0:00:00 > 0:00:02Train operators insist it's necessary to address "decades
0:00:02 > 0:00:08Coming up tonight on BBC London. necessary to address "decades
0:00:08 > 0:00:18The illegal sale of steroids - we go undercover to expose the dealers.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23These are the £200 worth of pills he said would make me big and powerful.
0:00:23 > 0:00:28This is the handwritten note I took, eight handwritten prescription with
0:00:28 > 0:00:34instructions on how to use the steroids.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36We'll hear how children as young as 14 are using
0:00:36 > 0:00:37the potentially dangerous drugs.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38Also tonight.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40A serial killer admits murdering his third victim -
0:00:40 > 0:00:42who he attacked using a claw hammer.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Under threat from developers, the row over this green
0:00:44 > 0:00:45belt land in Surrey.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48And how "puppy love" is proving to be a successful therapy
0:00:48 > 0:00:58for children suffering from stress.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Good evening.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04I'm Asad Ahmad.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08We start with a special report into the illegal sale of steroids.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Teenagers as young as 14 are taking the drugs -
0:01:11 > 0:01:15in what charity workers say could be "a hidden epidemic".
0:01:15 > 0:01:20A BBC undercover investigation has found steroid dealers in London,
0:01:20 > 0:01:22selling "muscle building" substances without any warning
0:01:22 > 0:01:25of their dangerous side effects.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30Colin Campbell has this exclusive report.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31Hey, Derek.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33He's an amateur body-builder who illegally sells steroids
0:01:33 > 0:01:38from his living room in Greenford, West London.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Using his partner to translate, he says they'll transform my body.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44These are the £200 worth of pills that he said
0:01:44 > 0:01:52would make me big and powerful.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00This is the handwritten note I took, a dictated prescription if you like,
0:02:00 > 0:02:05detailing instructions on how to use the steroids.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09We showed our footage to this drugs expert.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11There are many risks with taking the drugs,
0:02:11 > 0:02:17but a simple way of putting it, kidney, liver, heart.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20You can have liver problems, liver cysts, problems
0:02:20 > 0:02:22with your kidneys and can lead to heart attacks and strokes.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24So you're playing with your life.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26What age are the children that you're speaking
0:02:26 > 0:02:27to who have taken steroids?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29As young as 14.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32This drugs counsellor fears the true picture of steroid abuse is much
0:02:32 > 0:02:33worse than realised.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36We could be looking at a hidden epidemic, to be honest.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38It's really, really hard to gauge how big this is.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Everything anecdotally that we are getting
0:02:40 > 0:02:42is that it could be huge.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Whilst it's legal to take steroids, it's against the law
0:02:45 > 0:02:47to sell and import them.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49But we found scores of websites offering them online
0:02:49 > 0:02:52and sending them by post.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56The border force is battling to stop them entering the UK.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57These drugs aren't benign.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59They aren't a soft option.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01They can cause real, profound, long lasting
0:03:01 > 0:03:05harm to people's health.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Selling them can be lucrative, but it's a trade dealers
0:03:07 > 0:03:11don't want exposed.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13You are a steroid dealer, aren't you?
0:03:13 > 0:03:14No.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17How many people are you supplying steroids to?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19No.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Speaking through an interpreter, he claims he had only ever
0:03:21 > 0:03:24supplied me and no one else.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26How many other people have you supplied steroids too,
0:03:26 > 0:03:27because you advertise widely.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29The truth is, they are gambling with people's health,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31cashing in on Britain's body image obsession.
0:03:31 > 0:03:39Colin Campbell, BBC London News.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41So that's our top story this evening, but there's plenty more
0:03:41 > 0:03:45to come before 7pm, including.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47The disturbing "hum" being heard around London,
0:03:47 > 0:03:56but nobody seems to know where it's coming from.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58A serial killer from north London has admitted murdering a third
0:03:59 > 0:04:02victim in Islington.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Theodore Johnson attacked his former partner Angela Best with a claw
0:04:05 > 0:04:09hammer, after she'd started a relationship with someone else.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Frankie MaCamley is at the Old Bailey with more details.
