0:00:00 > 0:00:09That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Tonight on BBC London News. so it's goodbye from me
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Thousands are without water for a fourth day despite being given
0:00:13 > 0:00:17assurances that the problem would be fixed.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Where all the hospital people live, there is no water at all, not a
0:00:21 > 0:00:25drop. Nothing coming out, nothing to do, for them to shower with.My
0:00:25 > 0:00:28neighbour is an elderly woman, 90 years old, so she can't collect
0:00:28 > 0:00:29water herself.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31The Government wants greater compensation for residents.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33I'll be speaking to Thames Water live.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Also tonight...
0:00:34 > 0:00:36A murder inquiry is launched after a mother of two
0:00:36 > 0:00:41is found dead at her Twickenham home.
0:00:41 > 0:00:41The woman was Twickenham home.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42The woman was found Twickenham home.
0:00:42 > 0:00:42The woman was found dead Twickenham home.
0:00:42 > 0:00:42The woman was found dead with Twickenham home.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43The woman was found dead with stab Twickenham home.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45The woman was found dead with stab wounds yesterday evening. Her
0:00:45 > 0:00:51husband and two sons were discovered dead on a Sussex beach.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Solidarity for ever!
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Strike action at London's universities,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58leaving some students demanding refunds on their fees.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00And visiting London for the first time -
0:01:00 > 0:01:02the Picasso paintings on display at Tate Modern.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Good evening and welcome to the programme
0:01:15 > 0:01:17with me, Louisa Preston.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21First tonight, Thames Water gave assurances on its
0:01:21 > 0:01:24First tonight, Thames Water gave assurances on this
0:01:24 > 0:01:26programme that running water would be restored to thousands
0:01:26 > 0:01:27of homes in south London.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29But despite that promise, around 5000 homes
0:01:29 > 0:01:32are having to cope for a fourth day without the most
0:01:32 > 0:01:33crucial of amenities.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Now the Government wants the water company to pay residents
0:01:35 > 0:01:36a greater compensation fee.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Here's Ayesha Bakhsh.
0:01:40 > 0:01:46One of several emergency collection points for London
0:01:46 > 0:01:48One of several emergency collection points for Londoners
0:01:48 > 0:01:49still without water.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Last night, Thames Water told BBC London that
0:01:51 > 0:01:56supplies would be back on, but that hasn't happened.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Just before I came in, there were really encouraging signs.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02As we go through the evening tonight I believe all customers will be back
0:02:02 > 0:02:04on the supply by the end of this evening.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06And locals here in Streatham say they are still frustrated.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08How many days have you been without water?
0:02:08 > 0:02:09It went on Saturday night.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12So, yeah, we've not had any water since Saturday night.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14We came down on Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon, and waited
0:02:14 > 0:02:16here for an hour for water to be delivered.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18And there wasn't any.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20St George's Grove, where all the hospital people live,
0:02:20 > 0:02:24there's no water at all.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Not a drop, nothing coming out, nothing to do, for them
0:02:27 > 0:02:30to shower with, drink, put the kettle on.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32There's no toilets being able to be used.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Who are you collecting for?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Myself, my family and my neighbours.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38My neighbour is an elderly woman.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41She is 90 years old so can't come to collect water herself.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Local schools in the area were forced to close.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48And while the water supply has returned to some streets,
0:02:48 > 0:02:53others are still forced to rely on bottled water.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57The manager of this restaurant on Streatham High Road has been
0:02:57 > 0:02:59delivering to those unable to get to collection points
0:02:59 > 0:03:00and supporting his neighbours.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03We are basically here for everyone who wants to use it.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05We're not picking anyone out in particular, but those who can't
0:03:05 > 0:03:08actually come down to the site, the elderly and infirm,
0:03:08 > 0:03:10those with small children, we are there to bring the water
0:03:10 > 0:03:11up to them.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13The business comes secondary now.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16We had no staff come in because we are not open.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18We have basically thought, let's turn this into a shelter
0:03:18 > 0:03:19for the people of Streatham.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Hence why we have got bottles of water everywhere,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23we have toilets opened up for the community.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26And we will be open throughout the night for people
0:03:26 > 0:03:28to use our facilities if the supply doesn't come back.
