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.
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