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Tonight on BBC London News: | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
Passengers on the District Line
train describe the fireball that | 0:00:05 | 0:00:07 | |
forced them to run for cover
when Ahmed Hassan's home-made bomb | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
exploded seriously injuring 30
people. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:20 | |
Suddenly pandemonium broke out on
the platform. I don't think there | 0:00:20 | 0:00:25 | |
was a loud bang, just the flash and
the flame ball. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
Also tonight, the nursing students
who face giving up on their courses | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
after having their loans stopped. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:32 | |
250 tonnes of mostly plastic,
dragged from the Thames every year. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
And the problem is getting worse. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:41 | |
80 years aboard this
historic warship. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
HMS Belfast prepares
to celebrate a big birthday. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:49 | |
Good evening and welcome
to the programme. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
I'm Victoria Hollins. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
Ahmed Hassan plotted
to cause carnage on a Tube | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
train filled with 93 commuters
on their normal morning journey. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
He left the bomb on board
the District Line train, | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
getting off one stop before Parson's
Green. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
It was there the partial explosion
forced the passengers to run | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
for cover from a fireball that
rolled through the carriage. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:21 | |
Dozens of them suffered
injuries, many in a stampede | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
to escape the scene. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
Our reporter Marc Ashdown is in west
London for us this evening. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:36 | |
It was just an ordinary Friday
morning last September at about | 0:01:38 | 0:01:43 | |
8:20am when a District line train
pummelled into Parsons Green | 0:01:43 | 0:01:48 | |
station, packed with commuters and
schoolchildren. An improvised device | 0:01:48 | 0:01:52 | |
exploded, sending a Flash fire ball
through the carriage. It was what is | 0:01:52 | 0:01:56 | |
known as a bucket bomb, full of bits
of metal and it was only a miracle | 0:01:56 | 0:02:01 | |
that it fails to detonate properly.
30 people were injured but it could | 0:02:01 | 0:02:05 | |
have been much worse. I spoke to one
Londoner who was on board. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:14 | |
As the train stopped, suddenly
pandemonium broke out on the | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
platform. I don't think it was a
loud bang, just the flash and the | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
flame ball, and a crowd of people
charged towards the exit. I had no | 0:02:21 | 0:02:26 | |
idea what was going on. What did you
think? We had had a feud terror | 0:02:26 | 0:02:33 | |
attacks, obviously. The London
Bridge attack had not been that far | 0:02:33 | 0:02:38 | |
before this. My first thought was,
is anyone running around with a | 0:02:38 | 0:02:43 | |
machete or a gun, as at London
Bridge? Where should I go? What | 0:02:43 | 0:02:49 | |
should I do? It became clear fairly
quickly that there was no threat of | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
anything like that. Pretty scary
though. Yes, for the few minutes | 0:02:52 | 0:02:58 | |
before we knew what was going on,
whilst everyone was panicking, | 0:02:58 | 0:03:03 | |
shouting and screaming. People are
getting crushed on the stairway. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
Lots of people were helping each
other, particularly those injured on | 0:03:06 | 0:03:10 | |
the stairs trying to get out of the
platform. People were helping each | 0:03:10 | 0:03:14 | |
other and comforting people. A
neighbour of mine was on the same | 0:03:14 | 0:03:19 | |
train, a scout leader, and his first
reaction was to try to help the | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
people who had been burned and were
panicking. He got a little group of | 0:03:23 | 0:03:29 | |
people on the platform to look after
them. Soon after the incident, | 0:03:29 | 0:03:33 | |
everyone was determined to carry on
as normal. I have been watching the | 0:03:33 | 0:03:37 | |
trial going on. When you get to
Parsons Green and the announcement | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
comes up, Parsons Green, you become
very aware of what happened. What if | 0:03:41 | 0:03:49 | |
it had gone off? All those nuts and
bolts and snails and the amount of | 0:03:49 | 0:03:53 | |
explosive material that was there,
the thought that went into packing | 0:03:53 | 0:03:58 | |
all of that metal around it, a lot
of people could have been badly | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
injured. Has it changed you, or are
you determined to carry on? If we | 0:04:01 | 0:04:08 | |
let ourselves get terrified by what
might happen, you don't get on with | 0:04:08 | 0:04:12 | |
normal life. You have to carry on
and hope that good triumphs over | 0:04:12 | 0:04:18 | |
evil. Joining me is Councillor
Stephen Cowell on, the Labour leader | 0:04:18 | 0:04:27 | |
of Hammersmith & Fulham Council. I
saw you down here on the day, and it | 0:04:27 | 0:04:33 | |
was about London is being resilient
and supporting each other. I was | 0:04:33 | 0:04:36 | |
down here in about 15 minutes and
was encouraged to see the police on | 0:04:36 | 0:04:41 | |
full alert, security services
tracking the suppose it terrorist | 0:04:41 | 0:04:46 | |
and people pulling together. There
