:00:00. > :00:12.here on BBC One we can now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:13. > :00:15.Good evening and welcome to BBC London News.
:00:16. > :00:20.New figures released by City Hall show that hundreds of people
:00:21. > :00:24.sleeping rough on the streets are former servicemen.
:00:25. > :00:26.The Mayor has pledged to help them, saying he'll spend an additional
:00:27. > :00:38.It's just a week since this former serviceman walked into this hostel.
:00:39. > :00:44.After a year of sleeping rough in London.
:00:45. > :00:51.He asked us to hide his identity to protect his family.
:00:52. > :00:57.He says there are many more like him.
:00:58. > :00:59.Without the structure of the military, life
:01:00. > :01:04.I could take you to Westminster now and show you ten or 12 that I know
:01:05. > :01:07.He thought because he was a former serviceman,
:01:08. > :01:10.he would get more help in London but what he found instead
:01:11. > :01:12.was that he was sent to the back of the queue.
:01:13. > :01:14.I went into Westminster county council
:01:15. > :01:16.offices and basically I was told, you can get
:01:17. > :01:28.but if you're a single man with no addictions, you're looking
:01:29. > :01:30.at a 20 year wait on the
:01:31. > :01:33.In the last eight years, the number of people sleeping
:01:34. > :01:35.rough in London has doubled and the proportion
:01:36. > :01:46.This hostel alone has 155 people currently staying here.
:01:47. > :01:50.The mayor has said ?4.2 million is to be spent directly
:01:51. > :01:54.2 million will go to help 350 regular rough sleepers, 1.9
:01:55. > :01:59.million will help recent rough sleepers, and ?340,000 will go
:02:00. > :02:01.towards a so-called pan-London clearing house.
:02:02. > :02:04.We are bringing together all the different players,
:02:05. > :02:09.whether that is councils, voluntary sector, homeless charities and
:02:10. > :02:11.central government and other agencies, to work out how best to
:02:12. > :02:20.help the different kinds of people who end up rough sleeping.
:02:21. > :02:26.Neil is a former soldier who has also slept rough.
:02:27. > :02:28.Now he works bringing ex-military off the streets.
:02:29. > :02:32.It is not going anywhere near far enough to
:02:33. > :02:39.help eradicate the problem that there is in London.
:02:40. > :02:41.First, to give people security of homes, there
:02:42. > :02:44.Just yesterday, a man sleeping rough behind
:02:45. > :02:47.Trafalgar Square was the
:02:48. > :02:51.The mayor said in one of the wealthiest cities on
:02:52. > :02:53.earth, homelessness is a source of shame.
:02:54. > :02:55.Two 17-year-old boys have died after a crash in Leigh
:02:56. > :02:57.on Sea after being pursued by a police patrol car.
:02:58. > :02:59.The Independent Police Complaints Commission is now
:03:00. > :03:05.Two other teenagers in the car who were injured have been arrested.
:03:06. > :03:08.Talks aimed at averting a 24-hour strike on London Underground broke
:03:09. > :03:14.Members of the RMT and TSSA unions are set to walk out on January 8th,
:03:15. > :03:16.next Sunday, in a long-running dispute over job losses
:03:17. > :03:20.Further talks are now planned for next Wednesday after tube
:03:21. > :03:25.managers said they needed more time before putting a new deal forward.
:03:26. > :03:27.Families left homeless after a fire ripped through their west London
:03:28. > :03:33.The blaze, in August, was caused by a faulty
:03:34. > :03:40.It was back in August when the DeFreitas family's
:03:41. > :03:44.A London Fire Brigade investigation concluded it was sparked
:03:45. > :03:50.The company behind the tumble dryer, Whirlpool, say they are still
:03:51. > :03:55.Meanwhile, the family are still living in temporary accommodation,
:03:56. > :04:04.It's been months and it's been very frustrating, you know.
:04:05. > :04:07.Your world has been turned upside down, in a sense,
:04:08. > :04:14.Of the 27 households who had to move out, 17 are now back in.
:04:15. > :04:16.Chantelle was home in time for Christmas, but still
:04:17. > :04:21.We had to sort of pay to purchase clothes and stuff.
:04:22. > :04:24.We weren't allowed home for six weeks to get anything.
:04:25. > :04:29.But nobody wants to take responsibility for that.
:04:30. > :04:32.Whirlpool says its thoughts are with all those affected.
:04:33. > :04:34.It has identified tumble-dryer models which need repairs
:04:35. > :04:37.and may pose a fire risk, but it has told its customers
:04:38. > :04:40.they can continue to use them, as long as they are not left
:04:41. > :04:43.But the solicitors representing the tenants affected by
:04:44. > :04:47.The concept that people have to stay with their tumble dryers in order
:04:48. > :04:52.for them to be safe whilst in use is pretty ludicrous.
:04:53. > :04:55.I don't think anyone would consider that that's acceptable.
:04:56. > :04:57.You know, the obligation is on manufacturers to get
:04:58. > :05:03.Consumers are buying products and they expect them to be safe.
:05:04. > :05:08.That is an obligation that manufacturers have in law.
:05:09. > :05:13.This is one of the machines that has been on the affected list.
:05:14. > :05:15.The London Fire Brigade has also warned people against using models
:05:16. > :05:23.They say this could have been much worse than people
:05:24. > :05:30.Let's have a look at the weather now with Tomasz Schafernaker.
:05:31. > :05:34.Watch out for the fog tonight, or tomorrow morning for most of us
:05:35. > :05:38.It could be very dense, particularly outside of London,
:05:39. > :05:41.but even in central areas, it could be dense.
:05:42. > :05:45.You might have to scrape that windscreen first thing.
:05:46. > :05:51.This time of year when the fog forms, sometimes it doesn't
:05:52. > :05:54.want to shift and if it sticks around all day,
:05:55. > :06:00.Temperatures will be two or three degrees above freezing
:06:01. > :06:03.By the Thames, it should be around 6 degrees.
:06:04. > :06:06.I don't think the fog is going to stick around.
:06:07. > :06:13.Friday, there could be fog in the morning.
:06:14. > :06:15.Later in the afternoon, that fog should disperse and then
:06:16. > :06:18.we are left with cloud and if we are lucky,
:06:19. > :06:23.We'll be back tomorrow morning in Breakfast.
:06:24. > :06:46.As we have seen today, the weather can be a thing of real beauty, but
:06:47. > :06:51.also a real menace. Lovely shot taken this afternoon in Berkshire,
:06:52. > :06:56.the sun lighting up the hillsides, with dense fog. And that fog is
:06:57. > :07:03.dangerous. It is becoming up right now, with warnings out from the Met
:07:04. > :07:07.Office. -- it is thickening right now. Not a pretty sight across
:07:08. > :07:14.England, East Wales tomorrow morning. Dense patches of freezing
:07:15. > :07:19.fog. Nor for all. Slippery surfaces. Take it easy on the roads. In the
:07:20. > :07:23.far north of England, and Scotland and Northern Ireland, not so chilly.
:07:24. > :07:27.And some drizzly rain across the Western Highlands and the islands.
:07:28. > :07:31.These continued through the day on a brisk wind. Elsewhere, the winds
:07:32. > :07:34.will be liked and that is the problem, because there was no wind
:07:35. > :07:37.to shift that fog. Where do you have got fog, it could stick around for
:07:38. > :07:38.much of that of. In