0:00:00 > 0:00:06whether it will mean more snow. Can't wait! Louise, thank you.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07Coming up on BBC London News:
0:00:07 > 0:00:09As the official report into the Croydon tram crash
0:00:09 > 0:00:19is published, a survivor tells us her life will never be the same.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21I'm suffering.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23I'm alive and I thank God for that, but I'm suffering
0:00:23 > 0:00:25and struggling as well.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Constant pain all the time.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27My life has changed completely.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29She says things must change.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30We'll get reaction from transport bosses.
0:00:30 > 0:00:36Also tonight:
0:00:36 > 0:00:38I'm in the City, where the Government have been given
0:00:38 > 0:00:41a stark warning over the slow pace of Brexit talks and the
0:00:41 > 0:00:50impact on the capital.
0:00:50 > 0:00:56Plus - while on a trade visit to Pakistan, the Mayor says he has
0:00:56 > 0:00:58no interest in becoming Britain's first Muslim Prime Minister.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01The ball comes free from the edge of the box, and I get a chance
0:01:01 > 0:01:04to shoot in the top right-hand corner and score a glory goal?
0:01:04 > 0:01:07I wouldn't do that, because I've already got a great job.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10I'm playing a different game - I'm busy playing cricket when you're
0:01:10 > 0:01:11offering me a job playing football.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14And carrying on the tradition from 1947 - seven decades
0:01:14 > 0:01:16on London's most famous Christmas Tree is lit up
0:01:16 > 0:01:24in Trafalgar Square.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29A very warm welcome to the programme.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32It was a day that changed lives in South London,
0:01:32 > 0:01:34when a tram travelling at speed derailed, killing seven people
0:01:34 > 0:01:35and injuring dozens more.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Today the findings of an official report
0:01:38 > 0:01:40into the Croydon crash were published, which
0:01:40 > 0:01:41found that the driver had probably dozed off
0:01:42 > 0:01:48moments before it happened.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50The speed warning signs for drivers weren't appropriately positioned.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52And there was a "culture of fear" among staff which meant
0:01:52 > 0:01:53incidents weren't being reported.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Today one of the survivors who broke her neck after being thrown
0:01:56 > 0:01:58from the carriage said, "things must change"
0:01:58 > 0:01:59as lives have been ruined.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01She's been speaking to our transport correspondent Tom Edwards.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04All I could feel, my head was pounding, my neck was hurting,
0:02:04 > 0:02:10I couldn't breathe.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11I was just...
0:02:11 > 0:02:14All I could think of was pain, pain, pain.
0:02:14 > 0:02:24Christine fractured her neck and broke ribs
0:02:31 > 0:02:32in the Croydon tram rush.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34She was thrown through one of the windows.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36I was sitting through the window, because the window had
0:02:36 > 0:02:37completely broken out.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40And I was sitting, I could see the tram tracks and the stones.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43She was rescued from this wreckage and spent over three weeks in
0:02:43 > 0:02:44hospital.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46She's lost her job, and her old life is gone.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48I'm in constant pain all the time.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51I can't sleep, I don't even know what eight hours'
0:02:51 > 0:02:52sleep is like any more.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53I'm suffering.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56I'm alive and I thank God for that, but I'm suffering
0:02:56 > 0:02:57and struggling as well.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Constant pain all the time.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03My life has changed completely.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Today's report found a broken reporting system at the tram
0:03:06 > 0:03:11operator run by First Group.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Nine drivers told investigators they were going so fast they used
0:03:15 > 0:03:17the emergency brake, on the same sharp corner
0:03:17 > 0:03:19where the tram later derailed, but they didn't feel
0:03:19 > 0:03:22they could report it.