0:04:12 > 0:04:22Frankie.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Proceedings have a surprisingly short. We expected the trial to last
0:04:26 > 0:04:30a number of weeks but within minutes of the jury sitting down, Theodore
0:04:30 > 0:04:36Johnson changed his prayer. -- changed his plea. He originally
0:04:36 > 0:04:41admitted manslaughter with diminished responsibility, the
0:04:41 > 0:04:45manslaughter of Angela Best. Today he changed that and admitted to
0:04:45 > 0:04:48murdering her by hitting her repeatedly with a hammer before
0:04:48 > 0:04:53strangling her. It also emerged today the 64-year-old had a number
0:04:53 > 0:04:58of previous convictions for killing two other women.Tell us more about
0:04:58 > 0:05:06those convictions, Frankie.They all span over three decades and they all
0:05:06 > 0:05:12involve former partners. Back in November 1981, he was convicted of
0:05:12 > 0:05:16the manslaughter of his wife Yvonne Johnson, pushing her over the
0:05:16 > 0:05:21balcony of their ninth floor flat. In March 1993 he was convicted at
0:05:21 > 0:05:26the Old Bailey of killing his former partner Yvonne Bennett by diminished
0:05:26 > 0:05:30responsibility. He strangled her after she had an affair. He spent
0:05:30 > 0:05:35time in a secure hospital. 23 years later Johnson killed his most recent
0:05:35 > 0:05:39partner Angela Best after their relationship broke down. It was then
0:05:39 > 0:05:45he tried to kill himself by throwing himself in front of a train. He
0:05:45 > 0:05:48survived that with horrendous injuries but it was when police went
0:05:48 > 0:05:52round to his house but they found the body of Angela Best. His
0:05:52 > 0:05:57sentencing will take place on Friday.Thank you for the update.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00A patch of land in Surrey may be stripped of its status
0:06:00 > 0:06:03as being part of the green belt - as the Local Authority
0:06:03 > 0:06:04looks to build upon it.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08As you can imagine, it's sparked anger among some locals who feel
0:06:08 > 0:06:10green belt land should be forever protected.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Well, the row has even been brought to the personal attention
0:06:12 > 0:06:13of the Prime Minister.
0:06:13 > 0:06:21Here's Katharine Carpenter.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Guildford, historic, growing, and at the centre of a row
0:06:23 > 0:06:25over the green belt, after the council submitted
0:06:25 > 0:06:28plans to the government to develop some of it.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31To house its growing population, the council estimates it needs
0:06:31 > 0:06:36to build around 12,500 new homes over the next 16 years.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Its preference is to do that on previously
0:06:38 > 0:06:41developed brown field sites.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44But 89% of this borough is green belt land, so perhaps inevitably
0:06:44 > 0:06:51that too is now being eyed up for development.
0:06:51 > 0:06:532000 houses are proposed for this area, which will go down
0:06:53 > 0:06:57to the railway down there.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Gosden Hill Farm is one of the sites the council wants to strip of green
0:07:00 > 0:07:01belt status to allow building.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05But opposition is strong.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09It's driven by the incentive to provide land for development.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13There is no interest in maximising the number
0:07:13 > 0:07:14of affordable homes, there's no interest
0:07:14 > 0:07:17in urban regeneration.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19It doesn't need to be an extension of suburbia, but obviously
0:07:20 > 0:07:24that's very profitable.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29If you accept that some new homes are needed,
0:07:29 > 0:07:32with so much of Guildford on green belt, what's the alternative?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Guildford is not an island, and essentially we have
0:07:34 > 0:07:36to actually recognise that as a country our
0:07:36 > 0:07:41environment matters.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44But the council claims only 1.5% of its green
0:07:44 > 0:07:46belt has been earmarked, and the development
0:07:46 > 0:07:49is vital to protecting jobs and safeguarding the character
0:07:49 > 0:07:52of existing communities.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54We have to balance the need of housing.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00There are many young people who can't get
0:08:00 > 0:08:02onto the housing ladder at all.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05We have put 40% as our affordability in the local plan in terms
0:08:05 > 0:08:12of percentage that needs to be built that are affordable.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15So for people to be able to live and manage to live in Guildford,
0:08:15 > 0:08:19we do need to have more development.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Challenged on the issue by a Guildford MP last
0:08:21 > 0:08:23month, Theresa May made the government's position clear.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25A local authority may only alter a green belt boundary
0:08:25 > 0:08:29in exceptional circumstances.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32In our housing white paper, we were very clear that this means
0:08:32 > 0:08:36when they've examined fully all other reasonable options.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Personally I think all green belt should be protected wherever
0:08:39 > 0:08:42they are, because they contain and give people places to go to get
0:08:42 > 0:08:45out of towns and cities.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48We obviously need houses, but we need affordable housing.
