0:00:00 > 0:00:00brothers aged 62 who were killed in a in a hit-and-run yesterday
0:00:00 > 0:00:05afternoon.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08Tonight on BBC London News:
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Criticism and controversy - how some London boroughs
0:00:10 > 0:00:12are reacting to the Mayor's plans for hundreds of
0:00:12 > 0:00:16thousands of new homes.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19As a Bexley resident myself of over 30 years,
0:00:19 > 0:00:21and I know people I talk to and people I represent,
0:00:21 > 0:00:22they are absolutely horrified.
0:00:22 > 0:00:29Also coming up on BBC London tonight:
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Police say they are connecting three stabbings in Camden on Tuesday
0:00:33 > 0:00:38night. Two were fatal. We will have the latest in the investigation.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41The collapse of the bed company Warren Evans leaves
0:00:41 > 0:00:42customers out of pocket.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44And spot your favourite superhero in east London,
0:00:44 > 0:00:46as some of the most famous costumes and comics go on show
0:00:46 > 0:00:50here for the first time.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Good evening and welcome to the programme.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02I'm Victoria Hollins.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04There's no debate about whether London needs more homes.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08But how those homes are built and where they are built is a much
0:01:08 > 0:01:11more controversial issue.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14The Mayor has plans to build 600,000 new properties in ten years.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19But he's facing growing opposition from outer London boroughs,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22who say Sadiq Khan's plans will threaten green spaces and lead
0:01:22 > 0:01:25to uncontrolled development.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Gareth Furby reports.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30In the borough of Richmond, there's an old college playing field
0:01:30 > 0:01:33where they've started digging, and some green space
0:01:33 > 0:01:36will be lost to make way for new schools and a business hub.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40But the council leader's happy about it.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42It's a development that works because it's been thought through.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47Local partners have been brought together and we planned it.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49But what hasn't been thought through, he claims,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52is the Mayor of London's plan for many new homes,
0:01:52 > 0:01:56which he believes could lead to uncontrolled development that
0:01:56 > 0:01:59wrecks the borough's character.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03And he's written an open letter to residents saying this.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04This plan, if implemented as currently proposed,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08will have an enormous impact on our borough.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11The Mayor of London's plan is for 600,000 new homes
0:02:11 > 0:02:14in ten years, with 8000 in Richmond borough, which is one
0:02:14 > 0:02:17of the greenest in London.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20But looking at the map, the council leader says such a dash
0:02:20 > 0:02:23for growth will come at a cost.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28We've got playing fields and green spaces under threat already,
0:02:28 > 0:02:33so additional pressure of small site development, local infill,
0:02:33 > 0:02:38without the ability to strategically plan, is going to put pressure
0:02:38 > 0:02:43on all of our other remaining local green spaces and playing fields.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46And it's not just in Richmond that they are rebelling.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Over in south-east London, Bexley Council says its suburban
0:02:50 > 0:02:53streets could be changed forever.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56It certainly is a rebellion against the Mayor's plan.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Councillor Bailey, who has lived here for more than 30 years,
0:02:58 > 0:03:02says in some areas developers could just buy up and knock down
0:03:02 > 0:03:06the semis like dominoes.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09You see the houses behind me?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11This would be an ideal location for a developer to come along,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14buy those two houses, knock them down and put a block
0:03:14 > 0:03:17of flats there with no parking.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19I could see a lot of these houses completely disappeared
0:03:19 > 0:03:21and just be blocks of flats.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25An independent calculation prepared for some councils claims the target
0:03:25 > 0:03:32in inner London is up 41%, and in outer London it is up 114%.
