20/02/2018

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0:00:00 > 0:00:10Tuesday next week, it will feel raw with a biting wind.

0:00:10 > 0:00:13Leaking pipes, damp and mould, tenants accused the council landlord

0:00:13 > 0:00:15of turning its back on them.

0:00:15 > 0:00:17On the road with the residents in east London patrolling

0:00:17 > 0:00:20their streets after a spate of violent burglaries.

0:00:20 > 0:00:22If we don't have the police, somebody's got to look

0:00:22 > 0:00:23after the neighbourhood.

0:00:23 > 0:00:33And we don't have enough police in the area.

0:00:34 > 0:00:37The Met says it understands their concerns but warns people not

0:00:37 > 0:00:39to take the law into their own hands and work with them.

0:00:39 > 0:00:41Also ahead this evening...

0:00:41 > 0:00:43Plus, animal charities rescue a number of birds following an oil

0:00:43 > 0:00:44spill in the River Lea.

0:00:44 > 0:00:46# The only one who could ever reach me

0:00:46 > 0:00:48# Was the son of a preacher man

0:00:48 > 0:00:51And as Dusty Springfield's songs return to the stage,

0:00:51 > 0:00:55we hear about the star's west London roots.

0:01:01 > 0:01:11A very warm welcome to BBC London News.

0:01:14 > 0:01:17The families living in a block in north London who say they've

0:01:17 > 0:01:19endured months of awful living conditions - mould, damp

0:01:19 > 0:01:21and water running down walls.

0:01:21 > 0:01:22And say it's now affecting their health.

0:01:22 > 0:01:24They feel the landlord - Enfield council - has

0:01:24 > 0:01:26turned its back on them.

0:01:26 > 0:01:28It in turn has apologised and rehoused some of the worst

0:01:28 > 0:01:29affected residents.

0:01:29 > 0:01:32Gareth Furby reports.

0:01:32 > 0:01:36Cianne Lindo is a mother of two, but she says she has had to move out of

0:01:36 > 0:01:42their council flat because of this... It's a water leak pouring

0:01:42 > 0:01:46onto the electric fuse box.You can see it going over the plug sockets

0:01:46 > 0:01:50and fuse box.No one was electrocuted but she says the

0:01:50 > 0:01:53Council only took her complaints about damp and mould seriously when

0:01:53 > 0:01:57she showed them this recording.I just think it's absolutely awful.

0:01:57 > 0:02:02When I phoned the council I was told it was sewage water. But I don't

0:02:02 > 0:02:05know where it's coming from. Upstairs as well, there is mould in

0:02:05 > 0:02:11the bedrooms.All on the ceiling. And with conditions like this, it's

0:02:11 > 0:02:15no surprise in there have been some visitors.Yes, there are rats in

0:02:15 > 0:02:18this property.And she's not the only one with problems at this block

0:02:18 > 0:02:23in Edmonton.I can't breathe in here.Husna Gurlek has also moved

0:02:23 > 0:02:30out.Really strong smell.This was her ten-year-old daughter's bedroom.

0:02:30 > 0:02:35I have been living with these conditions for exactly one year. The

0:02:35 > 0:02:39leaks, a horrible feeling, depression. Sad.There are 45 flats

0:02:39 > 0:02:44in this blog. We were shown poor conditions in three. But some

0:02:44 > 0:02:48residents say almost every fat is affected by damp. -- in this block.

0:02:48 > 0:02:54They believe their might be something wrong with the block

0:02:54 > 0:02:59structure.Pointing at this crack. I'm certain there is subsidence and

0:02:59 > 0:03:01if the property is suffering with subsidence then there is an issue

0:03:01 > 0:03:05there and they need to decant all the residents and have a thorough

0:03:05 > 0:03:09investigation carried out.Enfield Council says it is working hard to

0:03:09 > 0:03:12find out whether water is coming from. And if it is a problem with

0:03:12 > 0:03:16the whole block or just a few properties. But it is proving

0:03:16 > 0:03:20difficult because the pipes all run internally. The council says, we

0:03:20 > 0:03:25appreciate this is a distressing and upsetting time for those residents

0:03:25 > 0:03:27affected and apologise wholeheartedly for the delay in

0:03:27 > 0:03:32resolving this matter. For now, the two mothers have been moved to

0:03:32 > 0:03:38separate rooms in the same hotel. It may be dry with no mould, but with

0:03:38 > 0:03:44their children, it is very cramped and they want a solution soon.

