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That's all from the BBC News at Six,
so it's goodbye from me | 0:00:00 | 0:00:03 | |
Coming up on BBC London tonight.
so it's goodbye from me | 0:00:03 | 0:00:05 | |
We reveal how it's not just
hospitals struggling this winter. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:08 | |
One GP tells us - how NHS
London is in crisis. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:13 | |
I think we are at a tipping
point at the moment, | 0:00:13 | 0:00:15 | |
and the NHS is at a real crossroads. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
There's a real potential for a lot
of the services we provide | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
to collapse or disappear for good. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:30 | |
But despite the pressure, many
doctor's and Ambulance staff say, | 0:00:31 | 0:00:33 | |
they're just about coping
- for now. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
Also tonight. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:36 | |
Blood sucking parasites
in the heart of Parliament. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:38 | |
How the corridors of power have been
infested with bed bugs. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:43 | |
From the summer of Love to US
military testing, controversial new | 0:00:43 | 0:00:48 | |
trials are planned after some claim
micro-doses of LST improve your | 0:00:48 | 0:00:54 | |
brain function. What I found is it
made me into a do it now, do it | 0:00:54 | 0:01:00 | |
today kind of person and there
wasn't this potential to | 0:01:00 | 0:01:04 | |
procrastinate. And celebrating the
much maligned traffic light, how 150 | 0:01:04 | 0:01:10 | |
years and they are still bringing
London to a standstill to keep us | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
moving. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:17 | |
Good evening, I'm Asad Ahmad. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
First tonight, the winter crisis
facing the NHS in London. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:25 | |
We've already heard how nationally
appointments and operations | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
have been cancelled. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
Well, a London MP,
who's also a doctor, | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
described conditions as the worst
she's ever seen. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
NHS bosses admit it's extremely busy
- but they say they're coping. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:48 | |
It's not just hospitals feeling the
strain. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
Our health correspondent Karl Mercer
has been looking at the effect | 0:01:52 | 0:01:54 | |
on the wider NHS in London -
including GP's surgeries | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
and the Ambulance Service. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:01 | |
So if it's OK, I'm just going to
check your blood pressure. January | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
in the NHS. How long has this been
happening for? In the ambulance | 0:02:04 | 0:02:11 | |
control room. It was quite a
challenging day across the region | 0:02:11 | 0:02:15 | |
yesterday. And in the Winter War
room for London health bosses. While | 0:02:15 | 0:02:20 | |
much of the focus is on hospitals,
it's in GP surgeries where 90% of | 0:02:20 | 0:02:26 | |
patients are seen. This surgery in
Hammersmith is typical of those | 0:02:26 | 0:02:30 | |
across the capital. Seeing plenty of
patients with chest infections. It's | 0:02:30 | 0:02:35 | |
still tiresome and I cannot walk
because I get so out of breath I | 0:02:35 | 0:02:40 | |
have to stop. Unfortunately if you
read the papers and watch the news | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
you don't get a true picture of what
is going on. I think we are at a | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 | |
tipping point and the NHS is at a
crossroads. There's a real potential | 0:02:47 | 0:02:52 | |
for a lot of the services we provide
to collapse or figured. Towards the | 0:02:52 | 0:02:57 | |
end of the week we will be reviewing
the staffing which is our real | 0:02:57 | 0:03:01 | |
concern across the region... The
London NHS bosses this is where they | 0:03:01 | 0:03:06 | |
tried to tackle winter problems.
