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0:00:03 > 0:00:04Tonight on BBC London News: news teams where you are.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06A "catalogue of disasters". news teams where you are.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08The damning report into the refurbishment
0:00:08 > 0:00:10of the Olympic Stadium - it'll cost taxpayers up
0:00:10 > 0:00:14to £20 million a year.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18Why should the London tax payer be subsidising a Premier League club?
0:00:18 > 0:00:21And we'll look at what it could mean for West Ham,
0:00:21 > 0:00:27athletics and the future of sport at the stadium.
0:00:27 > 0:00:32Also on the programme:
0:00:32 > 0:00:34An 80-year-old window cleaner is jailed for failing to pay back
0:00:34 > 0:00:37money he inherited from an elderly woman he befriended
0:00:37 > 0:00:38in her final years.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Plus, from the forgotten shelves of lost property to a place
0:00:40 > 0:00:41under the Christmas tree.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44How thousands of toys left on public transport will be
0:00:44 > 0:00:53donated to children.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55The Spectator, most impressive.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And Great Expectations for the festive film
0:00:57 > 0:01:00all about Charles Dickens.
0:01:06 > 0:01:15Good evening.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19A catalogue of disaster, the damning verdict of a report into the
0:01:19 > 0:01:22refurbishment of the Olympic Stadium, now the home of West Ham.
0:01:22 > 0:01:28The initial build for the games cost around £400 million. Then there was
0:01:28 > 0:01:32the additional 323 million to convert it into a stadium for
0:01:32 > 0:01:36football. Now it has been revealed that the taxpayer could continue to
0:01:36 > 0:01:44lose up to £20 million per year. Tim Donovan reports. It was the
0:01:44 > 0:01:48centrepiece of a successful sporting event, with high drama on the track
0:01:48 > 0:01:53and at the time, few problems off it. Today, five years on, it is
0:01:53 > 0:01:57being used by a Premier League football club, a sporting legacy
0:01:57 > 0:02:02ensured. But West Ham do not own the stadium. It was kept in public
0:02:02 > 0:02:07hands, with costs and liabilities borne by the taxpayer. The headache
0:02:07 > 0:02:11was making athletics and football fit in one place, having seating you
0:02:11 > 0:02:19could put in and take out. It was Boris Johnson who sealed the deal,
0:02:19 > 0:02:25but what was first estimated to cost £190 million has actually cost 320
0:02:25 > 0:02:31million, and the current Mayor blames his predecessor.It beggars
0:02:31 > 0:02:35belief, it is staggering, the number of bungled decisions by the previous
0:02:35 > 0:02:40mayor, a failure to understand the cost of transforming the stadium to
0:02:40 > 0:02:44a football stadium. Why should the London taxpayer subsidise a Premier
0:02:44 > 0:02:50League club? Why should taxpayers around the country be subsidising up
0:02:50 > 0:02:54to £20 million annually a multipurpose venue?That is the loss
0:02:54 > 0:02:57that the stadium is heading for this year, rather than the small annual
0:02:57 > 0:03:02profit promised. Accountants also say West Ham should have been asked
0:03:02 > 0:03:07to pay more than £2.5 million per year in rent. Their report says the
0:03:07 > 0:03:12former mayor made things worse by insisting on Rugby World Cup games
0:03:12 > 0:03:17being staged here in 2015, delaying preparations for football. Boris
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Johnson said nothing today but a close ally said, no other city has
0:03:21 > 0:03:25an Olympic legacy like London's a secure future with athletics and
0:03:25 > 0:03:29football. The mistakes belong to Sadiq Khan's Labour predecessor Ken
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Livingstone and the Blair government, signing off on a stadium
0:03:32 > 0:03:37fit only for athletics, a massive error. Sentiment is echoed by one of
0:03:37 > 0:03:41those who ran Boris Johnson's Olympic legacy organisation for a
0:03:41 > 0:03:46while.The costs have been higher but nobody has behaved badly. What
0:03:46 > 0:03:51they and Boris tried to do was to rescue a bad situation. The outturn
0:03:51 > 0:03:55of it is a successful stadium that attracts lots of people and is very
0:03:55 > 0:03:59well used, by contrast to the Olympic Stadium is in most other
0:03:59 > 0:04:04Olympic cities.The history of the Olympic movement has been littered
0:04:04 > 0:04:09with sorry stories of failed legacies and unused facilities. That
0:04:09 > 0:04:15hasn't happened here, although it has come at a cost. With the mayor
0:04:15 > 0:04:18taking full control now, new council will not get back £40 million they
0:04:18 > 0:04:23invested.Of course it is regrettable that we have lost some
0:04:23 > 0:04:27of that money, but actually we always planned this would be a
0:04:27 > 0:04:31regeneration project, and we have a fantastic stadium and a fantastic
0:04:31 > 0:04:37park, and it is benefiting the rest of new.There is a visible legacy
0:04:37 > 0:04:41taking shape but some decisions look dubious with hindsight, a situation
0:04:41 > 0:04:45some argue where no deal for a bit longer might have been better than a
0:04:45 > 0:04:46bad deal.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Let's hear more now about the response from West Ham.
