0:00:00 > 0:00:00into Monday, a little bit more mild, but overall it will stay cold.
0:00:00 > 0:00:03That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,
0:00:03 > 0:00:12Coming up on the programme tonight: so it's goodbye from me,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15We're live in Oxford Circus where shops and the Tube
0:00:15 > 0:00:23station were evacuated following reports of gunshots.
0:00:24 > 0:00:31What happened?I'm not sure, I don't know.Police say there is no
0:00:31 > 0:00:33evidence of a gun being fired.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Also tonight:
0:00:34 > 0:00:36We have new figures which show that thefts from cars
0:00:36 > 0:00:38are rarely investigated, prompting warnings of a crime wave.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42A Black Friday boom in online deliveries, but what does it mean
0:00:42 > 0:00:43for pollution levels in London?
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Growing calls to make upskirting illegal -
0:00:44 > 0:00:51where pictures are secretly taken up woman's skirts.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52And exploring our city after dark.
0:00:52 > 0:00:58The author who wants us to take more midnight strolls.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Good evening.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11Welcome to Friday evenings BBC London News.
0:01:11 > 0:01:12I'm Asad Ahmad.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Within the past couple of hours,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Oxford Circus was bought to a standstill after
0:01:16 > 0:01:18reports of gunshots.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21But police say there's no evidence of shots being fired,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24nor of any casualties.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27It sparked panic at the Tube station and surrounding area
0:01:27 > 0:01:38on one of the busiest shopping days before Christmas.
0:01:38 > 0:01:48Karl Mercer is there.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54Yes, a couple of police cars behind us but the buses are starting to run
0:01:54 > 0:01:58along Oxford Circus and if you swing the camera around, it looks pretty
0:01:58 > 0:02:03much like a normal evening at Oxford Circus. People queueing for the
0:02:03 > 0:02:08tube. It was very different two hours ago when these police cars
0:02:08 > 0:02:14arrived. There are just a couple left now. There were reports of
0:02:14 > 0:02:18shots potentially being fired and people started to panic, running out
0:02:18 > 0:02:22of the tube station and up and down the streets nearby as police came to
0:02:22 > 0:02:26the scene, as they have practised too many times already this year.
0:02:26 > 0:02:33Chris Rogers was caught up in it.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37One of the busiest shopping days in one of the country's busiest
0:02:37 > 0:02:42shopping districts. Everything the emergency services rehearse and plan
0:02:42 > 0:02:47for, put into action just moments after reports of gunfire.Keep on
0:02:47 > 0:02:53moving. Stop taking photos, keep on moving.Lockdown in Oxford Street.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57As we moved towards the scene to investigate, thousands of shoppers
0:02:57 > 0:03:10were being pushed back. It is unnerving. As the cord and gets
0:03:10 > 0:03:16wider, shop by shop, department store by department store, people
0:03:16 > 0:03:23are evacuated and moved on. People are scared, emotional, curious. But
0:03:23 > 0:03:33orderly. Then, panic.
0:03:40 > 0:03:47What happened?All of a sudden, people that were on the streets
0:03:47 > 0:03:51being moved up Regent Street.They suddenly turned around and ran back
0:03:51 > 0:03:56and it was a lot of panic, women falling on the pavement, people
0:03:56 > 0:04:02pushing and shoving. We think they were startled by barriers being
0:04:02 > 0:04:07moved, which perhaps people mistook the gunshots. As you can imagine,
0:04:07 > 0:04:12everybody is very nervous. There are people crying, people very upset,
0:04:12 > 0:04:17reacting to any sound. The police went into the crowd, slowed them
0:04:17 > 0:04:21down and move them in a more orderly fashion to safety round the corner.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26It was basically a mad panic. We are told to be vigilant and the
0:04:26 > 0:04:32emergency services clearly take no chances. We have been pushed further
0:04:32 > 0:04:37down Regent Street away from Oxford Circus station. For a while, press
0:04:37 > 0:04:40were allowed to film the evacuation but now we are being pushed right
0:04:40 > 0:04:46back, for our own safety. At the moment there seems to be a lot of
0:04:46 > 0:04:50panic, a lot of people scared and people not knowing what is going on.
