0:00:00 > 0:00:02That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye from me -
0:00:02 > 0:00:05Tonight on BBC London News. - so it's goodbye from me -
0:00:05 > 0:00:08Frustration as taps run dry in parts of the capital leaving some people
0:00:08 > 0:00:15without water for more than 24 hours.
0:00:15 > 0:00:20I have got five kids and literally we have been without water since six
0:00:20 > 0:00:23o'clock yesterday morning. It is terrible.
0:00:23 > 0:00:23We'll question Thames Water.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Also ahead.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Challenging the Met over its gangs database which says 80%
0:00:27 > 0:00:28of gang members are black.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Plus we meet the former city worker on a mission
0:00:30 > 0:00:38to clean up our waterways.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41And that Oscar win.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43And the South East Londoners celebrating Gary Oldman's Oscar win
0:00:43 > 0:00:44like it were their own...
0:00:44 > 0:00:47It made me feel delighted - cause it's so close -
0:00:47 > 0:00:52he's not family but it feels like that!
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Welcome to the programme this Monday evening.
0:01:03 > 0:01:11First tonight - schools closed, care homes and nurseries without water,
0:01:11 > 0:01:13residents struggling to go about their daily lives,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15all because large parts of London have been without water
0:01:15 > 0:01:16for nearly two days.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Thames Water says the pipes burst as a result of the bad weather last
0:01:20 > 0:01:24week but said this afternoon the problem had been fixed.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Despite that, many people have told us they still don't
0:01:26 > 0:01:27have water this evening.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30We'll speak to the water company in a moment -
0:01:30 > 0:01:36first here's Marc Ashdown.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40First in line for water this morning, mum of three, Zara, she has
0:01:40 > 0:01:46had to walk a mile to collect bottles. At the moment everyday life
0:01:46 > 0:01:50is virtually impossible.The washing up, the sewage, and literally
0:01:50 > 0:01:56cooking as well, I cannot cope without water. I have three kids, it
0:01:56 > 0:02:02is quite hard.As you can see. Nothing is coming out. Dozens of
0:02:02 > 0:02:06schools and nurseries have been forced to close, leaving parents
0:02:06 > 0:02:10with the childcare headache, but without water, it is not faced --
0:02:10 > 0:02:15safe to have 70 children here.All the meals are done on site, we have
0:02:15 > 0:02:20babies ranging from nine months and children up to five years old, you
0:02:20 > 0:02:26can imagine the children going to the toilet, learning how to toilet
0:02:26 > 0:02:29train, we need water for food, washing plates, the dishwasher, in
0:02:29 > 0:02:34every aspect of the nursery, we need water.This care home has
0:02:34 > 0:02:38transported water from 40 miles away, two days without it and
0:02:38 > 0:02:42growing anger at the lack of information or support from Thames
0:02:42 > 0:02:49Water.Very frustrating. I was. Very disappointed. Care homes, hospitals,
0:02:49 > 0:02:58they should have some form of plan for those areas. We cannot afford to
0:02:58 > 0:03:05function without water.These were allowed for some movement.Thames
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Water has apologised and blamed the extreme cold which God so quickly
0:03:09 > 0:03:13lead to cracks in older pipes. It is estimated around 12,000 people have
0:03:13 > 0:03:19been affected, from Streatham and Ahern held to Cricklewood and
0:03:19 > 0:03:25Hampstead. A car park in Balham, water distribution centres set up
0:03:25 > 0:03:29around London. Thames Water say they have given out 200,000 litres of
0:03:29 > 0:03:33bottled water and by the end of today, it is expected to be more
0:03:33 > 0:03:38like 600,000. They have started rationing it here, giving one pack
0:03:38 > 0:03:43of six bottles per household. At the moment, they are struggling to keep
0:03:43 > 0:03:48up with demand. Some are muddling through, this bakery serving up a
0:03:48 > 0:03:52cake, tea and said that they two frustrated regulars.We feel like we
0:03:52 > 0:03:57cannot wash up anything, are kitchen is close the copy machine is dead,
0:03:57 > 0:04:02we cannot do coffee. That is devastating for people.We are still
0:04:02 > 0:04:08open. They are hoping that the taps are back on soon.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10We can talk now to Jerry White, Senior operations
0:04:10 > 0:04:12manager at Thames Water.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16Thank you for coming in. If you were a resident or business without
