0:00:00 > 0:00:00That's all from the BBC News at six.
0:00:00 > 0:00:12It's goodbye from me and, on BBC One, we now join the BBC's
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Good evening.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Coming up on BBC London News...
0:00:15 > 0:00:17More stop and search on the capital's streets
0:00:17 > 0:00:22to tackle knife crime.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26We will have the situation we had in the 80s where we'll have a whole
0:00:26 > 0:00:37generation of youth growing up and hating the police.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39But the mayor says "targetted" stop and search
0:00:39 > 0:00:41is a "vital tool" in keeping the capital safe.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Also tonight...
0:00:42 > 0:00:44A damning report on the service provided to Southern
0:00:44 > 0:00:45and Thameslink passengers.
0:00:45 > 0:00:52People should leave each other in peace.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Why a Holocaust survivor, sent to a concentration camp
0:00:54 > 0:00:58aged 14, is sharing her stories with commuters.
0:00:58 > 0:01:13Thank you, after that, for your frankness. -- Arthur.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15And we talk to Oscar winner Meryl Streep
0:01:15 > 0:01:17on her latest film and the Hollywood headlines.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19A very warm welcome to the programme.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22It's one of the biggest challenges facing the Met Police -
0:01:22 > 0:01:24how to reduce knife crime on our streets.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25Now the Mayor's promised to "significantly increase"
0:01:25 > 0:01:27stop and search, as part of a crackdown
0:01:27 > 0:01:29on violent crime in 2018.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31However, one of Sadiq Khan's mayoral election pledges
0:01:31 > 0:01:32was to cut it back.
0:01:32 > 0:01:41Our Political Correspondent, Karl Mercer, reports.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Patrick is only too aware of the damage knives can do in the hands of
0:01:44 > 0:01:49the wrong person. So is Angeline Hill. Both Londoners whose families
0:01:49 > 0:01:53have been badly damaged by a crime that is on the increase again.
0:01:53 > 0:02:02Today, Patrick is in the cafe he runs in Brixton.Are you OK?This is
0:02:02 > 0:02:06where he spends much of his time. We've filled him last year with his
0:02:06 > 0:02:15son who was stabbed in the heart. -- we filmed him. This woman is
0:02:15 > 0:02:19planning a website for families affected by knife crime. What do
0:02:19 > 0:02:25they make of this from the are today? -- the London mayor.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33The measures you are making are counteracted to what you are trying
0:02:33 > 0:02:41to do. Stop and search will take it away from the police. They will not
0:02:41 > 0:02:50go to the police when they have problems. It will take us back to
0:02:50 > 0:02:54youth against police.I can understand the initiative. It is
0:02:54 > 0:02:58good to make the public feel safe but the reality is it will not
0:02:58 > 0:03:03change the problem. The reality is, why are these kids walking about
0:03:03 > 0:03:09with knives? Luther was 32. There are a lot of victims who are not
0:03:09 > 0:03:13young people.City Hall refused requests for interviews today, we
0:03:13 > 0:03:17could not ask what the mayor meant by a significant increase in stop
0:03:17 > 0:03:22and search for top tackling knife crime is seen as a priority. This
0:03:22 > 0:03:29video and a call for schools to produce knife ones last week. There
0:03:29 > 0:03:34are some who welcomed the news.Five years ago, one in ten stop and
0:03:34 > 0:03:38searches resulted in finding something. Now the figure is about
0:03:38 > 0:03:44one in three, which is loads better. It is a tool we can use, and an
0:03:44 > 0:03:50important tool. The police will be wearing cameras, so we can see what
0:03:50 > 0:03:54happens.Cressida Dick has previously said you were back an
0:03:54 > 0:03:58increase in stop and search if it led to lower knife crime. The
0:03:58 > 0:04:08opponents of the mayor said it will need to be done sensitively.Young
0:04:08 > 0:04:12people feel victimised. This will crush community policing, which
0:04:12 > 0:04:16affects all crime in London. Scotland Yard and the men know this
0:04:16 > 0:04:22will have to be matched by a drop in knife crime. -- the London mayor.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Plenty more ahead tonight, including...
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Recreating part of London's history as St Pancras Station begins
0:04:26 > 0:04:36its 150th anniversary celebrations.
