14/02/2018

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0:00:00 > 0:00:00That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me -

0:00:00 > 0:00:04and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

0:00:04 > 0:00:06Coming up on BBC London News:

0:00:06 > 0:00:08An airport engineer is killed after two vehicles crash

0:00:08 > 0:00:10on the tarmac at Heathrow.

0:00:10 > 0:00:15Another man is in hospital.

0:00:15 > 0:00:17An investigation has been launched into how this could have happened.

0:00:17 > 0:00:20Hundreds of passengers were also evacuated and flights were delayed.

0:00:20 > 0:00:21I'll have the latest.

0:00:21 > 0:00:23Also ahead tonight:

0:00:23 > 0:00:28Has the City changed enough since the 70s?

0:00:28 > 0:00:31Lloyds becomes the first FTSE 100 company to set ethnic diversity

0:00:31 > 0:00:34targets for senior management.

0:00:34 > 0:00:37How 30 tonnes of wet wipes, a day are having to be cleared

0:00:37 > 0:00:42from London's sewers and it's costing millions.

0:00:46 > 0:00:49Plus we may think of it as part of sexualised pop culture.

0:00:49 > 0:00:56But one Londoner wants to reclaim twerking as cultural heritage.

0:00:56 > 0:00:59We dance at christenings, no-one sits there and goes, "my God, what's

0:00:59 > 0:01:09that?"

0:01:09 > 0:01:13A very good evening and welcome to the programme.

0:01:13 > 0:01:16A British Airways engineer has died after a crash between two vehicles

0:01:16 > 0:01:18on the tarmac at Heathrow.

0:01:18 > 0:01:20He was taken to hospital but couldn't be saved.

0:01:20 > 0:01:23Another man was injured.

0:01:23 > 0:01:25Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a plane

0:01:25 > 0:01:29and dozens of flights delayed.

0:01:29 > 0:01:31We can get the latest from Chris Rogers who's

0:01:31 > 0:01:34at Heathrow airport now...

0:01:39 > 0:01:44It started like a typical busy day for Heathrow Airport but as

0:01:44 > 0:01:50passengers boarded the first flights to leave, tragedy quickly struck.

0:01:50 > 0:01:54DRS airport cars collided, leaving one driver injured and another

0:01:54 > 0:01:58suffering a cardiac arrest Arch two airport cars. As paramedics battled

0:01:58 > 0:02:02to save his life at the scene and on the way to hospital, he sadly died

0:02:02 > 0:02:05leaving hundreds of passengers stranded, planes delayed, colleagues

0:02:05 > 0:02:12in shock and a family bereaved. We didn't hear the details for some

0:02:12 > 0:02:16hours later, but the events did quickly unfold on social media.

0:02:16 > 0:02:17It's just after 6am.

0:02:17 > 0:02:19The tragic pictures of the aftermath of the

0:02:19 > 0:02:23runway crash emerge.

0:02:23 > 0:02:26An airport worker is killed as he does his rounds.

0:02:26 > 0:02:31The other driver suffers a broken shoulder.

0:02:31 > 0:02:33Police are investigating why the white BA van

0:02:33 > 0:02:37and yellow pick-up truck collided.

0:02:37 > 0:02:39Often used by Heathrow's staff to direct aircraft and inspect the

0:02:39 > 0:02:41runways.

0:02:41 > 0:02:44Hundreds of horrified passengers, their planes delayed for

0:02:44 > 0:02:49around two hours, can only look on.

0:02:49 > 0:02:52Traveller Alistair McLeod tweeted: "We boarded,

0:02:52 > 0:02:55waited and then the captain gave a series of delay announcements.

0:02:55 > 0:02:58At around 8:55am, we all de-planed."

0:02:58 > 0:03:02Around 25 planes were delayed.

0:03:02 > 0:03:03London ambulance later tweeted, confirming one of the

0:03:04 > 0:03:10drivers suffered a cardiac arrest.

0:03:10 > 0:03:12"Despite our extensive efforts to resuscitate him

0:03:12 > 0:03:14at the scene, and on the

0:03:14 > 0:03:16way to hospital, he was later pronounced dead".