0:04:16 > 0:04:20water, would you be satisfied with how your company is handling it?No,
0:04:20 > 0:04:24I cannot say I would be. Clearly what we have done so far in some
0:04:24 > 0:04:29areas is not good enough and we have been trying very hard in quite
0:04:29 > 0:04:32difficult circumstances, but we are now getting on top of things and
0:04:32 > 0:04:37this applies in those areas are returning.You can control
0:04:37 > 0:04:42convenient access to water, because how our arms with prams, elderly,
0:04:42 > 0:04:46the disabled expected to carry bottles of water? You could be
0:04:46 > 0:04:50better at that and at communications.That is true. What
0:04:50 > 0:04:55you see on some of the video around those stations, that is not all that
0:04:55 > 0:04:58is happening. For vulnerable customers who cannot come to us, we
0:04:58 > 0:05:03are running water out to them and we are blemish in stocks throughout the
0:05:03 > 0:05:07day. Communicating, we could be better, it has been difficult to get
0:05:07 > 0:05:10the right message to a broad coverage of area but we are trying
0:05:10 > 0:05:16hard to get better.We have been here before. It could happen again,
0:05:16 > 0:05:26because temperatures can fall
0:05:34 > 0:05:36below zero again.Is this a case of a cumulative lack of investment in
0:05:36 > 0:05:38the pipe network. You're basically putting short term profits before
0:05:38 > 0:05:41long-term resilience. That is the accusation. That is not really the
0:05:41 > 0:05:43case. We have been investing £1 billion a year in infrastructure. We
0:05:43 > 0:05:45have an old infrastructure. It dates from the Victorian legacy. We are
0:05:45 > 0:05:48working hard, every day to try and find and fix leaks and keep the
0:05:48 > 0:05:51water flowing and we will continue to invest record sums for the next
0:05:51 > 0:05:55period as well to try and get on top of leakage.You have no problem
0:05:55 > 0:05:58rewarding shareholders millions or paying chief executives hundreds of
0:05:58 > 0:06:04thousands, you cannot really blame customers were being so angry and
0:06:04 > 0:06:08having little confidence in new?Of course. Given some of the
0:06:08 > 0:06:12shareholder dividends that have been put on hold recently and the extra
0:06:12 > 0:06:15investment by shareholders, that is proved that we are trying to go
0:06:15 > 0:06:18above and beyond to turn the situation around.In the year that
0:06:18 > 0:06:24you were fined just over 8 million for leakages, you paid investors 100
0:06:24 > 0:06:28million in dividends. Does that sound like a cast that I go a
0:06:28 > 0:06:33company putting customers first?We have now invested more than that
0:06:33 > 0:06:37number to trying get back on top of the situation and we will continue
0:06:37 > 0:06:42to do so until we get back contract with our targets.Does that sound a
0:06:42 > 0:06:45little bit feeble to people in North and South Londoner who have not had
0:06:45 > 0:06:51water for nearly two days?I can understand how customers feel. We
0:06:51 > 0:06:55sincerely apologise for the impact and we will continue to work to get
0:06:55 > 0:07:00those customers back in as soon as we can. The situation is improving
0:07:00 > 0:07:04and hopefully keep all other customers back in supply.With
0:07:04 > 0:07:07respect, we hear these apologies every time there is a leak, but have
0:07:07 > 0:07:11been warned that you need to be better at planning, to deal with
0:07:11 > 0:07:15these situations, you have had record fines last year and you have
0:07:15 > 0:07:21been criticised by the regulator. Are you just not learning or do you
0:07:21 > 0:07:25just not care?No, we are learning and we are an organisation that
0:07:25 > 0:07:30continues to learn all the time and continues to try and give better. We
0:07:30 > 0:07:33were planning for this and we planned several weeks ahead, but the
0:07:33 > 0:07:37severe situation over the weekend but we got a sudden thaw, we were
0:07:37 > 0:07:40not prepared for that level of impact and whilst many customers
0:07:40 > 0:07:46across our region are still in supply, a couple of isolated
0:07:46 > 0:07:51incidents has caused us problems on Saturday.For those people watching
0:07:51 > 0:07:54tonight, who still do not have water this evening, when can you guarantee
0:07:54 > 0:08:01that they will do?What I know today is that tonight the pressure is
0:08:01 > 0:08:04returning to those areas, just before I came in, there were
0:08:04 > 0:08:07encouraging signs and as we go through the evening, I believe that
0:08:07 > 0:08:11all customers will be back in supply by the end of this evening.I do
0:08:11 > 0:08:15hope we do not have to have this conversation again the next time we
0:08:15 > 0:08:17have this bad weather. Thank you for coming in.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19You re watching BBC London News.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24Coming up later in the programme...
