0:00:00 > 0:00:02That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me
0:00:02 > 0:00:03Tonight on BBC London News:
0:00:03 > 0:00:07The EU's chief Brexit negotiator says there'll be no special trading
0:00:07 > 0:00:13deal for the City of London.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15We'll look at what Michel Barnier's warning means
0:00:15 > 0:00:24for our financial sector.
0:00:24 > 0:00:29A Hertfordshire man is jailed for 20 years for an acid attack in an east
0:00:29 > 0:00:29London nightclub.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Also tonight, the illegal breeding of dogs -
0:00:31 > 0:00:36campaigners warn about buying puppies as Christmas presents.
0:00:36 > 0:00:42This to some level is organised crime. There are more victims of
0:00:42 > 0:00:44this trade than just the puppies.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45And the world's smallest Christmas card -
0:00:45 > 0:00:47200 million times smaller than a postage stamp.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Good evening, I'm Victoria Hollins.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05First tonight, the City of London is said to contribute nearly
0:01:05 > 0:01:09£50 billion a year to the UK's income.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12But there'll be no place for our financial sector
0:01:12 > 0:01:15in any Brexit trade deal - that's according to the EU's chief
0:01:15 > 0:01:17negotiator, Michel Barnier.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19It comes on the day that Theresa May's cabinet met to discuss
0:01:19 > 0:01:22for the first time the UK's preferred future
0:01:22 > 0:01:24relationship with the EU.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27So, what will it mean if the City failed to secure special access
0:01:27 > 0:01:28to the European market?
0:01:28 > 0:01:35Chris Rogers has been finding out.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39London is the world's number one global financial dealer. More than
0:01:39 > 0:01:45half a million people are employed in the financial sector. The long
0:01:45 > 0:01:49held fears that special trading privileges and access to EU
0:01:49 > 0:01:55customers will be taken from London post Brexit, were confirmed again by
0:01:55 > 0:02:00the EU chief negotiator, Michel Barnier. He told the Guardian
0:02:00 > 0:02:05newspaper that the city cannot be an exception to the rule.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18We can be forgiven for not knowing exactly what goes on in the City.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23But it has a massive impact on every single one of us. The British
0:02:23 > 0:02:27economy relies heavily on it. And there is an ecosystem here, there's
0:02:27 > 0:02:32lots of industries feeding off the financial sector. Even within it
0:02:32 > 0:02:38you've got the technology, human resources. And then surrounding the
0:02:38 > 0:02:43financial sector, you've got the copy shop owners, the Taylors, the
0:02:43 > 0:02:48watchmakers, the pharmacists, restaurants, cafes. They all rely on
0:02:48 > 0:02:53the success of the city. So what about the financial firms caught up
0:02:53 > 0:02:57in the middle of the war of words between Michel Barnier and the
0:02:57 > 0:03:02government?This man is pro-Brexit. These sites are posturing right now,
0:03:02 > 0:03:07was included. I know it feels like we've had Brexit forever. We are
0:03:07 > 0:03:10still in the foothills of the negotiating process. We would not
0:03:10 > 0:03:16have an agreed deal until 1919. -- 2019. These things are always
0:03:16 > 0:03:21released in the 11th hour. He can say right now, no. I'm sure the
0:03:21 > 0:03:26answer will be yes in the end.While some firms are holding their nerve,
0:03:26 > 0:03:32others are making contingency plans to quit. But a think tank says the
0:03:32 > 0:03:37EU has no choice.The fact the EU has a big surplus in those financial
0:03:37 > 0:03:41services is because we have lots of customers elsewhere in the EU. Most
0:03:41 > 0:03:47of the EU recognises that hub cannot be replicated elsewhere in the EU.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51So many people in the EU will want to access those services in London
0:03:51 > 0:03:56or the rest of the UK.But there is little sign of seasonal goodwill.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00City UK, which lobbies for financial firms, today called Michel Barnier a
0:04:00 > 0:04:06Scrooge. In its first Brexit Cabinet meeting, the government agreed to
0:04:06 > 0:04:08demand a bespoke deal from the EU.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11A short time ago, I spoke to the BBC's Adam Flemming
0:04:11 > 0:04:18in Brussels, and asked him how significant this announcement is.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23These comments are significant because Michel Barnier is the EU
0:04:23 > 0:04:29chief negotiator, the man entrusted by EU leaders to deliver the final
0:04:29 > 0:04:34Brexit. But they are not surprising. Michel Barnier is following
0:04:34 > 0:04:38instructions given to him by the EU leaders. They happen to you
