0:00:00 > 0:00:09Now on BBC One, let's join our news teams where you are.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Coming up on the programme... teams where you are.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Why the Mayor is giving cash to youth services to try and tackle
0:00:14 > 0:00:15growing knife crime in the capital.
0:00:15 > 0:00:20One of my friends, on his way home, got stabbed in his face and the back
0:00:20 > 0:00:25of his leg. So that was really scary, because it's so close to
0:00:25 > 0:00:25home.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Also ahead tonight...
0:00:28 > 0:00:30We reveal the rising cost of becoming a British citizen -
0:00:30 > 0:00:34and how it's leaving some young Londoners struggling with debt.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Towed overnight to the Essex coast -
0:00:39 > 0:00:41the World War II bomb which closed City Airport
0:00:41 > 0:00:43yesterday will be detonated when the weather improves.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Plus...
0:00:47 > 0:00:49When dancing meets dining in a theatrical way:
0:00:49 > 0:00:52The new production where the audience is actually
0:00:52 > 0:01:01encouraged to eat.
0:01:04 > 0:01:12A very warm welcome to BBC London News.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Fatal knife attacks are all too common across the capital,
0:01:15 > 0:01:21with 17 happening since the start of the year.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24In a bid to tackle the problem, the Mayor has announced millions
0:01:24 > 0:01:25of pounds for youth services.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28The Young Londoners Fund will give the cash to charities and groups
0:01:28 > 0:01:31who work to try to stop violence - but will it be enough?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Charlotte Franks reports.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Some of the Londoners who lost their lives last year
0:01:36 > 0:01:38after being stabbed to death.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39There were 80 victims in total.
0:01:39 > 0:01:45Many were just teenagers.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47For 19-year-old Gabrielle, knife crime is an issue
0:01:47 > 0:01:48very close to home.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Not long ago, one of my close friends, on his way home
0:01:51 > 0:01:52outside the hospital, got stabbed in his face
0:01:53 > 0:01:59in the back of his leg.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03When I was on my way to the hospital to see him, I was so scared.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Like, I didn't know what to expect.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10It's scary, because it's like, why do people feel like it's OK
0:02:10 > 0:02:13to just go out there and do things like that?
0:02:13 > 0:02:20There's been a 23% increase in knife crime across the capital.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Today, the Mayor met young people at a centre in Bermondsey,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25where he announced he will be investing £45 million over the next
0:02:25 > 0:02:28three years into youth services, in the hope that it will help
0:02:28 > 0:02:29tackle the issue.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32It gives young people a place to go, so they're not on the streets,
0:02:33 > 0:02:34getting influences from bad places.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37People have the option to come here and have a safe zone
0:02:37 > 0:02:39to go if they need it.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41The money will come from a combination of council
0:02:41 > 0:02:48tax and business rates, but the news comes just a day
0:02:48 > 0:02:54after a warning that Met Police
0:02:54 > 0:02:55could drop as low as 27,000.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Does it make sense to be spending £45 million on projects like these
0:02:59 > 0:03:02when we have just heard that police numbers are going to be reduced
0:03:02 > 0:03:03significantly in London?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I'm not going to apologise for investing in young people.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07This is an investment for the future.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09I'm investing in police as well.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12We have had the biggest roll-out of body-worn videos in the world
0:03:12 > 0:03:13across London last year.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18I announced additional sums to the police last week.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21We have also ringfenced some of that towards dealing with knife crime.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24In their fight against knife crime, the Metropolitan Police carried out
0:03:24 > 0:03:26dawn raids this morning across Westminster to confiscate
0:03:26 > 0:03:28knives and target repeat knife crime offenders.
0:03:28 > 0:03:34It's about keeping young people safe during half term.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39That's the focus of this week's activity for us.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41A lot of young people and children are off school
0:03:41 > 0:03:42and it's about keeping safe.