0:08:24 > 0:08:33It is in your blood. It is in your bones.The businesswoman pledging to
0:08:33 > 0:08:35protect the tradition of pie and mash.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Scotland Yard has defended the intelligence database it uses
0:08:41 > 0:08:45to map criminal gangs - describing it as "a vital tool
0:08:45 > 0:08:45in the fight against violent crime".
0:08:45 > 0:08:48A Freedom of Information request has revealed that 80% of those
0:08:48 > 0:08:51on the Gangs Matrix are black but the Met says that includes
0:08:52 > 0:08:52victims as well as perpetrators.
0:08:52 > 0:09:02Alex Bushill reports.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14To understand knife crime, just as the children who have to live with
0:09:14 > 0:09:18the threat of it every day. This is the Brookfield club in Peckham, what
0:09:18 > 0:09:23of the kids here was stabbed to death last year. These teenagers
0:09:23 > 0:09:30knew him well.Our friends can be arrested and our friends can be
0:09:30 > 0:09:35killed.This makes me feel sad, because they are...Sometimes it
0:09:35 > 0:09:42makes me feel scared. Such is life, really.Such is life. It is
0:09:42 > 0:09:46certainly true that there has been a recent spike in stabbings which is
0:09:46 > 0:09:51where the Gangs Matrix comes in, it was set up after the London riots of
0:09:51 > 0:09:562011 to better understand London's gangs. The Gangs Matrix is based on
0:09:56 > 0:10:00police intelligence and maps violent gangs. It says there are just over
0:10:00 > 0:10:063500 gang members in London and The Met believes there are 194 different
0:10:06 > 0:10:11active gangs here as well. What is controversial is who appears in this
0:10:11 > 0:10:22Gangs Matrix by ethnicity.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26The smallest groups, Middle Eastern,
0:10:26 > 0:10:27whites and Europeans. Asian gangs account for 5%, white northern
0:10:27 > 0:10:29European, 9%. Far outstripping any other community according to the
0:10:29 > 0:10:31matrix is the black community with 80% of gang members listed as
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Afro-Caribbean. Which is why these figures have now sparked allegations
0:10:34 > 0:10:40of racism.How do they get onto it in the first place? It could be that
0:10:40 > 0:10:43the cousin is there and they go to the football with them. Do they live
0:10:43 > 0:10:50next door to someone on the Gangs Matrix. You're automatically in a
0:10:50 > 0:10:53gang, because the definition is so loose and problematic. It is like
0:10:53 > 0:10:57racial profiling around a problem. They will be in a gang because they
0:10:57 > 0:11:02happen to be black.The Met says two separate pieces of intelligence are
0:11:02 > 0:11:06needed to put you on the Gangs Matrix and it cannot be racist as it
0:11:06 > 0:11:10identifies gang members who are also victims.If you are a young black
0:11:10 > 0:11:15man in London, you can be the subject of violence, as a victim,
0:11:15 > 0:11:26and be in a gang and you
0:11:51 > 0:11:54will be on the Gangs Matrix and we will look to divert individuals away
0:11:54 > 0:11:57from a life of crime, that are on the Gangs Matrix.Looking at your
0:11:57 > 0:11:59custody record, you're 21 and you are unemployed, is that right?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Others were programmes like this coming, informed by the Gangs
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Matrix, The Met seek to divert young criminals at the point of arrest
0:12:04 > 0:12:06while in custody away from a life of gang violence.We have people
0:12:06 > 0:12:09brought in for possession of firearms, we have people who are
0:12:09 > 0:12:11high harm offenders and we got them at the right moment. We got them
0:12:11 > 0:12:14where they have said, enough is enough. It does not answer why it
0:12:14 > 0:12:16features so many young black men. David Lambie worries what other
0:12:16 > 0:12:19implications there are.This has become a real stamp of shame. It is
0:12:19 > 0:12:22not just use by The Met, it is used by a whole raft of professionals.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25You can be turfed out of your house, you can be excluded from a school.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27You can find yourself not been able to access certain benefits and other
0:12:27 > 0:12:30things if you are on the Gangs Matrix.This is significant. The Met
0:12:30 > 0:12:33says robust systems are in place as to what information is shared and
0:12:33 > 0:12:35that they need to share information to keep the public safe. Either way
