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0:00:08 > 0:00:09Good evening.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10Coming up on BBC London News:
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Plans to demolish the historic Elephant and Castle shopping centre
0:00:12 > 0:00:14are dramatically halted, much to the relief of
0:00:14 > 0:00:16campaigners and businesses.
0:00:16 > 0:00:25What replaces it will not be affordable. The types of shops, in
0:00:25 > 0:00:28terms of employment, housing, it's not for everybody, is it?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30But developers say it's a huge opportunity to improve the area.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Also tonight:
0:00:34 > 0:00:38One of the best feelings I've ever had in my life. I'm not a criminal
0:00:38 > 0:00:39any more.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42A man wrongly convicted of stealing who later discovered his arresting
0:00:42 > 0:00:49officer was guilty of a similar crime finally has his name cleared.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52He was framed by the police officer heading up the case.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54With more people leaving the profession than joining it,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57we'll hear why one nurse felt she had to give up
0:00:57 > 0:00:58the career she loved.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00The Duchess of Cambridge visits Great Ormond Street
0:01:00 > 0:01:02to open the latest phase of the Children's Medical Centre.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12A very warm welcome to the programme.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15First tonight: It's a fight to save a major south London
0:01:15 > 0:01:17landmark that's been going on for more than three years.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20The Elephant and Castle shopping centre has been part of the fabric
0:01:20 > 0:01:23of the area for over half a century, since 1965.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28A developer wants to rebuild it and create around 1,000 new homes
0:01:28 > 0:01:30and a new university campus.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33But, in a surprising turn of events, the plans were dramatically halted
0:01:33 > 0:01:38after a seven-hour late night Council meeting.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Tolu Adayoye has been getting reaction from some of those who live
0:01:41 > 0:01:43and work in the area.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47It was an unexpected decision.
0:01:47 > 0:01:56Even those who were opposed to plans which included redeveloping Elephant
0:01:56 > 0:01:58and Castle Shopping Centre were surprised when Southwark Council
0:01:58 > 0:01:59didn't approve them.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03We still get all the people local to the area coming down,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05because most of my customers are people that's
0:02:05 > 0:02:06local to the area.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Many, like Sharon, who live and work in the area,
0:02:08 > 0:02:12felt the changes would be bad for local people.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13It's
0:02:13 > 0:02:15not going to be inclusive, as far as I'm concerned.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20Dare I say it's for the haves rather the have-nots.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23So I guess that things do have to move on and things
0:02:23 > 0:02:33do have the change.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36But, I don't know, I just don't feel that it's
0:02:37 > 0:02:37including the people who've
0:02:37 > 0:02:43been born and bred in the area.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45The developers had promised a brand-new shopping centre,
0:02:45 > 0:02:47a new building for the London College of Communication,
0:02:47 > 0:02:50as well as 1000 new homes, a third of which
0:02:50 > 0:02:51would be affordable.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53And, from the roof of the Elephant and Castle shopping centre,
0:02:53 > 0:02:57all you have to do is look up to see the changes already in this area.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00But it appears this is a development too far. In a statement, the council
0:03:00 > 0:03:02said...
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Many of those protesting ahead of the meeting yesterday were students
0:03:14 > 0:03:21from the college, including this lady. Why does she object to a
0:03:21 > 0:03:25redevelopment that was backed by her university?It would have changed
0:03:25 > 0:03:30the social climate of the area. UAL are complacent in that. Despite so
0:03:30 > 0:03:35much talk of a commitment to social justice and widening participation,
0:03:35 > 0:03:39this involvement proves the utter hypocrisy of their statements.A
0:03:39 > 0:03:45bingo hall sits at the top floor of the shopping centre. Its owner was
0:03:45 > 0:03:48another objector. He says it wasn't factored into the plans at all, and
0:03:48 > 0:03:55chose the developers are out of touch.This is vitally important of
0:03:55 > 0:03:59the social life of thousands of people in the area every week.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Everybody wants the Elephant and Castle to develop, write? But they
0:04:02 > 0:04:06didn't want this particular one, it just didn't make any sense. And if
0:04:06 > 0:04:11it doesn't make sense, don't do it. The developers have said that 90% of
0:04:11 > 0:04:16people who they spoke to were in favour of the plans. They want their
0:04:16 > 0:04:19supporters to make their voices heard ahead of a meeting at the end
0:04:19 > 0:04:22of January, when the next steps for this part of London will become
0:04:22 > 0:04:24clearer.
