0:00:00 > 0:00:00net migration drops by almost a third. And that's all from the BBC
0:00:04 > 0:00:05Coming up on tonight's programme...
0:00:05 > 0:00:08The hunt for a man police believe is linked to 25 sexual assaults
0:00:08 > 0:00:16in south east London.
0:00:16 > 0:00:21The suspect attacks victims by grabbing their intimate parts. A
0:00:21 > 0:00:23number of victims have been traumatised as a result of this
0:00:23 > 0:00:26offence.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28One victim was just eight years old.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Also ahead tonight...
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Rodents on the rise.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31Is London facing a rat epidemic?
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Councils receive more than a hundred complaints a day.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Plus, bringing cricket to a younger audience.
0:00:35 > 0:00:41A former England batsman says you're never too young to play.
0:00:41 > 0:00:47I remember when I started on the beach, I did not hit very many but
0:00:47 > 0:00:49we started and that is a huge thing.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51And a family affair - we meet the mother and son
0:00:51 > 0:00:53graduating together, the same degree from
0:00:53 > 0:00:55the same university.
0:01:06 > 0:01:12Welcome to BBC London News with me, Riz Lateef.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16First tonight, the hunt for a man who's carried out a series of sex
0:01:16 > 0:01:17attacks in south east London.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21In one case the victim was just eight years old.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23CCTV footage shows the suspect, who police believe has carried out
0:01:23 > 0:01:27around 25 sexual assaults on women and children.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29They were mostly attacked in daylight, usually during morning
0:01:29 > 0:01:30and evening rush hours.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35Ayshea Buksh reports.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39He appears to target young women on their way to work or school.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42In the last year it is thought the same man has carried out 25
0:01:42 > 0:01:44attacks in south-east London, sometimes within
0:01:44 > 0:01:49hours of each other.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52And this is where the latest incident happened at 8:30am
0:01:52 > 0:01:55on the 22nd of November here on Sandbourne Road,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58a residential street in Brockley.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Just the week before, the same man, it's thought,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04carried out another assault, that time on an
0:02:04 > 0:02:08eight-year-old child.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11The majority of attacks have happened in the Borough of Lewisham
0:02:11 > 0:02:14but there have been similar assaults in Greenwich, Bromley,
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Southwark and Bexley.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Police say they are looking for a white man in his 40s
0:02:18 > 0:02:21with fair hair and blue eyes.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25The suspect attacks victims by grabbing their intimate parts.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28And this is a very, very serious offence and we are treating it
0:02:28 > 0:02:30with the utmost seriousness.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33A number of victims have been traumatised as a result of this
0:02:33 > 0:02:36offence which is why it's very important for us for the public
0:02:36 > 0:02:40to try to help us by looking at the CCTV and perhaps providing us
0:02:40 > 0:02:43with some names of the people they think is on that CCTV.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47The police say there could be other victims who are yet to come forward
0:02:47 > 0:02:49and they are working with local schools and community
0:02:49 > 0:02:53groups to raise awareness.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56The victims are all traumatised as a result of the offences that
0:02:56 > 0:02:58have been committed against them and what I would say, the reason
0:02:58 > 0:03:01we have linked the offences is because the description
0:03:01 > 0:03:03of the suspect is often very similar and the actual nature
0:03:03 > 0:03:05of the offence is very similar.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06But our age ranges differ.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Around a third of our victims are adults, our oldest
0:03:08 > 0:03:11victim is 35 years of age.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Our youngest victim is eight and we do see a number
0:03:13 > 0:03:15of offences committed against early teenage
0:03:15 > 0:03:18schoolchildren.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Anyone with any information should call Lewisham police
0:03:21 > 0:03:25station on 0208 284 8346.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28These assaults have increased since the summer and police hope
0:03:28 > 0:03:30this man will be caught before he commits any more.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35Ayshea Buksh, BBC London News.
0:03:35 > 0:03:41Plenty more ahead this evening including...