0:03:44 > 0:03:45Coming up later in the programme...

0:03:45 > 0:03:48Tickets, dinners and trips abroad - the Tory councillor under fire

0:03:48 > 0:03:51for perks he's been given as gifts.

0:04:03 > 0:04:05A controversial move but once residents in east London say they

0:04:05 > 0:04:08have been forced to take. The group then Redbridge have been patrolling

0:04:08 > 0:04:14the streets after a spate of violent burglaries and they say a lack of

0:04:14 > 0:04:15action from police.

0:04:15 > 0:04:18Hundreds of people have signed up to the group in Redbridge -

0:04:18 > 0:04:20but the police have warned them against taking matters

0:04:20 > 0:04:21into their own hands.

0:04:21 > 0:04:22Anna O'Neill reports.

0:04:22 > 0:04:25A violent attack on a family home in Redbridge at 630 in the evening.

0:04:25 > 0:04:29Last month a gang stole money, jewellery and a car and left the

0:04:29 > 0:04:3317-year-old son with a knife wound to the head.We are here with the

0:04:33 > 0:04:37driver on patrol.Residents say they don't have enough police, so

0:04:37 > 0:04:40hundreds of locals have got together to set up their own unauthorised

0:04:40 > 0:04:47patrols.All we have is a group of 250 members. If we see anything

0:04:47 > 0:04:52suspicious...Sorry to interrupt.I spoke to those lads. There are three

0:04:52 > 0:04:56of them.There are a few of them walking really strange in the

0:04:56 > 0:05:02Avenue.A few moments later they are nowhere to be found.They were seen

0:05:02 > 0:05:06on the road looking at people's houses. And taking photos.Taking

0:05:06 > 0:05:13photos?!Is that what is meant by walking suspiciously?Yeah.As soon

0:05:13 > 0:05:17as they walked in, I had that sinking feeling. I opened the

0:05:17 > 0:05:22bedroom door, it was wide open, and everything from my cupboard,

0:05:22 > 0:05:26everything was on the floor, on the bed.This woman was also burgled

0:05:26 > 0:05:31last month, as were a number of her friends.The police have come in,

0:05:31 > 0:05:36and the effectively blamed me for everything. Why did you turn the

0:05:36 > 0:05:41lights out, why did you leave the curtain open and the TV on?

0:05:41 > 0:05:44Burglaries have doubled in the borough in a last 16 months.Two

0:05:44 > 0:05:48days ago we were on a 999 call, and it took two minutes to get through

0:05:48 > 0:05:54to the police and two hours for you to come out.I can't personally see

0:05:54 > 0:05:58as taking the law into our own hands. But again, we don't want to

0:05:58 > 0:06:01have to do this. We are all working people. If there were enough police

0:06:01 > 0:06:05officers on the road then I wouldn't want to be on patrol, I would want

0:06:05 > 0:06:09to be at home.I think it's totally justified because police numbers

0:06:09 > 0:06:14have gone down. I think the last statistics are they are down to 1985

0:06:14 > 0:06:18level, and with Redbridge being the second fastest growing borough, per

0:06:18 > 0:06:23capita we do not have enough policemen and residents have every

0:06:23 > 0:06:27right to be unhappy.I have been sleeping with the telephone under my

0:06:27 > 0:06:30pillow. Every now and then I get up and I'm really scared and I check if

0:06:30 > 0:06:34somebody is on patrol and I feel OK about police are launching a street

0:06:34 > 0:06:40watch scheme later month where local patrols are trained under their

0:06:40 > 0:06:44guidance.Police say they admire the community spirit in the area but

0:06:44 > 0:06:47want to make sure the patrols remain in the law.They shouldn't have to

0:06:47 > 0:06:50feel like this.

0:06:50 > 0:06:53Let's pick up on with more on what the police are saying.

0:06:53 > 0:06:54Alpa Patel is Scotland Yard.

0:06:54 > 0:06:57And it's not the first time we've heard of people forming

0:06:57 > 0:07:07neighbourhood safety groups?

0:07:07 > 0:07:12We also know of similar groups in Wickford and Romford. Those groups

0:07:12 > 0:07:15say they were forced into organising themselves in order to protect their

0:07:15 > 0:07:20communities. The fear of crimes in some of these neighbourhoods is very

0:07:20 > 0:07:27real. Taking the London Borough of Redbridge where the report was

0:07:27 > 0:07:33filmed, burglary has doubled within a six-month period. From 122

0:07:33 > 0:07:42burglaries in July of 2017 to 256 burglaries in December of 2017.