0:04:50 > 0:04:56We are told to keep calm and carry on, and we famously do so. But what
0:04:56 > 0:05:00I witnessed today was the tension and panic among many that lies close
0:05:00 > 0:05:08beneath the surface. Chris Rogers, BBC London News.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13As I was saying earlier, what Chris was reporting showed how quickly the
0:05:13 > 0:05:17police respond to events these days. We have had three terror attacks in
0:05:17 > 0:05:22the capital this year and there is a well practised scheme, where police
0:05:22 > 0:05:27will go to the area. Armed police were deployed, but significantly not
0:05:27 > 0:05:32the counterterror police, and the Metropolitan Police did not issue
0:05:32 > 0:05:35the run, hide and tell message alert that they put out when they fear
0:05:35 > 0:05:40there has been a terrorist attack. But it is not just emergency
0:05:40 > 0:05:44services and police on high alert. It is also many Londoners, and when
0:05:44 > 0:05:47something does happen there is a sense of panic. We caught up with
0:05:47 > 0:05:55some of those who were here earlier. It was a chaotic scene. I stopped a
0:05:55 > 0:05:59couple and tried to find out what was going on. Many people did not
0:05:59 > 0:06:05know, they were just running because everybody was. I found a group of
0:06:05 > 0:06:08girls who had stopped, crowded into a restaurant. They were in tears and
0:06:08 > 0:06:12they said they had heard there had either been a shooting on the tube,
0:06:12 > 0:06:16someone had heard what they thought was a gunshot, or they thought was a
0:06:16 > 0:06:21fire. You could just see that panic was spreading and everybody was
0:06:21 > 0:06:26frightened because of recent terror incidents being fresh in people's
0:06:26 > 0:06:32minds. Everybody wanted to get away as quickly as they could.A lot of
0:06:32 > 0:06:37confusion, very busy on Black Friday. Pretty tense. About two
0:06:37 > 0:06:41minutes ago we had a surge of people sprinting across Oxford Street in
0:06:41 > 0:06:46panic. I don't know what they were reacting to but people were very
0:06:46 > 0:06:50much on edge.I was standing by the tube station to go down and they
0:06:50 > 0:06:55shouted to evacuate. Then a bunch of armed police ran past us and went
0:06:55 > 0:07:00down with guns. There must have been at least 15 armed police running
0:07:00 > 0:07:05down and everybody started running away, screaming and shouting, and
0:07:05 > 0:07:09they have just started evacuating people. Nobody knows what is going
0:07:09 > 0:07:13on but it does not sound positive for everybody. Stay away from this
0:07:13 > 0:07:23place and be safe.You can see the sense of panic there from people,
0:07:23 > 0:07:27but police were very quick in putting out messages on Twitter and
0:07:27 > 0:07:31social media platforms, trying to reassure Londoners. They put out a
0:07:31 > 0:07:34message about an hour after the first reports of shooting saying
0:07:34 > 0:07:39that police had not located any trace of suspects, evidence of shots
0:07:39 > 0:07:44fired, nor any casualties. Things have now returned to normal, just
0:07:44 > 0:07:49two hours after there was panic on these streets. Now, just a view
0:07:49 > 0:07:53police cars left. Buses are on in up and down the street as usual and the
0:07:53 > 0:07:58tube stations are back open again. Stay down there, because we will
0:07:58 > 0:08:01come back to you later for any updates.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03So that's our main story this Friday evening.
0:08:03 > 0:08:13But this is what's still to come tonight.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Computer software helping patients with schizophrenia to come
0:08:16 > 0:08:24face-to-face with the voices in their head.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26A new therapy, developed at the Maudsley Hospital in south
0:08:26 > 0:08:28London, allows patients suffering from schizophrenia to come
0:08:28 > 0:08:30face-to-face with the voices they hear in their head.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32A computer helps them create the face to the voice
0:08:33 > 0:08:38and copy what the patient hears.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43James Gallagher has been speaking to the programme's developer.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Stupid...