0:03:32 > 0:03:38So far, Richmond, Kingston, Bexley and Bromley are known to be unhappy,
0:03:38 > 0:03:43and it's understood at least eight councils may make formal objections.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I think if boroughs are saying they don't agree with our plan,
0:03:46 > 0:03:49they are either saying they would build on the green belt,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52or they are saying they don't have an answer to the housing crisis.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55What we are saying is that we need to massively increase the level
0:03:55 > 0:03:58of housing that we are building in the capital, and we've identified
0:03:58 > 0:04:01a way to do that in London without building on the green belt.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03And that will involve some large sites and it
0:04:03 > 0:04:05will involve some small sites, but with really clear
0:04:05 > 0:04:08protections around open space, green cover and crucially making
0:04:08 > 0:04:09sure we've got more new and genuinely affordable housing.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13City Hall says it wants to work with the boroughs.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Responses to the plan have to be in by the end of the month.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Gareth Furby, BBC London News.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Our political correspondent Karl Mercer is here now.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Karl, the mayor wants to build 600,000 homes,
0:04:25 > 0:04:32but do you think he will?
0:04:32 > 0:04:37If I was a betting man I would not stick my mortgage on it. Why not?
0:04:37 > 0:04:44Let's look at the figures. London is growing in terms of population by
0:04:44 > 0:04:49100,000 per year, which leads the mayor to say we need to build 66,000
0:04:49 > 0:04:53homes every year. Over the last couple of decades we have been
0:04:53 > 0:04:57building nowhere near that, something like 25,000 homes being
0:04:57 > 0:05:03built fairly constantly across that time. The mayor has promised not to
0:05:03 > 0:05:06build on green belt land, which means he has to go to the London
0:05:06 > 0:05:11boroughs and say, I need your help. Central London, a lot of stuff has
0:05:11 > 0:05:15already been built and he says there is more space in outer London
0:05:15 > 0:05:19boroughs, so they will pick up a lot of pressure, not just those in that
0:05:19 > 0:05:25report but others around the edge of London.Can we read anything into
0:05:25 > 0:05:31the timing?What do you think? It is all about the politics. It is no
0:05:31 > 0:05:36coincidence that those four boroughs mentioned in the report are
0:05:36 > 0:05:39conservative boroughs. In a couple of months, the 3rd of May, London
0:05:39 > 0:05:44will be going to the elections. Expect housing to be a key issue,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47not just in Tory boroughs, campaigning or read that -- already,
0:05:47 > 0:05:53kicking out that message, but also in all outer London boroughs.More
0:05:53 > 0:05:57of this to come. Thank you.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Lots more to come, including:
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Should work experience make it back on to the curriculum?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02We'll hear from students who would like to do more of it.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Police say they are linking three stabbings in north London,
0:06:11 > 0:06:15which led to the deaths of two young men.
0:06:15 > 0:06:2020-year-old Sadiq Mohammed and 17-year-old Abdikarim Hassan
0:06:20 > 0:06:22both died on Tuesday night in Camden.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Another young man has been arrested in connection with the attacks.
0:06:25 > 0:06:32Let's get more on this from Alpa Patel who's at Scotland Yard.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37Yes, we were told today by the lead detective in this case
0:06:37 > 0:06:42that the three stabbings on Tuesday night are all linked
0:06:42 > 0:06:45by the geography, timing and the ages of the victims.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50The first stabbing happened at 8pm on Aldenham Street.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53A 16-year-old was found with stab wounds.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58He was taken to hospital where he remains today.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02The second stabbing happened about half an hour later
0:07:02 > 0:07:04on Bartholomew Road at 8:30pm, where a 17-year-old
0:07:04 > 0:07:08was found with stab wounds.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13He has been named as Abdelkarim Hassan.
0:07:13 > 0:07:19The third stabbing happened at 10:15pm on Malden Road.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23A 20-year-old was found with stab wounds and also died at the scene.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28He has been identified as Sadiq Aadam Mohammed.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31I spoke to Detective Superintendent Stuart Ryan a little earlier
0:07:31 > 0:07:36who gave us this update on the investigation.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39So far, we have arrested four people for the original stabbing,
0:07:39 > 0:07:41although they have been released under investigation,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43they have been arrested at the initial stage.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48We arrested one person yesterday for all three offences.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50That we are dealing with an east London at the moment
0:07:50 > 0:07:53and were actively looking for other people connected to this event.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57And we will find them and we will bring them to justice,
0:07:57 > 0:07:58and hopefully that will give the public confidence that that
0:07:58 > 0:08:02violence will not occur again.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05He also told me that the police are looking for a blue
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Ford Transit van which was seen in the area that night.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14The registration of that van is ST13 CZC.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16It was found later on fire in Fletcher Court in
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Ingestre Road in Camden.