were ladies handing out cups of tea. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:51 | |
Later, an Italian restaurant owner
handed out pizza. Shops were handing | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
out water. It was London coming
together and saying, this is not | 0:04:55 | 0:04:59 | |
going to happen to our city. We were
hit by several terror attacks last | 0:04:59 | 0:05:04 | |
summer. You think people are more
vigilant? They have to be vigilant. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:10 | |
But we have shown we have the best
security services in the world. We | 0:05:10 | 0:05:14 | |
are tracking many of these people
and the fact that that attack was | 0:05:14 | 0:05:19 | |
not successful is not just down to
the skill of the security services. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:23 | |
It is also down to the background
work that goes on throughout much of | 0:05:23 | 0:05:28 | |
the time. He was a lone wolf
attacker. We have to be vigilant | 0:05:28 | 0:05:33 | |
every moment of everyday. We have
seen attacks in Brussels, Paris, | 0:05:33 | 0:05:38 | |
Berlin, Boston. What is important is
that society stands strong and faces | 0:05:38 | 0:05:43 | |
down these terrorists and says, we
are not going to let them change our | 0:05:43 | 0:05:48 | |
saw the way we live. That is what
you saw last September, when the | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
terrorists thought they could change
our lives. They didn't, because we | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
are better than that. The message is
that security services are doing all | 0:05:55 | 0:06:00 | |
they can to keep the city safe but
each of us needs to be vigilant. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:05 | |
Lots more to come including: | 0:06:05 | 0:06:06 | |
A new insight into our ancient past,
thanks to preparations | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
for a tunnel on HS2. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
Hundreds of nursing
students have been told | 0:06:19 | 0:06:21 | |
not to expect any more payments
from the Student Loan Company | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
for the rest of the year,
after the company claims | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
it overpaid them. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
Some students say they might not be
able to continue their studies, | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
and will be left struggling to pay
bills and rent. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
Many had queried their initial
payments earlier in the year | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
and been told there
wasn't a problem. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
Charlotte Franks reports. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:43 | |
They are on the front
line of our hospitals, | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
caring for the sick and injured. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:47 | |
It's a profession that can be
rewarding and pressured, | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
and in London the low salary can be
a struggle, with the | 0:06:49 | 0:06:53 | |
high cost of living. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:53 | |
Despite this, students
like Emma have still chosen | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
to train as a nurse. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:58 | |
I love the interaction and I find it
enjoyable to work with such | 0:06:58 | 0:07:02 | |
a variety of people. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
I knew I would get the NHS bursary
and receive payments | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
from Student Finance England,
so that is what I have | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
been relying on. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:12 | |
But she and as many as 800 other
nursing students in London will stop | 0:07:12 | 0:07:16 | |
receiving their student loan
following an overpayment error | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
by the organisation. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:21 | |
There was a moment of panic
where I was not sure if I would be | 0:07:21 | 0:07:26 | |
able to continue the course. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:30 | |
If I can't afford my rent,
I can't stay in London. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
It was really scary to even be
thinking that this far | 0:07:33 | 0:07:35 | |
into my degree I might have
to defer, or quit. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:39 | |
Many students say they questioned
the overpayment at the time | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
but were given assurances
the sums were correct. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:47 | |
The Royal College of Nursing say
they have spoken to the student | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
loans company who have confirmed
they have known about this | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
mistake since January. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
We are calling for these
overpayments to be written off | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
with immediate effect. | 0:07:58 | 0:07:59 | |
It is through no fault of their own. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
They were told they had
nothing to worry about. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
We are asking for the debt
to be written off. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:06 | |
Some students have said
they will have to put the course | 0:08:06 | 0:08:13 | |
Some students have said
they will have to quit the course | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
if this is not resolved. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:17 | |
This is not the first time
the student loans company has been | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
the focus of media scrutiny. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:21 | |
In the past, it has had to deal