0:04:24 > 0:04:33Let's get more from Asad, who's in Elephant and Castle now.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38I'm in Elephant and Castle, this is a place also known as London's Latin
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Quarter. Why? There are more that an American businesses here in this
0:04:41 > 0:04:51part of elephant and Castle and are on any other parts the UK. I'm
0:04:51 > 0:04:54joined now by Latin elephants representative, a group that
0:04:54 > 0:05:01represents the interests of Latin American people here. Why are you so
0:05:01 > 0:05:08against this development?It does not offer a fair deal for the people
0:05:08 > 0:05:12of Elephant and Castle, we are after social justice for the people of
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Elephant and Castle.Businesses have been offered lots of money to move,
0:05:16 > 0:05:19spread their wings, maybe even come back, what's wrong with that?The
0:05:19 > 0:05:25location fund has not been agree with by the traders, to start with,
0:05:25 > 0:05:30it was not done in consultation with them and does not offer them any
0:05:30 > 0:05:33right to return with extra funding to relocate to the new development
0:05:33 > 0:05:37if and when ready.You not happy with the development, you
0:05:37 > 0:05:41acknowledge money needs to be spent. What's your fish and?We want a
0:05:41 > 0:05:47vision that is community led, where the community feels included and
0:05:47 > 0:05:52whereby they are driving and being able to thrive in what is this
0:05:52 > 0:05:56developer. We are posted this development because it does not
0:05:56 > 0:06:00offer a fair deal for our communities.The council is having a
0:06:00 > 0:06:03meeting at the end the month to decide finally whether to put a
0:06:03 > 0:06:07death knell in the application form from developers which would decide
0:06:07 > 0:06:13whether this part of the road will look like that side of the road, and
0:06:13 > 0:06:18what is going on.You will of course keep us posted. Apologies for the
0:06:18 > 0:06:20break-up of the sound. Assad, thank you.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Coming up later in the programme:
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Why it's a good day for tens of thousands of bus drivers
0:06:24 > 0:06:27across the capital.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33"I'm not a criminal any more."
0:06:37 > 0:06:40A London council has denied it was one decades ago...
0:06:40 > 0:06:42A London council has denied it was warned decades ago
0:06:42 > 0:06:44that two of its tower blocks were unsafe.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46The concerns were raised by Hammersmith and Fulham council's
0:06:46 > 0:06:47former chief structural engineer.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50He says he made the claims back in the '80s
0:06:50 > 0:06:51but they weren't acted upon.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Gareth Furby has been speaking to him.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57As structural engineer to this council...
0:06:57 > 0:06:59David Adler was chair of a structural engineers group
0:06:59 > 0:07:00for the London Boroughs in the 1980s.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Everybody thought they were absolutely safe.
0:07:02 > 0:07:09He worked for Hammersmith Council.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Here he is meeting residents, and back then there were concerns
0:07:11 > 0:07:13about the safety of tower blocks.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14We found these problems which we never expected.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18"Great danger from collapse of wall or part of these buildings."
0:07:18 > 0:07:28He's reading from a memo he wrote back in 1984 which warns clearly
0:07:28 > 0:07:30about a remote chance of collapse, and that smoke could spread
0:07:30 > 0:07:32from flat to flat if there's a fire.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33We were concerned, yes.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35So what difference did this memo make?
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Well, for the first time in 30 years, David Adler has returned
0:07:38 > 0:07:48to inspect the two tower blocks in Fulham he warned about.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Extra anchors...
0:07:50 > 0:07:52He quickly spotted some evidence of strengthening to the structure.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55But all is not right with these buildings.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Since November, fire wardens have been patrolling 24 hours a day
0:07:57 > 0:08:00because there are gaps between wall and flooring which could allow
0:08:00 > 0:08:10fire and smoke to spread if a fire breaks out.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15To confirm these faults, engineers have dug away some
0:08:15 > 0:08:16concrete in an empty flat.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19And David Adler was able to take a look.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Look at the state of it!
0:08:21 > 0:08:24And the gaps and cracking that's now been exposed seems to be just
0:08:24 > 0:08:26the same issue that he warned about 33 years ago.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29If the walls are not tied into the floors,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33then there's gaps which enable smoke to get through.
0:08:33 > 0:08:41Unfortunately.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43What do you think about that happening now,
0:08:43 > 0:08:44despite your warnings?
0:08:44 > 0:08:51It's bad.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Was your advice...