0:04:49 > 0:04:56Our Sports Reporter Chris Slegg is outside London Stadium now.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00West Ham have pointed out that this contract is watertight and legally
0:05:00 > 0:05:05binding, a contract which will see them play -- continue to pay £2.5
0:05:05 > 0:05:15million per year in rent for the next 97 years. In 2115, they will
0:05:15 > 0:05:21have paid just under £250 million in rent. If the losses accrue at this
0:05:21 > 0:05:27rate, the taxpayer will have lost £2 billion by that point. To put this
0:05:27 > 0:05:35into context, West Ham made £116 million last year in TV money alone.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39So, when Sadiq Khan asked the question today whether it is right
0:05:39 > 0:05:42that the taxpayer should subsidise a wealthy Premier League club, he is
0:05:42 > 0:05:46perhaps trying to put a bit of a moral obligation on West Ham to look
0:05:46 > 0:05:52again at this deal. They are in no deed -- no mood to renegotiate. They
0:05:52 > 0:05:56are going to stick by the deal they did for their club. We spoke to one
0:05:56 > 0:06:00of the leading West Ham supporters groups today. Many of the fans are
0:06:00 > 0:06:05not happy with the move here anyway, having preferred Upton Park. Their
0:06:05 > 0:06:09fear is that even if you persuade the club to pay more money, some of
0:06:09 > 0:06:14the costs would simply be passed onto supporters.The club got a good
0:06:14 > 0:06:19deal but the supporters didn't. They were promised the world to move
0:06:19 > 0:06:22there and the report shows that the expectations put forward by the club
0:06:22 > 0:06:26were never going to be matched. The report makes clear there were going
0:06:26 > 0:06:31to be vast distances from the pitch. Supporters would not want to pay a
0:06:31 > 0:06:36penny more for the stadium because it is not a football stadium.The
0:06:36 > 0:06:40key question now is where can savings be made to reduce the £20
0:06:40 > 0:06:46million loss each year? West Ham are not going to renegotiate. One of the
0:06:46 > 0:06:51suggestions in the report is that you could not move the East stand
0:06:51 > 0:06:55every year. Moving the seats in and out for athletics costs £10 million
0:06:55 > 0:07:00per year. Leave it in place, that would save money but it would look
0:07:00 > 0:07:05lopsided which might not please broadcasters and sponsors. Another
0:07:05 > 0:07:08suggestion, do not hold athletics here at all, but that would break
0:07:08 > 0:07:12the key Olympic legacy promise, albeit the promise that got us into
0:07:12 > 0:07:17this mess in the first place. Where could money be made? There is no
0:07:17 > 0:07:23naming rights sponsor here, which is not down to West Ham. They have
0:07:23 > 0:07:28failed to tie up deals with Vodafone in the past. They would be entitled
0:07:28 > 0:07:34to keep the first £4 million of any deal, and West Ham would take 40% of
0:07:34 > 0:07:38anything above that. It has taken a surprisingly long time to attract a
0:07:38 > 0:07:44sponsor. That is surely a priority. Thank you.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Coming up later on BBC London:
0:07:49 > 0:07:57I am in South London tonight for the first show of its kind. It cost £3
0:07:57 > 0:08:00to get in this evening. More councils are doing it and they are
0:08:00 > 0:08:03making lots of money.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05A window cleaner who failed to repay nearly £300,000 he inherited
0:08:05 > 0:08:08from an elderly customer has been sentenced to 12 months in prison.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Albert Pearce, 83, befriended the woman in her final years.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16A court ordered him to repay all he'd received
0:08:16 > 0:08:20but he failed to do so.
