0:00:00 > 0:00:01and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
0:00:02 > 0:00:05Tonight on BBC London News:
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Passengers on the District Line train describe the fireball that
0:00:07 > 0:00:10forced them to run for cover when Ahmed Hassan's home-made bomb
0:00:10 > 0:00:20exploded seriously injuring 30 people.
0:00:20 > 0:00:25Suddenly pandemonium broke out on the platform. I don't think there
0:00:25 > 0:00:28was a loud bang, just the flash and the flame ball.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Also tonight, the nursing students who face giving up on their courses
0:00:31 > 0:00:32after having their loans stopped.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35250 tonnes of mostly plastic, dragged from the Thames every year.
0:00:35 > 0:00:41And the problem is getting worse.
0:00:41 > 0:00:4480 years aboard this historic warship.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49HMS Belfast prepares to celebrate a big birthday.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Good evening and welcome to the programme.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03I'm Victoria Hollins.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Ahmed Hassan plotted to cause carnage on a Tube
0:01:05 > 0:01:09train filled with 93 commuters on their normal morning journey.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11He left the bomb on board the District Line train,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14getting off one stop before Parson's Green.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17It was there the partial explosion forced the passengers to run
0:01:17 > 0:01:21for cover from a fireball that rolled through the carriage.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Dozens of them suffered injuries, many in a stampede
0:01:23 > 0:01:26to escape the scene.
0:01:26 > 0:01:36Our reporter Marc Ashdown is in west London for us this evening.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43It was just an ordinary Friday morning last September at about
0:01:43 > 0:01:488:20am when a District line train pummelled into Parsons Green
0:01:48 > 0:01:52station, packed with commuters and schoolchildren. An improvised device
0:01:52 > 0:01:56exploded, sending a Flash fire ball through the carriage. It was what is
0:01:56 > 0:02:01known as a bucket bomb, full of bits of metal and it was only a miracle
0:02:01 > 0:02:05that it fails to detonate properly. 30 people were injured but it could
0:02:05 > 0:02:14have been much worse. I spoke to one Londoner who was on board.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17As the train stopped, suddenly pandemonium broke out on the
0:02:17 > 0:02:21platform. I don't think it was a loud bang, just the flash and the
0:02:21 > 0:02:26flame ball, and a crowd of people charged towards the exit. I had no
0:02:26 > 0:02:33idea what was going on.What did you think?We had had a feud terror
0:02:33 > 0:02:38attacks, obviously. The London Bridge attack had not been that far
0:02:38 > 0:02:43before this. My first thought was, is anyone running around with a
0:02:43 > 0:02:49machete or a gun, as at London Bridge? Where should I go? What
0:02:49 > 0:02:52should I do? It became clear fairly quickly that there was no threat of
0:02:52 > 0:02:58anything like that.Pretty scary though.Yes, for the few minutes
0:02:58 > 0:03:03before we knew what was going on, whilst everyone was panicking,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06shouting and screaming. People are getting crushed on the stairway.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Lots of people were helping each other, particularly those injured on
0:03:10 > 0:03:14the stairs trying to get out of the platform. People were helping each
0:03:14 > 0:03:19other and comforting people. A neighbour of mine was on the same
0:03:19 > 0:03:23train, a scout leader, and his first reaction was to try to help the
0:03:23 > 0:03:29people who had been burned and were panicking. He got a little group of
0:03:29 > 0:03:33people on the platform to look after them. Soon after the incident,
0:03:33 > 0:03:37everyone was determined to carry on as normal. I have been watching the
0:03:37 > 0:03:41trial going on. When you get to Parsons Green and the announcement
0:03:41 > 0:03:49comes up, Parsons Green, you become very aware of what happened. What if
0:03:49 > 0:03:53it had gone off? All those nuts and bolts and snails and the amount of
0:03:53 > 0:03:58explosive material that was there, the thought that went into packing
0:03:58 > 0:04:01all of that metal around it, a lot of people could have been badly
0:04:01 > 0:04:08injured.Has it changed you, or are you determined to carry on?If we
0:04:08 > 0:04:12let ourselves get terrified by what might happen, you don't get on with
0:04:12 > 0:04:18normal life. You have to carry on and hope that good triumphs over
0:04:18 > 0:04:27evil.Joining me is Councillor Stephen Cowell on, the Labour leader
0:04:27 > 0:04:33of Hammersmith & Fulham Council. I saw you down here on the day, and it
