0:00:00 > 0:00:10days. Thank you.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Coming up on the programme:
0:00:11 > 0:00:13A drugs scare at a Wandsworth secondary -
0:00:13 > 0:00:15six schoolgirls are hospitalised after taking what's thought
0:00:15 > 0:00:17to be prescription drugs.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The Metropolitan Police told us they were called to the school and
0:00:19 > 0:00:23believe at this stage the girls may have consume prescription drugs.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24We'll have more details.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25Also tonight:
0:00:25 > 0:00:28The man who had to wait more than 13 hours for an ambulance
0:00:29 > 0:00:30after suffering a stroke.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Plus this is the most congested road in the country -
0:00:32 > 0:00:41we'll tell you the growing cost of delays to drivers in the capital.
0:00:41 > 0:00:46And: She is supposed to have flung a shoe at a policeman at the May Day
0:00:46 > 0:00:48fair, trying to arrest Sylvia.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50We hear how east Londoners fought
0:00:50 > 0:00:52for a woman's right to vote - as London marks one
0:00:52 > 0:00:53hundred years of suffrage.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Welcome to BBC London News with me, Riz Lateef.
0:01:04 > 0:01:12We start tonight with a drugs scare at a secondary school.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Six girls were taken to hospital after they took what's believed
0:01:15 > 0:01:16to be prescription drugs.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19None of the pupils is said to be in a serious condition
0:01:19 > 0:01:21but counselling is being offered to the schoolgirls -
0:01:21 > 0:01:22as well as their parents.
0:01:22 > 0:01:29Our education reporter, Marc Ashdown, has the story.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34Is a popular school rated as good by inspectors, but it is at the centre
0:01:34 > 0:01:41of a possible drugs scare. 1700 pupils study here, and the alarm was
0:01:41 > 0:01:44raised yesterday lunchtime of the six girls were taken ill, seemingly
0:01:44 > 0:01:47unable to even stand up. The head teacher did not want to do an
0:01:47 > 0:01:51interview with us today but has said in a statement that as soon as she
0:01:51 > 0:01:56became aware the girls were unwell, she called paramedics and a lot of
0:01:56 > 0:02:00their parents. The six girls were taken to a local hospital to be
0:02:00 > 0:02:04treated, accompanied by family members. The head said they have now
0:02:04 > 0:02:11been discharged and as far as she is aware, thankfully, they've suffered
0:02:11 > 0:02:13no long-term ill effects. The Metropolitan Police told us they
0:02:13 > 0:02:21were called to the school by the Ambulance Service. They explained:
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Some parents and pupils told us today that Xanax had been taken by
0:02:35 > 0:02:39some students. It is used to cope with anxiety, not available on the
0:02:39 > 0:02:43NHS, but it can be got with a private prescription and can be
0:02:43 > 0:02:48addictive. The school is cooperating fully with the police investigation.
