0:00:00 > 0:00:03return to snow showers as we head into Friday. That's it for now. Many
0:00:03 > 0:00:06Tonight on BBC London News.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09The 90-year-old stabbed in the neck by her husband's carer -
0:00:09 > 0:00:11who had a previous conviction for assault that wasn't
0:00:11 > 0:00:18revealed in criminal checks.
0:00:18 > 0:00:24It is not even one thing she has done, she has done several things,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27ABH, stealing, and it seems like it is always the vulnerable she has
0:00:27 > 0:00:29picked on.
0:00:29 > 0:00:36Her son calls for an urgent review.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40On the day the first electric blackcap goes into service we are
0:00:40 > 0:00:47with the mayor in India.I am in India, Delhi, one of the most
0:00:47 > 0:00:50polluted cities in the world.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52And is the only way rebranding?
0:00:52 > 0:00:58As a think tank is set up improve perceptions of an Essex town.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03Any improvement is a good improvement. We could be more like
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Southend, which has a better atmosphere. This really has not got
0:01:06 > 0:01:13an atmosphere.
0:01:13 > 0:01:23Good evening and welcome to the programme.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27After a 90-year-old woman was stabbed by a carer with a previous
0:01:27 > 0:01:32conviction for assault there are calls for an urgent review on how
0:01:32 > 0:01:38criminal record checks are carried out. The company who employed the
0:01:38 > 0:01:42woman's assailant said they carried out checks but it did not flag up
0:01:42 > 0:01:47all convictions and it has prompted serious questions as to how this
0:01:47 > 0:01:51could have happened. The Home Office is refusing to comment. We have this
0:01:51 > 0:01:53exclusive report.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Guilty of assault, burglary, stealing from an employer and fraud,
0:01:55 > 0:02:01but Abosede Adeyinka was given a job as a carer, sent into the homes
0:02:01 > 0:02:07of vulnerable elderly people to look after them.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10This was the result - 90-year-old Pamela Batten nearly died
0:02:10 > 0:02:15when Adeyinka tried to kill her for cash
0:02:15 > 0:02:16at Pamela's home near West Drayton.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18This is where the attack happened.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Amazingly, the frail grandmother managed to pull
0:02:20 > 0:02:24the knife out of her neck and scare her attacker off.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Adeyinka has been jailed for 21 years for attempted murder.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33My mum had two injuries on the head from the hammer -
0:02:33 > 0:02:37one to the front and one to the back.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41And she had a knife wound on the right-hand side,
0:02:41 > 0:02:45and the knife went in five centimetres,
0:02:45 > 0:02:46just missing her spinal cord.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48I cannot believe...
0:02:48 > 0:02:53I really can't believe that someone with that amount of
0:02:53 > 0:02:58convictions can be still working with vulnerable people.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Without a doubt, the law, it's not just what I
0:03:00 > 0:03:02want, the law should be changed.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03It's got to be changed.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06This is Pamela now, left disabled and very frightened of strangers.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11Her son has filmed her for us.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Adeyinka, also a Sunday-school teacher, had been employed
0:03:14 > 0:03:19by Avant Healthcare to help look after Pamela's sick husband.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Avant Healthcare Services are based in this office block in Hounslow.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27Nobody wants to be interviewed, but in a statement, the company said
0:03:27 > 0:03:30it had thoroughly vetted Adeyinka, including criminal records checks
0:03:30 > 0:03:32through the Government's Disclosure and Barring Service,
0:03:32 > 0:03:35and it said her convictions for assault and burglary
0:03:35 > 0:03:37were not revealed.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40It added, if Avant Healthcare had been aware of the assault
0:03:40 > 0:03:46conviction, Abosede Adeyinka would not have been employed.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49So how did the safety checks fail Pamela?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51The Home Office is in charge of the system
0:03:51 > 0:03:52to check criminal records.
