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0:00:07 > 0:00:08Tonight on BBC London News...
0:00:08 > 0:00:11After more crowd trouble at West Ham, how Londoners could end
0:00:11 > 0:00:18up footing the bill for extra policing at the ground.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Now, the local council says it has all is urgently reviewing safety at
0:00:21 > 0:00:25the stadium.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Also coming up...
0:00:27 > 0:00:29On the day a teenager is jailed for acid
0:00:29 > 0:00:32attacks on moped drivers, one of his victims tell us
0:00:32 > 0:00:34how he's forgiven him, but wants more to be done
0:00:34 > 0:00:35to prevent other attacks.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40I have sympathy for his age, I forgive him, from my side. But it
0:00:40 > 0:00:44is... He made the crimes.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Why a Tube ad urging businesses to relocate to France
0:00:48 > 0:00:53after Brexit has been banned.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Plus...
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Aping around - the chimp choreographer ? yes,
0:00:57 > 0:00:59there is such a thing - bringing Great Apes
0:00:59 > 0:01:05to the London stage.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11A very good evening and welcome to the programme.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14First tonight - could London taxpayers end up footing the bill
0:01:14 > 0:01:16for extra policing at the former Olympic stadium, now
0:01:16 > 0:01:19the home of West Ham?
0:01:19 > 0:01:22It comes after yet more crowd trouble at the weekend.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26The club is facing an investigation after a series of pitch invasions
0:01:26 > 0:01:30and allegations of assault during Saturday's match.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Today, Newham Council said it was urgently reviewing safety
0:01:32 > 0:01:33and staffing at the London Stadium.
0:01:33 > 0:01:43Our political correspondent Karl Mercer reports.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49We've got a supporter on the pitch! And Mark Noble is doing his up most
0:01:49 > 0:01:53to get him off the pitch...When you're captain has to do this, when
0:01:53 > 0:01:59fans are able to do, the middle of the game...Find David Sullivan has
0:01:59 > 0:02:05been encouraged to leave his seat... And when angry supporters are able
0:02:05 > 0:02:08to do this towards your directors' box, you know all is not well at
0:02:08 > 0:02:12your club. You also know questions will be asked about safety at your
0:02:12 > 0:02:17ground. This man was in the crowd on Saturday, he had flown over from
0:02:17 > 0:02:22Texas for the game, his first at West Ham.I was looking forward to
0:02:22 > 0:02:27it and at the beginning it was great, nobody was doing anything,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30everyone was kind of excited. After we let in our first goal everyone
0:02:30 > 0:02:36just went insane! It was probably like... It was pretty upsetting for
0:02:36 > 0:02:40me, because I really wanted to enjoy it and it left a bad taste in my
0:02:40 > 0:02:45mouth after the game.It was also this supporter from Holland's first
0:02:45 > 0:02:51game.It's not good. If you want to make a statement you can do that but
0:02:51 > 0:02:55not ditch invading on the field and that stuff.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59COMMENTATOR: I've never seen such scenes at a Premier League venue!It
0:02:59 > 0:03:03doesn't look like it's gone away any time soon, from everything I've seen
0:03:03 > 0:03:07online and on social media, there seems to be a lot of people who want
0:03:07 > 0:03:11to march, protest, take on other forms of protest, people are openly
0:03:11 > 0:03:15discussing how can we try to make the lives of our current owners as
0:03:15 > 0:03:18uncomfortable as possible?Today, condemnation from the club, the
0:03:18 > 0:03:23council, the owners, the mayor and the search for ways to stop it
0:03:23 > 0:03:27happening again. I'm told one of the biggest issues for the authorities
0:03:27 > 0:03:30is not necessarily the fact that fans got onto the pitch but the
0:03:30 > 0:03:34amount of time it took to get them off. So, we're likely to see a very
0:03:34 > 0:03:38different stood in operation the next time West Ham play, on the 31st
0:03:38 > 0:03:42of March, against Southampton. That is likely to include things like
0:03:42 > 0:03:50more stewards on the edge of the pitch, whose job it is to get fans
0:03:50 > 0:03:53of the pitch. And we are likely to seek up to 100 police officers
0:03:53 > 0:03:57stationed within the ground. Under the terms that West Ham have secured
0:03:57 > 0:04:00for the stadium, it won't be the club who pay for them but the
0:04:00 > 0:04:06taxpayer. That could cost the public verse up to £50,000. That is yet to
0:04:06 > 0:04:10be decided. So is the punishment that West Ham will be given, likely
0:04:10 > 0:04:13to be a large fine and a warning that scenes like these can't be
0:04:13 > 0:04:16repeated.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18You're watching BBC London News, coming up later in the programme...