0:08:20 > 0:08:30Anyone with information is being asked to come forward.
0:08:30 > 0:08:37There are special officers in Camden tonight with special powers.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40And police will hold another meeting tonight in Kentish Town, appealing
0:08:40 > 0:08:47to the community for information.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50It began life as a small London company but became a business
0:08:50 > 0:08:55that was advertised all over London, with almost a dozen stores.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Now, after going into administration, Warren Evans'
0:08:58 > 0:09:01customers could be left out of pocket.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04The stores close tomorrow, with many orders left unfulfilled.
0:09:04 > 0:09:14Chris Rogers has the story.
0:09:14 > 0:09:20Warren Evans was a London success story. This promotional video showed
0:09:20 > 0:09:25how it only sells and makes ethically produced furniture, a firm
0:09:25 > 0:09:30favourite for green buyers. Founded in 1978 and funded with a couple of
0:09:30 > 0:09:35hundred pounds borrowed from his sister, it expanded to 14 showrooms
0:09:35 > 0:09:39across the south-east.I have been making beds, selling quality
0:09:39 > 0:09:45mattresses with them, and designing under bed storage, chests of drawers
0:09:45 > 0:09:51and all of this, for 32 years. It is my passion to deliver quality.But
0:09:51 > 0:09:56the retailer became the latest victim of the capital's nervous
0:09:56 > 0:10:00spending and weak pound, it's collapsed leaving 270 people without
0:10:00 > 0:10:05a job and a trail of customers without pre-ordered goods. Kath
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Goodwin is heading to the warehouse in Walthamstow to appeal to the
0:10:09 > 0:10:13administrators face-to-face to refund her £700 for a mattress she
0:10:13 > 0:10:20will never get.It did not seem 100% sure I would get my money back
0:10:20 > 0:10:24because I did not pay on a credit card but a debit card instead. So,
0:10:24 > 0:10:30yes, I am potentially set to lose almost £800, which is too much to
0:10:30 > 0:10:34lose, really. If I wanted to just lose it, I would have thrown it in
0:10:34 > 0:10:41the bin.Where Warren Evans started life in Camden, it also comes to an
0:10:41 > 0:10:44end, with a closing down sale. The company told us that only
0:10:44 > 0:10:50off-the-shelf stock is being sold, not made to order furniture like
0:10:50 > 0:10:55Kath's mattress. For every victim in a retailer's collapse, there are
0:10:55 > 0:11:07winners. All the big stuff has gone? Yes.The advice is not to purchase
0:11:07 > 0:11:12big orders like furniture on a debit card or with cash.Buy the items on
0:11:12 > 0:11:17credit card. If it costs between £100, and £30,000, the contracted
0:11:17 > 0:11:21with the credit card company and if the retailer fails and does not
0:11:21 > 0:11:25deliver the goods, you can go to the credit card company and ask for a
0:11:25 > 0:11:28refund.Advice that cafe and many other customers did not take,
0:11:28 > 0:11:33leaving at the mercy of their bank's goodwill for reimbursement.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Painshill is one of the most famous landscape
0:11:35 > 0:11:36gardens in the country.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38But its future is uncertain because of a massive proposed
0:11:38 > 0:11:40road development nearby.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Some people say the changes on the M25 could mean areas
0:11:42 > 0:11:47of the 18th century garden are lost.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Tolu Adeoye has more.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54It's a grade one listed landscape stretching over 158 acres.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Is the very special area of the park.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59It has a number of historic trees.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Painshill Park in Surrey is one of the UK's oldest
0:12:02 > 0:12:06landscaped gardens dating back to the 18th century.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Here we are at the top of the Gothic tower.
