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Tonight on BBC London News:
the BBC's news teams where you are. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:05 | |
A U-turn by authorities threatening
to take this 11-year-old into care | 0:00:05 | 0:00:08 | |
after her mother disagreed
with doctors over how | 0:00:08 | 0:00:10 | |
to ease her pain. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:18 | |
It doesn't take away that hurt. They
almost destroyed my entire family. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:23 | |
Croydon council has apologised. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:24 | |
We'll also hear from the hospital. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:26 | |
Also ahead: | 0:00:26 | 0:00:27 | |
The Mayor pledges millions more
to pay for youth services | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
after a spike in violent crime. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
Plus the donations which flooded
in after the Grenfell tragedy. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:36 | |
We'll have the latest on whether
they've reached families affected. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:40 | |
And a vision of the future -
the Museum of London explores how | 0:00:40 | 0:00:44 | |
technology could shape our city over
the next few decades. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
Welcome to the programme
this Friday evening. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:03 | |
This is 11-year-old Melody Driscoll. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:04 | |
She suffers from rare
conditions which mean | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
she could die at any time. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:07 | |
Her mother says she's
in constant pain. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
BBC London reported Melody's story
at the start of the month | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
after the family disagreed
with doctors over how | 0:01:12 | 0:01:14 | |
to ease her pain. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:15 | |
Croydon council intervened,
threatening to place | 0:01:15 | 0:01:16 | |
her in foster care. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
Well, in the past few days
the council has backed | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
down and apologised. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
Melody's mother says the ordeal
"nearly tore the family apart". | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
Marc Ashdown reports. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:30 | |
It's distressing to watch. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
But this, says her mother,
is daily life for Melody Driscoll. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
The 11-year-old suffers from a range
of complex medical conditions. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
These painful episodes can
last up to two hours. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:46 | |
When she was treated
at Great Ormond Street, doctors | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
prescribed strong painkillers. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:50 | |
Melody is now cared
for at Kings Hospital. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
Doctors there want to wean her off
them, against her parents' wishes. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:58 | |
Before Christmas, Croydon Council
intervened and threatened to take | 0:01:58 | 0:02:00 | |
the family to court and place Melody
in foster care. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
Last week, out of the blue,
they did an about turn. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:07 | |
It was overwhelming. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:11 | |
They couldn't stop apologising. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
But as I stated to them,
that has not taken away | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
everything they've put us
through since Christmas. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
I've not been able to eat,
not been able to sleep, | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
I've lost so much weight. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
My boys spent endless nights crying,
thinking they are going | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
to lose their sister. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:28 | |
It doesn't take away that
hurt and they almost | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
destroyed my entire family. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
The original letter from the council
was very strongly worded. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:39 | |
It's not clear what
prompted the U-turn. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
Croydon didn't want to put anyone up
for an interview but they confirmed | 0:02:52 | 0:02:57 | |
they have apologised to Melody
and her family for the distress | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
caused by this situation. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
They say they have always put Melody
at the centre of their thinking | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
and these cases are often
complex and difficult. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
They say they will work
with the family to find | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
the best way forward. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
But the family and hospital remain
at odds over Melody's care. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
It's possible she may now be
transferred to another hospital | 0:03:14 | 0:03:16 | |
and her care plan reassessed. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
Kings say all decisions taken
by their expert clinical team | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
are in the best interests