0:03:52 > 0:03:58It's called the Disclosure and Barring Service, or DBS.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01We've repeatedly asked officials here how Adeyinka's convictions
0:04:01 > 0:04:06appear not to have been included in a DBS check.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09But nobody here will tell us how it happened, or what is being done
0:04:09 > 0:04:12to stop it happening again.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15A charity campaigning for new laws to protect older people is now
0:04:15 > 0:04:17demanding to know how many other carers have convictions
0:04:17 > 0:04:20for violence too.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22It's a huge concern, because where else is it happening?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25There is blame somewhere, we need to establish where the blame is.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Thinking about your own parents, would you be happy with the idea
0:04:28 > 0:04:31that somebody with those sorts of serious convictions
0:04:31 > 0:04:32are coming into somebody's home?
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Pamela wants answers too.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40Well, I'm shocked as well, it surprised me,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42because it makes you wonder now just what is going on.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47Yvonne Hall, BBC London News.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Plenty more ahead including:
0:04:50 > 0:04:53One of our first black MPs is honoured with a portrait
0:04:53 > 0:04:57in Parliament 17 years after his death.
0:04:57 > 0:05:05We'll reveal who later in the programme.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07The Mayor of London has announced that City Hall will spearhead
0:05:07 > 0:05:10a global partnership of up to 20 other cities to tackle
0:05:10 > 0:05:15global air pollution.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18The capital is also set to get a new air monitoring system.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Sadiq Khan made the announcement in Delhi - on the third day
0:05:21 > 0:05:22of his trade visit to India.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24From where our political correspondent Karl Mercer
0:05:24 > 0:05:29sent this report.
0:05:29 > 0:05:36Take a look at Delhi if you thought London traffic was banned. And take
0:05:36 > 0:05:42a look at Delhi if you thought London had a bad pollution problem.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47Here the state of the atmosphere is front-page news and in the next ten
0:05:47 > 0:05:53days all 6000 traffic police here will be tested for lung disease and
0:05:53 > 0:05:59a couple of months ago the Test match between India and Sri Lanka
0:05:59 > 0:06:05saw the scenes, players wearing masks and some being sick. In London
0:06:05 > 0:06:09the mayor Sadiq Khan has made pollution a key issue but the scale
0:06:09 > 0:06:14of it here in Delhi is nothing like London has seen. Experts say it is
0:06:14 > 0:06:20one of the most polluted cities, but spending a day in smog and traffic
0:06:20 > 0:06:24here is like smoking 50 cigarettes. The mayor thinks the city 's convert
0:06:24 > 0:06:33from each other. Make new friends, if you like. Today he announced
0:06:33 > 0:06:38£750,000 will be spent on air monitoring stations in London.We
0:06:38 > 0:06:43can have them outside schools, social care centres, and take
0:06:43 > 0:06:49action. It is not a one size fits all approach. We are going to use
0:06:49 > 0:06:57this as a way of cleaning up sooner rather than later.The school that
0:06:57 > 0:07:03welcomed the mayor to Delhi is doing a lot of work on pollution. It is a
0:07:03 > 0:07:10growing problem according to the headteacher. Initially it was not
0:07:10 > 0:07:15that bad, since three years it has really gone bad and we are worried
0:07:15 > 0:07:25about it, before it it was not that bad.We hope that within a year or
0:07:25 > 0:07:32two we are able to manage it.The business on this trip is done in
0:07:32 > 0:07:37grand rooms not classrooms, the man beating the Finance Minister and
0:07:37 > 0:07:42commerce minister, once he had finished his last-minute paperwork.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47The Chancellor, the second most powerful politician in India, was
0:07:47 > 0:07:55keen to reassure me he recognises London is open and he is pleased to
0:07:55 > 0:08:01hear that notwithstanding Brexit, London is open.Business side it is
0:08:01 > 0:08:06a trip about symbolism. London's Muslim mayor at this giant temple
0:08:06 > 0:08:22today. Among the greeting party, a swami who started life in London.I
0:08:22 > 0:08:26studied at Woolwich College and I lived in Eltham. You do not lose it
0:08:26 > 0:08:32back quickly.Whatever the there says about shared city problems this
0:08:32 > 0:08:35at least is one London does not have.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38So as Karl mentioned, tackling London's air pollution is one
0:08:38 > 0:08:39of the Mayor's key policies.
