0:00:00 > 0:00:00for the Salisbury nerve attack as the Prime Minister visits the crime
0:00:00 > 0:00:04scene.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06On BBC London this Thursday night: scene.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08For the first time, London's Air Ambulance attends
0:00:08 > 0:00:11to more violent attacks than road traffic accidents -
0:00:12 > 0:00:16And the victims are younger.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18We're also seeing schoolchildren, where we have to cut off their
0:00:18 > 0:00:22school uniform to get to them to try and help and do some operations,
0:00:22 > 0:00:25which is just tragic.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28We hear from a teenager who lost a friend to knife crime.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Also tonight:
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Why these children are upset their school could close just five
0:00:33 > 0:00:34years after it opened.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Plus:
0:00:36 > 0:00:39How a company in Hertfordshire could have found a way
0:00:39 > 0:00:41to clean-up litter in space.
0:00:41 > 0:00:48And...
0:00:48 > 0:00:52# We are the kids in America...
0:00:52 > 0:00:54And don't pretend you're not singing along.
0:00:54 > 0:01:01Stay with us as we catch up with Kim Wilde.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Good evening, I'm Asad Ahmad.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06For the first time in nearly 30 years, London's Air Ambulance
0:01:06 > 0:01:10says its being called out to more stabbings and shootings
0:01:10 > 0:01:13than it is to road traffic accidents.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Their lead clinician says it's now not unusual for them to perform open
0:01:17 > 0:01:23heart surgery for stab wounds twice in a single day.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25The news comes as another teenager died from a knife attack,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28while a man was shot dead in east London.
0:01:28 > 0:01:37Karl Mercer has spent the day with the Air Ambulance.
0:01:37 > 0:01:43As we were filming, another call-out... They do this 1800 times
0:01:43 > 0:01:47a year, nearly a third of all the missions are to victims of stabbings
0:01:47 > 0:01:54and shootings.We are seeing patients who are stabbed multiple
0:01:54 > 0:01:59times, perhaps with much more brutal weapons than we saw before. We are
0:01:59 > 0:02:05still seeing people who are stabbed once and passing away at the
0:02:05 > 0:02:08roadside. We're also seeing schoolchildren where we have to cut
0:02:08 > 0:02:12off their school uniform to get to them to try and help and do some
0:02:12 > 0:02:17operations, which is just tragic. For the first time, stabbings and
0:02:17 > 0:02:20shootings account for the big slumber of missions, bigger than
0:02:20 > 0:02:25road accidents. 560 victims of knife and gun crime in the last year. Many
0:02:25 > 0:02:33in teens.The horror is not in the injuries. It is in the age of the
0:02:33 > 0:02:42victims and the constant drip, drip, drip of life, afterlife, after life,
0:02:42 > 0:02:48being ruined by injuries. That has got to stop.At the end of last
0:02:48 > 0:02:54year, BBC London filmed a week in the Royal London hospital. This is
0:02:54 > 0:02:59where the victims of the growing violence are brought. On busy
0:02:59 > 0:03:03nights, the air ambulance can bring in several victims. The air
0:03:03 > 0:03:07ambulance is paid for by charity donations with the NHS paying for
0:03:07 > 0:03:13the stuff.Every member of the team has a case, most shifts where they
0:03:13 > 0:03:16come back absolutely downtrodden because of what they have seen and
0:03:16 > 0:03:20because they have had to break news to relatives of those patients at
0:03:20 > 0:03:25the scene. Which is harrowing. Obviously more harrowing for the
0:03:25 > 0:03:28people involved, but it does affect all of the medical teams through the
0:03:28 > 0:03:34system, who are trying to help.One of those trying to do that is
0:03:34 > 0:03:37surging, Martin Griffiths.It is very concerning because we are
0:03:37 > 0:03:46living in a society where use is starting to degrade and people are
0:03:46 > 0:03:59having near fatal events in their childhoods. -- youth. We talk about
0:03:59 > 0:04:06knife intervention at that age but at 13, 14, where do you start the
0:04:06 > 0:04:10intervention work?That is a question for wider society, but
0:04:10 > 0:04:14while it looks for an answer, the victims will continue to come.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Well, many people affected by knife crime are teenagers
0:04:18 > 0:04:20and the authorities are constantly looking at ways of deterring young
0:04:20 > 0:04:22people from carrying knives.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24So as part of the BBC's Annual School Report Day,
0:04:24 > 0:04:27we asked 18-year-old Abbianca from east London to take a look
0:04:27 > 0:04:28at the issue for us.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30This is her report.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35Hello, I'm Abbianca.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Sixth form student at Draper's Academy, in Harrod Hill.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I want to explore the ways in which the education system can