0:03:42 > 0:03:49But workers in Bermondsey say the answer to solving knife crime
0:03:49 > 0:03:51begins at grassroots level, with outreach programmes
0:03:51 > 0:03:52key to their success.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56What we are doing here is preventative work.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58We are not waiting for problems to come.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00We are preventing young people from getting to where
0:04:00 > 0:04:04they don't need to get to.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09Once they get in there, the unforeseen consequences are huge.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Most of the Mayor's funding will be available for local
0:04:11 > 0:04:12organisations to bid for.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15It is hoped it will prevent more young people in London
0:04:15 > 0:04:17from becoming a victim in future.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Ayshea Buksh is at a youth project in Hackney this evening.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Are you getting a sense of whether this money will make
0:04:22 > 0:04:31a difference to the work there?
0:04:31 > 0:04:36I think any extra funding for any youth project in the capital is
0:04:36 > 0:04:41welcome. I'm inside The Crib youth project, which is in the heart of an
0:04:41 > 0:04:44estate in Hackney. They have been working with young people here
0:04:44 > 0:04:49locally for nearly 20 years. I'm joined by Kelly Reed, one of the
0:04:49 > 0:04:58coordinators here. Tell us what you do here?The Crib delivers lots of
0:04:58 > 0:05:05workshops in and around London. We have a workshop in schools where we
0:05:05 > 0:05:09interact with young people about knife crime. We also deliver the
0:05:09 > 0:05:14parents' voice initiative, which is important. We help parents identify
0:05:14 > 0:05:17risky behaviour. It's important to include the whole family and not
0:05:17 > 0:05:22just the young people.And how important an announcement is this of
0:05:22 > 0:05:27£45 million of extra funding for youth services?It is excellent
0:05:27 > 0:05:32news. Literally, having this funding, we know that The Crib as an
0:05:32 > 0:05:37organisation will benefit from this, but not just The Crib. It's
0:05:37 > 0:05:40organisations at a grassroots level who have been struggling since the
0:05:40 > 0:05:46cuts to the council. So we are really pleased.And how difficult is
0:05:46 > 0:05:50long term funding?When I read the paper on the new funding that is
0:05:50 > 0:05:54coming out by the mayor, he mentioned a three-year pot, which is
0:05:54 > 0:05:57excellent because we often go on about the sustainability of
0:05:57 > 0:06:01projects. Five years would be fantastic, but if three years is all
0:06:01 > 0:06:05we have got, that is what we will do with. We will definitely be
0:06:05 > 0:06:12applying.Thank you, Kelly. As you heard, positive reaction to that
0:06:12 > 0:06:15announcement, but a long term investment is also really needed for
0:06:15 > 0:06:23youth services.Ayshea with reaction to the news about the mayor's
0:06:23 > 0:06:25funding Hackney. Thanks very much.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Coming up later in the programme...
0:06:27 > 0:06:29How hailing a bus on your phone could be the next stop
0:06:30 > 0:06:37for commuters in the capital.
0:06:37 > 0:06:43BBC London can reveal how much the Government has made by raising
0:06:43 > 0:06:46the cost of becoming a British citizen.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48It's collected more than £800 million over the past six years.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51It can cost eligible applicants - including children born in the UK -
0:06:51 > 0:06:55around £1,000 to register.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57But we've discovered it actually only costs the Home Office
0:06:57 > 0:07:01about £300 to process it.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03They've told us the money is reinvested to fund
0:07:03 > 0:07:04the wider immigration system.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07But as our Home Affairs Correspondent Nick Beake reports,
0:07:07 > 0:07:12it's left some young Londoners struggling with debts.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Samson Adiola was born in Nigeria and came to London
0:07:15 > 0:07:22with his family when he was five.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27He was entitled to British citizenship, but never took it.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30But when he turned 18 he decided to apply because
0:07:30 > 0:07:32if he went to university as an international student,
0:07:32 > 0:07:33he'd have to pay much more.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35He then found out that officially becoming British
0:07:35 > 0:07:40would cost nearly £1,000.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42It was very difficult, definitely for my mum,
0:07:42 > 0:07:52having to go around looking at where she could get the money from.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57One of the main places we got help from was the churcch and they put
0:07:57 > 0:07:59a substantial amount together just to help us out.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02BBC London has learned the cost of processing applications such
0:08:02 > 0:08:05as his was only £260, a quarter of what he was charged.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07It's really kind of upsetting, actually, that they are
0:08:07 > 0:08:08actually doing this.