0:08:39 > 0:08:45And today the first fully electric black cab hit the capital's streets.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47From the new year every new cab will have to be
0:08:47 > 0:08:50electric - and it's hoped there'll be more than 9,000 of them
0:08:50 > 0:08:53on our roads within two years - that's roughly half
0:08:53 > 0:08:56the current fleet.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59It could cut London pollution, like nitrogen oxides by 3.5%.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04Here's our transport Correspondent Tom Edwards.
0:09:04 > 0:09:12This is the T X E city, London's Electric cab, picking up fares today
0:09:12 > 0:09:18for the first time. John Dowd has been a cabbie for nine years and has
0:09:18 > 0:09:23trialled this one for seven weeks and loves it. Really impressive.How
0:09:23 > 0:09:28have you found it? It is like nothing else I have driven as a cab
0:09:28 > 0:09:33driver. It is incredible, no comparison to any thing in the trade
0:09:33 > 0:09:39before.What has the reaction been from passengers?Superb. Everything
0:09:39 > 0:09:47about it, the space and luxury, the suspension. Everything. And it is
0:09:47 > 0:09:53quiet. It is a new experience for passengers and drivers.What is
0:09:53 > 0:09:57striking is the roof, completely see-through and you can see
0:09:57 > 0:10:03everything. It has a range on the battery of 70 miles, but that can be
0:10:03 > 0:10:09extended with the petrol generator to about 370. Built in Coventry, the
0:10:09 > 0:10:15technology has been tested in the harsh environment of the Arctic.
0:10:15 > 0:10:28£55,000, it is not cheap, but the manufacturer says there are savings.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30The average cabbie will save £100 a week in fuel. There are concerns
0:10:30 > 0:10:33about the lack of rapid charging points in London. Transport for
0:10:33 > 0:10:36London and the borrowers cannot between them get is more than two
0:10:36 > 0:10:40charge points in central London, two within six miles of Charrington
0:10:40 > 0:10:49cross. We have nowhere to charge it. A disgrace. TfL said there will be
0:10:49 > 0:10:54150 rapid charges by the end of next year and the on-board generator
0:10:54 > 0:10:59means taxes will not end up stranded. Why are there not more
0:10:59 > 0:11:04rapid Charger is ready?You cannot have a city full of rapid charges
0:11:04 > 0:11:12and no vehicles to use them. This is a progressive thing. From the 1st of
0:11:12 > 0:11:16January, only zero emission taxes like this can be licensed for the
0:11:16 > 0:11:22first time that we will see an increase of charging points.So far,
0:11:22 > 0:11:27a few hundred electric camps have been pre-ordered. All new camps must
0:11:27 > 0:11:31be zero emissions from the New Year so you can expect to see more of
0:11:31 > 0:11:34these on the streets of London.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Detectives are trying to piece together the last known movements
0:11:37 > 0:11:40of a father and daughter found dead at a home in Deptford.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44The bodies of Noel Brown, who was 69, and his 41-year-old
0:11:44 > 0:11:46daughter, Marie, were discovered in the early hours
0:11:46 > 0:11:47of yesterday morning.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Detectives say someone had forced entry into
0:11:49 > 0:11:51the house on New Butt Lane.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53There are increased police patrols in the local area.
0:11:53 > 0:11:59So far no-one's been arrested.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01The McDonald's security guard who's accused of telling a Muslim woman
0:12:01 > 0:12:03to remove her headscarf has been suspended.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05In this video posted on social media, the 19-year-old student
0:12:05 > 0:12:08is heard asking the guard why she cannot come in.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09He responds:
0:12:09 > 0:12:11"It's just a matter of taking it off."