0:07:42 > 0:07:47Residents in Ilford say they believe that rise is directly linked to cuts

0:07:47 > 0:07:52in policing. They say they cannot rely on the police to tackle

0:07:52 > 0:07:57burglary in their area. The police are saying that they don't want

0:07:57 > 0:08:01people to take the law into their own hands. They want people to work

0:08:01 > 0:08:07with them. They say they have launched these official schemes in

0:08:07 > 0:08:12several areas which provide official training, high visibility vests for

0:08:12 > 0:08:21instance. And a specially dedicated liaison officer. What those official

0:08:21 > 0:08:26groups do is allow them to separate the criminals to the people who can

0:08:26 > 0:08:33help them. That helps them tackle crime, they say.Apologies for the

0:08:33 > 0:08:38glitch on the sound, but we heard what he was saying.

0:08:41 > 0:08:44A woman from West London has been spared jail after pushing

0:08:44 > 0:08:46an off-duty police officer onto a tube line after he told

0:08:46 > 0:08:47her to "calm down".

0:08:47 > 0:08:4930-year-old Paris Valeta Bregazzi from Ealing was arguing

0:08:49 > 0:08:52with a friend on the platform at Hangar Lane station when

0:08:52 > 0:08:53the officer intervened last July.

0:08:53 > 0:08:55The officer pushed her in the chest after fearing for public safety.

0:08:55 > 0:08:57But Bregazzi, who'd recently had breast surgery,

0:08:57 > 0:09:03shoved him onto the track.

0:09:03 > 0:09:07The judge at the Old Bailey told the today that it was lucky the officer

0:09:07 > 0:09:11was not seriously hurt.

0:09:11 > 0:09:13Dozens of cases of so-called "upskirting" were reported

0:09:13 > 0:09:14in the capital last year.

0:09:14 > 0:09:16The results of a Freedom of Information request revealed

0:09:16 > 0:09:18that the Metropolitan Police dealt with 21 cases.

0:09:18 > 0:09:20It's done when someone takes a photo up the skirt

0:09:20 > 0:09:23of an unsuspecting person - usually on a tube, train

0:09:23 > 0:09:24or even on the street.

0:09:24 > 0:09:27Campaigners are calling for urgent changes to make it a specific

0:09:27 > 0:09:36criminal act alongside other sexual offences.

0:09:36 > 0:09:38The UK's highest court has begun hearing an appeal that

0:09:38 > 0:09:41could have a major impact on the so-called "gig economy".

0:09:41 > 0:09:43The London company Pimlico Plumbers is trying to overturn a ruling that

0:09:43 > 0:09:46had awarded one of its workers employment rights such

0:09:46 > 0:09:48as holiday and sick pay - even though he was on

0:09:48 > 0:09:49a "self-employed" contract.

0:09:49 > 0:09:52The appeal is likely to take two weeks.

0:09:52 > 0:09:55Tickets, dinners and trips abroad - just some of the 500 perks

0:09:55 > 0:10:00a Westminster councillor has received over three years.

0:10:00 > 0:10:03They were all declared fully - but he's now referred himself

0:10:03 > 0:10:06to the borough's monitoring board after he was criticised for the

0:10:06 > 0:10:07gifts and hospitality he's received.

0:10:07 > 0:10:11Here's our Political editor Tim Donovan.

0:10:11 > 0:10:12The application is granted as advised.

0:10:12 > 0:10:15Shame on you.

0:10:15 > 0:10:21That was Robert Davis telling an angry audience that his council

0:10:21 > 0:10:23was backing the Garden Bridge.

0:10:23 > 0:10:28For many years, he was the councillor in charge

0:10:28 > 0:10:30of planning in Westminster, overseeing the look and feel

0:10:30 > 0:10:31of the heart of the capital.

0:10:31 > 0:10:34He is now deputy leader.

0:10:34 > 0:10:36An analysis of council records shows just how much entertainment,

0:10:36 > 0:10:40hospitality and gifts he's received.

0:10:40 > 0:10:43More than 500 occasions declared on his register of interests

0:10:43 > 0:10:45in the last three years.