with failed payments, | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
bailing students out and claims
the firm was near meltdown. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:30 | |
This body is responsible
for handing | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
billions of pounds of public money. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:34 | |
The fact that the people being hit
by this are a key part of our NHS. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
We don't need an incompetent
administration system demanding | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
they pay back money they should not
have been given in the first place. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:43 | |
The company told us
they are investigating how the error | 0:08:43 | 0:08:45 | |
occurred but they have refused
to write off the payments. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:50 | |
The concern is that at a time
when London is facing | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
a severe nursing shortage,
there could be hundreds of students | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
who might not qualify
because they can't afford to. | 0:08:55 | 0:09:05 | |
We asked the Department for
Education for comment but have not | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
received a response. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:13 | |
Two days ago the
government's so called | 0:09:13 | 0:09:15 | |
Integration Strategy told us
learning English was the key | 0:09:15 | 0:09:17 | |
to people getting on better. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:18 | |
Today, a new plan from the Mayor. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
Yes, he says, language is important,
but building better communities | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
is about much more than that. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
Here's Karl Mercer. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:29 | |
At this age, you are not worried
about much more than your next toy, | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
maybe your next friend,
and maybe just a little bit | 0:09:32 | 0:09:34 | |
about performing for the cameras. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
And then the Mayor comes
along with a plan. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
Hello, what's your name? | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
You're the same height as me,
so can I have a photograph with you? | 0:09:42 | 0:09:46 | |
The Mayor chose this mother
and baby club in Camberwell | 0:09:46 | 0:09:49 | |
to launch his so-called
Social Integration Strategy. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
He wants more of this sort of thing,
where people of all classes, | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
races and ages can meet,
where friendships can be formed. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:59 | |
This is the group that
made me feel complete, | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
because it's a place that I can go
when I need it, and I know | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
they will help each other. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
And I found friends there. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:10 | |
A lot of the children are the same
age, so we are doing similar things, | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
so it brings us together and it's
a really diverse group. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
It's literally opened up the world
of Camberwell mums to us, | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
that we wouldn't have met otherwise. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:25 | |
But the Mayor's integration strategy
is launched just two days | 0:10:25 | 0:10:27 | |
after central government
launched their own one | 0:10:27 | 0:10:29 | |
with slightly different emphasis. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
There is a responsibility on us
to be active citizens. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
There is a responsibility on us
to learn the language | 0:10:35 | 0:10:37 | |
so we can talk to each other,
apply for a decent job, but also | 0:10:37 | 0:10:40 | |
to get to know our neighbours. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:42 | |
And one of the things that
worries me is the isolation | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
and loneliness many Londoners feel,
particularly older Londoners. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
We've got to find ways to bridge
the divide between older | 0:10:48 | 0:10:50 | |
and younger Londoners,
between Londoners from different | 0:10:50 | 0:10:51 | |
economic backgrounds,
different ethnicities. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:58 | |
It's very important for me
that my children feel that they can | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
have friends from all over. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
So it's very, very important in this
society now for our children to be | 0:11:04 | 0:11:08 | |
able to relate to one another,
and to know that those | 0:11:08 | 0:11:14 | |
differences cannot prevent us
from working together | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
and building better communities. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:20 | |
The Mayor's plan comes
with a lot of good intention | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
but a relatively small pot of money. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:24 | |
It's a lot to do with encouraging
more stuff like this rather | 0:11:24 | 0:11:27 | |
than actually paying for it. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:35 | |
The long-standing Mayor of Newham
has been defeated in a leadership | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
battle for the Labour Party
in the east London borough. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
Sir Robin Wales had been in the role
for more than 20 years | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