0:12:10 > 0:12:19But the park's trustees say it's under threat because of plans
0:12:19 > 0:12:21to widen the M25 junction with the A3 at Wisley
0:12:21 > 0:12:23to improve traffic flow in the area.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25The current preferred option means taking a slice of land
0:12:25 > 0:12:27at the side of Painshill.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31It's an incursion into the historic landscape.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34What we are arguing is that they can come up with mitigating
0:12:34 > 0:12:36things they can put in, but they shouldn't be touching
0:12:36 > 0:12:40the landscaped park.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43From this side of the park, you can quite clearly hear
0:12:43 > 0:12:44traffic and no wonder.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Because there's the road.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Highways England say around a 200 metre stretch
0:12:49 > 0:12:51of land will be affected, the equivalent of around
0:12:51 > 0:12:54half a football pitch.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56But Highways England says changes are necessary to improve one
0:12:56 > 0:13:00of the country's busiest junction.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04We've got issues with regard to traffic flow,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06we are trying to improve the junction for everybody.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10We have to take the balance of all the consultation we do
0:13:10 > 0:13:15because there are other impacts if we move the road in one
0:13:15 > 0:13:17direction or the other, we will affect other parties.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Bosses say they are listening to people's objections.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22There has already been a change to a preferred route after concerns
0:13:22 > 0:13:25were raised on the impact it would have two nearby
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Wisley Gardens, a public consultation is currently underway.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32The majority of people were worried about the trees
0:13:32 > 0:13:38being cut down in Wisley.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41But they've gone past that now, they're going to use a private bit
0:13:41 > 0:13:42of land which is beyond Wisley.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44That was one of my main concern.
0:13:44 > 0:13:54They've got to widen some land, it's got to happen somewhere.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56It's a question of where it's taken from.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58There's not really much of an option.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00The consultation period finishes at the end of March.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03No final decision on the route is due until the end of next year.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05It's the most wonderful view of the sweeping landscape.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Those who look after Painshill say they won't allow any part of it
0:14:09 > 0:14:14to be a victim of the project.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19Still to come:
0:14:19 > 0:14:23He was part of the last Arsenal team to win the League Cup 25 years ago.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25We speak to Paul Davis ahead of Sunday's final
0:14:25 > 0:14:28against Manchester City.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31And Batman and Superman head to east London as part
0:14:31 > 0:14:34of a new exhibition from DC Comics.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Now, if you're of a certain age you'll no doubt remember doing work
0:14:42 > 0:14:45experience at school.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48But five years ago the Government took it off the curriculum
0:14:48 > 0:14:50and since then many schools don't have the time or money
0:14:50 > 0:14:53to organise anything.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Well now a new survey has found that nine out of ten London teenagers
0:14:57 > 0:14:58want it brought back.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Our Education Reporter Marc Ashdown has more.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Do you have any questions you'd like to ask me about anything?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05How long is my lunch hour?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07An hour.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11In practice, work experience does tend to be a bit more productive.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Abdul is studying at Barking and Dagenham College.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17His work experience involves designing and maintaining
0:15:17 > 0:15:21websites for a company with a mini office on-site.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23I think it's very important because it gives you a sense
0:15:23 > 0:15:27of responsibility and independence until you actually earn and work
0:15:27 > 0:15:28things out for yourself.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Do you feel more ready to go out and get a job?
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Yes, I'm applying for part-time jobs currently and obviously
0:15:35 > 0:15:38in the future I'm applying for bigger jobs.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40All schools and colleges used to have to organise work experience
0:15:40 > 0:15:43for students but in 2012 the government took it off
0:15:43 > 0:15:45the compulsory curriculum.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Now it's more ad hoc.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Here though they still see it as a vital step
0:15:49 > 0:15:51into the working world.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54We have to make sure we are using the software the industry
0:15:54 > 0:15:57are using so we are researching all the time making sure we're
0:15:57 > 0:15:59doing the right thing.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02We've got alumni students who are working in the industry.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05We contact them and they come in and do workshops
0:16:05 > 0:16:06as well, so, yeah...
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Making them job ready?