This team call around the capital's | 0:03:06 | 0:03:10 | |
hospitals checking how they are
coping and if there's enough staff, | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
if there are problems in emergency
departments. Many in the capital are | 0:03:13 | 0:03:18 | |
urging patients to stay away unless
it's a real emergency. Sun planned | 0:03:18 | 0:03:22 | |
operations will be cancelled. If you
have an emergency I can reassure the | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
public that the NHS in London is
coping well and you will be seen | 0:03:26 | 0:03:30 | |
promptly. If you're a member of the
public and you've got an elective | 0:03:30 | 0:03:36 | |
operation planned or an outpatient
operation planned and we have to | 0:03:36 | 0:03:40 | |
cancel but I'd like to thank them
for their patience and reassure them | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
will get their procedure done as
soon as we are able. The other area | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
I wanted to cover was ambulance
handover times. For the first time a | 0:03:48 | 0:03:53 | |
senior ambulance officer is in the
room with the team. It means the | 0:03:53 | 0:03:59 | |
team back at ambulance control
should have more ambulances | 0:03:59 | 0:04:03 | |
available to them, not stuck at
hospitals waiting to drop patients | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
off. We ask crews to go to an
emergency department that is less | 0:04:06 | 0:04:11 | |
busy which gives a better experience
for patients in terms of waiting and | 0:04:11 | 0:04:17 | |
also more importantly it allows us
to free up our ambulances so we can | 0:04:17 | 0:04:22 | |
respond to emergency calls. The NHS
does prepare hard for winter to | 0:04:22 | 0:04:26 | |
manage its limited resources. But
these are the busiest and most | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
challenging weeks of the year. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
Karl, we're often told the NHS can't
plan for how stretched it will be | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
during the worst winter months -
is that actually the case? | 0:04:34 | 0:04:39 | |
There is a limit. They don't know if
there are going to be flu outbreaks | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
or how cold the weather is going to
be but they do plan very early. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
They'll be planning this winter from
way back last spring and will start | 0:04:46 | 0:04:51 | |
away maybe in April for next year.
There are certain things they know. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
For example for every degree the
temperature drops they know there | 0:04:54 | 0:04:58 | |
will be a 1% increase in the number
of people going into hospital. They | 0:04:58 | 0:05:02 | |
know if there has been a cold snap,
the week after they expect more | 0:05:02 | 0:05:07 | |
cardiac arrests and strokes. Two
weeks after that colds that they | 0:05:07 | 0:05:12 | |
will see more chest complaints. They
can juggle resources quite quickly. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
I think most of the people will say
it doesn't matter how many plans you | 0:05:15 | 0:05:20 | |
make you will need resources. Speak
privately to a lot of NHS managers | 0:05:20 | 0:05:24 | |
and they will say we need more
resources. Thank you. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:30 | |
He time now is 6.34. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:31 | |
Plenty more to come before
7pm, including this. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:36 | |
We'll be speaking to the London
boxing champion fighting for the | 0:05:36 | 0:05:40 | |
right to remain in the UK as the
Home Office seeks to deport him to | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
Nigeria. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:50 | |
The Mayor of London wants more
schools to take up his offer | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
of free "knife wands" -
as part of his bid | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
to cut knife crime. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
So far, only 70 schools
have signed-up to use | 0:05:58 | 0:06:00 | |
the "portable metal detectors" -
paid for by City Hall. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:02 | |
Here's our Education
Reporter, Marc Ashdown. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
This is all part of the Mayor's
major crackdown on knife crime, | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
which he launched back in June. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
As part of that, all secondaries
were invited to apply for one | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
of these knife wands. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:19 | |
Now, this is what they look like,
similar to when you go | 0:06:19 | 0:06:21 | |
through airport security. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:23 | |
They can detect if someone
is carrying a metal | 0:06:23 | 0:06:25 | |
object such as a knife. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
They give headteachers a bit more
leeway than knife arches to use them | 0:06:28 | 0:06:32 | |
when they actually suspect a pupil
of carrying a knife, | 0:06:32 | 0:06:34 | |
rather than just scanning all pupils
as they go into school. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
The Mayor's Office hopes it
will help convince young people | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
they are in far more danger carrying
a knife than not. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
The headteachers I've
spoken to are very keen | 0:06:42 | 0:06:44 | |
to ensure their schools
are safe places. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:45 | |
If schools are safe places,