0:04:38 > 0:04:42throughout the process that the deal the UK gets in the end is contingent
0:04:42 > 0:04:45on how willing the UK is to stick to the UK is distinctive EU rules and
0:04:45 > 0:04:52the EU's way of doing things. Michel Barnier has said in several places
0:04:52 > 0:04:56for several days that the fact the UK is sticking to its red lines of
0:04:56 > 0:05:00no membership of the single market, nonmembership of the Customs Union
0:05:00 > 0:05:04and no jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, means that the
0:05:04 > 0:05:08best the EU is willing to offer is a trade deal along the lines of the
0:05:08 > 0:05:12one that Canada got, which does not include financial services. So
0:05:12 > 0:05:18crucial to the London economy. What is happening here is that the EU is
0:05:18 > 0:05:25waiting for the UK government about how it once that relationship to
0:05:25 > 0:05:30operate. And only then, the next summit in March, will be EU make its
0:05:30 > 0:05:36offer more clear and more detailed. So expect this issue to rumble on
0:05:36 > 0:05:38for a few months yet.Adam Fleming.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Lots more to come, including...
0:05:42 > 0:05:47A year to go before Crossrail services begin. We hear how
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Crossrail to is a step closer. -- Crossrail 2.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Tottenham MP David Lammy has described as "disappointing",
0:05:56 > 0:05:59the Government's decision not to set targets to recruit more judges
0:05:59 > 0:06:03from black and ethnic minority backgrounds.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06He called for a "bold approach" to tackle what he calls "race bias"
0:06:06 > 0:06:07in the legal system.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Marc Ashdown is here with me now.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15Remind us of what David Lammy's review found?
0:06:15 > 0:06:20It was an independent review into how people from black, Asian and
0:06:20 > 0:06:22minority ethnic backgrounds are treated throughout the criminal
0:06:22 > 0:06:28justice system. People from BME communities comprise 14% of the
0:06:28 > 0:06:32population. David Lammy sound they make of 25% of the prison
0:06:32 > 0:06:38population, and 41% of the youth justice system. Of equal concern is
0:06:38 > 0:06:43there is just 11% who were magistrates and 7% of judges come
0:06:43 > 0:06:47from these communities. He describes this as race bias throughout the
0:06:47 > 0:06:52system. He made 35 recommendations in his report on diversity across
0:06:52 > 0:06:58the board. On data. So it is clear and open what is going on in the
0:06:58 > 0:07:03prisons. And in the youth justice system. The government gave its
0:07:03 > 0:07:06response today. The Justice Secretary set out how they would
0:07:06 > 0:07:09look at all the recommendations, even if they can't implement them.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14We asked him if he accepts there is race bias.I don't think there is a
0:07:14 > 0:07:19deliberate bias. I think that talk to people anywhere in the criminal
0:07:19 > 0:07:22justice system, they will pride themselves on their professionalism
0:07:22 > 0:07:26and impartiality. One of the challenges David Lammy makes is to
0:07:26 > 0:07:33tackle, he thinks, what is an unconscious bias. And in Ernie Els
0:07:33 > 0:07:38case, whatever the truth is, the reality that he brings out is that
0:07:38 > 0:07:43very large numbers of people from BME communities, particularly young
0:07:43 > 0:07:45people, lack confidence and trust in the criminal justice system. That is
0:07:45 > 0:07:53a problem.What else did David Lammy say?He said he was positive that
0:07:53 > 0:07:56the government has responded in this way but you can tell he is
0:07:56 > 0:08:00disappointed they did not go further. On the judiciary, he said
0:08:00 > 0:08:04it is 2017 and there is just one woman on the Supreme Court and none
0:08:04 > 0:08:08from ethnic minorities. That is not good, he said. The government will
0:08:08 > 0:08:12look at the critical path into law rather than serving -- setting
0:08:12 > 0:08:17targets. David Lammy disagrees.It is not a pipeline issue. There are
0:08:17 > 0:08:22ethnic minority lawyers applying to the judiciary. They are just not
0:08:22 > 0:08:27getting through the process. And that's why I was keen to a target or
0:08:27 > 0:08:35Mike Day goal, and ambition, that the system could move towards.A new
0:08:35 > 0:08:38race and ethnicity board will drive through these reforms. But David
0:08:38 > 0:08:43Lammy says without clear targets we could be here again in ten years,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46with the youth judicial system still a problem and a judiciary that
0:08:46 > 0:08:48doesn't clearly reflect all the communities in our country.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Thank you.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53A man from Hertfordshire has been imprisoned for an acid attack
0:08:53 > 0:08:56at an East End nightclub.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Arthur Collins has been given a 20-year sentence for the incident