0:04:41 > 0:04:42help reduce knife crime.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46This issue is very close to my heart because in 2016,
0:04:46 > 0:04:49I lost a dear friend of mine who was a victim of knife crime.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53I went to Scotland Yard to speak to a senior police detective,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56who deals with knife crime on a daily basis.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I asked him if he thought schools should have compulsory
0:04:59 > 0:05:00lessons on this issue.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03What to think about this, do you think this can
0:05:03 > 0:05:04make a difference?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06I think it would make a difference, I think we need
0:05:06 > 0:05:08to change the messaging.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12We have been saying for some time that police on their own are not
0:05:12 > 0:05:14going to arrest or enforce their way out of this.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17We need some answers and we need to ask the right questions,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19so let's get into our communities, younger people.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Here I am back at my school, Draper's Academy where I'll be
0:05:22 > 0:05:25interviewing head of sixth form and some students on the issue
0:05:25 > 0:05:27of tackling knife crime.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Some people may carry knives for protection,
0:05:30 > 0:05:34especially because there's other teenagers carrying knives anyway.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38When community centres are shut down and therefore,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41the youth clubs that were held in them get people getting bored
0:05:41 > 0:05:43and therefore joining gangs because they don't have the group
0:05:43 > 0:05:45where they could have gone to.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48If I'm being honest, schools don't really teach
0:05:48 > 0:05:52about knife crime that much.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56My first talk was in year 12, I was 16 when I had my first
0:05:56 > 0:05:58talk about knife crime.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Do you think that these lessons will make a difference and have an impact
0:06:01 > 0:06:02on the younger generation?
0:06:02 > 0:06:07I'm not convinced.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10I think people who are attracted to gangs and attracted to carrying
0:06:10 > 0:06:16knives, they've kind of fallen out of the education system.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19There isn't one solution to tackling knife crime,
0:06:19 > 0:06:22but from my interviews, it seems that changes
0:06:22 > 0:06:24in the education system could possibly contribute
0:06:24 > 0:06:26to reduce knife crime.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Abbianca, BBC School Report.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Our thanks to Abbianca for that report.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Well, it's Thursday the 15th March.
0:06:33 > 0:06:40This is what's still to come on the programme:
0:06:40 > 0:06:46A small part of the Paddington basin is being transformed. I will explain
0:06:46 > 0:06:54how later in the programme.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56London's Museums are some of the best in the world,
0:06:56 > 0:06:57but they say they're being overlooked when
0:06:57 > 0:06:58it comes to Brexit.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00They argue its essential for them to know how
0:07:00 > 0:07:03they'll have access to art, staff and funding after
0:07:03 > 0:07:04the break from the EU.
0:07:04 > 0:07:10To put it all into perspective, London's Creative industries
0:07:10 > 0:07:13generate almost £50 billion a year, which is around half the UK's total.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17It also accounts for one in six jobs in London.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19The issue has been discussed at a conference
0:07:19 > 0:07:22at The National Gallery today, from where we can hear
0:07:22 > 0:07:30from Katharine Carpenter.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34There are figures out today showing this place was the second most
0:07:34 > 0:07:39visited attraction last year in the UK, second only to the British
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Museum. Those stats are important to London at the moment and this sector
0:07:43 > 0:07:48is trying to get its voice heard in the breadth in negotiations. Members
0:07:48 > 0:07:52gathered here today to try to discuss how to do that, had to try
0:07:52 > 0:07:55and get the issues they are concerned about heard by the
0:07:55 > 0:08:00government, amongst other things. There are many other common things
0:08:00 > 0:08:07but individual concerns for different parts of the sector, as I
0:08:07 > 0:08:09found out to some of those who run our galleries and museums.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12We'll place these as we planned...
