunshine out there. White winds as well. Double figure
0:26:24 > 0:26:32temperatures for most of us. That means after a clear and sunny day on
0:26:32 > 0:26:38Friday, Friday night the stars are out, beautiful weather, overnight,
0:26:38 > 0:26:42but that means Saturday morning is going to be on the net he I'd.
0:26:42 > 0:26:50Here's the click into Sunday. -- Saturday morning is going to be on
0:26:50 > 0:26:54the nippy side. After today it's looking better.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Let's get a reminder of tonight's main stories.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00The army is now in control in Zimbabwe after taking over
0:27:00 > 0:27:01the state broadcaster.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Armoured vehicles are on the streets, but the military
0:27:03 > 0:27:04insists it is not a coup.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07President Mugabe is reported to be under house arrest.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08The Foreign Secretary has held his first meeting
0:27:08 > 0:27:11with the husband of a Hampstead mother detained in Iran.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Boris Johnson pledged to leave no stone unturned in trying to free
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Over-indulgent grandparents may be harming their
0:27:18 > 0:27:21grandchildren's health.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24The Mayor has launched a campaign to tackle the rise in knife crime.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Sadiq Khan is urging young people not to carry a weapon
0:27:27 > 0:27:31with a new social media message saying "London Needs You Alive".
0:27:32 > 0:27:33That's it.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35I'll be back later during the 10 o'clock news, but for now
0:27:35 > 0:27:38from everyone on the team have a lovely evening.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Goodbye.