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coverage for you online and on the BBC News Channel. | :00:00. | :00:13. | |
Welcome to BBC London News - I'm Alpa Patel. | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
After months of engineering work, commuters have been told the job | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
on the track between Gospel Oak and Barking isn't even | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
It's because Network Rail has realised the electricity poles | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
Transport For London say they've only just been told of the news - | :00:28. | :00:32. | |
It has become an all too familiar phrase on our | :00:33. | :00:43. | |
14 miles of track between Barking and Gospel Oak - | :00:44. | :00:58. | |
Closed since June to electrify the route. | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
Network Rail has admitted some of the overhead structures | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
which carry the cables were incorrectly designed. | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
It means more noise and disruption for long-suffering residents. | :01:13. | :01:15. | |
Who have just received a letter saying to expect weekend and some | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
It has been an absolute pain, because they start early morning | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
during the week and the same thing at the weekends, so you are not | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
If you want a lie-in you have no chance. | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
When you are sitting watching TV, all you can feel is the vibration. | :01:37. | :01:49. | |
Network Rail has sincerely apologised to passengers | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
and residents living nearby for the extra disruption, | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
saying it has put in place a robust plan to get this work finished | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
Embarrassing, too, for Transport For London, | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
It says it is talking to Network Rail about compensation | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
but was only made aware of this two weeks ago. | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
It is extraordinary such an important project, | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
to electrify the line, has gone so badly wrong. | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
Transport For London must take some responsibility, | :02:20. | :02:23. | |
because they have not been keeping an eye on this and claim | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
they only found out days ago it was behind schedule. | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
Some services will run during the week from Monday, | :02:30. | :02:31. | |
but rail users face many more months of replacement buses. | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
There's a complete famine of work because there's no investment. | :02:37. | :02:42. | |
Companies get rid of all of their staff, then suddenly | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
the government authorises a load of schemes and basically | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
Network Rail has taken on to keep the government happy more work | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
Network Rail hasn't said how much the extra work will cost. | :02:56. | :03:02. | |
But has promised it will be completed in time for the arrival | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
of a new fleet of electric trains in early 2018. | :03:08. | :03:15. | |
Today, it's been discovered President Trump could visit London | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
And the cost of policing the President's state visit | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
The details were revealed by the outgoing Commissioner | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
of the Met Police - Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe. | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
Though Downing Street hasn't confirmed them. | :03:34. | :03:35. | |
Caroline Davis is outside New Scotland Yard for us now. | :03:36. | :03:43. | |
It's pretty obvious from the comments made today, by the outgoing | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
commissioner, that there is plenty of things going on in New Scotland | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
Yard about President Trump's visit. Of course, it's not just here that | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
people are starting to think about it. We heard the Stop the Trump | :03:56. | :04:01. | |
coalition held a planning meeting today. After the announcement there | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
might be a visit later this year, the number of people who ended up | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
protesting on the streets, if you have more time to mobilise people, | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
the sheer numbers of people that could end up on the streets during | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
that sort of demonstration, so Bernard Hogan-Howe met with our | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
radio presenter on BBC radio London earlier today, to talk about the | :04:22. | :04:23. | |
challenges of that sort of demonstration. | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
The government needs to settle on a date. | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
Although there might be people excited at the moment and feeling | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
very strongly about policy, in six months' time, we do not know, | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
My job is to make sure the state visit takes place safely, | :04:38. | :04:45. | |
we protect President Trump, and we make sure people | :04:46. | :04:48. | |
are facilitated to protest should they wish, and make sure | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
This comes off the back of Sadiq Khan saying he thinks it's important | :04:53. | :05:04. | |
that people are allowed to peacefully protest on that | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
particular visit. But of course, this isn't actually going to be the | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
operation that is Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe will manage. He's the | :05:13. | :05:15. | |
outgoing Commissioner. This is going to be a major challenge for whoever | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
takes over from him. We will find out who the new top dog in charge | :05:21. | :05:23. | |
here will be probably by the end of this month. | :05:24. | :05:27. | |
More now on the government's decision to end the scheme bringing | :05:28. | :05:29. | |
Some councils across London are urging the government | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
to change its mind and not turn their back on | :05:34. | :05:35. | |