0:03:22 > 0:03:22The
0:03:22 > 0:03:29And just days before the crash a tram nearly toppled over taking
0:03:29 > 0:03:31the same corner too fast, and a passenger complaint
0:03:31 > 0:03:35from Chantelle Singh wasn't acted on properly.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38I was thinking, this is it, that's the end of my life,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41because when I looked up and looked through the window, there
0:03:41 > 0:03:44was another tram waiting there - I think it was a Beckenham Junction
0:03:44 > 0:03:46tram, just at the junction - and I was just thinking
0:03:46 > 0:03:48that I was going to die.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Just thinking I was going to die.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55I believe that, and any other driver could potentially have been put
0:03:55 > 0:03:57in the same position, and therefore I think that the tram
0:03:57 > 0:04:00operator needs to come out and explain why that previous event
0:04:00 > 0:04:04was not properly investigated, and what steps they will take
0:04:04 > 0:04:07to make sure that any near-misses such as this are properly reported
0:04:07 > 0:04:14and properly investigated.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Christine isn't sure who to blame, but she wants the authorities
0:04:18 > 0:04:21to make changes so the same thing doesn't happen again.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24They do need to really really get their staff to be able to talk
0:04:24 > 0:04:27to them if there is a problem, because negligence causes lives
0:04:27 > 0:04:34to be ruined, you know.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38You can't just have your staff and your staff can't come
0:04:38 > 0:04:41to you if there is a problem, because we are putting our
0:04:41 > 0:04:48lives in their hands.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50that was Christine Jess speaking there.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Transport for London has offered its condolences
0:04:52 > 0:04:53to the all families affected.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Earlier they told our political editor Tim Donovan that
0:04:55 > 0:04:59all 15 of the recommendations made were already being acted upon.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04Immediately, we lowered the speed limit on the tram system totally.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Where the speed goes from a higher speed to a lower speed
0:05:07 > 0:05:12with quite a difference, we staged those down,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15so down from 70 to 60, to 40 to 20 kilometres per hour.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18We have changed the signage on the sharp corners in order
0:05:18 > 0:05:21to make sure that the drivers are fully aware of the approaching
0:05:21 > 0:05:24corner, and we have fitted a device in the cab of the tram,
0:05:24 > 0:05:26a driver protection device, which is designed to
0:05:26 > 0:05:30guard against fatigue.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33It is widely used in the trucking industry, and also in coaches,
0:05:33 > 0:05:36especially overseas, and this detects whether the driver
0:05:36 > 0:05:39perhaps is suffering from a distraction, maybe a fatigue,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42sets off an alarm and also shakes the seat to make sure the driver's
0:05:42 > 0:05:43always vigilant at all times.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46But it took this tragedy for you to do this,
0:05:46 > 0:05:48when it shouldn't have done, should it?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Because there were other incidents that were reported.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53There was one other incident just a few days before
0:05:53 > 0:05:57which wasn't reported - alarming.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59The system has had a very good safety record, but sadly
0:05:59 > 0:06:02on the 31st of October, just a few days before
0:06:02 > 0:06:04this tragic incident, a member of the public did send
0:06:04 > 0:06:09in a report that a tram, she felt, had been travelling too fast.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11This report went straight to the operator, Tram Operations Limited,
0:06:11 > 0:06:15and was in the process of being investigated.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17And only a few days later, of course, we had
0:06:17 > 0:06:19the terrible tragedy.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Now, this report took far too long to investigate.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28One of the things that we have done now is to make sure that those
0:06:28 > 0:06:30reports come through us at Transport for London so we have
0:06:30 > 0:06:33visibility of them straightaway, because we want to make sure
0:06:33 > 0:06:35that these investigations, when there are reports like this,
0:06:35 > 0:06:36are acted on immediately.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Do you accept that if it had been acted on faster,
0:06:39 > 0:06:44that actually these lives could have been saved?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47The report does say that that particular incident was not a causal
0:06:47 > 0:06:50factor of this incident, but it has to be the case that
0:06:50 > 0:06:52anybody who has any concerns about anything to do with safety
0:06:52 > 0:06:55on our transport system in London feels able to report it
0:06:55 > 0:06:59and we should act on it as soon as possible in order to prevent any
0:06:59 > 0:07:01sort of safety incident.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05And do you accept that that has not happened and you should be really
0:07:05 > 0:07:06concerned about that?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Because people have talked about a culture of fear,
0:07:08 > 0:07:10an inability to report, or a worry about reporting
0:07:10 > 0:07:11to this operator?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13What do you say about that?
0:07:13 > 0:07:14Well, nobody should have any fear.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Members of staff...