0:02:48 > 0:02:57There is relief here that the girls seem to be OK. So, some pretty
0:02:57 > 0:03:00worrying times here, then. I have spoken to parents this afternoon as
0:03:00 > 0:03:04the kids were coming out of school, and I have to say, there is
0:03:04 > 0:03:07widespread concern that these prescription drugs, not available on
0:03:07 > 0:03:15the NHS, remember, seem to be wildly over -- widely available to pupils
0:03:15 > 0:03:20at school is not just here but across London through the internet.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24We don't know how old these girls were at the school. I'm led to
0:03:24 > 0:03:30believe by a few people that they could be year nines and yet 11s. If
0:03:30 > 0:03:36that is true, they could be as young as 13 years old. This is an academy,
0:03:36 > 0:03:39so the local authority does not have much to do with it. But it does
0:03:39 > 0:03:44retain oversight when it comes to safeguarding. I'm told they have
0:03:44 > 0:03:48stepped in to offer support to the school, to parents, and also to
0:03:48 > 0:03:53pupils in the form of counselling, we believe, and they, too, have
0:03:53 > 0:03:56launched an investigation to try to get to the bottom of exactly what
0:03:56 > 0:03:59has gone on here. Mark, thanks for bringing us up-to-date with the
0:03:59 > 0:04:01latest from Wandsworth.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Coming up later in the programme:
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Should e-cigarettes be available on the NHS to help
0:04:06 > 0:04:07people quit smoking?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10The new research that says they should.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19More than 13 hours.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22That's how long a man from Essex had to wait for an ambulance
0:04:22 > 0:04:24after suffering a stroke.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26He's raised concerns that his case wasn't going to be investigated
0:04:26 > 0:04:27until he complained.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Nikki Fox has the story.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Home from hospital, building site manager
0:04:33 > 0:04:36David Axford is on the mend, but feels let down by
0:04:37 > 0:04:40what he went through.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41He just said he had an excruciating headache,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44and he was literally just, you know, with his head, he just
0:04:44 > 0:04:49kept laying down all the time, he couldn't really stand up.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51I was telling them, you know, that I couldn't feel my legs.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54You know, she'd phoned and said I'd had a nose bleed.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57His eyes were a bit blurry, he was slurring, he started to lose
0:04:57 > 0:05:00the feeling in his legs, they went a bit tingly.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04He had pains on his spine, at the base of his back.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05They were told a paramedic would be sent.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09They thought they'd get a response within 15 minutes.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12They kept trying to reassure me, the ambulance is coming,
0:05:12 > 0:05:13the ambulance is coming.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14And then he's obviously starting to get stressed.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18So it's making it much worse, the pain in his head and everything.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20And he actually said at one stage he felt like his head
0:05:21 > 0:05:22was going to explode.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25It was lunchtime on December 30th.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27The trust has told us it was under severe pressure,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30with more than 4,000 calls.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32They decided it needed a two-hour response.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34But by the evening, the Axfords were still waiting.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Four times they dialled 999.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40David's wife was even asked to take him to hospital,
0:05:40 > 0:05:41but couldn't lift him.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43He thought he was going to die.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44I did, yeah.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Yes, I thought he was going to die.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48That was the hardest part.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Face, has it fallen on one side?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Just last week, an NHS campaign highlighted the urgency of calling
0:05:54 > 0:05:58999 after signs of a stroke.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00David's ambulance finally turned up 13 hours later,
0:06:00 > 0:06:04at 3.30 in the morning.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Just around the corner from the Axfords is
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Canvey Ambulance Station, where the paramedic response car is
0:06:08 > 0:06:11based.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13We've discovered on the night they called 999, it wasn't staffed.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16And the Ambulance Service plans to take it away.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19That's concerning some.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21A.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23B.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25B...
0:06:25 > 0:06:28When Mila had a fit, the proximity of paramedics was key.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31It is absolutely vital to us on the island.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33When my daughter, Mila, had a seizure, the paramedic response
0:06:33 > 0:06:36vehicle was here in six minutes.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39And that was crucial in order to calm us
0:06:39 > 0:06:42down.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44If that is a patient suffering a stroke or a heart
0:06:44 > 0:06:47attack, those seconds are vital.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49But the Ambulance Service says no decision has been made and most
0:06:49 > 0:06:53patients need an ambulance, not a car.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55The trust wouldn't talk to us about this case specifically
0:06:55 > 0:06:58but it's confirmed 12 people may have died
0:06:58 > 0:07:02because of delays over Christmas.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04David's prognosis is good, but his eyesight's worsened and his
0:07:04 > 0:07:07driving licence withdrawn.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Something somewhere is going wrong with the system.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12And obviously it does need seriously looking at,
0:07:12 > 0:07:16because I could have been sitting on my own.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Until he complained, David's case wasn't even one
0:07:18 > 0:07:20of the 40 under investigation.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Proof the Christmas delays may well be more widespread
0:07:24 > 0:07:25than first thought.
