0:00:00 > 0:00:07Thank you.
0:00:07 > 0:00:13an undercover investigation.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17You are not supposed to use what I use.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20We go undercover to expose the rogue beauticians offering illegal,
0:00:20 > 0:00:22and potentially dangerous, teeth whitening treatments.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24It's putting a patient's life at risk doing procedures not
0:00:24 > 0:00:26in a dental surgery...seeing this is astounding.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28It shouldn't happen.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Also ahead this evening.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Offering Londoners first choice on some new homes.
0:00:33 > 0:00:42But can the Mayor's voluntary scheme really work in practice?
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Why thousands of women in Essex may need ANOTHER smear test
0:00:45 > 0:00:47after some were wrongly given the all clear.
0:00:47 > 0:00:53Plus.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Why you're never too
0:00:54 > 0:00:56old to skateboard.
0:00:56 > 0:01:06The trio encouraging others to follow their lead.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11A very good evening to you and welcome to the programme.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16We start with a BBC London investigation exposing rogue
0:01:16 > 0:01:20beauticians who carry out illegal tooth whitening treatments.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Achieving that perfect smile is big business -
0:01:22 > 0:01:24with hundreds of dental clinics in the capital offering teeth
0:01:24 > 0:01:25whitening treatments.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Carried out by qualified professionals it's a safe
0:01:27 > 0:01:28and simple procedure.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33But in the wrong hands, dentists say it can lead to crippling pain,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35burns and blisters and even put patients' lives at risk.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40Guy Lynn has this special report.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41You know that sound.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Tooth scraping.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48At the dentist or hygienist.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50But this is a beautician with zero dental training.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52About to illegally apply a hazardous bleaching gel to
0:01:53 > 0:01:55whiten our researcher's teeth.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Teeth whitening is one of the UK's most
0:01:57 > 0:02:00popular cosmetic procedures.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05After a series of treatments, patients can
0:02:05 > 0:02:09have dramatically whiter teeth.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11But as it is a medical procedure, only a
0:02:11 > 0:02:14dentist or regulated dental professional can legally do it on
0:02:14 > 0:02:15customers.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17And these pictures show why.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18Used incorrectly, the bleaching agent hydrogen peroxide can cause
0:02:18 > 0:02:24burns, blisters and gum damage.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26BBC London went undercover to find rogue
0:02:26 > 0:02:36beauticians offering treatments.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Such as Ashley Smith near Paddington who charges £100,
0:02:40 > 0:02:41and implies she's qualified.
0:02:41 > 0:02:48Her only qualification is a one-day course
0:02:48 > 0:02:49with a tooth whitening firm.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51OK, darling, you just relax.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Yet she legally performs dental procedures.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54If you are seeing somebody on the high
0:02:54 > 0:02:55street that has attended a
0:02:55 > 0:02:57one-day course, and putting that into perspective, dentists attend a
0:02:57 > 0:02:59five-year training programme in order to qualify, you're placing
0:03:00 > 0:03:04yourself in harm's way.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06The whitening kits and toothpastes you can buy on
0:03:06 > 0:03:09the high street can only contain a maximum of 0.01% of the bleaching
0:03:09 > 0:03:13agent hydrogen peroxide.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Anything stronger, up to 6%, must be prescribed by a dentist.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16Hello.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Hi.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Nice to meet you.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Fran Low from West Ham is no dentist.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25But this untrained beautician carries out
0:03:25 > 0:03:26dental procedures in her bedroom.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Don't touch that, if it gets on your hands, it
0:03:29 > 0:03:30will burn your hands.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Oh!
0:03:32 > 0:03:34And tells us what strength hydrogen peroxide she will use to whiten
0:03:34 > 0:03:36teeth.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37It does have hydrogen peroxide in it?
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Yeah, it does, yeah.
0:03:39 > 0:03:4425%.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47By using whitener more than four times the strength allowed
0:03:47 > 0:03:49for a dentist she is breaking the law and knows it.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Obviously, you know, in all honesty you're not
0:03:51 > 0:03:53supposed to use what I use.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56It is for the dentist, isn't it.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58That's why you pay £300 to go and have
0:03:58 > 0:03:59your teeth done at the dentist.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01So will she go ahead?