0:07:15 > 0:07:16But they did have.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Well, yhey shouldn't have, because they have a number
0:07:18 > 0:07:19of ways of reporting.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Of course, the right thing to do was to report it to their manager.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26If they feel unable to do so, people are able to report
0:07:26 > 0:07:27it to the trade union.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28There is a confidential whistle-blowing service
0:07:28 > 0:07:29provided by the operator.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32People can report any safety concerns, and so we say
0:07:32 > 0:07:34to all of the staff, if there's anything that concerns
0:07:34 > 0:07:43you about safety on the network, you can report it without fear.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46You can report it confidentially if you wish to, and it's my job
0:07:46 > 0:07:49to make sure that those reports are acted on immediately
0:07:49 > 0:07:51and we satisfy ourselves that safety is paramount.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Reaction from Transport for London on those findings.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57And our transport correspondent Tom Edwards joins me now.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00You've been following every step of this since it happened in November.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Tom, what's your take on what we heard today?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06I think the report is damning particularly when it comes to the
0:08:06 > 0:08:09report and complaint procedures that were completely broken and didn't
0:08:09 > 0:08:13work, and as we heard last night the families of those who died are
0:08:13 > 0:08:17furious about that. They think there were systemic failures and
0:08:17 > 0:08:21opportunities were missed, in fact the system was so flawed it has now
0:08:21 > 0:08:26been taking back in-house by Transport for London.Are there
0:08:26 > 0:08:31wider implications? I think it is bound to raise
0:08:31 > 0:08:35questions again about private operators, and how they operate
0:08:35 > 0:08:39within the transport system, and whether it has become too
0:08:39 > 0:08:43fragmented. Also there may be questions around safety, if the
0:08:43 > 0:08:48systems didn't work on the tram, what about other areas where private
0:08:48 > 0:08:53operators are running services, like the buses, the overground and the
0:08:53 > 0:08:56DLR? I spoke to one bus safety campaigner just a little earlier and
0:08:56 > 0:09:01he said to me there needed to be a systemic overhaul of the management
0:09:01 > 0:09:08and operational safety practices of TFL. It said tonight that the system
0:09:08 > 0:09:15is inherently safe.For now, thank you very much, transport
0:09:15 > 0:09:19correspondent, Tom Edwards. Stay with us.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Still to come this Thursday evening:
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Marking their homecoming 25 years on - how community spirit saw
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Charlton return to the Valley.
0:09:24 > 0:09:32Plus...By each year since 1947 and early Christmas present has arrived
0:09:32 > 0:09:40in London in the form of a Norwegian tree for Trafalgar Square.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Businesses in the City could move jobs abroad by Easter
0:09:42 > 0:09:45If the Government fails to move Brexit talks on next week.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46That's the warning from the Confederation
0:09:46 > 0:09:48of British Industry as pressure mounts on Theresa May
0:09:48 > 0:09:57to reach a deal by Sunday.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Our Brexit reporter Katharine Carpenter
0:09:58 > 0:10:00is in the City for us tonight.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05How serious is this?
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Well, we all know that feeling, when you are approaching deadline and
0:10:09 > 0:10:12you're not sure if you are going to make it. That must be how Theresa
0:10:12 > 0:10:15May has been feeling a bit this week, and it is also causing anxiety
0:10:15 > 0:10:19for some of the people in those buildings behind me in the City.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24They are desperate to move on to start talking about the three Ts,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27trade, transition and talent, and receive that does not happen soon
0:10:27 > 0:10:31they will have to activate their plans to move jobs elsewhere. I ask
0:10:31 > 0:10:37head of policy earlier if that was just tough talk
0:10:37 > 0:10:42or if she was really concerned.I think it is very serious.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46People are making their contingency plans and they will have to start
0:10:46 > 0:10:49incrementing Dems and so they know they can serve their customers on
0:10:49 > 0:10:54the first day if we don't have a deal.-- start implementing their
0:10:54 > 0:11:00plans.The CBI says they might have to start incrementing them by
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Easter. Is that realistic to?Very realistic, because people will need
0:11:04 > 0:11:08to start doing so over the next quarter -- is that realistic to you?