0:08:08 > 0:08:17And for other people who may not even be able to scrape
0:08:17 > 0:08:19that money together, who are entitled, or have the right
0:08:19 > 0:08:21to British citizenship and can't put forward the application
0:08:21 > 0:08:22because of the cost.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25It's really frustrating.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27We came for a workshop.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Some charities which help families gain British citizenship condemned
0:08:29 > 0:08:33the rising Home Office fees.
0:08:33 > 0:08:39To know that you have a right to register as a British citizen,
0:08:39 > 0:08:43parliament has given you that right and the Secretary of State is trying
0:08:43 > 0:08:45to profiteer and sell the benefit that was given by Parliament as far
0:08:45 > 0:08:49back as 1983.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50It is a complete scandal.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53The Home Office told us it has not been making any profit
0:08:53 > 0:08:54from these rising fees.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58It said any income generated above the actual cost of processing
0:08:58 > 0:09:03an application goes into the budget which helps protect the UK border.
0:09:03 > 0:09:11And so it actually reduces the burden on the taxpayer.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13One thinktank labelled this yet another stealth tax, although it did
0:09:13 > 0:09:15argue that applicants would benefit from British citizenship
0:09:15 > 0:09:16in the long run.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19These people are coming in to become British citizens and I suppose
0:09:19 > 0:09:21they should get used to all these stealth taxes.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25One more big one like this maybe won't hurt if they get the benefit
0:09:25 > 0:09:27of the National Health Service and everything else.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Ministers stress that for the likes of Samson,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32taking British citizenship is not compulsory.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35But he wanted a guarantee he'd be able to stay here,
0:09:35 > 0:09:37although he now fears others may also struggle
0:09:37 > 0:09:38to pay for that assurance.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Nick Beake, BBC London News.
0:09:41 > 0:09:48Counter-terrorism detectives were called to the Houses
0:09:48 > 0:09:50of Parliament today to investigate a white powder sent in a letter.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53The package was sent to one of the offices in the building.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56The substance was later found to be harmless, but the office
0:09:56 > 0:10:05remains closed as officers carry out investigations.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10Fire crews continue to damp down once is left of the fire from the
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Latin Greenford.Three warehouses were damaged. It took more than 120
0:10:14 > 0:10:17firefighters to bring it under control. Smoke could be seen for
0:10:17 > 0:10:19miles around. The cause is not yet known.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Transport for London has announced it'll be expanding
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Night Overground services in North London.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29They'll be extended to cover Canonbury and Highbury and Islington
0:10:29 > 0:10:33stations from 23rd February.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35It means the Night Overground will link with the Victoria Line
0:10:35 > 0:10:36night-tube for the first time.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39A free school in west London which has only been
0:10:39 > 0:10:45open for three years is to permanently close at the end
0:10:45 > 0:10:46of the academic year.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Parents say they were only told of the decision on the last day
0:10:49 > 0:10:52of term and are now faced with the task of finding places
0:10:52 > 0:10:53for their children for September.
0:10:53 > 0:10:59Emma North has the story.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03A half term get-together, a chance to have fun and see your friends.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07But at the end of this year, this group will split up. Their primary
0:11:07 > 0:11:15school is closing.When I found out that my school was closing, I was
0:11:15 > 0:11:22speechless. The only word I said was, why?I miss my friends and I
0:11:22 > 0:11:27miss my teachers also.Theirs is a so-called free School, paid for by
0:11:27 > 0:11:35the government but ran by a group called the Floriat trust. Floriat
0:11:35 > 0:11:39say they can't make the finances work. Some parents are not
0:11:39 > 0:11:45convinced.We have been fighting with planning permission, with the
0:11:45 > 0:11:49borough, the Department for Education and Floriat trust for the
0:11:49 > 0:11:53last three years.This car park was in much of the new school but a
0:11:53 > 0:11:56planning application never went in and now there are claims that the
0:11:56 > 0:12:01children are caught up in a political row.They have been a
0:12:01 > 0:12:03financial guinea pig. It was a business opportunity they tried to
0:12:03 > 0:12:07make work. They have decided that it hasn't, so they shut it down. The
0:12:07 > 0:12:11trust blend the Council, the council blamed the Department for Education.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16We have no idea where blame lies, but it is our children that are
0:12:16 > 0:12:21suffering.No one from Floreat would be interviewed today, but they said
0:12:21 > 0:12:36a statement. We showed this to Hounslow Council.This is outrageous
0:12:36 > 0:12:40and factually incorrect.Had this planning application been submitted,
0:12:40 > 0:12:44do you think it would have been approved?Subject to planning
0:12:44 > 0:12:48committee approval, yes, because it had the support of the council.So
0:12:48 > 0:12:52were you surprised when the application form didn't come in?