but faced opposition
from within his own party. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:47 | |
He'll be replaced as Labour's
candidate for elected mayor | 0:11:47 | 0:11:49 | |
by councillor Rokhsana Fiaz. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:58 | |
Every year 250 tonnes of mostly
plastic is pulled out | 0:11:58 | 0:12:01 | |
of the river Thames. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:01 | |
The Port of London Authority says
the issue of plastic bottles | 0:12:01 | 0:12:04 | |
in particular ending up
in the Thames is getting | 0:12:04 | 0:12:06 | |
worse year on year. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:07 | |
And it's now having
an impact on marine life. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
Here's our Environment
Correspondent Tom Edwards. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:19 | |
Scooped out of the Thames. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:22 | |
This is the type of rubbish they
regularly pull out of the river. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
The majority of the debris is now
disposable plastic bottles. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:29 | |
They still call this
the drift wood service, | 0:12:36 | 0:12:38 | |
they used to mainly pull
floating wood out. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:40 | |
Now the main problem
causing their collectors is plastic. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:42 | |
You can see from the actual
surface of the water, | 0:12:42 | 0:12:44 | |
mainly the plastic bottles
of various type, bits of straw, | 0:12:44 | 0:12:47 | |
plastic cups, and also
bits of plastic bag. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:52 | |
Tania works for the port
of London authority. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
She says the amount of plastic
is increasing and it | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
will have an impact on marine life
in the Thames, the estuary | 0:12:58 | 0:13:03 | |
and the North Sea. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:08 | |
There is a lot of concern around it
being in the sediment | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
and what animals are feeding on. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:12 | |
We are starting to see
through studies that some | 0:13:12 | 0:13:15 | |
of the crabs and fish are starting
to eat it and it is | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
filling their stomachs
so they are not able to feed. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
We are working with academics along
the Thames as to how that | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
transfers into the fish,
birds and mammals so we have | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
more seals and porpoises
using the Thames, how that | 0:13:28 | 0:13:30 | |
might affect then. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:37 | |
might affect them. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:38 | |
Most of the plastic that
finds its away in has | 0:13:38 | 0:13:40 | |
been used only once. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:41 | |
Some is dumped. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:42 | |
Other smaller bits come
through the sewage system. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:48 | |
The experts have measured how
many plastic bottles | 0:13:48 | 0:13:53 | |
are going in to collections
and it is about 15 every hour. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:56 | |
They pull out about 250 tonnes
of waste every year. | 0:13:56 | 0:13:58 | |
And that is just a fraction
what goes into the river. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
These tiny white spots
are polystyrene that has | 0:14:01 | 0:14:03 | |
broken down in the river. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:07 | |
This is a snail that more typically
would live in the upper ends | 0:14:07 | 0:14:11 | |
of the tidal Thames so Teddington
way, and that is obviously been | 0:14:11 | 0:14:17 | |
disturbed and brought down this far,
scooped up and caught up | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
in the debris but also
on the pieces of plastic. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
Now the authorities want
people to think much more | 0:14:24 | 0:14:26 | |
about using plastic. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
And crucially, how
they get rid of it. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:34 | |
It's difficult to imagine
what the earth would have been | 0:14:34 | 0:14:37 | |
like 56 million years ago. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
Dinosaurs were extinct,
the UK was tropical and the land | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
where London sits was under a sea. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:44 | |
But now, a new discovery made
while preparing to dig tunnels | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
for the high speed train link HS2
might give us a totally new insight | 0:14:47 | 0:14:51 | |
into how our island used to look. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
Caroline Davies reports. | 0:14:53 | 0:15:03 | |
These are some of the creatures that
stalked the earth millions of years | 0:15:03 | 0:15:08 | |
ago, but they weren't only in what
became Africa or America. Some might | 0:15:08 | 0:15:14 | |
have been in Ruislip. Until now,
scientists knew that millions of | 0:15:14 | 0:15:18 | |
years ago a subtropical sea covered
much of the south of England. They | 0:15:18 | 0:15:23 | |
didn't know where it stopped. But a
discovery made 33 metres below my | 0:15:23 | 0:15:27 | |
feet might help give them a clue.
Before digging the tunnels, the team | 0:15:27 | 0:15:32 | |
behind HS2 have been drilling holes
to see what lies beneath. They were | 0:15:32 | 0:15:37 | |
expecting to find gravel but instead
they found a layer of rare mud. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:41 | |
Geologists think this was the edge
of a prehistoric coastline, | 0:15:41 | 0:15:46 | |
surrounded by dense wooded marsh.