0:12:11 > 0:12:13The incident took place last Thursday night
0:12:13 > 0:12:15at the Seven Sisters Road branch in Holloway.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17McDonald's has apologised and says it has launched
0:12:17 > 0:12:22an internal investigation.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Three prisoners have been found not guilty of killing a fellow inmate
0:12:25 > 0:12:26at Pentonville Prison.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Jamal Mahmoud was fatally stabbed after a row over
0:12:29 > 0:12:32smuggled contraband.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35The jury at the Old Bailey heard how the 21-year-old has taken a senior
0:12:35 > 0:12:38role in a gang linked to drugs and violence before his
0:12:38 > 0:12:39death in October 2016.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41The three men accused of killing him were ALL cleared
0:12:42 > 0:12:50of murder and manslaughter.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54More on the findings of a major terror review ordered by the
0:12:54 > 0:12:59government. The report highlights how the leader of the London Bridge
0:12:59 > 0:13:04attack and the man who targeted Westminster Bridge had both been on
0:13:04 > 0:13:10MI5's radar previously.What more have we learned? We have learned the
0:13:10 > 0:13:13security service was actively investigating the ringleader of the
0:13:13 > 0:13:19London Bridge attack when it happens. From mid-2015 Khuram Butt
0:13:19 > 0:13:26was being investigated in operation hawthorn because they had
0:13:26 > 0:13:32information that suggested he wanted to carry out an attack on the UK. In
0:13:32 > 0:13:35September 2015 and assessment concluded he represented a medium
0:13:35 > 0:13:40risk and they said he had strong content but weak capability. Early
0:13:40 > 0:13:46the following year the operation was suspended because of resourcing
0:13:46 > 0:13:52problems after the Paris attacks and it was downgraded. Two weeks before
0:13:52 > 0:13:56the attack, Hawthorn was reopened after new material was received but
0:13:56 > 0:14:03it did not indicate the atrocities the man would go on to commit.What
0:14:03 > 0:14:09about the man responsible for the attack on Westminster Bridge?Khalid
0:14:09 > 0:14:15Masood was known to MI5 and had been under observation for associating
0:14:15 > 0:14:19with extremists, but he was not being investigated at the time of
0:14:19 > 0:14:24that atrocity. The report said his attack could not have been
0:14:24 > 0:14:28anticipated but it reveals before the attack he did reconnaissance
0:14:28 > 0:14:34work at Westminster Bridge and had been looking on YouTube for videos
0:14:34 > 0:14:38relating to terrorism. There is no suggestion in the review the attacks
0:14:38 > 0:14:44could be prevented by the security services but the Metropolitan Police
0:14:44 > 0:14:49Commissioner said she needs more resources to fight the growing
0:14:49 > 0:14:52problem and said there are significant challenges in an
0:14:52 > 0:14:57environment that is more intense than ever for those fighting terror.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Thank you.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05Still to come this Tuesday evening:
0:15:05 > 0:15:10Challenging stereotypes. Why an Essex town is spending thousands on
0:15:10 > 0:15:17rebranding. Plus. I will have your weather forecast from the Tate
0:15:17 > 0:15:28Britain later.
0:15:30 > 0:15:38The Labour leader has accused the government of damaging London's
0:15:38 > 0:15:43global reputation far higher education and research after the
0:15:43 > 0:15:46American academic was refused indefinite leave to remain.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Jennifer Wexler is married to a Londoner and has lived
0:15:48 > 0:15:51and worked here for years, including as an archaeologist
0:15:51 > 0:15:52at a London University and the British Museum
0:15:53 > 0:15:54for the last four years.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Our education reporter, Marc Ashdown, has the story.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59So this paper will focus on our work in connection with the Bronze
0:15:59 > 0:16:00collections at the Age British Museum.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Expert archeologist Jennifer Wexler, presenting a talk recently
0:16:02 > 0:16:03on the Bronze Age.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06An American who's lived and worked here for ten years, the Home Office
0:16:06 > 0:16:08has refused her right to remain in the UK.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11To be honest, I was completely shocked and appalled
0:16:11 > 0:16:13that the Home Office had given me permission to undertake
0:16:13 > 0:16:15a certain type of work, connected to also my specialised
0:16:15 > 0:16:17training and then were telling me that essentially
0:16:17 > 0:16:19that work wasn't valid.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22The trouble is that Jennifer sometimes travels abroad
0:16:22 > 0:16:26representing the British Museum, the Government says she's been out
0:16:26 > 0:16:28of the country too many days, even though they originally approved
0:16:28 > 0:16:29all the travel.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Husband Sam, a leading archeologist, born and bred
0:16:31 > 0:16:34in the UK, also had a shock.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37He was told he could just go and live in the US too.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39I just couldn't understand how it could be so casually said
0:16:39 > 0:16:42within such a letter.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Somebody who is born in the United Kingdom and has
0:16:44 > 0:16:49been here for 40 years, contributing to the UK,
0:16:49 > 0:16:52and then suddenly just to be said - you know, well, you can just
0:16:52 > 0:16:53go somewhere else.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56I was completely shocked with this and, fundamentally, it kind of...