0:04:33 > 0:04:36was about London is being resilient and supporting each other.I was
0:04:36 > 0:04:41down here in about 15 minutes and was encouraged to see the police on
0:04:41 > 0:04:46full alert, security services tracking the suppose it terrorist
0:04:46 > 0:04:51and people pulling together. There were ladies handing out cups of tea.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Later, an Italian restaurant owner handed out pizza. Shops were handing
0:04:55 > 0:04:59out water. It was London coming together and saying, this is not
0:04:59 > 0:05:04going to happen to our city.We were hit by several terror attacks last
0:05:04 > 0:05:10summer. You think people are more vigilant?They have to be vigilant.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14But we have shown we have the best security services in the world. We
0:05:14 > 0:05:19are tracking many of these people and the fact that that attack was
0:05:19 > 0:05:23not successful is not just down to the skill of the security services.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28It is also down to the background work that goes on throughout much of
0:05:28 > 0:05:33the time.He was a lone wolf attacker. We have to be vigilant
0:05:33 > 0:05:38every moment of everyday.We have seen attacks in Brussels, Paris,
0:05:38 > 0:05:43Berlin, Boston. What is important is that society stands strong and faces
0:05:43 > 0:05:48down these terrorists and says, we are not going to let them change our
0:05:48 > 0:05:52saw the way we live. That is what you saw last September, when the
0:05:52 > 0:05:55terrorists thought they could change our lives. They didn't, because we
0:05:55 > 0:06:00are better than that.The message is that security services are doing all
0:06:00 > 0:06:05they can to keep the city safe but each of us needs to be vigilant.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Lots more to come including:
0:06:06 > 0:06:09A new insight into our ancient past, thanks to preparations
0:06:09 > 0:06:12for a tunnel on HS2.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Hundreds of nursing students have been told
0:06:21 > 0:06:24not to expect any more payments from the Student Loan Company
0:06:24 > 0:06:26for the rest of the year, after the company claims
0:06:26 > 0:06:29it overpaid them.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Some students say they might not be able to continue their studies,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35and will be left struggling to pay bills and rent.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Many had queried their initial payments earlier in the year
0:06:38 > 0:06:40and been told there wasn't a problem.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Charlotte Franks reports.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45They are on the front line of our hospitals,
0:06:46 > 0:06:47caring for the sick and injured.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49It's a profession that can be rewarding and pressured,
0:06:49 > 0:06:53and in London the low salary can be a struggle, with the
0:06:53 > 0:06:53high cost of living.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Despite this, students like Emma have still chosen
0:06:55 > 0:06:58to train as a nurse.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02I love the interaction and I find it enjoyable to work with such
0:07:02 > 0:07:06a variety of people.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08I knew I would get the NHS bursary and receive payments
0:07:08 > 0:07:11from Student Finance England, so that is what I have
0:07:11 > 0:07:12been relying on.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16But she and as many as 800 other nursing students in London will stop
0:07:16 > 0:07:18receiving their student loan following an overpayment error
0:07:18 > 0:07:21by the organisation.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26There was a moment of panic where I was not sure if I would be
0:07:26 > 0:07:30able to continue the course.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33If I can't afford my rent, I can't stay in London.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35It was really scary to even be thinking that this far
0:07:35 > 0:07:39into my degree I might have to defer, or quit.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Many students say they questioned the overpayment at the time
0:07:42 > 0:07:47but were given assurances the sums were correct.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49The Royal College of Nursing say they have spoken to the student
0:07:49 > 0:07:52loans company who have confirmed they have known about this
0:07:52 > 0:07:56mistake since January.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58We are calling for these overpayments to be written off
0:07:58 > 0:07:59with immediate effect.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01It is through no fault of their own.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04They were told they had nothing to worry about.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06We are asking for the debt to be written off.