0:04:01 > 0:04:02First she gives us the gumshield.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Bite down now, that's it.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Then she applies hydrogen peroxide.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08What's that?
0:04:08 > 0:04:09This is the peroxide.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Usually she would leave it on for well over an hour.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13But we've taken dental advice and abort
0:04:13 > 0:04:15straightaway.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17You want to take it off?
0:04:17 > 0:04:18You do?
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Take it off!
0:04:22 > 0:04:24After filming, our researcher gets the
0:04:24 > 0:04:29peroxide removed, has a full dental checkup and gets the all clear.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I can see quite bad burns...
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Ben Atkins treats people after they've had
0:04:32 > 0:04:35botched hydrogen peroxide operations.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37We showed him our undercover footage.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39He says it is the worst he's seen.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41It's putting a patient's life at risk, doing dental procedures not
0:04:41 > 0:04:42in the dental surgery.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45I see the other side when things have gone
0:04:45 > 0:04:46wrong and patients have come into my surgery
0:04:46 > 0:04:48and I've got to deal with
0:04:48 > 0:04:52it.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54And seeing this, it's beyond...
0:04:54 > 0:04:55it's astounding.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56It shouldn't happen.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Ashley Smith said she used a safe non-peroxide prom product, but
0:04:59 > 0:05:04ignored all our requests for a response.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Fran Low denied buying, storing or using peroxide gels on
0:05:07 > 0:05:08customers.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11She claims she said she did in order to get a sale.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13She then said that she was not aware that
0:05:13 > 0:05:16what she was doing was illegal, and now says that she has stopped
0:05:16 > 0:05:17doing teeth whitening altogether.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19She also sold us a syringe with 700 times the
0:05:19 > 0:05:24strength peroxide that can be purchased on the high street.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28We will be handing that tpo the authorities
0:05:28 > 0:05:30and during our investigation we heard of many other
0:05:30 > 0:05:31beauticians ignoring
0:05:31 > 0:05:33warnings, playing roulette with patient safety.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Guy Lynn, BBC London News.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37And please do get in touch with us if you've got
0:05:37 > 0:05:40a story which you think we should be investigating.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42You can contact us in confidence using the email address
0:05:42 > 0:05:50investigations bbclondon - all one word - @bbc.co.uk.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52You're watching BBC London News, coming up
0:05:52 > 0:05:52later in the programme.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54100 years since women marched to victory
0:05:54 > 0:05:56securing the vote - we look at how it changed
0:05:56 > 0:06:07Londoners' lives.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Next: "First dibs to Londoners".
0:06:09 > 0:06:11That was one of Sadiq Khan's housing promises
0:06:11 > 0:06:15during his mayoral campaign.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Now, nearly two years on, we've got some idea of what it means.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21House builders have agreed voluntarily to offer some new homes
0:06:21 > 0:06:25for sale to Londoners BEFORE they get marketed abroad.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28But not everyone is convinced it'll help tackle the housing crisis.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32Here's our Political Editor Tim Donovan.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37I will give Londoners first dibs on new homes built.Much favoured
0:06:37 > 0:06:42campaign mantra to tackle foreign ownership by prioritising Londoners.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46But and was not the mayor but his deputy who told us today have the
0:06:46 > 0:06:50housing sector had come on board voluntarily to make this happen.
0:06:50 > 0:06:56Right now this is the way, through this voluntary offer, of making sure
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Londoners get first dibs, we can make sure that they do get first
0:06:59 > 0:07:05dibs as soon as is a.How would it work? Firstly it applies only to
0:07:05 > 0:07:11homes on sale for under £350,000, nearly 6000 of those were sold in
0:07:11 > 0:07:19London last year.It's not much different to his predecessor, it's a
0:07:19 > 0:07:23voluntary agreement, he hasn't used the full weight of the system, it
0:07:23 > 0:07:26won't deliver much in the way of new homes especially as he hasn't built
0:07:26 > 0:07:31many.I doubt if this will be effective. The problem we have is
0:07:31 > 0:07:34people buying homes they don't intend to live in. That should be
0:07:34 > 0:07:38the focus of policy and that can be done by planning conditions.Who
0:07:38 > 0:07:50exactly will benefit and when? The pledges to sell to UK buyers for
0:07:50 > 0:07:52three months before any marketing properties overseas and Londoners
0:07:52 > 0:07:55will get the exclusive right to buy within the first month. But this
0:07:55 > 0:07:57doesn't stop foreign buyouts buying as long as they live and work in
0:07:57 > 0:08:01London.Is the mayor has been clear London is open to everyone around
0:08:01 > 0:08:05the world to come here and live here, he wants everyone to come and
0:08:05 > 0:08:09live here and contribute to society. Although this doesn't stop foreign
0:08:09 > 0:08:15buyers from buying the property which was the reason for the policy.