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Putting the final touches to this exhibition of work by Austrian
0:08:14 > 0:08:16artist is a precise business.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19But after being shown at this north London gallery,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21some of these pieces might be loaned elsewhere in the EU,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24a fairly simple process while we are still members.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29It's really relatively smooth, it's a number of pieces of paper.
0:08:29 > 0:08:37It means we can import and export duty free, if you like.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39But if administration, bureaucracy then comes into it,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42we'll have to employ somebody at some stage to deal
0:08:42 > 0:08:43with all that paperwork.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45He says he's prepared to make the necessary
0:08:45 > 0:08:49changes, but needs to know what they'll be, soon.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Getting clarity on these issues is just as important
0:08:51 > 0:08:54for large institutions.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Here at the natural history museum it can take up to three or four
0:08:57 > 0:08:58years to plan an exhibition.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00So even if you factor in a transition period,
0:09:01 > 0:09:07time is beginning to run out.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11The Museums Association warns that London's cultural offering could be
0:09:11 > 0:09:13affected with access to funding and staff major concerns.
0:09:13 > 0:09:1630% of museums in the UK employ staff from other
0:09:16 > 0:09:21countries in the EU.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25There is concern that some of will leave and the museums
0:09:25 > 0:09:27won't be able to attract high-quality, specialist staff
0:09:27 > 0:09:30in very niche subject areas, which typically they rely on to put
0:09:30 > 0:09:32on the kind of amazing exhibitions that you see today.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36But some see Brexit as a chance to widen the opportunity.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38The fledgling group, Artists for Brexit, hopes it
0:09:38 > 0:09:40will create a more level playing field globally and remind
0:09:40 > 0:09:44creatives they need to engage with wide audiences.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48You finish up with artists and art work is not actually speaking
0:09:48 > 0:09:52with the people of the British Isles.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55People with whom they are supposed to be engaging, but just
0:09:55 > 0:09:57talking amongst themselves.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00This is bad for the arts, long term.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03But if some audiences are being overlooked,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05so too is the cultural sector as a whole, according
0:10:06 > 0:10:08to Alistair Brown.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11The decisions that are being made about things like the customs union
0:10:11 > 0:10:14are being made at such a high level in government and they are facing
0:10:14 > 0:10:16so many different competing demands from areas like
0:10:16 > 0:10:20the city, from industry.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23That it's difficult for museums' concerns to be heard at that level.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26And with so much at stake, it's a point London's arts
0:10:26 > 0:10:31will keep on making.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35The government has got back to us on the point of overlooking this
0:10:35 > 0:10:40sector. It told us it wants the best deal from the negotiations so it can
0:10:40 > 0:10:44begin to grow and thrive. When it set its own immigration policy after
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Brexit it will welcome those with the skills and expertise to allow
0:10:48 > 0:10:58museums and galleries to continue to do what's best. Let's speak to John,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01are you reassured by those words?A small amount, they talk the right
0:11:01 > 0:11:08talk and they are trying to be reassuring. The issue for us, is
0:11:08 > 0:11:11London, this incredible, welcoming and cultural and artistic city,
0:11:11 > 0:11:18going to be as open for business, as open for people from across the
0:11:18 > 0:11:24European Union to ply their trade. That is what makes this industry so
0:11:24 > 0:11:32intriguing, Brits and people from far afield can work together. £92
0:11:32 > 0:11:37billion annually, there is nothing soft, nothing about entertainment in
0:11:37 > 0:11:41this. This sector produces four times as many jobs as others over
0:11:41 > 0:11:46the last year. This is the real powerhouse for Britain.It is clear
0:11:46 > 0:11:52what you want but how will you get it, you have only got a year to go?
0:11:52 > 0:11:56We are engaging with them all the time but are they listening? I can
0:11:56 > 0:12:02get out of bed either side and give you a different answer. We have got
0:12:02 > 0:12:06our work cut out. We have to demonstrate that economically,
0:12:06 > 0:12:10socially, culturally and in terms of Britain's image abroad, the creative
0:12:10 > 0:12:16industries and tech or the key drivers for the economy. If they
0:12:16 > 0:12:19don't put this sector front and centre of the negotiations, all of
0:12:19 > 0:12:23us in London will suffer economically as a result.You heard
0:12:23 > 0:12:27a very strong case being made by the sector, it just hopes now the
0:12:27 > 0:12:32government will listen. We will watch very carefully. Two of
0:12:32 > 0:12:35the news now...