0:08:06 > 0:08:13Some students have said they will have to put the course
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Some students have said they will have to quit the course
0:08:16 > 0:08:17if this is not resolved.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20This is not the first time the student loans company has been
0:08:20 > 0:08:21the focus of media scrutiny.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24In the past, it has had to deal with failed payments,
0:08:24 > 0:08:30bailing students out and claims the firm was near meltdown.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32This body is responsible for handing
0:08:32 > 0:08:34billions of pounds of public money.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37The fact that the people being hit by this are a key part of our NHS.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39We don't need an incompetent administration system demanding
0:08:39 > 0:08:43they pay back money they should not have been given in the first place.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45The company told us they are investigating how the error
0:08:45 > 0:08:50occurred but they have refused to write off the payments.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53The concern is that at a time when London is facing
0:08:53 > 0:08:55a severe nursing shortage, there could be hundreds of students
0:08:55 > 0:09:05who might not qualify because they can't afford to.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12We asked the Department for Education for comment but have not
0:09:12 > 0:09:13received a response.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Two days ago the government's so called
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Integration Strategy told us learning English was the key
0:09:17 > 0:09:18to people getting on better.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Today, a new plan from the Mayor.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Yes, he says, language is important, but building better communities
0:09:22 > 0:09:24is about much more than that.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29Here's Karl Mercer.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32At this age, you are not worried about much more than your next toy,
0:09:32 > 0:09:34maybe your next friend, and maybe just a little bit
0:09:34 > 0:09:37about performing for the cameras.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40And then the Mayor comes along with a plan.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Hello, what's your name?
0:09:42 > 0:09:46You're the same height as me, so can I have a photograph with you?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49The Mayor chose this mother and baby club in Camberwell
0:09:49 > 0:09:52to launch his so-called Social Integration Strategy.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55He wants more of this sort of thing, where people of all classes,
0:09:55 > 0:09:59races and ages can meet, where friendships can be formed.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02This is the group that made me feel complete,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05because it's a place that I can go when I need it, and I know
0:10:05 > 0:10:08they will help each other.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10And I found friends there.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13A lot of the children are the same age, so we are doing similar things,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16so it brings us together and it's a really diverse group.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20It's literally opened up the world of Camberwell mums to us,
0:10:20 > 0:10:25that we wouldn't have met otherwise.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27But the Mayor's integration strategy is launched just two days
0:10:27 > 0:10:29after central government launched their own one
0:10:29 > 0:10:32with slightly different emphasis.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35There is a responsibility on us to be active citizens.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37There is a responsibility on us to learn the language
0:10:37 > 0:10:40so we can talk to each other, apply for a decent job, but also
0:10:40 > 0:10:42to get to know our neighbours.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45And one of the things that worries me is the isolation
0:10:45 > 0:10:48and loneliness many Londoners feel, particularly older Londoners.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50We've got to find ways to bridge the divide between older
0:10:50 > 0:10:51and younger Londoners, between Londoners from different
0:10:51 > 0:10:58economic backgrounds, different ethnicities.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01It's very important for me that my children feel that they can
0:11:01 > 0:11:04have friends from all over.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08So it's very, very important in this society now for our children to be
0:11:08 > 0:11:14able to relate to one another, and to know that those
0:11:14 > 0:11:17differences cannot prevent us from working together
0:11:17 > 0:11:20and building better communities.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22The Mayor's plan comes with a lot of good intention
0:11:23 > 0:11:24but a relatively small pot of money.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27It's a lot to do with encouraging more stuff like this rather
0:11:27 > 0:11:35than actually paying for it.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38The long-standing Mayor of Newham has been defeated in a leadership
0:11:38 > 0:11:41battle for the Labour Party in the east London borough.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Sir Robin Wales had been in the role for more than 20 years
0:11:44 > 0:11:47but faced opposition from within his own party.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49He'll be replaced as Labour's candidate for elected mayor
0:11:49 > 0:11:58by councillor Rokhsana Fiaz.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Every year 250 tonnes of mostly plastic is pulled out
0:12:01 > 0:12:01of the river Thames.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04The Port of London Authority says the issue of plastic bottles
0:12:04 > 0:12:06in particular ending up in the Thames is getting
0:12:06 > 0:12:07worse year on year.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09And it's now having an impact on marine life.