0:11:08 > 0:11:14Is this the most worriedyou're been since the referendum?I have been
0:11:14 > 0:11:17consistently worried. We don't seem to be making progress at the right
0:11:17 > 0:11:21rate.You have spoken of real reputational damage to London being
0:11:21 > 0:11:26done now? Is that a new thing do you think?Town centre more and more we
0:11:26 > 0:11:29are having to prove our case. We are still the leading global financial
0:11:29 > 0:11:33centre and there are all sorts of reasons why people want to come and
0:11:33 > 0:11:36do business here and that will continue but I am having to argue
0:11:36 > 0:11:40much more forcefully by that remains the case.We have had lots of
0:11:40 > 0:11:46conversations with the Government about Brexit. Where you -- were you
0:11:46 > 0:11:50surprised to find that they had not done any assessments about the
0:11:50 > 0:11:53financial industries, for example? That it seems uprising. We have done
0:11:53 > 0:11:56a lot of work ourselves across the sector and have come to some
0:11:56 > 0:11:59assessments about what the impact is likely to be.Where you led to
0:11:59 > 0:12:03believe they had been assessments?I understood impact assessment had
0:12:03 > 0:12:07been done, so it is surprising to hear they have not been, but as I
0:12:07 > 0:12:11say we have done a lot of research and Said the UK for example have
0:12:11 > 0:12:17commissioned work, which showed the likely job losses -- City UK. If we
0:12:17 > 0:12:23left with an ordeal.Well, earlier there was a robust defence of the
0:12:23 > 0:12:28Government handling of these negotiations by Baroness Goldie in
0:12:28 > 0:12:31the House of Lords. She said Theresa May has been approaching these
0:12:31 > 0:12:35negotiations with determination and rigour, but there could be some good
0:12:35 > 0:12:40news coming for Theresa May. We have heard in the last hour or so that
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, is due to make a
0:12:43 > 0:12:46statement on this first thing in the morning. Could this be the
0:12:46 > 0:12:51breakthrough that some in the City have been waiting for?We will wait
0:12:51 > 0:13:01and see. Laleh, thank you very much. -- Katharine, thank you very much.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03It's emerged that a father found strangled in his flat in south
0:13:03 > 0:13:06London alongside his daughter was a convicted sex offender.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Noel Brown and his daughter Marie were found in the early hours
0:13:09 > 0:13:10of Monday at the flat in Deptford.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Both had been strangled.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Police think it's likely she disturbed the attackers.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Detectives say they're keeping an open mind
0:13:15 > 0:13:18about a motive for the murders, but don't believe the attack
0:13:18 > 0:13:22was a result of a robbery or the time he spent betting.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Noel was a well liked member of his community.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26He used to go to Paddy Power, probably about 11
0:13:26 > 0:13:27o'clock every day.
0:13:27 > 0:13:34We know he didn't go there on the Friday.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37He used to bet small money, and win, probably even
0:13:37 > 0:13:38smaller money.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40There is no suggestion that this is over a big
0:13:40 > 0:13:41betting win, absolutely whatsoever.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Following the conviction of a former abbot for abusing boys in the 70s
0:13:44 > 0:13:46at a Catholic school concerns have been raised
0:13:46 > 0:13:56about whether enough is being done to protect pupils.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03But Lord Carlile, the man who led a review into safeguarding
0:14:03 > 0:14:06at St Benedict's School in Ealing says there's been a complete
0:14:06 > 0:14:09overhaul and the school is "as safe as any in the country."
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Here's our education reporter, Marc Ashdown.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Lord Carlile's independent view of Saint Benedict's
0:14:12 > 0:14:13in 2011 was damning.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15After a string of complaints of sexual abuse stretching back
0:14:15 > 0:14:19decades, he said the school should be doing more to keep pupils safe.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Andrew Soper's conviction for assaulting and raping ten boys
0:14:21 > 0:14:22has again cast a spotlight.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27It a great pity that Soper didn't have the courage to plead guilty.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30He would have saved a lot of agony for the survivors of his abuse,
0:14:30 > 0:14:36and frankly, he would have saved a lot of agony for the survivors
0:14:36 > 0:14:39in Ealing Abbey and Saint Benedict's School, who are conscious every day
0:14:39 > 0:14:42of the wrong he did to young people when they were
0:14:42 > 0:14:43vulnerable and in his charge.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46But Lord Carlile now represents, speaks for, the very school
0:14:46 > 0:14:47he once investigated.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51The headteacher maybe should be answering this, not their lawyer.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I'm as independent as ever I was, and indeed, I'm only commenting
0:14:54 > 0:14:56because the school asked me here to comment and give
0:14:56 > 0:14:59an assessment, which probably I'm better qualified to give
0:14:59 > 0:15:01than anybody else about how the school has progressed
0:15:01 > 0:15:04since those dark, dark days.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06And so at Soper's trial, various witnesses claimed teachers
0:15:06 > 0:15:08and priests had been operating a paedophile ring for six decades,
0:15:08 > 0:15:12and just last year, the deputy head, Peter Allott, was jailed for 33
0:15:12 > 0:15:13months for possessing, showing and making category-A
0:15:13 > 0:15:18indecent images of children, the very worst kind.