0:12:52 > 0:12:57Yes, we were expecting it.So why are the arguments flying? Free
0:12:57 > 0:13:01schools have often been the source of bitter political battles.It's
0:13:01 > 0:13:13been interesting watching the free
0:13:16 > 0:13:18schools such a mundane aspect, you might say, trying to find premises
0:13:18 > 0:13:21for a school being such an obstacle. This is a story that hasn't gone
0:13:21 > 0:13:23away. The government, which has a big interest in making this look
0:13:23 > 0:13:25successful, hasn't been able to solve the problem.The parents have
0:13:25 > 0:13:28been promised meetings with both the governors and the council, but
0:13:28 > 0:13:32whatever the reason for the school's closure, these pupils seem more keen
0:13:32 > 0:13:37on playing proper games and less keen on playing politics.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Now, could hailing a bus on the street soon give way
0:13:40 > 0:13:42to using your phone instead and booking your seat in advance?
0:13:42 > 0:13:45That's what a private company, backed by motoring giant Ford,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47has started doing on four routes in south London,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49a move criticised by transport unions.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54Gareth Furby can tell us more.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Deli Brian lives in Shooters Hill, and says public transport
0:13:57 > 0:13:59there isn't the best.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03I get a bus service.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06It runs regularly, but it is very slow, and not too reliable.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09But now she's found an alternative, a new service that she books
0:14:09 > 0:14:10onto using an app.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13And it's telling me there's a Chariot 6-8 minutes away.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17That's my ticket.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20The pick-up point is also marked on the app, and a few minutes later,
0:14:20 > 0:14:21her journey to work begins.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Morning!
0:14:22 > 0:14:27Morning.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30It's an idea that started in California and has now come
0:14:30 > 0:14:32to London, with four routes starting to operate within
0:14:32 > 0:14:33the past fortnight.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36We were delighted that Transport for London approved
0:14:36 > 0:14:38the routes that we are taking, because they recognise there
0:14:38 > 0:14:40are areas where they are underserved by public transport.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42So we think that what we are putting in naturally
0:14:42 > 0:14:47complements public transport.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50But a bus workers' union is worried it could lead to this,
0:14:50 > 0:14:52the fierce competition for passengers that was seen
0:14:52 > 0:14:56in London before 1933, when public control was introduced.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00This is effectively going back 100 years, when you could come out
0:15:00 > 0:15:03with a bus and pick people up if that's what you wanted.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08We are going to have a series of routes now where bus drivers
0:15:08 > 0:15:11will be paid the London living wage, which is considerably less
0:15:11 > 0:15:14than the average bus driver now, who would earn about £28,000.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18I just stop at the bus stop here.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21But Daniel has chosen to work for the new company, and for 12
0:15:21 > 0:15:23years, he was a London bus driver.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25He says it does mean a pay cut for him of around
0:15:25 > 0:15:27£6,000, but it's worth it, because the working
0:15:27 > 0:15:30conditions are better.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Here you work Monday to Friday, and you have
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Saturday and Sunday off.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39The London bus network carries over 6 million trips a day.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41This is very much at the margins of that.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44And we are seeing whether this can be a complement to potentially
0:15:44 > 0:15:46strengthen that network.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50And back with Deli, the new service may be costing her a bit more,
0:15:50 > 0:15:51but she is happy to pay.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54It is £2.40 per journey, which is about 90p more
0:15:54 > 0:15:56than I currently pay on the bus, which I find is excellent
0:15:57 > 0:16:02value for money.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05The buses get overcrowded under constant stopping and starting is
0:16:05 > 0:16:06frustrating.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Probably saves me about 20 minutes on my journey time in the morning.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12She says she will never take a bus from home again,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14and in a few months we will know how many other Londoners
0:16:15 > 0:16:16are joining her.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Gareth Furby, BBC London News.