0:12:09 > 0:12:19Here's our Environment Correspondent Tom Edwards.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Scooped out of the Thames.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25This is the type of rubbish they regularly pull out of the river.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29The majority of the debris is now disposable plastic bottles.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38They still call this the drift wood service,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40they used to mainly pull floating wood out.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Now the main problem causing their collectors is plastic.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44You can see from the actual surface of the water,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47mainly the plastic bottles of various type, bits of straw,
0:12:47 > 0:12:52plastic cups, and also bits of plastic bag.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Tania works for the port of London authority.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58She says the amount of plastic is increasing and it
0:12:58 > 0:13:03will have an impact on marine life in the Thames, the estuary
0:13:03 > 0:13:08and the North Sea.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11There is a lot of concern around it being in the sediment
0:13:11 > 0:13:12and what animals are feeding on.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15We are starting to see through studies that some
0:13:15 > 0:13:18of the crabs and fish are starting to eat it and it is
0:13:18 > 0:13:21filling their stomachs so they are not able to feed.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24We are working with academics along the Thames as to how that
0:13:24 > 0:13:28transfers into the fish, birds and mammals so we have
0:13:28 > 0:13:30more seals and porpoises using the Thames, how that
0:13:30 > 0:13:37might affect then.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38might affect them.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Most of the plastic that finds its away in has
0:13:40 > 0:13:41been used only once.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Some is dumped.
0:13:42 > 0:13:48Other smaller bits come through the sewage system.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53The experts have measured how many plastic bottles
0:13:53 > 0:13:56are going in to collections and it is about 15 every hour.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58They pull out about 250 tonnes of waste every year.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01And that is just a fraction what goes into the river.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03These tiny white spots are polystyrene that has
0:14:03 > 0:14:07broken down in the river.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11This is a snail that more typically would live in the upper ends
0:14:11 > 0:14:17of the tidal Thames so Teddington way, and that is obviously been
0:14:17 > 0:14:20disturbed and brought down this far, scooped up and caught up
0:14:20 > 0:14:24in the debris but also on the pieces of plastic.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Now the authorities want people to think much more
0:14:26 > 0:14:29about using plastic.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34And crucially, how they get rid of it.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37It's difficult to imagine what the earth would have been
0:14:37 > 0:14:40like 56 million years ago.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Dinosaurs were extinct, the UK was tropical and the land
0:14:43 > 0:14:44where London sits was under a sea.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47But now, a new discovery made while preparing to dig tunnels
0:14:47 > 0:14:51for the high speed train link HS2 might give us a totally new insight
0:14:51 > 0:14:53into how our island used to look.
0:14:53 > 0:15:03Caroline Davies reports.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08These are some of the creatures that stalked the earth millions of years
0:15:08 > 0:15:14ago, but they weren't only in what became Africa or America. Some might
0:15:14 > 0:15:18have been in Ruislip. Until now, scientists knew that millions of
0:15:18 > 0:15:23years ago a subtropical sea covered much of the south of England. They
0:15:23 > 0:15:27didn't know where it stopped. But a discovery made 33 metres below my
0:15:27 > 0:15:32feet might help give them a clue. Before digging the tunnels, the team
0:15:32 > 0:15:37behind HS2 have been drilling holes to see what lies beneath. They were
0:15:37 > 0:15:41expecting to find gravel but instead they found a layer of rare mud.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46Geologists think this was the edge of a prehistoric coastline,
0:15:46 > 0:15:51surrounded by dense wooded marsh. They have called it the Ruislip bed.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56As a geologist it is very exciting, because every new piece of
0:15:56 > 0:15:58information helps to recreate an environment that we only have bits
0:15:58 > 0:16:05of.The HS2 team have been gathering evidence about Britain's Earth along
0:16:05 > 0:16:09their route. The North halt tunnel is due to go through this land. The