0:08:48 > 0:08:54We don't want houses that are too expensive.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59An independent planning inspector will examine Guildford's case,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01watched closely by other councils in Surrey preparing to submit
0:09:01 > 0:09:04similar plans to deal with housing challenges of their own.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Katharine Carpenter, BBC London News.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10A group of campaigners in east London say the way London
0:09:10 > 0:09:14tackles knife crime needs to be seriously re-thought.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18It comes after a spate of attacks which saw four people,
0:09:18 > 0:09:22including two teenagers, killed on New Year evening.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25It brought the total number of those stabbed
0:09:25 > 0:09:27to death in London last year to 80.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Here's Ayshea Buksh.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33This is where the first knife crime victim of the New Year was killed,
0:09:33 > 0:09:41on an estate in Islington, not far from the Old Street roundabout.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44The Met Police say they were called here in the early hours
0:09:44 > 0:09:47of New Year's Day after a fight broke out at a house party.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50A 20-year-old was found stabbed to death, and another man,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54also in his 20s, is in a critical condition in hospital.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59It was one of four separate knife attacks in 24 hours, just a few
0:09:59 > 0:10:01miles away in Hackney is the Crib Youth Project.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05There, I met with some young people to talk about
0:10:05 > 0:10:10knife crime, only these girls agreed to be on camera.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12I asked them if police stop and search should be increased.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15I think that it's good that we have stop and search.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18But the fact, like, people say we should
0:10:18 > 0:10:21add more and do more, I don't think that's good.
0:10:21 > 0:10:30I think we should have it, but level it out, not too much,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33because it be irritating and young people will get angry.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34And what role if any gang culture plays
0:10:34 > 0:10:36in young people carrying a knife.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Postcode plays a role in knife crime, basically.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40And you know, it don't really affect me like that,
0:10:40 > 0:10:43but sometimes it will, because I never know who it will be.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45You can't just blame it on gangs, because it
0:10:45 > 0:10:46is just anybody.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49It could be my brother or something, he could carry
0:10:49 > 0:10:55a knife, but he is only a little boy.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58But because he is saying this or hearing about all of this
0:10:58 > 0:11:00in the news and stuff, he can pick up a knife
0:11:00 > 0:11:02because he is scared of something.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04It is not necessarily because he's in a game.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05They think that they need protection, because
0:11:05 > 0:11:07even though there are people...
0:11:07 > 0:11:09There isn't people that needs knives, they feel like it protects
0:11:09 > 0:11:13them to have a knife.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Youth worker Kelly Reid runs workshops at the
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Crib for parents worried about their children
0:11:17 > 0:11:20getting into trouble.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22You can't remove the family from the young person,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25because the family is a part of that young person's growth,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28and if we're not helping the families, the parents and
0:11:28 > 0:11:31the carers, and the grandparents, then are we actually
0:11:31 > 0:11:34focusing on the problem or are we looking at it
0:11:34 > 0:11:36as an individual thing where it is just the young people
0:11:36 > 0:11:42that have gone wild.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45June's 18-year-old grandson Marcel was stabbed to death by a gang
0:11:45 > 0:11:46two years ago.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Parents need to check their children when they go out, it
0:11:49 > 0:11:51doesn't matter how old they are, check them where they're going, who
0:11:51 > 0:11:53their friends are, search their bags, such
0:11:53 > 0:11:56the kitchen and check there are no knives missing.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Check where they are, don't let them out the door.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02As for the stabbing in Islington, a 19-year-old man has
0:12:02 > 0:12:04been arrested in Hackney on suspicion of murder.