of the patient and they | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
will continue to work
with and support Melody's parents. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
It was never us that
put her on the drugs, | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
it was specialists from
Great Ormond Street, | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
so all we've done is follow
the specialist advice. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:36 | |
There needs to be more of doctors
working with parents rather | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
than against parents. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
Yes, they are experts but they need
to realise no one knows the child | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
better than their own mum. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:48 | |
Melody is a massive Ed Sheeran fan
and last year he visited | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
and played for her in person. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
Her mother says it was
the happiest day of her life. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:59 | |
All she wants now is
for her daughter to be | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
comfortable and pain-free. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:07 | |
Coming up later in the programme: | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
Putting their best foot forward. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
Why this Tottenham player is helping
these north Londoners get fit. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
On the same day a 16-year-old has
been jailed for stabbing a former | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
friend to death after a row
on social media, the Mayor says | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
he's hoping to find £20 million
to boost youth services | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
to help tackle violence. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:34 | |
That's alongside the increased
use of stop and search. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
Speaking to BBC London,
he accepted that knife crime is | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
too high, but also took a swipe
at the Government, blaming cuts | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
for falling police numbers. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
Our political correspondent
Karl Mercer reports. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:50 | |
Expect to see plenty more of this,
high visibility policing | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
with a highly visible mayor,
both with a knife crime | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
problem on their hands. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:57 | |
It has risen more
than 20% in London. | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
In the last year alone,
more than 20 teenagers were killed. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
You said when you came into office
that your number one priority | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
was the safety of Londoners. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:09 | |
Cressida Dick, in her first week
as commissioner said | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
tackling violent crime
was what she would be judged on. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:13 | |
Do you accept that both
of you at the moment are failing? | 0:05:13 | 0:05:18 | |
I accept that knife crime is too
high and has been going up too | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
much across the country
for the last three years. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:23 | |
I accept we have to do much more. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
We've already had a couple
of residents come down | 0:05:26 | 0:05:28 | |
and ask what we are doing. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:29 | |
The lady I spoke to
was happy to see us. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:34 | |
People don't want to be found
with knives on them, | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
so they are finding other ways
of storing weapons, and then | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
we would try to find where that is,
and this is part of that, | 0:05:39 | 0:05:43 | |
a weapons sweep. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:43 | |
This way we can remove
weapons from circulation, | 0:05:43 | 0:05:45 | |
and we have found a number of knives
in the past few months | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
in Wandsworth, and one
firearm, so yes, they work. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:50 | |
Today, a 17-year-old is being buried
who was stabbed to death. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:57 | |
There are two teenagers
being sentenced for killing another | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
teenager with a knife. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:03 | |
With stats like that,
on a normal day in London, | 0:06:03 | 0:06:05 | |
are you not ashamed of that record? | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
It is heartbreaking. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
My thoughts are with the family
whose son is being buried today. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:14 | |
I have attended the funerals
of victims of knife crime | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
and it is tragic for the family
and affects the community as well. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
Knife crime has been rising
for the last four years | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
and that is why we are tackling it. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:24 | |
How is it going? | 0:06:24 | 0:06:28 | |
He has handed the Met £15 million
more to tackle the issue. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