0:12:35 > 0:12:37A ceremony has been held to celebrate the life of Makram Ali,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40the man killed in the Finsbury Park terror attack in June.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42A plaque and a tree were unveiled
0:12:43 > 0:12:46by his daughter and grandchildren.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Mr Ali was killed by a van driven by Darren Osbourne,
0:12:49 > 0:12:50who's been jailed for life.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Also in attendance, was the Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick
0:12:52 > 0:12:54and Mayor of London, Sadeeq Khan.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57A woman who posed as a survivor of the Grenfell Tower Fire
0:12:57 > 0:12:58has been convicted of fraud.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Southwark Crown Court heard that 47-year-old Joyce M-Sokeri,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04pretended to have lost her home and her husband so she could obtain
0:13:05 > 0:13:09cash, donations and accommodation.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11At the time, she was living in Sutton.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14M-Sokeri will be sentenced next month.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Parents at a primary school in west London,
0:13:17 > 0:13:19which opened in 2012, have said they're devastated after being told
0:13:19 > 0:13:22it plans to close at the end of next term.
0:13:22 > 0:13:28Minerva Academy in Paddington is only half full,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30still on a temporary site, and has no school playground.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Our Education Reporter, Marc Ashdown has been finding out why.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Schools open, another day of learning ahead,
0:13:37 > 0:13:40something most parents simply take for granted.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42But school days at Minerva Academy
0:13:42 > 0:13:46in Paddington could be numbered.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Only half full, and based on this woefully inadequate temporary site,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52the head has told parents she plans to shut in the summer.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54It's so stressful, especially for the children.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56My son has been two days he's not eating properly,
0:13:56 > 0:13:57he is not sleeping good,
0:13:57 > 0:13:59he's telling me that "I hate learning."
0:13:59 > 0:14:00How are you feeling?
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Mad, sad.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07I will never forget this school, it's because I've got friends that
0:14:07 > 0:14:10I've known for seven years, six years.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Minerva only opened in 2012.
0:14:12 > 0:14:13In a letter to parents,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16the head says falling pupil numbers across Westminster has hit funding.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19She says the current site has not helped,
0:14:19 > 0:14:21there is no playground and promises of a brand-new building
0:14:21 > 0:14:23seem to have evaporated.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25It was supposed to be here in Paddington basin,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27apparently, but apparently now there is nothing.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30We were supposed to move how many years ago?
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Two, three years ago.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37And everything was behind, behind, behind, and promises.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39And now, no school.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42I wonder where is the new building, what have they done with it.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Critics will argue this is another example of what they have long
0:14:45 > 0:14:46argued is a fundamental flaw in the Government's
0:14:47 > 0:14:48academies programme.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50New schools are only supposed to open
0:14:50 > 0:14:53where there is a clear basic need for more places
0:14:53 > 0:14:55and in suitable buildings.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Here, it appears, there is neither.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01It follows news that Floreat Brentford is set to close,
0:15:01 > 0:15:03another free school which could not find a permanent home,
0:15:03 > 0:15:10or make the money add up.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12I do think this is chickens coming home to roost
0:15:12 > 0:15:17for the free school movement.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19There's been a whole series of stumbles and free schools,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21with free schools failing.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22I'm sure some have been successful but the
0:15:22 > 0:15:25general rule about free schools that this is a privatised model of
0:15:25 > 0:15:28running an education system, it's too risky to run an education system
0:15:28 > 0:15:29based on ideology.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Children have one chance in a primary school or a
0:15:31 > 0:15:33secondary school and we can't play games with that.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Minerva is run by a multi-Academy trust, the Board of Trustees says
0:15:36 > 0:15:39staff are still providing a good level of education but for a range
0:15:39 > 0:15:42of factors, the school is no longer financially viable.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44If it does close, the local authority, Westminster, says it's
0:15:44 > 0:15:48ready to step in to make sure all 89 pupils can go to a good
0:15:48 > 0:15:55school elsewhere.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Marc, what doesn't quite add up is that we've often reported
0:15:57 > 0:15:59on the shortage of school places in London.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04Now a school is closing because there aren't enough pupils?