0:08:20 > 0:08:28Sarah Harris has the story.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Former North London window cleaner Albert Pierce, arriving at the High
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Court, unrepentant but fully expecting to be jailed.I won't be
0:08:36 > 0:08:45coming out, so...Over money his former customer left him.She was
0:08:45 > 0:08:5098. A lovely lady. I looked after her, changed her, took her to
0:08:50 > 0:08:55hospital, visited her everyday. Nobody came to see her, only me.How
0:08:55 > 0:08:59did you get on so well with her? Some would say you were befriending
0:08:59 > 0:09:03her because you knew she would leave you money.I didn't know she had any
0:09:03 > 0:09:08money. In the end, she said she would change her will. If they are
0:09:08 > 0:09:12going to send me to prison, send me to prison. I am 83, they must do
0:09:12 > 0:09:19what they want to do.Julie Spalding died, leaving Albert Pierce around
0:09:19 > 0:09:25£300,000. In 2014, the will was challenged by a family member and he
0:09:25 > 0:09:30was ordered to hand back the money. In 2017, he claimed the money was
0:09:30 > 0:09:33spent and was judged that the High Court to have committed serious
0:09:33 > 0:09:39contempt. In sentencing him to one year in jail, the judge said he was
0:09:39 > 0:09:42not being punished, as he had asserted, for taking the trouble to
0:09:42 > 0:09:47look after an elderly lady. He was being sent to jail for repeatedly
0:09:47 > 0:09:50lying to the court about what happened to inheritance money that
0:09:50 > 0:09:57was not legally his. It was on this road in Hendon that he met Julie
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Spalding after cleaning windows. The friendship led to a sudden change in
0:10:00 > 0:10:06her will. Such amendments by elderly people are increasingly being
0:10:06 > 0:10:14overturned by the courts.We would have advised her to have a capacity
0:10:14 > 0:10:17assessment at the time she was signing these new wills, so it could
0:10:17 > 0:10:23be recognised right at that point that there was an issue with her not
0:10:23 > 0:10:28recognising, for example, that she had any family members.Albert
0:10:28 > 0:10:38Pierce will spend at least six months at Pentonville prison. A
0:10:38 > 0:10:4160-year-old man has died after being stabbed in South London in the early
0:10:41 > 0:10:46hours. Police in East Dulwich found the man seriously injured. He died a
0:10:46 > 0:10:50short time later. A 61-year-old man was arrested at the scene on
0:10:50 > 0:10:55suspicion of murder. A 17-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of
0:10:55 > 0:10:58murder following the death of teenager Jason Isaacs in North Pole
0:10:58 > 0:11:02earlier this month. The boy was arrested yesterday and taken to a
0:11:02 > 0:11:06west London police station where he remains in custody. The 18-year-old
0:11:06 > 0:11:09was fatally stabbed nearly two weeks ago. Police are appealing for
0:11:09 > 0:11:11witnesses.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14From music and food festivals to farmers and craft markets,
0:11:14 > 0:11:15London's parks are increasingly hiring themselves out
0:11:15 > 0:11:18for private events.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23And whilst that brings in much needed revenue
0:11:23 > 0:11:25for individual councils, it can be frustrating for people
0:11:25 > 0:11:28who then can't access as much of their local park as they'd like.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30We asked each borough how often they're doing this
0:11:30 > 0:11:34and were told that the number of days has risen by nearly 80%.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Here's Tolu Adayoye.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38What happens is the massive stages constructed.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42You can still see the damage caused.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Some of the damage the Friends of Finsbury Park have blamed
0:11:45 > 0:11:48on the staging of the Wireless music festival in the grounds.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51This is supposed to be a park path, but actually what it's
0:11:51 > 0:11:59for is for the big trucks to bring the stage here.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02They've lost their second legal fight seeking to ban it, in what's
0:12:02 > 0:12:03been seen as a test case.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06These were the scenes two years ago, which sparked some
0:12:06 > 0:12:07of the objections to the festival.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10The group say they will keep fighting to save from damage
0:12:10 > 0:12:12and preserve it for local people.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15There's a massive commercialisation of public parks.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18That means park users, residents, people who normally use