0:16:09 > 0:16:12team say it will not hold up construction, but should they be
0:16:12 > 0:16:17drilling through it? You are going to drill a great big hole in this.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22Are you not going to damage it?We will only be taking away a small
0:16:22 > 0:16:27chunk of material out of quite a large expanse. It will not
0:16:27 > 0:16:31irreparably damage it.Bees lived in the subtropical sea that covered
0:16:31 > 0:16:38southern England.Doctor John Todd is an expert on this period. He says
0:16:38 > 0:16:41studying something about the world 56 million years ago has more
0:16:41 > 0:16:46important than we might think.It was a time of rapid climate change,
0:16:46 > 0:16:51similar to what is occurring now. If we can understand the response to
0:16:51 > 0:16:55that rapid rise in temperature, we can predict what will happen on
0:16:55 > 0:16:59earth in the future.Scientists hope that this patch of mud will make
0:16:59 > 0:17:04this period a little clearer.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07The family of a young boy from Carshalton say they need
0:17:07 > 0:17:09to find £80,000 to fund treatment before he loses his
0:17:10 > 0:17:11hearing altogether.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Benji Wayne needs cochlear implants, but the NHS
0:17:15 > 0:17:18won't fund it because it says the three-year-old doesn't qualify.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Paul Murphy Kasp has the story.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Benji runs around like any other three-year-old but since six weeks
0:17:26 > 0:17:28old he has worn hearing aids because of a genetic
0:17:28 > 0:17:30condition called Connexin 26.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32He is completely deaf in his right ear and the hearing
0:17:32 > 0:17:35in his left ear is failing.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38His doctors decided he needed cochlear implants to be able to hear
0:17:38 > 0:17:42properly but while he still has limited hearing, the NHS
0:17:42 > 0:17:45won't pay for them.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48We're so incredibly frustrated.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Some families don't decide to implant their child
0:17:52 > 0:17:55and that's absolutely fine, but we feel, because of the expert
0:17:55 > 0:17:57advice we've got from the brilliant Implant Centre, that that
0:17:57 > 0:17:59would give him the best chance of acquiring language
0:17:59 > 0:18:01which we feel he deserves.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03With Benji unable to talk properly, his family have been
0:18:03 > 0:18:06learning sign language to try to communicate with him.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09The NHS told his mother he won't be eligible for cochlear implants
0:18:09 > 0:18:11until he's completely deaf and now his parents fear that
0:18:11 > 0:18:14by the time he gets them, the ongoing support would end up
0:18:14 > 0:18:17costing the taxpayer more.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20NHS England say they fund cochlear implants for patients who need it
0:18:20 > 0:18:22most based on government funding however they said that doctors can
0:18:22 > 0:18:26apply for individual funding for those they feel have strong
0:18:26 > 0:18:30cases but that they have to treat everyone fairly.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33And Benji's doctors have told his mum he fits that criteria.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37They sent off a really strong application which showed
0:18:37 > 0:18:39why he deserved it.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41We don't understand why there isn't a priority to have that one-off
0:18:41 > 0:18:44spending of this operation in order to avoid lots of future
0:18:44 > 0:18:47spending for Ben.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52Now experts want the rules to be relaxed to allow more people
0:18:52 > 0:18:54to reap the benefits.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58The guidelines were written nearly ten years ago and it's very clear
0:18:58 > 0:19:00from the research evidence both from the UK and overseas
0:19:00 > 0:19:06that there are children with less severe hearing losses
0:19:06 > 0:19:08who would benefit more from a cochlear implant than they do
0:19:08 > 0:19:14from their hearing aids.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16The government is in the process of reviewing the guidelines around
0:19:16 > 0:19:18cochlear implants but Benji's parents worry any change
0:19:18 > 0:19:20will come too late for him.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Paul Murphy Kasp, BBC London News.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25It's been a momentous day for AFC Wimbledon.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27The club founded by fans when the original Wimbledon moved
0:19:27 > 0:19:31to Milton Keynes is a step closer to having its own brand new stadium.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33This morning demolition work began to clear the site that
0:19:33 > 0:19:35will eventually become home to the Dons.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Chris Slegg reports.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Three, two, one...
