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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