0:12:18 > 0:12:22the park are pushed out.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25It's the destruction, the noise, the actual damage to the park,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28a whole range of issues that really people say enough is enough.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33And the number of private events in London parks is on the rise.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36It was recently announced that a brand-new festival will take place
0:12:36 > 0:12:41here in Victoria Park over two weekends next year.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44And in the year 16-17, London parks were hired out
0:12:44 > 0:12:48for nearly 6000 days for private events, generating more
0:12:48 > 0:12:51than £1.6 million for our councils.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55That's a rise of 200% over five years.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57The council that made the most was Haringey,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00the home of Wireless Festival.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Is this about making money for the Council?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Absolutely not.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08The festivals generate revenue which is great for us,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10we get to plough money back into the park.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13It's also one of the biggest urban festivals in London and it's great
0:13:13 > 0:13:17that we have a festival like this in the heart of our borough.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19It's fine, as long as the profits can be invested into
0:13:19 > 0:13:23the children's playground.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28If away from residential areas, fine.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30I can understand they bring in a lot of money but it's
0:13:30 > 0:13:33a lot of disruption, noise and mess and it
0:13:33 > 0:13:34gets overrun sometimes.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36If the money is invested in the park, a couple
0:13:36 > 0:13:40of weekends is not too bad.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Wireless has applied to stage the festival again
0:13:42 > 0:13:43in Finsbury Park next year.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46As the number of events in parks rises, the debate over how many
0:13:46 > 0:13:56is too many looks set to continue.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Survivors and those who lost loved ones in the Grenfell Tower fire save
0:14:05 > 0:14:10a public enquiry will be a whitewash unless a diverse panel is appointed
0:14:10 > 0:14:14to oversee proceedings. They urged the Prime Minister to intervene to
0:14:14 > 0:14:19appoint a more diverse range of people to oversee proceedings.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23All of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire have been identified. The
0:14:23 > 0:14:29work to cover up the remains of the building is just beginning.Welcome
0:14:29 > 0:14:32to the opening session.There has been a formal opening of the
0:14:32 > 0:14:36official enquiry. It is due to resume again with procedural
0:14:36 > 0:14:41hearings later this month. But those who lost loved ones say the Prime
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Minister needs to appoint a diverse panel around Sir Martin that would
0:14:45 > 0:14:52more truly represent them.Lets have openness and transparency. We are
0:14:52 > 0:14:55not asking for anything difficult, but for a level playing field and I
0:14:55 > 0:15:00don't think we've got that. Dismantles my uncle died in the fire
0:15:00 > 0:15:05and he says families may not cooperate unless they are listened
0:15:05 > 0:15:10to.We lost families and we want a fair crack at justice. We want to be
0:15:10 > 0:15:14listened to, not ignored. We want the panel to be able to understand
0:15:14 > 0:15:18us and our concerns, and to assist the judge in making the decisions
0:15:18 > 0:15:22and reporting back to the Prime Minister.The families have launched
0:15:22 > 0:15:25an online petition calling for the appointment of panel members and
0:15:25 > 0:15:30better legal representation at the enquiry. The government says Sir
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Martin is still deciding what expert help he needs, and after that a
0:15:33 > 0:15:38decision will be made about any possible panel. The government also
0:15:38 > 0:15:41says the lawyers representing the families will be allowed to play an
0:15:41 > 0:15:45active role in the proceedings.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Today is World Aids Day, and for the first time in London
0:15:48 > 0:15:50the number of men being diagnosed with HIV is coming down.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53While that's good news, some tell us the gay community
0:15:53 > 0:15:56is still trying to tackle the stigma surrounding the virus.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59And there fears that young Londoners aren't taking HIV seriously.
