:00:10. > :00:17.I'm Asad Ahmad. for the news where you are.
:00:18. > :00:21.A man has died in an explosion at a construction site in north London.
:00:22. > :00:23.It happened in Highgate this afternoon - at a former petrol
:00:24. > :00:25.station which was having its underground tanks removed.
:00:26. > :00:27.Dan Freedman is there to tell us more.
:00:28. > :00:38.You can see the police are still on the scene this evening, we expect
:00:39. > :00:42.the Health and Safety Executive to begin their investigation here first
:00:43. > :00:45.thing tomorrow morning. This is a very expensive part of north London,
:00:46. > :00:49.locals say they love living here because of its proximity to Hamstead
:00:50. > :00:53.Heath and the tranquillity it affords them. Not today.
:00:54. > :00:56.At just after two o'clock this afternoon in this quiet part of
:00:57. > :00:58.north London, residents felt an earthshaking boom.
:00:59. > :01:01.I was in the garden and I just heard a massive
:01:02. > :01:03.explosion and I could feel it almost in my fingers.
:01:04. > :01:06.Yeah, I didn't see anything but I ran out here to the
:01:07. > :01:09.balcony where I could have a look and I couldn't see anything
:01:10. > :01:10.particularly that happened, but I must
:01:11. > :01:12.say my first thought was that
:01:13. > :01:16.Emergency services, including air ambulance,
:01:17. > :01:19.rushed to the scene and took a man in his 50s to hospital with
:01:20. > :01:23.After what has been described as an industrial incident.
:01:24. > :01:25.The site itself was a former petrol station being
:01:26. > :01:35.Local Green party councillor Sian Berry told the BBC its previous use
:01:36. > :01:38.could give some clue as to the cause of the explosion.
:01:39. > :01:41.We know that this is a big shock to everyone in
:01:42. > :01:44.The site itself is being redeveloped, and we've known about
:01:45. > :01:47.It's an old site where there are fuel tanks
:01:48. > :01:52.There is no conclusion coming out yet from the
:01:53. > :02:01.fire brigade or Health and Safety Executive.
:02:02. > :02:04.It seems like the work that was going on was the removal of
:02:05. > :02:07.the fuel tanks but it could have been some other operation that
:02:08. > :02:11.There have been no arrests but police say their investigation
:02:12. > :02:18.is ongoing and that the Health and Safety Executive has been informed.
:02:19. > :02:25.Police have confirmed the man in his 50s as sadly died in hospital on the
:02:26. > :02:30.BBC has the minutes of a meeting held ago between consent residents
:02:31. > :02:33.and the development company where safety concerns were raised about
:02:34. > :02:36.the site and the residents were told by the development company there was
:02:37. > :02:41.no indication of any hazardous material on the site behind us and
:02:42. > :02:42.that they had a safety plan in place to deal with those underground
:02:43. > :02:46.tanks. Police are warning people to look
:02:47. > :02:48.out for tiny cameras which are being used by fraudsters
:02:49. > :02:53.to capture pin numbers. The cameras are no bigger
:02:54. > :02:56.than a pinhead and are often positioned either above the screen
:02:57. > :03:00.or facing the pinpad. They've been spotted at four cash
:03:01. > :03:02.machines in central London - It's nearly 7 months to the day
:03:03. > :03:07.since the first night tube started. Great news for many
:03:08. > :03:12.travelling late at weekends - but it's also effected the health
:03:13. > :03:15.and well-being of some people living near the tracks,
:03:16. > :03:17.who don't get a break Emma North has been
:03:18. > :03:23.listening to the problem. A service every 15 minutes at
:03:24. > :03:26.weekends and a promise to transform Some say the night tube
:03:27. > :03:31.has ruined theirs. In Ian Kitson's house
:03:32. > :03:33.above the Jubilee line we are using an app
:03:34. > :03:35.to get a rough idea of how
:03:36. > :03:38.loud the tube is under We've moved out because
:03:39. > :03:49.I'm not prepared... There you go, that
:03:50. > :03:51.spiked at 51 decibel. Above the Victoria line,
:03:52. > :03:58.Luce can't afford to move out. I feel exhausted, I faint, I've
:03:59. > :04:01.developed twitches, I can't hear It's very difficult
:04:02. > :04:19.to function in normal The world health organisation says
:04:20. > :04:32.at night the sound around us shouldn't measure more
:04:33. > :04:33.than 35 decibels. Londoners who came to City Hall
:04:34. > :04:36.today told of levels Now we've got the world
:04:37. > :04:40.health organisation. We treat each complaint
:04:41. > :04:43.individually and we will look for an engineering solution
:04:44. > :04:45.to address that complaint. The underground rumblings
:04:46. > :04:55.annoy us because they are of such a low frequency they can
:04:56. > :05:00.travel through our bones. It's one of these sorts
:05:01. > :05:02.of noises that is quite difficult to mask out by
:05:03. > :05:05.playing the radio or indeed defend The issue is that it
:05:06. > :05:10.isn't constant, either, so we don't really have
:05:11. > :05:12.the ability, or an individual living
:05:13. > :05:14.in this area wouldn't have the ability to
:05:15. > :05:16.adapt to it readily. As we get used to listening
:05:17. > :05:18.out for the noise, it makes us more sensitive
:05:19. > :05:20.to sound in general. What has frustrated some Londoners
:05:21. > :05:22.is that their complaints I think TfL must start to respond
:05:23. > :05:31.to people quickly and effectively. They need to identify
:05:32. > :05:33.what the problems And put in place arrangements to fix
:05:34. > :05:37.those problems, and tell people what they are going to do,
:05:38. > :05:41.and stick to their promises. TfL says it's committed
:05:42. > :05:49.to being a neighbour. Our team of engineers dedicated
:05:50. > :05:51.to decreasing tube noise carried out a huge programme of
:05:52. > :05:55.preparatory work ahead of the launch of the night tube, replacing
:05:56. > :05:57.and grinding over 500 kilometres of track and introducing new resilient
:05:58. > :06:00.track fastenings and shock absorbent fixings, which help reduce sound
:06:01. > :06:09.when trains run over them. Grinding fastenings and fixings may
:06:10. > :06:13.well one day do the job but for now there are warnings that the problem
:06:14. > :06:14.of pollution may not just refer to the air we breathe but to the sounds
:06:15. > :06:17.that surround us, too. Funding for a multimillion-pound
:06:18. > :06:19.refurbishment of Buckingham Palace costing almost ?370 million
:06:20. > :06:28.and set to take ten years - is needed to avoid the risk
:06:29. > :06:34.of "catastrophic building failure". Now, MP's are used to asking
:06:35. > :06:38.questions in the House of Commons. But not in the way Brent MP,
:06:39. > :06:41.Dawn Butler did it today. She made history by
:06:42. > :06:43.asking her question using British Sign Language,
:06:44. > :06:58.urging the government to give the - Will the Minister agree... Sorry...