0:04:40 > 0:04:47It is the UK's biggest rail franchise. Southern and Thames Link
0:04:47 > 0:04:53services have been. Olic is
0:04:53 > 0:04:54for delays and cancellations.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56He was responding to a National Audit Office report
0:04:56 > 0:04:59which says they have suffered the worst disruption of any
0:04:59 > 0:05:01franchise, one which has NOT provided value for money.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Here's our Transport Correspondent Tom Edwards.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Unreliable, not value for money, the worst service in the country.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07It won't surprise many passengers that today there's more damning
0:05:07 > 0:05:09evidence on Govia Thameslink.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Blighted by industrial action and a lack of understanding
0:05:11 > 0:05:13from Government, at its worst, only two thirds of
0:05:13 > 0:05:16trains arrived on time.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20A shabby train service?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22The franchise covers Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern services
0:05:22 > 0:05:26and today's report outlines how 60% of delays have been due
0:05:26 > 0:05:28to the operator, mainly because of industrial action
0:05:28 > 0:05:31and a lack of crew.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Nearly 40% of delays are down to Network Rail's
0:05:33 > 0:05:37poor infrastructure.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40I think from a passenger's point of view, what they don't
0:05:40 > 0:05:42want to hear is people passing the buck and saying
0:05:42 > 0:05:44it is someone else's fault.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47What they want to know is that action is being taken to sort this
0:05:47 > 0:05:51out, and to make sure that they see improvements in service.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53The report also criticises the Government for trying
0:05:53 > 0:05:58to increase services as well as introducing new trains
0:05:58 > 0:06:02and getting rid of the guards, leading to strikes.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05The report says the Government didn't know about a lack of drivers,
0:06:05 > 0:06:09or the state of the infrastructure.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12I think this report shows the incompetence and the dogma
0:06:12 > 0:06:15of the DfT and the Government and seeking to put the blame
0:06:15 > 0:06:18on the trade unions when they knew they were going to cause this issue
0:06:18 > 0:06:22is a false premise, and seeking to blame the companies
0:06:22 > 0:06:24who are forced to bid for what they put out
0:06:24 > 0:06:26there is a false premise.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29If this is dogma, the dogma has to change.
0:06:29 > 0:06:38The Government says unions are the main cause of the problems.
0:06:38 > 0:06:46I make no apology for that huge investment in the network.The
0:06:46 > 0:06:50introduction of brand-new 12 coach trains all across the network. What
0:06:50 > 0:06:55I do apologise or is we were not able to avoid the extraordinarily
0:06:55 > 0:07:01ill judged actions by the trade unions, who caused massive trouble
0:07:01 > 0:07:05for passengers.The report does say reliability on the services is
0:07:05 > 0:07:09improving and it wants the Government to learn lessons when it
0:07:09 > 0:07:12sets up other franchises.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Police have released CCTV images of two men they're hunting
0:07:16 > 0:07:21in connection with an attack on a shop worker in Mill Hill.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23A 16-year-old boy appeared in court today charged with murder.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28Marc Ashdown reports.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33He came to London from India ten years ago and made it his home. BJ
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Patel, here relaxing with his wife, was a hard-working shopkeeper, but
0:07:38 > 0:07:42pillar of his community. On Saturday, he was brutally attacked
0:07:42 > 0:07:47and died in hospital a few days later. Detectives relieved these
0:07:47 > 0:07:50images of people they want to question in relation to the
0:07:50 > 0:07:56incident. Mr Patel was the main breadwinner for his family, both
0:07:56 > 0:08:04here and back in India. They have been left devastated by his loss.It
0:08:04 > 0:08:07is injustice. Check great man to leave this world in such a way. It
0:08:07 > 0:08:16is not right. He is an inspiration for all of us. He guides us every
0:08:16 > 0:08:29time. He is like the best person in the world.Floral tributes pile-up
0:08:29 > 0:08:34outside the shop in Mill Hill Broadway. The community here has
0:08:34 > 0:08:39been left stunned. Members of the local Jewish community have set up a
0:08:39 > 0:08:45fundraising page to try to help the family of Vijay Patel. There are
0:08:45 > 0:08:50hoping to raise £1000. Now 600 people have donated, raising
0:08:50 > 0:08:58£16,000. Security is crucial.All businesses and their employees are
0:08:58 > 0:09:03very vulnerable, particularly late at night. If we can share
0:09:03 > 0:09:06information and support businesses by providing more CCTV in local
0:09:06 > 0:09:10areas we can make them more fun for businesses have that sense of
0:09:10 > 0:09:15safety. When that a 16-year-old boy from Brent has been charged with
0:09:15 > 0:09:20murder. He appeared at Willesden Magistrates' Court this morning.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25Before he died, this picture was released of him in hospital. He was
0:09:25 > 0:09:29much loved and will be sorely missed.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Turning now to the musicians, who took their campaign to protect
0:09:31 > 0:09:33London's music venues, to Parliament toady.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Billy Bragg and Sandie Shaw were among them.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Many of the capital's famous clubs and pubs have been
0:09:37 > 0:09:38threatened with closure, sometimes because of
0:09:38 > 0:09:40complaints from residents in new housing developments.