0:03:16 > 0:03:22The victim's colleague, Kevin Fitzgibbon,

0:03:22 > 0:03:25tweeted, "sad day at work today, lost one our engineering colleagues

0:03:25 > 0:03:26this morning.

0:03:26 > 0:03:28My thoughts are with his family and friends at this

0:03:29 > 0:03:37terrible time".

0:03:38 > 0:03:42If you've travelled on a plane to Peter and looked out of the window

0:03:42 > 0:03:44as the plane taxis towards the runway, you will know how much

0:03:44 > 0:03:49traffic there is not just on runways but around them as well. Because of

0:03:49 > 0:03:52that, there are strict speed restrictions in place and safety

0:03:52 > 0:03:56guidelines that everyone has to follow. A lot of questions need to

0:03:56 > 0:04:01be answered about why this collision took place. That is in the hands of

0:04:01 > 0:04:05the serious collision unit with Heathrow police. Heathrow Airport

0:04:05 > 0:04:11and British Airways are cooperating fully with that organisation. They

0:04:11 > 0:04:14expressed their deep sympathy with the family of the engineer who died

0:04:14 > 0:04:15here today.Many thanks.

0:04:15 > 0:04:17You're watching BBC London News.

0:04:17 > 0:04:21Coming up later:

0:04:21 > 0:04:24The World War II bomb taken to Essex coast by the Royal Navy.

0:04:24 > 0:04:34We'll show you the controlled explosion.

0:04:34 > 0:04:36Some of the most vulnerable Londoners are being trapped

0:04:36 > 0:04:40in a "cycle of homelessness" - due to a change in the law.

0:04:40 > 0:04:41That's according to the charity Crisis.

0:04:41 > 0:04:44It says new, tougher criteria are being used to remove people

0:04:44 > 0:04:48from housing waiting lists.

0:04:48 > 0:04:54Now this programme has learnt that across London

0:04:54 > 0:04:55the number has been cut by a third.

0:04:55 > 0:04:59Raising questions as to who has been removed and why.

0:04:59 > 0:05:04Our political correspondent Karl Mercer has been investigating.

0:05:04 > 0:05:08This person needs to be on the housing waiting list. She since

0:05:08 > 0:05:11August she hasn't been, she couldn't pay her rent and fell into arrears.

0:05:11 > 0:05:14She is now homeless and unable to get back on the waiting list for a

0:05:14 > 0:05:18home for herself and her two children.You are just stuck in a

0:05:18 > 0:05:21place that has no control and that's the worst, that is one of the worst

0:05:21 > 0:05:27feelings. You have a problem that is your problem but you can't solve it.

0:05:27 > 0:05:33There's nothing you can do about it. For six months, this has been her

0:05:33 > 0:05:35home, living with friends of her daughter but they are about to be on

0:05:35 > 0:05:40the move again.Since August, they've been permanently just in

0:05:40 > 0:05:43bags and boxes, this is how I've lived. If I'm here today, might be

0:05:43 > 0:05:48there tomorrow. I might be at my mum's for a couple of nights, just

0:05:48 > 0:05:56to...She's not alone. Across London, thousands being taken off a

0:05:56 > 0:06:00list for council homes since the local as an act since years -- six

0:06:00 > 0:06:05years ago. It gave local councils more power to decide who should and

0:06:05 > 0:06:09shouldn't be on the list.If they can't register for social housing

0:06:09 > 0:06:12are their options are limited, they can end up in some kind of spiral of

0:06:12 > 0:06:20homelessness. And poverty. The reason they couldn't register BBC

0:06:20 > 0:06:22because they had rent arrears and they are forced into a more

0:06:22 > 0:06:26expensive solution and things will only get worse from -- couldn't

0:06:26 > 0:06:29register.Things will only get worse across London and illustrated pretty

0:06:29 > 0:06:33clearly here where I am standing in north London. On my right is the

0:06:33 > 0:06:36London Borough of Camden. Here, waiting lists have gone down by

0:06:36 > 0:06:4216,000 since 2012, a drop of something like 85%. But if we switch

0:06:42 > 0:06:47across the road, just a few feet away, this is the London Borough of

0:06:47 > 0:06:48Islington. The waiting lists

0:06:48 > 0:06:48away, this is the London Borough of Islington. The waiting lists have