You will see more police
operations across London, | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
more weapons sweeps like this,
more disruption of people | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
who may be carrying knives,
targeting known offenders, | 0:06:37 | 0:06:41 | |
an increase of intelligence-led
targeted stop and search. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:46 | |
You know that will be controversial
and it has been already. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
You have had criticism saying
members of the black community, | 0:06:48 | 0:06:52 | |
young black men, will say,
"Here we go again, | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
we have seen this before,
we are going to be targeted and it | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
will increase community tensions". | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
None of us should pretend
that the increased use of stop | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
and search will by itself
reduce knife crime. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
What I do know is that we have
a comprehensive package. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
When I speak to the victims of knife
crime, bereaved families, | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
communities, they remind me
that the largest number of victims | 0:07:12 | 0:07:17 | |
of knife crime are black, Asian,
multi-ethnic Londoners. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:21 | |
The mayor has blamed government cuts
for falling police numbers but says | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
in the next few weeks he expects
to announce City Hall money to boost | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
youth services across the capital. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:29 | |
I want to invest that
in services for young people, | 0:07:29 | 0:07:32 | |
in the context of the massive cuts
over the last eight years | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
around youth services. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
Are we talking about
20 or £30 million? | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
I don't want to speculate
what the figure could be, | 0:07:39 | 0:07:44 | |
but I'm hoping to find in the budget
in the next few weeks | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
about £20 million which I'd
like to use for young | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
people in London. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:53 | |
A promise of more money and of more
of this sort of thing, | 0:07:53 | 0:07:56 | |
and a sign of the real concern
at City Hall and Scotland Yard | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
about one of their highest
profile problems. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:01 | |
Karl Mercer, BBC London News. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:05 | |
After the Grenfell fire last June,
we know how donations flooded in | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
to help families. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:10 | |
And we reported how, a month
after the tragedy, only a fraction | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
of the donations had
reached those affected. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:17 | |
But now that's no longer the case. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:19 | |
According to new figures,
most of the money has now reached | 0:08:19 | 0:08:21 | |
the people that need it. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
With more details,
here's Ayshea Buksh. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
Well, the latest figures focus
on the money raised and come | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
from the Charity Commission
for England and Wales. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:32 | |
So back in July, just a few
weeks after the fire, | 0:08:32 | 0:08:36 | |
£20 million had been raised. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
But less than £800,000 of that
had been distributed. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:42 | |
Since then, more cash has been
raised, but also given out. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
So the overall figure
now is £26.5 million, | 0:08:45 | 0:08:50 | |
and 20.9 million of that has been
given to survivors | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
and their relatives. | 0:08:54 | 0:09:03 | |
So where did the money come from? | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
Well, many different
charities were involved, | 0:09:05 | 0:09:06 | |
but the big three appear to be
the British Red Cross, | 0:09:06 | 0:09:09 | |
the Kensington and Chelsea
Foundation, and the London Community | 0:09:09 | 0:09:11 | |
Foundation. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:12 | |
18 other fundraisers also
were involved, including Muslim Aid, | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
Family Action and the Art
for Grenfell auction. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:21 | |
But that's not all
that's been donated. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
We've reported before
on the hundreds of items, clothes, | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
toys and household goods that
were collected by volunteers. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:30 | |
The Red Cross says over 200 tonnes
of things were handed in. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:34 | |
That's a whopping 40,000 boxes,
enough to fill three | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
full-sized football pitches. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:42 | |
We distributed back
to the Grenfell Tower community, | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
but what we also did is sell
the second-hand clothes in our shops | 0:09:45 | 0:09:52 | |
and then recycle the funding
from that back into the London Fire | 0:09:52 | 0:09:57 | |