0:04:18 > 0:04:21The app-based minibus service designed to reduce congestion -
0:04:21 > 0:04:24but why residents in Greenwich claim it's making things worse.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32A court has heard how the man accused of a terror attack
0:04:32 > 0:04:35at Parsons Green Underground station allegedly said "it was his
0:04:35 > 0:04:38duty to hate Britain".
0:04:38 > 0:04:40He also admitted in an immigration interview that he'd been trained
0:04:40 > 0:04:42and recruited by so-called Islamic State before
0:04:42 > 0:04:45he came to live in England.
0:04:45 > 0:04:4918-year-old Ahmed Hassan denies attempted murder and causing
0:04:49 > 0:04:52an explosion on a Tube train last September.
0:04:52 > 0:05:01Tolu Adeoye is at the Old Bailey for us now.
0:05:01 > 0:05:09Yeah, we found out a little bit more about Ahmed Hassan's background. He
0:05:09 > 0:05:13came to the UK in 2015 as an asylum seeker from Iraq and he attended a
0:05:13 > 0:05:17college in summary, where he met his lecturer and mentor Katie Kabel, who
0:05:17 > 0:05:23was in court today. She said that when she met him he was incredibly
0:05:23 > 0:05:25conflict to, frightened, confused. Cheyrou membered him telling her
0:05:25 > 0:05:29that his father had been blown up back in Iraq, his mother had been
0:05:29 > 0:05:33shot. She said he had talked about Tony Blair and the events in Iraq
0:05:33 > 0:05:38and it was clear that he was very angry. She also recalled an occasion
0:05:38 > 0:05:42in August 20 16th when he allegedly told her it was his duty to hate
0:05:42 > 0:05:48Britain. She's a gee reported him to Capita prevent. She said he did
0:05:48 > 0:05:51improve over time, he was actually named student of the year at the
0:05:51 > 0:05:56college back in 2017 but she said she saw him eight days before the
0:05:56 > 0:05:59attack and she was concerned about his mental state when he told her
0:05:59 > 0:06:04things were better in Iraq.And I gather that the court also heard
0:06:04 > 0:06:10from charity workers who had come into contact with Ahmed Hassan?Yes.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15Court heard from two Barnardos workers, the first of whom said that
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Ahmed Hassan had blamed America and American soldiers for his father's
0:06:18 > 0:06:23death. We also heard from a second Barnardos worker, she accompanied
0:06:23 > 0:06:29Ahmed Hassan to an immigration interview in January 2016 in
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Croydon, where he admitted working for IS. In a second interview,
0:06:32 > 0:06:36though, he denied that he had come to Europe to work for them. She said
0:06:36 > 0:06:38that she had stopped the first interview because she did not think
0:06:38 > 0:06:44he understood the question. But about a week later Miss Spencer said
0:06:44 > 0:06:48she saw him looking at pictures of people in balaclavas with guns and
0:06:48 > 0:06:52with a black IS flag and she was concerned about him then. Ahmed
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Hassan denies attempted murder. The trial continues.Tolu Adeoye, many
0:06:56 > 0:06:59thanks.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Next - was the banning of a Tube advert over the top
0:07:02 > 0:07:03or being politically sensitive?
0:07:03 > 0:07:06The ad in question was urging businesses in the capital
0:07:06 > 0:07:07to relocate to France after Brexit.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Transport for London says they don't comply with its guidelines.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12But the company behind them says it was supposed to be light-hearted.