0:09:40 > 0:09:48With the story, here's our political editor, Tim Donovan.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Billy Bragg says it was where he tried things out,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54made mistakes, learned lessons.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57We need a bit more vocals, mate.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59It was in a pub close to the Blackwall Tunnel,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02like so many other venues long gone.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Live venues are absolutely crucial for young people to find out
0:10:05 > 0:10:13whether they can make a living through their own creativity.
0:10:13 > 0:10:19It is why he and other veterans of the business were at a photocall in
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Parliament today, calling on developers to build new homes which
0:10:23 > 0:10:29did not threaten live music.People want homes. The developer moves in
0:10:29 > 0:10:34next to a live music venue and build some flats. People complain about
0:10:34 > 0:10:39the noise and the live music venue had to shut down.I understand they
0:10:39 > 0:10:43want to build more houses for people make lots of money for themselves.
0:10:43 > 0:10:49They should be paying for anything that actually upsets the community.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53In one of the most high-profile recent cases, the Ministry of Sound
0:10:53 > 0:10:57nightclub bought off closure when you flats started to go up in
0:10:57 > 0:11:02elephant and Castle. The deal was struck in showing the homes had
0:11:02 > 0:11:06extra soundproofing and acoustic protection. That should be
0:11:06 > 0:11:12obligatory for the developers, says this MP.The developers, who are, as
0:11:12 > 0:11:17I describe it, the agent of change. When they put in a planning
0:11:17 > 0:11:21application may have to take the necessary measures to make sure the
0:11:21 > 0:11:28venue will not conflict with the new residence.The years passed but some
0:11:28 > 0:11:36are still challenging the system. There was a message for politicians
0:11:36 > 0:11:44in there.Just bear in mind how important it is. As I understand it,
0:11:44 > 0:11:48British music is one of our leading exports and they must get behind and
0:11:48 > 0:11:53support us.It is not clear whether that support will be forthcoming
0:11:53 > 0:12:07from the Government. Plans to merge three NHS trusts have been approved,
0:12:07 > 0:12:12creating one of the largest NHS trusts in the country. The move was
0:12:12 > 0:12:17agreed earlier this afternoon. It means the new trust will serve a
0:12:17 > 0:12:21population of over a million people. It could lead to the loss of some
0:12:21 > 0:12:24services.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27A new study looking at a certain type of air pollution has found that
0:12:27 > 0:12:30three-quarters of the country's most polluted post codes are in London.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Diesel engines are a key source of nitrogen dioxide gas,
0:12:32 > 0:12:34which has been linked to respiratory disease.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35Campaigners say safe limits are regularly
0:12:35 > 0:12:37breached in the capital.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40The new data has named Hyde Park Corner and Marylebone Road
0:12:40 > 0:12:43as Britain's worst locations.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45If you want to check how polluted your street is,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48you can go to the science page of the BBC News website.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52There's an article which lets you use your post code to get a rating -
0:12:52 > 0:12:58and some tips on how to avoid pollution.
0:12:58 > 0:13:05Still to come this Wednesday evening...