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Was your memo heeded?
0:08:53 > 0:09:03I can't recall any action was taken as a result of the memo I sent.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Meeting Mr Adler on this estate, a former architecht,
0:09:07 > 0:09:08who said not much of his
0:09:08 > 0:09:09advice was listened to either.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Sam Webb was an architect who investigated this,
0:09:11 > 0:09:14the collapse of a tower block after a gas explosion in Newham.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16This is the external flank wall.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19The floor slab.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24His view is that the structure of this type of tower block is weak,
0:09:24 > 0:09:29even when gas hasn't been fitted, like in-form. Both men feel that
0:09:29 > 0:09:36after the Grenfell Tower disaster, the concerns are taken seriously.We
0:09:36 > 0:09:39British, we muddle along, until something goes wrong.Glik Grenfell
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Tower.The point is that these problems were knowing about 30-odd
0:09:43 > 0:09:45years ago.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47We put the men's claims to Hammersmith and Fulham Council
0:09:47 > 0:09:48which issued a statement saying...
0:10:01 > 0:10:05The Council says the safety of residents is its top priority
0:10:05 > 0:10:07and it is working with structural engineers, safety experts
0:10:07 > 0:10:09and the fire brigade to ensure that.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14The council says there is no gas supply.It understands residents are
0:10:14 > 0:10:17concerned and will continue to work with them to ensure that their homes
0:10:17 > 0:10:18remain safe.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Gareth Furby, BBC London News.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Two women who say they were attacked by London taxi
0:10:23 > 0:10:25driver John Worboys are raising money for a legal challenge
0:10:25 > 0:10:26to stop his release.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Police believe he attacked more than 100 women,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31but the Parole Board says he's now safe to be freed after serving
0:10:31 > 0:10:32nine years in prison.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37Our home affairs correspondent Nick Beake is here now.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42Just tell us more about this, Nick? This campaign is being spearheaded
0:10:42 > 0:10:47by a woman who was attacked by Worboys back in 2007, she was
0:10:47 > 0:10:50drugged and sexually assaulted. Another woman says she was attacked
0:10:50 > 0:10:54in 2003 but his case never came to court. Together, they are launching
0:10:54 > 0:10:58this legal challenge. They are trying to raise £10,000 through a
0:10:58 > 0:11:02crowdfunding website. What they want to do is try and force the parole
0:11:02 > 0:11:07board to make public their reasons behind the decision, which they
0:11:07 > 0:11:11announced that John Worboys can be set free. They are also challenging
0:11:11 > 0:11:16the decision itself. We know that Worboys was convicted of assaulting
0:11:16 > 0:11:2012 women. But the police believe he could have attacked more than 100
0:11:20 > 0:11:24victims. Certainly these two women believe that he is not a changed
0:11:24 > 0:11:29man.This case was discussed in the Commons today.Absolutely, it
0:11:29 > 0:11:32continues to provoke outrage and anger among the public, but also
0:11:32 > 0:11:37among politicians. Among those calling for judicial review of the
0:11:37 > 0:11:41decision is one former Conservative candidate for Mayor of London.John
0:11:41 > 0:11:46Worboys is likely to be one of the worst sex attacker is our country
0:11:46 > 0:11:50has ever known. When he was in court, she denied his guilt. He was
0:11:50 > 0:11:55continuing to deny his kilt up until two years ago, he dismissed his
0:11:55 > 0:11:59crimes as banter, and last year he was deemed too dangerous to be put
0:11:59 > 0:12:03into open release conditions. The short sentence he served is an
0:12:03 > 0:12:08insult to his victims and shows a content for just this -- contempt.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11The Prime Minister says she appreciated the sensitivity around
0:12:11 > 0:12:15this particular case. She said it was also right that the new Justice
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Secretary last week asked for his own legal advice into whether the
0:12:19 > 0:12:29Government could actually launch its own legal challenge against the
0:12:29 > 0:12:31parole board's decision. That would be unprecedented, certainly highly
0:12:31 > 0:12:33unusual, if that were to be the case. However, the Prime Minister
0:12:33 > 0:12:36also signalled a note of caution, saying the parole board is
0:12:36 > 0:12:40independent and it's also that ministers do not in anyway lean on
0:12:40 > 0:12:45it and prejudice their decision in any way. Where are we tonight? The
0:12:45 > 0:12:49parole board said previously that correct procedures were followed.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53But as it stands, John Worboys will be released at the end of the month.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Huge strength of feeling surrounded this case. Beake, thank you.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Arthur Collins, the man jailed for an acid attack
0:12:59 > 0:13:02at a nighclub in East London, has been given another eight
0:13:02 > 0:13:04months in prison for using a smuggled mobile phone.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Collins used the device to call his ex-girlfriend,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08reality TV star Ferne McCann, from his prison cell.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Collins is serving a 20-year sentence
0:13:10 > 0:13:14for throwing acid across a crowded dancefloor, injuring 22 people.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Londoners are being asked what they think expansion
0:13:20 > 0:13:22at Heathrow Airport should look like.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24The airport has launched a public consultation asking locals
0:13:24 > 0:13:26about the initial proposals for a third runway.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28It includes options for a shorter runway and putting
0:13:28 > 0:13:33the M25 in a tunnel.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41"I'm not a criminal any more."