that's where children | 0:06:45 | 0:06:47 | |
and young people can learn,
and they can achieve | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
their aspirations and really
fulfil their talents and dreams. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
I do understand that some
schools may feel it might | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
create a bit of a stigma,
but what I would say as a parent, | 0:06:54 | 0:06:58 | |
and I'm a mother of four children,
is I want to know that the schools | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
my children go to are safe. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:03 | |
We've learned today that so far 70
schools in the capital have signed | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
up for these knife wands. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
There are about 500 secondaries
in Greater London, so only | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
about 15% of schools so far
will be using them. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:15 | |
For heads, it's all
about perception. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:16 | |
They don't want to be seen
to be too over-the-top, | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
too heavy-handed, and scare parents. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
But there's a growing collective
feeling that some kind | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
of action is needed. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
I think it's definitely not sending
out the message that | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
schools are dangerous,
I think it's doing quite | 0:07:29 | 0:07:30 | |
the reverse actually. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
It's reassuring parents that
when they send their child off | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
to school, they are safe places,
but there's also additional security | 0:07:34 | 0:07:38 | |
which reflects the modern times,
and that's at the discretion | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
of the school or college leader
as to how that is deployed. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
I think parents are likely to think
this is a really good step forward. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:48 | |
Sadly, four young men were killed
in London during the New Year's Eve | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
celebrations this week. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:52 | |
It means 80 people in total
were stabbed to death | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
in the capital in 2017. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:57 | |
The Mayor's crackdown isn't
without its critics, | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
who say gangs hide weapons outside
school grounds and argue more should | 0:07:59 | 0:08:03 | |
be done to tackle the root
causes of knife crime. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:07 | |
But Sadiq Khan again described it
as "a scourge" this week, | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
and vowed to bring the full force
of the law down on anyone caught | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
using one for a crime. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:18 | |
A champion boxer from north London,
who had hopes of fighting for Team | 0:08:18 | 0:08:22 | |
GB, faces deportation back
to Nigeria - a country | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
he left as a child. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:31 | |
Bilal Fawaz says the Home Office has
"sabotaged" his life | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
by never giving him a visa -
even though he was allowed | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
to represent England in the ring. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
Chris Slegg is at the gym
where Fawaz trains - | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
to speak to the man himself. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
Chris. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:50 | |
This is Stonebridge boxing club
WebCam pot learnt many of the skills | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
that turned him into an England
champion. It's also the gym where he | 0:08:53 | 0:08:57 | |
was arrested by immigration
officials and held that a detention | 0:08:57 | 0:09:02 | |
centre until yesterday when he was
released on bail. The Home Office is | 0:09:02 | 0:09:07 | |
seeking to send him back to Nigeria
where he was born. We can speak to | 0:09:07 | 0:09:13 | |
Bilal now. You've represented
England boxing but you're being told | 0:09:13 | 0:09:17 | |
you can't stay here, how does that
make you feel? It makes me feel | 0:09:17 | 0:09:22 | |
hurt. Representing a country and
when you need help it hurts, I feel | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
abandoned all over again. Obviously
the Home Office has rules it has to | 0:09:26 | 0:09:31 | |
apply. You arrived in London when
you are 14 but you were brought here | 0:09:31 | 0:09:35 | |
illegally, do you accept that? I was
brought here illegally. The Home | 0:09:35 | 0:09:41 | |
Office knew my whereabouts so I came
as a minor, unaccompanied minor with | 0:09:41 | 0:09:47 | |
somebody. I never knew anything
about the legalities and procedures | 0:09:47 | 0:09:51 | |
about anything like that. Ever since
then I've always had an Appeal Court | 0:09:51 | 0:09:56 | |
case going on so I've never been
illegal. The Home Office also points | 0:09:56 | 0:10:00 | |
out your criminal record. You have a
number of low-level convictions, | 0:10:00 | 0:10:05 | |
driving without insurance,
possession of cannabis. Would you | 0:10:05 | 0:10:09 | |
agree you haven't helped your case?
