06/07/2017 London News

part of the problem? The head of the CB. Joins to see her vision of a

Brexit so soft, Research by the BBC shows that

around half the people in the UK convicted of terrorism offences

relating to Syria and Iraq are from Among them is a pensioner

who was convicted of handing out leaflets deemed to be

of an extremist nature. And the convictions have led

to a warning that would-be foreign fighters who don't manage to travel

abroad could instead target Britain. The face of jihad in the UK -

over 100 people jailed for offences linked to so-called Islamic State

and 51 of them are from London Among them, Tarik Hassane

from West London, a medical student and the son of an ambassador,

found guilty of being part of a plot to shoot police

and soldiers, and Nadir Syed, an unemployed Londoner convicted

of planning an attack The terror attack on London Bridge,

one of the Islamist-inspired atrocities in recent months,

two of the men responsible is said to have wanted to go to Syria

to join Islamic State, They are amongst the rising ranks

of thwarted foreign fighters. The Director of Public Prosecutions

told me that could increase We need to be acutely aware that

if people can't go to Syria - and we have certainly seen this

in some of the cases that we have prosecuted -

they may plan an attack here instead or they may do more to radicalise

other people to attack. At this youth centre in East London,

they use activities like boxing to try to engage young people

and fight the extremist ideology, Here they have years of experience

in tackling radicalisation head-on and there is concern

that the Government attempts to clamp down on extremism could end

up alienating Muslim communities. Going into communities,

penetrating the wall of silence, having the credibility and trust,

without the community trust and engagement,

we can't have conversations, But, especially since the attacks

in London and Manchester, there is a premium on community

involvement, according to ministers. We have to work with the community

to deliver counterterrorism, that's where we get information

from, that's where we get diversions for young people

if they are being groomed, and so we are incredibly

alert to those issues. We do make sure to remind people

it's really about safeguarding Some of those convicted here have

served their sentences and are now On the battlefields of Syria

and Iraq, Islamic State may be in retreat, but support

for its ideology shows no Thousands of commuters are suffering

tonight as there are no trains It's the second successive

day of disruption. We can get the latest now

from Claudia-Liza Armah. Claudia-Lisa, I heard earlier this

evening that trains would be running Yes, that was the promise, wasn't

it, and I can say that some trains are now back up and running, but a

very limited service, far from being back to normal. The earlier issue,

the signal problem between Paddington and Slough, has been

fixed. As you can imagine, there's a huge backlog. Earlier I was here for

the evening programme and there were frantic, chaotic scenes. Hundreds of

passengers, many of them angry, demanding to know exactly why they

were experiencing a second day of major disruption. I spoke to a few

of them. Some of them were saying if they were lucky they were hoping to

get home around now. If I get home for 10pm then that will be a

victory. My season ticket costs me ?10,000 a year. My last to train

journeys this morning and last night were both delayed, by 40 minutes.

Now everything is cancelled. That's what I get for ten grand a year.

Relative to the amount of tax I pay the cost of the ticket, it's clearly

a very disappointing situation. The guy in the middle says it all

really, ten grand a year spent on a season ticket to face long delays

and cancellations. Let me bring you up-to-date on the situation tonight.

Heathrow express is running and back to normal. Trains are running every

30 minutes instead of the usual 15 minutes. The great Western Railway

train line is also up and running, very limited service though. Some

trains remain cancelled. The Heathrow connect service, no trains

running at the line. The advice to all passengers is to make sure you

check before you travel. Claudia-Liza Armah thank you.

In her first interview in office, the new leader of Kensington

and Chelsea Council has told BBC London that she doesn't think

the council "got it all wrong" after the Grenfell Tower fire -

but there will be a review of its actions.

Elizabeth Campbell also complimented the way the community

responded to the tragedy - although she accepted it

probably felt "disconnected" from the council.

She spoke to our political rditor, Tim Donovan.

It may prove a long, hard task to restore trust

and confidence in this community, but the new leader,

the new face of the council, says she's listening.

I think they do feel, some of them, that they have been

Others have said that we have always had great funding,

great education, sent loads of children to university.