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Words of relief from a man wrongly convicted of theft in the '70s
0:13:44 > 0:13:46who today finally had his name cleared.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Stephen Simmons spent eight months in a youth detention centre accused
0:13:48 > 0:13:50of stealing mailbags from a train.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53He was framed by the police officer heading up the case
0:13:53 > 0:13:55but always maintained his innocence.
0:13:55 > 0:14:02Charlotte Franks has the story.
0:14:02 > 0:14:08The face of a man who's just had his conviction quashed after 40 years.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13Stephen Simmons has spent decades wondering how and why he was found
0:14:13 > 0:14:18guilty of stealing mailbags from a train at Clapham Junction. It was a
0:14:18 > 0:14:21crime he never committed, but it led to eight months in a borstals.Hard
0:14:21 > 0:14:28to describe. One of the best feeling I've ever had in me life. I'm not a
0:14:28 > 0:14:32criminal any more. I'll try not to cry. But I've got the biggest smile
0:14:32 > 0:14:41ever. So, yeah...Stephen was arrested in 1976 by an officer from
0:14:41 > 0:14:45the BDP. Years later, Stephen search the offers a's name on the internet
0:14:45 > 0:14:50and discovered yes Ridgewell had also been jailed for mailbags that,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54and eventually died in the us on. After contacting the criminal cases
0:14:54 > 0:15:00review commission, Stephen's case was referred to the Appeal Court
0:15:00 > 0:15:04citing unreliable police evidence. Research reveal there were
0:15:04 > 0:15:08fabricated confessions in other cases where DC Ridgewell was the
0:15:08 > 0:15:12lead officer.I just feel hatred for the police officer for what he's
0:15:12 > 0:15:18done. He has ruined three lives. One's dead, one's bill, and I've
0:15:18 > 0:15:22survived. But you can't go around bringing people's wives.Winston was
0:15:22 > 0:15:29one of those forced to confess. He was part of a group of young men
0:15:29 > 0:15:32arrested for a string of robberies on the underground but always
0:15:32 > 0:15:36maintained their innocence. It is now thought that today's overturned
0:15:36 > 0:15:41conviction could help others like Winston to have their cases quashed,
0:15:41 > 0:15:46too.I'm absolutely elated, over the moon, it's a great day. Stephen's
0:15:46 > 0:15:50won his case, I'm very pleased for him. It opens the gate for me to
0:15:50 > 0:15:56bring my case back to court because I lost my appeal in 1973.In summing
0:15:56 > 0:15:59up, the judge said...
0:16:05 > 0:16:10Now, Stephen Simmons has promised to do all he can to help Winston
0:16:10 > 0:16:15Through with his case. After all, both men are now friends, despite it
0:16:15 > 0:16:18being a friendship forged out of unfortunate circumstances. Charlotte
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Franks, BBC London news.
0:16:21 > 0:16:27Coming up later in the programme:
0:16:27 > 0:16:33I asked how old she was.Hearing from children at Great Ormond Street
0:16:33 > 0:16:37as the Duchess of Cambridge officially opens the latest phase of
0:16:37 > 0:16:41the hospital. And in the weather, a day like today - tomorrow, but
0:16:41 > 0:16:45between now and then strong winds and a wet night air head, your full
0:16:45 > 0:16:50forecast coming up.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Now it's being called a landmark deal
0:16:52 > 0:16:55which will make a difference to tens of thousands of bus drivers
0:16:55 > 0:16:57right across London - and it's all to with pay.