0:07:12 > 0:07:19Emma North has more.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23It's not London. But it's what stunning views, a great
0:07:23 > 0:07:30quality-of-life... And some delicious soft cheeses. And if
0:07:30 > 0:07:34you're an entrepreneur worried about Brexit, well, Normandie wants to
0:07:34 > 0:07:37give your business a new home. Norman conquest of the Underground
0:07:37 > 0:07:42had been planned. A series of posters containing a little bit of
0:07:42 > 0:07:45cheek and rather a lot of charm. They spoke of great opportunities
0:07:45 > 0:07:50and good lunches for anyone, British or French, worried about what
0:07:50 > 0:07:59happens when the UK leaves the EU. TfL said non. They said the adverts
0:07:59 > 0:08:02breached there are guidelines on public sensitivity and controversy.
0:08:02 > 0:08:10At the banning of a few posters seems but a drop in a deluge of
0:08:10 > 0:08:13regions who are trying to get people back across the channel. The ban on
0:08:13 > 0:08:17the adverts broke the campaign a different kind of publicity but it
0:08:17 > 0:08:20seems it is not the only area of France promising a bright future
0:08:20 > 0:08:32post-Brexit.Manny Ramirez and it is our coming to London to meet with
0:08:32 > 0:08:34British and French entrepreneurs who have British companies here in
0:08:34 > 0:08:38London headed basically they are offering them financial aid to set
0:08:38 > 0:08:43up in their city.Which could sound reassuring to the 200,000 French
0:08:43 > 0:08:46people living in London, waiting to find out what happens when the UK
0:08:46 > 0:08:50leaves the EU.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52There is a high level of uncertainty about what is going
0:08:52 > 0:08:55to happen within a year, by March 2019 basically.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00The main concern is about the access to international talent.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04So is this Normandy trying to steal British talent?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07TRANSLATION: We were not being opportunistic,
0:09:07 > 0:09:14we were simply trying to give British men and women a foothold
0:09:14 > 0:09:16we were simply trying to give British businessmen
0:09:16 > 0:09:22and women a foothold in the European Union.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25We were offering them a plan B which gives them access
0:09:25 > 0:09:25to the single market.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Our streets are no strangers to ads tempting us to mainland Europe now.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31This poster promises a less expensive life in Amsterdam
0:09:31 > 0:09:34but whether a hot or rural idyll in Normandy will be enough
0:09:34 > 0:09:35for Londoners is another matter.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37At least the weather will make it feel like home.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Emma North, BBC London News.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Two people were taken to hospital as a precaution
0:09:41 > 0:09:42following the discovery of a suspicious package,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45which was found outside an MP's office in Westminster.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47The package was later confirmed NOT to be hazardous,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and the two did not require hospital treatment, but a police
0:09:50 > 0:09:54investigation is ongoing.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Thousands of students across the capital could be affected
0:09:56 > 0:09:57by strike action during their exams.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00The universities union has warned there could be another 14 days
0:10:00 > 0:10:01of action between April and June.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04The ongoing dispute is about plans to change lecturers' pensions
0:10:04 > 0:10:13and has already seen London universities close to students.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15More now on the string of acid attacks on moped riders
0:10:15 > 0:10:17in the capital by teenager Derryck John.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19In sentencing him today, the judge described the life-changing
0:10:19 > 0:10:20impact on his victims.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Chris Rogers has been talking to one of them,
0:10:23 > 0:10:32a courier from east London.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Derryck John rushes into a lorry and police pick him up shortly
0:10:37 > 0:10:43afterwards. CCTV has also identified him on a stolen my bed Maupay with
0:10:43 > 0:10:46his accomplice at epoch. She and. His days of crime on the streets of
0:10:46 > 0:10:49London were over but the trauma and suffering of his victims had only
0:10:49 > 0:10:54just begun. Hours earlier his first of six victims is in agony and
0:10:54 > 0:11:02searching for help.I thought I had lost my face.Jabed Hussain had been
0:11:02 > 0:11:06sprayed with highly erosive acid in an attempt to take his scooter.It
0:11:06 > 0:11:17is burning on my face. I desperately needed some water. So, just looking
0:11:17 > 0:11:20out the car is asking for someone to help me and no-one could help me
0:11:20 > 0:11:24out.But despite his painful injuries and emotional scars, he
0:11:24 > 0:11:33forgives his attacker.I think I feel sorry for his age, I mean, it
0:11:33 > 0:11:37out he didn't realise what he's doing. I forgive him.The court
0:11:37 > 0:11:42heard how Derryck John's abusive childhood and placement into care