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Yes, that's what we want.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Employers like Sam tend to agree.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16His firm develops and markets independent video games.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21When looking at a CV he says a list of gradesl isn't
0:16:21 > 0:16:24When looking at a CV he says a list of grades isn't
0:16:24 > 0:16:26the be all and end all.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Work experience means that they're going to have a portfolio.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Especially within our industry.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31They will be able to show their talent and eagerness.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33I think the initiative, that work experience takes,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36for us is very appealing.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38So work experience is huge, not just for our industry
0:16:38 > 0:16:42but I think in industries across the board.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44So what do teenagers themselves think?
0:16:44 > 0:16:48The Career Colleges Trust asked 1000 of them and found in London 88% said
0:16:48 > 0:16:53they want compulsory work experience back in the curriculum.
0:16:53 > 0:16:5631% said they had not been offered any by their school
0:16:56 > 0:16:58or college and interestingly, about half went out
0:16:58 > 0:17:01and found some on their own.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Young people value and see the value of work experience.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07They feel that it's as important, if not more important,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10than a qualification degree.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13And I think the message is that it should be built back into the school
0:17:13 > 0:17:16and college curriculum as a compulsory element.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19It's certainly something the young people said they want.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22With its new T levels focusing on technical studies,
0:17:22 > 0:17:24the government is promising a skills revolution.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Today's teenagers have sent a message that work experience
0:17:27 > 0:17:34should be back centrestage.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Detectives investigating the death of a woman
0:17:35 > 0:17:40at Bestival have charged a man.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Louella Eve Fletcher-Michie's body was found early in the morning
0:17:44 > 0:17:47of 11th September in a wooded area on the edge of the festival site.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51A 28-year-old man from London was arrested yesterday
0:17:51 > 0:17:56and charged with manslaughter.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59He will appear before Poole Magistrates' Court tomorrow.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01He will appear before Poole Magistrates' Court tomorrow.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Londoners travelling on the night tube will have more
0:18:03 > 0:18:04choice from this evening.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07The Overground line will run to Canonbury and Highbury &
0:18:07 > 0:18:08Islington linking it with the Victoria line
0:18:08 > 0:18:09for the first time.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12It's hoped the move will benefit thousands of people travelling
0:18:12 > 0:18:13in north and east London.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Arsene Wenger's Arsenal meet Pep Guardiola's Manchester City
0:18:16 > 0:18:20in the League Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24It's a trophy the Gunners have only ever won twice in their history.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Chris Slegg has been speaking to a man who played in both those
0:18:27 > 0:18:30victorious finals to assess Arsenal's chances of another
0:18:30 > 0:18:34triumph this weekend.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37COMMENTATOR:The final whistle, Arsenal the winners.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41It's 25 years since Arsenal last won the League Cup but for Paul Davies,
0:18:41 > 0:18:49who also lifted the trophy in 1987, the memories of '93 are still vivid.
0:18:49 > 0:18:55The crowd and the occasion, you can't really describe
0:18:55 > 0:18:59it all because it's a mixture of everything.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Fear.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05There's quite a lot of excitement about playing, such an iconic ground
0:19:05 > 0:19:10with saying much at stake.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13The 93 final is perhaps best remembered for Steve Morris
0:19:13 > 0:19:15scoring the Arsenal winger but breaking his arm
0:19:15 > 0:19:18in the celebrations when his team-mates lifted him up
0:19:18 > 0:19:20and dropped him.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22As he forgiven you guys for it?
0:19:22 > 0:19:27Don't think so, he always brings it up now and again when we're out.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29But it was more Tony Adams than any of us that really caused
0:19:29 > 0:19:32the problems I believe, was up on Tony Adams' shoulders.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34The current generation of Arsenal player suffered a humiliating
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Europa League to Swedish side Ostersunds last night,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41but they limped through to the last 16 on aggregate.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43But Arsene Wenger is again under fire from some fans
0:19:43 > 0:19:46ahead of Sunday's final.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49You go to the final, you want to win it, you know.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51It's true that I used to always in this competition
0:19:51 > 0:19:57have a youth team basically.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02But for us it's an opportunity, we play our older regular
0:20:02 > 0:20:05players and you know, we want to get to the cup
0:20:05 > 0:20:08final, to get to Wembley.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10You want to win it, you want your friends
0:20:10 > 0:20:12to go home and happy.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Manchester City suffered their own embarrassment this week,
0:20:14 > 0:20:18knocked out of the FA Cup by League 1 Wigan.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20But they are flying high at the top of the league
0:20:20 > 0:20:23favourites for Sunday's final.