0:16:04 > 0:16:09It does seem a bit odd. It is worth explaining what academies are
0:16:09 > 0:16:13because it can be confusing. Originally they were Tony Blair
0:16:13 > 0:16:18policy to turn around struggling schools, then when the coalition
0:16:18 > 0:16:24came in in 2010, Michael Gove flipped it and gave outstanding
0:16:24 > 0:16:30schools more power, and struggling schools were forced to convert. Free
0:16:30 > 0:16:34schools give parents the power to start schools if they are not happy
0:16:34 > 0:16:39with the local ones. Both academies and free schools answer directly to
0:16:39 > 0:16:45government, taking the council out of the loop. I think we all agreed
0:16:45 > 0:16:48the big problems these schools face is trying to find buildings to open
0:16:48 > 0:16:58in as was the case here.We heard it said the chickens are coming home to
0:16:58 > 0:17:03roost, is this a sign of things to come?Demand is always the key. A
0:17:03 > 0:17:08few years ago there was a population boom, too many kids and not enough
0:17:08 > 0:17:14places. Is this the first sign that is starting to change around? I'm
0:17:14 > 0:17:21not sure. Some parents still struggle to find places. Councils
0:17:21 > 0:17:26might be out of the loop but they still have the duty, the legal duty
0:17:26 > 0:17:30to educate every child in the country so if things start to go
0:17:30 > 0:17:34wrong, as seems to be the case here, the council like Westminster has got
0:17:34 > 0:17:42to step in and provide a place for every pupil.Thanks for that.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44A driver in Essex has filmed a trail of
0:17:44 > 0:17:47fly-tipping covering a quarter of a mile.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49It's the second time in a year that Watery Lane in Hullbridge
0:17:49 > 0:17:50has had to close because of rubbish.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53It's cost the local council £1,500 to clear
0:17:53 > 0:17:54and caused long tailbacks through nearby villages.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Local people say flytipping in the area is a weekly problem.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Here's a sight you wouldn't expect to see, especially
0:17:59 > 0:18:01if you were on holiday in Mexico.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02London buses.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06The low emission ones have arrived in Mexico City as part
0:18:06 > 0:18:08of a one billion PESO deal, that's over £40 million.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09It's aimed at helping traffic and pollution
0:18:10 > 0:18:14in the Mexican capital.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17It's easy to get caught up in the pace of London life,
0:18:17 > 0:18:20never taking time out to enjoy the city.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23But a new art installation on the Regent's Canal
0:18:23 > 0:18:24aims to get us to relax.
0:18:24 > 0:18:34Victoria Hollins is at the Paddington Basin to show us how.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42If you have just walked in from work and had a stressful day at the
0:18:42 > 0:18:47office, you may wish you had someone like this to spend some time. This
0:18:47 > 0:18:50is in a redeveloped Paddington Basin and it is an art installation which
0:18:50 > 0:18:57has just been switched on. A flotilla of 180 origami boats. Part
0:18:57 > 0:19:02of the first Mindful series taking place here, there will be yoga and
0:19:02 > 0:19:07meditation taking place. It is polymer paper so no fear about the
0:19:07 > 0:19:11weather in the next few days. They go through the process of changing
0:19:11 > 0:19:16colour every 20 seconds or so and I have to say it really is quite
0:19:16 > 0:19:22peaceful. A short time ago I spoke to the artists behind this.The
0:19:22 > 0:19:26thinking behind this is to have something which is calming and
0:19:26 > 0:19:41floating, and encourages you to take the second and stop, and after a
0:19:49 > 0:19:52busy day or during a busy day even, it is something that makes you stop
0:19:52 > 0:19:54and take a couple of minutes to yourself. That is what the brief was
0:19:54 > 0:19:58and what it is here to do.These are more to so there's no chance they
0:19:58 > 0:20:03will float away. There is food here as well. The only then I would like
0:20:03 > 0:20:09to change as the temperature! I feel relaxed already, and this is
0:20:09 > 0:20:13making me feel even more relaxed because this is what it is like to
0:20:13 > 0:20:19be in space, minus the suit, the desk and chair of course!