0:12:35 > 0:12:38the Mayor of London is carrying out a review which should address these
0:12:38 > 0:12:43issues of race and racism, that still surround the Gangs Matrix.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45"We understand why passengers were frustrated but they should've
0:12:45 > 0:12:47stayed on the train" That's what Southeastern has
0:12:47 > 0:12:50told this programme.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Hundreds of commuters who were stranded on Friday night
0:12:52 > 0:12:55forced open doors and left the carriages - but the rail company
0:12:55 > 0:12:57says they could have been killed on live tracks.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59It's apologised and says it will offer compensation.
0:12:59 > 0:13:09Here's our Transport Correspondent Tom Edwards.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Stranded and frustrated, commuters on Friday night forcing open the
0:13:14 > 0:13:19doors on nine trains and walking down the tracks. Some had been
0:13:19 > 0:13:24stranded for hours.Just outside near Lewisham station. It is
0:13:24 > 0:13:27obviously a little bit snowy, looking forward to getting home and
0:13:27 > 0:13:32having a nice cup of tea. You can see everyone is waiting on the train
0:13:32 > 0:13:36for a bit of instruction, we have had the go-ahead from the police, it
0:13:36 > 0:13:39looks like there is a train in front of us. We have been there for a very
0:13:39 > 0:13:44long period of time.Today's South East and said it had to cut the
0:13:44 > 0:13:48power or passengers could have been electrocuted. You can understand
0:13:48 > 0:13:55their frustration.I absolutely do understand the frustrations. They
0:13:55 > 0:13:59were stuck on trains in difficult conditions, however the safest place
0:13:59 > 0:14:03for people to be is on the train. We wanted to try and get trains moving
0:14:03 > 0:14:06as quickly as we could and the safest way to do that was to get
0:14:06 > 0:14:11everyone on board and reenergise the network and get moving. We are not
0:14:11 > 0:14:15able to do that because for a period of three hours we had people on the
0:14:15 > 0:14:20tracks.Some passengers say a lack of information just confuse the
0:14:20 > 0:14:24situation.In these conditions, I would ask passengers to stay on the
0:14:24 > 0:14:28train, that is the safest option of getting you moving, get a new home,
0:14:28 > 0:14:32is to stay on the train and there are with us.Calling them at
0:14:32 > 0:14:37trespassers as soon as they got out? They were not happy about that.I
0:14:37 > 0:14:41understand again that some of the communications, we need to take a
0:14:41 > 0:14:45look at, but it is important for us, particularly in the middle of those
0:14:45 > 0:14:48emergency situations, that we put out a strong message to keep people
0:14:48 > 0:14:53on the train.Today the rail company apologised, offering compensation.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58Do you regret running trains? We were conscious that we had hundreds
0:14:58 > 0:15:01of thousands of people in London who we brought in and we needed to try
0:15:01 > 0:15:09and find the best way we could to get them home.There will now be
0:15:09 > 0:15:11investigations into what happened. This was an extremely serious
0:15:11 > 0:15:19incident that could have been much worse.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22The recent BBC Blue Planet series seems to have got everyone talking,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24including the Queen - about how we can reduce
0:15:24 > 0:15:25our plastic waste.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Tonight we meet one man on a mission to keep our Thames clean.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Because According to the Port of London Authority around 300
0:15:31 > 0:15:33tonnes of plastic is cleared from the river every year.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Sean Fletcher has the story.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38In 2015, I raced a 70-foot yacht from London to Rio de Janeiro
0:15:38 > 0:15:41and in the middle of nowhere we found these two turtles caught
0:15:41 > 0:15:47in a maze of fishing nets and water bottles.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49It has got yellow and orange around its front right fin.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Well done.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54In the middle of nowhere in this amazing ocean like it is blue water
0:15:54 > 0:16:01everywhere and then you have all this plastic.