0:16:57 > 0:17:06Our transport correspondent Tom Edward explains.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11The son of a bus tribe and today meeting workers at the bus depot,
0:17:11 > 0:17:18the mayor hailed this deal a win-win. Now bus tribe is in the
0:17:18 > 0:17:23capital moving to another company will remain on the same pay grade.
0:17:23 > 0:17:29Previously, there pay would have dropped. -- bus drivers.This means
0:17:29 > 0:17:34that when you are an experienced rider with many years of experience
0:17:34 > 0:17:38go to another company, they would recognise the experience you have,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41that will lead to more professional drivers and a better quality service
0:17:41 > 0:17:44for London's commuters.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47There are over six million bus journeys a day in London,
0:17:47 > 0:17:52more than the Tube and the trains.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54But drivers have been fighting for better conditions for years.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57They have already seen a minimum wage of £23,000 - now this.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59This is the greatest capital city in the world,
0:17:59 > 0:18:03and one of the iconic images is the red bus, and what we have got
0:18:03 > 0:18:08here is the Mayor of London saying he will treat people with respect,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11and we are going to get a quality service, at a good price,
0:18:11 > 0:18:16and everybody will benefit, so it is a win-win situation.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19TfL says the new scheme will not cost any more
0:18:19 > 0:18:22and bus companies will save on training.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25For these bus drivers, it is welcomed.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30We have been working on the buses for 17 months, 17 years,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32and it is important you carry your spirits with you
0:18:32 > 0:18:38when you transfer to another garage.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Not that I am, I am staying here!
0:18:41 > 0:18:42It is the best garage,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45but it is important you do not start at the bottom.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I think it is important, I do believe it is challenging out there.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51So having that same equal level for drivers is going to be
0:18:51 > 0:18:53very important and very appealing.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Not all bus driver concerns have been addressed,
0:18:56 > 0:18:58but for these key transport workers today,
0:18:58 > 0:19:05some good news that could now be copied elsewhere.
0:19:05 > 0:19:12Next, with figures suggesting the gap between the number of nurses
0:19:12 > 0:19:18leaving and joining the profession has widened,
0:19:18 > 0:19:20tonight we hear from one woman who made
0:19:20 > 0:19:21the decision to leave.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25She worked in the NHS in London for 13 years and was at the end
0:19:25 > 0:19:27of her nursing degree when she left her job
0:19:27 > 0:19:28to work in a coffee shop.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30In her own words, Alison tells us why.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32So, would you like a decaf, flat white skinny?
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Working here in this coffee shop has made me realise that
0:19:35 > 0:19:37life can be so much easier.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Working life can be so much easier.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41It's still a great job, I get the social aspect,
0:19:41 > 0:19:43and you can still have satisfaction from work.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46It was a really difficult decision, because I left nursing
0:19:46 > 0:19:49just as I was finishing my nursing degree.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Patient safety.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52It is what is suffering.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55You don't want to be part of a poor outcome when
0:19:55 > 0:19:58you know that it's avoidable.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01It's never been the easiest of jobs, but
0:20:01 > 0:20:04you don't go into nursing because it's going to be an easy job.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08When it becomes an impossible job, I didn't want to be part
0:20:08 > 0:20:15of something that was not doing what it's supposed to do.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16A large cappuccino...
0:20:16 > 0:20:18It's an organisation of people and it's an organisation
0:20:18 > 0:20:19of feelings.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21If you ignore the people and the feelings,
0:20:21 > 0:20:22then it's going to fall apart.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25You need to listen to the people who are doing
0:20:25 > 0:20:28the job for you and the people who are receiving the care.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30If you take people who systemically love their jobs
0:20:30 > 0:20:35and are born nurses, which people are,
0:20:35 > 0:20:38and to beat that out of them is an achievement.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39I would never have imagined that I could
0:20:39 > 0:20:42lose the love I had for my job.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46I would never have dreamt that I could feel
0:20:46 > 0:20:49this way about doing a job I love so much and have always done,
0:20:49 > 0:20:51and it breaks my heart.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55I would love to go back to nursing if I could go back to it
0:20:55 > 0:20:57and have it how it was ten years ago.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00If you could just deliver the care that we all want to
0:21:00 > 0:21:02deliver, deliver the care that we're all capable
0:21:02 > 0:21:11of delivering, then I would happily return.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14The Duchess of Cambridge will be taking home new teddy
0:21:14 > 0:21:16bears to Prince George and Princess Charlotte
0:21:16 > 0:21:18after a trip to Great Ormond Street Hospital today.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22She was there to open the latest phase in its redevelopment,
0:21:22 > 0:21:25designed to make things better for both the children
0:21:25 > 0:21:28and their parents.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Louisa Preston reports.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Lots of excited, smiling faces greeted the Duchess of Cambridge at
0:21:33 > 0:21:34the famous children's hospital.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37The Princess was there to open a specialist unit for children with
0:21:37 > 0:21:38severe heart problems.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43One of those she met was four-year-old Raphael.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48After the visit, I caught up with him.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52And he apparently told the Princess all about his favourite food.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Purple and green.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59Did you ask the Duchess if she liked olives?