0:20:19 > 0:20:21But what we forget is all the rubbish that's out there.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23It's been left after so many launches into space,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26and as there are no bins it just floats about.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28So Airbus in Hertfordshire have designed a type
0:20:28 > 0:20:29of rubbish picker to clear it up.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Kate Bradbrook has been seeing if it could work.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Litter and waste is a growing problem here on planet Earth,
0:20:34 > 0:20:36but it's also becoming a serious issue in space.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Old satellites and space craft from years gone
0:20:38 > 0:20:44by discarded in low Earth orbit.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46As the spacecraft are orbiting around up there, then there's
0:20:46 > 0:20:50the risk of them colliding with each other, and when they do,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52they explode to create a huge amount more debris that then can
0:20:52 > 0:20:54collide with other spacecraft and you just get this
0:20:54 > 0:21:00snowballing effect.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02But there's a possible solution, a giant litter picker or space
0:21:02 > 0:21:05harpoon is being tested here at Airbus in Stevenage -
0:21:05 > 0:21:11designed to capture debris and safely dispose of it.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Each harpoon like this one will be travelling
0:21:12 > 0:21:15at 25 metres per second, that's 56 mph, slower than a bullet
0:21:15 > 0:21:20but fast enough to spear its target.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22With 18,000 pieces of smaller junk in orbit, there
0:21:22 > 0:21:27is a tool for that too.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30It's designed to harpoon small spacecraft up to around the size
0:21:30 > 0:21:32of a washing machine, and reel them in so can
0:21:32 > 0:21:35be safely deorbited.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37This one is called Envisat, it's a non-functioning satellite
0:21:37 > 0:21:39that's around the size of a double-decker bus.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41It's about eight tonnes so it's much too large
0:21:41 > 0:21:44for our small harpoon to handle, so we've developed this,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47which is a clean space harpoon.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50In many ways it's very similar, it has a lot of the same
0:21:50 > 0:21:51technology behind it.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54We pierce the satellite, deploy the barbs, we are now locked
0:21:54 > 0:21:56in so we can have a mechanical interface with our satellite
0:21:56 > 0:21:59and we can use our tether here to turn it back
0:21:59 > 0:22:03into the atmosphere where it can be safely destroyed.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Testing in space will begin later this year.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08By the mid 2020s, this could provide the answer to our cosmic clean up.
0:22:08 > 0:22:18Kate Bradbrook, BBC London News.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22And that's why they say the best ideas are the simple ones.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24OK, pop pickers.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Here's one to take you back to the '80s.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Because one of the best known singers of the decade
0:22:28 > 0:22:30is about to go on the road again after successfully
0:22:30 > 0:22:32dabbling as a gardener, becoming a YouTube hit
0:22:32 > 0:22:33and a radio DJ.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Wendy Hurrell has been talking to her.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Who is it? This lady...
0:22:37 > 0:22:40# Looking out a dirty old window
0:22:40 > 0:22:41# Down below the cars in the city go rushing by...#
0:22:41 > 0:22:43The song that propelled Kim Wilde to stardom
0:22:43 > 0:22:46was a family effort, written by her brother Ricky
0:22:46 > 0:22:48and father Marty.
0:22:48 > 0:22:54# We're the kids in America (whoa) # We're the kids in America (whoa)
0:22:54 > 0:22:57She's gone on to sell 30 million albums worldwide.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00I love the original song and I love to sing it still.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06I love to see how the audience react to it when I sing that song.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09# We're the kids in America (whoa) # We're the kids in America (whoa)
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Then this viral video.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Two slightly tiddly Wildes after a Christmas party in 2012,
0:23:14 > 0:23:19serenading passengers on a train.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21My brother was falling over backwards and my antlers fell off.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24It's just the most ridiculous thing!
0:23:24 > 0:23:28It's all a bit of a blur as you can imagine, but it was really good fun.