0:13:05 > 0:13:12Newspapers on a red carpet. That is because there is a premiere tonight
0:13:12 > 0:13:15because of the number of Oscar winners who will be walking down
0:13:15 > 0:13:25this carpet. Join me later to find out more.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29A Holocaust survivor who was sent to Auschwitz when she was 14 years old
0:13:29 > 0:13:38has been sharing her story with the young generation. She spent time at
0:13:38 > 0:13:45passers-by at Liverpool Street station. An 87-year-old woman is
0:13:45 > 0:13:49hoping to have a chat with passers-by. She's set up so far in
0:13:49 > 0:13:55Liverpool Street and has encouraged people to stop and listen to her
0:13:55 > 0:14:02story.They put us in ghettos and from there they took us to the camp,
0:14:02 > 0:14:08to Auschwitz.Lily Ebert is a Holocaust survivor.How much do you
0:14:08 > 0:14:13know about the Holocaust?We were not taught at school but I educated
0:14:13 > 0:14:21myself.In times where there is rising racism and anti-Semitism, her
0:14:21 > 0:14:24message is that we must live together. That is a powerful
0:14:24 > 0:14:34message.It was heart-warming that she was saying we are the same. It
0:14:34 > 0:14:39does not seem we are together, united, and are the same.The final
0:14:39 > 0:14:44photo of Lily and her siblings in Hungary. The family were sent to
0:14:44 > 0:14:54Auschwitz. She and her two sisters were forced into Labour but the rest
0:14:54 > 0:15:01of her family were sent to the gas chambers. Does it upset you when
0:15:01 > 0:15:06people say they face stigma and racism, that it still goes on today?
0:15:06 > 0:15:22Yes. They should know. The truth is because -- it does not mean someone
0:15:22 > 0:15:27is better or worse than you are. They are only different.This statue
0:15:27 > 0:15:31is a reminder of the and accompanied children who arrived at this train
0:15:31 > 0:15:38station when they fled persecution in their home towns in Germany,
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Czechoslovakia and Austria. After World War II very few were able to
0:15:41 > 0:15:48be reunited by their families -- with their families. Lilly shares
0:15:48 > 0:15:52her story with today's is in and hopes the murder of 6 million dues
0:15:52 > 0:15:57is never forgotten or misunderstood.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00He was never shy of causing controversy during his days
0:16:00 > 0:16:01at Stamford Bridge.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Now the former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho
0:16:03 > 0:16:07has been trading insults with this successor, Antonio Conte.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Well, tonight, Chelsea meet Arsenal in the first leg
0:16:09 > 0:16:12of their League Cup semifinal.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14We can join our sports reporter, Chris Slegg.
0:16:14 > 0:16:22Sounds quite personal?
0:16:22 > 0:16:27It has got really quite personal. Jose Mourinho isn't even involved
0:16:27 > 0:16:33with this match. He is now the Manchester United manager. But he
0:16:33 > 0:16:37has rather dominated the build-up. Let's remind ourselves of how these
0:16:37 > 0:16:42words have escalated. It was a week ago that Mourinho was asked why he
0:16:42 > 0:16:46doesn't seem to be as passionate at Manchester United as he was in his
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Chelsea days. He questioned back saying that, because I don't behave
0:16:50 > 0:16:55as a clown on the touchline, it means I have lost my passion? Many
0:16:55 > 0:16:59journalists took that word clown to be a reference to Antonio Conte.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Asked about that, he replied saying maybe he was talking about himself
0:17:03 > 0:17:14in the past. Sometimes I think there is a demenza senile, he said in his
0:17:14 > 0:17:20native Italian. Asked about that Ahmed, Mourinho said, what never
0:17:20 > 0:17:23happened to me and will never happen to me is to be suspended for match
0:17:23 > 0:17:28fixing. Conte didn't get suspended but he did get a four-month
0:17:28 > 0:17:32suspension for failing to report match fixing when he was manager in
0:17:32 > 0:17:41Italy. Conte's response, in the past Mourinho was a little man, he is a
0:17:41 > 0:17:44little man in the present and for sure he will be a little man in the
0:17:44 > 0:17:50future. So it has really escalated throughout the last week, and
0:17:50 > 0:17:53yesterday in his press conference, Conte was asked whether the League
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Managers Association should come in to mediate between the two men, and
0:17:56 > 0:17:58this was his response.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00I think we both said things and we'll see
0:18:01 > 0:18:02what happens in the future.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I think that he said serious words, using serious words, and...
0:18:05 > 0:18:10I won't forget this.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15But this is not a problem from the club.