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Rumours are rife in bricks and about who might be buying the indoor
0:03:45 > 0:03:48markets, an area that has seen a lot of changes and there are some fears
0:03:48 > 0:03:53about further gentrification -- in Brixton.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56London's facing a rat epidemic,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59with councils in the capital receiving more than 100 rodent
0:03:59 > 0:04:01related complaints every day.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03That's according to a report produced by the Tories
0:04:03 > 0:04:04on the London Assembly.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06And they claim the problem is getting even worse.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Our political editor, Tim Donovan, joined one pest
0:04:08 > 0:04:17controller on a visit in north London this morning.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Nice to meet you.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Pest control, not exactly a welcome visitor to a house-warming.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26But when Jess bought this place last month she found it wasn't
0:04:26 > 0:04:28quite vacant possession.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30They were coming in through a hole in here.
0:04:30 > 0:04:39We blocked it off.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42They got in through the sewer, so Jess stuff the pipe with wire.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45We are not living here at the moment.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47That shifted the problem upstairs to the bathroom.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50This is what tends to happen.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52It is made of plastic.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54They come up and chew through it and before
0:04:54 > 0:04:57you know if you have rats.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00There is a fresh dropping here.
0:05:00 > 0:05:07Sorry!
0:05:07 > 0:05:10That is very fresh, within three days easily.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Hoping to highlight the problem was this street
0:05:12 > 0:05:15in Harrow over the summer.
0:05:15 > 0:05:23Since when the woman who filmed it says things have improved.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26The Tories say it has become a big political issue.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Rats bother a lot of people in London.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32They want the streets to be cleaner.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34We need to look at bin collections again.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35More rubbish on the streets.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37None of us like that.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Sadiq Khan is in charge of London.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44He needs to do an awareness campaign and he needs maybe to have a word
0:05:44 > 0:05:47with some of the places where rats are worst.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48The poison is being laid.
0:05:48 > 0:05:55I'll just put down some tracking dust.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57That identified the movement of the rats.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59That is the dust that reveals important stuff
0:05:59 > 0:06:00under ultraviolet lights.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02It shines up nice and bright.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06You will see footprints.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08You don't think you will be coming into a house and dealing
0:06:09 > 0:06:10with a rat problem.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12It's not very nice to deal with.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14How would you describe London's rat problem?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Chaotic.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20It is, yes.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24For me, it is fantastic.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26For my business. I feel for my clients.
0:06:26 > 0:06:34Jess is hoping to move in before Christmas.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Next this evening, we return to the temporary accommodation
0:06:37 > 0:06:38for struggling families in south London where conditions
0:06:38 > 0:06:42were so bad it was even raised in Parliament a few weeks ago.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43However, at the time, councils insisted it met
0:06:43 > 0:06:45all the regulations.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Well, tonight we can reveal plans to move families out
0:06:47 > 0:06:48into better housing.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49Chris Rogers has the story.
0:06:51 > 0:06:58Welcome to Connect House, emergency housing for homeless families.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03This small room is home for Victoria and her ten-year-old daughter.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06When I got here, I said to them, I'm disabled, I have pain condition,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I really can't share a bed with my daughter.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14It's going to cause me a lot of pain and a lot of trouble.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18And they said, that's it, take it or leave it.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21They were evicted when their landlord decided to sell up.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22So you're on housing benefits.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24I'm on housing benefits.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27So you need to find a landlord that is willing to take
0:07:27 > 0:07:29on someone who is relying on the state, basically.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30And none of them will.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33So she ended up here.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35How are you coping mentally in a small room with
0:07:35 > 0:07:38a ten-year-old daughter?
0:07:38 > 0:07:39I'm not.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Take it hour by hour.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46It's very hard.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50How they can charge £210 a week for this room,
0:07:50 > 0:07:54I think it's disgusting.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Connect House is on an industrial estate in converted
0:07:56 > 0:07:57offices in Mitcham.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59It's used by four councils.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Although temporary, many struggling families have been
0:08:01 > 0:08:04here for more than a year.