0:23:28 > 0:23:36The public were really sweet about how they responded to another
0:23:36 > 0:23:39over-refreshed icon on a train.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41That unlikely catalyst revived her musical career and now
0:23:41 > 0:23:47they are back, less wobbly, with a new album.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50And from March the 31st, Kim is off on her first UK tour
0:23:50 > 0:23:52in more than 30 years.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55# Pop pop music, give me pop pop music
0:23:55 > 0:24:01# Don't stop, give me pop, give me pop pop...#
0:24:01 > 0:24:03So she's kicking her other career as an award-winning landscape
0:24:03 > 0:24:07gardener into the long grass for a bit.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10It's a tour in April, I think you're just trying to get
0:24:10 > 0:24:12out of the weeding and the pruning and everything else that needs
0:24:12 > 0:24:14to be done in the garden.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15It's too true!
0:24:15 > 0:24:18I'm looking at the garden and I'm thinking I'm going to have
0:24:18 > 0:24:20to get my old man sorting out the garden because I
0:24:20 > 0:24:22ain't can be here!
0:24:22 > 0:24:25There's a lot of work can be done in a garden in April so I'm just
0:24:25 > 0:24:29going to have to leave all that, rush in in May and ruin my nails!
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Oh, God!
0:24:32 > 0:24:34The horticulture at home in Hertfordshire for
0:24:34 > 0:24:36now will have to wait.
0:24:36 > 0:24:45Wendy Hurrell, BBC London News.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49It's great she has come out with some new songs but the old ones are
0:24:49 > 0:24:53classics. I will tell you about it later!
0:24:56 > 0:25:01It was one of those days to start with, it needed to cheer up a little
0:25:01 > 0:25:07bit. This was the scene in the City of London, looking rather grey, then
0:25:07 > 0:25:15it had a happy ending for most of us. It's going to go downhill though
0:25:15 > 0:25:20through the rest of this evening and overnight. We have got some heavy
0:25:20 > 0:25:25rain, a bit like last night, it kept me awake for a while and it might
0:25:25 > 0:25:30have done new too. Not a particularly cold night, seven or 8
0:25:30 > 0:25:34degrees but yet again it will make for something of a wet commute
0:25:34 > 0:25:39first. A breeze coming in, and noticed there is some darkness
0:25:39 > 0:25:43around the rain as we show it coming up and across just about all parts.
0:25:43 > 0:25:50Then things do improve, the clearer skies coming in behind so some
0:25:50 > 0:26:01sunshine, yes, temperatures responding.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06It got today, I had to take my coat off, spring almost. Then showers,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09and I have moved you through to Saturday and you are thinking where
0:26:09 > 0:26:12has the sunshine gone. There is a snow shower working its way through
0:26:12 > 0:26:14southern and eastern parts of London and down through Kent and there will
0:26:14 > 0:26:17be plenty of them late in the day. Up to four degrees only, and that
0:26:17 > 0:26:24really sets us up for the weekend because on Sunday we have a flow of
0:26:24 > 0:26:28cold, bitter air coming in from Scandinavia and Siberia and that
0:26:28 > 0:26:36will last us into the start of next week when we begin to see a recovery
0:26:36 > 0:26:40on the temperatures. Sunday could be tricky, Saturday night and Sunday,
0:26:40 > 0:26:46not just because of the two degrees is a maximum but there may well be
0:26:46 > 0:26:50some significant snow. More on that tomorrow.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53some significant snow. More on that tomorrow.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Just before we go and leave you in the safe hands
0:26:55 > 0:26:58of The One Show, let me remind you of the day's
0:26:58 > 0:27:00main news headlines.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02The Prime Minister has said Britain's allies are taking a united
0:27:02 > 0:27:03stance against Russia, after the chemical
0:27:03 > 0:27:04attack in Salisbury.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Today Theresa May visited the town where the ex-Russian spy
0:27:07 > 0:27:08and his daughter were poisoned.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10In Syria, thousands of people have fled part of Eastern Ghouta,
0:27:10 > 0:27:12after it came under ferocious attack.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14A humanitarian corridor was opened up by advancing
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Syrian government forces, allowing civilians to escape.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21The police investigation into the Grenfell Tower Fire
0:27:21 > 0:27:24has found that a fire door installed in the block could only hold back
0:27:25 > 0:27:26flames for around 15 minutes.
0:27:26 > 0:27:33That's half the time it was supposed to.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34That's it.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37If you missed any part of the programme or want
0:27:37 > 0:27:40to see some of it again - you can on the BBC iPlayer.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42I'll be back at 10.30 on BBC One.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43Join me then if you can.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47Bye for now.