0:03:28 > 0:03:37And the issue was also raised in Parliament today by local MPs.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Under the Water Industry Guaranteed Services Scheme,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42most of my constituents will only get compensation of £20 if they have
0:03:42 > 0:03:43been without water for 48 hours.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47And they can get a further £10 per 24 hours after that point.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Frankly, Mr Speaker, I think that is an insult.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Mr Speaker, he will recognise those are the minimum requirements,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57and that's why I made it clear on my phone call today
0:03:57 > 0:04:00with the chief executives, particularly thinking of the areas
0:04:00 > 0:04:02where people are being severely affected, and that
0:04:02 > 0:04:05includes his constituents, so I believe the incident is now
0:04:05 > 0:04:09isolated to SW 16 and 17, the areas he represents.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Absolutely, I do expect Thames Water to go far beyond that in making sure
0:04:12 > 0:04:13they redress the balance.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15The government has already said water companies
0:04:15 > 0:04:19could face tough regulations.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22And the water regulator Ofwat says they have been warned time and time
0:04:22 > 0:04:24again to plan ahead better.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29Ayesha Bakhsh, BBC London News.
0:04:29 > 0:04:35We can talk to Jerry White, Senior operations manager at Thames Water.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Thank you for joining us on the programme this evening. On the
0:04:38 > 0:04:42programme yesterday, you said all customers would have their water
0:04:42 > 0:04:50back on by last night. We know that hasn't happened. Why not?The steps
0:04:50 > 0:04:55we took yesterday afternoon and into the evening were looking really
0:04:55 > 0:04:59encouraging. Just before I went on air last night, it looks like the
0:04:59 > 0:05:02situation was improving. About midway through the evening, things
0:05:02 > 0:05:06didn't go as we were expecting and things didn't really improve much
0:05:06 > 0:05:11beyond where we got to buy about 8pm. More problems were found last
0:05:11 > 0:05:15night. It's been a very complex issue, compounding issues have led
0:05:15 > 0:05:20to such a longer duration. Is not normally the case like this.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25Normally there is a simple burst, we fix it and everything comes back
0:05:25 > 0:05:27into the supply. This has been a very complex issue, taking much
0:05:27 > 0:05:29longer than we thought and we apologise for customers who have
0:05:29 > 0:05:33been impacted for a long period. It's a complex issue and it's taking
0:05:33 > 0:05:38longer than you thought. The government says you should pay more
0:05:38 > 0:05:43compensation, so will you do that for customers?This has been such a
0:05:43 > 0:05:47difficult situation here for such a long period, we'll take this
0:05:47 > 0:05:50incident, review it afterwards and look to how we might improve the
0:05:50 > 0:05:54level of compensation to those customers impacted after we have got
0:05:54 > 0:06:00everyone back in safely.At the end of the day, people are losing money
0:06:00 > 0:06:03because of your fault. Children can't go to nursery is because there
0:06:03 > 0:06:07is no water there, parents are having to take time off work. As we
0:06:07 > 0:06:11saw on the report, businesses are shutting. This isn't good enough, is
0:06:11 > 0:06:19it?We are going to look at this incident after everything is
0:06:19 > 0:06:22concluded and make sure we can learn from any mistakes that have been
0:06:22 > 0:06:26made or areas where we can get better. That includes how we deal
0:06:26 > 0:06:30with some of those vulnerable customers and how we will compensate
0:06:30 > 0:06:34people who have been impacted in any way.We have also heard today from
0:06:34 > 0:06:39the industry watchdog saying that you were not prepared for this. You
0:06:39 > 0:06:43have had many problems in the past and you would have known this was
0:06:43 > 0:06:46coming, you knew the bad weather was coming, so why will you not
0:06:46 > 0:06:54prepared?We were prepared, I think. We had spent all the preceding weeks
0:06:54 > 0:06:58to the cold weather last week ramping up resources and getting