0:07:25 > 0:07:35Nikki Fox, BBC London News.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38The Mayor has joined the row over who should foot the £2 million
0:07:38 > 0:07:40pound bill to remove Grenfell-style cladding from a housing
0:07:40 > 0:07:41complex in Croydon.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Leaseholders in the two tower blocks currently face paying around £30,000
0:07:44 > 0:07:45for removing the flammable material.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49A tribunal is looking into whether that's fair.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51But Sadiq Khan has written to the Government urging
0:07:51 > 0:07:53them to cover the costs.
0:07:53 > 0:08:00Here's our political editor Tim Donovan.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Three of the 95 leaseholders arrived for today's Tribunal hoping for a
0:08:03 > 0:08:08judgment that will spare them each a bill of thousands of pounds. The few
0:08:08 > 0:08:12days after Grenfell, the cladding on their flat in Croydon was deemed
0:08:12 > 0:08:17unsafe. Since then, fire wardens have patrolled inside, at a cost of
0:08:17 > 0:08:22£4000 a week. At first, leaseholders got an estimate for removing and
0:08:22 > 0:08:27replacing the cladding of £500,000. Later, it became £2 million. The
0:08:27 > 0:08:35management agent said it was they who would be liable to pay through
0:08:35 > 0:08:37their service charge. The tribunal was told the builders of the block
0:08:37 > 0:08:39and the current freeholders had been asked if they would contribute to
0:08:39 > 0:08:45the refurbishment of the flats. They said no, leaving it to the managing
0:08:45 > 0:08:49agents. The agents had tried without success to get borrowing and had
0:08:49 > 0:08:53also been lobbying the Government. On that point, they were in
0:08:53 > 0:08:56agreement with the leaseholders, and there was a major intervention on
0:08:56 > 0:09:01this from the Mayor of London today. I say to the Government, stepped in
0:09:01 > 0:09:07in the meantime, get the cladding removed and replaced, and then
0:09:07 > 0:09:14resolve who should pay the cost. Many of them cannot afford to pay
0:09:14 > 0:09:19£30,000 to have this cladding removed and replaced.The presiding
0:09:19 > 0:09:21judge said he sympathised with leaseholders over their predicament,
0:09:21 > 0:09:25but this will come down to an interpretation of the lease. The
0:09:25 > 0:09:29lawyers for the leaseholders argued that replacing this key cladding
0:09:29 > 0:09:37could not be regarded as repairs or maintenance as defined in the lease.
0:09:37 > 0:09:43Lawyers for the managing agent said that these leases did cover all such
0:09:43 > 0:09:47conceivable expenditure.I don't have a particular view is one way or
0:09:47 > 0:09:52the other. I am just exhausted and stressed out at the moment to even
0:09:52 > 0:09:57stand and speak here about what the outcome could be.The judge said he
0:09:57 > 0:10:00would produce is ruling as soon as possible. Every week that passes,
0:10:00 > 0:10:04the cost of doing nothing about this cladding is mounting. Tim Donovan,
0:10:04 > 0:10:13BBC London News.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Should e-cigarettes be offered free on the NHS to people
0:10:15 > 0:10:16trying to give up smoking?
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Public health England say it would be a safe and effective way
0:10:19 > 0:10:22to help save thousands of lives lost every year to smoke
0:10:22 > 0:10:31related illnesses.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Quitting smoking can be challenging. I did patches, tried everything.