I haven't helped my case but the | 0:10:09 | 0:10:13 | |
problem is a man isn't judged by
what he's done in the past but what | 0:10:13 | 0:10:17 | |
he is trying to do to rectify what
he's done in the past. That's what | 0:10:17 | 0:10:21 | |
I'm trying to do, all I wanted a
second chance. I've never robbed a | 0:10:21 | 0:10:25 | |
bank, I don't want to kill anyone,
I've never raped they let people | 0:10:25 | 0:10:30 | |
like that in the country. I am not a
criminal, I was a naughty child. I | 0:10:30 | 0:10:38 | |
was a naughty kid. The Home Office
have given us a statement today, | 0:10:38 | 0:10:43 | |
there is no deadline for when this
case could be resolved. Bilal | 0:10:43 | 0:10:47 | |
remains in limbo until that point.
The Home Office points out an | 0:10:47 | 0:10:52 | |
independent immigration judge is
hearing the case. They say a | 0:10:52 | 0:10:58 | |
condition of his bail is he must
report to the Home Office readily | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
and beyond that they say they can't
comment, as the case continues. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:05 | |
STUDIO: Pranking. -- thank you. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:10 | |
Thieves have stolen almost
£1,000 from a woman | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
in a bank queue in Barking. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
One suspect distracted the victim
with a conversation, whilst other | 0:11:14 | 0:11:16 | |
gang members took almost £1,000
from her bag. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:21 | |
Police want the public
to help identify the trio | 0:11:21 | 0:11:23 | |
in these CCTV pictures. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:30 | |
Homeless families in London claim
they're being pressured | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
to accept offers of housing
outside the capital. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
So, BBC London visited a family
who had to spend Christmas | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
and New Year in a hotel,
because they refused to accept | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
an offer to move to Essex. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:44 | |
A housing lawyer says
the current lack of | 0:11:44 | 0:11:49 | |
affordable social housing
here is contributing to the crisis, | 0:11:49 | 0:11:51 | |
as Chris Rogers reports. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:55 | |
Since September, this tiny hotel
room has been home to Naomi, | 0:11:55 | 0:11:59 | |
her mother, two sisters
and her baby boy. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:04 | |
The family have been living in hotel
rooms like for three years. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:08 | |
The cameraman is on one bed,
I am on the second, | 0:12:08 | 0:12:10 | |
you are on the third. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
I mean, there is hardly any... | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
Room to move. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:15 | |
I don't know how you live like this. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:17 | |
We literally live
on top of each other. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:19 | |
The total family income just
about covers the £400 a week | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
charge for this room. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:26 | |
Despite eviction and job
losses in the family, | 0:12:26 | 0:12:28 | |
their local council only agree
to save them from homelessness | 0:12:28 | 0:12:30 | |
when baby Taylor was born. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:34 | |
You know what people
are going to say, they're | 0:12:34 | 0:12:36 | |
going to say when you're in this
situation why expand the family? | 0:12:36 | 0:12:40 | |
They said that, well,
the only way we'd become a priority | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
is if one of us got pregnant,
if we were disabled or if we've | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
just come out of prison. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
So I can understand that,
but I mean, at the same time, | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
I'm of the mindset that
being in the situation, | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
I've still got to live my life. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:57 | |
This East End born and bred
family were offered social | 0:12:57 | 0:13:00 | |
housing in Southend,
42 miles away from their part-time | 0:13:00 | 0:13:02 | |
jobs and community. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:07 | |
If we have the financial backing
behind it, and the job, | 0:13:07 | 0:13:10 | |
the two main things,
then no problem, we could go | 0:13:10 | 0:13:12 | |
and move to Southend. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:15 | |
There would be no problem. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:20 | |
Naomi has launched a legal challenge
against Barking and Dagenham council | 0:13:20 | 0:13:23 | |
to rehouse them in east London. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:24 | |
The council told us... | 0:13:24 | 0:13:26 | |
The consequence of the family
refusing to move to Southend | 0:13:26 | 0:13:28 | |
means their duty to help ends. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
London councils have long been
accused of social cleansing, | 0:13:31 | 0:13:33 | |
forcing the homeless,
the poor and those on low | 0:13:33 | 0:13:36 | |
incomes out of London,
allowing the wealthier, | 0:13:36 | 0:13:39 | |
middle and upper-class families
to move into areas that have long | 0:13:39 | 0:13:43 | |
been impoverished and run down. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:48 | |
Up to 2000 families in temporary
accommodation are uprooted | 0:13:48 | 0:13:50 | |
from their communities every year,
some hundreds of miles away. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:54 | |