0:12:04 > 0:12:11Ayshea Buksh, BBC London News.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14As regular as clockwork, at this time of year,
0:12:14 > 0:12:17we can expect the price of train tickets to go up.
0:12:17 > 0:12:212018 is no exception, although London Mayor,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Sadeeq Khan has stuck to his promise to freeze bus and tube fares.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29But far from keeping everyone happy, there's criticism that
0:12:29 > 0:12:32by not increasing fares, badly needed investment,
0:12:32 > 0:12:33just won't happen.
0:12:33 > 0:12:39Here's our transport correspondent, Tom Edwards.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42The first day back for many, and a fare rise for some
0:12:42 > 0:12:43commuters but not others.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45In Hertfordshire, for rail commuters season-ticket fares
0:12:45 > 0:12:49have gone up by 3.4%.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Those using the train here seem to be used to the financial pain.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56I'm not too bothered, to be honest.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59I'll still pay it anyway because you have to.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02We feel the pain now, but obviously, there are improvements being made.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04But we've been feeling the pain fears and I haven't
0:13:05 > 0:13:06seen any improvements.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09At London Bridge, Network Rail has been showing off what the extra
0:13:09 > 0:13:12money is paying for.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16On the buses, and other TfL services though, fares are frozen,
0:13:16 > 0:13:24paid for with job cuts at TfL and efficiencies, and
0:13:24 > 0:13:26the scrapping of extra trains on the Northern and Jubilee
0:13:27 > 0:13:28that was meant to increase capacity.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30The cost is very high.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33We've seen that the Mayor has now cut the investment in the Northern
0:13:33 > 0:13:35line and the Jubilee line.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39There will be 27 fewer trains. Many people travel to Canada Water.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44I was talking to someone over Christmas who said you can
0:13:44 > 0:13:47hardly get on the train, you have to wait for two or three.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48That will continue.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Here, we are in London Bridge, the Northern line and
0:13:51 > 0:13:52Jubilee line meet here.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Try and get on the train in the evening, you have to queue
0:13:55 > 0:13:58just get on the platform let alone actually get on a train.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59It's a disgrace.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02The Mayor had promised no Londoners would pay more in fares by 2020.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06But travelcards and the fare cap are going up, and he still wants to take
0:14:06 > 0:14:11over suburban rail franchises.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14We call on the government to match the levels of efficiency
0:14:14 > 0:14:18that we're providing in Transport for London, and actually freeze
0:14:18 > 0:14:21the fares on National Rail and do everything they can to provide
0:14:21 > 0:14:24the kind of premium service that people are paying for right now.
0:14:24 > 0:14:29And actually, not all passengers are the same.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33In stations around Redhill, rail fares are also being frozen.
0:14:33 > 0:14:43It's only fair, we've had to suffer for a long time.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48So no fare rise is good, in fact, it should come down.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50I think the rail network's a shambles.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53I pay too much for a train that never gets in on time.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Fares and who pays for transport as a political decision.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56All have challenges and consequences.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Tom Edwards, BBC London News.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02A New Year for many of us means a new start.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05And as the cost of living in London continues to rise -
0:15:05 > 0:15:08you may think that a move away from the capital would make sense.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09If so, you're not alone.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11According to recent figures, the number of Londoners
0:15:11 > 0:15:14leaving the capital for other parts of the UK has
0:15:14 > 0:15:15hit a ten-year high.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19Nearly 300,000 people left London in 2016.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23That's a 14% rise from a decade ago.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26So, this week we're looking at why so many of us
0:15:26 > 0:15:27are deciding to relocate.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30In the first of our series, Caroline Davies speaks to a young
0:15:30 > 0:15:37family planning to move away.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Born and bred in London, and an ex-Met Police officer.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42You might have thought that Gemma has London
0:15:42 > 0:15:44in her bones, but now she wants out of the capital.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47I've had enough of the traffic, the cars, the busyness
0:15:47 > 0:15:50of the area, and then not being able to have the childhood that I had.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53The amount of people coming here into this area for the schools,
0:15:53 > 0:15:54it's an outstanding area for schools,
0:15:54 > 0:15:58but there's only so many places.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01She plans to move her and her family to the New Forest.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04I remember me and my husband standing there on the beach,
0:16:04 > 0:16:08the kids were playing, running in and out of the sea and we were
0:16:08 > 0:16:10looking across to the Needles, the Isle of Wight.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14I remember looking at him and saying, I could live here.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17And that was literally yet, and ever since I can't stop
0:16:17 > 0:16:19thinking about it!