Relief Fund, raising
over £200,000 from that. | 0:09:57 | 0:09:59 | |
And not taking any penny in terms
of administrative charges. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
Every single penny was then recycled
back to the community. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:06 | |
In response to some of that
criticism as to why things were not | 0:10:06 | 0:10:10 | |
distributed quicker,
a spokesperson for the London | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
Emergencies Trust says
it was a complex financial | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
management challenge. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
I also spoke to the Kensington
and Chelsea Foundation, | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
who told me that they are in this
for the long haul, and future | 0:10:21 | 0:10:25 | |
generations will still be
affected by this tragedy. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:35 | |
A man has been charged over a double
murder that took place a decade ago. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
Two colombian nationals were found
with stab wounds at a block | 0:10:40 | 0:10:46 | |
Two Colombian nationals were found
with stab wounds at a block | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
of flats in Muller Road,
Clapham in June 2007. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
35-year-old Gonzalo Remolina
was today remanded in custody | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
to appear at the Old Bailey
and the end of this month. | 0:10:53 | 0:11:00 | |
Police on a raid in Essex have found
a four foot long caiman | 0:11:00 | 0:11:04 | |
crocodile and 16 snakes
at a house in Westcliff. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
A scorpion was also
discovered at the premises. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:08 | |
The operation was in connection
with a cannabis factory found | 0:11:08 | 0:11:10 | |
in Basildon two years ago. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:11 | |
Lots of reptiles
were also found there. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:17 | |
Should council services be run
by a company which makes a profit, | 0:11:17 | 0:11:20 | |
or a charity which runs it
for the community? | 0:11:20 | 0:11:24 | |
There are concerns that vulnerable
people in Hertfordshire who rely | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
on local and affordable sports
services will lose out | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
if facilities are privatised. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:30 | |
Dacorum Council says removing
the contract from the current | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
provider will improve services. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:33 | |
But a not for profit sports
groups says the sick | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
and elderly will suffer most. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:36 | |
Tolu Adeoyaye reports. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:41 | |
Does it matter who runs
council leisure facilities? | 0:11:41 | 0:11:43 | |
This centre in Hemel Hempstead
is about to pass hands | 0:11:43 | 0:11:46 | |
from a not-for-profit organisation
to a private company. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:49 | |
10,000 people have signed
a petition against the move. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:52 | |
There are fears prices will rise,
and some services the charity has | 0:11:52 | 0:11:57 | |
been running which will not make
money, will be cut. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
We are doing things like looking
after disabled people and carers, | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
and offering them outreach projects. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
We are going into the local
community, running old-age pensioner | 0:12:06 | 0:12:08 | |
clubs, without any profit in it,
we're just doing it because we are | 0:12:08 | 0:12:12 | |
part of the community. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
So, some of those things may well
be lost in the future. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
Raymond started playing badminton
after being encouraged by one | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
of the outreach groups. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:20 | |
He is one of those who
signed the petition. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
Four years ago, I was
a bit of a couch potato. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
And it's only through Sportsbase,
through running these courses, | 0:12:26 | 0:12:28 | |
that has pulled me out and got me
on this court and | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
revolutionised my life. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:32 | |
It's not broken. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
We're trying to repair it. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:36 | |
The Borough Council says it cannot
yet discuss the detail of the ten | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
year contract that has been awarded
to the company known | 0:12:39 | 0:12:42 | |
as Everyone Active. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:44 | |
The leader of the council,
Andrew Williams, says | 0:12:44 | 0:12:46 | |
there is obviously a financial
aspect to the decision, | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
but he doesn't think
it is inappropriate for councils | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
to make money from leisure services. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:54 | |
Especially at a time, he says,
when local government | 0:12:54 | 0:12:56 | |
finances are tight. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
It is a stance that
has been supported by | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
the Taxpayers' Alliance. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:02 | |