0:16:17 > 0:16:26Still to come this Tuesday evening...
0:16:26 > 0:16:30I'm at an event that combines singing, socialising and sticky
0:16:30 > 0:16:35ginger pudding.And today it was pretty cold out there, but there was
0:16:35 > 0:16:38something drier and milder on the way through the coming days. I will
0:16:38 > 0:16:46have all the details later on.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48The World War II bomb which forced the closure
0:16:48 > 0:16:55of London City Airport yesterday has been towed to the sea off Essex.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57The weather hampered efforts for it to be detonated today.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00A second empty shell was discovered further along
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Tolu Adeyoye has more.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Through the night, the Royal Navy moved to work to move the unexploded
0:17:07 > 0:17:10500 kilogram German World War II bomb that grounded flights for an
0:17:10 > 0:17:14entire day in London City Airport.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19As City reopened this morning, preparations were being made to
0:17:19 > 0:17:22detonate the bomb, which had been towed to Shoeburyness on the Essex
0:17:22 > 0:17:23coast.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26About ten hours, driving very slowly and carefully down the
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Thames.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31They've just put it on to the sea bed, very gently and they
0:17:31 > 0:17:33are now guarding it, keeping a watch on it
0:17:33 > 0:17:35while we prepare the
0:17:35 > 0:17:37explosives to strap onto the bomb and then we'll hopefully detonate
0:17:38 > 0:17:39the bomb.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43It's estimated there are still thousands of unexploded bombs
0:17:43 > 0:17:45in and around London.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Just this morning a suspected device that
0:17:47 > 0:17:50turned out to be a shell was found near the Dartford Crossing.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52This is a map of London showing where the
0:17:52 > 0:17:55bombs fell during the Blitz.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59These are only the ones that were known
0:17:59 > 0:18:03about at the time or have been discovered since.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Historians say industrial areas and ports were
0:18:06 > 0:18:10first targeted but the bombing soon spread to civilian areas.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Really anywhere around London and along the
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Thames, heavily populated areas, were targets.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19And the problem with that is they are the areas that are
0:18:19 > 0:18:21now being redeveloped and rebuilt and that's where we're discovering
0:18:21 > 0:18:25so many more bombs now.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27What happens if the bomb goes off.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30There will be a big noise and quite a lot of
0:18:30 > 0:18:33damage.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Accepted wisdom on how to dispose of the bombs has changed
0:18:36 > 0:18:37over the decades.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38This footage shows how some experts were quite
0:18:38 > 0:18:45literally working in the dark when a mine
0:18:45 > 0:18:46was discovered in the Thames in 1957.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47What's it been like down there?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49You're shivering with cold.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50It is jolly cold.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Have you been able to see what you've been doing?
0:18:52 > 0:18:53No, you can't see a thing.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Well, how have you been working, then?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Just by touch.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Modern disposal methods are more sophisticated and controlled
0:18:58 > 0:19:04explosions have become more common.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08The weather has meant delays to today's planned
0:19:08 > 0:19:09detonation so we'll
0:19:09 > 0:19:11have to wait a little longer for the Big Bang.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14When was the last time you stayed in a youth hostel?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17I'm guessing - it probably didn't look like this.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19A capsule-style dormitory with just enough room for a bed
0:19:19 > 0:19:21and everything you need inside a self-contained pod.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25They've been popular in Japan for years -
0:19:25 > 0:19:28and Thomas Magill has been to Borough to see if they'll
0:19:28 > 0:19:33take off in the capital.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36NEWSREEL: After a good night's rest, another day lies ahead.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Getting a good night's rest is not as easy as
0:19:38 > 0:19:41you might think the many travellers at some of the capital's youth
0:19:41 > 0:19:42hostels.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Squeaky beds, people rustling plastic bags at five in the
0:19:45 > 0:19:47morning when they have to catch an early flight.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52Smelly feet!