0:11:42 > 0:11:48played a role in turning him to crime. Jabed says the government and
0:11:48 > 0:11:51police need to do more to help troubled teenagers rather than just
0:11:51 > 0:11:58punish them.We are going to the local colleges, meeting the youth, X
0:11:58 > 0:12:03Benita them our situation, sharing my story, sharing other victims'
0:12:03 > 0:12:09stories.Jabed think there are appeals to use groups and students
0:12:09 > 0:12:14will help end the cycle of violence carriers say they face every day.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19From my union we have a lot of drivers and they are kicked out from
0:12:19 > 0:12:26the bike, they are stabbed... They've been stabbed, they've been
0:12:26 > 0:12:30robbed, so many times.It is no wonder that Derryck John's victims
0:12:30 > 0:12:34have been unable to return to a job that has left them scarred
0:12:34 > 0:12:40physically and emotionally for life.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44So, a call there for the police to do more to prevent acid attacks.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45Well, our political editor, Tim Donovan,
0:12:45 > 0:12:46is at New Scotland Yard.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48You've been speaking to the Met about their efforts
0:12:48 > 0:12:53to tackle the problem?
0:12:53 > 0:12:58Yes, was the spike in these offences caused by the fact that people were
0:12:58 > 0:13:02trying to find an alternative to knives? Was there a copycat factor?
0:13:02 > 0:13:07Both those things were true, police say. And certainly the judge's
0:13:07 > 0:13:12comments in this case that there is a growing and serious problem in the
0:13:12 > 0:13:17capital is borne out by official Met figures. In 2017 there were 464
0:13:17 > 0:13:21incidents of the use of corrosive substances. Compare that to 2015,
0:13:21 > 0:13:26when there were 225 cases. Although the police say the rate of increase
0:13:26 > 0:13:30is slowing down, and they're clinging to the hope they may have
0:13:30 > 0:13:34weathered the worst of this by pointing out that in January just
0:13:34 > 0:13:39gone, there were just 14 incidents. That is the lowest since May 2014.
0:13:39 > 0:13:48But the judge's comments also suggest that this is a very
0:13:48 > 0:13:52localised thing, 60% of the incidents last year took place in
0:13:52 > 0:13:57just four boroughs, barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Dagenham and
0:13:57 > 0:14:01Newham. But the police feel by have assembled a number of strategies and
0:14:01 > 0:14:05they may be about to get on top of this.It is a mixture of all the
0:14:05 > 0:14:10strategy come in together at once, from us being prepared to treat
0:14:10 > 0:14:13victims on the streets through to preventative messaging in schools,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16to stronger sentencing coming through from courts across England
0:14:16 > 0:14:23and from us stepping up our game and that is our next stage, actually
0:14:23 > 0:14:26tackling those who are willing to possess it on the streets of London
0:14:26 > 0:14:30are able by which he means, more intelligence-led stuff where
0:14:30 > 0:14:36possible, and more stop-and-search, yes.But they want government help,
0:14:36 > 0:14:40too. There is a voluntary scheme where some of the big employers, the
0:14:40 > 0:14:43big suppliers, where you can buy substances like this, have been
0:14:43 > 0:14:47involved in challenging people, challenging those under the age of
0:14:47 > 0:14:5318 in particular, to say, why do you want it? And not to sell it at all.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57There have been calls to store it in your shop where people cannot find
0:14:57 > 0:15:02it or cannot use it. But they want to make this or support this with
0:15:02 > 0:15:13legislative action, a change in the law, next year.Tim, many thanks.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15The app-based minibus service designed to reduce congestion -
0:15:15 > 0:15:19but why residents in Greenwich claim it's making things worse.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22But some residents say they don't want them
0:15:22 > 0:15:28and the buses block the roads and they weren't consulted.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Does it highlight the challenge of regulating app -based technology in
0:15:32 > 0:15:36our city?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Four minibuses an hour now use this residential street
0:15:38 > 0:15:39in Greenwich as their route.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41There's also what's called a virtual bus stop here,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43where passengers can catch the buses.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45But some residents say they don't want them
0:15:45 > 0:15:47and the buses block the roads and they weren't consulted.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50I don't think this road is suitable for, you know,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52for that type of traffic to be running up and down
0:15:52 > 0:15:53on a regular basis.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56It's a quiet road, two cars come down here from opposite directions
0:15:56 > 0:15:59now, and cars have to reverse and go back.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Starting to run buses up it is just crazy.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03It's never been a bus route, it's a side road -
0:16:03 > 0:16:05to suddenly be used for a commercial purpose is...