0:15:18 > 0:15:28One of Soper's victims believes the school is still in denial.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30The Allott case proves that still a problem,
0:15:30 > 0:15:32that this monastic order and its educational establishments
0:15:32 > 0:15:34are still attracting this kind of offender.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37What is needed is a complete change in the culture to make non-reporting
0:15:37 > 0:15:39completely unthinkable, and I think we are a long
0:15:39 > 0:15:40way from that yet.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45The school, or...?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47The school, the Abbey and the Benedictine group
0:15:47 > 0:15:52of monasteries in general.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55It's always disappointing when another teacher is found
0:15:55 > 0:15:58to have child issues, but in the case you're referring to,
0:15:58 > 0:16:02there was nothing the school could have done that it
0:16:02 > 0:16:04failed to do.
0:16:04 > 0:16:14Unfortunately, one just had a bad apple.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19There's a lot of bad apples though, is that good enough?
0:16:19 > 0:16:21That bad apple fell from the tree, fortunately.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Is it good enough, though?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25I think the governance and scrutiny of this school is as good
0:16:25 > 0:16:27as any you will find now.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30When he is sentenced next week, Andrew Soper can expect to spend
0:16:30 > 0:16:31the rest of his life in jail.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Abuse at Saint Benedict's is now being investigated as part
0:16:34 > 0:16:36of a wide-ranging independent enquiry into child sexual abuse.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39It is a dark chapter in the school's history which might not
0:16:39 > 0:16:40yet be entirely closed.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Mark Ashdown, BBC London News.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47The Mayor of London says he has no interest in becoming the next leader
0:16:47 > 0:16:50of the Labour party or Britain's first Muslim Prime Minister.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Sadiq Khan was speaking ahead of a meeting with Pakistan's
0:16:53 > 0:16:54Prime Minister in Islamabad.
0:16:54 > 0:16:55From there, our Political Correspondent Karl Mercer
0:16:56 > 0:17:00sent this report.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03It's the sort of reception leaders of countries usually get.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07The highest of security, the best of welcomes.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Pakistan's leading politicians opened their doors to the Mayor,
0:17:13 > 0:17:18if not entirely to the chasing British press.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Today, for Sadiq Khan, a meeting with Pakistan's Prime Minister.
0:17:30 > 0:17:39It's an honour many visiting British ministers haven't even been given.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43I'm very proud that you are the Mayor.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46They call these grip and grins, it's what politicians do a lot of.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49This, the commerce minister...
0:17:49 > 0:17:52This man, Pakistan's Foreign Secretary.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Could you help us understand how it is that the mayor of a humble
0:17:56 > 0:17:59city in the United Kingdom gets to meet such high-ranking officials
0:17:59 > 0:18:03in Pakistan such as yourself, and later the Prime Minister?
0:18:03 > 0:18:11It's an honour for me that Mr Sadiq Khan has been
0:18:11 > 0:18:13the Mayor of London, it's a matter of pride for us,
0:18:13 > 0:18:17a great honour for us.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20And we are proud of the values and traditions of British people
0:18:20 > 0:18:23that a person from the subcontinent of Pakistani regions
0:18:23 > 0:18:32could rise to that level.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35When Boris Johnson travelled the world when he was mayor,
0:18:35 > 0:18:36people criticised him.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38They said he was putting his own political ambitions
0:18:38 > 0:18:40ahead of those of London.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43So what about this man?
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Here in the ambassador's garden, meeting and greeting
0:18:45 > 0:18:49dignitaries from overseas.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Are you saying you don't have those grander ambitions?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Let me be quite clear.
0:18:53 > 0:19:03I love being the mayor, I think I've got the best job in the world.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06I've no intention of being whatever Boris Johnson wanted to be.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08You don't even want to be the leader of your party?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11I do not want to be leader of the Labour Party.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12Ever?Ever.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14You don't want to be Prime Minister?