0:10:45 > 0:10:51It certainly proved to be a role with the capacity for fine dining.

0:10:51 > 0:10:53Councillor Davis has declared 296 meals over the three-year period,

0:10:53 > 0:10:56including two here at the Ritz.

0:10:56 > 0:11:03And four occasions at one of London's most exclusive

0:11:03 > 0:11:04restaurants, La Caprice.

0:11:04 > 0:11:06While this has been his most regular haunt.

0:11:06 > 0:11:09He's been entertained 20 times at this upmarket steak

0:11:09 > 0:11:12restaurant just up the road from the council offices.

0:11:12 > 0:11:14Very clearly has an approach we disagree with.

0:11:14 > 0:11:19We think it needs to change.

0:11:19 > 0:11:21And we want there to be higher standards of transparency for anyone

0:11:21 > 0:11:24that has responsibility for making planning decisions.

0:11:24 > 0:11:27Look, he's not broken the rules, but the rules need to change.

0:11:27 > 0:11:30Rarely a week goes by without some perk.

0:11:30 > 0:11:37Like 12 bottles of wine received in 2015.

0:11:37 > 0:11:39Or tickets to Wimbledon in July 2016.

0:11:39 > 0:11:43A few weeks later, lunch with the theatre impresario

0:11:43 > 0:11:45Andrew Lloyd Webber at his home in Mallorca.

0:11:45 > 0:11:48While more recently, last December, he gets his hands on a much

0:11:48 > 0:11:53sought-after ticket to the musical Hamilton.

0:11:53 > 0:11:55One industry body has entertained Councillor Davis 15 times.

0:11:55 > 0:12:00But says it's open and transparent, just a forum for discussing

0:12:01 > 0:12:02complex planning issues.

0:12:02 > 0:12:06There is no exchange of money.

0:12:06 > 0:12:10These are, every single event that the Westminster Property

0:12:10 > 0:12:12Association has hosted, has been for a politician

0:12:12 > 0:12:15or an officer both to actually speak and engage and have a discussion

0:12:15 > 0:12:18on emerging policy, which impacts central London,

0:12:18 > 0:12:22one of the most economically productive parts of the UK.

0:12:22 > 0:12:25Robert Davis hasn't been speaking publicly about this today.

0:12:25 > 0:12:29But this afternoon he said he had referred himself to the town hall

0:12:29 > 0:12:33official who monitors the conduct of councillors.

0:12:33 > 0:12:35He said in a statement, "I'm absolutely clear I have

0:12:35 > 0:12:38not broken any rules.

0:12:38 > 0:12:43But given recent attention, I believe this is the right step

0:12:43 > 0:12:46to take so that can be shown to be the case,

0:12:46 > 0:12:47and to reassure residents."

0:12:47 > 0:12:49In the meantime, the council is saying that as the chair

0:12:49 > 0:12:55of the country's biggest planning authority, it's not surprising

0:12:55 > 0:12:57Councillor Davis had so many meetings.

0:12:57 > 0:13:02Tim Donovan, BBC London news.

0:13:02 > 0:13:04Next - our second special report looking at the state

0:13:04 > 0:13:07of London's prisons.

0:13:07 > 0:13:09Tonight, it's the prisoners serving sentences with no release dates set.

0:13:09 > 0:13:12These tariffs were introduced 15 years ago to protect the public

0:13:12 > 0:13:14from dangerous criminals whose crimes didn't warrant

0:13:14 > 0:13:16a life term behind bars.

0:13:16 > 0:13:24But these sentences were scrapped six years ago. Family say they are

0:13:24 > 0:13:30affectively trapped behind bars with no hope of release.

0:13:30 > 0:13:31It's like a living hell.

0:13:31 > 0:13:33When I'm out here trying to keep him positive,

0:13:33 > 0:13:37and I'm falling down myself, you know, I would want to give up.

0:13:37 > 0:13:38Anyone would want to.

0:13:38 > 0:13:40Jackie's partner Martin has been in prison for 13 years,

0:13:40 > 0:13:41he has no release date.

0:13:41 > 0:13:46He is one of thousands of people given imprisonment for public

0:13:46 > 0:13:48protection sentences, or IPPs, after being involved

0:13:48 > 0:13:50in an armed robbery.

0:13:50 > 0:13:52IPPs are indeterminate sentences for those who pose

0:13:52 > 0:13:55a serious risk to society, but don't warrant a life sentence.