0:08:04 > 0:08:10Victoria's daughter is one of 200 children here.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Honestly, I feel depressed, I feel sad.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14This place isn't a place to live in.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18There's no playground round here.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23Some people, they will come out and shout if we're too loud.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26This isn't the first time we've been here.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28When we first exposed these poor, cramped conditions,
0:08:28 > 0:08:35councils insisted everything was within regulations.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Now they are offering residents like Samantha,
0:08:37 > 0:08:41her partner and two children a deposit to secure private rent.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45They came round to visit everyone in the building.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47They offered people private rent either in the borough
0:08:47 > 0:08:48or out of the borough.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53But there's a problem.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Those who have been offered privately rented accommodation fear
0:08:57 > 0:08:59that eventually money may run out or that the landlord
0:08:59 > 0:09:00will kick them out.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04And then they end up back somewhere like this.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08And of 20 local estate agents we contacted,
0:09:08 > 0:09:1113 said the landlords would not accept tenants on benefits.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Five said it was unlikely.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Two refused to comment.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Could these modular flats be a cheaper and more humane
0:09:19 > 0:09:23alternative for councils struggling with the housing crisis?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Local MP Siobhain McDonagh is campaigning for this YMCA project
0:09:26 > 0:09:29to be adopted across London.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36These are made in a factory, put up within days and are very cheap.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39They are very well insulated, it costs very little to run them
0:09:39 > 0:09:42and if the council or the landowner wants their land back,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45they simply can be picked up and put on the back of a lorry.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48For now there are few alternatives for people like Victoria who have
0:09:48 > 0:09:52fallen on hard times.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54It's a very hard thing to ask someone to take
0:09:54 > 0:09:56you in and I can't do it.
0:09:56 > 0:10:01And I don't have anyone to ask.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Tonight, all four councils have confirmed, if they haven't already,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09they are now determined to move all families out and end
0:10:09 > 0:10:10and end their use of Connect House.
0:10:10 > 0:10:16Chris Rogers, BBC London News.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19A woman from Wandsworth who lost a leg in a speedboat accident that
0:10:19 > 0:10:21killed her husband and daughter has had prosthetic limbs worth
0:10:22 > 0:10:23about £30,000 stolen.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Victoria Milligan is a personal trainer and unable
0:10:25 > 0:10:29to work without her running blade.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32It was taken from her car along with two other limbs by thieves
0:10:32 > 0:10:35on mopeds in west London on Sunday.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38A London hospital has been told it can continue to provide
0:10:38 > 0:10:42complex heart surgery.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45The Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust had been told it
0:10:45 > 0:10:47might have to stop offering some services for people born
0:10:48 > 0:10:49with heart problems.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52This was because the unit that provides the services wasn't meeting
0:10:52 > 0:10:56newly set standards.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59But after a public consultation, NHS England bosses said they had
0:10:59 > 0:11:00changed their minds provided the hospital achieves
0:11:00 > 0:11:07"full compliance with the standards" in the future.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10It's home to more than a hundred businesses.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Brixton's famous covered markets were put on sale last month
0:11:12 > 0:11:16for £30 million and rumours are rife about who'll snap it up.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19A reported front-runner is the owner of Sports Direct, Mike Ashley,
0:11:19 > 0:11:21because there's a strong association between him and a company
0:11:21 > 0:11:26who bought land nearby.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28It's led to a real concern among tenants that the area
0:11:29 > 0:11:30will be further gentrified.
0:11:30 > 0:11:37Let's get more on this from Tolu Adayoye who's there.