0:16:01 > 0:16:07In London 66,000 tonnes of plastic were sent for recycling last year
0:16:14 > 0:16:18alone but nobody knows how much was simply discarded elsewhere
0:16:18 > 0:16:20and while the government has pledged to ban all avoidable plastic waste
0:16:20 > 0:16:28by 2042, some Londoners are taking action now.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30After cycling 150 miles on the Thames, ex-city worker
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Dhruv Boruah is collecting plastic from canals on board his
0:16:32 > 0:16:38floating bamboo bicycle.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41In just one hour in the canal I collected this full load
0:16:41 > 0:16:43of plastic rubbish from balls to Styrofoam packets,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45to water bottles, to energy drinks, to single use packaging.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47I can't collect everything because if I collect
0:16:47 > 0:16:54everything I will sink.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57The plastic that is being dumped in our waterways is having a huge
0:16:57 > 0:17:01impact on marine life.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05A recent study by the Royal Holloway University found up to 75% of fish
0:17:05 > 0:17:09living at the bottom of the Thames have plastic in their guts.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10It is really disgraceful.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12We are harming the life even right here.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Obviously we are harming us in the end because we are going
0:17:15 > 0:17:16to eat the fish as well.
0:17:16 > 0:17:26Cheers.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Cleaning up the river, for me personally, I do not believe it is
0:17:41 > 0:17:48the solution and my whole goal, to go and learn about it and talk about
0:17:48 > 0:17:49it.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Ultimately we have to go and educate the young people and make them more
0:17:53 > 0:17:55aware of how damaging this is and how we are destroying
0:17:55 > 0:17:56their world, their planet.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58We are making it worse for them.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06And you can see more on that story later this evening on Inside Out -
0:18:06 > 0:18:08that's at 7.30pm here on BBC One.
0:18:10 > 0:18:20Still to come....
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Born and bred in south east London, but honoured
0:18:23 > 0:18:24in Hollywood last night.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26We're with the community in Deptford, who still think of him
0:18:26 > 0:18:30as one of their own.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Before that - pie and mash is the quintessential East End meal.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Though there may be fewer of them around, families
0:18:35 > 0:18:37often pass the business from generation to generation.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41June Robins tells us her story, and about her determination to keep
0:18:41 > 0:18:45the tradition alive.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55And when I was a little girl, my sister and myself used to sit in the
0:18:55 > 0:19:00window while my mum served the pie and mash in green Street, so I would
0:19:00 > 0:19:03get some pie and mash.
0:19:07 > 0:19:14So I never had any money. I said, have you got £500? It seemed a lot
0:19:14 > 0:19:18of money in those days, 60 odd years ago, he said just about, saving it
0:19:18 > 0:19:22up. I said can I borrow it, please?
0:19:22 > 0:19:30ago, he said just about, saving it up. I said can I borrow it, please?
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Years ago it would have been in East Hampton are there would be two
0:19:34 > 0:19:37takeaway businesses, one was fish and chips and one was pie and mash.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42Then gradually they became pizza, and tachycardia fried chicken,
0:19:42 > 0:19:55Chinese, Indian. People in the area did not know what green liquor was.
0:19:55 > 0:20:03I want to do this tribute to Tom, because he was always, it can be sad
0:20:03 > 0:20:08sometimes, but he used to say to me, go on, June, have a go. And I did.