0:08:58 > 0:09:01in Hackney back in April.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Tom Burridge has the details, and joins us
0:09:03 > 0:09:11from Wood Green Crown Court.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Arthur Collins threw acid three times on a crowded dance floor back
0:09:14 > 0:09:20in April, in east London, in a nightclub. Crucial to the
0:09:20 > 0:09:25prosecution case was the CCTV. You can clearly see his arm three times
0:09:25 > 0:09:29throwing acid indiscriminately across the dance floor. He was
0:09:29 > 0:09:37convicted last month on five counts of GBH and nine counts of assault.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41And today the judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison. The judge said
0:09:41 > 0:09:48it was a despicable act. That he had deliberately carried out. And he had
0:09:48 > 0:09:52deliberately carried that strong acid into the club. We also had an
0:09:52 > 0:09:56emotional account from three of his victims. 22 people were affected.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Three young women came to court today and spoke about the impact of
0:09:59 > 0:10:05the acid attack on them of being soaked in acid. The panic. Of the
0:10:05 > 0:10:10scarring which will probably stay with them for life.Thank you.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Since the conviction of Arthur Collins there have been
0:10:12 > 0:10:14growing calls for nightclubs to tighten up their
0:10:14 > 0:10:15security measures.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Some in London have already taken steps to prevent acid
0:10:17 > 0:10:27being brought into their venues, as Ayshea Buksh reports.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31This was the moment Arthur Collins threw acid on fellow clubs. Police
0:10:31 > 0:10:34say he had been trying to attack rival gang members body injured 22
0:10:34 > 0:10:41people. Two were temporarily blinded and others permanently disfigured.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Lauren Trent had been inside the club with friends celebrating her
0:10:44 > 0:10:50birthday.I'm scarred. There are scars that will stay with me for
0:10:50 > 0:10:55life. I'm lucky they are not large. They are not visible to the eye.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Just because you can't see my Skarz doesn't mean it hasn't had a mental
0:10:58 > 0:11:03effect.Although there has been a rise in acid attacks in the UK,
0:11:03 > 0:11:06there are still rare. What happened at the nightclub acted as a wake-up
0:11:06 > 0:11:12call to many bars and clubs in London. One club manager told BBC
0:11:12 > 0:11:15London following police advice they have increased security on the door,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18and staff are being trained around what to do in the event of an acid
0:11:18 > 0:11:25attack.Before we may be looking for a weapon or alcohol being smuggled
0:11:25 > 0:11:29into the club. Now we are taking people with perfume or aftershave.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33We are asking them to spread onto their wrist to make sure it is OK.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Little bottles of alcohol, Angel, that has been a problem. We are
0:11:37 > 0:11:44making sure there are testing on that. Anybody coming with water, we
0:11:44 > 0:11:47take the water out.Were more people are learning about the realities of
0:11:47 > 0:11:51acid being used as a weapon, a charity that works with survivors
0:11:51 > 0:11:56say they are hopeful the law around corrosive substances will be tough
0:11:56 > 0:12:01and up.The Home Secretary made a series of announcements in the last
0:12:01 > 0:12:08three or four months. I'm expecting and hope that legislation around the
0:12:08 > 0:12:16control and sale of acid, and also legislation around young men
0:12:16 > 0:12:19particularly caught with acid.For police, clubs and local authorities
0:12:19 > 0:12:23are working together to make clubbers feel safer. As Arthur
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Collins begins his 20 year sentence behind bars, the survivors of his
0:12:27 > 0:12:33attacks on the impact of that night is still being felt.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36The police and the RSPCA are urging people not to buy puppies
0:12:36 > 0:12:38as Christmas presents, after a rise in the number of dead
0:12:39 > 0:12:40dogs found dumped by roadsides.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43They're believed to be treated as "waste" by illegal breeders
0:12:43 > 0:12:45cashing in on seasonal sales.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Officers say animals are being bred in "appallingly cruel conditions"
0:12:49 > 0:12:51by organised criminal gangs.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Just to warn you, Yvonne Hall's report does
0:12:53 > 0:13:02contain upsetting images.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06They may look adorable and healthy. But these puppies have been bred