0:11:37 > 0:11:44I am outside Brixton Village, wanted to make market areas up for sale and
0:11:44 > 0:11:47inside is a mix of independent retailers, market traders,
0:11:47 > 0:11:51restaurants and bars, a popular area for outsiders as well as people who
0:11:51 > 0:11:56live in the area. The rumours that Sports Direct are going to take over
0:11:56 > 0:12:00has led to concern because this is an area where people have said there
0:12:00 > 0:12:04has been too much gentrification. This is a flavour of what people
0:12:04 > 0:12:12feel about the future of the market. At the moment it is not the culture
0:12:12 > 0:12:15of black people at the moment it is a different culture and it is
0:12:15 > 0:12:20changing entirely and I'm worried.I hope it is roughly the same rather
0:12:20 > 0:12:25than changing it.Already a massive change, the bigger chains coming in
0:12:25 > 0:12:29and that a shame, I think it will lose a lot of edge that it has had
0:12:29 > 0:12:35for so many years.It's interesting. Brixton has changed a lot, there are
0:12:35 > 0:12:42good things and bad thing about it like everywhere else.I'm joined now
0:12:42 > 0:12:46by John Gordon from the market traders Federation. Why does it
0:12:46 > 0:12:51matter who owns the market?It is crucial because it decides whether
0:12:51 > 0:12:55the market will develop to serve the local community who come here at
0:12:55 > 0:13:00least once a week, two or three times a week, to do their weekly
0:13:00 > 0:13:05shopping and meet friends and people they have known, or whether it is
0:13:05 > 0:13:09developed as a tourist attraction for people to come in because it is
0:13:09 > 0:13:15trendy, to drink and eat in the restaurants and visit once a month,
0:13:15 > 0:13:20once a year or maybe just visit and never return.And what kind of
0:13:20 > 0:13:24changes that have happened had concerned you?What has been
0:13:24 > 0:13:27happening is the shops supplying the local community are being squeezed
0:13:27 > 0:13:36out and instead we have restaurants and bars that are serving what we
0:13:36 > 0:13:40call retail tourists. They visit once in a blue moon. There is no
0:13:40 > 0:13:52community developing, and the local community feels...Pushed out?Yes,
0:13:52 > 0:13:58excluded for that we call it ethnic and social cleansing.Who do you
0:13:58 > 0:14:02think should own the market?It should be owned by the traders and
0:14:02 > 0:14:07the local community so it is their for the benefit and to serve the
0:14:07 > 0:14:12local community.Thank you, John also the Sports Direct rumours are
0:14:12 > 0:14:16just that, no comment from then so we will have to watch this space.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Indeed. Thank you.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24We know about A-Levels, but how about T-Levels?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26That's the name the government is giving to plans to improve
0:14:26 > 0:14:27vocational training.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28The Education Secretary, Justine Greening,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30has been meeting some of London's young apprentices,
0:14:30 > 0:14:33who had a chance to see what their skills
0:14:33 > 0:14:35could help them achieve at a giant hole in the ground
0:14:35 > 0:14:36beneath Battersea.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40Adina Campbell reports.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47A tour of one of the UK's biggest building projects. As well as taking
0:14:47 > 0:14:53a closer look at what will soon become London's super sewer, the
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Education Secretary is setting out government plans for a new
0:14:56 > 0:15:02generation of skilled workers.What is in it for EMB but are great
0:15:02 > 0:15:05opportunities and Skilling themselves up and what is in it for
0:15:05 > 0:15:08business is the skills they need and for far too long they have not been
0:15:08 > 0:15:13able to find -- for young people. This summit is calling on business
0:15:13 > 0:15:18and industry experts to improve their training programmes. With the
0:15:18 > 0:15:21introduction of new technical qualifications called T-Levels, a
0:15:21 > 0:15:27way of supplying vocational training. There is still an ongoing
0:15:27 > 0:15:31skill shortage right across the UK but on the site training at big
0:15:31 > 0:15:38project like this is the valuable experience that really matters. But
0:15:38 > 0:15:43there has been a big fall in the number of people starting
0:15:43 > 0:15:46apprenticeships in England since the government introduced a levy earlier
0:15:46 > 0:15:50this year. And ministers are keen to get more young people on board.You
0:15:50 > 0:15:57can't teach people particular skills at school, it doesn't equate, you
0:15:57 > 0:16:01have to do it on the site.I have always wanted to be in construction
0:16:01 > 0:16:05and I thought, why don't I work and study at the same time?The
0:16:05 > 0:16:09government target for apprenticeships is 3 million by 2020
0:16:09 > 0:16:13which it says will help create a skills revolution.