0:18:15 > 0:18:24It's a problem between me and him.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27As we said, quite personal. Conte has also criticised Arsenal manager
0:18:27 > 0:18:34Arsene Wenger.Yeah, he's got his adversary tonight an old coach. That
0:18:34 > 0:18:41was in response to being asked about Arsene Wenger's criticism of a
0:18:41 > 0:18:45refereeing decision last week when these teams met in the league.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Arsene Wenger laughed that off in his press conference yesterday,
0:18:49 > 0:18:55saying, I am an old but so is Antonio Conte. If we get as much
0:18:55 > 0:18:59drama on the pitch tonight as we have had off it, it should be pretty
0:18:59 > 0:19:04exciting. This is just the first leg and they will meet again in the
0:19:04 > 0:19:08second leg at the Emirates in a fortnight. The winner will play
0:19:08 > 0:19:13Manchester City or Bristol city in the final at Wembley on February 25.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15It's a special year for St Pancras International,
0:19:15 > 0:19:16as it marks 150 years.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18During that time, the station has gone through near
0:19:18 > 0:19:20demolition and restoration.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Today, as part of its anniversary celebrations, commuters were treated
0:19:22 > 0:19:26to a trip down memory lane.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Jim Wheble has more.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Marching to work - on the phone, making a call,
0:19:33 > 0:19:40often we just pass through stations totally oblivious to their past.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43That was more difficult today at St Pancras,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46with a Victorian horse and cart parked outside, which would have
0:19:46 > 0:19:49transported the product that basically inspired the building
0:19:49 > 0:19:52of the station.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54At that time, goods and trade were much more important
0:19:54 > 0:19:57than passenger traffic, and a key part of that goods
0:19:57 > 0:20:01business was beer from Burton, from the Midlands, so the ground
0:20:01 > 0:20:03level of the station, so now you can go down
0:20:03 > 0:20:06and walk through it, that was solely for the storage
0:20:06 > 0:20:08of beer from Burton.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10It revolutionised beer drinking in the capital,
0:20:10 > 0:20:14bringing bitter for the first time to London pubs more familiar
0:20:14 > 0:20:17with a good glass of stout.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20But it wasn't the only thing that was revolutionary
0:20:20 > 0:20:21about this station.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24This roof was really a wonder of the time, wasn't it?
0:20:24 > 0:20:25Absolutely.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27When the station opened, this was the largest single-span
0:20:27 > 0:20:28roof in the world.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32It's 700 foot long, 250 foot wide and 100 foot high.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Perhaps if you see an old film from the '30s or '40s
0:20:35 > 0:20:37with Grand Central Station in New York, you might
0:20:38 > 0:20:39have seen this.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41You could quite likely do, because the original Grand Central
0:20:41 > 0:20:44used the design of St Pancras.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Look around here, it's completely splendid,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50St Pancras Station - but, back in the '60s, it was seen
0:20:50 > 0:20:52by some as redundant, and there were growing calls
0:20:52 > 0:20:56at the time for this place to be demolished.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59It wasn't for this man, Sir John Betjeman, one-time poet
0:20:59 > 0:21:05laureate, who mounted a successful campaign to stop it, perhaps this
0:21:05 > 0:21:07place wouldn't be here right now.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Now, of course, it's not just an international
0:21:09 > 0:21:15terminal but a place to shop and be spontaneously entertained.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18The piano has been so incredibly successful, hasn't it?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19They have.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20It's captured people's imagination.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23It really has, and we introduced them in 2012,
0:21:23 > 0:21:26and they have been so popular.
0:21:26 > 0:21:32People absolutely love to see people play, to hear people play.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Even the likes of Elton John have been seen tinkling
0:21:36 > 0:21:39on the St Pancras ivories.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43And, to celebrate all of this, a special anniversary beer.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Maybe not in wooden barrels, but you can't
0:21:47 > 0:21:50always have everything.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Some of Hollywood's biggest names are in London tonight
0:21:57 > 0:22:01for the UK premiere of The Post, starring Meryl Streep and Tom
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Hanks and directed by Steven Spielberg.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07It's based on the true story of a battle between journalists
0:22:07 > 0:22:09and the US government in the early '70s over papers
0:22:09 > 0:22:10regarding the Vietman War.
0:22:10 > 0:22:16Asad Ahmad is in Leicester Square now.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24I've never been on a red carpet like this before. We've got quadruple
0:22:24 > 0:22:29Oscar-winning Steven Spielberg on the carpet, double Oscar winner Tom
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Hanks is there, and I'm joined by triple Oscar winner Meryl Streep.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Thank you for joining us for your first UK interview about the film.