:06:59. > :07:04.The 18th of March marks the 14th anniversary since the UK Government
:07:05. > :07:14.recognised British sign language. Will the Minister agree, time to
:07:15. > :07:19.bring and give British sign language legal status, like other recognised
:07:20. > :07:24.languages? Just when you think London can't
:07:25. > :07:27.surprise you any more, something pops up which leaves
:07:28. > :07:29.you confused and bewildered. A production - where actors
:07:30. > :07:33.improvise their performance - Because it's made up of live
:07:34. > :07:43.sheep, pigs and goats - some of which have travelled
:07:44. > :07:46.hundreds of miles for These goats have come all the way
:07:47. > :08:00.from Wales for this... Unscripted, unplanned,
:08:01. > :08:01.the performers improvise,
:08:02. > :08:02.depending on how they think We're really interested in seeing
:08:03. > :08:12.whether we can show people that there are different ways
:08:13. > :08:15.of looking at them and having different relationships with them
:08:16. > :08:19.and a different understanding
:08:20. > :08:22.of what they are rather than merely as products,
:08:23. > :08:25.maybe, in our homes, usually to eat, not for me, but lots of people
:08:26. > :08:29.just eat and to buy and to herd and to put into cages of
:08:30. > :08:31.that kind of thing. Animals aren't expected to perform,
:08:32. > :08:40.organisers stress this is All funded by the Wellcome
:08:41. > :08:48.Collection, this is a We very quickly found
:08:49. > :08:51.ourselves in an unknown territory where everything we
:08:52. > :08:54.thought we knew about being artists, being thinkers, everything
:08:55. > :08:56.we thought we knew about human-animal relationships
:08:57. > :09:08.was called into question by the presence of these
:09:09. > :09:11.other animals in a really profound and moving and strange
:09:12. > :09:13.and fascinating way. Well, the organisers
:09:14. > :09:14.say they picked this particular warehouse because it had
:09:15. > :09:18.the right light and the right temperature and it is close
:09:19. > :09:21.to a farm in there as they could People are asked to watch and then
:09:22. > :09:25.give their reactions. I'm not sure what I
:09:26. > :09:27.gained except, like, the idea of turning the dynamic
:09:28. > :09:31.relationship of human and animal I felt very nervous,
:09:32. > :09:36.I felt their nervousness which was Literally in their responses
:09:37. > :09:41.to art makes them more human, even though
:09:42. > :09:43.they are animals, it There is no specific aim here,
:09:44. > :09:59.organisers want to leave If they want to leave people with
:10:00. > :10:03.questions they certainly succeeded in the studio tonight, haven't they,
:10:04. > :10:07.John. Extraordinary. Unbelievable, as has the weather been.
:10:08. > :10:17.Out east where I live it was nice, West it wasn't so lovely. For many
:10:18. > :10:21.it was beautiful again. This shot over Old Street this evening. For
:10:22. > :10:25.most of us, a fine evening out there. Over the weekend dry weather
:10:26. > :10:29.around, relatively mild, quite blustery wind. Hopefully most of the
:10:30. > :10:34.rain will occur overnight, a splash of rain through the early hours. No
:10:35. > :10:38.great amount. Behind that the sky is clear and around dawn it'll be quite
:10:39. > :10:42.chilly, temperatures well down so you'll need a couple of layers as
:10:43. > :10:46.you step out first thing. Tomorrow morning rather nice, some sunshine,
:10:47. > :10:50.quite cool. It'll warm up in the sunshine. Late in the day it will
:10:51. > :10:54.tend to cloud over from the West but I think the rain will hold off until
:10:55. > :10:58.evening. Temperatures doing OK, not as high as it has been, but in
:10:59. > :10:59.double figures. Through the weekend there will be rain around, most
:11:00. > :11:00.occurring overnight. there will be rain around, most
:11:01. > :11:09.occurring overnight. Good evening, quite a range of
:11:10. > :11:13.whether an offer earlier today in the north and north-west of the UK
:11:14. > :11:16.quite a lot of showers around, lively ones, little bit of sunshine
:11:17. > :11:19.in between. The best of the sunshine to be found at the other end of the
:11:20. > :11:22.country towards the south-east in Kent, lovely picture