0:19:14 > 0:19:16I do not want to be Prime Minister.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Ever?I think I've got a great job. Ever.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20I've got a great job as the Mayor of London.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24I get to help the city that I was born and raised in, and love,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27but also I get to meet people whose lives have been improved by some
0:19:27 > 0:19:29of our policies from City Hall.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32I love being the mayor of my city, I have no intention of running
0:19:32 > 0:19:35for the leader of the Labour Party, no intention of seeking
0:19:35 > 0:19:36to be the Prime Minister.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Absolutely ruling it out?I'm ruling it out.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Even if the ball comes free from the back of the scrum?
0:19:41 > 0:19:45If the ball comes free from the edge of the box, and I get a chance
0:19:45 > 0:19:48to shoot in the top right-hand corner and score a glory goal,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50I wouldn't do that, because I've already got a great job.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I'm playing a different game - I'm busy playing cricket when you're
0:19:53 > 0:19:55offering me a job playing football.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57For now then, he says the job he's actually sticking
0:19:57 > 0:19:59to is that of being mayor.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Charlton Athletic are celebrating a special anniversary this week.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05It's 25 years since a fierce community spirit and the hard work
0:20:05 > 0:20:08of fans saw them return to The Valley, the home they'd been
0:20:08 > 0:20:11forced to leave seven years earlier because of financial hardships.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15The club will wear special shirts this weekend but,
0:20:15 > 0:20:17as Chris Slegg reports, not all the fans are in
0:20:17 > 0:20:22the mood for a party.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25It was once the Valley of despair - Charlton, unable to retain
0:20:25 > 0:20:27the freehold, had been forced out and left to ground share
0:20:27 > 0:20:30with Crystal Palace then West Ham.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Fans like Chris Parkes fought tirelessly to return the club home,
0:20:34 > 0:20:36even forming a political party, the Valley Party, to
0:20:36 > 0:20:38pressure the local council.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41It was just an amazing effort.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44There were 60 people involved in the Valley Party,
0:20:44 > 0:20:46from volunteers putting leaflets out for people, putting posters
0:20:47 > 0:20:50all around the local area.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51And I think Greenwich Council realised that we
0:20:51 > 0:21:01can't be messed with.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04And so, after a seven-year exile, on December 5th, 1992,
0:21:04 > 0:21:05Charlton returned to the Valley.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07They beat Portsmouth 1-0 that day.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10To mark the 25 year anniversary, Charlton will wear the same shirts
0:21:10 > 0:21:11on Saturday, as manager Carl Robinson's side take
0:21:11 > 0:21:14on the same opponents, Portsmouth.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17What Charlton fans did 25 years ago was quite remarkable,
0:21:17 > 0:21:19the dedication they showed to their team, the dedication
0:21:19 > 0:21:22they showed to have their club back in their area, and that's how
0:21:22 > 0:21:30football always was.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Not all fans are in the mood for celebrations.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Some are continuing to protest against Belgian
0:21:34 > 0:21:35owner Roland Duchatelet.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37They want him to sell up and move on.
0:21:37 > 0:21:43Do you sense that a sale of the club could be imminent?
0:21:43 > 0:21:44I was told no.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46I think every football club does have its price tag.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48And whatever that is, I don't know.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49I'm not a politician.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Politics has certainly played its part in Charlton's history.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56Saturday will be a special day for many.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00At the game on the 5th of December, 1992, is I was just standing there,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02and I had tears in my eyes.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04I'll have tears in my eyes on Saturday, without a doubt.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Whatever their current problems, Charlton have
0:22:06 > 0:22:07survived far tougher times.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12Chris Slegg, BBC London News.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15It was 70 years ago that Norway gifted the first Christmas tree
0:22:15 > 0:22:18to the people of Britain to be displayed in Trafalgar Square.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22And seven decades on, this year is no different.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Wendy Hurrell is there now, and it's twinkling away
0:22:24 > 0:22:33as the lights were switched on this evening.