0:06:48 > 0:06:52actually gone up by more than 4300, a rise of

0:06:52 > 0:06:55actually gone up by more than 4300, a rise of 36%. Some councils have

0:06:55 > 0:07:01excluded people like Clavia in rent arrears but others have introduced

0:07:01 > 0:07:03rules saying only people who live locally can get on the list. The

0:07:03 > 0:07:10rules across London are different. We have urged the mayor to bring

0:07:10 > 0:07:13borrowers together. Particularly local connections problem needs

0:07:13 > 0:07:17sorting out at a London level. If you have lived in a borough for a

0:07:17 > 0:07:20few years and then a different London borough, you might not

0:07:20 > 0:07:23qualify for housing anywhere in London. Living in London ought to be

0:07:23 > 0:07:39the qualification.Change like that would come too late for Clavia.

0:07:39 > 0:07:42three people have been found guilty of the killing of Thornton Heath

0:07:42 > 0:07:46teenager Jermaine Goupall.

0:07:46 > 0:07:54He was chased by a gang wearing balaclavas and...

0:07:54 > 0:07:5618-year-old Samuel Oliver Rowland, 21-year-old Adam Benzahi,

0:07:56 > 0:07:58and 17-year-old Junior Simpson were found guilty of

0:07:58 > 0:08:02murder.

0:08:02 > 0:08:04A British man who fought against so-called Islamic State

0:08:04 > 0:08:07in Syria has appeared in court and pleaded not guilty

0:08:07 > 0:08:08to a terror offence.

0:08:08 > 0:08:10It's the first case of its kind in the UK.

0:08:10 > 0:08:11Emma Vardy was at Westminster magistrates court.

0:08:14 > 0:08:17James Matthews was greeted outside court today by a crowd of supporters

0:08:17 > 0:08:21who turned out to voice their opposition to the charge against

0:08:21 > 0:08:25him. Some of them themselves were former volunteers who have fought

0:08:25 > 0:08:31against IS in Syria was not James Matthews, known as Jim, is 43, lives

0:08:31 > 0:08:35in Dalston in London and he's a former British Army soldier. We

0:08:35 > 0:08:39heard in court today the allegation he is facing is of attending a

0:08:39 > 0:08:44training camp as part of a group of people struggling to assist the

0:08:44 > 0:08:49Kurdish forces in their fight against so-called Islamic state. The

0:08:49 > 0:08:53prosecution say Mr is alleged to have attended that training camp for

0:08:53 > 0:08:57the purposes of terrorism and he pleaded not guilty to that charge

0:08:57 > 0:09:03today. It is believed there are dozens of people from Britain who

0:09:03 > 0:09:07have been to Syria and Barack to fight as volunteers with the Kurds

0:09:07 > 0:09:12-- Syria and Iraq to fight. The magistrate here today said this was

0:09:12 > 0:09:16a very unusual case. The first time that somebody who has fought against

0:09:16 > 0:09:20IS is being charged in the circumstances. James Matthews was

0:09:20 > 0:09:24granted bail. He will next appear in court on the 1st of March at the Old

0:09:24 > 0:09:27Bailey.

0:09:27 > 0:09:29The City has long been seen as the preserve

0:09:29 > 0:09:33of white middle class men.

0:09:33 > 0:09:36It is changing but perhaps not fast enough.

0:09:36 > 0:09:38Lloyds banking group has become the first FTSE 100

0:09:38 > 0:09:43company to set an ethnic diversity target for recruiting its top

0:09:43 > 0:09:50management.

0:09:50 > 0:09:53The high street bank really wants to increase the number of black, Asian

0:09:53 > 0:09:58and ethnic minorities working in its top 7000 roles. They really believe

0:09:58 > 0:10:01that a diverse management group at the very top of the company really

0:10:01 > 0:10:05helps the bank to relate to its customers and the whole community it

0:10:05 > 0:10:10serves. We do believe there will be extra pressure put on the banks over

0:10:10 > 0:10:13the next few days when it comes to gender and the pay equality, the

0:10:13 > 0:10:18issue that has been spoken about all the time.

0:10:18 > 0:10:20Bankers in bowler hats and sharp suits.