0:13:55 > 0:13:59Introduced in 2003, they were abolished

0:13:59 > 0:14:02by the government in 2012 for being inhumane, and some

0:14:02 > 0:14:03claim mentally tortuous.

0:14:03 > 0:14:04He's gone into a deep depression.

0:14:04 > 0:14:08He doesn't eat.

0:14:08 > 0:14:12He just sits there every day, wishing to come out,

0:14:12 > 0:14:14and then become, like, really badly into mental health,

0:14:14 > 0:14:16which is, like, so bad.

0:14:16 > 0:14:18I just can't see...

0:14:18 > 0:14:20Sorry...

0:14:20 > 0:14:23How they're going to fix it.

0:14:23 > 0:14:28Although there are no longer in use, there are a number of people

0:14:28 > 0:14:31serving IPP sentences, all of them must prove

0:14:31 > 0:14:34they're not a risk society in order to walk free.

0:14:34 > 0:14:36Figures obtained by BBC London show that last year there were 114

0:14:36 > 0:14:41prisoners in the capital with IPP sentences.

0:14:41 > 0:14:46And of those, 98 had already served their minimum term.

0:14:46 > 0:14:51Critics of the legislation say although IPPs no longer exist,

0:14:51 > 0:14:53the law changed six years ago didn't go far enough.

0:14:53 > 0:14:54It did half the job.

0:14:54 > 0:15:00It meant that nobody else was going to receive

0:15:00 > 0:15:02that unjust sentence, but what it didn't do was to deal

0:15:02 > 0:15:04with the problem of people serving the sentence at the moment.

0:15:04 > 0:15:09And that means that, for decades to come,

0:15:09 > 0:15:12there will be people serving a sentence which we have decided was

0:15:12 > 0:15:14unjust and needed to be abolished.

0:15:14 > 0:15:18Although abolished in 2003, some say it has left

0:15:18 > 0:15:20the government and prison service with a difficult legacy.

0:15:20 > 0:15:24I think the problem that remains following the abolition

0:15:24 > 0:15:27of the sentence is, in part, the sense of injustice for

0:15:27 > 0:15:30the prisoners and their families, that if this was so wrong that it be

0:15:30 > 0:15:33abolished, why are they remaining on that sentence seems

0:15:33 > 0:15:37unclear and unfair.

0:15:37 > 0:15:40For the government, there is a real problem with the labelling

0:15:40 > 0:15:42that these are labelled as dangerous offenders, and so the government

0:15:42 > 0:15:45is very limited politically in terms of what it can really seek to do.

0:15:45 > 0:15:48Equally, it must be recognised that some of these individuals

0:15:48 > 0:15:49will be very dangerous.

0:15:49 > 0:15:51The government says:

0:16:02 > 0:16:05Despite fighting for Martin's release for the last five years,

0:16:05 > 0:16:08Jackie says she won't give up on him, even if it

0:16:08 > 0:16:12takes her a further five to get her voice heard.

0:16:12 > 0:16:15It's really hard, because you know, I'm going to keep being there,

0:16:15 > 0:16:17so I feel like I'm doing the sentence with him.

0:16:17 > 0:16:19Charlotte Franks, BBC under News.

0:16:22 > 0:16:24Still to come before 7:00pm...

0:16:33 > 0:16:3860s icon Dusty Springfield as her songs returned to the stage, we hear

0:16:38 > 0:16:41about her West London routes.

0:16:44 > 0:16:48A large oil spill has spread for miles along

0:16:48 > 0:16:50a North London river.

0:16:50 > 0:16:53It's believed to have started last week in the River Lea,

0:16:53 > 0:16:54but today environmental officers confirmed they have

0:16:54 > 0:16:57struggled to contain it.

0:16:57 > 0:16:59Animal charities say they have rescued a number

0:16:59 > 0:17:02of birds from the waterway after they were coated in oil.

0:17:02 > 0:17:05Thomas Magill has more.

0:17:05 > 0:17:08The latest rescue on the River Lea.

0:17:08 > 0:17:12These are just some swans volunteers are hoping to save after a big oil

0:17:12 > 0:17:13slick was discovered ten days ago.

0:17:13 > 0:17:17We're at Tottenham Hale...

0:17:17 > 0:17:19It's not the first time Steve Knight has been here,

0:17:19 > 0:17:22he rescued these swans from the same spot last Sunday.