London Councils, which represents
all our local authorities, | 0:13:54 | 0:13:57 | |
blame a lack of affordable housing,
and told us a majority | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
of the placements are
on the capital's borders. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
But local authorities are legally
obliged to rehouse homeless families | 0:14:03 | 0:14:06 | |
in or close to their borough. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:10 | |
I think that dramatic steps have
to be taken to create a stock | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
of affordable social housing. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:20 | |
There is the argument,
and some people argue | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
this very passionately,
that if you are reliant on the state | 0:14:24 | 0:14:26 | |
you live where you're told to live. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:31 | |
Well, that's good enough in part,
but there's plenty of cases | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
of households who are working
in London, who are going out, paying | 0:14:34 | 0:14:37 | |
taxes, working as care assistants,
teaching assistants. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
The glue that pulls
our society together. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:46 | |
The reality for more than 50,000
homeless families in London is live | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
like this or face moving out
of the capital. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
Chris Rogers, BBC London News. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:57 | |
It's Wednesday, 3rd January
and you're watching BBC | 0:14:57 | 0:14:59 | |
London News on BBC One. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:00 | |
If you've just joined us, welcome. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:02 | |
This is what's still to come. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
Blood sucking parasites
in the heart of Parliament. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
How the corridors of power have been
infested with bed bugs. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:12 | |
And celebrating the much
maligned traffic light. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
How 150 years on they're
still bringing | 0:15:14 | 0:15:17 | |
London to a standstill -
to keep us moving. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:26 | |
If you think of the drug LSD,
the heyday of '60s counter culture | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
might spring to mind -
complete with free | 0:15:30 | 0:15:33 | |
love and long hair. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:35 | |
But now "micro dosing
kits" like this | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
are available on the internet -
which allows tiny amounts | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
of the drug to be taken. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:47 | |
Even though LSD is a Class A drug -
with a seven years jail sentence - | 0:15:47 | 0:15:51 | |
some Londoners are openly admitting
to using it in "micro doses". | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
They claim it improves
"concentration and creativity" | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
and so Imperial College London,
is hoping to carry out clinical | 0:15:56 | 0:15:59 | |
research on any benefits or dangers. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:01 | |
Katharine Carpenter reports. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:08 | |
Their recreational use exploded
in the swinging '60s, but western | 0:16:08 | 0:16:13 | |
science had had an interest
in psychedelic drugs for | 0:16:13 | 0:16:15 | |
decades before. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
They were used in
psychiatric medicine. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:20 | |
After receiving
a small doze of LSD... | 0:16:20 | 0:16:25 | |
And the CIA conducted mind-control
experiments with hallucinogenics. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:29 | |
Now, scientists in London
are hoping to carry out a new | 0:16:29 | 0:16:33 | |
study of psychedelics, because of
what is known as micro-dosing. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:43 | |
Micro-dosing is taking
a very small dose of | 0:16:43 | 0:16:44 | |
a psychedelic such as LSD
or | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
magic mushrooms with the aim of
boosting creativity and productivity | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
or mood. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:49 | |
So it doesn't give you a full
recreational experience. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:52 | |
It keeps you engaged
and relatively sober, | 0:16:52 | 0:16:54 | |
but it helps you work better
and more productively. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:56 | |
That is the theory anyway. | 0:16:56 | 0:17:00 | |
Rosalin tried it for a month
in 2016 with a substance | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
she said was legal at the time. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
What I found was that
it made me into a | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
kind of do it now, do it today kind
of person and there wasn't this | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
potential to procrastinate
and put off tasks. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
I had just started a new job
and I was going through some | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
anxieties in my personal life and it
really made me able to kind of | 0:17:18 | 0:17:22 | |
put those behind me. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:24 | |
Even though micro-dosing
with these substances is | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
illegal, selling kits online showing
users how to measure and | 0:17:26 | 0:17:31 | |
test drugs isn't -