0:13:06 > 0:13:11legally for sale in North London and our underfed, riddled with parasites
0:13:11 > 0:13:15and very sick. And this is what happens to the weakest puppies who
0:13:15 > 0:13:20die in appalling conditions on illegal farms. They get dumped. This
0:13:20 > 0:13:24is the latest batch found by a roadside in Amersham.This is going
0:13:24 > 0:13:29on day in, day out. Waste from poppy Trowbridge is being discarded like
0:13:29 > 0:13:36household rubbish. -- puppy traders. In the run-up to Christmas it is
0:13:36 > 0:13:42getting worse.We do see an increase in puppy buying, puppies selling at
0:13:42 > 0:13:47this time of the year. And I think the local find in Amersham has just
0:13:47 > 0:13:53reopened the fact that actually we are seeing a spike.At this illegal
0:13:53 > 0:13:58farm, some are found dead.The Beaches are an awful conditions.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02They are emaciated. They are extremely skinny. They have been
0:14:02 > 0:14:07used time and time again for a litter after litter. The puppies
0:14:07 > 0:14:11themselves are usually kept in very small, dark enclosures, in absolute
0:14:11 > 0:14:17filth.The RSPCA and the police are warning that organised criminal
0:14:17 > 0:14:21gangs are involved, making up to £1000 per puppy. Some force
0:14:21 > 0:14:26vulnerable people to sell them.They have had threats made against them.
0:14:26 > 0:14:33Against their family. They have been intimidated, harassed, bullied.
0:14:33 > 0:14:375-macro the charity is urging prospective buyers to follow its
0:14:37 > 0:14:41puppy contract guidelines to help stamp out the illegal trade.At
0:14:41 > 0:14:45least for one of the sick puppies rescued in North London, there is a
0:14:45 > 0:14:49rare happy ending. This is him now, adopted by the Met police officer
0:14:49 > 0:14:51who helped to save him.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55The much awaited Crossrail is in its final stages,
0:14:55 > 0:14:59and will open to the public in 12 months' time.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Today, we got some indication of how much it'll cost to use.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Meanwhile, there are positive noises about London's next big
0:15:05 > 0:15:07infrastructure project - Crossrail 2.
0:15:07 > 0:15:14Here's our Transport Correspondent, Tom Edwards.
0:15:14 > 0:15:19These huge platforms are at finding crossrail station. In a year, trains
0:15:19 > 0:15:24will be running through here. Today news that in central London fares on
0:15:24 > 0:15:32the Elizabeth line will be the same as the tube.In terms of where it
0:15:32 > 0:15:35covers, it will be the same phrase structure. We recognise this will
0:15:35 > 0:15:40take some business from other lines. But we also know that people perhaps
0:15:40 > 0:15:45you haven't used central line or Jubilee line in the last few years
0:15:45 > 0:15:49will come back to using the underground. That is about
0:15:49 > 0:15:52supporting London's continued growth.The Elizabeth line will
0:15:52 > 0:15:57start in three sections. And already there are plans for the next big
0:15:57 > 0:16:02infrastructure project crossrail two. -- Crossrail 2. The cost is £30
0:16:02 > 0:16:08billion. The government wants TEFL to raise half of that upfront.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Through business rates, councils and developers. City Hall admits the
0:16:11 > 0:16:16funding is a big challenge.We are absolutely confident from the
0:16:16 > 0:16:21figures we have submitted that London can fund half of the capital
0:16:21 > 0:16:27programme that we would need for Crossrail 2 -- Crossrail 2. The
0:16:27 > 0:16:33payback both in terms of what comes to Transport for London and the
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Treasury, and to businesses and Londoners themselves, is fantastic.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41Crossrail 2 will run from south-west London through the capital to
0:16:41 > 0:16:45Hertfordshire. Today the government seemed positive. Do you think it
0:16:45 > 0:16:50will happen?Yes, I believe it well. They are specific challenges across
0:16:50 > 0:16:56the network in London that remain. We have the ability to solve a
0:16:56 > 0:17:02number of them. We need to ensure that name -- Crossrail 2 tackles the
0:17:02 > 0:17:05problem is that most need to be tackled in London.As this huge
0:17:05 > 0:17:10project enters its final stages to match London's growth in the capital
0:17:10 > 0:17:13is already looking at new infrastructure. A challenge, as it
0:17:13 > 0:17:17was initially on crossrail, is funding.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Still to come:
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Will it be Arsenal or will it be West Ham?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24The two sides meet tonight in a London Derby as they battle it
0:17:24 > 0:17:28out for a place in the semi-finals of the League Cup.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32We had just the right amount of cloud to give us a very fiery
0:17:32 > 0:17:35looking sunset tonight, but how's the rest of the week looking?