0:17:22 > 0:17:27He says, this latest news doesn't surprise him.

0:17:27 > 0:17:29It's been going on for over 20 years.

0:17:29 > 0:17:32This is probably the most

0:17:32 > 0:17:36polluted a river in the country, and it's in London.

0:17:36 > 0:17:46And it's a disgrace, to be quite honest with you.

0:17:46 > 0:17:49The River Lea is actually a canal managed by the Canal

0:17:49 > 0:17:50and Rivers Trust.

0:17:50 > 0:17:53They closed some of the locks and installed booms to try

0:17:53 > 0:17:55to contain the pollution once it was discovered last week.

0:17:55 > 0:17:57This in context is a large one.

0:17:57 > 0:17:59We've actually had to close the river, so boats can't move along

0:17:59 > 0:18:02the course of the river, to stop the spread of the oil.

0:18:02 > 0:18:05So it's pretty massive for the comparison of times before, yes.

0:18:05 > 0:18:09The Environment Agency have launched an investigation into how this

0:18:09 > 0:18:16could have happened, and have begun cleaning up what they can.

0:18:16 > 0:18:18The workers here have spent some time scooping up

0:18:18 > 0:18:22black, thick oil into bags.

0:18:22 > 0:18:24It's not just at this point, Tottenham Lock 17, where this

0:18:24 > 0:18:27exists, the oil slick runs in both directions for five miles

0:18:27 > 0:18:28along the River Lea.

0:18:28 > 0:18:31All right darling.

0:18:31 > 0:18:37For Steve and those that rescue birds in danger,

0:18:37 > 0:18:40they say it's unlikely this will be the last visit they make

0:18:40 > 0:18:41to the River Lea.

0:18:41 > 0:18:43And as for those recovered last Sunday, they're

0:18:43 > 0:18:46getting 5-star treatment at the Swan Sanctuary in Shepperton.

0:18:46 > 0:18:51How bad was this bird when it first came in?He was black when he first

0:18:51 > 0:18:57came in. They pretty much all were. They were pretty badly covered in

0:18:57 > 0:19:00oil, not wanting to go into the water, because it makes them too

0:19:00 > 0:19:06heavy.The volunteers here say the birds' recovery can take a long

0:19:06 > 0:19:12time, but they are enjoying some TLC.

0:19:12 > 0:19:14Tonight, it's no ordinary match at Stamford Bridge.

0:19:14 > 0:19:18Because Chelsea are up against one of the giants of European football -

0:19:18 > 0:19:21Barcelona, who have one of the greatest players of all time.

0:19:21 > 0:19:24We can talk to Chris Slegg ahead of the game,

0:19:24 > 0:19:28so a walk in the park then Chris?

0:19:28 > 0:19:33Yeah, the Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, says he has been getting

0:19:33 > 0:19:36sleepless nights ahead of the fixture, which shows the size of the

0:19:36 > 0:19:40task ahead. What a night in prospect, because Chelsea and

0:19:40 > 0:19:45Barcelona have served up some of the greatest nights in Champions League

0:19:45 > 0:19:48history, albeit admittedly neither at the heights they were at the turn

0:19:48 > 0:19:54of the decade. But so much talent causing through both these teams.

0:19:54 > 0:19:58Barcelona, in particular, they have the former Liverpool forward Luis

0:19:58 > 0:20:03Suarez upfront, great players in midfield like Andres Iniesta and

0:20:03 > 0:20:08Sergio Busquets. And as you mentioned there, one of the games

0:20:08 > 0:20:13true greats, Leo Messi. He is 30 years old now, but he is still

0:20:13 > 0:20:18banging goals in, 27 goals in all competitions this season. He has

0:20:18 > 0:20:24been voted world Player of the Year on no fewer than five occasions, and

0:20:24 > 0:20:27the Chelsea manager Antonio Conte knows that his team are up against a

0:20:27 > 0:20:30truly special player.

0:20:30 > 0:20:36You are talking about the best player in the world.

0:20:36 > 0:20:39Messi has the capacity to create a chance when you are not seeing

0:20:39 > 0:20:41the chance to score.

0:20:41 > 0:20:43This means that this player we are talking about,

0:20:44 > 0:20:47is a fantastic player.