The profit motive is an incredibly
powerful tool for getting value | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
for money for these things,
and if you want services to continue | 0:13:05 | 0:13:08 | |
to be funded properly
and to work properly, | 0:13:08 | 0:13:10 | |
then privatising them and giving
them to people who really | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
know what they are doing
is a step forward. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
The council isn't alone. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:17 | |
A group which represents
not-for-profit sports | 0:13:17 | 0:13:19 | |
organisations says privatisation
is becoming more common. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:23 | |
A significant concern is,
a charitable model has a real core | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
focus on them being public services
for public benefit, | 0:13:26 | 0:13:30 | |
delivering on local outcomes,
improving pupil's well-being, | 0:13:30 | 0:13:34 | |
increasing physical activity levels. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
That is their core purpose. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
A for-profit provider
is about increasing profits | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
and dividends into shareholders'
pockets, and we believe | 0:13:41 | 0:13:42 | |
that's wrong. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:47 | |
The council says ultimately,
its decision will be judged | 0:13:47 | 0:13:51 | |
on whether local people feel
the new providers deliver the top | 0:13:51 | 0:13:54 | |
services and facilities
at affordable prices. | 0:13:54 | 0:14:01 | |
Still to come before 7: | 0:14:01 | 0:14:08 | |
Why this is state in Wandsworth was
the inspiration for a dystopian | 0:14:08 | 0:14:12 | |
vision of London in a film shot
entirely by a swarm of drones. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:21 | |
The owners of Brixton's
famous covered markets | 0:14:21 | 0:14:23 | |
are looking for new buyers. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:25 | |
It's after a deal with the owner
of Sports Direct fell through. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:28 | |
There's been real concern amongst
stallholders about what the future | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
of the market will be,
in an area already struggling | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
with claims of "gentrification". | 0:14:34 | 0:14:37 | |
Victoria Hollins is there
with more on this. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:44 | |
Are are a if you're in South London,
you might think of heading on a | 0:14:44 | 0:14:51 | |
Friday night, to Brixton Market, 140
mostly independent retailers and | 0:14:51 | 0:14:57 | |
restaurants. It is a must as popular
in the evening now as it is for | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
shoppers in the daytime although I
think it is fair to say that a lot | 0:15:00 | 0:15:04 | |
of the shops are shutting for the
evening now. The owner of these two | 0:15:04 | 0:15:08 | |
site has had them on the market for
around £30 million. In November it | 0:15:08 | 0:15:13 | |
was believed the owner of Sports
Direct had done a deal to buy the | 0:15:13 | 0:15:17 | |
sites, and it was causing quite a
lot of consternation in the area. It | 0:15:17 | 0:15:21 | |
has been confirmed today the deal is
now off the table and will not be | 0:15:21 | 0:15:26 | |
sold. The market will be not -- will
not be sold to the owner of Sports | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
Direct. I have spoken to a trader
here who said the uncertainty, | 0:15:30 | 0:15:35 | |
because the market is still for
sale, it is bad for the traders and | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
bad for the wider area too. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
They don't have a faith
in the long term here, | 0:15:40 | 0:15:43 | |
so if another opportunity arises,
they feel that it's best | 0:15:43 | 0:15:45 | |
to take that opportunity,
because who knows | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
what's going to happen here? | 0:15:48 | 0:15:53 | |
Because if it is bought by somebody
wanting to develop it, | 0:15:53 | 0:15:56 | |
they will knock down the shops. | 0:15:56 | 0:16:05 | |
Now, this is two sites that are
still up for sale, still a fairly | 0:16:05 | 0:16:09 | |
hefty price tag. This error is
listed and there is a lot of effort | 0:16:09 | 0:16:13 | |
here to try and raise money for a
local buyout of this to try and | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
secure the future here. The
uncertainty is not helpful for | 0:16:17 | 0:16:22 | |
traders around here, they really do
not know what is going to happen, | 0:16:22 | 0:16:26 | |
but the mood seems to be, we will
carry on for now and wait and see | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
what the future holds. Victoria,
many thanks. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:36 | |
To football, and among the London
team is hoping to move a step closer | 0:16:36 | 0:16:40 | |
to FA Cup glory this weekend,
Tottenham. But could a big upset by | 0:16:40 | 0:16:45 | |
a much smaller club stop them from
going all the way? Emma Jones spoke | 0:16:45 | 0:16:50 | |
to one of the Spurs players who is
lending a helping hand to a project | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
which encourages people to get fit. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:55 | |
An exercise class
with a special guest. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:56 | |
This is Tottenham midfielder
Erik Lamela visiting | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
a Shape Up For Spurs class. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
It is a programme set up by the club
to help local people learn | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
about being fit and healthy. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:05 | |
Fashion designer Jackie Dublin
says it hasn't just | 0:17:05 | 0:17:07 | |
changed her appearance,