0:16:05 > 0:16:09It's just beyond me, it really is.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12My main objection is, week get enough traffic
0:16:12 > 0:16:14My main objection is, we get enough traffic
0:16:14 > 0:16:16here in the morning.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20And to have a bus ply this route, I don't think it's the best thing.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22And where they've actually put the bus stop on this road
0:16:22 > 0:16:26I would say isn't the best place.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Chariot is carrying out a year-long trial in the capital and is backed
0:16:29 > 0:16:31by the car giant Ford.
0:16:31 > 0:16:39Passengers can call up the bus via an app.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40The fare is £2.60.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42It's meant to reduce congestion and offer transport on demand
0:16:42 > 0:16:43in underserved areas.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46TfL says it does look at licenses to make sure the routes are safe.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49But residents want TfL to intervene.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54TfL needs to say, "This is where you go, AND this
0:16:54 > 0:16:55is where you can put bus stops."
0:16:55 > 0:16:57They need to do the risk assessment because it's
0:16:57 > 0:17:00a Transport for London issue, it's not a private operator's issue.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Chariot says it has obtained all the relevant licenses and has
0:17:03 > 0:17:05consulted with the boroughs, and its buses will only wait
0:17:05 > 0:17:08for a minute to pick up passengers.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10But as technology changes transport in
0:17:10 > 0:17:12the capital, there are those that now feel
0:17:12 > 0:17:14they're ignored.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19Tom Edwards, BBC London News.
0:17:19 > 0:17:27Still to come this Monday evening:
0:17:27 > 0:17:30The Hollywood primate movement expert teaching actors in Dalston
0:17:30 > 0:17:36have to be half chimp, half human for a new play.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42have to be half chimp, half human for a new play.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44It may look like a scene out of Countryfile but this
0:17:44 > 0:17:46is a familiar sight across the capital.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49And now there's a warning against feeding birds in your garden.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Scientists at the Zoological Society of London say it could spread some
0:17:52 > 0:17:55diseases if feeding tables and containers aren't regularly
0:17:55 > 0:18:00disinfected and poses a real threat to wildlife.
0:18:00 > 0:18:05Here's Helen Briggs.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10Feeding wild birds, it's a great way to get close to nature,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13but scientists say feeding birds may not always be good for their health.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16So when people are feeding birds in the garden,
0:18:16 > 0:18:20you get a number of birds coming to the same place day after day
0:18:20 > 0:18:25after day and you can get a build-up of disease-causing agents
0:18:25 > 0:18:28at those locations.
0:18:28 > 0:18:34Data shows new disease threats to common garden birds
0:18:34 > 0:18:36like chaffinches and great tits which cause symptoms like fluffed up
0:18:36 > 0:18:40feathers and lethargy.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Birds rely on us feeding them, it is their central fuel,
0:18:43 > 0:18:47but when they gather on bird feeders like this they can pass
0:18:47 > 0:18:49diseases to each other.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Wildlife experts say anyone who feeds birds should
0:18:51 > 0:18:56follow simple precautions.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59So our support really is to get the message out there to people
0:18:59 > 0:19:02that they need to be responsible if they are feeding birds.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05We are not discouraging people from feeding birds,
0:19:05 > 0:19:09but we are saying if you are going to put feed out for the birds,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12you should be very aware of your hygiene.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15You should be aware about keeping your feeders clean and you should be
0:19:15 > 0:19:19aware of what signs of disease look like and if you see those signs
0:19:19 > 0:19:21of disease you should take the right action.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24This bird lover says it is worth making an effort to keep birds
0:19:24 > 0:19:26coming back to her garden.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29The news about the necessity to clean feeders is a bit of a shock
0:19:29 > 0:19:33because I don't do it nearly often enough, I'm aware particularly now.