0:20:47 > 0:20:52Chris, what is the feeling about Chelsea's chances, then?Nervous

0:20:52 > 0:20:57excitement, really. We have to remember, Chelsea do have a very

0:20:57 > 0:21:03good record against Barcelona, they haven't lost any of the most recent

0:21:03 > 0:21:07seven meetings against them, and also, we talk about Leo Messi's

0:21:07 > 0:21:10talents, but he has failed to score against Chelsea in all eight games

0:21:10 > 0:21:14he has played against them. He has never played any team that often

0:21:14 > 0:21:18without scoring a single goal. Barcelona, though, are the team in

0:21:18 > 0:21:23form, seven points clear at the top of La Liga, unbeaten in their

0:21:23 > 0:21:29domestic league. Chelsea have only won four of their last 12. They have

0:21:29 > 0:21:32picked up recently, beating West Brom last week and Hull in the FA

0:21:32 > 0:21:38Cup on Friday night. But this, of course, is a step up from that.

0:21:38 > 0:21:40Chelsea will have to be at their best tonight, and again in the

0:21:40 > 0:21:48second leg in three weeks' time when they head out to Catalunya. If they

0:21:48 > 0:21:50don't emit it through to the quarterfinals of the Champions

0:21:50 > 0:21:55League. But so much to look forward to tonight. The last time Chelsea

0:21:55 > 0:21:59met Barcelona, they got a famous win in the semifinals in 2012, and went

0:21:59 > 0:22:03on to actually win the competition. So who knows Chris backpacks for

0:22:03 > 0:22:07them and their fans, a good omen there.A big game and big hopes.

0:22:07 > 0:22:10Thanks very much indeed.

0:22:11 > 0:22:13Now to a legend.

0:22:13 > 0:22:17Growing up in Ealing, she was known as Mary O'Brien.

0:22:17 > 0:22:24But to the rest of the world she was Dusty Springfield -

0:22:24 > 0:22:26international singing star of the swinging 60s with hits

0:22:26 > 0:22:29like 'Son of a Preacher Man' and You Don't Have to Say You Love

0:22:29 > 0:22:32Me'.

0:22:32 > 0:22:35Now, an Eastender has the challenge to bring the west Londoner's

0:22:35 > 0:22:37songs back to life. Helen Drew has more.

0:22:37 > 0:22:38# Billy Ray was a preacher's Son

0:22:38 > 0:22:40# When they gathered round and started talking...#

0:22:40 > 0:22:43The stunning voice that, in the 1960s, took a girl born

0:22:43 > 0:22:50in London and brought her to the attention of the world.

0:22:50 > 0:23:00# The only one who could ever reach me

0:23:03 > 0:23:05# Was the son of a preacher man

0:23:05 > 0:23:10# The only one who could ever

0:23:10 > 0:23:18# Was the son of a preacher man

0:23:18 > 0:23:22# Yes, he was

0:23:22 > 0:23:27# He was

0:23:27 > 0:23:28# Oh, yes, he was #

0:23:28 > 0:23:31The year Dusty recorded a son of a preacher man

0:23:31 > 0:23:34she moved to this house here, just around the corner

0:23:34 > 0:23:36from Holland Park Station, where she lived until the early 70s.

0:23:36 > 0:23:38Rewind a fewyears, and before she became famous,

0:23:38 > 0:23:41she worked here on Ealing Broadway, in what at the time was a record

0:23:41 > 0:23:43shop called Squires.

0:23:43 > 0:23:45And now there's a musical called Son Of A Preacher Man featuring

0:23:45 > 0:23:47Dusty's songs about to start ex-EastEnder and singer Michelle

0:23:47 > 0:23:50Gayle, she listened to a lot of Dusty growing up.

0:23:50 > 0:23:52I can definitely say in this West Indian household,

0:23:52 > 0:23:53she was very popular.

0:23:53 > 0:23:55So she definitely crossed over all cultures and creeds,

0:23:55 > 0:23:58and of course, let's not forget that LGBT, which is a big

0:23:58 > 0:24:01movement now, but then, you were very much in a cupboard,

0:24:01 > 0:24:03you had to keep that in a closet.

0:24:03 > 0:24:05And she was probably one of the first people of her time

0:24:05 > 0:24:07to speak what openly about her sexuality.

0:24:07 > 0:24:10The musical set in the swinging 60s used and is based

0:24:10 > 0:24:12on a fictional preacher man that owns a Soho club.