but her whole lifestyle. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:11 | |
I feel great, and what is happening
now is that everybody | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
is looking at me and they can
see the difference. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:16 | |
They are saying,
"Jackie, you look great!" | 0:17:16 | 0:17:18 | |
And I'm saying, "I feel great!" | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
And, you know, the feeling,
you cannot pay for that. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
It's such an amazing feeling,
to feel healthy and strong. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:28 | |
And if Eric appears a little
reluctant to take part, | 0:17:28 | 0:17:32 | |
it might be because he only recently
returned from a hip injury, | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
an injury which meant he didn't
play for over a year. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:40 | |
It was so hard to be out. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:42 | |
But it is football, it can happen. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:47 | |
I had an injury, I need to respect
the times after the surgery, | 0:17:47 | 0:17:52 | |
and now, I'm back again
and I am enjoying it. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:57 | |
Next up for Spurs, a trip
to Newport County in the FA Cup. | 0:17:57 | 0:18:01 | |
The League 2 side have even
added a temporary stand | 0:18:01 | 0:18:04 | |
for the extra supporters. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:06 | |
Excitement for them as they aim
to cause a cup upset. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:10 | |
I'm confident. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
I want that to rub
off on the players. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
I want them all to believe
that it can happen, because, | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
you know, you only have to look
at previous years | 0:18:17 | 0:18:19 | |
when it has happened. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:20 | |
So, I'm sure that we are going
to give it a good go, and hopefully, | 0:18:20 | 0:18:24 | |
Lady Luck is with us. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:25 | |
But there is probably a more
genuine belief that Tottenham | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
could be on course to lift
the trophy this season. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:30 | |
We need to go forward,
in all the competitions, | 0:18:30 | 0:18:35 | |
try to win one trophy this season. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:39 | |
Because I think we have a very good
squad, and I believe in this team, | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
that we can achieve something. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
Spurs are currently using Wembley
as their temporary home. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:50 | |
Might they be there in May
to celebrate FA Cup success? | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
Emma Jones, BBC London News. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:59 | |
Imagine the capital -
30 years from now. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
Surveillance drones across
our skies, driverless cars, | 0:19:02 | 0:19:05 | |
skyscrapers taller than
we've ever seen before. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:08 | |
They're some of the visions
of the future in a new exhibition | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
at the Museum of London. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
Wendy Hurrell has been
to find out more. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
At the Museum of London,
after delving into the capital's | 0:19:16 | 0:19:18 | |
past, the present is a nice sit down
and a cup of tea. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:27 | |
But the future is over here. This is
a new display that imagines what | 0:19:27 | 0:19:32 | |
London might be like just a few
decades from now. Fantastical future | 0:19:32 | 0:19:38 | |
is by artists, designers, architects
and film-makers. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:40 | |
In The Robot Skies creates a world
controlled by surveillance drones. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:43 | |
The film itself was shot using them. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:47 | |
The first film, as far as we know,
was entirely shot using | 0:19:47 | 0:19:50 | |
autonomous drone systems,
and that was important for us, | 0:19:50 | 0:19:54 | |
because it was really about trying
to see the city through the eyes | 0:19:54 | 0:19:58 | |
of a drone network,
which is monitoring it | 0:19:58 | 0:20:02 | |
and controlling it. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:06 | |
Two young people are confined
in opposite towers and fall in love, | 0:20:06 | 0:20:08 | |
communicating by a drone they hack. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
It was filmed on the Somerset
Estate in Battersea. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
It's brutalist, it's a lot
of hard surfaces, it's very | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
confronting and uncompromising. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:22 | |
And particularly we chose this one,
because there are two extraordinary, | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
imposing towers that became
the perfect setting | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
for our narrative. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:30 | |
And we had one of our characters
in one tower and another | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
in the other tower, and we were able
to get our drone to sort of dance | 0:20:33 | 0:20:37 | |
back and forth between them. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
So, a familiar setting and story,
and this exhibition takes | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
what we know now, what we know