0:10:20 > 0:10:23The City of London in the 1970s was a very different place

0:10:23 > 0:10:24to today.

0:10:24 > 0:10:25Or is it?

0:10:25 > 0:10:32In the corridors of power in 2018, black, Asian and

0:10:32 > 0:10:33minority ethnic faces are conspicuous by their absence.

0:10:33 > 0:10:35Lloyds banking group are hoping to change that.

0:10:35 > 0:10:41So at senior management our figure is 6%.

0:10:41 > 0:10:43And, actually, that reflects the external labour market at senior

0:10:43 > 0:10:44management positions across the FTSE 100.

0:10:44 > 0:10:47But I think our view is that we need to do more

0:10:47 > 0:10:50and we need to go further.

0:10:50 > 0:10:53That's the other reason for introducing the goal,

0:10:53 > 0:10:56to accelerate the pace of change and to make sure that our most

0:10:56 > 0:10:58senior levels in the organisation are more representative

0:10:58 > 0:10:59of the external labour market.

0:10:59 > 0:11:02Lloyds say they are confident they can meet their diversity

0:11:02 > 0:11:03targets within the tight two-year time frame.

0:11:03 > 0:11:06But in a place like the City, how realistic is it?

0:11:06 > 0:11:12And is it ambitious enough?

0:11:12 > 0:11:13I think it's a good idea.

0:11:13 > 0:11:15I think it's a good initiative.

0:11:15 > 0:11:18Whether it's going to be successful or whether it's going to have

0:11:18 > 0:11:20any kind of traction, you know, remains to be seen.

0:11:20 > 0:11:22I suppose there's a perception of an old boys network,

0:11:22 > 0:11:23maybe, in the city.

0:11:23 > 0:11:24maybe, in the City.

0:11:24 > 0:11:27Maybe that's because traditionally, you've had a lot of middle-class

0:11:27 > 0:11:29white males who been running operations.

0:11:29 > 0:11:30white males who've been running operations.

0:11:30 > 0:11:32You look at it historically, there are more whites

0:11:32 > 0:11:35here than there are blacks, but it's not a true

0:11:35 > 0:11:36representation of the ratios.

0:11:36 > 0:11:38So if you look in society, there are more ethnic minorities

0:11:38 > 0:11:40than there are represented here in the city.

0:11:40 > 0:11:44than there are represented here in the City.

0:11:44 > 0:11:47Lloyds might be the first FTSE 100 company to set these public targets,

0:11:47 > 0:11:49but they aren't the only organisation working to improve

0:11:49 > 0:11:54diversity at senior levels.

0:11:54 > 0:11:56Joanna is the managing director of a consultancy,

0:11:56 > 0:12:02which helps businesses recruit ethnic minority talent.

0:12:02 > 0:12:04There are issues around development and opportunity,

0:12:04 > 0:12:07so if you do not have a visible role model in a position

0:12:07 > 0:12:10in which you aspire to get into, it can be quite discouraging.

0:12:10 > 0:12:12And it can make you believe that that's something

0:12:12 > 0:12:15And it can make you believe that that's not something

0:12:15 > 0:12:17that is actually achievable within that organisation.

0:12:17 > 0:12:19Which is why what Lloyds is doing is so good.

0:12:19 > 0:12:22It will actually encourage people within their organisation to believe

0:12:22 > 0:12:24that the company are taking it very seriously.

0:12:24 > 0:12:28In one of the largest financial centres in the world, Lloyds' move

0:12:28 > 0:12:28won't have go unnoticed.

0:12:28 > 0:12:36This might be a welcome step towards greater transparency.

0:12:41 > 0:12:46We know 162 financials and firms in the city have signed the women in

0:12:46 > 0:12:49Finance Charter which really hopes to make the gender gap a lot

0:12:49 > 0:12:53smaller. But it is thought that some firms in the City obviously haven't

0:12:53 > 0:12:56signed it and there are questions now about why they haven't signed

0:12:56 > 0:13:01it. And they may have done so to why they haven't got this gender gap in

0:13:01 > 0:13:04better proportion and have to answer the Treasury Select Committee in the

0:13:04 > 0:13:08coming months.