0:17:35 > 0:17:44The full forecast later in the programme.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Next to a tradition that's been going on since the 17th Century,
0:17:51 > 0:18:01Royal guards parading outside Royal palaces and Whitehall.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04On Christmas day there'll be no change with members of the armed
0:18:04 > 0:18:05forces serving their duty.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Tolu Adeoye has gone behind the scenes
0:18:07 > 0:18:08with the Household Cavalry.
0:18:08 > 0:18:14They're the public face of the British Army and the mounted
0:18:14 > 0:18:15The Household Cavalry is the army's oldest
0:18:16 > 0:18:17and most senior regiment.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Currently, we've got 15 horses down here and this is where the soldiers
0:18:21 > 0:18:23spend 365 days a year working, between the Life Guards
0:18:23 > 0:18:25and the Blues and Royals.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26You see the massive saddles up there?
0:18:26 > 0:18:33Yes.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36So the saddles date back to 1903, still the same saddles we use now.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38We've got the bridle, the girth, the stirrups
0:18:38 > 0:18:40and the reins and a double bit.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42The soldiers have got to have a double bit
0:18:42 > 0:18:45in there so they've got a lot of control with the horse.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46So who are these horses?
0:18:46 > 0:18:49So the four horses we've got in here are the boxman's horses.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51These are the horses everyone will see.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Out on parade?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Out on parade, looking smart, looking clean.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Very good temperament.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01So how will Christmas Day, as with every day, pan
0:19:01 > 0:19:02out for the troopers?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05So the soldiers come down here at 11.00am in the morning,
0:19:05 > 0:19:11they're down here for 24-hours.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14The horses that go into the boxes at the front, they do an hour on,
0:19:14 > 0:19:16hour off until 4.00pm in the evening.
0:19:16 > 0:19:24The soldiers that aren't in the boxes, they're called,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27what we call foot reliefs and they'll be out on their feet
0:19:27 > 0:19:28for two hour stags until 8.00pm.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I start off with putting my riding breeches on.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Which go obviously on my legs.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Then I put my Blues tunic on, which is the jacket I've
0:19:35 > 0:19:36got underneath here.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37I then put my cloak on.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39I then put my jackboots on.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42And my sword and scabbard, then I do up my cloak,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44put my cotton whites on, helmet on, ready to go.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Household Cavalry soldiers are trained for battle
0:19:46 > 0:19:47as well as their ceremonial duties.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Many of those present today will be working on Christmas Day.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52You're working Christmas Day, so it's not amazing, you know,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55but I think being with the lads, everyone just sort of
0:19:55 > 0:19:56brings the spirits up.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59It's a bit more chilled out than maybe if the whole regiment's
0:19:59 > 0:20:01here because there's less people to keep an eye on us,
0:20:01 > 0:20:03but we all have to work quite hard.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06There's more of a workload because we've got the same amount of horses.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09I chose to work Christmas so I could have new year's off.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Tactical?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Tactical, yeah.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14And what do you love most about being part of this regiment.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15Well, this regiment's unique.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17We kind of uphold the traditions of Britain.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19We're considered an icon, so I guess it's just
0:20:19 > 0:20:21nice to be part of it.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Tolu Adeoye, BBC London News.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Football now, and there's a London derby in the League Cup