0:16:19 > 0:16:21She's not the only one with eyes wandering beyond London.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23This is the M25.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Traditionally considered the boundary line of London,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29if not entirely accurate.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Now according to the ONS, more people are leaving this
0:16:32 > 0:16:35behind in London and going to the rest of the UK than vice versa.
0:16:35 > 0:16:45One of the biggest demographic groups making the move
0:16:46 > 0:16:49is people in their 30s and 40s, often with young children.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Belinda runs a service advising people who want to make the
0:16:52 > 0:17:01move, but why did they leave?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05For a lot of people its schools. For others, it is financial.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Property prices in London are putting people off staying.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09There are some fantastic areas outside of London that offer
0:17:09 > 0:17:11amazing opportunities.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13And not just from a property buying point of view,
0:17:13 > 0:17:16but to move and to be part of the community and to create
0:17:16 > 0:17:19a whole life which I think is what people are generally
0:17:19 > 0:17:20looking to do.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22What's the biggest misconception people have that are planning
0:17:22 > 0:17:23to move out of London?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25I think that it will solve all ills.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28You know, I joke with people, it doesn't mend broken marriages
0:17:28 > 0:17:29and doesn't make children automatically behave better.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31You're still parents or you're still struggling with work.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34I think people need to really think about what their lives
0:17:34 > 0:17:36look like now, and keep in touch with that.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39If you really like going to a cafe then don't assume because you've
0:17:39 > 0:17:42moved out of London that you want to drop that, you probably
0:17:42 > 0:17:44will still want to do that.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Gemma can't wait to try somewhere new.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48I suppose you can't forget where you've been brought up, but I'm
0:17:48 > 0:17:51ready for the next chapter of my life now, I think.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54As the New Year starts, other Londoners will have similar ideas.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Caroline Davies, BBC London News.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57You're watching the first full length BBC London News of 2018.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Thanks for being with us.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00This is what's still to come tonight.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04West Ham face fellow strugglers West Brom in a crucial match tonight, but
0:18:04 > 0:18:09we'll be looking at why, if they do go down it might not just be the
0:18:09 > 0:18:13club left counting the cost of relegation.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17And if you're headed back to work or school tomorrow, it could be a very
0:18:17 > 0:18:24windy commute. I will have full details later.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Hundreds of Londoners have reported hearing a disturbing "hum".
0:18:28 > 0:18:32No-one seems to know what's causing it, but for those hearing
0:18:32 > 0:18:34it, it brings misery.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Public Health England says it's "aware" of the "humming" claims,
0:18:38 > 0:18:40but they add there's little evidence to support it.
0:18:40 > 0:18:47Gareth Furby has been finding out more.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Lydia loves being a mother.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51But she says her life is being ruined by low-frequency noise.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56I started hearing it in my flat in Teddington,
0:18:56 > 0:18:58and it was sounding like, the lowest string of the bass
0:18:58 > 0:18:59guitar, it was like a...
0:18:59 > 0:19:01SHE HUMS
0:19:01 > 0:19:06She called in the local environmental health,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08and says they plotted the noises she recorded on a chart
0:19:09 > 0:19:18showing low frequencies.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Donna says the noise in her flat is driving her to despair.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24She lives near Luton and says she first heard it about a year ago.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27If I spend too much time here, I could literally top myself, it...