0:22:36 > 0:22:42Tell us about the timing of this film. We get a lot coming out of
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Washington about fake news. It's like this film is pushing back a bit
0:22:46 > 0:22:50and saying, the importance of good, honest journalism is important to
0:22:50 > 0:22:57holding the law and government to account.Absolutely, the first
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Amendment was enshrined as the first Amendment in our Constitution
0:23:00 > 0:23:04protecting free speech and the freedom of the press. We rely on the
0:23:04 > 0:23:08press to give us the truth and, by undermining the institutions that
0:23:08 > 0:23:16deliver the truth, themselves, hard-working, underpaid
0:23:16 > 0:23:21journalists...I know all about that! You play a really strong woman
0:23:21 > 0:23:26in this film, a strong woman back in the early 70s who is the first
0:23:26 > 0:23:29female publisher, who really stands her ground, very much in a man's
0:23:29 > 0:23:34world. When you were playing that role, did it surprise you how much
0:23:34 > 0:23:37things haven't changed in nearly 40 years, or how much things have
0:23:37 > 0:23:44changed?I've lived through that time. I was graduating from college
0:23:44 > 0:23:50when the Pentagon papers emerged. And I remember when there were no
0:23:50 > 0:23:54women in business, in corporate suites. There were very few women
0:23:54 > 0:23:58lawyers, very few women doctors. It was highly unusual. This woman
0:23:58 > 0:24:04sought was the fulcrum of a pivotal moment in history, when women emerge
0:24:04 > 0:24:13and all of these opportunities, from which I've benefited, changed. So,
0:24:13 > 0:24:20yes, she broke ground for many, many women, first head of a Fortune 500
0:24:20 > 0:24:23country, and she proved, even in the face of her own insecurities, that
0:24:23 > 0:24:29women can do it.Meryl Streep talking to asset Ahmed.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Let's get a check on the weather now.
0:24:31 > 0:24:31And Philip Avery has joined us.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32And Philip Avery has joined us.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Not the most enthralling picture, but the weather hasn't been that
0:24:38 > 0:24:43enthralling of late. Yesterday was dreadful, not a speck of sunshine,
0:24:43 > 0:24:49but we did today in some spots. Once a weather front made its way all too
0:24:49 > 0:24:52slowly for some towards the east, that allowed much of central and
0:24:52 > 0:24:56western parts of our area to buck up. I have heard good things about
0:24:56 > 0:25:00the weather in Kent, no great surprise, when you see that front
0:25:00 > 0:25:03appears to be more of an issue for the north and east of the region.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07That has a bearing on what we are expecting tonight and injured in a
0:25:07 > 0:25:12row, towards the north and east we have the remnants from that front,
0:25:12 > 0:25:16which will produce some rain. Further west and south-west, this is
0:25:16 > 0:25:19where the skies could stay clear and we could end up with a foggy start
0:25:19 > 0:25:25the day on Thursday. Bear that in mind, if you are running up the M40,
0:25:25 > 0:25:29over the Chilterns, you could be in for a fair amount of fog. Towards
0:25:29 > 0:25:33the east, that is where we have the greatest chance of the odd spot of
0:25:33 > 0:25:37rain for what essentially will be a rather dank day. Quite cloudy, and
0:25:37 > 0:25:41that prospect continues on into Thursday evening and overnight
0:25:41 > 0:25:45through into the first part of Friday as well. A lot of clout
0:25:45 > 0:25:50around, still the odd spot of rain, and that cloud sitting quite low in
0:25:50 > 0:25:54the atmosphere, so there will be some hill fog around than the
0:25:54 > 0:25:58radiation fog for two nights out west. Friday, yes, the odd passing
0:25:58 > 0:26:02glimpse of the sun but, if you work on the basis the next few days will
0:26:02 > 0:26:07be cloudy with a prospect of fog and the odd spot of rain coming through
0:26:07 > 0:26:12where the cloud is the curb, will not go far wrong. Just in time for
0:26:12 > 0:26:16the weekend, that looks like doom and gloom, but that weather front is
0:26:16 > 0:26:19slowly working its way to the western side of the British Isles,
0:26:19 > 0:26:23so the weekend starts on a cloudy note, but not too cold. There you
0:26:23 > 0:26:24go.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34And if you're a fan of Tube facts head to our Facebook Page,
0:26:34 > 0:26:35where we mark 155 years since the first
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0:26:37 > 0:26:38But that's it for now.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39More from us at 10:30pm.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Do have a lovely evening.