this one's on sale for around £20. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:35 | |
But opponents say micro-dosing
it irresponsible - | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
not only could it land you in jail,
there is always the risk that you | 0:17:37 | 0:17:43 | |
will get the dose wrong and it
could have serious side effects. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
Drug policy campaigners,
the Beckley Foundation have | 0:17:46 | 0:17:48 | |
researched LSD's effect
on the brain before. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:52 | |
They say we shouldn't
dismiss micro-dosing | 0:17:52 | 0:17:53 | |
and are teaming up again
with Imperial College London | 0:17:53 | 0:17:56 | |
to study 20 users in the world's
first | 0:17:56 | 0:17:57 | |
lab-controlled experiment. | 0:17:57 | 0:18:01 | |
We're looking at whether
micro-dosing with | 0:18:01 | 0:18:02 | |
LSD can reduce the symptoms
of depression and anxiety. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:04 | |
One of the arguments
is going to be that you | 0:18:04 | 0:18:07 | |
are basically encouraging people
to do something illegal. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:11 | |
Well, we don't wish
to encourage anyone to do | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
anything illegal. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:14 | |
All we are doing is reacting
to the reality that many | 0:18:14 | 0:18:23 | |
people are micro-dosing currently,
taking a Class A substance | 0:18:23 | 0:18:25 | |
with very little understanding
of its relative harms and benefits. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
So we're doing front line
science to really find | 0:18:28 | 0:18:30 | |
out what those harms
and | 0:18:30 | 0:18:31 | |
benefits really are. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:37 | |
The study still needs funding
and ethical approval, with | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
the use of psychedelics
as controversial as ever. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:49 | |
The mother of all parliaments has
experienced the mother | 0:18:50 | 0:18:52 | |
of all 'bed bug infestations'. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:53 | |
A Pest Control expert says
the parliamentary parasites | 0:18:53 | 0:18:55 | |
had become resistant
to certain pesticides. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:57 | |
Sarah Harris reports. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:01 | |
In the corridors of power lurk
parasites, intent on sucking | 0:19:01 | 0:19:03 | |
blood to stay alive. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:07 | |
That's not a metaphor,
for these are the culprits. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:11 | |
Bedbugs. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
Happy to live in chairs where humans
stay seated for hours on end, | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
waiting for an opportunity to bite. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:19 | |
This London pest expert says
an attempt to eradicate the outbreak | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
from Parliament has failed. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
We've had a number of clients
where they've been repeatedly | 0:19:25 | 0:19:29 | |
introducing bedbugs to their home,
we can get it clear | 0:19:29 | 0:19:31 | |
for a couple of weeks,
then the problem comes back. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
So we started talking to people,
how do you travel to work, | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
where do you work, where do
you visit on a regular basis? | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
And a large number of people
were connected with the Houses | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
of Parliament in Westminster. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:48 | |
Staff in Parliament who suspect
they been bitten have been advised | 0:19:48 | 0:19:50 | |
to refer to the NHS website. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:52 | |
Bedbugs aren't dangerous,
and don't spread diseases, | 0:19:52 | 0:19:56 | |
but can cause itchy red bumps
on the skin. | 0:19:56 | 0:20:00 | |
In a statement, a Parliamentary
spokesperson confirmed | 0:20:00 | 0:20:04 | |
that there had been a bed bug
outbreak within the Parliamentary | 0:20:04 | 0:20:06 | |
estate in a number of places. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
They said an investigation had shown
it had been brought in from outside | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
and hadn't originated here,
and that appropriate | 0:20:13 | 0:20:14 | |
action is being taken. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
They also said they are monitoring
the rest of the estate to make | 0:20:16 | 0:20:19 | |
sure it hasn't spread. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:22 | |
Some companies use heat treatments
to eradicate the bugs. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:24 | |
They also strip back chairs
and sofas to make sure the parasites | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
haven't made their home
hidden in upholstery. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
The problem with chemical
treatments, they say, | 0:20:29 | 0:20:31 | |
is that they don't always work. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:39 | |
I think with any pest species,
there's always going to be some kind | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
of immunity to whatever chemical
or rodenticide you're | 0:20:42 | 0:20:46 | |
going to use against them. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:48 | |
So, over time, you're going to have
to upgrade to something different. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
The size of the Parliamentary estate
makes treatment difficult, | 0:20:51 | 0:20:54 | |
on top of any chemical resistance
the bugs have built up. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:59 | |