0:15:59 > 0:16:05As Paul Murphy-Kasp has been finding out.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Krishan is HIV-positive.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08He came to London last year from Johannesburg looking
0:16:08 > 0:16:10for somewhere to study.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Being one of the safest cities in the world to be gay,
0:16:13 > 0:16:15for him the choice was obvious.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18There are many countries in the world that HIV positive
0:16:18 > 0:16:19people can't move to.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22What's really amazing about London is this network of support.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24And it's really easy for an HIV-positive individual
0:16:24 > 0:16:28to tap into that network of support.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Despite working to reduce stigma against those
0:16:30 > 0:16:33with HIV while in London, he still has been the victim
0:16:33 > 0:16:35of prejudice himself.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Many people I meet are totally accepting and they understand it.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40I find lots of discrimination within the LGBT community,
0:16:40 > 0:16:43so there are still pockets of discrimination,
0:16:43 > 0:16:46pockets of stigma.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50People who don't really understand what being HIV-positive means.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Living with HIV in London is getting better.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54There are drugs like prep, which stops transmission
0:16:54 > 0:16:58if taken before having sex.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00HIV is now less likely to affect life expectancy.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02And for the first time since the epidemic began,
0:17:03 > 0:17:07fewer people are being diagnosed.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09In 2015, the number of gay and bisexual men being
0:17:09 > 0:17:12diagnosed with HIV in London was at around 1500.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Last year, that number fell to just under 1100 -
0:17:16 > 0:17:19a drop of 29%.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21But while the numbers are encouraging, there
0:17:21 > 0:17:24are fears that gay men could become complacent.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26I think it's important that we don't just think,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29HIV is sorted now and we don't need to worry about it.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31This is just the beginning.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33It's a sign we need to do more.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35It's clear that London has turned a corner
0:17:35 > 0:17:36in stopping the spread of HIV.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39But there is still more to be done to erase prejudice for those
0:17:39 > 0:17:40who carry the virus.
0:17:40 > 0:17:47Paul Murphy-Kasp, BBC London News.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Still to come this Friday evening:
0:17:53 > 0:17:58Ahead of tomorrow's rugby league World Cup final between England and
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Australia, I have come down to the London Broncos in Ealing to find out
0:18:01 > 0:18:06how they think England will get on. We are in the study of the man who
0:18:06 > 0:18:11invented Christmas. This is Charles Dickens' actual desk and chair. Find
0:18:11 > 0:18:17out about his life here at Holborn head of a movie about how his
0:18:17 > 0:18:24classic novel a Christmas Carol came about.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27It's a treasure trove of once loved, but now lost, items.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Amongst the many shelves of belongings in the London Underground
0:18:29 > 0:18:31lost property office are countless toys.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Now, some of those left unclaimed are being given to children
0:18:33 > 0:18:35who might not otherwise receive presents this Christmas.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38As our Transport Correspondent Tom Edwards reports.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49These other capital's lost toys. Miss laid on the transport system.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54And thousands of them have ended up here in London underground's lost
0:18:54 > 0:18:58property office. Dolls, games, and even ate Monopoly sets, the Greek
0:18:58 > 0:19:05version.We have gone through phases of electronic toys and new gadgets,
0:19:05 > 0:19:09but it's always interesting to see the old favourites are still there.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14This year, its a lot of the old school, toys, jigsaws and games. I
0:19:14 > 0:19:19find it kind of refreshing that in the modern era there is still this
0:19:19 > 0:19:22need for good, old-fashioned fun that is being passed on from
0:19:22 > 0:19:25generation to generation.At the last property office they say
0:19:25 > 0:19:31anything you can carry on public transport, you could lose as well.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36Last year, 325,000 items ended up here. Of those, 77,000 were
0:19:36 > 0:19:41reclaimed. That means many keys, mobile phones, and items of clothing
0:19:41 > 0:19:47are not. During the year, any toys lost are sent on to charities after
0:19:47 > 0:19:51three months. But new toys are now kept back to give to the Salvation
0:19:51 > 0:19:58Army.Year-on-year, you get families turn up who are desperate for their
0:19:58 > 0:20:02children to have a good Christmas, a happy Christmas. If you are not able
0:20:02 > 0:20:08to provide your children with the toys, or a present that they can
0:20:08 > 0:20:12open on Christmas Day, you feel really bad and the child has a bad
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Christmas. These just bring joy and happiness to the children. They
0:20:15 > 0:20:19bring joy and happiness to the parents and carers and they make for
0:20:19 > 0:20:23a better Christmas for all.It's hoped that by passing on these lost
0:20:23 > 0:20:30toys it will make a difference to some children this Christmas.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Tomorrow morning England play in the Rugby league World Cup final against
0:20:34 > 0:20:38tournament hosts Australia. The capital's professional side, the
0:20:38 > 0:20:41London Broncos, have been well represented across the tournament.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44They will be a bright and early tomorrow morning to catch the final.