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Look at you.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Threatening voices fill the heads of schizophrenia patients.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53A quarter of them can't even escape them with
0:08:53 > 0:08:55medication.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57A new experimental therapy is bringing patients
0:08:57 > 0:09:07face-to-face with their imaginary tormentors.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08You're pathetic, rubbish.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09You're a waste of space.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12This avatar is being controlled by psychiatrists at the Maudsley
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Hospital in London.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16They have worked with the patient to match the voice.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18You wouldn't say yes and you wouldn't say no either.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20And you just tell me which is the best.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23And the look of their hallucinations.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Patients then spend six sessions learning how to stand up to their
0:09:26 > 0:09:27avatar.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Tell him you don't want to hear this rubbish any more if he
0:09:30 > 0:09:33comes in with his usual statements.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34You're a waste of space.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39Go away.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Pathetic.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Professor Tommy Craig developed the therapy and has done
0:09:45 > 0:09:46trials on 150 people.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47He said it produced rapid and lasting
0:09:47 > 0:09:50improvements with patients having fewer frightening hallucinations.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52I think it's the business of bringing
0:09:52 > 0:09:55it from a voice that is detached and you have
0:09:55 > 0:09:56no control over, into this
0:09:56 > 0:09:58experience that is immediate, and you control.
0:09:58 > 0:10:05So you get power and it loses power.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Experts say the trial, published in the Lancet psychiatry
0:10:09 > 0:10:11is impressive, but patients will still need to take medication.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16This treatment is specifically designed
0:10:16 > 0:10:18for those with treatment resistant in auditory and verbal
0:10:19 > 0:10:25hallucinations and voices.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27So you wouldn't be looking to use it
0:10:27 > 0:10:29routinely, I guess unless the patient particularly wanted this
0:10:29 > 0:10:30kind of approach.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33The other thing to consider is that this is quite a
0:10:33 > 0:10:34high-tech approach, which so far is only
0:10:34 > 0:10:35available in a couple of
0:10:35 > 0:10:38centres in the UK.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Making an avatar of your imaginary voices is still an
0:10:41 > 0:10:42experimental therapy.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Further trials are now needed to see if it becomes
0:10:44 > 0:10:50a powerful new way of treating schizophrenia.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53If your car gets broken into, chances are the police won't take
0:10:53 > 0:10:54amy action against the perpetrator.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57And we've obtained figures which show that even if they do,
0:10:57 > 0:10:59there are very few criminals that are actually convicted.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Well, there are tens of thousands of thefts from cars every year
0:11:02 > 0:11:06and a motoring organisation warns that if police don't start treating
0:11:06 > 0:11:09the crime more seriously in London, we could be about to face
0:11:09 > 0:11:10a crime wave.
0:11:10 > 0:11:18Here's Alex Bushill.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19How seriously should we expect the police
0:11:19 > 0:11:21to take this sort of crime?
0:11:21 > 0:11:22How much should the police, well, police?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25The Met have now said that because of budget cuts,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28cutting car crime isn't as much of a priority and they
0:11:28 > 0:11:30will only investigate if there is video evidence.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32According to Seb Stevenson, they won't then either.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36The last thief, he took this tool box twice.
0:11:36 > 0:11:42The same tool box, he took it twice.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46He has had his van outside his Croydon home broken into many times.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48That's why he has CCTV on his house.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51But when he caught a thief on camera, he says the police
0:11:51 > 0:11:53still did nothing.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58It's an absolute free for all.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01The thieves know at the moment they will not be prosecuted.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04It's advertised on the radio and TV that the police will not
0:12:04 > 0:12:05prosecute these thieves.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06It's a free for all.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10They know they can go out, even if evidence is provided
0:12:10 > 0:12:13to the fact that you can see that these are the people
0:12:13 > 0:12:14that are the assailants.