0:19:33 > 0:19:39It is rather a fiddle faddle to do it and you just have to bother.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42With populations of some garden birds in dramatic decline, more
0:19:42 > 0:19:45information will help safeguard the health of the birds
0:19:45 > 0:19:54we share our gardens with.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58When we think of the need to build more new homes in the capital
0:19:58 > 0:20:01fair to say the humble bungalow doesn't come to mind.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03They've fallen out of fashion in recent years, with a steep
0:20:03 > 0:20:08decline in the number of single storey homes being built.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11But with an ageing population could they be part of the answer
0:20:11 > 0:20:12to the housing crisis?
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Sean Fletcher has the story.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17This peaceful street tucked away from the hustle and bustle of Acton
0:20:17 > 0:20:21comes as a great surprise to anyone who stumbles across it.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Because it consists only of bungalows.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27It is very unusual to find a whole street of them
0:20:27 > 0:20:30this close to the city centre, but since the early 1950s they have
0:20:30 > 0:20:34been a dream home for many people in retirement.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Building bungalows en masse in suburbia became very
0:20:36 > 0:20:39popular for many years.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41In 1987 alone there were over 28,000 built.
0:20:41 > 0:20:48Last year there were just over 2000, so there has been a steep decline.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51It is a lot harder for you to get planning permission to build
0:20:51 > 0:20:53a bungalow than it is to build a terraced house.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58London itself hasn't tried to get more people to build
0:20:58 > 0:21:01bungalows, it hasn't tried to stimulate the market.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03With more and more over 65s living longer, their housing needs
0:21:03 > 0:21:04will need to be met.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06The answer?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Start building bungalows again.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11This award-winning estate is one of several being built
0:21:11 > 0:21:13or planned in Barking.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16These bungalows provide social housing for elderly and disabled
0:21:16 > 0:21:20residents and were built on land that was just lying dormant.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23One of the residents lost his leg in an industrial
0:21:23 > 0:21:26accident so climbing stairs became impossible.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Moving here was ideal.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Sometimes you can't get your leg on and your legs swells up
0:21:32 > 0:21:36so you have to go around on your bum or on your hands and knees
0:21:36 > 0:21:40or in a wheelchair or on crutches.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Going upstairs if you haven't got a stair lift is awkward.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44So a bungalow is ideal?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Ideal, yes.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Tom, like most of the residents here, moved from a much bigger
0:21:51 > 0:21:54house, freeing up other properties that could house larger families.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59So building these new bungalows actually made economic sense.
0:21:59 > 0:22:05This actual site, one of eight now, we have managed to get 76 of these
0:22:05 > 0:22:09type of properties which has freed up 66 homes for families.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11That is really important.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15There is a waiting list and that is why we are still building.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18We will have over 100 units by the end of the summer
0:22:18 > 0:22:20which is fantastic.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Bungalows have faced economic cutbacks and lack of space,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26but they are still places that many elderly see as a dream home
0:22:26 > 0:22:30so with support from the Commons bungalows could be a thing of
0:22:30 > 0:22:39the future as well as of the past.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41And you can see more on that story later on Inside Out tonight,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44that's at 7.30 here on BBC One.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47This image is from the front cover of a surreal novel by Will Self
0:22:47 > 0:22:50written 20 years ago.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Now it's been adapted to a play also called Great Apes.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55So how does its director bring the chimp-like characters
0:22:55 > 0:22:57to life on the stage?
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Well, with the help of a Hollywood actor who has carefully
0:23:00 > 0:23:03observed the movements and behaviours of apes.