0:19:39 > 0:19:43When you've waited this long...
0:19:43 > 0:19:49KLAXON SOUNDS.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53What's a few more seconds?
0:19:57 > 0:20:02Dodgy klaxon sorted, demolition could begin.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium is being ripped down
0:20:06 > 0:20:09to be replaced by this, an 11,000-seat stadium for AFC
0:20:09 > 0:20:14Wimbledon with the potential to expand to 25,000 seats.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19It's a massive day, isn't it?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21It turns something from plans on paper and hopes and dreams
0:20:22 > 0:20:23into a piece of physical reality.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25AFC Wimbledon currently play in Kingston but the aim has
0:20:25 > 0:20:29always been to return to their home borough.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Kingsmeadow has been very good for them and it has been part
0:20:33 > 0:20:36and parcel of the club's history now as such.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38But to come to a new stadium, which is a massive thing,
0:20:38 > 0:20:42and their own home, they will own it, they will be able
0:20:42 > 0:20:44to decide everything about it.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47It's taken a long time for anything to happen here.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49AFC Wimbledon got planning permission back in December 2015.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51But five months later the then mayor, Boris Johnson,
0:20:51 > 0:20:55called the plans in.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57That decision was reversed when Siddique Khan took up
0:20:57 > 0:21:01residence at City Hall, even though he had opposed
0:21:01 > 0:21:03the redevelopment when he was the MP for Labour in Tooting.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Now there has been opposition from local residents.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09One of the concerns whether the road network around here can cope
0:21:09 > 0:21:12with 11,000 fans coming to this site every other week.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15We are very confident we can appease those people who have those
0:21:15 > 0:21:18worries about transport, about flooding, about
0:21:18 > 0:21:23the need for more schooling and more GP practices.
0:21:23 > 0:21:29All that was addressed in the tumultuous planning application.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33If all goes to plan, AFC Wimbledon will be
0:21:33 > 0:21:38in their new home in time for the start of the 2019-20 season.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Chris Slegg, BBC London News.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45One of the most famous sights on the Thames
0:21:45 > 0:21:47is celebrating her 80th anniversary this weekend.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50HMS Belfast is one of Britain's most significant surviving World War II
0:21:50 > 0:21:54warships and from tomorrow visitors will be able to take part in special
0:21:54 > 0:22:02activities to mark the anniversary.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05The bottle is broken by determined hand and the new Southampton class
0:22:05 > 0:22:10cruiser slides down the slipway to take her place among Britain's
0:22:10 > 0:22:12rearmament achievement.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15It was launched in Southampton back in 1938.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Built in the shipyards of Northern Ireland,
0:22:17 > 0:22:23the battleship HMS Belfast soon set sail for war.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25As the young man, Fred Wooding from Bedford worked below deck.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29He sailed to the Far East and was there as the Korean War began.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32So we would send up the ammunition by hoist from way down
0:22:32 > 0:22:36in the bowels of the ship.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40You know, and if you hear the guns go off, you would do if the guns go
0:22:40 > 0:22:43off, you just ignored it and carried on with what you're doing.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46You've got a job to do.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50During World War II HMS Belfast escorted the Arctic convoys
0:22:50 > 0:22:53to the Soviet Union and fired some of the first shots
0:22:53 > 0:22:56in the D-Day landings.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59This weekend the ship celebrates its 80th anniversary
0:22:59 > 0:23:03and veterans such as Fred will be meeting the public on board.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06The focus very much is on the men who lived and served
0:23:06 > 0:23:10here and what it was like for them when the ship was mined,
0:23:10 > 0:23:14when she was on the Arctic convoys in the worst journey in the world
0:23:14 > 0:23:18according to Churchill, and at D-Day as well so we're really
0:23:18 > 0:23:21conscious that some of the stories she tells are really difficult.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24And our veterans have very vivid memories of those and that's
0:23:24 > 0:23:27what we try to engage the public with, to bring them into contact
0:23:27 > 0:23:28with those incredible stories.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Most people have served here loved the ship.