0:20:44 > 0:20:51We went to meet them at training today.It was just three degrees in
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Ealing as the London Broncos continued their pre-season training.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57On the other side of the world, England were completing their last
0:20:57 > 0:21:00session ahead of the biggest match of their lives, although you
0:21:00 > 0:21:03wouldn't necessarily know about it according to the former culture
0:21:03 > 0:21:08secretary.England are in a World Cup final on Saturday. I live in
0:21:08 > 0:21:11hope that at some point this week our media will inform the nation
0:21:11 > 0:21:21about this.Over here, the limelight on union, it doesn't get the
0:21:21 > 0:21:26limelight it deserves warrants. Everybody should take into account
0:21:26 > 0:21:29its a World Cup final, the same as a football World Cup final. People
0:21:29 > 0:21:33need to embrace that and get behind them.12 London Broncos players went
0:21:33 > 0:21:38out to the World Cup, representing six different countries. That's more
0:21:38 > 0:21:42players than any other team in the whole of the UK.The programme we
0:21:42 > 0:21:46have in place at Broncos, we are not just the club that filters in
0:21:46 > 0:21:50players any more that nobody else wants. We have players who have
0:21:50 > 0:21:55moved on from the club and are making super league grand final
0:21:55 > 0:21:58centre Challenge Cup Final is.One of those players was England's Luke
0:21:58 > 0:22:03Gale, who spent two years at the club building his reputation. He was
0:22:03 > 0:22:07named man of steel for Castleford this year. He helped his side to the
0:22:07 > 0:22:12grand final 16 days after surgery to remove his appendix.From hospital
0:22:12 > 0:22:18to hero.Luke Gale went down a different path. He didn't go through
0:22:18 > 0:22:22a top club. Went to Doncaster, came to London at a young age to learn
0:22:22 > 0:22:26his trade is down here. Then on to Bradford and went to the top. He's a
0:22:26 > 0:22:31great bloke and I wish all best on Saturday.The kangaroos are favoured
0:22:31 > 0:22:35to win and the current world champions. England are in their
0:22:35 > 0:22:38first world final in 22 years. Can they beat them?Australia are a
0:22:38 > 0:22:43really strong team. Can England handle the temporal Australia play
0:22:43 > 0:22:50at the 80 minutes? Anyone could win. The final is on BBC One, kicking off
0:22:50 > 0:22:54at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Now, it's already the 1st of December!
0:22:56 > 0:22:59So is it time to eat mince pies, put the tree up
0:22:59 > 0:23:00and watch festive films?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02One of this year's offerings is all about Charles Dickens,
0:23:02 > 0:23:05the Londoner behind the all time classic A Christmas Carol.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Thomas Magill reports.
0:23:07 > 0:23:14Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without some Dickens.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19And what could be more festive than his classic, A Christmas Carol?