0:22:33 > 0:22:39That's right and it's one of the more simply decorated trees across
0:22:39 > 0:22:43London, with its vertical light down the tree in the traditional
0:22:43 > 0:22:49Norwegian style. That's because it is not being flashy and brassy, it's
0:22:49 > 0:22:55a commemorative tree. The first one was given to us in 1947 and drew
0:22:55 > 0:22:58crowds similar to what we are seeing this evening who no doubt brought
0:22:58 > 0:23:04festive cheer after the war. And it was given to us because of our
0:23:04 > 0:23:08support to Norway during the Second World War when the country was
0:23:08 > 0:23:12occupied. The Norwegian government and for a short time the royal
0:23:12 > 0:23:16family took refuge in London and back then this tree standing behind
0:23:16 > 0:23:20me was a sapling in the forest waiting for it turned. So it was
0:23:20 > 0:23:25down to the Lord Mayor of Westminster and the mayor of Oslo to
0:23:25 > 0:23:30help felled tree that was brought by land and sea to here in central
0:23:30 > 0:23:34London. They are very specifically selected, there's a short list of 20
0:23:34 > 0:23:39for their size and shape and boast 20 are given some extra special care
0:23:39 > 0:23:49and
0:23:58 > 0:24:01tree food to keep them green and bushy. This evening, as you say, we
0:24:01 > 0:24:04saw the lights switched on for the festive period. It's looking very
0:24:04 > 0:24:06pretty behind me here in its simple noble way. I think when the lights
0:24:06 > 0:24:09go on in Trafalgar Square, it signals the start of the festive
0:24:09 > 0:24:11season for many Londoners across the capital. It certainly does, and as
0:24:11 > 0:24:15you say, looking noble.
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0:24:44 > 0:24:45to the general public.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Three tables of real people, about five tables of actors saying
0:24:47 > 0:24:52how incredible the place was, and they bought it, you know.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Let's get a check on the weather with Tomasz Schafernaker,
0:24:54 > 0:24:57who's joined us.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59It looks very festive in Trafalgar Square,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01It looks very festive in Trafalgar Square, what about the weather?
0:25:01 > 0:25:06We have some snow on the way, maybe a little bit. Don't get your hopes
0:25:06 > 0:25:12up, but we could get some over the next couple of days. I think
0:25:12 > 0:25:17tomorrow for most of us it's a cold day, maybe a flurry of snow moving
0:25:17 > 0:25:22across London. Other parts of the country as I speak are getting quite
0:25:22 > 0:25:29a bit of snow. Storm Caroline to the north of us and we got a rash of
0:25:29 > 0:25:33cold air behind this cold front. This is what it looks like tonight,
0:25:33 > 0:25:38the blobs of blue are rain showers, water mostly. Just above my head,
0:25:38 > 0:25:45you can see some snow falling across the Midlands, they could get a bit,
0:25:45 > 0:25:505-10 centimetres. It will be chilly tonight with Frost in some areas.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55Look what happens with these sleet and snow and rain showers, they are
0:25:55 > 0:25:59hit and miss so I cannot say exactly which place will get them and which
0:25:59 > 0:26:05not but it looks more likely towards may beacons field, High Wycombe,
0:26:05 > 0:26:09those sorts of areas. Through the course of the weekend, and there
0:26:09 > 0:26:15will be sunshine around so sunshine and occasional snow flurries, a cold
0:26:15 > 0:26:20and sunny weekend on the way to start with so we are mostly talking
0:26:20 > 0:26:27about Saturday here. A bit of blue, that is the Frost on Saturday. Some
0:26:27 > 0:26:32rain or snow flurries affecting Norman London but we are talking
0:26:32 > 0:26:37about a sunny day. In the wind it will feel colder than five, probably
0:26:37 > 0:26:40close to freezing, then it gets interesting because we have a
0:26:40 > 0:26:45weather front moving off the Atlantic. Look at that snow moving
0:26:45 > 0:26:51across the Midlands. It will only take a slight shift towards the
0:26:51 > 0:26:57south, probably north of the M4, for us to get smoke. At this stage it
0:26:57 > 0:27:01looks like it won't snow on Monday but it might
0:27:01 > 0:27:03looks like it won't snow on Monday but it might so I'm hedging my bets.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Thank you.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05Recapping the main headlines:
0:27:05 > 0:27:08BBC research has revealed the number of patients waiting more than four
0:27:08 > 0:27:11hours in A&E has more than doubled in the last four years.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14In the past year alone, some 3 million patients waited
0:27:14 > 0:27:23longer than the four-hour target.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26An investigation into the Croydon tram crash has found the driver
0:27:26 > 0:27:28probably dozed off just before the accident.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31It also found there was a "culture of fear" among staff which meant
0:27:31 > 0:27:32incidents weren't being reported.
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