0:08:15 > 0:08:21What people didn't like was the homes sold overseas before two
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Londoners, some were even being sold abroad before being offered here for
0:08:24 > 0:08:29sale.Does this discriminate? City Hall says no because it's voluntary.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32It does accept that there are house-builders yet to come onside
0:08:32 > 0:08:36but they help the mayor will be able to offer first dibs for Londoners by
0:08:36 > 0:08:41the end of the girl. So a chance to the mayor to close loopholes and
0:08:41 > 0:08:43establish exactly how will work.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46And Tim is here with us in the studio.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50It does raise questions. What is your assessment about whether it
0:08:50 > 0:08:54will work in practice?
0:08:54 > 0:08:57We're still completely unclear how it will be policed, City Hall hasn't
0:08:57 > 0:09:02said that says house-builders will come up with a way which will
0:09:02 > 0:09:06reassure them whether people are eligible, whether you can call
0:09:06 > 0:09:10yourself a London. Although it seems they will be no requirement to have
0:09:10 > 0:09:14lived here for some time so someone moving here and starting to live you
0:09:14 > 0:09:18could arguably buy one. The wider difficulty is that this is voluntary
0:09:18 > 0:09:22because you can't compel developers, house-builders, as things stand, to
0:09:22 > 0:09:27make arrangements like this. It would be restrained to trade, open
0:09:27 > 0:09:31to all kinds of action from these developers who want to sell houses
0:09:31 > 0:09:37across the world. So it is voluntary and in as far as that has been
0:09:37 > 0:09:41achieved by the mayor that is something. I think it's worth saying
0:09:41 > 0:09:45to a number of people, foreign buyers and investors are not the
0:09:45 > 0:09:49villains of the piece because it is often their money, particularly when
0:09:49 > 0:09:53they are buying before a brick has even gone in the ground, that
0:09:53 > 0:09:57enables the development to come of that. That often enables a big share
0:09:57 > 0:10:02of affordable housing as well. So it's very tricky, it a balance to be
0:10:02 > 0:10:08struck by the mayor here.OK, thank you, Tim Donovan.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Well, we know the scale of the task of housebuilding in the capital
0:10:11 > 0:10:13and then there are also big infrastructure projects
0:10:13 > 0:10:15in the pipeline, including HS2.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20In all, it's estimated that 10,000 new construction jobs
0:10:20 > 0:10:22will be created here over the next five years.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25But with a shortage of skilled workers in London -
0:10:25 > 0:10:26it raises the question "who will fill them"...
0:10:26 > 0:10:28As our Political Correspondent Karl Mercer reports.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33They're building a new school and new homes here in Paddington.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36And London's going to need a whole lot more of them.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Which means it will need a whole lot more
0:10:38 > 0:10:39workers like these.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42According to the industry training body,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45the capital will need 10,000 more construction workers over
0:10:45 > 0:10:47the next five years.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48It will be a challenge.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52We need to retrain and retain the people that are already in our
0:10:52 > 0:10:53workforce.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54We've got fantastically talented people.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59And then we need to recruit people into doing that.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01It's not just these hands-on jobs that will be needed though.
0:11:01 > 0:11:06The industry is about more than working on chilly sites in February.