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Now one company that runs seven budget-style
0:19:54 > 0:19:57hostels across London has come up with a solution which they hope will
0:19:57 > 0:20:05solve the problem of sharing with strangers.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Here we have introduced the first capsule hostel in the UK.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10We need to up our game in terms of hostelling.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13It is such a cool concept, and as more and more people
0:20:13 > 0:20:16understand that hostels are great play to travel to, we need to up our
0:20:16 > 0:20:19game and elevate our product.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21So we thought we would be the first to
0:20:21 > 0:20:22give it a go.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Capsule style accommodation, coming to Shanghai.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26It might be new in London, but sleeping capsules have been around
0:20:27 > 0:20:28for a while in Japan.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30For travellers who don't mind a bit of a squeeze.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31But can they work here?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Aiden is on holiday.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36He's Australian and has already spent one night cooped up
0:20:36 > 0:20:37inside a capsule.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I have stayed in other hostels and I have stayed in
0:20:40 > 0:20:41cheap ones and expensive ones.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43But with the bunk beds, some of them can
0:20:43 > 0:20:46get pretty loud at night, whereas this one is the same price
0:20:46 > 0:20:48as your normal hostel places, but you can
0:20:48 > 0:20:54come here and it's dead quiet at night, so you get a good sleep.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57This is just one of 26 pods in the dormitory.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59If they prove popular amongst travellers like Hayden,
0:20:59 > 0:21:04bosses say more could be created not just here,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06but at the company's other hostels across the city.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11And just because they are small, doesn't
0:21:11 > 0:21:12mean to say they are basic.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14For around £30 a night, you get all mod
0:21:14 > 0:21:17cons sought by today's savvy travellers, like air conditioning,
0:21:17 > 0:21:20USB points and mood lighting at the touch of a button.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22But some have suggested it could be like sleeping
0:21:22 > 0:21:23in a coffin.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Hayden, over to you.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28For people who would be concerned about being
0:21:28 > 0:21:29claustrophobic, it wouldn't be
0:21:29 > 0:21:30problem.
0:21:30 > 0:21:38I'm not a small guy and I have plenty of room, so it's good.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40There might be no room service for Hayden and
0:21:40 > 0:21:41the others, but there is
0:21:41 > 0:21:47a free breakfast in the morning.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49You can make up your own mind about that.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52It's dinner and dancing with a twist - a new production
0:21:52 > 0:21:54has opened in Deptford, to bring people together to think
0:21:54 > 0:21:55and talk about food.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58It's aimed at all generations and will even be performing in care
0:21:58 > 0:21:59homes across the capital.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03Helen Drew has been to the opening performance.
0:22:06 > 0:22:14A dance show like no other. May contain food is an interactive
0:22:14 > 0:22:18performance exploring people's relationship with food. Everyone
0:22:18 > 0:22:23sits at dinner tables, some with locally sourced or home grown food.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28It is accessible and a good experience. You think about food,
0:22:28 > 0:22:32you laugh about food, you have a sense of nostalgia about food and
0:22:32 > 0:22:39that's what we like to do. Full immersion into the subject.Our
0:22:39 > 0:22:43produce is all locally sourced. People are encouraged to bring their
0:22:43 > 0:22:47own food from home and during the show the performers get them to help
0:22:47 > 0:22:52make a sticky ginger pudding that they put in the oven.I brought
0:22:52 > 0:22:58grapefruit with cheese and pineapple.Lips because they are
0:22:58 > 0:23:03early nice -- lives.I brought wine gums because they my favourite
0:23:03 > 0:23:09sweets, I love them.You can't go wrong with them.No!It's not just
0:23:09 > 0:23:12for children, the idea is to go in to the community and interact with
0:23:12 > 0:23:18all ages. This is the opening show, at the Orkney in Deptford. A lot of
0:23:18 > 0:23:23people in the audience are from an arts club for people over 60 who
0:23:23 > 0:23:27want to meet new people and try new things.It is different, convicted
0:23:27 > 0:23:31of that, it makes a change. It relaxes you and takes your troubles
0:23:31 > 0:23:37away, for the time being.Beautiful, I think it should happen often. You
0:23:37 > 0:23:42know, that people can have this, I love it.Have you ever seen anything
0:23:42 > 0:23:47like this before?Never seen anything like it. White may contain
0:23:47 > 0:23:52food, may contain you will tour various locations across London and
0:23:52 > 0:23:57we aren't until the end of March. And the sticky ginger pudding? Ready
0:23:57 > 0:24:03at the end of the show.