Some experts say only by making
the parasites a notifiable pest | 0:20:59 | 0:21:01 | |
will they be eradicated long-term. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:11 | |
And tonight a Parliamentary
spokesman told us the outbreak has | 0:21:12 | 0:21:17 | |
now been brought under control. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:21 | |
Traffic lights. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:22 | |
They've been bringing us
to a standstill in order | 0:21:22 | 0:21:24 | |
to keep London moving. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:25 | |
Well, the world's first traffic
lights was here in the capital | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
and that was a 150
years ago this year. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
Of course they've changed
a bit since then, | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
but where exactly was
that first one? | 0:21:32 | 0:21:34 | |
That's the type of information our
Transport Correspondent, | 0:21:34 | 0:21:36 | |
Tom Edwards has. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:37 | |
Tom. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:45 | |
Yes it was here on Parliament
Square. I want to show you some | 0:21:45 | 0:21:49 | |
hidden history. If you look up on
the side of this building you might | 0:21:49 | 0:21:53 | |
be able to make out a plaque, this
says this is the place where the | 0:21:53 | 0:21:58 | |
world's first traffic lights were
erected in 1868. In traffic light | 0:21:58 | 0:22:09 | |
terms, this is where it all began. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:13 | |
This is the world's first street
semaphore, or traffic light. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:15 | |
Gas powered, it used signals
to direct horse-drawn | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
carriages outside Parliament. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:18 | |
Unfortunately it exploded, injuring
a police officer, and was scrapped. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:22 | |
And it wasn't until 60 years later
with the rise of the motor vehicle, | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
congestion was an issue even then,
that London got its first | 0:22:26 | 0:22:29 | |
electric traffic lights. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:33 | |
This is the same junction
where in 1925 those first electric | 0:22:33 | 0:22:42 | |
traffic lights were installed,
and there are now 6,300 | 0:22:42 | 0:22:44 | |
of them in the capital. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:45 | |
ARCHIVE: Representing
the City of Westminster, | 0:22:45 | 0:22:46 | |
I inaugurate this new traffic
system of signals... | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
Electric traffic
lights quickly spread. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:51 | |
This was Trafalgar Square
ten years later. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:54 | |
Not everyone is a fan. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
Sometimes you'd be stuck at a light
for a certain amount of time. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:01 | |
A week later you go there,
there are roadworks down the line, | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
you get caught even longer at them. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:06 | |
Go to the one at Ludgate Circus,
count how long you're | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
at those lights for. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:10 | |
Are they a necessary evil, though? | 0:23:10 | 0:23:11 | |
What's the answer? | 0:23:11 | 0:23:13 | |
Get someone that knows
what they're doing, TfL. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:16 | |
There's nothing we can do, is there? | 0:23:16 | 0:23:18 | |
Just got to put up with it. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
There's too many
lights, aren't there? | 0:23:20 | 0:23:21 | |
Is there? | 0:23:21 | 0:23:22 | |
Yeah. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:23 | |
TfL, though, say that over half
of the lights are now automatically | 0:23:23 | 0:23:27 | |
controlled by a central computer,
and they reduce congestion | 0:23:27 | 0:23:29 | |
and smooth traffic flow. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:39 | |
About 4,500 are smart
traffic lights. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:40 | |
They use detectors in the road
to take information back | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
to a central computer,
which then channels that | 0:23:43 | 0:23:45 | |
through an algorithm to decide how
much green time different traffic | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
signals get, and link signals
together to ensure you get | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
progression along the road. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:51 | |
So traffic lights are here to stay,
and as a way of controlling | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
the roads, it all began in London. | 0:23:54 | 0:24:00 | |
The actual anniversary is on
December 8th. I'm told there may be | 0:24:00 | 0:24:06 | |
events planned here to mark the
occasion! A traffic light event for | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
December. That is one to put in your
diary! | 0:24:10 | 0:24:16 | |
Time for the weather now,
and Storm Eleanor has been causing | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 | |
havoc across the country. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:20 | |
Tomasz Schafernaker joins me now -
and by and large London | 0:24:20 | 0:24:22 | |
escaped the worst of it? | 0:24:22 | 0:24:24 | |
escaped the worst of it? | 0:24:24 | 0:24:25 | |
In the last ten years or so we have
had half a dozen of these occasions. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:32 | |
But big enough to blow some big
chunks off buildings. Let me | 0:24:32 | 0:24:40 | |
showious think. Landing on a car.