0:11:06 > 0:11:12I think there is a real chance that people just see us from the
0:11:12 > 0:11:15practical trades perspective which are vital for the delivery of their
0:11:15 > 0:11:21projects.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25However I think we sometimes
0:11:25 > 0:11:28overlook the other skills which are needed in industry as a
0:11:28 > 0:11:30whole, and they range from professional architectural skill
0:11:30 > 0:11:31sets, consultants, sustainability and environmental skills.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33That might explain this latest video from the Institution
0:11:33 > 0:11:34of Civil Engineers,
0:11:34 > 0:11:37aimed at schoolchildren to get them interested
0:11:37 > 0:11:41in a career in construction.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Part of the effort of the industry to sell itself better at a time
0:11:45 > 0:11:48when jobs are being created but some skills can be in short supply.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51We're well aware of the existing skills gap and
0:11:51 > 0:11:59there's a huge risk with Brexit.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00That that's exacerbated.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03So making sure we've got the skilled people we need in
0:12:03 > 0:12:06the places we need them to complete the infrastructure here in London,
0:12:06 > 0:12:07that's a huge challenge for the industry.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10It is a worry, it's a worry because London is this amazing
0:12:10 > 0:12:13vibrant city, but our global status is at risk if we don't do things
0:12:13 > 0:12:16like nearly treble the number of homes being built in the capital,
0:12:16 > 0:12:17improving our infrastructure.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19They are challenges that will need workers.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Thousands of them.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22The challenge will be to find those workers in time.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Karl Mercer, BBC London News.
0:12:26 > 0:12:33One of the ringleaders convicted of the Hatton Garden
0:12:33 > 0:12:34heist has died in prison, aged 69.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Terry Perkins was jailed for seven years after stealing over
0:12:37 > 0:12:39£13 million of valuables in the 2015 raid.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41He's believed to have been ill for some time,
0:12:41 > 0:12:48and there will be an independent investigation into his death.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51The father of an 11-month old baby boy is to challenge
0:12:51 > 0:12:53a High Court judgment allowing doctors to withdraw
0:12:53 > 0:12:54life support treatment.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Specialists at King's College Hospital had argued that giving
0:12:58 > 0:13:00further intensive care treatment to Isaiah Haastrup was "futile"
0:13:00 > 0:13:07and not in his best interests.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09The Government has insisted tower blocks are safe despite having
0:13:09 > 0:13:11to order a retesting of insulation materials used
0:13:11 > 0:13:12on the Grenfell Tower.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Labour's Housing spokesman John Healey told the House
0:13:14 > 0:13:18of Commons the governments fire testing system was in chaos:
0:13:18 > 0:13:20But Housing Minister Dominic Raab insisted the Government
0:13:20 > 0:13:25had acted promptly.
0:13:25 > 0:13:32On first hearing of this I made sure at director level in my department
0:13:32 > 0:13:39the empty for Celotex was contacted. We understand how seriously they
0:13:39 > 0:13:42take the testing issue and they will act as soon as reasonably possible
0:13:42 > 0:13:44to get it retested.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Thousands of smear samples tested at a laboratory in Essex may
0:13:48 > 0:13:48need to be reviewed.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51It's after some women in the county were wrongly given the all-clear.
0:13:51 > 0:13:57Let's get more details from Marc Ashdown.
0:13:57 > 0:14:04What can you tell us?All women between 25 and 64 are offered smear
0:14:04 > 0:14:08test to check for cervical cancer. These tests are from a lab that
0:14:08 > 0:14:13carries out testing the two trusts, Southend and Basildon and Thurrock.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17It has emerged that 17 women were given the all clear by mistake. They
0:14:17 > 0:14:24been contacted for screening again or for further tests. Because of
0:14:24 > 0:14:28this a further 2500 samples are now being tested again. We are told
0:14:28 > 0:14:34about 900 have been done so far and depending what happens with them, if
0:14:34 > 0:14:38there are significant variations, the worst-case scenario is that all
0:14:38 > 0:14:4155,000 women who had smear test in that area over the past few years
0:14:41 > 0:14:45might have to be tested again. The local MP says this is very troubling
0:14:45 > 0:14:48and raises serious issues.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53One of the big questions that I don't understand, if the fault was
0:14:53 > 0:15:00found last June, why has it taken so long to come to light?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02And I don't understand why the governance
0:15:02 > 0:15:05procedures were not in place so that this must have been more
0:15:05 > 0:15:05rigorous.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08But, at the moment, it just seems to be simply
0:15:08 > 0:15:09speculation.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11As to exactly what went on.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16Whatever hospital trusts had to say about this? We got a statement from
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Basildon saying they understand this is a potentially worrying time for
0:15:18 > 0:15:21the women involved and they would like to reassure all of them this
0:15:21 > 0:15:26was an isolated incident. We understand an independent screening
0:15:26 > 0:15:29service has been brought in Fotherby tests and is expected to take a
0:15:29 > 0:15:35couple weeks. Women whose tests come back never did -- negative will not
0:15:35 > 0:15:40be contacted. If there is an issue, the hospital will contact you.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Cervical cancer is one of the most deadly forms of cancer but one of
0:15:44 > 0:15:48the most easily preventable. The message from Public Health England
0:15:48 > 0:15:51is pleased to not be put off going for a test.