0:12:14 > 0:12:24The police absolutely will do nothing about it.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27That's why he has put up this poster to try to find the thief.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29He no longer bothers reporting anything to the police.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32BBC London can reveal that in the capital there were just over
0:12:32 > 0:12:3453,000 reported offences of thefts from motor vehicles,
0:12:34 > 0:12:37of which 796 were proceeded against.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39That means only 1.5% of these crimes actually lead
0:12:39 > 0:12:40to charges being brought.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41For neighbouring forces it wasn't much better.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Thames Valley Police managed only 1.8%.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Surrey Police, 0.6% of all reported crimes resulted
0:12:47 > 0:12:50in anyone being charged.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55So what was the Met's response to the criticism that this is now
0:12:55 > 0:12:57a free for all for criminals?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59In a statement they said...
0:13:13 > 0:13:18For the AA, it is deeply worrying so few are being convicted.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22They want a dedicated car crime unit that the Met closed five years
0:13:22 > 0:13:24ago to be reinstated and they have this warning.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26We do know they have other priorities as well.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Things like terrorism, which we understand.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32However, once the criminals know these crimes will not be
0:13:32 > 0:13:34investigated, it can then lead to a crime because people basically
0:13:35 > 0:13:40know they will get away with it.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42What's more, it's not just phones and laptops being nicked,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45as these photos show, airbags and steering wheels are too,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48with worrying implications.
0:13:48 > 0:13:54If airbags are being stolen, a proportion of those
0:13:54 > 0:13:57are going into cars that will crash, and the airbags have gone off.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01The airbags have been put in, but they won't work.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Somebody could buy a car in good faith and it will have an airbag
0:14:04 > 0:14:07that if there is a crash, it will not go off.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09These latest crime figures are controversial, as is any
0:14:09 > 0:14:11decision to no longer investigate all car crime.
0:14:11 > 0:14:21But then who said budget cuts would be easy?
0:14:26 > 0:14:31This is what's coming up: When the sun sets, another London
0:14:31 > 0:14:35comes to life. One writer tells us of the discoveries we can make when
0:14:35 > 0:14:41we take a walk at night. No surprises, it's going to be a
0:14:41 > 0:14:45cold weekend. Talk of wintry showers, but will we get any? Join
0:14:45 > 0:14:49me later for the details.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Pollution created by delivery vans is increasing rapidly in London.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Figures show that the number of miles driven is up
0:14:59 > 0:15:00from nearly 2.5 billion miles five years ago,
0:15:01 > 0:15:06to 2.6 billion miles in 2015.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08That's an increase of more than 10%.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11And it's led to fears that a boost in online sales
0:15:11 > 0:15:13during Black Friday will only add to that figure.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19Here's Tom Edwards.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22This is a distribution centre in Basildon in Essex.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24In this huge warehouse, this retailer will process around
0:15:24 > 0:15:31100,000 items today.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34So out of Basildon today we will be delivering to 263 stores.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37We pretty much double our capacity at this time of year so we make
0:15:37 > 0:15:41certain customers get the products they need when they need them.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43As internet shopping gets more popular, the problem is deliveries
0:15:43 > 0:15:45create congestion and pollution.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48TfL says one in five vehicles in the capital are now vans,
0:15:48 > 0:15:55and that's increasing.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57One delivery firm thinks these could be the solution.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00They are electric bike trailers.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03They are being trialled in Camden.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08They hope it will reduce the need for diesel vans.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10London faces a significant emissions and congestion challenge.