0:13:09 > 0:13:12The World War II bomb which closed City Airport earlier this week,

0:13:12 > 0:13:15has been detonated a mile off the Essex coast.

0:13:15 > 0:13:17The half-tonne device was moved there by the Royal Navy

0:13:17 > 0:13:18from the Docklands on Monday.

0:13:18 > 0:13:28Here's Charlotte Franks.

0:13:33 > 0:13:36The plume of a World War II bomb being diffused six

0:13:36 > 0:13:37metres below sea level.

0:13:37 > 0:13:39This is where the 500 kilograms device discovered at

0:13:39 > 0:13:41City Airport on Sunday, finally met its end,

0:13:41 > 0:13:43helped by a two kilograms explosive.

0:13:43 > 0:13:45A team of four divers set out to work on the bomb

0:13:45 > 0:13:47at 8am this morning

0:13:47 > 0:13:49after it was placed four miles off the coast.

0:13:49 > 0:13:52Today's tasks were to remove the equipment used to bring the

0:13:52 > 0:13:56bomb down.

0:13:56 > 0:13:59The second dive was carried out to place a charge,

0:13:59 > 0:14:01plastic explosives, next to the bomb, which we then used

0:14:01 > 0:14:03to initiate and set the explosives within the bomb itself.

0:14:03 > 0:14:06The device was discovered at the King George V

0:14:06 > 0:14:10dock, which led to an exclusion zone around the site.

0:14:10 > 0:14:11It was then transported by boat for ten hours

0:14:11 > 0:14:13through the night, to this MoD location.

0:14:13 > 0:14:16It's taken a couple of days for this bomb to be diffused

0:14:16 > 0:14:19because conditions have to be right.

0:14:19 > 0:14:21If you look out there now, it is quite choppy.

0:14:21 > 0:14:26But yesterday it was extremely windy.

0:14:26 > 0:14:29Which meant a large degree of groundswell in the water

0:14:29 > 0:14:32making it very dangerous for the operation to be

0:14:32 > 0:14:34carried out safely.

0:14:34 > 0:14:3724,000 tonnes of bombs were dropped in London alone during the Blitz.

0:14:37 > 0:14:41The military is still dealing with around 60 of them each year.

0:14:41 > 0:14:43The three teams that I have that work

0:14:43 > 0:14:46for me, are called out between them around every 18 hours.

0:14:46 > 0:14:49So at least once a day one of the teams is going

0:14:49 > 0:14:53out on the road to deal with a device, anything from a small hand

0:14:53 > 0:14:56grenade all the way up to this kind of thousand pound bomb.

0:14:56 > 0:14:58Following the blast, the team dived down again

0:14:58 > 0:15:01to check the bomb had been diffused properly.

0:15:01 > 0:15:04They then returned to shore safe in the knowledge that

0:15:04 > 0:15:06a thousand pounds of explosives were safely disposed of.

0:15:06 > 0:15:13Charlotte Fairbanks, BBC London News.

0:15:13 > 0:15:17Still to come before 7pm:

0:15:17 > 0:15:20The humble T-shirt - a new exhibition charts the history

0:15:20 > 0:15:22of a garment never intended to be seen.

0:15:22 > 0:15:27And...

0:15:27 > 0:15:32Dance. It's a channel you can use to express so much joy, pain, sadness.

0:15:32 > 0:15:34How one Londoner is trying to reclaim twerking as part

0:15:34 > 0:15:37of her cultural heritage.

0:15:47 > 0:15:52Brace yourselves. We are going to be talking about and seeing giant lumps

0:15:52 > 0:15:53of congealed fat and wet wipes.

0:15:53 > 0:15:55Clearing fatbergs - giant lumps of congealed

0:15:55 > 0:15:57fat and wet wipes - from London's sewers is now costing

0:15:57 > 0:15:59a million pounds a month to clear.

0:15:59 > 0:16:00That's according to Thames Water.

0:16:00 > 0:16:02Last year this one got stuck in Whitechapel.

0:16:02 > 0:16:05It was longer than Tower Bridge and weighed as much 11

0:16:05 > 0:16:08double decker buses.

0:16:08 > 0:16:13And if you're having you tea, be warned some of the pictures

0:16:13 > 0:16:14in Tom Edwards' report are unappetising.