0:24:13 > 0:24:14# When I said I needed you

0:24:14 > 0:24:18# You said you would always stay...#

0:24:18 > 0:24:22My mum is a huge Dusty fan, so You Don't Have To Say

0:24:22 > 0:24:24You Love Me is actually one of her favourite songs,

0:24:24 > 0:24:27so it brought a tear to her eye when she heard me recording it.

0:24:27 > 0:24:29# I only want to be with you

0:24:29 > 0:24:31# I said no matter, no matter what you do

0:24:31 > 0:24:35# I only want to be with you.#

0:24:35 > 0:24:38Son Of A Preacher Man is touring and comes to Woking in April.

0:24:38 > 0:24:41Helen Drew, BBC London News.

0:24:44 > 0:24:46A lot of swaying in here.

0:24:46 > 0:24:49Let's get a check on the weather, shall we?

0:24:49 > 0:24:53Wishing and hoping for a bit of whether?

0:24:55 > 0:25:02There is a lot of talk at the moment about an impending big freeze. There

0:25:02 > 0:25:06is colder weather, for sure, heading our way, but it is not going to

0:25:06 > 0:25:10happen in the next few days. The next two, three, four days, it will

0:25:10 > 0:25:15be a gradual drop in temperature, but nothing too dramatic. The

0:25:15 > 0:25:18weather will be decent, a lot of bright weather. Tomorrow will be

0:25:18 > 0:25:22even brighter than today, because today wasn't that great. A fair

0:25:22 > 0:25:27amount of cloud, sunshine thrown in, and if anything, it got a little on

0:25:27 > 0:25:31the wet side in the second half of the day. You can see on the edge of

0:25:31 > 0:25:35the map, a bit of blue over London, which meant it was the only part of

0:25:35 > 0:25:40the UK that got some decent rain at least for a time. Let's see what is

0:25:40 > 0:25:44happening in the next few hours. The wind is starting to shift in

0:25:44 > 0:25:50direction, coming out of the North East, and will eventually come out

0:25:50 > 0:25:54of the East. Once they set in, they are here to stay. This time of the

0:25:54 > 0:25:58year, when wind is possessed in the blowing from the east Day after day,

0:25:58 > 0:26:02after day after day, and they will be blowing from the East for a long

0:26:02 > 0:26:06time, it will gradually get colder. But with that cold air comes a lot

0:26:06 > 0:26:11of dry air, so no rain in the forecast. The only thing we will

0:26:11 > 0:26:14have tomorrow and the next few days is cloud floating around. A look at

0:26:14 > 0:26:20Thursday. Blowing like little insects, white arrows if you can see

0:26:20 > 0:26:24them, blowing straight out of the East. That is a cold direction. On

0:26:24 > 0:26:30Thursday, it will get much colder in the continent as we start to see

0:26:30 > 0:26:34cold air blowing out, first out of Scandinavia, and next week it will

0:26:34 > 0:26:39blow possibly straight out of Siberia. It is too early to say we

0:26:39 > 0:26:44will see very cold weather, but one thing is for sure, those

0:26:44 > 0:26:48temperatures will dip away, and there is a risk of snow next week.

0:26:51 > 0:26:53Recapping the main headlines:

0:26:53 > 0:26:55Oxfam has revealed that 26 cases of alleged sexual misconduct

0:26:55 > 0:26:58are being investigated as a result of claims being made

0:26:58 > 0:27:03about its staff in Haiti.

0:27:03 > 0:27:05Senior executives from the charity have said 7000 people had

0:27:05 > 0:27:09stopped their donations in the past ten days.

0:27:09 > 0:27:12Syrian activists say that more than 100 people have been killed

0:27:12 > 0:27:13after government forces stepped up their bombardment

0:27:13 > 0:27:15of Eastern Ghouta.

0:27:15 > 0:27:18The UN have called for an immediate ceasefire.

0:27:18 > 0:27:20The Brexit Secretary has attempted to play down concerns that Britain

0:27:20 > 0:27:22will focus on a drive for deregulation when it

0:27:23 > 0:27:26leaves the European Union.

0:27:26 > 0:27:29David Davis said Britain wanted to lead a global race

0:27:29 > 0:27:30to the top in standards, not a "competitive

0:27:30 > 0:27:34race to the bottom".

0:27:34 > 0:27:37That's it for now, thanks for joining us.

0:27:37 > 0:27:40I'll be back with the latest during the 10 o'clock news.

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