0:23:03 > 0:23:13Wendy Hurrell's has been to meet him and will explain more.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Peter Elliott is a pioneer in primate behaviour for the film
0:23:18 > 0:23:26industry. Today he is training actors at a theatre rehearsal rooms
0:23:26 > 0:23:31in Dalston.I trained as a method actor, so for me I had to become a
0:23:31 > 0:23:36chimp.And he did that straight from acting school, East 15 enlightened.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41This study has helped to solve a problem for Hollywood.A chimpanzee
0:23:41 > 0:23:48is one of the most dangerous animals to work with. About 8-10 times
0:23:48 > 0:23:52stronger than the man in the upper body, about as emotionally stable as
0:23:52 > 0:23:57a one-year-old child with an IQ of 85. After being mauled a few times,
0:23:57 > 0:24:01that is when it was time to go back to the production company and say, I
0:24:01 > 0:24:06do not think we will be able to mix real gems and people.In later years
0:24:06 > 0:24:13this was his convincing aping of gorillas.Your idea of humans is
0:24:13 > 0:24:18degrading.For this play the challenge is to become human
0:24:18 > 0:24:23chimpanzee, a tricky balance between human and chimp.We have got this
0:24:23 > 0:24:36little cough. They can go from this to this. I beg your pardon?Some
0:24:36 > 0:24:42scenes are more human, so we turn the chimp dialled down to 12, then
0:24:42 > 0:24:45you have these big fight sequences or dance sequences and return it up
0:24:45 > 0:24:53and stop the body language goes with the sound.Ruth and Brian are
0:24:53 > 0:24:57turning more simian by the second, learning from Peter's 40 years in
0:24:57 > 0:25:11the monkey business.I used to be able to do this noise from my garden
0:25:11 > 0:25:15and get a reply from London Zoo because I lived nearby. It was
0:25:15 > 0:25:16great, talking to real chimps.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18It was great, talking to real chimps.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Time for a check on the weather with Darren Bett.
0:25:24 > 0:25:25Followed that.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34It will be a much drier day tomorrow and there may be some sunshine
0:25:34 > 0:25:39around as well. Today has been disappointing. For the most part
0:25:39 > 0:25:44cloudy skies, but we have had wet weather. This was the scene in
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Twickenham. That low pressure is spiralling around. We have had these
0:25:48 > 0:25:55lines of rain and showers and as the low centre tracks away towards the
0:25:55 > 0:25:59east, they will become fewer. But there is still some rain around at
0:25:59 > 0:26:02the moment and for a good few hours yet there will be lines of showers
0:26:02 > 0:26:08coming in. But the winds will drop, the wetter weather pushes away
0:26:08 > 0:26:12towards the east and the cloud if it breaks towards the north and west it
0:26:12 > 0:26:18could be down to three or 4 degrees. We started Tuesday with a lot of
0:26:18 > 0:26:25cloud, but probably drive. It may stay dry all day. The cloud may
0:26:25 > 0:26:28break up around lunchtime, so sunshine coming through and that
0:26:28 > 0:26:33will lift the temperatures to the shade higher than they were today.
0:26:33 > 0:26:3911 degrees with some sunshine at times. As we head into Wednesday we
0:26:39 > 0:26:43change the wind direction. It will be a Wendi Deng on Wednesday. We
0:26:43 > 0:26:49start the day cloudy, but we should import some dry air from the near
0:26:49 > 0:26:52continent. That will mean sunshine and the temperatures will get more
0:26:52 > 0:26:58of a boost and it will feel more like spring with temperatures at 14
0:26:58 > 0:27:04maybe 15. That is due to the mild air. Make the most of it because we
0:27:04 > 0:27:08changed our wind direction again and we picked up an easterly. It will be
0:27:08 > 0:27:12windy and it will be cold in the outlook and temperatures will be
0:27:12 > 0:27:19dropping and perhaps by the weekend we may well see some sleet and snow.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Goodness me, that had
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Goodness me, that had it all there.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Goodness me, that had it all there.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Recapping the day's headlines:
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Theresa May says the Government's concluded it is "highly likely" that
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Russia is responsible for the attack on Sergei Skripal and his
0:27:32 > 0:27:36daughter in Salisbury.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40the Russian ambassador has been asked to explain how a Russian nerve
0:27:40 > 0:27:44agent made its way to Salisbury.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46That's it for now, thanks for joining us this Monday evening.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48I'll be back with the latest for you during the ten o'clock news.