0:16:14 > 0:16:19Welcome to Europe's largest sewerage plant in Beckton, East London,

0:16:19 > 0:16:23serving four million Londoners.

0:16:23 > 0:16:27It deals with 17,000 litres of sewage a second.

0:16:27 > 0:16:32Here though, they have a growing problem of nonperishable

0:16:33 > 0:16:34items, mainly wet wipes.

0:16:34 > 0:16:37It is a massive problem, not just for us, but for London.

0:16:37 > 0:16:43We remove 30,000 tonnes of what we call rag a day.

0:16:43 > 0:16:45-- 30 tonnes.

0:16:45 > 0:16:46-- 30 tonnes.

0:16:46 > 0:16:48That is a combination of wet wipes, sanitary products etc.

0:16:48 > 0:16:51This causes a lot of damage to the infrastructure, to the

0:16:51 > 0:16:53environment, in terms of pollution because of blockages, and also to

0:16:53 > 0:16:59people's homes when there is a blockage and there is flooding.

0:16:59 > 0:17:03Wet wipes help fat and grease congeal in

0:17:03 > 0:17:07sewers, to form huge fatbergs like this one in Whitechapel.

0:17:07 > 0:17:09It is costing Thames Water £1 million a month

0:17:09 > 0:17:12to unblock the sewers.

0:17:12 > 0:17:16This demonstration shows what happens to

0:17:16 > 0:17:21tissue paper in water compared to wet wipes.

0:17:21 > 0:17:23Paper disintegrates quickly.

0:17:23 > 0:17:29But the plastic in the wet wipes means it is not affected.

0:17:29 > 0:17:33I'd like Londoners to bin it, not block it, which is the

0:17:33 > 0:17:35message from Thames Water.

0:17:35 > 0:17:36Stick it in your dustbin, don't throw

0:17:36 > 0:17:37it down the toilet.

0:17:37 > 0:17:40I'd also like the manufacturers to stop marking things

0:17:40 > 0:17:43as flushable when they clearly are not flushable items.

0:17:43 > 0:17:45That is what we need to be doing.

0:17:45 > 0:17:47This would save an awful lot of money that Thames Water

0:17:47 > 0:17:52could then be spending on other things.

0:17:52 > 0:17:55Other things like Thames Water's poor record at fixing leaks.

0:17:55 > 0:17:58So the message for Londoners - sewers can only deal with waste

0:17:58 > 0:18:02from people and paper.

0:18:02 > 0:18:04Tom Edwards, BBC London News, Becton.

0:18:12 > 0:18:14It was designed merely as underwear, never

0:18:14 > 0:18:16intended to be seen - but has ever since been

0:18:16 > 0:18:17grabbing our attention.

0:18:17 > 0:18:20Now a new exhibition charting the history of the humble T-shirt

0:18:20 > 0:18:22has opened at the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey.

0:18:22 > 0:18:24Ayshea Buksh reports.

0:18:24 > 0:18:26Often, just a simple piece of clothing,

0:18:26 > 0:18:28a T-shirt can also be a canvas for high art

0:18:29 > 0:18:36or radical politics.

0:18:36 > 0:18:39This new exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum in

0:18:39 > 0:18:39Bermondsey charts its history.

0:18:39 > 0:18:41And as one of the world's street fashion capitals,

0:18:41 > 0:18:43the curator believes London is the best place

0:18:43 > 0:18:44to show them off.

0:18:44 > 0:18:48London is a creative city. And many of the T-shirts that we

0:18:48 > 0:18:50And many of the T-shirts that we actually have on display,

0:18:50 > 0:18:51originated in London.

0:18:51 > 0:18:54And I think the London scene, in terms of graphics, music,

0:18:54 > 0:18:57fashion, design, have all had their impact on the T-shirt.

0:18:57 > 0:18:59And I think that's represented here.

0:18:59 > 0:19:03More than 200 T-shirts are on display.

0:19:03 > 0:19:08Some are from the personal collections of

0:19:08 > 0:19:10fashion designers Vivienne Westwood and Katherine Hamnett.

0:19:10 > 0:19:14Others were donated by collectors from around the world.