0:20:08 > 0:20:18And he had faith in me. You know, you want to be on and you want to
0:20:18 > 0:20:21have pride in your life and you want to do something for your children
0:20:21 > 0:20:27and grandchildren to do, then you start, don't you? Because if you are
0:20:27 > 0:20:31providing something that is necessary, it will never go out, it
0:20:31 > 0:20:35is like shoes. People will always need shoes, won't they? Pie and mash
0:20:35 > 0:20:40is in your blood, it is in your bones, you see.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47June Robins speaking there.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50And you can find that story on our Facebook page,
0:20:50 > 0:20:51where your views are very welcome.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54He's been in charge at Arsenal for more than two decades.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56But despite the success he's seen in the past,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59are the calls for Arsene Wenger to step down as manager
0:20:59 > 0:21:00getting louder?
0:21:00 > 0:21:02After another defeat yesterday, more fans appear to be
0:21:02 > 0:21:05calling for him to go, as Emma Jones reports.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10COMMENTATOR:Given away horribly by Arsenal.This is Arsenal heading
0:21:10 > 0:21:16towards yet another defeat.Murray is in the middle, he will reach that
0:21:16 > 0:21:22come it is 2-0! That is an absolute gift from Arsenal expectit is a
0:21:22 > 0:21:27league loss that leaves them 14 points behind Tottenham. With Arsene
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Wenger and his captain conceding confidence is worryingly low.We are
0:21:30 > 0:21:36going through a tough, tough time. Of course it is difficult at the
0:21:36 > 0:21:41moment.As tough as you can remember, do you think, this week?
0:21:41 > 0:21:48Three defeats back-to-back.It never happened to me in my life, but we
0:21:48 > 0:21:52were hit deeply maybe on the continent side, and you could see
0:21:52 > 0:21:57that the team struggles in the league.It is a bad period for the
0:21:57 > 0:22:04club at all the players, staff and fans we are all together. We won and
0:22:04 > 0:22:11we lose together. So it is important to have everyone behind us.Wenger
0:22:11 > 0:22:16only signed a new contract at the Emirates last summer, but how do the
0:22:16 > 0:22:21fans feel about him now?I want Arsene Wenger out, because it has
0:22:21 > 0:22:25been 22 years, we are not do anything you as a club and we need
0:22:25 > 0:22:31fresh blood.I wanted him to go out on a good legacy and not finish on a
0:22:31 > 0:22:37bad note.He has had his time and he is no good any more, he needs to go.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41All hopes will now hang on winning the Europa League, but with a match
0:22:41 > 0:22:45against AC Milan away on Thursday, the tough test for this stuttering
0:22:45 > 0:22:51side keep coming.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Turning now to the Oscars, and Gary Oldman, who crowned his
0:22:54 > 0:22:56successful career with a Best Actor award at last night's
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Academy awards.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00He may now be based in Hollywood, but his story started
0:23:00 > 0:23:03in South East London, where he was born and bred.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05And, as Sarah Harris reports, the Deptford community is determined
0:23:05 > 0:23:10to celebrate with him.
0:23:10 > 0:23:18Gary Oldman!It was for his portrayal of blue blooded Winston
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Churchill that Gary Oldman finally won his Oscar, but his background in
0:23:22 > 0:23:26south-east London could not have been more different. Jamie Byrne
0:23:26 > 0:23:29went to the same primary school in Deptford, and is celebrating while
0:23:29 > 0:23:35doing the day job.I saw it and I thought, wow, it made me feel
0:23:35 > 0:23:39delighted because it is so close. He is not a family member but it is so
0:23:39 > 0:23:43close it makes you feel like that. No blue plaque as yet outside the
0:23:43 > 0:23:46house where Gary Oldman was born here in south London, although that
0:23:46 > 0:23:51might change now he has won the Oscar. This was about as working
0:23:51 > 0:23:56class and upbringing as you could get. These houses were typical two
0:23:56 > 0:24:01up, two down in the 1950s and 60s. Gary's dad was a welder, and after
0:24:01 > 0:24:08he failed to get into rather, his first job was at a sports shop in
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Peckham. Nil by mouth was written and erected by Gary Oldman, inspired
0:24:12 > 0:24:15by his early London life. Part of the film was shot in the pub where
0:24:15 > 0:24:21his dad was a regular.Dickens had a room here as well, which was
0:24:21 > 0:24:24inhabited while one of his mistresses, so I've heard. So the
0:24:24 > 0:24:32pub has a long kind of artistic, literary heritage.