0:15:51 > 0:15:57Thank you. Do stay with us.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Still to come before 7...
0:15:58 > 0:16:01These guys were around before rolling about on four wheels
0:16:01 > 0:16:02in the park was even a thing.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07Meet the Very Old Skateboarders.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Flick coats, hats and gloves at the ready. We are in for a couple of
0:16:11 > 0:16:21very cold nights. Details coming up.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25As tomorrow marks 100 years since the bill was passed giving some
0:16:25 > 0:16:28women the vote, all this week, we will be talking to Londoners lived
0:16:28 > 0:16:33through and then -- through an historic time.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Many women living in London were still in service or working
0:16:37 > 0:16:39in factories at the start of the twentieth century -
0:16:39 > 0:16:42they were relying on suffragettes and a handful of sympathetic men
0:16:42 > 0:16:42in parliament to fight their cause.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52Sale are so spoken to women who at the age of 103, has lived through a
0:16:52 > 0:16:55century of change. -- sale has opened two.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Now living in a Surrey care home, Rose was born in 1914 and was told
0:16:59 > 0:17:02by her parents that being a servant was the only career open to her.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03But she had other ideas.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06I didn't want to go into service, no way.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11So I gathered my things and I got on a bus and I left home.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15I wasn't going to be anybody's lackey.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19I was worth more than that.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Rose trained to be a midwife, encouraged by the bill making it
0:17:22 > 0:17:23possible for some women to vote.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26But there were still many rules that didn't apply to the men.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29How were women treated if they got married in the job?
0:17:29 > 0:17:34Oh, you couldn't.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36So many were married and they had their wedding rings
0:17:36 > 0:17:41round their neck, hidden.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Marches demanding equality were regularly held on the streets
0:17:44 > 0:17:48of London but in Parliament, protesters were relying
0:17:48 > 0:17:50on the men to change the law.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Conservative politician Baroness Jenkin campaigns
0:17:51 > 0:17:54for more women MPs.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57She is the great granddaughter of Willoughby Dickinson,
0:17:57 > 0:18:02who introduced the first women's suffrage bill in 1907 and every year
0:18:02 > 0:18:08until he lost his own St Pancras seat in 1918.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10He had two very clever sisters, and one was a very eminent
0:18:10 > 0:18:13doctor who was born, I think, in 1958.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17And she was a radiologist and her husband was a very eminent
0:18:17 > 0:18:21doctor and, in fact, they set up I think six hospitals
0:18:21 > 0:18:25in Serbia during the First World War and he looked at his two sisters
0:18:25 > 0:18:29in awe and he thought, how is it that I as a man
0:18:29 > 0:18:31have the vote and these two sisters of mine don't?
0:18:31 > 0:18:35So I think that was what was behind his campaigning.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39The bill turned out to be only the beginning.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42All women over 21 had to wait another decade
0:18:42 > 0:18:43until they got the vote.
0:18:43 > 0:18:48Sarah Harris, BBC London news.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Looking ahead now to this year's Sport Relief
0:18:50 > 0:18:52which was launched today.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54When people right the capital get active and help raise
0:18:55 > 0:18:59money for charities.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02The last one raised £10 million.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06And to give us a sense of just how much your cash helps change lives,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Ian Williams has been to a charity in Harrow which supports vulnerable
0:19:09 > 0:19:13young Londoners who self-harm or have experienced abuse.