0:16:56 > 0:16:57It just really suddenly challenges your idea
0:16:57 > 0:17:00of what it is to be a British citizen.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01What status that means.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Their local MP, a certain Jeremy Corbyn, has taken up
0:17:04 > 0:17:06the case, describing Jennifer in a letter to the Home Office
0:17:07 > 0:17:09as an obvious asset to the UK.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Some say all this is symptomatic of wider issues for all
0:17:11 > 0:17:15sorts of applicants.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Only apply for something in which you think you're
0:17:18 > 0:17:21going to qualify for.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Don't expect the Home Office to exercise any discretion
0:17:25 > 0:17:27because the current state of affairs and the current political climate
0:17:27 > 0:17:30is that they're not all going to be friendly towards people
0:17:30 > 0:17:33who want to settle here because the whole purpose of this
0:17:33 > 0:17:38Government is to reduce the amount of people settling here.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40I'm not the only one who's been through this,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42I know a number of colleagues who've had similar responses
0:17:42 > 0:17:43from the Home Office.
0:17:43 > 0:17:49I mean, I think it sends a very clear message that the UK is not
0:17:49 > 0:17:52that interested in supporting international academics
0:17:52 > 0:17:55and, not only that, is that they actually
0:17:55 > 0:17:59are targeting them as people that they think they can easily
0:17:59 > 0:18:01get rid of and easily reject for settlement.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03The Home Office says it can't comment on an active case.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Jennifer is nervously waiting for news of her appeal.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Mark Ashdown, BBC London News.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10He was one of Britain's first black MP's who went from a rail clerk
0:18:10 > 0:18:19to the corridors of power.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Bernie Grant was outspoken, controversial, allegedly saying
0:18:21 > 0:18:24of the race riots in the '80s that the police received
0:18:24 > 0:18:25a "good hiding."
0:18:25 > 0:18:27To others he was a uncompromising civil rights campaigner.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Now, 17 years after his death, the Tottenham MP is to be
0:18:30 > 0:18:31immortalised with his own portrait in Parliament.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Wendy Hurrell was at the unveiling.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35During the Broadwater Farm riots in 1985, Bernie Grant stood
0:18:35 > 0:18:37beside the people of Tottenham, it was the defining
0:18:38 > 0:18:43moment in his career.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45In terms of the damage to the community, well
0:18:45 > 0:18:50that's incalculable.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52It was not without controversy, some branded him anti-police,
0:18:52 > 0:19:02but to many Bernie Grant was a hero.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04It's hugely important for generations after this to be
0:19:04 > 0:19:07able to look back and recognise the huge contribution that Bernie
0:19:07 > 0:19:09made to a multi-cultural London and a multi-cultural Britain.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12I do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm...