0:24:34 > 0:24:40Many of the young team members at Millwall Football Club in the 50s
0:24:40 > 0:24:45lived in the Oldman's small Cottage. His mum took them in as Borders in
0:24:45 > 0:24:49one of the most successful periods of the club's history, but it did
0:24:49 > 0:24:54not turn a young Gary's head away from acting.People are still doing
0:24:54 > 0:24:58that job for us, looking after the young scholars. After the war,
0:24:58 > 0:25:02taking the kids in and giving them the chance to become a footballer.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06Obviously didn't work for Gary come he has become an actor instead.And
0:25:06 > 0:25:10that seems to have gone quite well. Sarah Harris, BBC London news.
0:25:10 > 0:25:17Congratulations to him. Let's checked on the weather with Chris
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Fawkes.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25Is not as cold as it has been for sure compared with the weather last
0:25:25 > 0:25:28week but today we have seen a lot of cloud in the sky. Let's take a look
0:25:28 > 0:25:34at the forecast. This was how things looked in Twickenham. A pew breaks
0:25:34 > 0:25:41in the cloud and a massive fly as well probably on the lens. The next
0:25:41 > 0:25:4424 hours, this weather system moves up from the south-west. Most should
0:25:44 > 0:25:49stay aware from us but just a few showers skirting in across the likes
0:25:49 > 0:25:52of Surrey, Hampshire, and they will probably just flirt in the western
0:25:52 > 0:25:56parts of London for a time. However, this rain will be clearing
0:25:56 > 0:26:00northwards. If you are unlucky enough to catch a shower over the
0:26:00 > 0:26:02next hour or two, it will clear through, and then essentially the
0:26:02 > 0:26:06rest of the night sees the cloud breaking up and we will see clearer
0:26:06 > 0:26:12skies coming in. Underneath the clear skies later in the night it
0:26:12 > 0:26:15will turn out to be quite a chilly night, temperatures in High Wycombe
0:26:15 > 0:26:17getting down to about three degrees. I wouldn't mind betting there would
0:26:17 > 0:26:19be a few colder places perhaps
0:26:19 > 0:26:21towards Surrey and Hampshire where we could see Temer just getting
0:26:21 > 0:26:24close to freezing. A fine start to the day for most of us have a fair
0:26:24 > 0:26:27amount of sunshine. The cloud will tend to bubble up as we go through
0:26:27 > 0:26:30the day. For most of us it stays dry, just an outside chance of a
0:26:30 > 0:26:35passing shower but foremost a dry day, temperatures reaching a high of
0:26:35 > 0:26:4712. The cold weather firmly behind us. Looking
0:26:57 > 0:26:59at the weather front will skirt in towards our area. We might find
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Wednesday morning starts off on a wet note with the rain rather more
0:27:02 > 0:27:04extensive across eastern parts of the region in particular. But it
0:27:04 > 0:27:06should clear through and then we will see those clouds brightening
0:27:06 > 0:27:09up. Temperature-wise, highs of 9 degrees, so turning just a little
0:27:09 > 0:27:12bit cooler or so, but for most of the rest of this week, even into the
0:27:12 > 0:27:16weekend, it will stay on the mild side.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18weekend, it will stay on the mild side.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22An update on the main story, Thames Water has a follower jazzed after
0:27:22 > 0:27:26thousands of Londoners still do not have water following burst water
0:27:26 > 0:27:30pipes following the bad weather last week. A company spokesman told us
0:27:30 > 0:27:33that supplies should return by the end of this evening. You can get
0:27:33 > 0:27:38more on the day's stories on London on our website, Facebook page and
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Twitter. Victoria Hollins will be back with the late news, so from me
0:27:42 > 0:27:45and all the team, thank you for watching and have a lovely evening,
0:27:45 > 0:27:47goodbye.