0:20:25 > 0:20:26quarter-finals tonight.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28It's been nearly 40 years since West Ham won a major trophy.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31To keep alive their hopes of ending that wait,
0:20:31 > 0:20:33they'll have to cause a shock against Arsenal, who are more
0:20:33 > 0:20:34accustomed to lifting silverware.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Chris Slegg is outside Emirates Stadium.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39The FA Cup in 1980 was the last notable prize that West Ham won.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44Arsenal are most accustomed to silverware, the League Cup, is the
0:20:44 > 0:20:48only domestic trophy that Arsene Wenger has failed to win during his
0:20:48 > 0:20:5121 years as Arsenal boss. That's because he doesn't really see it as
0:20:51 > 0:20:56a priority. He often uses this competition as a chance to rest op
0:20:56 > 0:20:59of his first team players to give the younger players an opportunity
0:20:59 > 0:21:04and to rotate his squad. Theo Walcott, for example, starts tonight
0:21:04 > 0:21:09having missed four games with a groin injury. West Ham could take
0:21:09 > 0:21:13advantage of that. They are much improved since David moist arrived
0:21:13 > 0:21:16as their manager last month. They have moved away from the Premier
0:21:16 > 0:21:22League relegation zone. They beat Chelsea 10 days ago. They drew with
0:21:22 > 0:21:28Arsenal in the league last week and beat Stoke 3-0 on Saturday. They
0:21:28 > 0:21:31arrive here tonight high in confidence.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34We'll go there and try and put in a good performance.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Our performances have gradually been getting better.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Undoubtedly, our priority's to make sure that we get
0:21:38 > 0:21:40away from the bottom end of the Premier League,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43but there would be nothing that would give me more pleasure
0:21:43 > 0:21:44than getting to a Cup final.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47So every game I go into, I want to win.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49I'll try to go into the League Cup game, quarter-final game,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52and win it as well.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56The issue of players diving to win penalties has been in the news ahead
0:21:56 > 0:22:01of this match, hasn't it?Yes. The FA decided to get tough on diving
0:22:01 > 0:22:05this season. They introe deuced a new three man panel who can look at
0:22:05 > 0:22:08incidents when it's believed a player might have dived. That is
0:22:08 > 0:22:14what happened at the weekend. Lanzini won a penalty against a
0:22:14 > 0:22:18Stoke. They asked their pan tow look at it. They agreed he sdchl he was
0:22:18 > 0:22:21charged with diving. He appealed against that today. The appeal has
0:22:21 > 0:22:27been thrown out. He will serve a two-game ban, starting tonight. He
0:22:27 > 0:22:31miss this is match. Only the second Premier League to be found guilty of
0:22:31 > 0:22:39diving in this manner. Victoria. Chris, at the emirates, thank you.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41When you think of Christmas cards, this sort of thing
0:22:41 > 0:22:42probably comes to mind.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Sending cards was a tradition begun by the Victorians.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47But times have changed and so have Christmas cards.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51The world's smallest has now been created.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53But, as Caroline Davies reports, you'll need a very powerful
0:22:53 > 0:22:59microscope just to see it.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02A focused iron beam microscope is not normally associated
0:23:02 > 0:23:06with Christmas, but the festive spirit pops up in the most unusual
0:23:06 > 0:23:13places, including in this London lab, home to what they claim
0:23:13 > 0:23:15is the world's smallest Christmas card - and they're
0:23:15 > 0:23:16rather proud of it.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21The smallest we could find before this was about 15,
0:23:21 > 0:23:2420 times bigger and it wasn't three-dimensional.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Too tiny to see with the human eye, you need a microscope to have any
0:23:28 > 0:23:29chance of reading it.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Each page of the card is 15 micrometers wide
0:23:32 > 0:23:37and 20 micrometers tall.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Given that a micrometer is a millionth of a meter,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42that's pretty small, but how small?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44What are the dimensions that we're talking about?