It was once home to thousands of people desperate to get to the UK. | :05:36. | :05:42. | |
Last summer, before it was disbanded, a group of council | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
leaders visited the so-called Calais Jungle, to show they were | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
But now the government has said the number of child refugees | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
from Europe will be reduced and the head of one London borough | :05:58. | :05:59. | |
We also offered to take 15 extra Dubs children and I must say | :06:00. | :06:06. | |
You would almost when you look at their actions think they've | :06:07. | :06:13. | |
deliberately tried not to send us the children. | :06:14. | :06:15. | |
200 child refugees came to the UK under the Dubs amendment. | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
At least 60 were resettled by local London authorities. | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
Upon arrival at the government immigration office in Croydon | :06:26. | :06:28. | |
In the crowd was the Bishop of Croydon, who believes | :06:29. | :06:34. | |
the government should rethink its position. | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
London has an extraordinary capacity to absorb new people. | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
As we all know there are huge needs already in London, | :06:44. | :06:46. | |
but the numbers we're talking about under the Dubs amendment, | :06:47. | :06:48. | |
and of course it's a UK wide policy, the numbers we're talking | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
The government says it fears allowing further child refugees | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
could encourage traffickers and see more young migrants attempt | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
We are grateful to the way in which local authorities have | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
stepped up to provide places to those arriving. | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
We will continue to work closely to address capacity needs. | :07:10. | :07:13. | |
Mike Georges believes if allowed, Syrians such as himself can make | :07:14. | :07:16. | |
He now supports a group which matches refugees to host families. | :07:17. | :07:23. | |
There are plenty of people still suffering in Greece | :07:24. | :07:25. | |
and in France and many other places in this cold weather, | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
I'm sure if they arrive here or start their life, | :07:31. | :07:37. | |
it would be good for this country and good for them. | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
The government insists they are not giving up on vulnerable | :07:41. | :07:42. | |
children fleeing conflict, but those working with child | :07:43. | :07:45. | |
refugees believe more than ever extra support is needed. | :07:46. | :07:49. | |
Now Mr Darcy is one of Jane Austen's most recognizable characters. | :07:50. | :07:57. | |
Brought to life of course by Colin Firth in the TV series. | :07:58. | :08:03. | |
But experts at one London University say his appearance | :08:04. | :08:05. | |
He's been called the nation's favourite hunk. | :08:06. | :08:15. | |
And this scene, first broadcast in 1995, was responsible. | :08:16. | :08:18. | |
But what if Mr Darcy from Jane Austen's novel may | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
have been meant to look a bit like this... | :08:23. | :08:25. | |
Well, academics from the University of London think he might have | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
been, and one of them is Professor John | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
What we did was to use historical information as a way | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
of composing a plausible image of Fitzwilliam Darcy - and it sure | :08:39. | :08:46. | |
The academics put together a sort of identikit of what a leading man | :08:47. | :08:52. | |
might have looked like given the fashions and expectations of | :08:53. | :08:55. | |
1813, when the book was published - starting with the head. | :08:56. | :09:02. | |
The hair, hair is terribly important. | :09:03. | :09:05. | |
Perhaps there is a bit of white powder in his hair. | :09:06. | :09:09. | |
We tend to associate large noses with nobility. | :09:10. | :09:15. | |
Is this version of Darcy actually attractive? | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
I speak as a man and I find them rather luscious, yeah! | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
Well, there's only one way to find out, of course. | :09:28. | :09:33. | |
Take this new picture onto the streets of London. | :09:34. | :09:35. | |
And for the new guy, it's not good news. | :09:36. | :09:37. | |
Would you have liked to have seen him walking | :09:38. | :09:45. | |
Colin Firth didn't do it for me, either! | :09:46. | :09:52. | |
And it might be a first for academics at London | :09:53. | :09:54. | |
University as well - a bit of research that almost | :09:55. | :09:56. | |
That's it for now from me, but let's find out what the weather's | :09:57. | :10:06. | |
It's not getting much warmer over the next couple of days. Things | :10:07. | :10:16. | |
today have been pretty cloudy and cold. This was the scene captured by | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
one of our Weather Watchers at the city. Tomorrow, no surprises, more | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
of the same, cloudy and cold. There will be some wintry showers. That's | :10:26. | :10:29. | |
the story through tonight. Lots of cloud, some bits and pieces of light | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
rain and drizzle. Some sleetiness, the odd flake of snow here and | :10:34. | :10:37. | |
there. Temperatures perilously close to freezing. Some icy stretches into | :10:38. | :10:44. | |
tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, it's that cloudy mix of weather with some | :10:45. | :10:47. | |
sleet and maybe some snow flurries in places. It will be rather chilly | :10:48. | :10:51. | |
in the wind, with temperatures of 3-4. Into Saturday I think we will | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
see more showers, but also it will turn a little bit less cold. The | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
showers more likely to be rain and sleet and snow. The outlook, Sunday | :11:00. | :11:00. | |
will turn a bit less cold again. All will turn a bit less cold again. All | :11:01. | :11:03. | |
the way up seven Celsius. At this time of year we can often | :11:04. | :11:15. | |
get the weather stories that reflect the battle between winter and | :11:16. | :11:18. | |
spring, and that's what's been happening in New York in the USA. | :11:19. | :11:23. | |
Yesterday, 17 Celsius, but today, it's been bitterly cold, just a | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
daytime maximum of -2, a significant wind-chill and some significant snow | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
falling as we speak. This was Times Square earlier today. For others, | :11:33. | :11:37. | |
it's been a pretty cold day. Not quite | :11:38. | :11:38. |