0:16:13 > 0:16:19Still to come this Thursday evening...
0:16:19 > 0:16:24There were times when I wondered who was the parent around here, he was
0:16:24 > 0:16:29the parent and I was the child!A mother's experience of studying the
0:16:29 > 0:16:33same degree at the same university as her son as they graduate
0:16:33 > 0:16:37together. And coming up in a few minutes, I will have the latest
0:16:37 > 0:16:39chapter in our Winter 's tale of weather.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52It's a first for a principal dancer - exploring depression
0:16:52 > 0:16:54through underwater ballet.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56And it's hoped the film 'sink or swim' will raise awareness
0:16:56 > 0:16:58in a compelling new way.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59It's a collaboration between the Royal Ballet
0:16:59 > 0:17:01and a mental health charity.
0:17:01 > 0:17:11Tarah Welsh went to find out more.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15I'm actually not a very good swimmer at all and I'm also allergic to
0:17:15 > 0:17:24chlorine. All these things, it was a challenge from start to finish.She
0:17:24 > 0:17:28might make it look effortless, but this wasn't the easiest role for
0:17:28 > 0:17:33this rising star.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40It's quite different being underwater dancing. Everything takes
0:17:40 > 0:17:45a lot longer because of the water. Also your less in control of it
0:17:45 > 0:17:49because the water can turn you away you don't want to be turning. Out of
0:17:49 > 0:17:59water I can control that.Good girl. Don't be sorry.Francesca Haywood
0:17:59 > 0:18:05has been dancing since she was three. From next week, she will be
0:18:05 > 0:18:11starring as the sugar Plum fairy in the Nutcracker put it this short
0:18:11 > 0:18:15film to raise awareness of mental health that she is proud to watch.I
0:18:15 > 0:18:20don't like watching myself dance on camera, I find it really hard, but
0:18:20 > 0:18:25the clips underwater are the only time I've enjoyed watching myself.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28The dancers met with people who experienced depression before
0:18:28 > 0:18:32filming.They were able to inform how to portray the performance so
0:18:32 > 0:18:37the fact it is underwater piece brought to life how it can feel when
0:18:37 > 0:18:41you had depression and it can feel like you are fighting against the
0:18:41 > 0:18:45tide or trying to struggle to get your head over water and power
0:18:45 > 0:18:49overwhelming the feelings of depression can be.It's hoped social
0:18:49 > 0:18:53media will help get it through to an audience that might not normally
0:18:53 > 0:18:58engage with the ballet.We wanted to target people in secondary schools.
0:18:58 > 0:19:05We feel like this is a time that is a vulnerable age and has a lot of
0:19:05 > 0:19:12pressures.As audiences arrived to see this festive favourite next
0:19:12 > 0:19:16week, this production will also be released, aiming to touch viewers in
0:19:16 > 0:19:20a different way.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24As Tara says, she does make it look effortless, doesn't she?
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Turning to cricket now, and ahead of the second Ashes test
0:19:27 > 0:19:29which starts on Saturday, former England and Middlesex batsman
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Mike Gatting has been speaking to BBC London about the team's
0:19:31 > 0:19:34performance, role models and why you're never too young to play.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Here's our sports reporter Chris Slegg.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42The maturity levels of some England players has been questioned of late
0:19:42 > 0:19:45but this morning cricket really was child's play.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49This is a mini Lord's stadium, opened by Middlesex County
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Cricket club at Kidzania in Shepherd's Bush Westfield.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55You know, getting a bat and a ball in a kids's
0:19:55 > 0:19:56hand, the earlier start the better.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00What about sport you want to play...
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Whatever sport you want to play...