0:16:10 > 0:16:20One of the solutions is for us to develop methods whereby we can
0:16:21 > 0:16:22replace conventional diesel collection and delivery vehicles
0:16:22 > 0:16:23with cycle solutions.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25That's what this project will deliver.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Another solution is to stop personal deliveries to work.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Transport for London banned its employees
0:16:29 > 0:16:37from receiving them last work.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39-- last year.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41It has seen an 80% drop in parcels.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43We think a lot of employers can follow our example,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45and I think they will.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Big public sector bodies and big private employers, employing
0:16:47 > 0:16:48thousands of people sometimes.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51They can follow our example and do their bit to reduce
0:16:51 > 0:16:52congestion in this great city.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55A number of companies are now said to be considering
0:16:55 > 0:16:56personal delivery bans.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58On London's congested roads, tackling our deliveries is now seen
0:16:58 > 0:17:07as part of the solution.
0:17:07 > 0:17:13Minicab hailing at Uber is going to appeal at the Supreme Court against
0:17:13 > 0:17:20the decision which designated drivers as workers for rights such
0:17:20 > 0:17:27as holiday pay. Earlier this year it was denied that the workers were
0:17:27 > 0:17:29actually self-employed.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31There's a growing call to specifically make the act known
0:17:32 > 0:17:33as "upskirting" illegal.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36It's when someone takes a photo up the skirt of an unsuspecting woman,
0:17:36 > 0:17:39and it could be done on the Tube, train or even on the street.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Here's Poppy Begum.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42It's a problem that more and more celebrities say
0:17:42 > 0:17:44they are falling victim to.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Upskirting - it's when somebody takes a picture up a person's dress
0:17:47 > 0:17:48or skirt without their consent.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Just took pictures up your skirt from behind you.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Did he do it just now?
0:17:52 > 0:17:53Yeah, did you see that?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55But it's not just the rich and famous who have
0:17:55 > 0:17:56been affected by it.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58It happened to freelance writer Gina Martin.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01He was holding his phone, he was on WhatsApp.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04And there was a picture, and it was up a girl's skirt,
0:18:04 > 0:18:05right between her legs, up her crotch.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07And I just knew it was me straightaway.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09So I... You knew it was you?
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Instinctively?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12I could tell, because of what I was wearing.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15So I grabbed the phone, checked it was me, to make sure.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17And then I started shouting at him.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19And then we got into a scuffle.
0:18:19 > 0:18:25Because upskirting isn't a sexual offence, her case was dropped.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28The British Transport Police are aware of the issue and have been
0:18:28 > 0:18:30patrolling the network looking for unwarranted sexual
0:18:30 > 0:18:31behaviour like this.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43What sorts of sexual assaults do you see on the tube
0:18:43 > 0:18:45on a day to day basis?
0:18:45 > 0:18:50Most of the ones we see would be contact on the tube while standing.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Sadly a lot of people just accept that it may be the norm
0:18:53 > 0:18:54and that's not we want.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57We want people to report to us.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Reports of upskirting to the BTP have almost doubled in the last four
0:19:00 > 0:19:02years with 71 reported crimes in 2016.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05But upskirting isn't just happening on the tube.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07This 13-year-old girl, who didn't want to be identified,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10was upskirted at school.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13I come home and I get a notification on my phone.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16I went on it and there were three messages from him.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20One was a photo, and it was a photo up my skirt.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22I started to cry.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23I just curled up in a ball.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25I didn't want to talk to anyone.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28I wanted to be by myself.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I was so violated and betrayed, especially since I thought of this
0:19:31 > 0:19:34person as my friend.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37There is now a campaign started by Gina Martin to make
0:19:37 > 0:19:43upskirting a sexual offence.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Walking through London at night opens your eyes to many things
0:19:51 > 0:19:53which you might otherwise miss, which is why Charles Dickens
0:19:53 > 0:19:55was a huge fan of doing just that.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57You just need to read his opening line from
0:19:57 > 0:19:59The Old Curiosity Shop to know that.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01But there's a Londoner around today who believes
0:20:01 > 0:20:03we could all still benefit from wandering the streets at night,
0:20:03 > 0:20:08and Wendy Hurrell has been speaking to him.