0:24:03 > 0:24:09I hope she brings some back. Cheese cocktail sticks, very retro.Cheese
0:24:09 > 0:24:12and pineapple would do me very nicely.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Let's get the latest on the weather, shall we?
0:24:17 > 0:24:22What food for thought have I got? Something drier, quieter and milder
0:24:22 > 0:24:28as we go into the weekend.Not only was it great and wet today, it was
0:24:28 > 0:24:34also pretty cold out there. A gloomy scene here in central London earlier
0:24:34 > 0:24:39today. A lot of loud, outbreaks of rain. The big picture from satellite
0:24:39 > 0:24:45and radar, you can see this stripe of cloud producing rain. Some
0:24:45 > 0:24:49northern parts have seen significant snowfall. Then there is a gap in the
0:24:49 > 0:24:53cloud, some clearer spells allowing it to get cold and then another
0:24:53 > 0:24:58weather system in the West bringing more rain tomorrow. For the time
0:24:58 > 0:25:02being, we are trying to clear this area of cloud and rain away to the
0:25:02 > 0:25:07east but it will take a while to clear away. After midnight the skies
0:25:07 > 0:25:13will clear from the West and as we peel the cloud away from the map,
0:25:13 > 0:25:19temperatures will get away. Outside town, -3, -4, and where the roads
0:25:19 > 0:25:23are wet from the rain there may be some icy stretches tomorrow.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28Tomorrow should start bright, good sunshine. Increasingly windy, you'll
0:25:28 > 0:25:33notice the strength of the southerly wind and then like today it will
0:25:33 > 0:25:35cloud over from the West and in the afternoon you can see rain coming
0:25:35 > 0:25:41through, the odd heavy burst. A windy day but a slightly milder one
0:25:41 > 0:25:45with top temperatures of seven or 8 degrees. As Wheeler further ahead
0:25:45 > 0:25:50into Thursday you can see that the map is mostly clear, meaning mostly
0:25:50 > 0:25:55sunshine, just one or two showers from time to time but on balance we
0:25:55 > 0:25:59should stay dry on Thursday. The wind not very strong and
0:25:59 > 0:26:05temperatures doing pretty well, up to 11 degrees. That is a sign of
0:26:05 > 0:26:08things to come because although low pressure will dominate the scene
0:26:08 > 0:26:11across northern areas as we head towards the end of the week this
0:26:11 > 0:26:17area of high pressure is going to build its weigh-in across the South,
0:26:17 > 0:26:20introducing a south-westerly wind, which tends to mean milder air.
0:26:20 > 0:26:26Let's have a look at the next seven days. After the rain, more wet
0:26:26 > 0:26:28weather and when the temperatures get into double digits they should
0:26:28 > 0:26:33stay that way over the coming days and the wind mostly light. If you
0:26:33 > 0:26:36don't like the cold and rain, you might like what's on the way.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43Double-figure temperatures, yes!
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Recapping the main headlines:
0:26:44 > 0:26:47The former football coach Barry Bennell has been found guilty
0:26:47 > 0:26:49of multiple sex offences against boys in the 1980s.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52He was convicted of 36 charges - the jury asked for more time
0:26:52 > 0:26:53to consider further counts.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55The Government's unveiled an online tool that it says can
0:26:55 > 0:27:01detect and block jihadist content.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04The Home Secretary says she won't rule out forcing
0:27:04 > 0:27:05technology companies to use it.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07England cricketer Ben Stokes has appeared in court.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09He's charged in connection with a fight outside a Bristol
0:27:09 > 0:27:11nightclub last year.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14He denies affray.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18The Mayor has set up a fund to tackle rising knife crime
0:27:18 > 0:27:18and violence in the capital.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21It will spend £45 million over three years on education,
0:27:21 > 0:27:22sport and cultural activities.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27And at the Winter Olympics, Britain's Elise Christie crashed out
0:27:27 > 0:27:30in the penultimate lap of the 500 metre speed skating final.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34She was one of Team GB's biggest medal hopes.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37I'll be back with the latest for you during the ten o'clock news.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Plenty more on our website, Facebook and Twitter.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41From all the team, thanks for watching and do
0:27:41 > 0:27:43have a lovely evening.