0:06:58 > 0:07:02four by fours to travel at getting people around the region and many
0:07:02 > 0:07:06other resources have been ramped up. But the unprecedented change over
0:07:06 > 0:07:12Saturday night from the freeze to the thaw impacted us hard. And only
0:07:12 > 0:07:15in a couple of locations. Unfortunately Streatham was hit
0:07:15 > 0:07:18really hard with a really complex problem which has led to the
0:07:18 > 0:07:22protracted nature of the outage of water here. The rest of the region
0:07:22 > 0:07:25and the other 9 million customers we have served have largely been kept
0:07:25 > 0:07:28in supply and we have been doing lots of repairs around the region to
0:07:28 > 0:07:33ensure that remains that way. Cold-weather happens every year, as
0:07:33 > 0:07:37we know. This just isn't good enough for customers who are on their
0:07:37 > 0:07:42fourth day without water, they can't wash children. Vulnerable customers
0:07:42 > 0:07:50without the basic amenity of water. Yes, we would agree with that. This
0:07:50 > 0:07:55has not been good enough. Our response is not where we wanted it
0:07:55 > 0:07:58to beat this very difficult situation. That's why we want to
0:07:58 > 0:08:02take what happened here and build it into learning from this event so we
0:08:02 > 0:08:07can do better next time.Thank you for joining tonight.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09A murder investigation is underway after a woman has been
0:08:09 > 0:08:12found dead at her home in Twickenham and the bodies of her
0:08:12 > 0:08:15husband and two boys discovered in East Sussex.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Let's get more on this with our reporter Tolu Adeoye.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25What more can you tell us?Police are still here this evening. We have
0:08:25 > 0:08:28seen forensic teams working away throughout the day. Police were
0:08:28 > 0:08:31first called here yesterday at around 6pm. Someone had raised
0:08:31 > 0:08:36concerns about the welfare of the family who live at the property set
0:08:36 > 0:08:39back behind the police van. Police forced their way into the property
0:08:39 > 0:08:44and discovered a woman in her 40s dead, she had been stabbed. They
0:08:44 > 0:08:48started making enquiries as to the whereabouts of her family. Meanwhile
0:08:48 > 0:08:55in Sussex, police discovered the body of three people. Two boys and a
0:08:55 > 0:09:00man aged 57. They made contact with the Met police, which is how these
0:09:00 > 0:09:03incidents are linked. It appears the family are not well known in the
0:09:03 > 0:09:06area but this is what a neighbour told me earlier.I didn't know
0:09:06 > 0:09:10anyone had actually moved in. I saw some Christmas lights go up at
0:09:10 > 0:09:16Christmas, but I didn't see anyone coming in or out or anything. It's a
0:09:16 > 0:09:21huge shock, you don't expect it to happen on your doorstep.There has
0:09:21 > 0:09:26been no formal identification as yet, but police say the three bodies
0:09:26 > 0:09:31found are likely to be the immediate family of the woman discovered here.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36Postmortem examinations will take place on or four bodies. The Met
0:09:36 > 0:09:39will lead the investigation working with Sussex Police, and Sussex
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Police are carrying on their own separate enquiries. No arrests have
0:09:43 > 0:09:46yet been made and at this early stage police are not looking for
0:09:46 > 0:09:50anyone else in connection with this murder. But they say they want to
0:09:50 > 0:09:54speak to anyone with any information. Next of kin has been
0:09:54 > 0:10:00informed, but we'd still don't know who this family were.
0:10:00 > 0:10:06Still to come this evening...A sticky problem on our streets. Could
0:10:06 > 0:10:10this bubble gum bin be the start of a chewing gum litter revolution?And
0:10:10 > 0:10:14if you managed to dodge the showers today and keep the sunshine, it
0:10:14 > 0:10:19felt, dare I say it, almost like spring. But how long will it last?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22More details coming up.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Now, should students be refunded if their lecturers go on strike?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28A number of London's universities have been hit by industrial action
0:10:28 > 0:10:31and walk-outs are expected over the coming weeks.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Students though are divided, some are backing the strikes
0:10:34 > 0:10:37but others want some of their tuition fees back.