0:20:02 > 0:20:04I remember when I started when I was about three
0:20:04 > 0:20:05or four on the beach.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07I didn't hit very many but we started
0:20:07 > 0:20:09and that is a huge thing.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Cricket's efforts to attract a younger fan
0:20:10 > 0:20:12base perhaps have not been helped by negative
0:20:12 > 0:20:14headlines surrounding the Ashes.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Ben Stokes left out of the squad after his arrest on suspicion
0:20:17 > 0:20:18of causing actual bodily harm.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21And the team now under an ECB curfew following accusations that Jonny
0:20:21 > 0:20:26Bairstow head-butted Australia's Cameron Bancroft in a bar.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29The kids here, you do need role models and
0:20:29 > 0:20:31hopefully, and in general, you have the likes of Joe Root
0:20:31 > 0:20:41and others within the team who are very much at
0:20:42 > 0:20:45the forefront and are role models as we all are
0:20:45 > 0:20:47but as I say, sadly sometimes we make a mistake or two.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Also coaching the youngsters morning was
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Toby Roland-Jones, who missed out on Ashes selection through injury.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Realistically, how would you rate England's chances of turning this
0:20:54 > 0:20:55series around and actually winning the Ashes?
0:20:55 > 0:21:05I do think they have got a good chance, I think the sides are
0:21:05 > 0:21:07evenly matched and they have certainly showed elements of
0:21:07 > 0:21:09promise I suppose in the first game.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12I think the day-night will be a really good spectacle,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14it should be a great atmosphere and I think the
0:21:14 > 0:21:17guys have to go out and enjoy themselves and fingers crossed that
0:21:17 > 0:21:18is the start of the turnaround.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20I think James Vince, Dawid Malan, Mark
0:21:20 > 0:21:26Stoneman, they will all be very happy with the way that the first
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Test match started for them, not with the result
0:21:28 > 0:21:29obviously I hope, but
0:21:29 > 0:21:32they feel they must learn quickly from some of the errors they made
0:21:32 > 0:21:33when they got into good positions.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36An Ashes comeback would certainly help inspire a new generation.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40England have it all to do.
0:21:40 > 0:21:46It's one of the biggest days of a student's life
0:21:46 > 0:21:47usually shared with their family.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50But in the case of this mother and son, they both graduated
0:21:50 > 0:21:52in politics on the same day at the same university.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Samiya and Edwin Lerew from Barnet credit each other
0:21:55 > 0:21:57with providing invaluable support even if there were a few
0:21:57 > 0:21:59odd moments on campus.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04Our education reporter Marc Ashdown went to meet them.
0:22:04 > 0:22:13Mother and son, but also fellow graduates.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15We have had siblings, we have brothers
0:22:15 > 0:22:16and sisters here before.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17We have not had mother and son.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18This is quite rare.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21They have never seen a mother and son being friends and
0:22:21 > 0:22:22students at the same time.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Born in Somalia, Samiya moved to London in her twenties,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28but had to abandon plans to study to look after her mother.
0:22:28 > 0:22:3440 years later, when Edwin got into university, she had an idea.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38I thought maybe if I went it wouldn't be too bad.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40I think the word was around that we were
0:22:40 > 0:22:41studying with each other.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44I could keep half an eye on him and he could
0:22:44 > 0:22:45look after me.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50Absolutely.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Was it hard not to be
0:22:54 > 0:23:01Was it hard not
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Did you tell him to tuck his shirt in?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Was I ever that kind of parent?No.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Mum is there.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Basically.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10So are there certain advantages - like not having
0:23:10 > 0:23:11to send bags of washing home.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13It certainly made things, I don't know...
0:23:13 > 0:23:14Does mum do your washing?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16I don't think she does.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19There were times when I wondered who is the parent?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21He was the parent, I was the child!
0:23:21 > 0:23:25And how about sharing classes?
0:23:25 > 0:23:31she would be at the front and I would be at the back, that wouldn't
0:23:31 > 0:23:38be by accident.Did I embarrass you? I strategically dodged the rest of
0:23:38 > 0:23:43the classes she might have been in. Always shooting off my mouth with my
0:23:43 > 0:23:51views, tutors got to know me eventually.If there were other gaps
0:23:51 > 0:23:54in my knowledge, she was able to fill them because she lived through
0:23:54 > 0:23:56history as it was unfolding.