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Scrooge.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27The Man Who Invented Christmas is less of an adaptation and more
0:23:27 > 0:23:30of a biopic about the man behind the novels and his family.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34I play John Dickens, Charles's father.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36He was constantly running out of money.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39They were all in a debtors' jail at one point.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Charles is a young child.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45It's his inspiration for writing about the poor.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49So not an easy start for a young Dickens,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52but surprisingly it was the gutters and alleyways of Victorian London
0:23:52 > 0:23:54that helped him make his fortune.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59The people he meets, he gets inspiration for characters,
0:23:59 > 0:24:04Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, and his father was the basis
0:24:04 > 0:24:10of the character Micawber.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13We meet at last.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15By the time A Christmas Carol came about, Dickens
0:24:15 > 0:24:18was a bit of a celebrity.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21It was from this rather grand house in central London where Dickens
0:24:21 > 0:24:27penned some of his finest works with love and devotion.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31But A Christmas Carol was different, and anything but a labour of love.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34By the time he started writing what has become one of the greatest
0:24:34 > 0:24:37classics of all time, he was a man under pressure
0:24:37 > 0:24:39with mounting debts, a pregnant wife to support,
0:24:39 > 0:24:44and a handful of recent flops under his belt.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Humbug.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50The movie explores all of that, but it wasn't always
0:24:50 > 0:24:52a bleak house for Dickens.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54There's no doubt, there's great expectations for this movie,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56which is out this weekend.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Thomas Magill, BBC London News.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Let's see what the weather's up to this weekend -
0:25:02 > 0:25:06Philip Avery is the man to tell us.
0:25:13 > 0:25:19Not much happening. Let's look at how things have been. I'm afraid
0:25:19 > 0:25:24this will be rather a distant memory because we had those cold, crisp
0:25:24 > 0:25:27starts and weather watchers have been out there watching the autumn
0:25:27 > 0:25:36glory. Ruth forsaking the joys of the river, her usual haunt. We have
0:25:36 > 0:25:40had showers there or thereabouts, not 1 million miles from us, but
0:25:40 > 0:25:43generally speaking, the further west you were today, the more sunshine
0:25:43 > 0:25:47you had. One or two showers overnight with some cloud around,
0:25:47 > 0:25:52but that won't stop the temperatures falling away again. Most of us
0:25:52 > 0:25:56staying frost free. The skies might break for a length of time. Could be
0:25:56 > 0:26:01close to freezing. If you had a shower, think of the possibility of
0:26:01 > 0:26:05a little bit of ice. It won't be a widespread problem by any means.
0:26:05 > 0:26:11Into the afternoon, if you are out and about, it's a pretty decent day.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Temperatures close to where we were today. Central London again today
0:26:14 > 0:26:18made 7 degrees. If you are stepping out tomorrow evening, there is just
0:26:18 > 0:26:25the chance of one or two showers. And then later on, more clouds to be
0:26:25 > 0:26:31had. Another cold night. The signs of a weather front coming from the
0:26:31 > 0:26:38north. You have to be up quite early to see the showers on Sunday
0:26:38 > 0:26:42morning. And then some glorious sunshine. The thing to note is by
0:26:42 > 0:26:46that stage of the weekend, we'll have got into properly milder
0:26:46 > 0:26:53conditions. It's not a key heatwave of course. But the cold weather will
0:26:53 > 0:26:57be over the continent. There is a big area of high pressure trying to
0:26:57 > 0:27:01keep things quiet. You got the sense it was a quiet weekend, and that
0:27:01 > 0:27:05prospect extends into the first part of the forthcoming week.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12You said not much, but that is quite a lot!
0:27:12 > 0:27:13The day's headlines...
0:27:13 > 0:27:16The Cabinet's First Secretary, Damian Green, is under renewed
0:27:16 > 0:27:18pressure over claims he accessed pornography on his Commons computer.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20A retired detective says he found "thousands" of images
0:27:20 > 0:27:26on the PC nine years ago.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31A report into the refurbishment of the Olympic Stadium, now the home of
0:27:31 > 0:27:34West Ham, says there have been a catalogue of errors in converting
0:27:34 > 0:27:40it. The taxpayer could continue to lose up to £20 million per year.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41That's it for now.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44More news at ten o'clock of course and you can keep across stories
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0:27:45 > 0:27:47From all of us here, thanks for watching
0:27:47 > 0:27:50and have a wonderful weekend.