from history, and uses them | 0:20:43 | 0:20:46 | |
to explore what happens next. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:49 | |
No-one can predict the future,
so the best way to do that | 0:20:49 | 0:20:53 | |
is to exaggerate a reality
that we live now, stretch it, | 0:20:53 | 0:20:57 | |
then project it into the future. | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
So, this way, we can create
a hypothetical scenario | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
and we can look into these issues. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
It's a future that
doesn't seem so far away. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
A lot of the technology
is already here. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
They are going to be a really
important part of our lives. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
They are soon going to be
as ubiquitous as pigeons | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
in a city like this one. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
And that's something that we need
to be talking about. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
London Visions, at the Museum
of London, is on until April. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:24 | |
It suggests that the future isn't us
all heading to Mars - | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
it is a much more grounded
reflection on life. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
Wendy Hurrell, BBC London News. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:34 | |
Today is Australia Day,
a date marked by the thousands | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
of Australians living
here in the capital. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:40 | |
Historically and controversially, it
represents the birth of the colony, | 0:21:40 | 0:21:44 | |
and has evolved to become
a celebration of | 0:21:44 | 0:21:46 | |
the country and its people. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:48 | |
Well, fair to to say, the Aussies
aren't shy of a good party, | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
and one of the largest in London
is in Clapham, where | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
we can join Asad Ahmad. | 0:21:54 | 0:22:03 | |
It is not even seven o'clock, which
is really leave for Australians are | 0:22:03 | 0:22:09 | |
celebrating Australia Day tonight on
Friday night in London, but around | 0:22:09 | 0:22:12 | |
1200 of them are expected to come
here. One of the things they can | 0:22:12 | 0:22:17 | |
enjoy is Australian food. What is
Australian food? This is called a | 0:22:17 | 0:22:22 | |
sizzler, a piece of white bread with
a sausage, some ketchup and some | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
onions. Goes great with a cold beer.
And I'm sure you will be selling | 0:22:26 | 0:22:30 | |
lots of them tonight. Good luck with
that. One other thing they have | 0:22:30 | 0:22:35 | |
here, they phoned them specially in,
is a whole load of snacks. These | 0:22:35 | 0:22:39 | |
look like normal crisps to me but
they come from Australia. We have | 0:22:39 | 0:22:46 | |
some Australian ladies here. Good
evening. Do you recognise these? | 0:22:46 | 0:22:50 | |
Yes, we do! While I open them, what
would you be doing if you're in | 0:22:50 | 0:22:59 | |
Australia this evening? It depends.
Sometimes I would be at home, | 0:22:59 | 0:23:04 | |
sitting on the porch of my dad,
playing guitar, some Aussie | 0:23:04 | 0:23:08 | |
favourites, that might be some beach
cricket, hanging out with family and | 0:23:08 | 0:23:12 | |
friends and celebrating the day. But
here you are in South London. Yes, | 0:23:12 | 0:23:18 | |
we come here and find all the other
Aussies and have a big party. I will | 0:23:18 | 0:23:23 | |
leave these with you. Enjoy them!
Very cheesy! One other thing the | 0:23:23 | 0:23:31 | |
Australians are doing is rubbing
salt into English wounds here when | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
it comes to cricket. There is a
cardboard cutout of Steve Smith, the | 0:23:33 | 0:23:40 | |
Australian captain. Mike, you have
been in London for 20 years. I was | 0:23:40 | 0:23:44 | |
hoping he would be an England fan by
now! Not a chance! I have been here | 0:23:44 | 0:23:49 | |
for 20 years, it has only
strengthened my resolve for | 0:23:49 | 0:23:53 | |
Australian cricket. There is a
serious aspect to the day. What is | 0:23:53 | 0:23:56 | |
that about? A number of people
believe that the date is wrong. | 0:23:56 | 0:24:01 | |
Particularly the landing date. What
people would like to do is sort out | 0:24:01 | 0:24:06 | |
our culture and our music --
celebrate our culture and music, on | 0:24:06 | 0:24:13 | |
the 8th of May. Let's see if that
happens. I know you are playing here | 0:24:13 | 0:24:18 | |
tonight, I will let you get your
guitar ready, maybe you can play us | 0:24:18 | 0:24:22 | |
out in a moment. This party is going
on until three o'clock in the | 0:24:22 | 0:24:27 | |
morning, lots of drink and people
dancing. If I am a bit late for the | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
late news, you know where to find
me! I will leave Mike to play out. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:37 | |
We certainly do not have the
Australian weather! | 0:24:54 | 0:24:58 | |
Darren is here with a check on the
weekend weather. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:04 | |
Darren is here with a check on the
weekend weather. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:04 | |
What a start. This began, we have
some change, much more cloud around. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:11 | |
Quite windy conditions as well but
it will be miles. -- it will be | 0:25:11 | 0:25:18 | |
mild. Some session around, pretty
decent day, another lovely picture | 0:25:18 | 0:25:22 | |
across the Thames. But a great deal
of cloud at the moment. It will turn | 0:25:22 | 0:25:26 | |
chilly quite quickly. You can see
the cloud we had earlier and how it | 0:25:26 | 0:25:31 | |
has broken up across many areas.