0:19:12 > 0:19:14From the moment he was elected as a Labour MP, in 1987,
0:19:14 > 0:19:21and attended the State Opening of Parliament in traditional
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Ghanaian dress, to his death in 2000, Bernie Grant was a charismatic
0:19:24 > 0:19:25and outspoken figure.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28I think that we need to channel the energies of the young people
0:19:28 > 0:19:37into political action.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39The job of immortalising him in an artwork fell to this Tottenham
0:19:39 > 0:19:42artist, who had to find ways to get to know his subject
0:19:42 > 0:19:44without ever having met him.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Sometimes you have to like ruffle the feathers in order to have
0:19:46 > 0:19:50change, and he wasn't afraid to do that, which is kind of were my
0:19:50 > 0:19:51inspiration for him kind of led him.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Knowing that regardless of the resistance and the barriers
0:19:54 > 0:19:59that people try to perturb you, he was passionate and he wanted
0:19:59 > 0:20:02to get his word across, you know pioneering for change and equality.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03I had audio, I heard his voice.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04Countless photographs.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06The work is entirely in pencil.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08The first in this medium that will hang in Parliament.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09It took 180 hours.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12The portrait is now here at Portcullis House and will hang
0:20:12 > 0:20:22alongside former colleagues of Bernie Grant, Diane Abbott
0:20:22 > 0:20:25and Paul Boateng who were elected to Parliament that same year, 1987.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27It feels like I could reach out and touch him.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Bernie Grant's widow has complimented the artist
0:20:29 > 0:20:36on the likeness he has captured.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39I think the portrait is important, not just from the point of view
0:20:39 > 0:20:41of him, his acceptance and his family, I think it's
0:20:41 > 0:20:49probably an honour too
0:20:49 > 0:20:51for a whole generation who felt that he reflected their experience
0:20:51 > 0:20:54and they will feel that perhaps somewhere in the House of Commons
0:20:54 > 0:20:57there's somebody that is listening to them and what their
0:20:57 > 0:20:58generation experienced.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03When you think of Basildon, what do you think of?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Well, hopefully, it isn't white vans and stiletto heals as the Essex town
0:21:06 > 0:21:09has just set up its own think-tank to try and rebrand its image.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12We sent Tolu Adeoyay to find out what people think
0:21:12 > 0:21:13of their neighbourhood.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18Welcome to... Basildon. Home to 180,000 people and 7,000 businesses
0:21:18 > 0:21:21and just 35 minutes from central London by rail, Basildon has a lot
0:21:21 > 0:21:26going for it, but it has suffered from a bit of a reputation.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31Basically, a mess, to what it was. Definitely needs a lot doing to it.
0:21:31 > 0:21:37If you mention Basildon it's like --ing oh, no. God, tutting. The
0:21:37 > 0:21:41council wants to turn things around it has set up and independent
0:21:41 > 0:21:44commission to give this town a rebirth.People don't always see
0:21:44 > 0:21:48what a place is really like. They know the cliche, the stereotype.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53Actually, part of this is about really identifying and communicating
0:21:53 > 0:21:56what Basildon really is, both the good and the bad. What is great
0:21:56 > 0:21:59about it, what is not so great and how can we improve it?This isn't
0:21:59 > 0:22:05the first time there has been talk of boosting Basildon. Back in 1948 a
0:22:05 > 0:22:10Government minister came to Basildon and said - Basildon will become a
0:22:10 > 0:22:14city that people from all over the world will want to visit. It will be
0:22:14 > 0:22:19a place where all classes of community can meet together on equal
0:22:19 > 0:22:25terms. How far has it come? Trip advisers lists this theatre as one
0:22:25 > 0:22:29of the town's Big Draws. It's Panto star say there is is a lot going for
0:22:29 > 0:22:35it. Across there from the theatre, I walk my dog in between shows. It's
0:22:35 > 0:22:40like just trees and everything for miles. It's really nice.It's full
0:22:40 > 0:22:45of really salt of the earth people. It's a good humoured place. I'm a
0:22:45 > 0:22:51northerner. It's similar, great people.At this pie and mash shop
0:22:51 > 0:22:55locals told me what could improve the town?Tidy up, more cleaner.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00Less pound shops.More like Southend. Southend has a Bert
0:23:00 > 0:23:05atmosphere. This hasn't really got an October moose fear. I don't think
0:23:05 > 0:23:12so anyway.Any improvement is a good improvement, aren't they.The