0:10:37 > 0:10:45Here's our Education Reporter, Marc Ashdown.
0:10:45 > 0:10:45Support on the picket Reporter, Marc Ashdown.
0:10:45 > 0:10:45Support on the picket lines Reporter, Marc Ashdown.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Support on the picket lines this Reporter, Marc Ashdown.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47Support on the picket lines this morning. Hundreds of lecturers
0:10:47 > 0:10:52across London were on strike. They say plans by universities to change
0:10:52 > 0:10:56their pensions are unfair.It's hard to remember a group of employers who
0:10:56 > 0:11:00have played their hand in a worse way than the vice chancellors. There
0:11:00 > 0:11:06is a big gap opening up between what I think are a group of fairly out of
0:11:06 > 0:11:10touch people, who are trying to impose something that is going to
0:11:10 > 0:11:14really damage universities.The union claims changes would cost the
0:11:14 > 0:11:20average academic £10,000 per year. But universities say there is a £6
0:11:20 > 0:11:24billion black hole in the pension scheme. So far, 115,000 students
0:11:24 > 0:11:30have signed a petition in support of lecturers. Here are just a few. This
0:11:30 > 0:11:33protest performance, reading the work of their lecturers all day
0:11:33 > 0:11:39long, is to raise money to support them.The mood is definitely one of
0:11:39 > 0:11:46solidarity. Our lecturers are what make this university happen.These
0:11:46 > 0:11:52lecturers here today will not get paid because they are on strike. But
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Kings has broken ranks with other universities to say it will not gain
0:11:55 > 0:11:59any financial benefit from these salary savings. Instead, it is
0:11:59 > 0:12:03setting up a fund with a view to compensate students are cancelled
0:12:03 > 0:12:07classes. It's not yet clear how that would work and kings did not want to
0:12:07 > 0:12:11comment further. Of the road at the School of Oriental and African
0:12:11 > 0:12:14studies, these students think a plan like that is unworkable.It's really
0:12:14 > 0:12:19difficult for me to say, I want £300 back for each lecture I miss. How do
0:12:19 > 0:12:23you measure the knowledge that you consume within a lecture or
0:12:23 > 0:12:29tutorial?There is money that will be saved as a result of the strike,
0:12:29 > 0:12:34so we are pushing for that to be taken into the hardship fund.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Universities UK said they are ready and willing for more talks and said
0:12:37 > 0:12:39they are committed to exploring affordable and viable options to
0:12:39 > 0:12:46resolve the dispute.Solidarity for ever!Is this damaging the
0:12:46 > 0:12:49reputation abroad? The Chinese government wrote to ministers urging
0:12:49 > 0:12:55them to intervene on behalf of their 170,000 students here.It's not
0:12:55 > 0:12:59fair, we have put a lot of money, especially people in our country, to
0:12:59 > 0:13:04come here to study. They just want to study and communicate.More talks
0:13:04 > 0:13:10are plans to untangle this mess but more strikes as well.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12A review into the death of a five-year-old, who died
0:13:12 > 0:13:15after a tree trunk holding a swing fell on her, has concluded
0:13:15 > 0:13:17the council won't be prosecuted.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Alexia Walenkaki's mother claimed Tower Hamlets' annual inspection
0:13:19 > 0:13:25of Mile End Park hadn't taken place for almost two years.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Today, the CPS upheld an earlier decision,
0:13:27 > 0:13:37saying there was a lack of evidence to prosecute.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41South-eastern has announced any passengers stranded on trains for
0:13:41 > 0:13:45more than two hours will get compensation. Hundreds of passengers
0:13:45 > 0:13:49were stranded in Lewisham on Friday night and power had to be turned off
0:13:49 > 0:13:52when passengers forced open the doors and walked on the tracks. An
0:13:52 > 0:13:55investigation is taking place to find out what happened.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58A new multi-million pound science park at the University of Reading
0:13:58 > 0:13:59has opened its doors to businesses.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Around 400 people are employed by the first companies
0:14:01 > 0:14:03that are moving in.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05But as development continues over the next 20 years,
0:14:05 > 0:14:06it's expected to support 5,000 jobs.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Six months after controversially being introduced into several London
0:14:28 > 0:14:31boroughsm nearly 75% of council tenants who claim universal credit
0:14:31 > 0:14:32are now behind with their rent.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34It was supposed to simplify the benefits system,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37but critics say the credit has delayed payments, which
0:14:37 > 0:14:38pushes some of London's poorest people into debt.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Here's our political editor, Tim Donovan.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41You're suffering, you're getting into debt.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43You're health's declining because you're not eating right.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45You've got no money, you're borrowing money from family.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48So you're going into a personal zone where you start to feel
0:14:48 > 0:14:49a little bit embarrassed.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Shirley was put on universal credit when she moved
0:14:51 > 0:14:53into her new council flat in Peckham.