0:20:08 > 0:20:18# London by night is a wonderful sight.#
0:20:18 > 0:20:21When the sun goes down over our city, another
0:20:21 > 0:20:24world wakes up, one of
0:20:24 > 0:20:31night buses, night workers and night walkers.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38I started walking at night just because I didn't like taking
0:20:38 > 0:20:40taxis and was not keen on night buses either.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42So I'd walk through the city, and I began to realise
0:20:42 > 0:20:45that it was just a completely different environment.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48There was a different ecology to the city.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51I became more and more fascinated by the kind
0:20:51 > 0:20:57of people who walk about in the night.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02# Deep in the dark that envelops the park.#
0:21:02 > 0:21:05You do see figures whose presence is very
0:21:05 > 0:21:11furtive and the night, the darkness, the shadows
0:21:11 > 0:21:13do bestow upon people, even if they are up to
0:21:13 > 0:21:16something quite innocent, a certain kind of allure and mystery and
0:21:16 > 0:21:17suspiciousness.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20How do you feel walking through London at night,
0:21:20 > 0:21:22particularly when everyone else has gone home?
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Well, the solitude does begin to affect you in strange ways.
0:21:26 > 0:21:35It does begin to create slightly dreamlike effects.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I think the whole sensorium of the city at night, the fact
0:21:38 > 0:21:41that it is monochromatic, you are moving in shadows from areas of
0:21:41 > 0:21:46relative light under lamps to darkness...
0:21:46 > 0:21:53# Down by the Thames, lights that sparkle like gems.
0:21:53 > 0:22:00The greatest night walker of all was Charles
0:22:00 > 0:22:01Dickens, a truly Olympian night walker.
0:22:01 > 0:22:07Certainly it looked pretty different.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09The presence of all the car traffic and the buses makes a
0:22:09 > 0:22:10huge difference.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12But there's this wonderful light, albeit not
0:22:12 > 0:22:14gaslight, coming from the lamps along the river.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16This beautiful yellow light, shimmering on the
0:22:16 > 0:22:19surface of the Thames.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21So in some way is, I think that some of the magic
0:22:21 > 0:22:25of the 19th century city at night down on the river is still here.
0:22:25 > 0:22:33# I'll always love London by night.#
0:22:40 > 0:22:44No question London is so beautiful at night. If you're thinking of
0:22:44 > 0:22:48going for a stroll after watching that at midnight tonight, we can
0:22:48 > 0:22:51find out what the weather will be like.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57I would advise anyone going for a walk at this time of year to a
0:22:57 > 0:23:01woolly hat and some comfortable shoes, and a big coat. Just like I
0:23:01 > 0:23:06do over the top of my suit. We have had a lot of cold weekends over the
0:23:06 > 0:23:11last month or so. A lot of dry weather around this weekend and some
0:23:11 > 0:23:15sunshine around as well. That picture was taken by one of our
0:23:15 > 0:23:20weather Watchers, a lovely picture today in London across the Thames.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25The sun dropping. A fair bit of cloud. It wasn't blue sky by any
0:23:25 > 0:23:30means. We had this area of cloud stuck across the south-east for a
0:23:30 > 0:23:37while, but the rain has pretty much kept away. The cloud is thinning
0:23:37 > 0:23:41now. Clear skies overnight. It will be dry and the temperatures will
0:23:41 > 0:23:44drop, a colder night than last night. These are the temperatures as
0:23:44 > 0:23:48you move towards the north. You will find temperatures of -2 and minus
0:23:48 > 0:23:55three degrees. The picture on Saturday, it will be bright with a
0:23:55 > 0:24:00cold start. Spells of sunshine but more clout in the afternoon. The
0:24:00 > 0:24:03chance of some showers heading into Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Temperatures lower than today. The wind will be stronger and it will
0:24:07 > 0:24:11feel colder. The wind continuing to blow through the evening and
0:24:11 > 0:24:15overnight. Blowing away any of those showers and we will have clear skies
0:24:15 > 0:24:19once again. Maybe not quite as cold because there will be more breeze,
0:24:19 > 0:24:24but nevertheless it looks like a pretty frosty time for many of us. A