0:20:23 > 0:20:23What's your prediction for a score?
0:20:23 > 0:20:252-1.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Can go for Arsenal.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Confident?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Not really confident but 2-1.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Arsenal know all about the pain and joy of this competition,
0:20:34 > 0:20:42which will it be on Sunday?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45The tragedy at Grenfell have now inspired a play based
0:20:45 > 0:20:46on interviews with local people.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Spid Theatre in Kensal Rise works with young people interested
0:20:49 > 0:20:53in theatre and performing arts.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56It's hoped the play will shine a light on the problems still facing
0:20:56 > 0:20:58residents living in social housing.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59Ayshea Buksh reports.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Nancy, can I get my usual?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03One pint of lager coming up, love.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07The setting is a pub in the shadow of the Grenfell Tower.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10The drama onstage is between locals and housing officials in the lead up
0:21:11 > 0:21:12to last summer's fire.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16I was going to say your boys, smashing glasses.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Oh, yes, boys will be boys, eh?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21The actors all live locally.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24One performer lost a close friend in the fire and says taking part
0:21:24 > 0:21:28in this production has been a healing process.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31It's helped me an awful lot with grief and dealing
0:21:31 > 0:21:36with what happened here over the summer.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Just remember a couple of things like the little moments where people
0:21:39 > 0:21:42talk over each other.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46It allows you to act out scenarios and like deal with it in a way
0:21:46 > 0:21:50that's different to just talking about it.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53The short play has been produced by the Spid Theatre Company
0:21:53 > 0:21:54in North Kensington.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56It was written by the young performers after interviewing
0:21:56 > 0:21:59residents living on estates in the area.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02One of them was Rafael Joseph, who lives on the Lancaster West
0:22:02 > 0:22:05estate next to the Grenfell Tower.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07We still feel like nothing's being done.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12We still feel like little has been done in terms of support.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15In terms of trying to refurbish our flat as well.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Stuff like that.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Everything is going at a slow pace but at the same we've just got to be
0:22:20 > 0:22:23grateful for our lives and keep moving forward.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25The community theatre company is based on a housing
0:22:25 > 0:22:28estate in Kensal Rise.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30And the artistic director says they are passionate about giving
0:22:31 > 0:22:37people in social housing a voice.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39We want to raise the profile of social housing.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42We want to show the value of council estates.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44At the moment more than 100 of them in London have been
0:22:44 > 0:22:45earmarked for demolition.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48We believe that the people living and working in social housing
0:22:48 > 0:22:49need to be empowered.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51I don't think you understand.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54To them, we're the villains.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56There is a sense of anger.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00That's how we have to express ourselves because this disaster
0:23:01 > 0:23:03should never have happened.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Do you know what I mean?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07So what can we do?
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Are you all right, Pat?
0:23:08 > 0:23:11The next step is to take the play, called The Pig and Whistle,
0:23:11 > 0:23:13and perform it out on location around local estates close
0:23:14 > 0:23:18to the Grenfell Tower.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Ayshea Buksh, BBC London News.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22From Batman to Wonder Woman, we're used to seeing super heroes
0:23:22 > 0:23:27in films but now the ones made famous by DC Comics
0:23:27 > 0:23:28are coming to East London.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Fans will have the chance to see a unique display of costumes
0:23:31 > 0:23:33and comic books at the O2.
0:23:33 > 0:23:39Victoria Cook reports.