0:19:14 > 0:19:18American artist and photographer Susan Barnett has spent nine years

0:19:18 > 0:19:19documenting the T-shirt wearing public on both

0:19:19 > 0:19:22sides of the Atlantic.

0:19:22 > 0:19:26She started her study shortly after Barack Obama was elected.

0:19:26 > 0:19:29Over the years, the message has changed.

0:19:29 > 0:19:34And it's become a lot darker. There's more anger.

0:19:34 > 0:19:38There's more anger at the government, anger at each other.

0:19:38 > 0:19:40Messages of hate, sadly.

0:19:40 > 0:19:44And one of the things that interests me is to see what happens.

0:19:44 > 0:19:48These are time capsules.

0:19:48 > 0:19:51So whether you want to show support for social

0:19:51 > 0:19:55activism or your favourite band, wear your T-shirt with pride.

0:19:55 > 0:19:57It may well be a collector's item in the future.

0:19:57 > 0:20:01Ayshea Buksh, BBC London News.

0:20:04 > 0:20:07Now if you've heard of twerking, you will know it's a provocative

0:20:07 > 0:20:11dance move synonmous with pop videos and scantily clad performers.

0:20:11 > 0:20:13It's been criticised for being over sexualised.

0:20:13 > 0:20:15But now a dance instructor from Peckham is trying

0:20:15 > 0:20:18to reclaim the move as a form of feminist expression, by taking it

0:20:18 > 0:20:24back to its African roots. We caught up with her.

0:20:24 > 0:20:26She tells us in her

0:20:26 > 0:20:27SINGING.

0:20:27 > 0:20:28Dance.

0:20:28 > 0:20:31It's a channel you can use to express so much joy,

0:20:31 > 0:20:32pain, sadness, like, you can express so much

0:20:32 > 0:20:33through it.

0:20:33 > 0:20:36So I started to use that as a way of really communicating

0:20:36 > 0:20:39the things that I thought there were no words for.

0:20:39 > 0:20:42OPERATIC SINGING.

0:20:42 > 0:20:44My name is Kelechi Okafore.

0:20:44 > 0:20:46I'm an actor, director, twerk instructor and pole

0:20:46 > 0:20:50dance studio owner.

0:20:50 > 0:20:53A lot of people seem to think that this is

0:20:53 > 0:20:55where the movement starts and stops, but actually the movement starts way

0:20:56 > 0:20:57before that.

0:20:57 > 0:20:59It starts from your feet, so how you're using your feet,

0:20:59 > 0:21:02how you're transferring weight back and forth.

0:21:02 > 0:21:04That will then translate to how you're actually able

0:21:04 > 0:21:07to rock your pelvis.

0:21:07 > 0:21:10For me, from my understanding of twerk, we're looking at something

0:21:10 > 0:21:13that started in West Africa, and it travelled with

0:21:13 > 0:21:20the enslaved Africans to become something else.

0:21:20 > 0:21:23Let's get the hips going.

0:21:23 > 0:21:26Poking out, poking backwards, keeping the legs straight.

0:21:26 > 0:21:29So one...

0:21:29 > 0:21:30Show me more hip, roll that hip!

0:21:30 > 0:21:32It isn't as hyper-sexualised in West Africa, because it's a

0:21:32 > 0:21:35cultural thing.

0:21:35 > 0:21:37We dance at funerals, we dance at weddings, we dance

0:21:37 > 0:21:38at christenings.

0:21:38 > 0:21:42No one sits there and goes, "Oh my God, what's that?"

0:21:42 > 0:21:45Up, up, roll, roll.

0:21:45 > 0:21:50Nice.

0:21:50 > 0:21:51Women are objectified, whatever they do.

0:21:51 > 0:21:56A woman can stand still and do nothing and be objectified.

0:21:56 > 0:22:00So, why, then, not do everything?

0:22:00 > 0:22:04Right, right, right, right, left.

0:22:04 > 0:22:05Right, left.

0:22:05 > 0:22:09I think my classes attract such a variety of

0:22:09 > 0:22:12women, because they watch the videos on social

0:22:12 > 0:22:16media and they see the variety of women.

0:22:16 > 0:22:19And they've probably seen a woman they can identify with.