They have called it the Ruislip bed. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:51 | |
As a geologist it is very exciting,
because every new piece of | 0:15:51 | 0:15:56 | |
information helps to recreate an
environment that we only have bits | 0:15:56 | 0:15:58 | |
of. The HS2 team have been gathering
evidence about Britain's Earth along | 0:15:58 | 0:16:05 | |
their route. The North halt tunnel
is due to go through this land. The | 0:16:05 | 0:16:09 | |
team say it will not hold up
construction, but should they be | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
drilling through it? You are going
to drill a great big hole in this. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:17 | |
Are you not going to damage it? We
will only be taking away a small | 0:16:17 | 0:16:22 | |
chunk of material out of quite a
large expanse. It will not | 0:16:22 | 0:16:27 | |
irreparably damage it. Bees lived in
the subtropical sea that covered | 0:16:27 | 0:16:31 | |
southern England. Doctor John Todd
is an expert on this period. He says | 0:16:31 | 0:16:38 | |
studying something about the world
56 million years ago has more | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
important than we might think. It
was a time of rapid climate change, | 0:16:41 | 0:16:46 | |
similar to what is occurring now. If
we can understand the response to | 0:16:46 | 0:16:51 | |
that rapid rise in temperature, we
can predict what will happen on | 0:16:51 | 0:16:55 | |
earth in the future. Scientists hope
that this patch of mud will make | 0:16:55 | 0:16:59 | |
this period a little clearer. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:04 | |
The family of a young boy
from Carshalton say they need | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
to find £80,000 to fund treatment
before he loses his | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
hearing altogether. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:11 | |
Benji Wayne needs cochlear
implants, but the NHS | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
won't fund it because it says
the three-year-old doesn't qualify. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
Paul Murphy Kasp has the story. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
Benji runs around like any other
three-year-old but since six weeks | 0:17:22 | 0:17:26 | |
old he has worn hearing aids
because of a genetic | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
condition called Connexin 26. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:30 | |
He is completely deaf
in his right ear and the hearing | 0:17:30 | 0:17:32 | |
in his left ear is failing. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
His doctors decided he needed
cochlear implants to be able to hear | 0:17:35 | 0:17:38 | |
properly but while he still has
limited hearing, the NHS | 0:17:38 | 0:17:42 | |
won't pay for them. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:45 | |
We're so incredibly frustrated. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
Some families don't decide
to implant their child | 0:17:48 | 0:17:52 | |
and that's absolutely fine,
but we feel, because of the expert | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
advice we've got from the brilliant
Implant Centre, that that | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
would give him the best chance
of acquiring language | 0:17:57 | 0:17:59 | |
which we feel he deserves. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:01 | |
With Benji unable to talk properly,
his family have been | 0:18:01 | 0:18:03 | |
learning sign language
to try to communicate with him. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
The NHS told his mother he won't be
eligible for cochlear implants | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
until he's completely deaf
and now his parents fear that | 0:18:09 | 0:18:11 | |
by the time he gets them,
the ongoing support would end up | 0:18:11 | 0:18:14 | |
costing the taxpayer more. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
NHS England say they fund cochlear
implants for patients who need it | 0:18:17 | 0:18:20 | |
most based on government funding
however they said that doctors can | 0:18:20 | 0:18:22 | |
apply for individual funding
for those they feel have strong | 0:18:22 | 0:18:26 | |
cases but that they have
to treat everyone fairly. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:30 | |
And Benji's doctors have
told his mum he fits that criteria. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
They sent off a really strong
application which showed | 0:18:33 | 0:18:37 | |
why he deserved it. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
We don't understand why there isn't
a priority to have that one-off | 0:18:39 | 0:18:41 | |
spending of this operation in order
to avoid lots of future | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
spending for Ben. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
Now experts want the rules to be
relaxed to allow more people | 0:18:47 | 0:18:52 | |
to reap the benefits. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:54 | |
The guidelines were written nearly
ten years ago and it's very clear | 0:18:54 | 0:18:58 | |
from the research evidence both
from the UK and overseas | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
that there are children with less
severe hearing losses | 0:19:00 | 0:19:06 | |
who would benefit more
from a cochlear implant than they do | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
from their hearing aids. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:14 | |
The government is in the process
of reviewing the guidelines around | 0:19:14 | 0:19:16 | |
cochlear implants but Benji's
parents worry any change | 0:19:16 | 0:19:18 | |
will come too late for him. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
Paul Murphy Kasp, BBC London News. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:21 | |
It's been a momentous
day for AFC Wimbledon. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