0:19:27 > 0:19:29It drills into your brain that much.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Donna believes something may have happened to cabling near her home,
0:19:33 > 0:19:40or it could be she's hearing noise from a nearby substation.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Lydia believes it's linked to mobile phone masts.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45But another theory now being considered by some researchers
0:19:45 > 0:19:48is that some people may develop unusual sensitivity to some types
0:19:48 > 0:19:51of low-frequency noise.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Lydia says environmental health told her the frequencies recorded
0:19:53 > 0:19:58in her home were not normally heard.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00And Richmond Council says its officers didn't witness
0:20:00 > 0:20:02any noises, so could do nothing.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05They cannot find the source of the hum, so they couldn't
0:20:05 > 0:20:07help me any further.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10But Lydia and others are now making use of a data gathering
0:20:10 > 0:20:17project on the internet, called the World Hum Map,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20and in the London area, there have been hundreds of reports.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23The actual number of people who, under the right conditions,
0:20:23 > 0:20:27might be able to detect it could be much higher, simply
0:20:27 > 0:20:29because of the mass of level of noise and vibration that
0:20:29 > 0:20:30London itself produces.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Public Health England says its noise specialists are aware of claims
0:20:34 > 0:20:38about low-frequency noise and health effects, but the evidence concerning
0:20:38 > 0:20:44their impact is very limited. Gareth Furby, BBC London News.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46The London Stadium - the setting for tonight's
0:20:46 > 0:20:48crucial relegation battle between West Ham United and fellow
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Premier League strugglers, West Bromwich Albion.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53But the controversy over the deal that took West Ham
0:20:53 > 0:20:55to the former Olympic venue - means there's more to tonight's game
0:20:56 > 0:20:58than just three points.
0:20:58 > 0:21:06Chris Slegg is there and can tell us why.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11There's plenty at stake for the teams tonight, and as taxpayers,
0:21:11 > 0:21:16everyone has a stake in West Ham's future. The deal which brought the
0:21:16 > 0:21:20club to the stadium has been widely and highly criticised for a long
0:21:20 > 0:21:27time now. West Ham pay just £2.5 million a year in rent. As a Premier
0:21:27 > 0:21:31League club, they make at least £100 million a year. Now, if worse canes
0:21:31 > 0:21:35to worse, and they were to get relegated, their rent would be
0:21:35 > 0:21:40halved. They would only pay £1.25 million a year for every year they
0:21:40 > 0:21:44are outside the top division. Some have questioned if that is really
0:21:44 > 0:21:47right, given the Premier League compensates well a gated clubs
0:21:47 > 0:21:52anyway, it would award a parachute payment of more than £40 million to
0:21:52 > 0:21:58West Ham next season to soften the financial blow of relegation. Now,
0:21:58 > 0:22:01there is an argument that outside the Premier League, the crowds
0:22:01 > 0:22:05would-be lover, the running costs would therefore be lower, and West
0:22:05 > 0:22:10Hyam would be entitled to a rental reduction. -- West Ham full of any
0:22:10 > 0:22:15shortfall in the bread would be another burden on the taxpayer. The
0:22:15 > 0:22:17taxpayers Alliance have been highly critical of many aspects of the
0:22:17 > 0:22:22deal. It's not necessarily West Ham's
0:22:22 > 0:22:25four, they have managed to get a good deal here. The blame should lie
0:22:25 > 0:22:29with the public sector bodies that have negotiated this deal in the
0:22:29 > 0:22:33first place. It's why the public sector shouldn't be involved in
0:22:33 > 0:22:36these sorts of sports facilities in big stadium projects like this,
0:22:36 > 0:22:40because they are bad at argument and bad at these contracts. It will feel
0:22:40 > 0:22:46like a bit of a kick to taxpayers funding these things.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Hugely important match for West Ham on the pitch tonight. If they were
0:22:49 > 0:22:53to lose to West Brom, and other results go against them, they could
0:22:53 > 0:22:57be bottom of the table by the end of tonight's matches. If they win, they
0:22:57 > 0:23:02could go up to 15th, plenty of time to turn the season around. They have
0:23:02 > 0:23:05had a mini revival under David Moyes, a month ago they got a draw
0:23:05 > 0:23:11against Arsenal, and a win at Stoke, but can they return to winning ways
0:23:11 > 0:23:23tonight after a bad period over the festive season?