0:19:13 > 0:19:19An unassuming suburban street. or have experienced abuse.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22But for the people who visit the Wish Centre,
0:19:22 > 0:19:23is a special place.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Everyone who walks in the door here can see that it really changing
0:19:26 > 0:19:28lives and really saving lives as well.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I know that was definitely true for me.
0:19:31 > 0:19:31People of all ages, races, genders...
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Emily first came here when she was 14 because of
0:19:34 > 0:19:35bullying and problems at home.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37One of thousands of vulnerable young people
0:19:37 > 0:19:43who have been helped by the charity.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45I just think it offers something really special, really unique and
0:19:46 > 0:19:47something that we really need.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49It just opened up this whole world to
0:19:49 > 0:19:52me that I didn't even know existed.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55And it was the first place I'd ever come where I felt understood.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Maddie is another of the young people the
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Wish Centre has helped who have struggled with self-harming.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02It's a cycle that you can't get out of.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03It's an addictive thing.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05You need something to sort of get you out of that.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09And for me, it was talking.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Her depression was so severe that she
0:20:11 > 0:20:15considered taking her own life.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16But the support provided has changed that.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Before I came here, I didn't think any of what I am doing
0:20:19 > 0:20:20now would be possible.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24I didn't think I could move away from home or
0:20:24 > 0:20:26socialise with friends, enjoy my uni course.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Just live a normal life.
0:20:30 > 0:20:38Hello, Sport Relief 2016.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40We know that Sport Relief and Comic Relief
0:20:40 > 0:20:43have been doing really good work in various places in the UK
0:20:43 > 0:20:44and abroad for quite some time.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48In 2016, generous Londoners helped to raise
0:20:48 > 0:20:50and donate £6.9 million to the overall Sport Relief
0:20:50 > 0:20:52total of £55 million.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56And that has helped more than 300 projects across the region.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59We need to pay for premises and have a safe place
0:20:59 > 0:21:00where people can come.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03We would not be able to run without the funding we have had
0:21:03 > 0:21:05from Comic Relief and Sport Relief.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07It may look small on the outside but, you know,
0:21:07 > 0:21:13it really does help people.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Ian Williams with that report.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17This year, Sport Relief is challenging
0:21:17 > 0:21:19the nation to do a billion steps a day during Sport Relief
0:21:19 > 0:21:24week which runs between the 17th and 23rd of March.
0:21:24 > 0:21:29If you would like to get involved, and we do hope you will, download
0:21:29 > 0:21:35the Sport Relief steps application.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40You can find out how at bbc.co.uk/sportrelief.com.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Skateboarding - fair to say it's generally thought
0:21:42 > 0:21:44of as a young person's pastime.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46And when three people in their 50s and 60s were told
0:21:46 > 0:21:49they were too old to board, they decided to prove them wrong.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52So meet Elizabeth, Keith and Sabina, who've created a social media group
0:21:52 > 0:21:54that's encouraging others to race around London's green spaces.
0:21:54 > 0:22:00Wendy Hurrell reports from Hyde Park.
0:22:00 > 0:22:00I from Hyde Park.
0:22:00 > 0:22:00I am from Hyde Park.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01I am Elizabeth, from Hyde Park.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02I am Elizabeth, 66. from Hyde Park.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03I am Elizabeth, 66.Keith, from Hyde Park.
0:22:03 > 0:22:10I am Elizabeth, 66.Keith, 54. from Hyde Park.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13I am Elizabeth, 66.Keith, 54. Sabina, 66.Together, they are the
0:22:13 > 0:22:18Very Old Skateboarders. The group will feature in Facebook's
0:22:18 > 0:22:20first-ever exhibition at the Southbank Centre from Thursday which
0:22:20 > 0:22:25Emma Bates our diverse passions. It has made them realise that their
0:22:25 > 0:22:31four-wheeled enthusiasm is not so strange.It was the Fat, are we on
0:22:31 > 0:22:36our own? And realising we are not. We are not niche at all. There are
0:22:36 > 0:22:43so many aged skateboarders all across the world. You get into
0:22:43 > 0:22:48skating comedy very really get out of it.Sabina Took it up at age 50
0:22:48 > 0:22:59one. But this woman has been doing it since of 20.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05Anywhere that is a beautiful path. Being beautiful places and skating.