Imagine that falling on somebody's | 0:24:40 | 0:24:45 | |
head. Thankfully it didn't. It is
all about cars. It happened to me a | 0:24:45 | 0:24:52 | |
few years ago. Another tree here,
this is in Kilburn. A tree fell on a | 0:24:52 | 0:24:58 | |
car. Another one as well, this is in
Harrow. Another tree. A big tree | 0:24:58 | 0:25:05 | |
falling across the roads. It
surprises me that we didn't get any | 0:25:05 | 0:25:11 | |
injuries in the capital itself.
Because these were serious winds. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:15 | |
How strong were the winds? Well one
was 73mph. Around the coastal areas, | 0:25:15 | 0:25:28 | |
such as Brighton getting something
like that nearly every other winter. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:33 | |
But in London, pretty windy.
Tomorrow, a damp start, the | 0:25:33 | 0:25:37 | |
afternoon is looking brighter. The
winds will freshen, but thankfully | 0:25:37 | 0:25:41 | |
nothing like what we have had. Clear
skies tonight and still a breeze. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:46 | |
But the winds will die away. The
rain comes back and the winds will | 0:25:46 | 0:25:52 | |
freshen again. For the early risers
it is soggy and cold at 6 degrees to | 0:25:52 | 0:25:57 | |
start the day. The winds will be
picking up a bit through the day. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:02 | |
And it will turn milder. By the
afternoon temperatures will be in | 0:26:02 | 0:26:07 | |
the teens. But the winds, 20mph, you
usually double that for the gusts in | 0:26:07 | 0:26:12 | |
London. So we could get gusts of
40mph. So it is blustery in the | 0:26:12 | 0:26:18 | |
afternoon. 13 degrees there in
central London. Here is Friday's | 0:26:18 | 0:26:24 | |
forecast, a real mess. You're
probably thinking it looks like a | 0:26:24 | 0:26:28 | |
Picasso! A lot of weather fronts and
a lot of wind on the south coast. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:34 | |
Some of the wind will move inland.
So blustery on Friday. With some | 0:26:34 | 0:26:38 | |
showers. Friday is the last day of
this unsettled turbulent weather. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:49 | |
After Friday the weather will turn
colder. We will have to get out the | 0:26:49 | 0:26:53 | |
thick coats. Easterly winds and down
to five or six degrees by Sunday. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:58 | |
Thank you. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:02 | |
Let's now take our usual look
at the main stories making the BBC | 0:27:02 | 0:27:06 | |
news headlines this Wednesday,
the 3rd of January. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:07 | |
More than 50,000 people in England
could face delays in treatment | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
to allow the NHS to deal
with the most urgent cases. | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,
has apologised to people who've | 0:27:13 | 0:27:15 | |
had their non-urgent operations
cancelled. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:20 | |
Storm Eleanor has brought
winds of up to 100mph - | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
leaving thousands of homes
without power and | 0:27:22 | 0:27:24 | |
disruption to motorists. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:28 | |
That's it. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:32 | |
I hope you've enjoyed the programme. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:33 | |
We've enjoyed working for you -
and we'll do it again | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
at 10.30 tonight. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:37 | |
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