The club founded by fans
when the original Wimbledon moved | 0:19:25 | 0:19:27 | |
to Milton Keynes is a step closer
to having its own brand new stadium. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:31 | |
This morning demolition work began
to clear the site that | 0:19:31 | 0:19:33 | |
will eventually become home
to the Dons. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:35 | |
Chris Slegg reports. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
Three, two, one... | 0:19:38 | 0:19:39 | |
When you've waited this long... | 0:19:39 | 0:19:43 | |
KLAXON SOUNDS. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:49 | |
What's a few more seconds? | 0:19:49 | 0:19:53 | |
Dodgy klaxon sorted,
demolition could begin. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:02 | |
Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium
is being ripped down | 0:20:02 | 0:20:06 | |
to be replaced by this,
an 11,000-seat stadium for AFC | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
Wimbledon with the potential
to expand to 25,000 seats. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:14 | |
It's a massive day, isn't it? | 0:20:14 | 0:20:19 | |
It turns something from plans
on paper and hopes and dreams | 0:20:19 | 0:20:21 | |
into a piece of physical reality. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:23 | |
AFC Wimbledon currently play
in Kingston but the aim has | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
always been to return
to their home borough. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:29 | |
Kingsmeadow has been very good
for them and it has been part | 0:20:29 | 0:20:33 | |
and parcel of the club's history
now as such. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
But to come to a new stadium,
which is a massive thing, | 0:20:36 | 0:20:38 | |
and their own home,
they will own it, they will be able | 0:20:38 | 0:20:42 | |
to decide everything about it. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
It's taken a long time
for anything to happen here. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
AFC Wimbledon got planning
permission back in December 2015. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:49 | |
But five months later the then
mayor, Boris Johnson, | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
called the plans in. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:55 | |
That decision was reversed
when Siddique Khan took up | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
residence at City Hall,
even though he had opposed | 0:20:57 | 0:21:01 | |
the redevelopment when he was the MP
for Labour in Tooting. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
Now there has been opposition
from local residents. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
One of the concerns whether the road
network around here can cope | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
with 11,000 fans coming to this site
every other week. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
We are very confident we can appease
those people who have those | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
worries about transport,
about flooding, about | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
the need for more schooling
and more GP practices. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:23 | |
All that was addressed in
the tumultuous planning application. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:29 | |
If all goes to plan,
AFC Wimbledon will be | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
in their new home in time
for the start of the 2019-20 season. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:38 | |
Chris Slegg, BBC London News. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:42 | |
One of the most famous
sights on the Thames | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
is celebrating her 80th
anniversary this weekend. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:47 | |
HMS Belfast is one of Britain's most
significant surviving World War II | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
warships and from tomorrow visitors
will be able to take part in special | 0:21:50 | 0:21:54 | |
activities to mark the anniversary. | 0:21:54 | 0:22:02 | |
The bottle is broken by determined
hand and the new Southampton class | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
cruiser slides down the slipway
to take her place among Britain's | 0:22:05 | 0:22:10 | |
rearmament achievement. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:12 | |
It was launched in
Southampton back in 1938. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
Built in the shipyards
of Northern Ireland, | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
the battleship HMS Belfast soon set
sail for war. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:23 | |
As the young man, Fred Wooding
from Bedford worked below deck. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:25 | |
He sailed to the Far East and was
there as the Korean War began. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:29 | |
So we would send up the ammunition
by hoist from way down | 0:22:29 | 0:22:32 | |
in the bowels of the ship. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:36 | |
You know, and if you hear the guns
go off, you would do if the guns go | 0:22:36 | 0:22:40 | |
off, you just ignored it and carried
on with what you're doing. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:43 | |
You've got a job to do. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
During World War II HMS Belfast
escorted the Arctic convoys | 0:22:46 | 0:22:50 | |
to the Soviet Union and fired some
of the first shots | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
in the D-Day landings. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:56 | |
This weekend the ship
celebrates its 80th anniversary | 0:22:56 | 0:22:59 | |
and veterans such as Fred will be