0:14:53 > 0:14:5612 weeks it took to sort out her money, but that time
0:14:56 > 0:14:57So that was 12 weeks without money.
0:14:57 > 0:14:5912 weeks without paying my rent every week.
0:14:59 > 0:15:0112 weeks without paying my television licence.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04All I could borrow money for was for food and gas.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06I couldn't say to my friends and that - oh, well,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09pay for my bank loan and pay for my TV Licence.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10So it just mounted.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12These six boroughs are the first in London to roll
0:15:12 > 0:15:14out universal credit - Croydon, Hammersmith,
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Hounslow, Southwark, Sutton and Tower Hamlets.
0:15:15 > 0:15:239,379 of their council tenants are in arrears.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26That's 73%, nearly three quarters of those on universal credit.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Yeah, I've just received a letter from the council saying
0:15:28 > 0:15:32I owe them, £1,600.78.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Desmond sought help here from his local advice centre in Peckham.
0:15:35 > 0:15:43Problems with his claim mean he owes £1,600 in back rent,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46and a letter's arrived warning of the risk of eviction.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48What's it like when you get a letter like that?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51It's very, how can I put it, stressful because Aa
0:15:51 > 0:15:53roof over your head, that's the most important thing.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56So it's really stressful.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58One safety net is the borough's food bank.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00They say here the vast majority of people coming for food
0:16:00 > 0:16:04are on universal credit.
0:16:04 > 0:16:13People are going on to universal credit and suddenly they go
0:16:13 > 0:16:15into this different place of fear, where they can't work out what's
0:16:15 > 0:16:17happening with their money, what's happening, what's coming
0:16:17 > 0:16:20in with their money, and trying to help them into work
0:16:20 > 0:16:22becomes a much harder situation at the moment.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24There are more than 110,000 people in London currently
0:16:24 > 0:16:25claiming universal credit.
0:16:25 > 0:16:32These figures we have for council tenants,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34who've fallen behind with their rent, are only part
0:16:34 > 0:16:36of the picture because they don't take into account tenants
0:16:36 > 0:16:38in the private rented sector who are in arrears.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41We're seeing more and more in Southwark that people
0:16:41 > 0:16:42are struggling with their rent.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47What we want to be able to do is work with people earlier.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Help them to get through that process.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Help them to avoid being evicted by their landlords.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53So if they would work more constructively with us
0:16:53 > 0:16:56and share more information, we would be able to do that and do
0:16:56 > 0:16:58more homelessness prevention work.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00The government's recently taken seven days off the wait time
0:17:00 > 0:17:01and offered a fortnight's extra housing benefit.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04The aim is to ease the situation for new claimants, though it's
0:17:04 > 0:17:06pressing ahead with universal credit, saying it will help people
0:17:06 > 0:17:09like Shirley back into work, help them pay their rent
0:17:09 > 0:17:10and improve their lives.