0:10:35 > 0:10:41This man had at habit for 24 years before trying e-cigarettes. He says
0:10:41 > 0:10:45they changed his life.It has been seven months, and I haven't had a
0:10:45 > 0:10:50cigarette. I can smell a little bit more. I don't have bad breath, my
0:10:50 > 0:10:54hair doesn't smell, and my clothes are fresh.E-cigarettes have helped
0:10:54 > 0:10:58thousands of people to stop the habit. Unlike nicotine patches and
0:10:58 > 0:11:02gum, they are not free on the NHS. The body promoting health in the UK
0:11:02 > 0:11:08wants that the change.It would be helpful that doctors could prescribe
0:11:08 > 0:11:12e-cigarettes, which would be free for smokers. It would also send a
0:11:12 > 0:11:15strong message that these are effective quitting agents, promoted
0:11:15 > 0:11:22by the health service, and likely to help them.Although vaping is not
0:11:22 > 0:11:27entirely risk-free, the latest research shows that e-cigarettes 95%
0:11:27 > 0:11:29safer than regular cigarettes because they don't include most of
0:11:29 > 0:11:37the toxic chemicals found in smoke. Researchers estimate they contribute
0:11:37 > 0:11:42arouse and -- to around 20,000 people quitting every year. Around
0:11:42 > 0:11:4640% of smokers haven't tried them. Some have voiced concerns over the
0:11:46 > 0:11:51associated cost of e-cigarettes at a time when the NHS is already pushed.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56Doctors have a huge role to play in giving good information to patients
0:11:56 > 0:12:02and saying this is a good thing to do and it is recommended. Whether or
0:12:02 > 0:12:06not taxpayers pay for people to vape, that is another question.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09There is a talk about getting NHS spending down, and spending on
0:12:09 > 0:12:16essential services, not prescriptions.If you have an
0:12:16 > 0:12:21addiction, why provide another one? And why should the NHS do it?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Eventually, a lot of people would want to quit if that is available to
0:12:23 > 0:12:27them.I think there are more important things to spend our money
0:12:27 > 0:12:35on than vaping.No e-cigarettes are currently licensed in the UK is a
0:12:35 > 0:12:40smoking quitting aid.
0:12:44 > 0:12:50Still to come this Tuesday evening:
0:12:50 > 0:12:53There have been events across London today to mark 100 years since the
0:12:53 > 0:12:56first women got the vote. I am in Trafalgar Square, often the focal
0:12:56 > 0:13:01point for the protests that ran up to that monumental moment in
0:13:01 > 0:13:07history.And there may just be some snow tonight. I will have the full
0:13:07 > 0:13:08forecast later in the programme.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18We know that the capital has some
0:13:18 > 0:13:20of the most congested roads in the UK.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Today we found out just how much it's costing London motorists.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25New research says the average cost of delays is almost two and half
0:13:25 > 0:13:27thousand pounds per driver a week.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29That amounts to an estimated nine and a half billion pounds
0:13:29 > 0:13:32to London's economy.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36It also found that the most congested road in the country is...
0:13:36 > 0:13:40..a stretch of the A406 near Hangar Lane.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42From there, Alice Hutton sent this report.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46This is the busiest road in Britain.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Drivers on the North Circular between Hanger
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Lane and Chiswick spend more time sitting in
0:13:50 > 0:13:51traffic than anywhere in
0:13:51 > 0:13:52the country.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Going at speeds of just 13 mph.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57And it's not just wasting their time.
0:13:57 > 0:14:07It costs drivers in the capital thousands on wasted fuel and
0:14:08 > 0:14:10work, including those at this motoring cafe.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13You realise how much of your time you waste sitting in a
0:14:13 > 0:14:14car with the radio on.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15You know what I mean?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18You can do ten miles here and it can take an hour.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21If you go ten miles where I live, in Welwyn Garden,
0:14:21 > 0:14:23it will take you ten minutes, 15 minutes.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26So it's like four times just to sit and listen to
0:14:26 > 0:14:26the radio.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Nick Barton has been on the road is a heavy goods driver for
0:14:29 > 0:14:35over 25 ears.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36--over 25 years.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38It's extremely tiring, as I say.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41The profits could be X amount in the end of nothing due to