0:23:56 > 0:24:03What advice then for other parents thinking of a life on campus?
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Don't be so condescending or bossy to your child, daughter.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Be their friend.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07Be there for them.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08Yes.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10One final question. It might be awkward.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Who did better?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Academically he did better than I did.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Yes.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15It was hard.
0:24:15 > 0:24:23I couldn't have done it without her.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28Congratulations to them both. Let's get a check on the weather now.
0:24:28 > 0:24:36Philip Avery has joined us. Social media was awash with the S word.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40People get out and about more than I do so they might have seen it. We've
0:24:40 > 0:24:45established you are not a fan of the cold, are you? I didn't think you
0:24:45 > 0:24:52were. I don't mind it, it's almost as though we could be married!
0:24:52 > 0:24:53were. I don't mind it, it's almost as though we could be married! She
0:24:53 > 0:24:58dumps off-camera! More of the same over the next couple of days. It's
0:24:58 > 0:25:03not all doom and gloom by any means. Some sort of glorious start of the
0:25:03 > 0:25:07day with relatively clear skies, particularly to the western side of
0:25:07 > 0:25:13our parched. There were showers aplenty. You have probably seen the
0:25:13 > 0:25:17pictures if it isn't like that outside your door. My real concern
0:25:17 > 0:25:22is not the fact you may see wintriness about some of these
0:25:22 > 0:25:26showers, particularly in northern and eastern parts, it's what it will
0:25:26 > 0:25:28do to your commute first thing because given the temperature
0:25:28 > 0:25:33profile with the moisture overnight, ice could be an issue first thing.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36There will be further showers as we get on through the day but I don't
0:25:36 > 0:25:41think that will be a massive issue, simply because most of these will be
0:25:41 > 0:25:50watery rather than wintry. We may just find a degree or two on the
0:25:50 > 0:25:52temperatures by comparison to today and I think that process continues
0:25:52 > 0:25:55apace. If you are stepping out tomorrow night, predominantly dry
0:25:55 > 0:26:02but you are going to need some layers because I'm not promising a
0:26:02 > 0:26:07heatwave here. Just for many of us above frost limits. As we get into
0:26:07 > 0:26:12the weekend I think we will see this plume of relatively mild air. This
0:26:12 > 0:26:15ain't no heat wave coming in here but in comparison to what we have
0:26:15 > 0:26:21been through over the last few days, it isn't just a sparkly. There is
0:26:21 > 0:26:25dry weather around but we will bring weakening weather fronts down from
0:26:25 > 0:26:29the north and that will have the effect of bringing successively mild
0:26:29 > 0:26:33days over the next couple of days, and by Monday back up to double
0:26:33 > 0:26:39figures so hang on in there. I'm sure I heard you say heatwave!
0:26:39 > 0:26:46Thank you. Re-capping the day's headlines...
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Theresa May has said President Trump was wrong to retweet videos posted
0:26:49 > 0:26:51by the far-right group Britain First.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Labour says the government needs to take a tougher line.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56There's been a big drop in the number of EU citizens
0:26:56 > 0:26:59coming to this country since the Brexit referendum.
0:26:59 > 0:27:07New figures show net migration fell by a third, to 230,000.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10NHS leaders are warning that the health service in England
0:27:10 > 0:27:12will struggle to meet its targets for waiting times next year.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15It's despite a funding increase of 2.8 billion pounds announced
0:27:15 > 0:27:18in the budget earlier this month.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21CCTV footage has been released of a man police believe may have
0:27:21 > 0:27:23carried out 25 sexual assaults on women and children
0:27:23 > 0:27:24in south east London.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27The youngest victim was eight years old.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30And there's been a big increase in the number of complaints made
0:27:30 > 0:27:33to councils about rats and mice.
0:27:33 > 0:27:38A reports says counils are receiving more than 100 complaints a day.
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