0:17:10 > 0:17:18Tim Donovan, BBC London News.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Next: you see it everywhere when you walk around
0:17:20 > 0:17:21the streets of the capital.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Chewing gum costs UK councils around £50 million pounds
0:17:23 > 0:17:28each year to clean up.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Now, a London designer has come up with an idea to collect what we chew
0:17:32 > 0:17:33and turn it into useful objects.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Wendy Hurrell has been finding out more.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39What's to do with chewed chewing gum?
0:17:39 > 0:17:43It's blasted off our streets at great expense by councils.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47Or there are attempts to stop it getting there in the first place.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Can I give you the papers to wrap it up into so that,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53I don't know, do you swallow or...
0:17:53 > 0:17:55It's even turned into art.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Ben Wilson has been painting miniatures on the unsightly
0:17:57 > 0:17:58splodges for years.
0:17:58 > 0:18:08He's becone quite a celeb since we filmed him in 2005.
0:18:09 > 0:18:15And then there's this, it's called gumdrop.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16They're popping up around the capital.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18This one at the British Library.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20It's a special bin which itself is made from recycled chewing
0:18:20 > 0:18:25gum because this stuff is synthetic rubber.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28It's basically a plastic, which means once it's chewed it
0:18:28 > 0:18:30should be possible to make it into something else.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32One woman, at the Design Museum, in West London, has been
0:18:33 > 0:18:35trying to find out how.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38I could find pretty much programmes for recycling for a lot
0:18:38 > 0:18:41of the litters apart from a piece of chewing gum that I picked up.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Now she has a process where the gum from her bins is taken
0:18:44 > 0:18:47to a recycling plant, mixed with other recycled plastics
0:18:47 > 0:18:48and then squirted into moulds.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50So, discarded gum is transformed into more bins and also
0:18:50 > 0:18:56reusable coffee cups.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Gum boots and shoes with snazzy soles.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02I do believe that through right design we can actually change
0:19:02 > 0:19:04the way people behave.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07We'll be seeing more pink bins on London's streets,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09surely a better place to drop gum.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Wendy Hurrell, BBC London News.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14You can see more of that on the BBC News website.
0:19:14 > 0:19:23The address is on the screen now.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Yesterday we brought you the story of the man
0:19:25 > 0:19:28who uses his inflatable bike to pick out plastic
0:19:28 > 0:19:29from London's rivers.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30Today, we're meeting another plastic warrior.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Bettina Maidment is on a drive to completely rid her
0:19:33 > 0:19:34home of plastic waste.
0:19:34 > 0:19:41Alpa Patel has met her to see how she's doing it.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Bettina is a mum of two and this is Dexter,
0:19:44 > 0:19:45her two-year-old son.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Since last year, the family have been trying to kick their plastic
0:19:48 > 0:19:50habit, replacing bottles of shampoos and gels for more
0:19:50 > 0:19:53friendlier products.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57I'd hate to think that my boys grow up in a world where they know
0:19:57 > 0:19:59nothing but a polluted planet.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Bettina has even shaken up her handsoap.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06She now makes it at home and then stores it in an old bottle.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07I guess I'm quite strict.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09We just had toys at birthday and...
0:20:09 > 0:20:10KNOCKING AT THE DOOR.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11An interruption.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12Hey!
0:20:12 > 0:20:13How's it going?
0:20:13 > 0:20:14Good, how are you?
0:20:14 > 0:20:15It's her home delivery of vegetables, almost
0:20:16 > 0:20:19entirely plastic-free.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20And none of it is wrapped in plastic?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Yeah, so it's brilliant.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26They're slso really committed to cutting down on their plastic
0:20:26 > 0:20:28waste, so it doesn't all have to be hard work.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30You know, I get veggies delivered to me.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Grape?
0:20:32 > 0:20:32Yes, please!
0:20:32 > 0:20:35But does all of this come at a higher cost?
0:20:35 > 0:20:38There are certain things which are going to be more
0:20:38 > 0:20:40expensive, but other things are cheaper, so it
0:20:40 > 0:20:42kind of balances out.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45I've worked out that, over the course of the year,
0:20:45 > 0:20:47my spending, food-wise, hasn't actually increased.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51And the family have made real progress.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Take the fridge, for instance, now almost 90% plastic free.