0:23:05 > 0:23:12New people, long, 50, 60 years old, someone in her 70s said, I want to
0:23:12 > 0:23:18learn to skate.Keith is just back on his board after a shoulder
0:23:18 > 0:23:23operation and he commutes in his. People are generally confused. It
0:23:23 > 0:23:31depends on what I am wearing. There was a time I was wearing a filled in
0:23:31 > 0:23:36-- I was wearing a dinner suit and I got some interesting looks.You
0:23:36 > 0:23:40don't have to be at the more mature end of the scale. MS 23. The
0:23:40 > 0:23:46exhilaration and adrenaline that you experience makes you feel so alive.
0:23:46 > 0:23:59And we call it stoke.That's the lingo?Stoke.Skate slang memorised,
0:23:59 > 0:24:09I get on board. Let's see if they can teach this young-ish pup new
0:24:09 > 0:24:16tricks. It'll be a while before I get the hang of things.
0:24:16 > 0:24:22You're telling me used to have a skateboard?
0:24:22 > 0:24:29I put out my bike to my skateboard. I had one of those voting ones like
0:24:29 > 0:24:35in Back To The Future. Of course you did!
0:24:35 > 0:24:41Icy weather? Is very cold couple of my sun away.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45The mornings will very chilly indeed. A hard frost on the way
0:24:45 > 0:24:46indeed. A hard frost on the way tonight and tomorrow night will be
0:24:46 > 0:24:50the coldest night of the week. Right now, we have got some clouds in the
0:24:50 > 0:24:55sky. We have had some snow flurries. They have not been falling over
0:24:55 > 0:24:59London. Mostly towards the extreme south-east across Kent and Sussex.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03But I think tonight it is a bit of cloud out there. Maybe one or two
0:25:03 > 0:25:08flurries but nothing more than that. You saw couple of flakes of snow. In
0:25:08 > 0:25:12the centre of London, temperatures around freezing. Outside of town,
0:25:12 > 0:25:16round minus four Celsius. It means tomorrow morning will be very chilly
0:25:16 > 0:25:20indeed and it will start relatively bright. Then you have basically a
0:25:20 > 0:25:23very nice day on the way. There could be some flurries way towards
0:25:23 > 0:25:33the east of London. Some parts of the country are in for some snow.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35But that's not never will reach London. So tomorrow it is going to
0:25:35 > 0:25:38be a relatively bright day. Clouding over later in the day and feeling
0:25:38 > 0:25:41really chilly. Temperatures in some areas could be a couple of degrees
0:25:41 > 0:25:43above freezing during the day. I will show you the weather for
0:25:43 > 0:25:47tomorrow night as well. Some flakes of snow. Watch out called the man
0:25:47 > 0:25:54gets. Can it get any more blue? Temperatures in central London will
0:25:54 > 0:26:01be below freezing, even -6 outside of time Dummett ten. In the middle
0:26:01 > 0:26:10of London, Inveraray only dropped below freezing. -- it very rarely
0:26:10 > 0:26:16will drop below freezing. As we go into Thursday, it looks like the
0:26:16 > 0:26:20weather will change a bit. Wind is blowing off the Atlantic, more
0:26:20 > 0:26:22clouds in the sky and probably been around as well. Temperatures getting
0:26:22 > 0:26:28back to round about seven Celsius. Two cold nights and then it turns
0:26:28 > 0:26:32that little bit milder. I think we can get through with that.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36We can, although you did
0:26:37 > 0:26:45say -6! The main headlines...
0:26:46 > 0:26:48The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has warned
0:26:48 > 0:26:51that the government's decision to rule out being a member of any
0:26:51 > 0:26:53kind of customs union, will result in trade barriers.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55A man with Asperger's syndrome accused of hacking into US
0:26:55 > 0:26:58government computers has won a legal battle against his extradition.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Lawyers for Lauri Love from Suffolk argued he might kill himself
0:27:00 > 0:27:06if he was sent to America to stand trial.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08A BBC London investigation has exposed rogue beauticians in the
0:27:08 > 0:27:12capital undertaking illegal teeth whitening treatments which dentists
0:27:12 > 0:27:20say can leave patients in crippling pain if they go wrong.
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