0:23:23 > 0:23:28Meet Max. He's not just cute and cuddly.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30He's also a therapist, of sorts, for children.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32He works in north London and his impact on children
0:23:32 > 0:23:34with mental health issues, has been extraordinary.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36In one primary school, Max has helped to reduce
0:23:36 > 0:23:38mental health referrals, to zero - so Charlotte Franks
0:23:38 > 0:23:48went to speak to one of the children he's helped.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54This guy is thinking he is worried. More than 100,000 children in London
0:23:54 > 0:23:58are suffering with mental health problems, 11-year-old Jarod is one
0:23:58 > 0:24:02of them. His mother died soon after childbirth, and he's been having
0:24:02 > 0:24:07counselling sessions at school to help him cope. Max, the therapy dog,
0:24:07 > 0:24:12has been supporting him, too. Sometimes if someone has really
0:24:12 > 0:24:18annoyed me, I sometimes feel angry. If they've upset me, I feel
0:24:18 > 0:24:22obviously, upset. Max helped me concentrate and think. I think it
0:24:22 > 0:24:27does help to have a dog.Jarod has had therapy for a few years, and
0:24:27 > 0:24:31definitely feels the benefits from each session.After, I feel like a
0:24:31 > 0:24:38weight has been lifted off me. But before, I feel, like, "Help."
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Despite funding cuts, hybrid preprimary school has developed a
0:24:41 > 0:24:45programme of mental health services to help pupils that struggle. They
0:24:45 > 0:24:51include dog therapy.We have 40 children on site a week to see
0:24:51 > 0:24:55therapist. Dogs are completely nonjudgemental, so it aids the child
0:24:55 > 0:24:59to relax. It is not just about the therapeutic support we have going
0:24:59 > 0:25:03on, it is about a whole culture change, it is an ethos of
0:25:03 > 0:25:09well-being.The programme costs at £8,500 a year and has proved so
0:25:09 > 0:25:13successful that in the last 12 months the school has reduced
0:25:13 > 0:25:18exclusions and broad mental health referrals down to zero.There is
0:25:18 > 0:25:21effective pastoral support in many schools, but we have taken it to a
0:25:21 > 0:25:26new level by having a therapist working in a therapeutic way on
0:25:26 > 0:25:31site.After therapy, most pupils feel calmer and more relaxed.So
0:25:31 > 0:25:36cute.Do you think Max enjoys the sessions?Definitely. Because he
0:25:36 > 0:25:39gets the attention and occasionally a treat.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44You are beautiful, aren't you.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Every school should have won, that is my personal opinion.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51Now the Weather with Elizabeth.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59The rain pushing eastwards as we can see. But now it is all about this
0:25:59 > 0:26:07clamp of rain. You can see a hook forming. This is storm Eleanor. It
0:26:07 > 0:26:12is more about the wind gusts. 87 mph over the Republic of Ireland, but
0:26:12 > 0:26:17don't worry, we won't get that here. But strong gusts included in the Met
0:26:17 > 0:26:23office weather warning. Gusts of 50-60 mph through the small hours of
0:26:23 > 0:26:29tomorrow morning, and in rush-hour as well. This is tonight, rain
0:26:29 > 0:26:33coming in from the west. Look at the white circles, the wind speed,
0:26:33 > 0:26:39average wind speed. In the black circles, gusts likely to be
0:26:39 > 0:26:45experienced through the small hours of tomorrow morning. Some gusts
0:26:45 > 0:26:4840-50 mph, causing problems for high sided vehicles and transport
0:26:48 > 0:26:53disruption as well. Not many people will be up at that time, but lots of
0:26:53 > 0:26:57people up through the morning rush hour, and that is where we could see
0:26:57 > 0:27:03strong gusts of wind, highs of 40-50 mph in places, through tomorrow
0:27:03 > 0:27:07morning's rush hour. It will be a windy day indeed, but the wind will
0:27:07 > 0:27:12calm down in the afternoon, squally showers around, but also late
0:27:12 > 0:27:17brightness as well. A windy day tomorrow. Totten bridges ten or 11,
0:27:17 > 0:27:21but the numbers are largely academic because it will feel windy. More
0:27:21 > 0:27:26rain on the way as we head into Thursday, and that will sink
0:27:26 > 0:27:31southwards on Friday, introducing a north-easterly wind. Tomorrow,
0:27:31 > 0:27:36windy. The weekend, cold.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38That's it.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40We hope you've enjoyed our first full BBC London News
0:27:41 > 0:27:43for the New Year.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48I'll be back at 10.30. Have a good evening.