0:20:55 > 0:21:01So, as you can see, a lot of glass.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04So plastic milk bottles went out for glass, delivered by the milkman.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07This was bought from the deli as well, just took the jar
0:21:07 > 0:21:08and they filled it up.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10In the food cupboard, items like rice are bought
0:21:10 > 0:21:14loose in the shop and put in a reusable bag.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19It means plastic packaging is at a bare minimum here.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23This, the family's total plastic waste since Christmas.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26In the next room, we have a look at Dexter's toys.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Almost all wooden.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Although today, and despite his mother's appeals, he'd rather play
0:21:31 > 0:21:33on his plastic tractor.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35The rug!
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Reverse!
0:21:38 > 0:21:40What about your children?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Because what if they want that chocolate bar wrapped in plastic?
0:21:43 > 0:21:44What do you say to them?
0:21:44 > 0:21:45No.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46LAUGHTER.
0:21:46 > 0:21:47It's really simple.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50You know, I'm their parent, and they're my kids.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51I think kids need boundaries, you know?
0:21:51 > 0:21:52I'm not...
0:21:52 > 0:21:56You know, I'm not a total grinch.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57I don't say no all the time.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59My kids are healthy, happy, well-adjusted normal children,
0:21:59 > 0:22:04but they can have an alternative.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07For me personally, I could never go back to living the way I did before.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11It just doesn't sit right any more and it's just onwards
0:22:11 > 0:22:19and upwards from here.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Alpa Patel, BBC London News.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25It's being billed as a once in a lifetime exhibition
0:22:25 > 0:22:27of his work and one of Tate Modern's most significant shows ever.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Picasso 1932 will see some of the artist's greatest
0:22:30 > 0:22:32work brought to the UK for the first time.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35It will also include a painting of his mistress, which recently sold
0:22:35 > 0:22:36for £50 million.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38David Sillito has been to take a look.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43It's almost showing off, most artists would only ever
0:22:43 > 0:22:51have the honour of a Tate show with a retrospective
0:22:51 > 0:22:57of their entire life's work, this Picasso exhibition is just
0:22:57 > 0:22:59what he made in one year - 1932.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Of course, we've had major Picasso shows before in London.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03ARCHIVE:London's Tate gallery honours Picasso,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05the man who painted this, in 1895, and has gone
0:23:05 > 0:23:10on painting ever since.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Without doubt the century's greatest artist, though
0:23:12 > 0:23:15perhaps the most puzzling, to some people anyway.
0:23:15 > 0:23:1960 years on, we may not question the style in quite the same way,
0:23:19 > 0:23:23but the more we know of his life provokes other questions.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27In 1932 Picasso was married to Olga Khokhlova, but the face
0:23:27 > 0:23:31in the paintings isn't Olga, it's Marie-Therese Walter,
0:23:31 > 0:23:36she was 17 and Picasso was in his late 40s when their affair began.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39There's no question about Picasso's genius, but do you ever find
0:23:39 > 0:23:40yourself uncomfortable with the man?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Most artists are complex and complicated human
0:23:43 > 0:23:50beings and I would say, what this means in particular,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53is that they show their complication very openingly.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55And part of what artists do, and what Picasso certainly did,
0:23:55 > 0:24:01is to put all the contradictions out there.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04But one thing remains unchanged, Picasso's place in the art world.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06The London art market has in recent weeks been
0:24:06 > 0:24:12fizzing with Picasso sales, records have tumble