0:24:24 > 0:24:30lot of dry weather and sunshine to greet the day on Sunday. Showers may
0:24:30 > 0:24:34be clipping Stevenage, but on the whole it will be dry with sunny
0:24:34 > 0:24:38spells. Those temperatures might be a fraction higher, but still 8
0:24:38 > 0:24:40degrees and it will be cold through the weekend. Let's look further
0:24:40 > 0:24:47afield. A bit of orange on the weather front which will bring rain
0:24:47 > 0:24:51to start the new week. But then colder air coming back in and the
0:24:51 > 0:24:55wind will change direction again to more of a northerly so we will end
0:24:55 > 0:25:00up back where we started this weekend. This is the picture on
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Sunday. Lots of sunshine on Sunday. A nice but cold day. Monday will be
0:25:04 > 0:25:09wet for most of the day. The rain could be quite heavy as well. Then
0:25:09 > 0:25:13the wind direction changes and it will become colder again, but drier
0:25:13 > 0:25:18with some sunshine. After Tuesday we could see some wintry showers.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Now back to our main story tonight, the evacuation of Oxford Street Tube
0:25:23 > 0:25:24station after reports of gunshots.
0:25:24 > 0:25:25Karl Mercer is there with an update.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Karl Mercer is there with an update.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35Hard to believe that anything happened here to add a half hours
0:25:35 > 0:25:43ago, just after 4:30pm. People going into Oxford Circus tube station, but
0:25:43 > 0:25:47they weren't, because it was shut. All that's left now of the police
0:25:47 > 0:25:52action is a solitary police car. At the time police were brought here
0:25:52 > 0:25:56after reports of gun shots being fired on Oxford Street. It turned
0:25:56 > 0:26:00out that wasn't the case. But we saw mass panic with people were read,
0:26:00 > 0:26:05running in all directions. Others were kept in shops. -- people were
0:26:05 > 0:26:11worried. People were kept up-to-date all the time and the Mayor of London
0:26:11 > 0:26:15issued a statement in the last ten minutes also thanking the
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Metropolitan Police and fire brigade and the British Transport Police on
0:26:19 > 0:26:22behalf of Londoners and reiterating the advice that he Met gave saying
0:26:22 > 0:26:26they had found no casualties and no evidence of shots being fired on
0:26:26 > 0:26:31Oxford Street this afternoon. He said it was extremely important that
0:26:31 > 0:26:38Londoners remain vigilant and didn't panic. STUDIO: Karl Mercer at Oxford
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Circus, thank you for that important update.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Just before we go, let me remind you of the day's main stories making
0:26:44 > 0:26:45the BBC headlines tonight.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49At least 235 people have been killed in Egypt,
0:26:49 > 0:26:51and more than 100 injured, after a gunman detonated a bomb
0:26:51 > 0:26:54and stormed a packed mosque at the end of Friday prayers.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56It happened in the north Sinai region.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Theresa May has been holding talks with EU leaders in Brussels.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01It's her first meeting with them since the government agreed
0:27:01 > 0:27:03to increase the amount of money it's offering the EU
0:27:03 > 0:27:06as part of a Brexit settlement.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Major companies have suspended their advertising
0:27:09 > 0:27:12on YouTube after it emerged that people have been leaving sexually
0:27:12 > 0:27:15explicit comments next to videos posted by children.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Adverts for major brands like Mars and Cadbury have been appearing
0:27:18 > 0:27:19alongside some of the videos.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22BBC London has obtained figures which show only very few charges
0:27:22 > 0:27:29are brought against criminals who steal from cars.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Out of more that 50,000 reported offences, around 99%
0:27:31 > 0:27:33went undetected.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34That's it.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37There's more about the situation at Oxford Circus on the BBC
0:27:37 > 0:27:39News Channel, on our Twitter feed and Facebook page.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41And I'll have the latest for you at 10:30pm.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Have a good evening.