0:23:39 > 0:23:45The super heroes have landed in London. For any fan of DC Comics,
0:23:45 > 0:23:49this is heaven.I never bothered to the chance to see one costume but to
0:23:49 > 0:23:54see all of them, it was a serious back at this moment. I feel if I'm
0:23:54 > 0:23:59wearing a Superman T-shirt it's my duty to act accordingly, so if I'm
0:23:59 > 0:24:03sat down, barely on today I was sat on the tube, it was busy, and an old
0:24:03 > 0:24:08lady got on and I thought, I have got to stand up because I'm in a
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Superman hat and I did and we had a lovely chat.This is the biggest
0:24:11 > 0:24:15collection of artwork ever to come together, from the sketches that
0:24:15 > 0:24:26started it all off, to the original costumes from the famous films.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29There is something for the super fans but for the casual moviegoers
0:24:29 > 0:24:34well who like to see the props and costumes. The drawings, costumes,
0:24:34 > 0:24:39props, all of them are incredibly rare and valuable, so the costumes,
0:24:39 > 0:24:44these are the original costumes used in the films and television series,
0:24:44 > 0:24:51so everything is unique.The artwork is estimated to be worth more than
0:24:51 > 0:24:55£30 million, but for fans, everything is priceless.When I saw
0:24:55 > 0:25:01the costume of Catwoman, I was like, oh my God. I was actually amazed she
0:25:01 > 0:25:07could actually fit in there. I thought, is that the actual size?It
0:25:07 > 0:25:12was so small. Every time you come around the corny you think what's
0:25:12 > 0:25:15going to be next?I'm loving all the panels and sing at the films are put
0:25:15 > 0:25:22together.This of course is Christopher Reeve Mac was original
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Superman costume. It's quite incredible when you stand here and
0:25:26 > 0:25:28see people's reaction to it as they walk through the door and feared for
0:25:28 > 0:25:34the first time. It seems, even for the non-DC fans coming here today,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37these pieces of history seem to be inspiring the superhero in all of
0:25:37 > 0:25:44us. Victoria cup, BBC London News.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Now the weather with Louise Lear.
0:25:48 > 0:25:48Now the weather with Louise Lear.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53Plenty to talk about as well, ladies and gentlemen, getting colder this
0:25:53 > 0:25:59weekend with dry weather around, as well. Frost will be an issue and
0:25:59 > 0:26:04spring plants are now starting to show their hand. These are
0:26:04 > 0:26:09snowdrops. We could see this over the next few days but for today,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12some nuisance cloud across East Anglia and the south-east corner, so
0:26:12 > 0:26:16it's been disappointing. Hopefully that will clear off tomorrow and we
0:26:16 > 0:26:19will have lots of sunshine. The cloud should break up and through
0:26:19 > 0:26:23the night tonight it will turn pretty chilly, so in actual fact, we
0:26:23 > 0:26:27could see quite a widespread frost developing overnight with
0:26:27 > 0:26:33temperatures likely to fall down as low as -3 down to -5 in the morning,
0:26:33 > 0:26:38hard frost first thing but it means clear skies and plenty of sunshine,
0:26:38 > 0:26:42so the sunshine will get to work and nibble away at that frost through
0:26:42 > 0:26:46the morning. The frost will slowly disappear and we will see them
0:26:46 > 0:26:51lovely sunshine coming through but the breeze will make it feel chilly
0:26:51 > 0:26:55at there. Not only for Saturday but Sunday as well, so you have been
0:26:55 > 0:26:59warned. A couple of extra layers if you're out and about, I suspect. It
0:26:59 > 0:27:05will feel colder than this. The frost returns, a hard frost Saturday
0:27:05 > 0:27:09into Sunday, and it will take time to clear so it will be cold and
0:27:09 > 0:27:14frosty on Sunday, more of a noticeable breeze and it will feel
0:27:14 > 0:27:17pretty chilly, so plenty of sunshine, not that much in the way
0:27:17 > 0:27:24of whether to talk about, but it will feel pretty cold. 3-5. Probably
0:27:24 > 0:27:30only feeling like -1 or minus two degrees. The cold weather stays with
0:27:30 > 0:27:33us and the potential for some snow showers on Tuesday onwards. Thanks
0:27:33 > 0:27:36very much indeed.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37That's it.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39I will be back later during the ten o'clock news,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42but for now from everyone on the team have a lovely evening.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Goodbye.