0:14:41 > 0:14:42the extra fuel.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43The health.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45You know, you don't sleep as much and
0:14:45 > 0:14:47you're extremely tired when you're driving.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49And it's just not good at all for somebody's health.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54The top five most congested roads in the UK are
0:14:54 > 0:15:02all in London.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07It is a global city. The population is rising. The economy grew by 2.3%,
0:15:07 > 0:15:12higher than the rest of the UK. More people want to get out in their car,
0:15:12 > 0:15:16doing business and travelling for leisure. We run old city with an
0:15:16 > 0:15:23ageing infrastructure.Despite millions being spent on
0:15:23 > 0:15:25improvements, London remains the UK but like most congested city for the
0:15:25 > 0:15:33ten -- for ten years running, and the delays continue to grow. Today,
0:15:33 > 0:15:38the Department for Transport has said it is investing £23 billion on
0:15:38 > 0:15:42schemes to reduce congestion in the UK. They call it the biggest
0:15:42 > 0:15:46investment in a generation. They are also giving record amounts of
0:15:46 > 0:15:49funding to local councils, around £9 billion, to help them upgrade
0:15:49 > 0:15:54infrastructure. The Department for Transport also said that the
0:15:54 > 0:15:58ultimate responsibility for clearing London's traffic filled streets lies
0:15:58 > 0:16:01with the Mayor and Transport For London.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Next, you've not been performing since
0:16:03 > 0:16:05the start of the year and, as a result, your boss makes
0:16:06 > 0:16:10you take three days off.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12That's what's happened to Chelsea players after
0:16:12 > 0:16:13a shock defeat last night.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16It's a surprising move by any manager, let alone one whose future
0:16:16 > 0:16:18at the club is in doubt.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23Our sports reporter Chris Slegg is here to shed light on it all.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Yes, pretty unusual. We're used to seeing players cold and director
0:16:27 > 0:16:33training when they've had a horrific result like Chelsea did last night
0:16:33 > 0:16:36against Watford last night. Antonio Conte has given us play three days
0:16:36 > 0:16:39off because he says they need rest. They have had a hectic extra
0:16:39 > 0:16:44schedule but not now get a play until next Monday night. It has been
0:16:44 > 0:16:48an alarming fall for grace for Antonio Conte. He led Chelsea to the
0:16:48 > 0:16:54title in his first season in charge last season. Last night's 4-1 defeat
0:16:54 > 0:16:56to Watford came off the back of a defeat to Bournemouth. The first
0:16:56 > 0:17:01time Chelsea have had two league defeats in six session by that
0:17:01 > 0:17:06bigger margin since 1995. This is what Antonio Conte said last night
0:17:06 > 0:17:09when asked if the pressure was building on him.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Which pressure?
0:17:10 > 0:17:11What is the pressure?
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Well, the pressure on your position.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13This?
0:17:13 > 0:17:15On my position?
0:17:15 > 0:17:16I repeat, I work.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17If this is enough, it is OK.
0:17:17 > 0:17:23Otherwise, they will take another decision.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Antonio Conte saying, look, if the club don't feel I am doing a good
0:17:28 > 0:17:31job, they will take another decision. He almost seems resigned
0:17:31 > 0:17:36to his eventual fate. As the club said anything publicly
0:17:36 > 0:17:38about his future? They haven't, despite Antonio Conte
0:17:38 > 0:17:44asking them at the weekend to which statement saying they still backing.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47The BBC understands he is not in imminent danger and he will not be
0:17:47 > 0:17:51sacked now. But it is hard to envisage that he has much more time
0:17:51 > 0:17:54of results don't improve. We will have to see this culture to gamble
0:17:54 > 0:17:58of the players the days of dollars payoff when they play against West
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Brom on Monday night. Because if it doesn't, especially with the
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Champions League set to resume later this month, it is hard to see him
0:18:06 > 0:18:10staying there and offer what longer. Let's see what happens. Chris,
0:18:10 > 0:18:12thanks very much.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Turning now to how the capital has been marking
0:18:16 > 0:18:19a hundred years since the first women got the vote.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Trafalgar Square is among the places marking the centenary because it
0:18:22 > 0:18:24played a key role,
0:18:24 > 0:18:25As Wendy Hurrell, who's there, can tell us.