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Commission will work to boost the town and their recommendations could
0:23:14 > 0:23:19become real policies so maybe one day basil Don could rival that other
0:23:19 > 0:23:28place with a famous sign.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Now, if you're out and about it is of course the time of the year
0:23:31 > 0:23:33for twinkling lights marking the festive season, these
0:23:33 > 0:23:35are the ones on Regent Street.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Some of London's landmarks are also getting in on the act,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41including Tate Britain, and that's where we can
0:23:41 > 0:23:44join Elizabeth Rizzini.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Hi.Hello. Thank you.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52Hi.Hello. Thank you.It's feeling like Christmas by the river at the
0:23:52 > 0:23:56Tate Britain. These are not just Christmas lights. No, this is
0:23:56 > 0:24:02actually high end art. Yes, it is. It's the latest installation here
0:24:02 > 0:24:09it's done by an rtist who mixes high end cull with something more
0:24:09 > 0:24:13grounded and accessible. All of these Christmas lights can be found
0:24:13 > 0:24:18off the shelves. I will look out for the reindeer and the Christmas
0:24:18 > 0:24:23pudding later. If you want culture down here at Tate Britain this is
0:24:23 > 0:24:26available to see every early morning and evening right up until the 6th
0:24:26 > 0:24:29January. What sort of weather conditions will we view it all in
0:24:29 > 0:24:34this week? Actually, we've got a mixed bag, as we like to see. There
0:24:34 > 0:24:40will be a little bit of absolutely everything, I have to say. It's
0:24:40 > 0:24:45going to be turning milder. It will turn colder. We will talk about
0:24:45 > 0:24:49sunshine and also rain. It will get very windy indeed on Thursday
0:24:49 > 0:24:54morning. There could be a little bit of snow, perhaps snowflakes by the
0:24:54 > 0:24:59end of the working week. Overnight tonight it will stay dry and it will
0:24:59 > 0:25:03stay reasonably mild for this time of year. You won't need all you have
0:25:03 > 0:25:08of your layers on. You won't need your hat and gloves tonight. We will
0:25:08 > 0:25:13end the night at six or seven degrees Celsius. A dry start to the
0:25:13 > 0:25:16day tomorrow morning. There might be spits and spots of drizzle around,
0:25:16 > 0:25:21but it will look dry. It will feel windier tomorrow. We have a brisk
0:25:21 > 0:25:25south-westerly wind that will drag in milder air. Temperatures will be
0:25:25 > 0:25:30slightly higher by the time we get to the end of the day, maybe 12 or
0:25:30 > 0:25:3413 degrees Celsius. The wind will mix the air up a touch. We could see
0:25:34 > 0:25:37something brighter going on through tomorrow afternoon. Brighter than it
0:25:37 > 0:25:42was earlier on today. It will kick off on Wednesday night. That is when
0:25:42 > 0:25:48we will start to see the big change. It will turn windy indeed. Wednesday
0:25:48 > 0:25:52night right through to Thursday morning. This is Storm Caroline we
0:25:52 > 0:25:56have been talking about on the national forecast of course. It's a
0:25:56 > 0:25:58cold front coming through, windy conditions indeed. When you wake up
0:25:58 > 0:26:03on Thursday morning you will be surprised just how mild it is, it
0:26:03 > 0:26:08will be wet and windy too. We could look at gusts on Thursday morning of
0:26:08 > 0:26:12up to 40 to 50 miles an hour. Nothing to be alarmed about, not
0:26:12 > 0:26:14particularly unusual for this time of year. It will be a very windy
0:26:14 > 0:26:18start to the day. By the time you get home in the evening on Thursday
0:26:18 > 0:26:22it will be colder. There will be sunshine just before the sun goes
0:26:22 > 0:26:26down as well. A big dip in temperature by the time we get to
0:26:26 > 0:26:30the end of the week. I will not rule out wintry showers on Thursday night
0:26:30 > 0:26:36into the start of the day on Friday. Widespread frost around as well.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Feeling colder, perhaps more like Christmas, not as Christmassy as
0:26:39 > 0:26:49these lights. , sparkling away there. Thank you.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Recapping the day's headlines:
0:26:50 > 0:26:52A BBC investigation into three live streaming apps has found evidence
0:26:52 > 0:26:55of men trying to groom children by asking them to carry-out sexual
0:26:55 > 0:27:00acts and exposing them to obscene material.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03The terror attack on the Manchester Arena,
0:27:03 > 0:27:07in which 22 people were killed in May, might have been prevented.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09A report says the bomber had been a "subject of interest"
0:27:09 > 0:27:16and opportunities to stop him were missed.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21The Democratic Unionist Party says the Irish government and the EU
0:27:21 > 0:27:24are to blame for a failure in Brexit talks, that's despite the DUP's
0:27:24 > 0:27:26rejection of the latest proposals for resolving border
0:27:26 > 0:27:31issues in Ireland.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33More from us during the Ten O'Clock News.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34But that's it for now.
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