04/05/2017 London News

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Good evening and welcome to BBC London News,

First tonight - are eye-catching incentives a sign that London's

property market is running out of steam?

At some developments, potential buyers are now

being lured with luxury gifts, cars and some could even

As Gareth Furby's been finding out, the recent trends in property prices

suggest there's a difference between what's happening in outer

The finishing touches for a new development in Muswell Hill.

The developer is showing one off today with an asking

Over here you can see it flows really nicely

through into the dining and the entertaining area.

But now there's another incentive for buyers.

Not only is the stamp duty of ?150,000 being paid,

And for house-buyers what's on the screen.

The incentive is a free electric car for everyone who buys

The car is a Renault Zoe, worth ?18,000.

Any saving in the market is a saving, whether it be stamp duty,

a free iPad or electric car, right now we're finding excuses not

Does this offer tell us anything about the state

Are things starting to get a little stagnant?

In the mid-1990s, house prices in London slumped.

Some latest figures suggest the market is hitting a few bumps.

In inner London, prices are down year on year 4.2%.

We have seen a slowdown, much more in inner London.

Inner London has seen more house price growth and is more exposed

to higher stamp duty introduced in 2014 and additional tax

Back in Muswell Hill Anne Henderson and her family are viewing

a two-bedroomed flat, asking price ?700,000.

Will the offer of a free iPad really sway her decision?

Is it the thing that makes the difference

There is also the paid stamp duty worth ?25,000.

For this family it is still not a snap decision.

They will think about it overnight but may yet be back in time

Train operator Greater Anglia has rejected claims from a trade union

that it's planning to close more than 50 ticket offices.

The RMT says it's seen proposals that will see offices,

run by nearly 400 staff, replaced with ticket machines.

Ayshea Buksh is here to tell us more.

What's going on? The Greater Anglia network covers Essex, Hertfordshire,

lies such as the one out to Romford and Southend and Hartford and

Stansted Airport. The RMT say they've been told by the operator

that potentially 74 ticket offices could close, with only seven

remaining. That's because more passengers are using online

ticketing, or ticket machines. This has caused concern amongst

passengers who use the lines. Occasionally I use

the ticket office. Not everybody uses

online and things. Yeah, it's just cutbacks again

I suppose, isn't it? For a start there's

going to be unemployment. People have jobs -

they're causing unemployment. What's the train company saying? The

operator has said there will be no job losses. They say they are

consulting on seven what they say are little used stations around the

network but the unions say we've been here before with the train

operators and they are sceptical. Disabled passengers won't be

able to access stations. Stations will be unstaffed,

except at peak times. Obviously there's going to be no

guard on the train either That's the fears for

the passenger side. Obviously for the staff side,

we fear over 300 jobs I asked the union leader if these

plans go ahead, would they ballot for strike action and he said, yes,

most definitely. It will be interesting to see what happens.

Thank you for the update. Schools are used to giving lessons

about bullying and stranger danger. But should pupils now receive

advice on how to respond A senior Metropolitan Police

officer thinks so. Speaking at a World Counter Terror

Conference here in London, she said children need to be taught

to 'Run, Hide and Tell'. If you hear gunshots,

the best option is to evacuate. This video, around for a couple

of years now, has been seen by thousands of businesses

across the UK. Part of the police and Government

efforts to prepare people Insist others come with you,

but don't let their Its message is clear,

advice on what should happen if terrorists come

into your building. Now a senior Met officer has

said this message should Similar to the way warnings

about strangers or crossing The Deputy Assistant

Commissioner said this. At least 84 people have been killed

and dozens more injured in a terrorist attack in the French

city of Nice. It has happened before following

last year's attacks in Nice. The French government ordered

schools there should carry out three drills every year,

including one in which an attacker Even youngsters between two and six

have to be taught how Definitely I believe it's too early

in a primary school. If parents and other

guardians, teachers, The last attack that happened

was shocking and I was thinking how the kids must have felt,

being kept in a building I do think it's important

to have procedures in place And be more vigilant

for the very young. We need to train them very young

and let them know what's happening. Some schools have done

similar exercises. "It's going to be a sad

time for athletics." That's what Dartford sprinter

Adam Gemili has said about the retirement of the fastest

man on the planet, Usian Bolt. The 23-year-old says it's up

to his generation to fill the void left by the Olympic champion,

who retires this summer. COMMENTATOR: Usain Bolt,

running away from everybody. Among those trailing in the wake

of the great Usain Bolt at last summer's 200 metres Olympic final,

Adam Gemili. He finished fourth,

three-thousandths of a second behind My heart goes out to this

young man, Adam Gemili. Nine months on, he looks back

with disappointment rather than pride at having come so close

to a place on the podium. Yeah, I was close

but not close enough. And that's why you realise how much

those Olympic medals mean. Because they are the best guys,

performing at the right time, It was over so quickly -

20 seconds and it was done. Disappointing for me,

I put so much hard work into it The next task for the lad

from Dartford is to try to make sure he qualifies

for the World Championships An amazing experience,

some really fast athletes there. Usain Bolt's last championship,

one not to miss. If I get to compete there,

it's going to be brilliant. Bolt's retirement is a subject

of a documentary to be screened One of the biggest and hardest

things for me to do. I go into a stadium

for a competition, feel the energy and you feel that you just

want to go out there and run. Athletics doesn't look to be

in the healthiest place, probably not the best time

for Usain Bolt to be retiring. How do you think the sport will cope

with the loss of a global icon? He's such a big character

and he's taken athletics I feel lucky to be in his era,

able to compete and get It will be a sad time for athletics,

but hopefully there are plenty And it is our responsibility to do

that - we will do our best. It may be a while until

athletics finds another But his passion and enthusiasm

for the sport will certainly Let's find out what the weather's up

to, with Matt Taylor. I have some good news for you,

there's some glimpses of sunshine over the next few days. There have

been desperately great scenes, like this one, captured earlier today.

Richie Gray out there. We've had an absence of sunshine. There will be

more coming our way. Cloudy skies overhead tonight, a few spots of

light rain and drizzle, mainly towards parts of Kent, East Sussex

and parts of Essex. Most others will be dry. The cloud and the breeze

will keep temperatures up. Quite cool for the key route tomorrow,

starting with grey skies. By and large a dry day a better chance of

the cloud breaking at times. A bit of sunshine here and there. That

will add to a slightly warmer feel and it will be tempered by the

strength of the wind, particularly across parts of Essex and Kent. Into

the start of the weekend, low pressure starts to get close by. It

looks like the rain will stay in the Channel Islands, parts of Devon and

Cornwall. We will get away with a dry weekend and with the breeze

going more easterly on Saturday, a greater chance of a few more cloud

breaks. I'm optimistic there will be more sunshine around. By this stage,

temperature starting to creep up to around 17 Celsius. Still fairly

breezy, but the breeze does is down this weekend. Let's look at the

outlook. It stays dry right into the weekend and there will be more

sunshine around on Sunday. The winds is much lighter summit will at last

feel warmer. Good evening. It was a lovely day

across large swathes of sunshine and it will be a lovely sunset, here in

North Yorkshire and on the other side of the Pennines, equally

pleasant for the