0:24:12 > 0:24:15and this exhibition is just a snapshot of one year.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17When you add it altogether, we're moving from a world
0:24:17 > 0:24:18of millions into billions.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23David Sillito, BBC London News.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Now let's check on the weather with Louise Lear.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33It is more spring-like,en?It was a brief respite I suspect today there.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Are showery outbreaks of rain to come.It was lovely for many of us
0:24:37 > 0:24:40today. We started off cloudy. The cloud broke up, the sunshine came
0:24:40 > 0:24:44through. If you managed to dodge the showers, it felt almost spring like
0:24:44 > 0:24:48out there. As you can see from Twickenham earlier on this
0:24:48 > 0:24:50afternoon. All the weather action was further north. We have not got
0:24:50 > 0:24:54rid of the snow quite just yet. There was is significant snow across
0:24:54 > 0:24:58central and northern Scotland. Look at the London area, the cloud broke
0:24:58 > 0:25:02up and it was quite pleasant. We keep some well broken cloud through
0:25:02 > 0:25:06the evening tonight. So that means that temperatures are likely to fall
0:25:06 > 0:25:09away. Still the risk of an isolated shower.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12They should fade away up to the north. With clearer skies, to the
0:25:12 > 0:25:15north and west, we could get those temperatures falling close to
0:25:15 > 0:25:20freezing. But by the end of the night, this could be a little bit
0:25:20 > 0:25:25tricky, central and eastern areas really, really to the east of the
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Greenwich Meridian there could be more cloud. It could break outbreaks
0:25:29 > 0:25:34of rain through the day. It could be further west. It looks likely at the
0:25:34 > 0:25:37minute to stay in hes sex is and Kent. The further west, breaks in
0:25:37 > 0:25:40cloud and sunshine coming through. Temperatures now starting to
0:25:40 > 0:25:44respond. We could see double digits. So that will be very nice indeed.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48With a light westerly wind it will certainly feel much better than we
0:25:48 > 0:25:52had this time last week. A little bit of cloud, a risk of a shower
0:25:52 > 0:25:55perhaps into Thursday. Relatively quiet story in comparison to what we
0:25:55 > 0:26:00have seen. Then things are likely to change as we move out of Thursday.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Enjoy the double digits if you can. We could see rain arriving into
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Friday. It's this area of low pressure. It will take its time. It
0:26:07 > 0:26:12will bring a spell of wet weather and it may linger for a time and it
0:26:12 > 0:26:16will though introduce something a little bit milder still. For the
0:26:16 > 0:26:19next few days looking somewhat like this. Some rain around Friday into
0:26:19 > 0:26:24Saturday, but as you can see, temperatures will peak at around 12
0:26:24 > 0:26:28or 13 degrees all due to the wind direction. So it does look as though
0:26:28 > 0:26:32it will be largely quiet for the next few days, but some rain to come
0:26:32 > 0:26:36for the start of the weekend. Louise. Oh, dear. Thank you
0:26:37 > 0:26:37for the start of the weekend. Louise. Oh, dear. Thank you very
0:26:37 > 0:26:39much, Louise.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Now the main headlines:
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Counter terrorist police are now leading the investigation
0:26:42 > 0:26:44into the suspected poisoning of a former Russian
0:26:44 > 0:26:48spy and his daughter.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Both are critically ill.
0:26:50 > 0:26:57Thousands of people are still without water for a third
0:26:57 > 0:26:58-- fourth
0:26:58 > 0:26:59-- fourth
0:26:59 > 0:27:02day in parts of the UK after frozen pipes burst.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Water companies have continued work to restore supplies to homes
0:27:04 > 0:27:05and businesses in London, Kent, Sussex and Wales.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07A woman has been found stabbed to death
0:27:07 > 0:27:10at her home in Twickenham, an hour after the bodies
0:27:10 > 0:27:12of her husband and two sons were discovered at the foot
0:27:12 > 0:27:13of cliffs in Eastbourne.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18Police say they're not looking for anyone else
0:27:18 > 0:27:21in connection with the case.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22Food companies are being told they must cut
0:27:22 > 0:27:26the calories in their products by a fifth within six years.
0:27:26 > 0:27:27The Government says legislation is an option if they don't comply.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30That's it, I'll be back later during the Ten O'Clock News,
0:27:30 > 0:27:33but for now, from everyone on the team, have a lovely evening.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39Goodbye.