Do you think there has been an unfair characterisation?

I think it's a deeply unfair characterisation and I don't think

I think it's a bit politically pathetic to start saying

that there are rich people who don't care.

While the main focus is forward, she accepts she also needs to look

review of what went wrong in the early days.

A lot of family and children's services, social workers,

were there from 5am onwards so they didn't get it

all wrong, but obviously we were tried and found wanting.

Were your civil emergency procedures up to date and robust?

I don't know, that's what I'm about to find out.

My instincts are that they probably weren't.

What was the taskforce announced yet going to amount to?

Is the task force going to be ten people?

They haven't given me any indication yet.

So it doesn't have much meaning as a task force.

She said housing was the priority and survivors needed much more time

to consider what was right for them, but the area would recover.

What you saw in the aftermath of the fire was an incredibly

strong community coming together, binding together.

At the moment, there's a disconnect between them and the council

and that is a chasm that we're going to have to bridge,

but the community is very, very strong, and I absolutely have

The leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council,

speaking to our political editor, Tim Donovan.

Controversial spit hoods will be in every Metropolitan

Police custody suite - after Scotland Yard said

trails in east London had been successful .

They re designed to protect officers from suspects

who bite or spit at them - and the force claims

the hoods are effective, as long as they're used correctly.

But several human rights groups describe them

The world's first scan - which gives parents and doctors

a much clearer idea of how twins are developing in the womb -

has gone into service at St George's Hospital in Tooting.

Victoria Hollins explains how it's expected to make pregnancies safer.

It's good news for this expectant mum, but she had more

When we found that we had twins it was a big shock,

But thanks to a world first - a scan using twin growth charts -

she knows her baby boys are developing well.

Everything is going fine, the babies are growing beautifully.

Until now, twins in the womb were measured against charts

meant for single babies, so doctors were left

to their own judgment to estimate size and growth,

and that meant sometimes it was hard to work out if there was a problem.

That's because twins are often smaller than single babies,

The new charts will reduce what is currently

There is evidence that using using twin-specific charts

reduces the risks of stillbirths in pregnancy and we are hoping that

once we use this chart we will see a reduction in the number of early

delivery because of presumed growth problems in the twins.

The new charts are based on data from 10,000 scans.

Research was funded by existing parents of twins through the Twins

The charts at St George's Hospital in Tooting are a world first,

but they will be available for parents across the country.

A really warm day today. Let's see if it's going to last this week.

It was a scorcher of a day, London was the warmest place in the UK, a

number of places got to 32 Celsius. No rain for the gardens, it's going

to stay warm and muggy overnight, temperatures no lower than 17-18.

Tomorrow will be another warm day, not quite as much sunshine as today.

There will be some sunshine around. Through the afternoon it looks like

the cloud will thicken up, so a few sunny spells here and there, is that

of wall-to-wall, like today. 27 degrees, it will be present at

Wimbledon for the spectators and players. -- pleasant. This front

across the UK will introduce thicker cloud and showers to the region,

perhaps more to the north of the region. Through the afternoon they

should tempt disallowed. It will turn dry with some sunny spells. A

fairly warm day, 23-24. In the Sunday it looks like it might turn

warmer but on into Monday, increasing chance of showers.

warmer but on into Monday, increasing chance of showers. Here's

the National weather. Hello, we managed to cram in a lot

of weather today, 32 degrees at Heathrow, nothing like it away to

the north-west of Scotland, where it was as dull as that and wet at

times. It was absolutely glorious across some parts of southern

Britain, but there has to be a fly in the ointment and it came in the

form of some thunderstorms. A wise woman had the sense to take this

particular picture as these thunderstorms rolled across the

south-east and in the East Anglia and later this afternoon it was

North Yorkshire that really got a pounding in places, around the A64,

around Malton, I saw 35 millimetres and a couple of hours and virtually

as we speak, 10:45pm, it's the turn of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire

the season quite violent thunderstorms. They will take time,

probably around midnight or one a four cars 1am before they get away

from eastern