0:18:28 > 0:18:34Trafalgar Square is a place for Londoners to celebrate but also
0:18:34 > 0:18:38protest. No different to 100 ewes ago. In the weeks and months that
0:18:38 > 0:18:42ran on to this day in 1918, women marched together brandishing their
0:18:42 > 0:18:47placards and banners, wanting to get the vote. They made speeches from up
0:18:47 > 0:18:53here on the plinth next to the lions. Today, this temporary
0:18:53 > 0:18:59exhibition was unveiled and it puts faces 259 names who were involved in
0:18:59 > 0:19:07the suffrage movement. -- faces to 59 names. The statue of Millicent
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Fawcett will go into Parliament Square in the spring. There are some
0:19:11 > 0:19:15famous names here. That of course of Evelyn Pankhurst and her daughter,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Sylvia. It is our campaign that my colleague has been hearing about
0:19:18 > 0:19:20today.
0:19:20 > 0:19:26And the story that takes us to East London. The popular image of the
0:19:26 > 0:19:30suffragettes. Educated, middle-class women campaigning for the vote. For
0:19:30 > 0:19:36working-class women in the East End slums, the idea was unimaginable.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Except to Sylvia Pankhurst, the leading suffrage campaign, who
0:19:39 > 0:19:46thought that they needed it the most.She was a lifelong software --
0:19:46 > 0:19:52socialist. When the day came that they would be awarded the vote, she
0:19:52 > 0:19:56felt they would not be served by the law when that came in. She very
0:19:56 > 0:19:59deliberately looked for the largest working-class community near London,
0:19:59 > 0:20:06Westminster.She set up headquarters next local pub that became a focal
0:20:06 > 0:20:09point to mobilise local women. Many of whom campaigned against the harsh
0:20:09 > 0:20:17conditions. That's when he met two of the descendants of Jane Savoy,
0:20:17 > 0:20:23one of the activists at the time. Our grandmother said that she was a
0:20:23 > 0:20:27suffragette and used to chain herself to the railings.She went to
0:20:27 > 0:20:36see the Prime Minister to make her case for the vote.She talked about
0:20:36 > 0:20:44how hard she had to work.She worked as a brush maker. It was from that
0:20:44 > 0:20:50that Herbert Asquith had some sympathy with them.He was not a
0:20:50 > 0:20:54supporter of women's rights. When they went to meet with him, he
0:20:54 > 0:20:59closed the meeting by saying, well, if the change must come, we must be
0:20:59 > 0:21:02bold and face it. That was interpreted at the time in the press
0:21:02 > 0:21:10as a sign that votes for women was on the way.They kept the pressure
0:21:10 > 0:21:16on with militant tactics.She is supposed to have the issue at the
0:21:16 > 0:21:21policeman trying to arrest Sylvia. So she was a militant as well. All
0:21:21 > 0:21:24our family, the women in the family have always been very strong,
0:21:24 > 0:21:29forthright women. And I can only assume that she stood up for what
0:21:29 > 0:21:33she believed in. And she actually, you know, took part in history to
0:21:33 > 0:21:41bring this all about.Jane savaloy died in 1928, the same year that all
0:21:41 > 0:21:45women were given the vote. Her leader and friend, Helen Pankhurst,
0:21:45 > 0:21:57wrote this tribute.The grey streets are grey and cold for her loss. A
0:21:57 > 0:22:02lovely tribute to what they thought of fire in the area. -- what they
0:22:02 > 0:22:05thought of her.
0:22:05 > 0:22:10That is one of the unsung heroes. Another one here, this lady,
0:22:10 > 0:22:14campaigned for birth control. Another Londoner. And there are men
0:22:14 > 0:22:20in this crowd as well, supporters of the suffrage movement. There have
0:22:20 > 0:22:24been, well standing here, quite a few women joining the ranks and
0:22:24 > 0:22:26having their picture taken. Appreciation for everything these
0:22:26 > 0:22:31women sacrificed. The hardships they suffered to give us the vote today.