0:23:30 > 0:23:38It's something special to them.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40This is very special to me, a very special ship.
0:23:40 > 0:23:46Had hard times on board, had some good times.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49But yes, it was good.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Veterans such as Fred Hope the history of this special ship
0:23:52 > 0:23:54will echo across future generations and the people who sailed
0:23:54 > 0:23:57in it are remembered.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Let's join Ayshea Buksh who's on board the ship this evening.
0:24:05 > 0:24:12Good evening from the main deck of HMS Belfast. The ship was due to be
0:24:12 > 0:24:16scrapped in the 1970s despite that significant active service but
0:24:16 > 0:24:20thankfully it was saved and it is now owned by the Imperial War Museum
0:24:20 > 0:24:26and wannabe curators is here with me. -- one of the curators. Why was
0:24:26 > 0:24:31it so important that the ship was saved?The Imperial War Museum is
0:24:31 > 0:24:35Britain's National music of war and confidence and the museum wanted to
0:24:35 > 0:24:40save a gun turret from the Royal Navy Chris -- cruiser. It would be a
0:24:40 > 0:24:49symbol of the war at sea. During a visit to Portsmouth to see is
0:24:49 > 0:24:54possible ships, the idea was floated at saving an entire ship and Belfast
0:24:54 > 0:24:57was in fantastic condition and a few years later the museum was able to
0:24:57 > 0:25:00open it to the public.It is one of account, how do you hope in the
0:25:00 > 0:25:04future it will be remembered and what is it significant for future
0:25:04 > 0:25:08generations question it is a wonderful time capsule in Maritime
0:25:08 > 0:25:09and world history.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15We think the stories of the group will continue to be a fascinating
0:25:15 > 0:25:20thing as long as Britain remained an island!Many thanks. The veterans
0:25:20 > 0:25:24will be back on board tomorrow morning for a weekend of anniversary
0:25:24 > 0:25:27celebrations. 'Sthank you.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Now with that all important weather forecast here's Phil Avery.
0:25:31 > 0:25:39That is a leader is all change? -- fair to say it is all change?
0:25:41 > 0:25:45There is a bit of a change, I hope you have been able to enjoy the
0:25:45 > 0:25:53taste of spring in the past the birthdays. It was in Blackheath and
0:25:53 > 0:26:00also at Twickenham on the Thames. 14.6 degrees I have been told today
0:26:00 > 0:26:05but look at this. No longer the low pressure dominating, Saturday and
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Sunday it is all the same the easterly drawing in cold air from
0:26:09 > 0:26:16Scandinavia. This is the night, no cloud, that is just the rain which
0:26:16 > 0:26:22eventually becomes snow. Look at the temperatures, we have been around
0:26:22 > 0:26:29its degrees but only up to three degrees. And look at this, that is
0:26:29 > 0:26:33quite a bit of snowfall in the morning on the first part of the
0:26:33 > 0:26:39afternoon. Pretty continuous, up to four centimetres with more on the
0:26:39 > 0:26:43high ground. More showery in the afternoon, those are the maximum
0:26:43 > 0:26:49temperatures. It was 14 degrees today but three degrees tomorrow.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54From mid afternoon onwards there is an amber warning from the Met Office
0:26:54 > 0:26:57for snow and ice in a lot of our area, through Saturday evening and
0:26:57 > 0:27:04into Sunday morning. These are the snow showers and there are more of
0:27:04 > 0:27:08them. A few more centimetres and late in the afternoon I think it is
0:27:08 > 0:27:14all over. It is still bitingly cold but just a bit of brightness coming
0:27:14 > 0:27:18in, the snow showers are probably moved on and coming into the new
0:27:18 > 0:27:24week we will have a slow but sure improvement in the temperatures but
0:27:24 > 0:27:25watch out in the short term.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Thank you.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32That's it.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36I'll be back later during the ten o'clock news, but for now let's
0:27:36 > 0:27:37leave you with a lovely view of HMS Belfast celebrating
0:27:37 > 0:27:38its 80th birthday.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41From everyone on the team, have a lovely evening.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Goodbye.