0:22:19 > 0:22:20"Well, If she's going, then I can go."

0:22:20 > 0:22:23And what I really wanted to do was have as many

0:22:23 > 0:22:25women come through as possible, representing different types

0:22:25 > 0:22:28of woman.

0:22:28 > 0:22:31I was a bit nervous, to be honest, but I came in, it was fine.

0:22:31 > 0:22:33Got into the changing room, ripped my hijab

0:22:33 > 0:22:35and stuff off, it was a women's only class.

0:22:35 > 0:22:39And just within five minutes of being there, was

0:22:39 > 0:22:48just in the flow of it, it was brilliant.

0:22:48 > 0:22:51If I were to speak to the Sian from years ago that was still

0:22:51 > 0:22:54trapped in that toxic relationship, and tell her that in a few years'

0:22:54 > 0:22:57time, you would be twerking, essentially an public, on a stage or

0:22:57 > 0:23:00in carnival might even in a dance studio full of strangers, I would

0:23:00 > 0:23:06never have believed it.

0:23:09 > 0:23:17Bend your knees, bend your knees, bend your knees.

0:23:17 > 0:23:17Interesting to hear knees, bend your knees.

0:23:17 > 0:23:17Interesting to hear the knees, bend your knees.

0:23:17 > 0:23:17Interesting to hear the cultural knees, bend your knees.

0:23:17 > 0:23:20Interesting to hear the cultural history. But this man has got to

0:23:20 > 0:23:23follow that. Ben!

0:23:23 > 0:23:27history. But this man has got to follow that. Ben!

0:23:27 > 0:23:31You might have been twerking your way to work today when you saw the

0:23:31 > 0:23:35beautiful blue skies overhead. The sort of day when you wanted to get

0:23:35 > 0:23:39out of the house. It was a beautiful start. This Weather Watchers

0:23:39 > 0:23:43captured perfectly from a vantage point at the Barbican. A beautiful

0:23:43 > 0:23:48view over the city. That was not to last. I had worked its way from the

0:23:48 > 0:23:54West. We saw outbreaks of rain. That was Essex earlier. The sort of

0:23:54 > 0:23:59afternoon to hide behind the glass because of this cloud, which fed

0:23:59 > 0:24:02these outbreaks of rain in from the south-west. The rain is taking its

0:24:02 > 0:24:06time to clear. It will hang around in the evening. Pretty soggy for the

0:24:06 > 0:24:11next couple of hours. If we run the sequence through the evening, slowly

0:24:11 > 0:24:15but surely those outbreaks of rain will be pushed away to the

0:24:15 > 0:24:19south-east. Eventually after midnight, the skies were clear. The

0:24:19 > 0:24:22winds will slowly ease. One big difference compared with last night

0:24:22 > 0:24:27it -- is it will not be particularly cold. Temperatures above freezing.

0:24:27 > 0:24:31Tomorrow get off to a relatively bright start. You can see some

0:24:31 > 0:24:36patches of cloud. As we go through the day. -- on my today we will not

0:24:36 > 0:24:41see cloud and rain from the West. What we might see some parting

0:24:41 > 0:24:45showers. The vast majority will stay dry and see sunshine. Have a look at

0:24:45 > 0:24:49those temperatures. 1011 degrees. That will feel fairly pleasant under

0:24:49 > 0:24:56clear skies. This is Friday's forecast. There will be a lot of

0:24:56 > 0:25:01sunshine. Some patchy cloud. Friday is a nice looking day. 910 degrees.

0:25:01 > 0:25:06Light winds. A very pleasant feel. As we head into the weekend, high

0:25:06 > 0:25:10pressure takes more control. That means more in the way of dry

0:25:10 > 0:25:14weather. Some spells of sunshine. Once those temperatures get into

0:25:14 > 0:25:15double digits, they will

0:25:15 > 0:25:16stay that way

0:25:16 > 0:25:19stay that way through the weekend and into next week.

0:25:19 > 0:25:20That sounds like good news. Thank you.

0:25:20 > 0:25:22That's it for now, thanks for your company.

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0:25:25 > 0:25:30From all of us on the team - do have a lovely evening.

0:25:30 > 0:25:32Bye-bye.