0:22:31 > 0:22:37Of course, there is still work to be done which I am sure has been at
0:22:37 > 0:22:43knowledge. Millicent Fawcett is at the back, but come spring, no more.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Her statue will stand in Parliament Square, the first woman's statue
0:22:47 > 0:22:50ever to stand in Parliament Square. Back to you from a very chilly
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Trafalgar Square. I'm sure it is. It goes without
0:22:53 > 0:22:57saying that it is thanks to them that we are where we are now.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Thanks, Wendy.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04To a teenager now forging her own path to become a champion debater.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07She is the first state schools didn't win the individual prize
0:23:07 > 0:23:17attempt eating -- Eton debating competition.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20You need to be committed. If you have a voice, don't be afraid to
0:23:20 > 0:23:26stand out. Challenge other people's notions.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30I grew up in East London, Manor Park, with my parents, brother and
0:23:30 > 0:23:37grammar. -- grandma.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18As you grow older and wiser, you start to think about where best your
0:24:18 > 0:24:22talents and skills can be utilised.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Nice words from a remarkable young woman.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56Elizabeth's here with the forecast -
0:24:56 > 0:25:00same cold weather but something new for us as well?
0:25:00 > 0:25:06Yes, same old me as well. I haven't changed but the graphics have.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Really exciting day for us and BBC weather. We have these new graphics
0:25:09 > 0:25:15to show you. We are very fond of them already. You can see a nice
0:25:15 > 0:25:20window on the world. These other Weather Watchers pictures. This was
0:25:20 > 0:25:23taken today. We had lots of sunshine around and someone drew showers as
0:25:23 > 0:25:32well as some lakes of snow outside broadcast house. -- flakes of
0:25:32 > 0:25:34well as some lakes of snow outside broadcast house. -- flakes of snow.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38We could wake up to a light dusting of snow, particularly in eastern
0:25:38 > 0:25:42areas. Coming milder later through the week and then we expect some
0:25:42 > 0:25:46rain, actually. It will be quite a wet weekend for many others and
0:25:46 > 0:25:49quite windy. Overnight tonight, a Met Office weather warning some
0:25:49 > 0:25:56snow. This is for eastern areas, really. And we could see these snow
0:25:56 > 0:26:01showers come down from the North West. This is Cloutier. The white
0:26:01 > 0:26:03blobs arsenal pushing in from the north-west cleaving into tomorrow
0:26:03 > 0:26:08morning. Even central London could see a light dusting heading into
0:26:08 > 0:26:12tomorrow morning but it is likely to be worse out towards eastern areas.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16Other places staying dry, a cold night, temperatures down to -3 or
0:26:16 > 0:26:21minus four Celsius. Widespread frost heading into tomorrow morning.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25Tomorrow is going to be quite a nice day. There's no cloud on the map.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30Lots of sunshine through the day tomorrow. Some cloud developing in
0:26:30 > 0:26:33south-eastern areas of the capital heading into afternoon perhaps. Top
0:26:33 > 0:26:39temperatures are little higher than they were at 56 Celsius. Thursday
0:26:39 > 0:26:44looks dry but we have a weather front coming from the north-west. --
0:26:44 > 0:26:47at five or six Celsius. Temperatures will climb as we head through the
0:26:47 > 0:26:53end of the week. Displaying nicely on our new temperature graphics.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57There will also be some rain around as well but until then, quite cold.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Thanks very much.
0:26:59 > 0:27:06Recapping the main headlines:
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Executives at Carillion have apologised for the company's
0:27:08 > 0:27:10collapse, but deny claims by MPs that they were "asleep
0:27:10 > 0:27:11at the wheel."
0:27:11 > 0:27:13They've explained for the first time in public
0:27:13 > 0:27:15what went wrong at the firm.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Share prices around Europe dropped sharply
0:27:16 > 0:27:18following yesterday's big falls in the US.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Stock markets in London, Paris and Frankfurt all fell
0:27:21 > 0:27:27in early trading before recovering some ground.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30More than 35 years after the IRA's Hyde Park bomb,
0:27:30 > 0:27:33the families of the men who died win legal aid for civil
0:27:33 > 0:27:37action against a suspect.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41That's it for now. We welcome your views on the day's stories on
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Facebook page. I will see you at the
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Facebook page. I will see you at the time tomorrow. Stay warm and have a
0:27:45 > 0:27:48lovely evening. Goodbye.