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Well, as an example, this is the edge of the sample
0:23:47 > 0:23:55from which we made the Christmas card and I've drawn
0:23:55 > 0:23:57a circle on the screen a millimetre in diameter.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59So the same size as the smallest division on an ordinary
0:23:59 > 0:24:0830 centimetre ruler.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11If we zoom in, increase the magify caution on the microscope you see
0:24:11 > 0:24:14nothing to start with, but then we are now zoomed
0:24:14 > 0:24:17in so that circle is now the same size as the Christmas card
0:24:17 > 0:24:19and there's some writing done in exactly the same way
0:24:19 > 0:24:21as I did the Christmas card.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23As well as the world's smallest Christmas card we've got
0:24:23 > 0:24:24the world's smallest BBC sign.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25You have, yes.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Of coursing this machine isn't intended for carving out snow men,
0:24:28 > 0:24:31usually its iron beam cut out tiny rulers used to help research
0:24:31 > 0:24:33materials for electronics, and in future scientists could cut
0:24:33 > 0:24:34a card even smaller.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37People here in the laboratory are working on thin sheets that
0:24:37 > 0:24:38are only an atomic layer thick.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42So I'm not sure that we could fold those yet, but we'll work on it.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44There are down sides to cards this size.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Unfortunately, nobody's going to be getting this Christmas card
0:24:46 > 0:24:47in the post this year?
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I nudged the card and it pinged off the end of the needle
0:24:50 > 0:24:51and I can't find it.
0:24:51 > 0:24:52It's too small.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Not quite lost in the post then?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56No, lost in the microscope.
0:24:56 > 0:25:06Which is an altogether better excuse than forgetting the stamp.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10Caroline Davies, BBC London News.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13You could pretend you sent one.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Now, let's check on the weather with Elizabeth Rizzini.
0:25:15 > 0:25:15Now, let's check on the weather with Elizabeth Rizzini.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20There was fog this morning. I live in in the south, no fog there. Lots
0:25:20 > 0:25:24of sunshine. That sunshine broke through readily for most places. We
0:25:24 > 0:25:27started to get milder air tracked through as well. We started off
0:25:27 > 0:25:33today with a hard frost. Tl was a beautiful, fiery sunset. Best
0:25:33 > 0:25:37towards the south, actually. The right amount of sunshine and cloud
0:25:37 > 0:25:42to give all off these colours, quite widely across the capital. This is
0:25:42 > 0:25:46my favourite weather watcher picture from yesterday. I'm cheating here,
0:25:46 > 0:25:50last night. It's very nice. If you are viewing the Christmas lights
0:25:50 > 0:25:52around Trafalgar Square for the rest of the week then it's good
0:25:52 > 0:25:57conditions to do so. It will be mild, so you won't have to wrap up
0:25:57 > 0:26:03terribly warmly. Mostly dry for the rest of the week, drizzle and
0:26:03 > 0:26:07outbreaks at times, mostly Wednesday night into Thursday morning. There
0:26:07 > 0:26:13will be cloud around as well. Milder air overnight. South eastern areas
0:26:13 > 0:26:17may have enough time for fog to form. It won't be a massive problem.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20There will be a lot of cloud coming through. Hill fog over the higher
0:26:20 > 0:26:23ground into tomorrow morning. We will see lows of four or five
0:26:23 > 0:26:27degrees. Temperatures will go up into tomorrow morning, a mild start
0:26:27 > 0:26:31to the day on around six or seven degrees. This is tomorrow. Really
0:26:31 > 0:26:35the colours are not going to change on this map very much because it
0:26:35 > 0:26:41will be the same all day. Grotty conditions. A lot of low cloud
0:26:41 > 0:26:45around, drizzle at times. Otherwise dry with a light wind. Temperatures
0:26:45 > 0:26:49up to 10 or 11 degrees Celsius. That's above the average for this
0:26:49 > 0:26:53time of year. Wednesday night we have got this cold front just kind
0:26:53 > 0:26:56of sinking its way southwards. It could give us rain perhaps as we
0:26:56 > 0:27:00head into the fist part of Thursday morning. That's true, but other than
0:27:00 > 0:27:03that it's looking very similar for much of the rest of the week. Look
0:27:03 > 0:27:08at the temperatures. Christmas Eve the winds could pick up. We may get
0:27:08 > 0:27:11breaks in the cloud, still mild. We will not see a white Christmas, I
0:27:11 > 0:27:17don't think, it could turn stormy next week. A little bit sad. Thank
0:27:17 > 0:27:26you very much indeed.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Now, the main headlines:
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Social media companies have been accused of providing
0:27:31 > 0:27:32a platform for extremism.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Senior executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google have
0:27:34 > 0:27:35all appeared before MPs.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38They were told they're not doing enough to tackle hate crime online.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39That's it.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42I'll be back later during the Ten O'Clock News, but for now,
0:27:42 > 0:27:44from everyone on the team, have a lovely evening.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Goodbye.