meeting the public on board. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:03 | |
The focus very much is on the men
who lived and served | 0:23:03 | 0:23:06 | |
here and what it was like for them
when the ship was mined, | 0:23:06 | 0:23:10 | |
when she was on the Arctic convoys
in the worst journey in the world | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
according to Churchill,
and at D-Day as well so we're really | 0:23:14 | 0:23:18 | |
conscious that some of the stories
she tells are really difficult. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:21 | |
And our veterans have very vivid
memories of those and that's | 0:23:21 | 0:23:24 | |
what we try to engage the public
with, to bring them into contact | 0:23:24 | 0:23:27 | |
with those incredible stories. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:28 | |
Most people have served
here loved the ship. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
It's something special to them. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:38 | |
This is very special to me,
a very special ship. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:40 | |
Had hard times on board,
had some good times. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:46 | |
But yes, it was good. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
Veterans such as Fred Hope
the history of this special ship | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
will echo across future generations
and the people who sailed | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
in it are remembered. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
Let's join Ayshea Buksh who's
on board the ship this evening. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:01 | |
Good evening from the main deck of
HMS Belfast. The ship was due to be | 0:24:05 | 0:24:12 | |
scrapped in the 1970s despite that
significant active service but | 0:24:12 | 0:24:16 | |
thankfully it was saved and it is
now owned by the Imperial War Museum | 0:24:16 | 0:24:20 | |
and wannabe curators is here with
me. -- one of the curators. Why was | 0:24:20 | 0:24:26 | |
it so important that the ship was
saved? The Imperial War Museum is | 0:24:26 | 0:24:31 | |
Britain's National music of war and
confidence and the museum wanted to | 0:24:31 | 0:24:35 | |
save a gun turret from the Royal
Navy Chris -- cruiser. It would be a | 0:24:35 | 0:24:40 | |
symbol of the war at sea. During a
visit to Portsmouth to see is | 0:24:40 | 0:24:49 | |
possible ships, the idea was floated
at saving an entire ship and Belfast | 0:24:49 | 0:24:54 | |
was in fantastic condition and a few
years later the museum was able to | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
open it to the public. It is one of
account, how do you hope in the | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
future it will be remembered and
what is it significant for future | 0:25:00 | 0:25:04 | |
generations question it is a
wonderful time capsule in Maritime | 0:25:04 | 0:25:08 | |
and world history. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:09 | |
We think the stories of the group
will continue to be a fascinating | 0:25:11 | 0:25:15 | |
thing as long as Britain remained an
island! Many thanks. The veterans | 0:25:15 | 0:25:20 | |
will be back on board tomorrow
morning for a weekend of anniversary | 0:25:20 | 0:25:24 | |
celebrations. 'S thank you. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:27 | |
Now with that all important weather
forecast here's Phil Avery. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
That is a leader is all change? --
fair to say it is all change? | 0:25:31 | 0:25:39 | |
There is a bit of a change, I hope
you have been able to enjoy the | 0:25:41 | 0:25:45 | |
taste of spring in the past the
birthdays. It was in Blackheath and | 0:25:45 | 0:25:53 | |
also at Twickenham on the Thames.
14.6 degrees I have been told today | 0:25:53 | 0:26:00 | |
but look at this. No longer the low
pressure dominating, Saturday and | 0:26:00 | 0:26:05 | |
Sunday it is all the same the
easterly drawing in cold air from | 0:26:05 | 0:26:09 | |
Scandinavia. This is the night, no
cloud, that is just the rain which | 0:26:09 | 0:26:16 | |
eventually becomes snow. Look at the
temperatures, we have been around | 0:26:16 | 0:26:22 | |
its degrees but only up to three
degrees. And look at this, that is | 0:26:22 | 0:26:29 | |
quite a bit of snowfall in the
morning on the first part of the | 0:26:29 | 0:26:33 | |
afternoon. Pretty continuous, up to
four centimetres with more on the | 0:26:33 | 0:26:39 | |
high ground. More showery in the
afternoon, those are the maximum | 0:26:39 | 0:26:43 | |
temperatures. It was 14 degrees
today but three degrees tomorrow. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:49 | |
From mid afternoon onwards there is
an amber warning from the Met Office | 0:26:49 | 0:26:54 | |
for snow and ice in a lot of our
area, through Saturday evening and | 0:26:54 | 0:26:57 | |
into Sunday morning. These are the
snow showers and there are more of | 0:26:57 | 0:27:04 | |
them. A few more centimetres and
late in the afternoon I think it is | 0:27:04 | 0:27:08 | |
all over. It is still bitingly cold
but just a bit of brightness coming | 0:27:08 | 0:27:14 | |
in, the snow showers are probably
moved on and coming into the new | 0:27:14 | 0:27:18 | |
week we will have a slow but sure
improvement in the temperatures but | 0:27:18 | 0:27:24 | |
watch out in the short term. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:25 | |
Thank you. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
That's it. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
I'll be back later during the ten
o'clock news, but for now let's | 0:27:32 | 0:27:36 | |
leave you with a lovely view of HMS
Belfast celebrating | 0:27:36 | 0:27:37 | |
its 80th birthday. | 0:27:37 | 0:27:38 | |
From everyone on the team,
have a lovely evening. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:41 | |
Goodbye. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:43 |