Some clearer skies right now, | 0:25:31 | 0:25:36 | |
temperatures falling because the
winds are quite liked. It will be | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
colder than it was last night,
probably the coldest it has been all | 0:25:39 | 0:25:42 | |
week. With temperatures not far away
from freezing, there is the risk of | 0:25:42 | 0:25:47 | |
some frost, but also the risk of
some mist and fog too. But it | 0:25:47 | 0:25:52 | |
shouldn't last long because the
winds will freshen fairly quickly, | 0:25:52 | 0:25:55 | |
cloud amounts increasing, probably
dry for most of the morning, some | 0:25:55 | 0:25:58 | |
outbreaks of rain in the afternoon.
And it will be turning quite windy. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:03 | |
But temperatures higher than today,
maybe up to around 10 Celsius or so. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:07 | |
Tomorrow night, you can see the
temperatures are not going to fall | 0:26:07 | 0:26:13 | |
very much. Eight or nine Celsius
with a lot of cloud. We start cloudy | 0:26:13 | 0:26:17 | |
on Sunday and that is the way it
will stay for most. A little | 0:26:17 | 0:26:22 | |
sunshine now and again. Brisk
westerly winds. But temperatures | 0:26:22 | 0:26:26 | |
continue to climb. Very mild air
with temperatures of about 13 or 14. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:31 | |
It is not going to last because we
have a weather front moving down | 0:26:31 | 0:26:35 | |
from the North. That means that as
we head into the beginning of next | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
week, we will start with more cloud,
some strong winds are some outbreaks | 0:26:39 | 0:26:43 | |
of rain. Drier on Tuesday but notice
throughout, there will not be much | 0:26:43 | 0:26:48 | |
sunshine! | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
throughout, there will not be much
sunshine! | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
Some breaking news. The release of
John Worboys, the black cab rapist, | 0:26:54 | 0:26:59 | |
from prison, has been put on hold
after victims won the first step of | 0:26:59 | 0:27:03 | |
the legal challenge. The Parole
Board provoked fury when it | 0:27:03 | 0:27:07 | |
suggested his release after a decade
in prison. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:08 | |
A reminder of our main headlines. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:10 | |
Donald Trump has told
the World Economic Forum in Davos | 0:27:10 | 0:27:12 | |
his mantra of "America First"
doesn't mean "America alone" | 0:27:12 | 0:27:14 | |
and that the US wants to be
a partner in building | 0:27:14 | 0:27:17 | |
a better world. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:22 | |
Croydon Council has apologised
to the parents of 11-year-old | 0:27:22 | 0:27:25 | |
Melody Driscoll after threatening
to take her into care - | 0:27:25 | 0:27:27 | |
after they fell out with doctors
over how their seriously ill | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
daughter should be treated. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:31 | |
That is it for now. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:32 | |
More from the London
newsroom at 10.30, | 0:27:32 | 0:27:36 | |
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From all the team,
thanks for watching | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
and have a wonderful weekend. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:45 |