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Yes.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01What did she say? Yes!
0:22:02 > 0:22:03She was lovely.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07She was listening to Raphael, and Raphael asked her
0:22:07 > 0:22:09an important question about whether she liked olives,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12and she said yes.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14And then she asked you what else you like,
0:22:14 > 0:22:15and you said pasta.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17And she said that Charlotte really likes pasta as well.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Mummy?Yes?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Yes, we can do more lives later!
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Charlie has been on the wing for two weeks, and just celebrated
0:22:26 > 0:22:29his 13th birthday.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34She saw all of the cards and things and she asked
0:22:34 > 0:22:41about my birthday, and mentioned that it had been has recently too.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Charlie's mum says the new ward, which provides state-of-the-art
0:22:43 > 0:22:44technology and better facilities for parents,
0:22:45 > 0:22:50makes a massive difference.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52It just takes the pressure off just everyday life out
0:22:52 > 0:22:57of the mix completely.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00You can just concentrate on being here with your child and
0:23:00 > 0:23:03really not worry about anything else that's going on.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Before the Duchess of Cambridge left the hospital,
0:23:07 > 0:23:09seven-year-old Freddie asked the Princess
0:23:09 > 0:23:12a rather cheeky question.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14I asked her how old she was.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15You did not!
0:23:15 > 0:23:17You asked her how old she was?!
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Goodness gracious, wow!
0:23:20 > 0:23:21What happened then?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24She is 36!
0:23:24 > 0:23:26LAUGHTER
0:23:26 > 0:23:33Louisa Preston, BBC London News.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37Lovely little Freddie there. Nick Miller has a look at the weather.
0:23:39 > 0:23:45Chilly wind, more of the same tomorrow, the weather looks nice
0:23:45 > 0:23:52through the window, but between now and then some active weather coming
0:23:52 > 0:23:55from the Atlantic, a spell of rain overnight, more significantly some
0:23:55 > 0:23:59strong winds with gales in places. I think we will hear that wind
0:23:59 > 0:24:05overnight. A Met Office yellow warning to the north of London,
0:24:05 > 0:24:10where we are most likely to get some gusts, up to 60 mph, but everywhere
0:24:10 > 0:24:14a blowy night, the wind picking up as the rain comes in, not lasting
0:24:14 > 0:24:19too long, quickly clearing eastwards, then dry by the end of
0:24:19 > 0:24:22the night, and then temperatures will dip away to a few degrees above
0:24:22 > 0:24:27freezing. Chilly wind not quite as strong overnight, into tomorrow,
0:24:27 > 0:24:31still a feature of our weather tomorrow. Good sunny spells, just as
0:24:31 > 0:24:39we have seen today, a chance of picking up a stray shower, I think
0:24:39 > 0:24:41more especially the afternoon and into the evening, the wind made
0:24:41 > 0:24:43moderate a little bit, but still noticeable and the temperatures
0:24:43 > 0:24:48stuck at single figures, 7-9 Celsius. So a rather fine Thursday
0:24:48 > 0:24:52to come, but through Thursday night we're going to see though showers
0:24:52 > 0:24:56clearing, they've crossed taking hold until Friday morning, similar
0:24:56 > 0:25:00day on Friday, some inviting sunny spells, chilly wind, and still the
0:25:00 > 0:25:04chance of catching the odd shower as it moves on through, temperatures
0:25:04 > 0:25:08very similar. But into the weekend, what can we expect? A fine day on
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Saturday, make the most of that, because on Sunday we will see some
0:25:12 > 0:25:15more wet weather coming our way. That is the latest.
0:25:15 > 0:25:22Wise words, thank you! That is it for now, more on our website,
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0:25:26 > 0:25:30watching and do enjoy your evening. Bye-bye.